The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-30 00:00:00

NAPIER FOR MARYLEBONE.

Bronzed by the sun of Syria, and laden with the laurels of
a" hundred battles," the Commodore once more sought the
strands of Britain. On his arrival he was elevated by her most
gracious Majesty to the rank of Knight Commander of the
Bath, and is now Sir Charles Napier.
Sir Charles now aspired to the representation of Maryle-
bone, and for this purpose he resigned his command in the
Mediterranean, in order that no obstacle might be thrown in
his way, and that he might go in unshackled to support the
Administration. Sir Charles Napier's political principles are
too well known to the bulk of his fellow-countrymen, and
especially to the electors of Mar}lebone, to render it incum-
bent on us to dwell upon them here. He is a Radical of the
right sort, and as decidedly opposed to the Corn-laws, and
ether restrictions on trade, as Colonel Thompson himself.
The people will find him as unflinching en the floor of St.
Stephen's as on the quarter-deck of the Powerful. On Sir
Charles's first advance to represent the Reform interest in
Marylebone there were two other candidates in the field with
himself, viz., fir Benjamin Hall and Mr. Young; but as
this division of the Reform interest was likely to be in-
jurious to the cause, and likely to let in a Tory, it
was mutually agreed that a ballot should take place between
Sir Charles Napier and Mr. Young, the weaker whereof was
to retire. Accordingly, on Wednesday evening, June 16, the
ballot was taken, on which occasion the poll stood thus:—
Sir C. Napier
Mr. Young
Majority for Sir C. Napier —986
Mr. Young, though defeated by this immense majority, most
handsomely came forward in accordance with the pledge he
had given, and stated that considering himself to be justified
in supposing that he was by the above poll supported by a large
body of Reformers, he would now give every support in his
power to Sir Charles Napier, and he called on his friends to
do the same.

The election of Sir CHARLEB for this borough
is now beyond doubt, sor does it need any
harangue on ourpart to blazon further the deeds of
him who with his good sword has cut his own name
upon one of the most prominent pillars of Fame.
He who has stormed the fortresses of Syria with
such power, will storm with equal tremendous-
ness and success the fortresses of monopoly, and
endeavour, with the rest of his compatriots, to
pour over the face of the earth the blessings of
free trade, promotive of that great interchange
which will unite in confraternal links the nations
of the universe. Hitherto it has been only
abroad, and at far distances from his native home.,
that he has laboured to gain glory for country,
and to wreath her brows with the rich
sunlight of renown. How nobly he has com-
ported himself in the discharge of this duty, how
strenuously he has fought, and how magnifi-
cently triumphed, the annals of his country will
hereafter record, and deliver down his praises to
a remote futurity. But this point of his history,
instead of being the end and consummation of
his fame, is likely to be but the first step of his
ascending greatness. He is about to stand before
his country at this moment of time in a far more
noble and heroic point of view than he has ever
yet occupied. Large principles of freedom, and
majestic philanthropical efforts, form the proud
pedestal on which he at present stands, and the
grounds upon which he offers himself for
Membership in St. Stephen's. Those patriotic
principles of the public good which he has ever
deemed paramount to all others, for which he
has throughout the past jeopardized his life
amid warring hosts and annihilating flame-bolts
—these, which from the first moment of his
career appeared suspended like a radiant orb
within his mind's eye, encouraging him in every
contest, and inspiriting him in eeovvrpery operation,
jeaocuntag, raat—
Ir
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still these,es
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tohwe tsuar nmeed u on
towardsnew
will eventually conduct him to the same mighty
and magnificent results of triumph in the halls
of our Legislature, as they have heretofore tone
in the battles of our
realm,