The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1837.

St. George, Hanover-square 1,106 ... 740
St. James
St. John's (a Radical parish) 247 ... 249
St. Margaret's (as Radical a parish) 2M 246
St. Martin's•in-tho. Fields (the strong-
hold of the Radicals) 495 ... 460
Making a total in favour of
Burdett
Leader

trusted not only his friends then present, but also all the real
Reformers in Westminster, would attend at that (the Central
Committee) room to-morrow, at one o'clock, and afterwards
repair in a body to the hustings at Covent-garden.—( Cheers,
and " We will.")

Mr. LEADER at this moment entered the room, and was
received with several rounds of applause, clapping of hands,
and waving of hats, which was responded to from the crowds
collected in front of the hotel, during which the honourable
gentleman mounted the table. When the applause had sub-
sided, he said it was true they had lost the election, but he
hoped they were not down-hearted or dismayed, for he begged
to assure them he wa's not ; and why should he when he bore
in mind the means by which their Tory opponents had gained
their inglorious Victory—( Hear)—a victory gained by acts of
intimidation and coercion, such as he never could have thought
man, ay or woman (for even the fair sex had becoine actors)
would have dared to exerci.e in so large a constituency.—
( Hear.) 'lint the time would soon come when a stop would
be put to such proceedings. The result of the election, there-
fore, was not to be considered by those who supported reform
pt inciples in the light of a defeat. The result of their past ex-
ertions would prove to them the necessity of adopting a better
mode of organization. Their want of success was to be attributed
to three causes—first of all to Tory votes, and the unjust and
indecent means used by certain great ladies to coerce and in-
timidate the electors; secondly, to the vacillating conduct of a
set of old women, for such only could they be called, who said
Viey were 4eformert, but who recorded their votes against
him ; and thirdly, by a want of organisation and proper ma-
nagement in the mode of canv-ssing the borough. It was
cheering, nevertheless, to reflect on the able and strenuous
exertions that had been used by his friends around him. All
he could say was, they had his most heartfelt thanks, and he
could assure them that at any time they might command his
services, either as a candidate, or (if they could select one
more likely to suit them) as an elector.—(Cheers.) He
would not longer trespass on their attention ; they had had
sufficient already to induce them to require rest ; and he could
assure-them he had not been altogether idle.—( Laughter. )
He would therefore conclude by begging they would accom-
pany him to the hustings, as proposed by his Gallant Friend,
their Chairman.—( Loud cries of "We will.") The Hon.
Gentleman again thanked the meeting, and concluded amidst
shouts of applause and clapping of hands.
Mr. AGLIONBY, M. P. for Cockermouth, rose and proposed
a vote of thanks to their lion. and Gallant Chairman, whose
assiduity, urbanity, and kindness were acknowledged by every
person who had occasion to seek his advice and instructions
during their late struggle.
Mr. M. J. O'CosNELL, M. P., seconded the resolution,
which was carried with shouts of applause.
The Gallant CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the meeting
adjourned.

MEETING AT SIR F. BURDETT'S HOUSE.
Yesterday evening a meeting of the gentlemen composing
the General and District Committees for conducting the elec-
tion of Sir' Frencis Burdett met at the Hon. Baronet's re-
sidence in St. James's-place, for the purpose of congratulat-
ing their re-elected representative and themselves upon the
success which had attended their respective labours. Amongst
those present we notieed.Lord Loftus, Lord Cole, M. P., Sir
C. Knightley, Bart., M. P., Mr. Donald Maclean, M.F.,
Captain Ryder Burton, R.N., Mr. Wood, and several other
influential gentlemen.
Sir G. Sinclair, Bart., M. P., presided ; and shortly after
8 o'clock Sir F. Burdett entered the room, and was received
by the company standing, amidst the most deafening and en-
thusiastic 'cheers, oft renewed with increased energy. As soon
as silence was restored,
Sir G. SINCLAIR addressed Sir Francis Burdett to the fol-
lowing effect:—His Hon. Friend had of course received at the
earliest possible moment an intimation of the event of the
day, which had d'ffused g!adness and triumph in the hearts
of the overwhelming majority of all the loyal and well-
disposed citizens of Westminster—(Cheers)—events which,
as soon as they were promulgated throughout the different
districts of England, Scotland, and of Ireland, would excite
feelings of gratitude and enthusiasm in every corner in the
United Empire.—( Loud cheers.) The present meeting was
assembled on this occasion, partly for the purpose of con-
gratulating his esteemed and honoured friend, now again the
representative of Westminster, on the gallant manner in which
the battle had been fought, and the glorious exertions by
which the triumph had been achieved.—( Hear, hear.) He
must be also permitted to add, that they were met for the pur-
pose of congratulating one another, of congratulating the
friends of constitutional liberty throughout the empire, and he
would also say, the whole world, upon the result of the con-
test.—(Cheers.) He did not intend to say any thing in dis-
paragement of the gentleman placed in opposition to Sir
Francis Burdett, for, though h is personal acquaintance with
him was very short, yet he had never heard anything that
could at all tend to his disadvantage as an individual ' • on the
contrary, he might be permitted to say, that he (Sir G. Sin-
clair) had often witnessed, and was ready to attest, his talents
and eloquence in the House of Commons, and his devotedness
to the public business of the country.—( Hear, hear.) But,
at the same time, the principles which that lion. Gentleman
had avowed were calculated, as he (Sir G. Sinclair) in his
conscience believed, to militate against the institutions of this
country ; although he was persuaded that Mr. Leader had no
such object—yet those principles had materially conduced to
the present triumph ; and when he considered, in addition to
this, the veraelous flippancy of certain public prints, and the
ridiculous ribaldry with which their venerated friend and repre-
sentative had been assailed, he was convinced that those publi-
cations had much diminished the efficiency of the opposition,
and promoted the success of their Hoar, and cheers. )
While he gladly acknowledged how much this city now owed
to the zeal and activity of the Conservative electors, yet he
must at the same time state, in the presence of Sir F. Bur-
dett, that all the Tories had not supported him. Placards had
.gone forth that Sir F. Burdett was an apostate, and it seemed
that his alleged apostasy had excited the virtuous indignation
of Lord Palmerston.—(Loud laughter.) Now, as he was
informed, Lord Palmerston had in a former contest for West-
minster acted as choirman to Sir Murray Maxwell's Corn-
mittee—(Renewed laughter) ;.,._and that when he ( Sir G.
Sinclair) and his Hon. Friend near him, in 1812, were voting
fur Reform, Lord Palmerston was one of the able and elo-
quent leaders of an anti-Reform Ministry.—(Loud cheers,
and continued laughter.) And yet the Noble Lord was so
shocked with the inconsistency, as it was called, of Sir F.
Burdett, that he now felt it necessary to' put an end to the
evil practice, and with that view had no doubt with very great
reluctance polled against Sir Francis Burdett.—(Cheers.)
It was true that he had not seen any letters addressed to the
eleotors of Westminster by any Member of the Cabinet, but
this he did know, that undue influence by Members of the
Government had been exercised during- the canvass. But
when ho read the letter of the Learned Member for Kilkenny,
who had done the electors of Westminster the honour of ad-
dressing to them a letter—(a laugh)—then he felt no difficulty
in accounting fur the Members of the Cabinet coming forward
to vote for Mr. Leader.—(Cheers.) There many circum-
stances which had taken place in the course of the canvass
and of the contest which had excited in no small degree his
astonishment. It had been said, that it was totally impossible
that any true Reformer could vote for Sir F. Burdett. When
this was said, and ho remembered that fnr upwards of thirty
years Sir F. Burdett had been the intrepid champion of re-
form, he could not help thinking that the word " Reform," like
many other things, must have changed its meaning. There
had been a time when the word "liberal" was supposed to im-
ply goodness of heart, kindness, and freedom ; but lie con-
fessed that when he now heard the word used, he construed it
as meaning everything that was democratic, despotic, and
tlrannical.—( Loud cheers.) Hence it was, that when told
that it was utterly impossible for a true Reformer to support
Sir Francis Burdett, he was &nit ous to ascertain what the
expression " true Reformer" meant. At present a true Re-
former scorned to be a person who arrived at directly dif-
ferent conclusions to the poet, and to say that " whatever is
is wrong"_( Great applause arid laughter)—and therefore
to seek for any encroachment or innovation. He begged to
apologise for having detained the Meeting so long.—(" No,
no ;") but he would now conclude be offering to his lion.
Friend, on behalf of the electors of Westminster, of the ges
ncral and district Committees, and of the preponderating ma-
jority of the friends of the Constitution, their most cordial
congratulations upon this result...of this day—(Cheers)—a re-
sult for which he was indebted—first, to the exertions of his
friends—next, to the virulent and unjust aspersions of his
enemies, which had excited universal indignation ; and lastly,
to the respect and veneration which was attached throughout
the country to 'his honoured name._a name than which few
would occupy a more conspicuous place in the annals of Bri-
tish history.—(Tremendous applause.)
The Secretary to the general Committeo (Mr. Croucher)
then, by the desire of the Chairman, hid before the meeting
a dissected state of the poll, by which to enable them to see
the districts where the friends of Burdett and the Constitution
lay. The state of the poll in each parish was as follows :
Burdett. Leader.
St. Anne's, Soho
St. Clement Danes
St. Mary-le-Strand . 36 ... 23
St. Paul's, Covent-garden
Precinct of the Savoy l4 ... 11

Majority in favour of Burdett... 586
Sir F. BURDETT said, that when last night he had the
honour of addressing, the highly respectable, influential, and
honourable meeting by whom lie was attended, he had stated
that he had the fullest and most perfect confidence as to the
result of their exertions, and he had now the satisfaction of
feeling that the confidence. he had felt was not misplaced.—
( Hear, hear.) It was under that feeling of confidence that
he had thrown himself upon the good sense and patiot-
ism of his fellow-citizens, at the crisis which had now ar-
rived. lie had felt and considered that crisis, in which the
institutions of the country were at stake, as affording a fair
field on which to fight the great battle of the Constitution lie
had considered that the failtire would he entirely his own,
but that the triumph, if achieved, would be that of every
honest man In the country. The electors of Westminster
had, however, shown, by their determined exertions this day,
that the step which he (Sir F. Burdett) had to he ina
duty to take, though a bo.IA IYA7a nut a i,asb step. They bad
ititilef4 the'boufse ho had pursued, hul he hoped and
trusted that his conduct in the proud situation in which be
was now placed--a situation which raised biro higher than
he had eves before stood—( Hear, hear)—and which filled him
with devotion and ffratitude—voqd satisfactorily directed
' •

to any task of duty in the service of his country with-
out shrinking from any claim that might be' made by
any individual.—(Cheering.) In the confidence which he
expressed last night he had now grounds for exultation. He
had sufficient confidence in the patriotism, the good sense,
and the sound English feeling of the citizens of Westminster
to put it to the severe test which it lied undergone ; this feel-
ing of the people of Westminster would be responded to by
all England, and the result of this day would be like the
hoisting of the Union Jack which had preceded so many glo-
rious victories for the British Constitution.--( Loud cheers.)
The example of Westminster would be followed throughout
the land, and he thought he might now say that the institu-
tions of England, herglorious Constitution, and her unrivalled
and much-envied liberties, were perfectly safe.—(Great
cheering.) His Honourable Friend on his left (Sir George
Sinclair), who had proved himself so worthy of the confidence
and esteem of the citizens of Westminster—( Hear, hearl—
had endeared himself to them, had rendered most important
services to his country, such as ever would be recollected
by him (Sir Francis Burdett), with a full sense of those
services, and with the deepest feelings of gratitude for
his personal friendship.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The meet-
ing had already undergone great labour to-day, and he
therefore should not detain them with any unnecessary repeti-
tion of his sentiments, which were already so well known to
them all. He would, therefore, content himself with ex-
pressing with gratitude the feelings with which he was now
animated, and which he hoped also inspired him again to fight
the battle of English liberties.—( Loud cheers. )' This great
Protestant united kingdom would, he was satisfied, never sub-
mit to see its dismemberment by any pretender to public prin.
ciple.—(Cheers.) One person, it seemed, would lop off from
the empire of England a portion of America—another would
sever from the connexion the Irish people—and, for aught he
knew, a third might be found to cut off Scotland from the
united kingdom, so that the whole country would again be
reduced into mere particles, and, like the Saxon heptarchy,
become, in fact, no nation at all. It ought net to be forgotten
that the Protestants of the united kingdom had acted with the
greatest liberality and generosity to the Raman Catholics
throughout the lond, and he believed that the greater
portion of the Roman Catholics both of England and Ireland
—he alluded to the enlightened and respectable part of the
Roman Catholics, were fully sensible of the deep obligations
they owe to the British Protestant Legislature. The respect-
able portion did not participate in those feelings of hostility to
England which it suited the purpose of well-paid agitators and
presumptuous, ignorant, and aspiring Popish priests in Ireland
to manifest and to evince. Vain were their efforts and most
futile their attempts—they never could make this great Pro-
testant State bow to them in any way. He was sure that the
Protestants of England—that,the Protestants of Ireland (a
noble and loyal set of men, who would defend themselves if
not cramped and paralyzed by those who, instead of discouri-
tenancing, ought to cherish, aid, and support them)—and the
Protestants of Scotland would never submit to be cajoled,
blarnied, or bullied into a surrender.—( Loud and long conti-
nued cheers.) To make the matter short, it lay in a very
small compass—namely, that those who thought like those who
heard him would never submit to bow the knee or give ascen-
dancy to Popery--( Renewed cheers)—or permit the debase-
ment of Protestantism in any part of the United Kiagd.om.—
( Entlysiastic cheers.) These were the principal grounds and
objects for which he considered he had again been elected their
representative in Parliament. It was the English Constitu-
tion, the Protestant religion, the Established Church, and
the great and glorious institutions of the land, that they were
all now called upon to defend, but the union of feeling,
of spirit, and of energy which had been displayed during
the present contest had removed all apprehensions, all doubtr
from his mind, and inspired him with hope that no ene-
mies ever could prevail against them.—( Great applause.)
He should to-morrow present himself upon the hustings to
thank the electors at large in the same manner as he now
thanked the deputies from the various parishes for the honour
again conferred upon hire. In conclusion, he congratulated
the present meeting upon the triumph they had achieved, and
expressed a hope they would use it like Englishmen—that
they would apply it to real and efficient purposes, and not as a
means to hurt the feelings or to insult any portion of their
fellow-subjects.--(Tremendous applause.)
A desultory conversation as to the arrangements for to-
morrow (this day), and in which Lord Cole, Mr. Wood, and
several other gentlemen took part, then ensued. It was sug-
gested that the state of Sir Francis Burdet is health made
it desirable not to have a procession or chairing. Even.
tually it was arranged that Sir F. Burdett should come
his private carriage to the hustings ; that his supporters
should meet him there at two o'clock, and after the business
had terminated, should escort the Hon. Baronet to his residence.

Mr. 11,1Act.gAx, M P., moved a vote of thanks to Sir George
Sinclair, Bart., M. P., for his efficient services during the con-
test, as Chairman of the General Committee.

The motion was carried by acclamations.
Sir G. SINCLAIR briefly returned thanks, and after a vote
had been passed to Mr. Croucher, the Secretary to the Gene-
ral Committee, and acknowledged by that gentleman, the
meeting separated, but not until they had given three times
three hearty cheers for " Burdett and the Constitution."