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and four hundred electors who hadhonouredhim with their
Liah°ught support—(" Oh, oh, and laughter)—he begged
rib:tele:ler his most grateful thanks, and also to the electors ge-
rally for their courtesy towards' him. To his Hon. and
Gallant opponents, also, he begged, en the same grounds, to
rten. der the trilnite of his gratitude.—(Hear.) Had he been
ad-
vance their representative, he would have studied to ad-
coen their interests, as he doubted not they would do.—(Con •
fuci
• ) He could not congratulate them on the issue, but he
congratulated them that the contest was over, and that it had
e been conducted with courtesy and good humour.—( Cheers and
ajlnyfuusitni• ) He would say no more than that he thanked them
Alr. Ca
r the
patient attention they had given him.—( Laughter. )
. teem. said he begged to assure them that when he
had embarked in that contest, he did so with the most perfect
rod feeling and respect towards those who were opposed to
m•to He did not embark in it for the purpose of raising any
f!milt or disturbance in the borough. (Cheers.) He was
oul, believe that the party to which he was attached
prevail—(Confusion) - and he was but • the humble in-
"rument in the hands of that party. He could, however,
e2U,gratulate them on the glorious' result. They had not met
world
victory that day, but they had held out to the
enit.phat there was such a preponderance of in-
in that great borough that at no distant
time would carry them triumphantly through a future
Thelest• Of the candidates he had but few remarks to make.
am H... Baronet (Sir B. Hall) was well known to them,
e they had shown that they appreciated his services.—
,ari hear.) That they had returned the Gallant Com-
„wore he was not astonished.—(Cheeri. ) His gallantry,
y,Ms bravery his achievements, with which the world still rung,
*ere such that it had justly led them to give him that support
they had done.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) It
yu alike honourable to their feelings and to him—lamentable
would it be when the day should arrive in this country when
the.s gallantry of our soldiers and sailors were not properly ap-
preciated Cheers.) The Gallant Commodore was known
bell) Is skill and bravery all over the world, and he (Mr.
) could only offer for him f
end rayers to
heapheven that he might
"M.ce the
same wisdom in cil that ad ever shown
'n the field. There might lie " read his history in a nation's
(Airs Cheers. ) With respect to the other gentleman,
you.; Sankeb) although he had not numbered
.many
at!YerY one must bear testimony to the intelligence
attainments he had manifested on that occasion. He (Mr.
b;oruesii)had long known him in the world of science, and could
to ',is humble testimony that every, quality that did honour
hearra3,4 might be attributed to hiln.—(Cries of " Hear,
there) would conclude by assuring them that
bis could be no doubt if undue means had not been used, that
tthipez:Boenar.iyand Gallant Friend and himself woeld have been
their representatives.—(" Oh, oh," and laughter.) In
part of the morning considerable intcrrup-
Poll. wa! given to their voters in coming to the
tied He had no hesitation in asserting, that
the influence had been used to prevent their voters coming
`''e poll, but he could assure them that a scrutinizing in-
liniZ,would be made yet in the proseedings.—(oll, avid
anj" ter.) 'Whatever -might be the result he • should
",th eavour to act in a manner that would do honor
2 the cause. He would conclude by assuring them
that he was always ready to stand forward in support of that
rent and glorious cause, which he believed was inseparably
''ultneeted with the prosperity' of the country.—(Cheers and
toufusion.)
r• SANKEY said, although few votes had been recorded in
iz favour he looked on them with pleasure, because he was sa-
v.fieQ that, like himself, they haft come forward upon principle.
alhMray°seosl'itrinciples were Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and
to the New Poor-law. He was delighted to hear
tth er
e
rthati.hse twhoauthhiaadppbleyen given by the Gallant Commo-
a pressure to force the Administration
carry out tize principles of the Reform Bill. He rejoiced the
contest had been conducted with good feeling, and he was satis-
fied
that the cause he had come forward to uphold would ulti-
mately triumph in the borough.
YOU G, who wee received
Fiat he YO with much cheering, said
he had been condemned for entering into the Ballot
rim Sir Charles Napier, but he did cot regret it,
).4' en the contrary he rejoiced at the glorious result, since it
had united and would unite the Reform party in Alarylebone.
'(Cheers.) Experience had shown them that a divided
Party was not strong enough to defeat their political opponents,
and experience had shown that as a united party their
?Ponents had not the slightest chance against the Itc-
i"ers of Marylebone.—(Cheers. ) With respect to their
"°eal affairs they had, heard Sir B. Hall say that he
veluld defend their local rights in the House of Commons, and
he (Mr. Young) could only say that in the
nunelder position of one of their parochial representatives, he
zhoulo' pursue the same course he had adopted a few months
ago, syls en he brought forward a resolution by which the at-
tempt to do away pith their Vestry Act had been defeated.
°n the
.motion of Sir 13. HALL, seconded by Sir C. NA.-
the thinks of the meeting were unanimously given to the
Returning eihricer.
, Mr, sALomimes said it was very gratifying to him to receive
that mark of the; r approbation of his conduct during the con-
test which was ntsw so happily ended, and he could not but
congratulate them :Ton their conduct throughout the whole
erection—it was markediy different from the scenes they were
hied to some ten or twelve years ago—it proved the spread of
tklueation ; and, now that the election was over, he might say
the spread of Liberal opinions.
The meeting then separated.

TOWER HAMLETS.-(THIS DAY.)

DECLARATION OF THE POLL.
'ills day having been appointed for the official declaration of
'"epoll for this borough, a large but very orderly crowd as-
at,
led in front of the hustings on Stepney-green. The
—eral candidates, with their respective friends, were early in
aiStesseatiee.
ISss,el;rr,;Zst•
TThhomomppsosonn. was aecompanied by his father, Colonel
eet nsle o'clock the Returning Officer announced the num-
titbs' as follows •
Cs C:!, •
Y 4,706—( Cheers. )
ri,°`'
Rob;nson 2,lB3—(Cheers and grouse.)
Huteuson 1,775 —( Cheers and groans.)
Tr.s.P.Tho'ropson 831—( Cheers from the Chartists.)
The tteturn. Officer then declared, amidst cheers and up-
. rear ~ Return. ce
coe tcat Wm. Cslav, Esq., and Chas. Richard Fox, Esq., a
eea`tunel in her Majesty's service, were duly elected to repre•
Alrt.he borough in ensuing Parliament.
i 1 t much cheering and
aes e CLAY thee ears forward, amidst e
hueute'9ltfusion to address the meeting. II offered them his
,i4r1.1 It thanes
s for the hih honour they had done him in again
ratulg nim as Member to serve them in Parliaments—
r little a 9 d uproaar. ) Thalt result was doubly gratifYing in-
' as it d position, and
gave thej aesain placed him in his former prou )
No r sanction tu his past servsees.—(Cheers and uproar.
preparation had there been for canvassing in his
wrs that each elector had not been solicited for his vote;
f- here his friends had made such solicitations they bad
genel
ttsh.at almost every elector had been canvassed by his op-
lose Notwithstanding these circumstances, let them
.17,„,,atiehis position on the pull.—
(L
vvtaile 'ewspaper had declared that the result
cheers.) The
of the election
tit th
qlow that he would be " excavated " from the borough
e
the event had proved that 'it was not easy to " excavate
, laegit`derale of the Tower Hamlets.—(Loud
scheers and
Dere .) He had no recourse to unfair !mans for the
s
eesnse of defaming his adversaries ; and he regetted that
he g the placards that emanated from their committees,e
eould not say they had imitated his forbearsag...s
wit, Robinson had thought fit to attack him upon the hustings
heduo",,t the slightest provocation, and while he (Mr. Clay)
esee ?Pportunity of making a reply. Mr. Rob.hison had
viliie's"lin a placemen ; but he had not adduced any instance in
f
his '" had sacrificed their interests for the advancement
qre ."'"•—( Loud cheers.) Be had supported E
froart'hovernment until he felt himself bound to differ
joieed ~n 1 upon their policy with regard to Ireland. He
the el "le Present Government when he found they. had m_ ade
love allot an open question, and that they bad uniledditidiermio-t
think more 't?,ore sincerely than ever with the people. H
Was ti 11S acceptance of office could militate against him;e and it
c I:e ofptiinleion of the greatest statesman that the sel vants oin h •
one`' °f should be chosen from those who had enjoyed thee fie
people.—( Cheers. ) If he wished to retaliate b
it '',nd much that was contradictory—much that was emus-
condnet of his Hon. Friend—(Cheers and laughter)
weniT the first moment he had supported the Reform J3ill
Warn the Pe sent hour, when he had put himself for-
rce del Tory candidate for the Tower Hamlets._
Is 041 also ~ind much to comment upon in the conduct .of
the 0)144 Friemi in Parliament, where one vote clashed with
"r, and wlsere each sentence in his ingenious speeches
siee'& its predecessor—where a bit of Liberalism was stuck
Prine;Y) side with a vast lump of Toryism—and where the
tao,t aof free tra.se and monopoly were mixed together in
ter) ,dutireble and remarkable confusion—( Cheers and laugh.-
llos,":'it, he would pass from these topics, and he believed his
their r'''end had received a sufficiently significant lesson
~
li
lle y hands,
hand.
1 and -to their tender mercies he
- icitislu'lled him —efltenewed cheers, and laughter.)
salt ofL" net but cone.ratn;ate the electors on the brilliant.re-
Dortt t.h't 'struggle, 'a result which would have a most im-
Whieh 'nfluence on the deciseon of those great questions upon
teici,alx to, any
dir,4r,P.peal had been Made to the country.—( Hear, hear.)
er say that solely because the constituency. otlie
4tlcl Hamlets was the most numerous in the kingdom,.
1"1
.st.a?th for wealth, intelligence, and respectability
,esa:?—nut because the electors of that borough were
opinionse°`-- comparison"the best test in the kingdom of the
ve of
y,
too numerous,
middle ctloasses of society—(Cheers)—too
be purchased; too proud, too
sha tee
indnurnerionts,
to be intimidated; safe from the in-
nf an inseofeennt( aeinid, domineering aristocracy ; not over.
Some vast lord of the soil, nor exposed to the visitsd
top ne ladies in thei carrieees, who came round to the
es-
sofilt at the other end carriages,
the town, and in exceedingly'
and dulcet tones, but in language which,. though it
4 re"ed to be a request was something occasionally like
that eeineaeeF.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The decision of
Woied'4loll was a far better criterion of public opinione and
these g 0 far to seal the doom of unjust monopelies. With
Positionlechnopolies England could no longer maintain lief proud
°•
colic ". The day of her decline might be distant, but i
ozif fared our anti-commercial polic it was fixed in the book
()Per The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to address the_
atrte electors, and to defend himself from the charge of
ii; harsh harsh and' cruel to the poor. To prove the
Dart Justice of the charge, the Hon. Gentleman referred to the
te which b
e had taken in establishing schools for the poor in
v heal-green, to which he had subscribed hundreds of pounds
seas Inethe last few years. With respect to the Poor-laws, he
liseeTlite prepared to enter fully into that question, and to
„s,n to every case of oppression. He had opposed the old
ii'ol:rera because he believed it to be harsh and oppressive to the
itniieaend he was quite prepared to oppose whatever bore a
lieved, character in the new Poor-law.— ( Cheers. )He be-
llow
Pere • ever, that those who had agitated that question
pe„i'nfluenced only by a desire to divert the attention of the
uporneet'e the real cause of distress. The great question
the Corn when
the prosperity of the working classes depended was
The Tories asked the working classes to
%ear,. the substance for the shadow. They wished to reduce
ten to', the condition of beggars, and then they would dole
by th thee
a beggar's alms. The Hon. Gentleman concluded
amardeadnking the electors for the support which had been
his eisoos° him, arid by assuring them that he would redouble
coonesi t(,), serve them in his place in Parliament.
grtsae, a, "), Was received with loud cheers, mingled with
epeeee uproar. lie said that after the most excellent
eoftee,they had heard from Mr. Clay, whom he now could call
had ?oe,' he could not expect to fasten their attention as he
"`” nor could lie come forward with the claims on their
'Liebe attention which he did. But he hoped that in returning them
eresf. teaeksfor the honor they had done him they wouldbelieve
tre from the deepest recesses of his heart, he felt that gra-
titudeo
-e ought in being returned as the represents
oaid,
it! such an influential constituency. As he had before
sesee b was Owing to the humble support he had given to that
II
be e vvhich brought them into existence that he was there
ba, • Wia'•—(Cheers. ) It was the attachment he had
‘a) shown to those principles of -civil, commercial,
and see 'eous liberty.— ( Great cheering.) He would take that
ZYliestuins`v of alluding to the good humour in which that elec-
,Tn had ei,e.n conducted. With the exception perhaps of the
• ""
•Can 1, , Mr. Robinson's allusion to placemen, nothing
caottild have been ill greater good humour. With respect to that
oftaek upon him as a islaceman, he would state that be was proud
A 9 b`'ing a placemais under the present Government.
‘„,O ng as they stuck to the principles which he approved he
:1141 be found to be under them.—(Cheers.) As Mr. Clay
of said, it 'vas unpleasant to speak of one's self,butin the event
t.,„231e Government continuing in their present principles, it
,eon
not be the first time he (Co(Colonel Fox) load re-

igned a place under Government. (Loud oheering,)
With regard to the very great and important subjects
now before the country, he thought they well knew from bis
past conduct. how he should account.--(Great cheering.) He
should ever be found a firm supporter of commercial freedom,
and of bringing corn into this country at the lowest possible
charge—( Great cheering)—in order to enable the poor to
enjoy what he thought they seldom had done—a bellyful.
His Hon. Colleague had put to them, in an admirable
manner the case of the Poor. law. It was their interest to be
placed above the reach of any Poor-law—he meant to get
cheap food—( Great cheering)—and with that object he was a
friend of free trade, especially in the articles of sugar, timber,
and other necessaries ; and also extended to articles of luxury,
which were now so highly taxed.—( Great cheering.) With
regard to the Poor-laws, he woald just add, that he
always considered they were not intended to coerce, they were
intended to soothe. But he believed that in some places they
had had a contrary effect —(Hear, hear.) It would be his
duty to smooth down the asperity that existed in the present
law, and give punishment to the parties who had injured those
it was their duty to cherish and protect. —( Great cheering. )
Mr. Clay had with such ability addressed them that he (Col.
Fox) could hardly find words to address them, but he would
state that in the principles expressed by his Honourable
Friend Mr. Clay he fully and wholly agreed.—( Cheering. )
He considered that the aspersions that had been thrown upon
Mr. Clay had been most unjust.—( Hear hear.) Though not
in Parliament he (Col. Fox) had seen and watched his career,
and he need not say how he approved of it.—( Cheers. A
person in the crowd here stepped forward, and said, "In the
event of }riser being appointed to a situation abroad, how should
you act ?" Loud cries of " Don't answer him—it is too
late.") With regard to his principles he hoped
they would find that the next time he met them
he would not be charged with a dereliction of duty.—(Loud
cheers.) He had not come before them with pledges, and
they would not be able to say he had promised and had not
performed; but he would support the focal interests of the
ower Hamlets, and the great interests of the country. Anti
whenever he was asked for an interview he should be most
happy to grant it.—(Cheers.) He should give his attention to
all the great questions of that greatn
constitue
the ncy. He had only
to thank them over and over agai for honour they had
done him, and if he had not been elected he should have re.
tired proud of the confidence of those who had supported him.
--( The Gallant Colonel retired amidst great cheering.)
Mr. ROBINSON then presented himself. The contest in
which they had been engaged was at an end, and his
first duty was to return his hearty thanks to the
2,183 electors of that borough who had consi-
dered him worthy of their support as one of
the candidates for the representation of the Tower Hamlets.
( Cheers.) Whatever differences may exist between him and
the Hon. Gentlemen who were opposed to him, there was one
thing in whicu they all agreed—this contest was one of princi-
ple, and not of persons.—( Great cheers.) With a degree of
good temper and good feeling, that contest had been con-
ducted, which he had never seen exceeded, engaged as he had
been in many contests.—(Loud cheers.) Therefore,
to all and every one of them he returned his most
heartfelt thanks, and to the Hon. G entleman by whom he was op-
posed. With regard to the opinion he held of a subordinate
situation in the Government being held by a Member of Par-
liament, he still persisted in, as they could not go into Parlia-
ment with such independent feelings as he could.—(Uproar.)
But he thought that Messrs. Clay and Fox had acted very
right in attempting an explanation.—(Cheers.) But to that
explanation he must ask their attention in reply, who are the
real friends of the people ?—(Loud cries of " Not the Tories.")
It was exceedingly difficult for the people to determine them-
selves who were their friends, as at elections all parties pro-
fessed to be the friends of the people. Gentlemen who talked
so much of the repeal of the Corn-laws knew very well that
under present circumstances that repeal could never take place.
Mr. Cobbett, an enlightened man and a friend of the people,
declared that of all the delusions that ever misled human
nature the question of free-trade was the greatest humbug.—
What had free-trade, as far as it had been adapted, done for the
Spitalfield weavers, or his former constituency in Worces:-er?
It had only tended to place them in Union Worhouses. Free
trade, in his opinion, would only expose their taxed labourers
to a competition with the serfs of Russia. Mr. Clay had
thought proper to attack his constituency. But Mr. Clay
himself had shrunk, upon that occasion, from stat-
ing his views upon the New Poor-law, although
he and his party had supported it.—(Cries of "So did Sir
Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington.") He admitted
that Sir R. Peel, and the Duke of Wellington did support
that law, and that the Whigs alone were not answerable for
the measure; but he had nothing to do with either
Whigs or Tories. --(Uproar. ) He would tell them,
that if Sir Robert Peel supported that law her6after
he would meet with his most decided opposition. What were
the features of that law ? It made no distinction between vice
and misfortune—( Uproar, and cries of " No.")—and'it sepa-
rated the wife from her husband, and the child from its Mother ;
while cold-hearted political economists made it a matter of compu-
tation what was the minimum upon which life could be supported.
He knew that Mr. Clay and Col. Fox had taken their Course
upon that questton from conscientious motives, and that they
were men of principle and honour—(Cheers)—but he thought
that they would have best represented the feelings of their con-
stituents by opposing a law so atrocious. Mr. Robinson then
referred to some severity sanctioned in Worcester by
the Poor-law Commissioners ; but the guardians resisted
their mandates, and obtained a mitigation of those rigours.
He admitted, however, that the old Poor-law was defective ;
but the new measure was so harsh in some respects, that it
could only be enforced in many parts of the country by vio-
lence and force. To such a law he was decidedly opposed.
—(Hear, and cheers.) Their worthy Member, Colonel
Fox, who carried benevolence and good nature in his
very countenance.--(Loud and continued Cheers.)—Colonel
Fox had told them he wished that " every man might get a
belly-full." Now he (Mr. Robinson) could only say he wished
they might get it.—(Laughter.) But the question was,
whether the advocates of the Government were favourable
to measures which would as much as possible ensure universal
employment, without which there could be no possibility
of procuring general comfort. The price of food was not the
only matter to be considered, and they should also look to the
price of wages and the means of purchasing the necessaries of
life.—(Uproar.) He acknowledged that Mr. Clay and Mr.
Fox had reason to be proud of their position ; but he would
ask, without offence, what claims they had to the suffrages of
the constituency which he (Mr. Robinson) did not equally
possess ?—(Laughter, and cries of " Honesty," " Consistency,"
cr c. ) They coud not from their opportunities be better ac-
quainted than he was with the varied interests of a commercial
community.—( Uproar. )—Personally he did not, he could assure
them, regret his defeat—(Laughter)—and few knew the
labours of serving a vast constituency in Parliament ;
and lie felt that nothing but a desire to serve
the public could induce a reasonable man to subject himself to
such inconvenience. There was an additional embarrassment
for a man of principle in the conflicting struggle of parties ;
and he acknowledged that he blamed them both, and that he
could not say which of them was the less honest.—(Laughter
and uproar, and cheers.) The Tories hail found it necessary
to take the new name of Conservatives, and the Whigs, let
him tell them, were but the degenerate representatives of the
old and respectable Whig party.—(Uproar.) He (Mr. Ro-
binson) was not a Whig, in the modern sense of that term.
He was not, he would tell them, an advocate for the Ballot.—
(Loud and continued uproar.) Mr. Robinson concluded by
expressing his belief that a foundation had been laid upon that
occasion in the borough for a future Conservative triumph,
and by thanking his friends for the support they had given him.
Mr. HUTCHISON thanked the electors who had favoured him
with their votes, and the more so as the greatest part of them
were plumpere. From information he had received from his
Committee he was under the impression that he was sure
of a majority, but he found that many of the electors
had been previously engaged to Col. Fox and Mr. Clay, and
he therefore felt bound to say it was their duty to perform their
promise. He should not inflict a long speech upon them, but
only observe that upon the next occasion when the electors of
the Tower Hamlets were called upon to choose their Repre-
sentatives he should again solicit their suffrages with more cer-
tain prospects, he felt assured, of success.
Mr. P. Tnossrsow then came forward, and said he would
not weary, the electors by stating his own virtues.—( Cheers
and laughter.) He had been beaten on that occasion, but he
did not despair of success in future. The cause of his defeat
on that occasion was the timidity of some of his friends,
and the daring boldness of others. One part of
his friends voted for the Whigs to keep out the Tories, and an-
other gave a plumper to the Tories to keep out the Whigs.
Some had objected to him on the ground of his youth. If he
was a good working machine, what mattered it how recently
he was built ? (Great cheering and laughter.) He
was not of the opinion of that eminent man,
Mr. Tony Weller, who thought that wit and wisdom always
went together. He did not wish to oppose another Liberal
member, but only to act with spirit to keep him up to the
mark. He had no wish to introduce a nuisance instead.—
(Great laughter.) He would not fail, on another occasion, to
ask them for their suffrages. There had been some misap-
prehension on the subject of his' reported resignation.—
(Hear.) He begged the electors to understand that there
could be no such thing as a resignation. When a member had
been proposed and seconded he had no power of resigning.
Having had 10,000 hands held up for him he thought he was
entitle& to some share of honour. He returned his sincere
thanks to the working men who had supported him, for their in-
defatigable exertions. The present contest had been one of purse
against principle. Though principle with purse had been success-
ful he was happy to see that purse without principle had not
been successful. He should reserve his electron speech until
the next dissolution, which he thought would be with-
in a few months, and in the mean time work hard
to make himself more worthy of their support.
He did not ask them to send men of opposite opinions to Par-
liament, but let the different shades of Liberal opinions
find their Representatives in the House of Commons.—
(Hear, hear.) Under this impression, that at the
next election there would be a Whig and a Radical returned
for the Tower Hamlets, he trusted that he would have the
honour of sitting in the House of Commons as the Radical re-
presentative of this borough in a very short time.—(Cheers.)
A loud call having been made for Colonel Thompson, who
sat next Mr. Clay on the hustings,
a