The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-30 00:00:00

MEETING OF MR. ➢HALL'S FRIENDS.

A meeting of the electors and inhabitants of South-
wark favourable to the claims of Mr. Miall was held
last evening, at Knighton's Assembly-rooms, Black-
friars-road. Shortly before eight Mr. Miall, attended
by Mr. Pellatt, Mr. Day, and Mr. Garrett, entered tilt
room and was received with considerable applause.
Mr. A. PELLATT having been called to the chair, said
that the remarks of Sir William Molesworth on the pre-
ceding evening proved he was inconsistent on the ques-
tion of the voluntary principle as opposed to Church
endowment, and, inasmuch as that was a point upon
which the electors decidedly and unanimously differed
from him, he was unfit to be their representative ; and
the result of the election would prove that the majority
disavowed him and approved of the sentiments of Mr.
Miall, whose triumphant success could no longer be
doubted, as there were more than enough unpledged
voters to secure his return.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MIALL, who was again met with loud cheers, but
mingled with not a little disapprobation, said that when
men found they were weak in argument, they lost their
temper, and endeavoured to bully. Those who had first
induced the " Liberal " candidate to come forward were
now sending men to disturb their meetings. Many cir-
cumstances of the last few days had given him great
encouragement, and perhaps none more so than the
Morning Chronicle. That paper was a most ardent,
persevering, and talented advocate of the so-
called " Liberal cause." It had received large
wages, and so it had worked well, and its services
and gratitude to its employers had been most exemplary.
There was no hole of darkness into which it would not
creep, no corner of trickery and duplicity into which it
would not enter, for the sake of pandering to and serv-
ing its party. It was no wonder, therefore, that, look-
ing at Southwark through the medium of Leicester, the
proprietors of the Morning Chronicle should feel alarmed,
and he could not but'congratulate himself that it had
now come out with a charge that he was allied with the
Tories.—(Bursts of laughter.) He wished to do all
honour to the reporters of the press who had attended
his meetings. The various speeches he had made had
been sketched at once with ability, impartiality, and
genuine integrity. Occasionally an inaccuracy had
crept in, but that he attributed rather to his own than
the reporter's fault. These inaccuracies, however few
and trifling, had been seized on by Sir W. Molesworth
with an avidity which did him credit—he made quite
merry upon them. Now he (Mr. Miall) would not con-
descend to such trickeries, but he would repeat the ques-
tion which last evening he distinctly put, whether, when
Sir H. Peel put forward his Irish policy, Sir W. Moles-
worth would propose the withdrawal of the Maynooth
grant, the endowment of the Presbyterian Church in
Ireland, and all appropriation of the revenues of the
State to ecclesiastical purposes ?—(Cheers.) Sir Wm.
Molesworth would not do that, he would.—(Cheers.)
He had been also ridiculed by this " Liberal" candi-
date with being an " impracticable " man. He
was impracticable so far as that gentleman's party
was concerned ; but he was perfectly able to test
the spirit of the House of Commons, and it was a prac-
tical thing to expose the dishonesty of the Whig party.
No wonder Sir W. Molesworth disapproved of the vo-
luntary principle, for he had six livings in his own pre.
sentation. Let not the Dissenters be duped, if the
" Liberal" candidate would only show his true colours,
he would be the abhorrence of them all.—(Loud cheers.)
As to the question of lessening the hours of labour, he
warned them not to trust to Parliaments or Govern-
ments, but to themselves and their trades-unions. Not•
withstanding the rage of :the Morning Chronicle, he as-
sured the meeting he would continue his struggle to the
last hour ; and if the electors were only true to their
principles, he should be triumphantly returned their
member.=(Loud cheers.)

In answer to several questions, Mr. MIALL expressed
his abhorrence of capital punishment, and of any legisla-
tive interference respecting the observance of the Sabbath.
A vote of confidence in Mr. Miall, and of thanks to
the Ch airman, was proposed and carried, and the meet-
ing separated.

MEETING OF MRVILCIIER'S FRIENDS.
Last night the friends and supporters of this gentle-
man held a second meeting, at the Europa Tavern, Ro-
therhithe, which was rather fully attended. Mr. Sbaw
occupied the chair on the occasion.

The. CHAIRMAN introduced Mr. Pilcher to the meet-
ing in a lengthened address, being principally a contrast
of the merits of the three candidates. Mr. Miall, he said,
according to his own showing, had no claim to represent
the borough, as being without rank, party connexions,
or reputation. He (Mr. Miall) was also the advocate of
doctrines of a dangerous character. He was for universal
suffrage and vote by ballot. The one, according to his
definition, would allow every person in prison to exer-
cise the suffrage previous to a conviction ; and the latter
would introduce into the country those corruptions se-
cret voting had produced in France. He was also against
all qualification of a property kind for Members of
Parliament, so that persons without character and sub-
stance might be elected. Sir William Molesworth was
the next candidate, whom he (the Chairman), in the lan-
guage of Hudibras, would characterise as
" A haberdasher in small wares,
In politics and state affairs ;"
who, when in Parliament, had spoke on almost every