The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-24 00:00:00

ELECTION MOVEMENT•

MARYLEBONE.
RETIREMENT OF MR. D. W. HARVEY, of
La't evening, pursuant to circular, the Boronci6n,
Marylebone United Reform Aswcietion held a me"
Of iLs member. at the Assembly-rooms
field street, Manchester-square, for the putP°°,_e other
ceiving a report as to the rt cent La lot, and to take
the
measures for upholding the cause of Reform in
borough, Ned'
About 400 electors were assembled, and the Pro_ at
ings were marked by intense interest, a report hello
circulation that Mr. D. W. Harvey had, at the ele"
hour, retused to stand tor the borough.
Mr. Langham, of Paddington, was, at 8 o'clock, callad
to the chair, rtnd Sir B. Hail, Bart., was present. nig
The CIIAIRMAN having read the circular con
the meeting, in GretTierh:
0)1
Mr. H. C. WILSON said he rose under more Fileet
circumstances to address the meeting than haus, to
fallen to his lot on any previous occasion. lie I'o- lisd
announce that the man for whom the Reformers
_O,
struggled—that the man who had obtained tbe cubed
fidence of the electoral body, and wt? ndsl
been placed at the head of the ballot on h°103....
last, had betrayed the trust reposed in 7. on.
(Loud cries of " Shame, shame !" and great 00
sation). Yes, Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, kivirntbY
Monday last, was returned at the head of the itiedge
a majority of 700, and who had given his solemn k: ea
that it' he had only a majority of one on that eec9'sl° sea
would stand the poll with Sir B. Hall, had that dalooly
at the eleventh hour, retired and left the Libeirt.P
cympletely in the lurch. The course purseeuailaceot
Harvey was such as to shake for over the cen„erefelit
the people in public
.men, and such as wool(' rresof
Mr. Harvey from ever showing himself again be„,l°,-Wil•
constituency in the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) which
son here proceeded to detail the circumstances )U.
had induced the Reformers of Marylebone to bring re
Harvey forward. They had used their energies
turn him at the ballot, and they had done se bed
costing him one sixpence of expense ; and di e)20014
also guaranteed to return him at the contest for ilid.
which was required for the erection of the P°..ards
booths. They all remembered Mr. Harvey's "night,
when he addressed 3,000 people on Monde,'is of
after the ballot, and they were " That the PetP;ltles
Marylebone had enabled him to throw off the sir t 2")),
which had bound him, and he would do so in3tnent- bit;
—(Hear, hear.) They fully expected to have std to
address in the paper on the following morning,. Pl. but,
hear that he had resigned his commissionershiP ,w; rote
finding that ho had not done so, he (Mr. WHOM) "-siei
to Mr. Harvey, and he said his address was retid,L -
not
that he was preparing to do it ; but, finding he 'St.
done so that morning, Mr. Cassell, Mr. liensait",vitb
Potter, and himself determined to have an interview
Mr. Harvey, and he met them at Mr. Potter's veld
He then spoke of the guarantee that his expenses 5".400
not exceed 2001., and the guarantee was not only n" to
him in writing, but Mr. Cassell also offered at °l3*-I,le
give a cheque for 801. as his share towards iS• „,hip
Harvey then promised to resign his commissionrho
into the hands of the Lord Mayor and issue hissn"; 0
(which he had with him, and which he read to thecnitter
the public papers as to-morrow. He wrote themliewea
to that effect ; and, although he had previously de tits
that his qualification was good, he only a sbori dr
before that meeting took placa wrote them a lette'dact
clining to go the contest.—(Shame!) The n°11.10(
of Mr. Harvey had been one of the greatest betray
wed,
confidence, generously and spontaneously beet°,2';
that had ever taken place in the annals of electioneerfo
and he (Mr. Wilson) could not express suifinle-tee
strongly the feeling of disgust which pervade"' yr.
minds of himself and those who had brouglt,Aatee
Harvey forward. With regard to the other candiTiele
lie begged to lay before the meeting the very Wl°, 01
feelings which had actuated Lord Dudley Steal." „le-
Mr. S ::rgeant Shee, as expressed in the following c'

munications
July 22.
" 5, Sussex-place, H)de- park-gardens, Je-d,.
e
" My dear
of oe only returned to town IP- jog
night, and have not yet had an opportunity
any of my friends.
100
" You may be quite sure that nothing shall beasny
ing on my part to induce them to unite ee""/-two
with you to promote the triumphant return of the as.
Liberal candidates. They are, I believe, already ssaci
fed that they cannot prove their own eontl:stebiag
better or oblige me more than by immediately .I°..f'
heart and hand with those who would have cheel—glis
given me their support had I been successful at
bal lot. , meet'
" I regret very much that I cannot attend tne n to
ing of the Association to-morrow, as I am oblir"
leave town again this morning. But I shall be oluor
obliged to you if you will have the goodness to state
me, that I share the sentiments expressed bysll
Dudley Stuart on Monday evening, and hope Itlii;ood
those who have honoured me -by their support and glsee
opinion will now use their best endeavours to P-00
Sir B. Hall and Mr. Harvey in their proper position
the poll. treolv
"I shall request Mr. Frampton, whose opinion
entirely agrees with mine, and to whose able and
to
Wrested assistance I have been so much indebtedNy
be the bearer' of this letter.—l am, dear Sir, fnitht"
yours,
" Mr. H. Wilson."

"w.
JULY 23'
BV'•
" 34, St. James's-place, -
Ong
" Sir,—Understanding that there is to be a tovsigne
of the Reform Association this evening, and conclors
that many of my friends will attend it, I am desituuiti
taking the opportunity of repeating to them th`";o7o
you, Sir, that which I have already on all- 0c00*,,,r
stated to them, viz., that it is my earnest wish that tot;
should do all in their power to secure the returta Of
two Reform candidates at the ensuing election. .I"ifli
will, I am sure, readily acquit me of anything so AWL.
as a desire to dictate to them ,• at the same time I I"
leave to say to those who have been zealous in my cols:
and feel warmly towards me, that as the object I 114.
kept steadily before my eyes in the course I have
'_'ol
lowed with reference to the borough of A;arylebonefro
morefirst to last has been the success. of the Reform interest
so nothing can effectually dissipate any reigrt,
may feel at finding another preferred to me, than to
that object finally secured.
"I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your faithful and obedient servant,
" DUDLEY COUTTS STUARI•
"To the Chairman of the Reform Association."
Mr. Wilson, in conclusion, expressed his sense of tot
b
honourable and candid conduct which Sir B. 11811 bad
pursued throughout the transaction, and concluded
ft.
moving " That the honourable and straightforward c°;,.
duct of Sir B. Hall greatly entitles him to the noti't
mous support of the Reform electors ; and the
pledges itself to use every exertion to secure his ram—
ar the head of the poll."
Mr. JOSEPH seconded the resolution, and, amidst some
confusion, called on the association at once to ao°r
Lord Dudley Stuart, he being second on the poll- duct
Mr. CASSELL at great length denounced the con.-
of Mr. Harvey, and said, although the supporters of the%
candidate stood before the electors not defeated. "
they did so as a disgusted, deceived, and disapPoin
body of men.—(flear, hear.)
Sir B. HALL rose to address the meeting amidst tre; i
mendous applause. He said the position in which r
was placed by the conduct of Mr. Harvey was a
all be
e
difficult one.—(Hear.) He had endeavoured to do au
...1
could, and had offered to place himself at the dial3°'
of the constituency, whether it was Mr. Harvey or,.
one else who might be selected.—(Hear.) When 1.
Harvey came forwai d in the first instance, be (Sir
Hull) said to Mr. Potter, and others of his supporter*
" Don't you trust that man; he will never go to the
poll;" but, after the assurances which Mr. Harvey gs:.,
that he would do so if a majority were in
favour, they were bound to take his word as a gentle-
man. He (Sir B. Hall) had no hesitation in declaring
the conduct of Mr. Harvey as disgraceful. He
day after day, promised to meet him (Sir
Hall) and arrange as to their addresses, that
they might appear in the papers simulta•
neously, and when he delayed until yesterday, andand
that he (Sir B. Hall) heard certain ugly rumours at the
West-end, he made it his business to communicate Will
Mr. Harvey's friends, and gave him (Mr. Harvey) ti"`
one o'clock that day, that their addresses might appear
the next day in the papers; but Mr. Harvey not having
come, he (Sir B. Hall) had sent his own address without
him. The Hon. Baronet further at great length dwelt
upon the deceptive course which Mr. Harvey had P 1,117
sued, and said he was still ready to fight the battle 01`,
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any other candidate the Liberal body might choose `—
select.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Form' next addressed the meeting, in cutoff);
of the conduct of Sir B. Hall, and denouncing that °`
Mr. D. W. Harvey, and read the two following letteraj
the first received at half-past nine that morning, a°
the latter only a short time before the assembling of tots
meeting:—

"Old Jewry, July 23*
" Dear Sir,—l am sensible of the importance 0
decided action, and I shall be prepared to send ins re'
signation to the Lord Mayor, and my address to the
papers, immediately after the meeting of the Association
this evening. lam quite satisfied with your letterjust
received.

" I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully,
" Thomas Potter, Esq. " D. W. HARVEY.
" Old Jewry, July 23.
" My dear Sir,—Since I had the pleasure of seeing you
this morning I have pondered much upon my position.
and have called to my aid the calm judgment of valuable
and disinterested friends, to whom I have disclosed the
circumstances by which I am surrounded.
" As you are aware, I am incapable of being elected
unless I first resign the office I now hold—this is no
trifling sacrifice. Next, although I have not the slightest
doubt of the most triumphant success, it must be attended
with considerable personal expense, which I have melon
to believe would be largely augmented in defending my qua-
lification before a Committee of the House of Commons;
for experience tells me there' is no annoyance to which
political hostility will not have recourse. Thus circum-
stanced, I have yielded to the advice of my friends and
have resolved to retire.
" In taking this step I deeply feel the injustice of the
restraint which a cruel enactment has imposed upon met
and still more do I feel that I forego a distinction the
attainment of which might well be coveted by the highest
and purest pretensions.
" I feel myself utterly inadequate to express the able!:
ing sense I must ever entertain of the enthusiastic sPiri
t
and kind regard which I have met with on every eine
from the electors of Marylebone.
" I am, dear Sir, yours very faithfully,

" Thomas Potter, Esq."- " li. W. HARVEY.
The resolution in favour of Sir B. Hall having been
adopted unanimously,
Sir. DYKE said, as one of the stanch supporters of
Mr. Harvey, he could not but express his extreme dia-
gust at the treatment the Reformers of Marylebone had
received at his hands. He could say nothing too severe
14 such a character, and he thought they ought to ex-
press it in a definite manner; be would shere(9/0 WQY

expressing
"That this meeting cannot help
and
strongest indignation at the conduct of Mr.
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~,yHarvey,'4:"
also-. o: c ~,
feel quite sure that, after the generous
fidence of the great constituency of hior;lebotw, both
n
as regards the promise of support
free of expense,
with the exception of
of returning him
of the hustings, his
disgraceful conduct In withdrawing at this crisis will L
condemned by every elector innt he
irve United Kingdom."
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Mr. STOCKTON, one of Mr. y'B late chairmen
committees, seconded the motion, but expressed his con-
viction that the resolution was not sufficiently strong
No man had ever so disgraced himself and disgracedthe Liberal party in Marylebone us Mr. Daniel Whittle
Harvey.
The resolution was carried with ,burtonosee a resolutiondissentient.
Mr. JosEnt said he now rose to propose
of a definite character, and it was with reference to one
who should be the candidate to stand.
Lord Dudley Stuart
in conjunction with
the Hon. Baronet Sir B. liall
having the second place on the ballot, he thought the
Noble Lord was justly entitled to their confidence.—
(Cheers and "No, no.") He had a forprecedsenituthk for
in
wietr;
when Mr. Harvey retired and went
1834, Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer, who was second on
to
the ballot, was elected, and was ultimately returned. He
moved, amidst great confusion
" That, on account of the confusion,
alof Mr. Daniel
Whittle Harvey from the contest,meetingconsidneiresi
this
Lord Dudley Stuart, the second one Reformballetthee
ofel Mondayeter
sof last, deserving the franchise o f th
this borough, and this Association therefore pledges
itself to give that Noble Lord ts hearty support in the
forthcoming contest."
Mr. WAGSTAFF seconded this resolution, and
beingurged
nsan the meeting the fact of the Conservative
already in the field, and the short space of time there
was to carry out the contest.
Mr. MANN, on the part of Mr. Sergeant
it w
Shee,uea d
op-
posed the resolution, on the ground
tinct understanding that if thet candidate
wasan end of the
at the h eadof
the ballot did not stand the poll h that
compact, and the ballet went for nothing.
Sergeant He also
sohee
acon-
tended that but for Mr. II rvey Mr.
would have beaten Lord Dudley Stuart.—(Cries of " No
no," and " Hear.")
Mr. HETEERINGTON urged
upon the meeting to re-
flect before they took a hasty step in the matter, and
not to be frightened because a Tory
_.
was in the field,
and that they had been grossly deceived. He moved as
an amendment,—
" That in order to unite the Reformers of the borough
in support of a Liberal candidate is conjunction with
Sir B. Hall, a ballot of the Association take
,place for
the selection of a candidate for that purpose.
Mr. DYKE seconded the amendment.
Sir B. Hann, in answer to a question, said that the
probabiltt3 was, that the writ would be issued that night
or to-morrow morning, and it was extremely likely that
the election would take place in the course of the ensu-
ing week, as he had already received a letter asking him
to be at the returning officer's house on Monday for the
purpose of arranging about the polling booths. The
returning officer was bound to give' three days' notice or
proclamation of his proceeding to a poll, and he was
bound to proceed to such poll within eight days after
giving such notice. y
Messrs. 11, C. Wilson, Potter, Kcnsett, and others,
urged the necessity of deliberation before they were
called upon to pleuge themselves for any second candi-
date ; whilst Messrs. Howarth, Douglas, and other
friends of Lord Dudley Stuart, urged the necessity, if
the Association wished to keep out a Conservative, of
coming to an immediate decision.
Ultimately the amendment was carried by a very large
Majority, and the proceedings terminated at a late hour
amidst great confusion.
TIM METROPOLITAN SEWAGE
COMPANY.
F the Cr
At length, after sur rommountingitic.)
all the difficulties of
indifferecee or hostility that invariably attend the birth
el undertakings that are novel and grand, this company
has obtained from
objec Pnsarliament the powers needful for the
commence its operatio
attainment of its ts, and is about immediately to
. so ormatiou of this company marks, in its
. sane
lion theo, agriculture of the country, very much the
lof IN rtatit era that the first railway forms in the history
andcur commerce, a brief account of its origin, its plans,.
its
the Critic, and
estimates will be interesting to the readers of
may be valuable for reference hereafter,
when the system now about to be begun shall: be fully
gulled out, bearing with it the blessings of health and
iv to the community.
The value
Ferof sewage manure has been long re-
cognised. nominal many years past both scientific and
ec writers have pointed to the refuse of
.tt,aateowns as a vast source of profit improvidently
d. It has been estimated by careful calcula-
tion that the contents of the London sewers annually
thrown into the Thames would, at the selling value of
!til.anure, be worth upwards of one million. Its produce,
2,i. 'Tread upon the land, would be some five or six mil-
lions yearly Nay, it has been contended with confi-
townsdenee that the annual value of the sewage of all the
in Great Britain, now wholly wasted, would equal
e entire burden of the national debt I
Probabl
it I,
Certain that an enormous revenue is annually lost to
the country in the form of wasted sewage. The subject
eecued to engage value oughts of men of science and
to°` eeenonlists. The of the material was admitted;
only problems that remained for resolution were, how
Numberless
to be taken, and how distributed.
.2rth,r‘lamberless plans were put forth from time to time
a view to the accomplishment of this object. But
he
'ney failed, because all of them proceeded upon the
talannaption that the only portion of the contents of t
ftwtars used for manure was that which was, or
spi.4dlght be. made, solid, and the fluid was worthless.
away"cal difficulties of collecting, and conveying
,u the solid deposits were found to be so great,
'
at the cost would exceed the market value of the
Produce.
We believe it was Leibig who first made known. the
fac.t that manure is more fertilising in a fluid than in a
8-d Rate. Re showed that even if applied to the soil
.
1.11 ae solid form, it is as a liquid, by the moisture that field
tern through it, that it feeds vegetation. It fo w
' ra this that solid manure thrown upon the surface was
faetrtetteitidg by an enormous waste, a large portion of the
air instead
particlesf passing off by evaporation into the
obvious Sinking into the soil. The conclusion was
fertiliser.
that liquid manure was the most economical
e,14., M.: did this remain long a mere theory. It was soon
land, almost proved. Near Edinburgh was a tract of
...''', almost barren, whose annual value was, on an
f
theverage, .......
"ut more than half a crown an acre! One o
it sewers was turned into a stream of water that ran
to
..r this was
tract, and the mixed fluid was made
th:ow at certain times over it. The result far exceeded
n
fouer"st sloguine anticipations of the projectors. I
28.., /ears the land that had previously been worth only
151.". Per acre was readily taken at rents varying from
tl,e
te 20/. an acre. At the town of Mansfield there is a
'ate r which the Duke of Porland caused to be turned
%stream, and the mixed fluid to he applied to some
rvery inferior land which had previously let for 10s. per
° "iy• Two or three applications of the sewage
%ter rallied their value from ten shillings to ten pounds
an acre.
These experiments were decisive. It was now a
matter of certainty that the still richer and more
arc Odant sewage of the Metropolis was
lng yet more
.profitable results if only some feasibe
capable of pros
Pan could be devised for cheaply 'collecting and distil-
outing it.
Company Hence the on of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure
•.
_oThe
FIT of this Company is, like all other inventions,
a simple, that when it is described, one is surprised that
It was not thought of before. such reflections as these:—
It was suggested by some
o he
tots object is, to convey into the country, and apply
t. soil, the refuse fluid of the Metropolis. How can
It be best carried out of London? To answer this, let
tapehow it is carried into London. What is done by
water companies? They bring water from the
e;riuntry by steam engines and pipes; they send it into
the streets, and from the streets up to the very tops of
the tallest houses; and, notwithstanding the machinery,
they are enabled to supply it at a cost of somewhere about
halt a farthing a gallon. All the liquid thus sent into London passes out of it again, saturated with
fertilising materials, which flow
into the Thames , pollute
highly
the river, and are wasted in the sea.
Why sould not
the same machinery that sends the clear waterh from the
l !itFountry into London send the dirty water out of London
iele into the country, to be there a source of incalcu-
'!ble wealth ? If a steam-engine and pipes can
housesmer, at a very trifling cost, to the summitssu ot pply
the
, the like machinery can surely convey th
at 2tstill less cost, to the flat surface of the soil." e latter,
The idea thus started was, of course, instantly con-
nvio
ling to all who gave it a moment's thought. It was
iirenger an experiment that was to be tried with doubt-
-o,uleesults. All its parts had been practically proved.
, value of sewage water had been established at
tru!osourgh and at Mansfield, and the ease and cheapness
t:. It transmission was shown by the daily experience of
ge water companies. A e •
ter
was formed who subscribed among them-
bring a fund to meet the expenses of endeavouring to
moans for
subject before the public, and procuring the
„_°14,1 tor the carrying out of that which was in truth a
ofnational ork. Although labouring under the
of •
ofthe
of advantage5_ appearin approved oment
that *so much was itby the thoughtful,
,ti _ sufficient number of shares were taken to permit
aPplication to the Legislature for an Act of Incor-
Peration.
4t4;1)1, e obstacles which the company encountered in this
ciacatlon from prejudices and ignorance of their plan,
theB,,the novelty of the subject, the manner in which
asp' were overcome by the inquiries instituted by Go-
oollvolent and the Parliament, and whieh resulted in
°pp:og into warm supporters even those who at first
44,1 aed and ridiculed the scheme, will form so curious
tom
useful an illustration of the power ( f truth when
de`uPrtely urged and inquiry is courted, that we must
'rote to •
it another paper.
Stsi,

CASE OF DROWNING..--A short time
}Lint'" '4r. aenry Ralph, yeoman, of Begber, near Stun
artn, Dorset, went to bathe in the river adjoining his
He was followed by his favourite animald, as
f '4lPh was swimming in toe stream, the out
is",lldness for hi; m-ist,r also took the water, and got
over'is naaster'h back, which obliged him to turn himself
hi ; and when in this posit,on, the dog again got on
tis,oBolo and neck, which caused his master to bulk, to
with" more alive. A youth, a servant of the deceased,
der es
the sad catastrophe w ithout being able to
en, ren-
rilerlY assistance. Mr. Ralph was a single man, and
n, respected by all who knew him.—Bat paper.
Mr,,Ptain Bernard, Captain Knox, Mr. Nesbitt, awl
,aaiL.'''anks and faruPy, were among the passei,gers that
toriarked at Blackwall yesterday morning on board thc
for Zal Stearn Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho
--mtiVerp.

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON

GAZETTE" OF LIST EVENING.

----et,----
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BY THE QUEEN.
A PROCLAMATION, FOR DISSOLVING THE
PRESENT PARLIAMENT, AND DECLARING

THE CALLING OF ANOTHER.
VacromA, R.—Whereas we have thought fit, by and
Kith the advice of Our Privy Council, to dissolve this
present Parliament, which was this day prorogued and
stands prorogued to Tuesday the 21st day of September
next: we do for that end publish this our Royal Pro-
clamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament
accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and the Knights, Citiz?ns, and Burgesses, and the Com-
missioners for shires and bxrghs, of the House of Com-
mons are discharged from their meeting and attendance
on the said Tuesday the twenty-first day of September
next: and we, being desirous and resolved, as soon as
►nay be, to meet our people, and to have their
advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to
all cur loving subjects our Royal will and pleasure to
call a new Parliament; and do hereby further declare
that, with the advice of our Privy Council, we have
given order that our Chancellor of that part of our
United Kingdom called Great Britain, and our Chan-
cellor of Ireland, do, respectively, upon notice thereof,
forthwith issue out writs in due form, andaccording to law,
for calling anew Parliament: and we do hereby also, by
this our Royal Proclamation, under our great seal of our
United Kingdom, require writs forthwith to be issued
accordingly by our said Chancellors respectively, for
causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Com•
mons, who are to servo in the said Parliament, to be
duly returned to, and give their attendance in, our said
Parliament, whieh writs are to be returnable on Tuesday
the twenty-first day of September next.

Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-
third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and forty-seven, and in the eleventh
year of our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.