The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, THIIRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1845.
The speech of Sir W. MOLESNVOLTu at the nomina-
ion of candidates for the borough of Southwark con-
trasts nobly with the speeches of his two opponents.
The clear enunciation of fact:6, and the manly spirit
*hieh distinguished this hustings' oration, would have
iieen admired by the most fastidious and refined
audience. It abounded with truth. There was no
lhaffting, no attempt to please the bigots, no flinching
frona hig declared and honest avowal of his sentiments
tespecting the grant to •.Maynooth, nor any wish to
apologise for his literary labours in editing the works of
~11°1hEs• "I might," said he, " have avoided all the
'linger of the contest if I would have shrunk from the
Bid of
haveofjustice to Iristnd. I was asked how I should
t.,,
7('"'" Wit:a regard to the late grant to Maynooth.
X k• t.
thanlgut tave evaded that question. I might have said
I Was not in Parliament when that measure was
"44,k_ ed, that it was settled and gone by. I felt, however
j‘t it was my duty to you honestly to state my
tlirliort With regard to that grant, and I felt that in jus
~..siee to Ireland I must have voted for it." Such open
"`ilkluet deserves great praise, because its object really
4 hottotlet the electors of Southwark know the man. they
the ° deal with, and prevent all misundersstanitsgiaonn_
tua deal
of similar religious ahlit with respect to HOBBES is equally explicit, L Lti RIO •
• ned. "Point out," said
„e ~ re, it cannot be =pug
sen-
licit, and,
tepee one infidel passage in. his works, one single
defy you. You
have &wattle to Christianity.
tr shrunk
from the attemplt."
altsuttjahes have
not
iloof 1
tbheeen
evwithoutinoo theirevinces.
N oeffencntpirneT
uhthdeesicecoodn,ptnleaasiytn,
;114414 Say, no pollprejudiced reader could fail to be itmhe
,Ned Kith the sterlio facts which it contains, and
4"ving, eloquent dg indignant language in which
44these facts are,clolheadn. Has Mr. MIALL profited by thea
Itti-r4,.ti,t,fthle scheme, alike hostile to politicalof
th,i,..e"gions liberty ? Has he benefited the
strength
e
itriduissenters
whatcorkouth by dividing theiriton
the
Poll ';ll°wing a his followers exhibit xhib;,:l. hs High-Churchmen may well rejoice at the
the, 'tun, end boast that the ultra party have done
', great service by displaying their weakness.
he
rot
livid m urn of the Experimental Squadron, whose sr-
-41,0.., the Cove of Cork, on Saturday last, we have
ketirY notified in our journal, calls for an acknowledg-
frool us of the performances of the " crack ships"
Of the ~_
titae
t'3q!'veyor of the Navy, inasmuch as we have, from
tiye f .tune. an
on the many and veryexpnenn;,
kit.l2l4ll.lrea of that officer. The Queen, 110
ikekerlite) and the Albion (90), the largest gtwo-
the
trtt„, lh her MAEsTv's service, appear
&tur.',,‘,ettl.44e to have retrieved their fo.rmer
of all
ad to have outsailed, on a comparison ll
all 01:
_O.f,the various trials on which they were engaged,.
he
ships of the squadron ; though, in Somer
Nrus, beaten lav two or three of their consorts. 11 e
t littliate Sir WILLIAIV 1;1-1.110NDS on the SlieeLSs of
WO
q his .
Nettrite_ Nessels on this occasion ; 3et it is to be
Arattl 1 that the distanced Superb (80), and the
Lailde_all (80), were also constructed by the same
to our'', and on his same favourite principle. In justice.
°F tlieselveB we raust observe, too, that the perforrnaticts
Itiall SUPerb
and an on this occasion, and the
Aibi Y.Unfortunate behaviour of the Queen and the
e(1441:414 the former cruise, abundantly and irresistibly,
pri4ei , the objections so often urged to the " intuitive'
406 .1)" attd its wedge-like model. It is matter of
.
derletjotYr that the Albion, which still retains its organic
tiq• of being Unable in a heavy sea to show her lower
1111 s, has, in the interval between these two