The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-05 00:00:00

IS SITE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued 29,009,005 Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bul-
lion 13,019,004
Silver bullion ...

£29,009,005 4 £29,022,310
J. It. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier.
Dated the 4th day of September, 1845.

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors capita 1,14,553,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
eluding Exche-
quer, Savings-
banks, Commis-
sioners of Nat ional
Debt, and -divi-
dend accounts) 5,830,311
Other deposits...... 8,571,253
Seven day and other
bills

Government secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight
Annuity)
13,347,570
Other securities 11,713,811
Notes 7,959,3 0
Gold and silver

coin 583,2 E.

£33,603,058
J. 'R.
Dated the 4th day of Septen

£33,603,058
ELSEY, Deputy Cashier
nber, 1845.

DESPERATE SUICIDE OF A
YOUNG GENTLEMAN.

Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a long inquiry wa
opened before Mr. G. I. Mills, Deputy-Coroner for Middlesex
and a jury, at the Marquis of Hastings, Ossulston-street
Somers-torn, on the body of a gentleman at present un•
known, who committed self-destruction under the very sin•
gular and unaccountable circumstances subjoined.
Harriet Maple said she lodged at 26, Aldeaham-street
which house was kept by a female named Bryan. Short])
after twelve o'clock on the night of Tuesday last, she met de-
ceased, whom she had never seen befOre, at a concert at tbs
Garrick's. Head, in Bow-street, where she partook of a part of
a pint of sherry with him and a tall young gentleman, his
friend. The deceased told her he had previously been to
Evans's Grand Hotel, and bad partaken of two bottles of wine
and some rum punch. Shortly before three o'clock on Wed-
nesday morning the deceased bid his friend good-
bye, left the Garrick's Head, and accompanied wit-
ness in a cab to her residence. At two o'clock or
Wednesday afternoon she invited him to pat take o'
breakfast, but he refused, and said ho would rather have
glass of wine. He gave witness half-a-crown to send for a
pint of sherry, and on her calling Margaret Bryan, the land-
lady's daughter, to go for it, deceased added, " Stay, 1 will
send for something else that will do me good." Deceased ther
asked for a pen and ink, and wrote a prescription in Latin
telling her to send it to some chemist, giving her 2s. to pro-
cure it. Margaret Bryan went to the shop of Mr. Wakefield.
and on her return with the wine, said that Mr. Wakefield said
he had not got any, and that it was poison. Witness told de-
ceased, who said, " Nonsense, it is no such thing ; it is only te
enliven up :low spirits ; tend to another doctor." Mergers
Bryan then went to the shop of Mr. Rentmore, in Clarendon.
square, and brought back a phial about thre,e-parts fu'l of stul,
smelling like almonds. Deceased was then lying on the sofa is
the parlour, and appeared very cheerio'. Witness left him tr
get her breakfast, leaving the phial and the wine on the table.
She returned in about five minutes, and on entering the coon
asked the deceased how he was? He replied he felt better,
but his stomach began to pain him. At that moment he turner'
over on the sofa and appeared fainting, and made a gurgling
noise in the throat. She called for water, and sent for a doctor.
Mr. Wakefield came and said he was dead, and had takes
I.oiso
n.
eßy the CORONER—I had never seen deceased before. I
had not the slightest idea that Ise had sent for poison; am
intended to have taken a portion of what he sent for had h
left any, as he said it was for low spirits. I should say he
was not more than 20 years of age. When alive he appearec
of rather sallow complexion, and has dark brown hair. His
dress consists of a black frock coat, black satin waistcoat, la-
vender-coloured striped trousers with straps, the whole quilt
new ; a blue striped silk neck handkerchief, white stockings
yellov' kid gloves, and short boots; a new hat, maker's name
" Townsend, Cheapside and Regent-street." He had witl
him a small yellow stick with the handle much bitten, and his
linen was marked "G. Oldfield, junior." On his person were
found two handkerchiefs, one white muslin, with the name
" G. Oldfield" on it, the other silk; a cigar case, a greet
puree studded with steel beads and tsssels, with 2s. in it ; ant
on his finger a gold ring with a green stone. Deceased did
not give witness any other money than for the wine and the
stuff.
Margaret Bryan proved having gone with the prescription
first to the shop of Mr. Wakefield and then to that of Mr.
Rentmore, where she procured the stuff for deceased, and pair
Is. 9d. for it, and that she was served by a ye ueg man, Mr.
Rent more's brother.
The witness having identified the prescription,
The Deem CORONER sa'd it was in Latin, and was "half
an ounce hydrocyanic acid," and at the bottom was written
" For flavouring seises," arid was signed" G. 0."
Mr. Wakefield proved that when he was called to see de-
ceased he was quite dead.
The Deems CORONER animadverted on any chemist sell'ng
so large a quantity of roles's] to a stranger, and called upon Mr.
Rentmore for an explanation.
Mr. Rentmore, jun. , who served it, said he understood that
the girl who fetched the poison came from the pastr3cook's in
Seymour-street, and knowing oil of almonds was used in the
trade, he served it.
The Dart= CORONER said the circumstances of the ere
were so strange, although there was no reason to believe that
the witness Mayne had connived at the deceased poisoning him-
self, that he felt it necessary to adjourn the inquiry for further
evidence, and to have the body opened.
The inquiry was ultimately adjourned till Monday next, and
after the post mortent examination the body will be removed to
St. Pancras Workhouse for identity.

SUICIDE OF A DRUNKARD.—Yesterday Mr. Baker
held an inquest at the P.,rtobello, Turville. street, Bethnal-
green, on the body of Robert Wakeman, aged thirty-seven, a
porter. It appeared from the evidence of deceased's wife that
he was an habitual drunkard, and that he had been intoxicated
from Tuesday week to last Tuesday, the day of his suicide.
He had frequently threatened to destroy his wife and children,
and she had often found his razor beneath the bedclothes. He
had latterly purchased a new shoemaker's knife, found since
his death. On Tuesday, in the absence of his wife, he hanged
himself from the handrail of the stairs. It was proved that
Ceceased laiJoured under delirium tremens, and that he de-
stroyed
* life during an attack of it. Verdict—" Temporary
insanity."
DiscovEttv OF A QUICKSILVER MlNE.—There are
at the present time but two quicksilver mines of any importance
now in operation—the one, Alinadt n, in Spain, and the other,
Idria, in Austria ; and both are monopolised by M. Rothschild.
We now learn from Tuscany, that a very rich and extensive
mine of this important metal has been discovered at Ripe, near
Pietra Sentra. The mercury, although combined with sul-
phur, is very abundant. Three horizontal galleries have
already been pierced in the side of the mountain in which the
t
vein is situate, and all three have arrived at an excellent vein
(4 mercury. The mineral produced yields, according to
analysis, 20 per cent. of the purest quicksilver. It is believed
h
ahortper
leastiod,no Ileos o o
s than
20 ain2l. of metaloobaworkmene
willpr d
bea
em-
ple} and that at y will
be
PARTRIDGErai:
I.MSO eI7eG,TING.--The season for this sport
opened on Monday, but, owing to the lateness of the harvest,
operations, we believe, will be delayed for a few weeks. The
birds are said to be numerous and in good condition.— Tyne
ercurv.

ROBBERY OF THE LEAMINGTON

AND WARWICK BANK.
On the 4th of July a parcel, containing one hundred
101. local notes, was stolen at the Leamington and War-
wick banking-house, in Leamington, and it was some
days afterwards ascertained that William Henry Blaney,
one of the clerks of the establishment, bad appropriated
the stolen property. A a arrant was granted by the
Leamington magistrates to apprehend the accused, and
indorsed by the Lord Mayor, and Daniel Forrester was
employed by Messrs. Bush and Mullins, solicitors to the
Committee of Bankers for protection against forgeries
and frauds, to trace the delinquent and take him into
custody. Forrester and Superintendent Roby, of Lea-
mington, succeeded in getting the accused into their
clutches at Calais on Tuesday last, and he now is in
prison there, to be disposed of according to the judgment
of the French authorities, from whom the officers re-
ceived every possible assistance short of his removal
from that country.
The following statements were made by one of the
clerks in the bank, by the brother of the accused, and
by the accused himself, who subsequently absconded,
before the magistrates, at Leamington :-
- Mr. E. B. Wynne said, that on F:iday, the 4th July,
he made up two parcels, ere containing 1,5001., in 5/.
notes of the Warwick and Leamington Banking C( m-
pal.y, and 1,000/. in 10/. not-s. Having counted the
notes, the numbers of which were entered in the note-
book, he directed both the parcels to Francis Smith,
Southam, and placed them about twelve o'clock on the
mantel-piece. About five o'clock he placed them, with
a London parcel and ten other letters, on the desk of the
accused, with 3s. 4d. to pay the postage, and never had
seen them since. -

-VT. H. Blaney, the accused, said th-t about half-past
seven o'clock in the evening he took off his de,k three
parcels and 10 letters, and the money to pay the postage.
lie then went 5 traight down to the post-office, having
placed the parcels and letter in his left-hand ccat
pocket behind. He went slow, and spoke to nobody on
the way, and at a quarter before eight he delivered the
parcels into the hands of the person who officiated at
the window, and put the letters into the letter-box.
He did not know what money he paid, nor to
whom the parcels were directed,'hut he concluded they
contained money. After having deposited the parcels
he took a walk for about half a mile, and then, went
home.

The brother of the accused said the house in which
he believed the missing parcel lay was in the city of
London. He received that information from a person
who appeared to him to possess a knowledge of the
loss of the notes, and of the spot in which they were
deposited • and who mentioned to him that the notes
were intended to be passed through several hands be-
fore they were to be presented for payment ; thatlthey
were first to go to a firm in France, then to Hamburgh,
then to Russia, and then to London for presentation.
The houses through which they were to be passed were
first-rate houses. The witness first saw the person who
aavo him the it, telligence about three weeks ago in Lon-
don. That person first commenced a conversation about
the notes, and appeared to be acquainted with the cir-
cumstances, and witness endeavoured to obtain informa•
Lion from him, and at last was told by him that the notes
were in the City of Lendon, and would be presented to-
wards the end of October. The witness had not seen the
accused since the 16th-of July.
It appeared that the accused, soon after the day last
mentioned by his brother, absconded. He was traced
with extraordinary skill from place to place by Daniel
Forrester and Superintendent .Roby, till they appre-
hended him at Calais ; but whether the French authori.
des intend to give him up to the custody of the English
officers,-to be removed for trial to this country, has net
been ascertained.

DEALINGS WITH THE DEVIL
Ono of those absurd cases arising out of pretended
dealings with the Devil became the subject of a trial,
three days ago, before the Tribunal of Correctional Po-
lice.at Beauvais (Oise), which was unusually interesting,
from a priest being involved as an accomplice in the
fraud. The following is a summary of the facts as they
came out at the hearing:—Naguet, a shepherd, in the
service of a farmer named Luce, in the neighbourhood
of Beauvais, offered his master to show him the Devil,
and compel him to double any sum of money be would
bring into the conjuration. Luce, half believing and
half doubting, consulted the Abbe Mouchet, alio was the
curate of a chapel of ease at Boutincourt, who told him
that it was possible, and agreed to join him in the spell,
which was commenced by this worthy son of the Church
with reading for nine successive nights a species of in
cantation out of a red book. The curate sent his ser-
vant to buy a goat's kid, which was slain, its skin being
formed into a magic circle, and its blood used to sign a
compact with Satan, which the curate. had written on a
skin of parchment. The Abbe also had two wax tapers
- melted by two young girls, and with the wax and a stone
which he called ea? atille he drew a wider circle, and, placing
aimself at the centre, called up Lucifer from the vasty
deep. But, as Lucifer refused to come, Naguet exclaimed,
•' Bab! you manage this badly ; I must apply to an as
sociate who knows better how to proceed. This asso-
ciate, whose name was Bigny, came. The nine incan-
tations were repeate:l by him, and when they were
finished it was agreed that they should all meet at -
place called the Croix Blanche, at midnight, ea&
bringing a sum of money, and, having deposited it in the
earth, they were again to invoke the Devil. At the
appointed time they met, Luce bringing a bag contain-
ina 1,5001., the curate another, in which he said were
:30f., and Naguet a pocket-handerchief, in which he said
;,here were 600 E, but in which, according to a dechra-
don made by Bigny, there were no more than 10f. in cop-
per money. Bigny was to he the receiver, aria the Abbe to
be the depositor ; but Bigny insisted that each should
..eome separately to the spot and deliver his deposit.
Naguet came first, and gave his handkerchief to Bigny,
who handed it to the curate. Luce came next with his
1,500 f., and delivered the bag to Bigny, who on receiv-
ing it a hispered to -him mysteriously, " Go back again,
Jut on no account look behini you, for if you do
-:.he Devil will be enraged, seize you, and tear you to
pieces." Luce went away trembling in every limb with
error. Days passed away, and Luce heard nothing
:nore of his money.. On applying to Naguet, he was told
boasting
he
thatre ceivtehde3 ,
. thathad Ntaakgeunet
hiamnd
m
hat, to induce the Devil to bring back the money, not
mly a second incantation must be made, but double the
Bigny
.nadt i on
been which
sums must be brought: This, together with an inti-
- Weed Luce to lay an information before the magistrate.
rho Abbe contrived to make his escape, but the two
ether rogues were arrested. The Abbe was therefore
londemned by default to five years' imprisonment ;
b as t
3igny, who had before been in the hands of justice, to
he same punishment ; and
Naguet to imprisonment for
.wo years.— Galignani. •

THE ATTACK
POrisN MADAG ASCAR.
siren,
,Ccnstitutionnel.)
I e have
from the Cerneen of the Mauritins, the
veroA
letails of a descent effected at Tamatave, on the eastern coast
if Madagascar, by the crews of three vessels, one English and
wo French. The object of this expedition was to take on
Board the French and English residents, whom the Queen of
he Ovas wished to force to have themselves naturalised. The
•esult is known. The forces of the two nations marched on
ramatave with the emulation and Courage that were to be
xpected from them. But they had to deal with an enemy not
css courageous, trained to war in long intestine contests, and
ormed to discipline. Tamatave was armed with cannons, and
veil defended by the Oyes. Our troops were received with
t formidable fire, which killed seventeen French sailors and
:our English. They could not get farther than the outer wall,
where they placed their celeurs. The Malgeches remained
-'mpregnable in their redoubt, which was constructed according
o the European fashion, and it was found necessary to give way
'efore them and re-ernbark. If the European residents at Ta-
the i n
Ovas,
the
va island,
anti
conducted and terminated
natave were afterwards relieved from their awkward position,
end part of their property saved, it is not less true that a
fre
with Madagascar.s h blow ha s beenA n givenex red to
toi
ou tEnena nrhtoshups ue European
influenceo
stoi
sdpeops leo
herrebl y
tocannottrea t
theb Eu t puurffop p Queenstill less consideration.
We do not know exactly how the expedition iwas organised.
rhe Cerneen says that the troops which landed were under the
erection of a captain and a lieutenant. Which was the English
tnd which the French ? Had the plan of attack been discussed
mod decided on in concert ? Or rather was there a plan of attack?
Were not the French and English satisfied with proceeding
n two bands not very cordially inclined, the one not dis-
posed to obey the other, and were they not the victims of the
Mind policy which pursues in all parts of the world the chime-
•ical notion of the entente cordia'e l? It will not be possible to
-esolve all these questions until we shall have obtained new de-
tails, but it is impossible not to be struck at present with the
disproportion in the loss sustained by the two forces. By what
•oneatenation of circumstances did it come to pass that the
English only lost 4 men, and the French 17 ? Were the mom-
hers of the troops as 17 to 4? Why this disproportion? Why
,heuld not the English have supported at least half the cost and
'calf the risk of this enterprise ? Were there not at Madagascar
et many English subjects as French ones ? The inhabitants of
he Mauritius, as well as those of Bourbon, are in the habit of
procuring rice and cattle on the coast of Madagascar. These ar-
•icles are wanting in the two colonies, which are obliged to seek
hem sometimes at Zanzibar, sometimes in India, at Calcutta,
Madras, or even at Singapore. The contiguityof Madagascar offers
both colonies the most convenient and advantageous market ;
ind the continual vexations to which the purchasers are ex-
ensed by the Queen of the Over affect English subjects not
ens than those of France. This expedition does but little
who may be reproached
honour to the Governor of Bourbon,
with not having collected sufficient information as to the forces
and means of defence of the Ovas. It is by such inconsiderate
conduct that the agents of the Government too often com-
promise the renown of France and the life of our soldiers ; and
his arises frequently from the Government agents being much
more occupied with the case of not displeasing the Govern-
ment at home, than of bringing to a good end the enterprises
which they direat. Wo would willingly wager that, in this
'ast affair, the Governor of Beurbon hos been more gravely
occupied with the desire of bringing to a happy termination
the negotiation opened with the Governor of the Mauritius
to act in common, than with the thought of making the
expedition successful. The fact is that it has failed ; it is in
vain to dissemble it. It terminated by a retreat far too hasty.
The policy of the Marquesas has not been for some time
triumphant. At Basilan, at the Marquesas, Otaheite, and
Madagascar, it scatters about deaths, and obtains in return only
very quest enable victories. A new expedition, will, it is said,
be soon directed against Tamatave. Let us hope that this time
the local government will take its measures better. To obtain
,informseion on the elements of defence which the Malgaches
possess, the Governor of Bourbon has only to apply to the Go-
vernor of the Mauritius. It is by the agency of this latter per-
sonage that England has furnished the Ovas with cannons,
muskets, ammunition, and instructors ; it is England which has
given the design of the Malgache redoubts. The least she can
do is to communicate to us the state of all the means of destruc-
tion which she has furnished, now that we interfere for her in-
terest at least as much as our own.

NEW REGISTER-OFFICE.—In order to accomoclate
the gentlemen of the bar who are in want of good situwices, it
is in contemplation to open a register-office, where candidates
may enter their names, and electors may meet with any kind
of article they way wish to take into their service. No bar.
rister need apply, unless he can have at least six respectable
characters. Booksellers' certificates not admissible.—Punch.

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STATE OF TRADE.—The favourable change of
weather has produced a bEneficial effect upon our market.
Both goods and yarn are in better request than last week, and
prices aro very Amu—Manchester Guardian.

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.

MEETING OF SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH'S

FRIENDS.

A meeting of the supporters of this gentleman met
yesterday evening in the Queen's Head Tavern, High-
street, Borough.
The large court-yard was densely crowded, and those
assembled were addressed by the different speakers from
the balcony.
Mr. J. WATER. was called to the chair, and briefly re-
commenCed Sir NV. Molesworth to the electors of South-
wark as a candidate whose opinions had been already
tested in the House of Commons.
Mr. COOPER, Chairman of the Committee, then, in a
short address, referred to an assertion of Mr. Miall's at
a late meeting, and read the following letter to that gen-

Leman :

" Central Committee, Queen's Head,
Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4.
" Sir—You are reported to have stated at
~.e public meeting, held last night at the Bee-hive,
that it was said that Sir W. Ivlolesworth's committee,
fearful of the issue of the conflict, bad opened thirty
public-houses., with a ea? to bbinche for anybody to go
and drink. The c ommittee will not do you the injustice
of supposing that you made this statement without hale
ing some grounds for supposing it to be founded in fact;
but, as it is an utter falsehood, and it is necessary that
it should be traced to its source, the committee feel
satisfied that you will, without hesitation, give up your
authority for the assertion. The bearer will wait your
answer.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully,
" EMAN COOPER, Chairman."
Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTM then rose to address the
meeting amidst tumultuous cheering ; and after silence
had been in some degree restored, he said that he had
endeavoured, in the course of the contest, to enter into
some arrangement with one of the rival candidates (Mr.
.111i7l1), with the view of concentrating the strength of
the Liberals in the borough, and so to defeat the Tory
candidate, but, he was sorry to say, unsuccessfully. But
feeling assured, as he did, that the wishes of the majo-
rity were on his side, he should assuredly not recede
from the contest.— (Cheers.) It had been stated by Mr.
Miall that he had opened thirty public-houses. He could
solemnly assure them that rather than resort to any
such species of corruption, he would rather lose a hun-
dred elections, and without resorting to such infamous
means, he was confident that he should stand at the heed
of the poll. And while lie gave every credit to his op-
ponents, ho must. yet advert to a speech of Mr. Miall's
on last TueSday iti.ght. Jr. 3 Miall had there charged
him with Having edited the works of Thomas Hobbes of
Malmesbury. .He confessed it ; he gloried that he did
so. .As many of those present might not be acquainted
v.ith that illustrious writer even by name, he should just
say that he was the friend of Bacon, that he was intimate
with Gassendus and Marsennus, the pupil of Galileo,
and the not unworthy opponent of the immortal Des-
cartes.—(Cheers.) He was the first great regenerator
of politics, for he effected that revolution in politics
that Bacon did in physics. Ho affirmed that the. Church
should be subservient to the State ; that clergymen
should not interfere with politics. But Mr. Miall
had denounced those works as infidel.—(A Voice, "And
so they are.") Have you ever read those works, most
learned Theban ?—(Cheers and laughter.) Had Mr.
Miall read the works ? If he had, he (Sir W illiam
Molesworth) would dare him to point out one single pas-
sage in those works derogatory to Christianity. He had
no wish to accuse Mr. Allan, but he would affirm that
he had been guilty of ignorance, and worse, in the
charge brought against him of publishing the works of
an infidel writer.—(Cheers.) He did nut think —he
would suppose—that the enlightened electors of South-
wark would reject him for thus editing the works of one
of the greatest writers that England ever saw, and
choosing instead a man, who, if he had lived in those
days, would have had those works burned by the
faggot at Tyburn.—(Cheers.) Ile would leave the issue
with confidence to the poll of Wednesday. One word
more to Mr. Miall, and then he would dismiss him from
his notice.—(Cheers.) Mr. Miali had said that in philo-
sophy and principle he was a Christian. He (Sir W.
Molesworth) said that charity and Christianity were
one, and Mr. Miall was deficient in the former.—(Cheers.)
The real contest was between Mr. Pitcher and himself.
Mr. Pitcher was a Tory, he was a Whig—(Cheers)—
and he would say for himself that, if returned to Parlia-
ment, he would prove himself one of the most strenuous
supporters of everything liberal.—(Cheers.) With the
spread of these opinions there would be an end to war
—that great enemy to civilisation. Mr. O'Connor had
asserted that he had been at one period an advocate for
the immediate and universal extension of the suffrage.
He denied this ; and his word, he hoped, would be of
equal weight with that of Mr. O'Connor's. Finally, he
was in favour of the vote by ballot, triennial Parlia-
ments, and the abolition of property qualifications.
After some further explanation of his
.political creed,
the Hon. Baronet retired amid loud cheering.
Mr. }lowan]) then came forward, and in a neat speech
proposed that the meeting, feeling satisfied with Sir W.
Molesworth's political principles, do pledge themselves
to support his election.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. Harris, and luta.
nimously carried.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman,
t the meeting broke up.
a

MEETING OF MR. PILCHER'S FRIENDS.
Last evening, at seven o'clock, a meeting of electors
favourable to Mr. Filcher was held at the Dundee Arms,
Horsleydown' at which Mr. Filcher attended to give an
exposition of his political sentiments. The room, %illicit
might accommodate about two hundred, was crowded to
excess. Charles Shaw, Esq., as on the two previous oc-
casions, occupied the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, on rising to address the meeting, was
received with cheers. He said that he had now the ho-
nour of presiding for the third time over these meetings,
and he hoped every sneaker would have a full and im-
partial hearing. They all knew the business for which
the meeting had been called. If they looked into the
shop windows and on the walls they would all know
what was going forward in the borough. They were in
the midst of an election, and there were three candidates
in the field. He had already dealt with some of the prin-
ciples of two of the candidates (Mr. Miall and Sir Wm.
Moleeworth.) He ,had disposed of Universal Suffrage
and theßallot, and he would now say a few words on
Triennial Parliaments. On this question he would say,
that if they looked at the history of Parliament, they
would find, from the Rump Parliament down to the
present one, that the average length of Parliaments was
about three years and three-quarters ,• so it appeared
from this, that it would make little difference whether
Parliaments were triennial or septennial. He would,
therefore, make no great dispute on that point, as there
would be little lost or gained by it. He now came to a
far more important question—that of free. trade and the
corn-laws. This was a subject on which they ought to
be cautious. Southwark was a great commercial borough,
and much interested in the extension of trade ; yet in
carrying out that extension they ehou!cl take care it was
in eereement with the best interests of the country.
Sir Wm.Molesworth, it tie as said, was a great scholar. As
Hudibras said—
" He can as easily speak Greek
As sucking pigs can grunt and squeak."
But though he could do so, he did not think him a safe
guide on the question of free trade. He advocated the
repeal of the corn-laws. On this question he (the
Chairman) would beg the meeting to turn their attention
to the condition of Ancient Rome. The Roman States
when in the zenith of their power, supported free trade
in corn. They drew their supplies frim Egypt and
other foreign States, and neglected the cultivators of
their own soil. The result was, these cultivators found
themselves so overtaxed and burdened, and the price of
corn so reduced, that they rose in rebellion against the
Government. In so dangerous a position did the Roman
Government find itself, that it was obliged to call in its
troops from distant countries to put down the insurrec-
tion at home.—(Hear, hear.) He would ask them, should
they like to reduce the cultivators of the land at tome to
the same condition as the cultivators of ancient Rome ?
Would they support such a policy as would turn the
agricultural interest against them ? Ile would ask Sir
William Molesworth to look to this case, and meet tif
he could.— (Cheers.) There was another important
question to which ho would call their attention. Sir
William Molesworth was an advocate for the separation
of Church and State, and for the destruction of that
Protestant faith that had been productive of so much
benefit to the British empire. They need only contrast
the condition of the country now to what. it was under
Romanism, before the Reformation, to be satisfied of the
great improvement that had taken place by the introduc-
tionof Protestantism. The Chairman, after going at length
into the views supported by Mr. Miall and Sir William
Molesworth, concluded by introducing Mr. Filcher to
the meeting.
Mr. FILCHER was received with great cheering on
rising to address the meeting. He stated he had the
greatest hopes of being returned as their representative
to Parliament. The ladies, he was glad to say, were
in his favour, and if they only exerted themselves with
their husbands, fathers, and sons, he was sure he would
command a proud majority on the poll. If elected, as
the canvass would fully justify him in supposing, he would
do his best to serve the interests of the borough. He
would forward every scheme that would advance the
health, cleanliness, and commercial interest of the
borough. He would support the formation of the
docks in contemplation to remove the steam-boats from
crowding the river. He would not on that occa-
sion go at length into his principles, as he
had given his views already fully on the subject of
the Maynooth grant and religion in general. If elected,
he should feel prouder than if he was elected for the
great county of York. It was his native borough, and
he would do his best to serve it.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Minute moved a resolution that Mr. Filcher was
an efficient person to represent the borough in Parlia-
ment.

Mr. Bias Tow seconded the motion, which was put and
agreed to, with only one dissentient.
After a rote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

MEETING OF MR. MIALL'S FRIENDS.
Last evening a meeting of about 500 electors and in-
habitants of this borough took place at the Catherine
Wheel Inn, High-Area, Southwark, to promote the
election of Mr. Miall, and receive his address.
Several of the fair sex graced the gallery opposite
the platform, and joined heartily in the bursts of ap-
plause occasioned by any happy remark made by the
speakers.
Mr. WEBB was unanimously called to the chair, and
the usual manner kriefly opened the proceedings of
the evening.
Mr. MIALL then rose, and, in commencing his address,
observed that he was glad to hear that a contradic-
tion had been given to the report that the public-
houses were opened free to the supporters of Sir
William Molesworth. Ireland was, however, the ques-
tion of the most importance at present. Ireland had
all the capabilities of becoming a brave and important
nation ; and those who knew anything of her resources
must be aware that she had in her the germs of great•