The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-08 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION. TOWER HAMLETS. Mr. CLAY'S speech concluded from our First Edition of yesterday, and which appeared in our Second Edition of last night.—Look at the present Ministry; did mortal man ever see such a ist ?—( Cries to Capt. Burton, who had been taking notes, of " Write that down I") In the list of the Administration I find not one name illustrious for genius, talent, or information Captain Burton was here busily writing, which again excited loud laughter)—not one person endeared to the people of England—endeared, do I say ?—I beg pardon of the electors for having used such a term. It appeared as if the Council Board was the incarnation of everything odious to the people of England.—(Much cheering.) We have by way of conci liating the Dissenters—Goulbourn—( Hear, hear, and much laughter)— and the son of the Earl of Mansfield, and, certainly most astounding of all, there was the representative of the Duke of Newcastle—of him who said—" Shall I not do what I like with my own ?"—( Much laughter and cheering.) Can any good come from such a Ministry composed of such seen as these ? Can we gather grapes off thorns, or figs off thistles? I was much amused the other day by one of the partisans of the Tories saying to his constituents, " I like the present Ministers, for in the path of Reform they well know where to stop."—( Much laughter.) Yes, we know well where they would stop—l will tell you where. they would stop---exactly where they are.—(Laughter.) We know now where they would stop. But look back into their history, where they would always have stopped. In the reform of the Corporation, where would they have stopped? They would *ever have begun it—the Catholic Emancipation—the and Re form of Parliament they would have stopped at East Retford. I leave the case in your hands—if you approve of them and of their meaiures—if you think nothing more can be done in the way of Reform--if no Reform is necessary in municipal cor porations—no reform for poor Ireland—if you think it right to maintain in that coui:try by blood a system of Church sine cures—(groans)—if you think that the altars of the God of Peace Are to be maintained by grape-shot and the bayonet, return those men to Parliament, but not me. But if you bold that reform is anti-revolutionary, and think me worthy, return me again.—( Loud cheers.) In such a cause I shall be proud of the office. Whatever be the issue of this conflict—whether you choose me, or whether you re ject me, it will no way alter my good feelings towards you.— (Loud cheering.) If you think that any man will serve you better than myself, in God's name choose him—( Cries of " No, no")---but if you still think me worthy, I will again serve you with the strongest zeal and fidelity. Mr. CLAY here sat down amidst the most enthusiastic cheer ing. Captain BurcroN came forward, and was received with such violent hissing and groaning that it was some length of time before he could be heard ; at length, silence having been ob tained, the Gallant Captain begged they would give him a patient hearing, and felt assured he should not appeal in vain ; and, after having made known his sentiments, he would retire into private life from a scene which he considered a dis grace—( The remainder of the sentence was lost on account of the hissing and groans which prevailed.) He begged them to hear him declare his sentiments, and then judge whether he was what his opponents had been pleased to represent—" a Tory"—(Hissing and confusion.) No, this was an assertion about as true as their attack on the head of monarchy.—( Loud hisses, accompanied with laughter.) He was neither Whig nor Tory—( Great confusion)—he came forward on independ ent principles, a decided Reformer—( Hisses, and cries of " Off, off")—a most determined one. With regard to Church and State, be wished to dissolve the union which existed be tween them. He was a Conservative on the band—( Here the speaker broke down, upon which the shouts and hisses which arose were tremendeus ; after some time he continued.) He was aware that he did ;!ot present himself before them, pos sessed with such eloquence ss his opponents—( Cries of " Off, off !" " Hume, Hume.") He reTeated it again; he was a de cided Reformer as it regarded Church and State ; he wished for commutation of tithes, and, he would r,:":seat it, the disso lution of the union between Church and State, od thuz make the clergy look up to the people with respect.—( Chec7si min gled with groans.) No person was more desirous—(here tie confusion was so great that the speaker's voice was almost in audible, but we understood him to say)—than himself for the repeal of the house and window tax.--( Hisses and laughter.) What would they say to him if he brought in a Bill for the ballot, a system uncongenial to Englishmen ? With respect to triennial parliaments they had seldom had any other, and for the last three years annual parliaments.—( Laughter.) Let them elect him, and if they did not find him a zealous and efficient servant let them call a meeting of the electors, and say they were dissatisfied at any time, and he would resign.—( Cries of " resign now.") He was an enemy to free trade who had sent all the seamen that had used to be employed in this borough, to the poor houses. He recollected when the Thames was covered with shipping, but it was no in a very different state. What re medy. had the late Ministers proposed for this ? Why, the Poor Law Bill.--( Loud and continued cries of " Off, off I") The Doctor's supporters behind me make a noise, because they are afraid to hear the truth. ( Criesof " false," and uproar. ) The Poor Law Bill stigmatizes poverty as a crime, and sepa. rates husband and wife, parent and child.—( Uproar.) I am not a Tory.---( Laughter.) Do you like this free trade ? ( Laughter.) He was opposed to those men who came to de lude them by hypocrisy and cant, and to make them believe they were more sincere Reformers than he was.—( Laughter.) I am an enemy to all abuses, but God forbid I should do anything to undermine the Institutions of the country.—(Laughter.) Lord John Russell, in Devonshire, talked about making con cessions to the people. But why don't he give up the monas teries he holds, that once belonged to the Church ?—( A laugh. ) lam an enemy to flogging in the Army and Navy. I never flogged a man in my life.—( Bravo.) When I punished a man, I always tried to better his condition by giving him double work.—( Loud laughter.) The Learned Doctor asked what induced the King to dismiss his late Ministers ? It was because the late Lord Chancellor said little was done last session, and less would be done this. As soon as the patriotic King heard this, he dismissed what Lord Stanley called the thimble-riggers.—( Laughter, and cries of " Off.") That is the truth. I stand here without fear, and I never did an action in my life lam ashamed of. Some insinua tion have been thrown out about my conduct in canvassing, but I treat it with contempt, scorn, and ridicule.—( Loud laughter.) With respect to Sir Robert Peel's address, I believe there never was A more straightforward, manly, and Constitutional address—( Groans.) Give the Ministers a fair trial as far as they go for the benefit of the country—l ask you no farther—(Laughter.) AA Hon. Gentleman had said, " never was such a sorry list." What had the Duke of Wellington done ?—( Groans, uproar, and cries for Mr. Hume. ) There was an Hon. Gent. who went about as an itinerant orator—why don't he confine himself to Middlesex ?—(zdaugh ter.) I believe he is the abettor of the rebellion of the colo nies—( Groans.) We are told the Duke of Wellington mad: a declaration against all Reform. I admit it, and say it was wrong. But has he done no good for his country? Why Lord John Russell declared he knew nothing better than the whole lump of the Constitution. Ido not want to make state ments like some men to catch the electors. You arc too liable to be led away by sophistry and cant.—( Loud laughter.) I am ready to hear Mr. Hume, but there is not a more staunch man in the country than I am, and I will not be intimidated by him or any one else.—( Laughter.) At a meetino , at the Mermaid Tavern, a party of my opponents came in and brought forward a resolution that I was mentally deficient, but I have a medal in my hand given to me by the Royal Society for an im portant invention.—( The Gallant Captain retired amidst loud groans and uproar.) The Returning Officer then put the names of the candidates to a show of hands. For Dr. Lushington All For Mr. Clay All For Captain R. Burton, about 5O The Returning Officer then declared the decision to have fallen on W. Clay, Esq., and Dr. Lushington.--4 Cries of " Burton resign.") Captain Bu - N.vori—l never resign as long as I have a shot in the locker.—( Laughter and groans.) A poll was demandgd on behalf of Captain Burton by Mr. Scatchard. Mr. WARTON (Returning Officer) announced that the poll ing would commence on Friday next. Mr. Hum& came forward in compliance with loud As one of the discarded members, he had come calls. here to see whether any re-action bad taken place in the feeling they exemplified in 1.83% when they returned two reformers. (Cheers.) He left the gallant Captain to go to his master— (Laughter and cheers)—.to go to the Duke of Wellington, that reformed character he had said he was.—( Laughter.) Captain BURTON—I have no master. Mr. HUME—The gallant Captain had come no doubt with his instructions, for Captains did not go to sea without sail ing instructions.—( Cheers. ) Captain BURTON—The instructions came from my heart. Mr. HVME—I have no doubt of it, from an honourable heart.—(Laughter.) The Gallant Captain should adhere to truth when he spoke of persons not present.—( Hear, hear. ) I deny that ever Lord John Russell uttered any declaration in favour of the corruptions that exist in the State. As to the Colonies, I would stand at Charing-cross, and ask the first 500 men that came by their opinions on the question, and I am sure not one of them would betray such ignorance as the Gal lant Captain had..—( Great laughter, and cries of " Take very great care, Mr. Hume, or you will be shot I") I won't weary you by examples--but he says don't listen to those who reason on facts—that is sophistry—( Laughter.) I do him the credit to say there is no sophistry about him— ( Laughter. ) I am ashamed to hear him as a gentleman, talk about free-trade as he does. He says " Look down the river," but I pledge myself he will never set the Thames on fire—when he does, you may elect him--{ Loud laughter.) In short, the speech of the gallant Captain appears not directed to the ob ject of our meeting. He had alluded to Lord Brougham. The explanation of that sentence he could give ; what he meant was, that he knew the intrigues of the Tory party that bad stopped reform, and the intention that existed of turning out the Reform Ministry on the first oppor tunity. At that time Sir Robert Peel had agreed to form a Government, the first moment the King would call upon him.--( Hear, hear.) Lord Brougham knew that the Tories would soon be replaced; and was he not wrong, there fore, when he said less would be done next session ? But the Noble Lord had done his duty formerly, and we will have him back again. We will drive out the Tories.—(Cheers.) We will not condemn Lord Brougham or Dr. Lushington, be cause they may differ from us in one solitary instance.— (Cheers.) What was the object of the gallant Captain ? To sow disunion among Reformers.--( , No," from Captain Bur ton.)" Then he comes to promote order, peace, and union.— ( Laughter.) He is a Reformer, but I have been ono before be thought of the name.—( Hear.) The Tories are so roamed of their name, that like highwaymen and pickpockets they take another, and call themselves Conservatives.... (Laughter.) The gallant Captain cries " Oh, oh 1" I ask you, as men of honour, if I use bad names ? for he tells me I do, and that I may be acquainted with pickpockets.— ( Shame, shame.) I would ask him the manner in which he explains that ? But we are not come to quar rel about words. Let us to business. This was one of the most critical moments, and we must send men to Parlia ment who will support reform in Church and State.—("Hear" from Captain Burton.) The Captain said " hear " because ho bad said he would reform abuses, but he would not tell them what those abuses were. The Captain was continuing to throw in what might be termed dead-weight, which, however, would up-right the vessel of Reform.—( Cheers.) He came there with a Union Jack in his hand, but that flag had never been the emblem of corruption,— ( Hoar.) He came as the advocate of the present Ministry. ( Captain Burton, " I deny it.") He had re cognised Sir R. Peel's address, who was one of the squad. He came as a Tory in disguise.----( Captain Burton—" I deny it.") If he acknowledged the manifesto of Sir R. Peel, he was the supporter of tyranny and bigotry, and the enemy of civil and religious liberty.—( Cheers.) The question was, should they be free or allow the Tories to reign again ? His watchword was " Out with the Tories 1" The Captain had better capitulate on honourable terms. He (Mr. H.) would assure him and the electors that he would give the Tories no quarter.—( Cheers.) Let them not then listen to the sneers of the gallant Captain, for he had nothing but sneers against Dr. Lushington, whose votes and speeches were walls of brass against his petty attacks. ( Mr. Hume here exhi ' kited a silk banner inscribed " Reform in Church and State," which he said he had brought from the enemies' camp.) This Reform they must effect by their votes. He wanted to see the Bishops out of the House of Lords.—(" No," from Capt. Bur ton, and deafening cheers.) Let the watchword be Clay and Lushington, and let them, like the city, return honest Re formers. Three cheers were then given for Lord Brougham, and the meeting dispersed at a quarter past throe o'clock. FINSBURY. going to attempt also to obtain a hearing for the Learned Ser geant, but Mr. Sergeant Spankie opposed his interference. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE, at length, having in a degree ex hausted the groarings and hissings of the meeting, begged to assure those present, that he was in moderation a Reformer. —(Cries of " Oh, oh.") A pamphlet which he had published had been alluded to. Some observations in that pamphlet he should wish to correct. But in it he should propese that the duration of Parliament should be only five years. That book was full of observations on Government, and would do any person a great deal of good to read it. He hoped the meet ing would not consider the candidates there like fighting-cocks, that some of them should die. He did not mean to attack Mr. Wakley, Mr. Duncombe, or his old friend Mr. Hobhouse. (Cries of " oh, oh," and groans.) He did not like to press upon Mr. Hobhouse. Mr. Hobhouse was rather in an awk ward situation at present, and it would be exceedingly un handsome in him to press on that fallen gentleman. He had come here, because the waters of Bath had not agreed with him, in the hope that a little of Whitbread's porter would carry him through. But even that he would find to fail him.—(Great laughter.) He ( Mr. Sergeant Spankie) had never been absent from the House of Commons on any important occasion. He was absent, undoubtedly, from the House of Commons when there were about 600 votes on the books, and when every foolish fellow who called himself a Reformer would make a motion.—( Immense groanings.) He could make motions as well as others, and 'no protested, before God, that he considered one of his first claims upon the electors was, that he had never made one motion, nor brought in one act. He was not one who thought the country could not go on without his making some new law.—( Great disapprobation.) Notwithstanding all these attempts, he was satisfied that the electors were decidedly in his favour—( Great laughter)— and they might depend upon it that he would be at the head of the poll. The Reformers who appeared before them were all kind to him. They were mutually tearing them selves to pieces, but he was the object of none of their hos tility. He was sure that they hated one another, but he was equally sure that none of them hated him.—( Hear.) He was confident that he would be at the head of the poll, a very numerous poll. He was much obliged to Mr. Wakley for interfering to obtain him a hearing, but he did not want Mr. Dunconibe's interference.—(Hear, hear.) He was sure that the meeting was almost entirely composed of Mr. Wakley's Men—( Hear, hear.) He knew Mr. Wakley was a very good Reformer—as to the other Reformers or non- Reformers, he believed Wakley to be the only ReforMer among them. All, except Wakley and himself were disguised men— they did not understand Reform. Wakley and himself were the only two among the candidates who had read about Re form, who understood it, and who were capable of represent ing the Borough of Finsbury—( Loud shouts of laughter.) Mr. DUNCOMBE then came forward and was received with loud cheering : " Gentlemen, I little thought when I stood here but a few months ago, as a csndidate for the honour of your representation, that I should so soon have again to offer myself for the same honour that I am satisfied you are about to bestow on me.—( Cheers, and cries of " Yes, yes.") I regret it not on my own account--I regret it on your's rather; because I am satisfied that my time and your time could have been more pro fitably and agreeably occupied than in following and obeying that which we have heard called to-day the rightful preroga tive of the King, but which I declare to be the, capricious and injudicious prerogative of the King.—( Cries of "Bravo, bravo, give it him.") Mr. Serve's. t Spankie-(Groans)— in the address that he has just made to you, and which I - thank you for having listened and attended to, has told you forsooth, that we three gentlemen, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Hobhouse, and myself are three Reformers in disguise.— ( Cries of " No, no, not Mr. Wakiev.") Gentlemen. Mr. Sergeant Spankie says he did not--2( Cries of " Ah, that's just like him")—that he did not say Mr. Wakley was a Re former in disguise.—( Cries of " No, he did not.") Gentlemen, I will make Mr. Sergant Spankie come forward and say what act of my life authorizes end justifies him in stating that I am, or ever have been, a reformer in disguise.—( Loud cheers.) Why, Gentlemen, I went into Parliament in 1826 to advocate the cause of the people, and to maintain their rights—to advo cate the cause of the people—not the aristocracy—but the people. I was called a radical reformer. I was returned to Parliament. Mr. Sergeant Spankie stood forward here be fore the electors of Finsbury and stated—l dare him to do it— (tremendous cheering)—but he cught in justice to myself to come forward and state any one vote of mine which authorizes him to state here, but which I declare to be false—( Loud cheers)—that I am a reformer in disguise—( Loud cries of " Bravo, bravo.") The learned Sergeant has sat in the Reformed Parliament two sessions. =-( Great laughter.) Who was he returned by, but by the Reformers, and have his votes during the last two Sessions been anything like the votes of a Reformer ?—( Loud cries of tt No, no.") Ought I not, therefore, gentlemen, to throw the slur back upon him, that he seduced you to support him at the last election, and that HE is really the Reformer in disguise—( Loud cheers). But gen , tlemen, as he has thought proper to attack me, I am not afraid of war ; and as he has thought proper to attack me, I ask you to look at his votes, and I will show you there never was a greater insult offered to a respectable constituency than the votes of the learned Sergeant, during the time that you allowed him to remain as your representative. He has told you that there are a great number of statements, in a pamphlet to which he has alluded, which he avows, upon a revision, he thinks are correct. The vote by ballot, I suppose, is one, because he expresses himself strongly—no doubt honestly and conscientiously—that the vote by ballot was the best protection for the Englishman's right. He has not told you - why he has changed his sentiments —why he supported the Whigs be fore, and why he is now going to support this detested faction in the House of Commons.-( Cheers.) He has not told you what claims the Tories have to your confidence. They can have no claims to any honest Reformer's confidence. I am not a Reformer in disguise, and I have no hesitation in saying that I shall oppose, as I always have opposed, the Tories, in my place in Parliament.—( Cheers.) I have no hesitation in saying I shall give them my most uncompromis ing. opposition the very first day that Parliament meets.— ( Loud cheers.) Is it Sir Robert Peel's manifesto that has made the Learned Sergeant a convert to Toryism ? What is there in it ? It is addressed to the electors of Tamworth, a precious set of electors to be addressed—for any one knows it is a rotten borough—a mere nomination borough ; and no man who claims the peoples' support could address such a letter as that, to any body but those who were his mere subservient slaves. ( Cheers.) Are the people of England to be cajoled by such an address as that ? I am confident they will not. I am con fident that the Tories have only ibst in view, and their object s merely to support the Court awl Its capricious votaries. It is stated that the King has changed his Ministers by what is taalled a rightful prerogative ; but does not every one know that it was to prevent and arrest Reform. It is said, if you give there a fair trial, they would prove themselves worthy of our support. lint Sir aobert Peel's own address requires no fair trial, because he pleads guilty to the charge of anti-reform.—( Loud cheers.) I remember, Gen tlemen, and I will tell the Learned Sergeant this, because he was riot then in Parliament—that when the Reform Bill first came in, Sir Robert Peel got up, and in that manner so peculiar to himself, he said, " You will talk of a dissolution of Parliament if wu lln lint past the Reform Bill "--yes, said the Mieieers, we will apr 041 to the sense of the country, and we will know if the country Is in fa your of that Reform or not. Upon the first occasion when they were in a minority, they did dissolve the Parliament, Sir Robert Peel had got up in his place, and he spoke to this effect :—" I shall not complete of 4 di,NlPtioll of Par liament, because I will go to the people, sties presont my. self upon any hustings in England ; and I will carry this Reform Bill in my hand, and I will ask the people for their support, because I will oppose this Reform Bill." Gentlemen, what was tie' , reollt? e did go to the hustings, and his friend went to the hUSti!ids, 464 tire re s snit was, that even in the unreformed Parliament, with all their noteintsSloir boroughs, the Tories were beaten ; for the people 'of England were determined to possess that great charter of their liberties. —( Cheers.) Gentlemen, I say t 411 Reformers use the word of Sir Robert Peel—let them go to the vasiotig finfliirlgi in thy country, and let them carry in their hands the list of the pro? sent Administration, and ask, I will not say the contempt of the electors, but ask whether they are entitled to the least confidence from those whom they fire seeking to represent, if they support those who, throughout their wholo career, have been the people's bitterest opponents.—( Cheers)—Oens tioieen, I am detaining you longer, I am aware, than I ought to have clone,.-.(.Cries of—No, no.) I ask for, and I claim, your confidence in my favour at OW ensuing election, in con sequence of my political consistency, and .hill it Gkn be proved to you that I have ever been inconsistent in polities, no imam has a right to say I am not worthy of your support and confi dence—( Bravo.) I alp convinced, after what has been stated here this day by Sergeant iiipai;kie, that the present Ministry will find there has been no re-action hi the borougirof Finsbury ; but that the electors will follow the great and - glorious egarnple which has been set them in the City of London—(Tremendous cheering)-.-and all I ask of you is to recollect that it was the people, and the people slang, who planted the standard of Re form in 1832 ; therefore, declare by sous votes at the ensuing election that you will not allow that standard to be polkaed by Tory hands, or trampled under foot by military dictation. Mr. WAKLEY then came forward, and was received with shouts of acclamation.—" Gentlemen, for the third time I have the honour of appearing before you as a candidate for your suffrages.—( Hear.) Twice have I been unsuccesful, but now I am about to triumph.—( Cheers and laughter, and a cry of " Well done Old Chap.") There is a laugh behind me lucre at that expression, but I assure you, gentlemen, it will be on the left side of the mouth on Friday evening.—( Great laughter.) Gentlemen, I am rejoiced to Bagyen iii Ftgal 4 good humour, and I hope you will maintain it to the end of the contest.—( Cheers.) Remember that words are not blows. Give us all a fair hearing, and when you have heard us, decide who are the best men, and then elect them. I am sorry to observe teem the accounts in the newspapers this morning that there have been sous iii 4 slistnrhnnee at the west-end of the town. Now, at the two preceding contests tor Finghory, I believe not a single police case arose : we are all here discharging g duty for the accomplishment of a great national object :::±tto bet, 44,0Arp t let us dis grace ourselves by carrying personal feeling so 'far - as to a es, selyerds each other in an unfair and unmanly manner.— ( Hears_ bear, Gentlemen, I am about to state some disagreeable thinks:4 Istiegtoniss sii4 p Fry of, " Now you'll catch it, Hobhouse")_--with regard to one oflfie but as was the case at the last election, when I spoke against U. i;p4,4 ze wrl)e. the moment the contest terminated, that moment soy *lvry fepti4g# wol r it will again ; for I am asking nothing for !sionit, #A4 sw9npaptly, I do net win, f cannot be disaPpointpl4(Hear, and la - tighter.) I cannot be grieved, ffir I . goly e 5 .1014 upon iqsOf a dreadful and responsible duty iii . tto teg;f44tim pf the p,okinr try. If then I state facts, by and bye , which will 'he unpick. sant to one of your honourable candidates, do not consider that I would wish that gentleman to bo the object of unmanly insult.—( Hear, hear.) If there be an individual in this assem- Mr. G. ROGERS' speech concluded from our First Edition of yesterday, and which appeared in our Second Edition of last night.—He declared to God, if he could have found a better man to propose a man more moral in his conduct, and of greater public and private virtue—( Great cheering)—of moral talent and intelligence—( Cheers)—or a man poseessing:more hostility to mis-government, he would have proposed him in preference to Mr. Wakley ; but he could find no such man.—( Great cheering, and cries of " There's none like Wakley.") He ( Mr. Rogers) believed, and entertaining that belief, he came forward to propose that gentlemen.—( Cheers, and cries of " Hear, hear.") The electors might, and probably would say, if Mr. Wakley was so great a friend of the people and their rights, how had it come about that he had not been elected before ?—( Cheers, and cries of " We will return him now.") He would tell the electors the reason. Mr. Wakley was too sincere and single minded, and the Tories had done every thing they could to obstruct his election.—( Cheers, and cries of " We'll have him.") Mr. Wakley had been deceived twice, but he would not be deceived again.—( Cheers, and cries of "No Bath buns 1") Mr. Wakley had the support of all honest men in the borough.—( Cries of " No, no ;" and " Yes, yes.") He must say a few words with respect to the probable success of another candidate, Mr. Hobhouse.— ( Cheers and hisses.) He would say that in his presence, because what he stated he would maintain. Mr. Hobhouse had stated that he had two or three thousand promises of support. He ( Mr. R.) had no doubt that he thought so, or he would not have made the assertion ; but he would tell the electors and Mr. Hobhouse himself that he had been deceived. —( Cheers.) Mr. Hobhouse had plenty of men employed as canvassers, and they of course carried home to him a most excellent account of their mission—( Great cheering.) Now, what had been the conduct of these canvassers ? Why, if true, it was an eternal disgrace to them—they had represented, at least so he was informed, to almost every friend of Mr. Wakley, that he had resigned in favour of Mr. Hobhouse.—( No, no.) Who did they suppose he would resign in favour of ? A Tory turned Reformer?—(Groans, and cheers.) But to re turn to the matter. A canvasser calls upon Mr. Wak ley's voters, and says, " Who will you vote for ?" The v „,:er replies, " Wakley." The canvasser replies, " Yes ; but Mr. Wakley has resigned in favour of Mr. Hob house." 44 li ::hat's the case," replies the freeholder, "it is possible I may give Mr. Hobhouse a vote." " Thank you, sir," replies the Commissioner', and puts down the voter in in his list.—( Groans and hisses.) such was the conduct that had been pursued up to yesterday, and he should not wonder if Mr. Hobhouse would find himself really deceived as to his strength. But the electors would satisfy him by , 12 to-morrow. He had some important papers in his pocket in reference to this subject, but he would not now refer to them. He had been told that Mr. Hobhouse was to be dissected by a friend of his, and if so, that was all he (Mr. Rogers) cared about. ( Hear, hear.) lie would now take leave of them, begging that the freeholders of Mr. Wakley would come to the poll early on Thursday (to-morrow) morning, and they might be assured that his success was certain.—( Great applauze.) HENRY SMYTH, Esq., said he came before them to secohd the nomination of Mr. Wakley, and he did so because he firmly believed that there was no better or more worthy man to repre sent them in Parliament.—( Great applause.) He was con fident that if the electors came early to the poll to-morrow they would have the satisfaction of seeing Mr. Wakley in a most respectable position, and of sending Mr. Hobhouse back to Bath with whatever small remains of political character he might have left.—( Great cheering.) lie would not detain them longer—if they did not know the opinions of Mr. Wakley, that gentleman was there to state them.—( Cheers, and cries of "We know him well.") He again begged that they would be early at the poll, and, as Mr. Rogers had said, they would shortly undeceive Mr. Hobhouse as to his strength.—( Applause. ) RICHARD TAYLOR, Esq., then came forward, and observed that he appeared before them, actuated by the same principles and feelings that influenced Mr. Rogers in seconding the nomination of the last candidate, and also by the same feelings that influenced Mr. Armstrong—and at the same time with the view of preventing Mr. Sergeant Spankie from being re turned for that great and influential boroughs.—( Cheers.) He came before them for the purpose of ensuring the rejec tion of one who had been perfidious to all his promises, he meant Mr. Sergeant Spankie—(Great uproar, which lasted for some momeuts.) Mr. Weenier observed, that as they had done him the kind ness to hear the gentlemen who had moved and seconded his nomination, he was satisfied that they would be doing him an injustice if they refused to hear the gentlemen who were to propose the other candidates—( Great cheering.) If they did not hear them, they would paralyse his (Mr. Wakley's) tongue, and he could not address them at all, upon his honour—( Ap plause.) Mr. TAYLOR resumed. He came before them as an old Reformer—fresh from the triumph of Reform in the city of London—(Tremendous cheering and uproar)—anxiously that the candidate who had been all his life exerting himself in the cause of Radical Reform should be returned—( Hear, and great uproar.) If ever a constituency had been betrayed and insulted, it was that of the Borough of Finsbury by Mr. Sergeant Spankie—( Groans, hisses, and great uproar. ) The attempt now made upon the liberties of the people of England by the Tories was one of the greatest instance* of public fraud that had ever been practiced upon the people.— ( Hear and uproar.) The pretence of the King's preeogative was absurd.—( Much confusion.) In the present instance it had been exercised in a manner most pernicious to the best interests of the country over which he presided.—(Uproar and cheering.) He meant the pretence upon which the late Mi nistry had been dismissed from power.---( Hear, hear.) The same false pretences were now made use of to return Tories to Parliament ; and the first person who bad put himself forward to prosecute that fraud was Mr. Sergeant Spankie.—( Groans.) He called upon all them, whether they agreed or differed with him on minor points, or with the candidates who had been proposed to them, to unite in doing the best they could, to inflict exemplary disgrace on the man who had betrayed them. The best way to defeat him by a considerable majority, was ( Uproar, and cries of " Let Hobhouse resign.") The best way to insure that was, after a full consideration of the subject, in his opinion, to propose to their consideration Wm. Henry Hobhouse, Esq.—( Groans and cheering.) He had minutely inquired into all that had been alleged against Mr. Flobhouse, and he was satisfied that they could not have a more honest representative. So long ago as the year 1818, Mr. Hobhouse bad exerted him self manfully in forwarding; the election of Sir F. Burdett, ( Groans and cries of " His brother-in-law"—" So he might.") He had done that at a time, when it was not so popular to be a Reformer—when Reform was scouted by both Whig and Tory, then Mr. Hobhouse had been its advocate.—( Cheers and great confusion.) He had exerted himself in favour of Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Romilly at Westminster.—( Uproar, hooting, and cries of " Off, off.") He was sure they had come there to learn the truth, and it was important for them to know, that from 1825 to 1827, Mr. Hobhouse had been exerting himself in the cause which they all advocated. In the year 1831, when the Reform Bill had been passed, and his Majesty had dissolved Parliament, Mr. Hobhouse had ex erted himself at Grimsby to secure a Reform candidate. His address was one upon Reform principles.—( Laughter and hootings.) Any one who doubted that, could never have read his address. For his own part he had read the address, and also the address he published in 1832, which were completely consistent; and to say that he was not a Radical Reformer was a complete calumny on his character. He (Mr. T.) was sure that he had been a Reformer all his lifetime, and he would not come forward now to propose Mr. Hobhouse if that gentleman was not a Radical Reformer. He (Mr. T.) consi dered the great thing to be to defeat Mr. Spankie, Let the electors drive him out of the field, and follow the example of the citizens of Loudon, because Mr. Hobhouse was a man who would be found to be generally acceptable to the borough of Finsbury.—( Great hissings and hootings, atuidet which the proposer withdrew.) DAVID Simesoe, Eaq., came forward, and said the man whom Mr. ,Taylor had nominated as candidate for this borough he knew to be a sincere and honest Reformer.—(A cry, " He has no right here.") He has always come forward, net only with his exertious but with his money, to support the greit cause of Reform, svhich he was anxious should prosper. He therefore felt much pleasure in seeese&l the nomination of H. W. Hobhouse, Esq.—(Groans.) Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE then presented himself, but the groans and hootings were immense and continued. A person threw a rope towards him, which he caught in his hand, and good-humouredly for a while flourished before the meetine, Mr, WAKLEY entreated the electors to allow him to mate a suggestion. It was, that the electors would hear Mr. Ser geant Spankie, and, if he uttered any sentiment which the meeting disapproved of, they would give a hearty groan, and then hear him again.—( Much laughter, and continued boot ing.) Mr. DIJECOMBE appeared in front of the hustings, and was THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1835. bly who offers the least violence to any individual, I entreat of my friends to regard that man as my bitterest foe. I ask of you then,without swearing-you-in, to be my peace- officers-4 Cheers) and assist the police if need be, in the discharge of their duty. —( Continued laughter.) Let us Gentlemen, while we have such a duty as this to discharge, be all good friends ; and I do assure you, I do not regret the King has exercised his preroga tive.—( Laughter.) lam heartily rejoiced that he has done so ; for now I shall be in Parliament about five years earlier than I expected.--( Continued laughter.) I can assure you, it is a remarkable good prerogative ; and in this instance at least it has been uncommonly well exercisea.—( Roars of laughter.) Gentlemen, in the execution of the King's prerogative—that is in the choice of his Ministers, and in the dissolution of the House of Commons, which is the act of the Ministry—be kind enough to remember that his Majesty's Ministers say unto you, " Electors of Finsbury, what are you for—short Parliaments ? —( Hear, hear.) Vote by ballot ?—( Hear, hear.) A just commutation of tithes ?—( Hear, hear.) Repeal of the corn laws ?—( Hear, hear.) Do you wish to relieve the grievances of the Dissenters ?—( Hear.) Remember that those questions are now before you, and the men whom you return to Parliament are to echo in the House of Commons those opinions which you now utter in the borough of Finsbury.—( Cheers.) After then you have elected your men, if you fail to discharge your duty in making a proper selection, do not taunt those men hereafter with a neglect of your interests.—( Hear, hear.) Remember, the neglect will be attributable to you, and if calamity befall your choice, you yourselves are the authors of the misdoing.— ( Hear, hear.) Now then, Gentlemen, it is unnecessary for me to explain to you what my political principles are. They have been undeviating, and I was fifteen years ago what I am now, with the single exception of being fifteen year older— ( Great laughter)—and that you know is my misfortune, and not my fault. But Mr. Sergeant Spankie—( Groans and laughter) considers lam an honest Reformer. lam very glad to hear an enemy say this—that is a political enemy. The Learned Sergeant has stated that he believes we all like him very well. Ido not dislike the man—l do not entertain any personal dis like to Mr. Sergeant Spankie —svhy should I? He has not done me an injury, or any of the other candidates here. It is not personal enmity—the man is a fool who entertains such a notion ; but I hate, from the bottom of my heart, Sergeant Spankie's political principles ; and rather than I would see his principles found in the Government of the country, va luable as my life is to my family, that life should be most willingly sacrificed.—( Loud cheering). In saying this, however, do not believe, gentlemen, if I go into the House of Commons, that I should go there with any factious views—it is not my object to take care of the Whigs, or take care of the Tories. I look to the interests of the People, and I care not one straw whether Whigs or Tories are the servants of the people ; for the Ministers, you know, are not your Masters. Bat Sir Robert Peel writes as though he could dispense with the House of Lords and Commons, for in the address he pub lished, he says his Majesty's Government WILL do certain things. His Majesty's Government will do this, and his Majesty's Go vernment will do that; and, by and bye, he makes the relative pronoun his apply to himself—his government are to do cer tain things. Why, gentlemen, he ought to be impeached for that address—[Hear.] It is the most flagrant insult that was ever offered to any independent assembly, and I cannot believe the members whom you return to Parliament will endure such an address as that with impunity—( Cheers, and Hear.) As to a Tory Ministry, I will vote against them most cordially; and as to trusting them I have not the slightest confidence, • nor will I ever repose the slightest confidence in one of them. History had shown that the Tories had been invariably the enemies of the rights, interests, and liberties of the people.— ( Loud cheers.) They had never failed to do injustice when they had an opportunity of doing it. But it is said that the are improved-4 A laugh)—where is the evidence ?—( Loud cheers, and a cry of " Rathcormac.") During the two Ses sions that the Reformed Parliament had sat, there was no good measure which the Whigs had proposed that the Tories did not oppose, and no bad measure which the Tories did not support, ( Loud cheers.) When then did this change take place ? It was almost as sudden as the change in his lion. Friend on his right, Mr. Hobhouse.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) They had Mr. Sergeant Spankie for their representative—or rather misrepresentative—for the two last sessions. It was their busi ness to inquire what the conduct of their representatives had been; it was their business to ascertain whether his votes were in accordance with his professions. The Learned Ser . geant has been rather hard upon us, Reformers ; he has likened us to the gathering in the Cave of Edolin ; but if we are poor and distressed, as he has represented us, I am sure the Learned Sergeant is too benevolently disposed to object to our endea vouring to better our condition. But the Learned Sergeant has forgotten who was the Captain of the gathering, and what. became of the Philistines to whom that Captain was opposed. David was the slayer of the Philistines, and though the Learned Sergeant is three cubits and a span in height—( A laugh. ) I have a firm conviction that he will be politically slain without the assistance of a fling of a stone._( A laugh.) The Learned Sergeant objected to public meetings, but he does not object to private meetings. I find the Learned Sergeant had been attending a snug meeting at Stoke Newington. I wonder what he said there; for I am afraid posterity will labour under a sad calamity from the iron-publication of the Hon. Gentle man's speeches. He was like a poor old blind fiddler, with but one string, and that not altogether sound. He only referred to one good action, viz., his vote for the repeal of the House Tax— that vote had been placarded every where. He recollected a character in an excellent play, where a man being told that he had done a good action, he said, " For God's sake, do not mention it—if you do, I will lose my character."—( A laugh. ) His friends would caution the Learned Sergeant against doing any more good actions, or repealing any more taxes,: or they would send him packing, and instead of a Sergeant, he would be a Corporal Trim. He had hitherto spoken pleasantly and in good humour, but he would now say a few words which might not be so pleasant. He had a duty to discharge. He had made statements at certain meetings relative to one of • the candidates, whom he never before hail the pleasure of seeing or catching till that moment. Mr. Hobhouse lead been brought into Finsbury, they had been told, as a Reformer; and he should just notice the conduct of the gentleman who was • his proposer. No sooner were the Whigs out of office than that gentleman perambulated London, crying, " Let there be no disturbance, let us sink all minor differences, and unite in one glorious band for the good of our country."—( Cheers.) But did he promote this by bringing forward three candidates • in the Reform interest, in order to split the Reformers into three parties ? He ought to have recollected the fable of the " Old Man and the Bundle of Sticks." Mr. Hobhouse may he an excellent and honest man, and a sincere friead of Re form ; but why should he be brought here to divide the Reform interest 9 At the last election, sergeaat ` pinkie ' was brought forward to keep Wakley out I I suppose Hobhouse is now brought forward to keep me out also. They should consider what his conduct had been, and whether he was a man of talent capable of exhibiting his views, or whether his opinions varied to all points of the con - 11)4%7,-4 Loud t i4 a b r '' s e b r y d e ) and it h w y 4 t 4 ha s t ' l li t Virt%ll:4Q`"He spoke from chap ' ter and verse. —( Cheers.) The proceeding had been so arranged ' that Mr. Hobhouse would speak after him, and he was sure that no person would do that gentleman the injustice of c;Qn . ' deming 11411 unheard ;it was that riot Yes,no,' yes." he would show t 4 oec. bear ti 4t s 4pftn l pe, He s t i o 4 l4 pause, and 1-4 whether they wou ld 9r not ?—(Cries of Yes, yes,") He would now • come to facts in July, 1.33, only a comfortable two y ears an d a h a lf a p,-,-..(I 4 QUd and continued laughter' ) • Mr. Hobhouse first appeared in Bath, and the Referinere of that aristocratic city thought proper to Cateehi4O him with re ference to his political views,--( Great cheering.) He (Mr. • Walker) bad copied the statement from the " Bath Chronicle," and the facts wore written in twill legible characters that he had only to direct his attention to them to see what they were. —( Cheers.) The Reformers began with this question_ Would you support a proposition for the repeal of the Siepten aiiiii ? ti9bli9l ) .aa c 9: lie §4ici, pit your questions, and I wilt answer Mein by and layeeael will answer them collectively.—( Great laughter.) He wished the elec tors only to fancy It witness going into the box, and being ques tioned by Mr. Serjeant Spankie saying, "goon Learned Ser joint, a will 44101 , q4P§ii9qg over. ing.) When the answer was given, of course all the points that ought to have been remembered were forgotten.— ( Cheers.) After a good deal of bother Mr. Hobhouse stated that he would answer the questions singly—( cheers)—and what vr4a 41* 400700 P 44 the 44 question 9 why, he stated that lie could not support an any:such scheme—that was the word. —( Cheers and hisses.) What did Mr. Hobhouse say now, why he had published a radical address, and what did he state i4alpt,leitsa?o,4Wl;%,42:th:totwh,: h tt ad iol alzys o r 4 e r f it a i r t d ti zl iim t . he ti s n ep m te a n k e in ia g l that statement, lie (Mr. W.) supposed that Mr. Hobhouse, in using the word " always," went back to the period when he was born.—( Laughter.) He had no doubt the electors would be contented if it only extended to July, N32,—( Laud • cheer=s,) Mr, tfolanonso had stated..-in all the Addresses lie had published, with the exception of the first, for that was not sufficiently Radical, and he had, therefore, sent out another hash. Mr. Hobhouse and his friends alleged that he h a d a lways been a consistent Reformer Ow certainly had boon c onsistent in qua thing, and that was in being inconsistent. Now, what did Mr. Hobhouse say with reference to Reform ? Why, according to the " Chronicle" of to-day, Mr. Hobhouse was asked yesterday, at a meeting, whether he would vote for a repeal of the Malt Tax--a tax that made the poor man pay twice as much as he ought for the beverage which he drank. Now, what did Mr. Hobhouse say to that ? why he could not pledge himself to the repeal of that tax, un less some substitute was previously provided ; but at the m ale time he begged it to be distinctly understepill that hp was de. ci4p4iy opposed to Ow t 14., oppsi4PTirg it to be 4 , 1,1 1 460ns to the best interests of the community. The language of Mr. Hob house was literally frightful 1 he admitted that it was a tax de cidedly opposed to the interests of the country ; and, being so, he would not vote for its repeal. Did the•electors believe that such a man was a true Reformer ? If he was a Reformer, he we,g a most extraordinary one. for he 7voilld ugt }gip fop 1 , 1 4 o f ;hese 4.4 bad in pekOsaple and op posed to the best interests of the country: He (Mr. W.) ' supposed that Mr. Hobhouse's mode of reforming would be, to reduce all good laws to that simple principle.—( Cheering laaaieita.) iFtqtp4 th4t Ye: 149b119t.tv; I :yti.ll 4 aaTa - , dressed - the electors, would'explaio how his conduct was to be governed by the influence of his mind, for unless he got rid of some of the principles he now professed, the electors never could ' support atioseaea eatetia eheerettg a a if Ne. henhouse was a reformer, why was he on the beatings ihA day ? Why had he opposed Mr. Roeb uc k a t Bath ? These facts spoke volurass against him. But Mr. Cobbett contended that lie had always ksao reformer. It was evident that he was not so let duly : 1 -, 9.P,i.4( 09 4°.ll.tiA: a a l t b A a cl a;it ' o4 l7 ) supporteen . ui a a man going to Bath, t p a C l O d n ' s s i t cZe t r il e g thd if4i 4094 CV 11440 1 1 , and 11P thought the sooner' the electors et Finsbury sent him th . Bath the leqq. Mr. had Bpan4i@ had designa.ted Mr. H. as friend, Why h e d one s o Because hi) and Mr. were in India together, where he had no doubt they had taken good care to feather their nests well. ' —( Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Spankie had said Mr. Hobhouse was a good boy in India. No doubt he was so— but he was a precious bad reformer in Finsbury.--( Cheers and laughter.) One of the Tory candidates of Bath had been nominated by a partner of Mr. H., and, upon being asked if such was the fact or not, he admitted it, and said that he was a d--d good Tory.—( Hear.) The poll-book has been just put into my hand by Mr. Rogers, and I will look to see what has been done on that occasion. I find that Charles Lawder, Somerset-place, gave a plumper bang for Mr. Hobhouse, the Radical Reformer of Finsbury. —( Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, lam asked how many of my friends voted for Pownall. In voting for Pownall they voted for a man whom they had the satisfaction of knowing.— ( Hear, hear.) He did not disguise his sentiments—(Bravo) --and that is my answer to the observation. I say I always esteem an open foe to a false friend. But it is said that I attacked Mr. Duncombe. I admit it—and I think I was justified in my attack, although I am friendly now with him, and consider that he has discharged his duty in Parliament; that I will say to the last hour of my life, that that will be a faded leaf in the laurels upon the brow of Mr. Duncombe. He ought not, on that occasion, to have hazarded the return of a Tory. What would they have said of me, if I had done the same thing ? What would they have said of the " Destructive Wakley," if he had done that ? A column in every London paper, with the exception of a few, would have been devoted to slander, and calumniated me for a whole week.--( Hear, hear.) I now leave Mr. Hobhouse to settle his accounts with you—( A cry of " We will neither have him nor his accounts")—for I trust it is not necessary for me to found my claim of merit as a Reformer on the demerits of another man's character. If you think I can serve you in Par liament, elect me ; if not, reject me : in both cases I will be content.—(Great cheering.) I come amongst you as one of yourselves, as a man literally moving with the trading classes of the community. I boast of no high birth, at least of no further back than the days of Adam.—(Much laughter.) I boast of no noble blood in my veins, and, thank God, the blood which is in them has never been contaminated by the fat proceeds of corruption.—( Cheers.) I have always laboured with my own head and hands for my own support, and I can continue to do so. If you would elect men similarly circum stanced you would then be properly represented in Parliament, but so long as you run after titled gentlemen so long will you be laughed at in that assembly. You should hear the little con versations they have in their snuggeries there, how they laugh at having, blinded you by their practices. Gentlemen, I will not detain you longer, as Mr. Hobhouse has to address you, and as I by-and-bye will have to address you again in return. ing you my thanks for electing me. But in case I should forget it hereafter, I now wish to refer to one or two points : it has been alleged throughout this borough that I had re signed, and very unfair play has been shown to me by the canvassers of one of the parties. I will read a note which has been handed to me since I came upon the hustings :—" She on Monday two of Mr. Hobhouse's friends called on me"— this note is dated from No. 1, Yardley-street—(a cry of " Name, name," from one of Mr. Hobhouse's friends)—l will give you his name, Sir, in due time—it comes usually at the conclusion of a note.—( Much laughter.) " Two of Mr. Hobhouse's friends called on me to solicit my vote in fa vour of him. I informed them I had promised my vote, when one of the party asked me if I would favour them with the name of the candidates I had promised to vote, for. I stated Mr. Wakley and Mr. Duncombe. One of the i party then said, perhaps, Sir, you will do us the honour to keep your vote back until the second day, as Wakley is sure not to get in, and then you will have a chance to vote for Hobhouse." This gentleman's name is Harrow, and he states that I am better able to comment on this conduct than himself. Here is the note, and Mr. Hobliouse or his friends may see it. I have been hearing of it from one end of the borough to the Other. The newspapers, in reporting the proceedings, have omitted my name for days altogether, as if I was not in exist ence—( Hear, hear.) But notwithstanding all this Ido exist, as the voters, and as these other gentlemen will know by to-morrow morning—( Tremendous cheering.) We have been acting on the principle of fair play in reference to all the other candidates. We will fight them fairly, and we shall not commit any act in public which we should be ashamed of in private.— ( Great cheering.) It has been asserted that I had - received money from the Tories, in order to keep on the contest. Gentlemen, we want none of their money ; the public spirit of this borough supplies the place of money.—(Tremendous cheering.) We pay nothing for any of our Committee rooms.--( Cheers.) The licensed victuallers of the borough have thrown open their houses to us.---( Much cheer ing.) If the voters of Finsbury were to be bought with money (which, he was satisfied, was not the case), Mr. Hobhouse's bank would soon be obliged to close.— ( Great laughter, and cheering.) If such was the case, it was time for the old Tories to look out for their deposits.— ( Great laughter.) Mr. Hobhouse would probably discover to his cost, after having expended some thousands, that he has not had from the beginning the slightest chance of success. I am as certain of heading him on the poll, as that I exist.— (Cheers.) I am satisfied, therefore, that he can stand for no other purpose than to get his old friend the Tory returned. I shall now retire, entreating of you not to lose one moment in going to the poll. I care not one straw about making this statement public, although the opposite parties may say, " if you do that, we will do the same." They cannot do it— ( Great applause.) The tradesmen who have been coerced into promising their votes will find that to-morrow will be a very cold morning, and they will not be able either to ride or walk. Some of them will be asthma tic, and some of them will be so fond of lying a-bed, that they will not be able to get up at all.--( Laughter, and great cheer ing.) But my voters will rise at six o'cock to-morrow morn ing, and will do what Mr. Hobhouse wished to postpone in 1833 they will push along and keep moving."—( Continued laughter, and great applause.) They will rattle up to the tee';,, and let us see if the freemen will not be able to beat 'ac slave. Mr. HonuousE then came forward emitl. groans, hisses, and some cheering. He asked for fair play, He had been attacked by the gentleman who had chosen to call himself his ( Mr. H.'s) old friend; and also by the gentleman who had last addressed them.—( Uproar.) Ho called upon them as Englishmen to give him a fair hearing —( Hear, and great uproar.) He had been attacked oa both sides—by the Tory on his right, and by the gentleman professing oppo site principles, who had just addressed them. His worthy mover had introduced his (Mr. Holtheuse's) name to them and as a Parliamentary Refermer—he had told them, and truly, that hp ( Nir, 1:I.) had been on every occasion when he had Wee before the public, the advocate of the principles of civil and religious liberty.—( Great confusion.) He had told them, and truly, that he came before the electors of Finsbury prepared to make good every statement made by the Honourable Gentleman who had moved his nomination,-...4 great uproar.) Entertaining those sentiments aed theee opietane, it was with great regret that he ( Mr. H.) witeeeied the dismissal of the Reform Ministry, and the for matiou of a Tory Administration. In his opinion that was a distinct declaration of the principles of anti reform for the people of England—( Great uproar. ) When he leelted at the names of the opposite candidates, anti ift their addresses to the electors, he contended that they had not stronger claims upon the suffrages of the people than himself.—( Cries of " Oh, off off," and great confusion, which lasted some time.) When he looked to the names and past conduct of the present Ministry—when he looked at their professions, he would ask the reformers of Finsbury what had they to expect from Sir Robert Peel and his party.—( Uproar, and cries of " Off, off! " r , "we don't want you.") He asked them, did they want to support the Tories? Well then, to come to the point, for he would not detain them much longer, the Learned Sergeant had told them in his addresses to the electors, he was determined to support the present Tory Administration, and that he was favourable to the change that had taken place in his Majesty's councils. He, Mr. Hobhouse, was determined to give them his most uncompromising opposition—( Uproar.) It was on that ground he came forward and called upon them to support those prin ciples and turn out the Learned Sergeant.—( Laughter, cheering, and great confusion.) Mr. Wakley had just now found fault with him, and denounced him because he was a banker. He had been also denounced as the nominee of a brewery—what was the Learned Sergeant ? Was not he the nominee of Sir Edward Knatchbull ?—( Great uproar, during which Mr. Hobhouse made several attempts to be heard.) Mr. WAKLEY came forward, and begged the meeting would give Mr. H. a patient hearing, If th - ey disliked any of the statements uttered by him, let them give a good groan, and then ti:, eiletti.—( Applause, and cries of " Bravo.") Mr. HOBHOUSE resumed. He complained of Sergeant Spankie, and of the conduct he had pursued towards him, be cause he could know nothing on the subject. Sergeant Span kie had no right to come forward, and because he (Mr, (- I. ) was an untried man, tell the electors of Finsbury and his (Mr. H.'s) friends, that he was a sham Reforiner,—(Confu sion, and cries of " You are no Reformer at all.") He had no right to say so, He ( Mr. H.) denied it ; and defied Ser geant spankie to show that he had ever, in public or private life, done any thing inconsistent with the character a a irent)- ce man or an honest man.—( Cries of "Be oft") He w" - eid now read a letter from Mr. Sergeant S,, and he tro , . * ed they would have the goodness to 4ttOtid to it. T 7... a letter which he ad dressed to Mr. White, the S P ".7i-etary to the Licensed Victual lers, he stated that /. e considered them in the hands of others as instruMents for election purposes; he should therefore re ply to them civilly as instruments, reserving the expression of phis indignation. He (Mr. Hobhouse) would be glad to know where was that indignation which the Learned Sergeant had talked of ? (Mr. Sergeant Spankie here called out " Read it all," and some observations passed be tween him and Mr. H., which, in the uproar and confusion, it was not possible for us to hear.) He had been accused of making Whitbread's brewery the means of obtaining votes, and he now called on the Learned Sergeant to explain what he meant by that paragraph.—( Great eonilasion, in the midst of which Mr. H. signified he would withdraw, that the Learned Sergeant might make the explanation, but which, in a similar dumbshow manner, Sergeant Spankie declined.) He was obliged to the meeting for the geed humour with which they had heard him. They slight interpret the Learned Sergeant's silence as they pleased. He believed the Sergeant to be a gentleman, and that he would not come forward to give any explanation inconsistent with truth ; and all he would say of it was, that it teas a hasty expeesslon. The Sergeant had stated that he (Mr. H.) was a Tory— Mr. Sergeant SPANKIR here came forward, and said that ho had made some observations in a private conversation which he { ever int:?001:1 N have been made public, and by whom they had been reported he knew not. He had stated he had known Mr. in India, and it was generally asserted there that his opinions were those of a Tory.—(Laughter and great uproar,) Mr, lionnouss having resumed, said the Learned Sergeant had estimated him as a Tory, and on the same principle the Learned Sergeant was to be set down as a regular Reformer. begged to state most emphatically that be never had any conversation with Spankie in India on political matters in the whole course of his life. --( Much uproar, in the course of which some rotten eggs and other materials of a somewhat similar nature were thrown at Mr. H., and which struck some of the gentlemen on the hustings.) Mr. WAKLEr came forward and said, if any more were thrown they should strike him. Mr. HoeuousE said, he regarded the Learned Sergeant as a rank Tory, and would refer them to his address, in which he asserted that he would support the present Administration, and that he believed the stability of the Crown and the House of Lords was in danger. More arbitrary and Tory maxims he ( Mr. H.) had never read, although he called himself a reformer in order to get their votes. He, Mr. Hobhouse, had been charged with inconsistency ; but he referred them to his public conduct as th e strongest denial of that charge. In conclusion, he would say, that if they would send him to Parliament, he would give the Tories every opposition in his power.—( Another shower of missiles was here let fly, under cover of which the . Hon. candidate retired.) The Returning Officer put the nomination of the Candi dates to a show of hands. For Mr. Sergeant Spankie two hands were held up. For M. Duncombe, all, and great cheering. - For Mr. Wakiey, all, and great cheering and waving of hats. For Mr. Hobhouse, four or five. The Officer then declared Messrs. Duncombe and Wakley duly elected. A poll was then demanded on behalf of both the other candidates. Mr. DIiNCONIBE then came forward to return thanks, and expressed a hope that they would give practical effect to their wishes. If they were really anxious to do so, they woull b..st show it by crowding to the poll as early as possible. Mf. WAKLEY then came forward, amidst loud cheers, and &so expressed a hope that the electors would kasten to the pull. The crowd then separated peaceably, after giving several cheers for Duncombe and Wakley. We cannot close this report without observing, that the ar rangements at the election for the accommodation of the Reporters, were much better than any we have met with at any other election, for which we belive we are in a great mea s.are indebted to the gentleman who erected the hustings-111r. Suckling. HACKNEY MEETING. At a meeting on Tuesday evening of the rate-payers of Hackney, at the Tyssen Arms, Dalston; both Dr. Lushiugton and Mr. Clay attended. We have not room for a full report , of the proceedings, but we think it right to give the most important passages from the addresses of the two candidates. Mr. CLAY, after some preliminary observations, proceeded as follows :—He came now to the subject of the meeting. It was a gross calumny to say that the people wanted to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown in the choice of Ministers. It was not the 1:Tal exercise of the prerogative which the people questioned, but the wisdom with which it had been exercised on a late occasion. No doubt the immediate dissolution of such a Parliament would be legal, but yet the Minister who should recommend such a measure would deserve impeachment.—(Applause.) Sir Robert Peel's address to his constituents certainly evinced the Right Hon. 'Ba ronet's usual ability. He endeavoured to shuffle out of the subject on which he professed to write. . _ _ De. LusnierceoN then rose amidst loud cheers. Whether his past political life had been right or wrong, lie thought he m i g ht at least say that it had been uniformly consistent.—(Cheers.) He had always been the advocate of perfect freedom of religious opi nion when that doctrine was not as palatable to his coun trymen as he was happy to find it now was. On the sub' jest of Parliamentary reform he should only say that he had been its unflinching advocate when the very name was odious to a large portion of the people of this country.-- ( Cheers.) As to the questions put to him, he need only say, that lie had voted for the ballot, and as to triennial parliaments, the lion. member who brought forward that question (Mr. Tennyson) had done him (Dr. Lushington) the favour to say, that his speech in support of the measuie was the most effective of the n ight. Whenever he addressed the house it was to advance the interests of his countrymen, and not for the purpose of obtaining celebrity or applause—( Hear, hear.) On the subject of pensions, he was of opinion that sinecures and useless places ought not to exist at all ; but there could be ne doubt that in some cases, and within proper limits, pensions must be granted. Having disposed of the questions addressed to him, he would now offer a few remarks en the .existing circumstances of the country. He fully concurred in the excellent observations of his late colleague (Mr. Clay) with regard to the exercise of the prerogative • of the Crown by the dismissal of Ministers. What was the ground of that (Ili missal? Lord Melbourne had stated that the dismissal of Minis ters was not the consequence of any difference of opinion amongst the Members of the Cabinet on public questions ; but he stated ne more, for his oath of office prevented him from stating the true cause of the dismissal. Sir Robert Peel, however, who was now the accredited Minister of the Crown, was not bound to seeress'. He had written an address which had certainly undergone some de liberation and revision, and yet in that address he had not written a syllable as to the cause of the dismissal of his predecessors. NoW he (Dr. Lushington) put it to any man of common reason whether if the cause of that dismissal had been just and satisfactory, or that the statement of it would have been favourable to the new Ministry , Sir Robert Peel would have hesitated to explain it? The inevita ble conclusion was, that the late Ministry had been dismissed for reasons which dare not be stated by their successors on the eve of general election.—( Applause.) The nation thought the late Mi nistry went too slow, the present Ministry thought their reede cessors went too fast. If the present Ministry now put thentselves forward as Reformers, he wou ld t e ll t h em to JeSA at their past lives, when they opposed all reform and re'i gas d d o minant through the medium of a corrupt House of ominons. It Was preposterous to talk of trusting the Me7e‘bers of the present Ad; ministration. They h a d no t even grace to come forward and confess their sins. There w truce, clear in Si r Robert P one sentence, and but one sea', that he was no apostaf-,,, eel's address—that in w hi c h h e state° or, in other words, th a t h e was as great an anti- Re:twine': as ever. With respect to the prospects of the borough as ' one ensuing election, he knew it had been said that if tswere , not for his intemp er at e s p eec h on the 12th of December, al l would have gone on smoothly in the Tower Hamlets. That pre: position he did not believe. No doubt he might have made what Mr. Hume called a " mealy" exposition of his sentiments, and called upon the electors to take pity on their poor old represents; tive ; but if he had adopted that course, he had no doubt tha some enthusiastic admirer of reform would have callod upon some friend of his as a candidate, and with three candidates on the beral interest a Tory might have had some chance in the borough' but he (Dr. Lushington) had been actuated by no such narrow views. He came forward on the 12th of December on no false pretences. He was not one of those moderate men, with lukewalls feelings and cautious temperament ; he thought and felt strongly' and was apt to speak so.—(Loud cheers.) But in doing if lie had unintentionally spoken offensively of any man per" sonally, he should feel it his duty instantly to retract; On the occasion to which he referred, however, he ha d nothing to retract, and his Honourable Friend (Mr. Clay) hal authorized him to say, in corrobor a ti on o f hi s own recollect i on, the it was the political character alone, an d not t h e personal honou r of Sir Robert Peel which lie (Dr. Lushington) had attacked in th e speech in question. In reference to that speech, he had:leen charged with nothing less than disloyalty and treason to the King:' The individuals who filled the high station of mouare'es of the realms were necessarily public characters, and as such were open every imputation to which th e i r con d uct exposed them. Wa s l because they lived more th an a century back that King 'lents e VIII. was called a tyrant, and bl oo d y QueCn Mary a bigot? I!„ ° (Dr. Lushington) had spoken of l a t e reigns --of poriods fresh i 5 the recollection of the people ; and he spoke what he felt a% thought of the monarchs wh o th en swayed the destinies of th country. Of his present Maj es t y h e h a d not spoken in terms o f the slightest disrespect, becau se , w h atever might be the errors or t t failings of the reigning Monarch, it would be unbecoming a subjee to allude to him i n t erms th e s li g h test d egree disrespectful. It yio as a loyal subject he deplored the dismissal of the late MinistrP t What was it that su pp orte d th e M onarc h on his throne h'it his acts being in unison with the wishes of the people ? „ was ridiculous to conceive that the people of this country we. r i ; attached to the Crown merely from affection to the fan of of the Monarch ; it was because they felt a thorough conven,l - that an hereditary monarchy was the best form of Pr, vernment to live under.--( Cheers,) After thanking the elee t°r d for the confidence reposed in him, the learned candidate concludefr as follows :—" Rough days are at hand ; England is likely to W i nt ness, before this year has run out, scenes the like of which have 11 ,0 , - occurred for a century.--(Cheers.) My judgment, in plain 'O r f is, that stop where we are we cannot e —go back in the coursefe reform we will not ;—to go on in honestly pursuing that course , w g, are determined.—(Cheers.) Wh a t ever may be the consequenc.; and whatever acts of v i o l ence k desperate Government may be 1 e duced to adopt, we mus t never be dismayed when we only tilleopf to reform, but retort to the faces of the opponents of it. B e you the guilt and the c onsequences of having endeavoured to ireij trate the people of E ng l an d i n t h e exercise of their deares t a l best rights. "—(Loud applause.) The meeting then voted that an address should b e present g, his Majesty by the Earl of Durham ; and after a resolutioP rod dernuatory of the conduct of the churchward ens , thanks were, / to the chairman, an d th e proceed i ngs terminated. BIRTHS. g r. On the sth inst., at Oak-ma Henry Cristall, of a son. age. Nbtherhithe, the wife of On the sth inst., in Dorset..square, the lady of James Foot, q't of a son. AR r RIED. a ver On the inst., at St. M Mary's, Islington, Mr. David 1 n 7 - t bio "dtlIP: and harness maker, to Eli za b e th, the fifth daughter o' ate John Waters, Esq., Islington-green. On the 6th inst., at St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, Mr. Rl~b o f Nicholas Jenkins, of Windsor, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter Mr. Andrew Northcroft, of Chancery-lane. of On the Ist inst., at South Stoneham, A. Armstrong, to Galen, King's County, Ireland, nephew to Lord Ashtof.. - u i tlr Frances, daughter of G. A. Full er t on , E sq ., o f W estwoo d, ampto n. /VP"' On the Ist inst., at St. P ancras , th e R ev . C. Th om pson,„ roc v of Holley, Oxon, to P r i sc ill a Eli za , secon d d aug h ter o f W. ford, Esq. On the 6th inst., at Bisham, John Aldridge, of the rutl; Temple, Esq., barrister, to Georgians Emma Mary, Y daughter of Thomas Wethered, Esq., of G rea t 111510n_112,....,,c,,t.5..--," DIED. , job On the sth inst., at Cloudesl e y-t errace , " Islington, oir . Catterson, in his 51st year. On the 3d inst., Mary, reli c t of P e t er Wy nne , Esq., 0- f Elthsiag Kent, in her 51st year. of J. 5 ' On the sth inst., • Eleanor Anne, eldest daughter Brooking, Esq., of Chester-terrace, Regent's-park. , Mot' On the 4th inst., Catherine, wife of John Dobson, Esq., '''' timer, Berks, in her 734 year. of On the Ist inst. •hi 87th - T Br' Est' _.., in his year, _'homas :lige.% - Seend, Wilts. VT' On th e sth inst., in Cavendi v h-sq u are, Ri c hard Parrott/ in his 58th year. Clisr On the 3d inst., at Greenwich, in his 62d year, Cleixieut pie, late of Pall-mall. O a Dr On the sth inst., at D orc h es t er , Ch ar l es A ugus t u s el destal 0 24 of Captain Handley, Ki ng ' s D ragoon G uar d s, age d five yea rs ten months. , r• On the 6th inst_., in her . 49th year, Alice, wife of Th °ra— Co, •tb° ioper, Esq., of Upper Clapton. - 'p r ' On the 4tli inst., at Batte r sea, H enry Sl a de, Esq., late Navy Pay-office, aged 68. erg'P On the 4th in s t., a t D unmore -h ouse, near C o llumptcm , be isto the lion. Leveson Granville Keith Murray, third son, of _,,, and brother of th e present E ar l of Dunmore. _../ - Londo2: Printed and Published by 111URDO YOO4, it 2* stros Oftlee, Ns. 114 Strand. Bat fait co n e ing Ai°, the Bele Si by of I for i r e•ault r N, ••iver JllB a fa rt i add re , 4 Tr e; Pater] t on _ st seller,