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IVESTIWNSTER ELECTION.

, This morning between nine and ten o'clock the
High Bailiff• of the City of Westminster, and his
Deputy; and Other Officers, assembled on the Hus,
tings in Cdvent Garden.

Colonel ,Ewor, first arrived, and soon after Lord
Coctt RANE, and his friends.

About ten o'cloCk,- Mr. GRAHAM, once a Candi-
date for thfs,city, stood forward ,and proposed Mr.
SHcaID.AV, in praise of whorn he went into consider-
able length, lie
.spoke highly •in favour of Mr.
SHEUDAN'S talents, the uniform consistency of his
political conduct, the manly and patriotic efforts
which he had made in times of great and avthil'
interest to the . country, and the disinterested-
ness of his public charmer through the whole
of his political career. Much of this address
was well received by the crowd before the bust-7
ings, and much also excited great
.disapprobation.
He concluded with nominating Mr. SHERIDAN as
,a
proper Candidate for the representation of thiS great
City. •• •

Sir FBANcts BURDETT was then proposed byMr.
Gr..Ossor,.,who was!seconded by Mr. ADAM 4.
Lord COCHRANE was next put in nomination„ by
Mr. iNViii.OcK, the Magistrate, who made an
appropriate speech on the occasion. He paid a
due tribute to the professional chara6ter of the
Candidate, to his gallantry, his public
Services, and the Independence of his prin-
ciplcs.• Such men, Mr: WlLLocit observed;
ouht to *be favourites with the Public, because
'they are thembers of that profesiion to which we are

chiefly indebted for the honour and securiti of they
British Empire. Naval subjcets are often introduced
into parliamentary discussion, and upon such occa
sions the-opinions of professional men must be the'
best guides for legislative measures. But Lord
COCHRANE'S abilities were not merely confined to
his profession ; he possessed talents that enabled
him to form a judgment upon enlarged princi-
ples of policy, and he was able to deliver the
refleCtions of his mind, and the cliaates of his
experience, in a style of manly unaffeLied eloquence,
that cam e home to the heart. He was besides In
the. priMe of life, and he, trusted that the gallant
Officer would live longto support the Independence
of the City of. Westminster, and to add to the Naval
glories,of his Country..

This Speech was very well received by the.more
respeaable part of the Auditors, particularly by
those on the hustings. Mr. Mirr.Locx.'s nomi-
nation teas seconded by Mr. PETER RICHARDSON/
who in a short and expressive speech,`strongly re-
cominended the Noble Candidate to the favour of
the EleEtors,

Lord- COCURANE then came for*ard; and ad=
, .
dressed the people at large. Re entered into a full
declaration of his political. principles,- avowed him-
self to be a firm and unalterable friend to the British
Constitution. He professed himself 'to be wholly.
independent in his views. He. said .he was not ac-,
quainted with any Member of the present Adminis-
(ration, nor was he conne6fed with any Party in op-
position to. Government. He offered himself upon
the broad basis of public principle, and if he should
have the good fortune to be honoured with the choice
!of the Ele6tors of Westminster, he, might confi-
dently say, that they wonid chits& one who would
always state his opinions in Parliament with honest
freedom, and give his vote with a conscientious sense
of what was 'due to the great and essential interests
•
of the people.
This speech was delivered with a.firrn manly tone.,
and evidently made a strong impression on 'his hear-
ers. He conclnded with a declaration that be could_
speak for hours on a subjeEt so interesting to his feel-
ings,,but
.that he had too much regard for thosC
whose support he solicited to detain them any ion-,
ger in a heavy rain. ,

COL ROBERTSON then nominated Col. ELLIOT, in
a short but pertinent speech. Col. ROBERTSON oh-
served, that his friend Col. ELttox's military cha-
raCler was too well known for him to require any
compliment on the present occasion, but be could
confidently add, that his private charaaer was not,
less entitled to the respea of those who knew him.
concluded with saying, that if he were not per^te'
suaded that Col. ELLIOT would justify the Choice
ofthe leators by the integrity of his political con-
dat, be should not presume to stand forward and
nominate him as a Candidate for the honour of
re-
presenting so Tespeetable a part of the People of
Great Britain.

This nomination was seconded by Major BrAv-
FOY.

Colonel ELLIOT then came forward, and made
very strong declaration of his political principles:—•
Ile. stated, Olaf he was perfealy independent ; and
' his Parliamentary conduai, if heshould.'aave the good'
fortune to obtain thesqffrages of the Ele&ors of We*
minster, would be governed by no other motive than
a love of that Constitution under which this Country
:had enjoyed so much happiness, and risen to such.
prosperity`—a Constitution which his:education had
afforded him an opportunity to • study' and to. ado.
mire.

This speech tvas delivered in a firm and manly
manner, but met with frequent-interruptions from
the mob in the front of the Hustings-.
Previous to the opening of the buSiness, Mr.
GIBBON'S, the Broker, who distinguished himself
so much last Election as an advocate of Mr. PAuLL,
attempted to address the mob, and to vindicate the
conduet of Mr. PAULL from the aspersions of the
friends of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. Mr. GlIt•
Boss was proceeding to treat Sir FRANCIS with
very little ceremony, or rather, to speak of him in
very • harsh terms, when he was interrupted and
informed that he must reserve his observations till
after the nomination had taken place. After Col.,
'ELLIOT had concluded his speech, Mr. Gamma.
again ,came forward, and we believe made an at•
tempt to propose Mr. PAULL as a Candidate. Tha
noise, however, was so great, that we could not dir•
tinaly hear what he said; bat he did not, when
afterwards called upon by the High Bailiff, persist ill

his nomination. .
The High Bailiff declared the .shew of hands to
be in favour of Lord Coctta.sg and Col. ELLioT
but the other Candidates demanded a pa, which
was of course granted, and alter .a short adjourn',
ment the Poll cornmPnced.
Two Gentlemen lod entered into recognizance
for Mr. SfiIERIDAN, but afterwards withdrew then
in consequence of which no hook was opened for:
that Gentleman. The Poll did not- commence till
just one o'clock, and the first account of the state
of the Poll was not expected to be given till too late
a period for us to wait fur it.

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THIRD DAYI-WEDNESDAY, MAY 6.

At the close of the poll the High Bailiff declared
,!,,•••:.
•• numbers this day to be—
• " .For Sir T. 'Carton 1322. •
H. Thornton, Esq. - 1122. •
C Calvert, Esq. - 1022 •
Mr.:THORNTON then came forward. He had not
.much, he said, to boast of this day ; his superiority
?ver Mr. Galvert, which had before been generally
tacrefting, being this day less by twelve than yes-
terday, and Sir Thomas Turton having gained a
.c:i)usikrablo advantage over 'him. Mr. Calvert'.
comparative success on this day seemed to arise from
.3 poll 4n St. Solyi's Parish, which had been more
favourabie on this day by forty than the antecedent
'Oll- of the game Parish; and •from a poll in St.
George's Parish, which was more favourable to Mr..
c • -'by about eighty than before. Mr. Thornton
,thonght it due to himself to throw as much light as
fie could on the causes, of this comparative prosperity
:t't Mr. Calvert..-He found that . Mr. Shepley, who
a few days ago had stood for Southwark, but seemed
to have declined in favour'of Mr.' Calvert, had 'open-
ed„.' his house in. St. John's, hi order to treat the
voters'Of his Substitute.
Mr. Shepley had a little misled Mr. Thornton,
by an advertisement posted every where in the Bo-
-
roup, in «ditchlit: touched on this subject. He
there said
7 shall steadi:ly :adhere to support the principles
of the Treating Aa, by 'vhicb strong palladium of
theifritish COnttitution aloire we were enabled first
all to return the Right Hon. George Tierney to
b.! our Represetitti\'e. in Parliarrient .; and one of
greatest pleasures of *l;'Aiy having .been
tati foundation of the good *that arose to fny:country
irorn that rra nsa et jolt .
" April 11. (Signed) " IttcitA.RL SttirLiV."
Another paper posted up yesterday in the Bo-
iotigh Was in the following terms :—" The tijencls
of Mr. Calvert are regtiested to meet this evening
at eight o'clock, to sup witia. Mr. Shepley, A his
house in St. John's.--Calvert for ever."
The ,Voters of Mr. C. had also, as Mr. Thornton
understood, been entertained This day by Mr. Shep-
ley, an their passage between their residence and the
Place of poll. In the other Parish; of iSt. George,
,*here Mr. Calvert had alSo 'triumphed, the Prince
of Wales Public-house, his `c•Vief plade of rendez-
.\ro.us, had been open for the reception of his voters,
2S Mr. Thornton knew from indubitable authority.
Mr. Thornton then observed, that his own situa-
tion was somewhat hard in this.respet, He saw
rho harm in giving necessary or 'reasonable refresh-
Aleut to his voters in the way to poll.
He could wish to give it—they well deserved a
little attention of this kind. taut be had asked the
opinion .of the legality of such a praetice in a pike
circumstanced lite Southwark; from an exPerieneed,
'Counsel, who had declared that it would endanger
Eleealow. • *hat then Nv.as to be his course

~rlght he to do that privately and indirettly, which
/tight vacate his seat if distinttly done ? He pro-
fessed himself a constitutional tuan—zearouS fur the
Maintenance of the laws as well as liberties of his
country. He 'Might lose, it was true; Some tote's
by his abstinetice ; but It seemed to be hiS duty t 8
lose them. He believed, however, that many votes
tvoUld not thus be lost; for though a pot of sound
eonstitutionul potter it bad beeit 'called,
'night tpiekeh the zeal of sonic EleiStors and
tring them forward a day earlier to the
44tings, be Wotild not pay the Borough so bad
a, compliment 'as to suppose that it would pUr-
4ase a franchise. He begged not to be un-
derstood as particularly blaming Mr. Calvert for the
PratStice which had taken place, and Which was ex-
Iteltding itself, as he understood, to other public
'louses in his interest. It was a common praCtice:
and it was but too natural for Mr. Calvert, in Offer-
ing himself for Southwark, to fall into the usual.
Course. :St Ili however, since Mr. Calvert was aWhig,
and not Merely a Whig, btit a man
,ACteptable to
Illossibery zealous reforincrs. in the Borough, who
deemed Mr. 'L's notions of Reform and of political
Purity extremely inadequate, it might, perhaps, have
been expd6ted., that both he and Mr. Shepley would
bet an example orstrianess in this respect It
\vas, however, the sentiment of some of the Iteform7
that they would make great reforms in Parlia
trient, but that they need not begin while they. were
but of it. Mr. Calvert, hedoubted not, would make
a very godd ReforMer, *hen he should have arrive*
in the House of Conimons, and would, perhaps, be
teady to reproach Mr. Thornton for arty support
given to the present corrupt AdminiStration; He
begged, hoWever, to assure that Gentleman that he
Would be a sincere, and, he trusted, an uniform op-
Ponem to every species of corruption; and that he
valued a Seat in Parliament chiefly as a means of pro-
moting plain, honest, praClical reforni, though not the
Merely theoretic purity which was
.sometimes held up
to the view ofthe peoplo. Mr. Thornton observed also,
that an agreement had been signed by the agents of
the three Candidates, by which they agreed neither to
ploy bands of Music, tor to give ribbons during
the eletEtion. He had not been eager for this agree-
likent, but had merely consented to. it.. He found,
irweVer, a large band of music, with the ribbons of
rer, Calvert, eontinually playing in his ears, while
`i and Sir T. Turton had deemed themselves pre
eluded
,by the agreement from exciting over the
iiorough the same pleasant sounds.
Ur. THOR I'T'ON concluded by saying; that he
trusted his competitor would for his own sake not
tt°ttAEt the poll, since in case of an early termina-
-1494 of this contest he might be in time to offer,
strut
in a variety of other places, where the sable
come
principle of conformity to the laws which had
:tile into tashion in the Borough of Southwark
alight not perhaps prevail, ; and where open houses
__ll4 a free'use of other merely questionable means
ight have a much more considerable etreat. A'
relation
of his own, on the ground of a. few objec-
tionsßor of this class, had declined an invitation to a
taggh2 which possibly might still be open if Mr.
L—eave,rt Would lose no time in repairing thither.
.oho, however, forbear from carrying on the
tht.vark contest by the use of weapons which
'ls adversaries forbore to employ, and which tended
top rt.:lapse, and might finally overthrow, a system of
...purity in • EleEtions, which it is necessary to guard
Wl,llll so much care; and which, to the honour of the
-nr"gh, bad now been so virtuously established.
Ile was no enemy to reasonable -and perfeedy legal
. .