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might be rectified—(Loud cheers)—but while that state
of things continued, it was necessary that funds should
be supplied to those Associations to go on with the work.
—(Loud cheera) It-therefore behoved them to contri-
bute to the sup Port of those Associations. He himself
had been unlucky, and he attributed his ill success to
the neglect of the registration.—(Loud cheers.) Urging
them, therefore, to attend to the registration, he would
conclude by proposing the toast.—(Loud cheers.)
Major REVELL returned thanks for Mr. Allen and the
Registration Association.
Sir CIIARLES NAPIER then rose, and spoke as fol-
lows :—Gentlemen, the Chairman has put into my
hands a toast, which I have the greatest pleasure in pro-
posing to you—it is, " Mr. Murdo Young, the Editor of
The Sun, and the free and unfettered Press."—(Loud
cheers.) Gentlemen, I have the greatest pleasure in
proposing the toast to you. About four years ago my
acquaintance with Mr. Young commenced. I called upon
him with some papers relating to the British Navy. Those
papers were in opposition to the feelings of the Govern-
ment, which Mr. Young at that time supported, yet he
said to me that his was a perfectly independent and free
press, and that he would insert my papers on my own
responsibility as long as my name was attached to
them.—(Loud cheers.) We have hitherto, as Re-
formers, been accustomed to rely too much upon the
Government. We have said the Government is with us,
and, therefore, we need not exert ourselves. Hence-
forth, however, we must depend for our safety upon our
own actions, and upon a free and liberal press.—(Loud
cheers.) I place great reliance upon the exertion of a
free and liberal press.—(Cheers.) I would say, in the
words of Sheridan, " Give me a corrupt House of Com-
mons—(Cries of " You have got it")—a venal House
of Lords—(Cries of " We have it")—but give me free-
dom of the press, and I shall not despair of England.—
(Loud cheers.) We have a corrupt House of Commons,
we have a venal aristocracy, but if the editors of the
liberal press of England do their duty I do not despair.—
(Loud cheers.) One word further as to the Ballot. Other
constituencies many differ as to the efficacy of the Ballot.
Some may say it will be a good measure ; others
may say the contrary ' • but we in Marylebone have
tried it here—(Cheers)—in this very place where we are
now assembled—(Hear, hear)—and have proved it.—
(Cheers.) Let me, therefore, beseech the men of Mary-
lebone to assemble together—(Cheers)—when the
question of the Ballot shall be brought forward—(Hear,
hear)—to petition the House of Commons, to say they
have tried the experiment of the Ballot—(Cheers)—and
have proved its efficiency—(Loud cheering)—and I shall
be most proud to present such a petition—(Continued
cheering)—and to hold up Marylebone as an example to
the people of England.—(Loud cheers.) I will con-
clude by proposing Mr. Murdo Young, the Editor and
Proprietor of The Sun, and the free and Liberal Press of
England.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.)
The toast was then drank amidst the loudest applause,
with all the honours.
Mr. MURDO YOUNG then presented himself to the
meeting, and was greeted with loud and long continued
cheering. He spoke as follows :—" Mr. Chairman and
Gentlemen—l rise to return you thanks for the honour
you have done me, more especially for coupling my name
with the free ani unfettered press of England.—(Loud
cheering.) I regret that it is not in my power to return
thanks for a larger number of the Liberal press.—(Cheers.)
I regret that there are those who were formerly num-
bered among the members of the free and unfettered
press of England, who have fallen from their high estate
—fallen, like Lucifer, never to rise again.—(Loud cheer-
ing, and cries of " The Times.") I congratulate you,
the Electors of Marylebone, on the glorious victory
you have achieved. For myself, it is my misfortune to
be an elector of the degraded potwalloping half-and-half
borough of Westminster.—(Cheers and laughter.) You,
however, have set a glorious example to the other cities
and boroughs of the empire.—(Loud cheering.) You
have not only taken a leaf out of our book, but have
stole the book itself.—(Loud cheers.) No matter, the
electors of Westminster are proud to see you such apt
scholars in the cause of reform by excelling your
masters—(Loud and long-continued cheering)—and I
hope in future that you will continue firm in your pre-
sent course, and no longer play at sixes and sevens with
your Members—(Loud cheers)—but return such gentle.
men as 'ou have this night met to congratulate upon
your triumph. For myself, I never doubted the elec-
tors of Marylebone would do their duty—(Cheers)—
and if you will allow me I will mention one simple
circumstance illustrative of that opinion. When
Commodore Sir Charles Napier informed me that he was
requested to stand for Marylebone, I answered " That's
right.---(Cheers.) If they said so they will return you."
—(Load cheers.) He expressed a doubt, but I reiterated
my opinion, and offered to bet him two to one that he
would be returned.—(Cheers.) Still he doubted, and
said "They are landsmen with whom I have not yet had
much acquaintance—if they were blue jackets I would
not hesitate but go a-head at onee."—(Loud cheering.)
Well, genthtmen, as the steam of enthusiasm rose I in-
creased my bet, for I had a great ambition to beat the
man who had beaten everybody else.—(Cheers and
loud laughter.) At last I betted five to one, and
would you believe it, the hero of Syria
showed the white feather—(Loud laughter, in which Sir
C. Napier heartily joined)—but I forgive him. He was
out of his element, like a fish out of water—(Cheers and
laughter)—and could not " go a-head."—(Cheers and
laughter,)
" His march was o'er the mountain wave,
His home is on the deep,"—(Loud cheers)
And the sooner he gets into deep water the better.—
(Loud cheers and laughter.) I do not think the press
holds that station which it ought to hold in the estimiam
of the public mind in this country.—(Cheers.) If it did,
we should not see those shameful instances of tergiversa-
tion on the part of the members of the public press which
have lately occurred. But if the Liberal press has a duty
to perform in supporting you, you have also a duty to per-
form in supporting a Liberal press.—(Loud cheers, and
cries of "We will.") For rely upon it, gentlemen, that
if economy be the nurse of independence, more truly may
it be said that independence is the nurse of virtue—
" Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share,
Lord of the Lion-heart and Eagle-eye,—
Thy steps I'll follow with my bosom bare,
'Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky." '
But, at all events, although you desert your duty, I will
perform mine.--(Loud cheers.) The Sun will always be
found in the vanguard of the march of improvement.—
(Tremendous cheering.) There is one thing in which
we may advantageously take a leaf out of the Tory book.
They always support their friends—(Cheers)—and
even if they refuse a request the refusal is given cour-
teously, which is a lesson many of the Whigs have yet
to learn.—(Cheers.) The Whigs have rested too long
upon their oars.—(Cheers.) They have awakened from
their slumbers almost too late.—(Loud cheers.) They
derived their power from the people, and they trusted
for the continuance of that power to their enemies.
—(Loud cheers.) Unfortunately, the Whigs have
too long relied upon the forbearance of the Tories,
for from the frequent intermarriages among the aristo-
cracy, they look upon the Tories as part of themselves.—
(Cheers.) They have found out their error, and now,
in their extremity, they have again fallen back upon the
people—(Loud cheers)—and if they will be but true to
the people, they have nothing to fear from the Tories.—
(Great cheering.) After the eloquent and heart-stirring
speeches which you have heard to-night in the cause of
freedom, it is not my purpose to dilate upon politics ;
but so far as the Tories are concerned, I feel assured we
have nothing to fear, for their strength while in Opposition
will be reversed when they are in power. In opposition
a common bond of union held them together—like a
pack of hounds, eager for their prey.—(Loud cheers.)
But when they shall have seized that prey each hungry
aspirant for office will think himself entitled to the
largest share, and, depend upon it, there will be lots of
competitors. (Loud cheers.) That competition
will be their downfal.—(Great cheering and laughter.)
For myself, I have no fears of a Tory Ministry. With'
an Opposition in the present crisis, according to the
eloquent speech of Mr. Villiers, in the House of Com-
mons, numbering 280, and the great majority of the
people to back that Opposition, can it be supposed that
the Tories will have much power for harm ?—(Loud
cheers.) No 1 Let the people be true to themselves,
and the Tories are powerless. I must, however, do the
Whigs the justice to say, they have certainly had much
to contend against. A House of Lords resolved to para-
lyze their best measures, and a Court; professing Liberal
principles, but acting so completely in opposition as if
prompted by the Tories.—(Cheers.) With such ob-
stacles it was hard to contend—(Hear, hear, hear)—
and when brighter days arose the Whigs were so be-
INeiielndtereeedurgeth tthoeilroopkastthreevirertsruesetphoastittihoenyinhadthenots-
faleationprooffessen
face.—
(Loud cheers.) This hesitation produced a coldness in
e en-l_ and
P acted as a damper upon their exertions.
'(Cheers.) Latterly I know that if they ventured to
propose good measures they were threatened with a de-
Tory than `sing
e thirty or forty Members of their own
Tory who were in reality more
face of such
T.----(Cries of " True, true.") In the
Ministers, it would have been mad-
ness for n
most from errst with a majority varying at
foi ward the measuresthi Y to five or six, to bring
which the interests of the
increased courage, and the
country. demanded.—(che
7) This gave the Tories
cheei?,s.)ave pressed their opposition
to the uttermost.—(
unfortunately, saw their error The Whigs then, too late
ought forward those
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take leave of you, returning you my sincere thanks,nfow for
the honour you have done me.---(Vociferous cheering.)
The healths of the Chairman and that of the ng')
Vice-
Chairman were then drank and acknowledged.
The Chairman then proposed the health of the ladies
which was drank with all the honours • after which the,
company adjourned to the ball-room, Where the dancing
was kept up with great spirit until a late hour. The
ball-room was crowded to excess.

The strength of the army in Ireland on the 15th
of the present month was as follows :—Royal Artillery (horse
brigade and battalion), 844 rank and file; cavalry, four regi..
ments (sth and 6tb Dragoon Guards, 10th Royal Hussars, and
12th Royal Lancers), 1,191 rank and file; infantry, six regi-
ments (=at, 44th, 84th, 86th, 98th, and 99th), and 33 depots,
11,699 rank and file.—Total, 13,734. United Serviec Ga-
zette.—[What will it be in three months? Ask Peel.]
FALL OF THE FACTORY IN ANcoATs.---The
adjourned inquest on the four bodies of the unfortunate
men who were killed by the fall of part of a factory in
Ancoats was resumed on Tuesday, and after an investiga-
tion which lasted upwards of seven hours, the jury re-
turned a verdict "That the fall of the building was
caused by one or more of the caps of the beam-boxes
breaking ; but that no blame was attributable to any
one, and that the deceased came to their death acci-
dentally." ;.A subscription has been opened to relieve the
families of the- sufferers, and several gentlemen have
kindly consented .to_ .act, as a Committee for the above
object, '—hfanchesthi- Paiter. .