The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-08 00:00:00

MAR YLEBONE.

The hosting.; for this nomination were erected at Park.
ertsecnti Regent.stree4 where the candidates fur the re-
presentation of the borough, accompanied by their various
friends, bearing no colours, arrived shortly after tweli'e
Weloek.
The Precept and Bribery Act having been read,
Sir PETER LAURIE presented himself, and exhorted
the electors to bear the various candidates fairly and itn-
partially. They were assembled to exercise one of the
most valuable privileges which belonged to Englishmen.
It was the desire of every Englishman, who loved justice
himself, that every other should have fair play.—(Che,rs.)
That was the most important metropolitan borough, for
wealth, respectability, and inflaence, and he hoped the
electors would act worthily of this preeminence. Ile
did not stand there as an elector; he was there
to preserve order ; and he hoped the electors would she'
themselves conspicuous fir gentlemanly conduct. He
hoped too that the candidates would not waste unneeestir
rily the time or patience of the meeting. He propneed,
that the candidates should draw lots for priority—(Chetm
The lots fell out in the following order : •Sir S. WhalleY,
Mr. Murphy, Colonel Jones, Sir W. Horne, and Mr'
Portman.
Mr. MILLS proposed Sir S. Whalley as a fit and Over
person to represent the borough in the ensuing Parliament
—(Cheers) ; Mr. Potter, of Branford, seconded the 00*
tnnation. Sir S. Whalley would not be the represents*
tive of himself, he would hear with his ears, see with hie
eyes, and carry the wants and wishes of the electors °I
Marylebone faithfully to their own House of Parliament*
Sir S. Wholly was well known. He had attended thirty'
wo meetings of the borough, and had addressed upwards
of 5,000. He was pledged to support the rights of the
people, and he was sure the electors would do their duty
electing him. He had the Polar star of truth for their
guidance and security, and all the others would sink into
the shade. He concluded in seconding the nomination
by exhorting the electors to return Sir S. Whalley,
gether with a worthy coadjutor.—(Cheers.)
Dr. ELMORE presented himself as the proposer of Mr;
Murphy, and drew a striking picture of the corrupt and
rotten borough system which the Reform Bill had
destroyed. Talk to him of the Constitution ! What
kad it been till that moment? A vile and graspinf
oligarchy, composed of a few who bad destroyed all is
powers, had superseded the rights of the Sovereign, de'
stioyed the legitimate influence of the people in their no°_,
legislative House, and burdened them with the row
grievous and intolerable load of national debt and taxation,
He gave great credit to Earl Grey and the King, I°r
giving the Reform B II to the people, which had destroyed
at least in its principle the power and influence if not the
existence of the boroughmongers.—(Cheers; 14d
anxiously hoped the people would show themselves worth);
of what they had received by the judicious exercise of
their elective franchise, in the election of Mr. Murphy.
Major REVELL seconded the nomination. Mr. Morph,'
would advocate cheap Government, and would reduce the
enormous and cumbersome expense of the kingly office.,
He would destroy all the pension system, which weighed
so heavily on the resources of the country, and which toe
a disgrace to the rich and their pauper-pensioned children.
He would put an end to the extravagance of the Crown*
and make easy thereby the burdens and yoke of the Pr();
ductive classes,—(Cheers.) He hoped tha electors would
do their duty by Mr. Murphy.—(Cheers.)
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thecrowd, and produced much confusion, so that Mr'
W. SERINE, the nominator of Colonel Jones, could with ,
difficulty be heard. The confusion preacnting—
Mr. SHAW came forward to second tae nomination,'
but could not utter a single sentence which was audible. ;
Major CARNACK nominated Sir W. Horne, who ban
long been a complete and thorough-going Radical Re'
former.—(Loud cheering.) From motives cf pure grai
titude the electors should return hilts to Parliament, sn'
from the very great confidence Which bis rrevion.
services should have gained for him.—(Cheers.)
Dr. SOUTHEY seconded Sir William's nomination. His
conduct in Parliament entitled him to the support and
gratitude of the electors of Marylebone, and of the country '
generally.—(Loud cheers.) .

Ciptain HAWKER proposed Mr. Portman in the midst
of much confusion, which completely prevented him being
heard.

Mr. RAIKES seconded Mr. Portman's nomination.
Whether the Reform Bill would lead to good Government
depended on the exercise by the people of the elective
`ranchise. No one of the candidates bad any real claim,
which Mr. Portman did not possess, in as high, if not in
a higher measure,—(Cheers and much confusion. fits
Parliamentary conduct, which had been so consistent In
favour of popular rights, entitled him to the support of the
electors.—(Cheers.)
Sir S. WHALLEY then presented himself amidst loud
an I lung continued cheers. The electors of Marylehone
had the glory of bursting those chains, fettered in feudal
t'm •s, and rivitted in pr ceding times.—(Hear, hear.)
They were now, for the first time, free men.—(Cheer'..)
Ana when he looked at them—when he considered their
respectability, their knowledge, and their legitimate in:
fluence, he was only astonished that this, their med°
right had been so long withheld.—(Hear.) He was
csin-
cerely and proudly grateful to them for the very b°
reception he had met with. And although -te,
could not adequately express that gratitude he WO'
gladly avail himself of every opportunity substand"
stantially to testify it, by conveying their wishes 8!1,,
vindicatin3 their rights, if lie was honoured to be elected
one of their representatives. The people had achieved for
themselves a glorious victory. In accomplishing t
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great measure which had brought them together
they had re-established England as the land of
berty, whose altar was established, and on winch
the ever living flame burnt high and bright to 11-
lame, to cheer, and warm the world. They had conse-
crated this beautious isle a temple whose vault was the asu"
firmament, whose foundation was in the greatdeep, and 10
divinity the Lord of Hosts. The were about to exercises great
are might sa useful, trust, he stood there, not supported
by Government, or backed by church or aristocracy, but
he came forward ou his own political claims, as the
representative of industry and of the productive classes.
He would settle, not thstroy, purify, not pull down, the
Constitution, which in its pure state was capable of COW
ferring on the people, the blessings of liberty, pros-
perity and peace. He should have been most happy
to have entered largely into a strtement of lne
political views, but lie had all along been unerPo;
vocal and explicit in their avowal. And he bori
the electors would show that they appreciated thernt
by placing him triumphantly at the head of the poll. Ile
exhorted them to persevere in the high and.honourable
course in which they had set out, and the borough 0i
Marylebone would present an example to constituent
bodies througTiout the kingdom. Sir S. Whalley, al"(
s one further observations, retired amidst loud cheers.
Mr. MURPHY then presented himself, and was vieSS
cordially received by the assem'ded electors. He
have been most happy to have addressed them all as e'ei„;
tors, for he held that every man liable to be called lots
serve his country,' or to pay any charge to the State,
entitivd to vote for a Itspresentgtive in Parliatnen'—ar,
(Cheers.) He stood before them under peculiaa eirld, •
stances, with all that was great, rich, and penferout
arrayed against hime,—no one having move°
of his own sphere; having ventured to support .sing
The electors were now met for the purpose of exec'to
the most important privilege, and tt was for then' to
decide whether, fur the future, they should give 04/0,
the same evil which had caused the necessity for Bei°
There were great objections to pledges, and yet, Perilg:
W there was almost no man who had ever gone ro‘
„Lilt '
rnent unpledged. Candidates hal been pledged to ew're-
the interests of the borough proprietors and' of tags,
landed proprietors, and of the pension and sinecure
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and to assist the standing army ; there was no bestlslat
in giving these pledges on former occasions, but now' 70,
A portion of the people had obtained the elective franto
those gentlemen felt themselves degraded when
to give pledges as to the course they would pursue. JO
borough or Marylebone, at two public meetings, „,„
4.iiiipted certain principles, which the candidates were.l,4
'paired to sign, and, in compliance with that resolutnlo
re had pledged hinisalf. He would frankly declare that a
should dispose himself if he ever went 101%,c`,.
House of Commons, under any circumstances Tiidet.
than pledged to advocate those principles
~w ..„de.
%vere necessary to raise the country to a state o.r.P•fic
peridence, to sacure happiness and comfort, Andre:Jo
poor man the fruits of his labours—(Cheers).
Murphy then went on to draw comparisons between L'_.„te
.elf and the other c ardidatea. He called Arpin theeleer:,
,ra ask Sir W. Hume under .what cireuzustairs`"