The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-27 00:00:00

TILE WATE

CE 111Y4'21ERY.

MARY LEBOYE ELECTION

NOMINATION .(THIS DAY).
This morning the general election was inaugurated in
Marylebone by the nomination of two fit and proper persons
to represent the borough in the Commons House of ..
Par-
liament. The only candidates for the honour, up to an
early.- hOur . this Morning, were the two late mem -
hers,- Sir B. Hall, and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C. ;
but a few minutes before the commencement of the
proceedings notice was given to Mr. Tamplin, the
returning officer, that it was intended to propose the Right
Hon. Lord Stanley as a third candidate. The fact of an
opposition being offered to the return of the late members
gave an excitement to the proceedings, which other-
wise would have passed off in the usually quiet
way unopposed elections in the metropolis generally do.
The hustings were erected, as usual, in Park-crescent,
Regent's-park, and at eleven o'clock the writ commanding
the election having been read,
Mr. G; TANIMIN, the returning officer, came forward to
open the proceedings. He said the electors of Marylebone
were assembled that morning for the purpose of electing
two members to a Parliament which would have to perform
duties as great and important as ever devolved upon any of
its predecessors. The English were always the lovers of
fair play, and he called upon the assemblage to give a
fair and impartial hearing to every gentleman who addressed
them because if they did not hear them they could by no
possibility answer them, and the consequence would be a
loss of half the fun. (Laughter.) He then called forward
the' proposer of'Sir B. Hall,
Mr. DICKINSON, of Paddington, who said it afforded him
much pleasure to propose so distinguished a gentleman as
Sir B. Hall as a fit and proper person to represent the
borough of Marylebone in Parliament. Sir Benjamin had
so long.represented the borough, and had become so iden-
tified with it, that to separate him from it would be like
parting man and wife. (Laughter and cheers.) He was
of the people. He was with the people, and any attempt to
displace him could do no honour to any man however good
he might be—(cheers)—and nothing but miserable defeat
could folloW such an attempt. (Cheers.) It had been ob-
jected to Sir B. Hall that he was a place-hunter; but he
knew well that when Sir B. Hall was so, he was always
the right man in the right place ; and in his place, what-
ever it was, he had done his best for the interests of the
borough. (Cheers.) , He considered Sir Benjamin any-
thing but a place hunter for his own interests ; and he
-looked upon the circumstance of the right hon. baronet
having filled office as an honour to the electors of Maryle-
bone that they had Chosen a representative with sufficient
intellect to fit him-:to hold a place. (Loud cheers.) He
concluded by proposing. Sir B.'llali as a fit and proper per-
sop to iepresent the borough of Marylebone in the Cora 7
mem House at' Parliament. (Cheers) ' •
Mr. STOCKTON, in seconding the nomination, said it
would be impossible to find a man more eminOutly calculated
to discharge the important trust of representing Marylo-:
bone in Parliament than Sir B. Hall. (Lend cheers.)
Sir J. DUKE said he again had the honour of proposing
to the electors of
_Marylebone his friend Mr. Edwin James
as a candidate for their suffrages. (Cheers.) He coml.:
dered it a proud distinction that Marylebone 'would be the,
first place to send two such eminent men to the new Reform
Parliament. (Cheers.) -They would not go there to sup-
port a, Government, but they would go there to say that the,
people were determined to have a larger and more substan-
tial measure of Parliamentary reform than was prepated
by her Majesty's Government: (Cheers.) The present
Government had been objected to on many grounds, but
there was one on which the Whig officials would do well to
imitate, that was courtesy. (Cheers.) [Here a handsome
bouquet was handed to- Mr. Edwin James from • some
parties on the right 'hand side of the crowd, amidst loud
cheers, which were repeated again and again as the
leared gentleman took Off his hat and bowed .]
'He'- thought it a great hardship that at the
eleventh hour Sir B. Hall and Mr. James should be put to
the expense and annoyance of a poll by parties proposing
candidates without their sanction. (Cheers.)
Mr. Ross said it afforded him much pleasure to. second
the nomination of Mr. James. (Cheers.) He had seen in
the newspaper, this morning, an advertisement asking ten
gentlemen to come forward with £lOO each, for the purpose
of nominating Lord Stanley. (Cries of " oh, oh.") He sup-
-posed that, as that nobloman was to be proposed, the money;,
had been got—(laughter)—but it was only another exempli-
fication Of the old proverb, that fools and theirmoney soonpart.
(Loud laughter.) He felt certain the electors -of Mat,ylebone
were satisfied with their late representatives, and also that
it was impossible to obtain better ones, for they were as
good a pair as ever ran in a curricle. Whatever advan-
tage 'one might have in bulk—(laughter)—the other had
in height. (Loud laughter and cheers.)
Mr. HAIG then came forward amidst groat uproar to
nominate Lord Stanley as. a fit and pnper person 'to reline=
sent Marylebona in,'parliament. -Amidst much langhtet he
proceeded to address the . electors, when- he was asked
whether Lqrd Stanley had given his sanction to his name
being used. Mr. Ilaig answered in the negative; and the
response was load yells and hisses.
Mr. ?RIDEAU x Eleeonded the nomination of Lord Stanley,
although he had great admiration for the talents of Mr.
Edwin- James.

TamPLIN then asked whether • any. other perhon
had a candidate to propose. .Receiving no answer, he called
upon Sir B: Hall toaddress. the assemblage.
Sir. B. ;HALL said he camebefore them that day to ask for a
renewal of the trust, which,. for nearly 25 years, had been
confided to his care.. (Cheers.) He had during the whole of
that period endeavoured to do his duty, and he felt that he had
done nothing that should stand in the way of his re-election.
He felt certain Lord. Stanley was unacquainted with the
liberty that had been .taken with his name, and he thought
it extremely hard that himself and his hon. colleague should
be put-to the annoyance of a contest by persons ptoposibg
candidates without even their knowledge and consent. He
had no don* of re-election, and he could not but regret that
their harmonyi had .been. marred by two over jealous al-
..
mirers of 'Ler Stanley. (Cheers.)
Mr. E. JAMEa said he appeared before the electors that
morning to solicit the renewal of their confidence. The
gentleman who had seconded the nomination of Lord &au-
ley said he had admired him (Mr. James) because he had
done his duty in Parliament—(hear, hear)—and this was
the way he rewarded, him. . (Cheers, and cries of "'Your all
right.") He did not for a moment believe that Lord Stan-
ley was in an7y way connected with the movement that had
been made in his favour, and he was sure that nbblemaii
would as much regretthe circumstance as any amongst them.
He, however; supposed the. gentlemen had got their £9OO
advertised for, and it was their duty to- spend it ; but he
was sure the result would be only mortification and' defeit:
His (Mr. James) -opinions with respect to- domestic matters
were so well known to.the electors that ha would not detain
them with the slightest allusion to them ; but with respect
to his opinions on foreign affairs, he thought it was his duty
to make a few observations as to what he thought
ought to be the policy.of England in the present crisis.
The learned gentleman then at some ler gth repeated his
views with respect to the position of foreign affairs, JIM ma'
the safest and surest course England could take in the pre-
sent momentous crisis was theta non •interference. (Cheers.)
The hon. and learned .gentleman concluded his spedch by
expressing his full confidence that at the close of the poll
to-morrow hd should.be again in the proud position of one
of ,the representatives .of the borough of Marylebone in
Parliament. . .

Mr. TAMPLIN then.called for a show for a show of hands
for each of the candidates, • For Sir B. Hall afia Mr:'
James a forest of hands was held up, while for Lord
Stanley only sire individual in the crowd, and his nomi-
nator and seconder,. held up' theirs.
Mr. I'AmrLIN said that the show of hands were in favour
of 54.13. Hall, and •Mr. James, upon which Mr. Haig
demarided a poll for Lord Stanley.
The poll will open to-morrow morning at tight o'clock,
and finally clolie at four in the afternoon.
A vote. of thanks to. the Returning Officer terminated
the proceedings. • • •

It is stated in .11inistei;ial circles that ' Lord
Ossulston, late-M.P. for Northumberland, is shortly. to be
summoned to the House of Lords.

SUICIDE OF A CORONER'S OFTlCER.—Yesterday.
considerable sensation was created in the parish of Edmon-
ton, in consequence of the suicide of Mr. Richard I3rand,.
who was carrying on 'busines's as a carpenter, and also
coroner's officer for the parish of Edmonton, in the Duchy
'of Lancaster. Tt appears that 'the deceased was very cheer-
ful, and never showed - the slightest tendency to suicide
•On one of the workman entering his workshop, he found
him hanging by a -sash line' to a beam in his workshop.
He must have accomplished the act by getting upon his
work-bench, and throwing hirinaelf off. No cause can be
assigned for the rash' act, as his circumstances were very
good, having several houses at Edmonton, and other pro--
perty in Hertfordshire. The deceased was highly respected
in the neighbourhood, and the poor have lost a kind and
'benevolent benefacfor. "Infonhation has been sent to the
coroner, but no day yet named for the inquest.
'FATAL ACCIDENT• ON. THE ORWELL.—A .few
weeks since we recorded sadaccident on the river Orwell,
by the capsizing of
..rik Bailing skiff, and the loss of .three
lives. We have now to record a similar accident, and the
loss of two lives On Saturday James Girling, a Trinity
pilot, with his son, was statianed on board the pilot
cutter, lying just at the mouth of the Orwell, about a
mile from Harwich pier; and during the morning a Welsh
schooner entered the river. Oirlinz and
...pr-o-u+reoa-tu Era:ninetywent on board, and piloted.
her up as far as the second pilot boat, which lies at Down-
ham Beach, three mileslrom Ipswich, where another pilot
went on board, and Girli4 and his son started off for their
station with their skiff, with sails set. The wind was very
puffy, and squally. They were seen sailing past Tin Mill by
another pilot on board a . yacht, who noticed that Girling
was steering with an oar instead of a rudder, the latter, it
is supposed, having becorne disabled: The Atlanta steam-
'Packet was running clOWn to Harwich about one o'clock,
and when near Poxhall•liottom„the mate, George Bacon,
saw what he thought were the heads of two persons above
water. • The steamer was at once stopped, the .boat
launched, and two men Palled Oyer to the spot, where they
picked up a pilot cloth jacket, a sou-wester, a rudder, a pair
of oars, a boat scoop, and one or two other articles. These
wore immediately identified as belonging to Girling andhis
son. Nothing was seen of either the boat or the men, and
on the steamer calling at the lower pilot boat, it was found'
that nothing had been seen of the Girlings ; and there is
no doubt the boat Was Capsized by a sudden squall when
about two miles and a hilt from Harwich, and the unfor •
tunate father and son were drowned.—Essex Herald. ..
FATAL OCCURRENCE AT. A • PRIZE-FIGHT.-011
Monday afternoon the magistrates .at Rochester were occu-
pied a considerable time in investigating a charge preferred
against John Robinson, a.shipwright, employed in Chatham
Dockyard, of having IdJled another shipwright, named
William Moore Bensley, in a .fight which took place- on
Chathamrlines on the previous. Saturday evening. From
the evidence of the witnesses examined in support of the
prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner and deceased, to-
gether with a number of
.ether shipwrights, were drinking
at
,a public-house in Brampton during the whole of the after-
noon and evening of_ Saturday, all the parties being very
much intoxicated. An orderly of the Medical Staff Corps,
who was in the house,ehatlenged. the prisoner to fight•for
ss. a -side, which he accepted, the.stakes being deposited in
his hands. The parties then adjourned to Chatham-lines
and commenced fighting the .trenches near the Sally-
port. After several rounds the. prisoner gave in, when
deceased handed the stakes to the medical staff man. On
this the prisoner became very, violent, and wanted to
fight deceased, who _was. described by the witnesses
as being very drunk, and acting " like a madman."
Another fight then
.commenced, prisoner and deceased
closing, and both falling, heavily to the ground, the prisoner
being under. In falling, deceased struck his forehead with
.great violence against the
,ground, on which his head was
' observed to fall forward,_and after. giving- three groans, he
expired without uttering a word... Mr. Weeks, a surgeon.
who was promptly in atteridanceonlide an examination-of
the deceased,
and discovered that the neck had been dislo-
cated by GI? fall, which was sufficient to account for death.
There were no marks of binises or violence on the body.
The magistrates committe
nutted him to Nil. - the prisoner for trial, but ad-