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choice of the electors of York.—This toast was
amnia with enthusiasm.

Mr. Dunpas. in retorting thanks, alluded to
the unprecedented horiearr of which he bad now to
boast, which was floc of being the first man, since
the accession of the Howe of Brunei:kit, who bid
been returned in is successive Parliaments, for the
City of York. He pledged himself to continue the
s true line of conduct which had bitiiiitokisineethim
their col& knee, and Pot *relax from Ilia efforts in
the cause of the people.—(!:real niTlowce.)—They
tilw, lie said, to look icr'the commencement of
A new reign, wli:Ch he Mooed would be bong and
viwyernus, and under a Prinwe who had avowed
liruself to have been reared under the genuine prin-
ciples of the Constitution. It was only when the
people were free that they could he called safe ; by
mutual attachment could the howls of society lie
alone s 'My held. The present King was the first
since the accession of the blouse of Hanover who
mounted the throne will t basing a competitor in
a descendant of the exiled family. It must surely
then be gratifying to his Majesty to find that the
uttachinent of the people columned the same with
his family as when they were called upon to support
the !louse of Brunswick in a disputed succession.
After some other temperate and patriotic remarks
the Member concluded by returning thanks
to the company for the honour done him.
Mr. WYVILL, who appears to he ■ very elegant
and accomplished young man, returned thanks in
eqn.st strain of rustily and patriotic sentiment
with his worthy colleague; lie pledged himself to
assert Ott genuine principles of English freedom in
Parliament. The seeds of liberty wete sown, and
it only tequired proper culture to reap a rich har-
vest. It would take a greater effort than the Tures
of Volk were capable of roar% to shake the pro-
grtss of constitutional freedom. He trusted they
would ever find hint the firm advocate of the patri-
saw Outwits which had now secured him their
suffrages.— (Applause.)
" The cause for which Ilmnpden bled in the
field, und Sydney died on the scayold," awl a num-
t-r of other cotietittiouo,l:oad patriotic toasts, were
(kook with enthusidson.iii the c •Urlle of the evening.

Mr. CMALONER, Colonel ConcE, and several
I.;lser independent Gentlemen, inlilremed the mom
iu .opport of ll'hig priucipler, and were received
with asehmiatiouv.

The company sat until n Lite hour on Tuesday
night, in the enjoyment of "the feast of►reason and
sta./low of soul."

IVESTAIIA'STEIt ELECTION.

SEVENTH DAY'S POLL, THURSDAY, 31Ancw 16.

At the close of the poll the numbers stood as fol-
low :

for Sir Fronds Runlets 2 857
J. C. Hobbouse, G.q 2,873
Hoe. G. Lemb..

The announcement of the poll was received by
both parties with acclamations.
Mr. Jones BVRDETr stepped forward and was re-
ceived with the most cordial cheers by the crowd.
lie threw himself, be said, on the genortnis feeling
of his audience ; he had sit arduous talk to perform,
accustomed as they were to the eloquent address of
the Hon. Baronet, whose place tie could 1.1
in-
■dtquately fill. Ile knew, however, that their
generous feelings would make allowances for his deli.
cieuces.—(tlpplouse.)—lt was ;mat all unexpected
that they were that day a little behind hand. After one
wan fast he necessarily must take some breathing time.
Tne state of the pull was by no means discouraging,
sea the contrary, it would only animate their friends
to fresh exertions, they would he more active to
bring up greater numbers to the poll for the next
slay. The freest& of Mr. Hobhouse take their own
time, they did not think that lie required !heir
active assistance, and they staid away, but it was
only for the moment. He had heard it said, that
they ought to be contented with the Constitution
as it is; he thought otherwise ; he for one was die-
contented with the present practice of the Consti.
eutiors.---(Appirruse.)—lt appeared to him that the
principles of the old English Coustitution ought to
he established. The Constitution, as fixed at the
Revolution of 1688, was founded on the ancient
laws ; it was founded on Magus Charts—on the
Habeas Corpus Act. The Constitution of 1648
was wade by the people for the people.—(Applause)
—lt was made to give them additional weight in
the Government—it was made to secure an in.
dependent House of Commons.—(Applause )
The Coustitution of 1648 was formed on this prin.
eiple, that the people of England should have new
and frequent Parliaments.—(Applause.)-10 the
declaration of the Prince of Orange, he states that
one object of his going to England was to establish
tree Parliaments—(Applause)—and in addition to
this, in order to secure the independence of the
House of Commons, the Act of William and Mary
stated that tio pensioner or placeman, no person hold-
ing an office under the Crown, should have a seat in
the House of Commons.—(Applause.)—He men-
tioned this, not for the purpose of raying whether
it would be wise to establish the same principle
now—that was a question he would not decide (ro—
bot for the purpose of proving the great object of
their ancestors to establish an independent House
cf Ccumuins.—(4 pplouse.)—But that independent
House of Commons no longer existed, From the
j•etit ion presented by Lord Grey its 1793,11 appear-
, d that the two hundredth part of the people were
represented.—/Loud rr its qf" They ore not")
It rippeired that 84 inthindo.da returned 157 Mem-
ra to that House—(Applaase)—aotl that 70 other
individual's returned 150 Members to that House.—
(Continued appluise)—nioking 307 Members re-
turued by individual influeoce to a House of Com-
mons suppoSed to be the representatives of the peo-
ple. He had heard it said that if Mr. Hobhouse
wished he might have been heard before the bar of
that House, as if that could be any apology whale.
tier for the odund, iniquitous, am! detestable
power of arbitrary imprisuument exercised by that
'Haase—(.4jophare):—e power which in itself was
one of the guest' giteearices of the people of Eng-
lsnrl,—( 4ppliuse.)—aut suppose he had been
brought up, what would'it avail him ? before whom
;would he hive been brought ? Before men who
'lnd already condemned him—(upplause)—who
were his Judges, his Jury, and who were to iuflict
the punishment upon Wm.—(ap/Aurae.)
Mr. LAMB next stood forward, he was received

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by his numerous friends with great enthosiosm—by
his opponents wiihonuch opposition; between both
parties he 'wool for some titue unable to proceed.
At length he said that he thanked his friends for
the exertions they had merle ; he found himself SIZ
votes a bead of Mr. Hobhouse on that day's
(Applause and ilicapprobatiurs.l—He wade a bar-
gain with them a few days before, that as he bore
the superiority of Mr. Hobhouse on the poll with
perfect good humour, that they would preserve
the same good humour when be appeared to take
the lead ; that bargain theyessented to, and he hoped
they would perform their part of it. They
were told that the inferiority of Mr. Ilobboose
use that day s tool', arose from the voters
wanting breathing time•—he believed they wanted
breath ; they did not appear to have enough to bring
them no to the hustings.—(Laughter and disap-
probation ).--He told them that his friends would
begin to bestir themselves. He did tout think
that the horse which started as the favourite would
keep the lead, as his jockey had told them the
other day.—(A laugh )—He would say little more,
it was not necessary, as the poll now began
to speak clearly for itself.—(Laug/der.)—The
tortoise was putting forth his claws, though he
did not shear so much agility at first. The hare,
indeed, did nut fall asleep, but be was tired and
exhausted, and found no assistance at all when he
most wanted it.—(A laugh.) —The absence of the
Hon. Baronet, who so eloquently addressed them
during the election, had been adverted to ; he re•
gretted his absence, but he did not think that the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. J. Burdett) who addressed
them had any reason to make an apology for his
speech. He addressed them in a handsome 'win-
ner, and his speech displayed a knowledge of the
constitution of his country which au English
Gentleman ought to possess.--(Applause.).—
He (Mr. Lamb) deserved their thanks use one me-
count.—(A laugh.)—For the splendid eloquence
of the Hon. Baronet they were all obliged to
—(1'o/di/teed laughter )—Before he preaeisted him-
self before them, they would recollect that the wor-
thy and honourable Baronet never went to the
hustings; far was he from saying it insidiously, boot
it was a fie, that the honourable 'Baronet did not
think fit to address them on former occasions. They
were therefore indebted to him fur bringing the
worthy Baronet before them.—(Applause and hough-
ter.)—He, it seeing, was the person that before all
the world they most wished for, that they most
loved and adored —(Applauses, and cries " Ile is,
he is,")—was he not therefore doing a good thing
to bring the worthy Baronet before them ? He
would now withdraw. His best wishes reonaiiied
with them, and he hoped to find them to-morrow
in the same good humour iii which be now left
theost.—( Laughter and applause.)
Mr. Honnouse next addressed the electors: lie
was received with much applause. Mr. Lamb had
told them that the state of poll spoke a little fur
itself. It was true, it spoke but very little.--
(Langkeer.)—lit the morning, which was cold and
cloudy, they were lint so successful as in the lire-
viuus days of the election; but as the suit went
forth, the exertions of Isis friends were called into
action, and they polled certainly more in the course
of the day than lie expected. lle owned, therefore,
that the tortoise had done very well for a tortoise.
Considering the make of the tortoise, and the psice
of the tortoise, aid the weight which the 'tortoise
hod to carry—(4 laud/t)—lie hoped they would
give the creature no more impedoinent thou that
which arose from its own incapacity. He regretted
very much that Sir Francis Burdett, whom Mr.
Lamb called a jockey, was not present —(Ap-
plause)—but it was lucky there was it horse before
them.—(Laughter.)—lt was very fortunate that
the animal to which his opponent compared him
was usually of a noble and gene nature.—
A very different tone respecting Sir Francis Bur-
dett had issued on this occasion from the board
on which Mr. Lamb was standing, from that
assumed by him at the la.t election. He did loot
wish to recur to unplea.ant subjects, nor to rip up
old sores. nor would he ever do it except to attain
some public good. And it was with tins view alone
that he alluded to the far different manner in which
Sir Francis Burdett had been received at the last
election by those to whom lie had the honour of
being now opposed. But without pretending to a
very deep knowledge of human nature, or an
ability to scan the secrets of metes hearts, a reason
might easily Ise discovered for this alteration of
profession and language with regard to the worthy
Baronet. if they looked at the state of the poll
they might see why it hail not been thoaght
prudent now to lay those colours too the
worthy Baronet with which he had been so WI.
sparingly adorned at the last election. Among
the other shapeetio which -Mr. Lamb had been held
out by Isis friends to the electors of Westonitoster,
as an eligible representative. it was said that he
agreed in polities with Sir Francis Burdett. Ile
himself had heard the question put to electors,
" Won't you vote for Burdett and Lomb; they
agree in principle r A great part of Westrnio-
bier was canvassed on this very ground, but in
other quarters of it, it html not been thought bide
to use this language. For this cause it was, that
it had not been convenieot to speak of their
representative in such terms as at the last electioo.—
(Here a ruicefrota the crowd cried " What do you
think of the little horse nuts, Lamb ?")—Vor himself,
lie was not ashamed to confess that he had derived
considerable assistance and benefit faun the friend-
ship of Sir Francis Burdett. He did not seek to
deny or conceal it ; too. lie was proud of it ; he
gloried in it ; for to be thought worthy of the sup-
port of an iudependeut and honest man, war a just
cause of exultation to any one—(dpplause)—and
that Sir Francis Burdett told them froro day to
day that lie preferred him (Mr. Hobhouse) to his op.
ponent, was a source of unfeigoted sati-faction.—
, Now that he was nut present himself, he hoped it
would nut Ire considered that he wished to deal in
fulsome praise when lie said, that the more he re-
flected on the career of that great man, the inure
be was convinced of its being that only which an
individual of true patriotism would wish tb Istinotte
—(tipp/oure)--the more evident it Was to him
i that tie bad struck out that line td poloist cuu-
duct whtch a man of wisdom aura principle would
on all occasions look to as a model, and feel himself
obliged to iinitate.—(Loud applause )—'Far
self, lie would out be tied down to the opnfroinref
any man living; but so far as one individual
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and advice of another, he &mid always take Sir
Francis Burdett as his guide, philosopher, lull
friend--/Load planditsj—and it wee not the
Electors of ‘Vestminster only who had come to the
same opinion of him, blot even mail capable of
forming a correct and importiatjeldeineet. He
should now turn to Mr. Lamb, atilt sk him if he
had city hopes of 'being returned fur Westminster,
except by those mewls, on the strength of which
it was generally supposed lie had come forward—he
meant ministerial support ?—(appluuseand hisses.)—
he said this not for the purpose of taking any advan-
tage of Mr. Lamb, but simply wishing to put the
question to hint, whether he thought it possible that
that interest would carry a Member into the House
against the Reformers of Westminster ? IVhen he
(Mr. II.) had told them. the first rimy of the elec.
lima that a number of electors had voted for Mr.
Lamb who had not done so for Sir Samuel Romilly.
11111 that n vast proportion had also supported him
who had given plumpers to Sir Murray Maxwell,
Ire had suid what was demonstrated by a dissection of
the poll. Ile asked bins then again, what satisfaction
could he derive from such a return, should he even
be successful ? In the last Parliament he had ge-
neistly opposed the Ministers, and on one occasion
it, particular he himself had greatly applauded his
conduct. He alluded to the Bill for restraining
the Liberty of the Press, oil the bringing in of
which Mr. Leath told Lord Castlereagh that he re-
garded it with perfect ;omit.. lion then could he
find any pleasure in coaling in on the interest of
persons whom he had thought it his duty violently
to oppose us the enemies of the liberties and consti-
tution of his country, and whom lie should be oblig-
ed still to oppose, unless sonic jumbling together
of the two parties took place. But if Mr. Lamb
could even obtain a majority on the poll above
him, which was very unlikely, he would only have
aliewis that the Reformers of %Vestminster were not
able to cope with a ministerial candidate. %You'd the
honourable men of his own party act as Mr. Lamb
was doing ? and was it not strange that they did
not see many respectable characters stolid beside
him, and come to the hustings with him, who had
actively interfered in the election of Sir Samuel
!triunity ? Could Mr. Lamb expect to be returned
without ministerial influence and aid ? he was Con-
fident he could not ; therefore if be was so attached
to the popular cause as he professed to be, could he
p-r.evere in a contest, the result of which if he suc-
ceeded would be to add credit and confer triumph
on those men whom he said he looked upon as foes
to die common happiness. If a ministerial Candi-
d de were there, would it be expected that his ad-
v,-rsary and his party should come in and assist him
(.VO, no, and great disupproiatien.)—He did not
mean to say that they would, but he said that if
one good turn deserved another, they ought to
do it after their useful services on this election.
Why should the electors of IVestminster choose Mr.
Lamb ? Ile was not a Whig, at least not a IVhig of
that order whom lie had heard of with 'Admiration
in the year 1793—he was not a reformer, at least such
a reformer as would satisfy them ; ill short, he saw
nip reason why he should he returned, except that
his Committee hail declared, in one of their edger-
ttsrments, that his elect• should be insured. He
called 111/011 them, then, if they approved of his own
principles, anti were tout deterred from the field by
the unaj.•rity of yi which Mr. Lamb had obtained
on .that clay's poll, to come forward and persevere
iii their exertions, and to prevent Mr. Lamb from
being sent into the House as their Representative',
and from expressing sentiments there as those of his
custatittat tits winch they did not feel.—(Applatise.)
The hustings were theta cleared, and the crowd
disgerstd.