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NDON THURSDAY, JULY i, 1841:

HE ELECTIONS.

CITY.
*DECLARATION OE THE NUMBERS.
announcement of the numbers pulled for the several
candidates took place yesterday in the Guildhall at two o'clock.
In consequence of a doubt which existed in the course of Tues-
day afternoon as to the numbers polled, considerable interest
was excited, the Conservative party stoutly maintaining that
three of their candidates,namely, Lyall, Alasterma.n, and Att-

wood, were returned, while the Liberals were equally sanguine
as to the success of Wood and Lord John Russell.

As early as twelve o'clock vast crowds were congregated in
front of the Guildhall and in the body of the hall, and before
one o'clock it was almost as densely packed as on the day of no-
mination. The crowd was much more orderly in its conduct
than on the former occasion, and waited with great patience
and without any of the usual manifeitations of feeling by cheer-
ing or hooting till the time arrived for declaring the numbers.
At a few minutes before two o'clock

Mr. Sheriff GIBBS came forward and said, The Sheriffs
do declare and proclaim that, upon casting up the poll lists, it
appears that there were polled for
John Masterman
Sir Matthew Wood
George tyall
Lord John RusFell 6,221

Wolvcrly Attwood. . , 6,212
James Mattison
William Crawford 6,065
Alderman Pirie 6,017
,
The announcement of the numbers for the several candidates
was received with the most vociferous cheering, hooting, his-
sing, and all the usual indescribable noises of a hotly-contested
election.

The applause for Lord John Russell was general throughout
the hall, and far exceeded that for any of the other candidates.
The SHERIFF then declared the election to have fallen 'upon
the four first-named candidates, and the cheering and uproar
was renewed and continued for several minutes.

Mr. MawrEirmax then stepped forward, and was received
with mingled cheers and hissing. He said he felt deeply grate-
ful to the electors of London for the proud position in which
they had placed him. He could only reiterate the promises
which he had before made, thathe would use his utmost endea-
vours and the best of his abilities in their service:and for promot-
ing the benefit of all. If he could require any inducement
to perform the duty imposed upon him he had only to point to
the figures—to the place he held on the poll. He would not
detain them further than by saying that if any irritation Lad
arisen during the contest he hoped it would now be allayed,
and that they would all go on as good friends.
Sir MATTHEw WOOD said, on the day of nomination
he told them that he would be successful—he was
sure hewould win. He knew that-among the good looking
countenances he then saw before him ho would find few who
would turn off an old and tried servant. They would find him
at his post at all times. He never woull neglect the cause of
tae people, but would use his bekt, energies in that
cause. If he was not so well received by some gen-
tlemen as by the great body of the electors, still he
would not be offended. He had never made his politics the
subject :of table talk—his opinions had alasays been openly
stated before the people—they were made manifest by his votes.
He was the representative of all parties, and would do as
much for the gentlemen who were displeased with
him as for his friends. He had no ambition
as to the place he occupied on the poll. He had
often been at, the top, but when he was, the represen-
tative of the City he would do his duty whatever place he oc-
cupied upon the poll. Many important questions must soon
come under consideration in the House of Commons—they
might rely upon it that he would be at his post, and vote,
whether it was one, two, three, or four o'clock in the morn.-

ing, in favour of the people.—("Where is Lord John Russell ?")
He would tell them. He was in the neighbourhood, and would
oon be in that hall. He returned them many thanks for the
honour conferred upon him, and would show his gratitude by
his votes.
Mr. LTALL then oame forward aad was received with loud
cheers and hisses. He said this wasthe fourth contest in which
he had been engaged in support of Conservative principles. He
had done so because he believed that course the best calculated
to promote the real and permanent 'interests, of the people--
(Cheers and hisses).=.yrhich he conceived should be the.great
tied primary object of all legislation. So far as himself and his
colleagues were concerned, they had conducted the contest
without any asperity of feeling, and he was therefore sorry to
hear that his opponents accused them of contrary conduct.
He had never uttered one syllable to their disparagement, and
he regretted that he had not received from them the courtesy
he had given to them. Having on other occasions en-
tered into explanations of his political principles, he
need not do so on that occasion. He regretted he had not
been able to visit so many of hi. constituents as he could wish,
but he hoped to have frequent opportunities of meeting them.
He wished before he concluded to express his acknowledg-
ments for the excellent arrangements that had been made by
the Sheriffs, and Mr. Harvey, the Commissioner of Police, and
other parties to ensure peace and tranquillity, and remove all
obstructions in the way of a free election.—(Hear, hear,
and cheers.) In this they had been eminently
successful, for he did not believe a great contest like that could
have been conducted with greater proprie'y or less difficulty,
and for these reasons he begged to retu=rn to those gentlemen
his grateful acknowledgments.—( Cheers and confusion. )
1 here being now loud cries for Lord John Russell,

Mr. PERKINS came forward, and assured the audience that
Lord John Mussel' would be there in a few minutes. His
Lordship had so many friends present who had exerted them-
selves in his favour, but he was sure he would be anxious, and
that they would allow him a few moments to arrive and return
them thanks in person.—( Loud cheers.) ,
Mr. W. ATTWOOD, amid great confusion, said that after
having presented himself to solicit at their hands the honour
of representing them, he need scarcely say that it
was with feelings of sore disappointment and of con-
siderable regret that he had observed the return
that had been made to them. But, at the same time,
he could not be so far actuated by personal feelings as not to
remembe-, that although individually the result had not been
what he had personally wished and anticipated, yet that that
result had afforded a great triumph and valuable victory to
the Conservative cause with which he was connected.—( Cheers

and hisses. ) Let them look at the state of the represLtation
then, and compare it with what it was.—Cheers and hisses. )
'the leader of her Ma'esty's Government had appealed to them
for their opinions, and what had been the 'answer? They had
placed him lowest on the poll.—( Cheers antlithses;)--ite knew
he stood before them then, having no titli to their attention,
save to thank them for the extraordinary support he had re-
ceived. He could scarcely have conceived it possible that so
much moderation should have been shown by the electors in
resisting the appeals that had been made to them, and how evr
he might regret tha apparent result of that election as respected
himself, at the same time he must congratulate them on the

manner in which it had terminated, and express his gratitude
to them for the manner in which he had been supported.
Whether the numbers declared were correct or not, an oppor-
tunity would be quickly afforded of ascertaining; but under
any circumstances he could have but one feeling towards the
electors of 'London, and that was gratitude. With respect to
the result of the present contest, though it was not now success-
ful to him personally, yet he was satisfied that the Conservative
cause had obtained great glory in it.—(Cheers. )
Mr. DILLON then came to the front of the hustings, and
amidst loud and deafening cheers,' said that the present was a
glorious triumph.--(Cheers.) Lord John Russell would be
there immediately, and he (Mr. Dillon) called on
them to await the Noble Lord's coming. Mr.
Pattison was unavoidably absent, but they ought not to forget
that he was a man zealous in their interests, that he was a man
of highly respectable character, and of Liberal principles.—
(Cheers.) That gentleman was not at the head of the poll,
but when they needed his assistance they would find him forth-
coming. Let faem remember that the present contest was,
as he told them at the beginning of; the election, a contest, not
between persona, but between principles.—(Cheers.) They
had not there to-day the long-shore men who filled the corner
yonder..--( Cheers. ) Let them recollect that that contest was
not to end there. Other elections were to take place
elsewhere, and he again begged them to remember that the
conflict going on was one between Liberal and Tory principles
—that Lord J. Russell and the Ministry, of which he was a
Member, had, as their main object, so to adminis-
ter the taxation of this country that the people
would not be too heavily pressed on by that debt
which the Tories had entailed upon them. The Government
were desirous of paying that debt honourably, and meant to
do so, without taxing directly, or crippling the industry of the
country.—( Cheers. ) They were, on the contrary, endea-
vouring to unchain the industry of the country ; and every
means should be adopted to second them in their exertions,
so that the people might be the better able to bear taxa-
tion which the Tories, and none but the Tories, had inflicted
on them. The Tories said they were not Tories—they were
ashamed of the name—they called themselves Conservatives.
—( A cry of " Destructives. ') Here Lord John Russell made
his appearance on the platform, and Mr. Dillon retired.
Lord J. RUSSELL then presented himself in front of the
hustings, and was received, with, a tremendous burst of cheer-
ing and waving of hats, the ladies in the [gallery waving their
scarfs and handkerchiefs. The applause which was literally
deafening, and which was renewed whenever a feeble attempt
was made to get up a hiss continued for some minutes, during
which the Noble Lord, who appeared in excellent spirits,
bowed and smiled good-humouredly to the crowd. When
silence had been in some measure restored, he said
Gentlemen, I come here to return you my most cordial thanks
for the honour you have done me in electing me one of your
representatives.—(Tremendous cheering.) I knew perfectly
well when I commenced this contest that I could obtain a seat
in Parliament elsewhere with little difficulty, and with the
support of the great majority of the electors, of places which
I should be ambitious of representing.—( Cheers.) I sat in
the last Parliament as the representative of an intelligent, re-
spectable, and independent body of eleCters, who woad again
I firmly believe have confided their interests to my hands.
But the fact that this was an occasion on which, if the baffle
'was to be fought against those:strongly-combined interests, it
was necessary to show no fear, no hesitation, and to fight that
battle even where those interests might be the strongest, and
where those combinations might be the most formidable—
(Tremendous cheering)—Gentlemen, in commencing this
strugele in the City of London, I knew that I was exposing,
you who had done me the honour of voting for me to great
difficulties—to menaces, and to temptations of every kind.
(Loud cheers.) But I 'relied upon the free and hold spirit
of the electors of the City of London to give a proof that
they at least would not be afraid of choosing' as your represen-
tative a Minister who had been deelared by the House of Com-
mons unworthy of their confidence—( Vehement and long-con.
the battle to relieve the community who were oppressed by the
tinued cheering)—because he had placed himself in the front of
burdens which particular classes lied laid upon them.—(Loud
cries of " Bravo.") From any body of electors less important
and less numerous than you are, the answer to the appeal
made by the Sovereign to her people would have been
less authentic and less decisive.—( Cheers.) Coming
from you, it does convey to the whole of the
United Kingdom a herald of principles to the great interests
of the people, and a knell of dismay to those protected inte-
rests which have thought themselves safe in their strength, in
their numbers, and in their confederacy.—(Loud cheers. )
For, depend upon it, Gentlemen, after the return you have
made, the present Corn-laws cannot be continued on its pre-
sent footing. You will not expect, I am sure, that in
such an assemblage I should attempt to go through
figures and calculations, or that I should endeavour
to confute the fallacious statements that have been made else-
where with respect to the benefits of the present Corn-law.
One argument, and one only will I give in favour of what is
called the sliding scale. That sliding scale, be it remembered,
which, it would appear from the addresses of the Committee
of those who were lately my opponents, is for the future to be
reckoned amongst the arneent institutions of the country, and
therefore you are called upon to reverence the law of 1826, as
you were formerly called upon to revere the Consti-
tution of 1688.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") You were ',old
then that the great benefit of the sliding scale is tir,t when
corn becomes dear the ports arc at once *pent sk'nd that corn
sophistry,
a vreyr, y
is littleto tally_ reflectionwantin_g _w
an ill
truth
will then bo. admitted, and a moderate price wily required as
the price phrioweeevoefr suth astt a°ctineild by But.
ohist
con-
vince any man that this argument, however plausibly put forth,
because you must be aware, that no market can receive a con-
stant supply unless there be a constant demand. Take the case
( of the meat and vegetables brought to market in this great
metropolis.—(flear. ) Your supply is constant and large,
but the market is well supplied because the demand never
ceases—because the demand is repeated yeas after year, and
those who have to supply ;
,t—the farmers the grazier,

and the market gardener, know where they can tr
go fir the sale of the-commodities in which they deal.
But if you were to render those markets unsteady, if you vary
them from year to year—if they csuld only sell half or a
quarter of their produce one year, then the same supply as
now comes would not come, and the great markets of the
metropolis would be subjected to constant fluctuations—you
would have meat and vegetables sometimes at
famine prices, and at others the prices would be
so low as almost to ruin the producers. Such is the obvious
and convincing answer to the statements, that by the sliding
scale we can always command a sufficient supply of corn. We
know that from the present laws foreign countries do not now
cultivate their lands ; they cannot do so, because they are not
sure of a market in this country for their produce. With re-
gard to the great question of an approximation
to free trade, as it was justly called by the honourable and en-
lightened gentlemen who did me the honour to propose me,
Mr. Jones Loyd, that approximation will soon receive the ap-
probation of those who are sent to represent you in the House
of Commons.—( Hear, hear.) When 1 look back at
other great struggles in which we have been engaged for the
purpose of establishing sound and fair principles, I do not find
that the same spirit was exhibited by the people at the com-
mencement as in the present instance. Look at the gnat
question of religious liberty. For a long time the friends of
religions liberty had to struggle hard before they
obtained freedom for the Protestant Dissenter, and
longer still before our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects
of Ireland were admitted to the pririleaes of the Constitution.
Look again at the great question of Parliamentary Reform,
for how many years hail we to fight in the minority—contesting
for that great cause in the House of Commons—when I
look back at those struggles, I see that the aspect of the
present question is far more encouraging than either of them,
and I feel persuaded that whatever may be the number in the
future House of Commons, who may oppose the measure
which we her Majesty's Government have brought forward, it
will not be long before free discussion, enlightened opinion
the voice of truth will prevail, when those
who have none but sophistical arguments and com-
bined interests to oppose to the urgent and convincing
argument on which our system is founded must succumb. A
gentleman near me asks me respecting the new Poor-law
Upon that question there has not been any difference of opinion'
between Sir R. Peel and myself. I believe it was his object,
as it was mine, that indigence should be relieved, but
at the same time that no encouragement should be given
for a return to the vicious abuses of the former system. That
question, however, has to come under discussion, and I am
persuaded that upon that occasion the great majority of those
returned to Parliament will consider it without reference to
party distinction. Gentlemen, in the course of this elec-
tion I have had to contend with many misrepresenta-
tions, and with, in some instances, very care-
ful concealments. My opinions with respect to the Corn-
laws have been quoted, but the persons so quoting my
opinions took good care to omit stating that those opinions were
held by me in 1822. I confess, Gentlemen, that my opinions
have been greatly altered since that period. My
opinions suffered that change several years ago,
and you must remember that since 1822 I have had the benefit
of hearing the speeches of Lord Ashburton and of Sir James
Graham upon the subject, who also have changed their opi-
nions on this question, but in an opposite direction to me.
Now those gentlemen claim, and call upon the public to
believe, that they conscientiously altered their opinions.
Surely, then, you will not deny to me the same credit whirls
you gave to them, assd you will now allow me to use the same
arguments which on former occasions were so ably enforced
by them. lam aware that every effort has been made to induce
you not to elect me as one of your representatives.--
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") 1 am aware that having
been for many years cornected with office, I was open to at-
tacks upon many of the various questions which have from
time to time been brought under discussion in Par-
liament ; but will do me the justice to say, that
I have never feared those attacks. I relied upon
your good sense being able to distinguish what
was the real question at issue ; and it always will be to me a
source of great pride, that at the end of ten years of official
life, I asked for the approval of the electors of the City of
London, and that you have responded to that call, and placed
me in the honourable situation of one of your Members. I feel
deeply grateful to those electors who have supported me,
and feel the greatest obligation to you for the brave and coura-
geous manner in which you have exerted yourselves in my behalf.-
I consider myself now as Member for the City of London, and I
consider that lam bound to attend to all its varied interests.
I shall consider them as bound up with the general inte-
rests of the community, and I will give to them
the deepest and most constant attention, while I have
the honour to sit in Parliament- as your representative.
Although you have now chosen me for the first time, I trust
that when I appear before you again I will be enabled to prove
that I have not been undeserving of the support which has
been so generally given to ire.
The Noble Lord then retired amidst loud and general
cheering.
On the motion of Sir M. Woon, seconded by Mr. W. ATT-
woon—" The thanks of the Hall were awarded to the Sheriffs
for the strict impartiality with which they had presided over
the election, which having been acknowledged by Mr. Sheriff
Gibbs,
Mr. MASTERMAN proposed, and Mr. BAYLIS seconded a
vote of thanks to Mr. Commissioner Harvey for his efficient
and judicious police arrangements.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY then came forward amidst very gene-
ral cheering, and said, that throughout his public lift, of no in.
considerable length, he uniformly recognised the public voice
as the safest test of truth and justice.—(Cheers. ) They would
all readily believe him when he said he felt grateful for that
expression of their approbation, because the situation which it
was his fortune to fill, was not one, as they were aware, calcu-
lated to elicit public applause ; and that man should be deserv-
ing of -popular approbation who so directed the police force
that should be only a terror to the evil-doers and a
safeguard to the doers of good.—( Hear, hear, and cheers. )
It was gratifying to him to find that that vote of thanks was
moved by a gentleman whose politics were in all things ad-
verse to his (Mr. D. W. Harvey's), and that it was seconded
by a gentleman who might be said to concur with the mover
in polities. That was giving the surest testimony of the impar-
tiality of his conduct. Perhaps if there was anything required
to give weight to that claim for impartiality it would be found
in tee singular fact that the present was the first time in 23
years in which he was not the successful occupant of a seat in
Parliament. Why he stood there as Commissioner of Police
and not. a Member of the [louse of Commons, was perhaps
more to his credit than it was to that of others.—( Cheers. )
The Crier then dissolved the Hall by proclamation.

1,034
1,024
897
795

1,421

▪ 1,401
▪ 1,258
1,191

1,618

1,587
1,391
1,247

1,874
1,631
1,516

TWO O'CLOCK.

MARYLEBONE.
The nomination for this Borough took place yesterday,
and never was there an occasion of so much excitement in

,Alarylebone, since the passing of the Reform Bill. The hour
arpointed by the Returning Officer for opening the election
was two o'clock ; but so early as eleven o'clock a band of fel-
lows who, wearing the cards of Cabbell and Hamilton in their

hats, and numbering not less than five or six hundred, took
possession of the area next the hustings, and gave early
indications, its the crowd gathered throughout the morn-
ing, of their determination not to let the election go
ofl without the eclat of a riot, as was wont in the good old
Tory times. Long before the commencement of the proceed-
ings, the whole space around and before the hustings, and
down Portland-place, fully two-thirds was densely thronged.
About half-past one o'clock, the carriages of Mr. Cahhell
and Sir James Hamilton, with their families and friends, took
up their station on the right-hand side of the hustings, ex-
tending in a line down Portland-place ; and soon afterwards
the carriages of Sir Benjamin Hall anti Sir C. Napier, pre-
ceded by a band of music, and followed by about a dozen
other carriages, gaily decorated with banners and pink favours,
came up in procession, and formed a line on the left of the
hustings. The scene was at this time exceedingly animated
and imposing, and so far there seemed no reason to anticipate
that any disorder should arise. A struggle, however, now took
place for the position next the hustings, and the far greater
part of the Tory ticket-men who held it were quickly removed.
Sir BeNJAMIN HALL first presented himself on the plat-
form, and was greeted with the most enthusastic cheers.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER. next came forward, and was hailed
with the most deafening shouts of • cheering we ever heard.
Some time afterwards Sir JAMES HAMILTON and Mr. CAB-
BELL al.o appeal% don the front of the platform, and took off
their hats and bowed to the assembled electors, who,
however, took not the slightest notice of them, but
continued to cheer the Reform Candidates. Nor
was Sir James Hamilton recognised by any of his supporters,
excepting only his own livery servants and friends upon his
carriage, although he stood a considerable time uncovered,
bowing and waving a very white pocket-hand-
kerchief. In fact, the whole attention of even the
Conservative hirelings was turned upon the Hero of Acre.
Amidst the banners that were at this time displayed in various
parts of the throng, was one bearing the motto of Sir B. Hall—
" Undeb a Brawdgarwch," that is --" Unity, and Brotherly Love."
In another place was seen a picture of the Siamese twins (two
Blue -coat boys), with the inscription, " Hyena value your immor-
tal souls vote for us " There was also exhibited the contrastof the
" Russell loaf," and the " Peel loaf," with some rats in a cage,
and a small bit of bread between the bus, as an illustration of
the Corn-law catechism ; and on the top of a pole
the skeleton of a cat with the inscription underneath—
" Starved to death by Charity Cabbell and Starvation Ha-
milton." _

♦Whilst the cheering continued for the Reform candidates,
a ruffian f whose disgraceful conduct it i 3 impossible to
speak in terms too severe, mounted upon a good horse—
and followed by a band of about five or six hundred, ranking six
a-breast, and all, as well as their leader, wearing the Cabbell
and Hamilton colours and the cards in their hats, rode into
the crowd. He ordered his followers to pull down
one of the principal banners, which was quickly
effected, and a general row commenced. The other side re-
taliated, and in a quarter of an hour there was not a blue
anner to be seen. But the blues revenged them-
selves fearfully, and in a dense and regularly formed body,
they rushed through the crowd from end to end, and to and fro,
beating with their fists or bludgeons, or naked flag-staffs all
around them, the resisting and the unresisting, without
the least distinction. The police interfered, and
were fiercely opposed. They were compelled to
rve their staffs, which they did with terrible effect.
Whilst we must admit that they could not do otherwise
in self defence, we cannot help regretting that when men
are provoked to use weapons in their own defence, they do not
check their violence as soon as the occasion for it has ceased:

At length Sir Jame Hamilton came forward, and ordered
the gang to quit the field, and was obeyed by a:great many
who retired to the skirts of the meeting.
The Returning Officer having taken the Bribery Oath, and
the other formalities being complied with,
Mr. Alderman LAINSON rose amidst loud cheering and
confusion to propose Sir Benjamin Hall as a fit and
proper person to represent, the Borough of Mary-
lebone in Parliament. That Honourable Gentleman
hal served them for four years in Parliament, and his conduct
having met with the most cordial approbation of his constitu-
ents, he felt honour and p:easurif
,in nominating him. He
(Mr. Alderman Lainson) would implore the present assem-
bly then before him to allow a fair, impartial hearing to all
parties.
Mr. STuAnT seconded the nomination. It was those liberal
principles which Sir B. Hall professed which now enabled
them to enjoy the privileges they were met to exercise.
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Their youthful and loved Queen
had dissolved Parliament in order that the people should de-
termine whether another Parliament would be prepared to
carry out the great measures of commercial reform which the
present Government proposed. He was prepared to assert
that upon the carrying out of "those liberal measures
speedily and effectually alone depended the safety of the em-
pire. There was no danger of revolution so long as those re-
forms which the advanced intelligence of the country required
was carried out, but there would be such a danger
if the Tories came into power, and attempted
to enforce their principals which they termed Conservative.
The principles Sir Robert Hall maintained were those which
he, Mr. Stewart,) was certain were the principals of the ma-
jority of thd electors of Marylebone, and he, there-
fore, felt confident of his success. (Loud cheers and con-
fusion.)
Mr. WISH rose to propose Mr. Cabbell, but was received
with such a storm of hissing and groaning, both from his politi-
cal opponents and from a party of hired ruffians, who were
rushing through the crowd with blue rags tied upon the
top of poles and bludgeons, and evidently mistook him for one
of the Hall and Napier party. that he was totally inaudible.
Mr. T. GREENWOOD seconded the nomination amidst the
greatest confusion and noise.—From the few sentences which
the tumult enabled us to catch we understood him to say he
was sure to-morrow evening would see Mr. Cabbell at the
head of the

Captain RICKARD, as a parishioner of twenty-five years
residence in Marylebone, and an old sailor of forty-
six years standing, felt the greatest pleasure in proposing
Commodore Sir Charles Napier. They were met on that day
to exercise the highest privilege an Englishman could enjoy,
and they should recollect that were it not for the Whigs the
borough of Marylebone would be unrepresented.—( Hear. )
If the Tories got into power, they would again govern in the
same spirit as they did before, when the Habeas Corpus Act
was more frequently suspended than otherwise. Let every
elector, when he returned to his home, have the high honour
of saying that he had voted for Commodore Napier, the
greatest hero of his day.
Professor KEY, in seconding the nomination of Commodore
Napier, said it was no slight satisfaction to him to follow in
the wake of the gallant officer who had just spoken.
That gentleman was better able to appreciate the professional
merits of the Gallant Admiral than he ( Professor Key) was,
and, as a civilian, he should turn from the walls of
Acre and Alexandria, which withstood the efforts of a
Napoleon, and view the services of Commodore Napier,
more as the friend of peace than as the successful warrior.
With that courage, which .is so essential to greatness in every
walk of life, the Gallant Officer succeeded in establishing
the peace of Europe on a firm basis in twenty-four
hours. He possibly might not have received that tech-
nical education which is essential to the legal man, but lie
had studied the character of mankind, he had ever shown
courage and decision of action, and these were the qualities
necessary to form the practical statesman in contra-distinction to
the mere frothy orator, and he (Professor Key) would back him
for sound sense and political knowledge against Peel himself.
1 He would contrast the merits of the respective candidates ; al-
though it did appear somewhat ridiculous to contrast the suc-
cesstul hero of Lscre with an officer who no doubt bore a most
unblemished private character, but who was scarcely known to the
electors, and who, he believed, had never before stood
upon a public stage in the borough of Marylebone or
elsewhere, whilst the Gallant Commodore had stated
his opinions before upwards of thirty meetings, if not as
numerous, at least more respectable than those who occupied
the space on his left. (Mr. Professor Key's allusion
applied to a band of ruffians, armed with bludgeons, who stood
around Sir J. Hamilton's carriage, and were ill-treating every
respectably-dressed person who had the misfortune to be near
them in the crowd.) He would say, without any personal of-
fence, that that gentleman had received more of the public
money than the wounds he could show would justify.—( Loud
laughter.) He would now pass to the second candidate
that had been brought forward, and however respectable and to
be admired in private life, yet he could not contrast with the
Gallant Commodore or his colleague the man who would allow
his acts of beneficence to be placarded on every wall
in the parish. He would advise that gentleman to
read the text in the Bible which says, " When
thou givest, alms, send not a trumpeter before thee."
He found him referring to his subscriptions to hospitals—but
how was it that the poor man was, in the greater number cf
instances, compelled to seek refuge in an hospital ? It was be-
cause the Tories had taxed—not the luxuries of life but
the common necessaries of life, and this produced
destitution and concomitant disea.-e. Mr. Cabbell
or his partizans had again loudly blazoned forth his subscriptions
to the Asylum for Lunatics, but what drove those unfortunates
into that miserable and degraded state of life? He would
again repeat it was want and destitution in the greater
number of instances. Such philanthropy on the part of a
Tory put him in mind of the story of a thief who stole a
poor man's goose, and then, in a fit of penitence, presented
him with the giblets.—( Cheers and laughter.) He would
pass over Mr_ Sankey. He (Professor Key) respected the
Chartist, if acting upon a conscientious conviction of the rec-
titude of his conduct ; but if he came forward to play the game
of the Tories, no reprobation would he sufficiently strong to
. mark such conduct, and he could safely assert that the more
honest of the Chartist would not support him.—( Cheers. )
Mr. Was. PAINTER rose to propose Sir J. Hamilton,
amidst great confusion and uproar. We understood him to
say, that Sir James had been long a resident
in the borough, and a liberal subscriber to all its cha-
ritable institutions ; and his father, a companion to the
Duke of Wellington in his most brilliant campaigns,
He hoped the constituency would refuse their votes to those
who would destroy the constitution, and that they would place
Mr. Cabbell and Sir James Hamilton at thehead of the poll.
Mr. UNDERWOOD, who was quite inaudible in the storm of
hisses and groans with which he was assailed, seconded the no-
mination.
Mr. FEMUn then came forward to propose Williams Vil-
hers Sankey, Esq. He felt proud in standing before the
electors to nominate a man who was a champion for the whole
people, and not the tool of a class.—(Cheering, groans,
and booting.) He asked the electors to support Mr. Sankey,
who was pledged to support the rights of the people.—( Tu-
mult. ) Of the Tories he ( Mr. F.) had nothing to say, be-
cause they came forward manfully before the people, and boldly
avowed their principles.—(Cheers, and great interruption. )
But the Whigs came there, as everywhere else, and on every
other occasion, in false colours ; and if the electors of Maryle-
bone voted for the two Whigs, they would vote for two nomi-
nees of the Government.—(Cheers and confusion.) What
could they think of the Whig Government, when the man
who was at the head of it voted thanks to the Cheshire Yeo..
manry for the massacre at Peterloo, and Lord John Russell,
when Mr. Slaney moved for inquiry into the state of the dis-
tressed classes, said that he would agree to the Committee if
Mr. Slaney would undertake to exclude every allusion to the
Corn-laws and to the currency. It iv,.s boasted that the Whigs
had acted leniently to political offenders, but the fact was, that
whilst it was still doubtful that Frost, Williams, and Jones had
been legally convicted, the Whigs made every preparation to
hang them; and in all cases they had treated political pri-
soners with greater cruelty than ever they had been treated by
the Tories. He called upon the electors to do their duty, and
not to be deluded by the cry of " Cheap bread," but to vote
for a man who would represent the people.
Mr. GAMBLE seconded the nomination.
Sir B. HALL then came forward, and was saluted with the
most tumultuous cheering, applause, waving of hats and hand-
kerchiefs, and every possible demonstration of regard, in which
the hootings and yells of the Tory hirelings were completely
drowned. He said he appeared before the electors once again,
for the purpose of soliciting their suffrages, as a candidate for the
honour of representing them in Parliament. When he first
came forward, he stated that he was an advocate of those
principles which would promote progressive reform, and those
princsples he had supported in Parliament. (Loud cheers. )
In referenee to the important question more immediately under
the consideration of the electoral body, he could only say,
that lie had always advocated the alteration of the Corn Laws,