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London, England, 1818-06-24 00:00:00

TRIUMPH OF INDEPENDENCE.

At three o'clock yesterday the pull closed with
such a victory fur the Friends of Freed:nu and In-
dependence as will lug be rt.heitilwred by the Citi-
zens of London. Thia victory will form a great
era in the records of the Livery ; it will prevent
the glorious spect :de of the successful torectgle
of liftmen, determined to lie Ike ; and front
the proceedings at this Election, together with
those at Southwark, and the expected result at
We.t ;;; i ; niter, the Nlioisters will kern in the fate of
their beeorrigible supporters, the opinion which
the people hold of their political career. When
we say the people, we, of to hear
the Electors of Westntinsier and Southwark, and
the Liverymen of Loridots, denominated the mob.
They are a part of that inub which supports the
character and energies of the country, fruiu which
its chief revenue is derived, and best sinews riouri-h-
-rd. .The prop of Alitst.ters 11:14 fallen under them
in the Aletropolitan Elections. The triumph of
Southwark received the tribute of the defeated COIll•
dirlate for the manner in %hull it was conducted.
The triumph of London ass yesterday marked
with the %Mille admirable character—there was no
attempt ist personal itiault, still less at even the
slightest deniutistr 'bon of any wish to urge or
comitessaitre persoind violence. The populace, of
course., cracked their jokes at Sir William Curtis;
but we know the worthy Baronet too well to sup-
post. that he one of the hest-humoured
jok•rs us the would, would grudge this septennial
opportunity to lii4 Constituents of indulging them-
selves a little in his °wit favourite and exhilarating
practice. Indeed we know, from watching the
worthy Baronet's countenance and manner, that
lie liked it very well, et leest so fir as all jokers re-
lish humour—when it told for hitiisclf -and if lie
thought the thing curried too far afterwards, the
fault was not ass much lII* own as that of the err-
ing fallibility of our ihittire, a rich ruffles our tem-
per when the joke scitlics too hear home. He is,
we :ire told, ell excellent inan in private life, and
our of the best companions in the world. We 411)+
cerely congratulate hint now on kiting a better op-
portunity than lie has had for a her of years,
of enjoy tug the hospitality of imitate society,
aitlt-
oitt the encumbrance of :thy of the cares of public

Tile moment the poll-books opened yrsterd4v,
more th.oi 100 Liverymen roOte.l forward to vote
for Wood, Watti.tet.tti, 111111 TllOlll.
.. Where cl;c1 you get them 1111, VVaith-
?" exel.ottied Sir Wm. Corti, to Mr. W.
G. We have iilr.ity s.t," replied the letter.
Sir ‘Villiatti—'• l'itrit you have hugged them ?"

W•.lll,in•tt•---`. Beet Hut is, 11,r germ boy.'
Therke. %e;e 5i.4.•;.,1ti11e.1 to the hottti
a the poi.ul.see ti or the er„,,,t, „d„, vu,‘
.1"; e Ith 14.411111 L: 011 t the popular
W 611. CU' l`rt'll!f!,,, fill 014..KV. l• I it'd
1114,,d if 4 r, "1,1 ho ; %ot.'ll have tattle lot
I.llll' Mllrr, 1%1 ;. Vr ,one."—" urn *errs' hr it•
'.ttd the I.settiou, Pol.:fort; " but 11,1c.4

the orange (thre.will it td him); 'and moth
May it do you." It migni hrrlmae go,al I:,e
pillar fellow, but it did little for the worthy
for the ittassiekt stir arch f. !low swollo.e.l 1.. e
oridige, he was still loinler tirreclive ay:tort
lots tommetitary hesirfactori.—.oAh; Wy ho. !
Sir Wilburn, latit(frio.g) if 1 ety pto
sin, it siii't he wi It ao r 1„ pli frx.
claimed a mail near him), but with the stiapeofinos
of the tidily:is C•dpus."— (Loud Isugtter.)
At e..cla success:re hoer diiring the dsy, Illy poll
told ni ts inugmbi.ive niltinice for Sfr.lerooin'
Thorp. The itltildidts ledilt exhausted (my toff- oUrr,
for the first tine in lila lifr) thi admirable go.id Wu- .
motor of Sir William Curti*: The good, clirerful,,
friendly expremanis wadi wits rola
!demotic of havitality and koiod huinour..hogilion
suffer ari eclipse—the sparkling eye Irt tie a little
filmy herder—die "good broad smite breanar coieb
tratiterl—thelipa more int2ular—the hand, whi.ch
herrtOrnre went to the mouths, and then fell in flicad.
ly salutation to the voter, formed a Irs,er
moil at length the attitude became stiff and formal
—" the limb; refused their offic•

At one o'clock the worthy gar:met', conntensimse
untlerwesit a total thourite; his leatorts los.cisitte
fixed, and for the thee time in his life he as.surair 41
r.,tlier a forbidding aspect ; his foamier was c-lst ;
he seemed iabsoslad in meditation, from which he
was at very distsht also relieved by a rar•rial
plumper ; the momentary flush, however, mode no
impression on the '' pale line of tl 410," it tattier
reminded him, like the reverence thew. to Ws Ise!
by the poor priests in hi. liqur disgrace, ut
" hilt he was, not whet he is." 14e colitis:orsl in
this state, not of suspense, but of acties!
until x 5 mints I Imst two o'cii.ek, when, itt.!..r set.
Toga sudden poliong of about twenty L. v. scinen
in a body for the iv.pillar Casislishoe, 11.• east his
eye for the last tone on the heiseath
and then 011 the clock, and .6 Ms spot, fie*
for r !" Tile worthy Aloha:non at the lime we
mention uhiuntly witli,frew bum the hast,llgsr out
as heretofore, thiasugh the ceistri.• el the 11.11, but
by the iirtsate door loft) the Cllll,iiilrilllll's Voice,
li•a way to wind, his ears were assailed with the
last expression of poputsr
Streral placards, green bigS, tic. were held up
be:ort. 11101 iu the co he day, but that which
acted like prese!olh eyes the decalogne, was
one with the rairavt from his speech' in the lissitse
of Commons on the Reform ques:ion :—" -1 du nut
wish fur u change, 1 an perfectly contented with
things as They ore." The application of ditto,
words to the state of the pull evidently disconCeiltsl
the worthy B.srosset.
Towards the time that the final result of the 1/01
11/dll expected to be announced, the crowd is, the
Hall, and ell the passsges tearing to it, es c-edril
any thing wlticli has ever been witos sss,f ..ear
vain did see,ral L dies •up,ficate to be
perch tied In withdraw, the crowd was sr) pecked
tog tier, that there was a physical imposs.bility of
Waking any 1111prcmitoti sos the c(0 in; iiiet %•nd
the constables, for the first tiihe during the En, •
lioll, at re obliged to desist from acute dusty. The
sm sII spaces in ilte windiAvs in the Hall bear the
rue, both brfo.e awl Wood, off:mitd staodu g.
roo,ti fur persons who stoere coisteet to risk rime
necks to sures s' she passing scene —the galleries
were filled with Ladies of k the insoismitetsts in
the Hall (notwithstanding all Inc rare deism:soy
efforts of the policy) were 1111011 covert'd with people
—the sculpture (we wish it had been limes) if
those erected by the City to the m.•inoris a s f
C11,011;441 and Beek ford, was hidden by ilie
duals who obtained is resting-plscr opus' is—cud ,
what better slot cookd frtemett rest, that, on the
monuments of such men ?

At three o'clnek the tioll-bnoka finally closed,
when the tiumbent were as follow :
Mr. Alderman Wood
Mr. Wilson
Mr. WaiO man
Mr. Alderman Thorp
Alderman Sir Wm Curtis.
Mr. Alderman Atkins .. 1,693
The four Candidate,. tilat in succession in the
list, were of course returned amid the loudest lif•
clattiotions that were ever reverberated withii the
walls of Guildhall. Notwithstatirliog the compact
mass which filled the Hall, and the cvident
aibility of uffardiog the slightest accommodation to
an additional person, the mimeo the numbers
were 11 ...... llliCed. the gliniolit.
spread to the crowd% witimut, and a (leap, rale rush
was made to force into the hall, a0.11113C011% were
the crowd without I. to pursue the triumph and
partake the g.k," that the y setwilly forced into
Itriewa Hall A
rer.wrttl:ilc
iiglnh'n w
is eciitithi a
re,
ant
without allowing time for the smithy A oferman's
nee emits to debt-roil how their places on the courh.
slid 111411111 g but the -iifiekg or the ieupte prrssed
under the barouchr, a,nl the injury which it we
evidently sulreting, induced the parties to draw it
back again.
Nlr. Alderman WOOO first came forward to
thank the Livery. l; is tie-edltna to nay that the
applause uas vehement mid The
worthy Alderman ;inbreeded us follow!. :—" Gen-
tlrmtru if
tosheiv .at' lur the people ..f the
country
rtorn37
you, amt I
at lar4-.—(.4pplause.)—What d 011.11t:t in piabhe
of 'idiot in so snort a space of time V Jur own
efforts were only tircensary ; when 0,14.. t. nt.idr, eon
find your cause is triumphant. —(.ipplinisc./
When I talk of o triumph, I do not mean it in at
personal +tense In the GriAleinen who hive
r. jested ; because I ul ways round thew ghee to
your iocsl intrinat when I win iti•rir colt ,seoe
ui Ptilliantent, and ever oltriitiVr to 'cot' Own 1111.
oiett:Me Cads on Lied *Ohl. rat !hip is hot
:111 act of jushre tnaartla these Cee..ileitien.— But
anrii I p.v them this mewed trii.Ole, I !Hunt
dill!, MO %him gins... His t i meat %Mal illtvreNt
to she pro.vie at large ocritri..l. f found myself
amne—.heti. nano were not to I.e butt wiin miiie
of ?I.- 11111.11011 S— I ce.5....d nn a..eh oc.
ammo to find thew any where but with the Aii•

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Lord upplditie.)..-You have placed me,
us I first im Alford you would, at the
poll. I was always mire. though the
sounded in my ears, that when your
were brought into action you would do
towards a moils who always did his to-
Your loci has borne me out its
;prriatimis—(Appluase)—l may have lost
over-seal Is. the discharge of my duty ;
never induce me to turn to the right
in the path of my public duty. Your
cause is olio, ; and the motorist (if such a one can
ever arrive) whets my csnoiciesice MA year coin-
insioods can clash. that matelot I'll resign my seat into
your Hauls.—.You-cali see by a reference to my
voles in Parliament, that I have never been absent
one oitglit from thislHlouve of Culninocir—and that,
whilst I exerted eatery serve to pr ##### ote the local
interests of she City of London. I never relaxed
frost doing my duty when the general interests of
the country were et st.ske.—eitareof applamae.)—
By this t•-• I desire to lw tri on the present Oc-
casion. If youi want to know whet I shah be &t-
-itbits I say, look at my vide*. That I have hitherto
VOtral you, the siuoishers in my igatuar am she
pIPII certifies —(4ppirtase).—that I shall esideavour
•.• so Contloille to Ass so, is all [Media to Sal or you can
r•iliret. TO bye to your esteem is all 1 ask, awl
sh ss is Ilse. only 'retard I shall ever cherisli."—
Th. worthy Alderman, amid great applause, con-
cluded by thanking all the other Cainholetes used
the worthy Sheriffs for their honourably conduct
dun .g this voodoo.
Mr. %VI tsom then came forward, and was re-
ceived with great applause...." Otaitlemen of the
Livery," said •plowed before you as one of
the IMCCVS4III Candidates to represent this great
Cuts its Parliament, Iran but feel the warmest ben-
tiinvots of gratitude to )ou and isiy friends fur the
fissure. sisal kindness you have %hewn in placing me
in the proud situation in which 1 now stand. As
It is impossible fur me to extern,' my acknowledg-
ments in adequaie terms, I sisal' confine myself to
saying. that fur you I shall endeavour to do insure
sets than I cam now utter here by words,—
(Great applause )—Were I t spontaneous
Candi-
d.de, I -Imola have first considered the rerounisohle
duties I was about to solicit, and then looking back
at my own incompetency to discharge thetn. per-
haps have shrunk fr the contest. Dot the loud-
ness of my friends has throws) this responsibility
swot' ine, and I shall not to justice to them mow
slit ink frogs is.—(Applosese.)—l shall endeavour to
i.e not uhly the representative Of your commercial
interests, but also the supporter of our glorious
7ouistiintion Church mid State, never forgetting
tile siounediate duty I must naturally owe to the
;Arrests of illy fellow-clYseus. I know I shall, ou
moos' public occasion.. hate to consult) our opinions.
When I can conics b y cuinciole in opinion
*sib you, I shall fee ost satisfaction—when
(if ever poach 1111 event a ) I cannot, you must
allow a (rerun in the privilege to which freemen are
s.iitotleol. I have nothisig to ask of Administration.
I 4111 40 ill,lepelldelit 1111111. I shall never vote
servility to aay lisoister—(Load and continued
applause)—sad if any vote of onion., in the exer.
cow of my own discretion, shall offend you, I shall
be sorry for it. Such au event I :tope may 'serer
occur— (dpoiaitse)—foor it will be always my
wash to sourly your best interests. My greatest
. !foss t• shall lie directed to merit your approbation.
It pled' Le the study of my Isle to do my duty to.
wards you, and to deserve well of my country.
If I e.0.m.! succeed in acrompliehing this, all I hope
is. that any error I may commit may be attributed
to a *mot of lodgment, loot of integrity."—(Loud
worthy Coeutleanasi then COM:11111rd
hy th.itlking his friends. the Cointlidatea, and the
Snerills, for their kindness sod conduct during
the Ele, thus..
Mr. W.tl'rniesM came forward, amid loud and
reiterated plasiolite, and sooke as follow.' :—" Gen-
tlemen of the Livery, I have felt myself called upon
MI every slay of our poll to congratulate you on the
event of it. On Saturday I ventured to predict
that if the friends of freedom were true to them-
selves, and used the same ardent, but steady, exer-
buns. that not only was my tro 1111 l ph. and that of
my worthy Friend (Alderman Wood) secure, but
also that of the worthy Alderman under Sir Won.
Curbs. My predictions you have this day verified.
have now to congratulate you oil the greatest
triuml.li ever achieved by the Livery of London, or,
;mired, any oilier body of men to the country...-.
(.Ipplause.)--.lllli was not a triumph effected by
any particular or proosonal feeling in the narrow
sense °Nile terms—it was a triumph of prisiceple—.
it was the triumph of truth, justice, and freedom,
with an utiertomipled superiority.—(Applaese4—..
There never had been Poch a contest to the City—
the it ttttt hers polled were unprecedented ; and all
flus was done without party reek:lg or personal
r.;crir 11111 l y, either between the Candidates or their
friends. It was, I 'emit, the triumph of prin-
ciple, for the contest was differeiot from all
.preceding ones. There was not how, as in the time
.1 .11r. Sawbrufge, a particular measure (the India
11.11) to call forth sudden and impetuous action—
all in public life was still. there was no vehement
etirreassion of particular feeling on a particular tura-
sitre—the Livery had had time to look about them.
without reference to the minor influence of party.
and to reflect on great public question.. and the
iserformaitee of the duties they had consigned to
thew Reprileetotativeli. The present triumph arose
the indignation of the people, at ieeing their
sinowisded at the will of the Minister—at
strung their prittiooe disregarded—their complaints
treated Mmi.ters indemnified
Its C 'bees of thole own appointment.—
(Great upplunse.)—All these, anal like measures,
have roused the p.opte, and brought them to a
calm consideration of their real situation. lt'ou
Voir Our elected turn (a least some of them) of
humble station, against the influence of wealth
and power, RIM ill the same prOpollion of the sta-
tion of those whom you have circled, lorrciaely
the same deicer will your triumph be greater in
the r3rs of the count,,._(L,,,,d appi„,e.)_
it it to the character of Englishmen not so triumphs
over a fallen foe.—(dpplattse.)—We shall part
amicably with our uppoileute. The fact is, that for
a hoe; wile we have been scared from looking at
our own situation. %Ve tholight our Reloreseile
tAlives (or rather the Ministers), were so strongly
!snorted sod entrenched among UP, that 11111
'Old beer

bail been receiving and distributing Quvernment
favours—they hail the Bapkiiii antrthe Govern-
ment. interests, mid it was only astostislung that
itgUrist such a phalanx the peoote :could have
triumphed.—((.neat applause.)—Yoe have. most
gloriou•ly reglioeil your gr I, and•tesif a tutu-
toil• lesson to the Ministers who vilified you. You
have in their face, SIM tig..inst their accumulated
triffiseisee, overthrown the great Goliath—(Load
awl reiterated plaudits/—'rod now that the people
lied trued their strength, I hope they will shew
a firm determination to preserve the comfits-
I rights to whack they are entitled.--
After a success so glorious for the I.ivery, I trust
you will relive r the mooted without harbouring
the slightest unfriendly feeling among each other.
The rival Csisifirlates :ire abuts( to do so, and I trust
you will follow our example. I shall he always
ready to do kind oXrees to any liveryman, whether
he voted Far me or not—(Applumse)—or whether lie
helong to the mercantile, the shipping, or the shop-
keeping interests. I .4011 pay the
utmost tltteiititut
to the interests of a:I, owl if I at any time shall
lispiwis to do wrong, I entreat you will attribute it
to error iii judgment, rather thus to inattention or
design.—(.4pplouse.j—lt shill always be my un-
craning w,sh to iepresuit your opinions and feelings
fairly. and I shill ever how to the wishes of my
constituents, wherever they shall be legally assem-
bled and eitiv-assail."—(Grent applaase.)--Tne
worthy Gen !entail then concluded by thanking the
Nleeting, his friend., the seveual Calittrlate., the
Sh!rill's (the latter for the impartiality of their
CreditlZl, for the kindoess they had sheen lain.
Ile also stated, its it Alderman Wood and himself
kept a corps of restive to assist Alderman 'Thorp,
when thry saw how the state of the poll stood.—
(Appisare.)
Mr. Alderman THORP Crime forward amid the
Inuidrit plaudits. and cites of " here's the conquer-
itssr Hero !" Ile said—" Gentieinesi of the Livery,
when I addre-sed you yesterday, I begged you
would not be dispirited, well li:sowing the efforts to
which your si and intlepeoulegre would prompt
you. The triumph is not mine, but yours„—
(Applmse.)—lt is the truniriph of freedom (tier that
system which so largely encroached on your rights
earl Irlrrrtirs.—lrfpp/.rave.)--1 shill endeavour to re-
deem the ',ledges I hts.r given you, not so much by
words as by deeds.—(Great opptsuse.)-11 shall be
alwu3 a at nay post to l'atliiittieut, ever attentive to
your interests dud those of the people at large. I
may he a feeble, but I skill br si steady guardian
of your rights and inivileges.---((;reat applause.)—
Our rimiest has hero productive of no ill will
among u and we shall, I trust, close it in the same
generous spirtt."—(Opttnse )—The worthy
luau eurieludell„ amid loud cheers, to think the
Sheriff-, the Caodidates, mod his friends, fur their
conduct rut the present occasion.

The cheers mod ucclamatiour followed the
speeches of the i•ocr.,sful Candidates. and airy
were carried in triumph from the Iturtuaga by the
populace.

ESTM NoS'IER ELECTION.

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