The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-09 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

GENERAL ELECTION.

THIS DAY.

WESTMINSTER.

Long before four o'clock the mass of people collected before
the hustings exceeded all previous assemblages on such an oc.
=ion. Not less than 10,000 persons were semi-filing every
avenue and crowding every building, an' the roofs of the va-
rious shops were filled to suffocation. About a quarter-past
four the Committee appeared upon the hustings, when
Dr. BAINBRIDGE stepped forward and said—Electors of
Westminster, I am sure you will have patience for a few mi-
mites until the whole of the returns are brought up to the close
of the poll, when Colonel Evans will have the pleasure of ad-
dressing you.—( Cheers.) In the mean time he (Dr. B.)
would say a few words at this unexampled success. The as-
semblage before him proved the interest they felt in the cause
of this great contest. Lord Durham had told them they would
one day have a stand-up fight with the Tories, and so far as
Sir Francis Burdett and Colonel Evans were concerned they
bad a fair stand-up fight ; but has it been so with their
adversaries?—( Cries of " No, no.") They had assumed al
the small arts that man could conceive or devise to opposel
them ; the; had spent thousands of money in this opposition,
and even the influence of the fair sex was enlisted in their
cause.—(Shame, shame.) Lady Cochrane and her fair
daughter had actually engaged themselves in canvassing—
( Shame, shame.) They all knew there was such a place as
Exeter Hall, hard by, which commanded 90 voters in the pro-
prietorship, and all these had been recorded in favour of
Sir Thomas Cochrane; but you know what sort of people as-
semble under the roof ; they are a set ofnondescript creatures,
—( A laugh. )—being neither of the masculine nor the femi.
nine gender—( A laugh.)--wearing such things as aprons
before them. These gentlemen had taken care that all
the votes they could command should be recorded ;
now he would urge the present meeting, those. who
only had three shillings and ten-pence a week to take care
that they were qualified for the next electiert.—( Cries of
"We will.") You have now got the Tories wafer you feet.
One thousand feet are at this moment on, the neck of Sir
Thomas Cochrane.—( Immense cheering.) lie (Dr. B.) when
at college learned, with other sciencea, the art of boxing—
(Laughter)--and his instructions in ougilism taught him never
him never to give a chance to his r,rtionent, or throw a chance
away, at the same time always tq Eght fair, which he believed
was the cause of their present -xaccess.__( Cheers.) He re-
joiced to say that Dr. Waklos had been retured for Finsbury.
He would be a useful ass:Vail-it to his profession, which unfor-
tunately was little regeadoci in that House, for all their cor-
porations were filled.-ny a certain conclave, which required re-
forming.—( Hear% hear.)
Mr. I. Baow*.s,tnember of the Central Committee for the City
of London, se '..d he had been unexpectedly called upon to address
them, and 'Although not an elector of Westminster, he had no
doubt they -would give him a patient hearing, as one engaged
in the saaae triumphant cause.—( Cheers.) The City of
London lead returned four reformed members, in spite of the
vast efforts made in behalf of the Tories, and the large sums
expended in that cause,—(Cheers,)—and he had no doubt the
whole country would return such men to Parliament as would
spr ak the true feelings of the people.—( Cheers.)
Mr. DE Vamt—l have to thank you for having placed our
old and tried friend of reform Sir Francis Burdett once again
at the head of the poll, here (said Mr. D.) is my speech, (ex-
hibiting ane list of candidates, and numbers polled).—( Cheers. )
Colonel EVANS (who was received with great cheering)—l
am here to congratulate you upon the large majority which
has this day returned me as your Representative to Parliament.
Yesterday I exulted in the number of 500: to-day you have
surpassed all my anticipations, and made it 1,200.--( Cheers. )
You have good reason to be in good humour at your triumph
—the true interests of the people will be promoted. by this
struggle.—( Cheers.) [ t lore Sir F. Burdett arrived, who
was received with immense cheering, which was, for a mo-
ment, checked, in consequence of the platform upon which
a number of persons had assembled, in front of the
hustings having given nay, and precipitated several hundred
persons to the ground • there was an evident anxiety in the
minds of all, particularly the two returned candidates, but it
being announced no injury had been done, Colonel Evans pro-
ceeded.] I feel pleasure in giving way to my colleague; Sir
F. Burdett, your old and tried representative.—(Cheers.)
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, on making his appearance,,"was re-
ceived with the most enthusiastic cheering and waaing of hats.
When the applause bad subsided the Hon. Baronet said—
Gentlemen electors, I told you the other day that we had
met here not with a contest, but with a trial.-_( gtla.heers.) That
prediction has been fully ratified ; for '%he little opposition
we have met with from the Tory cand'.date is scarcely worth
being mentioned. The only thing I rogrea is, that a gentleman
should came so far for such a purpost as he hss stated--to re-
lieve Westminster fsom the ste of thraldom in which it
was placed. lie has stated t..ata. he came to relieve it from
the ignominious domination, of the rump (although what
that is I scarcely know ?, but I suppose he meant by
that, that you were in tha i.ovrest state of degradation, and not
the masters of your on•,e privileges and independence, as we
know you are.—( Groat applause.) The gallant ex-Gover-
nor has come foraraad to rescue you and the country from the
state of thraldom in which you are placed, and the manner
in which he 'au been met will scarcely encourage him to un-
dertake so unnecessary or so uncalled for an office.—( Laughter
and chears ) It is too late in the evening to go into any
details; but I shall meet you again, gentlemen,' when pro-
bably 1 shall have an opportunity of saying more to you.—.
(Fear, hear.) I shall only now express to you the pride and
satisfaction I feel at the position in which I have been
placed by the Electors of the City of Westminster.--( Hear,
hear, and cheers.) But it seems to me that in placing me and
-my hon. colleague at the head of the poll you have only recog-
nized the principles by which you have been always actuated,and
have selected those men whom you believe will do their duty fully
to you and to the public. Therefore, gentlemen, on this occa-
sion it gives me the most sincere satisfaction to find that you
have maintained that high character for which your
city has been proverbial ; and I assure you that I appre-
ciate and value as highly the character of the electors of
the city of Westminster as for my own individual character.
I am equally jealous of the one as of the other.__( Hear.)
I think that the present is, if possible, a more triumphant
exhibition of patriotism and independence than has been ex-
hibited by the electors of this great city on any former occasion.
1 shall not now detain you longer—the present is merely a
moment of triumph, there is no room for discussion.-_( Hear.)
Our duty is plain and straight before. us, and I have no doubt
but that your representatives (the 'men whom you have ho-
noured with your choice) will do their duty as well to you as
you have done it towards them..—( Great cheering.) If per-
mitted, I should now wish to take my leave of the elec-
tors, as lam desirous of going early to-morrow morning to
my family in the country.—( Hear, and cries of " Of course.")
We clearly understatul. each other, and I hope that the elec-
tors will not suppose that it is owing to any want of respect to
'them, if to-morrow, when the declaration is merely to be made
by the proper officer, I will not be here to repeat what I have
now stated--( Cheering.) I shall now, gentlemen, bid you
farewell, again expressing my gratification at this triumphant
result of the attempt that has been made on the independence
of the electors of Westminster.—(Tremendous cheering.)
Colonel EVANS then re-appeared in front of the hustings,
and aaid—Gentlemen, why do I rejoice in seeing this vast as-
semblage around me ? Not surely on account of the small
and petty triumph which I have participated in.--(Cheers.)
No, Gentlemen, but it is because you have come forward to
participate in the triumph of good government, liberty, and
independence, and the overthrow of those men in whom we
have no confidence.—( Cheers.) It is, Gentlemen, very difficult
to please those who have got into Downing-street.—( A laugh. )
\Ve have often here discussed the subject of military flogging,
and although the subject is an unpleasant one, I cannot help
calling to your recollection the story of the Irish drummer,
who, when he was flogging a ntan, struck him rather too high
on the shoulders—the man cried out " not so high,"
and the drummer struck him lower down, upon which
the mass again cried out " not so low."—( Loud laughter.)
The drummer provoked, exclaimed, " strike high or
strike low there is no pleasing you."—(Renewed laughter.)
It is so with these great Tories--( Great laughter and groan-
ing)—and they will find out their mistake, I suspect, in a very
short time, with regard to the agitation and re-action
which they allege has taken place. When the people'
of England are assembled to exercise any of their
great and important privileges—when they are convened to
express their opinions upon public affairs, however determined
they may be to act constitutionally and cautiously,
still the Tories continue to cry out against the
agitation of the people, and exclaim that it will
never have an end. A short time since you felt it your duty
to convey your sentiments upon the great change that had
taken place, to the foot of the throne—those sentiments, while
couched in the most respectful terms, at the same time were
expressive of your deep satisfaction at that change. A week
had scarcely elapsed, until those gentlemen cried out that a
re-'action had taken place—that your address should be taken
'no notice of ; but if they had been present to witness
what has taken place here this evening, and throughout
the rest of the country, they would be satisfied that no re-
action had taken place.--(Loud cheers.) It will, perhaps,
require some half-dozen years to right ourselves properly after
this attempt of the Tories, notwithstanding all the trouble and
exertions the people have had to obtain that second great
charter of their rights, the Reform B 111; but still of this I
am satisfied, that the people will be on all occasions ready
to come forward and support the cause of freedom and inde-
pendence, until the victory be achieved.—( Great applause.)
Gentlemen, I would advise the electors very anxiously to pay
more attention, and to see that the overseers are compelled to
pay attention to the registration of the voters. lam
sorry to say we have lost many votes on that account.
—( Hear, hear.) In the parish of Saint George's
alone, owing to the neglect of the overseers, we have lost
more than 100 votes. I hope, Gentlemen, you will bear this
in mind at the next registration, till we can get an Act of
Parliament to amend this defect. I will not now trespass
more on your time, as I shall have the honour of addressing
you again to-morrow.--( Cheers.) There has now been a
great victory achieved in this metropolis, only two more
Reformers are left to be returned, Mr. Hawes and
Mr. Tennyson. lam sure that you feel as well as myself
great
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there) 7 means in your power to se-
cure ' for Lambeth—(Loud cheers)

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