The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-12 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE ELECTION.
REFUSAL OF SIR BENJAMIN HALL TO GO

TO THE BALLOT.
The contest for the representation of the borough of
Marylebone, su far as the Liberal candidates are con-
cerned, is, it appears, likely to be brought to an amicable
termination. A communication was forwarded on
Thursday last to Sir Benjamin Hall, from the joint com-
mittee appointed by the candidates to arrange the pre-
liminaries for the monster ballot, stating that, at a
meeting of the Marylebone Reform Association, a reso-
lution had been passed unanimously, that a ballot should
be taken with respect to the Liberal candidates, D. W.
Harvey, Esq., Lord Dudley Stuart, and Mr. Serjeant
Shee ; and that a resolution had also been passed by a
majority of seven votes, that the name of Sir B. Hall
should be placed in the same position, and that he should
he respectfully requested to allow such a proceeding.
To this communication the Hon. Baronet yesterday
forwarded to the committee the following reply:—
" St. James's-place, July 9, 1847.
" Sir,— I have the honour to receive your letter of this
date, enclosing copies of two resolutions passed at a
meeting of your association lest night. The first of
these resolutions was, as you state, passed unanimously,
but the other was carried by a majority of only seven
votes ! In 1841, when a vacancy occurred, no desire
was expressed that I should take such a step as that now
proposed. The new candidates were alone required to
do so, and Sir Charles Napier having on that occasion
the majority of votes, was associated with me in the con-
test, and was returned. In the present instance Sir C.
Napier retires, and three candidates come forward to fill
the vacancy so created, and I have yet to learn that
either Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Sergeant Shee, or Mr.
Harvey has any desire to oppose me.
"In 1837 I was returned at the head of the poll by a
majority of 660 votes. In 1841 I maintained the same
position, and the majority was nearly doubled, and
amounted to 1,278, and nearly 5,000 electors polled for
me. A short time since your associatton, at a full meet-
ing, p lased a vote of confidence in me almost unani-
mously, which vote was confirmed on a subsequent day.
Within the last few days two public meetings of electors,
the former numbering nearly 2,000, and the later 700,
declared that they place continued confidence in me as
their representative, and would use their utmost endea-
vours to secure my re election. At the first of these
meetings only twelve hands were held up against me, and
at the second the resolution in my favour was passed
unanimously. Under these circumstances I feel confi-
dent that the association will, upon further considera-
tion, agree with me that it is my bounden duty to pre-
sent myself to the electors on the day of nomination, and
I have no doubt the constituency will believe that in
so doing I shall act with deference to my objections to
them, and that I shall receive, as heretofore, the almost
unanimous support of the Liberal electors of the bo-
rough, which I have the honour of representing for
',en years.

" I have the honour to be, sir,
" Your obedient servant,
" B. HALL.

" To Mr. Brotherton, Lisson-grove."
Tho Committee again met yesterday, and I pledge
was signed by the three first-mentioned candidates to
retire from the contest of the borough in case the bal-
lot of the electors should be against either of them. It
was then resolved that the ballot should take place on
Monday, the 18th instant, to open at nine in the morn-
ing and close at eight in the evening, and that no per-
son should be admitted without signing a declaration
in the event of a poll being demanded, notto vote for
any but the reform candidates. The popular feeling
with respect to the candidates is still supposed to be in
favour of Mr. D. W. Harvey. It is generally consi-
dered that Sir B. Hall has acted perfectly right in not
submitting to the ballot.

THE CHINESE JUN/E-KEYING, NOW ON HER WAY
TO ENGLAND.—Captain C. A. Kellet has kindly favoured
ius with the following account of the Chinese junk Key-
ing:—The junk Keying left China, Dec. 6, 1846, ar-
rived at St. Helena, April 17, 1847; has had very light
winds nearly the whole voyage, having been at anchor
six weeks in the Java Sea and Sunda Straits, with light
southerly and south-west winds.
perienced some wry Off the Mauritius ex-
heavy weather on the 22d and 23d
of March, but found her to be a most beautiful seaboat,
and easy, never having shipped a drop of water since
leaving China, or leaking. Her masts
and rudder are
o of
immense size and weight, being mde of i wod.
Her rudder is hung to three large ropes, and drawn into
her stern by two others, going underneath her bottom,
and coming over the bows, and when the rudder is down,
draws 23 feet, but when hoisted only 13 feet. It some-
times takes 20 men to steer her, but in fine weather,
running before the wind, she goes so steadily that the
tiller rarely requires to be touched, and then
htwo
men can steer her. She is built in compartments, av-
she
ing fifteen, several of which are water-tight ;
and a raised
has a
maindeck, raised quarterdeck, two poops,
forecastle, with a high verandah above that again. Her
maindeck is arched. Her anchors are made of wood,
and the shanks about 30 feet long ; the cables are made
of bamboo, the ropes of bamboo, rattan, and India grass;
she has three watertanks built on her decks ; her sails
reef themselves by lowering the halyards, so that one
man to each mast at the halyards can either reef the
sail or take it in in a minute ; her stern and her bows
are open, but she is so very buoyant that she never takes
in any water at either end. her main cabin, or saloon
is 30 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 12 feet high, painted
only e
adeto
omarket
n
with various beasts, birds, &c. She has also six small
cabins on the first poop, with the joss house in the
centre, in which a light is constantly kept burning. Her
stern is 32 feet high out of the water.—St. Helena
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