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London, England, 1820-03-22 00:00:00

WESTAHNSTAR PLECTION.

ELEVENTH DAVE POLL, Tu ESDAY, Feramant 21.

Mr. Lamb's friends displayed ,ennsiJerable acti-
vity thin morning. From the following abatement
of the numbers polled at Iwo o'einek, it "walk"'
seen that they mastered with more than double the
strength Dr those of hie opponent,
_ollr. timisques :

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Xi, Proonii 1 rr c t
Mritobbooso
On the day% -poll. Nit.. tiobhouse 11>fr left in a
minority of 13.4. r The grog's asamben mix*.sorel-
low :

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The exhibition of the polbboard• posohteed re.
prated rounds of groans and hisses among the po-
pu lace.
Mr. IAI4III commenced him addrew by hopiog
that the notificatioto of the numbers was not ilis-
ple.ising to the gentlemen be addressed, and that
they would not be disappointed on learning the fact
that on this day's poll he was 130 a-head of his op-
punrot.-1 Here a personfrons the hastings exclaims.
ed, .• Its- all sto use—it won't do.")—The gentle-
man
who had made that remark certainly meant
to say that he was not yet high enough on the
poll, and that he would assist in rinsing him
higher on it at a future day.—/A largh.)-7
When he recollected that he had had such on rd.
vantage over his opponent on a Tuesday, the day
always most favourable for bringing up his elector.
titter the terrible Monday, he thought it no bad
omen of his ultimate success--(Great disapproba-
tion, mired with a fink applisese.)--If that did not
please them, nothing that he had to say to them
%%fluid ; •he feared they would lake his, eddresses
worse and worse every day; for it seemed,
that in proportion as his situation on the poll
breams more favourable, his• speeches became
more distasteful, and he was confident Olt it
1.i.11111 become more favourable every day, till lie
had a majority. over Mr. Hobliouse. The laurels
r,irionsite had been already taken by his opponent
o.ti an emblem of his (Mr. Lomb's) cause. He had
▪ right to do the same, and lie had no objection to
pursue the analogy, for they now looked fresh and
vigorous as when they had been put up; they were
a. green as ever, sod so flourished his cause.--
(Partial appluase.)—He had very little more to
ray—lois cause spoke sufficiently fur itself—
oilioerwise he should address them et more length.
1 lere some individual is the crowd bawled oat,
• Boa ! baa !" in allusion to Jr.A Lamb's 'sante )
ile should possibly gratify them himself with a
specimen of baai.v. were it not that he could
not pretend to vie iu this elegant en of animal issue
Pylon with the numerous gentlemen so accomplish-
ed ia this faculty that lie had seen there and in his
progri:•:s through) various quarters of the town. He
onultl assure them that his poll was prospering, sod
n'oul (I prosper, and he United he_bad no .reason UP
dt.sionfied.
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Mr. 110BUOUSE then addressed the people, and
the 'term of oppositiori which had accompanied
shoot the whole of Mr. Lamb's-speech was in-
stantly calmed. He ,aid that Mr. Lomb had err-.
taioly made a very respectable effort. that day ; his
(Mr. Lamb'.) foetid. had certainly done more, or
their common friends less, than it was natnral to
expect, from the state and pretensions of the two
coropetitore.—(4pplause.)—Mr. Lamb seemed re.
t,ivcd not to be beaten:. he reminded him of. a
c-!ebroted Italian, he believed his name was
„h., when told nn his deathbed and in his last ago-
wes that his end was rapidly approaching, replied,
" 1 won't die yet, that's flat."—(dlech lassghter.);:-
S;t M. Lamb's determination to survive his defeat
ti lade longer was very laudable; bat he had no
duo bt that the natural sod regolarcourse of events•
‘roold bring hint to his end in a 'few days, about
Saturday next..—(l.oughter.)-:..-And 'whether he
rbunld he this number or that number below him.
(Ns,. Hobhoese), he wonld be &kw him, nottshat
was entleigh.—He said, that his cause spoke for it-
self; but he asked Mr. Lamb what was his cause?
He was not aware that the electors of Westminster
knew he had any cause et all, or that he appeared.
before ahem as the patron and supporteeof any per-
two's, woof principles. On the contrary, hie mere
war that bf Parli.tmentary Reform., u nose *Nell
everpsonin of common sense. who did not !attempt!
to oppose the progress of knowledge, and the course
of,sltiogs,, had adopted ; and which the.treat body:
of the electors, not only of WesiminsteNbut of.tlse
whole' kingdom, had embower'. It way against this
cause Me. Lamb stood forward, and had lately
It lasted atbastrig polled this day • majority of 134.
lint hit-mild account for this, success very easily if
the .rofireass.• which had reached his ears were to be
unedited. Fur Ministers, wishing to chew Mr.
Limb 'hoe insignificant he should be -standing
an hie own interest, had left. him to himself
in the early part of the election ; but now having
sofficiently *hewn him that they were resolved to put
their shouldets•to work to keep out the Reformer,
they said, a of two evils ,let. us. 'choose the least
41'4 there we-ti always in the present low state of
public priociple• number of men to be found in
Westminster, es, any other part of the kingdom,'
who could be called out and arrayed against any
popular come.; these could be brought up st"aury
time.Nlicreas bee_ and,intlepoodent west could riot.%
He aeuessituglyt exptcted that greoieurtiana would
bewail& fop Mr. Lamb by all those -who were
oriented to Reforni. Rut be really was at a',
loss to know what was the cause of Mr. Lomb,
He found that it assumed various
on almost a different one in every diticrous swot,
It was very diff volt fur soy. man to cope with it,
Wcause he found that its appearance was new &-
meet iu going from one house to another. Sodti;..
11111•11 it was Burden and Lamb, sometimes Lamb
alo.:*, and sometimes Church and King Lamb. ,
Looking into are newspapers of yesterday, lie hail
seen, that Mr. S. Waitbeeld had discovered that
one of the clerks of this Board of Ordnance had •
been engaged in canvassing for the Ministerial Can-
didate in Middlesex, having written a note to itr-
quire how many votes could be brought up from a
certain quarter to vote for Me.-Mellish.—(Groans.)
—ln like manner he had found out that commis- .
ing in the agate wholesale way had been begun to
be putin richer for Mr. Lamb.—(Shonts of dir-
ameiataTiost. f--Ht did not know who the respects-
We iatirisitlwal was that bad signed, the piper to his..