The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-17 00:00:00

TO THE INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON.
GENTLEMEN,
AT the close of this Election, it is difficult to express
what I feel. Some disappointment will cheek the language
of thump'', yet warm assurances of gratitude may not be suppress-
ed. Recollecting your former and frequent kindness, and conscious
that I bad never swerved from the great constitutional principles
you so often approved, but had devoted myself to your service assi-
duously, faithfully, and with success, I aid not, I confess, antici-
pate being returned as one of your Representatives in my present
situation on the Poll. For that incident I can, however, account,
without imputing to you the forgetfulness and versatility you can
never evince. The delay and 1 'ted nature of my canvass--the
long, urgent, and extended solicitations of other Candidates—
the vast expenses that some have incurred, and from which I have
upon principle abstained—the petty, secret, and uncandid attempts
made to excite prejudice against me individually, as to the Catholic
Question—and even the wide-pervading opinion that I should re-
ceive universal support, have all contributed to a result, which, if it
had originated in the diminution of your favour, would have pro..
duced in me ',uprise and regret. art although it appeared for •
while dormant, yet in the hour of danger it has been awakened.
True to your own generous character, you have indeed this day
rushed to the poll rand to all those nutnerous, disinterested, and
real friends, who, as well in the hour of exigence as at former pe-
riods, have manifested true attachment and noble principles, I am
under the greatest obligations, which I beg leave most warmly to
acknowledge, and which I never shall forget. But to the future
rather than to the put I will advert. It is well to receive, it is better
to merit praise. Illy past dedication to your interests I shall cheer-
fully renew. Mr devotion to your corporate and public, your indi-
vidual and collective welfare, shall not be diminished t your Manta-
factoring and Commercial Prosperity I shall still study to promote.
The cause of Retrenchment anti Reform I shall never cease to advo-
cate—aud of Civil and Religious Liberty I shall live and die the
Friend. Entering the Parhamentary career with new competitors,
I shall endeavour not to be outdone; and I shall be happy to re-
ceive hereafter that prize, your approval, which it is my ambition
to obtain. And. I remain, lientlemen,

Sour obliged, faitn denoted Friend and Servant,
Ouildhall, June 16, 1826. 31A TT HEW WOOD.

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FINAL CLOSE Or THE POLL.
Wood - - - 4823
Thompson - 6393 1 Ward . 4910
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TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY
OF LONDON.

0/XTLEMES,
A T the close of one of the most arduous contests in
which you have ever been engaged, I have now to return you
my thanks for the uniform kindness and the extensive support
have received from you.
Having polled 4,514 votes, a much larger number than ever be-
fore lost an Election in this City, I trust that I shall not be charged
with presumption in having, upon the solicitation of so many of '
your body, offered myself to your notice.
To those Gentlemen who have honmred me with their votes, I
owe every feeling of gratitude. To those who promised me their
suffrages, and who have, under circumstances beyond their own
control, ben unable to redeem the pledge, I must also express my
thanks for their favourable intentions.
But, especially, I should do injustice to my own feelings, if I did
not avail myself of this opportunity of expressing my deep sense of
the particular obligation I am under to the very numerous friends
who have with so much seal and disinterestedness exerted themselves
on my behalf, exertions to the last moment of my life I shall never
cease to remember with gratitude.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your faithful and obedient Servant.
WILLIAM VENABLES.
Mansion-House, June 16, 1826.