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THIS DAV.)

This being the day appointed for the election of a Member
for the county of Middlesex, in the room of the late George
113'ng, Esq., who had represented the county for upwards of
half a century, a considerable degree of excitement pre-
vailed in the " lengthy town" of Brentford and its neigh-
bourhood. Old banners, which had figured in the eventful
days of the R.-form agitation, again flaunted in the breeze,
and groups of electors and non-electors, the one party equally
interested with the other, diiported themselves with favours
of buff and blue (the old Whig colours). The better-class
farmers of the district bestrode horses which, judging from
their spirit, had erewh ile figured in the ranks of theyeomaury,
While numerous carriages, containing the aristocracy of the
country, followed the open chariot in which Lord
Robert Grosvenor, with the Chairman of his Committee
and other friends were seated. Some short time before hie
Lordship arrived at " the Butts"' (the name reminds one of
former day, when the peasantry of England had their fre-
quent and appointed holidays), -Lady Grosvenor and family
drove up to the hustings, and were accommodated with
Places, whence they could see and bear everything that
Passed. Among the more distinguished personages present,
We observed the lion. Philip Pleydell Bouverie ' • Sir Edward
North Buxton, Bart.; Samuel Charles Whitbread, Esq.
(chairman of the committee); the Hon. Frederic Bvng; Sir
Walter Stirling; Sir William Clay, M.P. ; Sir De Lacy
Evans, M.P.-, Mr. Armstrong; Mr. Botch ; Mr. Riches, of
Uxbridge; Mr. Sherburn, &c. &c.
Although the day was by no means favourable to out-door
exhibitions, the enthusiasm of the electors had so far over-
come their repugnance to a wetting, that not less
than five hundred were assembled in the open
f_3iace (the Butts) behind the Three Pigeons Tavern.
These were backed up by the banners already alluded to, on
which were inscribed certain weighty and not to be contro-
verted apothegms, such as " The Queen and the People,"
%Aeefair day's Wages for a fair day's work," " Liberty and
Free
s tTarnate," &c.
Several associations exhibited their pecu-
liarfiguredrds' pr e -aeram7unwtlyho.m the Brentford Reform Associa-
tion
Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Messrs. Challis and
Kennard, with the Under-Sheriffs, Messrs. Baylis and Bur-
chell, appeared at the front of the hustings, while the sum-
moning officer of the district read the proclamation.
The candidate then retired, and the usual oaths were ad-
ministered to him.

On his return to the hustings
Mr. BAYLIS, the Under-Sheriff, read the writ of election
and the oaths against bribery and corruption.
Mr. Sheriff CHALLIS then came forward and said—Gentle-
men, we have now introduced to your notice, with the usual
legal forms, the important business which has brought us
together. It is impossible 'for us to be assembled on any
Matter more connected with the interests and happiness of a
People who are guided by wisdom and experience, than on
the present occasion.—(Cheers.) It is impossible for us to
attach too much importance to the opportunity now given
of electing our representative, and in the proportion that we
seek integrity and propriety of principle in the man we
elect so shall our interests be cared for and attended to—
(cheers)—by expecting and exacting the same honour, the
same industry, the same integrity, from him'.—(Cheers.) I
feel that on such an occasion it would ill br come me, in the
character of your presiding officer, to detain you with any ob-
servations of my own. I am anxious that we should proceed
to business, and that while you moderate any feeling of your
own—that while you express your approbation or disap-
probation—that you should at the same time give all parties
a fair hearing, so as to do justice to all parties who may be
anxious to make any observations to you. We should not
be doing our duty to ourselves. we should not be honouring
the memory of our late lamented representative
--Mr. Bong—who, with so much honour to himself
and advantage to his constituents for half a century, spoke
our sentiments in Parliament. When we recollect that
during the time lie represented this county almost every
question of pressing moment, and of gravest importance,
occupied the Legislature—when we recollect that when our
late representative held a seat in that House it
was difficult for any man to hold by the test of con-
scientiousness, through which he had been elected.—
(Hear, hear.) The public, after examining the career of such
a man, might exclaim with justice, that he was " the pilot
that weathered the storm."— (Cheers.) And now we should
see that the person whom we elect should preserve these
principles in their utmost rectitude.—(Cheers.) In conclu-
sion, we must always, however, admit thus much, that
however we may differ from the politics of the Noble
Candidate, in no measure which involved the be-
nefit of the country has he ever been the last
to lend the sanction of his name or influence.
---(Cheers.) My duty now is merely to call upon any
gentleman here to propose any one as a candidate, and it is
for you, gentlemen, to consider whether he is worthy to
succeed your late representative.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. E. P. 800 VERIE then came forward to propose
Lord Robert Grosvenor. He said,—Friends and brother
electors of this county—gentlemen, the proposal I am about
to submit to you, the name of a gentlemen to represent
you in Parliament, is so likely to be received with general and
unanimous approbation that I don't consider it necessary to
detain you at any length. The gentleman who has preceeded
rite, and who has presided over this meeting, has brought
under your consideration the importance of the object of
your meeting on this occasion, and he has also alluded to
your choosing a fit and proper successor to the gentlemen
who had formerly represented this county, and who had
some fourteen or fifteen times been adopted as your
representative. During the whole course of Mr. Byng's
political life he had proved himself the friend of civil and
religious liberty, and he thought that the duty of the
Government was to legislate for the welfare of the people.
If this principle actuates us, then are we bound to find
another person who entertains these views, and who will
endeavour to carry them out in the Parliament of the
country.—(llear, hear.) The whole political life of the
Noble Lord will prove that lie is pre-emiaently that
person.—(Cheers.) For twenty years he has shown himself
the friend of civil and religious liberty, he has shown himself
the friend of the civil and the practical reforms which have
agitated the country—(Cheers)—and he has been found
always enlisted on the side of the people.—(Cheers.) I
entirely agree with the sentiments of the Noble Lord from
the many years' experience of his past life, and I have now,
therefore, no hesitation in recommending him to your
choice—(Cheers)—as your representative.—(Continued
.cheering.) But I cannot close without in some degree re-
ferring to a correspondence which has been extensively cir-
culated within these few days. I may refer to the Noble
Lord's truly noble conduct, to his straightforward answer
to tehre insidious question. The person who has written that
is a particular friend of mine, but I repuiiate all
the sentiments contained in it.—(Loud cheers.) The
Noble Lord, I repeat, has answered that letter in a
straightforward manner, and we may conclude from thence
that his is the very sort of honesty we want in our represen-
tative.—(Cheers.) I do not know that it is necessary for me
to enter further into this subject, but I think that it is rather
unfair to ask a question on any subject without at the same
Mme reciting the contingencies which might materially affect
If you choose the man the rectitude of whosepolitical
oughtle you acknowledge, then I think you will do well, and you
to leave it to him to carry out his principles in the
"a' most consonant to his own feelings. The man you re-
quire iS Lord Robert Grosvenor, and it is with great pleasure
t I propose him as a fit person to represent you in Par-
Sir (Cheers.
se E. Buxtrox) said—l have a great deal of pleasure in
fit conaing the nomination of Lord Robert Gresvenor as a
Person to represent you in Parliament. I cannot, however,
address the electors of this great county without expressing
MY feeling respecting your late representative. I am sure
that no one was acquainted with his character and virtues
Who entertained not the highest respect for Mr Byng, and I
am convinced that no man whatever could throughout such
a lengthened political life—a life extending over 56 years—
have preserved such a cordial feeling with his constituents,
unless he had been actuated by the highest,
the best, and purest motives. (Loud cheers.)
You are aware that during this period questions of vital im-
portance to the world were di-cussed—(Cheers)—but you
are also aware, that whatever might be the inducements to
overlook your interests, you had an honest and honourable
gentleman to see to your interests. I feel that we are met
this day on a solemn occasion. If we consider the state of
this country and of Ireland, we cannot send a
man to Parliament without being conscious that
We have a great and solemn duty to perform ;
and I confess that when I heard of Mr. Byng's death 1
thought it would be a difficult matter for the electors of this
county to find another man to supply his place—(Hear,
hear)—with equal satisfaction to yourselves and to the coun-
try. I do think, however, that yeu cannot find a man better
qualified to fill the place of your late representative than the
Noble Lord who now offers himself to your suffrages.—
(Cheers.) We know Lord Robert Grosvenor to be the friend
of the poor.—(Cheers.) We know him to be a man who
Will not sanction any measure which lie thinks inimical to
the people or their constitution.—(Continued cheering.)
Although I do not concur in every sentiment of Lord Ro-
bert Grosvenor, still I am of opinion that there is no man
better qualified to represent us; and it is, therefore,
With great pleasure that I second the nomination
of Lord Robert Grosvenor to represent us in Parliament.
The sheriffs having requested any person who had any other
candidate to propose to come forward and do so, and no per-
eon responding, proceeded to take the show of hands. A
forest of hands was held up in favour of the proposed candi•
date, and only two against it. The sheriff declared Lord
Robert Grosvenor to be duly elected as a member to serve in
parliament for the county of Middlesex, in the present session
of Parliament.
Lord R °DIRT GROSVENOR then came forward, and
was received in the most entlitpiastic manner. When silence
was somewhat restored, the Noble Lord said, Mr. Sheriff and
entetneti, electors of the county of Middlesex, I must beg,
in the
first place, to thank you most kindly- for the kind and
warm reception which you have been pleased to accord to me
upon the present occasion.
standing the unfavourabt en e as oatThheadppy also, that, notwith-
,youhave all preserved
such perfect good Itumour.—(CheerasY. voice—ltl they
are not in good humour I will keep them ifiAone cannot
propose at present singing a duet with that gent.lemancli
crowd.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is not the first time in the
I have appeared upon the hustings.—(A voics—lt won't be
the last.) I hope not. But, gentlemen, this is the first time
that I have ever had the honour of appearing before you in a
public character, and, gentlemen, when I think of the mag-
nitude cf the constituency—(Hear, hear)—and of the vast
importance of that county for which I am now a candidate—
(A voice—A Member)-1 thank that gentleman for his cor-
rection—l must say that I am nearly overwhelmed with a
sense of my own insufficiency.—(A voice— Keep your spirits
111).) Gentlemen, I am but a plain and simple man, having
no Pretence to oratorical talents, and I must therefore en-
deavour to obtain your kind and indulgent attention
during the address which it will now be my duty to
1 do assure
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onbotrt hu idnegd,
myself upon
your notice upon the present occasion, had 1 not been
assured that I was called upon to do so by the whole united
strength of the late lamented Mr. Byng's supporters, and the
assurance conveyed to me by my lion. Friend behind me,
urir• Charles Whitbread, the chairman of the committee of
which he was the oriinator and supporter—than whom no
Person could be mores apable of appreciating the sentiments
tpod feelings of the electors of Mtddlesex—nothing less than
tue seo appearances would have induced me to sever that con-
(cti n with my attached friends—the city of Chester—
esm)--who, during a period of more than twenty years
bare honoured me with such unwavering kindness, and such
implicit confidence—nothing less than the assurance that
loe
n would give me the same kindly co-operation and assist-
ne in the performance of the arduous duties now imposed
sir
me, would have induced me to undertake the serious
s attaching to the representation of the county of Mid-
eer-(A voice, " You are worthy of it.") Before I pro-
to`ujo say another word about myself, you must permit me
feentscharge a duty I owe, and •
also to consult my own
assungs, by saying something with reference to my late re-
,a,:7cted friend, Mr. Byng, the late Member for the county of
r7dlesex, whose memory is so justly dear to us all.
"erg.) I do not know now, in a few words, I can better
that
of my feelings than by using the words of the friends
lamented gentleman, who would inscribe this proud

opita!h upon big tomb, "That, having for upwards of fifty
: .'y th,, rural and s thurh;;ii

neer .net. „ rees
' of the metropolis, -Less: e, ebse.e. •111r11 I ,11,1
most critica' period of the history of the B•itish nation had
at length descended to the tomb full-of years, without a
single enemy, and -with the respect- and attachment of all
parties and all classes, among 'his great and enlightened
constituency.—(Loud cheers.) Although, comparatively
speaking, I .ams a- stranger among you here, I
hope I. am not altogether without sine local
claims upon your notice, I -was born, bred, and
educated in the very • heart of the city of West-
minster, and within the sounds of-the Abbey bells.—(Loud
cheers.) I have always endeavoured to show my sense of
what was due to the great city 'in which I was bore by en-
deavouring to discharge the duties of a citizen.—(Cheers.)
These duties have been already too favourably noticed, and
in too practical a manner spoken of by the Hon. Friends
who have.proposed and seconded my nomination.—(Cheers.)
But Jam quite aware that my political conduct has in general
been in unison with the feelings and wishes of the great ma-
jority of this great and influential county.—(Cheers.) Al-
though I might in truth have some claims to your good-will,
I have also some claims to • that political confidence which
has enabled me to appear before you upon such an occasion
as the present. Now, gentlemen, when I entered the House
Commons, about 25 years since, I found the House of Commons
unreformed, not in any way such a.. House as would be said
to represent the people of England.—(Cheers.) I found the
criminal law full- of anomalies—(Cheers.) I found civil
disabilities and penal laws in existence against our Roman
Catholic fellow-subjects.—(Loud cheers.) I found laws
In force, pressing most unjustly and most unsatis-
factorily upon the consciences of these denominations
of Christians who. sincerely differed from ine
in the opinions .which as •a member of the Church
of England, must conscientiously maintain. I found slavery
existing in the Colonies; I. found our trade and commerce
fettered by the most unjust monopolies also ; and I found
—what was the worst of all—that it was impossible to ob-
tain any redress of the grievances, however clearly those-cases
of grievances might be established. and however iudi-putahly
the existence of those grievances might be proved.—
(Cheers.) :Now, gentlemen, I hesitated net to attach myself
to that small but increasing band of men who had joined
themselves together for.thepurpose ef -obtaining the amelio-
ration of that. which we thought to be 'a most pernicious
ss stem of things.—(Cheers): Ido not intend now to go
into the details of those measures which must be
familiar to you all.—(Hear, bear.) Sufficient to say,
that we never relaxed our exertions until we obtained that
better state of things.,under- which- we now live.—(Cheers.)
Now during the whole -of this, period I-believe that I may
say, that political consistency—at present at a discount—
(Cheers)—was not much relied 0n... I do not attach any
exaggerated notion to the idea of political consistency. I
am not so presumptuous as to say that during
the time - I have . been its Parliament that I never
modified my opinion upon any. political questions. And that,
was the secret o: the greet.confidenee which my former
constituente,reposecl in me, that -during the whole of thet
time I never was compelled_ entirely to 'alter my opinions
upon any great Pleasure brought before the House of Corn-
mons.—(Cheers.) And to whics I have lately referred„......
(Cheers,) , I, as a Member of ethat small but determined
band, aided in giving the „first blow to those systems
which I have described to youe by- assisting Sir George
Canning in, his great struggle in 1838, and also by assisting
Sir Robert Peel upon a very late occasion.—(Cheers.) Now,
gentlemen, during all• this etruggleecominued with various
successes,. I had always the distinguished satisfaction of
finding myself upon every occasion aide by side with
your late lamented ;Sod respected- .representative, Mr. G.
voice—"Ile • was a. trump; I hope you will
make a better one.) 'That is the title, and the only title,
which I can bring before.you on the present occasion.—
(Cheers.) But do not.suppose that, because we have al-
ready obtained so rnuell toeccess, Abet therefore I shall fall
back, and not continue my endeavours to obtain a further
amelioration of the condition of -the people_(cbeers)—or
that I have the slightest disposition, to -repose myself beneath
the laurels already obtained: :.Therearetstill many social fiscal
and educational reform.) to be accomplished, and which will
require the most unwearied exertions_ to bring about—reforms
which those whom I now. address will, I doubt not, if their
lives be spared, live to witness.--e(Cheers.) I am truly at-
tached to the working glasses. I 'feel deeply what I owe to
them.—(Cheers.) I feel deeply what we all owe to them, and
especially to the working classes of the Metropolis. Mr.
Cobden, than whom no person could be supposed to be a
inure accurate observer, said," that however great might be
the industry of the working classes of the manufacturing
districts to which be belonged, still, he-must fairly state that
the artisans of London, were far superior to them," Ido not
think that those working classes- have .been fairly treated ;
they hare been most sadly neglected. I-can assure the electors
of Middlesex t hat any measure w high may be brought forward
having for its object the amelioration of that class will have
my most earnest support.—(Cheers.) - But whatever may be
the opinions of thee e2ectors of -Middlesex as to the
reforms still necessary, I. earnestly trust that all
seeds of minor differences „will be- laid aside, and
that we may alt unite to support the Government
and to support each other, in endeavouring to enable this
country to pass through
.that crisis upon which we are now
entering. Depend upon it we must assist the Government
and each other; for, depend upon it, that, in spite of every
effort that we-are so ready to make, we-are as yet but on the
threshold of difficulty, and that every effort of private virtue
will: be necessary in :order Os stet-113hp crisis land the diffi-
culty upon which we are pow .entering, even if
it should please God. - to, give its, at an early
period a plentiful return of the fruits of-the earth.—(A. voice,
" When do you mean to come, to Popery ?.') We shall come
to that presently. Another, qoestion, which I was about to
allude to was the subject-of _the suffrage. Suffrage is now
nearly universal.—(A voice, " We are suffering now.")
Upon such a day as this I should be.sorry to trouble you
by a long speech on that -subject. —(A voice,
" Oh, it is . no trouble,, my Lord, don't mention it.")
I must beg to say a .few words „with respect to certain
opinions which I am reported as holding, especially as upon
the present occasion have been-told that lam ti-e " Pope's
candidate" for the greatest metropolis in, the world.—(Cries
of " No, no.") Now 1 am :sure; ssir, that before so
enlightened an audience as that which I am now ad-
dressing it is quite unnecessary for me .to say that I am
not " the Pope's candidate," neither is it necessary for me to
say that lam nobody's candidate. I believe that anybody
thrust forward by any darts or -profession would be perfectly
unsuccessful in his endeavours to-obtain the suffrages of the
electors of Middlesex. He who, would aspire to that honour
must be none other than an jndepeudent person.—(Cheers.)
I beg to say, that .considering the enlightened sentiments
of the sovereign who• now fine the, chair of St. Peter,
that I would' rather be the nominee of that potentate than
of that gentleman who.firsts applied the epithet of " Pope's
candidate" to "me.—(Cheers.) You are all familiar with
the correspondence which has recently _ taken place between
some gentleman and myself—l allude to Mr. Hoare. Copies
of that correspondence have been most unfairly sent to every
elector of the county of Middlesex. Ii must beg to explain
the manner in which that correspondence has been carried
on,—(Hear, hear.) They had published my reply to a letter
but they had not published the letter itself. They pub-
lished two letters to my one,, that,was two to one, and that
was decidedly taking an advantage.—(Cheers.) They have
deprived me of the peater.of making any remarks which I
might consider. necessary to -the .lettera go published. Now,
1 call that rather shabby,; because—(" Never mind that,
stick to it !")--4 think those persons, wlto published that cor-
respondence should have a little more feeling for amen who was
on trial bef n•e' a large -constituency like, that of siddlesex—
( Obeers)—thae publish, el correspeedence unfairly upon a
subject upon which the public mind ha' been so much ex-
cited of Late.—(Cheers.) I must beg, therefore, to express
my feelings and opinions upon the subject. What I meant
to any was this—that should any measure be proposed having
for its object the endowment of the Roman Catholic priesthood
of Ireland, I would hold nipelf at liberty either to oppose
or to acquiesce in such a measure upon its own merits—
(Cries of " It won't do")—but theehaving no religious objec-
tions to the proposition, I would hold myself at liberty either
to consent or to oppose the propesbion.—(Cries of "No
Church allowance ; " The (separation of the Church and
State.") I think, gentlemen, that you will perceive, with
me, the inconvenience of being questioned as to conduct
upon measures not at present before the country or the
House, or as to opinions upon which the _House knew nothing.
(. How about Maynooth?") 'My opinion on the subject is,
that considering the state of the" country and, the; excite-
ment in which the people are;s3, and' in; consequence: of
the alarming defection of some members of the Established
Church from our religion, and considering also the reiterated
declaration ()film Roman catholic priesthood of Ireland, that
they would not accept of an ehdowMent—(Cries of" Try
'em—won't they ?")—if any ,Minister were to come forward
and propose such a measure, my. confidence in his discretion
would be materially abated.-(Loud.cheers.) Now, I
am told that I was rash in ' the answer which
I gave to Mr. Iloare's letter.—(No, no.) Had I been
,in-
clined to temporise, I 'slight have' framed a cautious diplo-
matic letter which nobody eotilcl have—laid bold of; I dis-
dained, however, to do so. I never voted for the Maynooth
Grant, and for'the best of all 'reasons, die opponents of that
measure never put" the question to the vote, they never
ventured to come to lie division on the subject.
Although I voted for the motioh of Lord Francis
Egerton. I did it twenty years since Under circumstances
wholly different from the present: I have written a letter
to Mr. Hoare in the. same, spirit in which I speak—
in a spirit of perfect freedom, and in a spirit
in which I 'always intend both to speak and to write.
Gentlemen, Fam no adventuler, seeking to obtain
a seat in Parliament. by flattering preNailing prejudices.—
(Hear, hear.) I have neither ambition nor private objects
to serve. lam here to defend my own consistency; and if' I
am to sit for Middlesex, I trust it will be on a satisfactory
statement of my opinions.—(Hear, hear.) What I shall ask
in return on your part is thiS: I have twenty years' cha-
racter from My last place.(Cheers and laughter. ) Now
which of you can produce li better,?—(Continued laughter. )
And what I say is this, " Don't
.endeavour to tie and fetter
toy hinds with pledges and promises, eepectally with respect
to measures wl.ich are not before Parliament."—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, give me your confidence if you agree with me
in opinion, or, at all events, put a fair construction on my
words and arguments.-4Cheere:) Now, gentlemen, there
is a great deal of talk about " enaoving truth and en-
dowing eiror.-"e Is the state to interfere in such matters
as these? —(Cries of " No, no; no interference.") Now, gen-
tlemen, I approach the subject to which the latter part of the
correspondence to which I have alluded has reference; and
I have alluded to it with very great unwillingness, and I
should be extremely sorry •if any expression whatever
should full from me which could be supposed to
partake,
in the smallest degree, of an irreve-
rent character in treating stS serious and so sacred
a subject. IV is far from my intention to speak of my cor-
respondent in terms of ridicule or disparagement, least of all
should I feel inclined to speak of a class of gentlemen who
have, I think,;beesureieuvrously mistaken on the present occa-
sion,
duty in putting forth suche, statements
they were doing their
to nett mttei
but also, I
natts
iimnrdtiics.urelesprecptsfurtl t(e)frmtisme;
mit out, if possible,
but lam compelled -
who-(ii,eSszaptport such views are attributing
w—ould r
letter because' I wish to •
sistency which thosethe incoe-
rtoetieDcitv,itnheaPt rruevileideettilocit)..
tia)d sure if they wilt only
it impossible for them Co
before lay such a discumentAageiintnre'
rencrethe- public.—(Cheers.)
What they attribute by
this :—They alert that. we might teo to Divine Providence is
which they h vdnied
put, that
we drawi from certain events
eve been visited with
the wrath of - ovicletiee, tbreSsitfow* mg the College at May-
nooth ; that, although we I-mite-for many
ears
Roman Catholic clergy,irtAtaitaffiZ; -acid collegedowed the
May-
nooth in Ireland, we have, been etiescathed i) Divineat.Providence, 'Yet in theleseoeeess -a time We
not expect to go . unpuiliaho, • and that we could
now been visited, in conseAtten'ee of all those dreadful
calamities which have latelyeehen, uPols.us.—((;Leers,) That
assertion, it itineens tiny t ingi Wrquivilleut to this h •
s—t at it
turf 4ntfle'rt .t- .0 •
is the degree and kin° , , tie ncipal of crime, that
increases crime in theseee es eslostinisience.—(llear, hear.)
I am told, gentlemen, that id ;conevqtteiree of my entertaining
these sentiments that hey- connexion... al, be very short with
the county of Middleseste4Cries.%bes"NlSio, no," and .beets.)
Now, gentlemen, if' that be the esttseelihall undoubtedly be
extremely mortified to loae-thS'rhigli and4istinguished honour
whirh you hake this eley.'dOnferS4tl,. upon me; but I shall
bow without a' murmur to the decisiersiet.the electors of this
county, bechtsso I um Well thsv,aro hey; very imperfectly

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qualified I am to discharge the duties of the high station in
whiob you bare thi, 417 011-ed roe. Ber, evn,lemen. this
: I er,r *- ! r
"'ec--(11..,,- it-.) Th.tt. tw,toy •ar. of
public lite, during which tiole i have neither alle,cd noc
concealed my opinions, I was called upon to succeed such
a man as your late representative in Parliament by a re-
quisition, the most numerously and respectably signed,
and supported by men of all parties, that. was
Now,ever gpernetsieelteedn,
stionceracy
gm3a.ono.—fo(r
• Lthned hevereygerrese)t
ptltilabnlikein
kindness with which you have been pleased, on such a day
as this, to listen to the observations which I have addressed
to you, and most cordially thanking you for the honour you
have conferred upon me—and I shall, I think, value it most
highly. Knowing that I shall very shortly be called upon
to tell you in what way I have fulfilled the trust which you
have confided to me, I respectfully, for the present, take my
leave of you. (The Noble Lord then retired, amidst loud
demonstrations of applause.
Sir WILLIAM STIRLING then came forward to add: ••;s :te
electors. He said, after the-very powerful and str,,iglittorw:.,rd
address which they had heard from the Noble L 01, whom
they had proclaimed not only as a fit, representative for
the vast and enlightened constituency of the county of Mid-
dlesex, but as one of the fittest persons to represent them,
he would venture, as a freeholder, merely to address
a few observations to them. He was particularly
anxious to do so as he was nearly connected
with that respectable gentleman, their late Member, whose
life was extinguished. but who by never deviating from
his early political opinions had gone to the tomb, carrying
with him the regrets and affectionate gratitude of the con-
stituency he represented—(Hear, hear)—and who was an
instance in his person—a remarkable instance of public
favour euring a great number of years ; and who
had left behind him a noble example to all who might suc-
ceed him as a representative of the people.—(Cheers.) He
was unwilling to'', have] recourse to hacknied terms, but he
could not well help saying, that they " should not look
upon his like again." The Noble Lord at his side was
gifted with all those attributes and all those public virtues
for which that lamented gentleman was so distinguished.-
-(Hea-, hear.) And if the whole country was searched he
doubted whether any man could be found who was so die-
t'nguished for honour, purity of motives, and philanthropy.
He could attest to the possession of these virtues by the
Noble Lord, becausehe had been acquaited with him from the
earliest period of his boyhood, and had ever found him as he
had stated.—(Cheers.) He did not dwell unnecessarily on
this, because he considered that in the possession of these
virtues rested the basis of all true patriotism, and without
which patriotism would be an idle boast and a shallow
pretension.—(Hear, hear.) It was on these grounds that
he claimed the election of the Noble Lord as the advocate of
that pure love of national liberty—of those temperate, mode..
rate, and liberal principles, in which he considered the true
happiness of the community rested—and which were
equally removed on the one hand from the wild proceed-
ings of democracy, and on the other from the
grasping and cupidity of aristocratic dominion.—(Local.
cheers.) He looked upon the Noble Lord ra the faithful ex-
positor of the feelings of the great bulk of the
middle classes—those who, in his opinion, were the
fittest posessors of political power, and the surest
guides and guardians of the cometonwealtb.—(Cheers.)
That was not the time to undervalue the importance of this
great class, because they were living in what he might define
a political interregnum, in which they were called upon to
exercise wisely the great power they possessed. The ab-
sence of sutih a class from the sister country had
calved the great distress under which the people laboured at
the present moment. It was on these grounds that he looked
to the Noble Lord as the fittest man to be trusted with all
those difficult questions which both now occupied, and
at a future period would occupy, the attention of
the Legislature. Whether this question was that
political paradox, the social improvement of Ireland—the
equal), important question connected with the education of
the people—or that still weightier question, the rivalry of
the Churches of this and the sister country.—(Cheers.) It
was on these grounds that he congratulated the electors on
the chi,ice they had made in electing so fitting a
representative for that vast constituency, which had within
its scope and sphere the metropolis of the nations of the
world.—(Cheers.)
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said it now became his
pleasing duty to propose a vote which he was
sure they would adopt with the same unanimity
es they had the one proposed on the former occa-
sion. They had that day witnessed the manner in
which the Sheriffs had presided over the assemblage, and the
anxious desire which they had evinced that every elector
should have a fair opportunity of expressing their sentiments.
He, therefore, begged to propose a vote of thanks to the
Sheriffs for the way in which they had presided over the
proceedings on that occasion.
The vote was carried by acclamation.
Mr. Sheriff CHALLIS felt much indebted to his excellent
friend, and their excellent Member, for the manner
in which lie had introduced his name, and the name of
his colleague on the present occasion.—( Hear, hear.)
It was a source of congratulation to him that the very first
act of this kind which he had had to perform he had been
Nobleinstrumentalportu niltsyri
e nodf
selectinggi( Friend.
-hine gemt.h)seofrHeeeexhscohel dol
lueers of
should
dt
be glad
Middlesex ex an
member
stehe
general
sn
hiseorp-
a l
election should fall within his year of office to find
all of them at their posts to do their duty as well as they
had done that day.—(Cheers.)
Three cheers having been given for the ladies, the pro-
ceedings terminated.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) •
THE QUEEN V. HEALEY AND COOKE.
Lord DENMAN gave judgment in this case this morning.
He said that the arguments in this case had taken place
before himself and his brother Judges on Saturday last, and
instead of minutely examining the voluminous affidavits
laid before them, they had come to the conclusion that they
might dispose of the case by adverting to what had appeared
before them in the full and able discussion of the Learned
Counsel engaged in the case. Mr. Wakley, it appealed, was
one of the coroners for the county of Middlesex, and he
had applied fur leave to file a criminal information against
the publishers of a libellous attack upon hint while engaged
in the execution of the duties of his office. The attack was
coarse and violent, and being circulated in a particular
journal while the inquiry was being conducted, naturally
produced a strong sensation and general excitement. This
was a serious offence, and the proceeding was one which
induced the coroner, and justly so, to seek the protection of
this Court. Amongst the judicial officers of England the
office of coroner was one of the most important, and most
required the protection of the higher Judges, to whom he
was equal in many of his functions. His duty was to carry
on inquiries at all times uncertain, and rendsred painful by
the presence of the dead, and more so by the suspi-
cion that might attach to the living. His words were
looked upon with jealousy and with distrust, and
he was without the ordinary means of commanding
respect—holding his tribunal in unaccustomed places, and
surrounded by none of the imposing solemnities of justice.
In this particular case the coroner was entitled to commen-
dation for directing an inquiry into the circumstances at-
tenling the death. The Learned Counsel in the case, con-
fined himself to the expressions used in the libel, and no
complaint was made or attempted to be proved against the
witnesses; and his language, in referring to the evidence,
went only to affect the conduct of the coroner, whose pro-
ceedings were then under consideration. The inquisition was
held on the body of Frederic John White, a private in the
7th Hussars. He was a healthy young man, who had un-
dergone corporal punishment previous to his death. It was
thought that he died of this, and such a supposition, if
proved, could hardly fail to make out a case of misconduct
on the part of the officer, or it might be a verdict of murder
or manslaughter might result. In such a charge the medical
men would, in all probability, have been involved, for some
of there were always present on occasions when punishment
was to be inflicted; and as the deceased had been some time
,it‘n%s-askilfunel treatment.
timpossible that he should have
A post-mortem fianue then
a hvosicptiitmal
to u
exa-
mination was suede, in which the surgeons employed gave it
as their opinion that the punishment had nothing to do with
the death. The coroner, Mr. Wakley, said that
he did not know what opinion the surgeons
had given, but he did not call for the support
or observations of the surgeons of the regiment, but pro-
ceeded, at the suggestion of the jury, to employ Mr. Day, a
respectable surgeon in the neighbourhood, to examine the
body. This form was required to be executed by the 6th
and 7th William IV., chap. 89—when a majority of the jury
were not satisfied with the cause of death as given by the
medical practitioners and others, in the first instance. Mr.
Day thought the cause of death was not connected with the
punishment, and the coroner proposed some questions, evi-
dently with a view of supporting the opposite theory. He
then ordered an examination of the body, and called in the
services of another medical man, an intimate friend of his
own—his early associate, and one who was under some
obligations to him, and who was named Wilson. The Court
must condemn this course. The coroner bad placed himself
in the position of a medical man, and he was opposed in a
certain degree to those engaged during the earlier part of the
proceedings. He ought to have been careful to select a
medical gentleman of known skill and science for the pur-
pose of making the second examination: The coroner
directed that not only the regimental surgeons should be ex-
cluded but also all other persons whatever, and no reason
was assigned for such a proceeding. Mr. Wakley said
that the jury recommended it, but the Court was of opinion
that he ought to have resisted such a recommendation.
Mr. Day persisted in his first opinion, and swore that he
understood from Mr. Wilson that he (Mr. Wilson) agreed
with him as to the cause of death, and he also stated that
he was surprised when Mr. Wilson afterwards said on the
inquest that he believed that the flogging might have led to
the death of White. The Learned Counsel explained this
circumstance, and endeavoured to explain his views on it
in a manner favourable to Mr. Wakley, but the evidence was
given in such a sense as to support the verdict, which
ascribed the death to the punishment. There had been a
remark made on the Coroner's refusal to put Dr. Warren
upon his oath during the inquest, and it had been said that
such a proceeding gave rise to an opinion that he might
afterwards be called before it as a culprit. The verdict attri-
buted the death to the effect of the punishment inflicted,
and added a condemnation of the law &Aiming such punish-
ment, and an invocation to the people to petition for its
alteration. That appeared to the Court to be quite foreign
to the duties and functions of the jury; the Coroner ought
to have discouraged the introduction of such topics. It was
incumbent upon him to suppress the expression of opinion
ose such an occasion. The Court found also that Mr. Wakley
took the chair at a publie meeting to promote the abolition
of flogging in the army and navy, and introduced into his
seeech there some very caustic remarks upon the late inquest.
and in censuring the author of the libel to which he alluded,
he stated that he oc:nplained that in the House of Commons
he (Mr. Wakley) had spoken contemptuously of him. Al-
though the Court could not be supposed to be aware that
I ff
this
such ae
such a proceeding took place in the course of the debate, yet
it knew that theso debates, however irregularly, found their
püblic
dischargeo rld.
fact occurred stated,
d had not entirely refuted the
'hen the party accused
cases, ,% • the libel. An advertisement appeared in
on a principle often acted upon in that Court before in such
t
charge contained. in
way into the
Wakley, and the
snuff box to Mr.
his zeal in conducting the inquest,
having reference to the presentation of a silver
influenced by his wish to prove
Wakleyh Lancet,
was
and that lie was still further
The C'ourt
that the death was cawed by the punishment.
was altogether unreasonable.
could not say that such a chargeedit for the sincerity of his opi
influenced by
It gave Mr. Wakley great credit
flogging, and also for his justice,
nion with regard to military.
eatdegree adopted by the
that feeling to influence his
state since that time; but was
t ) lead to the exclusion of
min:, in his duty as coroner, so as
The
as the principle bad been in a great
Court thought it was a
to ask it to give its
case in which lie was not in a position
the party who had
sane' ion to a criminal information against the
onthat
the evidence upon an inquest ?
commented upon his execution of his duty
theoccasion, rule ought

THE DISTRESSED IRISH AND SCOTCH.—Mr. Bunn,
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