The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-03 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

Last night a crowded meeting of the electors of West
miaster was held in the Crystal Hall, St. Martin's-lane,
Mr. Wallace in the chair, to consider the propriety of
adopting measures to secure the return of Sir De Lacy
Evans and Sir John Villiers Shelley at tho ensuing
election. Both candidates attended, and were loudly
cheered.
The CHAIRMAN, after a few pertinent remarks upon
the duties of electors and the obligations of representa-
tives, called upon the candidates to address the meeting.
Sir DE LACY EVANS craved the indulgence of the
electors, because, as an old Member, he had many con-
flicting opinions and interests to encounter, and there-
fore had more onerous responsibilities than those candi-
d uneverpcoonn haddtuh
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ti been.r_ (u ine conduct.--(Hear,
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Tory, or Radical.—
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dutiesle to peform. Bat for the last twenty
local duties of the city of Westminster de-
volvedhim, for Sir Francis Burdett and Mr.
years(Lba C:e
1 lhadell eegrraesid.ulpublic) directedP thet:)
al
their ' talents more to a public display
in the House (and which they did most efficiently)
,han to attention to the minute business of
their constituents. As a proof of the heavy
duties which he discharged, he would mention that
during the last twelve months ho obtained for the
parish of St. James a transfer from the Crown estate
of the right of paving and lighting the district. He
prevented the erection of a new barrack in Pimlico. He
also prevented Leicester-square being blocked up by the
monster globe building. He endeavoured to prevent the
perpetuation of the New Poor-law Bill. He sought to
obtain the benefit of Hobhouse's Act for the parishes of
St. John, St. Margaret, and St. Giles, Bloomsbury, and
thus prevent a few irresponsibles having the disposal of
iOO,OOO/. a year.—(Hear, hear.) He protected the
bakers against the Protectionists, and advocated the
cause of the butchers. He endeavoured to obtain re-
dress for the coachtnakers, and restored the surgeons of
the army and navy to their position.—(Hear, hear.) He
struggled hard for a repeal of the law of patents.--
-(Hear, hoar.) He struggled to have inserted in the
Burial Bill a clause freeing parishes from the unneces-
sary expense of chapels belonging to burial-grounds
which the Bill abolished. Ho conferred a great benefit
upon stationers as regarded stamps, and enabled the
poor to obtain divorces without the outlay of a shil-
ling.—(Cheers.) He fought with other Reformers until
they obtained the repeal of the window-tax.—(Hear,
hear.) And, by the abolition of rotten boroughs, added
100,000 electors to the constituency.—(Cheers.) He op-
posed the Militia Bill because it involved a heavy ex-
pense, which could be avoided by recalling from the colo-
nies 49,000 men who were unnecessarily kept in them for
their defence.—(
Hear, hear.) As regarded the May-
nooth grant,
ho would ever oppose tho expenditure of
the public money for that or any other object that was
not
of a secular character.—(Cheers.) But it was a
paltry election clap-trap to speak of Maynooth while the
Irish nation was called upon to pay a million a year for
the support of the religion of a tenth of the population.
—(Cheers.) After a few comments upon the Royal
speech, Sir Do Lacy Evans concluded with a solemn us-
eurance to the electors, that if they sent him into
dical Reformer, fully
Par-
liament he would be ever at his post to discharge the
high and solemn duties which, as their representative,
he would most willingly and heartily undertake.
dis-
sensions telling speech, declared himself a Free-trader and a Ra-
Sir Jolts; VILLIERS SHELLEY, in a very brilliant and
bold, and resolved to carry out the grand,
expansive parliamentary reform principles
enunciated and proposed by Joseph Hume.—(Cheers.)
He regretted that Mr. Coningham had disseminated dia-
principles
ie the field at so late an hour, and ridiculed the idea of
so thorough a Tory as was Lord Maidstone seeking the
amongst the ranks of Reformers, by appearing
Ito " opposed to the Maynooth grant, the Regime
Dermas
' and the lothorie wealth of tho Church,—
Villiers Shelle
(Cheers') If returned,P ho would boldly uphold his
suffrages of the Westminster electors.—(Hear, hear.)
be standingof the majority of his to the principles
con-
stituents who returned him.—(Cheers.)
a rMn r; SAlTerneas moved, and Mr. POUNCEY seconded,
in the House of Commons, for he would then
su'uti°n, declaring Sir De Lacy Evans and Sir John
city of
Th Thanks were Westminster,
which was carried.
an' Were then voted to the chairman, and the
meeting 89parated.
fit and proper representatives for the

Last
was held MARYLEBONE.
night a meeting of the electors of Marylebone
the Marylebone Theatre, Church-street, for
Ulu purpose
of hearicg addresses from Sir B. Hall, Bart.,
and 14"41). Stuart, and 9.dopting rwasures to teem

their re-election. The theatre was crowded in every
part, and the boxes were graced by the presence of a
number of ladies. On the stage the candidates were
accompanied by a large number of the leading reform
electors of the borough; and, among several persons
attired in Asiatic costume, we observed Rungo Bopagee
the vakeel of the late Rajah of Sattara.

Mr. A. DANIELL, having been called to the chair,
shortly addressed the meeting, and congratulated them
on the prospect of their late beloved representatives
being returned in a few days without opposition.
Dr. JOSEPH then rose to propose a resolution to the
eolbeseetrinvnedfethratmtahrisy was the e
fithrsetyochcaad beensionon
saved the trouble of a contest. He then proceeded to
lebon
make some humorous remarks on the policy of
the Derby Administration, who were now, in
spite of themselves, compelled to swallow the bitter
which,me t i meeting,
at and
a n
pill of free trade. In the addresses of their sup-
porters the word " protection " was carefully
avoided, and the only description that could now be given
them was that they were Disraelites indeed, in whom
there was a great deal of guile —(Laughter.) Mr. Dis-
raeli had spoken of something that " looms in the fu-
ture." The most probable thing that they had to look
for in the future was the expulsion of his party from
office—(A. laugh)—and then there loomed in the future
the extension of the suffrage, the ballot, and all the other
reforms so eagerly demanded by the people of this
country.—(Hear, hear.) After passing a high eulogium
upon Sir B. Hall and Lord D. Stuart for the fidelity with
which they had discharged their Parliamentary duties,
he proposed the following resolution:—
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the long and
valuable services rendered to this borough, and the
country at large, by Sir B. Hall and Lord D. Stuart,
eminently entitle them to the gratitude and confidence of
the constituency."—(Cheers.)
The resolution was seconded by Mr. DIFFANGER,
junior.

Mr. HOME wished to say a few words, as he was
anxious to leave the meeting for the purpose of set-
ting off in a few hours for Scotland. He had had
forty years' acquaintance as a rate-payer with Mary-
lebone, and he could say that the borough had never
been represented so well as during the last Parliament
by their two excellent representatives. (Cheers.)
Sir Benjamin Hall had directed much of his attention
to the subject of the Church, and he was satisfied from
the research he had exhibited, that his efforts would be
of the greatest possible benefit, not only to the public
but to the Church itself.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord
had also nobly exerted himself on every great question
of humanity, and was over ready to advocate the cause
of the distressed, whether at home or abroad. But it
was not upon questions like these alone that their two
representatives had done their duty. They had always
gone into the lobby with him in favour of economy, and
they had uniformly voted for an extension of the suf-
frage, vote by ballot, and the shortening of Parliaments,
besides having paid marked attention to the local inter-
ests of the people of Marylebone. It was therefore
highly honourable to the electors that they were about
to return their late representatives once more to Parlia-
ment, and he rejoiced that they were doing so free of
expense, an example which be hoped would one day be
universally followed.—(Hear.)
Mr. WEBB, who described himself as a working man,
hero rose in the pit, and said ho dissented from the
principles of their representatives on the broad question
of free trade.—(" Oh, oh!" and laughter.) He held
that every man who lived by his industry should have
his industry protected.—(Laughter.) The price of
every kind of labour had been very much diminished
under free trade.—(Loud cres of " No, no!") He asked
if the tradesmen of Marylebone got the same prices for
their labour now as formerly?—(Cries of "Yes, yes!"
and great confusion.) The speaker, who now found it
impossible to proceed, concluded by moving an amend-
ment, to the effect that the meeting should support no
candidate who would not pledge himself to protect Bri-
tish industry from the unlimited competition to which it
was exposed .
The amendment did not, however, receive a seconder,
and was, therefore, not put to the meeting.
The resolution was then carried unanimonsly.
Mr. MICHELL then moved a resolution, pledging the
meeting to make every effort to return Sir B. Hall and
Lord D. Stuart at the next election, which, having been
seconded by Mr. WHITMORE, was also carried unani-
mously.
Amid a good deal of noise and interruption, Mr.
MACDOUGALL asked whether the candidates would sup-
port a system of "universal direct taxation, and univer-
sal free trade, and a simplification of the statute-book?"
The querist made a long and earnest attempt to address
the meeting in explanation of his questions, but was
obliged to retire amid loud cries for the candidates.
Lord D. STnewr, who was received with loud sheers,
then addressed the meeting. He commenced by ex-
pressing the pleasure he felt at seeing so many of the
fair sex present on the occasion.—(A Voice—" They're
Bloomers," and loud laughter.) He rejoiced to see them
there, knowing as he did the great influence they pos-
sessed and exercised in every noble, just, and generous
cause. He did not now come before the electors com-
paratively a stranger, as he had done five years ago,
but as one who had served them during a long and not
uneventful period; and he could confidently ask them
whether he had not more than fulfilled every promise he
had held out to them when first he became their repre-
sentative? lie had always been on the side of liberal
opinions and of progress; and, though a member of
the Liberal party, he could not be called an uucoropro-
niising supporter of the late Whig Cabinet, for he so
often voted against their measures, that he might be said
to be in Opposition rather than a friend of the Govern-
ment.—(Hear, hear.) He had been asked whether he
was in favour of direct taxation, and universal free-
trade. In this country, where the trading and commer-
cial interests were so vast and multifarious, it was not
possible to make all the changes that were necessary at
once; but he was in favour of all measures tending to-
wards direct taxation, and he was anxious to see esta-
blished a system of universal free trade.—(Cheers.)
What he earnestly desired to see was such a reduction
and distribution of taxes as would lessen the burden on
the middling and working classes; and the only way to
get a thorough reduction of taxation was to obtain Parlia-
mentary reform. The Noble Lord then referred to the
support he had given to extension of the suffrage, vote
by ballot, short Parliaments, and other reforms in Par-
liament. —(e What of the income-tax?") His belief
was that nothing could be more unjust than the income-
tax. He was in favour of a property-tax.—(Cheers.)
It was impossible to defend a system by which a person
who depended upon professional income was charged
upon the same principle with the man who possessed
fixed property.—(Sear' hear.) He had taken a great
deal of interest in foreign affairs, and he was satisfied
that in this country no Government could long retain
power that did not sympathise with free and liberal opi-
nions abroad. He was far from wishing this country
to intermeddle with foreign affairs that she bad nothing
to do with, or to get herself embroiled in war; but, at
the same time, ha wished to see England take her proper
place among the nations of the world, and her moral
influence exerted in favour of those who were strug-
gling for freedom,—(Cheers.) He would not interfere
with other countries as to their form of government, but
he heartily hated those tyrants who aided and abetted
each other in trampling upon the liberties of nations.
It was for this that be thought the Emperor of
Russia should be hated and abhorred as well as Austria,
which had now suck into a mere tool of the Russian
despot. The curse of all free men would for ever rest
upon the tyrants who suppressed the rising liberties of
nations.—(Cheers.) A man like Kossuth might well
contemn the frowns of men in power when ho received
the approbation and sympathy and honest plaudits of the
people of England.—(Cheers.) After referring to the
removal of Lord Palmerston and the downfal of the late
Cabinet, the Noble Lord asked what the country had
to expect from the party now in power? They had, no
doubt, great ability. Lord Derby was a finished orator,
and Mr. Disraeli was not only renowned for his writings,
but es a great orator also. He had only one fault to
find with him—he had no principles.—(A laugh.) As
to the Foreign-office, he might bring forward a whole
string of cases to show how the interests of Englishmen
sbroad were neglected, but he would only refer them to
the case of Mr. Mather at Florence.—(Hear,) The
Noble Lord, after some other observations, concluded by
thanking the electors for their attention, and sat down
amid loud cheers.
la Sir 13. HALL was received with much cheering. The
last time he appeared on those boards was to perform his
part_ in a drama which might have been called the "Con-
tested Election," but now he came forward under very
different circumstances, and the drama in which they
Ire now playing a part might be called the " United
.7
apay Family," in which all were doing their best to
carry out reform principles ;.n Marylebone.--(Cheers.)
--Le
would not go over the questions which had been
taken up and discussed by his Noble Colleague, but he
en!
cokedk,
not help adverting for a moment to the important
iJett of the ballot. The necessity of the ballot was
ttti7iident, in whatever aspect they viewed the position of
the ant,
degree affect the
but, though it was carried out, it would not
Y negrhe
in all ; just influence of property, for,
woulde•reumstances, property and rank and station
exercise their legitimate influence upon society.—
(Hear, hear.) To refer to another matter, he was glad
tosee their friend in the pit who stood up and avowed
himself Protectionist, for it was so much a matter of
curiosity now to see one.—(A laugh.) He liked to
see felt a real honest Protectionist, for he must say he
th
re greatest disgust when he saw a set of political
"ungle—a Class of mushroom politicians—who had now
appeared callingthemselves Tory Free-traders.—(Hear,
near, and laughter.) He looked upon a Tory Free-
trader as he did upon a Paseyite. A Tory Free-trader
was a man who was a Protectionist, but who had not
the moral courage and honesty to avow his opinions.—
(Cheers.) He did not say he was a Protectionist, but
declared he was ready, if returned to Parliament, to
vote for Lord Derby.—(Hear, hear.) Now, Lord Derby
had said, Giv® me a majority, aqd I will put a tax
"
upon the food of the people"—(Hear, hear)—so that
they knew well what the real principles of the party
were .—(Hear, hear.) Of all the miserable, contemp-
tible compositions he had ever read, some of the
ad-
dresses put forward by persons endeavouring to gain
the sweet voices of the agricultural electoral body
were
the most abominable and disgraceful.—(Hear.) He
not the slightest confidence in the Darby
Ad ' • had
Administra-
tion;
tion; he could have no confidence in men who forgot on
I
the Treasury bench all they had said m '
heir
They used to tell the miserable, deluded .
agricult Oppositionurists
that it was impossible they could
Our Noble Marquis told them the
timpeasy twere rents.
so bad
had their taxes; yet he
that they would be unable to pay th •
was informed that this Noble Lord
valued lately, and had got a considerable hiad his
estates
come thereby.--(A laugh.) It was . •nerease of in-
opinion, that the present state of m impossible, in his
the people, on a due consideration aftters could last, for
the Political con-
duct of the Ministry, were likely seo
you °I3 to say, "You are
not the men for us, because
intentions."--(Cheers.) The lion. Bre not honest in your !
.his attention to the subject of aronet then directed
the. Chateb, and pointed

out the enormous incomes possessed by some of the
Church dignitaries; also to the disgraceful condition of
the ecclesiastical courts, rep sting the statements which
he has of late so often brought under the notice of Par-
liament.. In conclusion, he expressed the great confi-
dence which he felt in the power of our institutions,
properly reformed, to promote the interests of all par-
ties in the State—to maintain the Throne and the aris-
tocracy, and, at the same time, advance the freedom, the
happiness,
and the prosperiry of all classes of the people.
The Hon. Baronet resumed his seat amid loud cheers.
Thanks having been voted to the chairman the meet-
ing separated.