The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-23 00:00:00

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MARYLEB ONE ELECTION.

THE NOMINATION—(THIS DAY.)
The nomination of a fit and proper person to re-
present this large and influential borough took
place this morning, at 11 o'clock, at the hustings
erected in Park-crescent, Portland-place.
Long before the hour fixed for the commence-
ment of the proceedings a large number of persons
were assembled in front of the hustings. There
was an utter absence of the usual electioneering flags
and favours, and from about half-past ten until
eleven o'clock the district committees of the two
candidates—Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Colonel
Romilly—continued to arrive on foot. The gallant
colonel was the first to present himself in front of
the hustings, his appearance being marked by a
feeble cheer, but when Mr. Edwin James was espied
walking up Portland-place, arm in arm with Sir
James Duke and Mr. Nicholay, and attended by the
members of :his central committee, an immense
crowd rushed to meet him, and the cheering was
kept up the whole of the remainder of the dis-
tance to the hustings. On the learned gentle-
man taking his place in front of the erection, he
was again most heartily cheered by the assemblage,
which by this time amounted to nearly 3,000 per-
sons. The registered number of electors for Mary-
lebone amounts to 21,000.
The writ for the election of a representative to
the Commons House of Parliament, for the borough
of Marylebone, having been read by Mr. Scott,
GEORGE TAMPLIN, Esq., the returning officer,
said the electors of Marylebone had assembled to -day
to exercise their valued right of electing a fit and
proper person to represent Marylebone in Parlia-
ment, and while the candidates for the honour ad-
dressed them he trusted the electors would keep
silence, because if they did not do so it would be
impossible for them to hear the observations that
might be addressed to them. Two gentlemen
Nitre anxious for the honour, viz., Colonel
Romilly and Mr. James ; and as a number of
gentlemen would have to address them, he trusted
a fair and quiet hearing would be given to all
parties. (Cheers.) Without further trespassing
upon them he would call upon Thomson Hankey,
Esq., to nominate his candidate, Colonel Romilly.
(Hisses, and faint cheering.)
THOMSON HANKEY, Esq., said for nearly thirty
years the borough of Marylebone had sent members
to Parliament, and during that period he would not
say how many distinguished men the electors had
chosen to represent them—(cheers)—but amongst
them all he felt they had never had one who had
more faithfully served them than the one
who had just relinquished his important posi-
tion. (Laughter, cheers, and cries of " Oh,
oh.") The excellent qualities of Lord Eb-
rington-----(laughter)—entitled him to their highest
respect, and he felt sure there was not a man in
Marylebone who did not wish him a speedy and
perfect restoration to health, to enable him to
enjoy the comforts of private life at least for some
time. (Cheers.) He felt it would be useless wasting
time to dilate on the merits of Colonel Romilly.
(Hisses, and cries of " James is our man.") He was
no untried man. He had sat in Parliament—(cries
of " We don't want him")--and he considered him
one of the best men that could be found to fill up
the vacancy in the representation of Marylebone.
He would support a Liberal Government and Liberal
measures. It was true they had two distinguished
candidates for the honour ; and without for a
moment detracting from the merits of Mr. James,
he must say of the two he (Mr. Hankey) thought
Colonel Romilly was the most qualified, and he
therefore proposed him to the electors of Maryle-
bone.
Mr. BRETTINGIIAM, of St. Pancras, said he had
great pleasure in seconding the nomination of Col.
Romilly. The electors were called upon to make
a selection between a soldier and a lawyer. For
himself, he preferred the straightforward, honest
soldier, as they knew lawyers were bought
and sold like cattle in Smithfield. (Hisses.)
Colonel Romilly would vote for the ballot,
which would make the House of Commons what it
ought to be. He would also vote for the abolition
of church-rates, and be found a firm supporter of
reform. (Cheers.)
Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., then came forward to
propose Mr. Edwin James, and was received in the
most enthusiastic manner. He said he had been
selected for the honour of nominating his friend,
Mr. James, to represent this great, important, and
enlightened borough of Marylebone in Parliament.
(Loud cheers.) In speaking of Mr. James,
he had not a word to say against his
gallant opponent. He was possessed of certain
qualifications, but he put it to the electors whether
he possessed the necessary ones. (No, no.) His
friend, Mr. James, had not been first in the field ;
somehow or other his opponent had got the start of
him—(cries of "Never mind that")—but he trusted
that fact would not prejudice him in the opinion of
the electors. Mr. James, it was true, was not
descended from any high personage, but
he had honest blood flowing in his veins, and he
felt confident the important interests of the
borough of Marylebone could safely be entrusted
to him. It had been objected to Mr, James that
he was a non-resident in the neighbourhood, but
Mr. James would speedily remedy that. (Cheers.)
Ile knew him to be a firm, steady, and consistent
Liberal, and as such he proposed him as a fit and
proper person to represent the borough in Parlia-
ra,ent. (Immense cheering.)
Mr. Ross said he seconded Mr. James because
he looked upon him as a friend of the people. He
did not wish to say one word to prejudice
Colonel Romilly, who was a highly honourable
mx.n, but he did not think he was the pro-
par man to represent Marylebone. It was
?&r. James was a lawyer; but what of that ? He
thought that if he was elected, and even made
Solicitor-General, he would have just as good a
rig ht to walk on the Terrace of Windsor Castle
with Queen Victoria as Sir B. Hall. (Cheers.) He
th ought it would be a credit to Marylebone to have
such a representative as Mr. James. He sprung
from the people, mid he believed he would not
desert the people. He knew that Colonel Romilly
hail the advantage of his friend in the number of paid
cam xassers, but the electors would elect him notwith-
standing. He fully trusted that to-morrow he should
100 l upon Mr. James as the representative of Mary-
leb one in the House of Commons, in which he would
honestly and fearlessly defend the political and
Local rights of the borough. (Immense cheering.)
lie, therefore, had great pldsure in seconding the
momination of Mr. James.
Mr. TAMPLIN asked whether any elector had any
other candidate to propose, and receiving no an-
swer, called upon the respective candidates to
ILddress the electors.
Colonel ROMILLY then came forward and said he
stood there to solicit the honour of representing
M-arylebone. He thought the tributepaid to their
Late representative was well deserved. It wastrue
~liLe notice of the vacancy was very short, but his
opponent had had quite as much time for the contest

ris he had. (No, no.) He had given many votes in
Parliament, and not one of those votes could be said
to be against the popular interests. (A voice,
Explain how you absented yourself from the
division on the ballot.") It had been said that,
while in Parliament, out of 127 divisions, he had
only been present at 27—(hisse+—but such a
:statement was entirely untrue. (Cheers.) During
idle period he was in Parliament, which extended
to three sessions, he had voted in no less than 336
iLivisions. (Cheers.) It was said he was not

tnzplicit on the church-rate question, but he
!lad distinctly stated that he would vote for
eir abolition. He was also in favour of

Mr. Locke King's £lO county franchise ; and
•with respect to the charge of being absent when
the division took place in the House of Commons

an the Ballot, all he could say was that in all these

divisions, during the time he had a seat, his name

appeared in the division list twice, and once with a

:pair. With regard t o the question of reform,he assured
Ithe electors that he would support any practical
ex tension of the suffrage. (Hisses and cheers.)
He would make allusion to the distinction between
a soldier and a lawyer. (A You've done
nothing.") For 10 years he had done his duty as a
soldier—(A cry—" An d been well paid for it")---and
at the present moment he had nothing to do with

the army. (A Voice—" You are looking out for it,
though.") It was said his opponent was a man of
the people ; he (Colonel Romilly) was one also ; so
was his father (cheers) who once resided
in a humble house in that very borough. All
he could say was, that if the electors conferred
upon him the honour he sought for he would do
his best to protect the rights and interests of
Marylebone.
Mr. EDWIN JAMES on presenting himself was re-
ceived with a perfect hurricane of applause. The first
few sentences of the learned gentleman's address were
entirely lost in the cheering, but we understood
him to say that he considered it a scandal and dis-
grace that five days only should be allowed the
constituency of Marylebone to select their
representative. They had heard of some
arrangement or other, but he put it to the
electors whether they would submit to be treated
as if Marylebone was a rotten borough, like Gatton
or Old Sarum. (Cheers.) They had heard of some
arrangements made in a drawing-room in Gros-
venor-square, but he thought the electors would
rebel against such a dictation. They had also
heard of a correspondence relative to a va-
cancy in their representation; but what had
Sir Benjamin Hall to do with the retiring
address of Lord Ebrington ? (Cheers.) He also
thought the electors would agree with him that the
correspondence left somebody else in a mess.
(Laughter and cheers.) The electors of Mary-
lebone:would do as Mr. Thomson Hankey had done
in the City of London—they would rebel against
dictation of any sort. They said in the City
" they did not want a young man from Northamp-
tonshire," and the electors of Marylebone would
say, " They did not want a colonel from a drawing
room." (Loud cheers.) He asked the assembly
whether they would submit to such treat-
ment ? (Cries of " No," and " There's pluck
in us yet.") The seconder of his opponent
had told them that lawyers were bought and
sold like cattle in Smithfield ; but were Brougham,
Denman, or Erskine men likely to be sold ?
(Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") Then, again,
it was said that Colonel Romilly had greater
qualifications than he had—that he had nothing to
do—all he, Mr. James, could say to that was, that
he was just the man to do it. (Laughter and
cheers.) If the electors selected him he should
enter the House of Commons, not as the tool of
any party, but he would go there on entirely
independent grounds. They had heard a
great deal about reform. Lord Derby had
a bill, Mr. Bright had a bill, and Lord John Russell
said he had one in his coat-tail pocket ; but why
were they not produced ? If he found that Lord
Derby's bill was a good and sincere one, he would
give it his utmost support. He would be no party
to a factious opposition made by an effete faction,
who seemed to imagine they were born to govern.
(Loud cheers.) Let the bills be produced, and he
said again, if the Government bill was a good one,
he should support it—if not, he would do all he could
to upset the Government. He would support an ex-
tension of the suffrage, the abolition of church-rates,
and a wise supervision over the public expenditure.
Lord Palmerston had given notice for a motion on
Friday next, which looked rather ominous, but he
trusted war would never again arise ; but if
it did it was the duty of the Government
to be fully prepared for2it. (Cheers.) His gallant
opponent, in one thing, was his superior, that was
" paid canvassers." (Cheers.) He (Mr. James) re-
lied upon the enthusiasm and honesty of the electors,
and he confidently expected that to-morrow he
should be returned as their representative at the
head of the poll. (Cheers, and a voice " with a
clear majority of 2,000.") With respect to his
non-residing in the borough, all he could say
was that, being a bachelor, it did not much matter
to him where he resided, but by their next meeting
that slight objection would be removed. (Cheers.)
The RETURNING OFFICER then called for a show
of hands, when about thirty at the most
in the whole of the vast assemblage, were held up
for Colonel Romilly. On Mr. Edwin James's
name being pronounced, the assembled thousands
held up their hands, And amidst enthusiastic cheer-
ing the returning officer declared the show to be in
favour of Mr. James.

A poll was demanded by Colonel Romilly, and it
was fixed to commence at 8 o'clock to-morrow
morning, and finally close at 4.
The proceedings, which had been of the most
orderly description, then terminated.

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE.
The election of a representative for East Worces-
tershire, in the place of Colonel Rushout, took
place yesterday, the candidates being the Hon. Mr.
Calthorpe and. Mr. Pakington. The poll com-
menced at eight and closed at five o'clock. There
were eight polling places appointed—viz., Broms-
grove, Droitwich, Evesham, Dudley, Pershore,
Stourbridge, Kingsnorton, and Shipston-on-Stour.
Although the whole of these places with the excep-
tion of the last two have the telegraph running
close to them the candidates had made no arrange-
ments for obtaining regular returns from these
places, but depended upon messengers and railway
trains. What messages were obtained by means
of the telegraph were kept strictly private, each
party putting forth only such accounts as were
favourable to their particular side. The conse-
quence was that the progress of the poll was kept
almost entirely secret as far as the public were
concerned. At Pershore, the stronghold of the
Conservative party, there was as much of the
popular excitement—bell-ringing, colours, music,
&c.—as in the old time before the passing of the
Reform Bill, and at Evesham there was nearly the
same display. Sir John Pakington arrived at
Droitwich about three o'clock from London, and
proceeded at once to the hustings, where he recorded
his vote for his son. At Bromsgrove the greatest
excited prevailed throughout the day ; the crowd
increased towards the afternoon, and disturbances
commenced soon after three o'clock, the windows
of the town-hall were broken, and, in the appre-
hension of more serious consequences, a police force
was despatched from Birmingham. At six o'clock
a report reached that place that the Riot Act had
been read, and that scenes of violence had taken place.
At Kingsnorton, and the other polling-places near
Birmingham, good order prevailed throughout the
day. _

At the close of the poll Mr. Calthorpe's com-
mittee announced the numbers to be as follows:
Calthorpe
Pakington

Majority for the Liberal . 326
The figures put forth, however, by the different
committees were somewhat conflicting, and the
correct state of the poll will probably not be pub-
licly known until the official declaration.

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Termagant, 25,
Capt. R. Hall, got up steam in Portsmouth harbour
yesterday to proceed to Spithead at high water, but
just prior to the time for starting it was found the
screw could not be lowered into its proper position,
and in endeavouring to ascertain the cause of this
a leak was discovered in her slop room, which
may possibly cause the ship to be placed in
dock before proceeding to Spithead. Should the
extent of the leak be ascertained and stopped in
the ship's present position, and she should conse-
quently not require docking go to Spit.
, she will
head and be officially inspected by the Commander-
in-Chief,ffi Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, on
Thursday.
The Britannia, naval cadet training ship at Ports.
mouth, Capt. It. Harris, will be inspected by Ad-
miral Sir George F. Seymour on the 25th inst.
Her Majesty's screw steam yacht Fairy, at Ports-
mouth, yesterday steamed out to Spithead to try
her machinery after completing her late extensive
repairs. She afterwards took in her harbour moor-
ings off the Royal Clarence-yard.
The Himalaya screwsteam troopship, Commander
J. Seccombe, at Portsmouth, was yesterday inspected
by Colonel Somerset, C. 8., M.P., Capt. Seymour,
C. 8., Capt. Gordon, C. 8., and Staff-Surgeon J. G.
Moore. Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, the
Commander-in-Chief, afterwards visited the Hima-
laya, and complimented Commander Seccombe oa
the very favourable report he had received from
the inspecting officers. The Himalaya embarked a
portion of the troop baggage yesterday, and will
this day embark the troops (2d battalion 13th Foot,
Prince Albert's Light Infantry). The Lords of the
Admiralty have directed that the mess charges for
all the officers belonging to her Majesty's ship
Himalaya shall be increased as follows :—The Com-
mander, from £5 to £7 per month ; Ward-room
Officers, from £3 to £5 per month ; and the Gun-
room Officers, from 255. per month to £3 per
month.