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for at
,• rest commerend
day fixed their eyes
friend of his, • mass of high fortune atidgreat t►ro-
dlence. of modesty as remarkable as his good seism
was ennspicrimsa, awl a man well versed in the ma-
merciel and fore►gn relations of his country. An-
other Gentleman hail also been talked of, who was
connected with one of the most considerable and
respectable &emirs,* in the metropolis. • worthy
Aldermen, • man of literary attainnsenta and pr►-
sate virtue, was also on the list of Candidate•.—
After this brief and necessary allusion to the Gen-
tlemen fixed upon by their friends, he thought it
right to enter upon his own defence, fur presuming
to solicit the support of his fellow-citizens et the
ensuing election. fie would. at the outset. say
that all the Gentlemen to whom he had •Ilnded
had started since his first intimation of hes in-
tention by desire of his friends. The worthy Gen-
Oman then entered into • long narrative of
the cireurnstenees which led to his public ad ye,-
tisement as a Canditbite. Ile said, that imme-
diat►ly on hearing of the lamented determination
of Sir Aimee Shaw to retire from public life. he
earnestly, but wed'. ctually, 'might an interview
with that worthy Raroner, to in.thee him, if t'os•t.
We, to revoke his dectsiao. Sir Jam.. had retired
to the comitre, 101 l was not to he sought after by
leis friends. fie then described the repeated 'frets
he had made, without stirrers, to Maitre Mr. Bet:.
jamin Shaw, Mr. Attivood, Mr. John Smith,
Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Mr. Robert WtMame.
and other Gentlemen, well versed in, and
largely connected with, the mercantile interests
of the City, to allow themselves to he put in
nomination ; but his expectations were vain. He
was at length pressed (mid by some of these Gen-
tlemen) to come forward as a candidate himself,
and he consented, after receiving the warmest
surancea of support. Subsequently to this deo-
sion hod its notification, Sir S. Clouding flower
bad called on him to state his intention of becom-
ing a candidate, and of course to solicit his sup-
port; hut the notificiation of his own deter
tion necessarily interposed on that occasion. fie
was gradually encouraged to press on with his own
canvass, in the course of which lie had the wit..
faction of receiving the most flattering assurance.
of support from mess of every rank and eimilition
in life, and of every religious and political feeling.
Although it would now olds. remain for him to consi-
der the recommendation of his Co 00000 litter, which he

should lose no time in doing, yet he was glad that
he had made the offer of his humble services—he
had already explained to the Meeting that he had
done so after the most strenuous efforts to induce
snore competent persons to conic forward, and had
merely started his own pretensions at the solicita-
boos of his friends, and because 'soother commerciel
man would then step forward to supply the place a
Sir J. Shaw. He was glad of having made the offer,
fur they now sew it had provokes! others, and at
length roused the City from that injurious apathy
it hail previously *hewn to those interests they
ought to have carefully watched. Ile had at trust
the merit of rescuing them from the supineness
that but a week ago they had exhibited respecting
their strongest and most important tuteresb.—(4p-
please.)—The worthy Gentleman then referred to
the use that bail been made of an expression which
had fallen from bins when Chairman at Mr. Oweii's
Meeting. He had then said that it was but consist.
ent to call a beggar to the Chair at a Meetieg
to provide the means of employment fur the poor.
What he had spoken metaphorically was lite.
rally interpreted, and he had thought right,
when his friends induced hits to start on the pre-
sent ociesioni to lay before thesis a state of his
affairs. They found him fully qualified, in a p .-
cuniary scum., to aspire to the liquour he sought.
His friends found his property email, but sufficient
fur his wants and the occasion. It had risen Gum
its depression. It was true he ha I fallen from the
high station which he at one time filled ; but if he
had little left, that little was enough, and hr hail
acquitted all his engagements.—(Load upploise.)
Illasir,galluied to Mr. Ovren's Meeting, he beg4c4l
to say a few words re'iatice to his Canute • with it.
Ile had had cominuisicalimis with that Geist.einast,
who with, he believed, the best heart and the pur, at
intentions wits injudiciously forcii.g upon the public
in an un:ittelligible matins r ass impracticable vete in
in the existing state of society. Ile had urged Mr.
Owen to submit his plan to 100 ur intelligent
individuals before lie submitted it to the public at
large; unfortunately this preparatory Meetmg as.vi
mot attended, as it was hoped it might ha.e beti.„
and he (Mr. It.) haul, for nearly six weeks, prtVt uted
Mr. Owen from cumening a public Meeting. The
Meeting ass, however, called without any know-
ledge of never intended to bare been pre.
scot at it, but was Bought iiftei by Arr. I[)wris when
the room was crowded, aMI the cimipanY impatient.
Ile was implored to come froth the Hoard Room of
the Plicemx Fire-Office td attend Mr; Owe.u, who
said he was going to eater a crowded iind impatient
company without a single friend lie knew to accom-
pany I . kin rettiving this appeal he went to the
Meeting ind entering with Mr. Owen, was unexpect-
edly called to the Chair. tie was obliged at the mo-
ment to do what no other man would. and he trusted
he did his duty nn that occasion. It was do easy one,
alien the Meeting recollected the controversy lie
was obliged to hold with 111 r. Huns, and the toter-
ruption lie hail to put (lowa from that and another
gentleman. Mr. Owen had spent 7,0001. in Loss•
don on the octeeitmi to which lie alluded, and was,
at least, twilled to public thanks. as the only con-
tributor of 1,0001. to a great public charity.-14p-
plause.i—The worthy Geotlenum here alluded to
the universal misery which now mewled the
lower classes ire this empire, and the thank* to
which nay man was enfitled who endeavoured to
eniehurate their esmulition. Ile then referred to the
qualifications which his friends thought he possessed
for the office to which he aspired, and also to
Isis previously arranged decision, if questiourd
tIS to hi, Intended public COURT its the eveut

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