3 MARCH 1838, Page 8

The candidates for Alarylebone and their respective supporters re, busily

eneaged in canvassing the borough during the first moiety Oh, Aveek. There were, of course, public met tings end sundry speed*, but nothiler' remarkable was done, said, or writ tell, except by este,. Thompsollhimself; NV1110, Rot having fair play f rion the M'hig or Whiz', Radical newspaper ieporters, put forth doily a pithy tied address to the electors in the shape of an advertisement. men of the Colonel's performances in this line, the fullowieg eiyt, takt

" TO THE ELECTORS OF MARTI.V.IIONIE.

" 13, Intiover Terrace, Regent's Park, 1st March al " Gentlemen-17 Mit INTernbers of Parliament, out of whom :15 illlE thus against them, tor their &from to which they are depetaleot VAL. o l.lverlised their names as latbliely takiog part agaiost me, and kei, them IAkell the chair At imeilags against me besides. 'I ha: I had acted with dais excited no serop:e ill lit Cr soitals. " y cpe .tolit makes au ....small atoms agaiost Sir W. M..losworth and Winder. for supposed support of the same kind given to me; w Melt cmi lilt they IMO illEitei, mat have net !. et. It nalq, at all events, he clear to those entioeut

enemy expvt-t,it of them.

" I perceive, la found not to answer. Our thanks are dueloas gefilos that imetr ed it. " I re,pectill y ittvite my friends to notke every exertiou to place me as high:1gs silde u on the lad. If pi:wards should appear :stating that any candidate lieu tost. I relillt,ol toy supp it-vs to take Il0 notice of them whatever. " Th.! 'cot!: might he k. -,t out still, if the NVhig opposition were withdrawn. Hai done within twenty.fuor hours, bygones shall he bs gooes to the eltent it slat tte " / um, Gelitlenwo, your olatilient sirs int. " PERRONFT 111011/401.'.

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The " begging-box "alludes to a subscription set on foot by mimeo( Mr. Ewart's friends to defray that gentleman's expenses ; but 11e. Ewan publicly mid promptly declined the proffered assistance. Colonel Thompson had a gratifying testimony of the good wishes of his old constitimits in an address adopted tit a public meeting in Hull, de. claritig that " nothing butt the terse trickery of the Whigs could possi. litre prevented him from being triumphantly returned Member fat 11101 at the last gekkeral election," and earnestly recommending him to the u:k.ctors ccl Alarylelanie. The Committee of the Polis:11 Emigrants also (not very wisely) called upon the people of .Nlarylebone to Amu their friend and champion the Coloel.

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lie inio n atio took pi n place on Tlanseley, at the Regent's Farb sal of Psetlarel Plaee. The weather was unfavourable, and the crowd not very great. The speeches WCI*0 a= good as the average of besting, displays, hut depended for their effect too much on what was pass* around to supply readable matter. The contest was carried on with perfect good-levuour. Mr. Ewan was resolved that their present col. lision should nut make a ittiarrel between himself and Colonel Thom,. sou ; ii whose favour he declared himself ready to resign, if it cola shov.•.1 that it onejurity of the Liberals wished to have the Colonel. The ow of hands wits in favour of Air. Ewart ; a considenbk for Colonel Thompson ; about fifty for Lord Teignmouth- bet hie Lordship's colours decorated the wealthy occupants of mays wind, iv jim Port :and Place, indicating that the support he receiree, thutieli not noisy, was likely to be effectual. Tile polling eointiy.nieed at eight o'clock yestr rday morning. Till Tory candidate gained a great advantage at starting ; which it will be si.en l.y the Cohens ing hourly report of the state of the poll, be re. tallied iind rather i in proved till twelve o'clock ; after which Mr. E.vait gained upon him, but not sufficiently to make up the grant lost in the early part of the day. Colonel Thompson, it will be see; never had the slightest chance of success.

Nine o'clock.On 'clock. Teignmoudu 728 Teignmouthe °

Ewalt 560 Ewar C.

Thompson Thompson 101 T.2igninouth 1,623 Teignmouth Two o'clock

Ti ocia a 'ch.

Ewart 1,127 Ewan Thompson 136 Thompson Lwart 'clock.

Teignmouth 2,379 TeigninTouhtrlice o Ekren o'clock.

Ewart 1,572 fm n Twelve o'clock. Thompson 'hopso 159 Ewart 1,961 Ewart

Four o'clock 2,925 TeigFuot

Teignuth nmo

Thompson 175 Thompson The majority for Lord Teignmouth, according to the above eta* ment takeu from Mr. Ewart's Committee, is 367. Lord Teigninoutifs Committee give the following as the final numbers-

Teignmouth 4,179 Ewalt 3,743

Thompson 211 Majority for Lord Teignmouth, 426. There was ro speaking from the hustings. Lord Teignmouth addressed his friends at his Committee-rooms in Harley Street, in! speech full of triumph and gratitude. He dwelt with peculiar emphasis

3,296 2,347 184 3,593 2,760 193 3,930 3,387 201 4,223 3,866 238

and satisfaction on the circumstance, that in this contest the Conserva- tives hod "monopolized the name of her Majesty:" on their banners owe was the Queen's name to be found. air. Ewalt also spoke briefly to his Committee. The result, he contended, had fully justified him in coming forward. The Liberal eltctors had done their duty, and be trusted that he should be allowed to have done his own.

Colonel Thompson put forth the following address to the "Radical thaws"—

" Gentlemen—We have defended our little post with complete success. The Whigs hare panful to the danverous secret, that not (me of them can be elected unless the Radicals consent. If the Whigs have their reasons fur seat- ing a Toryin preference to a Radical, the Radicals, by that very fact, have cause toprefer him to a Whig. Our example will not be lost."

The Morning Chronicle began the campaign agaiit:t Colonel Thomp- son, on Monday, with an attack upon his intellects—the poor man had lost his" head;" and this morning refers to the above address for con- firmation. But the Colonel's madness " bath method int" While the Chronicle aml its friends have been signally defeated, Colonel Thompson has played his game—has " carried out his policy," (what- ever may be thought of its prudence,) with spirit, shrewdness, and

SlICCOS.

The causes of the 1Vhig•Radical defeat may be briefly summed up. There was a jealousy of the interference of Mr. Hume, and other

Whig.Rudicals, in the politics of the borough." A parochial feud, was raging: the minority resolved to carry their candidate, Colonel Thomp- son, or tu elect the Tory. Doubtless this feeling influenced many to act in the manner described in the following account of the proceed- ings, taken from the chronicle—

The Tory patty, by good geueralship, contrived to have a majority for the Lot hour or two, and by this means gained many votes of the waverers, persons who always go with the stream. Yesterday c..y might be seen waiting about tie several committee-rooms, to see, as they said, who was at time head of the poll, Item they could make up their minds.' The Tories had made every pos-

sible arrangement for 3 show for the first hour, when they were 140 a head of

Blr. Ewatt. They kept increasing the number, and at eleven it was 311. The Thompson or Murphy party now found, what every one knew before that they had nut the slightest chance of success • and it is very generally believed that they at once gave their strength to Lod Teignmonth, who in the succeed- ing hour inereased his majority to 710. As soon as rumours of this manotuvre spread abroad, the greatest excitement prevailed. Mr. Ewar t's party were emu-

pletely.t.iken by surprise ; but they at once determined that no fault should rest on thew shoulder if a Tory got in. The most extraordinary exertions were at

once made to give the honest Linerals of the borough an opportunity of express- ing their opinion of the coalitiou ; but up to one o'clock, the Tory and Ultra- Radical party Leta increasing their numbers, when the coalition was in a ma-

jority of 871. At two o'clock, Mr. Ewart had gained 123 on his opponent; thus reducing the majority to 7415. In the next hour, he was winning rapidly; and the three o'clock announcement of the poll showed that he had gained 239 on the hour's poll, by this means leaving the majority 509. As soon as the Tory party discovered the change in the polling, another manoeuvre was re- sorted to. It is stated that Captain Ryder Burton. the rejected Tory of the Tower Hamlets, and a Mr. Hancock, who were on the hustings at the end of Psalm! Place, insi,ted that the bribe, y oath should be administered to eve: y voter as he came up to pull. This proceeding was of course only adopted for the purpose of creating delay, and thus preventing a successful reduction of Lord Teignmouth's poll, otherwise it woo') have been carried into effect in the tuly part tithe day. This, and the junction of the Radical party, seem to have decided the election ; for although Mr. Ewart gained 242 on the next hour's poll, in spite of the bribery-oath trick, yet the great majority which Mr. ifsrphp's assistance had oiren to the nries by the middle at the day it was found impossible to bear against; and the poll filially closed, giving Lord Teignmouth a majority of :.67 over Mr. Ewart."

It is perfectly true that the Radicals gave Lord Teignmouth power- ful support. They made no secret of their preference of a Tory to a Radical supported by Whigs. Though ready to make sacrifices for a really Reforming Government, they would not move in behalf ' of a Conservative Ministry under a Whig guise ' • preferring that the Conservatives themselves should be responsible for their own policy. Some alistocratic Whigs, we understand, also voted for Lord Teign- mouth. It is not probable that the administration of the bribery- oath could have had much influence on the result, as Lord Teign. mouth a majority was 509 at three o'clock. Besides, Mr. Ewalt actually polled 385 votes during the last hour. The main cause of the Tory success is the apathy and indifference of the electors. The Chronicle says_

"It cannot be concealed, that there is rt growing disinclination in tradesmen to expose thernaelces to sacrifices in the way of business on account of their votes; but in estimating this class of electors at 300, we probably rather over than underrate them."

There were 3000 electors of Marylebone impolled—of whom did they consist? Of course, the great majority must have been persons indifferent as to the result, or afraid of doing themselves an injury by voting.