The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-03-27 00:00:00

von: in one part of t lie people was not to Is. I e a t woo otoserved at another. Was a witne ss p cr . e.:l-1 because lir stated what occurred r the i smltitnile, while that was not err at ial any of the witnesses for the Crown deny t iectdraterl order or did env witness hat to bin, any design of assaulting the min d.. t:tle of the " of the meeting. ,rest stet called fur the last two or three days owe only established negatives by assertions rr been contradicted. lf, instead of 40 wit -4,lylant hail called four thonaand, what evidetwe amount to? It hail been stated Jarc. that the meeting of the Ifith had toren called , rw eral ' andrial resident laion-i•liodolers of Manchester. fro , h at o r oyea : s l id any of the friends of the D oc t or Hto) gii e •iny roof of this'? Why not call some of ~,,a h ouseloolilera: Did .11r. Hunt think that the Jury ore to he twiKiit by such eloall as this ? Why not ,II Clem ? 1 100 ri was one subject to st bleb the defend hol not entitled. It was, that many 'lays before the jets am' meeting of the 9th of An t :. there had been c iliary training ',mimeos In the neig!idourhoool. Was sit that Calelliii: 4 l to create alarm its minds of the lia gierates at Manchrter? Could any thing he ',are p l ur al than such a circumstance was raictslateil to alarm? But, as he was observing, not a •:ingle mas had here called to account for this drilling, and show „Af e ct ea. innocent, if such was the ease. No sue ~,:pat into the box to contradict the evidence of I 'had piek, of which he would speak niore presently. What thee was the inference which the jury were to draw? eamforil—and when he anoitionerl the wane of thle de fendant, he mold not but express his regret at the Si. tuition in which he saw him now placed--he (3lr. sear. lett) Admired his talents, and the respectful manner in which he had conducted himself in the course of his de fence; and probably others, as well as himself, were sorry that he was not found in better company. HaMford bad told the Jury, and Healey said the same, awl it was frequently repeated by Mr. Bent, that they lad assembled to look for their political rights ; though they admitted that some honest turn differed from them on this point. It was asserted by them that ;tunnel Parliaments and universal suffrage were the rights of that people of this country. This was not the tribunal before which the question of Parliamentary Reform meld be discussed. Surely, the political rights of the people were only such as were establialied by the laws sad the constitution of the country ; but it was said that these were the natural rights. Why a man, upon this principle, hail as conch natural right to be a king, or to be a peer, as to be a member nf the House of Cummona. Petit no period of our history were such things known as Annual Parliaments and 1 Metro:al Suffrage. In the early history of Parliament, it was a fact, that one mein kV was named by the King, the other by the sheriff; am!, is the 'owns, members were elected by the King's Mild or by some others under his authority. It hail molehill, improved to its present mode of election ; hut as it was sought to destroy by one of those measures riich were destructive in th . einselves, and, if good, were too sodden to last. If any mats preached at a public meeting the doctrine that Annual Parliaments and Col venal Sutfrage ought to be the law of the conntry, he sights% well say there should be no representation at all. He would now come to look at the ease which had been laid before them, and view that crow as they (the Jury) had heard it; he considered himself as fully entitled to their verdict as he ever was by any eyido•nce nbich he ever produced in any ease. .kt a Uier ing whirls was held in Smithfield, before the close of Parliament, the last autistuer—a meeting at which Ni r. Hunt, presided— email' resolutions were agreed to—Those resolutions were handed to Mr. Fitzpatrick, the last witness whom he had ralled.—(Mr. S. here read the resolnrloir, and commented upon each.)-31r. Fitzpatrick had told them how the resolutions were passed • they were not pro separately. : Hr. Hunt pulled them printer' from lois pocket, and they were carried ea 1,1 , 41118 C, deliberation beteg wholly out of the question. -After this, they were printed to all the newspapers, and circulated through oat the country; so that it appeared as if the whole people of London had embraced and published such sentiments. This was soon known at Manchester; and .j,t was also haws that at Birmingham the people had proCeed to elect a Legislatorial Attorney. Accordingly it was found that the people at Manchester were to he induced to follow the example, and for that purpose a notice .f a meeting was prhiscly announced, at which the unrepresented in- Lobito/its were also to choose a representative of their eine and to adapt Major Cartwright's plan of reform. Henry Haut was announced as the chairman. The too telteireeve or constables were not mentioned ; they would not do ; but Mr. Ilunt was to preside: Sir Charles Wolseley, Pearson the lawyer, (Jaffrey Higgins: Esti, Winder, and others were to lie present. What then hap pened after this? Mr. Hunt came down from London. 3lr. HUNT here interfered, and said, he had not come from London too that occasion. Mr. SeAltLerr continued.—Well, he had dropped from the clouds, or come from Coventry. Mr. HUNT.—My Lord, is this in evidence? MrJustice IlayLev.—llow can it be in evidence? it was only used as a figure of speech. Mr. Nr tRI.EI-r proceeded.—The Jury would tilo.erye the isupertineure of the defendant. It walla a piece with the rest of his conduct. If he would not have it 111.11 lie came from Coventry, he (Mr. Si•arlett) would say, be Lad dropp e d from the clouds, or arose out of the earth ; at all event., he was found at Bullock's Smithy before the 9th of .August; there lie met with Mr. Moorhossoe, and proceeded with I • to Stockport: front thence be proceeded to Manchester; and what was his ennitisil mere? Not only was his language disrespectful, tint ' esen was calculated to excite resistance to the el aeis trates if necessary. What did he (Mr. Hunt) say ? Ale yes sorry that, in obedience to the 3lagistrates, the meetin g hail been put off; and, alluding to the noshes to that (deo, he observed, that as it took nine tailors to make a nolo, so it took nine Mao , istrates to frame this wire. After this, he invited the people to attrii.l at tfe 'beefing on alionday. The Learned Connsel then c, at on to state, that nothing more appeared of Mr. ?hod till the 16th of August; and that he was only in the interim as being at Johnson's, anti by lois .atstotiuns with respect to the meeting. What these its- ' ' , :aunt were he should show from the letter which NI r. :font had read as part of his Tref+, but which he load not dared to offer in evidence. That letter whip ; • had addressed to the people at 111anrheater, I.e auid now read from the abort-hand writer's notes. The letter said, " Come then my friends—corns. to the 'Hurting armed with any arms." And bow could he . has C known that they intended to come oast ra except by previous consultation? The letter then pro ceeded to invite the looroughreeve and constables to at tend the meeting, to hear his reasons ; lint he steed reasoning in London, nor at any of the meetings re be attended. The letter procteded—f. 'they sae N-o.ir leaders." Who are the leaders here point,, out? IV -Is the invitation to the boroughreeve and conatal 4 f to come and discuss political iterations with Mr. hunt os'•1 the other defendants, and to let Mr. elsooorl.:onae 54- 1:i i le? No su c h thi ng . L oo ki ng at these circeoloatancee. • stated now, and he would state it y a whe re , %%list- a ever his opinion might be as to the result, if the meals triter hal not felt alarmed for the safety of the town, tel taken precautions accordingly, they should hose been diuuissed from their fund' as tr.so tors to their Miry. See what had been done un tbe el•rfit of the 15th of August. Chadwick Sent to "'hi" - I et ar n i : I 1 v.l op I' P r°. nti f er •. IP Or a rt thl I 10 4 , iO/ Or. l inn I 0 „, a. !tribal.' I 1," _• „err tit l i i all the 41 . t ~I t M tie defer) t h a l hai arvrr t h e de t ore" sh" • t voil " , ___ . 1... T; iE sTATESMAN. • ram at twelve o'clork. where be saw large hands of wen training by revtlur leaders. 71w ev,.!euve of Slasweroars ilt•rwood, and Mw: ray, was not in coot radii-- don to that of ut,a.l • it Th Chatiwirk ;0.0 S: 1 ;411 . 1f rail:HP:4l4llf 01111alisl:osililifillnillleiarirgli; him called a sloy. The Jury had heard Mortar himself deseribr the ill-treatment be ; haul received : they obliged hint to abjure his allegiance, and administered the form of aa omit to that effect; after which he was let off with two additional blows. They 144 4 1 heard that one nuan, ago actin: as a leatles, awl' forieuril the party into a square for the purpose of reading a letter which had been received from Jlanrhrster, was afterwards seen heading a party to the meeting. I t next appeared, that the procession to the meeting., in which Mr. Hunt was, had stopped before Mr. Murray's door. for the purpose of booting and hissing, and some of them cried omit, “ No Whi te m u ss limithiegs." The hissing before Mur ray's door was proved by the respeetakle testimony of Mr. Toss, and of Hr. Smith; lust Mr Tye, went farther, and he (Mr. Scarlett) was :;fail that Mr. Tvas bad been promisee:l ; tor lie had understood, since he canoe to York, that lee was a respectable young gentleman. who hail distinguished himself eonsiderably at the rniversitv of Cambridge. Mr. Tyas's evidence proved the hissing near the polire-office. The Learned Connsel then pro ceeded to state the training at Tantlle-hills, and the cir cumstance of liamford's giving direetions to his divi sion, on setting oat fur Manchester, to keep order, and of his haying distributod laurel leaves to the [redress. Why was it necessity to command them to he orderly, unless they is:lda disaiesitio• to he otherwise? . The defandaila bate also graced their cause bythe evidence ofMr.J.ficliel fiellf,thedissmoingrlergynean.Hewonld say me hing more of bane than asking whether be could be beliet ed on his oath--he who could not recollect whether he had written fur the Ahrnritexter Obarrrer or not, or what he had written'? lie (Mr. Scariest) hail called seventeen nit:wows, respectable men, men of property in Man chester. who all proved that they felt alarmed fur the state of the town ; locked, their acts hail proved their salami, fur they had taken precautions to guard against the apprehended sitisehief. Bamford himself seemed to have the -aim feeling, by the orders which he haul given to keep quirt. Fie (Mfr. Seeded) gave credit to the reeling% of those who conceived that Manchester was in danger if that meeting continued together. Lord Gordon. at the ia•ail of 111,000 persons, over whom be had itithence, eras nut able to restrain them, and he was only acquitted of high treason from his peaceable istessisetts. So wools, Me. Hoot now be, if he bad been indicted for high trspsyn. The Lord Mayor of London was preset-toed for Itut having dispersed the Gordon molt, even hefore 'any riot bad been committed. It was notteeessary for hint to say any more on this point. His holy object was to vindicate the character of that high spirited siagistrate, Mr. Hulton—than whom a more charitable and humane man did not exist in the roomy where he lived. Ile bad not sworn that stinks and stones were thrown at the cavalry, but that it appealed to hint they were raised up. Wo. men anti children had mixed in Lord George dordon's averting ; but that was proved to he illegal, and to must every meeting be which was calculated to inspire terror and alarm in his Majesty's peaceable subjects. It was laid down by Mr. Serjeant Hawkins, in his Pleas of the Crown. that to commute an illegal meeting an act of riot or violence was Lot necessary. Any meeting calcu late., to intimiel.se was illegal. Why had not the defend ant shown that the here was lawful ? And here he shoot.' observe, that one of the zreatest causes for alarm was His mystery with which the trainings were con-, dilated. k berm said there thee meeting asigembleil to ' uisruss political 44.•sti . Was it to he supposed that political science, as jt lead been called, could he consider- , ed by an assembly of 50,000 persons: Did not Mr. Hunt state to the people that it was " a tremendous meeting?" Did not two of the witnesses prove that he used this ex pression? M rilunt was for two hours mini tei eg a respect able gentleman from Slanchester. to show that he had not, iu speaking of the projected meeting of the 9th of August, made nse of the word " adjourned," but that he had adopted the word " postponed." The evidence, however, proved that he had used both these words. The legality of the mertinz, at common law, was to be de , tided 'ley the circ ttttt stances connected with it. slr. Hunt had defended the meeting as no less legal than an assionhly of citizens in Pallier-yard. The meetings in Palace-) aril were /if a deseription that was well known to the Constitution. The meeting. at Manchester, on the other hand, was convened by some secret committee, assisted Icy 'dr. Ilunt. The broad question for the Jury to deride was, whether this was, or was not, a lawful assembly ? He contended that the intention of Mr. Heat was, either to call on the people to meet for the election of a member to serve in Parliament, as hat! been done at Birmingham, or else to pass such resolutions as were agreed to at Solidified in the month of July. If they were of opinion that the parties had tithe• object in view, then the meeting was clearly illegal. But, even independent of that, if the mode of assembling, if the vast , mess of numbers, if the system of organization which ap , ',eared conspired to impress terror on the ttt i t ids of peace able men, it was an unlawful meeting. The next matter for dirk eonsideration would be the part which each of the deli mslausts took in the transaction. With respect to Al:•. limo, no doubt whatsoever could be entertained. Ile appeared to be the grand mover tit the whole tuseleitie. With respect to Johnson, they found him with Sir. Fluent at the hies:: age, and there proposing him as rhairman. A very remarkahle conversation, which i took plan with Johnson, was also detailed by two of the witnesses. Evidence was, however, given by two I persons, who declared that they would not believe the ' wifeless, Willie, on Isis oath. Slater, 011 e of the wit ! arises. was a publican •, and Willie a butcher, a total i stranger to Johnson. Johnson happened to go to Sla ter's whit:. Willie Cr.,, there, and the conversation turned on the losiness of the approaching Ilith of August. Had any one rontrailicted the fact. that such a conversation had taken plan? No; hot two persons, a botcher and a Litiller, were seed for express from Manchester, who st ited that they did not believe Willie un his oath. I I% illic swore that he had a certain conversation witis Johisson, and, leaving totoutioned it to smile person, it name io the ears of the magistrates, stint sent for his. It appeared that he WAS watched, and, as hr re tetracil fr the magistrate's, Johnson wilt a servant after him, to call him into his shop. Willie's !ei detic.. .ittlit 'wittily proved that Johnson had a previous Limo ledge .1 the meeting, and that hr had said " They cc outs' bring styli nemilwrs together as would enable them to set at non flit any soldiers that might he brought against them." Moorhonse, it also appeared, was with Mr. Hunt. He had gone to Smedley-cottage, and had also accompanied Mr. Hunt to the longings. At the Stockport meeting he told the people to attend at Man chester on the 16th, and to bring end) them as many of their friends as they could. Moorhoesse, on the morning of the Itith, set out with his coach from Stockport, and, in the lit of this eight mile stage, lie stopped and wa tered his horses for half an hour. Was not the object of this delay to wait for the procession, and to arrive re gtdarly with it ? Moorhonse went on, and was hailed by Mr. Hunt opposite the Exchange. He got into the baronche, and they approached the hustings in the same earriage. Moorlionse, he therefore argued, was a principal part in this design. It would he for the .bury to considered whether be was not the person who chiefly incited the Stockport people to anted the meeting. He next Case to Wilde, whom they found diret•siii; the people to lock arm-ia-arm round the ' , listings. Dr. Ilealey, it appeared, was elso there. !,Isacrliceheitii pllii, c.tsi:ic t i hi n n i k er i tg it would asuld t be hei proper to allow men to pleased, to hear what they pleased, sod to deliver any sentiments they liked. He hail now merely to call their attention to the rticular points they lied to consider. Ist, Whether assembly was an mil:whit one; and, nest, what ar . t . the respective i n di v id ua l s too k i n i t. If great art 1d.% of people were t o h e congregates! together pm all quarters, it would be better to give up the power rather than retain it, when it threatened pc ' ell?na consequences t s ith e i r p ersons an d proper ties. lie was, however, of opinion, that the law, as it now existed, was powerful enough to repress disorder. He hoped the Jury, by their verdict, would thew that it was, and ' that no twelve Englishmen would be found to say that such a meeting, assembled under such circumstances, and in such a manner, was, or ought to be, tolerated by law. Mr. Justice II MET proceeded to address the Jnry. He would he as hrief as possible in adverting to the me rits of both sides of the question. And, in the first place, 1 he earnestly entreated of them to dismiss entirely from their 'Moils carry feeling connected with political or party question, and not to take into consideration what the consequences of their verdict might be, but merely to consider what verdict, according to the evidence, they were hound to give. Ile would, in this case, lay entirely out of the question the conduct of the military and the Magistrates. The great point fur ronsisleration was the conduct of the crowd on this occasion ; and as dm arts of the Msegistrates, of the military, and of the constables, might create a prejudice in their minds, he had cautiously abstained from suffering them to he in vestigated or entertained in the course of the trial. If the ease justly admitted of doubt, they would give to the defendants the benefit of that doubt, and pronounce, with respect to them, a verdict of acquittal. Ile was sa tisfied, that if the evidence imperiously called on them to romp to a different conclusion, they wonted come fear lessly to that conclusion. Ilia idea was, that the inquiry should he conducted in such a nay, as, if possible, to give even the defendants themselves satisfaction as to the mode in which it was carried on; so that, if a verdict of guilty was recorded against them, they might have au opportunity of saying that their trio was an impartial one. After these very few preliminary observations, he should proceed to point out to the Jury the nature of tile present indictment. 1; contained a charge of con spiracy; of union flit assembly—of riot. lint on the puhjeet of the charge of riot, he woold not propound to them any oliser v.:thins, because he concei% ell that the consideration of the other charges alone remained fur them. On the subject of indite lul assemblies, Mr. Serjeant liaw lius's opinion %VIVI, " that a great number of people, meeting under visit circumstances as cannot hut en danger the public pearl, and raise fears and jealousies; among the icing's subjects, was au nulais fill ;ism-tidily." And lie addin v:i, as an exemplification of his opinion, " persons meting together arches!, in a it arli kr moor er." That, however, was not essentially necessary to consti tute an unlawful assembly. Taking. :ill the circum stance together, if's meeting " endangered the public peace," noel tendril to " raise fears and jealousies among his Majesty's sitbjectic," it was an an unlawful assembly, although the people dill nut appear armed. There fore, one of the questions the Jury would have to decide uas, whether the meeting now under consideration consisted of such numbers of people. and was called tugether under such ciretanttanees, as could not but endanger the public !relict. ! It might be. that, in a tery large assembly. there were r e am persons entirely innocent of any inipreper ' ,object. He liedito hesitation in stating, that it was Dot he rinse a meeting was composed of (10.tM persons. or bees use it was a body containing womea and children, that therefore it web an unlaw fel assetuhlt • Bert in an assembly so con illifnied, and met for a perfectly legal purpose. !flity Indivi duals introduce it themselves illegally in order to give to that meeting as undue direction. which world produce terror in the minds of his Majesty's subjects, although b 9,00 persons out of a meeting offi0.1•10 were completely innoeent, yet there might be It or till illegally met there. an,: hose 12 or%) would be liable to be tried on the ground collies inz illegally assembled. With respect to the subject of rust:Tie:try. it was necessary to observe that the defendants were red liable to hr found guilty. although they were seeking the same end, if the Jury were not of opinion that they were acting in purstianee of one common design • with the privity of all. If. in this case, the Jury should be of opinion that these per,,ois could sot hose come together in the way described, without a pre sinus meeting between the parties, that was stillieient et I , dence of a preconcerted plan. hot if the Jury were of opi nion that they might have met together by accident, without pr..vious arrangement. then the charge of conspiracy must be dismissed from their minds. In considering the matter of conspiracy, they must look to the case of earth defendant, and sec with which of the defendants he conspired. The fact of assembling did not stand on the same ground, I be cause, if iii such a meeting as that, twelve persons as se-tabled for unlawful purposes, those twelve might be found guilty of illegally assembling, though there was no previous j conspiracy. In deciding this ease', they would take all the attending circutustances Kato consideration. Oise of these circumstances was, the appearance Ii; i;:r parties as if they had been drilled. With respect to banners, their illegality did not extend to every man present at the meeting, but only to those particular persons who adopted these hauliers, and the sentiments inscribed on them. So also in the case. of drilling. It could only affect those who knew that drilling was practised for illegal purges is. The Learned JI'DGE theta proceeded to recapitulate the voluminous evidence adduced in the course of tail interesting ' trial, briefly commenting on it as he went on. it nes given, he observed. In evillence, that Moortunise was a relicions lean, and constanth read the Bihie to his family—a fact stated to Induce the inference that he would not be !.rullty of an illegal or immoral act. It was also stated. that Mrs. toloorhouse, though in the family way. went threueli Me crowd; and It was putt likely. if danger had been 'ppm heurled.that her husband would have permitted her nu attend. With respect to persons walling in the military step, to which sisters' witnesses bad sworn, it could not affect the persons charged, sinless they were proved to have been cognizant of the fact. As to the cap of liberty. It was one of the insignia of the Crown; and when the King wen: to Parliament. an cMcer of State always bore it before him. It did not, therefore, of tiec•-ssity. wren any thing seditinas. With respect to any stoppage of business occasioned by the meeting, it was positively sworn by a great mass of esidenee for the defendants, that it was not at all interrupted : and, certainh. if any Interruption of business had taken iii/ler, in a greet town like Manniiester, it would have been easy to have called es idence to that fact. . . ... .. The Learned Ji:11611 has lug proceeded throfigh the evidence Riven on the fir4t three dace. and the hour having arrived at which the Court usually adjourned, said to the Jury, that he would desist. and adjourn the Court if he fatigued them. The Court then adjourned till kloada) at 9 o'clock. II'ESTMINSTER ELECTION. Saturday, the avenues to the hustin%s, by two o'clock, exhibited persons all on the trot to reach the scene of ac tion ; the booths were crowded to breaking down ; the tops of the houses covered with persons; the windows filled with females, elegantly dressed, sporting the co lours of Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Hobbouse. Nu merous baronclies, full of voters, decorated with laurel leaves in their hats, and various emblematical flags attached to the roaches. The anxiety and seal in favour of the Candidates was great ; and an Orator, on a tub, harangued the populace in favour of Mr. Hob house. Very loud shouts announced the approach of Sir Francis Burdett, accompanied by his friend, Han bury Tracey, Esq., the Gentleman who was with the Baronet at Leicester during his trial. Sir F. Burdett cave a plumper for Mr. Hohhoipe ; and Mr. Tracey gave his suffrages for Sir Francis and Mr. Hobhousc. The I,.:ter poi-Ron was hailed with loud shouts of ap plause on making his appearance. The usual fun and hustle took place among thecrowd till the numbers were announced—such as " Now, Mr. Lamb, what do vo:t think of the lower orders?"—" Your committee, Mr. Lamb. will vote at Us o'clock, won't they:"—(Much laughter.) One minute more," alluding to three o'clock, the close of the poll, " and you will be ise. &c. On the populace recognizing the carriage us' Mr. Pohhouse, the horses were taken from it. Mr. Coombe, son of the late Alderman, appeared o■ the plat • form for Mr. lAnib, and was assailed with a variety of epithets from the crowd. On the hoard being shrugs, declaring the numbers, it appeared that Mr ilobhouse had polled 1021 more votes than at the last election. The numbers stood as follow : Kir F. Bunorrr 6,147 Mr. Heinous' Hon. °. Lama 44311 The Idiom &snare said, the result of this contest was, that Sir Francis Burdett, antlJohn Cam Holthouse, Esq. were duly elected; and be hoped, that as the brat of the battle was over, they would all shake hands like Englishmen, and be friends.—(Applause for several minutes.) Sir FRANCIS BeaDiTT spoke to the following effect : Before he congratulated them upon the present triumph, be begged leave to assure them that he coincided in the nishes of the High Bailiff, that every feeling of hos tility, which had occurred in this contest, would now be buried in oblivion. Partial success bad attended their ugnems but now they had obtaired ultimate success, in returning two candidates of their own principles and feelings.--(The Baronet was so hoarse as scarcely to bt• able to proceed, and an orange was given to liins.) • He was certain they (Sir Francis and Mr. Holilious.) hail no personal feelings on the subject ; and he mes: again congratulate them, that nothing equivocal rt.- 'mined about the present return, as it decidedly showed the principles and independence of the voters of Wt•-!- mintier. Having secured this triumph, he now cabled out the electors of %Westminster, who were freeholders 1,,r Middlesex, to look towards that field, and to turn oat the Court Candidate, who bad so unwarrantably (he was going to say) got in for that place, at,tl to give their support to Mr. Whithrrad.—(Bravoi)— An early vote lie ball always solicited, in consequence of its great value. His exertions, on that, and in every other instance, was always ready for the public. Before he closed, lie would say a few words about a late event at Leicester. It was perhaps expected by the decter., that he ought not to pass over in silence his late tria:, and on that account he had merely introduced it. And although a verdict had been obtained against him in another place, he felt happy this day, in hiving the verdict of his countrymen so decidedly in his favour. It certainly was a delicate subject to touch upon, but there was so much in dispute, and so many circumstances to he imeatigated in the proper place, that lie trusted he should not sti ff er by the present verd ict.i He had more re liance on the higher tribunals, and therefore it might he improjwr to say more at present on that subject. Ittit let the decision be what it might, he would always he ready to defend the Rights and Liberties of Englisii neen.—(Cries of bravo! bravo! We know you will.) — It was well known that those who went to the wars, could not escape %Mod scars; but although he nticlit have been scarred, he had never been dishtmortred.— (No, never.)—And in his efforts to serve his country, lie lad never considered the consequence to his tot tt person, but left it entirely to Providence.—(Appla•:se.) Before he left then, he must again remind them of t:.e advantages resulting from supporting the intlepentlet,t I•andidate, at Nliddleses.—(We will.) —He thanked them for their exertions in the cause of freed , and fe:t highly gratified at sogreat a triutnph.—(tireat applause.) Nlr. hontioi sv. nett addressed the people, assuring them, in his outset, that he lierfectly coincided in Whet: hail fallen from the High Bailiff; and also from Sir Francis Borden. He hoped that, as the battle had bec:s fonaht like Englishmen, they would bury all those animosities which it had given rise to • bat, while he conjured them so to act, he would be the very last ;.) compromise the principles they were struggling ftr. The Candidate who could so far forget his duty ought never to stand on any hustings; hut utore particulaey on the 'flutings of Westminster. The present homed a new era in the history of that city ; for it was the first time the electors of Westminster had returned two Ma -1 tlical Reformers as their Representatives, after a long and arduous conflict, for the maintenance of their 10-g lust rights.—lt was certainly true, that during St; F. Borden's first election, he had a fellow-labourer in tio, field of patriotism (Lord Cochrane) ; but his Lortlshi,t was not a decided Reformer at first, though he after wards became one.—(Cheers.)—And what, he wou! I ask, was there so odious in the reform they aimed ,r, and would struggle for, that should render it reproa.•!i ful to them? They wished to strike at the root, it was true, but then it was only at the root of that tree, whit !t, I like the ('pas, hail shot up, and was distilling its pesti ferous dews over an unfortunate coaistry.—(Loci I cheers.)—Were they to be charged with wishing to hr;:t.; about a revolution for doing this?—(\o.)—Rather, in his opinion, did they tle , erve to be counnended es hesiefaetors of mankind, than slandered as destroyers of Constitutioos. Let others act as they judged hest he hail been introduced to die electors of West 11l i l tater as a Radical Reformer, ant! he was determined to assist in obtaining the Reform which his constituents wished for. lie believed he was right, but if he was wrong, his constituents would hereafter have an opportunity of corret tin t ( him. As long, therefore, as he enjoyed the honour of sitting in Parliament for them, he would 1143 that distinction for the purposes of radical reform. lie denied the assertions of souse Ministerial prints, that this election had Feen conducted with indifference. be cause he had polled I,(M more than at the last election, and I,OINI more now than io 1t417. lit allusion to dm trial, which was just sorer, he would only say, that per secuted cacti, in had times, were the only virtuous mess. He might allude to Spain, and the change which WAS there effected. lie congratulated them on the final result, and as far as zeal and industry could carry Lit,, hr would try to come up to the estimate they hail for:ny I of him. lie then hawed and retired. Mr. lamb did not appear, and the immense , rowd t:is pers.'s! quietly. Sir 1. raneis Burdett, Mr. flobliouse, and the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, addressed the populace from the win "ows of the Committee Room, in King-street s Covent garden, with great applans.., and requested them to se parate in the most peaceable manner. It was the intention of the electors, that the dates should be insinediately . chaired at the conclu.ion of the election; hut it was given up, in order to hate it celebrated in a grand manner, on a future day, when a dinner will also take place. The sisters of Mr. Hohhouse were in a carriage near the hustings, and also the daughter of Sir Francis and Lady were in a coach belonging to the Baronet. 'the populace took the horses from the vehicles. • ( ; ' - ' s . - , 1 . -.. • 40. • 45 . t -• . f ....f .) if• • ~... f -- I 4 1 / ti f T • • ~ WI 6 1 ."" I,li MIDDLESEX ELECTION. PATVIIDAY.--EIGHTH P•T. The polling during this day proceeded ►ery slowly At the close the numbers were declared to be— For Mr. Brie Mr, WHITNIMID IPM) Mr. MaLusw 4I As soon as the poll was announced, Mr. Sher'ff PARSINII stepped forward, and requested that each lien- - ''",Mt .- 7: .00 . , i 4j .4, irAi; .. a