The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

TIE SUN, WICDON. FRTD k JrNE, 4. 1811

COMMODORE NAPIER.

The following letter, addressed to a Morning Contem-
porary, we understand gives a very fair account of what
Sir diaries Napier said at the Naval Club respecting Sir
R. Stopford and the operations on the coast of Syria :
Sir—Having just read in a Morningc, Paper of the 27th
ult. the report of a speech delivered by the Gallant Of-
ficer commanding in chief in the Mediterranean (Sir R.
Stopford), on the occasion of his health being drank at a
ball and supper given to him by the officers of the fleet
under his orders, I cannot but regret that the speech of
Commodore Sir Charles Napier, at a dinner given to him
by his brother officers of the Naval Club, in Bond-street,
on the 10th ult., should not also have found its way into
the papers. I take the liberty, therefore, of sending you
the substance of that speech, as far as my memory serves.
The health of our distinguished guest having been pro-
posed in energetic terms by the Gallant Chairman, Ad-
miral Sir Philip Durham, the Commodore rose, and
spoke nearly as follows :—" To the Gallant Officer who
now fills the chair, and to you, Gentlemen, I beg to re-
turn my thanks for the very handsome and flattering way
in which my health has been proposed and received, and
I do assure you that although I have had similar compli-
ments paid to me lately both at Liverpool and Manches-
ter, I place a much higher value on that paid me this day
by my brother officers; and I will take advantage of this
occasion to correct some misrepresentations and omissions
in the reports of my speeches at those places, made by two
or three of the public papers. lam said to have taken to
myself the merit of all the successes obtained on the coast
of Syria, and to have forgotten every one else. Gentlemen,
I am happy now to repeat here what I did say there, viz.,
that I never saw more zeal, energy, and ability, than were
displayed by the officers and men, collectively and indivi-
dually, when detached under my orders—and I can assure
you that there were many officers there who would have
&me the business equally well with myself ; and in the
event of future emergencies requiring their services,
I am happy to state my opinion that there will be no
want of good and able officers to lead our fleets to vic-
tory. As to the efficiency of our ships, as far as atten-
tion to gunnery and internal arrangement, it cannot be
surpassed; and. I do say, as it was displayed before Acre,
whether the garrison had been British, French, or
Turkish, instead of Egyptian, the result must have been
the same, for no troops could stand before the fire of the
fleet on that day. I must take this opportunity to cor-
rect an expression I inadvertently used on one of those
occasions, viz., that on the coast of Syria I had to do the
duty of general as well as admiral, making use of the
word admiral instead of commodore, merely meaning
that I was doing the duty of senior officer on shore as
well as afloat, being at the time in a separate command.
I am also accused of having taken no notice of the ser-
vices of the Royal Marines. Now I believe no officer
entertains a higher opinion than I do of that distinguished
corps, and since my return to this country I have been
busily engaged in advocating the claims of those officers
who served with me there. Now let me again thank you
for the honour you have done me, as well as for the op-
portunity it has given me of setting myself right with my
brother officers on points on which I have been misre-
presented."
The above, though not verbatim, gives the substance
of Sir Charles's speech, and had the greatest admirer of
the gallant and respected Commander-in-Chief of the
Mediterranean fleet been present, he could not have
felt otherwise than highly gratified by the en-
thusiasm with which his health and that of
the officers serving under him was drunk (previously
to the health of the Commodore), prefaced by a
very handsome eulogy by the Gallant Officer who pro-
posed it, an enthusiasm only surpassed by that shown to
our guest, by all who were assembled to do honour to
him to whom they thought honour was due, for profes-
sional merit and distinguished services, unmixed with a
particle of political feeling, or the slightest wish to de-
tract from the merits of others. As an act of justice to
the Commodore I send you this report without his know-
ledge, and hope you will give it insertion.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL NAVAL CLUB.
Royal Naval Club, Bond-street, June 1.

REPRESENTATION OF MARYLE-

BONE.

A very numerous meeting of the electors of Marylebone re-
sident in the district of West Pancras, was held last evening at
the Standard Tavern, Frederick-street, Hampstead, convened
by the supporters of Sir Charles Napier, for the purpose of
giving the Gallant Commodore an opportunity of explaining
his political opinions to this portion of the constituency, as he
had already done, with almost universal satisfaction, to several
other districts of the borough. This portion of the parish of
St. Pancras is known to be the stronghold of that knot
of professed Radicals, who succeeded so mischievously
in dividing the Liberal interest at the last election as
to cause the representation of an important metropolitan
borough to be neutralized by securing the return of a Tory.
It was, therefore, expected that there would be a great muster
of the factious, and, certainly, whatever they wanted in num-
bers, they made up for in noise, disorder, and indecency. Long as
the Reporter has been in the habit of attending public meet-
ings, he never saw anything to equal the unfairness and auda-
city with which a minority did, in this meeting, prevent even
its own supporters from expressing intelligibly their opinions.
Mr. COOPER, having been unanimously voted to the chair,
explained, amidst much discourteous interruption, the objects of
the meeting, and having expressed his determination to dis-
charge his duties as Chairman withl strict impartiality, be-
sought the electors present to give a fair hearing to every gen-
tleman who should present himself to their attention.
Sir C. NAPIER, who was loudly called upon, and enthusi-
astically cheered by a large majority of the meeting, then made
the same frank and manly exposition of his sentiments as at
the previous meetings elsewhere.
After a long time consumed in boisterous and unseemly in-
terruption on the part of the united Chartists and Tories,
Mr. Ross, who had supported and voted for Mr. Young
until he saw that gentleman would never obtain the confidence
Gf the electors, an.: that it could only serve the purposes of the
Tories to put him forward again, moved a resolution declaratory
of the satisfaction with which the sentiments of Sir C. Napier
had been heard, and pledging the Reformers present to use
every exertion to secure his return as the colleague of Sir B.
Hall.

Mr. GELL, who had also been friendly to the return of Mr.
Young, seconded the resolution.
Mr. HOPKINs then moved, and Mr. HARTLEY seconded an
amendment, to the effect, that for the sake of union amongst the
Reformers, Sir C. Napier should be requested to resign in fa-
vour of Mr. Young.
The amendment was received with hisses, groans, and every
possible expression of scorn and derision, which almost drowned
the feeble attempts of cheering and applause which were made
in its favour.

After a vast deal of indescribable confusion, the Chairman
succeeded, by a great exertion of patience, in taking a show
of hands, which he declared to give 57 in favour of the amend-
ment, and 97 in favour of the original motion. Several of
the supporters of the Commodore assured the Chairman that
their majority was much greater, and that he must have over-
looked a number of hands held up in favour of the resolution.
A division was called for ; but it was impossible to carry it
into effect in the crowded state of the room and stairs adjoining.
A prodigious crowd which had assembled in front of the
house now became clamorous for the Commodore to address
them from the window, and Sir C. Napier having expressed
his willingness to yield to the persuasions of his friends to
do so, the opposite party made a rush to the windows, and
completely blocked up all approach to them.
Sir C. Napier then withdrew, and on reaching the street
was hemmed in by the crowd, who would not allow him to pass
until he should have addressed them. A great number called
out that they were electors of the district, that they
could not get into the room, and that they wished
to hear him where they could. A chair was at
length procured, upon which the Commodore stood so
as to be tolerably well seen and heard, at least by a portion of
the vast crowd. We were, however, driven so fir to the out-
skirts, that we could hear nothing but the vociferous che=rs,
which, in the course of his harangue, were sufficiently frequent
and lengthened to give him ample breathing time.
At the conclusion he was followe.l by the multitude cheering
and huzzaing the whole of the way along the Hampstead-road
and the hew-road, to his house in Baker-street.

LIST OF NEW PATENTS, MAY 1841.

To Edward Newton, of Leicester, manufacturer, and
Thomas Archbold, of the same place, machinist, for im-
provements in producing ornamental or tambour work,
in the manufacture of gloves. Seal 4th May-6 months
for inrolment.

Charles Thomas Holcombe, of Bankside, Southwark,
iron merchant, for certain lubricating or preserving mat-
ter, for wheels and axles ; applicable also to the bear-
ings, journals, or other parts of machinery. Sealed 4th
May-4 months for MI-Anent.
Hugh Graham, of Bridport-place, Horton, artisan, for
an improved manufacture of that kind of carpeting usually
denominated Kidderminster carpeting. Sealed 4th May
—2 months for inrolinent.

Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., for improvements
in the manufacture of fabrics by felting, (being a commu-
nication.) Sealed Gth May-6 months for inrolment.
Philemon Augustine Morley, of Birmingham, manufac-
turer, for • certain improvements in the manufacture of
sugar moulds, dish covers, and other articles of similar
manufacture. Sealed 6th May-6 months for inrolment.
James Hancock, of Sidney-square, Mile End, civil en-
gineer, for certain improvements in the manufacture of
locks, keys, latches, and other fastenings, part of which
improvements are applicable to taps and cocks, for draw-
ing off fluids. Sealed 6th May-6 months for inrolment.

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