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most vital importance to your interests.—( Cheers.) You
have met to consider who shall or who shall not represent your
opinions in Parliament.—( Great cheering.) That is the great
and important duty you have to perform.—( Cheers.) It is
the highest that an Englishman can be called upon to ex-
ercise.—( Continued*cheering. ) I confess, Gentlemen, that I
should have been better pleased if the meeting convened
for such a purpose as the present, bad been actuated more by
reason than base passion and party purposes.—( Cheers.)
What argument is there, I will ask, in pelting either of your
candidates ?—( Cheers.) I entreat you, in justice to my .op.
ponent, to hear with patience what he has to address to you.
—( Cheers, and great confusion.) I beg of you now to hear
me for two or three minutes, while I declare my political opi-
nions to you.—(Cheers.) I am, in every sense of the word,
a Reformer—(Cheers, and cries of " We know you are, and
a good one too") —but I am not what the Tories would
wish you to believe !I am, a Destructive.—( Loud and
continued cheering.) The Tories, and the Tories alone,
are the real Destructives.—(Great cheering.) They wish to
keep up the institutions of the country with their abuses. I
I wish to continue the existence of those institutions, cutting
off the abuses.—( Cheers.) When the Tories talk of being
Conservatives, ask them who caused all the war—(Cheers)—
the mischief—(cheers)—and the burthen of taxation
under which we now labour ?—( Loud and vehement cheer-
ing.) Ask them if :their late tyrant and chief has 'not
been as destructive in Hanover,--(Tremendous cheering.)
These, gentlemen, are the men who came forward seeking to
gain the suffrages of an enlightened and intelligent people.—
( Cheers.) These are the men who came forward before a
constitutional assembly of the enlightened electors of England
--( Cheers)—men who are linked with that tyrant who has
destroyed the Constitution of Hanover.—(Tremendous cheer-
ing.) I know very well, gentlemen, even if the Tories got
into power, they could net destroy the Constitution of this
country, as that man had done the Constitution of Ha-
nover.—(Much cheering.) Why ? Because you won't
let them. (Cheering.) Remember, force is not all
you have to guard against ; you must guard against Tory fraud.
—(Cheers.) Two months ago, when I had the honour of
appearing before you, the show of hands was in my favour on
the proposition of 100 to one ; and why, I would ask was I
not elected ? Why, on account of Tory intimidation and the
most base calumnies, intimidation which I trust the electors of
Westminster will not submit to in future. —( Great cheering.)
The people of England have now a Sovereign on the throne
who is determined to do all she could for the people. -I
hope her reign will be long and prosperous.—(Tremend-
ous cheering, and cries of "It will !—God bless her 1")
She has been educated among you, and she knows your wants,
and will take care that they are satisfied.—( Cheers.) If
you place me, as I verily believe you will—(Great cheer-
ing)—at the head of the poll, I can only say that you will find
me your most faithful representative in Parliament.—( Cheers. )
I have one more thing my friends to ask of you, and that is
that you will be all ready to-morrow at the polling booths,
to show that the same popular feeling exists now as formerly in
the city of Westminster, and that you will not allow yourselves to
be represented by a Conservative who, in times of old, would
have been justly designated a Tory. I beg of you, Gentle-
men, in conclusion, to conduct yourselves as single-minded and
intelligent Englishmen, and to give to our Hon. and Gallant
opponent, Sir George Murray, a full, fair, and patient hearing.
—( Immense cheering from the mass of the multitude, and a
few groans from the blackguards who wore Sir G. Murray's
colours and placards in their hats.)
Sir GEORGE MURRAY then attempted to address the meet-
ing, but we regret that on account of the groans, and still
more on account of the' rather dangerous missiles that were
directed towards that part of the hustings, we are pre-
vented from giving, as we certainly should do, if
we had it in our power, a nearly verbatim re-
port of what he said. The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman spoke (we believe) to the following effect :
Gentlemen, I am extremely sorry that on account of my posi-
tion on the hustings, and in consequence of the uproar which
has prevailed throughout the meeting, I have not had
the advantage of hearing the observations that have
fallen from my Gallant opponent.—( Hear, hear, hear.)
And consequently it is not in my power to reply to them.—
( Every sentence pronounced by the Right Hon. Gentleman
was followed by the most deafening groans from at least
nineteen-twentieths of the meeting.) I have had, however,
partially the advantage of hearing the speech of the last gen-
tleman who addressed you (Mr. Leader), and never in my
life have I heard a speech which I considered a more complete
failure.—( Tremendous cheering.) I have had the advantage
of commanding men among whom there were no ruffians, and
of addressing meetings in which such individuals took no
part. I was then obeyed and listened to. The Hon. Gentle-
man who last spoke may call himself a friend of the people,
but never in my life have I witnessed more unseemly be-
haviour—(we believe that those were the words)—
than that of the gentleman who last addressed them.—
( Tremendous groaning.) I stand here as an independent
candidate—l stand here invited by a large portion of the elec-
tors of Westminster; and if I were not so invited I would
never have come forward.—( Cries of " You are not in-
vited—you know you are not.") I stand here in the place
of which I am not ashamed, for I stand on a spot
which has been trodden before me by so many Honourable,
eloquent, and patriotic men. I stand here, as they were,
supporters of the Constitution of my country, as that Consti-
tution has been handed down to me by my ancestors—
and I hope Gentlemen, that you will be patriotic enough to
transmit that Constitution unimpaired, and in all its integrity,
to your posterity.—( Laughter and missiles repeated.) lam
a friend,.Gentlemen, to civil and religious liberty. I have
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those social relations which connect the people of this coun-
try. —(Cheers.) I have to thank you, if not for the at-
tention with which 3ou have listened to me, at least
for the very great and good humour which has, taking
all in all, distinguished the proceedings of this day. The
Right Hon. Gentleman retired amidst loud groaning from
every one present except about forty individuals.
The HIGH BAILIFF then asked for a show of hands in favour
of Colonel De Lacy Evans. Nearly the whole of the
vast multitudo held them up, striking them together
with the greatest enthusiasm. The same question being asked
of the meeting in favour of Mr. Leader, the multitude re-
sponded precisely in a similar way as before. On the
same question being put in favour of Sir George Murray
about forty blackguards of the lowest description, certainly not
more, held up their hands in reply.
The Hints BAILIFF then declared the show of hands to be
in favour of Colonel Evans and Mr. Leader, and.a poll de-
manded on the part of Sir George Murray.
Colonel EVANS then returned thanks to the meeting, and
saidjthat the hired ruffians who had been brought to disturb it
were bribed by Tories, whose dishonourable conduct he would
aftewards depict in its true colours. With regard to him.
self, since his return to the country, their behaviour had
been unworthy of gentlemen, and he hoped that for the sake
of their young and amiable Queen—for the honour of the
electors of that city, that they would not only beat the
Tories, but give them a memorable chastisement for
having insulted them by asking for their votes.—( Cheers.)
He concluded by entreating the electors to rally at the poll at
Half past Seven o' Clock in the morning.—( Vehement Cheers )
Mr. LEADER thanked the meeting for the great ho-
nour •it had conferred on him. He had always done
everything in his power for the good of the people. He
thanked them for the confidence they had reposed in him,
and in his whole life he would never forfeit it.—_( Cheers.)
He requested the electors to attend early at the poll, and he
had no doubt of being returned with his Gallant Friend by a
vast majority.—( Cheers. )
A gentleman whose name we could not learn having made
some remarks, supposed (for they could not be heard in the din
of groans) to be imputations upon Colonel Evans,
Mr. QUAILLE denounced the attacks that had been made
upon Colonel Evans as base, mean, cowardly, and un-
manly.—( Hear, hear.) He himself had witnessed his Gallant
conduct on all occasions, for skill and bravery in the field,
patience in hunger and privations, and invariable fidelity and
kindness to his men, whom he carried nobly through all their
perils and difficulties. —( Immense cheering.)
Some other gentlemen addressed the meeting in favour of
the Reform candidates, and exhorting the electors to come
early to the poll.
Three cheers were then given for the Queen.
Colonel EVANS proposed, and Mr. LEADER seconded, a
vote of thanks to the High Bailiff for his impartial con-
duct, which was carried unanimously.
Three cheers were then given for the two Reform Candi-
dates, and three groans for the Tory, and the immense assem-
blage quietly dispersed.
The arrangements made by the High Bailiff and his officers
were very judicious, and the conduct of the constables sta-
tioned in front of the hustings, who had rather an arduous task
imposed on them, was most praiseworthy.

GREENWICH ELECTION.
(THIS DAY.)

The Nomination of Candidates for the borough of Green-
wich, took place this morning at ten o'clock.
From an early hour the town was a scene of bustle, every,
person in it having espoused the cause of one or the other of
the candidates, and wearing their favours. The Tory colours
are deep crimson, and have been profusely distributed.
Mr. ATTWOOD was the first candidate who arrived at the
hustings. He was accompanied by about ninety C2rria,;:es
of various descriptions, and was preceded by a band of music,
and a large number of banners. Mr. Barnard and Captain
Napier arrived shortly after, and were loudly cheered. As
soon as the banner-men met they commenced fighting, which
was continued in some part of the crowd during the whole of
the proceedings. The arrangements made by the Returning
Officer were very bad. There was not the least accommoda-
tion for the Press, and the pressure on the platform was so
great, there being no barrier, the candidates and their friends
were thrown among the crowd, which was allowed to come close
to the hustings ; in fact, when some of the sudden rushes took
place consequent upon the frequent fights, the crowd knocked
against both candidates and their friends. In consequence of
all want of arrangement, we are enabled to give but a very
meagre account of the proceedings.
CHAS. HARWOOD, Esq., a barrister, appeared to nominate
Mr. Barnard. After adverting to the services of the worthy
Gentleman as their representative, he was sure the electors of
Greenwich under present circumstances would not fail to do their
duty by returning men to Parliament of Liberal principles.