The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-04 00:00:00

TOTAL F THE MOON.

The only Eclipse visible this year in the
United Kingdom, will take place on Saturday
morning, the 6th instant, and should the weather
prove favourable the sight will be exceedingly
interesting. The following are the particulars of
the Eclipse :
FEB. 6,11100 N TOTALLY ECLIPSED.—VisibIe
at Greenwich. Beginning Oh. 20-3 m. A.M. (about
twenty minutes past twelve o'clock on Friday
night); middle, 2h. 6•5 m. A . Dr. ; end, 3h.
52.7 m. A. Ilf.

The first total immersion in the dark shadow
of the earth will take place at seventeen -mi-
nutes past one, and the end of total immersion
at fifty-five minutes past two o'clock.—Magni-
tude of the Eclipse, (the Moon's diameter being
reckoned equal to 1) 1.7.19 on the Southern limb.

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-

STREET.

NooN, FEB. 4.
Birometer 29.8 In.

Thermometer
Ilighes*
Lowest
Wind E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

TO THE LIBERAL ELECTORS OF

EAST SURREY.

Peckham, 3d February, 1841.

Brother Electors,—Courage: and perseverance under
difficulties were ever the characteristics of Englishmen,
and never were those qualities more necessary than in
our present contest for the representalion of our divi
sion of the county.
Two self•called Liberals, instead of dying at their
posts, as our late representative, Captain Alssger, did,
v..cated their seats for Canterbury and Walsall ; and
the papers of this morning inform us that their places
have been supplied by the Tory candidates, thus ro-
ducing the already trifling Ministerial majority by four
votes, and, from the very ❑icely balanced state of,, par-
ties, jeopardising the Ministry themselves.
Under such appalling circumstances; common minds
would kink in despair, but you, Brother Electors, I
trust and believe, are made of sterner , stuff, and as
your difficulties increase, so vvill your courage, energy,
and determination.

Although late in the field, our candidate is not too
late for victory. The eyes of the empire aro now upon
us, and if we honestly do our duty to ourselves and our
country, we may retrieve half the loss of numbers by
the unfortunate and unlooked for results of Canterbury
and Walsall, and the moral effect upon others will be
great and permanent.
Let every one of us, then, ask himself what is the
path of duty and honour, and let him unhesitatingly
adopt and unflinchingly carry out the conviction that
upon his own individual conduct and vote the success of
the election may depend.
Let there be no hesitation—let us be prompt in ten-
dering our promises of support at our local committees
—let us by our conduct de.,ene success, and success is
easily attainable.
_ .

I do not trouble you with any observations on to
principles or pretensions of the respective candidates—
they arc both before you, and you must have made up
your minds upon them ; but I do most seriously call
upon all those who profess Liberal principles of any co-
lour or shade, to come forward, and in this vital struggle.
give effect to the truth that is in them.

AN ELECTOR.

EAST SURREY ELECTION.

MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF MR. ALCOCK.

Last night a numerous and respectable meeting of the
electors of East Surrey, resident in the borough of Lam-
beth, was held at the White Hart Tavern, Kennington.
cross, for the purpose of adopting measures for promoting
the return of Mr. Alcock. The large room was completely
filled. William Hawes, Esq., was called to the chair.
Resolutions were passed to the effect that in the
present critical state of the country it was incum-
bent upon the electors to return to Parliament a
gentleman of indepeedent principles and of Liberal
and enlightened views, and that the meeting
pledged itself to support Mr. Alcock. That gentle-
man being called upon presented himself. He said that
he considered the present system of Corn-laws as odious
and impolitic. If the Corn-laws were repealed the Poor-
laws would disappesr altogether. From what he had seen
in Foreign countries, he was satisfied that poverty and dis-
content were the offspring of bad Government. And here
he would beg not to be understood as referring to the pre-
sent Government particularly, but to the general system
of government under which the Poor laws and Corn-laws,
end other objectionable measures, had grown up. If the
Corn-laws were abolished, and a better and more pure
system of taxation adopted, such as had been recom-
mended and brought forward by Mr. Robinson, the Mem-
ber for Worcester, who proposed to leave productive in-
dustry untouched, and to make those who had most pay
most—then such a thing as Poor-laws would cease to exist
altogether. The next question was that of the Church-
rates, He was altogether opposed to the abuses of the
system, and it had becti admitted by Lord John Russell,
when proposing a measure on the subject, that more than
cue-half of the amount of Church. rates, which taken alto.
gether exceeded the sum of b 50,0001, was founded on
t hose. %Vith regard to triennial' Parliaments, he agreed
-.eith Mr. Babington Macaulay, eh° told his con.
stituents at Edinburgh that if they made elections
too frequent, they would not get men of character and
property willing to incur the great expense which such a
system would entail.—( Hear, hear.) He thought, however,
that the present system should be shortened, and he would
be willing to support a proposition to restrict it to five
years. The next question was the extension of the &ut-
ile:go. He had always stated that he was an advocate for
the Household-Suffiage in boroughs, and bad supported
Sir Haketh Fleetwood's motion for extending the 50/.
clause in counties to 10/. renters. The Tory party
seemed to claim for themselves exclusive attachment to
the Constitution in Church and Sate. He, however,
laid claim to the same privilege, for he was a stanch
member of the Established Church, but at the same time
he was a friend to religious freedom all over the world.
—( Cheers.) When he was abroad be had seen in Po-
land and Cracow the poor Jews subjected to the most
intolerable oppression, and deprived of all legal redress;
and on his return he supported Sir Robert Grant's mo-
tion for the emancipation of the Jews, in opposition to the
Duke of Wellington's Government, and had the satis-
' faction upon two occasions of voting with the majority.
—( Hear, hear.) This, be believed, disposed of all the
questions put by Mr. Fall ; and he would be very g`ad
to answer any other that might be put by any other gen-
tleman. Whatever might be the result of the present
content, he should always feel grateful to the county for
the great kindness with •which be had been received. He
felt that if he abandoned the contest now he would be
unworthy of the confidence reposed in him, but he was
determieed to fight the battle to the last ; and it was for
them to decide whether they would have Mr. Antrobus and
a Tory Government, or himself and Liberal principles.
I The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheers.

Mr. GRENFELL (son of the late Pascoe Grclifcll, Esq ,
M. P.) next addrctsed the meeting as the personal and old
friend of Mr. Alcock, arid bore eloquent testimony to the
Hon. Gentleman's excellent qualities in all the relations of
life.—A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman,
and the meeting, after three hearty cheers fix Mr. Alcock,
ditpersed.