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The following is a copy of the Requisition, unanimously and respect-
ably signed, which was presented to Sir Thomas Cochrane, by a
Deputation of the Electors of Westminster, on Wednesday, the
31st day of December, 1334 :
" TO SIR THOMAS COCHRANE.
" We, the undersigned Electors of the city of Westminster,
hereby respectfully invite you to offer yourself as a Candidate at the
approaching election to represent us in the Commons' House of
Parliament.
" We have undoubted reason to believe, from the high character
you bear, that a considerable majority of he constituency of West-
minster would cheerfully rally round the banner of the British Con-
stitution, under which we have so long enjoyed so many blessings,
if you become the champion of all that is dear to us as free and
loyal citizens.
" As lovers of order, as friends of peace, as upholders of the
throne and the altar, we invite yon to become a Candidate for the
conservation of all our invaluable rights and privileges, which in.
the ensuing Parliament may be sacrificed unless we find in our Re-
presentatives men, like yourself, prepared to act the part of patriots
in the hour of the co;latry's" :anger, when 'England expects that
every man will do his duty.' "
The following is a copy of the answer of Sir Thomas Cochrane to
• the above Requisition.
"45, Devonshire-street, London, Dec. 31, 1334.
" GENTLEMEN,
" It has more than once been suggested to nos, in the course of
the last ten days, to offer myself as a Candidate for the Representa-
tion of Westminster ; but in the consciousness that I am compara-
tively little known in public life, and not in the least as a politician,
I felt it would be presumption in me to solicit your suffrages.
" Having, however, been called upon by so influential and re-
spectable a deputation as I have now the honour to address, Lean-
not but feel extremely gratified to find myself selected as the object
of your choice ; and should a requisition reach me, supported by the
names of such a number of the Electors of Westminster as will
afford a fair and reasonable presumption that the public voice calls
on me to serve them, I shall feel it my duty to answer to their call.
It is, however, only due that, stranger as I am to you, you should,
before proceeding one step further, be placed in full possession of
my political principles.
" While I heartily concur in the sentiments contained in your
address—while my visits to foreign countries,* under every descrip-
tion of Government, convince me that the Constitution under
which we live is the best that human ability has hitherto been able
to devise ; and while I will exert my best endeavours to support
unimpaired the Constitution in Church and State as by law estab-
lished, it is only right to add that I shall evince an uncompromising
hostility against every real and ascertained abuse, and will use my
best endeavours to detect and correct them ; and that, as far as my
influence extends, I shall enforce an economy in the national expen-
diture only to be limited by a regard to the due efficiency of the
public service, being fully persuaded that peace, happiness, and con-
tent at home, together with respect abroad can only be secured by a
steady adherence to such principles.
" If therefore, Gentlemen, after this candid avowal of my senti-
ments, you and your fellow Electors continue to encourage me, I
can only repeat my readiness to come forward, and enlist myself in
your service, and I trust that should your wishes be crowned with
success, you will not find your confidence in me to have been in any
degree misplaced.
" I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
" Your most obedient and humble 'servant,
" THOMAS COCHRANE."
To explain this allusion, it may be proper to state that Sir
Thomas Cochrane is a Post Captain of twenty-nine years' stand-
ing, and that in consequence of eminent services rendered to his
country while in the West Indies, he was on his return to England
rewarded with the important appointment of Governor of the
Island of Newfoundland, over which he presided for nearly ten
years. He is eldest son to the late Admiral the Honourable Sir
A. Cochrane, and first cousin to Lord Dundonald, who was for-
merly a Representative of the city of Westminster.
The Central Committee sit daily at the British Coffee-house,
Cookspur-street, Charing-cross.
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PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a Cause of BIGG against BIGG, the
Creditors of RICHARD BIGG, of Minster, in the Isle of
Sheppy, in the County of Kent, Farmer, who died in the month
of March, 1832, are, on or before the Ist day of February next,
to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one
of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southamp-
ton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or in default thereof they
will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
AUBREY and HARDINCHAM, 1, King's-road, Gray's Inn,
for EDMEADES, Sheerness, plaintiff's Solicitors.
Dated Dec. 28, 1834.