The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-03 00:00:00

LAMBETH ELECTION.

Last night a number of electors met Sir Charles
Napier, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. Long before
the hour appointed (seven o'clock) the large assembly-
room was densely crowded. Captain 111.`Dougal, R.N.,
was called to tho chair. _ _ _

Sir CHARLES NAPIER said that many present no doubt I
were surprised that he should presume to offer himself
to represent so large and important a borough. He was
perfectly unknown, and was an entire stranger in the
ordinary sense of the term; but he believed that a
British sailor was never regarded as a stranger in
England, or in any part of the globe which was washed
by the sea, or where the British thunder had ever been
heard. He had sailed in all parts of the world in the .
cause of his country, and often had he had to contend
with superior numbers, particularly in Portugal and
Syria, and he was told ho should have to contend with
superior numbers in Lambeth, but with a good crew he
had not the smallest doubt he should follow them up
triumphantly. Many other persons thought that a
naval officer had no business to think of a seat in
Parliament, but he submitted that when ashore, and
at peace, a sailor was as much a citizen as
any other of her Majesty's subjects.—(Hear, hear.)
Besides, as one-third of the public expenditure went
to that branch of the public service, there ought to be in
Parliament naval men who, independent of any Govern-
ment, could watch and control their wasteful extrava-
gance in that service.—(Applause.) As to that waste,
his opinions had not only been expressed in Parliament,
when Member for Marylebone, but since in his published
letters.—(Hear.) Ho had foretold the Board of Admi-
ralty they were pursuing an erroneous course, and his
prognostications had proved to be correct, for of thirty
steam-ships they had built, the experiments made in the
last few days proved that they were perfectly and totally
unfit for war service. Hence it was important that naval
men should be present in Parliament. During the five
or six years he had represented Marylebone he had
voted according to the best of his judgment—no man
had paid more attention or had been present at more
divisions. It might be asked why he had not remained
stt MarYlebone—his answer was, that at the close' of
the' kit. session he was appointed to command a aqua-
droop and was told he would be required to go to Lis-
bon , Was - years. He had previously informed
his -them' :constituents that if required to be more
than'fourtor five mouths from England he would place
his seat at their disposal, and, in obedience to his pro-
mise,' he had ,kapt it, though it since appeared he was
notmanted -at Lushest, and this was, perhaps, a conve-
nient mode by which •the Government got him out of the
House. Sir C. Napier, then recapitulated his votes in
Parliament in favour of the ballot and for an extension
of the suffrage, though on this point he did not go to the
extent of some of his friends. He defended the policy of
the Duke of Wellington, as to the necessity of maintain-
ing the defences of ths country, and instanced the state-
ment of Lord Ellenborough in the Upper House to show
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Mr. E. EDWARDS rose, and was proceeding to address
Admiral After
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the meeting in a long speech, but was met by loud cries
of " Down, question." Eventually he asked whether
the Gallant Admiral had not entered into the rebel ser-
vice of the Queen of Portugal without the permission of
his own Sovereign.—(oh, oh.)
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Queen to her throne, for which be was scratched out of
British service. He looked on that as the proudest
period of' his life.
In answer to Mr. Hayman, Sir C. NAPIER said he
would not pledge himself to vote for any measure to
put down Sunday trading ; that would best be effected
by masters paying their men on Friday night.—(Hear,
hear.) No man could be made religious by Act of Par-
liament.

In answer to a series of other questions put by Mr. F.
Doulton, Mr. Dyson, Mr. Alder, and other members of
MT. WiIIHIRIS'S committee, Sir CHARLES NAPIER declared
himself, on the subject of flogging in the army and navy,
that at present ho was not prepared to surrender the
power of inflicting the punishment. In reply to enether
query, he pledged himself, if ordered to a naval com-
mand, to surrender at once the trust of a represeuta-
tivo to Lis constituents ; and to a further inquiry be
diariretly refused to give hi 3 adhesion to the points
comprised in that which was designated tho " People's
Charter." lie would join in shortening the duration
of Parliaments, but was not prepared to support a
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