The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-03 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE ELECTION.

OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL.
This day, of One o'ciock, having been appointed by the returning
officer of the Brough, Mr. Alderman Lainson, for the official announce,
moot of the Poll, long before that hour, vast crowds had collected round
013 hustings, in Portland Place. About half-past twelve o'clock, fir.
Ewan accompanied by Mr. Hume and several others of his friends al,
peared on the hustings, and was greeted with most enthusiastic cheering
Colonel Thompson shortly afterwards arrived, and on coming
forward was much cheered. Shortly before one o'clock, Lord Teign-

mouth, preceded by a vast number of his friends, by whom he wa
cnthusiastilly cheered, ar-ived at the hustings, and on coining forward
he was met by loud uproar, which completely stifled the cheers of his
friends. The procession of the Noble Lord up Portland-place was ac-
companied by large light blue banners, bearing among the
rest the following inscriptions, in gold letters :—" Teign-
mouth ! The true Supporter of Charitable Institutions." The Queen
the Constitution and Teignmouth for Marylebone." In the interim
between the arrival of the different candidates on the hustings and the
official announcement of the returning officer, jokes in no small abun-
dance were bandied about among the crowd. Among them were,
Who sold Marylebonef Murphy and the Tories." " Ewart, if I
were you, I should be ashamed of talking to Murphy."
—(Great laughter.) " Murphy, your bowels are confounded
bad I think."—(Laughter.)—" Murphy, has Lord Teignmouth ordered
any coals from you lately ?" Amid those species of jokes Alderman
L:dnson came forward and announced the state of the poll, which was
as follows :
Lord Teignmouth
—(Cheers, hisses, and great confusion.)
Wm. Ewart, Esq.
—(Cheers.)
na

Colonel Thompson lB6
—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and some slight cheering.)
lie (Mr. Alderman Lainson) consequently declared the election
to have fallen on the Right Hon. Lord Teigninouth—(Cheers and
gre..t ccnfusion)—who brd been duly elected to serve in the present
Parliament for the Borough of Maryleboi.e.
Lord TEIGNMOUTII then came forward to address the electors amid
great confusion and clamour, which continued during the whole time
the Noble Lord was addressing the electors, and rendered it almost im-
posibie to hear a single sentence that he uttered. We, however, un-
derstood him to say, that he returned his sincere thanks to
the electors for the honour they had done him in elect-
ing him as their representative. When last he had the tumour
of addressing the electors of Marylebon• he had declared that
the result was a triumph, and the end of the present election was a con-
firmation of that statement. The electors of Marylebone had placed
him in a proud position, because he had not been brought forward by
any particular party, but by the general electors of the borough of Mary-
lebone,most important trust had been placed in his care. Flp was sent to
l'arliament without pledges, for which he had thanked the electors. He

could assure them that it would be his earnest endeavour to devote what
little talent he had to the cause of the electors of Marylebone and to
the country at large. He returned his best thanks to the friends who
stood by him through two contests, and he could assure them in return
for their kindness they might depend upon his fearlessly discharging
his duty. With respect to his Hon. Competitors, though they ex-
changed some hard hits together, yet nothing personal had passed be-
tween them, and he was willing now to hold up to them
his right hand of good-fellowship.—(Hear, hear, hear, and cheers.)
Nobie Lord concluded, amidst immense uproar, by thanking them
for the honour they had done him, and declaring that he would, to the
lest of his ability, do his duty in the House of Commons.

[Directly the Noble Lcrd had concluded, he shook hands with Colonel
Thompson. The incident excited groans from the crowd. The Gallant
Colonel also shook hands with Mr. Swart.]
Mr. EwART then came forward, and was received with the most

tremendous cheering, which lasted for a considerable time. It was
Isis first duty, he said, to return his most gratoful thanks
to the 3762 freemen who had espoused his cause.—(Loud cheers.) He
felt that their support justified him for having come forward and en-
couraged by their favour he was consoled under a defeat in which there
was no dishonour.—(Great cheering.) On this occasion there had not
only been the open hostility of the Tories, but there had been insidious
designs on the Liberal entrenchments.—(Renewed cheers.) He was
astonished that he, as liberal and independent a man as ever went

to the House of Commons, should have been charged with being
o.:ly a Whig, and that former Members of the House had made this
charge, men who must have known that he was much more Liberal than
a Whig—men, who voted with him on many occasions, and of whom
he would say no more than that they were the Murphys of the House
of Commons.—(Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Ewart) had divided the House
against the Whig Government upon the question of capital punishments,
which he wished to be totally abolished, except in cases of murder, and
he was beaten only by a majority of one.—(Loud cheers.)
He opposed the Whig Government in all their Canadian reso-
lutions, thinking it much better to conciliate than to coerce.
Mr. Murphy had said that he was in favour of the finality of the Reform
gill, whereas he had published a pamphlet expressly against it, and al-
most in his first speech upon the opening of the Session, he had ex-
pressed the same opinion.—(Cheers.) He had been the first man to
bring forward the Repeal of Primogeniture in the House of Com-
mons.—(Hear.) He had twice done so, and had been twice de-
feated by the Whigs combined with the Tories.—(Loud cheers)
yet he had been called a W hig—he hoped not by Colonel Thompson.—

(Cheers.)—[Just at this moment a person in the crowd held up a small
wooden gallows by which was suspended a large potatoe, intimating, we
suppose, Mr. Murphy. The incident created roars of laughter, and
many amusing cries, such as " Cook the Murphy"—" Roast him," &c.]
Colonel Thompson would not make the assertion that he was a Whig,
without a blush, but he confessed he believed Mr. Murphy could--

(Cheers.) He would bestow on Mr. Murphy the pre-eminence of being
the first person who had invented a new qualification for Members of
Parliament. Mr. Murphy had recommended them, not indeed to look at
the political conduct and opinions of a man, but, before they pro-
ceeded to choose him, to examine his perecranium.—(Laughter.)
Whatever novelties had been introduced into the system of elections,
this, he thought, was the most novel, and Mr. Murphy might henceferth
be hailed as the first person who had introduced the system of phreno.
logical election.—(Renewed laughter.) He (Mr. E.) would not attempt
to imitate him in his impartial personal abuse of every one except him.
self. His denunciations had been liberally impartial on all parties ex-
cept hls own, and considering the liberality and impartiality of those
denunciations, he hoped Mr. Murphy would allow him to bestow on him
the title of the Demosthenes of vituperated eloquence.—(Laughter.)
He begged most respectfully, as a tribute of respect, to propose for Mr.

Murphy's phrenological head (" a crown of thorns"), the choicest gar-
land that could be culled from the neighbourhood of Billingsgate.—
(Groans, laughter, and cheering.) He (Mr. Ewart) liked to see elo.
quence remarked. In ancient times they had civic crowns and
inure' crowns, and he proposed for an eloquent roan of modern
days a most appropriate garland from the most apt locality.
—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He had now done with this.
Unassailed he would never have uttered an allusion to persons—he
trusted he was above it. If they consu'ted the divisions of the House
of Commons, they would find he had always been their friend ; they
would find he had been, not the friend of the wealthy man, but the
friend of the poor man—that he had been the friend of education—the
riend of protection to the poor, and that he was one of the most earnest
advocates for the mitigation of the dentence on the Dorchester labourers.

--(Hear.) They had been djeated at this election partly from the power
of their enemies, and partly from insidiousness and design. He trusted
they would take care tbr the future, both of their open enemies and their
dangerous allies.—(Cheers and cries of 'we will, we will.) He trusted
the Borough would emancipate itself, alike, from the superior controul
of toryism, and from the dangerous machinations of a faction, who
had dared to dictate to a community so vast and enlightened as the
inhabitants of ➢farylebone.—(Cheers.) He trusted they would res-
cue from their hands, the Standard of Marylebone independence,
and that they would not allow it to be trampled on or to be contatni-

nated by a heterogeneous mixture of Tories and of Tory Radicals.—
(Loud eheering)—but that they would rise superior to the blow which

had been aimed at their freedom, and he would now leave them with
these exhorting words—union, :organisation, and independence. The

Hon. Gentleman then retired amidst enthusiastic cheers.
Col. THOMPSON presented himself, but in consequence of the groans and
hoot:ngs, was unable to proceed. In the midst of the confusion Lord
Teignmouth, on horseback, attended by his Tory followers, forced his
way through the immense crowd assembled in front of the hustings,
buffeting with his hat every poor unfortunate being who, unconscious of
his Lordship's approach, obstructed his progress down Portland.place.
This was the signal for renewed confusion; but after Lord Teignmouth
and his clique were out of sight, order was in some degree restored.
Colonel THOMPSON then proceeded to address the electors. He

was a good leader who defended his post—Misses, and loud

cries of V " Who sold the borough ?") He had no more inclina-
tion to speak than they to hear.—(Groaning, and loud cries
of" Go home with your 186—you Tory Radical ") He thanked the
small but determined number who on this occasion had stood by him.—
(Laughter) " Tho fewer men the greater share of honour.".—(Re-
flowed laughter.) They had given the example how an ill-treated
minority ought to protect itself, which he hoped would be followed
elsewhere, and everywhere. He had made every sacrifice for
the sake of party purposes and party union.—(Groans and hisses.)
What was the majority en the late election ? Why, some 600. What
was the minority on the present ? Why, some 400.—(Cries of " Send
Murphy to Canada ; it's bins that sold Marylebone.") He would ven-
ture to say the Radical cause would still be righted in Marylebone, in
spite of the attempt made by the Whigs. Was it not right, he would
ask, that those who had committed the breach of faith they had, should
be punished as they had been ?—(Cries of " No, no.) He, (Colonel
Thompson) said yes, yes. Four times had he sacrificed himself for the
cause of the Whigs, and now they came behind his back and attacked
liim.—(Cries of " You harent half a chance : you had better go home.")
The Whigs should hear more of this. He never would content him-
self till he had procured for the Radical electors of Marylebone their
fair share in the representation. His competitor had suddenly become
a polished arrow in the quiver of the Whigs.—(Cries of " Come, that's
enough—you're a Tory Radical.) He trusted that the electors of
Marylebone.—(Confusion and uproar.) Not you (continued the Gallant
Colonel, pointing to the crowd) you are all very honest men, Ildare say that
you have been a little misled and mistaken —(Who sold Marylebone
Ile would now retire, with merely stating, that if any present were con-
tent with what they had done, be was also. The Gallant Colonel con-
cluded, as he had begun, amid great confusion.

Mr. MURPHY, on making his appearance, was assailed with volleys
of groans and yells, with exclamations such as "Tory Radical "—" Who
sold the Borough ?" On attempting to speak, he was assailed with similar
exclamations, and for several minutes he was totally inaudible. At
length dirt, pebbles, stones, and other missiles were hurled towards him.
As well as we could catch he spoke nearly as follows :—The borough
has been rescued from the control of the Whigs. If the Radicals did
not succeed in returning their own man, the Whigs should not, and the
Radicals of last would succeed. Whenever the Whigs endeavoured to
control the Electors of Marylebone, the Radicals would be ready
with their own Member to secure the independence of the borough. if
the borough was to be sold, let it be sold to an open and avowed enemy,
not to a dark, nasty, dirty faction as the Whigs were.—(Hear,
hear.) Pointing to the gallows, which we have before alluded
to, he said that is what the Whigs would have done, if they could, with
the Dorchester labourers. (A voice in the crowd. " You ought to be
served so."—Laughter, cheers, and great uproor, which totally
prevented Mr. Murphy from proceeding. Ile finished by
saying—" let us have three cheers for the Radicals," but, alas ! very
few answered the invocation, and their feeble voices were drowned in
the general burst of execration which assailed him as he quitted, the
hustings.

Mr. Dreg moved a vote of thanks to the returning officer, to be
given in the good old English style, of three hearty cheers.
Mr DANIELL seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation.
Mr. Alderman LAINSON returned thanks, and the crowd were about
leaving the hustings when they discovered
Mr. HALL, M.P., standing on the balcony of the corner house oppo-
site. They immediately saluted him with loud cheers, and called
upon him to address them. He accordingly ascended the hust-
ings, am?, made a brief address, in which he said— He had
carefully abstained from interfering directly or indirectly in
the election, thinking it proper that the electors shoul.l exercise
their unbiased judgment.—(Cheers.) He was, however, sincerely
sorry that the borough would now be in effect disfranchised,
as his vote would be negatived by that of the Noble Lord,
who had just been returned.—(Cheers.) He had heard that some
persons, calling themselves Ultra-Radicals, had voted for the
Cory Candidate. If that were true—(Ciies of "It is, it is")—
it is worthy of condemnation.—(Loud cheers.) For himself, his best
efforts wc,uld still be devoted to the service of his Constituents.—
(Loud cheers.)
The crowd then dispersed.

URDAY, MARCH 3, 1838.