The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-10 00:00:00

MR. GLADSTONE AND GREESTVICH.

Last evening a numerously-attended meeting of
the leading Liberal electors of the borough of
Greenwich was held at the Literary Institution of
that town, for the purpose of securing the return of
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, as one of the re-
presentatives of the borough at the forthcoming
general election.

Mr. W. ANGERSTEIN, who presided, said he had
great pleasure in allowing his name to appear as
the chairman of the committee which had been
formed for the borough of Greenwich to support
the return of Mr. Gladstone. (Applause.) By
returning Mr. Gladstone they would do honour
to themselves, and also honour to the right hon-
ourable gentleman, whom they all desired to re-
turn ; for should he fail for South Lancashire,
then they could offer him a seat for Greenwich,
and if elected for South Lancashire, as he be-
lieved Mr. Gladstone would be, they need not be
ashamed in having elected him as one of their re-
presentatives, for Mr. Gladstone had entered Parlia-
ment as a Conservative, had grown to a strong and
stronger Liberal, and was the best man to lead the
great Liberal party in the llouse of Commons.
(Applause.)

Mr. DICKSON, of Deptford, and Mr. JOLLY, of
Woolwich, reported the result of meetings of the
Liberal party held in those towns, fully concurring
in the object of the meeting ; Mr. Jolly adding that
so astounded was a leading and well-known Con-
servative at the step the Liberal party had thus
taken, that he said the only way to defeat it was to
bring forward Mr. Disraeli as a candidate. (Load
laughter.)
Mr. W. C. BENNETT moved the first resolution,
accepting the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone as one
of the candidates for the borough. He observed
that at the meeting held at Woolwich on Tuesday
evening, Mr. Baxter Langley, who was before the
constituency as a candidate for the representation,
had stated that he was too good a Liberal to stand
in opposition to, or to divide, the Liberal interest
against, two such candidates as the Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone and Mr. Alderman Salomons,
and had promised to give every support in his
power to secure their election. (Applause.) They
had also heard that Sir W. Codrington, who had
formerly represented the borough, was likely to
become a candidate ; but he had a communica-
tion in his hand, and which he was at liberty
to read, in which Sir W. Codrington, said
Although there may be some doubt whe-
ther Mr. Gladstone would separate himself
he at present represents,
nuclicious for another Liberal
pending the reply
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of the right hon. gentleman to the invitation that
may be conveyed to him." (Applause.) Sir William
Codrington also added : " No second Liberal can-
didate could afford to lose the support, from what-
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Mr. WHITE seconded the resolution, which was
carried with acclamation.

It was then determined to form local committees
in the several towns in the borough, and a vote of
thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings.

NATURALIZATION COIIIIISSION.—A meeting of the
royal commissioners for inquiring into the laws of natura-
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The Earl of Clarendon, K.G. ; Mr. E. Cardwell, M.P. ; the
Attorney General, the Queen's Advocate, Sir Roundell
Palmer, Q.C. M.P. ; Mr. W. E. Forster, 111. P. ; Mr. W.
Vernon Hareourt, Q.C. ; Mr. Montagu Bernard, D.C.L. ;
and Mr. C. S. A. Abbott, secretary.
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NAVAL AND MILITARY INIELLIGENCE.

The ships forming Rear-Admiral Warden's divi-
sion of the Channel Fleet are being re-stored with
coal in readiness for further service—the Minotaur,
Warrior, and Royal Oak at Spithead, from lighters
towed out to the anchorage from the large harbour
of depot ships. The Pallas coaled in the harbour
and rejoined the division at Spithead yesterday.
The Helican, 2, paddle, despatch vessel, Com-
mander E. Field, attached to the Channel Fleet,
arrived in Portsmouth harbour yesterday from the
westward, and will fill up with coal before rejoining
the division at Spithead.
In the notice of the two sailing trials made with
the ships of the Channel Squadron on the 20th and
29th ult., which appeared on Wednesday, the dis-
tance gained by the Warrior on the Pallas iu the
trial of the 29th ult. should have been given as
9,928 yards, and not 19,928 yards.
The Magpie, screw (unarmoured, woolen) gun-
boat, 80-horse power, built and fitted for commis-
sion at Portsmouth, yesterday made, outside Spit-
head, a satisfactory preliminary trial of her machi-
nery, under the supervision of the steam factory
officials of the dockyard.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty : —Lieut. Rhea H. Eyre to
the Caledonia ; Dailey Court, midshipman, to the
Victory ; William A. Wellink, midshipman, to the
Eclipse ; S. L. Carr and A. F. Welldon, naval
cadets, to the Doris (complement incomplete) ; and
Walter Bathurst, nominated a naval cadet.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH-EASTERN.

The gross traffic receipts on this company's lines
for the four weeks ending 20th June amounted to
£116,641, from which was deducted £2,925, the
cost of collecting and delivering, goods, &c., leav-
ing £113,716. To this was added £3,062 for rents
and sundries, and £4,731 for steam packet service ;
total, £121,509. The expenditure, including rates,
taxes, tolls, Government duty, and expenses of
steam-packet service, amounted to £51,619, leav-
ing the net receipts £69,890. The total receipts
for the 20 weeks and one day ending as above
amounted to £518,401, and the expenditure to
£260,911, leaving the net receipts £257,490.