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

MARYLEBONE ELECTION.

NOMINATION (THIS DAY).

This morning the general election was inaurarated 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-
bers, 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,

I Mr. G. TAMPLIN, the returning officer, came forward to
open the proceedings. He said the electors of Marylebone
were assembled that morning for the purposb 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 hot hear them they could by no
possibility answer them, and the consequence would be a
loss of half the fun. (Laughter.) Re then called forward
the proposer of Sir B. Hall,
Mr. Dicxs*sos, of Paddington who said it afforded him
much pleasuie to propose so distinguished a gentleman as-
Sir B. Hall as a tit and proper person to repreSent the
borbugh of Marylebone in Parliament. ' Sir Henjamin had
so long represented the borough, and had become so iden-
tified with it, that Co 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 lum 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"h ob-
jected to 13. 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, had done his best- for the interests of the
borough. {Cheers.) He considered _Sir • Benjatnin any-
thing but q place hunter for his own interests ; and he
looked upon the, circumstance of the right hon. baronet
having filled office as an *intuit to the electoni 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. Halt as a fit and proper per-
son to represent the borough oriNtarylebone in the Com-
mons, House of Parliathent. (Cheers )
STogicroN, in seconding the nomination, said it
would be impossible to find a roan more eminently calculated
to thschargo the important trust of representing Maryle-
bone in Parliament than Sir B, Hall. (Loud cheers.)
Sir-J. Diller said he again had the honour of proposing
to the elect Ors of Marylebone his friend Mr. Edwin' ames
as a candidate for their suffrages. - (Cheers.) He consi-
dered it a proud distinction that Marylebone would be the
first place to send two such eminent men to the new Reform
Parhainent. (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 prepared
by ,her Majesty's Gevernment. (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
learned 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 Stan/by. (Cries'of a oh, oh.") He sup-
posed that, as that nobleman was to be proposed, the money
had been got=---(laughter).—but it was only another exempli-
fication of thvold proverb, thattaols and their money soon part.
(Lousl_lauglater.) He felt cerS.ain the electors of Marylebone
werehiatisfied with their late representatives, and also that
it was impossible __obtqin_better ones, for they were as
gird pair qs ever ran in a curricle. Whatever advan-
tage tine might'have in bulk—(laughter)—the other had
irilefght. '(Loud laughter and cheers.) -'r• •
HAM then came •forward amidst great uproar to
niiminate Lord Stanley. as.a fit and 'proper person to repre-
sent Marylebone in Parliament. Amidst much laughter he
proceeded to address,,the electors when he -was asked.
whether Lord Stanley had given his sariatibn to his name
b-eing:used.',:, Mr. Haig answered lit the negative, and • the
response was loud yells and hisses: *
Mr. PnxiikAta seconded the.nomination of Lord Stanley;
although he.had great admiration for the talents of Mr.
Edw4 James.: • -
Mr, TAMFLIN then asked wh6ther any other peraon
had a candidate to propose. Acceiiing no answer., he called
upon Nir 13:rlia to-address the assemblage. -
Sir:B. HALL said hevaine before them that day to ask for a
renewal of the trust • K hick, for: nearly 25 'years, had been
confided to his care. (Cheers:) He had dunng the whole of:
that period titideavouredto do hisduty, and he felt that he had
done nothing that shOuld stand in the way of his re-eleetion.
He felt certain Lord Stanley' was' unacquainted with the
liherti that had been takeikwith his names and he thought
itextremeli. hard that hinaSelfand his hon. colleague Should
bumf to the annoyance of a contest by persons proposing
candidates without even their knowledge and consent. He
had no doubt of re-election, and he could not but regret that
their harmony had been marred by two over jealous ad.
mireti of Leid Stanley. (Cheers.)
E. JAMES Said he appeared before the electors that
morning to. solicit the renewal of their confidence. The
gentleman who had seconded the nomination of Lord Stan-
ley said he had admired him (Mr. James) because he had
done his ditty in Parliainent—(hear, hear)—aud this was
the. Way he rewarded him. (Cheers, and cries of " Your all
right,") Ile did not for a moment believe that-Lord Stan-
ley was in any way connected with'the movement that had
been made in his favour, and he was sure that nobleman
wpuld as much regret the circumstance as anyamongst them.
He, liowever, 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 defeat.
His (Mr. James), opinions with respect to domestic matters
were se well, known to the electors that ho would not detain '
them with the slightest allusion to them ; bat with respect
to_his, opinions on foreign affairs, he thought it was his duty
to._ make a 'few observations as to what ho thought
ought to be the policy of England in the present crisis.
The learned gentleman then at some ler, Oh repeated his
views, with respect to the position of foreign affairs, and said
the safest and surest course England could take in the pre-
sent momentous crisis was that of non -interference. (Cheers.)
The hon. and learned gentleman concluded his speech by
expressing lifs full confidence that at the elose of the poll
totmarrow he should be again in the proud position of one
otthe , representatives of the borough of Maryleborie in
Parliament.
.Mr, YAmi)I„IN then called for a show for a show of hands
for each of the candidates. For Sir B. Hall and Mr.
James. a foiest of hands was held up;
.while for Lord
Stanley only pile individual in the crowd, and his nomi-
nator.and seconder, held up theirs.
YAMPLIN said that the show of hands were in faVour
of Sir ,B. Hall, and Mr. James; upon. which Mr. Haig
demanded a poll for Lord Stanley. ,
The.polt will open to-morrow morning at eight o'clock,
and finally des° at four in the afternoon.
A vote of, thanks to the RetitnAng O,flicer terminated
he proceedings.

•I• 1.•
!It ;s stilted in Ministerial • circles that Lord
Ossulston, late M.P. for Northumberland, is shortly to be
summoned te the House of Lords.
- SUICIDE. OF A CORONER'S OFFlCER.—Yesterda3-
considerable.sensation was created in the parish of Edmon-
ton, in. consequence of the suicide of Mr.. Richaid Brand,
who was carrying on business as a carpenter, and also
coroner's officer for the parish of Edmonton, in the Duchy
of Lancaster. It appears that the deceased was very cheer-
ful, and never showed the slightest tendency to suicide
On one of the workmen 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 himself- eff. 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
ur the neighbourhood, and the poor have lost a kind and
benevolent benefactor. Information has been sent to the
coroner, but no day is yet named for the inquest.
=FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE , ORWELL.—A few
weeks since Nee recorded a sad accident on the river Orwell,
by the.capsizing of a sailing skiff, and the loss of three
Rtes.- • We have now to record a similar accident, and the
loss oftwo lives On Saturday James Girling, a Trinity
pilot,• with 'his son, was statiDned 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. Girling and his son (who was
apprenticed to him as a pilot) went on board, and piloted
her uras far 'as the second pilot boat, which lies at Down-
hani Beach, three miles from Ipswich, where another pilot
went on board, and Girling 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 steenng with an oar instead of •a rudder, the latter, it
is supposed, having become disabled. The Atlanta steam-
packet was • running down to Harwich about one o'clock,
and when near Foshan .bottom, 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 pulled over 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'
were immediately identified as belonging th•Girling and his
scirf. • Nothirrg was seen of either the boat or the men, and
on the 'steamer calling at the lower pilot boat, it was found
that nothing bad been seen of the •Girlingi ; and there is
no` doubt the boat' was capsized by-a sudden squall when
about two miles and a half from Harwich, and the unfor •
tn.-nate-father and son were drowned.--Essex Herald.
FATAL OCCURRENCE AT A PRIZE-FIGHT.—On
Monday afternoon the magistrates at' Rochester were occu-
pied a 'considerable time in investigating a charge preferred
ao'ainst. John Robinson, a shipwright; employed in Chatham
Dockyard, Of having killed another shipwright, named
in a fight which took place on
William Moore Bensley,
Chatfiam-lines 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 other shirivirights, Were drinking
at a pUblic-liause in Brampton during the whole of the g
all'the bein very
after-
n4on And • evening of Saturday, P
much intoxicated. An orderly of the Medical Staff Corps,
wko wits in the house, challenged the prisoner to 'fight for
5s a .'side which he accepted, the stales bein'g deposited in
hid hands. The parties then adjourned to Chatham-lines,
and cbinmeneed fighting in the , trenches near the- Sally.:
port. "After —several rounds the ptisoner gave in, when
deeeithed handed the stakes to the medical staff man. On
this the prigoner 'became very violent, and wanted to
fight deceased, who was described by the witnesses
as being dory drunk, and " like a madman."
KnotMr fight then commenced 'prisoner and deceased
closing, and' both falling heavily to the ground, the-prisoner
being' tinder. In falling, deceased ]struck his forehead with
gfeardiolent+ against the ground, on which his head was
obserthd to f. 4.11 forward, and after loving three groans, he
eipired witlidut uttering a word. Mr. Weeks, a surgeon
who tras prbtnptly in attendance, made an examination of
tlie-deeeased,'and discovered that did neck had been dislo-
cated•by thd fall, which was sufficient to account for death.
There 'were 'tio marks of bruises or violence on the body.
The inkgistra'tes committed the pri§oneffer trial, but ad-
Witted hint to

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