The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-02 00:00:00

THE ELECTIONS,

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MARYLEBONE —(THIS D. —,
this borouiee
in Parliament by the poll of yesterday, the race in front of ,b_
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nfiedx etdo orneprtelisitsndat
hustings was densely crowded,
long before that hour by 17e,
friends of the several candidates, who arrived Early` e,
procession and great state, with bands of ruu_. a
profusedisplay ,
banners flying, and a of pink 3'
11, ter-
blue, the colours of the opposing parties. -e,,,, iv
rpce of Park-crescent, and the balconies, were filled ic,l'heir
dies, who were dressed from herd to foot in the colon s uf their
respective parties, and presented a very gay and brilliant ex! .
bition of those agreeable colours. Pink and blue dressesn,dfate
y for the de.-
carry out the manifestation of female sympathy yours, bouquets, and bonnets, sparkled on either side, a ,t,
we observed amongst the fair partisans a number of blue 6
pink parasols, evidently made for the occasion.
Commodore Sir Charles Napier a 'rived about one
o'clock, attended by a large body of his constiteenti, %%he ",`•tri,
preceded by some noble-looking seamen, who had served u.,
him on board tie Bellerophon and the:Prayerful, b"r!',e
standaeds which had been taken at Syria, and waviii,7: over !“,
head of their Gallant Commander the pennant wbielrfloateel,.
his mast-head before the wall, of Acre,where it was perforated
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two places by cannon shot from the forts. The Gallants t; n'as
also his Hon. Colleague Sir Benjamin Hall, to the utinaon .
motiore was received with the most enthusiastic cheering, .wed
who ar'''
shortly afterwards.
Their appearance on the hustings lastede sigua
• 1 fur ".
newed and tumultuous cheering, whichs several non, .
n.
About aquarter before two o'olock, Mr. Salomon, the Ile,V,
ing Officer, announced thenumber of electors who polled to ?iv—.
For Sir B. Hall
For Sir C. Napier ;087
.........
For.J. Hamilton
...... ',410

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For Mr. Cabbell... 3," ' ;anie
erahlis'
The announcement was followed by the most h. la,
cheering, applause, and waving of hats and handkerchiefs.
Air. SALOMON then declared Sir B. Hall and „old
Napier duly elected, and expressed his hope that thqaia
the
support the local interests of the borough, and ma"'
rights and privileges of the people.--( Cheers. ) thosiatic
Sir B. HA LL then came forward, and when the en ~ it aavt
cheering with which he was greeted hail subsided, sael,°,„,,litaet
became his duty to thank the electors of this great In ii-11-eata-
borough fs.r returning him a second time as their rel:ileta re-*
tive.—( Cheers.. ) And he assured them that he felt ai4"esee
warded by their kindness for any pains which he 11' 'he was
to
taken duringthelahseter fours ynee beggedars.F lea
For that kindness
to advert
kiralns the
, hick
most grateful._ (c
position in which he had been placed during the conte,3,' wished.
had just been so happily concluded.—( Cheers.)
to advert to it in reference to his his
Friend who was now, he was proud to -130'eteer
colleague—(lmmense cheering)—and in reference tn,iecav
gallant friend of his, whom he much honoured and e'c aai )11.
and whom he was sorry to see opposed to him on that oriecot had
—(Hear, hear.) Bat he knew that his gallant opiotd
come forward on public principle—( Hear, hear)---3.% return
missing that part of the subject he felt it his dtitY 'est bad-
thanks to his opponents for the manner in which the Ile ioee
beers conducted.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Pd hal
Sir James Hamilton for more than twenty years, au he chd
so much confidence in his honour as to believe that lroot.
not think from the returns made to him that there Via', cal
certainty of his success, he would not have persevere to
eying on the contest.—( Hear.) In doing that act of in, a 0,00
his Gallant Friend he would ask, did not this hold out. that
lesson to those who represented the Tory party
,11 re-
borough not to place too much reliance uP°.l,' ,11;sgeol5'
turns which were made to them by their Conservative t was
who imposed upon them, and led
~them to believe that; 3f,..
o
possible to thrust one of their party upon the electors `rt he
rylebone.—( Tremendous cheering.) For his own rre the
would always be prepared for a contest, for the Via be the
feelings of the borough were tested, the greater w°°' Tithe
Liberal majority.—(Loud cheering.) The majority ne°,l rat,
present occasion would have been much larger if it Friarl
been for the course which the Committee of.bis Gallant cart
and himself had taken in holding back many electors nlin.ii‘iee
pledged to support them. He knew that many tradesin'oe.
promised their votes conditionally, being willing to e°_, oety,
and vote for the Liberal candidates, if it should be ne'__ Jae
but beingafraid that their doing so ,would involve them i0.3`1
losses,—( Hear.) He therefore told his Committee two antv to
that as they were already certain of a sufficient TaaPtre
render the Liberal cause triumphant, and to vialdina roe-
character, of the Borough, those tradesmen who had beep old
naced and coerced should be told that no further eaccheering.);be required of them.—(Tremendous cheering, Thus ity'astbeas eta
the majority for his Gallant Friend and. 'Limselfw DO°,
more than one thousand five hundred,, when ,
Jona'
have been a vast deal more but for that Pitleare.--
conduct on the part of his Commirtee, at his suggeso
eve
(Renewed cheering.) The Hon. Baronet then read
tead a° talcilt
tract from the Morning Herald., in which it was
the election was lost in consequence of the effeinnial the
apathy of the Tories, who could not come colt the
morning to vote because it was rainy, nor aothe
afternoon, because it was -too late. In p this cotes,
Morning Herald said they lost some fifteen hundred.eoe
—( Cheers and laughter.) The reporter threatened in t?ahter.)
paper to publish a list of those Tory recreants.—(Lalaree as
If he did so, he (Sir B. Hall) would put down his aloe)
a subscriber for five hundred papers.—(Cheers and in'u''iLeolit
It was his intention again in the House of Common '» side
reference as to whether he should sit on the Alini'sler!a per'
or the other side of the House—because that was to °l.-those
sonally a matter of perfect indifference—to carry nnijea
he
principles to the best of his ability and judgment, on tr
had ever acted, with a view to give to them more eate
vane
rights than they already possessed. Above all things' rig I
election convinced him of ,the necessity of endea" jae,
to obtain for them thatpowerof voting which should preen' „ a-
midation, and stop coercion ; and whatever might be the!, aiv3
poet with regard to the ensuing. Parliament, of this he was
sure, that the voice of the people would be heard there ;:ght he
trusted also, that notwithstanding any threats that o",lainis-
held out in reference to future elections, if tte ensuing n,
(the
ce-
ment did not carry out the wishes, and id not advent.° '',
terests of the great community of O.& khigdorn, thaa theet in
Parliament) should be again se'at back to their coeistituee And
order that the country rrth;tat again determine for itself. iabe
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whenever that day sheeilltcome he (Sir B. Hall) would___,"afro°
present on those 'dustings, regardless of opposition, con'la the
what quartea it might, but, relying as he should, solely °all°
affection, kind feelings, and votes of the independent coo' °abject
of Aiarylebone. He would next merely advert to the.,„4 he
of the local affairs of that pari:h, a subject on wtit bau
thought it right to give that public notice after I,°"hrase'
transpired publicly, in order that, to use a cointnuneflear',4l
there might ,be no mistake on the subject---, neeo`'
He would, not be trapped into supporting any Bill who'" "iahr
in any way tend to interfere with the local rights of thea the
bitants of that district. He hoped if any propesitin't bacb
subject was to be brought forward, it would not be '"e'
to. the latest possible period of the Session •It :eola
private Bills could be introduced. At all events he .tierti'
support the local interests of the parish as he had bivelvelj
done. Whatever duties respecting them had hitherto deioelf..
on the Representatives of the boroughnell solely tikl,orj
He did not wish to disparage the conduct of the r'n"lb L eht he
who sat with him in the late Parliament, but he thougeteate,
might say that he was, in local matters, their only rePrhifi
tive, because gentlemen of all politics called 10 o.
,4,, and
and consulted, taking my advice with reference to 'return
as to the manner of conducting them. He had only to ud pot
them his most sincere thanks for placing him hi the inloey
sition of representative of the most important constitrn el that
the empire. It was a source of satisfaction to him to I,eatise
this honour should be con'erred upon him
,t`' it
he had acted up to a course of political consistencY, and
lie would continue in that course, for he felt within hin't',„ela
could predict that the day would never come when be ,"
be ashamed to meet the constituency of M (
azylebone. ,
Sir CHARLES NAPIER next came forward amidst ne3i
cheers ;on the restoration of order, he said—lt °.-eprt
very day eight years that he left La , igos bay, in order to s t tais
the liberties of one of the greatest and oldest allieici',3t by
country—he meant Portugal ; and it was on this daY llO
a large majority of their votes they were going to sent. the
to support the right', liberties, and privileges of
largest part of the inhabitants of this large and great
nested
poris.—(Chee,e.) When he first came home he was relil,tt on
to stand fur several places in the United Kingdom,
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mature deliberation he thought it much better to 'enirefer;
large and important borough, such as Marylebone, p`v 113'"
ence to other places in England.—(Hear, hear.) .`„1; tl4
given him much reason to be satisfied waod
be
coarse of conduct which he thought it right to adopt,
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only regrett: d that the election of Marylebone not es'
Menday instead of Wednesday, because he thought that : the
a nple shown by that borough; would not only indue.,lc,`„
electees in Westminster,but also those in the city of Lonu,°;Taial'
in every borough and city throughout Great Britain and 3r„-,e h'
He was not able to look beck to his former conduct, be,,l'rpoiis,
never ha 1 ti e honour of a seat in the House of 03°' ortlia
but he felt satisfied,' and convinced, makes ej. most eetra r to
nary change came over his nature that ho would encleaYnuoure
accomplish everything he promised t' ern and even 1°)/;-
round the country at largo,
,han he had promised them, It -,obecame
them ' fluent'
on the next Parliament reeee e Ifthe Tories came eof
office he shoul,!, tea a in,. _ oars
_to
ern that they must pursue babe 0
conduct - •
adopta4
, very different from what they had Ses3l°
see wwhetbveveoauld be co°se.' tofu
if they meant to remain in office one, ion°
of ,P a,
The Tories must turn their minds to atm {or c.c.*
consideration, for he would give them some little tirn'lnod be
sideration—whether it was riot right that commerce slip,h tee
free in this country, and by that means taxes very rauecti the
duced..—( Hear.) If the Whigs came into office het°l' aeheot
would take a lesson from what he saw going
the enentry. He trusted it would induce them to leaeerthir'
t wards, the 'Reform party, who want them toon tb!.°oleore
and carry out the Reform Bill to its utmost extent-
ca 7„y it•
could say was that tie found that the Whigs would net , reesti°
out properly ;he for one would give them a little gentle Pterest
go a little 'ail ao
so as to force them to go on. Relative to the local 11. theta
as his Hon. Colleague, for he had
it was impossible for him to be so well auainted wit"amovg
not rßided time
them, nor had he ever represented them, but ie trustee
0
so long . e
would have an excellent instructor, and be Lim a
apt scholar. As to his Hon. Friends, if they
that the Honourable Baronet would find 0, hilol
would "hole of
to call them so, his opponents, that throughout the whe Os
the great contest, because a great one it had been, t ggod
bound to say that he had seen nothing but the greater bat
humour and gentlemanly conduct, not only from t o,‘lic.,
jeers.)
also from the party who supported thero.—k „ifoo,;
He hoped, now the elections were over, that if any woo'
existed among parties, when they returned home they ward;
indulge in nothing but brotherly love and affectiondivr
each other, and that they would endeavour that the arty
duals in their neighbourhood should fonoev their ri,artl•
instead of their being led by the opposite dilates
—(Loud cheers.) With respect to one of tbeircaalifoung
who was on the same side with him elf--he meant "not hell
—he (Sir C. Napier) was boon?, to say, that had
it
had taken place, the alight hayealo
.iberal party
for that gentleman's conduct with respect to the ball lost
into
borough. Should te
active service, wed he hoped he would not,
~1e:
• detested war., though he had been brought up to ite, an (Sir C. Napier) be _eyase,o,_
bovvever, he should be forced to leave the,'" for hr:
"3 bertain there was not an elector who vot.:° hie bre
''.cat would wish him to stay at home
vices were wanted abroad—in that case,
claims on tvevet
Pe_
thoughi that Mr. Young had great els'. he bad ia'nk
( Sir C. Napier's) friends for the support hteetiave
to te
ceived from Mr. Young's friends. lie now took 1
ese,nt
them for their great zeal and enthusiasm on the pr'_, hi; Inr•
sion, which he never saw equalled in the couFseinulara aattissa
The triumph we obtained at alarylebone gave hane
long course
faction than eny triump he had ever gained in_th
of his services.--( Loud cheers.)
intention en that °c;
Sir J. HAltzt.Tox raid it was not his inten he appr_
casion to make a long speech to them, 'whiled; to LP
, there from any feeling of bravado. He had
,ed for 3, dice
dervalue the great prize he had lost, he had pia) row
appointed, but not discouraged, for in despit:, nerliog
fallen from his worthy friend, the Hon. Baronet, ,‘„)• t
stake, and it was their pleasure lie should
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their representative, he could assure them,_ thatn tpelourm ',`,
might be quenched for a moment, but j
_1;
nently extinguished.—(" Oh,
would come forth The re
rise again lie i phcenix—it
Laughter.) av, that
giant refreshed after a short interval.—( _ , Could $ ence
this ne r
oh," and cont.. iFio•aegaio like
had not verified their expectations, but Ad eve
no' defeat, no discomfiture, no mistification,
_ tbose three
his affection for the borough of Marylebone. 1°