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

were to be asked, whether, if the Russians were) to take
Constantinople, or if the French were to march an army
to the Pyrenees, he would pledge himself to vote for
war, he should say that he would not, the subject
being mixed up with so many different circumstances,
But these now put to him were great questions, which
had agitated the country for years, and without meaning
any offence to the Hon. Candidate, he would say that any
gentleman who had not made up his mind upon these
questions was unfit to represent them. He must confess,
however, that he did think that the Hon. Candidate had
made up his mind, and that he could tell it if he liked.
Mr. WA KLEY said, that if the Honourable
Gentleman had not made up his mind to vote for the re-
peal of the Septennial Act, he could not represent them,
because they had made up their minds. " All those,"
continued Mr. Wakley, " who are for the repeal of the
the Septennial Act, hold up your hands."—(All.) " All
who are for the repeal of the corn laws, bold up your hands."
--(All.) He was not the man for them ; he liked his can-
dour, and he liked him for a Tory ; but he remembered
the conduct of the Tories—of the autocrat Castlereagh.--
(Cries of "Shame, shame.") He did not mean to allude
to the last act of that unfortunate man's life, but to his
disposition to cut the throats of other people. He despised
the whole of the Tory gang from the bottom of his heart;
but never more would they have the opportunity of grind-
ing the people to the earth. Looking at the blackness
of Old Nick, he saw something still more odious in the
shape of a Whig. He had the authority of Sir John
Cain Hobhouse himself for saying that the Whigs
had done all they could to oust the Tories, merely
for the purpose of serving themselves, and then betraying
the interests of the people.—(Loud cheers.) But they
should withhold their indignation, and cot look to
the conduct of parties, but at the conduct of the
man who had been their representative. He would bring
to their notice a letter which had escaped from the pen of
the Right Hon. Baronet on Wednesday morning last,
the question of the house and window taxes having
been brought before the House on Tuesday. Ooe of
their representatives bad voted directly against them,
and the other had resigned, in the fullest hope that they
would send him hick to deceive them again.—(Cheers.)
Suppose the Right Hon. Baronet was about to wed a
damsel, and when she was at the altar, he slipped a note
into her hand, saying he was sorry, but he bad found
that there was something more to be done after, and as he
was not in a condition to do it then, he would resign alt
pretensions to her.—(Long and continued laughter.)
He, in effect, said, I love you still, but there are others I
love better. Then let the electors tell him to repair to those
of whom he was so fond ; they did not want him. He
declares that he will make no pledge—that he will go into
Parliament free. That free meant that lie might be free to
deceive them again. Then great stress was laid upon the
fact of Lis giving up office, but, he would ask, who
was nurse to the Irish Secre.ary ? Why, Daniel O'Connell,
who had got an ugly way of making the bed with nettles.
If Sir John had gone to Ireland, he would, in 48 hours,
have been so hot, that he would have thought himself in the
East Indies, and so stung that he would have been put
touch in mind of musquitoes. He had a large fortune,
and was not in want of the 5,0001.: so where was the
great merit in his resignation of such an office ? In his
(Mr. W.'s) opinion, he was most heartily glad to have
had such an opportunity of getting quietly out of it. Sir
John's own published former opinions were, that the
people were entitled to a full, fair, and free repre-
sentation in Parliament. Now, what had the Reform Bill
done in Westminster ? Why, reduced the constituency
from 14,000 to less than 9,000 ; and where was the name
of Sir John in the lists, on Mr. Grote's motion for the
ballot ? Why, in the majority against it. The reformed
Parliament had done one good action by voting for the
repeal of the malt tax, yet that vote they had rescinded in
less than three days. Now he would just give them
a representation of what might have taken place in the
Privy Council the morning after the vote with respect to
the malt tax was come to. Lord Althorp comes in, and
says---' Here's a pretty kettle of fish we're in ; we are
taken by surprise, for these chaps have voted directly
against us, what shall we do ? We must have that vote
rescinded, because it was for the benefit of the working
people." Sir John then gets up, and says--" Oh, my
Lord, it's very well for you to talk in that way, but I
am pledged."—(Loud laughter.) I'll tell you what, my
Lord, if you determine on rescinding that vote, I must
either throw up my Secretaryship or resign." " Well,"
says Lord Althorp, " we can get somebody else to take
your office, and if you resign your seat, we must look
out for somebody to stand for Westminster." " But,"
says Mr. Hobhouse, " look how I shall be disgraced ?"
(Laughter. ) " Oh, never mind that," says Lord Althorp,
"We are a:I disgraced in turn you know—(Continued
laughter)—but there is One thing, if we are digraced, it
is not without sauce, for we have got 6,0001. a year for
it."—(Laughter and cheers.) " Give up your Secretary-
ship, and resign your seat, for you will soon get in again."
" Very well," says Hobhouse, "don't you decide anything
till I see you again." Away goes Hobhouse to Mr. De Vear,
and, having ascertained from that diligent and very active
man that, by a little trickery, it would all succeed, Sir
John posts off to my Lord Althorp, and says, " It will
be alt safe--De Year promises I shall be elected—he says
there is no doubt about it, and, therefore, to-night I won't
vote—l will cut my stick '—(Great laughter).—
to-morrow I wall write a little note saying I
have resigned my seat, because I could not fulfil
my promises, and I have also resigned the Secretaryship
for Ireland."—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Wdkley) had once
been a great supporter of Sir John's, but he was com-
pelled to state that he had forfeited all his confidence,
and that he had committed a most disgraceful breach of
trust.—(Loud and continued cheers.) He begged of
the electors to consider that the whole of England was
looking with the most intense interest to what would be

the result of this contest. Whig, Tory, and Radical, were
now before them, and he begged of them to recollect
what the conduct of the Tories had been from the first
hour that they held the reins of Government. It was the
people, and not the Ministers, who succeeded in carrying
the Reform Bill ; it was the people who replaced the Mi-
nisters in their office to discharge a sacred duty ; and
would they be so forgetful of what was due to
their children and their families, as, in the hour of triumph,
in the very moment of victory, to wither the laurel
on which they had so long delighted to look ?—(Cheers.)
He would call upon them not to he deceived in the re-
formed Parliament—not to be deceived by Factory Bills,
for the House of Commons had actually sent a
commission to inquire whether children could
work four and twenty hours in four and twenty hours.—
(Laughter.) If the expenditure was managed eco-
nomically, the man who now worked twelve hours
would only have to work four ; but the aristocracy
were everlastingly praising that which they never prac-
tised, he meant labour.—(Loud cheering.) Why, if
labour was so very good for the poor, why the --
was it not so good for the rich?—(Loud cheering.)
In conclusion, the worthy gentleman trusted that the elec-
tors of Westminster would prove themselves the friends of
their country by electing Colonel Evans.
The DEPUTY HIGH BAILIFF then called for a show of
hands. Not a single hand was held up for Sir John
Hobhouse--a complete forest for Colonel Evans—and not
more than 20 for Mr. Escotr. The Deputy High Bailiff
then declared the show of hands to be in favour of Col.
Evans. A poll was demanded on the part of Sir John
Hobhouse and Mr. Escott, which the Deputy High
Bailiff informed the meeting would commence en Thurs-
day next, at 9 o'clock in the morning.
The assembled crowd then separated peaceably.

During the ceremony of the nomination, when Sir
John Hobhouse quitted the hustings, he returned to his
Committee-room, surrounded by some of the most dis-
tinguished Reformers in Westminster. Among them we
particularly distinguished Thos. Duncombe, Edw. Lytton
Bulwer, Paul Methuen, Esqs., Lord Ebrington, Mr.
Carlton, Mr. Lamont, Mr. E. B. Clive, Mr. E. J.
Stanley, &c. &c. On his arrival in the rooms, he was
heartily greeted by his friends. He expressed, in warm
terms, his regret that he hid been prevented from reply-
ing to the base accusations his opponents, having no
other grounds, continued to make against him. He
stated, emphatically, that he was completely out
of office, and had been so from his Hist announce-
ment; that he had no intention to return to it; that he
never would unless he was convinced, and his friends the
electors also, that he could do more good to the public in
the King's Government than out of it.—(Cheers.) He
had intended always to vote against the continuance of the
house and window taxes—it was well known to Ministers
on his taking office—that was no secret.—(Applause.) He
should most certainly have done so had it not been so mixed
up with other matters as to place him in a mote
painful position than that of any other public man. Be
knew he felt that he had taken the honest, the con-
scientious course.—(Cheers.). He hoped and trusted that
the electors would do him Justice; at least as to his mo-
did not doubt i,), at least he was certain it
later be admitted that he deserved to
tives ; and then let the result be what it might (and I.e,
sfio,orohldis part,
sooner or
share the confidence of those patriotic citizens with whom,
under the banner of reform, he had continue I to fight until
they had planted it on the summit of the mount.

FEAitoN, Lord EttaiNororr, and other gentlemen
strongly deprecated the ungenerous conduct of part of
the assemblage before the hustings, in refusing to hear a
defence while they heard a charge, And a resolution