Star. — London, England, 1818-07-01 00:00:00

L 1.5. Est OF MR. C.ILVERT'S FRIENDS. Yesterday a very numerow and respectable Meet ing of the friends of /qr. CATVERT assembled at the City of London Tavern, to celebrate that Gentle man's return, as one of the Members to serve in Par liament for the Borough of Southwark. They sat down to a very plentiful and well-arranged dinner, about half-past five. After the cloth was remoied, two very elegant flags were introduced into the robin, the one decorated; in golden letters, with the words, " Loyalty to the King,"—" Liberty to the People:" the other with the words, " The 1932 Elec tors being the number who voted for Mr. CALVERT. The first toast that was given was, " The King." It was drank in solemn silence, the whole of the com pany standing. After this, the song of " GOD save the King" was sung, and the Assembly still standing joined in the chorus with the most enthusiastic feeling. The Chairman (Mr. Soeotleene Davies) then gave, " The Prince Regent, and may he never forget those principles which seated his family on the Throne:" this was drank with three times three. After this followed a song, " 0 bring me wine, rosy wine." The next toast was, " The Queen, and the rest of the Royal Family." Then followed, " Prosperity to the Borough of Southwark," with three times three, and loud and re peated applause. The Ciuttastax then rose and said, that he had to propose to the company a bumper-toast. He was sure that they would anticipate the Gentleman whom he was about to give; and, if lie were not very much fatigued with the business of the day, he should say a great deal in his praise. Exhausted, however, as he was, he should content himself with giving the health of Mr. Charles Calvert, their worthy Repre sentative.—(Leuil and long continued applan ye.) Mr. CALVERT rose to return thanks.—" Gentle men, (said he) my Honourable Friend has imposed on me a very difficult task. 1 don'tmean that it is difficult to return my thanks for the very handsome way in which you have drank my health. I hope I am not so deficient in ability as not to be able to do that. I hope, that as long as it may please GOD to continue me in that health which you have se kindly wished. me, I shall always devote it to your service (applause); but, Gentlemen, I feel it difficult to ex fress my feelings for the very proud and honourable situation in which you have lately placed me. That is rot the only difficulty which presents itself to my mind on this occasion. This is the second time that you have returned me to the House of Commons as one of your Representatives; and therefore I consider it as a proof that you have approved of my conduct --(nplAftre). Gentlemen, in the last Parliament, and particularly in the last Session of that Parliament, many important subjects had occurred affecting your religious and Civil rights ; and I beg to assure you, that although I have been considered by some per sons as a servile adherent to party, I have never given my vote on •me occasion without considering the sobject undereonsideratioa, ar ! he; rowine on it the best judgment in my power—(app/awe). (len'le men, I am proud to see, I am truly happy to feel, the display of this day : it is a scene that never was sur passed in the life of any man living. You have ho llowed with universal applause the humble individual w:rom you have chosen as the protector of your " rights and liberties—ferret app'ause). 1 roust now beg leave to allude, hut in a very slight manner, to what passed during the contest.' It has been repre sented by Mr. Barclay, or his friends, that although 1 did not openly and avowedly. yet that I did se cret'.y and covertly form a coalition with Sir Robert Wilson. Now, Gentlemen, upon my honour, and in tLe siecerity of my heart, I disclaim that allegation, I beg to assure you, that I never asked any Elector for any vote except for myself. I appeal to the friends who canvassed with me. It was supposed that Iliad an influence over some persons who were my tenants. But how did I act under those circum stances? I told them that I should thank them for their votes; hut I did not wich them to support me, is they did not approve of my conduct ; and I added, that if they did not think proper to vote for me, it should make no difference in my conduct to them.— (Great applaunc.) Gentlemen, I urn glad to perceive that you approve of the course I pursued. Those who are best acquainted with me, know that I am not in the habit of making long speeches. My speeches, such as they are, flow from the heart— they are the natural effusions of my mind—(applause). I am much obliged to you all for the honour which you have done me. Bat before I sit down, I will give you a' toast. I see exhibited at the bottom of the room a flag, on which is inscribed ' The 1932 Electors:— Now, Gentlemen, I was going to give you their healths, but I will make a little addition. The poll iag was very short, and! am convinced, that if it had continued longer, I should have been honoured with the votes of at least '2,706 persons, for so many had promised to support me. I will therefore give you The 2,706 individuals who promised to support me, including, of course, the 1,932 who actually voted for me: / '—(Loud awl continued applause.) Song by Mr. Pyne, " England's anchor, the hope of the world." The CHAIRMAN then said—" Gentlemen, we are honoured with the company of a Gentleman who has' lately become a Representative of the County of Surrey—l mean Mr. Dennison, who has favoured us ! with his presence to-day. I will therefore give you The health of Mr. Dennison and the independent Electors of Surrey,' with three times three."—(Great applause.) 'Mr. DENNISON rose to return theelee—e Gentle men," said he, " I be leave to return you my most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the honour you have done rue in drinking my health in so flattering a manner, and more particularly for connecting it with that of the freeholders of the County of Surrey. My gratitude to them can end only with my life. But, before I proceed any further, you will allow me per haps to express what I feel with respect to your con duct, in returning my lion. friend as one of your Re presentatives. On the last day of the poll I was on the hustings, wed I never saw an election conducted more in the spirit of an old election than that which I then witnessed. No wealthy Nabob bought your suffrages—no aristocrat commanded them—no oligarchy attempted to interfere with them. The contest was fought with spirit, but with the utmost fairness and ind - ce. There was nothing like exuberant triumXt en the one side, nor mean humi 11,1: other=-(silevaa,r•) a Aal u.e Liectors in England would act like you----if they would return such a Represailative as you have chosen, I think that a Reform in Parliament. would hardly be neces sitry--(2,02d cheering.) I can only say that my prin ciples accord with those of my old.friend, your Re presentative. To pass a panegyric on him would be unnecessary. With him I have always acted—with him I have never disagreed. We have lately been deprived of many great men—Whitbread, Horner, Ponsonby, and the great and illustrious Fox. While the spirit of the last survives—while his memory continues to be revered, I shall always be proud to follow in his footsteps, and to follow his example— (applause.) I now beg leave to drink your healths, and long, long may you live to be represented by Mr. Calvert, the firm supporter of your rights, the constant, ardent, and intrepid protector of your liber ties—(Loud and repeated cheering.) The healths of Mr. S. DAVIES (the Chairman), Mr. Alderman WOOD, and Mr. WAITHMAN, were then separately given. These Gentlemen returnee thanks, ' and Mr. Ald(rman Noon and Mr. WAITHMAN re spectively declared their attachment to the cause of public freedom. The health of Sir ROBERT Witsom was next given, and great applause ensued. Two or three songs were then sung, when Mr. CAtveirr rose, and after thanking the com pany for the honour they had. done him, retired amidst great applause. 40,7,1 t . I i ( 1 1 ' 1 . it • 1 1 1 4 ' 1 I i 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 : 1 1 , i . l ' 1 I 1 i 44 I . i l l t• I t' I. l i ! 4 1 ' . I I , r 4 i •,,, 1 i I , 4 . 1 , I 1, ~. . 1 DINNER y* SIR R. WILSON': FRIENDS. The friends of Sir ROBERT WILSON met yesterday at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, to celebrate his electson for the Boroogh of Southwark. The com pany was very numerous, sr. least four.,huntlred ; Mr. ROBERT HALL in the chair. The first toast was—" The King." The next toast was—" The Prince Regent and the Royal Vi mily, and may they never forget t tat a flee people are the b. st support of the British Throne." May the British Constituti in be secured by a Reform in the 'Commons House of Parlia.n:t.n."—(t7reat ten , latts..) The CHAIRMAN next pr.iposed the heath of Sir Robert Wilson, their este 2med Representative, the enlightened and intrepid advocate of freedom and humanity—(Long continu 11 applause.) Sir ROBERT \NILSON i t returning thanks said, that if vanity could ever be j Asti y, usefully, and philoso phically indulged, it m ist be either in consequence of past services that sere signally beneficial, or in confidence of acting in future conformably to the ex pectations that might be entertained by one's friends. The honour which they had conferred on him was at once a reward for his past services, and a claim for his future exertiors—(applause.) He had swept away the flag of their subjection, and erected in its stead that banner of independence which now waved at the bottoin of the room, (having inscribed in large let ters " Purity of Election.") That independence he had solemnly engaged to protect, he now renewed that engagement ; and pledged himself before Goo and his country, to protect it, if necessary, at the ex of his tortane, and by the sacrifice of his life. (Imme i "n>in'ause.) The insignia of their indepen dence he shof .1 d -fend with the same 7nal with which he had won the which he now wore— (aelause.) When his energy in that cause ce.ixed, might his name fade •like the nosegay which was now sent to him irons the hands of oeauty—!Greer applause was given for this happy use of a compli ment paid to the gallant Officer by the Ladies in the orchestra.)—They were calum slated as persons who were against all Governm nits. Those who penned and promulgated such c dumnies knew that 'they were not enemies to authorLy legally exercised. (applause.) But they were enem es to that system of Government which laid snares for the wretched and, the unwary, and had recourse to frequent suspen sions of the Constitution; they were enemies to that system which, nutwithstandin the vigilance of the people, led on to temptation, Ind seduced to crime ; they were enemies to that syst. m which deprived an Englishman of his castle, aid declared that inno cence was no protection; the . / were enemies to that system which converted responsibility on the part of . linisters into indemnity, and impoverished the lower classes so as to disfranchise all electors among them bohe pressure of taxation, of which they had seen iwttancss during their late contest. To this system he was a determined enemy. Rather would he cat grass like the ox, and be wet with the de)vs of Heaven, than he should see this land tenanted , with slaves—(.llqst rapturous irgasise.) Their de-, cisive conduct, the unprecedented success of city of London, and the efforts now making in Westmin ster, which excited their anxiety and engaged their hope, had already shaken the colossus of corruption, whose legs bestrcd our narrow land, obliging us to walk under, or to peep out to find dishonourable graves—(Great applause.) They had by their con duct conquered the respect of their enemies. The Committees still preserved the principle of lift; time could not destroy their energy, disunion: would never weaken their force—(applause.) Not less than 2,400 were in their canvas books, of these 1400 had actually polled. On the very day that the poll ceased 600 more were in readiness. But the opposition they had met with would be buried in total oblivion—' (applause.) This was not to diminish his gratitude to ' his friends, hut to avo id p re j u di ce a g a i nst hi s oppo nents—(Great applayse.) Surroundedas he was with so many , :spectable,-sincere, and zealous friends, he had only one regret, and that was a very consider able regret— that many of their friends were absent ; but it was a comfort to know that all' their friends could not .be assembled within the four walls of any room in the kinedem --(appla use.) He concluded by proposing the 'heath of Mr. C. Calvert and their 4bsent friends—(Great applause.) " The Liberty of the Press, and Trial by Jury." " Mr. Alderman Thorp, and the IndeFvidant Citizens of London." Mr. THORP returned thanks. Ile was proud to have his name connected with the independent citi zens of London. Ile was but the humble instrument in their hands ; he was happy to be that instrument. Upon an appeal to the people, it appeared, wherever the people's voice could be heard, that they consi dered those who had been calumniated as persons who wished to ove: turn the ccuntry, as persons fit to support the country--(Great applause.) Ile hoped the example of Load.in would be -followed in all , parts of the kingdom Ile had formerly given a pledge of his principles, he now renewed it. lie would always support reform, without which every other measure would be vain and ineffectual—((}rent applause.) This reform the good sense and enlight ened understanding of the people could not fail to accomplish soon. But until this object could be ob tained, he should encourage every possible retrench ment of public expenditure, as the best alleviation of the present system—(lmmense applause.) " Sir Francis Burdett And Sir Samuel Romiily, and may they be returned for Westminster, in deface of the art, -power, and corruption opposed to them."—(l.A.iid and Le/omens applause. ) " The Ladies of Southwark who assured our triumph by the nude of beauty." Sir ROBERT Wttsom proposed the health of their chairman. He should never have presumed to hope for their support, but for the encouragement of Mr. Hall. If they valued resolution as well as integrity, private as well as public worth, they would drink this healt► with the same ardent feelings as he drank it—(Great applause.) Mr. liALr. would have returned thanks; but the 'assembly had become individually too e:oquent to listen to the eloquence even of their Chairman. Sir ROBERT WILSON withdrew a few minutes be fore ten, amidst the shouts of the company. lie was covered with all the honours and badges of distinc tion which he had gained by his gallant services. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. At the dose of the poll yesterday, the numbers were announced in the usual form : Numbers pulh.J. 2)5 240 - YYtI Sir Samuel Rotaly Sir Francis Burdett Sir `hurray Mlaxwdt ll Mr. Hunt Total. 4%..1 . 40;9 SU Mr. ELLts a:tempted to draw the attention of the multitude, presuming on the hitherto observed order of priority; but as :llr. III;xr stepped forward at the same time, he found it impost.ible to succeed. Mr. Iluvr informed his hearers, that having dined he was determined to remain dale till supper-erne, if he should meta with any interruption to render that necessary. He then entered into various details respecting the riot and its consequences on the for mer night. The attempt at pulling down a part of the Hustings originated in the generous feelings of his friends; who considering hint to he in danger from the conduct of the High Constable, had rushed forward to protect him. One man who had declared himself his friend had been shamefully treated. He was not yet dead, but his recovery was doubtful ; and both himself and Mr. Gale Jones were prepared to give evidence, if a Coroner's Inquest should take place. The whole of this harangue seemed to he in the same taste, but the variety of discordant sounds which prevailed during its deliver y prevented it 1 , from being fully comprehended. He stated that Mr.' W. Smith had refused to vote for him, because he was not a Whig., but a sincere and earnest friend of the people. Mr. ELL tt who was only audible to the few per sons immedittely near him, stared, that Sir Murray Maxwell had always been the enemy of disorder and confusion. It was trout an apprehension of these evils that he avowed him elf to be decidedly against the principle of Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage. At the same time he could assure them, that he disapproved most strongly of the practice of impressing seamen, and intended, if he should be come their Representative, to propose in Parliament, !he substitution of a voluntary system of enlistment.' These opinions he had entertained for the last fifteen years, and still continued to regard as infamous the' system of forcing men to serve against their wills. As he found them indisposed to hear him, he must conclude by observing, that he was sorry Mr. Cleary', had thought it necessary to break such a fly as him. self upon the wheel of his eloquence, and by refer ring ,1 to the state of the poll for a proof of the real sentiments Of the Westminster Electors. The Hon. Mr. KIN N. IRn followed. Ile confessed, that if ever he had witnessed a fair provocation given to Elector:, it was that which was given to the Elec tors c f W:st.minster Yesterday. Their conduct on the present day would ,:eterniine their character in the opinion of the world. It would either sustain their foriner claims to intellect and good conduct in the midst of multitudes, or assist the impression of ,the charges made against them by their enemies. If they proceeded to acts of violence they would sacri fice their fair reputation; if they abstained from violence, and conducted themselves with regularity they would put down the insinuations of those who , opposed them (Here a.terson in the crowd exclaimed, "If it all Lee'sfintle)—He(Mr.K.) would answer that charge against Mr. Lee, by assuring than, that in the arduous situations which were filed by the High Bailiff, and the High Constable acting under him, it was the opinion of those with whom he acted, and he believed of all those connected with the other Can didates, that they had not been guilty of any inten tional error, and that it would be difficult to find any two persons in the country who could have better discharged the important duties with which they were entrusted—(Loud applause).---He was not a flat terer of men, or of bodies of men, but he would ex pose himself to the charge of flattering that great multitude by stating, what in his conscience he be lieved, that their behaviour was quite solid and well conducted. He then alluded to the introduction of the military en the preceding evening, which he de: scribed :its a most unconstitutional act, and he attri buted it more to the good conduct of the people, than of the Magistrates, that the City had not become a scene of blood--(Great applause).—He hoped drat in the next Parliament, when this subject came to be noticed, the example of the House of Commons in 1;11, would not be forgotten. Ile hoped that Sir Francis Burdett would in Parliament, as their Re ' presentative, propose a resolution similar to that which was then passed, and which declared that the introduction of the military during the time of tlie Election, was an infringement on the rights and li berties of the people. He entreated, as the moral of all he had said, that they would conduct themselves peaceably to the end of the Election. The friends of the gallant Captain had insulted them and the Navy of England, by dressing up a set of mountebanks as English sailors—(Loud laughter).—The insult, he believed, was felt by the Navy themselves, because he understood that it was by true British sailors the boat was destroyed, and to shew the good-humoured spirit in which it was done, the shipwreck to which I be alluded, had ended in a bonfire for the amuse- I meat of boys—(Laughter)...—He had received a let; I tel from a high ixt,:r u ri. a ne v lcbli al .epssl:e a lt: u ag t is t naho o t M iread ents , b a e ;:i u tlS Se t a it N st : t v ed al O th lE e c m er cis rep . t re t e tt “ t i tt e z unantw eea l, !e disgusting li Murraylh e him to prutcst ;. thliter Sir e from prc~Eeaio,yy,~ Was it to be doubted, that if he voted Minister, even on a question affecting th e that branch of service, he would cot be i. jured ? Had they ever known an Officer in t • or Navy, in the House of Commons, al," ruined if he opposed the Crown Ir.:, look to Lord Coehrtime.") He felt how . 1 - I illustration was which their intelliger. c .. for it reminded him, that the patriotic the gallant Cochrane h.:l ruined hin t , 2, fissional advancement could be affscted!. hour of misfortune, it was the pride to stand by their persecuted peruse). Yet it seas from that stat e the respectable Electors, who stippitz:',„; dates on his r;ght and left, expressza z Wee them. The late Candidate entered into an al ithmetical fr: ber of votes polled, both plur.. i. r-• and contended, that, unless the tliends cfr h. Burdett voted for hint exclusively, I • 1, possible to obtain what Mr. Starch ad; ii his wish—to have hint at the head of the ~„.. friends of Sir Francis Burdett received v.ith any animadversion on their matiscs relative t•L ration to IVestmioster. He had ern ... public breakfasts from friends to Fr gene,:: wishing to obtain votes for that Francis Burdett. It would expend these Gentlemen to supply the ft ienc!s of even with breakfasts. The Electors of would treat with scorn such inciterr.ent t• formance of a public duty. Mr. WistIART next ptesc-rted a..' half of the friends if Sir Samuel thanks for their pe:severing . He had again, in :otsv - er to those insic.fati... however illustrative of disappointment, co._ no sanction from public duty—(4ppiaatii.—: that he, and those Gentlemen with w:iatt: never entertained any other object than :o r• the Representatives of Westmii.ster, nice and incorruptible patriotism—men who an. . those glorious principles for which Hampde and Sidney suffered, not mere declaimers del frothy professions, of whose public qualitic.:-.;, the duty of a Legislator, the Electors of We ster were wholly ignorant---(Grcat apptigic. had uniformly given his support to Sir Foicc clett. Had he come forward alone, there w e r . ..! been no struggle, but rnismanagemeq had ( present Electior., introduced him with a round his neck—( , What say you Kinnaird the crowd).--He had been forty years art VI:: Westminster, and never before witnessed the c.li t rate efforts of men, professedly struggling fir a, lic principle, wilting to sacrihce at: independent; the Electors fur a mere numerical preeminence. tactics .of this day were wholly new. He rci- Mut he said so often before, that the friends Samuel Rnmiily viewed with no mean km:ea progresS of Sir Francis Burdett. They then . joice at seeing him at the head of the poll, vr: they could obtain the return of two hottest, able acknowledged patriots to represent the people% in the House of Commons--(" hate, Wiskan topristriples"). Mr. GALE Jots next proceeded to the disc! of his daily functions, in the exercise of whi, great proportion of the :Meeting left him. DINNER OF S.IR MURRAY ALL= FRIENDS Yesterday, about H of the friends of Sir Myr MAXWELL dined at Willis's Rooms ; Mr. ELL, the chair. After dinner, Non Nolds Doniiar snug by Messrs. TAYLOA, NNE, and others; ad succession of toasts were given s-Rest, " The which the Chairman hoped would be dra7l devotional feelings : next, " The Prince Po:, " The House of Brunswick, and the Principles placed them on the Throne, and may they r torget Ahem r"fhis sentiment was cheered three times three; and followed by the loyal r 1 "Bert's a health to Old England, the King, sod the Cr a The Duke of York and the Army ;" and " Dike of Clarence and the Navy," were then / amid thunders of applause. The next toast given was—l , The Electors of minster ; and may the wisdom of the selection, the conduct and votes of the Electors on the pi occasion, be an example to the latest posterity r This was loudly applauded ; and a flag was diately unfurled over the head of the Chairman, ing the words— TIM C/IVICIII, TUE l ixa, AVID THI essnwc:los Mr. Er.cts then rose to propose the health of Murray Maxwell, and in a most excellent speec forth the professional merits and independent meter of that excellent and ill-used GC:1121. However highly the company might esticinte conduct of that gallant Officer, it was no for self, but fbr the general cause that they U r Vil'• to support him. The contest in which we wet volved was one of the "greatest moment to al Electors; and it derived additional importance the City-containing the Seats of Justice and 0; Senate of the Country. The eyes of the whole dons were therefore fixed on the Electors ct minster, and not only of the whole kingdom, all Europe—(loud appladse). The present 0 was one of law against anarchy—of liberty a slavery—(shouts Vapplasse). The gallant ' whom the present Meeting would succeed it. • at the head of the poll, waft most ardently ti to the constitutional liberty of the country—fli , pkrate). He was not a friend of Annual nirliat , or Universal Suffrage—(LariThtcr). 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