The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-07 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION.

WESTMINSTER.
( Mr. SIMPSON'S speech concluded from our First Edition
yesterday, and which appeared in our Second Edition
last night.) Was he to go into Parliament for the
express purpose of supporting that system of degrading
and inhuman punishment.—( The returning officer here stated
to the speaker that only two candidates had as yet been
proposed.)—He had been reminded that there were only
two candidates yet before them ( Sir Francis Burdett
and Colonel Evans). He certainly could not tell whether
the hostile Sir Thomas Cochrane did or did not intend coming
forward, he bad only anticipated from his placards, his bills,
his coaches, his flags, and his music (Laughter and cheers.)
Did Sir Thomas Cochrane think that the enlightened electors
of Westminster were to be caught like a country constituency ?
If he did, he was grossly deceiving himself—he was deceiving
himself in supposing they had no intellect. The electors of
Westminster would never be caught in such a way—they
looked not to flags, banners, and music, which were put forward
to deceive them, but they looked to the principles of
the man, and what were the principles of Sir T. Cochrane
He was a Tory.—(Loud groaning, hisses, and uproar, which
continued for some time.) He was a Tory, but no doubt an
honest man, and if he was an honest man he would suners
every measure of the Tories.—( Continued hisses and.groans.)
Therefore, if there happened to be any one in, int astembled
multitude inclined to give Sir Thomas Cochrane a vote, he
must give it, because he believed him to be an honest man—
honest to this extent,—that, he would support his party in
all the base measures they intended to bring forward.
He would here have to refer to a circumstance that occurred
' the other day, and said, " We took a Committee-room at the Bri-
tish Coffee-house. Sir Thomas Cochrane finding it
out, took a Committe-room in the same place ; but
lie took it below us—(Great laughter)—and did more, he
wanted to coalesce—( Continued laughter)—and finding there
was no possibility of doing that he placards the city with bills
crying out " No coalition.--( Immense cheering and laugh-
ter.) Gentlemen, my business at present is not with the
refuse of the country—the Tories, and there are very few of
them now-a-days I am happy to say, but my business is with
Gel. Evans, and I come before you now to support the nomi-
nation of that gentleman, inasmuch as during the time that he
I aerepresented you in Parliament he has supported a reforma-
s'et of abuses in Church and State."—( Loud cheers.) Mr.
tehn.e e c rehen went on to say the Tories were the men who fe-
te re( upon the abuses of the Established Church—they sup.-
port e c the system for the purpose of plundering the people.
The people wished to get rid of the abuses of the Estab-
lished Church, not, as their enemies would represent, of the
Established Church itself, because every one knew and be-
lieved that the present form of worship was one of the best
that could be established.--(Cheers.) He would ask them
whether Colonel Evans had any claim to the confidence of
the electors in supporting the abolition of flogging ?
t( Cheers.) If he had, he would then ask whether
the Tory partizans could, or even would, have their
confidence upon that ground.—( Cries of " No, no.") He
would ask, for information, whether Sir T. Cochrane had
never practised the flogging system.—( Uproar, and cries of
" Shame, shame.") Colonel Evans had voted for the repeal
of the Septennial Act, and would the Tory do that ?—( Cries
of " No, no.") He would not detain them longer, but conclude
by seconding the nominiation of Colonel Evans, as a fit and
proper person to represent Westminster in Parliament.
Mr. BARWAYS appeared to propose Sir Thomas Cochrane ;
but in consequence of the increasing yelling and hooting du-
ring the time he spoke, and the imperfect arrangements upon
the hustings not enabling us to get near him, we could not
hear a single word that was uttered by Mr. Barways.
Mr. WALFOED seconded the nomination.
During the whole time the above gentlemen were proposing
and seconding the nomination of Sir Thomas Cochrane,
they were pelted with cabbage, cabbage stumps, potatoes,
and all sorts of missiles, which occasionally struck.
The HIGH BAILIFF then called for a show of hands in fa-
vour of the respective candidates ; when there were held up for
Sir Francis Burdett
Colonel Evans Ali
Sir Thomas Cochrane about 20.
The HIGH BAILIFF then declared he considered the elec-
tion had fallen upon Sir Francis Burdett and Colonel Evans.
This announcement was received with three rounds of cheers.
Sir F. BLIMETT then came forward amidst great cheering.
If any thing could add to the satisfaction which he felt in
meeting with so large and respectable a body of the citizens
of Westminster, it was the unanimity of feeling which per-
vaded the immense assemblage then before him.—(Great
Cheering.) Upon the present occasion they had not
before them a field of contest, but a field of triumph—
( Cheers)—because they had the good fortune that day
to be scarcely able to choose amiss. He (Sir Francis)
could remember the time when they had upon the hustings
only one candidate advocating the cause of Parliamentary
Reform—( Laughter and cheers)—hut they could not be done
out, of a reformer now by any thimble-rig trick or manceuvre
of say kind, because, fortunately for them all, choose as they
would they could not choose amiss. They must draw a reformer.
Whatever thimble they chose, would be sure to produce a Re-
former.—( Loud laughter.) That VC's certainly a new era in
the history of Westminster eleetiems, and he congratulated
them upon such a change.—(Che.ers and laughter.) He was
going to say there was no one ti.lng that would add to the satis-
faction he then felt, whatever 'night be the result of the election,
than their having so much respect for themselves as candidly
and fairly to hear e hat eery one had to say.—( Hear, hear.)
The Honourable Ex-r.jrovernor of Newfoundland—( Great
uproar and leughter)—s.alad certainly come from a very foggy
climate, and althotegt the sun had dispelled fortunately for them
the fog of this neerning, yet so little could the Hon. Ex-Go-
vernor see the opinions of the electors of Westminster, that he
had beer, in' .wed to come forward upon the suspicion that there
had been a eeaction, but still he declared himself to be a Reformer.
The Hoer. Ex-Governor would have the opportunity of explain-
ing whathe meant by that word, but if he ( Sir F. Burdett)
read the address of the Hon. Governor right, and if he had
read the speech right which he had made the other day, he
shoulle think he was a downright Radical Reformer; and
it v, as singular that he felt and expressed himself exactly
• as he himself ( Sir F.) had done in his address.--( Laughter
esnd cheers.) He ( Sir Francis) had stated to the electors of
Westminster in his address that the present state of the coun-
try was unexampled—so had the ex-governor, but he had
trade an addition to that by calling upon the electors to save
the country from some great apprehended danger. If
be were a reformer what danger could he anticipate ?
ts/Vhat he (Sir F.) for his own part lamented was, that the pre-
sent Ministers were now in office; but what the Hon. ex-Go-
vernor lamented was,the wish the people expressed to have those
Ministers ousted.—( Hear, hear.) It had been stated, in
sarcasm, that the electors of Westminster were to be
governed by a rump, and that the ex-Governor
had come forward to relieve them from that novel condition ;
but the Ex-Governor would not only find himself egregiously
iteceived in that, but monstrously mistaken if he in reality
supposed that any re-action had taken place in Westminster
in the minds of the people—(Great cheering.)
The gallant ex-Governor's friends speak highly of the Duke
of Wellington. They had even gone so far as to compare
iiirn to Alexander the Great. It was a most unfortunate com-
parison, because, although Alexander was a gre'at leader, he
was not remarkable for having renovated or extended the li-
berties of the people, or of his country.-4 Hear, hear.)
Of the Duke of Wellington no Englishman could speak or
think without respect ; but all men were not fit for all
things, and the Duke had abundantly shown that
he was not fit for every thing.—( Hear, hear.) The
Gallant Admiral had come before them when all the rotten
boroughs had been extinguished—he had come to re)..ieve
the minds of his party from the supposition that they h:ad all
been extinguished, by hoping to find in Westminster the only
rotten borough that had been left in the kingdom.—_( Laughter
and cheering.) But he would find his search unavailing.—
He had always found that when they had taken a little
time to reflect, the electors of Westminster acted in the same
uniform consistent manner. He should to see what was
called a Tory come among them.—( Hear.) He had
become a rare animal of- Laughter.) Tories
were scarce known among politicians now, and were
almost as rare as Unicorns among naturalists.
(Continued laughter.) If seay man in those days could catch
a Tory he would make a f'ertune by only shewing him in any
place for two-pence a picsee._( Roars of laughter.) He had
never been a Whig or a Tory—he detested all those
shades of politics which produced petty animosities, and
' would rather see rad unite in one common exertion for the benefit
of the country. He would not detain them longer, for he felt
that their
.eaesse was perfectly safe and secure.—( Cheers.)
The libertte,s of England were not of a nature to be trampled
under the
,feet of any faction—they were unassailable from
any quareer.—(Great applause.) Although it had been
said tb.st measures without men were of no avail, he
was inclined to think that the men were of some value.
Meeeures he admitted, were of the greatest importance,. but
tiviay should recollect that horses could not draw without bar-
itoess ; and if they put proper harness on, he defied the sorriest
jade that ever drew to refuse to pull their carriage.—(Great
.cheering.) He would conclude by observing that their liber-
ties were beyond the reach or power of any man to overturn
or undermine.--( Tremendous cheering.)
Colonel EVANS then came forward, and was loudly
cheered. He admitted that he had not the long career of
services to boast of which the Honourable Baronet could
refer to ; but he had some satisfaction in thinking that
this was the third time he had made his appearance on these
' -hustings as a candidate to solicit their suffrages.—(Cheers.)
He believed that many of the assertions that had been whis-
pered about, of his being an anarchist, &c., and which had
at one time been circulated, were, ere this, disproved. His
enemies were no longer in a state to assert such things. He had
gained many friends from the ranks of that party from which
be had been separated by temporary canses, while, he was
proud to say, that he had not lost one of those friends by whom
' be had been first presented to the notice of the electors o
Westminster.—( Loud cheering.) He stood on that day
surrounded by the very same gentlemen, and advocating
the very same principles which had originally brought him to
these hustings.—( Applause.) He was so far fortunate, that
= he had achieved this without forfeiting his principles, or with-
' out any expense to truth. The present were times of
misrepresentation, or he would not allude to the
part he took in mediating between the Trades Unions
and their employers, instead of, as it had been alleged, at-
tempting to arouse bad feeling, or exasperate either party. He
▪ had endeavoured to put an end to that strife which had been
• so injurious to both. He thought that actions instead of pro-
fessions were what should be referred to. He would not go into
. a catalogue of his votes and acts on their behalf. It might
have been his duty to allude to them, but the gentlemen by
*how be had been proposed and seconded had relieved him
an necessity of troubling them upon that point. He
mould merely say, that he bad advocated particularly a removal

of the many and gross abuses of the Irish Established Church.
He had always raised his voice against the butchery and inhu-
manity that had been witnessed in that unhappy country. He
had contended for the relief of the disabilities affecting the en-
lightened and intelligent Dissenters of England--( Hear,
and Cheers.) And at all times he had advocated the reduc-
tion of the public expenditure, for the purpose of relieving
the distresses of the people, and economising the public purse.
His conduct relative to the House-tax they must all bear in
their recollection.—(Cheering) It had been asserted, that
he, and those who thought with him held revolutionary
doctrines, and that no good could accrue to the country, un-
less it originated with the paltry minions of the back stairs
of the palace—the creatures of the pension list, and the can-
didates for the gorgeous sinecure list. It had been main-
tained that they and
no others had the true interests of the
country at heart, whose head had lately established his
quarters in Downing-street—( Hisses.) But what ground! had
they for attempting to put forward this monstr.ous.
on s
It was absurd—the object of himself and, his 1,-.crids
wase
not to
destroy—their wish was to imyrove..
( At this period a band
of music, with the banners's': err T. Cochrane, made their ap-
pearance, and for se-
..eral minutes the uproar was so tremen-
dous that it 'was impossible to hear any of the observations of
the isaliant Colonel.) Among other things it had been charged
against them that they desired to overthrow the foundations of
all property. Was it likely, however, that the owner of that
great garden and the property around it—that the Duke
of Bedford or the Marquis of Westmiester, with both of
whom they were now acting—was it likely that those Noble-
men, possessing annual incomes of hundreds of thousands,
would be among those who conspired to overthrow the foun-
dation of property ?—( Great cheering.) He conceived they
were just as likely as any of those great sinecurists, Lord
Ellenborough, Lord Rosslyn, Mr. Herries, Mr. Goulburn, or
any other of those who composed the present Cabinet
( Hear, hear.) He would say one word now relative to the
late Government. When they were in office he ( Colonel
Evans) did not pander to them, and now that they were out
of power was the proper time to render justice to them
upon the subjects on which they had done well for the public
good. He viould enumerate two or three benefits which they
had conferred. They had opened the trade to China—
(cheers)—they had reduced the duty on manufactured goods,
and had thereby, more or less, benefitted every man engaged
in trade—(applause)—they had worked a Reform in the great
corporate boroughs of Scotland—and they were proceeding
to inquire into the abuses of the English Corporations. What
had the Right Hon. Gentleman who had succeeded them said
with respect to these corporations ? Why, he had said that he
would take them into h;s consideration. What he had
said was something like the cant about civil and religious li-
berty—to preserve the Church by all means—( Disapproba-
tion.) What way would the Tories carry this Reform into
effect ? It would merely be a Reform in name. He (Col.
E.) and his friends dealt in facts, they in vague sophistical
expressions. His party would !repeal the Church-rates, not
after the manner of Sir R. Peel, who would merely change
its payment from one fund to another. The Church-rates
should be paid as before, but out of another pocket. They had
paid it out of the right pocket before, and Sir Robert had gra-
ciously assured them that he would consider of the expediency
of allowing them to pay it out of the left—( Great laughter
and cheering.) There was another point on which he wished
to do justice to the late Administration—he meant their Re-
form policy. Let them contrast the state in which three or
four countries on the continent, which were mere imme-
diately connected with England, were now placed in, with
that in which they stood a few months since--( Hear. hear. )
At that period France had but just emerged from a
violent attempt made by Charles X. to trample on the
new born liberties of the country ; and, he must say, that
many of those who were now in power, if they had not as-
sented to, at least had not disapproved of that despotic at-
tempt. Belgium was in a state of anarchy and confusion, in
her endeavours to establi luational government and free in-
stitutions. What was the contrast? At the present moment,
in consequence of the alliance which had been entered into with
Belgium and France by the late Government of this country,
in defiance of the insiduous attempts of northern despots,
both of these countries now enjoyed peace and independence.
—( Great applause.) Let them look at the state of Spain
and Portugal. The latter country had been under the con-
trol of Don Miguel and the priests—the high church party
—in fact, the very same party who were attempting to go-
vern the people of England now.—( Cheers.) By the
generous and wise efforts of the late Government, that
tyranny was overthrown in Portugal, as lie trusted the
present attempt would be by the efforts of the people of
England.—(Great cheering.) He would add, with regard to
Lord Palmerston, although that Nobleman had been frequently
attacked in the public papers, that these four countries owed
an inestimable debt of gratitude to him, tend to the late Go-
vernment. Who were the men by whom that Government
was about to be replaced? They were the very men whs. eon_
tended to the very uttermost against Catholic e72.encipation—
ageinst the repeal of the Test and Co:yoration Acts—and,
when their opposition could be of 1-Z, avail, against the Reform
Loud cries of " hear.") Now, when that Bill
has passed, they say t:iat that is an Act which they would have
strangled in its 'oiffh.—( Hear.) The assertion that they are
the only efficient persons to administer the provisions of an
Ac`s, which they had denounced as fraught with ruin to the
country, was most preposterous. If they were not apostates,
then they were the enemies of the liberties of the country. It
had been urged in their defence, that they were not so bad as
they had been represented, and that they might give birth to
very good measures. Their whole career contradicted such a
belief, for it had been one of misrule and anarchy. It was
only by combining the strength of the Reformers, and turn-
ing them out of office, that the country could be safe.
Even if there was no other proof of their unfitness for
office, the very birth of the present Ministry—its very first
step into existence, would condemn it in the opinion of every
honest man. Was it to be endured, that the welfare and
liberties of England should be held at the mercy of one indi-
vidual, during a period of twenty-five days ?—( Cheers.)
There was no law—there was, he maintained, no prerogative
legally existing in the hands of any individual, however high
his station in the empire might be, to entrust such power to
any subject.--( Tremendous cheering.) What was com-
menced in violence and usurpation would terminate fatally
for the interests of England, if these men were not
speedily arrested in their career. The language which
he ( Colonel Evans) used upon these hustings, he should not
hesitate to make use of in his place in the House of Cemmons
should they think proper to elect him.--( Loud cheering.) The
same violence and usurpation they might too surely expect
whenever occasion offered, would be practised upon their
country. He would now say a word or two with respect to
the Hon. and Gallant ex-Governor of Newfoundland. He has
been the governor of a great fishing establishment.—( A
laugh.) They must be aware that the produce of his Excel-
lency's colony consisted of fish of all descriptions--of haddock
and cod-fish, and odd fish and flat fish--( Laughter and cheering)
—and it struck him (Col. E.) that either the ex-Governor, or
the electors of Westminster were very odd fish if they returned
him to Parliament.--( Hisses, and cries of " No, no.") As the
Hon. Baronet had observed, notwithstanding the fog which
the ex-Governor had lived in, the moment he arrived in
Portsmouth a few weeks since, he discovered that he
was the man alone fit to vindicate their liberties. They
should recollect that Westminster had riot been mis-
represented by a Tory for the last thirty or forty years ; and he
thonght that the superintendent of the Newfoundland fish-
eties must have some very great qualifications indeed if they
sent him, a decided Tory to parliament. This Tory antaghnist
had written two addresses of different complexions. There was
no such thing now as a Tory—they were all Conservatives.
Each of these addresses was distinct, and the latter alluded to
civil and religious liberty, and a reform of ulcers and sores.
In his former address there was one very remarkable expres-
sion. He stated that Sir R. Peel was a clever operator, and
that the Duke of Wellington was a very great man. The
expression of " operator" he should like to have an explana-
tion of. There was one occasion on which Sir R. Peel had
shown a disposition to perform the part of a great operator. At
the period to which he alluded, Sir Robert and the Duke were
invited to a dinner at the Mansion-house, and it was hinted to
them that their company would not be very well received. Had
he ( Col. E.) received such a hint, he would have prudently
resolved not to go, but the Duke and Sir Robert thought it might
cast a slur upon the governors if they staid away. How then did
they act ? In order to protect themselves, they filled the
City with troops and cannon.—( Hooting, and cries of
" Shame.") The very houses were marked in which the
troops were to be placed to protect the Tories in going to
partake of civic hospitality. Was that the conduct of men fit
to be entrusted with the reins of Government ?—( No.) They
had preferred the risk of shedding the blood of their fellow-
citizens rather than the slightest stain should attach to them.
Such men were capable of any attempt against the liberties of
the people. He had before observed, that, in his opinion,
piety and religion would be best promoted by abating that in-
tolerable nuisance —the Established Church of Ireland. It
was unnecessary to allude to the tragical and deplorable catas-
trophe which had marked the advent of those men to power.
The very principles to which these men were wedded was the
maintenance of that Established Church, and the exclusion
of the Dissenters from their rights. Much blood had been
spilt, in the unfortunate affair of Rathcormac, in the
name of religion and piety. But did he blame the
clergyman or the troops employed upon that occasion ?
No ; for they were instruments ; but it was the law which
enabled those horrors to be perpetrated, and which the Le-
gislature enacted, and which they were now about to elect
that were to blame. The blood that had been spilt on
that unhappy occasion was upon the heads of the present Ad-
ministration, not because they contended for the maintenance
of the English Established Church, but because they
wilfully resisted the benevolent measure which had been
proposed for the commutation of tithes in Ireland, and that
he believed from factious motives.—( Groans and hisses.) A
placard was here put into the Gallant Colonel's hands. He
was glad to announce to them that the Reformers in the city
were 400 or 500 a-bead of the three brothers of the ex-Go-
vernor of Newfoundland.—(Great laughter and cheering.)
He was happy to inform them that the first Reform Member
elected in the present Parliament, and one of the most powerful
defenders of the liberty of the people, Mr. D. W. Harvey,
was behind him, and would probably address them.—( Cheers. )
The Hon. and Gallant ex-Governor had stated that there
was but one step between democracy and revolution ; but
would they belieue that such men as the Marquis of West-
minster and the Duke of Bedford would be the abettors of anar-
chy and revolution? He would assure them, on the other hand,
that there was but one step between anarchy and despotism—
in truth, that these words were synonimous. The gallant ex-
governor had stated that rebellion always ended in tyranny, and ,
he ( Col. E.) doubted not, that if they elected two reformers,
the ex-governor would consider that a rebellion. It would be
rather difficult to suppose that a whole united people could
become rebels ; and he believed that, with the exception of a
few sinecurists, the people of this great country were all ,

united in faeour of reform —( Cheers.) Allusion had been made
to the punishment of flogging in the army ; he frosted, how-
ever, that no personalities would mingle in the great contest
in which they were engaged—(Cries of " Hear, hear.)
Still it would be carrying delicacy too far if they were
on that occasion to say, that unless the gallant officer could
repudiate the charge that he was connected with that abomi-
nable system, he was the least of all others to represent them.
No Tory had been returned for that city for the last 40 years.
The last who had stood on these hustings had 700 votes out
of s,ooo—what prospect of success could the ex- Governor
then entertain ?—( Loud cries of " None, none.") He had
no right to question the discretion of the Gallant Ez-
Gosernor. But he was quite satisfied that the eleete--
would place him in such a ludicrous positin"
-
the election would not last '-
un the poll, that
hear.) He wool-, ' . than one day.--( Hear,
minste' therefore call on the electors of Weata
- .o come forward, not to beat the Tory, for there could
he no doubt on that point, but to place him in such a situation
as would set an example to all those who advocated Toryism,
never to canvass that city again.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.")
Lut every man who had but two votes give them at once to
those men, whoever they might be, who he thought would
be most likely to promote the interests of the country.
There never was a man who stood upon the hustings seeking
the distinguished honor he claimed, who felt more calm than
he did at this moment. What was the cause of that? Not that
he felt confident of being again returned, but because in the
first place he believed he had never given dissatisfaction
to those in whose service he had been, and next be-
cause no man could charge him with ever having been guilty
of unfaithfulness to the trusts that had been reposed in
l'im. He would for the present then retire from the
meetiag, whether he should be again returned or not, under
that happy satisfaction, which could never be wrenched from
him.—( Cheers.)
Sir. T. COCHRANE came on the hustings. His appearance
was at once the signal for one universal burst of disap-
probation. The hootings, and shouts of " Off, off!" were
really deafening ; and the vollies of cabbages, potatoes,
and other articles of a similar description well known at
the site of the hustings, were in no measured degree directed
towards the head of him who was considered an intruder,
and to the no small risk of those who were near
him.—( Hear, hear.) Sir Thomas, however, persisted
in retaining his position for about ten minutes,
attempting, but unable to be allowed to utter one au-
dible syllable. At length he retreated, accompanied
by about half a dozen friends, to the no small de-
light of those who had so unceremoniously saluted him.
When he got to the back of the hustings, it was with the ut-
most difficulty he could reach his committee-room, escorted
by a strong force of constables, but which however he
ultimately succeeded in gaining amidst the loud and continued
groans, hisses, and yells of the multitude, and in the midst of
cabbages making their way through the air, in the direction in
I which he was, as thick as hailstones.

Th Meeting was then adjourned, a poll, as we under-
stood, having been demanded, and the Poll to commence on
Thursday morning.

CITY OF LONDON.

( Concluded from our First Edition of yesterday, and which
appeared in our Second Edition last night.)
The poll-books were closed and sealed at four o'clock. To
describe the Hall at this moment beggars description. There
was one simultaneous rush to the hustings for the purpose of
hearing the address of a few candidates. In a few moments
t' 4b Hall in every part was crowded to excess.
Mr. Alderman Woos) came forward amid tremendous cheer-
ing, which lasted for several minutes. He begged to return
his best thanks to his brother electors and kind friends, the
livery, householders, and all who had aided the great cause
for their conduct on the present occasion, and for the great
exertions they had made.—( Cries of " We will continue to do
so.") He was not enabled to place before them at the present
moment the state of the poll, but he could tell them pretty
nearly what it was about three o'clock.—_( Great cheering.)
He would in the first place, however, ask from the electors, as
the greatest possible favour they could bestow upon him, to
hear all his friends who were opposing him.—( Cheers. )
He called them friends, because he had sat with some
of them in the House of Commons, and if they
had watched his conduct, he was sure ;hey could say nothing to
his disparagement.—( Cheers.) He could assure the electors
thst the state of the poll was such that it was impossible the
friends of liberty would not be elected.—(Tremendous
a:leering.) He had not the slightest doubt, when
the state of the poll was known that it would be found that
the friends of liberty were at least 1,200 a-head.—( Great
cheering.) He asked the electors to follow up the great and
glorious cause of the people and elect those men the Tories called
Destructives—( Great cheers.) He trusted they would exert
!''enasel':es to-morrow, and would place the Reform candidates
.n a situation honourable to them and delightful to the electors.
Mr. GROTE then came forward, and was cheered most en-
thusiastically. The Hon. Gentleman, in consequence of the
cheering, was some minutes before he could address the
meeting. The electors had heard from his esteemed
friend and colleague, Mr. Alderman Wood, the general
state of the poll as it stood up to the last hour of return.—
( Cheers.) The electors had heard from him that " The
Sun" shone upon their cause----(Cheers)—and that ovary thing
portended a great and glorious victory to the cause of liberty
and Reform.—( Cheers.) He could never sufficiently thank
his friends and fellow-citizens for their effective and in-
defatigable exertions.—( Great cheering.) They had on
that day made efforts that reflected the highest honour
upon them, and they bad only to continue those exertions, and
victory could not fail to crown their cause—( Great cheering,
and loud cries of ..We. will, we will.") He was quite
sure that it was no cause, either private or personal,
to himself that had induced them to make the exertions they
had done, but that the stimulus was the cause of the
country.--(Great cheering.) The great cause of Reform
which was threatened by a great and formidable enemy, which
required all the energies of the people to overcome. He was
sure that the citizens of London would continue the great work
they bad that day began, and would place all the Reform can_
didates upon the poll far above the Tories.—( Great cheering,
and cries of "We will, we will.") If they did so,
they would do all that their country expected from
them, and would add lustre to the name of the greatest
city in the world.-4 Great cheering.) He begged in con-
clusion to add his entreaties to those of his friend
and colleague, that they would hear their opponents
with the greatest patience.—( Cries of "We will.") Such
was the duties of Englishmen,klectors and patriots.—( Cheers. )
Mr. LTALL then came forward and was received with hiss-
ing, which lasted throughout the whole of his short address.
Being placed close to him, we heard him say be felt confident,
from the great number of votes which were still unpolled,
that a little exertion on the part of the electors would place
him in the situation of one of their representatives. All he
entreated of them was, that they would come early to the
poll to-morrow and do themselves justice.
Mr. CRAWFORD, on his appearance, was greeted with great
applause. He had little to address to them then, but his sin-
cere and grateful thanks for the exertions they had made for
the cause of Reform. Whether he addressed Conservatives
or Reformers, he thanked them from his heart. He told them
yesterday, the sort of ammunition they were prepared with for
the election, and nobly had it told. All he would say was,
" continue your exertions to-morrow," and then they would
be prepared to address them in the place they had been put in
by the electors.
Mr. WARD then came forward, and was received with im-
mense yelling—so much so as not to be heard by even the se-
cond person from him. He said whether it was their pleasure
to hear him, or their pleasure that he should hear them, he
would not be put down from returning his thanks to those
who had supported him and placed him in the situation he held
on the poll. He was most glad that he had afforded his
friends an opportunity of stating the opinions they held upon
the present occasion. A further opportunity would be afforded
them to-morrow, and he expected such support as would place
them in a most enviable position. For himself he had nothing
to be afraid of, and he begged leave to thank those who had
given him their votes. He held his own opinions, which he
would not change for any party ; and if they were not approved
of by the city of London, he could not help it.
Mr. WILSON then appeared upon the platform, but the yell-
ing and groans were redoubled. The Honourable Gentleman
having been standing and bowing for nearly five minutes, said,
" As you will not hear me, I will only give you, The King,
the Constitution, and Old England. God bless them 1" and
retired cheering and waving his hat.
Mr. PsTrisost then came forward, and was received with
cheering, which lasted for several minutes. When it
bad subsided the Honourable Gentleman said—l
return you my thanks most sincerely for what
you have done in our great cause. The state of the poll will
be known throughout the country to-morrow, and will most
materially assist the cause of Reform throughout the land.
To-morrow let our majority be greatly increased and the
cause of Reform would be secure throughout the whole realm.
I again return you my best thanks. Come forward to-morrow
early, and the cause of Reform will be certain to conquer.
Remember that the poll commences to-morrow at 8 o'clock.
There were loud cries for Mr. Hume, but the Hon. Gentle-
man did not appear, and the Hall was adjourned the usual way.

A RADICAL RUPTURE.—A quarrel, threatening
the utter annihilation of all future friendship between the
parties, has broken out amongst the Oldham Radicals, and
manifested itself already in two stormy meetings. Mr. Cob-
bett having declined to support a separation of Church and
State, or the admission of Dissenters to the Universities, and
his Committee having refused certain toasts at the late public
dinner, Messrs. Halliday and Knott, heretofore two of the chiefs
of the cause, have taken offence and created a new party,composed
of what may be denominated Radical Dissenters. Friday evening
this new party met at the Grapes Inn to consider the propriety of
inviting Mr. Hindley, of Dukinfield, to stand as their candi-
date, when they were disturbed by a chosen phalanx of heroes
of the gridiron, and a warm disputation arose, which lasted for
six hours; the most disgraceful epithets and personalities were
exchanged between the combatants, Messrs. Halliday, Knott,
and Platt against, and Messrs. Hague, Swire, Taylor, &c. for
the farmer of Barn Elms. On Monday evening the Cobbettites
met at the Albion, and the Hindleyites at the Crown and An-
chor. The latter assembled at seven o'clock for the purpose,
according to the bill of announcement, " of appointing a Com-
mittee to watch over and protect the Dissenters' interests."
Mr. Bickerton was voted to the chair, and a numerous Com-
mittee chosen. Messrs. Halliday, Knott, and Glendenning
were the principal orators—they commented on the Dissenters'
grievances. Mr. Knight read a portion of " Cobbett's Regis-
ter," wherein the consistent Member announced himself a con-
vert to a severance of Church and State. This declaration
was applauded by the Cobbetites, and ridiculed by the other
party. A disturbance ensued before the meeting dissolved,
owing to a deputation of the Cobbettites appearing to desire a
conference, which only rendered the division of
,tha parties
wide!.