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consistently. He would implore them not to allow
to be divided by any manoeuvre on the part of those who were
opposed to them. Mc. Grote was the same man as he was
the first time he stood before them. They could not have a

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better representative if they were to winch the world through.
He did not speak in disparagement of the gentleman opposed
to them, but he despised the principles that gentleman advo-
cated. He trusted that they would on Monday come forward
and vote for the four Reformers, feeling, as he did, that
they could not suppo; t better men than their !co represen.
tativcs.—( Cheers. )

Mr. G. LAP.PENI then carno forward, He lost the ploatttri
of again offering to the electors of the city of London, na
Candidate for their suffrages, his worthy and esteemed frionJ
Mr. Crawford. He wished the duty had devolved upon settle
other gentleman more experienced than himself in addeeSsing
public assemblies, and possessing greater influence amongst
his fellow citizens, But he was encouraged to undertake the
duty, by,the conviction that the cause could not be injured by his
incapacity, as the city had had ample experience of Mr, Craw.
ford's assiduity, and talenti already in two Parliaent.
But he zebehaal, rn
had another motive in coming forward en this oceestan,
6titementB had been put forth that the eethmerce of the C'ey
of I,ondon had not bean represented in Parliament ; and after
a long commercial life in the City, he was impelled to eonie
forward to bear his testimony to the ability, exOs.rience, and
knowledge of his friend Mr. Grote as a commercial mane--
c(eLmreiottterceheeeerfs
thea and
City was
noti-I amplyow
could it be
Was be said that the
not Mr. Grote, the head of an es
iensive banking estab-
lishment, a commercial man ? Was not Mr. Crawford,
himself the head of a large commercial establishment? Who
would say that Mr. Pattison,, who had for two years filled with
ability and success one of the most important offices is the
greatest establishment in the kingdom, was not an adequate
representative of the commerce or the City ? And as to Mr.
Alderman Wood—(Elere the uproar vas such that it was im-
possible for those immediately next, the speaker to collect a.
sentence.) Comparisons were odious, and he would not
bring the commercial o4nalifications of his hon. friend, Mr.
Palmer, into comparison with those of any of the late Members ;
but be would say that as a representative of the commerce of this
great city no man was more qualified to do justice to the con-
stituency than his friend, Mr. Crawford. He possessed expe-
rience, knowledge, energy, ability, and honesty.—( (_';neers )
He (Mr. C.) would riot humbug any one, nor wot'!,d he suffer
himself to be humbugged.—(Cheers, laughter, and great con-
fusion.) He (Mr. L.) had another motive for supporting Mr.
Crawford, and that was because his opporient was a Tory.—
( Cheers and confusion.) Mr. Crawford would support the
Queen and her Ministers.— ( Cheers and hisses.) People
heard a great deal now-a-days about moderation, but
where was the moderation on the Tory side ?—(Cheers.)
In truth, although they (t.',ie Tories) now professed to be Re-
formers, the broad lint, of demarcation was distinctly drawn
ketween them and the Reformers. The principle of the
Tories was to leave things as they arc. The principle of
the Reformers is to make things as they ought to be.--
(Cheers and hisses.) He would not yield to Mr. Palmer or
to any other man in attachment to the established Church.—
( Cheers and confusion.) He was attached to the Church be-
cause it was the great support of religion in this country, and
he looked upon religion as the healing balm to suffering mor-
iality.—(Cneers.) Would Mr. Palrees support Municipal
Reform in Ireland ?—( Uproar.) Would he support Refor► .
of the Established Church in Ireland ? Mr. Crawford would
support those measures, and what greater proof could be given
of his attachment to the Established Church than that he had
a son in it.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman, whose con-
cluding sentences were lost in the tumult of contending cheers
and groans, was understood to appeal to Mr. Crawford's con-
duct as a Magistrate in proof of his attachment to the insti-
tutions of the country, and to his character as a commercial
man, for his fitness to represent the greatest commercial city
in the world.
Mr. J. TRAVERS had great pleasure in seconding the nomi-
nation of his talented friend, Mr. Crawford. Although lie
had great pleasure in doing so for the sake of his friend him-
self, he had still greater for the sake of the cause, for he felt
that the cause was deeply indebted to his friend. When he
(Mr. Crawford) was first brought forward, it required no
common nerves to brave the aspersions, the misrepresentations.
and the calumnies with which he was assailed, by the Tory
party in the City.—( Hear, hear.) He did, however, brave
them, and he triumphed over them ; and rendered in Parlia-
ment the most important services to the cause of Reform.
(Cheers.) He (Mr. T.) called on his fellow-citizens to sup-
port this gentleman, who in every relation in which a Repre-
sentative could be placed towards his constituents, whether
civil, social, commercial, or political, was in all respects unob-
jectionable. If the citizens of London had a spark of graf.i-
tude they would re-elect the four Representatives who had
served them so faithfully and so well.--( Great confusion.)
The citizens had laid a foundation upon which they might now
raise a glorious superstructure.--(" Hear, hear," and cheeers.)
They had sown a good crop from which they trtieet reap
abundantly, but they had of late been asleep, and slne Tories
had come in and sown tares amongst their whe,at.—(Cheers.)
The Tories were the true destruetives.—(C:neees and hisses.)
They endeavoured to pull down all that the people, with so
much difficulty had erected ; but he treated that their machi-
nations would be frustrated. Their soath was watered with the
tears of the widow and the orphan, and their shores were filled
with the plunder of their fath.ers,—(Cheers and great ur-
roar. )—Look to their Chief, the King of llanover.—( Cheers,
and groaning.)—He (Mr. 'F.) could not believe that heaven
would permit such a wean to reign over a free country.—
(Great cheering.) lie (Mr. T.) prayed to God that. heaven
would never permit such a man to pollute the throne of Great
Britain ..(Renewsd cheering.) But the people must be pre-
pared to treat the whole of that party alike—they must oppose
' all Tories equally, for the least of them that might present
himself in that hall was capable of doing infinite mischief_
The honourable gentleman concluded amidst much cheering
and hisses with seconding the nomination of Mr. Crawford.
Mr. THOMAS HANKEY came forward to nominate James
Pattison, Esq., the last, but not the least, of the Reform can-
didates—( Great laughter)—and he was sure that they wood
all admit that if Mr. Pattison was not the least, he was cer-
tainly not the worst.—( Cheers.) He ( Mr. H.) had no right
to expect that any recommendation of his should have 'much
weight in that assembly, in which he was so little knotra ; but
he trusted more to the goodness of the cause than to the
ability of the advocate. They all were aware the et for two
years Mr. Pattison held a most important office in the
City—( Cheers)—the arduous duties of 'Which did not
in the meantime prevent him from incessant attention to his
duties as their representative. He (Mr. IL) trusted that the
city of London would again send to Parliament four Reform-
ers to support the Queen's Government. He would not say
to support the Queen, for it seemed that the Tories claimed
credit also for attachment to her Majesty. But there were
two ways of showing attachment, one by supporting, the other
by thwarting, and the Tories chose the latter mode of showing
theirs. If Mr. Palmer were returned he would in the honest dis-
charge of his duty feel bound to oppose the Queen's Govern-
ment.—(Cheersanidlis
hisses.)
suspepLo)rt toil et
washe: Ministrysuretli a to
f
M Lr.or
would never give
Mel-
bourne, and therefore he would do all he could in his power to
Palmer
meroppose their measures. Their late Members would go into
the House of Commons without being pledged, but conscien-
tiously giving their cordial and determined support to the
Government which her Majesty had declared she wished
to see around her.—( Hear, hear.) He would not detain
them longer than by saving that Mr. Pattison fully merited
their suppport by the consistent conduct he had purshed
while in Parliament, and if again returned, which he bad
no doubt he would be by a triumphant majority, he would
again perform his duty with equal zeal, and long, and faith-
fully. He begged leave to propose James Pattison, Esq., as
a fit and proper person to represent the city of London in Par-
liament.—(Tremendous cheering.)
E. CALvERT, Esq., in rising to second the nomination
which had just been made, said he would not detain them by
any lengthened comments. He would content himself by
calling their attention to the exertions of Mr. Pattison, since
be had been in Parliament, for the good of the country
generally, and for the prosperity of the City of London in
particular. He hoped they would be the first constituency
in England to show the country that they had not changed.
their liberal principles.—( Loud cheers.)
The SIIEhIFF then called upon Mr. Alderman Brown to
nominate Mr. Palmer. This announcement was the signal fur
universal confusion, amidst which--
Mr. Alderman Bnowx came forward. His appearance
redoubled the confusion; and from the loud arid steel•
ferous manner in which both parties gave expressioa
to their feelings, the worthy Alderman was, kept stand-
ing on the platform for a considerable time. While be
was waiting for a hearing much laughter was caused by
cry of " Speak out old Pickwick !" He said that he eJse
fur the purpose of proposing that John Horsley Palmer, Esq•
as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament.
lie stag quite free to admit that when gentlemen had dis-
charged their duties to the satisfaction of their coustituents,
and were again willing to serve, it was incumbent on those
who undertook to propose a new candidate, to state freely
their reasons for so doing. He was very desirous of acknow-
ledging the candour and courtesy of some Hon. Gentle-
men who had preceded him, for having given Mr. Palmer
so good a private character, and spoke so well of his cow'
mercial standing ; and he had
great pleasure in making
the same admission as to the four gentlemen to whom, they
were opposed, but that was not a case of private
or individual character further than that in proportion as
man's private character, it was the more dangerous to place ,
him in a situatian of trust when his principles were ini-
mical to the well-being of the country. They had been
told that the conduct of these four late Members was be-
fore them ; it was in consequence of that that they were
anxious to introduce Mr. Palmer amongst them. Mr.
Palmer would yield to none of them in his desire to remove
all abusea in our institutions ; he was desirous only of
amending those institutions, and would not lend his aid to
any measures which would tend to pull them down.
Ile (Mr. Horsley Palmer) was also a zealous supporter
of our glorious institutions of Church and State, he would
yield to no one in his loyalty to our gracious Sovereign, lie was
only desirous to relieve her from the thraldom in which she was
placed on her accession to the Throne, by finding in power
set of Ministers who had obtruded themselves upon our late
Sovereign, and who did not scruple, in order to keep them-
selves in power, to unite themselvea to a party, headed by 8'
man, who in former da'ss they themselves bad advised their
Sovereign to deneunce from the Throne. The party who
supported Mr. Palmer was desirous of handing down to
their successors the liberties they now enjoyed—(Celes of
" Hear," and cheers)—and therefore it was they were anxious
to send Mr. Palmer to Parliament. He (Mr. Aldernial,
Brown) was certain that that election would be honourable to
the city of London, and that the etcetera would prove that
they were not to be dictated to by a party who endeavoured to
thenst npon them four members in a batch. The confusion
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