The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-23 00:00:00

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where he (Lord Althorp) trusted
that gentleman
would distinguish himself as much as he was sure
they would all admit he had distinguished himself
an those hustings.—(Much cheering.)—He begged,
hen to return to them his thanks, both for himself
ind for his Noble Friend. For himself he most cor-
•lially and sincerely thanked them ; for his Noble
Friend be thanked them, partly for the sak, of his
Noble Friend personally, but mainly because the sup-
port they had given to his Noble Friend had been
,riven because his Noble Friend was a Parliamentary
Reformer—(Cheers.)
Mr. CARTWRIGHT could not deny that the deci-
sion of the Assessor must materially influence the
election; yet he thought the state of the poll would
justify him in taking this evening to consider what
course he should adopt.—(Cheers and hisses, and
cries of " Give up.")—The situation which he oc-
cupied upon the poll was to him a source of great
satisfaction,—for, after all the previous canvass, of
which he had known nothing till it was too late, he
could hardly have expected to reach the number of
2,000 votes.—(Cheers and hisses.).—He must again
say that this elettion would be no triumph
_to Re-
form. Indeed, be looked upon it as a triumph upon
his part.—(Laughter.)—lt showed what was the
strength of the Anti-Reform party in that county,—
it.proved that what was now called a triumph by
their opponents would be only a temporary triumph,
—and he was satisfied that on another occasion so
large a party as that which had supported him must
succeed.—(Cheers and hisses.)—lt would have
been much more handsome in Lord Milton if that
nobleman had attacked him openly, and not written
an anonymous letter against him—(Cheers and
hisses)—and he thought it would have been still
more handsome if Lord -Milton had not had recourse
to what he must call secret machinations, for the
purpose of procuring his return. The young gentle-
man who had on those hustings given so much pro-
mise of future excellence, had naturally enough at-
tempted to defend Lord Milton upon this subject;
but still he (Mr. Cartwright) could not help thinking
that it would have been more manly in Lord Milton
to have attacked him openly, and not anonymously.
—(Cheers and hisses.) During the period which
he had represented that county in Parliament, a
period of 31 years, he had invariably acted as he
thought the interest of the country required him to
act. He had never courted popularity even in the
most difficult times of the country, and in illustra-
tion of this he would instance the vote he gave on
the Catholic question. He knew that his vote
would be unpopular—he knew that the measure
was a dangerous one; but, considering it as the
lesser of two evils, he had felt conscientiously that
it was his duty:to give a vote which he might yet
pay the penalty of, but which nevertheless be should
always look back upon without regret. He had
but one other subject to speak to them upon. He
had received a letter from Lord Cleveland, who
had, it appeared, seen some observations of his (Mr.
Cartwright's) respecting that Noble Lord's expected
dukedom. Lord Cleveland complained that he
should have made such observations, declaring that
they were perfectly unfounded, for that, up to the
date of the letter, which was the 20th of May, he
had received no hint whatever that lie was to be
made aduke.—(Cries of " He ought to be.") Now
he (Mr, Ciartwrirtlit) iambi .1
ject, he nee not the slightest intention of saying any
thing personally disrespectful of Lord Cleveland.
lie had alluded to a current rumour, in which, after
the letter he had received from Lord Cleveland,
he was satisfied there was no truth. He would not
detain them longer. He should take this eren-
ing to look over the proper documents, and then
make his decision as to the continuance of this con-
test—a contest in which he must say he thought
that he had been very ill used.—(Cheers, mixed
with cries of " No, no !") No man, however, was
less disposed than he was to carry political rancour
and animosity into private life, and he hoped that
when this election closed, all unpleasant feelings to
which it might have given rise would cease and
be forgotten.—(Cheers.)
Sir C. KNIGIITLEY said, that of all the extraor-
dinary events of this election, the most extraordinary
was that all parties appeared to be content.—
(Laughter.) Their opponents were delighted, and
for himself and his Hon. Friend, they had no fault to
find with the situation in which they were placed.
Their opponents might gain the victory, but it would
be dearly bought. There was one thing he thought
the people would be much disappointed in : they
expected a new Parliament soon, but he did not
think they would get one soon. No, the Parliament
now about to meet would be found so well suited to
the purposes of Ministers that they would not like
to get rid of it in a hurry. Ile did not quarrel
with Ministers for this—for he would rather have
such a Parliament for ever, than a new-fangled
Parliament composed of quacks and mountebanks.
—(Laughter, and cries of " You'd make a beautiful
figure in Parliament." The spirit of the party
was unbroken; they still were, and still would
be, leagued against all innovation and revo-
lution, and associated together in defence of their
Constitution and their religion.—(Laughter.)--
Their party might be unrepresented, but it was nei-
titer abashed nor cast down. He, for one, would
always exert his humble efforts to vivify and keep
alive that party, and to make it burst into a flame
whenever it was attacked.—(Cheers and laughter.)
He had one thing more to say. Among the many
painful things that had occurred to him during this
election, the most painful was his collision with one
(Lord Althorp) with whom he had lived in habits
of intimacy and friendship for the greatest part of
his life. There was nothing which he more sin-
cerely regretted than he regretted this; but when
he saw his Noble Friend advocating a measure
which he thought would bring desolation and de-
struction upon the country, he could not be pre-
vented by considerations of private friendship from
giving his Noble Friend his most unqualified oppo-
sition as a politician. The Hon. Baronet concluded
thus :—" As to you all, you are, for Reformers, the
best I ever met with. I think you have improved
by being in the good company of the Anti-Re-
formers..—(Laughter.)—l have never received the
least insult or affront from you; and, in spite of
your jokes, I shall never be unmindful of the pa-
tience and the kindly feeling with which you have
heard me during this election."—(Cheers.)
Lord ALTHORP felt it necessary to say a few words
after the speeches of his two Hon. Friends, which he
had heard with happiness and delight. He could
assure them that there did not and could not exist
in his mind any thing like hostility towards them,
and it should not be his fault if, as soon as the heat
of this election had subsided, they did not live toge-
ther again upon the same terms of friendship as be-
fore.—(Cheers.) This contest bad been one of a
purely political nature. He had seen his most inti-
mate friends voting against him, and knowing
their political opinions differed from his, he had
thought them quite right in so doing.—(Cheers.)
He was one of those who thought that political dif-
ferences ought never to disturb or interfere with pi i-
vete friendship; and he could assure Sir C. Knight-
ley, who had very truly said that they had lived to-
gether in friendship for the greater part of their
lives, that he saw nothing in the opposition which
Ins Hon, Friend had given him upon that occasion