The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE ELECTION.

A very numerous meeting of the Committee for con-
ducting the election of Lord Dudley Stuart, took place
last night at the Central Committee-rooms, Colosseum
Tavern, Portland-road ; Alfred Daniel, Esq , in the
chair. Among those present were—Mr. Ronalds, the
Honorary Secretary ; Mr. Alexander Ramsey, the Ne-
gotiator, &c., of Percy-street, Bedford-square, who
acted as Secretary ; Messrs. Howarth, Savage, Douglas,
Jones, Godbold, &c. &c.
After several matters of routine arrangement had been
disposed of,
Mr. F. GODBOLD said be wished to call the attention
of the Noble Lord (whose entrance shortly before was
hailed with enthusiasm) to a circumstance which excited
considerable interest, and gave rise to unpleasant re•
marks out of doors—he alluded to the retirement of
Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey. In the course of his
canvass that day, he (Mr. Godbold) had been asked
by several electors whether there was any truth
in the report which was circulated to the
borough, that Mr. Harvey had been induced by the
Noble Lord to desert the constituency—bad, in fact,
been purchased out of the field by his Lordship.—(Loud
cries of "No, no.") He (Mr. Godbold) was as well
convinced as any gentleman present that there was no
foundation in truth for the report—that it was a foul
calumny, invented by the enemies of Reform in the
borough—(Hear, hear)—for the purpose of sowing dis-
sention in their (the Liberal) ranks ; but, although that
was his conviction and the conviction of this meeting,
still he felt convinced that the calumny ought not to be
allowed to circulate uncontra,dicted through the electoral
body. It was not enough that they (the meeting) were
satisfied that the rumour was calumnious and false,
some step should, he thought, be taken at once
to contradict authoritatively a report, which, how-
ever malicious and unfounded, was calculated to be
injurious to the cause in which they were em-
barked.—(Hear, hear.) The high character of the
Noble Lord was to them a sufficient guarantee that he
did not stoop to unworthy means to remove the obstacle
to his proceeding to the pull—(Cheers)—but there were
others upon whose minds a calumny, however gross,
might produce a mischievous effect, and he (Mr. God-
bold) therefore trusted that the Noble Lord would ex-
cuse his expressing a wish that the rumour in question
might be at once and for ever set at rest by a distinct con-
tradiction.

Lord DUDLEY STUART rose amid loud cheers, and
said— I am most happy, gentlemen, to have the oppor-
tunity of addressing so crowded a meeting of the influ-
ential electors of tins borough as I have now the pleasure
to see before tee, and I am obliged to my friend, the
worthy elector who has just spoken, for his kindness in
thus affording me a fitting cccasion to meet
the charge to which he has alluded.—(Cheers.)
I have not heard of that charge for the first „time since I
came into this room. It has reached ,me by mewls of
anonymous letters and notices which have bQen posted in,'
the sweets; but of course I could not condescend to notice

it while confined to such worthless channels.—(Cheers.)
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