The Sun. — London, England, 1820-03-17 00:00:00

WES"TiNIINSTER ELECTION. SEVENTH DAY. The close of the Poll yesterday presented a re atilt more favourable than usual to Mr. Lamb. Amongst other devices, the Lamb's ilead wile') the day before had afforded so much amusement, was again hoisted ; in addition to its other ap pendages, it had on this occasion a letrer, with the Fs u per script ion " To the Minister," hanging frOm the rat's moot-h. In the process of hoisting it to an elevated station, it received sonic lacerat. ing coups de Igaon from the friends of the oppo ljte parts•. The following was the state of the poll at the close Sir Francis Ilnrdet Mr. I lobhousc Mr. Lamb 59',7 2(173 1904 Mr. JoNEs Bur.DeTT came forward, and was received with much applause. He began by (le scanting on the, arduousness of the task he had to pe""eon , and a request that they "'at" grant hint that indulcence or which he was sornuch in need. Arriwoured aft they were to liven from that place ;o the eloquence of their late Representative Sir F. 3 , irderr—rhe mart of all others whom they tuo-it delighted in hearing and seeing—his own inadequacy to supply his place must h e apparent to n!i. s He securely trusteed, however, in the ge net pus feelings of the Electors of ‘Vesrminstet, and fl.eir known zeal in (I,e cause of liberty f.r a liberal allowance in behalf of Ills dehcieticies (:iPPlance)7. l ( "lis not at all nnexpected that they were that day a little behind on f:,e poll. The pAing, from the et,mcneorement of the elec tioo, had been very hrary on the pert of Mr. Lamb ; and, ut whet, a mat, ran very fast, it %vac reasonable TO suppose he would soon put himself Ott ref brea.th, so it WB5 leasonable to e , pect that Mr. Lamb was hy that time pretty well knocked uo.—(Bravo and langh'er.)-;---The effect of their opt onent'a advance upon them would only be Ira stimulate them to fresh exertions ; and he hoped they woold, to-morrow, spare no paills to induce their friends to come rip to poll. His brother had already st a r e d t o ! l ieu , ins what way to interpret Lis desire to have the Constitution as it at present is li e e mi f e9 “Al himself, for one, discontented with the present practice of the Constitution. He thought they were not possessed of the material prints of the Consti!ution. They had not a fair .iiouse of Commo. , s.—(Applause )—By e refer enc- to the time ut the Revolution of 1688, it would be seen, that the Constitution at that time was framed upon the principles of the old laws of the land—upon the law of Magna Charta, and of the Habeas Corpus. It was founded upon all the Treat laws of the laud—the great laws of justice. —(Applause )—The Revolution of 1688 was made „r i ft eartied on, by, and for the people.—(Ap piaose )—lts express object was to secrete an ad ya,,re in tire rights and privileges of the people, and to give them an additional weight in the Go vernment, to secure them -an independent House of Commons.—(Applause)—At the period of 1688, when the present Constitutions Was founded, by the laws of the land nine people were entitled to new and frequent Parliaments. Those well knew how to secure the independence of the House of Com mon, who framed the Act of William and Mary, prohibiting all placemen and dependents upon tire Crown from holding seats in the House of Commons. In a representation which had been made on this subject, it appeared that 84 indivi duals exercised the power of returning 157 mem bers. 'l'o all those who asked why they were discontented with the present practice of the Con stiintion, he would say, it was not only It Constitution of King, Lott's, and Commons that wins wanted, but a House of Commons which should fairly represent the people.—(Applause.) —lt had been said of Mr. Hobbouve, that he might have been heard at the bar of the house of Commons, if it had been known that such was his wish. This was said as thought it made art excuse for that House in exercising that oppres sive power of arbitrary imprisonment. But it would be recollected, that if he had been brought tip to the bar of the House of Commons, he • would he in the presence of an assembly who were to charge him with a crime—to be the sole judges a Hist clime—to be his (Mr. Hoblinuse's) Jury, and to be the inflictors of his punishment. He thought that Mr. Hobhouse, in behalf of his prin ciples, his talents, and the zeal which he had sheets in the public cause, had a strong claim to the honour of becoming their Representative in Parliament.—(Applause.)—He had to apologize to them, as well as to Mr. Lamb, whom he bad detained from addressing them, which he was so well able to do in a superior manner to himself.— (Cheers.) Mr. Lsmn advanced to the front of the hust ings amidst the mingled groans and applause of the crowd. A stronger oppositions WII9 made to his being heard this day than on any other of the preceding. Having at length succeeded, he ob servr d, they would allot, him, he thought, to feel some little satisfaction, when he stated to them that he was 92 a-!read of Mr. Hobhouse on the day's poll.—(Applause and opposition.)—He thought he had proposed a few days back, when Hubbouse was a-head of him, to enter into a bargain with them, that as he bore Iris oppo nent's advance upon the poll with good humour, that they should strew the same spirit of good humour towards him when he should happen to have got tine start of Air. ilobhouse, which he then foretold he should in a short rims do.—(Ap plause and disapprobation.)—He was sure that Ire L a d proposed that bargain, and in his opinion it had been assented to by them ; and be now there fore called upon them to perform their promise.— (Continued opposition.)—They had been told that their opponents voters wanted breathing It appeared to him that this Was true,—he did not doubt that they had lost breath considerably, and indeed had so little left, that they were not able to walk op to poll.—(Laughter and disapproba tion.)—lle had already warned them that his friends would bestir themselves, and he hoped they would all perceive that he was not that jaded, broken-winded horse which his adversaries would fain represent him io be; and that the horse which at first took the lead in such fine style, had not kept it so bandsomely as his jockey hued told them be would.—(Mueh laughter and interruption.)— Her.raved their iudulgence, as he would only de- ; tam thcm with t ico or three more s? , “enceq. :1 , found there teas less necessity to say somerbwg about the state of the poll now, as the poll began to speak a little for itself.—(Cries of .c Bravo," . and laughter.)—srhe tortoise, it would be allow , ed, began to put forth his slow pa ma, and make n little inure way titan before, and although the hare was in no lazy mood, yet it appeared to him to have lost strength, and like the hare with many friends, was at a loss to get any one to help her.—(Much laughter and interruption.)—He had nothing ther.fore to do but to tell his friends to exert themselves a little, and they would not fail , to find his predictions come true. The Gentleman who had last addressed them had very unneces sarily, lie thought, apologised for taking up their titne ; and at he had done him the favour to pay him a compliment, lie begged leave to return it by saying that, in his opinion, he possessed all that knowledge of the trite principles of liberty, and of the Constitution, which a person stepping for ' ward to address so enlightened an assembly in the ' name of Sir F. Borden, could be expected to evince. lie could nor help thinking that they had to thank him on one account, viz. for all those eloquent speeches which had been made by Sir F. Braider- during the present, nod at the last Elec tion—by the man whom above all others they Must loved to see and hear ; for eel randy, before he (Mr. Lamp) made his appearance on the host ings, the ifoonosalde Baronet had ' ,ever thought i' worth his while to address thetas.--( Laughter and disapprobation.)-llaving stwed this claim to their favour and good wishes, he would take his leave of them, hoping they wool-d meet him there ttte following day, in as much good humour as he hoped he diet, lett them.—(Applause and disapprobation.) • • Ilonnousa then came forward, and was greeted in the usual enthusiastic manner. Mr. Limb had told them that the state of the poll that day spoke it little for itself, in his favour. It alight speak, but he thought it said very little.— (i.inghter.)—Certainly at the commencement of the morning, which, by the way was very cold and cloudy, the poll had not gone on so briskly as on former days ; but as the sun began to shine forth, their friends had crowded to the poll, and the day had ended much better than the com mencement bad given reason to expect.—(Ap pieties )—Lie allowed also that the tortoise had done pretty well for a tortoise—(Laughter)—and considering the nature of that animal—the weight it had to carry—its whole apparel, and the un toward manner in which it was equipped for the Course, he hoped they would show no disposition to throw any further impediments in its way thaw from its nature it might be expected to labour under.—(Laughter and applause.)—He regretted as much as themselves the absence of the lion. Baronet ; but as the jockey (as Mr. Larnb called him) was not present to speak for himself, he hoped they would let the horse speak a little.— (Much laughter and applause.)—He thought it lucky for that Right lion. Gentleman that he was a horse, for of all beasts, that was supposed to be endowed with the most noble and gene tons nature —(Criesot "bravo!") Ile had observed with peculiar satisfaction the great change of tone which ptoceeded from that board—(pointing to where Mr. Lamb stood)—in speaking of himself and the Hon. Baronet, than on the former elec tion. He did not wish to rip up old sores, nor was lie desirous of charging their memories upon past affairs, except where he had in view the at tainment of some public good ; and it was only to keep in their minds the truth, that he then alluded to the manner in which himself anti 134 f r i en d s had been treated in the last election by those to whom lie had then the honour of being opposed. It did not require to be very deeply skilled in the windings of the human heart, to understand the cause of this change of tone—they had only to look at the state of the poll, and to understand nee of the weakest tricks of their opponents, to know why they were spared oti the present occa sion more titan during the last contest, li e nee d not tell them that amongst other shapes their op ponents thought fit to assume, was that of appear ing.to agree with the Hon. Baronet's principles ; and lie had himself heard it said to an Elector, " Won't you vote for Burdett and Lamb, you know they are of the same principles?" Greet canvassing had gone on in certain parts of West minster tinder these colours, whilst others had been unfurled in other quarters !—(What do you think of the little horse now, Lamb ?)—He was well aware how muck he owed to what he was not ashamed to call the patronage of Sir F. Burdett—tor to be indebted so an honest man was no dishonesty.—(Applause.)—To owe to one so distinguished as the Hon. Baronet his introduc tion to the Electors of Westminster was one of the greatest sources of satisfaction attendant on the present contest. The more he thought on it, the tutors did he see that the career of that great man was the only one that could be pursued by those who bad the slightest claim to true patrio tiern.—(Cheers.)-1-le had at last struck out that line in which every disinterested man, is whatever state of politics, must feel himself obliged to pursue. He protested against being tied down to the sentiments of one man, butt he confessed that to this man he should ever look as his best guide, philosopher, and friend !--(Great applause.)— Whenever he should feel any doubt as to what it was fitting a public man to do, he was the person by whom he would be guided ; and not only the Electors of Westminster, but every disinterested man in the country, must come forward and con join in that opinion of his.—(Cheers.)—He would now turn to Mr. Lamb and his friends, and seriously ask them, whether they had any hopes, notwithstanding what he had told them, of succeeding in time present contest on that inte rest alone on which Mr. Lamb is generally un derstood to come forward, viz. without the aid of the Ministerial purl 2—(Cries of " No, never.") —lie did not ask this to take any captious advan tage of his opponent, but from au earnest desire to know what hopes Mr. Lamb had to induce hint to take his daily stand on those hustings, lie was emtvineed that, without the aid of the Ministerialists, Mr. Lamb had but few more votes to poll ; amid lie knew from in controvertible evidence, that without such aid he bed no chance of being returned, lie would like to ask what possible satisfaction Mi. Lamb could t!crive belog refloated by such a p4r!v, worm whAt - teems ohtain , brit int er-st ? No m4n had i - Xressed himself sn de cidedly against those persons who were seated on th e itilini'terial benches as Mr. Lamb hml How then could he reconcile to himself the being brought in on the shoulders of those persons whose principles and conduct he hail held up to the execration of the country )—((;ioans and ap nlanse.)—To what purpose it could be he could oot conceive, unless to show that the Reformers of Westminster wet e unable to cope with the Ministerial party.—(Cries of " But we are.") — He again repeated, his opponent could not expect to be returned without the help, and the active help too, of the Ministerialists.—(Groans and hisses.)—lf a Ministerial Candidate were on those boards, would Mr. Lamb's patty support him ? (Cries of " No, no ")--hie did not mean to say they would, but certainly, it one good turn de served another, his friends would he bound to assist him. In what• shape did Mr. Lamb present him self on those Hustings ? It was not as a ‘Vbig it was not as a Retot mer—it could only then be, in the words of his Comtnittee's advertisement, " for the purpose of being re-elect ed ." (Laughter.)— He hoped for an early and explicit answer to this question. Having said thus notch, he had no thing more to do than to recommend them to ex ert themselves, and shew Mr. Lamb that he had no cause of triumph because he was 92 n-head ; and that the Electors of Westminster would never return to Parliament any but those who spoke the ptinciples they professed. This speech was followed by loud cheering, and the Candidates withdre%v. CITY REPRESENTATION. [rurilitr Particulars.] Yesterday being the day appointed for the de claration of the Repteseutatives elected ro serve in Parliament for the City of London, the Lord Mayor anti Sheriffs attended at the Guildhall at one o'clock, and the declaration was reed by the pro per officer. It appeared, upon casting up the votes accurately, that Alderman Wood stood high est upon the poll. Alderman ‘VOOD came forward, and was rather indifferently received at first. He, however, im proved the temper of the Meeting, which seemed to have been ruffled by his advertisement. Ile offer ed himself, he said, to return thanks for the dis tinguished honour that had been conferred upon him by his fellow-citizens. He at the same time thought it necessary to take some notice of an impression to his disadvantage which his adver tisemeut, calling the termination of the election triumphant, had, he understood, made. He dee claret), in the most solemn manner, that he meant the word "triumphant." to be merely applicable to his own election. It was impossible that he could have meant any thing else, for he greatly regretted the lose of his two political friend..-- --It would be found that he had fewer 'plumpers than any of the other candidates. He had re fused the offers of plumper', and had observed none for himself except that of his own beadle.-- He most grateful that lie was again at the head of the poll.—(A •oice irons the crowd call ed out, " never no more.") —The gentleman had mistaken He did not mean that he should again be at the head of the poll, but that he was now in that elevation. IVhatever might be his future station, he should look merely to the good of the people.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILSON was warmly received. Having, he said, had to address the Livery constantly dur ing the election, upon the subject of his gratitude, he had but little to say upon the present occa sion. Their kindness to him had progressively increased, and his situation on the poll was the result of their spontaneous good will. He had a bias towards the Administration into whatever bands it might tall, but be would not shot his ' eyes, nor his ears, because be might sit upon the Ministerial Bench. Upon that bench lie should as readily stand forward to oppose what he thought wrong, as if he was pledged to the Opposition.— (Loud cheers.) Sir WILLIAM CURTIS came forward amidst ap plause,. He was, he said, tno3t proud to btaud once more upon the hustings, and return his hearty thanks to- the Gentlemen who had done him the honour of returning him to Parliament, where he should do his utmost for their benefit. Without wishing to animadvert upon the ad dresses of any Gentlemen who stood forward with him as Candidates for the representation, he could not help saying that he was astonished at Alderman Wood's talking of bis triumph. To be sure, there had been a triumph, but it was a triumph of loyalty over democracy.—(Applause, hisses, anti laughter.)—The Alderman had said that Ministerial influence had been used. IV:oit did be mean by Ministerial influence ? Why, that good Aldermen owed to bins hundreds of votes. That independent Member was hi debt for his seat to what he was pleased to call Minis terial influence, for he had borrowed votes from the friends who were most active in his (Sir ‘V. Curtis's) service. Another Candidate had said, that it was a shocking thing indeed that the City had not Member s, every one of whom could not speak tw o ho u rs without hesitation or deficiency. —(Laughter.)—Why, be could tell them us hat was the fact in the last Parliament. Gen tleman who made the complaint had the faculty, and cert einly exercised it without mercy in the House, for he never rose that he was not coughed down.---(Loud laughter, murmurs of disapproba tion, and applause.)—This was all the nonsensi cal jargon of the bully and priest of the Court of Common Council.—(Llisses and applause.) The LORD MAYOR returned tha - uks fur the de votion to which he had been raised by the pal lity of the Livery. lie had, indeed, little to add to the professions he had already wade, and to which the Livery had given credit. Mr. Alderman War ;!icy next came forward, fora very different purpose to that of the other Candidates, to whont, in expressing his sentiments, it was scarcely possible to t void giving offence. He had hoped that those who had gained tt would have enjoyed it in a more calm and wanly tone. From their manner, an indifferent spectator would be led to suppose that they were in the desperation of a detest. He frit thnt he had tri- Mnphed over a combination of circumstances un paralleled. Lie had, since the conclusion of the rontest, Teri regret, of from compulsive were tweed co v ote against their consc•ence.—(Dissporobatioo from the hustings.)—He was aware that lie could not touch a Lauder string like this without producing a corresponding vibration ; yet those whose fad" ings were so exquisite on this subject, could bear the epithets of bully and demagogue liberally b" stowed upon him without emotion.—(Here th° disapprobation from the friends of the successful candidates was so great, that Mr. Sheriff Parkins was obliged to interpose and request silence.)' Alderman Waithman resumed.—He was not rail' ed by these interruptions, which could scarce!y come from men of understanding.—(Another runt.)_Mr. Sheriff l'atkins again ioterposed.' Alderman Waithmati said he claimed no inch'!" Bence to himself, and proceeded to remark on the inconsistent conduct of individuals during I" election. Above one thousand persons had, (fur' iog the present contest, voted for himself and Sir, William Curtis ; and if th a t were not m i x i n g oil and vinegar, he did not know what was.—(Laogir" should like that Gentleman to get and explaiu the matter, for the votes mutt have been given against their " principles, either the one way or the other. The Honourabl e , Baronet had sail that he was always conghe'' down in the House. This was totally fal' e ; lie would say that he had never been coughed down. In one single instance, to use a Yid' gar phrase, a dead set was made at him O r the purpose, but he took the bull by the hOrli" and told the House that he was sent there by the Litery to speak their sentiments, ad instead of the House putting down him, he lo c dowo the House.—(Applause.) —He asked an HO., Baronet whether he m ean t t o app l y t h e ep i t h e t 1 " holly" to him ?—(Sir William Curtis—" Cer tainly not.") '' Well, then, Gentlemen," said the Speaker, " if he can back out now that way, fr t hitn." He concluded, that, from the feelings which had been manifested towards hint, he fell that he held a place in their esteem, and that Pe was identified with the glorious cause of Refortuf and, although he retired to pursuits mud' n oire conducive to his happiness and advantage, yet h e assured his fellow-citizens that he should Defe r , shrink from the performance of any ,futies impose" upon him, however arduous they might be•"' (Applause.) The Thanks of the Livery were moved to tl' e , two Sheriffs, for which they severally returoc ii thanks. BANK OF ENGLAND. Ye3terday a General Court was held at the Bank, for the purpose of considering of a dirt, dend ; and also of submitting to the considerati° of the Proprietors an Address of Condolence 0 the death of the late King, and of Con g rattlP . trop on his Majesty's Accession to the Throne. The proceedings of the former Court boll been read by the Secret ar y, th e G overnor s tate' that it was the opinion of the Court of Director° that a dividend of 5 per cent. profit and inter o 7 t should be paid to the Proprietors f or t h e hal t year ending the sth of April nest, and mo ved Resolution to that effect, which was carried t o the affirmative, Without any o b servat i on . A Resolution, that the Warrants for Paymeo g of the same should ba issued on Thursday, O' C 6th April next, was also carried in the su r° manner. The Governor then said, that he hail to call O l e attention of the Court to the othe r o bj ect f o r they had been summoned. When all classes the people united in offering their condolence to the throne on the death of the late most gracin l King, and in congratulating his M a j est y on Accession, the Directors had thought that 11 ! great commercial Corporation shovf:d not refriini from joining in the common tribute. Duri l/4 the long period of sixty years that th e l a t e trig ,o had continued, this country had attained an une lv ampled extent of empire, a nd an env i a bl e degre e prosperit y and happiness, particolatly when enr”; pared with surrounding nations. Th e state o f thing s was to be attributed pt incipally, under Providenc e ; to the wise and still Government, the virtues example of the late most excellent and snitch I 5: mented King. had therefore been revo lt ' l by the Directors to submit to them, that the Ci )i , poration do present an Add ress o f C on d o l enc e "' the death of the late King, and of Congratulaij uli on his Majesty's Accession to the Throne. The motion having been seconded, was agrt to unanimously. The Address was then read 311 ', approved of, and ordered to be presented, bei7; first signed by the S ecretar y an d sea l e d with , common seal, and the Governor and D e puty (1 1 EI 0 veruor were requested to communicate with 11 1 m 0 Secretary of State for the Home Depatt entr los to the Most acceptable mode of p re s e nting same.—The Court (ben adjourned. (Front The Dublin: Correspondent, March 13.) The followiue paragrap!i has appeared in t ic ' 6l of the Dublin Prints : " It is with extreme pain we leant that there was a rol. rims assemblage of these deluded peopi, Itibbonniy M Beliewston, in the countyof Me.tth, nn Sunday night l ay We have made evety inquiry into the till"' the above statement, anti ate happy to find ic ( fi totally without fountlation. The parts of Al eil ,e and Louth adi , tining this town , " I believe to be in a perfect Stole of trampillit}r,a ll ,,i as tar as t.e can !emit, totally tree trorn associations of any description.—(Drogheda J o° nal.) 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