The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-08 00:00:00

ten Saturday evening a meeting of the electors of West-
minster was held at Saville-house, Leicester-square, to
hear Mr. Leader express his sentiments as a candidate for
the representation of the city of Westminster. The meet-
ing was advertised to be held at eight o'clock, and when Sir
William Molesworth arrived, shortly before that hour, the
room was nearly full. In a few minutes every corner of
the room was completely and inconveniently crowded, and
several hundreds were compelled to stand outside.
Sir W. Moeeswoem having taken the Chair, spoke as
follows :—Gentlemen, the eyes of all England are turned
towards the electors of this great city ; and as you conduct
yourselves in this election, so will the Reformers of this em-
pire rejoice or sorrow.._-(Cheers.) The triumph or discomfi-
ture of liberal principles depends for the present upon the
manner in which you exercise your elective franchise. Re-
member that the franchise which is placed in your hands is a
solemn moral obligation which you filithfully fulfil when you
vote for the person whom you deem fittest and best, by his
political opinions and integrity, to be your Representative
—an obligation which you would disregard, if induced
by personal motives, personal inclinations and affections,
you should assist a candidate of whose opinions you do not
approve. The issue of this struggle will tell you to what
extent you feel the obligation which is imposed upon you.
Solemn. and deep as in ordinary cases is the obligation upon
you to discharge properly your duties as electors, still more
solemn and still more imperative is the obligation at the
present moment to disregard every other consideration ex-
cept the success of your principles. For at present there
is a real contest of principles, a contest between those who
think that reform should steadily go on, and those who
think it should stand still, if possible—and for ever ; a
struggle between
.thosewho consider that there is much to
rejoice at in the present progress of social and political events,
and those Who detest every popular tendency, and would
check thosa' 'tendencies by every means in their,power.
It is: a struggle between the frietids of reforin of every grader
and description on the one side, and the Tories and the foes-
of all reform on the other. In this great city, inhabited
by intelligent and industrious citizens, the first in this
mighty empire, the most wealthy and enlightened in the uni-
verse, is the battle now to be fought between liberal and illiberal
opinions.—(Cheers.) The field of conte t is Westminster,
but the victory or defeat will ,be for all England, Ireland,
and Scotland.—(Cheers.) Every liberal will participate in
your victory, will feel defeated in your defeat. Let these
considerations weigh well with you ; let them stimulate vou
to exertion ; let each of you remember that you have a duty
to perform, first towards yourselves in vindicating your con-
sistency and attachment to enlightened principles, then a
duty towards your brother electors, that they may not be
defeated by the want of your efforts ; remember, likewise,
you have a duty towards all the Liberals in this country,
that they may not feel disheartened, dispirited, and ashamed
by the triumph of Toryism in a city once distinguished as
this was, and again, I trust, to be distieguiAed by its suc-
cessful struggles in the cause of reform.—(Cheers.) These
are the grounds upon which I exhort you to be active in
the cause of my friend. He is young, bold, talented, and
energetic ; he possesses every qualification required in
order to be your representative. I call upon you to
fight for him as the opponent of Tory prejudices and
of a Tory candidate ; as the opponent of a gentleman
who now seeks to make his name distinguished again
by his opposition to those opinions, the support of
which first gained him honour and renown. With that
gentleman I know there are still many strong feelings and
old associations ; many have so long combatted under his
banner that they are sorrowful and unwilling to leaVe him ;
many have so long followed him as their chief, that as yet
they scarcely give credit to this painful necessity. Much
respect and much veneration still cling to his name once the
well-known watchword of reform and liberalism—now,
alas ! degraded into the war-cry of the Tories, of those
rabid defenders of every abuse, of those opponents of every
great and enlightened principle.—(Cheers.) Whilst la-
menting the conduct of Sir Francis Burdett, we ought to
prove to the world that we are not corrupted by his exam-
ple—that we are in noise inclined to imitate his conduct,
or to abandon our sincere and earnest political convictions,
but that we are determined to prevent him from again having
the honour of representing the city of Westminster in Par-
liametit.—( Loud cheers.)
Dr. CARPUS came forward to move the first resolution.
They had been called pismires.—(Groans and laughter.)
Let them follow the example of those prudent and indus-
tr'ious insects—let them assist each other, and join in
fighting this great battle. Ile would remind them of the
cry of former days, " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull
altogether."—(Loud oheers.) He felt much pleasure in
moving the following resolution :—" That Sir Francis
Burdett, having deserted the principles, the support of
which obtained for him the good opinion of the electors of
Westminster, and also having neglected to uphold, and
having even declared his hostility tre the Reform measures
of the existing Government, has forfeited the confidence of
the electors o this borough."—(Cheers.)
Mr. TYRELL came forward to second the resolution. Sir
F. Burdett told them he was a Reformer. Let them look
at his associates ! These were Sir Jamas Graham, and Sir
George Sinclair, and John Wilson Croker. These were
doubtless all Reformers.—(A laugh.) He hoped that the
electors of Westminster would show that they were able to
distinguish a real Reformer from a pretended one.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
Mr. LEADER then came forward, and was received with
the most enthusiastic applause. He addressed the meeting
to the following effect :—Brother Electors, I must first of
all say a few words about Sir F. Burdett. You may be
sure I shall say nothing disrespectful or acrimonious of him.
I confess, for my part, that the general feeling I have about
him is a feeling of pity—(Loud cheers)—l pity him for
having lost the confidence of the majority of the electors of
Westminster—(Great applause)—l pity him for being the
associate of the Tories, whom he had opposed for thirty
years—(Clieers)—l pity him for having for his Chairman
Sir G. Sinclair—(Cheers and laughter)J—l pity him for
having been brought up to town by Mr. .W. Croker—and
I pity him above all, from. the bottom of my heart, for hav-
ing been praised by that distinguished Tory, George Robert
Dawson.—(Laughter.) Remember that the contest is to
be decided on next Thursday, and I tell you that oa the re-
sult of that contest turns more than many men funny. On
the result turns, not merely whether a Whig Reformer or
a Tory shall be the representative of your city, but whe-
ther Reform or Toryism shall triumph in England.—(Loud
cheers.) You must not fancy that this is a personal ques-
tion between me and Sir Francis Burdett. Sir F. Burdett
has told von, or his friends have told you, that he is a man
of great -family and ancient descent ; that his family came
over with that very great man William the Conqueror—
(A laugh)—and he tells you in his placards that I am a
mere boy, and have nothing whatever to recommend me ;
and he adds, what he thinks will most sting me and influ-
ence you against me, that I am a mere plebeian, one of
the people ; that in fact I am one of you. This is my
chief crime in his eyes. If I had an aristocratical name,
do you think they would care so much about my princi-
ples ? (Cheers.) Oh! no. The thing that stings them
is, that the people of Westminster rally round the standard
of reform, and support a man who has nothing whatever to
-recommend him, and I allow it willingly, nothing but his
attachment to the cause of the people.—(lmmense cheer-
ing.) This is the ground I stand upon.—(Cheers.) As
to the charge of my being a youth, I consider it useless to
say anything. Who is likely to serve you best? A
respectable 'old gentleman, aged 67, very gouty, and who
sometimes falls from his horse, and who generally resides at
Brighton ? Is such a person more likely to serve your in-
terests, though with the experience of forty years more of
the world ? Is he more likely to attend to your interests
than one who has nothing whatever to do but to remain in
London to attend the House of Commons, and zealously
apply himself to defend your interests ?—(Cheers.) I tell
you fairly, that, young and simple as I stand before you,
and boasting no great name or family, I have opinions of
my own, and I can uphold those opinions either before an
assembly like the present, or where nine-tenths are against
me—and that is in the House of' Commons.—(Cheers.)
Though I sin young I am old enough to have a will of may
own. So much for personal matters. NQW, ail to my poli-
tical opinions—for that is the main point, and, I hope, the
ground on which you will support me—as to them I am,
in the widest and strictest sense, a sincere Reformer.
—(Loud cheers.) It is unnecessary for me to say that
I wish to go farther than some Whigs?—(Cheers.) But
though I wish to go farther than the Whigs, I ant not a
Destructive. You have heard much of late elsout uphold-
ing the Constitution. I should like' to know what these
consistent gentlemen meet; by the Constitution? It always
appears to me that when these persons talk of the Consti-
tution, It is only for the purpose of trying to throw dust in
the eyes of the people.—( Loud cltsseei.) We hear a great
deal of the prerogative of the Crown and the privileges of
the Peers, but In this summary of the Coeatton th
have sunk the rights of the people,-(4.Theers.i)uti Now,ey I
very freely confess that I think the eights of the people are
more important, 40 qtzght, therefore, tO he snore strenu-
ously upheld, than either the privileges of the Peers or the
ercreptive of the Grolvo,—(Letul cheers.) When I snlr

WEEDS—Watch as you would a thief, and exterminate them.
APRICOTS AND EARLY- WALL FRUIT.—It is somewhat ludi-
crous to observe the instructions of some of our contempo-
raries who fancy " May is May," and therefore tell us this
mouth to thin the fruit ; we prefer waiting until there is some
fruit to thin ; we recommend our readers to look after the
snails and slur's, and thin them a bit. •
HOSES AND STANDARD CYTISSUS. --The stakes of established
plants will be found in many instances rotted off at bottom, or
the ties will be found defective; set this to rights before there
is too much leaf, or the wind may do mischief.
STRAWBERRIES,—If you do not want runners take them off,
and watering will not be lost, it is of more use while the trusses
of bloom are forming than while the fruit is setting.
AMARYLLIS should be kept growing in strong heat for some
time, neglecting this frequently causes a year's disappointment.
AURICULAS are now, where in ordinary seasons they would
have been on the 20th April ; keep them cool as possible, and
see they do not want water.
TULIPS.—Remove every brown spot from the foliage; pro-
tect them from rough winds.
GREENHOUSE —Take every opportunity of removing the
plants to the open air, but at present remove them back at
night; give in the house as much as air possible, and give
water ; propagate most sorts by cuttings.

WATERER'S NURSERY.—This forest of American plants, not-
withstanding all we heard of its wonders, completely outstrips
our imagination ; so much so, that we have wondered how
people could so feebly describe ri scene which, in the proper
season, must be one of the most extraordinary in nature. But,
we think our worthy friend must have been dozing.., like the
sleeping beauty in the wood, for seven years at least ; during
which time, the layers on the stools of Rhododendrons and
Azaleas have been growing high enough to inclose him in art American wood. It is an extraordinary sight to view plants
not yet cut from their stools, six feet high. It is not a little
marvellous. to find seed-beds of Azaleas, which beat three-
fourths of the famed. Ghent varieties, neither classed nor pro-
pagated, though they have been blooming for years. We do
not wish to be too hard upon a man in bad health, and poor
Waterer's consumptive appearance, falling away as he has
been for years, makes us hesitate ; but he deserves al good
raking, for neglecting this portion of his business, Lecause he
deprives us of the credit which new and spl.endid varieties
always s9nfer on the place they are raised -and inasmuch as
this neglect affects the national character, he ought to have
" a nation good thumping." \Ve are glad, however, to ob-
serve, that he is making some preparation for classing and
naming some of the best seedlings. Let us, before we con-
clude, entreat those who have never been, to consider a visit
to Kuap Hill a holiday of more importance than a grand day
at the races—for in the blooming season, it must excel the
best picture we could give—for endless variety and countless
numbers of the most beautiful tribe of plants in the creation,
rosehing as far as the eye can wander, will repay a visit tea
times the distance between London and Knapp Hill.
It has been commanded that the Show of Fruit and Flowers
at Norton, by the successful competitors at the Metropolitan
and Horticultural Societies, -shall take place on Monday,. the
gad. Cards are issuing to upwards of three hundred families
among the Nobility.

A wealthy and highly respectable tradesman near
Berkeley-square, whose line of business draws him into close
connection with the fashionable world, many of whom are no
doubt deeply in his debt, having declared for Mr. Leader, re-
ceived from several of his fashionable patrorcsses letters threat-
ening him with the loss of their custom, unless he would either
vote for Burdett or remain neuter. These sorts of compli-
ments may be reciprocated. Supposing the tradesman in
question, who is a great deal richer than most of his customers,
were to return his ran t%ers through John Doe and Richard
Roe, a number of his patrons, who take the liberty of dic-
tating to him how be should vote, would look a little awkward.