The National Register.
London, England, 1812-10-11 00:00:00

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would cettaudy deprive them. • The LORD MAYOR himself,
Nindisinave.l by the higit pi ice of bread, which he had been
cowl:eked tq increase the week before, came forward to claim
the li.nour oiCity llepresentation, and after expounding all
his tiles to confidence and support, had the satifaction of
bet mil.:i out at least two thousand, twelve or fourteen
•11-,mis kf ei in his lichalf. T 111.; sight affected his gratitude,
or his pt de 60 'deer v, that he had pity on the friends who
hid rear,4/00,/,4, c;ec aced themselves in his favour, and
saved tne,n the trouke of voting, and himself the humilia-
tion of standing at the> bottom of the poll, by a timely re-
nunet:!tiou •of his claim. Two or Once Aldermen were
equally considerate : Lad those whom a moderate show of
hands encotLaged to maintain their pretensions, seemed to
enter on a most hope!es-s contest; for no sooner had their po-
pular antagOni,t, Mr. Wa t I:LIMAN, appeared and addressed
the multitude—

Than to confirm his words, outtiew
I'h -u,1111(14 wa% tug hats, drawn horn the heads
0:. the sable 11.ofid
rottEd ohs. wed 6ntlithall hi,ddy they rage(!
Against the lo‘:11, and tierce wi:h 111,0uVring throats
Ono' the erltoine hall the (lima nix,
Hurling defiance to the adverse kw.

But when the poll had begun, and votes were wanted in-
stead of noise, the loud and numerous champions of Mr.••
% AITH MAN turned out to be inched nothing but mimic Li-
vct ; for out of that great multitude which threatened to
devour all op-position, and to carry his election at once, only ,
such a small prcesortion. of Electors proceeded. as have
kept hint up to the present time, at the respectful distance
of neatly a thousand votes behind the lowest of four of his
antagonists. This ill success must be the mere galling to
.eeliegs, us it evidently arises from a want of confi-
dence in his pr,.)fessions, and not- a decided objection to his
political rrinciples, since Alderman Co M E, whose senti-
ments are equally' anti-ministerial, has 1 orn the first rim-.
went stood at the head of the poll. But !Aida titan Comer,
is an Opposition matt, without being a virulent drmagogue,
rid some }carts of his private dealings never tatted forth a
damning" opini,in, frorn the h:ghest law authority of the
laud, which Mr. NV Arrnm. A N has so long promised, and so
obstinately forborne to explain.
Tpe example of the City is pretty closely followed in the
Borough, where tie friends of Mr..lot4es BURDETT, un-
appalled by majorities of twelve and lodetren hundred
votes, continue to press his election, although he has do-
dined coming forward as a candidate, and will only con-
sent to accept a seat in Parliament, which, like his brother,
he considers
.to be no- honour," if elected without any
solicitations or expense on his part. This management has
4udecd succeeded with
_Sir l'asNe (whose extraordinary
*drives,: to the Westminster Electors, we give in another part
of our co!umns, as a specimen of triumidiant audacity and
tniirepre,entation, proved fake by the very fact of 10s free
god unopposed eleetion) ; -hut Mr. JoNks Buttoe,itr has
vot yet gained a sufficient ho.ld on popular blindness, to
treat impuneiy his constituents as spaniels, and to gain their
Support Iry openly. declaring his contempt crf it. •It is only
tistonisling that afer the i'' usal of his last- letter,• his
Committee should have been willing to persevere iu a
Cause in which they are not even seconded by him for
whose e'er Lion they contend. •
Driven
.by his own folly from the House of •cornmons,
*here, ever sinee•the disgusting exposure-tbat. followed his
diction ag tinst_Witioter, he seldom dared to show his face,
Colpm I WARDLE has sthed the present opportunity of re-
tUrfiltli; to his original insignificance, with as mre;di joy as
be expected. To save appearances, himi:ver," he hag
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