The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-11 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'SCOURT, Mir 8.
PIDDING v. HOW.—HOWQUA'S MIXTURE.
After the rising of the Court Mr. WILLCOCK (with whom
was Mr. TAYLOR), on behalf of the plaintiff, late a com-
mander in the East India Company's maritime service,
moved the Vice-Chancellor at his private house for a spe-
cial injunction to restrain the defendant, a grocer, tradi
under the firm of Brocksopp and Co., 233 and 234, High-
street, in the Borough, from selling tea under the name of
Howqwes mixture, or Mowqua's small leaf gunpowder, or
in packages imitated from those of the plaintiff. The
affidavits pf the plaintiff and others which were read in sup-
port of the motion stated, that the plaintiff for 20 years,
during which he had traded to China, had intimwely
known Howqua, the chief of the Hong merchants at
Canton, and had become acquainted with a mixture of
black tuts, which Howqtra made for his own private
use, and with the chops or marks which distinguish the
fine qualities of teas forming that mixture ; that he had
for several years past sold that mixture through agents,
under the name of Howqua's mixture, and also a pe-
culiar kind of the finest gunpowder tea, under the name
of Howqua's small-leaf gunpowder. That such teas were
in London sold only by Thomas Littlejohn and Son, con-
fectioners, 77, King William-street, city ; and C. Verey,
S.viss Cone .tiore.., 218, Regent-street ; that a large quan-
tity of these teas had been supplied by the plaintiff' and
li's agents for the use of his Majesty, and that the plain-
tiff had lately discovered that the defendant was selling
teas of a totally different and very inferior quality under
the names of Howqua's mixture and Mowqua's small-
leaf gunpowder. It also appeared, from the affidavits of
Mr. William Styan, tea-broker, Mr. William Stericker,
wholesale tea-dealer, and Mr. Gervas Humpston, who
are most eminent in the tea-trade for their judgment
on the comparative value and different qualities of ten,
that they had tasted and compared the real Howqua's
mixture of the plaintiff with the tea of Brocksopp and
Company, so called, and the Howqua's small-leaf gun-
powder of the pla'ntiff with Brock' opp and Company's
Mowqua's small-leaf gunpowder ; and that the plaintiff's
Howqua's mixture was a mixture of the very highest cha-
racter, and composed of many varieties of black tea of the
finest quality, having a character peculiar to itself, a fine
rwural aroma, totally distinct from any other mixture of
ter with which deponents were acquainted, and that depo-
n :nts could not themselves make such a mixture, while the
tet which Brocksopp and Co. called Howqua's mixture
was of a very inferior description and faint, than which no
worse character could be given to any tea, and that the
plaintiff's Howqua's mixture was worth four times as much
as the tea so called by the defendant. That the plaintiff's
Howqua's small leaf guapowder was gunpowder tea of the
finest quality, and such as could not now be purchased is
the market, while Brocksopp and Cr.'. Mowqua's small
leaf gunpowder was so inferior a tea, that the deponents
could not set any price upon it, and that was artificially
scented, and appeared to have been drugged with bergamot
in this country.
His HONOUR granted the injunction.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURT,

KINGSGATE-STREET.

A very pompous-loaing worthy, rejoicing in the namc,
of Constantine, was summoned by a son of Crispin, for the
amount of 11. 125., for boots.
How will you pay? asked Mr. Dußois. I don't mean
to answer, said Mr. Con-staatine.

Mr. DUBOIS—Don't you tho' ?—then I suppose you'll
pay. Mr. Constantine—l shan't pay nuthink, not a half-
penny, my name aint that ere.
Mr. DUBOIS—What is it then Sir ? Constantine
Why, summat different—( Laughter.)
Mr. Dußois—Sir, I can tell you that if you refuse to
answer any questions I may put to you, I have power
to commit you, and I shall certainly exercise it.
Constantine—You aint got no sich power.
Mr. DUBOlS—Officers, take that man into custody.
Here the fingers of a remarkably bruin-like officer was
about to hug the litigant, when the latter became a trifle
more communicative ; " taint for me to argey pints in for,
and I don't see no reson for any committing, so 1 'spose I
must say what my name rely is ; but howsomdever I shall
have the pint cleared up ; and, if so be—"
Mr. Dusots—Will you tell me your right name, Sir?
Constantine—lf so be you're—
Mr. Dußois—Officers, remove that man.
Constantine (holding on by the table, and elevating his.
voice)—lf so be you're wrong you may append on I'm not
the man to put up with—
Mr. Dußois—Once more, Sir, will you comply with
my demand, and tell me your name 2—Defendant— Well,
then, my name-is Constantine ; but not as they got it in
the summons—( Laughter.)
Mr. DUBOIS—Do you owe the money ? Constantine—
0, yes, I don't 'spute nothing in regard of that.
Mr. Dußois—Well, then, Mr. Constantine, the co.der
of the Court is, that you do pay directly.
The defendant was again about to dispute the authority
of the Court, when the best and sweetest. tempered of all
possible officers alluded to bundled him out.
By the seventh sec. of the 23d Geo. 11., the stupidly
captious defendant in the above case rendered himself
liable to be committed to the House of Correction for three
months, or any shorter time at the discretion of the county
clerk and the jurors.
A DANCING-MASTER DIDDLED.—TO be too cock sure
in any thing generally works woe, as Don Quixote found
when he attacked the windmills, and many persons in later
times may have experienced.
The defendant in this case was a well-known stumpy
little dancing-master—fiddler—teacher (!) of music! in
short, a Caleb Quotem in a little way. He entered the
Court with the air of one of that class, wherein a m ercan-
tile speculation would turn out profitable—namely, " to pur-
chase the gentleman at our price and to sell him at his own!"
Dreadful, awful things did he look at the long baker de-
fendant, who, having a head like his own scuffle'-tub, and
every thing else to match, appeared to treat his cl endear-
ing young charge" very indifferently. To alter a stanza of
Burns, viz. :
" Diddler cocked his chin full high,
Looked askant and unco sly :
Gart poor Doughey standing by,
Ha I ha! the suing at."
His triumph, however, was not of any considerable (lure
tion, and he who but a few minntes before had entered th e
Court in all the pride of that shuffling, never-7ay-nobed3 -
sort of liberty, which pure radicalism delighteth in, wen t
away in company with one Master Snare, wiao bad bean'
seeking him up and down, and running to and fro in the,
bailiwick, to execute his exion, for more than three lon g
years. But, to the case—
Mr. Dußois, to the defendant—Do y cru owe this amount;,
sir? Diddler—No, sir, I paid it ; and -I mean to sue thi s
man for defamation !
Mr. DUBOlS—lndeed I Pray wher.e do you live ? Did-
dler—Three doors from him, sir.—c Laughter.)
Very explicit, 'indeed, said Mr.. Dußois. Pray where do
you live, plairaiff ? Plaintiff--,Test as be ses, sir—three
doors round tide corner.—(La righter.)
Mr. 13m:so's—What, theli, can neither of you tell me?
What corner do you mean ? Plaintiff—Why, the corner
of the' street as he lives in.—(Considerable laughter.)
Mr. DUBOlS—Really you'll exhaust my patience ironic-
diatt*. Where is the street you talk about ? Mr. Did-
dlPr—Close by here, Sir. Not two minutes' walk.
On threatening to dismiss the case, Mr. Dubois elicited
the necessary information, and Mr. Doughey was sworn as-
to the correctness of his debts. The jury being satisfied,
returned a verdict accordingly, and while they were de-
ciding on the mode of payment., the following colloquy
went on :
Your a pretty scamp to bring me here," said Diddler to
Doughey.
" Hold yer tongue, Jim Crow," said Doughey.
" This won't do yer no good," said Diddler.
" No," replied Doughey (with a capacious grin, and a
cab-horse twist of the head), " cos praps I shan't never
get it praps—you pays nobody, Master Diddler.
" Your a sinivatin low feller, and I'll indickt yer for per-
jury," added defendant. " I can tell this ere Court I 'ad
the honour of going to school with Mr. Du'aois's son.
Here Doughey grinned a grin still mare slick than the.
former, and, turning full round, " Did yer," said he, " and.
now for yer sarse, I can tell yer your got the 'oner to go to.
quod with one of his officers, and when you've served yer
time out on that there, then I keeps yer for this here."
The gravity of those who heard this colloquy was consi-
derably disturbed, for, sure enough, there stood the officer
with the awful warrant in his hand for the decision that
had taken place three years agone, and sorrowful and slow-
did Mr. Diddler wend his way down Kingsgate-street with.
the officer.

The Abbe Raynal observes, that the use of tea ha $
contributed more to the sobriety of the Chinese than, the seve-
rest laws, the most eloquent discussions, or the best tread' acs
on morality.
'l'he finding of several human limbs in the sut.urbst
of London, since the murder by Greenacrc, causer 1 they
greatest excitement. A similar occurrence took place in this.
city on Friday, when the leg and thighof a ferr,ul.:." were,
found floating in the canal basin, near Rlngsend. The
1 cumstance was reported at the head-offiec.—DuLl in Paper,

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
(YESTERDAY.)

hand, whoever came forward to support Mr. Leader, did so
for the support of liberty and independence. The most deafen-
ing cheers succeeded the Hon. Member's address, which lasted
a considerable time.

Mr. HUME being loudly called for from all parts of the
meeting, then made his appearance, and was received with
loud acclamations. Some confusion having taken place on
the platform,
Mr. WAKLEY again came forward, and said—The other
party object to Mr. Hume, because he is not an elector, but he
is your County Member.—(Great cheering, and renewed calls
for Mr. Hume.) They are evidently afraid of him. —( Laughter. )
Mr. HUME-If we could only get rid of the Tories here and
elsewhere, we should do very well.—( Renewed laughter and
cheering.) Gentlemen, I have witnessed with great satisfac-
tion the proceedings of this day, because it convinces me that
the people now see their own interests, and are determined to
have a voice of their own.—( Cheers.) The struggle now is
between democracy and aristocracy, and it rests with you
to say which shall succeed—(Loud and continued cheers)
—whether the people are to be represented really in the
House of Commons, or whether the Aristocracy, who have so
long lived and plundered at your expense, shall still carry on
their peculations. Gentlemen, it is impossible for me to give
you any idea of the importance of the result of to-morrow's
election. It is simply this—whether the cause of Reform now
begun shall go on for the interests of the community at large,
or whether the Tories, through the House of Lords, and the
influence of the Clergy, shall stop all reform, and bring
us back to the old state in which the Aristocracy have
been plunderers, pensioners, and sinecurists on the public
purse. Gentlemen, Sir Francis Burdett was once the man
of the people, but he is now the man of the Tories. Let Sir
Francis Burdett recollect the picture he once drew of the
Tories, who for years made the public revenue subservient to
their own interests and that of their connections and dependents
—( Cheers)—making every day large additions to your public
debt, and making the private advantage of the few para-
mount to the benefit and good of the many.—( Applause. )
The question to be decided by this election is whether you are
to enjoy the fruits of your labour and capital—whether you
will allow the Tories, who have taken up Sir Francis Burdett
as a means of deceiving you, to become your tyrants and op-
pressors once more, and thus become the engines in their hands
0r rivetting the chains that have so long bound you.—( Cries
of No, no !" ar.d tremendous cheering.) Gentlemen, I
am one of those Radical Reformers who stood forward
in support of those principles, when they were neither so gene-
ral nor so fashionable as at present.—( Hear, hear.) We want
recruits to support and advocate the cause of the people, and
for every deserter let us have two recruits. I say that Sir F.
Burdett is a deserter.—( Cries of " No, no," followed by
loud cheerinr, and shouts of " He is, he is.") I say that he who
denies it is a fool.—( Loud cheering.) Look at his Committee—
look at his placards.—( Great applause. Look at the language
with which he is attempting to lull his old friends.—(Tre-
mendous cheering.) What was the language of Castlereagh ?
Did he not avow his determination to fight for the King and
the Constitution, and did he not exclaim we are for supportinc,
the Church? Was it not against that language that Sir C.
Burdett had taken his stand—was it not by that means that

Mr. LEADER (in continuation from our First Edition of yes-
terday) said—
They say lam too young. Which do you like best ? Will
,ou have a young Reformer, who is zealous in your cause?
Or will you have a respectable old Gentleman, who is supported
by all your opponents, the Tories ?—(No, no.) 1 confess
that when I see the means that have been taken by the opposite
laity in order to gain votes against me, such conduct is dis-
gusting. (Cheers.) How have they been canvassing ?
They have been intimidating their tradesmen and work-people.
They have tried to compel them to give their conscientious
vote for the sake of their interest ; and then they have been
aspersing my character, forsooth, and telling you I have no
religion, because I wish to see the Church Establishment set
in order.—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") Why, Gentlemen, I
say they are the Destructives—they are the enemies to true
religion.—(Cheers.) What ! will they brand the people as
Destructives? Is it not for the interests of the great majority
of the people that peace, order, and tranquillity should reign
throughout the country ?—(Cheers.) Why then should the
people be called Destructives, and why do they dare to
brand me who advocate the people's cause with the names of
Destructive and Atheist ?—(Great cheering.) Gentlemen,
this is not a personal question ; it is not a question between
me and Sir Francis Burdett—it is a great question between
Reform and Toryism. The decision of the question is in
your hands, and I know you will do your duty nobly, like ho-
nest and conscientious Englishmen.—(Loud cheers.) The
eyes of every Liberal in this country and in Europe will
be directed to your proceedings. Wherever the flag of
freedom can be braved, there will the occurrences of this
contest be looked to with intense anxiety.—(Cheers.)
Wherever the people are struggling for good institutions and
good Government, there will your decision be most looked
to.—( Cheers.) Every one of you has within his own breast
a secret but a faithful monitor, which will tell him what his
duty is, and which will compel him to do that duty manfully.
—( Hear, hear, hear.) I feel thoroughly convinced from
what I have heard from every district, that the success
of the people's cause is certain.—( Vehement cheering.) But
let not any man relax in his efforts ; let every man con-
sider that the success of this contest depends on his in-
dividual exertions. Remember you have a great battle to
fight—fight it well and manfully.—(Cheers.) Let every
elector and non-elector remember the poll begins at eight
o'clock to-morrow, and finishes at four, Let every elector
come to the poll as early as possible, and then the cause of the
people is sure.—(Bravo.) I have only one further observation
to make. My past conduct may be a sort of example to you
of what I shall do for the future ; but after the great moral
lesson which has been read to your late representative this day,
I say, if ever I desert your cause, treat me in the same way, as
I am convinced you will treat Sir Francis Burdett to-
morrow. Now then, brother electors, I will detain you no
longer. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for
the kind, cordial, and enthusiastic manner in which you
have now received me, and when on Friday I take
my scat in the House of Commons—( Loud and long conti-
nued cheering)—when I say I take my seat there, though ou
might have had an older, or a better, or an abler man, yet I
think you never will have had, and you never can have, a
snore honest, zealous, and devoted Representative, or a more
zealous upholder of the rights of the people than I shall be.—
( Loud and vehement cheering, which lasted for some minutes. )
A show of hands was then taken for the two candidates.
About a dozen hands in one packed corner were held up in
fivour of Sir Francis Burdett; but on Mr. Leader's name
being announced, almost every hand in the vast assemblage
wa3 held up.
The HIGH BAILIFF then declared it to be his humble opi-
nion that the show of bands was in favour of John Temple
Leader, Esq. This announcement was received with loud
:Ind lone continued cheering, accompanied with waving of hats
en,.! handkerchiefs, and shouts of " Leader for ever !"
A poll was then demanded on the part of Sir Francis Bur-
;lett, which was accordingly granted, and which will commence
teemorrow morning at 8 o'clock, and close at 4.
Mr. LEADER then said, I thank you most sincerely
for the mark of confidence which you have ust accorded to
rue lam certain the result of the poll to-morroe, will shoe
that the feeling exhibited here is the feeling of a vast majority
of the electors of Westminster ; and I am convinced that, ou
Friday, I will have to thank you as your Representative.—
Loud cheering.)
Mr. WAKLET, M.P., after having been loudly called for,
came forward. I shall detain you for a very short time. I
often met you on similar occasions, and on no one occasion did
you refuse to hear an honest Radical Reformer.—( Laughter,
and much cheering.) Ours is the cause of plain common
sense, and no man who is not afraid of that cause will object
to hear a few sentences from a Radical Reformer. I always
like to see a contest carried on with perfect good humour;
there is no reason why there should be strife and con-
fusion.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Our cause is
the cause of justice and nothing more—( Cheers)—but still on
this occasion vve do see parties curiously amalgamated.—
( Cheers and laughter.) I have often worked hard for Sir F.
Burdett on these hustings. Twenty years ago no man hi-
boured in his cause more than I did. I still _advocate
that cause—( Loud cheers)—and will do so to the last hour of
my life. Sir F. Burdett is my political father.—( Cheers
and laughter.) I learnt my principles of him—l fought by
his side, and it is a cause I never will desert.—( Bravo, bravo.)
I love and venerate Sir F. Burdett for what he did in that
cause, and I only regret that he is not now its zealous sup-
porter. Now, gentlemen, Sir Francis Burdett was our
General at that time—( Cheers)—he fought firmly and ener-
getically for us ; but suppose at that period, when he had
secured a bridge which led to the fortresses of the enemy, and
he would at once have gained the victory—what, I ask, would
your opinion have been of him, lie having secured the bridge,
if he had turned round and said, " Now, you mistake your
man, I am a Fi enchni an. "—( Loud cheers, and laughter.)
Observe, again, Sir Francis Burdett tells you that he is
wedded to the Reform Bill—that is, he will stand by it—he
will stand by the Constitution. That's very pretty doctrine.
We don't want any body to stand, we want them to go on.—
( Cheers.) If Sir F. Burdett is merely to take the Reform
Bill, to look at it and admire it, why, his wedding with the
Reform Bill will turn out a very unfruitful marriage. Suppose
he had wedded a young lady in the same manner, and sup-
pose, that after he had admired her beautiful eyes and
heavenlike-smile, they had become united, and then, when she
required something more—(Roars of laughter and cheers)—
he had turned away—suppose his lovely bride had said,
Why, my dear Frank, what has caused this alteration ?"
( Here the Hon. Gentleman was interrupted by some one on
the hustings.) The shoe pinches, gentlemen—they don't
like it.—( Cry from the crowd, " you hit them too hard.")
Suppose the young lady said, what means this alteration in
your conduct ? why are you so cool to me now ? what
have I done to offend you?—( Great laughter.) What would
be his answer? This—why my love, our union was a com-
promise between myself and your family—they opposed
our union, and we made a compromise. We are united, but
I regret we must remain only united.—( Continued laughter.)
I ask you, would it be endured in that case; and is it to be
endured in ours ?—(Chees, and cries of " No, no.") We
have the Reform Act as a means to an end. As an instrument
for working out the liberties of the people—as an instrument
for securing to the working man an adequate return for his
toil—an instrument for securing to the whole of us our peace-
ful possessions—an instrument for putting the state pauper
in the union workhouse.—(Loud cheers, and laughter.)
If we are merely to look at the Reform Bill the whole world
will laugh at us, and Sir Francis Burdett says that is what he
will do.—(Mr. Wakley was here again interrupted by some of
Sir F. Burdett's friends on the hustings.) Gentlemen, lam
very glad they don't like it here ; I did not intend they should.
—(Cheers.) If they approved of what I said, it would not be fit
for you to hear.—( Cheers.) Who are the supporters of Sir
Francis Burdett? Why the parties who defended the Magis-
trates of Manchester for murdering the people.—( Hear,
hear, and cheers.) They are the implacable enemies of
liberty all over the world. I regret that Sir Francis
Burdett is supported by such friends ; but, they say, " Birds
of a feather will flock together."—( Great laughter.) You
know what the principles are which Sir Francis now advo-
cates by the parties who give him their support ; but, I say,
they cannot, and they shall not, triumph.—( Tremendous
cheering.) The electors of Westminster will not shift and
change their course because another man chooses to do so.
He could not forget that in 1830, at a public meeting in Lin-
coln's Inn-fields,she ( Mr. W. Attempted to move that a Political
Union should be established, 'but it was strenuously resisted by
Sir Francis Burdett. When Cobbett died what did the
Honourable Baronet do ? Why he was the first to
spit upon his grave.—(Groans.) Yes ; he was mean
enough to send back the bonds to meet his subscription
for the funeral.—(Shame, shame.) Could the electors of On Sunday, at a village within ten miles of this
Westminster mention a name which could be identified with town, the connubial knot was tied between an ardent couple,
in liberty ? It was that of the Honourable Baronet formerwhose courtship ran thus :—Rather better than a fortnight pre-
years ; but will they now suffer themselves to be dragged
iniquitousd
vious to this event, the bride, who was servant at one of the
through the mire by the blood-stained an
Tories, to whom he has attached himself.—(No,inns, was remarking in the kitchen that she was about to leave
her situation, when a young man who was present said she
In his last contest for Finsbury he had an opponent,no, never.)
and
all need not seek another, for he would make her his wife. Hay-
supposed ho was a Tory ; but there was some difficulty ing
in making out a case against him. He was no less a person_ satisfied herself that the offer was not merely a joke, she
consented; banns were published on the three succeeding
age than that wily old Scotch lawyer, Sergeant Spankie Sundays, and immediately after the last publication, the nup-
( Laughter.) It was soon found out that the Learned Sergeant tials were celebrated.—Hull Advertiser.
had voted against the reduction of the Window Tax. "Oh" On Saturday night the bed-room of Mr. Flowers,
said the old Sergeant, " they have found me out, now I shall
lose my,election."—( Hear, and great laughter.) So lone as landlord of the Eel-piehouse, at Limehouse, was entered and
there was the remotest chance of the Tories being allowed robbed of two Bank of England notes for 1001. each, a silver
to put their hands into the pockets of the people, there watch (maker's name " King, Minories"), with gold chain and
swas no hope for the people. The Tories had mortgaged the two gold seals, another silver watch, with steel chain, two
Mood and bones of the people, but a little bit of reform had silver cream jugs, and two half-sovereigns. The robbery is
already been obtained, and more would be got by-and-bye. supposed to have been committed by throe men who were
That terrible old manufactory of which he had the honour to drinking in the adjoining room. One of them wore a light
be a member wanted improvement, and he need not tell them it brown coat, with velvet collar, and the others blue jackets and
would not be much improved by the old baronet. He thanked the trowsers, but they all looked like Jews. They forced the lock
audience for the patience shown him, and intreated every voter of the door, and having broken open
to consider the present cause his own. If the people of West- above-mentioned property from a casha drawer, abstracted the
-box, but left about 20/.
minster would allow the cause of the people to be frustrated, the worth of plate (spoons, &c.), in the same drawer. A few
game was up for many years.—(here the lion. Gentleman nights since the bed-room of Mr. Lisinen, a beer-house keeper
received some interruption from the persons who surrounded in Bethnal-green, was robbed of upwards of 100/. in gold and
,Sir Francis Burdett, and it was some minutes before he silver, and three watches. Three men, fresh customers, had
was enabled to proceed. We observed he changed cards been hanging about the house for three days until they found
with some person on the platform, but who the gentle- an opportunity of committing the robbery, two of them effect-
mate was we could not ascertain, owing to the confusion ing it while the other engaged the attention of the landlord.
treat ensued.) The Honourable Gentleman apologized to One of them was described as a stout pock-marked man, who
the- audience for his not being able then to proceed, but he wore a blue frock coat and dark trousers, and the other two
said it was occasioned by the annoyance and continued inter- shorter men, in dark clothes.
rut on from persons in the rear of the platform, belonging to PRIDE.—The first peer and president of hell.—
the other party.—(" Ah, they are afraid.") But they Defoe.
could beat the Tories, for there were many respectable TIIE MINISTRY.—MeCtit,TS to address the Crown
Tories who would not allow -themselves to be dragged to in support of the present Adminikfration have been, or are
the pot Lees( Hear.) The , contest was not to be doubtful. about to be, held in all parts of the country. Requisitions,
It was isbsolutely necessary that the independent voters of signed by the,
leading Reformers, have been prepared for county
Wcstrain stet would give an overwhelming majority, when they metings iWexford, Sligo, Limerick, &c. We have not
tn, ieratood that every man who voted for Burdett supported space to particularise the many town and parish meetings al-
the advocate ,of despotism and tyranny ; while, on the other ready held.—Dublin Evening Post.

he had gained his influence—and was it not by such means that
he had maintained his influence in the city of Westminster ?
—( Loud and long-continued cheering, and cries of "Go
it, Flume.") And now the Hon. Baronet had turned rouni
upon them.—( Loud cries of " Look at his coat.")
Yes ; but look also at his addresses—" I am for the Constitu

tion—l am for supportinc, the ancient institutions of the
country, and I mean above all to maintain the Church."
I don't think there is any man among you so foolish as to
give your countenance or support to any man advocating such
principles. Do you want no Reform in the Church ?—( Loud
cries of " Yes.") Sir F. Burdett tells you that you do not,
and that he will support the Church as it now stands.—

(Great laughter, and cries of " It's coming down.")
Do you want no change in the House of Commons ?—( Loud
cries of " Yes.") Sir F. Burdett tells ycu he wont give you
any.— ( Cries of" Then he shan't sit there.") Gentlemen, I hope
you will adlu re to that declaration.—( Cries of "We will.")
He has told you in plain language, " I am against all
Reform, and I cannot vote as you wish. I cannot support
the measures proposed by his Majesty's Government ;" and
recollect, Gentlemen, what those measures are—equal
rights to all Dissenters—and loosing them from those
bonds which have so lung enthralled them—placing them
on an equality and in the ranks of other citizens, and
not makh,g the honest avowal of their religious opinions a
ground of punishment and degralatian. Sir F. Burdett was
ag.tinst the Ministerial measure for the abolizion of Church-
rates. Is that your a ish ? Is there a man among you who
is not anxious to sac those litigations and squabbles put an end
to, and is there a man among you who does not desire
that those who frequent the Church should support it.—
( Tremendous cheering.) My Honourable Friend Mr. Wek
ley has stated what Sir F. Burdett's ancient opinions wei e,
—he canvassed you formerly as the advocate of equal rights
to all classes of Englishmen and Irishmen. He now comes
before you as the representative of that party who would
put a stop to all Reform—who would deny freedom and
equal rights to Irishmen--and who tell you that they will
stand by the Constitution and the Church. Gentlemen, I
consider the cause as that, not of Mr. Leader or Sir Francis
Burdett, but the cause of popular government against tyranny
and misrule—whether freedom shall advance with rapid strides
—whether improvements in all parts of the State shall be carried
out, and whether the poor man shall have a large or small
loaf. The question is whether the poor man shall pay 72 per
cent. of our taxes—whether equal laws shall be distributed
throughout all classes of the community—and whether the
burthens of the State shall be borne by those who are best
able to support them. If any man wishes to sae a reduction
of taxation in-the country let them shun the Tories. I charge
you not to deceive yourselves by placing your confidence in a
man who is leagued with the avowed enemies of the prosperity
of the country.—(Cheers.) Good God ! is not the name of
Castlereagh enough to make any honest and liberal man
avoid him. He would conclude by expressing his hope
that the triumph of independence would be to-morrow secured
by a large and overwhelming majority. The Hon. Member
concluded amidst loud cheering from all parts of the Meeting. '
Mr. EWART said that it had been stated with respect to him
that he was not an elector of Westminster; he asserted that he
was so, and he should be early at the poll to-morrow, with
all the friends that he could muster to vote for the Liberal
Candidate, Mr. Leader.—( Cheers.) After hearing the state-
' ments of Sir F. Burdett—( Cries of " We did not hear them,")
he thought no man who was a supporter of liberal principles
could support him. He felt convinced that to-morrow morning
Mr. Leader would be at the head of the poll.—( Cheers.) He
trusted the electors would recollect that those who voted for
Mr. Leader by nine o'clock in the morning gave ten votes in
the cause of freedom. Early, early, early, was the word.—
(Cheers.) The decision of the electors of Westminster to-
morrow would not only decide the fate of that borough, but
European liberty.—( Great cheering.)
Colonel THOMPSON trusted that the conduct of the electors
of Westminster to-morrow would long be remembered in the
annals of freedom.—(Cheers.)
Mr. M‘Leour said that, as a Scotch Radical, he felt bound
to declare that Sir Francis Burdett was a political apostate,
and it would be one of the most painful moments of his life to
see such an apostate come in for Westminster.—(Cheers.)
He was happy, from the disposition shewn by the present
meeting, to think that his fears on that subject were ill
founded ; he was satisfied that he who was called Old Glory—
( Cheers)—must go out for Westminster, in order to allow
Young Glory to come in.—(Renewed cheers.) He trusted
that all good Reformers would take care to be on the ground
early in the morning, and that was the only means of subvert-
ing the intentions of their enemies.—( Cheers.)

Dr. WADE said if the electors of Westminster were not
totally forgetful of their own interests, they could not for a
moment hesitate to vote for Mr. Leader, who was the
advocate of Christianity and truth. Members of Parliament
were only to be considered in the light of servants or tenants
at will, and if the services of those Members had not been in
accordance with their constituencies, the best way was at once
to turn them oft What was Sir Francis Burdett ? Why
he was a sort of Centaur, between flesh and fish ; he was a mer-
maid in the cause of Reform—( Cheers)—and being such he
trusted the electors of Westminster would not so far forget
their duty as to advocate their cause.—(Hear, and cheers.)
He felt no doubt that to-morrow would place Mr. Leader at the
head of the poll, and that the electors of Westminster would
redeem the character they had hitherto held of the advocates
of Reform.—( Cheers.)
After nine cheers had been given for Mr. Leader, and as
many groans for Sir Francis Burdett, the immense assembly,
separated in the greatest order—those who were electors de-
claring their determination to be up and doing at an early
hour in the morning.