The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-27 00:00:00

MORNING- EDITION

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 26.
There being only 21 Members present at Four o'Clock,
the House adjourned till to-morrow.

REPRESENTATION OF MARY-
A meeting of the electorsLEßONE of Marylebone, resident in
the Bayswater district, was held at the Royal Oak, West-
bourne-green, for the purpose of meeting Commodore
Sir Charles Napier, and taking measures to secure his
election to represent the borough in t he next Parlia-
ment The Gallant Commodore, with his usual punc-
tuality, arrived precisely at sew n o'clock, the time ap-
pointed for taking the chair. He was received with en-
thusiastic applause, and a band which was stationed
...in front of the house played, " See the Conquering
-Item COMM"

Mr. LATHAM, having been unanimously called to the
their, said that the okteet of the meeting was to support
geutlernati who had supported his country—who had
fought her battles with bravery and success. If the
tlettors sent him to Parliament to fight their battles in
the House of Commons they would find him there as
brave, as true, as prompt as he had shown himself al-
ready in arms by sea and land.—(Cheers.) He (Mr.
Latham) could not believe that there was any pos-
sibility- that the electors of this great metropo-
litan borough would prefer any candidate whom-
soever to so well known and so often tried a man.—
(Cheers.) Sir Charles Napier was himself, as they knew,
Present for the purpose of stating to the electors of this
district, as he had done elsewhere, what were his politi-
cal sentiments, and what course he proposed to follow,
in the event of his being returned as their representa-
tive•—(Hear, hear.) If any gentleman had questions
tput, the Gallant Commodore would cheerfully answer
etn.—(Applause.)
Sir. CHARLES NAPIER rose amidst repeated cheers, and
said, Gentlemen, I believe that every man can preach
best, when he has a text.—(Laughter.) Now, this is
mine (holding up .a printed handbill). It was put into
It ihands last sight after, the meeting at Paddington.
a handbill printed upon a piece of dirty paper.—
(eA laugh,) Another was put into my hands, signed
i` An Elector," but as he does not choose to show his co-
'ultrs, I shall pass him by. But this other is more worthy
of notice. It- is signed " Ralph Thomas."—(Great
laughter, and cries of" That's the Tory Barrister.") I
don't know whether he is a Tory barrister or not, but
from all I have heard, I believe he is a briefless barrister.
--(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Thomas says—
th'"l'o elect Commodore Napier will be perpetuating
e abuse, for who can serve two masters ? Commodore
NtPier's employment and promotion depend on the Go-
vernment ; can he advocate your rights and privileges,
°PPosed to theirs, without injuring himself ? Or, do you
believe that his ambition to represent the people (hitherto
frustrated) will lead him to contemn every personal ad-
vantage ?
" Then, I ask, do you require a dependent of the
Crown' to represent you in Parliament ? But should he
Promise to act and vote independently, and you should,
a spite of all'example and experience, trust in his poli-
tical promises, I ask you fairly to consider 'his fitness to
serve you, either in advancing the interests of your bo-
rough, or as a legislator for the country at large.
"He says he should be more at home on the quarter-
deck of the Powerful, besieging Acre, than before you
be it so—but ability in aiming a shell which blows 1,400
human beings to destruction at one explosion, is not the
°ceupation which trains a man in the humanizing quali-
ties requisite to form a legislator for his-species.'
Gentlemen I do think it extremely, hard for a barrister
to suppose that because I am a naval officer I am incom-
petent to represent you in Parliament. Ido not see why
an officer in the army or in the navy should not be a
citizen.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Thomas forgets that there
are many interests in this country connected with the
navy, and that it is well to have persons in Parliament
'who are acquainted with that branch of the service, and
able to expose abuses.—(Cheers.) I have served in vari-
nits stations.--(Cheers.) I have served as a naval and as
a military officer ; and have served also as a negotiator;
and in all those capacities my conduct has met with the
approbation of the Government at home.—(Applause.)
I have yeeto learn that there is any particular difficulty
in the duties of a Member of the House of Commons. It
is true I might not be able to enter into all the special
pleadings of Mr. Thomas and the lawyers—(Hear, and
laughter)--but I could go into such subjects as I
understand, and, at all events, I would go into
them honestly and fearlessly.—(Loud cheers.) In
this handbill, Mr. Thomas goes on speaking of flog-
ging in the army and navy—(Hear, hear.) That is a
most disagreeable subject, and I would be glad to leave it,
but I must say that no man on earth detests corporeal
punishment more than I do.—(Cheers.) Mr. Thomas
says here : " Speaking of flogging, I am brought natu-
rally to Commodore Napier's notions on the Poor-law.
He avowed himself in favour of the Poor-laws ! but
when you burst forth at the Public Meeting with one si-
multaneous acclamation of disgust--hououring yourselves
by at once repudiating this demoralizing, thief-making,
inhuman, and mercenary law—he explained he had
been out of the country,'—yet 'had been himself a
guardian'—but •in the country,' and was willing to sup-
port the Law as it existed in your Parish." Gentlemen,
I do not wish to speak in a discourteous manner
of Mr. Thomas. But I say that when a gentleman signs
his name to a paper like this, he ought to adhere to the
words that were used by the person whom he attacks.—
(Hear, hear.) The expression which I made use of,
and which he has thought proper to pervert, was that I
had been absent for two years, and I did not know how
the Poor-laws had been administered in the mean time.
I then went on to say, that I had been a guardian of the
poor in my own part of the country before I went abroad,
and I said that we, the Board of Guardians, did, in op-
Position to the mandates of the Central Council, allow
6s. a-week out-door relief to the aged.—(Loud
Cheers.) I said that the union workhouses ought
to be, like Chelsea and Greenwich hospitals, places
%f refuge and comfort to the, infirm and
the worn-out, but that the idle ought not to have the
same indulgence.—(Hear.) I said, moreover, that even
the idle ought to be treated with kindness, and ought to
have opportunities allowed them of looking for employ-
ut•—(Cheers.) I said, and I say now, that I will al-
!n.itys support any proposition for ameliorating the con-
aion of the poor. Since I returned from abroad, I have
1,3 fn amongst the people of an union of four parishes, and
hnd that they are all contented with the way in which
they have been treated—(Hear)--and I can only say
j.•
at'ain, that I will come forward with all my might and
any measure which
n to sudpp.ort goes to ameliorate
con pion.--(Cheers.) This paper in my hand
„„:413er,..8 something about my supporting your local
laau,'' All I can know about the administration of Poor-
- have aTongst you, is derived from such of yourselves as
told fitlve‘u me any information on the 'subject. lam
that th:‘ You are contented with the Local Acts, and
suPPort-Ytre working well. What better can Ido than
aPply to Q,?111 ?-..(Hear, hear.) I mean the Acts that
iof(t)ri4k(inisotw‘-';'• Pancras and Marylebone—(Hear, hear)—
say, th: nothing whatever of any other Acts in the
said th Tets•—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it has been
tun brought forward by a party. I can only
I am not the man to be brought forward by any
Paq.Y.--(Ch
tuna, (Cheers. I was told that there was an oppor-
lbor_ll.7 for, a
betters Liberal candidate to offer himself for this
,114agh, and I was solicited to present myself for your
; and if you don't like me, you may elect a
luau in stead.--(Cheers and laughter.)
a 4_ rs• 40uNsoN then moved, and Mr. Salm' seconded,
f Z,7 (dation to the effect—" That this meeting is per-
-07,34'Y_ satisfied with the sentiments expressed by Com-
e Sir Charles Napier, and the electors present
next
themselves to support him as a candidate at the
electionZikrtieb
~ of Members to represent the borough of
Ticeone. '
a lit resollition was carried, with one dissentient only,
...411,4u, who, on being asked if he was an elector, said,
)ret Was not, and he cared nothing for the brick and
ar franchise."—(A laugh.)
r(..14.p CHAIRMAN then put the question, and declared
sfut.t.st great applause) that the resolution was carried
-40--ouniously.
, An ELECTOR (whose name we did not learn), in an
eloquent Tient speech, exhorted the meeting not to lend them-
set% es to the acts of those who, by dividing the Liberal
Ihinterest on former occasions, had virtually disfranchised
e_ borough by allowing a Tory to be returned. He
11.,4(1 a great esteem for Mr. G. A. Young in his :private
loaracter ; but the political conduct of that gentleman
f,',41. not been such as to entitle him to the confidence of
tTe electors.--(Hear, hear.) He had first been a Tory,
iJe_n a %Vhig, and, as a dernier ressort, he had lately
rline Radical.—(Cheers and great laughter.)
„illai 832, Mr.-Young first appeared in the borough as the
.'rtnan of Sir William Horne's committee, and on
pat occasion, he declared to Lady Horne, that although
hs rn
supported her husband, he was of the Whaeliffe,
Il„t is, the Tory, school of politics.—(Laughter.) In
1343,11 Mr. Young offered himself to the electors,
leciennt3ti oeisFyave way because he could not con-
oppose Mr. Murray, with whose send-
,l e, as a Whig--(Great laughter)--entirely agreed.
' 1837, he was so pure a Whig that he disdained hav-
ing an thing
4, p Y ing to do with the " United Vestries," and the
ot-house Committees.—(Great laughter.) In 1838,
he gave way to Colonel Thompson, who polled just 108
2► ,J 1 heers ) Mr. Young himself tried the forlorn
ho three times., and the utmost he ever polled was 738.
..--(110e_a:) :What then could he mean but the destruc-
eti..°_n..! the Liberal force by setting himself up again as a
4nuidate wh'en he knew that he had not weight or influ-
euc„,.e in the borough, nor the confidence of the electors ?
anka wer.e then voted to the Chairman, and three
tacectLis7swere given for the Commodore, after which the
separated.

teNGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Mr. Wilson, the
getninent vocalist, takes his Benefit, at this HoustNto-mor-
row(Priclay) evening. In consequence of the sudden ter-
havefninati of Mr. Balle's management, the lovers of music
been deprived of opportunities of hearing Mr. Wil-
son : and
_that gentleman has suffered great pecuniary
loss ; we, therefore, hope that the public will avail
themselves of this opportunity of being delighted listeners
to one of our first singers. and, by their patronage, re-
, Inedy, in some measure the loss which he has suffered by
the unexpected closing of the house.
We understand that the renegade Member for
the Kilmarnock district of burghs has vrritten to certain of his
• ._ censtituents, intimating his intention of v t g for Lord John
t, , Russell's motion on the Corn-laws, which i°s tiro'-be brought for-
s 'la motion on the 4th of June. The int imagines th,tt, by
! iyhni";this proceeding", he will compensatefor his vote in favour of
liti dear sugar, on Lord Sandon s amendment • but we much mis-
i , take the character of the men he has to deal with if they are de-
" 1 etwed by a trick so glaring in it 1, '
6 c..aracier.-- Glas9ow ArguS.
t'
.1-111-,,fi WIGAN. —lt is now generally and
'1 10 innotrrst the Liberals of Wigan, that George Pascoe
L'lrft,l .„- , f`elGrentell, Es Liberals
is to become a candidate, ablng with Mr.
~'•
"Stansh for the representation of the borough, on the
1
, -
.., orrn Interest Xr. Grenfell, as many of our readers
asir6,, re; married a sister of the Earl of Sefton. He is
daily expected at Nirigan.--Manchester Guardian.