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London, England, 1841-07-01 00:00:00

stould the
tie said the
1.; ,
3' were assembled to discharge an important. duty
„„,,?.... y2t9t discharge it as became Englishmen,
iann mend. of
gates, ho(Uheers and uprcar.) Unless the heart, the. (al 1.-
(cheer w were they to decide on their respective claims ?—
and, uproar, and great con usio .
thes'lll'sing h f n ) Hear him,
pros,
03's ould better know ( Cheers )—t hose who disap-
prob:otiot him would have the better reason to yield their disap-
lioe ress,a—(Uproar)—and those who approved of him wouldf
_ootis to justify their choice. Defeated in the House o
(ijinZar° ; the Minister of the Crown appealed to the people—
Porteat ported„')—and by the people they would, they must be supa;
lelPhatieall ar)—for the cause in which they sustained defeatVl
y the
L'eY dere people's own.— ( Great cheering.) Why were
totoy to ated? Because they preferred the interest of the
oar.) the interests of the few.—( Great cheering And till;
the Wileeause they showed themselves determined to consu
it of eing of the whole community, rather than the pro-
the), s. mall class of else community.—( Choirs. ) Because
they :trove to increase the poorman's loaf, rather than to swell
andreerzoll of the rich.— ( Tremendous cheering and uproar,.
'seek • of " Poor-law.") He would reply to that, it they
be ,
/sets on si etit ; but he must take in order the different sub-
(Cheer; which
\ he was bound to address his constituency.—
ky on f:i The Ministers of the Crown said, " We will not
nonl, resh he
will not add to the burthens of the
' LrY l whit t by
illft, vie . s , abolishing monopoly
tow , will provide for the wants of the State; and add to the
er's an „is, ,
tments o tle piop s.
f I , 1 t "—(llear, hear, and
tumor,)s, The upholders of monopoly stood against them as one
de • "l upr
els oar) •
l'his, then, was the question for them to
horeeet:-a Simple question ; but it was ore which came
toe „oe the bosoms,
the feelings of them all. Would they
~...%,ien mo
, hopolists or would they have the anti-monopolists?
his nat. the ) ' Let them choose, then, between him and
tsotta,t,:en,t•--(Cheers ) Take, if they would, Tory Minis-
bet the the isever-to-le-f orgotlen sliding scale.—( Cheers. )
creme;Y must recollect that they must take with them in-
skti
Ho taxation and grinding monopolies.—( Great cheering.)
'affraes• Friend of his, who was a candidate for their
the "''' had stated that he did not believe that
. reduction
of the duty on sugar would relieve the
ileitelle farthing.—( Hear. ) He was glad his Hon.
thought 1,
a 3 there, for he (Mr. Clay) would state whyhe.
Ries of ,': would benefit the people.—(Cheers and uproar ,
%liter, for 90 on, Sir ; don't be afraid.") :sugar cost this
4es. a, Its duty 200,0001. a-year. The price of sugaewas
ti'auftwet' last year. The price of sugar under the propera-
%so, tce overon•ent never would te'xceed 355. He said,
been isi—et if the measures proposed by the Government had
Nine operation last year, it • Id have saved the people three
fo ris of rrio - would
) Let them never
rget th heY•—(Cheers, and uproar.
trade in at the Cori, laws! were made to prevent foreign
testlld ha ten'.
Good Heavens ! was it possible th.at. such laws
teserinevel been invented in uch a country as this ?--( Great
ettr the7;' 'Ces rft was the one article the countries nearest. to
their r "'re able to supply to us, and corn was the article
Look ulcer" told them they never should trade in.—( Cheers. )
13. 4da.t: he sliding scale which put at one time a ls. duty or
uproar 4 corn, and at another 50s.—( Great cheering and
Ices ') There was danger in every hour that those
his
tcontinued.—( Great cheering.) He would tell them.
(Creaptiel!ell ul'ort the Corn-laws if they would listen to him.
they see-P"ar• ) It they would not listen to him it showed
to pr re afraid of the t th (Great uproar.) He wanted
• event h su .
i 4 a)
„, onest men from becoming paupers. (Great cheer-
itto „ lie would tell them that the Poor-law, when broueht
414'4s:risen with the Corn-laws, were as dust in the
have it they had extensive trade they must necessarily
rholl4 Increased wages, let them mistrust the man
told , e
teetn he would o pose the Poor-law ; hut
effer..would maintain the Core-lateps-.—( Great cheering. ) He
So ' You the shadowand ' I b tance —( Great cheer-
g, )i, not t,e substance.—(Great s •
hell He would tell them the Poor-law was not a party ques-
say itatto that man was a base a wicked man who attempted to
utter waz•—(Cheers.) He 'would tell them that he would
they
(I:etUrn
, to the old Poor-law--(Great uproar)—for if
tikes •" it would be returning to an abomination ten
law,
that
than ever existed under the new Poor-
elidth"Prear- ) Thu last gentleman who addressed them
broughtat the measures" of her Majesty's Government were
lose) forward for a clap-trap purpose.—(Cheers and up-
the ) He (Mr. Clay) would like to know what it was to
to,:eople s-:
re , of England for what purpose they were brought
ftithaetc, if they benefited th( Cheers and hisses.)
forward' God if the Tories came into power they would bring
(Ale "exactly such clap-trap measures ; and if they did so he
coulik'LaY) would be the first .to support them. But they
for a-sets Jibe dare not. They relied for support on the very Claes
eliee •"°se nefit those monopolies were created.—( Great
(.1 Ping*" b I hadsaidthat he had accepted place.
, erefe ome oi y
sleets_ rred to that because he would not shrink from the sub-
shon,,(Ckeers and uproar.) He would tell them that he
had 'a have failed inhis bounden duty to them if lie
Le h n°t done so He did it to carry out the principles
The eld in
common with themselves.—( Great cheering.)
,qo,erosornent he accepted office under the present
ili 4 "'lent the Duke of Buckingham had declared
pifi‘,.._ leech,
" That now they had appointed Mr. Clay to an
(Tre 10 the Government, they must carry the Corn-laws.
the the
cheering.) He felt proud in being a member of
la,,e:lirresseilf Government—(Cheers)—who brought forward
•lte v..." 19r the repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.)
fetsio hot one of those who thought it was good to make pro.-
tied
tui but bad to carry them into practice.—(Hear, headi,
I.eatita, eel's%) Did any one suppose that it was an a-
41e e to him in accepting office ?—(Cries of " No, no.")
flettodais,sPeaking of himself, but on what other subject could
Week date speak? He would tell them that for four years,
lion by week, he attended a Committee of the
Ile 4 of Commons on the metropolitan improvements.
formesd tell them that amongst those improve-
fo the first was the noble street that was to
.be
of i Vhrough the Tower Hamlets.—(Cheers, and cries
hate' I,:,flen are we to have it?") The people Of the Tower
the is 1 required a place of public resort—he would ask
oteti„woether he was not better enabled from the position he
Iliaried to give them the Victoria Park ?—(Loud cheers. )
s," l'rel,i)sition was first suggested by an Hon. Friend of
be (14e of themselves, and he would answer, how
1.111e3r h.., Clay) had worked for it.--(Cheers and uproar.)
tetajest- ,1 that Park at the gracious consideration of her
tic tie 3% that
the advice of an intelligent and patrio-
oe tuber of the Government, Lord Duncannon. But
iterwardr 9,t y) doubt d if that ever would have been brought
44 it " I'o had e t strenuously exerted himself
Ask':(eries _„ . 2ir s?
hear,"
and cheers.) He thanked
14._ toe hav,_ol Hear,
heard him, and assured
lifem that if he": 4 SO patiently_ .
hi,eeetith subrnissio not succeed, h uld retire into private
e•
.v'to life from which their
si s trst calks , ti to that priva e
p• 1 " nun• fines,,- Hoursow then presented himself, amidst very
)41,:t reget""ring, to address the meeting. Had he
1 shoet,elned the pledge he had given them that
teieers )'"" appear before them that day ? (Loud
iretire i Attempts had been made to induce him to
ee hadreel the cont • • 'l 'fl ence had been used,
t. no , . est, and Mintsteria in u h ,
ii___ corossi,_ Slesitation In saying, in • order tat he might A t
struggle.
But he l'ile,o to withdraw from the present
,l'es, 4rl
1,. triumphed over their • difficulties, and he now
(41tea. -I'llself fe 1 I f this Borough.—
lot .1 thee . ar.essly on the peop e o __ _
repaid
his ring, .
e And he knew that he would be
that tehfidenwould further add,
he until he ce•—( Cheering.) He
Tower Hamlets
answoule n„,,,s_was the representative of the
.s
(Cheers
el;seeeproor.rse to appear upon that hustings.—(Cheers
throughout— their
liter' dealt f • _The present Ministry had not,
adopted
tr Feral „ . alrly with the country. They had never .
eie the Fri
nciple ut
theirsfo tl e purpose of serving themselses.
that 44 trust
(he Partie
leo, thorn ans of the Government were opposed to him
creits houet P!°h) because he was known to be
not ,kiate for 14, his political principles than any other
' tors
lito ,0 divide „ the borough. He called upon.the .(Great
44 t4ter.) iTe liberal interest, bat to return him..
riY '''e was sincere advocate for free trade
be,4,, puti, as an
atteh" rsaia tj'eu• of the Government ; but though much had
t h.i.°°l as the question of free sugar, they were not
4 tr4,l, 13 ue caught by that trap That question
waspapeared
ooto 14 -be oneof ... .- a -.(N ) He an un-
lao Premisin - minor importance.— oo
et aria Keg advocate, however, for a total repeal of the. Gorn-
tod ktriehors,e believed that such a repeal would materially ten
htiet fou4the condition of the people. It would enable them
ssite isho„", of the evils of the new Poor-law for he care
-•"(1 bre-a Poor-1 •if could obtain employment
!sa ed .7,, aw the people
it JPreuiv '0 one could doubt that the present Poor-law was
by "14 he e measure • and if its evils had not been always felt
the th eeeatlse St had'
mit e eesele not been carried. out in all its rigours
that
ie .kas Lave:7_l.--e( Cheers. ) For his part, he wished.
the he 1,147ebt of such a law should be left in all cases
its" titlestionwl of the local guardians. With regard to
, coreei . of religions libert • he advocated that liberty
should
dahl
Wrip_ r eter,,,_ ~ . ), .
110, "Alhe4 n "1 tor he did not think that any man shonn
his e
go ertoont
_Pon such a subject. He should do
.everything 1.. d
eattging In dal', end to the cruel practices of impressmen-dan
eipleest attext: array and navy. J 34 above all lie was the. a
rvino:
forth f0,,,,_
_beton of the suffrage, upon true Conservative p
le h tea; hilt persuaded that the safety of the State would be
Lion Vie. pig creating a safety-valve for popular feeling.t
as Hs_ %Id ee hornpson's) opinion taxation and represen a-
Ife- 414;7 co-extensive.—( Cheers and uproar.) He would
tent's,"sita.ty slres,e give the elector the protection of the Ballot.
nabl'uatet, h''''',els had been put furward in favour of certain
hads'e Kan ill' no one could have stronger claims of such a
of th:costrihn4L!,ossessed, because he was the son of one who
e
ag,ii.' Uatio, :vci. in a great degree to awake the sense
Cost the culainst the restrictions on trade, and especially
ersiiobel periernonopoly.—(Cheers. )
to, t es, 0x then proceeded to address the meeting
(tirll titeZ•ers
it.,
salld hisses. He wished first of all
Ili: (41141-'rd J• Russell had been returned for the city.
thecipleo. I eel then proceeded to state hi.s own views and
11, gated „, e had supported that Reform Bill which enabled
'lll,l n-rnrarthere that day, and in practical liberality
that ler), no Y..leld to any gentleman who had addressed them.
„... he use he bore was, he trusted, a sufficient pledge
hi was iav ,
Who ear, he °arable to the principles of religious liberty
sve would art and cheers)—arid he had never met a Ilan
Gov also fgao further than he would upon that subject. ie
(gtertiroentvehrable to the commercial measures of the
lieeniell.) ' sued to the overthrow of all monopoly. 7•
With
he ,„s vete regard to a question upon which be had
tio.'l:s•ht L moth misunderstood—he meant the Ballot-
-100, as
rialve had doubts as to the expediency of its adop-
14%eincerY of the best Reformers had theirs ; but
Oct's%
,was he that there should be should be some
if eeg himself
s against intimidation much of which
ao et_`' . teen lately, and not far from that place—that
es_lit th ssier nt y,
wit e oiall eans could be found for counteracting it
he all respeete!, he
,should support such a measure.—( Cheers. )
epir'as eon '-° %Qat most important Act, the New Poor-law,
been andlihced it had bn brought forward with a good
aped in in ajOod intention, but he had no doubt that it had
gen that th";.1111Y instances, carried out with harshness
erid aL was ee . e
kve • satisf • "Le principal cause why it had not given
he tit),
ss action. He would vote for a mitigation of the
sat
Is hadw that law. With regard to the Septennial Act,
tit:l'sh 11° oh'e t.
4 that 1 e ion to vote for its
he fours '4 vet. at was in his opinion but a ques-
es(,,a thY„, minor importance, inasmuch as it would
tl4learate:' no Parliament ever lasted for seven years.
he r. ) Colonel F
Thor
ever ere Fox concluded by sayieg that, uhle-
hed eves re_returned or not for the borough, he
the received culelbber with gratitude the kindness which he
ti,„ prone
_0 am.
se so many of the electors, and he would have
7 hu•Ticrrisociousness that he had not flinched from his
iesira; lle;L'iettiPettly avowed to them his sentiments.
(irs,!., scd that ore, who came forward amidst cheers aud
k .CObe.„(u r he had been charged with being a Tory in
to I°4N . aid°arn) _ Now he appeared before them as
!rhen'es former life aietral reforme!, and he
In IS3`3,
11111. svl4eittifig their suffrages,
o r t
ho of thhaadt
published assertion. I
an address,-
weBeot, ilte had put forward 'the same opinions as at
true and powhad been said, that lie had voted for
.„e: and
lie nall
for Middlesex, but the statement was un-
-1.4.;0Ud ,hee_, had constantly voted for Hume and yng B .
yt,,,` sJohn ituusrig?, He had also signed the requisition to
qi,ttlay voted se
to stand for' the City, and he had
th4tta,tes. ll_ at the earliest hour for the .Reform can.
et c he was' called Upon that gentleman who had stated
a kr_ a reformer in d to come forward
.i.iletieo of honour and disguise,
'to 1,,3 °r " Nan, .. retract the statement he
.had made.
mi wid ',Cs n e• ) The name of the gentleman was
the t'il'avi the all, arid he again appealed to that gentleman
)1e -Ights of ,lumnY.—(Uproar.) He was an advocate for
us_ Wished ,_ the people and the principles of free trade.
aiZtlie t'o see the Corn-laws abolished, and to find that
1 e
that eamporary
adoption of a fixed duty, every restriction
, should tra4e 111 corn %%eh also
s.. should be ultimately done away with.
eero,___Woldd
Increase the revenue, and add. to the
Oak t Wisbed PeePle• He was the enemy of all monopoly—
_ _
4,_ for a. total rev' iison of our commercial code, so
41111 a le! "necessaries f life should be leftuntaxed, "let si t • e °
4 Y ImPoltd upta luxuries, —( Hear, heart)

With regard to the ;Poor-law, he should advocate
a repeal of its harsher enactments; he should for instance
endeavour to put an end to the clause which separated man
and wife. 'I he next question to which he should call
their attention was that of Church-rates—(Hear)—
to those rates he should endeavour to put an end.
He was an advocate for household suffrage, for a repeal of the
rate-paying clauses, and for triennial Parliaments. He thought
the Ballot was necessary to the protection of voters who had hi-
therto been oppressed and coerced in discharging their duty.
In short, he would devote all Isis time and attention, if re-
turned to Patiament, to represent fully and fairly their inte-
rests.—(Cheei s and hisses.) He offered himself to them single-
handed, and not as nominee of the Crown, but throaing him-
self upon their independent choice.—(Cheers and uproar. )
Mr. ROBIN soN came forward amidst some cheering, mingled
with groans and hisses. Ile was as sincere an advocate of the
rights of the people as any one could be. He stood
there unconnected with any other candidate or any official au-
thority during the course of his life ; the only party whose
interest he should now consider would be the people.—
(Cheers, and cries of " What do you think of the
Corn-laws ?") He did not wish to say anything
harsh of their late representatives, but he could not
help observing, that whatever care Mr. Clay and Dr.
Lushington• had taken of the interests of the people,
they had not neglected their own.—(011, and confusion. )
With respect to Mr. Clay, his only objection to him as one of
the Members for the Tower Hamlets was
two , th
maatsters —he was
a placeman, and could notserve he
could not serve the people and the Government.—(Cheers and
uproar.) But even suppose they should return Mr.
Clay to Parliament again, Was that a reason
they should return Colonel Fox, another placeman, with him?
—( Uproar.) Was it lit, was it decent, that that large and influ-
ent ial borough should be converted into aWhig nominee borough?
'The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to say that on various
ocsion during the twelve years he had sat in Parliament
heca s had voted for popular measures. He voted for re-
moving fifteen millions of taxes from the people, and for
imposing a tax on property. He had supported Dlr. Tennyson
for shortening the duration of Parliaments, and he had opposed
military flogging, while he supported the motion brought forward
in the House of Commons by Mr. Buckingham, the late Member
tor Sheffield, which had for its object the putting an end to
forcible impressment in the navy. He had supported the
abolition of negro slavery, and he had concurred in the vote
of twenty millions for that purpose ; but after having approved
such a vote, how he would ask them could he now vote for the
importation of slave-grown sugar.—(Cheers and uproar.) He
had also voted for th protection of children from the cruelties
of the factory system. But he could not support the Govern-
ment in their new policy, for he believed that that policy
had been attempted for the sordid purpose of maintaining
themselves in their places. He believed that the days of that
GoveViment were numbered, and that the knell of its dissolu •
tin hpel been sounded yesterday in the City, the great metro-
polis dp: commerce, and that it was reverberating at this moment
thrcuyhout the entire British empire.
A flow of har.ds having then taken place, the num-
bers were declared to have been 4 in favour of
Mesfi'S. P. Thompson and Hutchinson amidst the
cheers of the greater part .of the meeting. A poll
being demanded on the part of Messrs. Clay and
Robinson, and Colonel Fox, it was ordered that it should com-
mence on this day at eight, and close at four o'clock.
A vote of thanks having then been passed to the Returning
Officer the vast assemblage quietly dispersed.

FINSBURY.
The nomination for the borough of Finsbury took place yes.
terday morning at twelve, on Clerkenwell-green. The hust-
ings were erected on the steps of the Sessions-house, and from
the great deficiency of space were exceedingly inconvenient.
Every accommaation, however, was afforded us that the
limited space would admit of. Shortly after twelve o'clock a
procession, with banners bearing Mr. Duncombe's name, and
accompanied by music, arrived on the green, and was loudly
cheered by the crowd ; and at a quarter after twelve Messrs.
Duncombe and Wakley arrived on the hustings, and the pro-
ceedings commenced.
The Returning Officer having read the precept and Bribery
Act, and gone through the usual formalities,
Mr. Nxcuot.soN stepped forward and said that we had ar-
rived at a most important crisis. Ministers taking into their
consideration the distressed condition of the people, had proposed
certain measures to relieve their distresses. Finding themselves
foiled in their endeavours to alleviate these distresses by a fac-
tion of monopolists, they hail appealed to the people. He had
to propose to them as a fit and proper person to represent them
in Parliament their old friend Thomas Slingsby Duncombe,
Esq.—(Loud cheers)—who had served them to their heart's
content for six years It was an important thing to them all
to have cheap corn and cheap sugar, and they could not do bet-
ter to secure these things than to return those who would vote
for them.—(Cheers ) Mr. Duncombe had always attended to
their local interests. There was no greater or more effectual
advocate of civil and religious liberty.—(Cheers.) Did any
suffer under the lash of the ecclesiastical law, which ought to be
removed from the Statute Book—(Loud cheers)—Mr. Dun-
combe always came forward to rescue. —(Cheers.) All class
interests were well protected, but they wanted a man to pro-
tect the interests of the poor, and who would do so well as Mr.
Duncombe ?—( Cheers.) Give the industrious population of
this kingdom fair play, and the country would flourish and the
people become happy. He begged to propose Thomas Slingsby
Duncombe, Esq.
Mr. HEWITT seconded the nomination. When he first came
before them he brought with him the character of a friend to
the poor and to civil and religious libel ty—that character he
maintained ever since his connection with the borough. He
was peculiarly fitted for the representative of a great borough
by his urbanity, his integrity, and his industry. He had
always been opposed to Tory and monopolist principles. He
had always advocated the great principles of humanity and
benevolence—(Cheers)—and he thought that no punishment
for political offences ought to bear the stamp of vindic-
tiveness upon it.—(Cheers.) Had his opponents dared they
would have opposed him, but they knew his straightforward
character, and had not Oared to come forward.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Tinsta assi proposed Thomas Wakley, Esq.—(Loud
cheers.) He Ras not vain enough to suppose that they wished
to hear him. They were well acquainted with the indefatiga-
ble zeal of Mr. Wakley in the House of Commons. He was
always present there early and late to oppose corrupt and to
support good measures.—(Cheering.) It was a proud
thing for Finsbury that, although the Tories had caraied
their opposition into almost every borough:of the kingdom,
they had not ventured to start a Tory candidate there.--
( Cheers.) There had been a shadow of a shade of opposi-
tion in the person of a Mr. Tooke.—(Cries of " Oh dear.")
But he had appeared only to vanishlike a falling star, and he had
gone to Reading, where he had met with what ought to be the
f.tte of all political tricksters. He had been turned out.—
(Loud cheers.) It had been alleged against Mr. Wakley that
he had not sufficiently supported the Ministry; and, on the
other hand, he had been accused of giving them too great
support. Now it was his opinion that it was the duty of a
Member of Parliament to support any measure which he
thought might be for the interest of the people ; and if they
referred to Mr.Waltley's conduct, they would little to find com-
plain of, but much to praise.—(Cheers.) Mr. Wakley was
entitled to their support and praises if it were only for his
conduct in regard to the Dorchester labourers.—(Cheers.)
He therefore proposed Thomas Wakley, Esq., as a fit and pro-
per person to represent the borough of Finsbury in Parlia-
ment.—( Loud cheers. )
Mr. BECKWITH seconded the nomination, and said it was
their dutp to send to Parliament Members who would not ssup-
port either of the dominant factions, Whigs or Tories, llszt
who would support measures for the good of the people.—
(Cheers.) If they had had an extension of the franchise,
which they ought to have had, they would not have seen the
trickery which they had witnessed in the city yesterday.—
(Loud cheers.) Mr. Wakley would support the extension of
the franchi e, and therefore he seconded the nomination.—
(Loud cheers.)
There being no other candidate, the returning officer pro-
ceeded to put the names of INlessrs. Duncombe and Wakley.
Every one present held up their hands for them, and Thomas
Slingsby Duncombe, Esq., and Thomas Wakley, Esq., were
declared duly elected as Members to serve in the next Parlia-
ment for the Borough of Finsbury.
After the declaration, a
Mr. PATTISON stepped forward, and attempted in vain to
obtain a hearing.
Mr. WAKLEY, however, stepped forward and obtained him
a hearing.
Mr. PATTISON then said that it was no matter who was re-
turned to Parliament, if they were true to themselves. The
present question was not between the large loaf and a small
loaf, but between a loaf and no loaf at all.—(Cheers.) The
accursed Corn-laws had been inflicted on them by the landed
aristocracy, both Whig and Tory, who had only legislated for
themselves, and never for the people. In 1815 the Corn-law
had been thrust down the throats of the people at the point of
the bayonet, and ending that law did not answer the purpose,
they had adopted the sliding scale, to slide the money out of
the pockets of the people into their own.—(Cheers, and cries
of " Question.") The question was, were they to eat bread
or not.--(Cheers.) If the ports were thrown open for provi-
sions of every description, they would have a revenue that
would be more than sufficient to pay all the taxes out of the
duties paid on those provisions alone. —(Loud cheering.)
Mr. DITNCOMBE then came forward and said—A brother
elector had rightly told them that there were questions before
the people that deeply affected their rights. It was upon that
question that he had asked their suffrages.—(Cries of " You
are returned.") He congratulated them on the disso-
lution of the late House of Commons.—( Hear, hear).
That House was the most dissolute and venal that had ever
existed. It had lasted one year longer than it ought. Will
any gentleman tell me any beneficial reform which emanated
from that House ? Look at the Poor-law. Amendment was nowhere
more required than in that law. His Hon. Friend and himself
had in vain laboured to effect improvements. If the last
House had been bad, the next would be worse. The
Queen had appealed to the people. It was for the
people to return such measures as they thought beneficial.
faking the City of London as a sample of the elections,
that city had disgraced itself. There were questions of the
deepest interest befoi e the people, and they shouldhave returned
four Members who were favourable to them. If Lord John
Russell should prove to have been defeated, it was no reflection
upon the Noble Lord. He had been proposed as the advocate
of great commercial reforms, and if rejected the disgrace
would rest with those who rejected him.—(Loud cheers.) The
aspect of things was very diflerent in Finsbury.—(Hear, hear.)
They had been told by a jobbing lawyer that he and his friend
misrepresented that borough. He announced his intention
of purifying the borough. But the intended puri-
fier of Finsbury had gone to Reading ; and he
had been sent back at the bottom of the poll.—(Cheers.) In
two months there would, he believed, be a Tory Government,
but let not the people despond—they could never be governed
upon the old principles of Toryism. The day had arrived when
the representation of the people had slipped from the
hands of the Whigs, and he believed that soon the
Whigs would confess that the representation was a delusion,
and propose a new and more extended Reform Bill. Neither
his Hon. Friend nor himself would flinch in the approaching
struggle. If they were thought to do so—at least he
could speak for himself —he would be prepared to
resign his trust into their hand.—(Tremendous cheers. )
He would not occupy their time longer, but conclude by
thanking them for the kindness which had been shown to him
by the electors of that borough.—( Cheers. )
Mr. WAKLEY would very much like to know if the meet-
ing believed one-half of the good things which had
been said of himself and his friend ?—(Laughter.) Their en-
deavour had been to pursue that line of conduct which had
met. in the first instance with approbation. He (Mr. Wakley)
had given offence to some by the support, and to others
by the opposition, which he had offered to the
Whigs. It was not easy t please all, but it
was; easy to pu-sue a straight-forward and independent course
intimidated by neither party.—( Hear.) A great deal had been
said about Finsbury being a Radical borough. He would rather
call it an independent borough. He (Mr. Wakley) would
rather retire from the representation than tie himself
to the coats of either of the great factions.—( Hear, hear.)
He went into the House an independent man, he came out of
it independent, and now appeared before them unfettered' by
party. —(Cheers. ) An individual so situated must have great
weight in the House. Did the electors know William
Gregg ?—(Laughter.) That individual had attacked
the characters of himself and his Honourable Friend
by public advertisement. Had he (Mr. Wakley) ever
attempted to raise his own character by depressing that of
another ?—( A voice on the hustings, " Yes.") An individual
" Yes." Let him come forward and state the grounds of
his statement.—(Loud cheers.) Gregg stated that the
borough was not well represented. He said that no great
measures had been proposed by them ; whilst lie him.