The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1835.

GENERAL ELECTION.

THIS DAY.

SOUIHWA

THE FIRST BLOW STRUCK.

TWO REFORMERS
RETURNED ! !!

The election of two candidates to serve this borough in Par-
liament took place to-day, but in consequence of there being
no opposition to Mr. Humphrey or Mr. Harvey, the crowd col-
lected was not so great as usual. Mr. Harvey proceeded to the
hustings from the Queen's Head Inn, accompanied by banners
and music. Mr. Humphrey arrived almost unaccompanied by
any one. Both candidates on arriving at the hustings were
most enthusiastically cheered.

Mr. HOLMES. the High Bailiff; then came forward and
stated that he had them together in pursuance of a precept he
had received to elect two burgesses to serve them in Parlia-
ment. From the experience he had had on former occasions
he felt no doubt that the proceedings of the electors would be
cow:noted in a peaceable and proper manner, in a manner be,.
coming the first borough in the kingdom.
After the reading of the precept and other formalities had
been-gone through, he should call upon the electors to name
their candidatet.—( Cheers.)
The precept, the writ, and the Act of Parliament against
bribery and corruption having been read,
Jour; Ennis, Esq., came forward, amid loud cheering, to
nominate Mr. Humphrey. He had the gratification to propose
the re-election of Mr. John Humpliry as a Representative of
this borough in Parliament.—( Cheers.) That gentleman bad
d'ne his duty most assiduously for the borough of Southwark
and the country at large. Ile had been continually at his
post, and had invariably supported every measmre caleulated
to bring the Reform Bill into proper action.—( Cheers.) He
had generally been the supporter of the Whin. Administration,
but when they had not done their duty to the public, he had
voted against them, and in favour of the cause of the people.
He was a man of no party ; his party was the public good.—
( Great cheering.) If the electors sent. Mr. Humphrey to
Parliament, he would go there with a strong doubt and suspi-
cion that the acts of the present Ministry would require control.
—(Cheers.) Where economy was brought forward, he would
support any party.—( Cheers.) The circumstances of the times
were most extraordinary--a crisis of an extraordinary nature was
likely to occur in the month of February or March—( Cheers.)
The people undoubtedly owed a debt of gratitude to the Whig
Administration' to Lord ( /rey. the late Lord Chancellor
and Lord Althorp, and they ought not to forget the extra-
ordinary benefits conferred. The people owed also a debt of
gratitude to the King,—(Cheers). Looking at the conduct
of the other Potentates of Europe, he would ask who among
them had done so much for the people as William IV. ?
( Cheers.) The acts of that Monarch during the years 1831,
1832, and 1833, would be looked to with admiration.--
(Cheers.) He hoped the people would never forget what the
present King had done for them.--( Cheers.) He had met,
however, with embarrassments. The Whig Administration
were not connected or cemented among themselves—
( cheers.) His Majesty had been in the present instance been
controlled and deceived, and that being the case, it was the
duty of the people to provide that which would control his pre-
sentrervants. and make them act properly—( Great cheering.)
Mr. PERCEVAL then came forward and said that it
gave him a great deal of pleasure to second any candi-
date proposed by so old and tried a Reformer as Mr. Ellis.—
( Cheers.) He was certainly the oldest and most staunch Re-
former in the Borough, and so consistent had been his conduct
that he (Mr. Perceval) would feel no difficulty in coming fresh
from the country and seconding any nomination he might
make.—( Cheers.) It was only two years since he had pro-
posed to their notice Mr. Humphrey. Mr. Humphrey's prin-
ciples were then laid before them, and lie confidently asked
them had they ever been kept in the back ground ? Had they
not always been acted up to ?—(Cheers.) Yes, in every
meaning of the word. He was, in reality, a Reformer of the
first class—it was necessary so to distinguish Reformer:, for
it was now so unfashionable to be an enemy to Reform. tL
all were, or pretended to be Reformers.—(Che
longed to the first class, for there was se-
importance in which he had

) He be.
—.eety a division of an.y
been present aftd Otis hie
.. Lee' heneft of the people,_(Cheers.)
__eze he was cite of themselves—that was a large
oistriete !Intl he was one of the largest of the traders in
erre interests were identified with their own—( Cheers)
es'el when they had occasion at any time to apply to him fur
advice or assistance they had ever found him moat ready to
give both There had been a great deal done to get tip I
Tory candidate, but to the honour of the borough the 'voice of
the constituency was so unanimous against bile, teat they at
once abandoned the idea. When they %mid that a man who
had had their confidence was afraid to come forward because
of a neglect of duty, they gave it up because their reels could
not say that he would go even so far as Wee Ile knew
that it had been said by the Tories that men were willing to
cum: forward on their principles with 3,0001., 4,00"61-41,y i6von
10.0001., but it was foetid that the voices of the.. ennstituency
of Southwark were so unanimous ift tlkeour of Reform, that
even with so much ammunition they knew they must lose the
battle.--( Cheers.) There had been a partial canvassing in
the borough in favour of a Tory, and on. of the gehtleitiett *he
had gone round told him that they were to tenglily feethet
that no one scarcely would speak to theta, atilt thty gave it up
in despair, as they found they bed net the half of a shadow
of 'a chance.—( Cheers~) lie ✓Was quite sure that the were all
in favour of Mr. Humphrey— (cheers), and thereforey he need
not detain them long. All that were present he knew were hi
favour of a King. He was of opinioe that ilibilarehy
was a blessing for the country, and therefore it was that
he was anxious to protect his Majesty from the
party who were always lurking about him.--( Laughter and
cheering.) As for Sir R. Peel, he was sure the, had ell
made up their minds that he could be of ne eteViee to them.
—( Cries of " the rat"—the " ret-eatcher.") The Whigs, on
many occasions, hod net gone far enough for the people,' but
had he ever said to them—" You do not do half enough for
the proplß—go a little farther, and I will assist you "....(1440,
no, and laughter.) Then, how can you suppose that he is
now prepared to o further than they did when he opposed
r liaern in every good measure they proposed, and only supported
them in their bad ones. Their duty then was to return a man
who would take particular care of his (Sir R. Peel's) conduct,
arzd no man was more fitted for that duty than theft' twn
neighbour, Mr. Humphrey, and therefore he relt very great
pleasure in seconding his nomination.
W. DAVIS, Esq., in proposing Mr. D. W. Harvey, mid,
that they had that day met to enjoy one of their most valuable
rights as Englishmen—that of the Elective franchisee—freely
to choose two members to represent them in the Route of
Commons.--( Cheers.) He had the hisoliest gratification and
honor in proposing them a now candidate, Daniel Whittle
Harvey, Esq.—(loud cheers)—who, although new to South-
wark, was a very old and tried friend of the people.—(Loud
cheers.) He had been asked by one or two Tories had they
nothing better to offer to the constituents of Southwark than
the rejected of Colchester, but he (Mr. Davis) would say
that the proper term was the persecuted and ill-requited of
Colchester.--( Cheers.) The Borough of Southwark had been
an asylum for many who it was thought had been ill-treeted,
but he was sure that the constituents would be daglitt4
at the opportunity which was now altofiled them
of doing justice to his talents. A great deal had been said
about the prerogative of the Crown. Who denied it ? But
while he was ready to admit the prerogative of the Crown to
the fullest extent, they should not forget the prerogative Of
the people.—( Hear, hear.) The present tidy Witt their pre-
rogative.—(Loud cheers.) He felt satisfied they would set a
glorious example to the rest of the kingdom, by being the first
borough and the first constituency that would send into Par-
liament two tried Reformers.—( Great cheering.) This would
be a glorious example, which would say to every borough, city,
county, and town in the empire, " Go and do lihetozse," sod
llie
by so doing, you will put a complete extinguisher to TOry Administration.—( Great cheering)
It WOO Well to shout
loyalty to the King. He (Mr. Davis) was as loyal as
any man. He thanked the King for the' Reform Bill,
but while he shouted loyalty to
one King, he also proclaimed
liberty to the people.-
been told the.
.—e-i remendous cheering.) They had
thelna 15th of November had brought a crisis in
l_..airs of the people, but he was satisfied that from the
manner hi which the country had come forword, instead of
the abrupt dismissal of his Majesty's Ministers retarding the
progress of Reform it would forward it at least ten years.
—(Cheers.) He could hardly trust himself to speak upon
the merits or talents of the candidate whom he had the ho-
nour of proposing to them, but he was well assured that
every one who read a newspaper must be aware of the
exertions, the talents, and abilities with which Mr. Harvey
had for sixteen years advocated the interests of the people
in Parliament.—(Loud applause.) He would merely
allude to the speeches of the Honourable Gentleman during
the last Session of Parliameut, where it would be
found, in a period of six months, Mr. Harvey had
spOken not less than sixty times, and all in support of the
rights and privileges of the people. He had been also the
'first gentleman in all the leading and important Committees of
the Howie of Commons, and was always the first to walk in,
and the last to depart from the House whenever any business
of importance was to be brought forward.—( Cheers.) It was
necessary for them to be at all times prepared for opposition_
he believed there was none on the present occasion, but even
if there had been any opposition attempted, he was sure that
they were all so unanimous that there was little fear of any
opponent being elected. He would not occupy their time by
stating what were the merits of the candidate he had proposed
to them ; but this he would venture to state, that should Mr.
Harvey be elected, he would scarcely have taken his seat
twenty-four hours when he would bring forward a motion for
the revision of the odious Pension List.—( Loud cheers.) It
would also be a fair opportunstY for Mr. Harvey to inquire why
his Grace of Wellington shou.'d permit a pension to be paid
not only to his mother but to Isstrs. Arbuthnot.-4 Hear, and
groaning.) No money should be Voted from the public purse,
except for merited and public services. Merited pensions were
one, but kept mistresses was quite anotLer thing.—( Groans. )
Ho trusted that they would no longer pereiit the money to be
taken from their pockets for such base pure'es';. He (Mr.
D.) hailed. with great satisfectioa the spirit that was now
abroad. There was tube a contest in the. and, from the
energy and spirit of the people, there was lies
ie doubt but that
the four Reformers would be triumphantly retire sed—(Cheets).
The very spirit displayed in Southwark, which he d defeated the
Tory candidate, would be as good as 24 hours' has, d canvassing
in their favour.—( Great cheering.) He was aware that they
were anxious to hear the new candidate, and he s,
`mild not
therefore take up more of their' time uselessly when Olt, y might

vote most manfully fe-
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be so much better employed. He would conclude therefore
by proposing Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esq. to them, and as they
were always in the habit of giving a favouralele reception to
strangers) he i oitid prose three cheers for Mr. Hervey.
This proposal was immediately responded to with great energy
by the assembled electois:
Aen sq., then Caine forward to second the no-
mination of Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esq. He' would not
occupy much of their time, because he was quite sure they
were anxious to hear that gentleman himself. He would only
preface his remit:les by stating that it was highly important} the
borough of Southwark ebould be prosierly etipineetitedi hat
he meant by dint was, to retain such men as were possessed of
ability, talent, and tact.—(Hear, hear)_men who were at all
times to be found at their pest—who would support what was
right, and oppose what was wrong—(Cheers.) It was no
representation to have men sent to the House of Commons who
were continually absent, or who, from fear, or want of ability,
never opened their mouths,( Cheerio) Mr. Hai'Vey ifai not
one of the latter des!, but or the former--(hear, hear), and
the Tories and his enemies, base as they were, admitted that
be was a man of great ability and talent, and they feared it
also. He was the man that was to be found at his post a
he was the man that was to be found disputing the ground of
the enemies of the people inch by inch; he was the man who
had supported what was right and opposed what was wrong,
let it emanate from Whig or Tory.—( Cheers.) . During the
course of three and twenty years and six successive Parliaments
lie had always been found voting on the questions that would
conduce to the happiness and welfare of the people,
(Cheers.) They had heard about a Tory coming forward ;
day after day it had been stated the Tory was coming, he had
not been out for the hunt yet, and he (Mr. Anderson) very
much doubted whether he would, unless some gentleman on
the hustings had got him in his pocket, and if he had, he had
better keep him there, for it was quite clear he would stand but h
poor chance among the electors of Southwark.—(Cheers.)
If the electors of Southwark and the electors of other bo-
roughs and counties were only true to themselves, a Tory in
a very few years would become a scarce article—he would be
a curiosity to the rising generation.-a(Laughter and cheers, )
The success of the candidates for Southwark he considered
secure ; but he looked with great anxiety for the result on the
other side of the bridge. He might be addressing many gen-
tlemen who were liverymen of the City of London who were
electors of Southwark ; and as they might consider their
cause as safe, and he hoped they would now go forward to
support the cause of their neighbours, for in supporting the
Reform candidates of the City of London they were not only
s.upporting the cause of Southwark, but the cause of the
whole country at large. (Loud and repeated cheering.)
If the Liverymen of London would only he true to
themselves, and return the four Reform candidates to Parlia-
ment for the City of London, it would be a complete dam,n er to
Toryism.—( Loud cheers.) One word more—Mr. Harvey
had been, at various meetings, compared to the Evening Star,
By the electors of Southwark returning him to the House of
Commons, they would fix a star in that House that would af-
ford a lustre and an honour to the borough of Southwark that
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made, and every hand being held up in favour of Mr. Hum•
phrey and Air. Harvey, the High Bailiff declared, as idst loud
cheering, that John Humphrey, Esq., and D. W. Harvey,
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your 14-1- oast, and shall ever he a supporter of
_ and privileges, whether it be ht 6f OM of file
to Ithweasl-b.rQug-.l'-':
House gf Commons,—( Loud eheers.) tele; lnto,tligt House
not its enb fit your late iepfeSefitath..eS clida-ehe, had. said he
Might he idierned M A or the if lid woiilil
givt pledges, but I know that no pledges could have brought him
in as your representative. For myself, I have not been called
upon, except by one individual, to give one pledge—(Hear,
hear)—and I have not met with one refusal, throughout my
canvas, of a gentleman to vote ftir Inn but min, ited that was
teeause tveuld tint pledge tel against the ballot.
He " *ill i•ritte rof you, if you will pledge yourself to
Vete againgt the ballot ; but I know you will not—l know you
are a friend of the ballot, therefore I will not vote for you."
Gentlemen, I go there to support your interests ; and not only
your's, but that of the WI-Wile nointreinityoaa(Cheerso I go_
there with eila 4.46160, and It shall be the coke yotirselve4;
tat)trie'Ver shall be heard in the Ceifinitins. t-o there with
a cieterminillion Einly td etipPdft aba
lete6; biii the whole community.—( Cheers.) In
bri6 of the addresses which has been received from the
City, we, r.-o are the Reformers of the country, were
said to be " Destructives "—that we will not support the
Church—that ITC will not do this thing, that thing, and the
other thing: I
mum tk tell yott,
,;_•n•!! :-.0e11; that I go there
net ithily to kirkirt the dhtireh and it privileges as they ought
to be, but to support your liberty and all that is dear to you.—
( Loud cheers.) I go there to support the country, the pro-
perty, the liberty, and the lives of the people.---( Great ap-
plause.) Gentlemen, if those men who now held not only the
destinies of thin, kit Of ethintriet at their disposal; auti-
tipelt; that I anit mean to Carry everything
forward to a revolution, they are widely and grossly mis-
taken. lam one that will support all the rights and privileges
of the institutions of the country, in a manner that will give
you and every Fnalishman satisfaction-7( Cheeis)brit I will
taint; e:-cry abuse, everything that will annihilate our liber-
ties, everything that is inconsistent with an Englishman's feel-
ings. I. will oppose all that, to the utmost of my power,
wherever I can. Sir R. Peel has issued his manifesto to inform
you, if yeti will give him Vale will please and eatisfy the
cetittrye=4 has urine that in lilt fdrrfler
lifetime? He has undoubtedly satisfied a party—the aristo-
cracy—all those men who hold the money and the land of the
ynetmortfornofrocey: rron:tychsuaa
Commons.
country, but he has not and never has satisfied the great bulk
of the people, because he does not, he did not, and will not
seerre with their at-intik-lent:so-( Cheers;) He gave it is true
Catholic eniancipation, and why 7 B 3 cause he wished to re..
main in power. He knew that if he did hot give it, all his
power was gone and annihilated as it was troth the moment
of the paining or the Reform Hear.) He would no
doubt new give yeti soma reform if he thohght that he could get
you to keep him ih °tee, lint he Will nbirgiii shit than hiiih
i-a ninientlal Par your interests —( Hear, hear.) It is there-
fore most important for you and for the country to send men
into the House. of Commons who, whenever anything is intro-
duced into that House by the Tories, will immediately
rise up and defy anything in the shape of mock Reform
beint brought forward Of dirtied into a law. If Sir
It; Peel Introduces any
_good 'measure (and he should be
allowed to do so), those whom you send in will prune it of its
sophistry—( Hear, hear)-,=so that he Will not himself after-
him), Colleague
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are desirous of hearing his oratory. He is indeed a Roman
Senator of great power and eloquence—( Hear, hear)—and I
know that by his talent and powers of speaking he will be of
great teie til On I but I toll you this, that If he will benefit you
by /48 powers of eloquence elsewhere, I shall prove myself to
be your man by being a Reformer to the back bone—( Great
cheers)—and that whatever he shall fail in doing for you by his
splendid oratory, I shall endeavour to make up by assiduity,
perseverance and integrity on my part. (Deafening cheers.)
To me it is the most gratifying thing that 'ever happened to an
Englishman, that I who have represented you for two years,
should on coming before you now be received so unanimously
and kindly. It speaks volumes to every part of the country,
that wherever a man performs the duties imposed on him, and
swerves neither to the right nor to the left, that he will be re-
ceived by the people with an enthusiasm, honour, and kind-
ness similar to that which now greets me. (Cheers.) I now
take my leave of you, thanking you most kindly, and entreat-
ing of you and of the whole country, to receive every reform
candidate as you have received me, for if you do that you will
give to the Tories what they little expected, you will let them
know that you and the country are not only against Toryism,
but against every thing that emanates from the Tories. (Cheers. )
Mr. D. W. HARVEY then came forward, and was greeted
with unanimous cheering. If (said the Hon. Gentleman) I
did not feel myself to be surrounded by kind and sincere
friends, the observations which have fallen from every gentle-
man who had addressed you, would lead me to apprehend that
this meeting was adopting the artful policy of the very Go-
vernment which has recently succeeded the Whigs, because I
have observed, throughout the last Parliament, that it has
been the steady design of that faction to cheer on the Whigs
to every act of defective policy, until they had so completely
darkened their prospects, and dissatisfied the public, that they
considered themselves prepared to become their successors.
But, I say, for the feeling I 'entertain for those gentlemen,
that I should be apprehensive that the boundless compli-
ments,—the unequal flattery—with which they have alluded
to my pretensions, have only been made for the purpose
of exciting expectations which they well knew I was in no
condition to realize. It' has been said, Gentlemen, that I
-appear upon a new stage, and as a new performer ; but there
has been none of that tender solicitude for forbearance to treat
a new performer with tenderness, and to look upon his trem-
bling with friendly feelings. lam indeed a new performer
here, and appear before you in entirely a new character. This
is the first time in my life that I ever appeared before my
country in the character of a candidate for the honour of re-
presenting them in Parliament, when I have not had to fight
my way through the resistance of the deepest Toryism, and
the hardiest contrivances of corruption.—(Hear, hear.) I
have indeed been returned for the borough of Colchester
in six successive Parliaments, but I have - won my way
thither, sustained by the people, opposed at the same
time by every art and every contrivance that those
who desired a fraudulent Government could devise.—( Hear.)
So far as to his being inclined to concur in any ungracious
animadversion on his former constituents, he was more anxious
to find an apology for them in the paucity of their numbers,
and in the overwhelming influence of the oligarchy, who were
now. for the last time, trying to raise their Hydra heads—
( Great cheering.) He was now addressing commercial men,
and he was sure that his commercial 'friends would think it no
discredit for a man after serving two apprenticeships to a com-
paratively narrow constituency, that he should be anxious, nay
ambitious, to find his Way to the great metropolis, there to be

honoured and rewarded for well doing. Nothing like aidillality
marked the present proceeding ; it could not be said that the
electors had ,been beguiled into returning either himself
or Mr. ilumplte6;, by tHE tephistry of plomence, or by pro •
mises too large to be honest.—(Cbeers. ) Y iie 2,!itt.ttcre of the
Borough were men who had digested the matter before they
had deterthined iip).itt it. They had canvassed every part of
his political conduct, and they lira ahesven by the course they
had pursued that day, that they knew well how to appreciate
honest intentions.—( Cheers.) The kindness of the electors
would stimulate his exertions, and he trusted, that at the next
elettiett, bath his calleagale and himself would be entitled to
receive from the hands of the elector*, and from the nation.
gratitude for honest intentions.—( Cheering.) The Tories of
the Borough had not dared to rear their hydra heads within it.
They had not dared, though they had done so in almost
every other place, to beat up there for any unhappy recruit.
They had net called on any ore to place in their hats their
miserable colours, or in their handl tilt inisetable stick
to sound a paltry drum in order to beat up a sinking faction.
He had read the manifesto of Sir Robert Peel with great at-
tention and he could find nothing_ in it that he had not heard
from him over sled over again. The common sense of man-
kind, when reading over that document, would at once reply
to its ttritents by sayings " If it is your intention, Sir Robert,
to be a friend to the keform6ii, tli@ii die resit you whence it is
that you have dissolved a Parliament altogether expaaaaleg
itself favourable to Reform, and called together under the
sanction of that Charter avowedly for the purpose of carrying
into effect that gat Oiofk 7.-,(lttit/tdn!..d cheering,) The de-
sign of the present Reformers was to clog and check the
progress of reformation ; and when Sir Robert Peel, at the great
civic feast, had said all that the nation required was
repose—( Hear, hear,)—what a strange illustration of
that statement in advising his ilfiijes“, to dissel.te the late Par-
liament I—( Great cheering.) If the day should arriiae, field it
could not be far off, when the liberals would be at the bead of
the Government—(great cheering)—what would be said Le
l the Tories and their adjuncts, their scribes and scribblers in
newspapers---(continued cheering). if they dissolved the
' House of Commons in the depth of darkness and of winter?'
Why, it would be said by the Tories that that course had been
adopted for the purpose of enabling them to carry on their
murderous projects.—( Cheers.) Why, he would ask, should
the aanetity Chtlatilia be !woken in lipori ail tile iiteßent
occasion ? Why, because the present Government knew per-
fectly well that they could not exist for a day—no, not even
for art hour, unless they congregated together a Parliament
who would aid and abet tileth in their- infamous iritentlm2.
The Borough of Southwark had been the first to answer to
the call of the King to elect . members to: assist
him in his councils. What was the itiSter so
that call ? Why, "We the Borough of Southwark
have elected John Humphry, Esq., and Daniel Whittle
Harvey to assist your Majesty in &Your councils 1" " God
wilting," said Mr, flaraoy tilt aeeiat
him l"—(Great laughter.) With respect to his worthy col-
league he was quite satisfied that any good motion that he
might bring forward would never fall to the ground for want
of a seconder as long as he was at his elbow, -( Cheers.)
What was It that the country required ii Why A goVetratietit
and a parliament that would study their good. The people
could now have both of them if they would only go manfully
to work.--( Cheers.) He would not say anything derogatory
to the past Government. Titee )placed in the hands of the
peripia fi grant charter, and for that act alone their Mae§ weft,
Inscribed in the breasts of the nation.--( Cheers.) That charter
being placed in the hands of the people it was for the people
to breathe into it the spirit of lire.—C Loud cheers.) What
has that charter done? Why it had given to {lid people
Substantially and directly the power of choosing their own
representatives: Thlelsctere of Smithwark had now the power
or doing that througn tne two Inetnuer; *Mali thtsylutel.ehosel
from their own ranks—two men like themselves, not so bloater
with fortune as to be beyond the reach of feeling for the wants
of mankind—(great cheering)—nor so dependant as to be at
tie heck fir Cell of any s 4 of to-en.:,=-10(etift eheering for some
time.) The electors of Southwark had chogeti
would sae and do the *eine as they would, which; if they had
but one heart and one mouth, they would say and do them-
NOtt?.ltetae(Viletifi.l The forte, ,insisted that their aim was
„
rebellion—that it was their intention to tuilie efrnic MI the in-
stitutions of the country, and not to leave behind them eVeti
"the baseless fabric of a vision." This was a foul calumny
against the spirit and noble designs of honest Englishmen,—
( Cheers.) Itit they Walitetla end what_ they would have,
wai good government,—(Oreat thepts.) If there was
dnB rhati in eahatit tutipt ,W> 3 essential it was the man
who lived by the sweet or hit bf6i,---(dreat, epeering.) 'the
people wanted protection in their labour—they Scanted the
laws to be equal—the same for the rich as for the poor.--
(Cheers. ) If there had been any opposition presented at the
preeent election, he should have considered it his duty to ex-
plain openly Mid fully his opinimil, test he thought it unneces-
sary for him to do so on the present oceashati; thrift? especially
as his doing so might detain them from attending those places
where their example might be required.—( Cheers.) It was
only by similar eififfitild tit the present—it was only by swel-
ling the ranks of the Reformers, that Ltd pperig would shew
the present usurpers of power that their attempts were
Great cheering.) What might be the result of any thing
tittit clean-aid irt,the Apring?—the Reformers of England could.
not be reapotiaible.—( Chelafea ) The people must be agita-
tors, or they would be rode oven-( Cheers.) If they were
not, it would be said by and bye, that they wanted nothing by
the Reform Bill but a dinner on the table, but that they never
thought of eating, it.—(Laughter.) Now, with respect to
taxation, the subject was hardly mentioned in the course
of laSt gestlinti: It et-as qv-0 that the Hon. Member for
Worcester had brought fortiattal it tifqptvOoti for the re-
duction of taxation, and putting on a swinging property-
tax, but that was disposed of by the assistance of' the Very
men who were now at the head of affairs.—(Cheers.)
Who Was It that impeded the march of improvement? Who
ray it that attlartded this Ili:lnset* of Parliament night after night,
and backed up the late Minlsteas lri theie hesitating policy-.-
ready to cheer them on certain occasions, and impltie them on
others ? Why, the very men who were now la powerteee
(Great cheering.) Could anything better be expected from
stied alien hi ptiveer then in opposition ?—( Cheers, and " No,
no.") What could be eipeeted out
.of the hands of such
men ? It might be said do you go to the tioilac of commons
to abuse the Whigs through thick and thin ? and do pit ho.
tend to oppose the Tories in every respect ? To that he
froul4 answer...No, He would support them in anything
that was odd-4 Chteiv--.-bot he knew so much of them as
not yet to have been able to ciisddiee anything good within
them.—(True, true, and laughter.) But then It was said
there may be miracles worked among Tories as well as among
fishermen.—(Laughter.) If the Tories were to turn into
Reformers—if he should find these men proposing a property
tax—if he should find some of them coming forward and say,
" I wish before I die to disgorge some of my ill-gotten
wealth—(Great laughter)—l have got some of the estates
that belonged to the people—l cannot die easy—(Laughter,)
I wish to make my confession before the Sovereign nation—
and as a man brought nothing into this world, and can take
nothing out, I wish to leave all my property to the nation,
and if possible a good name with it"—(Great cheering and
laughter),—if he found the Tories such men they would
have his most cordial support. If he found them bringing
forward measures for the Reform of the Church and
propositions for relieving the people from those vicegerents of
heaven—the Bishops—(Laughter)—who wore about them
more lawn and muslin than would clothe a whole ladies'
school, and rode about with servants dressed in purple and fine
linen, and were styled Right Reverend Fathers in God; if
he found them bringing forward such measures he would sup-
port them. If they came forward to reform the army, and re-
duce its expenditure from seven millions to two,he would sup-
port them. If he found Lord Lyndhurst—that Peer who op-
posed the institution of the Local Courts Bill—if he found
him coming forward and proposing the administration of cheap
justice, he must and would support him. In short if the
Tories were prepared to do the reverse of all they ever had
done—(Great cheering)—they would find in him a steady,
firm, and consistent supporter of their measures.—(Cheers.)
But as he was convinced they would not do all this,
they would find in him a stern, unflinching opposer of all
they would do.--(lmmense cheering.) Another subject
to which at this time he wished to advert, was the
reform in the House of Lords.—(Cheers.) Nothing could be
so anomalous as the present state of things. The people had
now two legislative bodies—one chcsen by themselves to pro-
tect their interests, the other hereditary.—(Groans.) What
availed the measures brought in by the representatives of the
people, if, when that measure was taken up to the House of
Lords, a lot of hereditary legislators-( Laughter)—were to
say, " We don't like the measure, and we shall reject it 1"
(Cheers.) If a person pulled down a house for the purpose
of rebuilding it, and left a small mass of the old building that
was a disgrace to it, what would be thought of him ?
(Laughter.) What would be the use of building a new Lon-
don Bridge, and leaving the old one standing ? Nothing.
Such was the state of things as between the Houses of Lords
and Commons. The House of Commons was regenerated and
purified, the House of Lords was not. He would now tell the
electors something of which very few of them were aware.
When the present King came to the Throne (and he would
take care the House of Commons knew this when it met) he
pretended to have surrendered to the people all his hereditary
rights, and what did he ask in return? Why, first of al, that
a sufficiency should be granted for the support of the Crown
and dignity, and next that support should be given to his
darling wife.—(Laughter.) Now what had they done? Why
they had given to that darling wife a palace and a hundred
thousand a year.--( Groans, and shame, shame.) But did the
King give up all his hereditary rights ? Did he give up the
Duch}, of Lancaster? No, and never meant to do it. But
more, there was a property near Kennington, which had been
leased by Sir William Clayton. The lease of that propel ty
had lately fallen in, and what did the meeting suppose his Ma-
jesty asked for the renewal of that lease ? Only the
small sum of four hundred thousand pounds 1-( Hisses.)
He supposed that when that sum was got, it would be divided
among his family.—( Great laughter.) He had no doubt when
he brought this subject before the House of Commons, there
would be some of the Whig Members come to him and say,
" Let us sec the form of your motion—in powyr we could not
support you, but now we are out, we will do so if we possibly
can. Try to wrap it up in such an ambiguous way that we
can support you."—(Laughter.) He was no party man, and
such conduct he dispised ; and had it not been that he was
thin in body, he had no hesitation in saying that he should
long since have been crushed between the faction wheels of the
Whigs and Tories.---( Great laughter.) He trusted that the
electors of Southwark would watch with great care the conduct
of the children of their adoption. He trusted that they. would
look to the newspapers, and if they did so, they would see that
while they were calmly reposing in their beds, the'. had
a power in the House of Commons that would make
tyrants tremble.—( Great cheering.) The people had
been represented as fickle and ungrateful. He thought
the conduct of the electors that day would completely refute

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that assertion. They had taken him up on no other grounds
than Ad jgstice that was due to honest intentionsi
(Cheering.) Ile trusted that he should retire from the hustinEi
Without having made a single enemy, and he should be pr";
if he bad made all present his friends.—(Great cheering 1.
Whenever be could be of any service to any elector let h",
condition be *hat it might, if he could heal the broken beta;
and support the dejected mind,, he should never be so happy °A
consider himself so well employed.—( Cheers.) He should
aliVayt, at his poste advocating the nation's rights and tti
interests of h constituents in Southwark.--(Loud chters,
which lasted for some time. )
. On the motion of Mr. Humphrey, seconded by Mr. fi'r,
fey, a vote of thanks to the. High Bailiff was unanimous',
agreed fo, for his impartialA ~duct.
Before the meeting dispersed*a person in the crowd, who
held a paper in his hand, called out for Mr. Harvey, and
that gentleman's coming forward, the individual stated that hf
had been greatly iniured and almost ruined by the conduct °
a Member of Parliament, and lie hoped that Mr. Hats'
would look to his case, and endeavour to get him redress.
Mr. HARVEY requested the person to give him the paper'
stating that he would give the subject his best attention.

CITY OF LONDON.

This morning at eleven o'clock the Guildhall was throfs
open to the electors of the City of London. Hustings I°r
,
the use of the candidates and their friends had been erected
as usual, and some barriers were placed in front to proe'l
the crowd from pressing upon tleose engaged in the InlB%
diate business of the election;' but the general arrangemend
were by no means so excellent as on former occasions an,,
the accommodation provided for the reporters is undescrvil
of the eame, and certainly not creditable to the chief eitY °
England.
At half-past eleven o'clock Mr. Alderman Wood 11,r;
rived, and „its loudly cheered. The other candidates Wt..
also greeted in a similar manner in passing through tm
crowd to the platform,
th°
Peoelamation for silence was male by an usher of
Sheriff.
The Secondary then proceeded to read the writ for the rep
titea of leer Members for the city of London. The DrW`"
Act was also read, and the other formalities gone though.
Mr. WAYAIOUTII then came forward to propose Mr. Aide'
man Wood as one cf the candidates. He would not have velli
turd to reldress them. „
but for the absence of Mr. Smith, es
Norwich, who, if lie had been able to attend, would have tit°
this duty. They were assembled under the most remarksh!
circumstances that had ever marshalled them under the hanei
ners of Refeter, They knew that the King had dismissed
his late Ministers, And that without having expressed 4
dissatis7action with their measures, at a moment's notice. I,lv
eeme pot to call in question the right of his Majesty to dists,,
his Ministers when. and as often, as he pleased; but they 8'
knew that they had a tight given to them by the Constitutia.„fi,
to express their opinion on the exercise of that prorogativeaig
(Hear, hear.) The question naturally arose—Why did "
Majesty dismiss his Ministers, and replace men directly °I);
posed to their principles ?—( Hear, hear.) The case was tie
those Ministers were about to propose to the House of C°°:,
mons measures of Reform much more efficient than any be'w;
propounded—( Hear, hear.) It was well known that tlieeeneri
prapee ett Jo probe deeply into the corruptions of MunieiPil
Corporations.—( Hear.) They were about to present a „
for the suppression of the evils which accompanied the ea")
tioa of tithes, by substituting a commutation.—( Hear, hear',
The •c was every probability also, and here he spoke fr°o
personal knowledge, that the claims of the Dissenters 1011t0
bs a -eeded—(Hear, hear.) Tney were alga` to-cerry '331„.{
effect a reform of the Church of England—( Hear, hear)---3
mote tespeeially, a reform of the Church of Ireland, that
happy country erhieh twelve persons were recently sacrifice 4
in collecting the paltry sum of 6/.—( Shame.) The prose
Administration came before the Country as Reformers—( Lee
"a
laughter.) if they were Reformers,' why were they met to
days rind what occasion was there for an election?—(Peas,
hear.) They *vete met to consider who were the proper Pfat
coos to be chosen ti their Representatives in Parliament ; e„,
why was their late House of Commons dissolved ? Was it
cause it was not sufficiently reformed or radical in its esrinci,P,,ci'e
or was it not because the present Ministers desired to o°-0
a majority of Tories ?—( Hear, hear,) They wanted Pep;
Who would not only stop any future measures of reform, Pei
do all they could to deteriorate that which had been alrevel
eff:c:e7l.-4" No, no," and loud cheers.) Sir Robert Pe.
ha told the electors of Tamworth, that the Reform bill Id
a final measure, and ought Lot to be impaired by any fried,
of the, cOnetitution ; but he would ask if a proposal was 084
to lessen the effect of the Reform bill would not Sir R. Pee
send out his letters in the morning, and his whipper-in in to
evening to make it a ministerial measure ?—( Hear.) mto
what said the Duke of Wellington.--(Laughter.) Look
re,
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his protest, in which he pronounced it a pernicious ine3:lltho
and One aiming at the safety of the crown. Now , to
Cu'se bssieved that it was his duty on the first opportunity
destroy it—( Hear, hear)—if they wished for such a °
summation, they would not support the reformers, but if not,
they would take an opposite course. (Hear and cheer`eesi
He then said he had to propose to them, their old 00d tl*i
friend, Mr. Alderman Wood—(immense cheering)—who ,_
ad
always been at his post—(cheers)---whom they had returne,
seven times before, and whom, he did not for a moment doen Z
n they would return again.—(Cheers.) It would be an s'iby
to their understanding, if he was to detain them longer cf:
saving an} thing more in a cause in which it was not neeuee
Therefore, he proposed Mr. Alderman Wood as a fit and 1)1.-
,
per citizen to represent them in Parliament.
Mr. Jamas WILLIAMS came forward to second the normti;
tier, He said he would detain them for a very short time.
at his timerof life would not have troubled them at all, had
at"
not biers for what had fallen from a worthy Alderman then,
his right hand (Brown). He said that that was a time so',
every person who valued the Constitution of their count?,
ought to come forward.—(Great cheering.) Therefore
was that he had come forward, as he felt that old as he via;
he ;
he Was hound in duty to do so. He did not come there to.siae
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.:
or.e word against thoie who were candidates on the other 01
he knew them well and respected them in private life,
bid
however highly he valued them there it would not deter P
from doing his duty in the best manner that he could },
hinieelf and the country.—(Cheers.) A workman was
ad
ways the better of having good tools. In coming forleci
to second the nomination of Mr. Alderman Wood he 11
most excellent tools to work with. The worthy Alder
ai a man who had never been surpassed by any one M
Court of Aldermen—he was a man of business—a con'
ty
mitten-man who bad done more for the benefit of the
tl.an any other gentleman in it.—(Cheers.) He consider`e_
the situation of the country at that time a very perilous Al-
and the only difference between him and the worthy 0,
derman (Brown), and those who thought wi•11 bins n'
that they were of opinion that by a Tory Government thing,
might be mended —( Loud laughter)—while, but Vile)
nion, they would be marred.—(Loud cheering.) bad
country laboured under a most enormous debt, which 0
produced such suffering amongst the people as could no lolleels
be borne. They made a demand for a reform in Parliarr ,
7„
is
in such a way as rendered it impossible. for it to be refuse
He trusted they would never demand anything, except in d
peaceable manner, and then nothing which they did den'alist
could be refused. Who, he would ask, should know 1.10
what was good for the country—thee few, or the many ?
said the many; they must know better what was ge°useill
themselves than the few.---( Cheers.) When the Reform air
hai been passed, surely no one would say that the people,efev
obtained it, except for some advantage and benefit. "1" le
opponents, however, were low wishing to deprive the petVit
from all benefit which ought to flow from it.---(Cheers.) in
was the duty of the people to come forward, and bearing
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their remembrance the fable of the bundle of sticks, 'join 118 0,
and heart in returning such men to Parliament as would 11ho.
disappoint the just hopes of the people. He was not one
said that the late Government had done every thing for thb:
people which they might have done ; but, considering t„,
immense difficulties they had to encounter, they had
tainly done a vast deal both in the reduction of tax
Lion, and for the liberties of the country--( Hear, hesr)o
eo,
and there was no doubt, had they been allowed to go
they would have done much service to the country, and rent
I
dered their own names immortal--( Cheers, which lasted et
some time)—he called upon the Dissenters as a body,eneie
only in the city, but throughout the country, to lend tnee
most prompt assistance on this occasion. The question '1„01
was a Tory Church question, and though he bad never kutcat
of an instance where a clergyman had acted kindly anl,l,
his parishioners that the Dissenters had treated him wit° 17e
respect, yet now the Dissenters, as a body, were t° the
considered. It was considered not to be enough Oa. fees
Dissenters, who paid not once, but twice for their relia.,l. to
that was not considered enough, but they were afterveer_ -
be treated with all manner of abuse. There was one per`7lol
lar sect of the body whom he would name—he meant -e•
Wesleyans--they ought to remember they had Tories in °ere
own camp; men who could write excellent canvassing lento
under the garb of religion.—(Cheers.)—They must
care of them. He would detain them no longer than by ir'°9
cord ally seconding the nomination of the worthy aldernsan'e,
Mr. IZAAO JOLLY then came forward, to propose Mr. Gr°t of
He was unable to proceed for some time, in consequence, Ito
the cheering. He said they had already anticipated win". .
was going to do. They were aware that he was going t° Piecie
pose to them one of the men who could and would do inBt"se
to them in Parliament.—(Cheers.) Mr. Grote was a 11/01
who was the uncompromising friend of liberty and reform, B,e,
who had carried his principles (which had pleased them '109;
fore) into effect, and he had fulfilled his former promises ucb
honourably. If the electors of the country generally bad "orrs
men before them as Mr. Grote and the other threel
candidates, i; would lee tlerir owa fault if they not obtain no
the promised fruits of the Reform Bill, which were de,arsot
every lover of rational liberty.—( Cheers.) He wonill old
detain them, as he saw them so much in his favour, and vt° Ae
therefore content himself with proposing Mr. Grote as ao
and proper person to represent them in Parliament.—( Cheer •oas
Mr. RAIKES CURRIE came forward to second the won'l
tion of Mr. Grote, and stated that be considered they c‘l3%-i
ferred no honour on him but on themselves, by showing
ese
esteemed true honour and steady devotion to true refora..e,
(Cheers.) His own political sentiments differed in some 'er,
spects from those of Mr. Grote, but nevertheless he did reevevie, •
ence to his fitness for the election.--(Loud cheers.)
sk of
sired the electors not to allow Mr. Grote to run the riot to
losing his election by their supineness, but entreated them
go hOme and exert themselves this evening to arouse the 1,011
gish and fix the wavering, and bring them. forward to the
to-morrow.—( Loud cheers and cries of "We will.") gr.
Mr. GEORGE PALMER then came forward to propose sod
Lyall, but was interrupted for some time by loud groans,. se.
hisses, accompanied by a few cheers. He made severs:spa
tempts to speak, but was as often interrupted. He_afgb'
them to receive his proposition on behalf of tisk ll'