The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-28 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The Queen steam-ship, Captain Russell, arrived at South.
ampton this morning, from the Peninsula.

The Queen left Gibraltar on the 17th of August, Cadiz
18th, Lisbon 19th, Vigo 23d, and Corunna 25th. She
arrived off Oporto Bar on the 21st, but had no communica-
tion with shore, on account of the bad weather. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Flamer, brig Fantome, and Danish ship Omen,
were at Gibraltar.

The Queen exchanged colours with the Oriental and
Peninsular steam-ship Oriental on the 23d, steering S.W.
She also spoke the schooner Marie, of Brixham, in lat.
47.20, lon. 5.50, bound to Ancona, with a southerly wind—
all well. The Marie wished to be reported. As also the
schooner Vintage, which arrived at Oporto from Cardiff on
the 19th inst.—all well.

She brings no news of any importance.
The Portuguese Government had come to no decision or
the railways when she left Lisbon.

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.

MEETING OF MR. MIALL'S FRIENDS.
The friends of this gentleman held another meeting
ast evening, at the Ship Inn, Long-lane, Bermondsey,
;o advance the interests of their favourite candidate, Mr.
Maynard in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting was to
alvatice the liberties of the people, by the return of Mr.
lliail to Per(lament. That Hon. Gentleman would state
is political principles to the meeting, and afterwards they
eveuld have to consider whether be was a fit and proper
rerson to represeut the borough in the House of Com-
mons. It was his intention to grant tLe fullest discus-
sion as to the merits.of the candidate he was about to
introduce, as such a course was the only one consistent
with truth and justice. The Chairmt.n concluded by
introducing Mr. Miall.
Mr. Miam.., in rising to address the meeting, was re-
ceiv. with great cheering. He commenced by saying,
that in all the addresses ho had made since the begin-
uing of the contest, he had put forward a question
which had created much division of opin:on in the
borough and throughout the county—he meant the
Nlaynooth grant.—(llear.) He objected to that grant
on ieciple. If he thought that such a grant would
:end to advance the liberties of the much oppressed Irish
people, he would ineyit certainly have supported it.- But
tie thought otherwise. He believed the main object of
that measure was to stave off the redress of Ireland's
erect grievance—the Established Church. Sir James
Graham, himself, admitted that the grant would save
that Church from the danger and Opposition to which it
eves exposed.—(lbar, hear.) The r:nl object of the
grant, which was bat the beginning of a series of similar
measures, was, to detach the priests from the peoplp,
and make the latter take the side of the oppressors
against the oppressed.—(Cheers.)r,He was against all
fie,tris of religious endowment whatever, as tending to
subvert the liberties of the people. It was said that
another candidate, who was earlier in the field
than himself, (Sir Wm. Molesworth,) entertained
similar opihions on this subject. In proving this he
liked something b•stter that more abstract theory—
he liked practice. Lord Jehu had uttered, in
the House of Commons, some of the finest sentiments
ever delivere in la: our of civil and religious liberty,
yet no man had done things more calculated to do injury
to th, practiell a, l;p.,.ttin of those principles than the
:rent! Noble I, eil.—(:l, ar, hear.) Some beaer test
:mist be given of th value of a Member than tine say-
ings. Let them put the question to the other candidate,'
if he would, in the event of being elected, vote for the
abolition, not only of the Irish Church E.stablisitmcnt,
t,ut the withdrawal of all ecclesiastical endowments, anti
the app!ication of the funds so regained to secular pur-
i,oss.—(Load cheers.) This would be the way to try
hear.) He (air. Milli), at • L-'ast, was
prepared to go that length ; and in the event of his
election he would pledge himself to make a motion to
that effect.—(Loull cheers.) The Honourable Candi-
,ll.te ha,in,4 stated hi, views at length on this
nit et, went into the q, ;estion of the suffrage,
i curing himself its favoor of univer4l suffrAge. with
:he usual limitations. He had, he said, been charged
ith disiding the Liberal interest. He called on those
• ho talked about the Liberal interest so much, to define
4 hat that interest really was, and wherein it differed from
Consrvatisrn. For the la,t few years. for his own part,
tie saw little to choose between Lord John Russell and
Sir Robert N'el:s Nearly every bad in asmire which the
latter had proposed to subjugate the liberties of the
people, the former hail supported. He saw no necessity for
any alarm about dividing; that interest ; therefore he was

For no compromise. ; and would be no part)' to any ar-
rangement involving a sacrifice of principle. lie
came f)rward as a candidate, to aff.,rd a rallying point
,r the liberal portion of the liberal ekctors, and to
-nal& the Dissent,rs to act consistc,ntly with their
professions. He differEd with Sir William Molesworth
not in degree, but in principle, and was willing to meet
that gentleman face to face in discussion, and to maintain
what he hid just advanced. Mr. Miall concluded amidst
great applause.
Mr. MILLER, an elector of Bermondsey, moved the
usual resolution, that Mr. Miall was an efficient person
to repre,ent the borough in Parliament.
Th, Rev. Mr. BENSON seconded the resolution. As a
Dissenter, he could not conscientiously support any of
the candidates but Mr. MAIL Sir William Motes-
,vorth's views on the Maynooth grant and th,-? new p 00.7-
Lim were such as he entirely .difrered from. (low, then,
could he consistently vote for such a man?
Mr. JOHN GARRAT suppirted the resolution, in a
speech condemnatory of the centralising policy of the

Mr. VOIJME Y made some observations, regretting the
division which at present existed in the borough. "'lle
sas sorry now to be separated from the friends with
whom he had formerly acted, but be was so from the
ilepusiion that he was pursuing the wis,r course to
serve the Liberal interest. Sir William Molesworth was
the.best man that, under existing circumstances, c add
be brought forward. Ile was a tried man, and one who
had always acted honestly and consistently when in
Parliament.—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.)
Mr. WEBB made a reply at some length to the re-
marks of the previous speaker. He declared himself fa.-
voarable to the views of Complete Suffrage advocated
by Mr. Miall, though not long ago his opinions had ma-
terially differed on this question.
Several other speakers having addressed the meeting,
the resolution was carried with but two dissentients.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman,
when, after a few parting words from Mr. Mial , the
cu: ting dispersed. - •

APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE.—A package arrived a few
days sir•ce by the Dutch steam-ship Batavier, from Rotterdam,
contending a silver cup, as a present from Mr. A. Ahlers, jun.,
of Amsterdam, the owner of the Dutch ship Jan Hendrick.
recently wrecked on St. Paul's Rock, to Captain Roxby, of
the ship Chance, as a small token of his estimation of the
praiseworthy and heroic conduct displayed by that gentleman,
by which a portion of the crew of the first-named vessel were
saved from a watery grave. A certificate of her Maj..sty's
Consul at Rotterdam accompanied it, declaring to the contents
of the package, the rea'on of the shipment of the goblet, and
the purpose to which it was intended to be applied, and a re-
quest has been made to the revenue authorities to allow it to
be delivered, under the circumstances, to the recipient free of
duty. Su distinct and appropriate a reward of merit is
equally honourable to Captain Roxby and to the gentleman
who so kindly and justly appreciates the gallant conduct of our
countryman. The cup has inscribed on it an appropriate
dedicative description of the cause of its presentation, &c.
SUDDEN DEATH AT A TAVERN.—Tuesday Morn-
ing a man, whose name is unknown at present, walked Iwo
the Swan Tavern, King William-street, London-bridge, alai
asked for a glass of gin, with which he was served. Shore ly
after lir! left the bar, and proceeded into the yard. A few
minutes having elapsed, a loud noise was heard, and upon one
of the servants going into the yard, the deceased was discovered
lying on his back in the water-closet apparently in a lifeless
state. He was carried to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he
expired from an attack of apoplexy.
'l
HE WEATHER.—Since our last the weather has
been rather more favourable than during the early part of the
sweek—Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, thou4l2 occa-
sionally a little showery, presenting intervals ut strong
and welcome sunshine. Yesterday a good deal of rain
fell in the forenoon, but in the after part of the day the
weather cleared up beautifully, with a breeze from the
west, and an agreeable temperature. Some addi!itmal
field, of oats and barley have been cut ; but as yet the re
is 'toiling like a genera beginuing of harvest, and large
of the poor Irish are wandering over the country unabl,
t • obtain employin,nt, and generally in great destitntion. We
observe some fine fields of wheat in the neighbourhood strwn-
ing the harvest hue ; but in many cases, where the crop is best,
it is partial), laid.— acisgore Argus.
A FATHER KILLED BY PLAYING WITH HIS
CHILD.—On Tuesday forenoon Mr. G. I. Mills held an inquest
at the King's Head, Lower-road, Islington, on the body of
Thomas Owen, aged thirty-four, a porter in the employ of
Mr. Tapster, lanulerd of the Craven Hotel, Craven-street,
Strand. On Saturday afternoon last deceased was returning
to London with his child, in a cart belonging to Mr. Ashley, •
of 15, Strand, with the driver of which he was acquainted.
They were in the Holloway-road, near the end of the Camden-
town-road, when the driver of the cart Wining round to speak
to deceased, who was sitting behind him, saw him slipping off
the back part of the cart. He pulled up, and found deceased
lying bleeding from the head and neck, and barely able to ar-
ticulate "Oh, James, take care of my child !" The driver
stated that deceased was playing with a young child that ac-
companied him, and in throwing it up with his arms, he be- i
lieved the weight of the child caused the overbalancing • f the
father, arid the fall from the cart. The child was unhurt.
Deceived received prompt medical assistance, was conveyed
to Islington, and died from concus.ion of the brain soon atter i
the fall. Verdict, " Accidental death.'!