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not answer the expectations of its advocates; thein3p,:ress•
ment question was cer:ainly a great evil, but beore
doing away with it s, me way must be found out to nian
our ships of war in cases of sudden and great emer-
gency; he would vote for any measure having for its
object the reduction of taxation on the necessaries of life,
Mr. ROBERT WRIGHT having remarked on the mos--
sistency of the General's politic,l conduct, moved a re--
solution, which was seconded by Mr. John Humphreys,
to the effect—

" That the meeting, fully convinced that Major-Gen.
Fox is a firm and consistent friend of civil and religious
liberty, do hereby pledge themselves to use their best
exertions to procure his re-election to Parliament akone
of the representatives for the Tower Hamlets."

Mr. CHARLES BUXTON then, on behalf of his brother,
Mr. Fowell Buxton, expressed his regret at not being
able to attend the present meeting, to which he had been
specially invited, and, after a high encomium on the
Gallant General, stated his cordial concurrence in the
proposition which had ju►t been proposed.
A Mr. GREEN attempted, amidst great tumult, to ad-
dress the fleeting, but the uproar was so great that he•
was compelled at length to sit down.
The resolution was then put in the usual way and una-
nimously carried amidst tumultuous cheering.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then also una-
nimously carried, and the meeting separated.
COL

,CHESTER—VISIT OF MR. D. W. HARVEY.
I On Saturday evening, ethe borough was all excitement;
end bustle in consequence of the announcement that Dir.
smly.lhaeakrtde
hc ahasdi lye
a,p,,uasbcecidi ocatet,pnmettri:,
71L,A:telhr...e
xlle.i
borough,t Wed.
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strravt7endyg,
thoughfweeol uinl dg
in the towo, this only add,.d to the anxiety for seeing
arid hearing the latter gentleman At six • o'clock the
committee and many of the friends
of the Liberal candi-
date mustered at the
mile-stone
on the Leaden-road.
ewetiveerde,Ma
nrd. lib
eairnvgey.j,,)
nwehdo pbyostmedr. from Witham
ite h's re;
were taken from the carriage, and with
mu'sit a
c pl °yliline
and banners waving, the parties were drawn into
tba
town, followed by fourteen or fifteen other crowdeal
vehicles. Greeted by their friends, and accompanied by
a continually gathering mass, the procession passed down
the High-street to the George Inn, in front of which
thousands had collected, filling the whole space in the
front with one dense crowd. The Hon. Gentlemen pro-
ceeded to the balcony, to address the electors :
Mr. HARDCASTLE said—What I have to say to you
it the present moment will be stated in a very few words.
Some evenings ago, when I had the honour of addressing
many of you who are now here, I had the satisfaction of
telling you that an old friend of yours would before long
be present amongst you, and you would once more have
the pleasure of bearing his voice. From the attachment
you then expressed to that old friend, I augured favour-
ably as to the consistency of your attachment to new
friends. I offered myself; or rather I was called on to
offer myself, on the advice of certain people dear to you
all, and, from the manner in which you have received
me, and from the success I have experienced in my can-
vass in the last week, I am able to say you welcome me
as a new friend with far greater confidence and enthu-
siasm than I had any reason to expect. I know you are
desirous of hearing another voice than mine, and you
shall hear it immediately: and I will only notice a report
put forward by those who would have been very glad if
that voice were not heard here, for it was industriously
circulated that we should not see Mr. Harvey here ; but
nere he is now to speak for himself, and he will explain
to you the reasons fur his conduct both here and else-
where.—(Cheers).
Mr. D. W. HARVEY then came forward and said:—lC
is with places as with persons, that each ind•vidualises
;tself, and whatever takes place beyond the immediate
circle of its being, is a matter of comparative insigni-
ricance. I very much doubt if you were called at this
moment to contemplate the horrid flames at Moscow,
whether it would have one half the interest with you as
if it were announced teat there was a haystack burning
in one of the lanes of your immediate neighbourhood.—
(Laughter.) It is by this process of the mind that each
mean is led to care and think for himself. Yet I cannot
lismiss it from my mind, atter an association which has
more or less existed between us for well nigh forty years,
without believing that you do feel an interest in what
concerns myself, even though it slimed be beyond the
precincts of your own borough. Therefore, as your
:xcellent candidate has said, you may be naturally, and
I will say justly, anxious to know whence it is that an
individual of whom you have in past years thought
something, and for whom at different times you
nave done so much, whence it is that that
individual, who on Monday night last appeared
in all probability the destined representative of one of
the largest and most important constituencies
la this country, should have ceased to hold that ex-
pectation within the last few hours.—(Hear, hear.) It is
tile to you as old friends, it is due to you as part of the
vast British empire, whose attention was directed to
that event, to know, in a few words, whence it is that I
have ceased to be a candidate for Marylebone. From
uy first connexion with this town, beginning with the
year 1812 down to the year 1834. in whieh long space
,f' time I coutested this borough seven times, there was
ipparent; from my earliest career, a strong feeling of
party and political hostility, which strengthened as my
services and fidelity to you became stronger ; and when
I became, and before I became a candidate for the com-
ilissionership of police, and when it was known I was a
•andidate for that office, and not until it was known, the
two great parties in the state to whom, more or less, I
:lave always been opposed, and whose pernicious cotn-
,ination I have ever denounced, inserted in the new
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Police Act a chose enacting that the commissioner, so
iting as he continued commissioner., should not only
oe incapable of sitting in Parliament, but incapable
,f being eh ctd to Parliament. Therefore, as
you will perc.ive, as a necessary preliminary of
ny becoming a candidate for Marytebone, or for
.ny other borough, I must resign the office ; and
hough the emolument of it is not large, it is not des-
dicubli.. You are aware that myself, Lord Dudley
Stuart, and a Learned Sergi ant, who comes this circuit,
\lr. Sergeant Shee, were candidates for MaryleboTte
old we consented to submit our r. spective pretension
o the ballot. That ballot, as you welt know, and were
tnformed on the following morning—for it was placarded
,ver the walls of this borough--was largely in my fa-
vour ; and I roust assert that, no one was ever more de-
termined than myself to abide by that ballot. But on
Thursday morning last I was informed that Sir James
Hamilon, who in the intermediate time had declared
oimself a candidate, was not so anxious. nor could be
justly expect 17, that be should succeed on the poll, as
:0 give me notice on the morning of the election that he
Mould dispute my qualification. Such of you as are
okl enough to carry your memories back to 1820, will
well remember what is meant by disputing my qualifi-
cation. You will remember that after engaging in an
expensive contest with Mr. Raffles I was returned ; a pe-
tition was presented against me on the ground of detec-
t,ive qualification ; bat well knowing that my qualities
.-
ion was as good as that of any man's in Parliament,

I was quite content to abide the inquiry, and to
prove to you the validity of my qualification as well
is the one-sided character of a Parliamentary deci-
,lon. Before the Committee, appoint, d to try the
petition w, nt into the question, I was called out of the
,:ommittee-room by a gentleman who you well recollect
ased to appear here as counsel against me, Mr. Harri-
son, who said to me—" I am authorised to withdraw the
petition, on the ground of your qualification, fuovided
you will withdraw all the proceedings you have instituted
„igainst the corporation of Colchester. My answer was
—.` My qualification is good—your title as corporators
is bad; and I wile enter into no such compromise—I will
abide the result." That committee, made up as it
was of Whigs and Tories, and these both anxious to
dive me out of the House of Commons, carne to a reso-
.e
myself,iiozded thed
Ration that Inii,e was a defective qualification, and they
were just ab,ut not only to unseat me, as they did, but
to ivefrothme
tsiemathta•n•
ciSsiroffimetyiryetlpuitulssseel
counsel,
irhn cu I
r seized
briefg
said I begged to address the committee '
they decided. I said—" You have been pleased
t'befuonse
seat me, but before you seat him hear me. He made
only one prayer when he ought to have made two; he -
has asked you to unseat Mr. Harvey, and you have
complied; but ho has forgotten to ask you to seat him-
self." The consequen_m was that he did not get the seat,
,ind I need not tell you with what indignation be de-
nounced what he called the conduct of his lawyers—
he was so disgusted after having expended 10,0004
on the election and the petition, that he turned his
back on Co•chestser; and you will remember that I
nrought down my friend Mr. Henry Baring whom you
I onlytrouble you with
these
returned so triumphantly.
details to show you that I bad good i
~,
reason to know
what were the tender mercies of a
,Committee of ti,
House of Commons. Therefore on bursday morning,
when I received intimation that Sir James Hamilton,
expecting that he had the slightest ground for 311 C: not
ceeding in the contest, for there was no doubt I should
be at the head of the poll by hundreds, would be con-
tent with some few hundred votes, and with
against Mr. Harvey's qualifications, protesting
recollecting from
past experience what I had to expect, I referred to what
is now called the in .w Qualification A
must have 3001. a year out of freehold et.
Formerly a mart
mi
long as he lived. It' he had 10,000/. fromproperty, at least, as
no qualification; but it' he had the funds that was
property lent him the day
tion. But now it he 1: that wasa good qualifica-
as money in the funds, or lease-
hold property, that is a
good
qualification; and the
question was, whether t
e qualification I enjoy
would bear that teat
; and I must tell you
that there has been
no inquiry before a Com-
mittee of the House of I
possess
4001. Commons on the new law. Now.
a year on personal bonds, 2004
of which is -
paid to me by the gentleman who suc-
ceeded me in my profession; arid the question arises
whether that is personal estate, and would be a quallfi-
cation. The cons( quence was, I was reduced to the ne-
ce.slty of determining whether I would stand on that
qualification; as I told you just now, before I could be a
mid:date I must give up coy office, which, with salary
and appurtenances, amounted to 1,0004 a year; and
then, a hat I had reason to apprehend would be the case
was, that a petition would certainly be presented against
d I hoof(' be compelled d i a
t, i _e.en.... my seat;,
illy return, and s
iiii 1 toed not tell ) oil what are the eilortn,,us ..xpel,,,,
ot attacking or delen,ling a ,eat in time ti
...MIS!, Of co_la
Therefore, with great reluctance, and • h •
Com-
mons. with pain
I shall never cease to feel, I 'thought it more wise.
at the last hour, to withdraw fro
though froth the contest,
than to be rem:lied and run the risk of being unseated
by a Gonitnitt• e of the i louse ot Commons, paving the
way by tie seri, us sacrifice to which I
have alluded.
It is true I could have got half a d zei i
quallfications, but
I decline to go into the House (it c
Illtill's dreg 6 kit to), „wii,
(3,,p,e,
.. oulmous wearing any.
ally as the new Act en-
joins the obligation onthe, the,feather tit the table of the
House ot Commons, not oily to declare that he is justly
seis-cl of a clear income o' :30/,_ ear over
known
reprisals
1 and ineumb, antes, but it that de, I) l'
be
untrue, he is exposed to all the cOnasreatuenncles ofoawnmisde-
meanor; suet I did not choose 4
to incur the consequences
of sa.yiug I ti.d 3001.
a year, which had been lent ens
N.it th.e+ undtistanding that I F'ss to re
nlra it rotiloF`