The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

TO the ELECTORS of MARYLEBONE.
9, Great Stanhope-street, July 23,1855.
GENTLEMEN, In the month of August last you did me the honour
of re-electing me as one of your representatives, when I accepted the
office of President of the General Board of Health. By so doing you
enablecl me to undertake the duties of a most important department.
and I think it will be ;generally admitted that during .the interval
which has elapsed since that period I have laboured hard in the pub-
lic service, and have endeavoured to carry out the objects for
winch that department was established and I have this day passed
though the House of Commons a Bill which, should it receive the
sanction of the Legislature, will materially improve the c,ondi-
Wm of the people. With regard to your local interests, I may
truly ' say that I have been enabled to promote them in
the position in which I was placed. Independent of the vast
amount of business to be transacted for your borough, and which
requires constant attention, I have introduced and successfully
carried through the House of Commons a Bill for the better Local
Management of the Metropolis, by the provisions of which, if passed.
into a law, the inhabitants will obtain that local self-government
which they so highly prize, and which during the long period of 18
years of my political connexion with you I have invariably advocated.
I have now accepted the office of Chief Commissioner of Public
Works, and my seat is again at your disposal. In the firm belief
that you will approve of the manner in which I have administered
the depa•tment over which I have so lately presided, I venture for
the sixth time to solicit your suffrages, and to express a hope that you
will again return me to Parliament, that I may continue to be of use
to my fellow—ubjects in a still more extended sphere of action, and
that I,may assist in carrying out those works for the improvement of
the:Metropolis which are contemplated by the bill with which my name
is a:sFeciated. I cannot close this address without referring to one point
to which the public mind is especially directed at the present time. I
allude to the war in which we are engaged. I beg to assure you that
I ivotfid not place myself or remain in connection with any govern-
ment which would not carry on the war with that vigour and untir-
lug perseverance which the honour of this country imperatively
demaels. The papers in relation to the Conference at Vienna, which
have lately been published, and which have been perused by all with
eager attention, exhibit at once the spirit and sincerity of the f irst
blini•ter of the Crown, and the intentions and abilty of the Secre-
tary of State for Foriun Affairs, as the organ of the G vernMmt.
In those docu.-aen s an earnest is given to the country and to the
world that this great struggle will not be terminated until we can
obtain a peace wi-tich will redcund to the credit of those who may
advise it, and to tls.t honour and safety of this nation. lam confi-
dent that iv) Goveran:ent can receive or retain the confidence of the
people, unless the Min:atry will act in accordance with the views
contained in those admirable despatches.
In a few days I. shall meetyou at the hustings, when I trust I may
receive from on that reward a'Fbich my past exertions in your service
may perhaps entitle me to hoes for. -
I have the honour to be, gentlemen,
Your obliged and faithful servant,
B. HALL.
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