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People. Oite of these Soesettcs, ' The Friends of the Pimple:
loose of itte.cooriog a Renato in the Representation. .=f the
occasion you returned two Parliainn et:, y Bons triers, row of
was composed of nrisay Metistrers of hulls Howes of Portia.
*llona realaille Milli SW to fight the bat Ile . lilf freedom no/toilet !
the domestic foe; while the other, mow oo lottery pito lice. i
Hon. Thomas Erskine, now Lord Erskine; and Mr. Markiss.
(Mown Representative, i- at this nomarsillschtssig the Willies I Hon.
"'I of this suclelY Mr. Grey. now Earl Grey; the
of freedom, in a foreign mustily; ilo the Friessda of "Aro ty, 1
his i ,rah, now Mr James Mackiiitush, were hoofing Members.
in which country, lie was not, c ree 11111 l nentled by
This Society recommended, and was the ini an. of ciao.
known talents and cum lige, thau by his being your Retort i
. bloating affiliated Societies its Varilsl/11 part* lif the rousttrv.
mutative.
o of Lord fn
free from the "In 1793, the Pt•tilitm of the Friend% of the People, 'fur
" In 1814, after the cspulsint Reform of Parlimitent, was !presented to the Pouse of Coin-
House of COVIIMOIIe. yon again, I titirtivd hint free from per-
" Am ing malty other allegations which this Petition con.
11111111. Ill) Mr G. ey.
soiled trouble and expense.
" In July last, pot again triumph -d, and it might have
bili expected that Corruption would no more liave cutest-41 litue'li were the ("II" nig :
She Olga wish rm. I" ' I—That the Home is not an adequate reprrsentation
" The Election, in 1507, cootr.sed, no it was, scalp', tiff' of the People or goirtmot.
p'
ss s 11.—Tlist it is prejudicial to the intrresels of the Pen.
power both of the in's and the out's, was carried, by you, tor
Pte. and contrary to the sm. it of the Constitution.
a som tinder soot. sii t Ill.—That the elective Franchise i. partially and nu-
'll'he chairing which, no that occasion, was thought neres.
equally shanibuied.
sary, cost upwards of ssoot.
1 principle.
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or rational % IV. That the right of voting is regulated by no unifornt
" The Election of Sir Francis Burdett and Enret Cochran'',
in 1812, and the aiihsequent Election of Loci Coatraue, in
1814, cost about 8001. Six toms have the Comintlters had a' •V. That (tom the enndoined operation of the defect.
I fol confusion, litigation, and expense--of tont ults, ttiaor.
which, as they involved she Freedom of Election, i
to
contend
ill
court,
or 14w.
at
great
expense, iii
arliniis ii your Petit iemers have pointed out, oriole scenes of diagraec- -
its %Velar
dent, ontrayes sod perjury.
muster, they were compelled to defend.
et cp,,ords of thirty Public Alerting* of the Electors “ ' VI. 7.1" 7" Members tire returned by 35 place', where.
Elections Sr, tot-re matters of forint and this your Petitioner'
have been held, on subjects sedative to the Eibertit s of the
are ready to prove.
it People.
"n The Elections in 1807, 1812, and 1814, the coo trolls in " ' VII That 90 more are elected by 411 places, in none of
Coot.
of
Law,
and
the Publicmeeting.
of the Eli
(ion., which the number of enters exceeds 50, and this your Pt ts.
limier' ale re:o3, In pause.
have altogether, in the spare of eleven years, been scrum-
to ' VIII. That 37 more are elected 1110 places, in nore of
plished Mr a sum of money hot exceeding 0001 : the o hole
which thin number of trot. ts exereds 100, and this your Vet i.
of which, with the exception of a small balance, has brewik-
-1 ginner,' are measly to prove.
I ." ', IX. Tbas 52 more are chosen lie 9.0 !daces, in n•.ue of
ti Al
by public subscription.
Al the last Election, new sold unexpected difliculties
whirls the number "f c"tein exceedx 200, and this tinnyreti.
presented themselves; they nrose from two causes-1 t, The
I none,* are rends. to prove.
great length of time slime ass Elect ton cont. at hail taken
" ' X. Thai 30 more are returned for roorties in Scot-
place; tho consequence of which wag, that the Electoia load I
ii
2fut) each. and thin your Petitioners are ready to prove.
Mud-20 by leas ti-anloo Electors each, and 10 by less than
forgotteo the necessity of ormolu and mutual coellle-las ton ;
and 24, The divieions tinting the F. lends of 'Leftism.—
" • Xl. Tirtt IS more are refused by 13 (hair lets of
Those circumstances, by c tuning distractimi, prevented the
rigid economy used on former occasions, fem., bnilix vii! in BlliZila 111 Sellftlall, not e01111.112111K 100 Voter/ each, and by
practice, and the expense* of that Election amonoted. at its 2 'horn t• of tins zits out containing 250 each, and this pone
close, to the sum of
" 4 All. That 84 individuals do, of their own immediate
The sisbsequeut Choi. ing to 430 12 6 , autism its, send 157 %Itmlicro.
'" XIII. That 150 Nlenihers are returned, not by the
collective voice of tinier who appear to send them, bat by
the rectlinineoilat ten of 70 powerful individuals.
" ' XIV. That this total number of Pairona, ',t tog. thee,
are 154, who recurs a decided Nlajortly of the Hoimetrable
!loose.'
u It la almost needless to say that the House rel'used to
receive the proof. which were offered.
" In 1791, when Mr. Pitt. Mfr. Dood:o.. and Lord Grrn-
elite, were pertectitiog the Reformers, Mr Grey, who was
the ormsis of his party, said. ' that ou a former orension„
Mr Pitt h:.41, alai others, I, SIIIVCII, that consideriug it was
sit vain to look to Parlianient for a regeneration orittinaling
wdbin itself, it be recomowittled to the people, thru.tg!oi/lAt
the kitogdotn, to assemble during the cora....r, glimmer, Ili
districts, fur the purpose of applying to Parliament on tire
subject.'—e But, continued Mr Gee', • tarn. Pitt, the Re-
former of that day, noes Wm. Pitt, the prosecumr, a...,
and the persecutor too of Reformers mow: He who
thonght fit to inflente the passions of the people, nod
to instigate them to a contempt of the lillese of Cell.
mons, 'hi ts, would not, at present, allow the pcoi.la to
judge of their omit rights and dearest interests, lint !inter-
: celled with the real hitterisess of an UM/Male, ill% own Itarl
Per 111 the question of Reform. 'lltia cause William Pith,
who hail tioscht the people to locheve that nothing honest
was to he expected Goo, the House of C 1111 l moos, now a..
serted that Clue people should do nothiog for theinselvt s'—
' But, if the language of applying to the people for a
Refoim, be ciiiii.tial,' said 81r. Grey, ' I myself am pone'.
since I do not scruple to assert, that, from this House 1 hare
nu hopes of Parliamentary Reform. This House will so v. i•
returns itself, or destroy the corruption by which it is ion
held, by any oilier menus than those of the resolutions of
the people, acting upon the prudence of the Hous. —that
voila they could only ucromplish by meeting in budo s, as
recommended by the Aliiiiater ill 17b2, However iinpucticd,
Parliamentary Reform was II cause he (Mr. Grey) would never
demos, nor would he, to preserve power, ur to gratify sushi-
Gun, ever become an Apo:nate.'
It then allude' to the Speech of the late Speaker
of the lluuse of Commons rtcpecting the sale of
teats.

Makiot a total expettm. Q 1 •i3 9 6
While the Subacriplion atatmoieri to hS7 12 6

Leaving a duficieitry of

A strict regard has always ben paid to moral consoler-
atMais, and out one penny has been ()Tended fur any pur-
pose, which any honest man nerd lie ashamed to yurtity.
No drunkenness, on y of any kind was p tttttt I/-
test ;—no false wearing was permit test riotinv, cocoa-
email 'zed ;--no murder- committed;—nine of the sire at is
forineily resorted to were allow( d 111151ste iiiiineuee was
in any way attempted threats nee.l;—no prom o.ee made;
—no hired voters appeared at the hustings ;—slo its in ,t to
mislead any one: all was left, as it might always to be left,
to the good si are of the Eirctins themselves.
" Even the hustings, winch were said to lie the property of
those who could destroy and carry them uff, and about a loch
furious and disgraceful contests were held, have been pre.
served by the exertions of YOUR Committees, and those dis-
graceful contests prevented.
The Report then adverts at some length to the
disgraceful outrages which formerly attended the
11'estminster Elections, and the enormous expen-
diture which was lavished ul such OCeJt.IOIIS. It
states that a sum of ,200,000/ was spent by the
Court Candidate, uud that it was even said hie
opponent elicountered nearly the same charce.
" Two hundred thousand poutirle—the revenue of a Prins,
—the rental of a principsiity—expended upon what! and
how ?--the statement 'OW involves the answer : in the cur-
ruMion of morals—us the subversion of all iutecrity—in
the encouragement of drunkenness, riot, tumult, and de-
bauchery—in the eradication of Is sills, and the subornation
of perjury:—the murders with which the contest was accom-
panied, were the smallest part of the crimes."
It then touches upon the opposition of Mr.
Horne Tooke, in Westminster.
" It furnished the mesas. It Ilfftlelled opportunities fur
earl ciaing the popular franchise, it persuaded the people to
think and to feel that that frauchise war of great import-
RUM"

- " It was this which inelneed the Speaker to say, t Tie t
the question, stow before ilte 111,111,M, IP Int It'Pa thaw
whether seats in thus House shall 110, he Neel°, 111, publicly
saleable? A proposition, at the sound of which our mice*.
tors would have startled with indigo:mum ; but x penctirg
which, in these days, and widen) these walk, in Ohl üblj.
vion of every forme.. 111:1111111 and fee hug of Parliament, La.
been avowed and justified.
"' The sale of seat!: continued the Speaker, s degrades
and debases the habits of the higher rauks of life, who run•
fess their own sense of the nature of ihese transactions, by
the conc►alment with which they seek to rover them; it
taints and contaminates the general character tif Parliament.
Fennel, force, core opt prnctice s, and ;endue influenrc, of any
sort, by which the freedom of Election is cupirolled, bare
been reprobated to all ages. It is ssetiiial to the eery islet►
of Elections that they should he free. Such is the apricot
language of the statute of 0/CP2l;6ll9ler, in the reign of
FA.ned I. Such, also, is ,he modern langusge of the Bill of
Right•. It is for us, alas have before us such flagrant
proofs, that the wink unseats has broken through the re-
nding thee to put it thisdose by a new la
The Committee conclude their Repot by ,t;--
ing, that
" The Electors of Westminster have always been wil!itiz
to join with any man, or any body of oleo, m ineee!eioine
the necessity and siding the progress of Ilerea It 41
Mali importance to them what the particular plan nests he ;
a hat they regsrel as essentisi is, that the plan propose:) should
he suffieoett in effect the object at which they AIM.
Your Committee cannot conclude without conSr•tnla.
ling you on the progress made in the cause of Reform, and
on the prospect of the still further progress, the ',fleet, of
Mr. Hohhouse will promote; but they cannot refrain (min
soling yon not to eclair in your endeavours tor one or—
meot ; they trust even• Elector Will teuiene his 01 j..ct
success depended on hie exertions stone, and ever it, near
in mind, that victory is neter teamed until the curte,t is
ended"
The length cf the Report, and difficnltT of hnv-
log it [word est the extremities of the room, com-
pelled Mr. Richter iii rivatist from going throng') it
In detail, anti, by the general desire of the Meet,
log, it was ordered to be printed.
Mr. HottHoute then presented himself to the
Meeting, and was received with loud :mil reiteritel
chests. He avid it was now three tonna., within a
few days, since he last had the pie...sure to meet the
Electors of Weatmiusier in th a room. The occa-
sion to which lie slimiest was an animater' one, anal
the room itself, from the occurrences that had
odlif,territdirttaisi:ktetedliwi
tphTle7is alibi, its walla, might he con.i-
smne inspiration when he come to touch upon their
wouldPlof give Ih'ei ma Liberty.
—red(rit he
"fsees:lito—l g
conduct, which upon this, as upon all other iiccs-,
stuns, to eased to the adyanceutent of tbe cause of

It then allude' to the, brat election of Sir Francis
Burdett, for Weatitinto er, and that attice that
period—.
" Westminster has been the great well-head, or natural
react vole of Radical Reform, whence flow so many torrents
in various directions, whet le no barriers can stop iu their
progress to the ocean of universal opinion soil asselet.
~ 'the Radical Reformers are advocates for equal rights,
equal protection, equal laws; they are resolute for what
thy regard, a Constitutional Reform, mot for a reveleetion
to overthrow the Constitution :—for this they have been Ca-
-lUlllllitled ; fur tbia aurae of them hale heat trampled on, in.
suited and prourilsed, shunned like pestilence, hunted like
wild beasts, and persecuted even unto death.
" Westminster has proved ghat, amongst the poorest, the
most uninformed, and uuuLeurninoilated, of her people,
anarchy has no party."
" Your Committee take this opportunity of replying to
tao calumnious reports, which have been diligently and
extensively propagated
" I. That vast sums of money have been expended in the
Ele ceiling of Sir Francis Burdett and Lind Cochrane.
" it. That Westminster has been influenced by a Junto.
" To the first accuution your Cumenillee reply—
" That uo sums of money have ever been expended, but
what has been stated me the accounts, which have, from time
to time, been printed,
" To the second accusation, ' that Westminster has been
influenced by a Junto, that is, by a very small number of
persons, your Committee reply—
" That the fact. are, and they are as notorious as the sun
at noon-day, that at the seer ral Elections since Ibo 7, the
Committees have seldom consisted of so few as sine bundled
Memhem; the present Committee actually consists of up-
wards of three hundred.
Thee large Committees have neresaarily appointed
Soli-II otiimittees from their "so le.eliee, fur particular pur-
pose,:, liiii they have always hell she mean* of contreeleng
those Sidi.Cummittee in their nap, hands, and have, from
time to lime, examined into the it eindoct and acccunts,
aud no Sub-Comirniitee has ee..r• existed, which was not
eager to lay before the General Come ll itt ee the whole of
their proceedings an unto as peessib:e.
" Who, it "lay he asked, compose the Junto' If the asser-
tions of your enemies be carefully examined, it will hit
found that this Junto consists wholly of-your must worthy
' and excellent Trtasurer, Mr. Brooks, to whose care, end ac-
curacy, and strict economy, the City of Westinnester M not
leas deeply indebted, them it is fur his primp', manly, and
I liberal cuntlitel, in advancing lib. own money in some cases
i of eisieleiicy„ when, without his amistaace, the cause of
IWulff' world most probably have suffered.
" For these advances, or for any other of leis service*, Yfr.
i!hooka has not in any way received, and does not desist: to
receive any recunineum. Never 111111 Cr 1607 has Mr. Broke
! twee fully pid the sums he has, from time to time, ad.
*allerli ; but it is presumed the Electors well uo huger stiffer
I
hits account to remain nesditehm gird.
The Constaittee theu wale a few very brief re-

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