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

MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.

Mr. Shadwell, the revising barrister for the county of
Middlesex, has appointed the following days and places
for holding courts to revise the lists of electors in the
different districts of the county, viz.:—
Monday, Sept. 15—at Uxbridge, at twelve o'clock.
Tuesday, 16—at Bedfont.
Wednesday, 17—at Brentford.
Thursday, 18—at Hammersmith.
Monday, 22—at Hampstead.
Tuesday, 23—at Edgeware.
Wednesday, 24—at Enfield.
Thursday, 25—at Mile-end.
Monday, 29—at Bethnal-green.
Tuesday, 30—White Conduit House, Islington (King's-
cross district).
Wednesday, Oct. I—(City of London)—LoYegrove's
Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill.
Friday, 3—(Westminster district)—At the Vice-
Chancellor of England's Court, Lincoln's Inn.

COURT-MARTIAL AT MALTA.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—ln July last you published a report of a Court-
martial held upon me at Malta, on board her Majesty's
ship Formidable, the decision of which was, that I was
dismissed her Majesty's service in disgrace, and rendered
incapable of ever serving her Majesty, her heirs, or suc-
cessors. However, upon my return to this country,
being strongly impressed with a sense of a wrongful con-
viction, I memorialised the Admiralty on the subject ;
the result of which was, that the Court-martial was de-
clared illegal, and the sentence consequently null and
void, and that I was to consider myself in every respect
in the same position I held prior to the trial.
As you deemed a report of this matter to be of insuffi-
cient public importance to warrant your noticing it, I
trust that, in common justice, you will insert this letter,
in order that I may be enabled to regain the position in
society I formerly enjoyed, but which I had irretrievably
lost by the injustice and harshness of the proceedings
and sentence.—l am, &c., HENRY CRAMER.
29, Norfolk-street, Strand, Sept. '2, 1845.

A TEMPTING OFFER.—A " nervous invalid" is ad-
vertising for a " medical gentleman," of " good education"
and " cheerful manners," to eat and ride with him, to wak.
and talk with him, and to shave and dress him. Terms, fifty
pounds a year.
THE STORY OF A ROYAL FAVOURITE.—The
secret about this hook is at length divulged. It is a satirical
novel from beginning to end. The design of the work (says
the critic of the New Monthly) is evidently a series of por-
traits and reflections on passing manners and events, and few
can compete with Mrs. Gore in the point which she lends to
the one, and the wit and playful justice with which she un-
sparingly lashes the other. No one, indeed, is spared. Lite-
rary contemporaries are assailed in wholesale fashion—we only
observed Tennyson kindly spoken of. The work will, no
doubt, be extensively read for these very personalities; and if
not for these, certainly for the really clever sketches of aristo-
cratic; town and country life.
•

SOUTHWARK ELECTION. ,ri
MEETING OF SIR WILLIAM MOLESWOrt''
FRIENDS.
A meeting of the supporters of this gentlemanl h,
yesterday evening in the Queen's Read Tavern,
stretst, Boroug. bO5l
The large cohurt-yard was densely crowded, and tfro
assembled were la cire,;( d by the different speakers
the balcony. sr 0*
Mr. J. WATSA was called to the chair, and brie ..i tie
commended Sir W. Molesworth to the electors of Slo
wark as a candidate whose opinions bad been elf°
tested in the House of Commons.
Mr. CoorEß, Chairman of the Committee, then/till
short address, referred to an assertion of Mr. fetit'l
a late meeting, and read the following letter to 00,
tleman

" Central Committee, Queen's gesllll
Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4'd M.
" Sir—You are reported to have stete bile •
,I,e public meeting, held last night at tht 134.1/0
that it was said that Sir W. Molesworth's comely
fearful of the issue of the conflict, had opened ‘to f
public-houses, with a cat to blanche for anybe4l.oo
and drink. The committee will not do you the-11400r
of supposing that you made this statement with°? foi
ing some grounds for supposing it to be founded 10 tilt
but, as it is an utter falsehood, and it is necesseri fe
it should be traced to its source, the committees/
satisfied that you will, without hesitation, give UP id
authority for the assertion. The bearer will Iva 1
answer.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully, 0
" EMAN COOPER, Chairs'
,b- e 0
Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH then rose to au.. -;01
meeting amidst tumultuous cheering ; and after se
had been in some degree restored. he said that V
endeavoured, in the course of the contest, to enter/0
some arrangement with one of the rival candidate!A
Miall), with the view of c.pncentrating the streo
the Liberals in the borough, and so to defeat the 1
candidate, but, he was sorry to say, unsuccessfulli'„of`j
feeling assured, as he did, that the wishes of the
rity were on his side, he should assuredly not „ill
from the contest.—(Cheers.) It had been stated. 9
Miall that he had opened thirty public-houses. lie,„ of
solemnly assure them that rather than resort wbot
such species of corruption, he would rather loses
dred elections, and without resorting to such ini!ps'
means, he was confident that he should stand at %of
of the poll. And while he gave every credit to V°
ponents, he must yet advert to a speech of MIVI
on last Tuesday night. Mr. Miall had there,4o°l
him with having edited the works of Thomas Met
Malme4bury. He confessed it ; he gloried thel'",
so. As many of those present might not be accUjr,
with that illustrious writer even by name, he Ow',
say that he was the friend of Bacon, that he wasi,PV
with Gassendus and Marsennus, the pupil of u, pf
and the not unworthy opponent of the immorteled
e
cartes.—(Cheers.) He was the first great reel '
of politics, for he effected that revolution in of
that Bacon did in physics. He affirmed that the di
should be subservient to the State ; that clergioi
should not interfere with politics. But Mr. ,iy
had denounced those works as infidel.—(A 'Voice 0,
so they are.") Have you ever read those vvorn II
learned Theban ?—(Cheers and laughter.) 1010
Miall read the works ? If he had, he (Sir PS
Molesworth) would dare him to point out one singSeY
sage in those works derogatory to Christiaoity._„P 111,
no wish to accuse Mr. Miall, but he would affirm
he' had been guilty of ignorance, and worse, 11,1
charge brought agaiast him of publishing the Y 101;)
an infidel writer.—(Cheers.) He did not thio:4o,
would suppose—that the enlightened electors a Piy,
wark would reject him for thus editing the works II) of
of the greatest writers that England ever sitiV
choosing instead a man, who, if he had lived in,,,IY
days, would have had those works burned wii4
faggot at Tyburn.—(Cheers.) He would leave tbe oft
with confidence to the poll of Wednesday. 0,1: iti
more to Mr. Mall, and then he would dismiss Luwi,l
'P,
his notice.—(Cheers.) Mr. Miall had said thatioard
sophy and principle he was a Christian. 110.(ood
Molesworth) said that charity and ChristianitLeffl,
one, and Mr. Miall was deficient in the former.--(C:,/,
The real contest was between Mr. Pilcher ant! nro.,l'
Mr. Pilcher was a Tory, he was a Whig—(C"eforlYA
and he would say for himself that, if returned to por,
ment, he would prove himself one of the most teir
supporters of everything liberal.—(Cheers.) "A 0 It)f
spread of these opinions there would be an en'," d
-7-that great enemy to civilisation. Mr. 006111tar'
asserted that he had been at one period an adv,u74
the immediate and universal extension of thaliud beg
He denied this ; and his word, he hoped, vy.3%11- P"
equal weight with that of Mr. O'Connor's. -eP,— iir'o,
was in favour of the vote by ballot, teiennie'r tiri
ments, and the abolition of property qutolifitc4ier
After some further explanation of his pcliticF ,i,
the Hon. Baronet retired amid loud cheering. ert?
Mr. HOWARD then came forward, and in a 1),PrIle;
proposed that the meeting, feeling satisfied 01.1,00
Molesworth's political principles, do pledge w
oi to
to support his election.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. Harris,
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nimously carried.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Cloltrr
and the meeting broke up.

MEETING OF MR. FILCHER'S FRIEND
of
el
Last evening, at seven o'clock, a meeting ."
favourable to Mr. Filcher was held at the Dundee
.'O.O,
Horsleydovvn' at which Mr. Filcher attended to glof
exposition of his political sentiments. The rooto.do
might accommodate about two hundred, was tior:oct,
excess. Charles Shaw, Esq., as on the two preflu
AO
casions, occupied the chair. tog,
The CHAIRMAN, on rising to'address the mee 01,
received with cheers. He said that he had now !tioe
nour of presiding for the third time over these mid i 4:
and he hoped every speaker would have a full oPtioill
partial hearing. They ail knew the business 01100
the meeting had been called. If they looked Tod,
shop windows and on the walls they would all ere ,
what was going forward in the borough. They ‘vdicy
the•midst of an election, and there were three can, Of
in the field. He had already dealt with some of the WA
ciples of two of the candidates (Mr. Miall and Siffirk
Molesworth.) He had disposed of Universal Pude
and theßallot, and he would now say a few "IV;
Triennial Parliaments. On this question he woo. stoi
that if they looked at the history of Parliameolo Os
would find, from the Rump Parliament down 0"
ot
present one, that the average length of Parliaroe° ,
about three years and three-quarters; so it sil ar si
from this, that it would make little difference 1100;10:
Parliaments were triennial or septennial. Wog 11l 6
therefore, make no great dispute on that point,_49olo
would be little lost or gained by it. lie noW 0,..t,a t 0
far more important question—that of free trade,sigbtil
corn-laws. This was a subject on which they hvo`, otito,'
be cautious. Southwark was a great commercial mitoo"
and much interested in the extension of trade ; , 1.4
carrying out that extension they should take caro3oo
in agreement with the best interests of the Coo
Sir Wm.Mulesworth, it was said, was a great achoOP
Hudibras said—

" He can as easily speak Greek
As sucking pigs can grunt and squeak. ss(
But though he could do so, he did not think himl3d Or
guide on the question of free trade. lie advocsie (0°
repeal of the corn-laws. On this question Ileotiog
Chairman) would beg the meeting to turn their att4eolg°
to the condition of Ancient Rome. The Roman "r¢°l9
when in the zenith of tbeir power, supported free sel
in corn. They drew their supplies from Egg'
other foreign States, and neglected the cultivatorr too,
their own soil. The result was, these cultivators i°e 0°
themselves so overtaxed and burdened, and the PO', 01
corn so reduced, that they rose in rebellion agilie„s 030
Government. In so dangerous a position did the P(21.110
Government find itself, that it was obliged to Oil IrreC.;
troops from distant countries to put down the inset,
tion at home.—(Hear, hear.) He would ask them, s'..",et':
they like to reduce the cultivators of the land at I,,riDe'
the same condition as the cultivators of ancient ts°
Would they support such a policy as would tat Sit
agricultural interest against them ? Ile would ask t°
William Molesworth to look to this case, and meet `pi
he could.—(Cheers.) There was another itilr'a
question to which he would call their attentiog:.oro!
William Molesworth was an advocate for the septo-eiP
of Church and State, and for the destruction of 011
Protestant faith that had been productive of so I:lj,r,
benefit to the British empire. They need only ee°3;olef
the condition of the country now to what it was S'iti°l
Romanism, before the Reformation, to be satisfied o_oo'
great improvement that had token place by the introt)
tion of Protestantism. The Chairman, after going at I,e?,
into the views supported by Mr. Miall and Sir W°
Molesworth, concluded by introducing Mr. Pilcbe
the meeting. Ots
Mr. PmcnEa was received with great cheering the
had

nh
eemhi retni his
if husbands,ay' lazle
thSetairtedrephreesrsio,eift: rgreatestisi n g to acl
hopesdre address thebei .1g meeting.re t
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to Parliament. The ladies, he was glad to say, fit!!
dvaossuawr ,
pora onl
ufddadrt
fully
3tra.bsjj,eouyras
justify him
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supposing,
essliuMfnroSee:i lhehleeeet
;ll 00;
command
do his best to serve the interests of the borough' the
would forward every scheme that would advance,. the
health, cleanliness, and commercial interest
the
borough. He would support the formation e'rroo/
docks in contemplation to remove the•steam-boatoo'
crowding the river. He would not on that
sion go at length into his principles, t_f!,,es 0;
had given his views already fully on the su'')"cie°'
the Maynooth grant and religion in general. If cle ybe,
he should feel prouder than if he was elected f°l.
great county of York. It was his native borough'
lie would do his best to serve it.—(Cheers.) 0,0
Mr. MISLIN moved a resolution that Mr. Pileber,
an efficient person to represent the borough in
went. t orP
Mr. BRISTOW seconded the motion, which was Ph
agreed to, with only one dissentient. eetiar
After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the ni
separated.
MEETING OF MR. MIALL'S FRIENDS' ink'
Mr. MiAm..held a meeting of his friends last evhicos',
at the Catherine Wheel, High-street, Borough, 0600 3`
after an address from that gentleman in explun3,oposee
his political principles. the usual resolution was of tl.
and carried. The meeting was in the Oren yen:1_110i:
tavern, and attended by about 600 persons, 01,:sworto•
great number were the friends of Sir W. .A 1( 101atI0h;
A considerable minority voted against the T„,, „yotuv
We may state that the nomination is expected
off ou Monday. f
st
LEGISLATIVE BLUNDERING.—On the 4th: it Ir.°,
August the Scotch New Poor-law Bill passed, !it; l'cinsintiA
chic!. Chou
enacted, that on the 21st of NEXT August the
trators of the law, or the " Board of Supervisiont, direc,
meet. in Edinburgh to make laws and regulations for i not
•de
lion of the local boards. Hence Scotland will be 0 "
act p
),e
poor law for twelve months, or the local boards must_aouid
pendently of the Board of Supervision," which
rather an anomalous way of proceeding.