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of the frople, an:l hurt di-;race nod coofo:ion'on
the bead* of the sator.a foe, of u full, fair, and
flee repreaeotalloo.—(Lowd cheeriag.)—lle woold
give the 111iniateroal mull other Cuothtlatea all the
tinfair a.linsniaget; tlwy ruoglit—it wir a twitter of
lutlr importance. The Citizen* of ‘Vestoilmter

hod determn►eri, at length; to act with that spirit of
maim, which ninon end in placing Sir F. thirdett at
the head of the pull. Sir F. ought to yield 'accedence
to no mon, for however highly respectable Sir S.
Roniilly might be io mans, people's eves, lie was loy
ito meals w► dear to the Electors of VVestaiiinter as
their Inns.tried NIA (Milt 111 Representative.•--
(ahrrh applause.)—Whilst such were the nritll•
'swots of the people of Westminster, it mattered
little the arts dr the intimidations of the agents of
Government—it mattered lit t le whether Lord --
came to support his friend with a plumper —( Cheer-
ing and hisses)—and the merit of thin Candidate
consisted cutely in having brought a new 'merle, of
inhabitant into this country. Here he pointed t► a
drawing of an mil Aug-mining which we have before
described.—(Langhiag.)—Was lie to be elected on
this :rcconot,•'or dere throe the only merits he could
exhibit in the political market ? Perhaps, tinsmith,
it was intended, by the ►utroductinu of this new
species amongst them, to improve the breed of the
swin►sh multitude.—(Loud laughing.)—lie en-
treated the Electors, in the critical state in which
things now were, not to promise their second votes
to any one until they saw their late beloved Hepre-
sentati►e at the liesol of the poll.—(4pplanse.j—
He spoke without meaning any disrespect to Sir
Samuel Roinilly ; but he must, its well as the
country at large, consider it the most indelible dis-
grace that could possibly fall on Westminster, ►f
their endeavours to secure the election of Sir
Francis Burdett should not be attended with suc-
cess. He conjured the Electors to lose no time,
hut come up in the morning by hundreds and vote
fur Sir Francis only, and hoped he should to-mor-
row have another opportunity of congratulating
them and himself, upon the further fulfillment td'
his 'prediction of the certainty of Sir Francis Bur-
olett's ultimately suceeeding.—(Lood cheering, and
cries of " Burdett for erer P'
Mr. HURT rose amid considerable clamour, a
small portion only of the populace appearing to
wish that he might be heard. He said, it was a
subject of considerable gratification to him that so
successful an exertion hal been made in favour of
their former Representative, Sir Francis Burdett,
inasmuch as it proved that the spirit of the City of
Westminster was not yet ratnu•t. It had hem lie
regretted to say, mach ageing the isitereqs of
freedom iu general, that any disunion amongst the
free Electors of Westminster had tended to place the
Court Candidate, Sir Murray Maxwell, so on
the poll. When they were informed of their own
strength by the votes of to-day, they might well
have cause to regret that their old favourite, Sir
Francis, was not at the head of the poll. They hoed
heard a letter read from Sir Francis Burdett in
reply to one sent to him by post at Bath, which
had entreated him to comply with their wishes,
and appear on the hastom4s, to which his reply
had been. that nothing whatever would icduce
him to appear in person mid interfere iu the busi-
ties, of hi* re-election. Of what. in God's name !
had he reason to be afraid of ? No honest English-
man need he afraid of trusting himself iii the hands
of his fellow-titizens.— (Marked sy►nptoms of dis-
plea*►re in the crowd, hooting an 4 hissing, wills
cries of " He despises leer !i fl qip")—S•iine of
the friends of Sir Francis had asserted, that he had
opposed the Corn Bill in Parliament. Now this
lie denied.—(Hisses ) not to return to the Court
Candidate, lie did nut in truth know who should
be so denominated exclusively, for he considered
them all Court Candidates but himself. Had
any of them ever op►p)osed the standu►g army,
which continued • disgrace to this free country, or
the late scandalous additional grants of public
money to the branches of the Royal Family. Ile
felt no apprehension at the violence with which he
had hien threatened by some of the supporters of
the other Candidates. They had menaced that they
would overturn him in his carriage. Ile should re-
turn the mime way as lie Caine, feeling that he was
safe in the hands of the Citizens 'of —(Load applause.)—He slid not feel intimidated it►'
the least, but should persevere notwithstanding; in
Whim them the truth, from time to time, however
unpalatable it might be. The people of West-
minster should not he deceived whilst he was
there. If they liked, however, Sir Francis, they,
of course, would el•'c•t him in preference.—
He felt so much gratitude to the Citizen* of West-
tninster, for what they had already done for him,
that he was more than ever determined to stop and
attend there to the last day of the poll ; non
should any thing induce him to be afraid, although
he could not consent to hire bludgeon-nieu hi Isis
defence. Not even a shuttling tinny had terrors
for him—he should go home as he came, without
the smalles► hair or apprehension, trusting to the
good friends he saw around him, for his defence
coons any medlatateil violence•.

[Ties speech was received with different expres-
sions of feeling, in several parts of the sturonotliiig
multitude.—part of the crowd below testified their
admiration by loud shouts of " Ilue
.for ever."'
" Animal Parliament, !"—" Unirersal So/froze !"
The greater part of the crowd expressed the most
marked dissatisfaction, alitl the pelsona collected in
and about the InistingN, almost to a man, declared
nailing him, and cries of •• No llamas!"—" Sir
Frouris fordiver !" very generally prevailed]
Mr. PITT rose, to correct some utistuteuieut on
the part of the last speaker. Ile denied that the
irtter to Sir Francis Burdett had been directed to
him at Bath.—[%lr. Mitt said, lie had beard so.]
support Sir Francis had received from his
friends had proceeded 1)11 the purest principles.
Upon the some prisiciples, too, they had generally
ohjectril to Nlr. flout. He begged the friends of
freedom would attend to the progress they had in
this nise div made on the board, in desp;te of a
sleepy c e, of which he for one had seen ton
•h._. (Ater, mui laoghing.l—[Same one in the
crowd ask rri huu, had hr not ta ice here turned
out of it.]—lf -sticce,s were ultimately obtain-
ed, the commi:tre should not flatter themselves
noon that success, nor the people be cajoled into
the idea Out it was. fleeted by a miserable imbecile
junta.—(//efir. hear.)
Mr. G. .Iwe Es :ts the firm and cordial friend of
Sir F. Burdett. This .1.. y hail shewit what could
bt dour lay a strevuutiv effort, the cffeet of upright'