Star. — London, England, 1818-06-26 00:00:00

• :‘,1%. SEVENTH-QAY. The Hustings, during the rooming, p:esented no feature of novelty, except the multitude cheering those who professed themselves supporters of ti:a popular Candidates, and those who appearodyste the friends of Sir MURRAY MAIWILL. ' A dreadful /race s, however, ttleireaftee in the jatter part of the day, between the respec tive supporters al • the contending parties, in which some blood risked. The brutal assault upon Captain Sir IVlttuto x watt has had much more serious effects than were at first apprehended. So great a swelling coven that side of the head which was struck, that the surgeons a r e unable to ascertain whether the sk ul l be In)ilted or not. It is certain that the wretch who gave the blow had either a brick or a very large stone in his hand : a mere fist could never havaxoduced such as effect by one blow. Last night the following Bulletin: waahassed: 4 Richardson's Coffee Woos, Thedeleie °' Sir bfeasav Mazwei.s. has had considerable Scosesim fever today, with very distressful sensations of his head, leg* bas made it necessary to repeat bleeding and ether pans of tabitdog inearamatioa. • ned w ) • asz. swr Tai s. so mecum. " e , Leigh istowas.' WU* KACISOPICII&L. June SS, lain." At the close of the Poll for the day, this numbirs were, is follow : Sir &unite! Ran', Sir Francis Burdett Sir Murray Illuvrell Mr. Hunt Before the Poll was exhibited, Mr. RICHARDSON entreated that they should hear all parties. Their enemies would thank them for any violence. Pickpockets alone could have committed eutraget that had occurred ; and they were against all pickpockets, whether there or in the State (Loud applause.) Mr. Firm, when the State of the Poll was announ ced, entreated an impartial• and patient hearing to all parties. He begged of them to receive all who ad dressed them as became Unglishmen--(applause.) A person who sat much at his ease on the front seat of the opposite hustings called oht for some one to speak in favour of that amiable character, Lord Castlereagh. Is there no one to speak for Castle reagh, Reynolds, Oliver, and Co. ?--(applause.) At all events, I am ready to speak or vine for Sir Francis Burdett—Three steers.) Mr. HENRY ELLIS said he came to declare a rites sage from Sir Murray Maxwell. But it was impos sible for him not to return, in the first place, his thanks to the Gentleman who had last spoken, for the courtesy which he had shewn, to which he owed their patient attention—(Appkvse.) He had, he be lieved, spoken only the feelings of his principal, Neither Sir Francis Burdett nor Sir Samuel Romilly could refrain from reprobating the outrage upon Sir Murray Maxwell's person (applause.) He wished they had been preseht, for their exainple would have procured a hearing for Sir Murray Maxwell, and given an opportunity to a gallant Officer to state his pretensions-4 Hisses.) He had left Sir Murray Max well in bed two hours ago, and on his conscience he declared that he was not able to leave his bed. He was persuaded that there was not one among them who did not disapprove of the outrage which had occa sioned his illness—( Very vowel and lead applause.) He was convinced that even the very man Who had struck him must now repent of his conduct; indeed, he was sure that he was not an Englisrnan (immense appkosse.) What offence had Sir lqurray Maxwell committed ?—(Greet *Wisdom and Aims.) He had come forward at the request of several most respect able electors, to be candidate for the representation of Westminster. For this he had been treated with great insult and undeserved violence—(Hisses.) Yes terday he had intended to have given the history of the representation of Westminster, and in the records of Parliament they could not find more distinguished names than the representatives of Westminster in an cient times. He now alluded to the Naval Officer— judgment and discretion, an honest and upright heart—but the uproar and confusion became so -rel. lenient and unceasing, that we could hear no more. When silence was agasn obtained, he said that it would be a melancholy day when men of rank could not be asked to exercise their elective franchise— (Great uproar.) the most respectable citizens had voted for Sir Murray Maxwell—(Much hissing.)— He had only further to add, that the moment of his mmvery would be the moment of his return as one of their representatives—(Cries of Never, never!) The Honourable DOUGLAS Kis; NA IRD next presen ted himself. However kindly disposed he believed them to be to listen to him, he hardly knew how to discharge his duty. The sight of a constable's stair among the mob, introduced too, as he,thought, un necessarily. deprived him of the power of addressing them as he could wish— ( . 2pplause, mixed with cries km Hunt and hisfriendso Whom do you calla mob?) would tell them what emt it by the expression., A mob, as he understood the word, meant nothing more than a great collection of individuals; he was proud to consider himself as one of them, and he would add.. that a mob had achieved a greater victory in the cause of freedom than all the courtiers or persons in court dresses in Eurppe—(Loud applause.) Was it, even supposing that the term was wrong, from the quarter whence the criticism proceeded, that they ought to take their notions of politeness of diction? (Laaghter.) Whatever reflections might be made on the language which he now used, he was sure their liberality would guard him against misinterpreta tion. He was always happy to see a mob, for he was sure that liberty was then in existence; he could not fear that they would misapprehend him. The Gen tleman who had been heard with so much attention oisthe part of Sir Murray Maxwell would, ao doubt, represent to him, that they well knew how to distin guish between a man and the cause which he espou sed. Whilst the merits of the individual were de scribed. they had remained silent; and it was not till his preteasions to political distinction were announced that they had interrupted the advocate, and vented in his cause that indignation which, in his own opi nion, it deserved--(applause.) Sir Murray Maxwell was now on a sick and this fact guaranteed his character from the charge of being concerned in the foul insinuations which had been circulated, he would mmmeotto woo l ia‘go;l wEsrmnatta ELMCro.v. , r ~., - . not say by his own friends, but certainly by their enemies. Thend insinuation! ware benveyed in pla cards, which stated that assassination had been at tempted. Did those who made such an assertion understand awir own language? or had they forgot- I ten it in their voyage td the East? If they were truly l sensible of the meaning of the word, they would know that it was desciiptive of a crime which did not be long to the character of Englishmen-4 a crime which they had only heard of as frequently com mitted in the Southern States of Europe—(app! are ...Assassination necessarily implied secrecy both of design and execution • it was not papetrated in open day, or in the face Cif assembled multitudes. The person who had committed the unfortunate outrage against Sir Murray Maxwell must have been a ma mac. He would lend his purse and his utmost exer tions to discover him ; not so much for the purpose Id bringing him to punishment, as for their own yin dieation from the aspersions which it had caused to be thrown upon them—(Applease.)—lt had been said that the outrage must have proceeded from one of Sir Francis Burdett's friends ; where, indeed, could they Sad the man that was his enemy ? In the midst of this scene, sew, and extraordinary even to Westminster, it was not wonderful, when the pas signs .were roused by the conflicting claims of rival t.ritcridates, that some unfortunate excesses should . "talig.t. place. When, however, the election was left to the* own undisturbed management, no confusion'or digiorder prevailed. Certain great parties had come *atisaisgst them, and with great kindness had offered , tfselir instructions, and undertaken to do their busi -iiess for them. They had thought proper to set op a distiectieh between what- they •called the respeol tablt-fart vsf Westminster and the !est. Now he did not know very well what was meant by this word ' respectable,' bet he well knew what was meant Int the phrase of honest men. Perhips these respectable • persons Were those who, sitting at their ease, • coMeioirs that thay . were able to satisfy the dema , 'of the tanetherer, felt that the result of the elec. ties, whetevii would mike no diffet mace in their situation. But it was ,those whoathese liberal persons , Woad call uurasiectable, wlsti were chiefly interested in that result, and all of whout families would too soon be iffected by it. Did their wish that the visits of the tax-gatherer should be in• creased in number ?-.(Cries of no, no.).—Those visits were, he thought, numerous enough already ; every third man was a Collector of Taxes; the very book; referred to in registering their vote. Were the recordi of their burdens, and they had but too many tax-eaten now amongst them—(Cries of " It is toe true.")- .He knew that he was subjecting himself to calumny for the language he was now using, but he considered: himself to be one of them ; the title prefixed by, courtesy to his name, could not alter his connezio• with them, and this was of all occasions the fittest for speaking out in a plain and intelligible way... He trusted they all considered the cause of Sir Frau* cis Burdett and that of Reform to be one and the same, and that they would not associate it with that of any other Candidate. The success of the cause was progressive, but its friends were sometimes too confident as to the result, and played with their oval interest. They waited to march up in bodies, instead , of coming to the poll without a moment's delay. He entertained a great respect for the two other Candi dates, one of whom was now on a sick bed, and :the other probably is the Court of Chancery ; but if they, were elected, and did not conmit themselves to the' people, and to the people alone, he was sure they would soon !egret tt. Their Masters would MO them hard, they would be treated like jaded hacks, and the spurs would be buried in their flanks—(A, laugh)—.What he wished was to see them come for. ward without the recommendations of great person'', and giving the people credit for being able to judge for themselves. They had :hewn that they undo. stood their own interests, and that they believed those interests could be secured by reform alone. lie should not have obtruded himself that day on tisk notice, had it not been for the absence of Mr. Bruce, a Gentleman who deserved all the admiration which was due to generosity of heart, to constancy of prin ciple, and to fortitude under misfortune. Calumny ' was at work against him, and what was hard upon them, their enemies had the means of printing their calumnies. He alluded to the placards affixed to the walls, and am to the periodical press, with re gard to which he had only to observe, that it varied so often and so greatly, that very little weight could be attached to its effusions. He should now take his leave of them till the state of the poll enabled him to congratulate ,them on final and complete success--(Applause). Mr. RICHARDSON, junior, made a short invective against Sir Samuel Romilly, which was received with the most decisive marks of disapprobation by the populace, and he retired amidst loud hissings. Mr. Srcnic3 having several times had the honour of proposing Sir Francis Burdett, felt it impossible to restrain himself from congratulating them on the glorious events of the last three days. They were full of glory to the Citizens of London, and to the Electors of Westminster. Tuesday last was remarkable for two great events. In the City Tuesday was re markable for the exclusion of the old and steady, though neieler eloquent, enlightened, nor able friend of corruption, commonly called the facetious AL man—(applause.)—The other event of the same day was the placing of the able, tried, faithful, and beloved advocate of Reform, Sir Francis Burdett, above the Court Candidate —(applause.)—An Hon. Gentleman had told them, that if all the Candi dates had been there, Sir ditirray Maxwell would have been heard without insult. lie joined in regret ting that Sir Murray Maxwell was not present, and 'heard with patience by all of them. But he had , spoken to them by advertisements in the public prints. At least, an advertisement had appeared under his name, whether written by him or not. There was one thing in this advertisement, which, if meant for a joke, was a very bad joke—if serious, could not fail to excite a laugh by its absurdity. He said he had been " engaged in a glorious cause"—(Laughter.)-- What was this glorious cause? Was it not the cause of those who had taken away the liberties of the peo ple by suspending the Habeas Corpus, and exposed every man to arbitrary imprisonment at the pleasure of the Minirter? (Great applause.) Sir Murray Max well was engaged, and, he doubted not, heartily, in the cause of Lord Castlereagh and Ca—(opples:se). If he got into Parliament, he would be !tire to vote as Lord Castlereagh and Co. might wishlim to vote _ ~ ~- _ 4 . --(epp.'n.se). There was 1710:11CT eirressiop ie 414.1 i adveetttienielt : Sir Murray Maxwell was said to-have come forward in order to " restore the ancient Inde pendence of the City of Westminster." Ile was old meet% to know something of the independence of Westulinstet. It was but three months short of SO years since he had taken an interest in the politics of Westminster. At the time he first knew its situation, and long after, it was as completely dependent on the I Court and two great families, those of Northumbet land and Newcastle, as any rotten Borough in the kingdomwhenr— ( iin FOX, Ma an eminent se).tatesltmwas andan "t till l en l7Bo 1 of the liberty of the people, was proposed by a friend of his, Dr. Jebb, that Westminster became independent; but it was in 1807, when they returned their Illustri ous representative Sir Francis Burdett, that their complete independence was established. The result of the poll proved that they could maintain their in dependence without Sir Murray Maxwell's assis tance—(applause). It had been his intention to speak little, especially after the excellent things that had been addressed to them by an Honourable Gentle man ; one thing he had to say, that they should exert themselves as if they were in a minority, aid that every one should vote for their beloved Candidate, till he should be at the head of the poll--(ahelintse). Mr. WISHART, as one of Sir Samuel Romilly's friends, expressed his hope that the cause of indepen dence would triumph by their votes placing two ho nest Candidates at the head of the poll. Their late excellent Representative ought to be at the bead— (applause). He congratulated them on the state of the poll, and on the admission of those to vote who had been affected by the new Post Office Act. He hoped they would be active, and persevere till cot ruption was put down. Mr. Huse now came forward in his original un auspicious station. Ile was obliged to stand silent for a long time, in consequence of the uproar of dis approbation of every kind which his appearance had excited. He at length exclaimed—" I am in no hurry."—" Never mind two or three geese."—(We believe if he had polled the mob, his number could not exceed 12, but these were very active in attend ing to Mr. Gale Jones's signal and waving their hats). i He did not perceive any great victory to-day by any of the Candidates.—( Where is your wife ?)—He had a higher object in view than to stand high on the poll ; he had come there to watch the proceedings, and to record to his countrymen the events which took place. He attempted then to make some use of the term "mob," as applied by Mr. Kinnaird, but he failed, and was obliged to say that Mr. Kinnaird had no bad intention. He next ventured to make an impression in his favour, by attacking the character of Mr. Fox.—(Cries of Oliver, Hunt, and Co. and Where is your wife ?)—Mr. Hunt turned towards the hustings, and cried out, " Let some friend of mine go and learn that scoundrel's name."—(This occasioned a great tumult within the hustings ; Mr. Hunt rushed In, and remained there for some minutes ; when he returned, he was heard with more attention.) — The cowardly scoundrel had been protected in the High Bailiff's box. Was that fair play ? He would not even give him his name, but he knew him—(a laugh)—he knew not his name but he knew his person, and he had seen him active every day of the poll as the friend of Sir Fraocis Burdett. After the election they would soon learn and be convinced that what was done there was of little effect. Ile cared not 'which of the three candidates were returned. He had before told them that no good could arise from what was done in the House of Commons. Their forefathers had fought for their liberties, and the day would soon come when they must turn out and fight for their liberties—(Great confusion and cries of " Iff, err) He would stand there till the last moment, unless his life was taken, and if they should proceed to take the lives of " such men as me," (Lis own words, which excited unbounded derision and leveler). they could not tell where it would end. He would' speak on while they protected him. Without their protection no man was safe. He had asked no man's vote, and yet upwards of sixty had manfully camel forward and voted for him. These 60 would yet ap pear in the first rank, while the other electors would be skulking behind their counters—(a great uproar, and cries V " ,2f, ern He should now give place to his friend, who was to address them. The public press paid him no attention, but he had got a repor ter for himself, and they should have a full account 1 of his speech in a cheap form. Mr. Gate JONES accordingly followed, and, as became the advocate of Mr. Hunt, expressed his in• diguation with all the force he could muster, against the idea of requiring private decency of moral cha- racter from a political man. I I The question with respect to the right of the in habitants of St. Martin's-le-Grand to vote for West minster, which was argued on Tncsday by Mr. SKIR ' now and Mr. Bewee, as Counsel for Sir SAMUEL Ro- MILLY in support of the right, and by Mr. EVANS and Mr. PETERS, for Sir FRANCIS BURDETT on the same side, and by Mr. ADOLPHUS ' for Sir MURRAY MASIWELL, against the right, was decided this morn ing, by the HIGH BAILIFF, in favour of the inhabi tants, the whole of %shorn afterwards voicl for i pc- MILLI and BURDETT. kin'. I ____________ Last night there was a very nummou-. Mmtiii,o• at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, of the independent Electors of Middlesex, who are anxious fur a popu lar Candidate to oppose Mr. Major Ca lET witiotir in the Chair. A good deal of discussion took place. It was universally lamented that the dispo sition of Mr. BENNA was not yet ascertained, as all the friends of freedom and humanity would be so forward to struggle for the election of that inesti mable personage. Some Gentlemen proposed the no mination of his brother, Lord OssoLsTon, but then it was felt difficult to ascertain in due time what was the inclination of his Lordship. The same feeling was expressed upon the proposition of Mr. CAVEN DISH and Mr. H. BARING, either of whom the Gen tlemen present declared their readiness to support.— But after much desultory tonversation, it was the general impression, that as the Election commenced to-day, there was not time to arrange and organize any regular opposition to Mr. Matustr, Whom the CHAIRMAN pronounced one of the worst Members of the House ef Commons, with an unanimous declara tiim of regret that a Meeting of this nature had not been called at an earlier period. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1618. THE FUNDS . Meg Of ATOCIDI THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLCCE • Reduced 78t} —Cons. shut—for Opening 7yi *per Cents. 88;# —4 per Cent. 96et Navy shut—lndia Stock shut—liciais tr 69 p r . Exch. Bills 14 17 pr —Orniihnn par, f pr. The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this rtcr n i nt but contain nothing which deserves the slight% Lice. The Duke of WELL:::Gros, vcc belitre oni leave Paris for Cambray on Tuesday or %dm : l v , Eire p& Cents. on Monday-74 fr. 50c. A Flanders Mail has brought us till et t . :7 „ 3t Brussels Papers to the 22d of June. The :::lo r d are extracts: BRUSSELS, ..71;E It Yesterday, the 18th June, being the .Inr.rers raT of the Battle of Waterloo, a detachment of the 46 Prussian Regiment of the Line, commanded ET Colonel Wittich, who wore several orders, accompanied by his Staff, assembled at Fla :c All the soldiers of this detachment wore orders— This regiment which particularly dis;:nguishci itscif on the immortal day of the Iftla June, 1815, ca z*' e very spot where a monument has just bean erected, has been given by his Majesty the King of Prussia to his Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Ne: therlands. After the religious ceremonies which mot place at the foot of the Pyramid erected by order of his Prussian Majesty, and where repeated acclar.z tions were heard of " Long live the Ki' (4' p rz er,. —" Long live the King of the Netherlands;' Dices Service was performed, and Tel Dens chirara,!, :a the church of Planchenois. The company thca took of a magnificent entertainment in the farm ei Planchenois, which suffered severely on the 17th ar.4 18th of June. Numerous toasts were drank iul:- nour of the King of Prussia and tie King ei Netherlands. A llamburgh Mail arrived this forenoon. From the Papers brought by it, we have , Ires pleasure in observing, that the Court of Great Beal. has invited that of sbur:t to require cf Porte a formal declaration, whether it considers the Barbary Regencies as depending upon it, or TLOt? and whether it has concluded a Cenrenticn to gob ranter than? In t!lis case, Porte is to be mild upon no longet to permit tlle vessels of any Emu. pean nation to be molested by those pirates; bet the Porte should refuse this, or declare that it hairs obligation to guarantee the Barbary Regencies, tin the Emperor ALIMANDIM is to be invited by &Cc= of London .to conclude a Convention with EngLui, `like that concluded some time ago between the kli dom of the Netherlands and Spain, by which the two Powers will reciprocally engage for the proteztiocoi their nags. HANOVER, JUNE Is. It is said that the question is now under con‘L'.,. ration, whether criminals of this country, who are condemned to corporeal punishment or hard labour, might not, in certain cases, be transported to those iforeign colonies to which similar criminals bare bi• therto been transported from England ? After three weeks great heat and droas , ht, weather has become cool, after scveral thundc• showers. The day before yesterday t 1,4: az% 19 degrees of Reauular. HAMBURGEr, JUNE in, The Blucher Club celebrated yesterday the versary of the battle of Waterloo, by distrit.. - .; benefits here to the poor, and by an ettertairmz. where the healths of Blocher, Wellington, and patriotic toasts were drank.' Toz Querx.—Tbe account of the state of iler MA. Jullf from the Doctors yesterday was—" The Que:s has had a very good night, and is trahth bear :' day."—On Wednesday her MAJESTY Itte;vC.: 'Tom the Countess of CARDIGAN an.l Lath. 1..v.5•- • Yesterday morning, at eleven L. the Li: J....— . GLOUCESTER left town to attend nu Roya. and remained with her during :',te !as.: her Ilizhness returned to Gloucester-houe in the Yesterday the Duke of Yogis business with the PRINCEREGENT, Count MUNSTER had an aa,iience clan F RRGENT yesterday. The PRINCE or HESSE I.Es.•rzer.cs ronaitel, 'Town yesterday, and passea the gre ter r a...r. day at the Pctersburgh and ertertahls ,, select party to dinner. The PRINCESS - Brighton. The Duke of Kzor was the other day al!rt!lb: surprised by a reception at once p!ca,;ng 5:44 lar. On his entering the litt:c P!"': on the frontier of I.einingen, p.e:e.ied by the young girls, Li:at:fully ia deonat with ribbons, and garlands o roses, who strew flowers before his earring:, :tn.i ex-res-ed t.heir , titude to him for his kind 'e,: andr:oadeseensi.l• passing through their little torht The lit:ke versed for some time with the prin:ipal iahab. and afterwards passed on tJ Cubourg. It is with his new Duchess, that the Lo).d Pair slitl , - vide their residence—half the year in the other half at Coboarg. The National latelligencei . , noticing advice". St. Helena, mentions that BONAVARTE, onemir.. intelligence of the death of the l'etaNC ess Ossetic:. was oveywhelmed with grief, as he cakul ate,l on her ascending the Throne, he shealti be r c.sa• It is added, that be had in, consequence olosetc. - . ' *elf 4t long time. 4ry - .