The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-20 00:00:00

THE LAUNCH OF THE TRAFALGAR.

Behold a huge and stately ship, how proudly does she stand!
Her giant sides seem not akin to aught upon the land.
Around the busy shipwrights fly,—their task is nearly o'er—
And soon that Mammoth form shall dash, in triumph from the
shore.
A thousand loyal British hearts, await with joy and pride,
To man the new-built man-of-war—to greet her as their
bride:

For still old England, on the deep, holds sov'reign sway afar,
And proudly keeps the name and fame she won at Trafalgar
She won at Trafalgar,
She won at Trafalgar ;
And proudly keeps the name and fame she won at Trafalgar.
But oh ! what young and fearless form is that which gems the
scene?
Ten thousand glad and loud huzzas proclaim 'tis England's
Queen !

She comes to name the mighty ship—fit task for such a hand ;
May Heaven preserve her on the seas, to guard our native land.
And now they strike—away--away !
A mighty bound—a leap—hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah !
The ship is floating on the tlet-p ;
And welcome sounds upon the breeze are echoing afar,
For England's Queen, Victoria, has earned the Trafalgar !
She has named the Trafalgar,
She has named the Trafalgar;
For England's Queen, Victoria, has named the Trafalgar !
Oh soon with all her canvass spread and bending to the breeze,
She'll leave htr island home to share its fame upon the seas,
And then her name shall proudly tell to many a distant shore,
That Britain's floating bulwarks prove as mighty as of yore;
There's not a loyal British heart hut owns with joy and pride
That Britain owes her splendour to the heroes of the tide ;
And History's page may prou,ly tell, in many a clime afar,
The name—the fame—brave Nelson won at glorious Tra
falgar.

he won at Trafalgar,
He won at Trafalgar,
The name, the fame—brave Nelsen won at glorious Trafalgar.

Admiral SKIPSON rose, and Stood for several minutes
making a vain effort to return thanks, amidst tumultuous
shouts of cheering, with which he was greeted. When we
could catch the words of the Gallant Officer, we under-
stood him to say that he happened to be one of the very
few naval officers present who could return thanks for
the high compliment paid to the service to which he had
the honour to belong.—(Great cheering.) He had
not had the honour to participate in those
glorious triumphs of British valour, in which his Gallant
Friend the Member for Marylebone had so signalised
himself.—(Tremendous cheering.) He had known his
Gallant Friend for many years, and he was convinced
that the Gallant Commodore would be always ready.
not only to fight for his country abroad, but to defend
its liberty at home.—(Great cheering.) There were
three great principles with which the liberties of the
country were identified. The first was, that every
man who contributed directly to the revenue should
have a voice in the appointment of the persons
who held the public purse-strings.--(Great cheering.)
The duration of Parliaments ought to be shortened, in
order to render the representatives of the people more
frequently • accountable to their constituents for the
manner in which they discharged their trust—(Cheers)
—and, moreover, he thought that every elector should
be protected by the Ballot.—(Renewed and repeated
cheering.) He would not occupy the meeting at any
length, but would conclude by returning his most
hearty thanks for the compliment paid to the Bri-
tish Navy, and expressing his conviction, that when-
ever it services should be required for the defence
of the country, it would be distinguished as it
bad ever been heretofore, and as it never could be with
greater glory than under the flag of the Gallant Officer
who was sent into Parliament to fight for the liberties o: '
his countrymen in the name of the electors of Maryle-
bone.—(The Gallant Admiral sat down amidst repeated
cheering and applause.)
General Sir DE LACY EVANS next presented himself
to the meeting. He made some observations which were
totally inaudible amidst the din of cheers and applause
with which he was received. At length the Gallant Officer
was permitted to yield to the wishes of the assembly, and
to stand upon the table in front of the Chair, when he
said that he merely proposed to express his grateful
thanks for the honour done to the profession of which he
was an humble member. He could assure the electors
of Marylebone that it gave him great gratification to
find himself preceded by a Gallant Officer in another de-
partment of the public service, who had acquired addi-
tional honours in the estimation of his fellow-citizens,
beyond those of his grey hairs, by his sound political
opinions.—(Cheers.) He had frequently felt surprised that
the armyand navy should be toasted at convivial meetings
for although they were composed of as large a majority
of soldiers and sailors as any country in the world could
boast of they did not comprise a majority of good Re-
formers.—(Cheers and laughter.) It was true, how-
ever, that Marylebone had selected for her representa-
tive the first sailor in the British navy.—(Great cheer-
ing.) He had been the intimate acquaintance of that
Gallant Officer (Commodore Napier) for thirty years,
and he could undertake to say that he would prove as
honest and straightforward a Reformer as he had already
shown himself a brave and invincible British sea-
man.—(Tremendous cheering.) He had now only
to recommend the Reformers of Marylebone to learn
by the example of Westminster.—(Cheers, and great
laughter.) He begged of them not to rely too sanguinely
upon their strength—(Hear, hear)—but to make every
preparation for a future struggle, by conciliating all dif-
ference amongst themselves, and securing the registry.
The Gallant Officer sat down amidst repeated and con-
tinued cheering.
Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON, (the Vice-Chairman)
said, it had just happened for the first time since the
creation of the world, that a Government had stood for-
ward and placed itself between the oppressors and the
oppressed—(Vehement cheering)—between the Angel
of Destruction and the Doomed.—(Loud cheers)—
Yes, the Ministers of the Queen had stepped in between
the aristocracy and the humble classes—they had stayed
the uplifted hand, and had said, " You shall strike no
more."—(Cheers.) It was the health of that Ministry
he had to propose.—(Renewed cheers.) They had come
forward to say that they would no longer sustain those
protecting laws, which were only the protection of the
wolf against the lamb —of the rich against the
poor—of the idle against the industrious.—(Tremendous
cheering.) Ministers must have seen that they
could not long remain as they were ; and that glorious
woman—(Enthusiastic cheering)—the noblest woman
of the age—(Repeated cheering)—must have known
that she would be separated from the Ministers of her
confidence, and from the friends of her youth.—
(Hear, hear.) He stood up to propose the health of
the Ministers, and he did not think that he was out
of order in speaking of their measures.—(Hear, hear.)
The great object of those measures was to protect the
few against the many.—(Hear, hear.) But they
were very soon to be no lo iger Ministers, but to be fol-
lowed by those who had long shown that they regarded
only place and pelf.—(Cheers.) If the people would only
cast an eye over the acts of the Ministers, from the
First Lord of the Treasury downwards, they would see
how wide was the difference between them and the per-