The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL.
The Returning Officer of this borough, DAVID
SALomoNs, Esq., at half-past two o'clock on Saturday, an-
nounced the official state of the poll to be as follows:
Sir B. Hall ..• ••• .•• 5,343
Lord Dudley Stuart ••• 5,367
Sir James Hamilton ••• ... 3,677
Mr. Seageant Shee 662
Mr. Robert Owen ... ••• ..•1
The Returning Officer, therefore, declared the two first
gentlemen to be duly elected Members to serve in Par.
liament for the borough of Marylebone, amid the greatest
cheering.
Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir B. Hall arrived at the
hustings ou horseback, accompanied by their supporters,
in procession, shortly before half-past one o'clock, and
were loudly cheered.
Mr. Sergeant Shee, Sir James Hamilton, and Mr.
Owen took their places on the hustings shortly before
that hour.
After the declaration of the state of the poll,
Lord DUDLEY STUART came forward to return thanks
for the honour the electors of Marylebone had done him
in placing him at the head of the poll.—(Cheers.) He
considered that he had obtained a glorious victory, and
had had the honour of securing to the electors of Mary-
lebone their rights. Of his Tory friend he had only to
say, that he believed all that had been told of
him—that he was beloved by all who knew him. Mr.
Sergeant Shee, he believed, had opposed from mistaken
motives. Marylebone had shown that she was deter-
mined to be represented by none but Liberals.—(Cheers.)
No election, with the exception of the city of London,
would create more interest than Marylebone through
the whole of Europe. It would be heard and considered
of from Pole to Pole.—(Cheers.) It would be heard of
at Warsaw and Siberia with pleasure, but with very
different feelings at St. Petersburgh and Vienna.—
(Great cheering.) He was sure that his Hon. Friend
and himself would work well together in the cause of
the people.—(Great cheering.)
Sir B. HALL was most enthusiastically received on
coming forward to address the electors. The present
was the third-time he had had the honour of addressing
the electors of Marylebone as their representative.—
(Cheers, in the midst of which some person on the hus-
tings put on the Hon. Baronet's head a wreath of
laurels, which created great merriment.) The Hon.
Baronet concluded a most excellent speech, by thanking
the electors for the honour they had done him.
Sir J. HAMILTON and Mr. Sergeant SHEE having
addressed the electors, the meeting separated, and thus
terminated the triumphant contest for Marylebone.

LAMBETH.
Mr. HAwEs (in continuation from our Afternoon Edi-
tion of Saturday) said—Uentlelnen, there are other
reasons which I will take the liberty of stating to you, if
you will permitme to continue —(Cries of " Go on," " Give
him a fair hearing.") I k:" w there are some very
zealous gentlemen, who sac Hawes voted for the
Maynooth grant," and they say, "Because he
has so voted, he is no longer entitled to re-
present the borough." Why Hawes voted for
that measure for fifteen ye-ars, and they never
brought that against him before.—(Cheers.) So much
for the zeal of these who allowed such a question to
slumber in my hands through four successive Parlia-
ments, and only brought it out at a moment when they
think they can raise prejudice and angry passions
against me.—(Loud cheers) I will now proceed to
another point.—(Cheers and hisses.) Do not fancy that
lam afraid of discussion, or that I fear to face my
constituents.—(Cheers.) Do not fancy that I flinch
from that becaibe I am defeated, or that I quail under.
this misfortune.—(Cries of Bravo," and loud cheers.)
There is no public man who has " pluck " and spirit
but must know that the tide of popular opinion will
ebb and flow, and I will endeavour yet to recal it on my
behalf.—(Loud cheers.) I will come now to what some
of these Rev. Gentlemen have said, and of whom I will
say more presently. I will say nothing . disrespectful
I will speak of them in language in which I
should speak of them, but speak of them I
will.—(Loud cheers.) These Rev. Gentlemen say
" 06, Hawes is not to be trusted for a moment. Why
not ? " Oh," say they, " because he voted for a grant
of the sum of 100,0001. to educate the people of Eng-
land." Well, now what is my answer to that,
do you think ? Why, I say to this great meeting, which
has not always the opportunity of hearing the plain truth
told publicly, and in the face of day, defying cntradic-
tion—(Loud cheers)—I will tell you what my
answer is,—that from the Dissenters of London, the
Presbyterians, the Independents, the B. aptist, represent-
ing the body of Dissenters for 12 miles round Londo9,
I, as your Member and representative, presented a peti-
tion to the House of Commons in the year. 1839, when
the question of education was under discussion, and,
tend
petition made the following prayer to that House, and
which the Dissenters of London never yet contradicted.
It began by stating "That the voluntary. efforts of henevo-
lent individuals had whollyfailed to sustain. the weight of the
And that petition prayed for
education of the people.':
Parliamentary aid, and it prayed " that that aid might
be more and more extended. And, lastly, it approved
of the system. then introduced fo the first time, under
what was then called the Minutes rof Council II
Educa-
tion, " as being the most liberal and comprehensive plan
which ever had been brought forward by any Minister
of the Crown."—(Cheers.) And these are now the gentle-
men who stand forward as the champions of the prin-
ciple of educating the masses,,ot the people.—(Cheers, and
cries of " Shame on them! ) Now, let me say, that
among those gentlemen I have many friends whom I
and I am bound to
sincerely and profoundly respect,
admit in this contest, and I cannot help believing that it
arose from their personal regard to me, that they have
taken no open part at any public meeting, nor come in any
case in open conflict with me; they have done their
duty in opposing
my return, if upon public principles they
thought it right to do so; but they have conducted the
opposition as men and gentlemen, and as Christians.—
(Loud cheers.) Then I say, "So much for Maynooth' •
grant toy education.
so much for the(A voice—" That
will do; that is enough.) Yes, I will make it do before
I have done—you know me too well to suppose that
fear to face opposition. You brought me up yourselves.
—(Loud cheers) lam one of you—l have lived among
my life, and let me say
you nearly allin answer to
those calumnies to which I have referred,
that in my own immediate neighbourhood
where I reside, where
.I have lived for a number of
years in the constant discharge of my duties, that there
I had the majority upon the poll. That is my answer to
those who say that 1 am not worthy to be returned by
the people of Lambeth. There. is another subject upon
which I am anxious to say a few words.—(A voice—
" How about flogging?") I have given that man
flogging enough I think—l cannot help being
the advocate for a little bit of flogging
in that question.—(Laughter and cheers.) Since I was
accepted office un-
elected as your representative I have
der her Majesty's Government. It is said, and has
been openly said, that a man connected with the Go-
vernment is not fit to represent a large constituency.—
(A. voice—" He is not.) Well, you think so. I tell you
this, that you have cast a stigma upon those Honourable
Gentlemen whom you have elected to-day. Why are