The National Register.
London, England, 1819-03-07 00:00:00

THE NITIONAL REGISTER

WEBTMINSTatt ELECTION,

Wednesday the contest ended. During the whole
day the crowds were greater than we ever witnessed.
upon an occasion of the kind. As might be expected,
the ruffianly work commenced with the polling. The
animosity of the parties to each other WAS carried to a
great extrem • ; even persous'of a respeetabl.e appearance
joined in the battle of blows as well as words. At
about two o'clock a tremendous shouting was heard, in
the, direction ()I Southampton-street; a fight waagoing
forward there, in which many were engaged. Th
light blue and yellow ribund (the symbol of the Whigs)
waved for some time in victorious motion ; but. those
who were distinguished by no colour soon changed the
scene, and the colour of the ribaud, by covering it with
mud. •

At a quarter before three, Mr. Hobhouse and Sir F.
Burdett came on th: hustiogs; amid the loudest accla-
mations. Immediately after their entrance, a' loud
shout declared the approach of another Principal. . A
number of Gentlemen on horseback, with the emblems
of the successful Candidate on their breasts, and in their
hats, came in sight, and ranged themselves at the .side
of the hustings at which Ale. Lamb was to enter. The
crowds in that quarter were enraged at their appear-
ance. Several fellows ran for cabbage-stalks, and mud,
and brickbats, which lay in great quantities in a passage
between the booths. The signal for the attack was
given, and soddenly a volley of all sorts of filthy nris-
sties was let off against the friends of Mr. Lamb. To
describe the pickle in which the triumphant candidate's
friends were instantly exhibited, would be impossible.
The brotherof Mr. Lambton, and Lord William Rus.
sell, headed the pursuit of several into one of the pas-
sages of the Garden. The contest had assumed at one
time a frightful appearance; for at the moment the re.
sistance was made by the Whigs, one of the large
booths, upon which nearly a thousand people must
have been collected, bent forward. The battle became
less vigorous, the booth was lightened of its weight,
and the contest was resumed. • Suddenly a shout rent
the sky ; it cams from the pedestrians, who conducted
Mr. Lamb to the hustings.
Mr. Lamb appeared in his place, next to the High
Bailiff. At three the poll-books were closed finally ;
and the following numbers were exhibited:—
Fur The Host. G. 1.64111 U 4465
MI It/l/hollse 3861
M,jor C 411.. r ght $8

Mr. Morris, the Hilt Bailiff; then came forward,
and informed the Meeting, that the Election had ter-
minated in favour of Mr. Lamb, who was accordingly
the ficpr,:sentative iu Parliament for the City of West-
minster.

The crowd manifested the utmost indigdation Mr.
Lamb ateppettforward. thanked the Meeting for having
done him the honour of appointing him to represent
Westminster, in conjunction with the worthy Baronet,
to whose assistance lie should look with expectation in
the course of his parliamentary career. He assured
them, he eliceald watch over their liberties with as care-
ful an eye as those who talked a great deal about liber-
ty; and he would leave it to a future day to decide.
whether he was right in his views, as to the best mcaua
of sectirite; their rights and privileges.
Mr. llohhouse came forward, amidst immense ap
plause. He came, he said; to bid them farewell. The
peoole of Westminster had, he said, lost the election :
he trusted they had not lost their honour. One thing
at least he was sure of—tbe Independent Electors bad
more consolation in such a defeat than the adversary
could have had. in such a vietory.—Applause.--The
.coalition of all the powerful parties in the State had
arrayed themselves against the People. The numbers
of those who had been led by .tale views, influenced
by threats, and deluded by promises, proved greater
than that of these who had conscientiously done their
,duty. He must . at the same time be understood to
say, thut he did not accuse all of those who had voted
for the opposite party of having voted against their
consciences e a great deal must be allowed for prejudice.
But it would, he said, be easily seen who had the best
reason to be content with the issue of the contest:—
On one side,: was a Candidate selected from the people,
bent upon the service of the,people, deciardig betbre
them his abhorrence of the conduct of a large political
lexly in the State, and rousing, by that declaration,
their active resentateot. lie bad told the keople the
reel character of that party who had always pretended
to wish to elieviate their miseries, and who now gave a
profit of their sincerity, by seeding forth a Candidate
:tgelest reform, and risking the chance of a civil was.
Opposite to the cause of the people stood the other can-
didate, the produce ef, that buttoned coalition which
petal alreddy been described. Between the two, it was
eaSy to see to whom the glory beioneed. The venal
pally ware mash to adopt all kinds of cejoleries and
tricks against the people. Although they carried away
vhat they called triumph, to the independent Electors
(those wlto voted for him) heloNed the real glory and
tee true profit of the contest.. The latter had gained
mach. The battle had proved„that nearly .4000 radical
reformers had the manliness to brave all threats, and
slued ngainq a coalition unparallelled in the annals of
hi Whigs.—Loud applause.—.. There was another

advantage derived from the result of the contest,: it
proved that nothing was to be expected from the Whir,
that they sought nothing but the aggrandisement or
their own great families. For himself, he felt the
deepest 'gratitude towards those Electors who Iva
placed such confidence in him. He knew well what
he had to encounter when he began. Every weapon
that malice and power could arm his adversary with
had been used against him. He would now bid them•
farewell, to retire to the station from which he had
come. He then bowed to the crowd and retired.
Sir F. Burdett came forward amid the loudest shoutr•
of applause. He said, the opponent was not su proud
of his triumph a's to be anxious to display his honour
before theMeetingon the last day of the.contest. lie
'looked forward to the effect of his labours with the
greatest hope; fur he saw in the independent Electors
of Westminster a strong reliance upon that axiom, that
all power emanated from the people.—Appliuse—He
was not disheartened by the parties of hired ruffians
whom the'people had driven before them. 'The caws.
was near being realised; never had it been so near
completion in Westminster. Mr. Hobliouse had said..
he would bid them farewell, hut it might not be a very
long farewell—loud cheers—for he was justified by the
poll, and the general feelings of the people of West—
minster, in plucing himself before them as the firm sup—
Porter o 6 their rights and liberties.—Besides the united

interests, and the base modes resorted to, the Electors
had to regret the falling off of some of their staunch
supporters.—Cries of " IVishart:' Mr. Wishart was
alwazs a Whig, and therefore could not be condemned.
—Cries of " Sturch"—The dereliction of public slaty.
Committed by that Gentleman was indeed a surprise..
Their's (the Reformers) was the day of triumph: 'a tri-
umph which he wonld not resign for the psltry result of
a contested election. He now took leave of the Electors
of Westminster with increlLied esteem, and, he trusted,
more closely connected than ever with them from the
struggle, in whicn they had joined heart and hand in
restoring the constitutional rights of the people o:
England.—Great applause.—The parties then left the
hustings..

Af%r the election was over, the disgraceful scener of
the early part of the day were repeated; such as throw- •
ing of mud, stones, Ike. on all that appeared partisans
of Mr; Lamb. The mob at last attacked the geese in '
which Mr. Lamb's Committee used to meet, demohsl.•ed
the windows, and almost plastered the front of the house
with mud. Stones were thrown into it through the
windows; one of which, being returned among the mob
by a person inside the house, struck a baker on the.
head, knocked him down. and produced a copious, '
stream of blood limn him temple. At last a party or •
the Horse Guards were brought up, who succeeded in
dispersing the mob without violence.

A small ass, belonging to J. Weak, of Poplar, 37
inches high, was backed, for a wager of 20 guineas, to
he rode by his son, to pet form nine miles within the
h cur. The rider and donkey, with its equipmenrs, at
the time of starting, weighed 1531b5--[the ass 102,
and the boy, saddle 'and bridle, 51.]—It started on
Wednesday, at one o'clock, from-the 12 mile stone in
the town of .omford, and arrived at the three mile
(Arnie at Stratford two minutes before two ; having
performed the task in 58 minutes.. From its diminitirer.
size it excited great astonishment.

The following list of persons sentenced to trancporta.
Lion at the Sarrey :,as4ms, shows the maturity of vice-
attrined at an early age by criminals of the present
day :—two females, I I years of age ; one male, 14 ;
two ditto 15 ; ore ditto, 17 ; one ditto, 19; one ditto,
20 ; three ditto, 3? ; and one ditto, 25.

At the Hertford Assizes, on Thursday, one man
woo capitally cmvicted of A highWUV robbery, and two,
of bnrg►ary. under very atrocious circumstances.
M'ednekday, at Westminster Abbey, iu the same
grave where the remains v( her husband were deposited,
it Poets Corner, was interred Mrs. Hendorson, the re-
lict of Mr. Henderson, the relehrr.ted 'Comedian.

A few davit ago an in, si was held at Notch Meols, Lan.
cashire,oll the holy 01 Jolla, son of Mundell, firmer. of
lam ica, in that parish ; when+, verdict of ftlatislaughter was
given against MAtliantleil, a youth of only 14 years of age !
Tho following are the particulars;-..(14t the -13'11 Ult. the
deeeds.d, .igeit 21, and his it, phew, \l. pitying.
t pitch-31111-i ; di4nnte ensued; in the c out r.e it whien..tiaa
nephew strork his uncle ou tie be.d uitlt a painted Irma In-
slrutuent osed by weavers crilliM t lore). Tit.• deceased
lingered until the following 71:i:11J:4.-11w boy will- havyla
lake trial nt the uppi.,achh
Wednesday a lira brokll out its the house ofhlt.
wine merchant, Piccadilly; by which tire intiltigr of the
premises was consumed.
An extruordinely tri.lorstrenaUi lately look r!kee Ooft-,
abdolig, Surrey. A nut named Weliiaai Vita, tgrd.bb, tore
wages efts. only, node' took to carry a lark of deer, wcighirg
:!5.5 Ihs. the distance of a Mile; triutout .rating. Thia Ise
actually accomplishml, op his WO at Esiiitiing ALIT, in
the above parish, and cat eying 5 en a steep hill, rendered
slippery by the sneer which had f. 1,11 just before, user Raffia
end agate, and returuing by in high 'PIA lo lb, mill aga4.
Gil s effected his task wish so ninth 'ease, that Le eirerett
repeat the wager witbin nit hem atter he hid sit chia
his load; but the spectators um esowt II ivi...!;,•,1 •
prowess, that uo one coulJ be fei :

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