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

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood o f Stockbridge, was held on Friday, to
take into consideration the Manchester and Southampton
Railway, which will pass through Stockbridge. The
meeting was numerously and respectably attended. A
deputation of the promoters was also present, consisting
of R. Etwall, Esq., M.P., T. Griffith, Esq.,
Mayor of
Southampton, C. Long, Esq., solicitor, IL Footner, Esq.,
E. Coxwell, Esq., J. Lankester, Esq., and others, from
Southampton. George Powell, Esq., steward of the
manor, in the chair.
Mr. LANKESTER explained the route of the proposed
from
railway, and said, that no tolaa•nte3ineaGrsraesatßritamhad
made such a rapid advance of Southampton.
Its population had increased 8,000 in 1811, to
its export trade from 770,0001. in
000/. in 1844, and to 3,000,0001. in the
eightfinlSres4atr3l:Yo
t4o 1 50h
ooonis and
of 1845. This rapid increase was to
be attributed to railway communication ; and he be-
lieved the trade of Southampton was only yet in its
infancy. It was within his memory that Stockbridge
was once a more thriving phlce than it was at present ;
and he was at liberty to state that there were parties at
Wiichester w ho contemplated making use of the water
p.;wer of the Test, should this railway be carried.—
(Cheers.) Amongst the advantages to be derived from
the formation of railways in this neighbourhood, he
could mention the expenditure in its construction, the
future constant outlay in its maintenance, the employ-
ment of a great number of persons upon the line, and
the large contribution by the railway to the poor-rates
of the parishes through which it would pass.—(Hear.)
Another advantage was the increase caused in the
rateable value of property in the neighbourhood of rail-
way stations. In all the places upon the line of the
proposed railway, where meetings had yet been held, the
project had been almost unanimously approved of, and
the landed gentlemen along the line had, in nearly every
instance, given it their cordial support.
R. ETWALL, Esq., M.P., said it was now a question of
doubt as to whether a railway would be formed from
Manchester to Southampton ; but it was for them to
consider whether it would not be advareageous to Stock-
bridge that the line should be carried which it was pro-
posed should pars through their town.—(Hear.) When
first railways were projected, the landed interest and the
tenant fa: niors feared that the market for oats would be
destroyed,-by hor.es being thrown out of employ=ente
but the result had proved the groundlessness of atom
fears, and more just views now prevailed. He believed
they would all agree that a railway from Southampton
tlpt
their town would be advantageous to them, and thf:7

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could not but acknowledge that a line which would con-
nect them with the manufacturing districts of the north
would also be most beneficial to their trade.—(Hear.)
There was another railway priposed, which would unite
with this line, and would give them an opportiniity of
travelling► and conveying goods between that town and
Newbury, Miley, and Oxford, and so northwards. This
conflux of railways must be beneficial to their local
trade,—(Hear, hear.) The lion. Member expre,sed his
hope that they would make common cause with the pro-
jectors of the line, and do ail in their power to secure
the success of that desirable undertaking.
Other gentlemen addressed the meeting at some length,
and the motion having been carried with three cheers,
The CHAIRMAN said the unani.aity of the meeting was
a source of great ratisfaetior, to him. He was most
anxious to promote the undertaking by every means in
his power. He would represent to the Earl of Clarendon
the feelings of the meeting, and he felt assured that in
as far as the property of the Noble Earl was concerned,
every facility would be offered to the undertaking.
The petitions then received numerous signatures, and
the meeting broke up.—Hampshire Advertiser.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA'rI'ERSAL L'S.—( YESTERDAY. )
Yesterday, if not a very busy, was an important day at
the corner, inasmuch as the hopes and fears of the backers
of Merry Monarch were effectually set at rest by a de-
claration that he would not start, owing, it was reported, to
his having fallen lame; while to increase the excitement,
Mentor, who but the day before, owing to a similar rumour,
had receded to 40 to 1, sprung to 12 to 1, at which price
nearly all the money for which he was backed (some three
or four hundred pounds at a guess) was laid out. Miss
Sarah was quoted at 3 to 1, layers, IVeatherbit at 7 to 1, laid
once to a small sum, and afterwards offered, but not currently.
The Pacha at 11 and 12 to 1, both taken in several quarters,
and Red Robin at 16 to 1, to which figure he rose from 1,000
to 45, laid twice at the commencement of the betting.
Forth's lot, now confined to Mr. Irwin's two and John
Davies, was backed by Mr. Irwin himself at 20 to 1,
but did not appear to have any admirers out of the stable.
The other changes were of little moment. Closing prices :
Sr. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's lot—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot—taken
3 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah
7 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor
12 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England
15 to I agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa
16 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin
18 to 1 agst Mr. Watts' The Baron
25 to 1 agst Lord Milltown's Duc-an-Durras—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland
33 to 1 agst Mr. Ilesseltine's Fitzallen—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way
40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger
50 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Worthless—taken
66 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Chertsey

THE NEW GERMAN HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, a
meeting was held at the London Tavern for the purpole of receiv.
ing the report of the Provincial Committee appointed at a public
meeting held at the same place on the 18th of June last, at which
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, when it was
unanimously resolved that a hospital should be established in Lon..
don for the reception of all poor Germans and others speaking the
German language. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., presided on the
occasion. The report of the Provisional Committee stated that the
prospects of the intended charity were favourable, and promised
the greatest success. It was supported by many illustrious per.
sonages, who have taken the institution under their protection,
amongst whom may be enumerated the Queen, 1001. ; Prince
Albert, 1001.; the Queen Dowager, 1001.; the King of Prussia,
3001., and 1001. annually; the King of Hanover, 1501., and 501.
annually ; the Duchess of Kent, 100/. ; the Duke of Cambridge,
501.; the Ducheu of Cambridge, 251.; the Emperor of Russsia,
1001. ; the King of Denmark, 1001.; the King of Bavaria, 1001. ; the
King of Saxony, 501, and a long list of influential subscribers and
donors. The report stated that the appeal to the public for pro.
riding funds for the purchase and fitting up the house at Dalston
(lately occupied by the Infant Orphan Asylum Society) and the
proper maintenance of the hospital has resulted in the sum of
3,3001. donations, and 3501. annual subscriptions ; in addition to
which the committee have received lOU donation, voted by the
Senate of the Free City of Hamburg. Several committees have
also been formed in England and Germany for the purpose of
raising subscriptions. The original estimate of 5,0001., for the
purchase, repairs, and fitting up the interior of the hospital, will
Dot be materially exceeded, and the whole is now nearly completed,
and will be opened for the reception of patients on the 15th of
October next, the anniversary of the birthday of the King of
Prussia. The report was unanimously adopted. as likewise the
rules and regulations proposed by the committee; and, thanks
having been voted to the chairman, the meeting separated.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An accident took
place on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on Thursday
morning about one o'clock, which was attended with the death
of George Macklin, one of the guards. It appears that Macklin
bas been employed on the line for only four months, and in ac-
cordance with a custom which provides that all new guards be
appointed to the charge of luggage trains as an initiatory step, he
bad charge of a train of this kind which left Glasgow at eleven
o'clock on Wednesday night. The train reached Linlithgow in
safety, where one of the trucks was to be left, and for the sake of
convenience it was the last in the train. It was in connexion
with this particular truck that Macklin lost his life, but as no
person saw the accident, the particulars cannot be given with cer-
tainty. From the position, however, in which the body was found,
it is supposed to have occurred as follows :--Before the train had
been fully stopped he had swung himself on the buffers of the
second last truck in order to save himself the trouble of running
forward and uncoupling the last one at the proper time ; and
while in this situation, he had fallen down on the rail, and im-
mediately the remaining truck passed over his body. The unfor-
tunate man'was quite unable to speak, and died in about a quar.
ter ef an hour afterwards.—Scotsman.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON TILE CROYDON
ATMOSPHERIC Raii.way.—Yesterday forenoon a lengthened in-
quiry was instituted before Mr. W. Carter, and a jury, at the
White Horse Inn, Croydon, on the remains of Michael Murphy,
sged.32. who was killed on Friday last during some experimental
tripe on the above (atmospheric) line. Mr. Samuda, the patentee
of the line, and several gentlemen connected with railways, were
present during the proceedings. The jury having viewed the
body of the deceased, which was frightfully mutilated, several
witnesses were called, who clearly proved that the deceased had
sufficient warning to get out of the way when the train was com-
ing, but which warning he did not heed. The jury, after a few
minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of" Accidental death."
INQUEST ON MR. OLDFlELD.—Yesterday Mr. G-.
J. Mills resumed, at the Marquis of Hastings, Ossulaton.street,
New-road, the inquest on the young gentleman who committed
suicide in a house of ill-fame, 26, Aldenham.street, which was
adjourned from last Friday, that the body might be identified.
Mrs. Emily Oldfield, the wife of Mr. Oldfield, reps.
maker, Southgate-road, Ball's-pond, Islington, who was
deep:y affected, daring her evidence, stated that the deceased was
her son, and that he was warehouse drink in the employ of Messrs.
Warwick and Sons, wholesale druggists, Garlick-hill. Last
Tuesday morning he left home for his office, and told witness
that he would, if allowed by his employers, go with some friends to
Gravesend that day. She gave him Ss. 6d.. but did not know what
other money he had. She never afterwards saw him alive. Her
impression was that he had been drugged in the house in Aldenham.
street, and then murdered. The coroner 'suited Mrs. Oldfield that
both he and the jury were fully convinced, by the evidence given
on the first day, that her son had not been drugged. Mr. Wrent-
more, brother and assistant to Mr. Wrentmore, surgeon, said that
he sold to the servant of the house in Aldenham.street, half an
ounce of the essential oil of almonds, in an ounce and a half
bottle. He imagined that it was required by a soap-maker or a
pastry-cook. Mr. G. Wakefield, surgeon, examined the body,
which, from the sesophagus downwards, gave evidence of the
destructive presence of prussic acid, and which, nn doubt, was the
cause of death. The quantity sold the servant was sufficient to kill
four persons. The jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned
a verdict," That George Oldfield, jun., died by taking the essential
oil of almonds with his own hands, but that there was no evidence
of his state of mind at the time that he took it." The jury accom.
panied the verdict with a censure on Mr. Wrentmore, jun., for
having so incautiously sold the poison.
HORDING Fo RN ISUED LODGINGS. —Yesterday,
Thomas Benjamin Matthews, a man of respectable family, who
was stated to have been a lawyer's clerk, but for a considerable
time without other employment than occasional writing, was
charged at the Worship-street Police-court, with his wife, with
robbing their furnished lodgings. The prisoners had both of them
an exceedingly meagre and pinched look, but their apparel, though
scanty and threadbare, seemed to be worn with a scrupulous re-
gard to cleanliness and neatness. The charges against them
having been proved, the male prisoner said he had been driven by
distress to the commission of these offences, although he belonged
t i a family all of whom were highly respectable, and had himself
been well brought up. His father, who is dead, had, he said, been
a magistrate, and he has a brother a clergyman, rector of a parish
at Doncaster, and it was but on Sunday that he received tidings of
the death of his mother. He asserted that, having expectations
ef property, he intended to make good everything belonging to
others that he had made free with under the pressure of distress,
and he hoped the magistrate would deal leniently with him. He
begged that, at all events, his unfortunate wife, who had acted
under his control, should be sot at liberty. Mr. Binginm did dis-
eharge the wife, but he remanded the male prisoner till Friday.
REMEDY FOR THE DIsiaASE IN POTATOES.—The
following is a remedy proposed by Mr. Prideaux, the eminent agri-
cultural chemist of Plymouth :—Amongst the most effectual pre-
ventives and correctives of putrefaction, are chloride of lime and
salt ; both quite wholesome, and consisting of elements suitable for
manure. For arresting the decay in the ground, a mixture of
these—say 1 cwt. chloride of lime, 3 cwt. salt, per acre—may he
strewed round the plant, and immediately covered in (for day-light
kills the chloride of lime). Or if the weather should, happily,
become dry, it may be applied liquid, at the rate of I gal. water to
lb. of the mixture. Potatoes dug apparently sound and subject
to rot afterwards, may be first washed in water, and then steeped in
the above solution 12 hours (perhsps less time will be found to do).
The same liquid will do for many quantities of potatoes, by adding
more of the mixed salts and chloride, as they absorb it out; for
which the taste may be a sufficient guide. The salt should be
clean, such as is sold for about Is. 6d. per cwt. for agricultural
purposes; foul salt would exhaust the purifying quality of the
chloride. The chloride of lime (bleaching powder) should be of
the very best quality, which is the cheapest for use, as it is a
perishable article. The salt should be well mixed with the chloride
Ent, as the latter is apt to curdle in water alone : and no iron or
metal of any kind should touch it, either in mixing or In solution,
as metals quickly exhaust its qualities.—Western Times.
ROBBERY BY A FALSE FRIEND—At the Thames
Police-court yesterday, a young Irishwoman, named Sarah
Downly, applied to Mr. Broderip, the presiding magistrate, to
solicit his advice and assistance. The applieant, whose sobbing
almost choked her utterenee, stated that she came from Dublin a
fortnight ago in the Devonshire steamer, for the purpose of emi.
grating in one of the New York liners for America, and provided
herself with every requisite for the voyage. During the trip from
Dublin to London she formed an intimacy with a Cornwall woman,
Darned Williams, who embarked on board the Devonshire at Fal-
meuth. The woman represented that she was proceeding to
London to take charge of her brother-in.law's children. Having
obtained her confidence the Cornwall woman proposed that
they should engage an apartment in London between them.
and they hired a lodging at No. 4,
The applicant consented,
welystreet, Wellclosa-square, where they remained until Sunday.
On Sunday week her fellow.lodger borrowed a sovereign, and on
Saturday another, which she promised to repay when her brother-
In-law came to London. On Sunday morning while she was
dressing, her companion managed to possess herself of the key of
her trunk, In which all her property was deposited, and soon
afterwards sent her on an errand, and on her return home she die-
Covered that her trunk had been opened, and everything of value
had been taken out by her false friend. The poor creature, who
appeared quite heart-broken, said she had not a friend in England,
and was; quite destitute; all: her money was gone, and the stores
she had provided for the intended voyage to America. Mr.
Broderip gave the young woman some money to support her
temporarily, until inquiries could be made.
FATAL EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE.—On Sunday
kbitwein
sight, ten and eleven o'clock, an aged widow woman,
named Harley, who occupied apartments at the house of Mr. Hart.
well, shoemaker, Manover.street, Lewisham, fell down stairs from
the attic bedrooEl to the passage upon her head while drunk, and
was picked up In 'a state of insensibility, and in a short time after.
yards 6121 cosio4, to exist,

LYCEUM THEATRE.
A new and original comedietta (and for once the
word comedietta, as applied to a one-act piece, is not a
misnomer) entitled Pet er Jenkins ; or., Fibbing fur a
Friend, was produce=d a t this theatre last evening, and
an ex !client comedietta. it is. Mr. David Brown, (Mr.
Meadows) is a partner Stn a mercantile house, who mixes
up sentiment and the main chance in the oddest manner
possible. His partner is Mr. Whiffen (Keeley) a plain
straightforward man of business, who makes it his boast
that he has never toM a lie in his life. David Brown is
surprised and disappointed at discovering that his la,lye
love, Miss Jenkins k Miss Dawson), a young lady with
2,0001. in her own t right, has eloped with a gay
Lothario ; and Whiffen is surprised and pleased
at receiving a note from young Victor de Mont-
morency (Mr. Wigan), a Frenchman, returning
him 50/. which he had borrowed of hitn, and in-
viting him to his cottage at Richmond, where he is
spending the honeymoon with his young wife. Brown,
who is going to the Star and Garter, gives Whiffen a
cast down in his gig. Now Mrs. Montmorency is the
very Miss Jenkins who was engaged to Brown, and Mont
morency, who is awfully jealous, has discovered Brown's
portrait in his wife's possession ; to appease him the
wife declares it is the portrait of her brother Peter
Jenkins, and Miss Clear (Mrs. Keeley), the teacher at the
boarding-school from which the elopement took place, and
who has accompanied the lovers, vouches for the truth of
the statement. The confusion which arises when Mr.
David Brown makes his appearance as the companion of
Whiffen may be easily imagined. Brown, however, is
got rid of before any discovery takes place, and Miss
Clear, who has her own designs on Whiffen, persuades
him to declare to Montmorency that Brown is Peter
Jenkins. Old Jenkins, however, arrives, and when
Montmorency introduces Whiffen as a friend of the
family, and the intimate associate of his son Peter,
the old man is astounded. He has no son. Miss Clear
again prompts Whiffen. Peter is a wild dog, has outrun
the constable, the father cannot bear to hear his name
mentioned, and for that time Montmorency is pacified ;
but Brown again makes his appearance, and Mont-
morency is determined to bring about a reconciliation,
by introducing them to each other, and then it is dis-
covered that Peter Jenkins is David Brown. Mont-
morency declares he will repudiate his wife, and
annihilate Whiffen, but again Miss Clear recon-
ciles everything. She declares that her father
had determined to sacrifice her to another ; that
years ago she had been engaged to Whiffen ; that
they had kept up a secret correspondence ; and that
Whiffen had sent her his portrait by Brown, who, for
motives best known to himself, had substituted his
own ; that on Montmorency finding the portrait, his
wife, in order to spare her friend's feelings, had said it
was the portrait of Peter Jenkins ; but that now all ob-
stacles being removed, she can make her dear Whiffen
happy—and most happy, too, does she make Mont-
morency, for she has an enormous appetite, and he is
right glad to get her out of his house. This little play
is admirably written and admirably acted. Mr. and
Mrs. Keeley and Wigan were called for at the con-
clusion, and the piece was announced :for repetition
amidst unbounded applause.

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.

MEETING OF SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTII'S

SUPPORTERS.

Yesterday evening a crowded meeting of the friends of
Sir William Molesworth was held in the Literary In-
stitution, Borough-road, at eight o'clock. The Theatre
of the Institution, which is calculated to hold 1,200 per-
sons, was crammed to suffocation, and at least as many
more were compelled to leave, having been unable to
find admittance.
Sir William, on entering, was greeted with enthu-
siastic cheering, which lasted several minutes.
Mr. MARTIN was called to the chair, and proceeded
to congratulate the meeting on the prospect they had of
returning their candidate, despite of the unworthy con-
duct pursued by Mr. Miall, in seeking to divide the li-
beral interest in the Borough.
Sir W. MOLES WORTH then rose to address the meet-
ing, but was interrupted by a person in the body of the
room, who was, however, put down by the indignant
shout that arose from all parts of the Theatre. The
Hon. Baronet was then allowed to proceed. He thanked
them for the enthusiastic reception they had given him.
In all the meetings he had held he had been equally
well received, and he believed that his principles had
been generally approved of.—(Cheers.) He had so
often told them what those principles were that he sup-
posed they must now have them by heart.—(Cheers.)
He would not, therefore, go over the ground again, but
instead he should, with their permission, review the
lending features of the contest as far as it had gone.
And, first, as to the reasons which had induced him to
come forward. He had been asked to stand by a num-
ber of the electors in that Borough, and he was sorry,
exceedingly sorry, to find that after his address had been
published some of those gentlemen who had prayed him
to come forward had gone over to another party.—
(Cries of " Shame.") There were but two antagonists
in the Borough, for Mr. Pitcher's chairman had pub-
licly stated that that gentleman's committee had called
upon the Liberal electors, asking them to support Mr.
Miall in his election.—(Cheers, and cries of " Shame.")
and tremendous uproar.) He was, however, confident
of success; and when returned to Parliament, he trusted
that the angry feelings which now actuated them would
be softened down, and that they would, even if late, do
him full justice.—(Cheers.) But what had first occa-
sioned this disunion in the Liberal ranks ? Why, the
question of Maynooth.----(Cheers and hisses.)—llid be
shirk that question ?—(Cries of " No, no," and cheering,
which was greatly increased when a stentorian voice
shouted out—" You're a straightforward honest man.")
—Sir William attempted to address the meeting in con-
tinuation, but was obliged to sit down for a time, as it
was absolutely impossible to make himself heard in con-
sequence of the confusion arising from the dense
crowd admitted into the building. After con-
siderable exertion oa the part of the Chair-
man, the Honourable Baronet proceeded to explain
his reasons for holding that the grant to Maynooth was
a just one. Would any man there find fault with a
measure which provided that a proper education should
be given to the ministers, who were te direct, at a future
period, the religion of seven millions of Irishmen?
Let them do away with the monster church of Ireland
—(cheers)—that incubus vs hide press( d upon the ener-
gies of the country—(continued cheering)—and then
the Irish would not ask this country for their paltry
grant.—(Cheers and disapprobation.) A voice, "Be
quiet, Miall's lot."—(Roars of laughter.) But this con-
test had turned not upon the proper political questions,
but upon matters peculiar and personal to himself.—
(Cheers.) The enemy, finding that they were driven
from the one position, the hypothetical question as to
what he should have done on the subject of Maynooth
if he had been in the House of Commons, had tried other
ground.—(Cheers.) The last question that had been
raised—the last charge that had been made, had been
that he had edited the works of Thomas Hobbes of
Malmesbury.— (Cheers, hisses, and great confusion.)
At this time a person who had repeatedly interrupted
the Hon. Baronet by his ill-timed and ridiculous ob-
servations, was ordered by the chairman to b‘s turned
out of the room. In a second the unfortunate
wight was with a degree of violence altogether
unnecessary, pitched over the seats to the very feet of
Sir Wm. Molesworth, and thence out to the street. A
second person who had ventured to question the pro-
priety of this course, was by the same summary process
ejected, and the rapidity of the punishment having
quieted the other malcontents the Hun Candidate con-
tinued. He explained the nature of Hobbes' works, a, .d
defied any of his opponents to produce from those works
one line, or one sentence inimical to Christianity.—
(Cheers.) Just before he had come to that meeting a
paper (the Put ot) had been put into his hands, and
there he found many extracts from Hobbes, but these he
would inform them were garbled, and to understand them
they should be read with the context. Those extracts,
however, could not be tortured into anything derogatory
to religion.—(Cheers.) Thomas Hobbes, he rep,ated,
was one of the most profound writers of the times of the
Commonwealth, and he (Sir Wm. Molesworth) should
have thought he was doing a service to the
literature of his country by spending a few thousand
pounds in editing the works of this great man—(Cheer-
ing.) But he had b:en charged with having opened
pulic-houses in the B xough.—(Cheers, and hear,
hear.) He indignantly denied the charge. Anoth r
imputation had been mach against him—a charge of
wilful falsehood—by a person well known to them all.
That person was Mr. Fisargus O'Connor— (Great con-
fusion, groaning, &e.)—and were he alone to be s tis-
fied he should disdain to reply.—(Cheers.) But he was
assered to have advocated universal suffrage.—(Cheers
and confusion.) He denied it most unequivocally.—
(Cheers.) here a Chartist with the most admirable
sang
.fraid coolly distributed bills pUrporting to quote
Sir IVilliam Molesworth's speech in favour of universal
suffrage. The confusion that arose beggars description,
but notwithstanding the shouts of " put him out,"
" throw him over." the undaunted bill distributor stood

his ground. Sir William thanked them for their kind-
ness and sat down.

Mr. HowELLsaid that there had been some interuption
' to their proceeding‘, but from whom had it arisen ?
From professed Chartists—the tools of Feargus O'Con-
nor.—(Cheers, and tremendous confusion.) He (Mr.
Howell) was that night entrusted with a resolution,
pledging the meeting to the support of Sir William
Molesworth ; he did not expect that it would be carried
unanimously, for he observed that there were several
well known persons in the meeting banded to oppose it.
—(Cheers and hisses.) Why, even they were, it they
but told the truth, in favour of Sir William Molesworth's
principles, and on every question excepting one—the
Ma} nooth grant.—(Cheers and hisses.) He would tell
them what had occurred that morning to himself, and it
was one of those things that, better than anything else,
tested the opinions of candidates.—(Chews.) Mr. Filcher
had called upon him that morning, and after some con-
versation, told him that, if Sir Robert Peel brought in a
measure next session for the repeal of the corn-laws, he
(Mr. Filcher), if in Parliament, would support him
(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Now, would they not rather
put their faith in the straightforward, than
in the candidate who varied in his opinions.—(Cheers.)
He might inform them that it had been said that Mr.
Pitcher had promised, in the event of his being re-
turned, to defray the half of Mr. Miell's expenses.
Mr. HEARNE, in seconding the resolution, said that
some gentlemen canvassing for Mr. Filcher had called
upon his wife and so frightened her with stories of Sir
Molesworth's(mr.
uinetiadrenlieydtihdatnttiite
revokegd lady
his
pro-
mise William
threatenedi h
to vote against Mr. ;Mall, that he should not have
an hour's sleep—(Laughter)—and he had therefore made
up his mind not to sleep at all till after the election.
The resolution was carried by a great majority.
Thanks were awarded to the Chairman, and the meet-
ing broke up at ten o'clock.