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WESTMINSTER ELECTION•

A meeting of electors for Westminster, who are the friends
and supporters of Charles Lushington, Esq., one of the candi-
dates for the representation of that city in the ensuing Par-
liament, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand,
yesterday evening, for the purpose of adopting the prelimi-
nary measures necessary to ensure the election of that gen-
tleman.

JOSEPH PAAKES, Esq., having been called to the chair,
observed that for many years past it had been the practice
of the Liberal constituency of the city of Westminster to
initiate all election proceedings through the agency of the
Westminster Reform Society. That association having had
communicated to them that it was the intention of Mr.

Leader to withdraw from the representation of the city at
the next general election, they had submitted to several
well-known public men of tried talent certain questions,
with a view to ascertain the most fit and proper person
to fill the vacancy which Mr. Leader's retire-
ment would occasion. They had received answers
from several gentlemen, and in the exercise of their
judgment their choice had devolved upon Mr. Charles Lush-
ington.—(Cheers.) It was known that a very recent loss
had occurred in that gentleman's family, which prevented
his attendance this evening; but a letter had been received
from him explaining the cause of his absence, and requesting
that he (the Chairman) would notify to the meeting the
great disappointment he felt at being disabled from person-
ally acknowledging the kindness of those gentlemen who
might attend as being friendly to his election. Mr. Lushing-
ton would, however, bold himself in readiness to appear at
any future time when his presence might be required.—
(Cheers.) The association had called the present meeting,
not for the purpot-_e of munopoli-ing the pow rof the electors,
but to adopt the initiatory steps that v'ere necessary to a
more general meeting.
Mr. GEEsiat proposed the first resolution, namely—" That
Charles Lushington, is a fit and proper person to re-
present the city of Westminster in Parliament." The
association of which the chairman had spoken had existed
upwards of thirty-five years, and it was well known that
before any candidate was entertained by that society, it was
necessary that he should pledge himself to act in accordance
with the views of the whole of the Liberal constituency of
the city of Westminster, ani not conic forward, as it were,
on his own account, without possessing the confidence of the
association, although he might happen to be a supporter of
the general principles put forth by them. lie admitted that
he had advocated the claim of Mr. George Thompson—
( [leer, hear)—and he should have been proud to have seen
that gentleman a candidate; but Mr. Thompson had been
rejected by the Reform Society, and having himself acqui-
esced in that decision, rather than split the Liberal interest
in Westminster, which he would have done to an amazing
extent, he (Mr. Geesin) had no hesitation in proposing that
Mr. C. Lushington was a fit and proper person to be their re-
presentative.— (Cheers.) They were aware that meetings
had been held elsewhere in favour of another gentleman,
whose name it was not worth while to mention; but it should
be observed that those meetings had not been attended by
electors. Their resolutions, indeed, ran "we, the electors,"
but the party forming the meetings were no electors at all.—
(Cheers and laughter.) The Reform Society had been com-
plained of, and they were accused of dictation ; but it was not
an exclusive society. Every elector was at liberty to join it
if he thought proper ; the charge of dictating, therefore, wag
unfounded.
Mr. PROUT felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution,
because he found from several interviews he had had with
Mr. Lushington that that gentleman's political opinions were
of a very liberal nature, and that he was one of those re-
formers who, in the olden times of Westminster, would have
done great credit as the representative of that city.—
(Cheers.) There were ten principal measures which Mr.
Lushington was requested to give his opinion upon as to
whether he concurred with the Liberal electors in regard to
them or not, and his answer unequivocally was, that for
many of them he had already voted in Parliament, and that
for the whole of them he was prepared to vote on any occa-
sion.—(Cheers.) The points were-1. Vete by ballot. 2.
Extension of the suffrage. 3. The repeal of the 27th clause in
the Reform Act, which made the payment of rates and taxes
before a particular day necessary to the obtaining the fran-
chise. 4. Trienial Parliaments. 5. A more extensive reform
of municipal corporations. 6. Repeal of the window and corn
tax : the corn-tax was gone to the tomb of all the Capulets,
and no doubt the window-tax would soon follow.—(Cheers.)
7. The abolition of all unmerited pensions. 8. The repeal of
all taxes which impede the diffuison of knowled 9- The
reform of the Church Establishment. And 10. The
proper
application of the funds known to exist in the catin.tizushing_
purposes of education. In all these measures Ma
for t 0
ton concurred; he therefore thought the meetinghfrinwoautlidonla
oafv
ae
no hesitation in adopting a propositionf that gentleman, and
bring it to a successful issue.—(Cheers.) Air
committee to conduct the election o
him by Mr. George Thompson, in
decared his readiness to support Mr.
read a letter addressed to. Front then
which that gentleman
a man of sound judgment, ripe experience, and tried rodeopendence.
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Lushington,-wnhtoimeinhae described to be " a thorough Reforma
n
The resolution was E (Chsers.Lanimously agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. LEWIS, seconded by Mr. AUSTIN,. a
long list of gentlemen of well-known Liberal principles, be-
longing to the constituency of Westminster, was then ap-
pointed a committee, with power to add to their number.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

GAOL PERQUISITES.-I.t Came out in the course of
proceedings at Lambeth Police-court yesterday, that the Go-
vernor of Horsemonger-lane Gaol makes a perquisite by giv-
ing copies of the commitments of the prisoners to their
friends, for which half-a-crown each is charged.
THE NEW HOUSE OF LORDS.—We understand
that Mr. Barry, the architect of the new Houses of Parlia-
ments, has intimated to the Marquis of Lansdowne that the
House of Lords will be completed for the reception of their
Lordships after the Easter recess, with the exception of the
fresco paintings and the statues in the niches. The new
House of Commons is not expected to be ready for some
time. The Victoria Hall, at the south end, and the Peers'
Lobby, at the north end, and the corridors, are in a great state
of forwardness.

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he consulted all the most-skilful surgeons and pby.ician, hi,
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DINNER TO Mk WAIKLEY, np.
Yesterday evening an entertainment was given to Mr.
Wakley, M.P., at the Angel Inn, Islington, by his consti-
tuents, not only as a testimony of their approval of his
political conduct, but of the way in which he has discharged
his duties as coroner, and particularly of his mode of con-
ducting the proceedings of the inquest at Hounslow. Mr.
Fielden, M.P., presided, and was supported by Mr. T. Dun-
combo, M.P., General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., Mr. Shar-
man Crawford, M.P., Mr. Williams, M.P., and several in-
fluential gentlemen not in Parliament. About eighty of the
electors of the borough sat down to an exceedingly well-
arranged dinner. The moment the cloth was removed,
The CHAIRMAN rose, and said that the first toast on his
list was one which used to be drunk first in better times,
viz., " The people, the just source of all political power."
The toast was drunk with loud cheering.
The next toast, " The Queen, and may she at all times
faithfully fulfil the wishes of the people, and always set a
good example to the aristocracy, amongst whom she hdld
the highest rank," having been drunk with the greatest
enthusiasm,
The Cnsaamax proposed the " Health of Mr. Wakley, the
honest and fearless representative of the borough of Fins-
bury in Parliament."
The toast was pledged amidst general and vehement
cheering.
Mr. WARLEY commenced by acknowledging the kind and
flattering manner in which they had received the toast. The
Hon. Gentleman then described his own active life for nearly
a quarter of a century, for twenty-three years of which he
had conducted a public journal, had been twelve years their
representative, and for eight years coroner for a considerable
portion of that county. He continued_ the Reform Bill had
not been attended with the good consequences some persons
expected, and the House of Commons might still be named
emphatically a bad house, and John Bull ought to be called
John Cow, for he yielded to the pressure of taxation with
merely a grumble, but did not combine and agitate properly to
make the Legislature act as it ought to do. Public spirit was
not kept alive except when some great crisis occurred ; in
tact, John Bull seemed always to be locking the door after
The horse was stolen. He would not go through all the mis-
doings -of the last Parliament, but me-rely State his opinion
that it was not a good one for the people, and how it would
end he knew not. The time would soon come when a grand
national inquest would be held upon it. He was of opinion
that the duration of Parliament should be shortened, the
number of the electors should be increased in order to render
them more independent, and that the vote by ballot was
necessary, though the electors of Finsbury were able to do
without it, and preferred going to the hustings and re-
cording their votes openly. The Hon. Member then
alluded to the state of Ireland, which, he observed, showed
how occupied people were in England. Proposals were
now being made to send large grants of money to the
sister country. Did the electors of Finsbury regret those '
grants? No, they would' not regret thian:)t Aey-aalr,
that the result of lherit.eirettfd- he placing society in
Ireland upon a just and safe footing. He would ask
whether the proposals now made by Ministers had that ten-
dency? In his opinion they had not, and they would only
make things worse. A small party of public men with
whom he was connected had been for many years demand-
Mg for Ireland ene thing—viz., a just and liberal poor-law;
and, in the absence of it, every farthing sent to that country
would be a robbery, because it would not be a benefit to the
p nor Irish, but to the Irish landlords only.—(Hear.) There
were at that table six Members of the House of Comone, and
he believed that every one of them took the same view
se he nid of the question.—( Hear, hear.) If such a state et
things were permitted any longer, it would be a judgment.
on the whole community for their supineness. In the pan
of St. Giles 27,0001. a year were collected for the len.
of the poor, and during the last year he was told tb,,,,
40,000/. out of that sum had been expended on the poor of
Ireland. The truth was that the officers of that parish,
seeing what would be the fate of the Irish if they were =catt
back to their own country, declined sending them there any
longer. When a poor-law was spoken of fur Ireland the
Irish landlords contended that such a tax would amount to
a confiscation of their property. All he could say was,
" then lam for confiscation."—(Loud cheers.) If it is to be
a question between the landlords of Ireland and the people
England who is to be robbed, I say, as one of the majority,
let the minority be robbed.—(Loud cheers.) They have
been long enough robbing us. He was told that if out-door
relief was given to the Irish they would not work. He
knew better ; they worked in this country, and they
did not apply for relief as long as they could work.
He could not help alluding to another proposal for the benefit
of Ireland, viz , the loan of sixteen millions to make rail-
ways in a country were people were so poor that they had
not money enough to pay the smallest passage fare. This
was a scheme propounded by the leader of the Protectionist
party. Really it was an Irish proposal, though some said it
was concocted in the land of Hudsonia. It was most ridi-
culous
to say it was the relief of Ireland, when the truth
was that it was intended for the benefit of Irish railway
shareholders.--(Hear, hear.) He believed that the good
sense of some of the Members of the House of Commons
would prevent the passing of such a measure, and that it
would not be revived in the House of Lords. The Hon.
Member then alluded to the late judgment pronounced in the
Court of Queen's Bench unfavourable to him, and having
gone over the facts connected with the inquest at Hounslow,
maintained that that judgment was delivered in ignorance,
and that he would defend himself against the injustice, not
only on the present occasion, but on a fitting opportunity
elsewhere. Having thanked the electors for the honour they
had done him, the Honourable Gentleman sat down amidst
loud cheering.
Some other members then addressed the company, who did
not separate until a late hour.