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their sorrow that such a piece of impudent cajolery was
ever attempted."
The Committee fearlessly appeal to all honest met 4 of
whatever party, which statements Are entitled to the most
credits those of this, or of the Loyal and GonstitiitWnal
Association, the latter of NVII oni have clearly obtained
money from their itippOrtens under false pretenceS.
They envy hot the reflections of those who, either from
ignniiince or intention, induced two candidates to come
forward for the borough at great personal expense,
both of whom, and the cause they eeponse, they have
subjected to the most igndtleilliOus dafeat.
Reformers, Histinne, ancL if possible, increase your
etentions ; and Toryism, under whatever name it may
disguise itself, is for ever prostrate in this isOrough.
The reading of the deemneilt was received throughout'
with loud laughtssis hfict the Hm. Gentleman sat down
with thanking the electors, ami Ist much applause.
?sir. POTTER, in a very able and eloquent speech; gave
the toast of " Justice to Irelandi",
Lord DUNBOYNR rettiffind thanks. He had supported
the present representatives for the borough, because he
Was one of the people, and because he felt that they *ere
the real representatives of the petiple.—(.cud cheers.)
He had been the ittiVoeate of liberal opinions and of
justice feoin his birth, and he hoped he would continue so
till the day of his death.—(Renewei cheers.) He had
never doubted the feeling of the pure and independent-
minded people of England to do justice to Ireland.—
(Hear, hears) They .should recollect that Ireland was
the vulnerable point with the new Ministry. The Tories.
hi his opinion, would never dare to ask the people of
England for 20,000 men to oppress the people of Ireland.
They would bring forward some frivolous pretext of
war, such as the American boundary, but the real ob-
ject of the levying of new forces would be to put down
the free and independent exercise of their rights by the
people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) He had no doubt that
millions would be demanded for that object in the new
Parliament, but if the hearts of the. people of England
and their real feelings were consulted, lie did not believe
they would vote one thousand for such a purpose.—
(Hear,
hear-) It had been said that, in order to obtain
justice and a fair and full representation in Parliament,
they must have the Vote by Ballot.—(Loud cheers.) In
that sentiment he fully concurred, and he believed that
the only way in which that object could be accomplished
was to form themselves, as in the case of the Reform
Bill, into a Vote by Ballot Association.—(Loud cheers.)
They had seen the advantages of union and combination
in the case of the Reform Bill, and if they only exerted
themselves in a similar way upon the question of the
Ballot there was no question of its being ultimately car-
ried.—(Loud and general cheering.)
Professor KEY said they had assembled that evening
to oppose all the powers of bigotry and of Toryism, and
to celebrate their triumph over that faction. It was his
duty to propose to them the health of a gentleman who
was pre-eminently distinguished for his advocacy of the
repeal of the Corn-laws and the principles of free trade
generally.—(Loud cheers.) It was unnecessary for him
to name to them the Hon. C. Villiers, M.P. for Wolver-
hampton—(Tremendous cheering)—whose health he
would propose to them, in connection with that of Dr.
Bowring, M.P. for Bolton.—(The toast was drank with
great enthusiasm.)
Mr. VILLIERS returned thanks. They had conferred a
great honour on him in inviting him as one of their
guests.—(Loud cheers.) He was now addressing men
of intelligence, fresh from achievement of a recent and
a great triumph. He was addressing those who had
understood the interests of that great country, and who
had not betrayed them.—(Loud cheers.) Men who had
not betrayed the interests of the country for dirty cus-
tom—men who had not sold the rights the Constitution
had conferred on them because ladies had visited them
in their carriages.—(Loud cheers and laughter,) They
had done well to assemble together to celebrate
their triumph, and, he believed, never had men
been selected who could do more honour to
the cause than their representatives.—(Loud cheers.)
One of them he had known for many years as the steady
friend of freedom, and the other all the world knew as
the steady champion of civil and political right.—(Great
applause.) Honour to them—honour to the electors.—
(Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that the constituency
of Marylebone was pre-eminently entitled to the grati-
tude of the Reformers of England fur the part they had
taken on the present occasion.—(Hear, hear.) The
cause with which his name was connected was embla-
zoned on their banners—it was the cause of free trade
and diminished burdens upon the people.—(Hear, and
cheers.) It was the cause of justice and of sound policy,
as opposed to selfishness, and monopoly, and wrong.—
(Great cheering.) . He thought they had no reason to
despair of the ultimate success of that cause ; for his
part he never felt more sanguine than at the present[mo-
ment.—(Hear, and cheers.) It was said that they were
beaten, but he claimed it as a triumph, because the pro-
gress of the cause which he and they advocated had
made a considerable advance. Only three years since
they could not number 100 in the House of Commons.
In 1839 they had had two divisions, in one of
them they had had 170, • and in the other 190 ;
and now, in 1841, the Government and the Minis-
ters of the Crown were unable any • longer
to resist the pressure of public opinion, and had come
forward as the advocates of free trade.—(Tremendous
cheers.) They had declared that consistently with their
public duty, consistently with their characters as liberal
and independent men, they could not continue in office
without making an assault upon these monopolies which
had so long oppressed and ground down the people. In
1841, then, they had a united Cabinet, declaring that the
Corn-laws were based upon injustice—(Cries of " Down
with the Corn-laws ")—they declared that the restraints
upon British commerce ought to be removed. Nay,
more, when the petitions of 800,000 persons were pre-
sented to Parliament, praying for the repeal of that tax
they had determined to dissolve the Parliament and take
the sense of the country. Now, what had been the re-
sult? Their opponents had said that they had achieved a
triumph. True, the landed aristocracy of the country
had been against them, the West India interest, and
every other species of monopoly had been against them,
and yet they had had upwards of sixty votes added to
their previous number of 220.—(Cheers.) So that if a
motion was again brought forward in the new Parlia-
ment for the repeal of the Corn-laws, they would have
280 instead of 220 voting for the motion.—(Loud
cheers.) The cause of the people would ultimately suc-
ceed. The new. Ministry might last for six years, or for
three years— (Cries of " Not for three months ")—but
there was no doubt of the ultimate triumph of the prin-
ciples which they advocated. He begged to thank them
for the honour they. had conferred on him.—(Cheers.)
Dr. BOWRINO then rose and was received with loud
cheering. He said that he saw no cause to despair
in the present aspect of affairs. Monopoly after mono-
poly would give way before public opinion.—(Loud
cheers.) The borough of Marylebone had nobly done
its duty—(Cheers)—and he congratulated them sin-
cerely on the victory—(Loud cheering)—but lie be-
seeched them not to relax in their exertions, or they
would suffer as they had before done for their neglect
of their duty.—(Cheers.) He stood before them as the
representative of a borough which for the first time.
since the Reform Bill had conferred on it the privilege
of returning representatives had returned two, Re-
formers—(Loud cheers)—and how had he been re-
turned ? He had been returned by the enthusiasm of the
multitude.—(Cheers.) He had been returned because
he had been supported by the power of public opinion.
—(Loud cheering.) He owed his triumph also to the
support he had received from the non-electors.—(Loud
cheering.) He had triumphed in spite of the corruption
and intimidation which had been used against him. But
the electors must be protected. They must have ,the
Ballot.—(Loud cheers.) They would now occupy a
new position, and advance the standard of reform.—(Loud
cheering.) Out of gratitude to the Whig Ministry, who
had done so much for them, they had forborne to press
their just claims, but now their motto must be " onward."
—(Vociferous cheering.) He congratulated them on
the glorious victory they had achieved, and sincerely
thanked them for the honour they had done him.—
(Loud cheering.)
When Dr. Bowring sat down, some confusion was
created by the attempts of a foreigner, apparently a
Pole, to address the meeting. He, however, in conse-
quence of the earnest remonstrances of Mr. Backhouse,
and some other gentlemen, gave way, and
Sir DE LACY Evissis presented himself to the meeting for
the purpose of proposing the health of Mr. Alien, the Secre-
tary to the Reform Registration Association of the borough
of Marylebone. The registration was a most important
matter to be attended to.—(Cheers.) They could not
secure the fruits of the victory, unless they attended to
the registration.—(Loud cheers.) The Ministry had
intepded to bring forward a measure ,to simplify the re-
gistration—in fact, they had said so three or four years
ago—but from various causes, he was sorry to say, it
had been neglected too long.—(Cheers.) They must
now no longer look to the Ministry, but must depend
upon their own exertions, and upon those of the Liberal
press.—(Cheers.) And when he mentioned the Liberal
press, he was happy to see a distinguished member of
that press before him—(Cheers)—one who had done
much in the cause of Reform—(Loud cheers)—Mr.
Young—(Loud cheers)—the Proprietor and Editor of
The Sun newspaper—(Loud and long continued cheer-
ing.) He had known that gentleman a long time,
and he could speak from his own knowledge, that
be was a sincere advocate of the cause of Reform.—
(Loud cheers.) He supported Ministers occasionally,
nay, generally, but he had the courage to tell them fre-
quently that they did not act up to the principles which
they professed.—(Loud cheers.) In doing this he made
manifest his adherence to the cause of the people, and if
a Liberal press had acted in that independent -manner
the cause of Reform would not have been in its present'
position.—(Cheers.) But they must not despair. 'With
a Liberal press,conducted with such spirit as The Sun, and
looking closely to the registration, their liberties would be
placed beyond the power of the Tories. was sorry that
under the Reform Bill they were obliged to go to some
expense in these matters, and hoped that that error
might be rectifiA—(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 cheers.) It therefore behoved them to contri-
bute to the support of those Associations. He himself
had been unlucky, and lie attributed his ill success to
the neglect of the registration.—(Loud cheers.) Urging
them,- therefore, to attend to the registration, lie would
conclude by proposing the toast.—(Loud cheers.)
Major BEVELL returned thanks for Mr. Allen and the
Registration Association.
Sir CHARLES 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 iou. About four years ago my
acquaintance with Mr. I oung 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 lie
said to me that his was a perfectly independent and free
press, and that he would insert my papers on my own
responsibility as IA; its ray name was attached to

them.--(Loud cheers.) We 'have hitherto, 115 Re-
forniers, been accustomed- to rely too much upon the
totetnmeilt; We have said the Government is with us,
and;, therefore: *6 heed , not o.ert otirseitesl
.

tkirti, i,however, We must depend for our safety upon our
own actions, and upon.a free and liberal pre:,s.-7--(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
KC tords-=-(eries of " We hate it")—but Five me free-
dom of the pfessi and I shall not despair of England.-
4;otid cheerS;) We haft dotiliptthits6 of Commons,
we have venal aristocracy, but if the edittirg Of the
liberal press of'England do their duty I do'not despair.—
(Loud cheers.) One word further z.s 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 sits:the etififfhly 1 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 mei, 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 Comthons, 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. Munn° 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 anZ unfettered press of England.—(Loud
cheering.) I regret that it is not in my power to return
thanks for alaiever number of the Liberal press. —(Cheers.)
I regret that there are those who were formerly num-
:bered among the members of the feee 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.--7(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-qLond 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 you 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."
—(Loud 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 once.—(Loud cheering.)
Well, gentlemen, as the steam of enthusiasm rose I in-
creased my bet, for I had a great ambition to beat the
man who had beat everybody else.—(Cheers and
loud laughter.) At last I betted five to one, and
would you believe it, the her 6 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 estimation
of the public mind in this country.—(Cheers.) If it did,
we should not see those shameful instances of tergiversas
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 1 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 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 lauehter.)
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 ! 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 opposit.on as it
prompted by the Tories.—(Cheers.) With such ob-
stacles it was hard to contend-s--(Hear, hear, hear)—
and when brighter days • arose the Whigs were so be-
wildered with their past reverses that they had not suffi-
cient courage to look their true position in the face.—
(Loud cheers.) This hesitation produced a coldness in
the people, and 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-
falcation of some thirty or forty Members of their own
body—professing Whigs, who were in reality more
Tory than Whig.—(Cries of " True, true.") In the
face of such opposition it would have been mad-
ness for Ministers, with a majority varying at
most from thirty to five or six, to bring
forward the measures which the interests of the
country demanded.—(Cheers.) This gave the Tories
increased courage, and they have pressed their opposition
to the uttermost.—(Cheers.) The Whigs then, too late
unfortunately, saw their error, and brought forward those
liberal measures, which they ought to have proposed
long ago. But it is useless now to repine, the strug-
gle is come, and the cause of the people must eventually
triumph. When the Whigs return to power, it
must be as advocates of more liberal measures, and a:
leaders in the vanguard of reform. Gentlemen, I new
take leave of you, returning you my sincere thankS for
the lionour you have done me.—(Vociferous cheering.)
The healths of the Chairman and that of the -Vice-
Chairman were then drank and'acknowledged. -
The Chairman then proposed the health of the
which was drank with all the honours ; .after.whieh the
company adjourned to the ball-room, where the daneiit
was kept up with great spirit until a late hour: The
ball-room was crowded to excess.

FIELD-DAY IN HYDE PARK. —Yesterday
morning the first and second battalions of the ji3cots Fusilier
Guards had a grand field-day in Hyde Park. A finer or
healthier body of men never entered the field, and
the regiment went through a variety of evolutions
and manmuvres with great precision, concluding with a
grand fife de joie. Colonel Hutchison commanded the
regiment, and we observed on the ground Colonels Drum-
mond, Knox, Montague, &c. A sad accident occurred
during the manoeuvre, and it is much to be. regretted
that the cause of the accident -should have been
allowed to exist, namely, the want of properly
keeping the ground. Towards the conclusion of the
evolutions, one of the aides-de-camp, in galloping from
one battalion to the other, unfortunately trampled down
two infant children, who were dreadfully injured. They
were instantly conveyed to St. George's hospital, where
one has since died, and the other lies in a dangerous state.
Immediately after the accident, two men from each coM-
i pany were ordered out to keep the ground clear.

_
DEATHS IN THE LONDON HOSPITAL.—
On Saturday two inquests were held by Mr. Baker, the coro-
ner, at the London Hospital. The first concerns d the death of
Richard Stevens, aged 12 years. On Friday morning deceased,
with some schoolfellows was riding Lehind a timber waggon
which was proceeding along the Commercial-road, when the
driver went towards them and desired them to get down. 'lhey
immediately did so, and while deceased was running to the
footpath, he was knocked down by the step of a cart which was
passing,• and the wheel passed over his breast before the
driver could stop. He was removed to the London Hospital,
and died of the injuries in two hours. The second inquest
was on the body of David Giles, aged 42. According to the
evidence, it appeared that on Friday morning last deceased
was employed in digging ice from the vaults of Mr. Rhodes,
iu Hackney-road. It was necessary to ascend to the vault
from a well beneath, and enter by a trap-door in the floor.
Deceased had done so, and was pulling. out the ice to pass it
to those below, when an immense quantity above gave way and
fell upon him; in conseqwnce, the witnesses skid, of the
manner in which deceased had been digging, a great portion of
the foundation having been removed. When extricated his
body exhibited a shocking appearance, nearly every bone hav-
ing been broken. He was removed to the above hospital, and
died in two hoUrs. Verdicts 01. ". Accidental death' were re,
turned in both cases. •