The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-26 00:00:00

New Poor-law Bill. He refused to give that pledge, or to
pledge himself to any ',reposition merely for the sake of gain-
ing votes at an election—(Hear, hear)—but yet, whenever
the question of the Poor. laws came before the House of Com-
mons he acted inaccordance with the opinions of those who were
the most opposed to him, because he refused the pledge de-
manded.—(Cheers.) As to the Local Acts, which experience
had proved to be of such importance and benefit to this great
parish, whenever an attack was made upon them, or a desire
was expressed to interfere with them, he had steadily and
firmly endeavoured to maintain inviolate the privileges of his
constituents, and to defeat the attempts that were made to in-
fringe upon them.—( Hear.) He was determined to pursue the
same course as their future representative, and in all cases
where the liberty of the people was concerned they would find
his votes recorded, as heretofore, in favour of freedom.—( Loud
cheers.) Parliament was now dissolved, and the Members of
the House of Commons were sent back to their constituents—
not merely to render an account of the manner in which they
had discharged their duties—(and he could assure the meet-
ing that the duties of so important a borough as Marylebone
were not light in themselves, and were not the lighter by
his having a colleague With whom he could not act)—the
Members, he said, were not sent back merely to render an
account of their past conduct, but to state how far they would
second the views and wishes of the Queen for improving the
prosperity of the country and the comforts of the people.—
(Enthusiastic cheering, and cries of " God bless her.') The
Queen in her Speech at the prorogation had avowed her wish
that the burdens of the country should be more equally dis-
tributed, and should be made to press less heavily on the com-
munity at large.—(Renewed cheering.) For his own part,
whenever the Corn-laws were discussed in Parliament, his
vote was recorded in favour of alteration.—( Cheers. )
He thought the present was a good opportunity for those who
possessed what was called the landed interest, and for whose
benefit the Corn-laws were enacted, to come forward and
agree with the general voice of their fellow-subjects, that
those laws were unjust and iniquitous.—(Tremendous cheers,
and cries of " Well said, for a landowner ;" followed by re-
peated cheering.) But if it was the intention of the land-
owners to withhold the hand of fellowship from their country-
men, and to keep up their rents, and fill their pockets at the
expense of the poorer classes, then it was the duty of the
people to send to Parliament men who would have at heart
their welfare and their rights.—( Cheers.) He would now
only repeat his thanks for the very flattering reception he had
met with, and say that he firmly believed—which he would
not say if he did not believe it—that he must be again re-
turned as their representative.—( Tremendous cheers.) When
he was before a candidate, he wailed, from his former experience
of electioneering matters, to observe to a gentleman who was
now by his side, that in making a calculation of the votes upon
which they might rely at the poll, it was necessary to strike off
one-third of the promises.—( Laughter. ) The gentleman re-
plied that the contrary was true in Marylebone, for you might
be safe in adding one-third, instead of striking it off.—( Laugh-
ter.) Such proved to be the fact, for the votes actually given
for him on the day of polling amounted to one-third more than
the promises—minus 62.—(Cheers.)
An ELECTOR—You will poll 2,000 more this time than the
last, Sir Benjamin.—( Cheers.)
Sir BENJAMIN HALL thought with the elector, for he had
now 1,000 more promises.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet
concluded by requesting his friends to come to the poll on
Thursday so early as to leave the Tories in a glorious minority
by eleven o'clock.—( Cheers and laughter. )
The CHAIRMAN then introduced 'Sir Charles Napier, who
was received with a burst of enthusiasm equal to anything we
ever witnessed, and which was as loud, universal, and vehe-
ment, as if that were the first appearance of the Gallant Com-
modore in Marylebone, fresh from his Levantine triumphs.
When the vociferous cheering, applause, waving of hats and
handkerchiefs, and " Hurrahs for the New Nelson" had
subsided,
Sir C. NAPIER said, It was rather a new thing for an old
Commodore to appear upon a London stage.—(Cheers and
laughter.) This was the second time he had the honour of
appearing in that capacity and on the same stage.—( Loud
laughter. The former was one certainly not sel agreeable, as
it was attented with an uncertainty which increased the novelty
of his:position—(A laugh)—for there had been some doubt as
to which the electors would prefer, himself or his Hon. oppo -
nent, now his friend, Mr. Young.—(Cheers.) It had always
been his wish to unite the Reformers, and now he had happily
succeeded in putting an end to the feuds of the Reformers of
Marylebone.—( Vehement cheering.) He wished the Tories
were present to witness that great meeting of United Re-
formers, and he had no doubt it would scare them from the
contest.—( Cries of " They'll be frightened enough on Thurs-
day"). He would not quarrel with the Tories for calling
themselves " Conservatives," for indeed they were the Con-
servatives of all that was bad and pernicious in the institutions
and laws of the country.—( Cheers.) They called him, and
those who agreed with him, " Destructive 3," and he had no
wish to repudiate the name, so long as it meant that they
laboured to destroy every thing that wag bad, every thing that
tended to oppress the many for the good of the few.—(Cheeri.)
But they were the real Conservati res of the monarchy, and
of the rights and liberties of the people—the maintenance of
which was the true purpose of the Constitution.—(Cheers. )
He had already, at twenty-six 'meetings in the borough, ex-
plained his political opinions, but in so great a meeting as that
which he had the honour to address, he fat it necessary to
repeat the exposition. His Hun. Friend. Sir B. Ball, had
satisfied the constituency of Marylebone by his conduct in
Parliament, during six years, that he was an able, faithful,
honest, upright nian. —( Loud cheers.) Now he (Sir C.
Napier) like his lion. Frier d, was an advocate for the
extension of the suffrage, the vote by ballot, and shortening the
duration of Parltaments.—( Cheers. ) He was also in favour of
the liberal and wise propositions of her Majesty's Government
for altering the duties upon corn and sugar and timber.—
( Reiterated cheering.) With respret to the unjust and per-
nicious nature of the present Corn-laws, he held the same
opinions as those great landed proprietors, the Dukes of Bed-
ford, Cleveland, Sutherland, Devonshire—( Loud cheers)—the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Earls Spencer, Radnor, and Fitz-
wiltarn, and Isis Hon. Friend, Sir Benjamin Hall.—(Tre-
mendous cheering.) He thoroughly concurred with her Ma-
jesty's Ministers in their attempt to overthrow all the mono-
polies that crippled the trade of this great commercial counts y.
—( Reiterated cheers.) He was desirous of repealing the rate-
paying clauses of the Reform Bill, which restricted the exer-
cise of tl.e franchise, and by which some thousands of house-
holders in this borough were daraneli'sed.—( Hear, hear. )
On the subject of corporal punishments in the navy he had only
to repeat that no man was more opposed to them than he was ;
but he knew they could not be entirely abolished
with safety to the discipline of the navy and the maritime
power of this country, until a better system of manning our
fleets was adopted, and a better class of men supplied, with
better pay,better treatment, and better promotion.—(Cheers.)
It aas said there was no corporal punishment in the American
navy. But that was an error. The punishments in that ser-
vice were terribly severe and frequent ; whereas in the British
navy everything possible had been done of late years to diminish
them.--( Cheers. ) He hoped that none of his friends would
think of giving him ialumpers, or be led away by a wish to see
him at the head of the poll, but that all would lend their efforts
to the return of himself and his honourable colleague, as he
might now very safely term Sir B. Hall.—(Cheers and cries
of " You are both trumps.") He hoped they would unite all
their farce and come up to the fight in good time, so as to give
the enemy the best drubbing he ever got in his life.—( Cheers. )
They ought to bear in mind that the first broadside was the
best.—(Renewed cheering and laughter.) If they made the
first broadside tell, so as to cripple the enemy, they would gain
the victory in the most triumphant manner that ever a battle
was gained in the world.—(Repeated cheers.) When this
borough returned two Reformers, as surely it would—( Cheers,
and cries of "No mistake")—it would have the very best effects
throughout the country.—(Hear.) He concluded, amidst re-
iterated and vehement cheering, by assuring the electors that
when he should have the honour of appealirg to them for their
suffrages at a future election, they would have no reason to re-
pent of their choice.
Dr. C. TAYLOR, in an eloquent and luminous speech, which
was much applauded, moved a resolution, pledging the meeting
to support Sir Benjamin -Hall and Sir Charles Napier, by every
possible exertion, at the approaching election,
The resolution having been seconded, was carried unani-
mously, and with the utmost enthusiasm.
Sir C. NAPIER then moved, and Sir B. HALL seconded, a
vote of thanks to the worthy Chairman, which also was cart ied
by acclamation.
The meeting then separated, after repeated rounds of cheer-
ing for the candidates, the Queen, and the Ministers.
A meeting of the electors of Christchurch was held at the
Lord High Admiral, Church-street, Portman-square, Mr.
Myers, in the chair. The Reform candidates, Sir C. Napier
and Sir B. Hall, were received with the usual demonstrations
of enthusiastic regard.
The assembly having heard the Honourable Candidates at
great length, was eloquently addressed by Mr. John Savage
and Mr. H. C. Wilson, who moved and seconded a resolution
in favour of their late worthy Representative and the Gallant
Commodore. The resolution was carried unanimously.
Sir B. HALL stated his opinion to be (from the result of
the canvass hitherto) that Mr. Cabbell and Sir J. Hamilton
had no more chance of representing Marylebone in the next
Parliament, than an Hon. and Gallant friend of his (Captain
Rous) had of representing Westminster.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WILSON stated that Mr. Cabbell, who now claimed
the suffrages of Marylebone, as a friend to the amelioration of
the Poor-laws, had strenuously opposed in the vestry, of which
he was a member, every petition that was proposed in that
body for an amendment of the law.—( Hear, hear,_ hear.)
Another meeting for the same purpose, equally numerous
and enthusiastic, was held at the Carpenter's Arms, Adam-
street, Edgeware-road.
At Chesney's Rooms, Foley-street, a most crowded meeting
of the electors of All Soul's and Trinity, was held at nine
o'clock. There were about 800 electors present, besides a vast
crowd out of doors, who could not find space within the build-
ing. In one of the galleries, Lady Hall was recognized amidst
a party of ladies, and her Ladyship was saluted with a volley of
applause, equal in vehemence, but superior in decorum and re-
spect, to the famous Kentish fire.
Mr. Wltetems (of the Regent-circus, Oxford-street) was
unanimously voted to the chair, and in an animated speech,
which was much applauded, introduced the Liberal candidates
to the meeting.
The Hon. Baronet and the Gallant Commodore were re-
ceived with deafening cheers.
Sir B. HALL, in an address of considerable length, which
gave the highest satisfaction to the great assemblage of electors,
said that the blue flags of their opponents, which were now
fluttering in the gale, would strike to the flag of his Gallant
Friend, and be carried home by the enemy as trophies only of
their own defeat.—(Cheers.)
Sir C. NAPIRR, in the course of his address, said that
although his opponents showed blue colours as well as himself,
his pennant could easily he distinguished from theirs.—( A
laugh.) Their pennant was square ; his was triangular, and
might further be known by having a round hole in it, which was
made by a cannon shot from the forts of Acre.—(Cheers and
laughter. )
A resolution, in favour of the Reform candidates, having
been passed unanimously, ar.d thanks voted to the chairman,
the meeting separated.

GRAND TORY " OMNIBUS" MOVEMENT
At ten o'clock last night, a meeting of the omnibus, cab and
hackney-coach drivers, and conductors, convened by advertise-
ment for the professed purpose of taking measures to get rid of
the " Badge," was held at the Yorkshire Stingo. The meet-
ing excited some curiosity, if not interest, in the borough,
for it had been extensively known in the borough that
for the last seven days, a great effort. was made to enlist the
powerful body of cabmen in the " Blue" cause, and then the
notorious list of the Cabbell and Hamilton charities was to be
swelled with the publication of their liberality to the op-
prcs:ed conductors, (hirers, and cads. A scurrilous placard,
appealing to the sympathies of that influential body, had for
some days occupied a conspicuous place upon cads of the nu-
merous Tory Committee-rooms throughout the borough, in
milton, inform the cab-owning public, that "
which morceau, the so-cal ed " auctioneers" Cabbell and Ha.
Hall can now say, will not be worth a curse(!) it would only
be done to get votes."
When the hour appointed for taking the chair arrived, there
Were about fiv • h dAssembly Room of this
un red persons in the anything Sir B.
tavern, and of these there were certainly not quite one-half
who belonged to the gentle craft, whose Conservative senti-
ments had been appealed to. After some delay, Air. Frampton
(a respectable elector of the borough) was voted to the chair,
and he stated, amidst great uproar, that an opinion had
meeting was called fur party purposes
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professed in the advertisement. He
called upon those had convened the meeting to state whether
this were t'..e fact or not.
Mr. ALLEN (an omnibus conductor as we understood) said
that he bad called the meeting on the authority of 450 con-