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unexampled in the annals of a City 'contest, he had been chosen one of their Representatives. For the honour done him he returned his inost heartfelt thanks. With respect to returning Merchant -as a Member of Parliament, he could lay of Mr Wilson, for he had known him ujr wards ot 20 yea's, that a more honourable or gentlemanly man did not exist, anti he trusted to see many more such merchants in the Corpora tion of London. Assuring the Li - Very that every exertion iii his power should he made to promote the welfare of the City, lie should now take his leave of them, unable as he was to give expres sion to his feelings for the honour dune him.— (Applause.) Mr. WArromAN said, if the present contest could he called a defeat, or if it could he said to have arisen from any loss he might have sustained. in the good opinions of his fellow-citizens, he, would have met it with the deepest regret, a ree Krrt which, in fact, rnight have given rise to feel inßs woidd have affected' his mind to such a drgtre as not to be easily surmounted ; but he c o u ld assure the Livas y, that he met them with mind as calai as he had ever done in his life. In the cotir.,.e of his canvass i.e had met as he sup posed with a great increase of friends, .as he did tot believe that a dozen prisons had told him they w on t,' not siippott him. in fact, in OW COITIMOII out of eight hands lied been held up in his favour, and it was strange that when the had so expressed themselves, they should have der:rated him wit!~ hi, having done Any, thing to deserve it.—((lear !)—Alluding to the cha'ge 0 4 having Thistle , .vood for a Chairman of one of his Committees, he denied till knowkdge of hi n, as also of having subscribed to Carlile, whom he had never seen but once, and whose prin ciples he laid to be the most abhorrent that had ever been broached Aum her individual, whose case was now under course ot legal inquiry, he equally disci-tinted any connexion wish, having coruhated his opinions for years. For his own politics he wroth! tell' them what they were. Ile thought it the duty of every wi,T and good malt to protect tilt , Constitution as handed down by his auccstori; and while he wiihstood au undue exercise of power on the one hand, to put down any faction that might have for its.ohject the destruction of it, on the other. lie concluded by again [banking his friends, and saying, that to those sago had called him forward, anti then deserted him— " Farewell for ever, I owe you nothing." Mr. Alderman Timer, nut having the good for tune to thank the Livery in the character ot a successful Candidate, brggecl to express the deep gratitude he felt for those who•had,exerted diem selves in his behalf. To the tour thousand of his fellow-citizens he owed more than he could express, but Ise should never forget their kinduess.- lie b [tribute(' die failure of himseit and Mr. Waith matt to the jealousy that had existed between their friends, and declared that he should retire ithout any feeling of irritation or jealousy to wards the successful Candidates, or those who bad supported them. He shQuld ever be anxious to promote the interests of the citizens of London to the utmost in his power ; and, havitig thankedl the Sheriffs for the handsome manner in which they had condneted the contest, he should now Alderman Woon again came forward to bear testimony to the conduct - of the Sheriffs, and . to join in the expression of sa;isfaction towards them. Ile • also expressed the concurrence n t th e L or d M,syor in the sanie sentiment, observ ing;, that had it not been for the additional num ber of clerks employed, and the arrangements that bad been made by those gemlemen,• it would have been impossible to have polled the numbers that . 114 d been yesterday and to-day. brought up. The Hall the)) adjourned till Thursday, at 11 o'clock,. when the Sheriffs will formally declare the correct stare of the poll, and who are the successful Members. The populace (hew Mr Alderman Thorp home in his carriage, and did the same to the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Wood. Though the crowd was so immense, no accident, we believe, occurred. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. FIFTH DAY. ~.The numbers as exhibited yesterday at the mid time, :err--- Sir Francis 13urdrtt "Mr. Elobliciuse Mr. Laub Sir If aANCts BURDETT aaid, that he addressed the electors even with more satisfaction than be had done the day before, notwithstanding that the advantage on the poll was not to that exterwthat he had anticipated, and Which bad been obtained on yesterday's poll ; still they had nothing to do hut to continue the same course, and they woal he certain of the success which he had anticipated, and which he owned be would feel disappointed 'if he did not see attained,—(Applause.)— Mr. Lamb, it seems, had ; yesterday supposed that lie (Sir Vrancis) held Out certain opinions which he :Old not entertain. That Gentleman seemed to think thlt was s disappoiOted at the state of yes terday's.poll. Ile - was not One Who'held out false hopes, either to encourage his own party or to discoorage the opposite side. They were aware of the extreme difficulty which most exist in a large city like Wevminster, in the way of any indivi dual forming a distinct estimate of any number of votes that might be brought up on any parti cular day.—Men, however heartily engaged in a cause , w ill take their own time thty mast con sult their own convenience and 'the objects of their trade ; therefore, though he did not see . what particular day would be marked with strik ing success, yet he did expect .. a greater advan tage than - the .day's poll presented, though the ath . antage was in itself sufficient. Yesterday, when • Mr. Lamb stood before them, he felt a kind of• compunction in saying any thing against a Gentleman, who, lie thought, Was involved in a falling cause—who appeared to be Sur "'rounded with circumstances peenliarly unfortu .nJte and embarrassing.---(Laughter.)—But be himself mistaken in that aPrehension ; on • the contrary, be found from Mr. Lamb that be thoowit quite, the reverse--that he thought - he had • q b !d i,, ut i a b l a re o f absolute prosperity ; be would only vvisii-that Mr.`Lamb'would continue that state of prosperity to, the entl;—(Langhtir and ap plause.)—That Gentleman, by the influence of his Wren imagination, dwelt in a sort of Paradise of his own--objects the most unpleasant anti die agreeable to others, presented -nothing to him but images of Lope, and joy, and con solation—circumstances which would fill ordi nary minds with .despair, only buoyed him up with the strongest assurances of success.—(Loud laughter.)—He confessed he had till then looked on the situation of that. Gentleman as onforto nate—unfortunate in his friends, in himself, and in the electors. He had not very long since the misfortune of being damned for a farce At the theatre hard by.—(Laughter.)—He was unfor tunate in having his farce now rehearsed in the open .air, on the stage of Coyote-garden ;, and as his farce had beet' damned width' the walls of the theatre, on the hustings he will meet with a similar fate; in fact, he will be doubly damned.—(Continued laughter.)—lt was pain ful to dwell on his situation, but he had with satisfaction looked urn' himself to be in the 'height of prosperity. The present farce, how ever dull to others, seemed ' l ithe entertaining to himself. lie fearedeihat- the entertainment, com mencing with a fat ee, night end like a tragedy, and thus invert the ordinary rules of the de t tal. In his last speech Mr. Limb had said, that he (Sir Francis) " was for the Constitution, as it is. The words "as it is" . were an 3dd 1.. 6011 of Me. Lamb's, anti altered the whole meaning which be intended to prod ice. The Constitution he would support was the., Cousti. totion which had been founded on the charter of Eneslialt liberty—(Apolause)- e --the constitotion whieh had been asserted by theiteaocestors when they made a statid against having :heir propel ty plundered flora them, by means ot the prerogative Of the Crown, in the time of Chat les I —(Ap• piatise)—that Constitution, the principles of which had been asserted at the Revolution, when the people expelled the last of the Stuarts—ex pelled him tor nut abiding by the Constitution —that Corstitution every m an echo heard hini, except Mr. Lamb, perfectly well understood. The Constitution meant a collection—it was like a nosegay, where the most sweet and beautiful flowers, tosea, lilies, and carnations were bound tip together; but if those sweet Ho wei s were purloined, and Mettles and briars, and faded anti poisonous herbs n ere placed in their stead, would it be, very wonderful it they were not so delighted with the nmegay ? . The Constitution - was founded in reason and in nature—no Legislatare could ta l e away its_ pro; ection front the subject. - The subject in every country, not a slave, had a right to a property in his own goods—that was a simple proposition; ye t Mr. Lamb might call it wild, viaienary, and unintelligible. The maxim of the old common law was, that what ever was contrary to cortonoo sense was contrary to the common law otEaglaud. By the COOSIi- IlitibO, the people had a right to their property; they bad a right to he tried first by a Grand July, and for the gaeater protection of innocence, to Ise afterwaids . tried before a Jury of their equals. _Those grand principles of the Coostitotion, it was true,. the . five wicked Bills, which Mr. Lamb had asserted he (Sir Francis) defended, as being part of the ..Coostiovion as it is, vitally attacked.— (Laughter.)—Those Bills %vete .gross violas ions of the Constitution, and ttse people of England never should, never would he contented u n til those lailfllOUS Bills should be repealed.—(Loud applause, and cites of " (Ve never will be con• tented until they are.")—Mr. Ladsb had told them, that.if Mr. Hohhouse were returned to Parlia ment, he would immediately become a Whig ; and also, that though he (Sir Francis) had b ee n abusing the Whigs, lie had bee" sopporting the , Whigs. This surely proceeded from an untoitu nate misconception ou .the part of Mr. Lamb ; he would not SW ely throw out SO unfair and so gross a misconception. Ile did not support the Whigs, because they were Whigs, but because they were out of place—' 7 (Applense) because they ' opposed a corrupt Administrat issu.--(Anylause.),-- He was not a Whig—lee' was not P TorTee-he.be looged to no part e yelaut , the. people of, England. He found die Whig, from their 'sitoation—froM the opposing Benches of that House, opposiog those measures which had brought the country into its present perilous situation, and lie supported them.—(Applaose.)—B'ot suppose by any accident a change of peetics'tOok place; what would become of him ?—he would rentaiti quite !tautly dandy,— (A laugh.).-ePf • all things iii the world a Whig in place is most like a Tory, and of all things on .earth a Tory out Of . plaCe is most like a Whig.— (r.u g hw.)—Still„ however, a great body ot the Whigs were as independent, honourable men as England ever saw—Sthey were Men whose very uatues were sufficient e to create public respect. The charge was hidicrous—it would not go down any where, save within the walls of the - House of. Commons ; .there, indeed, mystic language was held, and sham arguments; in that pie-disposed assembly, modes of talking were establashed, which would not go down with any rational men in any other part of the world. With respeet to Reform, be was happy to say that it never .cood in Westminster so high as it did on the present occasion. . No man now would attempt to stand on that hustings without professing pri n ciples of .Refrirm 'of some kind or ot her ; but complete Re form would alone satisfy the English mind ; that cause had made a great progress ; it must gain strength in the opinions of good men of all par ' tiei ; hence it was that he abhorred the names of Whig and Tory; they were idle names, which, however, awakened absurd feelings of animosity, it Was to be lamented. There were honest even of . ell parties. If there were honest Whigs, there Were honest Tories too ; and all honest men—all men not interested in the system of scandalous corruption should unite under the banners of Re - torus ; then might the opinion of the country be fairly collected. He would now take his leave, leaving Mr. Lamb to those delightful delusions in which he seemed to live, exist, and move.— (Laughter and applause)—whilst he would leave the more solid and hottest satisfaction of seeing the result of that contest place the independence of Westmioster on a rock front which it would be impossible to remove it. Mr. Lams commenced by assuring the. Electors that •he did not consider himself by any Means so unfortunate as the Hon. Baronet described him. Passing, however, from himself, be would just al lude to another. They had no doubt heard of the fortunate youth—a yowl . ) suppos , .d to Le pos-SesSzd of great wealth, and full of prosperity—his (ion was like that of Mr.-Hob house, and ultimately they - would find the tlttuation of Mr. Holthouse•like that of the fortnnate youth.--(Hisses.)---I-le telt little dismay at the state of the poll. The result of that day carried but little dismay to his mind. Looking over- the number that polled for him within the last two days he found they exceeded the nionber that polled the pievious days of the last Election, and yet that Election was gained by him. From the report of his friends he knew that a decided majority of the Electors were in his favour, and the temporary superiority obtained by Mr. Hohhouse was owing to the excessive exer tions of that Gentleman's frihrds, whilst for rea sons not necessary to explain, his frietols had been slack ; but they were now beginning to exctt them* selves; he was assured that they would hear his call, trod that they would not suffer a Candidate against the wishes of the Electors to succeed. —(Here the Honourable- Gentleman met some interruption.)--He -was son y, he said, that he could not speak loud, as he_ u:as afflicted with a severe cold.—(Cries of " Put on .your hat, put on your list, Mr, Lamb.")—Mr. having complied with the wishes of the crowd, proceeded. He said there was one topic to which he felt it necessary to allude.- He regretted that necessity, because it would bring forward- the name of a Gentleman not present. Mr. Hob house had told them that he had been committed by the House of'Commons, without a ,heariog„, and wirirOot their knowledge (by which he meant, he supposed, their legal knowledge) that he was the author of the pamphlet. %Vizi' regard to the first assertiou, he would state,' that a friend of Mr. Hobhouse went down to the Horse, to state :that lie was the author of the pamphlet. — The matter, then, was between his niend nod himself. lie (Mr. Lamb) certainly understood that it was not his wish to address the Horse —he thought that his language in the House would be only throwing !leads before swine. If Mr. flobhouse wanted to be heard at the bar of the !loose, and it' he had exit, essed that wish, Ile had no doubt that he would be brought and every fair opportunity given to him by the • House.l----(Cties of " No, no; there was a com plete set made at him.")—Mr. flobbouse, in fact, wanted to nurse his committal, in order tomake an impression on the electors in his favour.—(Loud hisses.)—llc wished tonrake his imprisonment a stepping stone for his election.—(Continued probation ),--Mr. Hobhonsesvas a classic man—he had read that . in the ancient 'republics—in aucietat Rome, the Temple of Honour was only to he arm tained by passing through' the Temple al Virtue. But Mr. Hoblionse seemed to think that the best avenue to the place - of their Representative was through a prison,--(Violent ex pi essions of dis approbation.)—The lion. Gentleman remained for some time anxious to continue his addicss, but at. length retired. Nit. Hoarroose, was about to commence his address, when— LAMB begged to say a word or two,' He wevdd remind the Electors of th e fact, that he did not vote for the committal of Mr. Hobirouse to Newgate—hut he believed that Mr.' Hobliorrae wee glad of it, and anxious to use it as an eleetiorieer ing m aneeuvre.—(Hisses ) Mr. Hot:moose said, he was sorry Mr. Lamb should be interrupted in his fair, candid, mato., and honourabledjscourse. lie was glad that .0 r. Lamb was allowed to dwell on his favourite topic of iroptisonment. He reverted to the subject of the pamphlet, and handled it as if be forgot the audieoce before whom he stood . , as well as all setts; of good manners and generosity. —He said, that his (Mr. Hobhous - e) going to Newgate, was ,tan electioneering manceuvre.— He would ask the electors whether this treatment did not go home to their bosoms—did it 'not tell them what they were to expect feOln , *arch a man ? Was that the way, he eaodd ask, that one Englishman should speak of the invasion of another's liherty. He would tell that th q ui a . man, that his-assertion was fake ; he could not descend to a mean dirty trick of that kind. Was it because he stood - up for the rights of 'the Electors of Westminster—was it because he gave way to the fervour of indignation, when treating of the five. Bills which were thenorbout to be brought in, and of the House- of Com mons, who .he .knew were to consummate the work—was it because he gave way to his feel ings, and pot on paper , what . he knew .every man had said Jo iris _neighbour : as he met him in the streets, that, therefore, be was, to be sob ject to persecution? Was it because he made 110 unmanly complaints, and remained firm to the principles of liberty, that -it should be said the whole' was art electioneering trick ?" He again would repeat, that Mr. Lamb had said that which was not—he asserted that which even hiloselt did not think true. It was a charge which no man of the slightest honour would conceive or act on. He would tell them, that so, far from employing any electioneering trick, that when at the instance of the Electors he drew op tesolutions against the lice Bills, he proposed that a vote of thanks to Mr. Lamb should be Included.—(Here some Electors said, " You did.").—Now let Mr: Lamb talk- of his Temple of Virtue. Did they think he was ever in it ; Let him taunt him, that in looking for the fair and honourable distinctions of his country, he a ll em pt eel to sneak in by hack doors; that be would employ a sneaking,- mean, anti dirty man ner, tor the purpose of standiug well before the Electors on the hustings —He would let Mr: Lamb talk in public of those good maeners, of that hiltless which he priactiseti so little in private ; he might retire to his Temple of Virtue ; but no independent man, lie had almost taint no matt of true or honourable feelings, would wish to have his shrine placed there ; for him self, he would not be guilty of the mean and dirty acts imputed to him, not for all the advantages of the world, not for the highest . honours which even Englishmen could beatow.—e (Land ap plause any one had made use of the came Initial to Newgate for electioneering porposes„ it was Mr. Lamb- 7 -it wai; 'he that was guilty of the Mean and dirty trick of writing the letter: —Mr. Lamb had made a false statement of his motives,- an he made a false representation of what occurred in the House of Commons. It. was (rut.: his 'friend Mr. E!lir had - said to him, tbat lie bad h.2.ttet avow that he Wa , i the El wilot of thepamphlet ; but had he any couception that the next thing he would hear of was his com' rnittal to Newgite was lie not entitled to exa pest, in the course of things, that he would have been called to the bar of the House, as was the invariable custom in similar cases ? He would leave Mr. Limb to l,is Temple . of Virtue--whilst he ternained there, be believed no one else would wish to go there, at least until he could give theca a better notion of his principles. Mr. Lamb said be was pleased with the state of the poll. If be was pleased, so was he (Mr. Hothouse) ; could not see wharteason he bad for being pleased him he miOtt apply a line from one of the _poets— "In Folly's cup still langbs the bubble Joy." Mr. La,mb said that a great majority of the Elec.- tors were with him. Ho had :orne ft-ason to knots* (he sentiments of the Electors. Ot hauself it would he foolish and indelicate to speak ; but with re spect to Mr. Lamb, he knew the .great majority of the Electors had a perfect contempt for him. The Electors knew the state of the question be, tore them—it was Reform, or no Reform. Itilr• Lamb had alluded to the state of the poll. He could tell them that for the four days of the Elec tion which had taken place he polled more than he had done for the seven. fiust days of the last Election, and when he recollected the disadvan tages under which the contest commenced, and the advantages of a sitting Member, [ie had no doubt of the final result of the cotvest. Aller Mr. Ho4hume concluded, the Candidates and their friends left the hostings, and the crowd soon dispersed. WOOLWICH, NIARcil 13. M LTRDF.RS of MR. PARKER and ha HOI.NtiigEPER. During the whole of last week the Msgis , ratrs wore daily employed in holding private examina• tions respecting the atrocious -murders of lire PARKER, and SARAH BROWN, his hoilSekeeper.e• - ' The men in custody, suspected of committing he barbarous deed, were on Monday brougJlt before the, Bench, and a lo ng i nvest i ga tion was entered into.—Several witnesses w( re hroogist forward as evidence against the men in ctis' toffy'. It appeared from their statement that one of the prisoners, Who WaS in the habit of •occio sionaliy working in Mr. PARKER'S gArden, anti con , sequently knew all the ways of the house, had beet l observed about there in the course 'of the dAy• -- ' Between five and six o'clock a man knocked at tbg, door, but he did,not go in, as Mr. P. gave him answer from the window. B o th the prisonersar:s: acquainted, and one of them, Irons the extremS sl , state of poverty, was, the day. after the dreadfto . catastrophe drunk, and passing Bank-notes. it was well known that the deceased but the 40 ( before %vent to the Brisk to receive his (J dein', and brought home notes, and of course rrt endeavour is making to trace them. The M 3 gistrates, Cbtirthwardens, and . prittc;pal itthaW tants are indefatigable in their exertions to dis", cover the murderers. Mr. Parker was a man ° E extensive property, and X freeholder in matli cotmtres, as appeared !by parsers found ut ter tkentli.—Two litindreir and , - fifty onnes s re'a* have been offered in last night's Gazette far •Lb e , apprehension of the perpetrator or .perperratorst 4 c!' the above...horrible transaction. ~11 A numerous res p ec t a bl e meeting arcs 1 in the Assembly Rooms, Leith, on :Monday e ve ' ► ' . jog', tor the purpose of forming a society, '0070 14 , for its object the temporal and spiritual tveit' r e of seamen in the port of Leith. lo the abien c of the "Right Hononrable the Loaf) l'EtoVo, l ' GEORGE Ross, Esq. was called to the chair, Whic't he lilietl in an able manner. The Rev. Dr. fi l " LAND, the; Rev. HENRY GREY, the Rev. JASOI IJAHPRR, and'Several other gentlemen; a ddresse t i the.meeting in very eloquent speeches, and mov g ' various resolutions:for carrying the proposed toe'' sate into effect; which were'obanimously ed of. Thanks were moved In the Chairno; o l the Rev, Asio.aavi THotasoN of Edinburgh: 0 o in the course at the evening Captain WAuco 6l l of the Hopi Navy, in a short speech expred°o his unqualified approbation of the noble twig of ameliorating the condi; ion of seamen, as 0'; teMplated - hy the society.--(Edinburgh coural March' 1 I . _ . . COUKSE OF EXCI-lAN6E, Ma/MU 14. Amsterdam .... - I 2 1C- r!, Ditto, at Sight Rot terdAid l2 '2 A utlveyp .. 12 3 f o Hatithurgh ' ' ' sa 5 qi id 1 - 4 ' Altana - l'aris, c 3 Day's sight...., ,Ditto ' Bout diratix,'ilitto , 2 25 5 6 3 6 0 04 -a11;: ; 23 Fi ankfort on the Main :.ladrid Cadiz - 2 i l e‘ ti ri Bilboa Seville Gibraltar ..., Tlarceloda Leg;torn Lienoa 4 ,11-Vetlice, Hal. Liv. 2.7 30 MAlta • .I.Z; ptes .... .. • • 38 k PAlerria Lisbon Oporto 55i Cur k 91 per Cent. CP l'ovtl.r-a1 Gol.l, in Coiti 1 .O• 0 a•Po t ,• .. Foreign Gold, its Bars Newl)oulilowis N.:v Dollars .. Silver In Bars, Standard ..d 131/11 . 11. 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