The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

TUESDAY.—The Duchess of Kent's dinner party for Wed-
nesday is postponed, as also the concert her Royal Highness
was to have given at Kensington Palace on the 15th, on the
occasion of the death of the Duchess of Saxe Meinengen.
Mr. Burge, Agent for Jamaica, had an interview with Vis-
count Melbourne, yesterday, in Downing-street.
Mr. John Wood. Chairman of Stamps, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street,
yesterday.
The Spanish Minister and the Belgian Charge d'Affaires,
transacted business at the_ Foreign-office, yesterday.
Lord Sandon and a Deputation had an interview with Mr.
Poulett Thomson yesterday at the Office of the Board of
Trade.

The Marquis of Lansdowne had a large Dinner Party on
Saturday at Lansdowne House.

Lord and Lady Stanley had a distinguished Party at Dinner
in Carlton Gardens on Saturday. Among the Company were
the Marquis and Marchioness Lansdowne, Earl and Countess
of Tankerville, Earl and Countess of Burlington, Earl of
Clare, Viscount and Viscountess Llowick, Lord and Lady
Barrington, Lord Morpeth; Sir George Grey, Mr. Labou-
chere, and. Mr. Ridley Colborne. Cards have been issued by
Lord Stanley for large parties on the 23d and 24th instants.

In consequence of indisposition, R. Potter, Esq.,
M. P. for Wigan, has paired off with I. Hodgson Hinde, Esq.,
M.P. for Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

BOARD OF TRADE, MAY 10.—A deputation of
of the Provincial Committee of the Grand Collier Dock
Company, had an interview yesterday with the Board of
Trade, and were assured that his Majesty's Government were
favourable to the construction 9f collier docks in the river
Thames.
The Lords of the Admiralty have advertised for
two powerful steam-vessels, to be employed for twelve mouths
certain ; and we have heard that Government intend to esta-
blish a communication with the seat of war in the north of
Spain by means of steamers, which are to rendezvous at thi's
port.—Falmouth Packet.
POETRY.—The apotheosis of sentiment. The art:
of painting by words every thing that attracts and strikes our•
eyes.—Madame de Stael. The natural language of the reli-
gion of the heart, whose universal worship extends to every
object that is beautiful in nature, and bright beyond it ; but
inordinate devotion borders on idolatry, and its exaltation is
followed by prostration of strength and spirit.—D'lsraeli.
On Saturday an inquest was held at the Cherry-tree,
Bowling-green-lane, Clerkenwell, on view of the body of a
fine new-born male infant, which was suspected to have been
destroyed at the time of the birth, by the mother, a young
female named Mary Cooper, 19 years of age. It app.eared
from the evidence that the girl lives with her parents, tit Ro-
soman-street, Clerkenwell. For several months past she had:
been addressed by a young man named Reynolds ; but from
his means being inadequate to maintain a family, the 1 arents
of the young woman objected to their marrying. Th a inti-
macy, however, was carried on, but no suspicion was enter-
tained that the girl was enceinte. At an early hour on l'hurs-
day morning last, the young woman was taken seriottily ill,
and she then, for the first time, admitted to her moth e.• that
she was in the family way. Mr. Edmondson, a surgeon, resi-
ding in Myddleten-street, was sent for, but before his arrival
she was delivered of a male infant, which, as asserteit by the
mother and grandmother, was born dead; it was decia idly full-
grown, and a very fine child; there were no marks o I external
violence on the body : mitness attributes the death of the in-
fant to the want of medical attention at the birth:, the more
particularly so as it was born with a thick skin, commonly
termed a " caul" over the whole of the head anC, face. By
the Jury.—" Had the grandmother removed the caul' on her
daughter's delivery, I have no doubt the infant would have
lived." By the Coroner.—" It is very unusual for children
to be born with a caul.' Ido Lot think that testy personal
violence was offered to the infant ; a child's caul' is estimated
at the value of 101., as a charm for the preservation of lives at
sea."—( Laughter.) Verdict—" That the child's death was
occasioned from want of medical attendance at the birth."

Miss WATsos.—A late paper from New York
gives the following :—" Miss Charlotte Watton, whose
escape with, or rather to, Paganini, some years ago, made a
sensation in London, was married two or three nights sincQ to
a young man named Bailey, a "clerk in an Insurance Office, I
believe, and an Englishman, from Manchester. The ac-
quaintance commenced on Wednesday, and the I:not was tied
on Saturday."

THE PUMP IN FRONT OF NEWGATE.—The
stupendous and well-known pump at the northern extremity
of the Old Bailey is being taken down, and an obelisk will
he placed on the site, in which. will be inserted a variety of
lamp-frames, at a sufficient hr,tght to prevent the execution-
loving urchins from clitubine., to them, whereby numerous ac-
cidents will be prevented. Near to this spot the bodies of the
suicidal criminals were l'Aried at midnight, and the remains of
numbers are there der.osited. . _

•
rilus day is the second anniversary of that on which
Mr. Childs, of Bungay, was arrested, in the midst of his
family, atki to-morrow that on which he was lodged in the Ips-
wich gazul, for refusing to appear in the Ecclesiastical Court _
tet bri.swer the unjust demands of the Churchwar4ens of that:
town, for a Church-rate. Let the Electors of Wetminstel:
remember, that if they return Sir Francis Burdett, the conf A
clenca so obtained by the Tories will lead them to inflict ir 1-
prisonment and penalties on thousands of conscientious .
senters in the country, who hale determined, like the parishie
ners of St. James, never again to pay another Church.rate.
THE LOUVRE.—It is said that the buildings f or
completing this magnificent quadrangle will soon be co m-
menced. The plans have been sent in by M. Fontaine, the
royal architect, and approved by the King. The new be ild-
ings are to be devoted to the purposes of an opera hous r, a
library, an exhibition gallery, a chapel, the royal stables, Su..
The plan assumes the destruction of St. Gernmin l'Auxe• , rois,
for whosa preservation the Archbishop of Pat:a has br an so
obstinately contending. When completed, the Lour o and
the Tuilries will present a magnificent mass of buildia sfs.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION .

THIS DAY.

The City of Westminster was this morning all alive with,
the bustle of an election. It was traversed in all its parts by
bands of music, placards and flags, belonging to the two
Candidates. By twelve o'clock a large, and one of the
frost respectable crowds we ever saw, had assembled in
Covent-garden, where the hustings were, as usual, erected
opposite the Church. Shortly before one, Sir Francis
Burdett, accompanied by his new friends, amongst whom
we noticed Mr. Bonham, Lord Sandon, and the Hon. Stewart
Wortley, arrived at the hustings, to which he was supported.
Be was received with loud cheers by his own Friends. Mr.
Leader next made his appearance, accompanied by nearly
all the Liberal Members whose names appeared on the list
of his Committee. He was received with deafening cheers
which lasted for some time.

The High Bailiff (F. SMEDLEY, Esq,) said the great
interest which the coming event of that day had excited,
rendered it almost unnecessary for him to state the cause of
their meeting together. It was, however, his duty to
say that they had met for the purpose of electing a fit and
proper person to represent them in Parliament in the room
of Sir F. Burdett who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
—(Groans.) (Mr. Wakley—" It was a very proper step.")
As they had met for the purpose of exercising the most im-
portant privilege of Englishmen, he trusted they would
behave with the usual fair play of Englishmen, and give all
parties a fair hearing. He hoped the peace would be pre-
served, otherwise it would be his duty, which he was deter-
mined to do, to order those offending into custody. He
would then proceed with the formal part of the business.
The Bribery Act was then read, and the usual oath ad-
ministered to the High Bailiff.
Mr. WooD, a brewer, then came forward to nominate
Sir Francis Burdett. He was received with loud groans
and partial cheering. As well as we could collect
from the noise, he said he appeared before them for the pur-
pose of nominating their old and well-tried late Represen-
tative, Sir Francis Burdett, as a fit and proper person again
to represent the City of Westminster.—(Loud cries of
4' Go home—take him to bed.") He had ever been fore-
most in the cause of civil and religious liberty—his opinions
were unchOnged—(Loud laughter, and cries of " Ask him-
sell")—and Westminster having always been the first in
the ranks in support of those opinions, he therefore trusted
that they would not stultify themselves by now rejecting
their warmest friend, whom be trusted they would again re-
tam, and so give him in his old age another great political
triumph. It was easy for any one to quote from speeches
delivered in 1817, and to compare them with those of
1b37, and endeavour to convict a man of inconsistency.
No man who had ever mixed in public affairs could
stand such a test ; but he defied them to convict his
Triend the Honourable Baronet of ever acting upon or
aoy but the most liberal and consistent opinions.—
Loud laughter and groans.) It was not his intention to
so,- anything of those placards which had been so indus-
ttioesly distributed through Westminster, branding the
Hon. Baronet as an apostate. That one was the
01.1 y one to which he would address himself: He
had lived amongst the electors of Westminster through-
out his whole life. He resided amongst them now,
and intended to do so. He had always been consistent
in his politics, and he could assure them that he would be
the last man in the world who could stand before them to
.:nominate a political apostate, be his rank what it might,
;..is their representative.—(Groans and partial• cheering.)
triiere had always been something which agitated men's
ads which had never yet been got—there was 'the
philosopher's stone, which was to turn every thing
into ;old—that had not yet been found out.—(Loud
ilAughter.) There was the perpetual motion which
*lliad not yet been found out, and the opposite party
now trying to get out a perpetual motion Constitution
._ Loud laughter)—and whether it was safe or not did
not ;natter to them. This was not a question between
Bu.deti: and Leader ; it was a question in which was in-
-volved the maintenance of the established Protestant
'religion in the country.—(Great uproar, and cries of " go
}!:one..") He called upon all those who had votes for the
,*it). of Westminster to look at the dangers which the Hon.
,rci-.'et encountered, and the sacrifices be had made on
heir' b:half, and to register their votes again for him. It
was 'le that a vast number of the honest and true men
„,i,„ in past i:"es had supported the Hon. Baronet had long
since been ;;.ntht.:red to their fathers ; but the descendants of
that ancestry never would have any " leader" except the
Mon. Baronet, and they would again give him one of those
great political triumphs which they had been accustomed to
give him on these hustings. He called upon all.voters for
I,:7estminster to vote for the Hon. Baronet on account of
the ..espect which they bore their ancestors—(Cries of
• 'Voir go to yours")--for the respect thev. bore themselves,
and for the honour of tt. constituency of Westminster, to
return the Hon. Baronet in a triumphant manner. It
'night he the last triumph that the Hon. Baronet might
.ever achieve on those hustings, and he called upon them on
vhe ground of the Hon. Baronet's past services—he called
tit on them, by the sense of danger to the Constitution, not
to ...ejcct the Hon. Baronet who had served them so long
and so faithfully. He trusted that in the evening of his
(Lye. after having spent his youth in their service, in the
Ooi ions evening of his days, they would show their grati-
tude to him by returning him as representative for
Weacrninster in the most triumphant manner.—(" Go
down now, Wood, or send us one of your barrels of
biter.") On the result of that election would depend the
character of the constituency of Westminster—the rejection
of the :lon- Baronet would be a disgrace to'all Liberal
constituency. Amidst loud uproar, the Hon. Gentleman
propose' Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., as a fit and proper
person t o represent the City of Westminster in Parliament.

A GE:VILE:SIAN came forward to second the nomination.
There were loud cries from the crowd of " Who are you?"
Mr. IX AKLEY—It'S Tom Cribb, but not the fighting
nran.--(G reat laughter.)
Mr. CRIBB, a carver and gilder, said he had much plea-
sure in s:eetonding the nomination which had just been
made, anel. he hoped—for the honour of his neighbours, for
the honour• of those amongst whom he had lived for so many
ears—th: it the Hon. Baronet would be returned by a large
majority.- --(Uproar.) That was a sample of Radical libe-
rality. they were afraid to hear what he had to sav, and
therefore the noise. He understood that the Radical
party hall threatened to take all those who used the name
of Burdett to the pump. They would allow them every
sort of li b erty, but only they must do only as they wished.
He coul i assure the Radical party that they would pump
the Tha a les dry before they would silence the electors of
Westmi: aster.—(Cries of " You hear they wont be
silent."- - Loud bursts of laughter.) He would give
one ins taece more of Radical liberality. He stated as
a fact t hat within the last three years more tyrannical
measure had passed the House of Commons than had
been pass ed (luring the 50 years of what had been called
Tory rule .—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and great uproar.)
Gentlemen, talk of liberty and make such a Bill as that—
why, it was a direct incarceration and depriving persons of
the liberty of the subject. Gentlemen, in the course of
circumstances and events, every one of us may be under
the necessity ► )f claiming that relief which others are now
doing. It ma: 7be my lot and it may be yours, but what
shall we say, if, after having contributed for fifty
years to the support of our poor neighbours, we
should be takon to those dungeons and deprived of
the presence ,of our wives and our families, and
drafted off like the Africans of old, and told that
the want of property is a crime.—(Groans, and cries of
" Oh, oh.") Now a Gentlemen, who was it in the House
of Commons fought the poor man's battle day after day
and night after n'41,11t,--but the Honourable Baronet ?
(Cheers, and cries .of " No, no.") Gentlemen, I say he
exerted himself to Le)t rid of those obnoxious clauses ; and
who supported them. but those wonderful liberty boys the
Radicals, who tell you that they only are the friends of
t he people?—(Cries of " They are.") Gentlemen, as there are
marry others to addrtass you, I shall say a few words more
and then depart.—(Cries of " Take Sir Francis with you,"
and great laughter.) Something has been 'aid about the
Hon. Baronet's apaitany.—[This remark was followed by
loud cheering and laughter, the attention of the crowd being
directed to a coat tamed with the lining out, and which
was suspended from 4 one of Mr. Leader's Commit tee rooms
on the right of the plat form.] I know not whether I "Nave been
correctly informed, but I wish to ask Mr. Leader whether he
did not first come into Parliament as a Conservative fo.r the
borough of Montrose ?—(Cries of " No, no.") A gentle-
man on the platform, who appeared to be one of Itl r.
Leader's friends—" he never was in Parliament before."—
( Great cheering.) lam most happy, to be informed that
it is not so.—(Cries of' " You are wrong ; it won't do—
try something else.") Gentlemen, in times like these,
under the altered circumstances in which this country is
placed by that great Bill, the Reform :Aill—which I
may almost sav was carried by the Honourab.'e Baronet
in those altered circumstances the electors of West-
:Tatister want a man of mature judgment, sound diiee.yetion,
aod of unblemished character. Such a person I be Cleve
Hon. Baronet to he.—(Cries of " No, no," and gl seat
sr.) Gentlemen, he has fought your battles for thirty
years, and he now comes forward to lend his aid to carr •
the ye„ el of the State safe throng) the shoals and quick-
sands wl,.;ch surronud her. Gentlemen, I shall merely
say of Mo . Leader, our honourable opponent, that he
is a very untried man—that he is an honourable
man, I have no doubt ; but he is very young, and that is
consolation t'sAo my mind—that was a great excuse for the
extraordinary Radical destructive doctrines he has been
petting forth, and which I hope he will live to see the day
when, on mata rer reflection, he will have cause 'to regret.
Gentlemen, I :may say to you as a parody on the tragedy of
Handet—" Look on this picture"—(the Right Hon. Baro-
net beside me),-" and on that." You see on the one side

the tried, consistent friend of rational liberty.—(No, no.)
The supporter of our great and glorious Constitution, which
has raised this country to such a pitch as to become the
watchword of everything great and glorious. It has been
said that this election is an election of principle, and I am
glad that our opponents have adopted that, because I
firmly believe, and take upon myself to act, in consequence
of my conviction, that this is entirely an election of prin-
ciple. The question is not whether Aorß be elected on
this great occasion, but whether certain great principles
are to be upheld or not.—(Loud cheering.) In the
course of my canvas I have found many gentlemen
who have stated that nothing would induce them to vote
for Mr. Leader, but that they did not like Sir F. Burdett,
and should remain neuter. But, gentlemen, this is what I
complain of.—(Great laughter and cheering, and " So you
ought.") It is making this a personal election, which I
hope to see an election of principle, and therefore I call
upon any neutral man to say whether he will up-
hold the institutions of the country or vote for its
destruction, by voting for Mr. Leader. So much,
then, as regards the neutral gentlemen. I trust that in the
present case the question will be one of principle, and not
whether Sir F. Burdett or Mr. Leader are to be elected.
The present is one of the most important elections that
have occurred for the last thirty years. I trust you will
consider it as such, and I shall conclude by most cordially
seconding the nomination of the Hon. Baronet.—(Cheers,
followed by groans and other marks of disapprobation.)
Mr. JEavis, Sen., K. C., then came forward, and was
received with loud and long-continued cheering. Electors
of Westminster, I have the honour to appear before you,
an old man as you see I am, and every man acquainted with
me knows I am an old and steady Reformer.—(Cheers.)
I appear before you to have the high honour to propose to
you a distinguished gentleman to be your Member in Par-
liament, and as I am a plain man I shall name him at once—
John Temple Leader.—(Uproarious applause.) Gentle-
men, I shall say but this, that having based my principles
on the conviction of my understanding, I have come to the
conclusion that Mr. Leader is the candidate best qualified
to represent .you.—(Cheering.) No doubt you have
been told—and I have heard it—that Sir F. Burdett has re-
presented you for 30 years. Gentlemen, I deny it.—( Hear.)
He has been returned to Parliament to represent the first
city in the world for that period, but he has not represented
you. This is the second session of the Reformed Parlia-
ment, and he has not represented you durins, any part of it.
Gentlemen, he has first deserted his post, and he then went
over to the enemy.—(Cheers.) His excuse is this, that
his infirm state of health prevented him attending his duties.
But for two years and a half, during which ho has not re-
presented you, he ought to have retired from those
onerous duties which he was unable to discharge.—
(Cries of " Hear, hear.") But this is not all—he first.
injures and then insults you.—(Loud groans.) I won't
detain you to repeat the language of that most scandalous
letter, where he announces his intention to accept the
Chiltern Hundreds—you are aware of the opprobrious lan-
guage he has applied to you, and which we are now given
to understand has not been applied to all ; but I call upon
the Hon. Baronet now to state to what portion of the
electors he applied such language ? In his fashionable pa-
triotic slang he has designated the respectable electors
of Westminster as " Pismires."—(Loud groans and hisses,
which prevented our hearing the close of the sentence.)
Give me leave to tell you that in that same letter where he
says he has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds that he would
not have ventured upon that measure, but for recent ap-
pearances—that no advantage should be taken of it, and
that all parties should start fair. Gentlemen, he did not
state what those recent appearances were, but I will tell
you that it meant the support of the Tories.—(Groans.)
He said no advantage should be taken of it, but he forgot
to announce the resignation 'of Sir George Murray in his
favour, and I ask him, has he not availed himself of the
organized Committees of that Right Hon. Gentleman?
Gentlemen, I won't detain you very long ; but I shall re-
mind you of this—the Hon. Baronet has told you that he
always has been as much of a Tory as a Whig ; if that
be so, be has acted a double part, and has obtained your
votss on former occasions under falle pretences. The
Tories, he says, call him a Whig, and the Whigs call
him a Tory ; but I tell v on. now, Gentleman, that he is
nothing but a 'Tory.—(Tremendous groaning and yelling.)
I don't know what sort of an amphibious animal he may
have been during the past portion of the present Session
of Parliament ; but he is now a Tory declared, and
nothing but a Tory.—( Loud and continued cheering.)
Gentlemen, I shall not throw away another observation
upon one on whom none of you will throw away a vote.—
(Great laughter and cheering.) Indeed, I don't under-
stand how any high-minded Tory—and there are many
honourable men among them—but I don't know bow they can
consistently vote for him. Gentlemen, give me leave to
say, that if they do, it is a sacrifice of principle to expe-
diency.—(llear, hear.) Sir F. Burdett tAls you he is not
changed, but that you are. Now, what were the propositions
which be made to the House of Commons in June 1818 ?
Why, his resolutions embodied the three propositions—
universal suffrage, vote by ballot, and annual Parlia-
ments. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) Gentle-
men, if he is not changed, will he not vote for these
measures ?—(Loud cries of " No, no.") Do you believe ha
will vote for them ?—(Groans and hisses, and " No, no.")
Gentlemen, he will alot say that he will, but his friends
say that you cannot expect a poor old gentleman to attend
his duties in Parliament with regularity. That may be so
much the better for him, but the worse for you.
I now recommend to you a young, active, intelligent,
reforming Member, and,l shall at once take the liberty
of presenting to you Mr. Leader.—(Mr. Leader here came
forward, and was received with a tremendous burst of
cheers, and waving of hats and handkerchiefs.) Mr.
Leader has made himself. extenively known among you,
and he has been approved of wherever he has made
himself known. One word more, and I have done. An
old man cannot speak for ever, and God forbid that he
should !—(Great laughter.) The question is not between
Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Leader, but between rank Toryism
on the one hand, and liberality and independence on the
other.—(Cries of " Hear," and cheers.) You have got the
Reform Bill, which Sir F. Burdett considers a final mea-
sure, but which I consider, as you do, a means to an end.
We have since that time obtained Municipal Reform—
(Hear, hear)—and we will still continue to advance in
our demands, instead of coming to a full stop, as your
enemies would advise you. One word of advice, and I
have done—rise early in the morning, rush to the poll, and
carry your election in favour of Mr. Leader, before the
Tories are out of their beds.—(Great laughter, and cheers.)
I have the honour to propose John Temple Leader to be a
representative in Parliament for this great city.—(Loud
huzzaing and waving of hats.)

Mr. SIMPSON seconded the nomination of Mr. Leader.
If Sir Francis Burdett still entertained the opinions that
he had done formerly, there was no doubt that the electors
of Westminster would have again placed him in the honour-
able situation of their representative. At one period he
had advocated Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and
Annual Parliaments ; but he would put it to any person
present to say whether he held those opinions now ; and
whether it was the duty of those who had hitherto voted
for him to vote for him now. If there was any doubt whether
Sir Francis Burdett was a Conservative or a Reformer that
doubt ought to be cleared up before a single elector of West-
minster voted for him. It had been said that Sir Francis Bur-
dett was mars a Tory. than a Whig. If that was so all he
could say was, that his vote in his favour hitherto
had been obtained under false pretences. What had
beer, the result of the canvass that had taken place?
Why, that canvass had declared that Mr. Leader was to be their
representative. He trusted that the electors of Westminster
would by their votes support that canvas, and elect Mr.
Leader to be their representative. The Hon. Gentleman
concluded by seconding the nomination of Mr. Leader.
Mr. WAKLET then came forward to address the electors,
but the noise and confusion that prevailed rendered it impos-
sible for him to utter a single word. After order had been in
some measure restored, he asked whether it was the desire of
the electors that Sir Francis Burdett should address them ?
(Here another scene of confusion took place.)
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then came forward, and was received
with loud hootings and hissings. He had never presented
himself before any assembly with greater satisfaction than he
did upon the present occasion, feeling convinced that
the course of conduct he had adopted would meet with
the support of every conscientious man. However the
present contest might terminate was to him a matter
of complete indifference. It was of little importance what the
names of the candidates were, or however much they had
mixed themselves up with party politics—the question was,
were the electors of Westminster the supporters of a change
that would impair the Constitution, or were they determined
to support an old and tried servant, who had always conscien-
tiously advocated their interests ? The most malevolent state-
ments had been made against him. It had been stated that
he bad altered his opinions—he denied that he had done
so—he was the same man now that be ever was—he had
always upheld the spirit of the Constitution, and always would
do so. It had been asked of him whether he was willing
now, in 1837, to propo.e Annual Parliaments, Vote by Bal-
lot, and Universal Suff-age, as he did in the year 1818?
(Hear.) However much necessity there might have been
for those measures at that period, he did not think that they
were necessary riovv.—( Groans and hisses.) As to the Ballot,
he thought it would give facility to improper voting. He had
been accused of inconsistency on account of the course he had
pursued in respect to these subjects. He denied that he was
—he denied that he was at all an enemy to Reform—he dc-
;riE•d that any act he had done was tinged with inconsistency.
The good of the people, and that alone, had been his great
and s eading principle of action.—( Hear.) He had done
everything in his power to promote the good of the people,' and
however much !le ;right be blamed for it, he would be the last
man to ,saiition any proposition that he considered would be
inischiev.ous to their interests. He did not approve
ce any alteration in the Established Church, because
Inc believed that no alteration was required by the people.—
O(. reat confusion, ar, d cries of " Off, off.") With respect
3cl the Poor-law Amessdment Bill, he had also been blamed

for the course he had adopted with respect to that mea-
sure. He should always follow the course which he had
hitherto adopted, considering it incompatible with the due
consideration of the well-being of the poor.—( Cries of
Hear, hear.) There were many other topics on which
he might address the electors, but this he would say, in
spite of all that had been said against him, that he
was a steady and consistent supporter of the Constitution.
They might call him Conservative—they might call him Tory
—or any other name they chose;
.but they never would
find him enlisted in the ranks of those who were deter-
mined to destroy the Constitution.—( Hear, and great
confusion and uproar.) It had been said in the morning
papers that he was against a reform in the House of Lords.
He was as anxious for a reform in that House as. in the House
of Commons ; but he was against anything like breaking in
upon the' Constitution.—( Cheers.) He trusted that the elec-
tors of Westminster would by their votes show that they
approved of the course of conduct he had pursued, and they
would recollect that in voting for him upon the present occa-
sion, they were maintaining the true principles of the Consti-
tution of England, and nothing else.—(The Hon. Baronet
retired amidst bootlegs and confusion. )
Mr. LEADER then mounted the hustings amidst loud and
enthusiastic cheering. When the cheering had subsided he
said—Brother Electors and Fellow-citizens of Westminster :
I agree with what Sir Francis Burdett has said, that
' this contest is a great contest of principle.—(Cheers.) I ask
you, who are you for ?—(Cheers, and cries of " Leader.")
Are you for a faction of the aristocracy, or are you for the
great majority of the people? Are you for a responsible Go-
vernment, or are you for the arbitrary rule of despotic Toryism ?
(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) I stand before you as a
Radical Reformer—( Vehement cheering.) And when I say
that it is not mere assertion, because during the 3 years
that I have been in Parliament, I have always voted for
the cause of the people ( Hear, hear, hear) that
cause, which I look upon as my cause as well as yours, I
never will desert.—(Cheers.) We hear now, that to talk
of conciliating the wishes and the feelings of the people
is patriotic slang. (Great laughter, and loud cheering.)
We have been told a great deal about upholding the Consti-
tution and the glorious institutions of the country. I support
the Constitution as much as any man, but I wish to see the
popular part of the Constitution as much upholded as
the royal or lordly part of it.—( Cheers.) In the Constitu-
tion which they profess to love and admire so much there are
three parts—there is the King, the Lords, and the Commons.
They want to have the King and the Lords omnipotent,
and the Commons despised.—(Loud cheers.) I say that
while I would uphold two branches of the Legislature, I would
give to the popular branch that power which it ought to have,
and I would make it truly and faithfully represent the great
majority of the people: These are my political opinions
for you, and I am glad to see they meet with the approbation
of a vast majority of the electors of Westminster. In order
that the people may be truly and fairly represented in their
House, we must have an extension of the suffrage.
We must have Parliaments shortened ; and above all we must
have the protection of the ballot.---( Cheering.) When the
people are thus really represented in the House of Commons,
then you May expect to have the wishes of the people attended to,
and not derided as political slang.—(Cheers and laughter.)
Then, I say, you will have the Church reformed—then
you shall have those religious and political agitators, the
Bishops, removed from the Lords.—(Continued cheers) Tthen
you will have those Bishops rather more distinguished
for their sermons than for thetr political pamphlets.—( Cheers.)
Then you will have the Bishops not paid so much as they arc
now—with princely revenues, and you will have the Curates
better paid for doing their duty.—(Cheers.) Then you will
have the grievances of the Dissenters redressed. Then
you will have what you have not now, equal justice for all, and
equal laws. You will have the same justice for the poor man
as for the rich man. Then you will have that which the
Lords now refuse—justice to Ireland.—( Loud cheering. )
Why, I am called a revolutionist because I say the House of.
Lords is now acting in opposition to the wishes of the people
in refusing justice to Ireland, Why does not the House of
Lords now refuse justice, to Ireland ? (Cries of "It
does.") 15 oes not that bring upon us this difficulty, that
we may be immersed in all the bloody horrors of a civil war,
and for what are we to run this risk ? For what are we to re-
fuse granting justice to Ireland—for vair,t are we to continue
to govern that unhappy country as it has been for centuries
governed by the Orange faction. For what, I elk, are we to
run all those risks ? Why to uphold four or five hundred gentle-
men who sit in the House of Lords, and that the peo-
ple of England should how to them.—( cheering,. ) I tell
you that the people of England must unite, and co-operate
and determine that they shall have a House of Commons
which shall really represent them.—( Loud cheers.)
They must also determine that the House of Lords shall
be made to harmonize with the other branch of the Le-
gislature, and that it shall not :et itself up fur ever
against the interests and the wishes of the great body of the
people.—( Cheers.) There are some of you here, I dare say,
who would wish to get rid of the Pension List.—( Cries of
" Yes, yes.") How can you ever get that Pension List
revised so long as you have a House of Lords and a House
of Commons like the present. You must bestir yourselves,
and you most reform your own House, and set that in order
first.—( Cheers ) The riefOrm Bill, we have been told,
is to be a final measure. Why, then, what is the use of it
I say if the Reform Bill is to be a final measure what did
you get it for? You did not get it for itself alone, but
for the good it would confer upon you. Then, I say, carry
out the great principle that is established by the passing of the
Reform Bill. Let those reforms for which you first reformed
the House of Commons, and carry it to good effect, and have
a good Parliamentary Rcform.—( Cries of Hear, hear, and
cheers ) I have told you thus what my opinions
are. I have told you in various meetings what they are, and
I have told ycu all what they are now.—( Loud cheering,)
I have supported them for a space of three yeass in
Parliament ; but it seems that I am too young for
( Cheers and laughter, and cries of" No, no. You are not
too young to fight our baker.") [Here the Bon. Gentleman
was continually interrupted by a band of music from
Sir Francis Burdett's Committee-room.) Brother electors
and fellow-citizens—l intreat you to hear me patiently
and not to pay attention to the interruption from my opponent.

SECOND EDITION.

Mr. LEADER (in continuation from our First Edition) said—
They say I am too young. Which do you like best ? Will
you have a young .IZeferieer, 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.) I confess
that when I see the means that have been taken by the opposite
party in order to gain votes against me, such conduct is dis-
gusting. (Cheers.) How have they been canvassing ?
They have boen 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 destructive!, 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 1 have heard from every district, that the success
of the people's cause is certain.—( Vehement cheering.) But
let not any man relax he 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-2fight 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 seat in the House of Commons—(Loud and long conti-
nued cheering)—when I say I take my seat there, though you
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
more 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
favour of Sir Francis Burdett; but on Mr. Leader's name
being announced, almost every hand in the vast assemblage
was held up.
The Hien BAILIFF then declared it to be his humble opi-
nion that the show of hands was in favour of John Temple
Leader, Ecq. This announcement !was received with loud
and long continued cheering, accompanied with waving of hats
and handkerchiefs, and shouts of " Leader for ever 1"
A poll was then demanded on the part of Sir Francis Bur-
dett, which was accordingly granted, and which will commence
to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock, and close at 4.
Mr. LEADER then said, I thank you most sincerely
for the mark of confiden t. which you have just accorded to
me. I am certain the result of the poll to-morrow, will show
the feeling exhibited here is the feeling of a vest MajOritj. of
the electors of Westminster; and I am convinced that, on
Friday, I will have to thank you as your Representative.—
( Loud cheering.)
Mr. WAKLEY, 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 t cruse 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 we 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 la-
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, he having secured the bridge,
if he had turned round and said, " Now, you mistake your
man, I am a Fi enchman."—(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 now ? what
have I done to offend you 2—( Great laughter.) What would
te his answer? a 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?—(Cheers, 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.—(Cheery.) 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 ; hut, 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 fore-et that in 1830, at a public meeting in Lin-
coin's Inn- fields,se ( Mr. W. ).attempted to move that a Political
Union should he established, but it was strenuously resisted by
Sir Francis Burdett. W hen Cohbett 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
Westminster mention a name which could he identified with
liberty ? It was that of the Honourable Baronet in former
years ; but will they now suffer themselves to be dragged
through the mire by the blood-stained and iniquitous
Tories, to whom he has attached himself.—(No,.no, never.)
Li his last contest for Finsbury he had an opponent, and all
supposed he was a Tory ; but there was some difficulty
in nicking cut a case against him. He was no less a person-
age than that wily old Scotch lawyer, Sergeant Spankie.—
( Laughter.) It was soul found out that the Learned Sergeant
had voted against the reduction of the Windosv Tax. "Oh,"
said the old Sergeant, " they have found me out, now I shall
lose my election."—( Hear, and great laughter.) So long as
there was the remotest chance of the Tories being allowed
to put their hands into the pockets of the people, there
as no hope for the people. The Tories had mortgaged the
blood and bones of the people, but a little bit of reform had
already been obtained, and more would be got by-and-bye.
That terrible old manufactory of which he had the honour to
be a member wanted improvement, and he need not tell them it
would not he much improved by the old baronet. He thanked the
audience for the patience shown him, and intreated every voter
to consider the present his own. If the people of Westmin-
ster would allow the cause of the people to be frustrated, the
game was up for many years.—( Here the lion. Gentleman
received some interruption from the persons who surrounded
Sir Francis Burdett, and it was some minutes before be
was enabled to proceed. We observed he changed cards
with some person on the platform, but who the gentle-
man was we could not ascertain, owing to the confusion
that ensued. ) The Honourable Gentleman apologized to
the audience for his not being able then to proceed, but lie
said it was occasioned by the annoyance and continued inter-
ruption from persons in the rear of the platform, belonging to
the other party.—(" Ah, they are afraid.") But they
could beat the Tories, for there were many respectable
Tories who would not allow themselves to be dragged to
the poll.—( Hear.) The contest was not to be doubtful.
It was absolutely necessary that the independent voters of
Westminster would give an overwhelming majority, when they
understood that every man who voted for Burdett supported
the advocate of despotism and tyranny ; while, on the other
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.

(Tremendous cheering.) My Honourable Friend Mr. Wak-
ley has stated what Sir F. Burdett's ancient opinions were,
—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 see a reduction
of taxation in the country let them shun the Tories. I charge
yon 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 I 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
eluded amidst loud cheering from all parts of the Meeting.
Mr. EWART said that it bad 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. NPLEon 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 shown 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 Wesminster, 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. ADE 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 off. What was Sir Francis Burdett ? Why
lie 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, tke immense assembly
separated in the greatest order, those who were electors de-
claring their determination to be up and doing at art early
hour in the morning.

I \'l PER lAL PARLIAMENT,

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Lord SEIAFTESPITY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor,
took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock.

Mr. Fox, and other Members of the House of Commons,
brought up the Cork and Passage Railway Bill, and several
Private Bills.
Several private Bills were advanced a stage.
SMALL DEBTS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
This Bill then went through a Committee, and the House
adjourned.