The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-25 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

GENTLEMEN IN DIFFICULTIES.— Mr. George Gordon,
of Oakley-street, "gentleman," and Mr. George Hargrava
William Broughton: Gascoigno Parker, of Ho ward Villa,
17, Thistle-grove, Brompton, "dramatic authcr," were
charged with disorderly conduct and causing a crowd to
assemble in the Fulham-road.
They were fined 58. each.

MR. HARVEY LEWIS, M.P., AND HIS
CONSTITUENT S.

On Tuesday night a public meeting, called by a
few of Mr. Grant's supporters at the late election,
was held in the large hall over the Portman Arms,
Milton-street, Marylebone, for the purpose of
considering the position of Mr. Harvey Lewis.
Mr. George Verey (member of the Marylebone
Vestry) presided, and said it was a very great hard-
ship that through peculiar circumstances connected
with one of their members a borough which
ought at least to have five members had now only
one representative. A resolution was then moved
that Mr. Harvey Lewis be called upon to resign his
seat in the House because of the impossibility of
his attending to his duties, and the consequent loss
of support to the Liberal Government. The judg-
ment of Vice-Chancellor Malina, in which the trans-
actions with which Mr. Lewis was connected were
condemned as " false, fictitious, and fraudulent,"
was quoted, and it was urged that the only honour-
able course open was for Mr. Lewis to place his seat
in the hands of his constituents, and if he did not
think they condemned his conduct he could put
himself in nomination again, and thus test the
matter. An amendment was moved to this, that
the electors withhold their opinion until the result
of an appeal to a higher court had been ascer-
tained, and the mover condemned the course pro-
pcsed to be followed by the meeting as mean and
cowardly. The uproar that followed lasted for
some time. No seconder could be found for the
amendment, which consequently fell to the ground,
and the original motion was carried wi;la four dis-
sentients. Mr. Alfred Dwell, a recent supporter of
Mr. Lewis, moved a resolution, "That a deputa-
tion from the meeting wait upon Mr. Daniel Grant
with a requisition asking him to allow himself to
be put in nomination in the event of a vacancy."
The resolution having been seconded, an amendment
was moved that Dr. Sandwith be called on to stand
for the borough. A very warm discussion then
followed as to the merits of Dr. Sandwith' Mr.
Baxter Langley said that neither Mr. Lewis nor Mr.
Chambers was fit to represent Marylebone, and the
latter represented a class that dabbled in Gospel-
mongerings. This remark was received with
hisses, and Mr. Baxter Langley added that he
had every respect for religion, but not for
the SAbbatarians Mr. Chambers represented. Mr.
Langley then related an anecdote, which showed,
as he said, that Mr. Chambers' abilities were
thought very little of by his colleagues, but great
confusion was created by his refusal to give
li
the names of the authorities he quot_d. In
conclusion, he recommended them to unite and
send the requisition to Mr. Grant, on condition
that his supporters would agree to aid Dr.
Sandwith at the next general decti on, which,
be believed,' would occur in July in coneequeuce
of the Irish Church Bill being, as he anti
cipated, rejected by the Lords. Mr. Kelly said Mr.
Langley had no right to interfere with Maryleboue,
and could only have done so to serve his own pur-
poses. 'The amendment upon being put was de-
clared lost, and the original motion having been
carried, Mr. Pullen was asked, as hon. secretary, to
draw up the requisition agreed upon. The pro-
ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the
chairmen.