The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-11 00:00:00

,WESTMINSTER ELECTION, MAY 10.

Towards three o'clock, and from that hour until four,
when the poll-hooks closed, the greatest, alai, indeed, we
may soy, the most painful, anxiety was manifested by Sir
John Hothouse's friends to make a last effort, and endea-
vour to place him if possible at the bead of the poll, and the
inset extraordinary exertions were making to effect that ob-
ject in the various districts. It was, however, evident that
their efforts would be vain, and but few came up to vote
for hint, and those among the groans and hisses of the
crowd. The people began to congregate in large mosses
in Covent- garden, and at the close of the poll tie whole of
the area at the western end was crowdtd to excess.
At four o'clock, Mr. SMEDLEY, the Deputy High
Bailiff, ordered the poll-books to be closed, and stated that he
should announce the state of the poll to-morrow at two
o'clock.
Colonel EvAws then came forward amid loud and long
continued cheering, and addressed the assembled electors
as follows :—Gentlemen, independent of the great
result of this day, it is delightful and most gratify-
ing to me to see the deep and undaunted spirit which
animates the great and powerful body of people who are
now assembled. It proves the people have awakened to
their own cause, to the interest which they are bound
to defend, promote, and support—it proves that West-
minster is itself again.—(Loud and long-continued cheer-
ing.) Gentlemen, I wish it was in my power to express
myself in any way remotely approaching to the importance
and interest of this scene, but I feel it impossible. How-
ever, Gentlemen, it is necessary that I should make one or
two remarks on what I stated on these hustings yesterday,
as it is my duty in candour to do so. On that occa-
sion I alluded to a report that the Marquis of Exeter, who
possesses large property about Westminster, had interfered
in this election.—(Loud cheers, and cries of " It's true.")
No, no, Gentlemen, no ; I only spoke of the report, and
at the same time I will leave every one present to judge of
that; I did not use one word in depreciation of that
Nobleman—(Loud cheering)—and I was extremely gra-
tified to-day on seeing the agent of that Noble Marquis,
a Mr. Walford, who manages the whole of his estates in
this neighbourhood, when he told me, on his word and
honour, that Lord Exeter had taken no part whatever in
this election—(Great cheering, and cries of " Bravo")--
that, for his ow❑ part, he had canvassed during the elec-
tion, that in that canvass he had not made use of the in-
fluence of Lord Exeter„ but on his failing to obtain votes
for the candidate he supported, he had invariably asked,
as a secondary favour, that the votes should be conferred
upon me.—(Loud and long continued cheers.) Gentle-
men, I think it but justice to state the adoption of this
conduct on the part of Mr. Walford.—(Loud and
repeated cheers.) Gentlemen, at the moment of pub-
lic triumph—of a triumph of a peculiar description—
of a triumph of the greatest importance, in my
humble opinion—one which the public interest re-
quired, it would ill become me to detain you by any de-
tails, or by any strictures or attacks upon the conduct of
those whose proceedings have occasioned the present unne-
.

cessary contest in 'Westminster—a contest, happily, no
longer existing : thanks to the votes you have given !
(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, our enemies have done their
best and their worst.—(Continued cheering.) All that
we need now say of them, or do towards them, is to leave
them to their own reflections. Let them chew the cud of

their own dissatisfaction as long as they please.—(Cheers.)
In farmer times the city of Westminster was almost the
only one in the kingdom—(Here the Gallant Colonel was
interrupted by the arrival of a procession of his friends,
by a band of music which continued playing for some
time.) At last silence was restored and he proceeded--
Gentlemen, it was the peculiar glory of Westminster in
former times to triumph over the two great factions which
divided the State, to stand formidably in the midst and
divide both parties—the Whigs and the Tories. For
some few years it has been labouring under a sort of
epidemic, or sort of influenza, I suppose, but with the
return of t},e fine weather you have thrown off your
enemies, and advanced the public interests. It is you that
have placed me in the enviable situation I now hold—you,
unassisted by organization, by large sums of money,
or by any overwhelming influence and power--
it is you ,by your patriotic virtue, that have achieved
the noble and useful triumph.—(Cheers.) It is true
that I stand in a proud situation, but you will not do
justice to me if you suppose that it is on that account that
my feelings are at this moment those of triumph. No; I
hope you will give me credit when I say, that the pride
with which I am now inspired is of a nobler kind, and is
not because I am now in the proud situation of your re-
presentative, but purely from public grounds.—(Great
cheering.) I have only a very few words more to say to
you, n .mely, if ever I become a recreant to the emi-
nent distinction which you have now bestowed on me—
if I appear to hesitate in my straightforward duty, all that
I wish, and I sincerely wish it, is that you will serve me
in the very same way as you have now done my opponent.
--(lmmense cheering.) In conclusion, I have only to beg
that you will give all the candidates, if they are present, a
fair hearing.

The Gallant Colonel then concluded, when the cheering,
which had been kept up all the time he spoke, was most
deafening.

Mr. EsCOTT then came forward and spoke as follows :
—Electors of Westminster,—The great contest in which
we have been engaged for the support of the different
principles which the candidates profess is virtually ended,
and to-morrow the state of the poll will be officially de-
clared ; but I do not hesitate to say, that all hopes of my
success are now at an end.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen,
I shall not now enter into a lengthened statement of poli-
tical opinions, because tomorrow, when the official decla-
ration is made, we must be again here, and that will be
the most proper time for such a statement. But one or
two circumstances have occurred to-day, which make it
my imperative duty to come forward and explain
them. It was stated to me in the early part of this
day, that a report was in very general circulation
that I had resigned the contest; I was told also that the
report had been put up in large and conspicuous letters in
one of Sir John Hobboume's committee-rooms. However
that may be, it is certain that those persons who made such
a charge, either made it from malicious motives, or, if they
had an honest intention, they had little knowledge of my

character....(Cheers.) Before I undertook this contest,
I well considered whether it would be my duty to persevere
to the end, and, having made that determination, I should
be ashamed to look any honest elector in the face if I had
not redeemed it to the very letter.—(Cheers.) How was
it for me to know how the honest electors of Westminster
would consent to vote, unless I gave them the opportu-
nity at the poll of recording their sentiments? I know
that many held back from doing so, and that if those had
come forward who I had a right to believe were well in
clined to me, I should have been in a different situation ;
but I also believe that he whom you have elected, what-
ever difference of opinion there is between us (and no
doubt that difference in great) will never do any thing to
forfeit your confidence.—(Loud cheers.) If it is told me,
that, standing as I do on the principles of preserving,
and being conservative of, every thing I believe to be good,
I ought not to make such a declaration, allow me to
tell you, in refutation of any such charge as that, that in
my opinion the most destructive of all principles are those
which urge a man to sacrifice his pledges and his promise.,
and, having excited the hopes and expectations of the
people, to disappoint them.—(Great cheering.) 1 think
there is a paint above politics— there is a higher
consideration, the grand question of political morality,
and that the man who deceives and betrays you, can never
be conservative of any good and honourable principles.—
(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I shall not detain you longer
under the great heat and pressure to which you are sub-
jected, but I will tomorrow attend here, and make to you
fearlessly, candidly, and openly, such declarations as appear
to me to be required, and also in relation to future events,
which, perhaps, at no great distance of time, my again
occupy the attention of the electors of Westminster.—
(Cheers, laughter, and cries of " Old Glory's turn next.")
I thank you, from first to last, for the good-humoured
maneer in which you have received me—(Laughter, and
a cry, " Remember the cabbages")--and I hope I have not
proved myself unworthy of your kindness.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GEORGE DAWSON came there as the friend
of one of the unsuccessful candidates—(Hootings, and
cries of " Who for ?" " Explain")—for Mr. Escott—
(Applause)—not as a friend of Sir J. C. Hobhouse. He
came there as an elector of Westminster, regretting that,
by their votes, they had rejected his Hon. Friend. He
wished they had elected Mr. Escott, but not having elected
him, he congratulated them on their having elected Col.
Evans. There was no comparison between Sir J. C.
Hobhouse and Col. Evans, for the Colonel had always done
his duty, but the Baronet's conduct had been most dis-
graceful. (Loud cheers.) His duty was pledged to
the crown and the people ; but he had degraded
himself by not doing his duty towards either. He was
astonished the Baronet was not there that day to tell the
electors why it was that he had not done his duty to either.
He ought to have told Lord Grey that, however much he
regretted it, he must give up his paltry office, and do his
duty towards those who had elected him. He ought not
to have permitted birns lf to be the tool and the pander
of Goverennenr.—(Loud cheering.) Their votes of
this day had secured the resignation of their representative.
—(Loud applause.) If he knew any thing of the matter,
they would soon have another opportunity of exercising their
franchise; but they need not be alarmed for the Hon.
Ba,onet, because he might be made comfortable by a seat in
the House of Lords. What was the conduct of their
representatives? Why, they were renegade democrats.
They bad inflamed the people to madness, and then they
became renegades to the principles they professed. What
had not the Whigs to answer for ? Hod they not promised
the people to reduce their taxes to such an amount, as
they knew in their hearts, as sensible men, was utterly
impossible?—(Great confusion, and cries of " That wo'n't
do.") The probability was, that in this day they were
possible. But this was open to a difference of opinion, and
as a fellow-subject he might claim to differ with them ; for
his object was not popular applause. He knew well
the party he belonged to was not popu!ar.—
(Loud and continued cheering.) He differed in opinion
with Colonel Evens, hut w.tild bear testimony to his
honest performance of duty in the House of Commons.
He was both a gal!ant soldier, as he firmly believed,
and an honest British senator.—(Loud cheering )
Whatever their principles might be, he gloried in
those whose honesty of purpose towered above the ser-
vility and base hypocrisy of some of their political
opponents. —(Vehement cheering.) Sir Jelin Cam
Hobliouse had been supported by a base Government,
nd a still baser press in the pay of that Government.
He had been supported by the Times and the Courier.._.
(Loud cries of " Hear," and cheers.) It excited his
indignation beyond all bounds to read the columns of the
depraved and unprincipled Times—to contrast the declare-
tione of that paper on the Reform Bill, and its recent support
of Sir J. C. Hobhouse. The supporters of the system
of brick-bars and bludgeons might excite the
people to make victims of those who stood up
and exposed the system of hypocrisy and hum-
bug of the Government; that would not deter him,
or any of his party, from attending such meetings,
and declaring their honest impressions, and yet he hoped
that when Burdett sent in his resignation, a Tory
would come before them again.—(Load cries of " No
Tory—no Tory.")
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE assured the meeting that he had
not come there with the slightest intention of taking a
part in any discussion which might ensue, but he could
not leave uncontradicted a speech which he bad heard.—
The noise at this moment was so great, that
Mr. D. W. HARVEY claimed attention to the speaker,
or he declared he would not himself address the meeting.
Mr. DUNCOMBE appealed to his votes in the House to
prove that he was a friend to the people, and would have
gone on to explain his reasons for seconding the nomina-
tion of Sir J. C. Hobhouse, but the disinclination to hear
him was so general that be was obliged to stop.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY congratulated the electors on the
choice they had made in returning Colonel Evans. The
speech and conduct of one of the defeated candidates was a
splendid example of British courage which could not be
broken by defeat. But he would warn the electors
from being influenced by one of a party, who had
considered that countless acres would constitute a wise-
acre—(Hear, hear)—and who attributed power to
money not to mind.—(Loud cheering.) The English
constitution bad been crucified between two thieves—
Whig and Tory, and he was glad now to see they had
defeated the one, and bestowed their kindly commiseration
on the other. Theirs was a great triumph, not confined
to their locality, for the torch they had that day lighted
would illumine tens of thousands of patriots in the remotest
corners of the country.—(Hear, and cheers.) He was
sorry the late M.P. for Harwich was not now in the
House to see the miserable figure Toryism now cut there.
He would entreat them not to be led away by the
syren allurements of this Tory out of place, but fill up
whatever vacancies might occur with men who had no
other political principles than those they derived from the
people. A representative should be as a mirror to the minds
of the people. He should be governed by the impress of
their opinions, and not be the puppet of any political
party. The Hon.Alember then went into several statements,
tending to show the extreme pressure of tax ition on the
industrious classes and the disproportionate amount paid
by the nobility, and concluded by emphatically saying
that he hoped they would consider the victory of that
day as a boon bestowed by righteous Heaven on abused
man.—(Enthusiastic cheering.)
Mr. FINN, M.P. presented himself to the meeting, but
could not obtain a hearing, until it was declared that he
was a son-in-law of Mr. Daniel O'Connell. He
gave the meeting most hearty thanks for electing
Col. Evans, as they had thereby sent into Parliament a
man who would fearlessly maintain, not only their rights,
but the rights of the Sister Kingdom.—(Hear.) He did
not think it necessary that a property tax should be
established to make up the deficiency of the assessed
taxes ; for if his Majesty were informed of the distresses
of the people, he would no doubt give up 2501. out of his
500,0001. a-year, and thus set an example of economy
which, if proportionately followed, would more than make
up for the presumed defalcation in the revenue.
Dr. WADE announced that the state of the poll was as