The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-08 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

(Continued from our Paper of yesterday.)
Mr. ESCOTT again attempted to address those aQsem-
bled. He said, that conning there as a candi-
date for the representation of that great city, he
was desirous of stating the grounds on which be
solicited their support, and what his objections were
o the gentlemen who had appeared before them that
day, and who, he thought, under all the circumstances,
were not fit to represent the electors of Westminster in
Parliament.

The cries of " Off, off!" " Down, down !" the shout.
ing, the groaning, and yelling, became so overpowering, as
completely to drown the candi,iate's voice, and he accor.
Jingly stopped.
The quantity of cabbages, dirt, &c., thrown for the
space of half an hour was very great. At length,
Mr. SMEDLEY, the Deputy Sheriff, put it to
the meeting to say whether they would allow the pro-
ceedings to go on. Those who thus threw dirt at the
electors were not Englishmen, but cowards. If what was
going on continued, he should be obliged to call in the civil
once. This address, however, seemed to produce very little
effect, the dirt, baskets, and pieces of tile, being poured
,n with increased violence, Mr. Macrieil, the Conservative
candidate at the late Oxford election (we believe it was)
endeavoured to obtain a hearing for Mr. Escott, but in
vain. The riot continued to rage, the dustmen who were
said to have been hired by Mr. Escott, for a short
time obtained almost sole possession of the front of the
hustings, distinguishing themselves by the number of thr
cabbages, baskets, basket-lids, mats, sinks, &e., they threw
at Mr. E cat and his friends, and evidently, by the fero-
city of their conduct, keeping all the respectable part of
the crowd round the hustings in a state of alarm. After
some time Mr. WAKLEY stepped forward, and was re-
c-ived with loud cheers. He entreated them, as they
valued the cause of radical reform—as they valued their
awn independence and respectability—to give the Hon.
candidate a hearing, or otherwise they would be unable to
compare his sentiments with those of his rival. When
Mr. Escott had concluded his address, he should have some
questions to put to all the candidates.

1‘11.• ESCOTT again cams forward, the crowd showing,
after the request of Mr. Wakley, a disposition, though a
reluctant one, to hear him. He knew that it had been
said that he was unknown among the electors of West—
minster, and that, therefore, he was an unfit person
to come forward. It was true he was not
known among them, and he would ask, bow it was
possible he should be known if be was not heard ?
(Cheers aad hisses.) The electors of Westminster were
called upon to decide the present contest, not by the pro-
mises which some men might have formerly given and
basely broken—(Loud cheers)—but by the public princi-
ples of those who had put themselves forward, and upon
those public principles it was to be a fair stand-
up fight.—(Cheers.) He trusted that in the observations
he should maks he should pursue that gentleman-like
conduct which had been adopted by the Gallant Colonel.
—(Cheers.)
The first thing he thought it right to con-
sider with respect to standing for Westminster, was whe-
ther the two candidates in the field were such as, in his
opinion, were best calculated to represent the electors in
Parliament.—(Cheers.) With respect to Sir John
H Hisses)—he must say a few words. In his
opinion political honesty was above all consideration.—
ohou s e —((Great cheering.) All parties and politics, in his opinion,
ought to be based on fair conduct, such as would be ap-
proved of by upright and fair urien.--(liear, hear, and
cheering.) Now Sir John Hohhouse, though he might
not be at the meeting at the present moment, had published
a declaration in explanation of his former conduct. To
that document he wished now to advert; and if Sir John
Eislihouse could at any future time explain what lie was
now going to state, he would be the first to admit that lie
was in error, and that Sir John Hobhouss was right.