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tially heard. He wished to, express the grateful sense which he entertained of the honour the Livery had conferred ou him that day. He had not sought the honour of representing them without bring first solicited by many respectable person•; but if they should return him to Parliament, it would be a stimulus to make him do all in his power to pro. mote the rights, liberties, and interests of his con• stitnenrsand fellow-subjects. Mr. Alderman Tuoce ova advanced. He said ! it was quite impossible for h►m to feel sufficiently rueful for the honour they had dune Isom, both by the show of hands, at the nomination. loud now again by the station they had given him on the day's poll. The work having brew so well can►meored. would eso doubt be equally well carried through. The favour• they hail dune him then would be a s• lisiulus which would make him do every thing his power to advance the interests and prosperity of the empire, and watch over the rights of his fel low-citizens. Mr. Aidtrman WAITHYAW then advanced, and wa• received with the loudestelwerv. lie assured them that he was not desirous of taking precedence ni 441dresaing them of oily of the candidate* on the poll. But as there seethed to be a call made upon km. he thought it right to stand forward. It was selt true he did not then stand as high on the poll as come of the candidates. This be had out expected ; there w..re very good reasons why he should not. 't hey all knew what a difficult game he had to play. Hip friends wished to hold back until they saw him ii some state of security.—(applause.)—They must he aware that he was the victim marked out by those who were anxious for the unmolested invasion tut the rights of the Livery.—(applause, followed by afese hisses.) —The truth was, of course, offensive to many who wets listening to him, and some of those Gentlemen behind him seemed to be of that ingather. If they could not speak, they had the fa culty common to all other geese, they were able to hi... The great sower uf their discontent and w rang hog with lure was that he did speak, mod because they waisted to mad perseas luto Parliament who should he wholly itscapable of spesking.—(Appluese.)— If any of them would collie forward and state the reasons of each hostility, ht should consider a hear ing granted to that person as a favour done to him 'elf. He was a marked object with those persons— lie had sinned br)ond redemption—he had enders enured to protect the right of the Livery to meet in Common Nall.—(applause.)—lt was a common and a true saying. that people never forgave those sfltuut they had iujured. Having aggressed against the rights of the Livery, they can't' neither forgive the general body, nor their particular defender., for resenting and opposing their aggressions, until thry should have pursued all of them to ruin.—(up- Prrese.)—They had opened the usual budget of slander mud crlumuy egoism him. For our of these declarations he had called the propagators of the scandal to account, and they hid all denied it, though he had convicted one of them to his face. Another usipardourble sin of his was, taut lie had gone non Parliament without any expense to him self; but then he had never pocketed a farthing of the public money. They had now brought forward a jobber. a notorious, jobber, a person who had shared in almost all the jobs and contracts of the I sat 9.0 yeurs--one who hod filled Iris pockets to over flowing with jobs and loans of every description. He dared any of them to contradict him, if any of them were able to speak.—(applause.)—Wa. it not notorious that mauy of them had acquired church preferment foe their brothers sad relations, at the public expense?—(applause.)—Another fruit ful source of peculation arose frem the Court of Aldermen beiug trustees and guardians of the Orphans' Fund. A large sum had been missed from this fund reverel years ago. These guardians had a - - muted o se of their own body as secretary to this fund, at u valsry of 1501. a-year. For several years this I :er.oli had held a balance in baud of 14,000/. —(qpplause, and cries of •• Shane !")—The Ho nourable Baronet had pulled out a budget of paver., to sheer the labour belonging to the du ties of that office. All the labour was. however, performed by a deputy for 1001. it-year; the remainder of the money went into the pocket of the principal, for no other retake than taking circuitous route into the office at the Guildhall. lie would read them an extract from the Report or the Committee of the Houi.e of Commono, of which Committee the Baronet himself was a mem- bee. The Report wait the same which the Baronet had offered for his defence in the morning. It ap peared to this Committee, appointed to examine and report on the condition of the Orphans' Fund, that an average balance of 20,0001. remained constantly in the hands of the Chamberlain, or his sub-agent, a practice which your Coniniittre consider prejudicial to the liquidation of the debt emitracted for the support of the first objects of the Orphans' Fund. The Committee recommended the adoption of a more regular method of compeue t.:lting the duties of the secretaryship or treasure fillip of the said fund. (Some observation was made from behind, to which Mr. Waithanan replied.)— The worthy gentleman can speak. He congratu lated the Hall that one of the gentlemen had been found who could speak. This gentleman asked him what the Orphans' Fund had to do with the election ? He would tell him. He would ask if a person who could consent to hold 14,0001. be- Noce of that fund in his own betide, for such • p er i o d as ten years, was fit to represent the Livery io Parliament 1--(Load app:aliAr.)—(To a fresh iicru.ion from behind, Mr. 11'aithinisti , s I will answer that, Sir, come forward." (Toe person thus addressed came forward, and proved to be a (71alk. His appearance excithl a terrible which subsided not until he retired again, not bring allowed to utter one syllable, although Mr. Waitli man begged a hearing for him.) Mr. Alderman WAITHMAS then resumed. No • thing could have pleased him more than to have allowed the gentleman a hearing. Perhaps it would hive been more decorous had be waited until he (Mr. W.) had finished his remarks. He owited, liosretrr, that lie had called the grotlesnau forward, and in hey would hear him, he (Mr. W.) would be glad io make way for hum. He would rtawniably be ri (limed so wait till the conclusion of the re intaiks they were listening tu.—(Cries of '• Agnate hint.")—The gentleman, lie believed. was the worthy representative of the Ward of Tower, Sir W. Curtis'. own Ward. The gentlemen's father, he htlieved, held a situation under the Govern. sarat.(This was strongly dealt(' by one or two persons mutant.)—He ball in the Cenrt of Alder 'Neu recommended the. payment of the lenience of the Orphans' Fund into the hoods of the Chamber lain. No one had dined to oppose it, and it was afterwards reconnueutled by • C muter of their uwu body that the balance should be. paid om by the trea-rarer every two months. Tips, then, was an admission that for ten years there had been a reservation of the etairinous balance he had before mentioned. Had not this some thing to do with the Ott:lion ? This. had l►e sinned past redemption or forgivene►s. The • worthy Gentleman who wee so anxious to interrupt him, perhaps wits one of thou who had been so active in flinging about pamphlets and papers against him, in refeeetice to a charge which he had refuted to the satisfaction of the public twe n ty years ago. They could afford to publish papers and pamphlets when they had the Orphans' Fund to dip into. Another mierruption being offered from the same quarter, Mr. Waldman observed, that he could only do one thing at 4 time. %%lieu it cause to the persou'a turn to speak who was inter rupting him, that person might pullet's do better. It might be said of politicians us Dr. Swift lied once said of men of learning—" When a mate of genius appeared, lie was proved in be such by nailing ►o much as that all the blockheads 111 the world immediately ran in angry oppositiou When he found himself aurrounifed by so many angry awl nut very intelligent peruses, lie was almost inclined to stispert that be must be a man of genius.--(Laughter and applause.)-- Some remarks being now made which dill not much savour of pul•teness, Mr. Waitliman replied, that he knew lie was addressing th e Caiman flail o f Livery, sod nothing could make him forget himself, or cause hiin to suspect that it was a Smithfield meeting, but the indecent behaviour of some of the persons near him. A great deal of calumny hail beets heaped upon him fur what he fwd dune in :he cue of the Insolvent Debtors' Laws.. Ile had tni the Committee appoitited to examine that ques tion, shrwed the great extent one varied motile of the frauds practised in the loculvrut Debtors' Court. There was no one who attended the CI4II mittee at all acquainted with trade, or the interests of traders, but himself. There were 1.20 agents of different sorts in that Court. Ile it was who tripped up the whole establishment, and sent it packing. The Commisaioners might have hero respectable men ; but the agents had aunt of them been at the Old Bailey. They were needy, guilty wretches, having neither property our cite recter, and preying uposi the property of the peo ple. - To these lie owed some part of the present opposition. There were accountants resew, who hail examined into the accounts of that Court, and he could bring the testimony of twenty respectable persons besides, to chew that his conduct through out the whole of those transactions bad been ho nourable and upright. Ile would boldly declare, there was out a man in the kingdom who hail la boured as lie had done to promote the iiiteiesis of trade ; yet were there all sorts of malicious repre sentations against him. Ile WAS irreparably had; and yet, as ball as lie was, if lie could turn round and shake hands with his opouoruts, , and make common cause, lie had no doubt of au affec tionate reception. One of them had been heard to say, •' D—ii him, he is bad enough. to be sure; for all that, I wish we had him gat 'D."— They never would have, however, while the Livery stood by I . He begge;d a patient bearing it any of his opponent* had • serious charge to make against him. Ile did not memo, however, that he wished for a patient hearing while they merely employed themselves in elifortatig the idle calum nies which tl►ry ilieniseltes propagated out of doors. As to the immediate affairs of the election, Sir W. Curtis had denied that he lied refused to lend the City 5,0001. That might be, but his house had dime so, which was all the - krone. He would offer one word on the pull. His friend* were obliged to be cautious its their management, and keep a reserve. This consideration had bill tienced others besides his immediate friends. They used not, however, consider that circumatance; it was abuts tinnily provided for; there was a sufficient reserve. All that the Livery lied to do was to conic forward at once. He thanked them li.rth.srpatient hearing. If city thing should be offend mobilo him, perhaps lie might trouble thew agant.—(Lond and lung tep.i. planse.) Mr. CuaTts (soil of Sir William) advanced to return thanks fur his lather. but was very learnedly heard, nutveithstauditig Sheriff Parkiits attention. Mr. CURTIS at length was sufficiently audible to claim the right of retursoilig thanks ow behalf of his father, fur the support they bad given hint that day. Their fiirods feared nothing; they were not to be daunted. It was a good enure. They would per►eeete to the rod, mitietthstsucting the calu ttttt les whit h were thrown out. They would use the language of the Pad— Lei ibe galled jade wince, Our antic's are mien wig:. (The last part of the quotation was nearly drowued in the disapprobation of the multitude.) The LORD MAYOR was received courteously. He would riot waste the time of the Livery, which both he and they might use to much better advan tage, in haranguing them. There ass a story of two artists, one of whom could lecture finely, while the other was wore skilful in operating. This ass perhaps his own. He could not promise them much, but they would hod that lie would perform as well as those also could talk more. Hr auUci psted the Moat succeralul results, although the commencement was not very ausp►cious. He re turned them his deep-felt thanks, and retired amidst considerable appliause. The Hall was then adjourned. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. Yesterday a Meeting of the Freeholders i.f the County of Middlesex, and 111 the Etteods to Its Independence and a Heinen, in Parliament, was held at Fteernasmia' hail, Great Queen-strut, for the purpose of adopting utra.ure► to ►reute the re turn of Samuel Charle► Whitbread, Esq. (srentiri sou of the late lamented Samuel Whitbread, E.q.) for that County. It was rumoured that the Marquis of TAVIM 'rocs was U take the Chair, but that Itis Lordship was presented from encoding by some unforeseen seritlerif.' Accordingly a little after one eclock, by which time the MOM %occupied by a very tome rous assemblage , incl ing Sir F. Barden and mane gentlesmne of great respectability, -- Mar tin, Esq. the. Chancery Barrister, was unanimously voted tow the Chun'. The CHAIRMAN then said, that having been deented worthy of the honour of presiding over so numerous and respectable a Meeting of the electing of Middlesex, he thought he could not do his duly better than by reading the requisition which had b een addressed to Mr. Whitbread by a large body of the freeholders of Middlesex, inviting that Gentleman to come forward as a Candidate for the representation of the county, with his answer, where in lie accepted t h e invitation. After a pause of • few tttttt utes, however, Mr. Martin proceeded to nay, that it appeared the requisition and answer were tout ill the room, but brill documents which had been widely circulated, he could not presume that the Gentlenien he addressed were ignorant of their contents. The first stated the fitness of Mr. Whitbread to represent the county in Parliatneut ; the second acceded to the call of the Requisitionist,. Considering that it would be but a waste of time to urge any thing to demonstrate the claims,or to prove the competency and abilities of any person bearing the simile of Whit bread—(App/orsel—he should merely express his !pe, that every individual who al Id present himself to their notice would receive a patient hearing, rod that the Resolutions intend tit to be submitted to thetri would receive their wianiniotos approbation. Mr. NEWMAN then proposed the first Resolu tion— That the depressed state of the commerce and sericulture of Him were happy cu 1111 l ty, the increasiug discontent, the aggravated stud over whelistme ilistrtaa which newt au many (Assess of the community, demand the solemn cousideraliou of the whole body of Electing of the United Kingdom, and of name more particularly than of the Freeholders of ibis its ' portant Metropolitan Comity. It was stconded and carried unanimously. Sir Fassicts BURDETT then rose to propose the second Resolution tat thunders of applause. It was many years since he had the honour of meet ing an assembly of the Freeholders of Middlesex. The present circumstances recalled to his mind the struggles in which he and they had been en gaged iii common for the itidspendence of the County, and the times when Middlesex bad been made she scene of the most violent contests, forced on them, es he might say, by Ministers. _l d fe ei dde dl there was now sonie opening to disengage themselves from the outworn' ties with which they had then been bound—lApplaarsej— or at least to get rid of one Member, who, for the many years that had elapsed since that period, hall constantly mud uniformly (so far certainly lie was coissisieni) given his support to those measures, and that system of government, which he believed the great majority of his constituents deprecated old hear.)—lt was only that morning an overture hod been made to hint to at tend the meeting in support of Mr. Whitbread; and though it was impossible for him to pledge himself fora man not known to him, or for Noy oue to do so in behalf of so young a man, yet it was his opinion that the determination expressed by him.to follow in the steps of his father, cod hiss un dertaking to make a declaration in person of his political principles, were sufficient to justify the Electors of MidiSlesex for the steps they had token its his favour. lie did not mean to disguise the ill-will that he felt towards note of the late M om .. bet's, Air. Mellish—(Braeso!)—as a supporter of those measures which, in his view, were isiconsia tent wiih the ancient Constitution ,of this once free iid hippy comitry—(//tar, hear)—atuti which loaded it w i th an expenditure that, in the judgment of impartial persons, it could not much longer hear.—(Hear, hear.)—Siacerely did he hope that the Electors of Middlesex might now succeed in estuhlssiiing their iintepensleisce, and that they might take that station among the other electors of the kingdom which they had formerly maintained. —(ripplause.)—The worthy Baronet theta read the next Resolution, as follows: That in this deplorable state of timings, tending direcily to subvert all social order, and to demoralise the people, we cannot fail to discover cause and effect; and while we de plore a taxation so utterly beyond our strength, and a debt fur which the productive industry of the country, fur ages to come, bas been nturtgageil, we feel, that in having hens- Wrote returned to Pailiainent an avowed Pas gismo of a sys tem so vicious, we have ourselves contributed to the griev. races of *Lich we complain. This Resolution, lie 'proceeded, was on the face of it so pistil and undeniable, that were it not for the respect which he owed to the present Meeting, lie should sit down, content ing himself with the observations he had already made. But with regard to the Resolution, would toot all persons, of whatever party or political opinion, agree in deploring the great weight of taxation ? The causes of the war which had led to this taxation were another matter. Those who thouglit that it was a just and necessary one, could not now, with any decency, complain of what it brought in its train, unless indeed they confessid that they had been the dupes of others, Will had given their approbation to the war without foreseeing its real object. or the results which were to hillow . it.—(liesr, /rear.)—Tlioee who hail con stantly opposed it had no apology to make to the country, and they had the satisfaction of thinking that had a different course been 'mistiest, the re sults would have beer' very different to the l'oll /I. fly. But there was one 161utf on *loch Igo dif ference of °pis ...... prevailed. namely, that the pre sent situation of the country was iiiiparallrlerny calansituus— Ilearj—visd even if the past trans: actions were to pass into oblivion, yet no non would deny that it was high tune for people to_ cast their ryes lamer& uud seek for Hmite remedy for the evils which were so deeply and mitvrisally coniplaisied of, The Hon. Baronet then animad verted till the existing mode of representation, trac ing thereto and to its consequences the decline of that spirit 01 isicirlielitletice which once distinguish ell the c y 41111.11esex. lie hoped, however, there was enough of spit felt in it to effect the object of their in..eting--asitl it behoved them to 'hew that they still participated in those old, free, constitutional priiiciples. a return to which, he verily believed, 'Suite afforded a chance of amelio rating the public difficulties.—(Applease.)-11 was painciple then which they had assembled to sup. port. Happily there was on this occasion united with it the mime of an individual, rendered Jeer to his Country by his manly support of her ancient laws and Coostitotion, an the ems of libettY•7 l l4o. plaasse.)—lf the young perseissoalw came forms on.. der the sanction of his some, had trot had the oppor tunity of acquiring any merit in the eyes of the mi. lion, at least he was free from all reproach—(4p plaress)—and at least Ise would wry well boar own. parivon with the Gentleman to whom he was to be put in opposition. '('here was a part of the Reselve lion is his hands which spoke of the preseut . systent tending directly to subvert all social order. He (Sit F. Daniell thought that that certainly was its practical effect ; and lie was sure that the friends of that system ought to be the last to oppose that proposition, because those of them who were ill Parliament. sod the large portion of the press de voted to their service. now contended that the people were so greatly demoralised, that the free Constitution in which they and their ancestors gloried. was no longer adapted to their moral, or he should rather say unmoral condition•—(elp p/ause)—that there was au absolute necessity for striping them of it ; and that they were in too de based a state to enjoy that mild, equal, free Cousiitutiou, under which this nation had floe-. ribbed fur ages.—(Cries of Hear, hear.)—lf there was any part, except the spy system, which was more deserving than the rest of reprobation, it was the absurd and incongruous mode of exercising the elective butichise ; and it was in vain to attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the people, by the sort and degree of pooh/humid inflicted for offences against the purity of elections. How did it happen that a Minister of the Crown was detected traffick ing its seats, and that Motheaten,. when he was brought before them. caught in this summer, screen ed cod protected hem. under the paltry excuse of not having completed time guilty act. But that when a pour Baronet, Sir &lainotsth Lopez. had been discovered to be engaged in the same traffic— and it was no wonder that this kind of dealiug. while it had such splendid rewards in prospect, while it held titles and coronets glancing in the eye, should allure many to follow it—but if an Hon. Baronet (Worthy was the technical addition) —(A laugh/--were detected. why he was sub jected to severe punishment, and this for engaging in practices, which were declared in the House of Conittions to be notorious as the sun at noon-day. What then could tend more to sap the morals of the community, than that it should be held up to the country, that one unit detected in a certain offence should be permitted to escape. but that an other, if convicted of thesame, should be subjected to imprisonment for two years, and a fine of 10,000/. This putiislimeot was just so much suffering for nothing ; it was perfectly useless, or worse than useless. He might he now speaking what the Mi nisters would call libel, fur lie was already labour irt; under aim ex officio information. It was in vain for Ministers to think that Sir Manasseh Lopez had been made the scapegoat of Israel.—(4 laugh.) —They were not to imagine that he had carried away all their >his on his back—they were not to think that this trick would take among the people of England, a people whom their love of justice made, in his opinion, paramount to rimy other on the earth. After some further observations un this part of the subject he remarked. that if every one present would do what little he could, the aggre gate would be a great deal, and would go far towards placing Mr. Whitbread in Parliament, where his effprta would be called forth to effect that great measure, a Reform in the Representation ; a measure which he (Sir Francis) wished to see car ried ; which lie verily believed Moe-tenths of the people not connected with the present represents tool drsireil ; which was rapidly making converts of every rational, tit:prejudiced, liberal man in the nation ; and which he hoped might soon, very soon, he victorious, looking oil it, UP Me did. the only retried": for the general distress.—(Lung coatinued applause.) The Resolution was then put from the Chair, and carried unanimously. Time Rev. Mr. Dasreft proposed the third Reso lution. introducieig it with a speech, wherein he touched on most 111 the topics dwelt on by the last speaker. Having been seconded, it was read from the Chair as follow. : That it is oar bounden duty, as we hive our country and desire to avert she iaspeudiug storm which now threatens its destructiois, In choose for our Representatives in parliament such men alone as will check she career of an Administra. lion, whose measures of foreign pulley are founded cm say thing at British principles, and whose plans of domestic GeWerUOICIII are iii aspen violation of our sacred Ceasli. It was •greed to unanimously. Mr. DRAPER. to proposing the fourth Resolo. obbriverl, that the Reform which they desired was not a rooting up, but r mild correction of existing abuses, so as to bring things back to their ancient bearing. It stated— That to obtain the redress of oar grievances, to restrain the increasing Miliaria., of the Crown to resto►e the country In its wonted •igoour, we can only look for a remedy is the Reform of the Commons House of Parlisment, in a fell, free, and fair representation of she people. It passed in the same manlier us the preceding. The fifth Item,lution ssus thou pawed nom& mousy, viz.— That this Meeting is of opinion, that in electing Samuel Charles IChitbrral, Esq. the above ulijecis will be attuned, as far ■a he is individually concerned; the ardent but steady patriotism of Isis lamented father, and the atal suit alacrity evinced by hins,clioss this occasion, warrant the conclusion, that the name of IVlsitbread will again be found defending the pen:ste's best ri:lsts and dearest interests. . . Nlr. DRA PIER. pievinsis to 44444 visig the next Ice censtirtd the conduct of 11 r. Mellish, and remarked that iii get. mg rid-of him, something woold be dime to snake off the baneful influence of the Ilank. lie hail known Air. Whitbread's (the present Candidate) family Co. • petisal of sixty years. Ills grandfather had been Inked up to as the honour of trade, a n d as one of the most just, worday, lilwral, and Omits ble of men.—(Applause.)—That Gentleman's soil, not having been IPerm.ilatrd to give his tone to business, devoted it to the puhlie—(Applarise)— and the annuls of l'arliassteist sod his counts) , would for ever present memorials soot uuly of his eloquence, hut his patriotism; he had beret alwa)s among that honest baud winch haul checked the iirogiess of s heel administration, sod which per haps had saved this militia front becoming such object slaves as they were in cestsits parts of the cmitnsent.—(Great appluase.)—llia sou was the new Candidate, or whom the hest holes ought to he entertained. I It Iteul always approved himself • good sou, end a worthy young wow Indeed the *hole family were venerated whe they were known.—(Pleadies.)—ln returning him they erciuhf have two Members (with Mr. Byng's conduct row y one was satisfied) that thought with themsrlvts. Mr. Whitbread had declared that he would Hoot come iu by money. He trusted, therefore, sleet the electors would send him in free of cc. pence. He (Mr. Draper) could net do flood,, but he would do as mach as he could, and lot hoped that they who bad the means wo u ld ooni forward and subscribe liberally. He then sane.l the sixth Resolootiuti, That this Sleeting wither expect use would Anse V. Whitbread to sacrifice kis personal sate sad ma. , by basardiag his private forma, ha • cosiest entire e•k... f their wliriwioa, fire public, est private ailstautsce; Ile, therefore earnestly reconmeeed that a public fiabscriphii,; should be opened, for s h e yarrow of defraying the etctrifsry expenses of his Election. It passed with the greatest Mr. WHITBRRAD Will then comlnctell iiito riot room, amid reitersted plaudits, and th e ll,.„„1,_ tions having been sloewn to him by the Clhormai., he addressed the Meetiug to the following titres I , Gentlemen, and Independent Freelitil.lirs Middlesex-4 em too much unacciist ~,,, speaking in public, and I feel my iiiathquat v great, not to apprehend that I may fail its eXprestm us I ought the deep sense of the honour you ha..- conferred on me. I hope, note alit% sliding, viiit however feebly I may express my feeling., 4...1 whatever may be the result of the approacliiii.: test, you will give credit to my assurance, that g,s. Wilde for your favours of this they shall mart ter effaced from my breast. Permit me to say Ilia'. the motives which have itifluroced your conduct this occasion are alike honourable to yoursels,a and gratifying to me. Unknown as lam in dais great metropolitan county, it must be evident to all that no private or paltry views could have uiingled themselves with your purpose iu fixing on toe us a Candidate. It must be opparetit that your sole object was to return to Perlkinirlit two Alritiln-ra who would oppose those inroads *Welt the Allow. Ctrs are too frequently Nod auccea.ltilly mekiti4 on the. Comoitutiou---(11for, keur, hers). — to elect Itepreaentatives who, W 3 nor elleri4led those sesoimeots, for the deo. lAIIIIIOII In.rtillllll of which the Iliwae iif liirrossesWlck armed out the IlsroUe of these realms, and who weoloi endeavour to give new life to the point:inks ..r em,t rood religious liberty.— (opp/orate.)— lot (mitr us procure such Repretentolivi-.. you have yourselves willing to submit to the greatest sacrifices; and you have dune me the liuutnar to declare, that my same Is a slifficirut pledge that I will follow that comae of political oh duct you approve of and dostre. indeCc- Meta OR your part is so honourable 1.. me family, that I should be dyad to one of the beet frelitogs of our nature, did I not use my most earnest awl anxious endeavours that you should nut be' dirappointrd.--(torrot epplorse.)—Per. baps it will be expected dart I should make a more explicit avowal of my sentlinenta on that nom sto portrot question—Parliametitary Reform.—(!fear.) —Most Important, I call it, because on that, 1 think, depends the existroce of whatever or our liberties we have remaining.—(//ens, No one can see more clearly than I do the abso lute necessity of ttrecitiog a Itvturtu no the preseht corrupt state of the Represeirititimi. But the ques tion is so surrounded with difficulties that it is hard to say what plan is the hest. fiat I min sane that this Is not the tittle for Its advocate+ to waste their exertions in disputing about the 111•1101, maw., all agree that they have but our oi.ject—the effecting: a free, independent, aINI pure House of COW( ~,,,, Gentlemen, I Shall detain you iito longer ilia,* strain to express my stucrre thanks for your good opinion and exertion. iti sty behalf. If they ate coutinued I have 110 stierra , ,. /trfltelhhri. Gentlemen, the triumph will be your own."— (Laud and continued applause.) The CNAIUKAN then stated, that since he lead entered the room, a list of about two handled Electors was put nito hiv hands, who pledged them selves to support Mr. Whitbread. lie then read three letters. The first was from Lord John Rm. sell, expressing his regret that unavoidable buvitiess caused his absence, and requesting to be put down as a subscriber :of rdti hest was Irons Mr. Robson, Tutihri .t.grsp.ace, Nea.roiad, stirtiti4 that ten friends would accompany him to Brenta ford, at their own expenve, to vole for Mr. Whit bread, and 1111111 1 .U111114 himself u als InerliWr fur five guineas. The third wus Irmo Mr. Peter Mirage, apologiviiig 1;4 his iiiinattentlance, in con sequence of his presence at Coventry being 'sects.. airy, but expressing a hope that lie ststioild he b eriabled to return in time los put Mr. Whitbread in nomination. following resolution was then passed:— hat Chinks Calvert, F..q. he scipte.ied to lake • rt`ll himself the office or Trtsuurer, and the tull"vribr, banker. be rilersted to receive subscriptions :—l,lrstsos. liannuutorl. y and Cu. Pan-mall; Messrs, Comas sort Co.; Mews*. Horn., Bartlett, aud Co.; Mews. Ewlaihr and Mr. M•RTIN having left the Chair, the thanks of the Meeting were voted to the ChiUMlllll, lur his able and impartial conduct un till. Otrftsll/11. He returned thanks, after winch the Meetiug se pirated. SOUTIIU'4RK ELECTION. Yesterday the election for Members to serve io Parliament for the Borough of Southwark, i• - meowed at the Ilhistitip ut trout of the Town flail. At sii early hour a con.iderahle crowd collected MI the spot. and the utmost ruts uvirsm was for Sir Robert Calvert, who are the popular caniiiiiates. • Sir Robert Wllron arrived at the hustings amid loud cheers, at eleven o'clock. He war acironip~a- Med iu his landau by the Earl of Donoughtnore. The Noble Eurl remained on the hustings, where he received s cordial recepiiou, until the hewsl haw nese of the election commenced. Mr. (Avert, who arrived just at the same period, wit, I Ity and nuiversally greeted. Sir Thomas Ti, coma soon after, and was received with r 'nixed expres sion of feeling : he was greeted by his friend., but the great masa of the people present *reined little disposed to concur iu thus mark of respect. The candidates, on their arrival, came to the freed of the hustings, where they met • siroilaro'veception to that which hailed them when they first appeared among the crowd. At twelve o'luck the Higb Bailiff (Mr. Prificep). accompanied by his Deputy (Mr. Liudsa),sisceissi-