The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-10 00:00:00

GENE R-2

CTION

WESTMINSTER.
From our Third Edition of last night.
Long before four o'clock the mass of people collected before
the hustings exceeded all previous assemblages on such an oc-
casion. Not less than 10,000 persons were seen filling every
avenue and crowding every building, and 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-
nutes 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 7:nterest 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
had a fair stand-up fight ; but has it been so with their
adversaries?—(Cries of " No, no.") They had assumed all
the small arts that man could conceive or devise to oppose
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 getyler—( A laugh. )__wearing such things as aprons
before a'nem. 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 election.—( Cries
d" We will," ) You have now got the Tories under -our rev.of
One thousand feet are at this moment on '
&no Ind. of Sir
Thomas Cochrane.—( Immense cheeitg.)
Dr. B.) when
at college learned, with other actenefaa, the art of boxing—
(Laughter) and his ;:istructiasns in pugilism taught him
Stever to give a elanee to his opponent, or throw a t'hance
sway, at the same time always to fight fair, which he believed
-was the:cause of their present success.-_( Cheers.) He re-
joiced to say that Dr. Waklcy had been returned for Finsbury.
He would be a useful assistant to his profession, which unfor-
tunately was little regarded in that House, for all their cor-
porations were filled by a certain conclave; which required re-
iforming.—( Hear, hear.)
MI% I. BROWN, member or the Central Corral ittee for the City
of London, said he had been unexpectedly called upon to address
them, and although not an elector of Westminster, he had no
doubt they waahr give him a patient hearing, as one engaged
in the name triumphant cause.--( Cheers.) The City of
laondon ha'! returned four reformed members, in spite of the
-vast eff_rts 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
sjanail: the true feelings of the people.--( Cheers. )
Mr. DE VEAR—I have to thank you fer having placed our
sold and triad friend of reform Sir Francis Burdett once again
at the head of the poll; here (said Mr. I).) is my speech, (ex.
hilating the list of candidates, and numbers polled).--( Cheers. )
Colonel EVANS (who was received with great cheering )—I
am here to congratulate you upon the large majority which
lhas 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
—tha true interests of the people will he promoted by this
struggle.—( Cheers.) [Here Sir F. Burdett arrived, who
was received with immense cheering, which was, for a rno-
_
ment, checked, in consequence of the platform upon which
a number of persons had assembled, in front of the
hustings having given slay, 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 end waving of hats.
When the app:ause had subsided the ;lon. Baronet said—
Gentlemen electors, I told you *..'ne other day that we had
met here not with a contest,l-at with a trial.—( Cheers.) That
prediction has been full{ ratified ; for the little opposition
we have met with freat tle Tory eand;date is scarcely worth
being mentioned. (he only thing I regret is, that a gentleman
should come se tar for such a purpose as he has stated—no re-
lieve West-,,inter from the state of thraldom in which it
!was 1,1%-ed. lie has stated that he came to relieve it from
the ..gnorelnious domination of the rump (although what
that is I scarcely know), but I suppose he meant by
that, that you were in the lowest state of degradation, and not
the masters of your own privileges and independence, as we
know you arc.—(Great applause.) The gallant ex-Gover-
nor has come forward to rescue you and the country from the
state of thraldom in which you are placed, and the manner
in which he has been met will scarcely encourage him to un-
dertake so unnecessary or so uncalled for an office.—( Laughter
and cheers.) It is too late in the evening to go into any
details, but I shall meet you again, gentlemen, when pro-
bably I shall haee an opportunity of saying more to you.—
( Hear, hear.) I shall only now express to you the pride and
matisfaction I feel at the position in which I have been
hlaced by the Electors of the City of Westminster.—( Hear,
ear, 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-
nised the principles by which you have been always actuated,and
Lave selected those men whom you believe will do their duty fully
tto 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 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
texhibition of patriotism and independence than has been ex-
hibited by the electors of this great city on any former occasion.
I 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 I am desirous of going early to-morrow morning to
my family in the country.--( Hear, and cries of " Of course.")
We clearly understand 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 said—Gentlemen, why do I rejoice in seeing this vast aaa
seroblage around me ? Not surely on account of the small
arid petty triumph which I have participated ;n.--(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.)
We 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 man, 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 man 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 have taken place. When the people
of Englaed are assembled to exorcise 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 contiitutionally 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
*tat has taken place here this evening, and throughout
the rest cf 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 13111; 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 anxiety on their account.—( Ulcers.) I hope you will
therefore go home and use every means in your power to se-
cure the return of Mr. Tennyson for Lambeth—( Loud cheers)
—and leave no stone unturned to secure the election of Mr.
Hume for Middlesex.--( Loud cheering.) I once more return
you my sincere thanks for the high and distinguished honour
you have conferred ion me, and will not detain you
longer as it is rapidly getting dark. I must confess

that from the commencement of this contest I felt not the
least anxiety as to the result, being confident that you would
put me as high on the poll as I could expect. Here the Gat
lant Colonel retired amidst loud cheering.
Mr. TYRRILI, came forward and stated he had canvassed a
large part of Westminster, and said that the Tories
who had not paid their taxes were put on the list of
voters—( Hear, hear)—but that the Liberals who had not paid
their's were omitted. He strongly advised ths electors to
see to the regular registration and entry of their votes,
as the tax-gatherers were Tories.—(Loud cheers.) He
complained of great unfairness in the registration, and
strenuously advised all round to attend to the regular insertion
of their names in the register, as it was all a Tory trick, and
they ( Sir Francis Burdett and Col. Evans) would have had
at least 500 more votes but for want of attention to the re-
gistration.

The vast concourse of people then quietly separated, and
we are happy to say that no one was hurt by the fall of the
temporary scaffolding in front of the hustings beyond a few
slight bruises.

FINSBURY.
From our Third Edition of last night.

It is utterly impossible to describe the degree of interest
that existed on Islington-green for some hours before the poll
was closed. The crowd was immense. Great numbers
of banners were flying from windows and various places
throughout the neighbourhood, and hands of music playing.
As the electors went to the poll for the two favourite
candidates, more especially for Mr. Wakley, the cheers were
deafening. The multitude continued rapidly to increase till
four o'clock, when it was one of the greatest, probably much
the greatest, that has yet assembled at any of the elections.
At four o'clock the returning officer declared the poll to be
closed.

Mr. DuNcomnE then came forward.
with great cheering. Ho s,'''
Finsbury, the poll h-

.suti Ova seess'wea
.......—sClais!inien electors of
-.4 ACM finally closed ; the contest
before you, even at this late hour
oreasi, to offer you my sincere thanks, and to con/Tres
you, the Reformers of Finsbury, on the great and noble
triumph that you have this day achieved.—( Loud cheering.)
I am proud, gentlemen, to say, and I am satisfied you will Le
rejoiced to hear, that I have polled more votes upon this
oeeasion than ever have been polled before by any
candidate—since the elective franchise was conferred
upon the borough of Finsbury—(Cheers)—and yet, Gen-
tlemen, we were told, previous to the contest, that this was
the borough that was to disgrace itself by returning a Tory
is Parliament !—( Laughter and cheers.) I hear, gentlemen,
that as fat as the returns go from the country—and you all
know what has occurred in the metropolis—that the Tories
are perfectly satisfied with the returns !—( Great, laughter. )
Now, gentlemen, by the returns that I have seen, about 159
members are already returned, and in that number there is a
majority of twenty in favour of the people.—( Loud cheers.)
If the Tories are satisfied with the returns, I am sure
the people are—(Laughter)—and I am quite sure I am—
( Continued laughter )-and it only rests now with myself to prove
to you, that I am worthy of that distinguished honour that
you have conferred upon me.—( Cheers.) To-morrow, gen-
tlemen, the state of the poll will be officially announced to you
at twelve o'clock, by the Returning Officer. Until then, I
shall take my leave of you, and only thank you once more—
at the same time, repeating my most grateful and sincere
acknowledgement for the zeal, the enthusiasm, and the good
humour with which this contest had been conducted.—( Hear,
hear, hear.) I say the zeal, because I know from my
Committees that when it was proposed to the independent elec-
tors of this borough to carry them yesterday and to-day to the
poll by coaches, their answer was, we want no conveyance ; the
cause is our's more than Mr. Duncombe's, and we will walk to
the poll.—( Loud cheers.) I say the zeal and enthusiasm is
great, because I know you all feel as honest men. An elector
said to me just no ,v, Mr. Duncombe, my heart is ready
to break with joy that the Tories have been defeated."—
( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I again thank you for the
distinguished honour you have done me ; but if I were
to stand here till midnight in attempting to return you
thanks adequate to my feelings, I should fail.—( Hear.) I
will come here to-morrow, and renew and repeat those thanks
I now offer ; and I beg you to believe that I can never, and
shall never forget this, which I consider the proudest hour of
my life."—(Tremendous cheers. )
Mr. WAXLEY now ascended ti:e steps in front of the hust-
ings, amidst many rounds of the most enthusiastic cheerings.
Mr. Hobhouse stood at his side. Electors of Finsbury, said
the hon. member, behold my first act after my triumph. ( Here
Mr. W. stooped and seized Mr. Hobhouse's hand,which he shook
most cordially, which seemed to delight not only the defeated
candidate, but the meeting, in the most extraordinary manner.)
Observe, gentlemen, that is the emblem of peace and good
wig—(Loud cries of " Bravo, bravo")--and follow ye the
example. The contest is at an end—the cause of the people
has triumphed, and now let us for ever bury every angry feeling
which the proceedings have originated—( Cheers, and cries of
" Bravo.") I have been opposed zealously and earnestly,
opposed by gentlemen whom, I believe, considered it was
their duty to act in opposition on this occasion. I for-
give them ; and I believe that, within a very short period,
they themselves will be satisfied that instead of being
entitled to their opposition I merit their best con-
fidenc:..—( Cheers.) Gentlemen, you have returned to Par-
liament one of yourselves.—( Hear.) You have returned
a man who has mixed, and who has laboured with you, in the
humble walks of society.—( Hear, hear ) Gentlemen, as lam
so hoarse, Mr. Rogers, my kind friend, has requested me to beg
that I may be excused addressing you. because I shall have to
do so to-morrow, and I should be glad if you would excuse me,
as I am much exhausted.—( Cries of " Yes, yes," and a few
" Noes.") I will only say now, then, that as I am your Re-
presentative, I shall be your Representative—and that if ever
I forget, or fail to redeem one pledge that I have made
on these hustings, execrate me to the last hour of your lives.
—( Hear, hear, and cheering.) I have long fought your bat-
tle, but I have never yet had an efficient field for fighting it
in until now. You at last have furnished the ground; and
accuse me of being a traitor and a coward, if I do not take
advantage of the position which I occupy.—( Deafening cheers. )
Mr. Honnous next stood forward to address the meeting
amidst cheers and some disapprobation. Gentlemen, he said,
I have very nearly lost my voice, and I have altogether lost
my election.—( Much laughter and cheering.) Gentlemen,
although I should have been better pleased to have congratu-
lated you on the triumph of reform in my own person—
( Loud laughter and jeering) I am perfectly well
pleased that the Learned Sergeant has been beaten—(great
cheers)—and that the cause of Reform has been at last trium-
phant in Finsbury. Gentlemen, I came before the electors of
Finsbury on the assurance that your present Hon. Member
( Mr. Wakley) could not command sufficient votes to be:.
one
Learned Sergeant.—( Cries of " But now you h^-.-
; 5 o another.
assurance.") Gentlemen, you have cer:- • s
surances, and that is enough :or
me np; ie(
Cale% Oi " Bravo,lth,n,ot t
liberal interest hej
‘
bravo.) The moment Is
-mild that I might be defeating the
tsinabur,y this morning—( Cries of no, no)_
I mean t 9, say the snoment I saw the possibility of that,
tisal moment I resigned the contest—(Loud
although I think I had, at least I am assured I had a great
number of votes unpolled, that might by some possibility, I do
not know how they would have gained me my election.--
( Cries of " No, no.") Nevertheless, as I said before, I
congratulate you that Reform has triumphed here. I congra-
tulate you upon the great good humour with which this
election has been conducted—l hope have not displeased
my of vou—l had no interest myself but the cause of the peo-
ple at heart—l never shall have any interest but their's—l
shall always in my public conduct identify myself with them
on any future occasion on which I may present myself, and
wishing you all a very good night, as it is now time for me to
go home, I beg to take my leave of you.—( Great cheering.)
Mr. ROGEREI then presented himself, and was received with
loud cheers. The electors of Finsbury had accomplished the
triumph that he had promised them, and he now knew that
they would not only enjoy their triumph, but that they would
enjoy it like free citizens.—( Hear.) They would now be
peaceful, relying upon their strength, and he knew they
would be, as it had always been said that the people of
England were powerful in action, quiet and peaceable when
their conquest was closed. At last they had put Mr. Wakley
into the House of Commons. There had been repeated
struggles, but this was a great victory—and a victory of the
people, too, without the assistance of any part of the press.
Cheers.) This (said Mr. R.) has been done by the peo-
ple alone. And now, Gentlemen, I am going to tell 3ou a
piece of news that will be almost as gratifying to you as Mr.
Wak ley's triumph, and that is, that William Cobbett is elected
for Oldham.--( Loud cheers.)
Mr. PANE now came forward, and stated his accurate name,
which, he said, had yesterday been mistaken for Bain. He
said—l am called upon by a gentleman of Mr. Hobhouse's
Committee to retract an expression which he says I made use
of yesterday, but which I deny having used. I have ap-
pealed to the gentlemen of the press who were present, and
they say I did not make use of it—namely, that
Mr. Hobhouse had come here as a sheep in wolf's clothing.
—( Hear, hear.) I deny that I did make use of that expres-
sion ; but I say that even if I bad done so—(Cries of " It
would have been right")—l could have justified it. But gen.
tlemen, we do not meet to-day to exult over the fallen
—we meet to triumph over the great cause—over the great
victory that has been achieved.—( Cheers.) Mr. Hobhouse
very nobly and very prudently resigned the contest this morn-
ing—not that his standing would have at all prevented Mr.
Wakley being returned, but it has considerably augmented
the majority which has been obtained over the Tories—
( Cheers)—and I hope that the victory which has just
been achieved in Finsbury will be a warning to the Finsbury
Mock Reform Club—( Loud cheers)--and a lesson to them,
by which those who composed that Mock Reform Club have
not the power of nominating a candidate for Finsbury.—
( Cheers.) A gentleman says lam not speaking to the ques-
tion.—( Cries of " you are, you are.") I was challenged here
by one of the members of the Finsbury Reform Club, and I will
meet him here now, or at any other time to repeat what I stated
yesterday, or on any other occasion.— (Cheers.) I said no-
thing yesterday, I believe, but what was straight-forward and
manly—nothing but what was the sincere conviction
of an honest heart, and having done so, I think it was ex-
tremely impolitic in Mr. Hobhouse's Committee to tax me
with having made use of an expression which I never thought
of.—( Cheers.) Gentlemen, I shall not detain you longer,
but will merely propose three cheers for the successful candi-
dates, the friends of the people.
Three cheers were given with great enthusiasm.

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Three

groans were then called for for Spankie, and which were given
in a truly hideous style. Three groans were next called for,
and given with equal warmth, for Sir Robert Peel; and the
same for the great Military Dictator.
The immense meeting then quietly and orderly dispersed,
preceded by banners and bands of music.

TOTVER H4MLETS.
From our Third Edition of last night.
DEFEAT AND RESIGNATION OF THE TORY

CANDIDATE.

Throughout the day considerable confusion prevailed, on
account of the proceedings of the friends of the Tory candidate,
who, though denied at the first request, persisted in soliciting
the electors very much to their annoyance. Much disgust
was also occasioned in consequence of about 100 poor men
parading the borough with a placard inscribed—" We are
starving ; Captain B— has deceived us, and wont pay us
our wages." They went to the committee of Dr. Lushington,
and stated that they were employed by the chairman of the
Tory Candidate's Committee, a Mr. a builder, who
promised them Is. 10d. a-day, but which they were unable
to obtain, and were discharged without a moment's notice.

Captain BURTON came forward amidst great confusion.
Partial silence having been obtained, he said—Those of the
electors who read my address must have perceived the reason
of my presenting myself before you. The sentiments con-
tained in that address I will maintain to the latest peri-1
me existence. In the same address s—
laughter.) I beg also to

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.._a-v-aa:CA pause and
—.urn you that those principles I
to death,—( Great laughter etitl erica of
_.avo.") Ma- firm belief Is that the policy which I profess
ha, a gMIU• tendency to promote the well-being of this coun-
try than any other.—( Hisses and laughter.) lam happy at
all events of giving an opportunity to those electors who have
done me the honour of recording their vette; in illy Savour.
I assure you it is impossible for me ever to express the deep
feeling of grattude I feel towards them. To those of the
electors who differed in opinion with me, and recorded their
votes against me, I entertain towards them feelings of the
kindest nature.--( Bravo.) Whatever difference we may have
in political sentiments, I really believe they wish for the wel-
fare of the country_( Bravo.) I told you when I first presented
myself, that I was neither h Whig nor a Tory--( What then ?)
1 repeat it—the only principle I have is the well-being of the
country—l look to that alone, and I belong to no other faction.
It was my determination to continue this election as long as
there was an elector remaining to poll ; but by the advice of
my friends, and with the good feeling which I have towards
this borough, I assure you I should be the last man to wish to
excite any unkind feelings amongst you, or to give you any
unnecessary trouble—it therefore only remains for me to assure
vou that, as long as I exist, I shall entertain the kindest fed-
i :gs towards the electors of the Tower Hamlets, as I anxiously
desire that everything done for them may be for their interests
and welfare.—( Cheers.) It must be perceptible to all those
who noticed the polling this day, that it is quite impossible for
me to contend against a coalition.—( Cries of ‘• there is no
coalition, and off, off.") I can only assure you from the re-
turns to my Committee, my votes are nine- tenths of them
piumpers. It now remains only for me to assure you that I shall
a',.va)s entertain an anxious desire for your welfare, and that
I retire from you in the best humour in the world.—
( Cheers. ) I only regret that there have been some mistatements
made of my political sentiments, and that some clamour was
made when I came forward to address the electors, which I
h ipe I did with manliness, and I trust I may also add, with
proper gentlemanly feeling. (Cheers.)
Dr. Li'SHINGTON presented himself, and was greeted with
loud cheers. He proceeded to address them as follows :
Electors of the Tower Hamlets, the battle has been fought
and the victory won.—( Cheers.) I regret not the trouble,
the expense, or the anxiety, which that struggle
entailed upon me, though I may regret that my friends have
been compelled to exert themselves and to occupy their time.
But I am proud for myself, for the viedication of my character
—( Hear)--for the support of my principles, and that a mag-
nificent majority has rescued this borough from being
stamped a Tory borough._( Cheers.) I rejoice at the estab-
lishment of those principles that I have advocated, and the
example set to the metropolitan county and to the kingdom at
large. lam humbly grateful and proud, as an Englishman
and an advocate of our general cause.—( Cheers. )
Through the whole of this contest there was no one
point upon which my mind was not made up, except
that I saw myself the victim of the bitterest abuse and un-
bounded calumny, and therefore, without condescending to
follow the example of my political opponents, I have taken
care that not one word has escaped me in impugning the cha-
racter of any who attacked me.—( Cheers.) These arc the
weapons with which I will not fight. Every man has a right
to his own political principles. He has a right to be a Tory
if he thinks fit, I quarrel not with him, it is a question for his
own conscience to settle ; but if he is a Tory, let him,
be found where he will, politically speaking, be supported ;
but wherever he is found, I am his resolved and determined
foe.—( Cheers.) Coalition !—( Laughter.) Why, it so hap-
pens that between myself and my hon. colleague, after two
years' service in Parliament, where the most important ques-
tions ever agitated were discussed, we have not differed on
ra-re than live votes on the utmost ; and was it not na-
tural, then, that the friends of Mr. Clay should come for-
ward and support the individual mho supported the same
principles that he did?—( Cheers.) Was it not natural that
they should not only support Mr. Clay, but recollecting who
was in the field against those principles, or at least a gentle-
man whose principles, upon his honour, he did not yet know—
( Laughter)—but be they what they may, they are not those of
my colleague and myself, for he did not what we have
done, hoist the banner of Reform—not such reform ne
Sir Robert Peel professes---( Hisses)—but that Reform
in State, and that alteration in Church, those great changes
throughout all the institutions of the country which the people
of England understand, (call them by what name you please)
which they understand and covet, and ask for, and ask with
loud voice, and shall and must have.—Vehement cheering.)
Now then, no wonder that a large majority of the
electors of the Tower Hamlets, united in their
sentiments, have supported Mr. Clay and myself,
as I humbly hope a large majority of the electors of Middles
sex will support Mr. Hume and Mr. Byng.—( Cheers.) We
are strong—strong first in the justice of our cause, strong
next in the knowledge of that justice, and strong again from
the immense majority of the people having adopted those
opinions ; but strong as we are, let us remember the wa-'
of my Lord Melbourne, " We are not Strom, --
to be divided." We must unite, and a-
'
not merely of the Oct,- _ ',nen si7e.akaeoufguh,e,toi affordspak
dlesex, or or _ass of the Tower Hamlets, or of Mid:.
.ue metropolitan boroughs) but to All the people
_ ,ngland—( flear)—who ?smite the Constitution, and value
the Conatitetiem and tkire to have the Constitution preserved
in that state in which, when a rational man looks upon it, he
may say it is not deformed by abuse and corruption—
( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I concur in all the kind
feeling expressed by the gallant Captain, but I must may
when all that was dear to me lam et stake, I looked tia you,
and to your verdict, not merely yob acquittal, but your honour,
truq, and confidence ; and my deep sense of thankfulness for
the patriotic manner that you have supported me, is beyond
my expression.
The Learned Gentleman then retired amidst the most en.
thusiastic cheering.
Mr. COATES said—The proud triumph of the present mo-
ment is, in some measure, depressed by the absence of Mr.
Clay, who is kept, by domestic circumstances, from returning
thanks in his own person. But when I tell you that Mr. Clay
is watching the sick, perhaps the dying, bed of a beloved fa,
ther, I am sure you will not think the less of him as a public
man, because he has attended to the endearing charities
of rrivatc life.-4 Loud cheers.) My maxim is, never to
triumph over the fallen.—(Cheers.) The gallant Captain
has declared that, notwithstanding the result of the election, he
is determined to stand by his principles. If I could collect
what those principles are, I would he in a COtidttldn to judge
of the wisdom of this resolution.—(Laughter.) But as there
is a difficulty, I can duly collect them from his great master,
Sir Robert Peel---( Tremendous groaning)—in every word of
whose jesuitical address the Gallant Captain says he COneUrs.
It comes to this, that the Gallant Captain is as much a Tory
as Sir R. Peel himself.—(Groans and cheers.) Ido not
object to the Tories retaining their opinioti3---4 AM too tole-
rant to object to opinions which I think to be mistaken. The
Tories, then, are welcome to their opinions ; but they are not
welcome to put their hands into the pockets of the people to
maintain those opinions —Cheers.) T took the nett), of telling
the Gallant Captain, when he otrered hlmself as a candidate,
that he did not stand the most remote chance.---( Cheers. )
He did not listen to my suggestion. lam glad he came to
the poll, as I hope he will go away wiser than he came.—
(Cheers.) I know the men of the Tower Hamlets to be
firm, wise, and resolved never to part with the reat princi-
ples of Constitutional Reform. (Cheers.) But there is
a small, insignificant, and exclusive body of persons here,
but who know nothing of our virtue or our patriotism, or
our resolution to take our stand upon the great principles
of Constitutional Reform. I hope those persons will be now
satisfied that this borough is determined to maintain those
great principles.—( Loud and continued cheers.) Something
has been said about a coalition. If such had existed, it would
have been laudable to all parties—for men to unite in a just
cause is laudable, but no such thing has existed.—( Hear,
hear.) What you have witnessed is the independent
conclusion of different men acting together to maintain
these great and constitutional principles common to you all.
The attempt to palm a Tory candidate upon this borough will,
I hope, be a lesson to that party.—(Loud cheers.) I
have now only to return you my most heartfelt thanks and those
of Mr. Clay, for your noble devotion and magnificent exertion
in this great cause. I wish Mr. Clay were here to tender
them himself, but you have a better reward than thanks, the
approbation of your own consciences, and a knowledge that
your votes were given to secure your own interssts. When
you look back to the great struggle that has been made to
cheat the people out of their great charter, Fit will
be a sufficient reward for you that you fought the
battle of right against power, and of purity against corrup-
tion ; and that you joined to maintain the interests of the '
many against the interested and factious object of the few. I
will conclude by thanking you, in the name of Mr. Clay, and
of all the other Reformers of England, and by congratulating
you on the triumphant issue of the contest.—(Loud cheers.)
C. WHARTON, Esq., the Returning Officer, said that
he had just received a letter from Captain Burton,
stating that he waived the poll which he had demanded, and
retired from the contest. ft was his duty, therefore to de-

am ready to in-

Clare W. Clay, Esq., and Stephen Lushington, Esq., duly
returned to serve in the ensuing Parliament.
The following is the state of the poll at tho close :
FOUR O'CLOCK.

Clay
Lushington
Burton

2,779
2,580
465

LAMBETH.

From our Third Edition of last night.
This day at Four o'clock the polling ceased, when
Mr. HAWES came forward and said,— The last return of the
poll chews that you have placed me in the post of honour—
you have done me the honour to place me in the first situation
on the poll. Gentlemen, lam deeply grateful to all of you,
and that gratitude I will endeavour to shew, not by words but
by deeds.—( Great cheering.) I think, Gentlemen, that
we may now safely say, that in the Borough of
Lambeth, all the crying about re-action and the division among
the Reformers is false—( Cheers.) It happens that Mr. Ten-
nyson, from some unexplained cause, is prevented from appear-
ing before you. I know that a short time ago he was very
unwell ; there is a gentleman present, however, on his behalf,
who is deputed to return his sincere thanks to you—( Cheers. )
You must now remember that our adversaries have decided
on continuing the election throughout to-morrow.—(Great
and continued disapprobation.) lam delighted, gentlemen, to
hear those shouts on my left hand (the Conservative
because before four o'clock to----
cheering will

9"),
i know how much their
worth.—(Great cheering, and laughter.)
...it proud majority you have given ti to-day has, in
pokt of fact, virtually settled the cloak:in for tile llorotigh.
-( Great cheering; 1 Anti, Oentletiten, ism quite sure
that the testilt *lll that iteXt day's Vdfit itlil better
spak the feelings of the people of this borough, than to-day.
Cheers, and great noise.) Some of the friends of the
Alderman think that I am speaking for him. I can only
say that I am speaking for myself, without the slightest in-
flammation of the chest--( Great cheering and laughteT)—
and Ide P.5.!,1Arr.! Pltk that Will be indeed, if, after agking
your suffrages, I think of making that an excuse for not facing
you.—( Great cheering.) This day's poll will add one more
to the proud triumph of Reform.--( Cheers.) It will go
through the country, and help to keep up the good cause of
liberty and freedom.—(Greet cheering.) As I said to you
when you first sent me into Parliament, that you would find
me a most staunch advocate of that cause, so now I will only
say, that while 1 have breath, it shall not have a more dt!tcr-
mined supperter.—( Cheering.) 1 ask you to rally round us
(" We will, we will")—rally round the same standard to-
morrow as you have done to-day, and show our opponents that
if wisdom directed their councils, they would have put an end
to the contest at once. But, gentlemen, I assure you, if they
have no objection to the contest, I have eane, because I know
that the result will be Shell ati one as not to justify them in
continuing it ; but it will pl ice me in a more proud situation
than lamin at present. I only ask you to continue the same
exertions to-morrow as you have nobly done to-day, and let us
shew those who are hired to stop the freedom of discussion here,
that our efforts far outrival their's by our position on the poll,
—( Cheers. )—which, after all, is the way in which we can
speak loudest. I call upon you to exert yourselves—bestir
yourselves, and not let it be said that beeatt!ti we are §ard we
are indolent.—( Cheers, and et ies of " We will show them that
to-morrow.") I say again, that if you return me to parlia-
meet, you send me as the steady advocate of the rights
of the people—dissenters as well as churchmen. You will
find no truckling or trimming in me,_( Cheering)—and
wherever you find me voting against the principles of llaform,
against the liberties of the people, or against sound eeonotily,
then turn your backs upon me. The Hon. Gentleman con-
cluded amidst immense applause from an audience (never ex-
ceeded in resFectability at an election) of more than 2,000
persons.
J. H. PALMER, Esq. (son of Mr. Tennyson's proposer),
then came forward on behalf of Mr, TPniiytoii, tie said, " I
have been RAH, And I took the task with very great
Leasure, to return thanks to you, on the part of Mr.
ennyson, for the high and distinguished honour you have
done him in so freely and nobly tend-!ring him your suffrages.
When I heard the shout raised on the other side when Mr,
Hawes spoke of the Right 1-ion, Gentictilan'4 I thought
it came from a very had Motive and in exceeding bad taste.—
( Cheers.) Mr. Tennyson is never afraid to face the people,
and he would never descend to so low a pretence as illness to
prevent him from appearing here.—(Cheers.) 'We already
know that Mr. Tennyson's intera.ts are •afe le yti,3/4„th
we know you will rush to the poll, and I have no doubt but
that you will place the Right Honourable Gentleman in
that situation to which his public spirit entitles him.—
( Cheers. )—At all events, I think that those who make elle-
sions to any one's indisposition tight not to have sent here a
hired band of men to make disturbance and noise.—( Great
cheering, which drowned the Hon. Gentleman's voice.)—l
feel perfectly confident, gentlemen, that you will nobly do
your duty.—( Cheers.) Great as a trilnivh migUt iic io the
electors, it would rot be merely the triumph of the borough
of Lambeth, but of those principles uron which I sincerely
believe the liberties of the people rest. If the same spirit
as you have shown were felt to actuate the people generally,
I would say that there was no doubt but that the Tories would
find they were going," " going," " gone."—( Loud
laughter.) Ido believe that the result of this day's poll will
be a great stimulus to the cause of Reform throughout the
country, and I cannot for a moment doubt but that the
result of the elections generally would greatly tend to
accelerate the pace of Reform in place of retarding it. I
again return you my most sincere thanks, and beg further to
say that Mr. Tennyson feels strongly for the honour you have
done him. I entreat you to come early to the poll to-morrow,
and crush—at once and for ever---the spirit cf Toryitin
in this horongli—(Lotri dreering..) Our object is
not merely to return our late representatives to the House of
COaimons with a triumphant majority, but by an overwhelming
one, to show to the country the opinions of the electors of Lam-
beth upon those great principles which are now at stake in the
country.—( Great cheering ) 1 agt_lti Ittlifil you lay most hearty
thanks, and again beseech you to strike a blow to-morrow
which will make the hearts of tyrants tremble.—( Cheers.)
Mr. LETT ( Alderman Fairbrother's chairman) then came
forward, and was about to make some observations on his be-
half, but was received with such. yelling and groaning that hot
a word could be heart!.
Att, 1-IAWEs entreated as a personal favour, as well as for
the good of the cause in which they were engaged, to give the
gentleman a fair hearing.
Silence having bean r.,?.storatl2
Mr. Lair' tlien prOneetiedLne wished to detain them
but for moment, while he detailed the reasons of the
worthy Alderman's aliskned:-.-Le Jean) it wits occasioned
by very serious iiino§, tie ha attempted to come before
tti§tn, kltiti had got as far as his Committee-room, and un-
doubtedly he would have appeared among them, if the
medical man had not stated that sudden death would be
the inevitable consequence of an exposure to cold on the hust-
ings.—( Groaning.) He would
ive them an opportunity
of Coming to this poll se.4norrenr, and registering their totes for
g
tilt independent men.—(Much hissing and groaning.)_.
He would do so on these grounds—to give every elector
an opportunity of registering his vote either for Tennyson,
for Hawes, or for Farebrother—( Disapprobation and laughter. )
He had sanguine hopes that the poll to-morrow would show
a very different complexion to what it then did.--(Great
lattaliter, and eries "No doubt of it.") He was
sine that' na gentleman iclio Ithe* him *mild say
that he kept the poll open from factious motives. He
had ascertained that they had a full proportion of the electors
of the borough in their favour.—(Great laughter.) He re-
turned thanks on the part of Alderman Farebrother to those
who had voted for him, and hoped his other friends would
etime forward early to-morrow.
After a few words from Mr. M‘LEoh, which was not heard
in consequence of the noise, the meeting separated.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The elections are proceeding with varied success as re-
gards the two antagonist parties ; but, on the whole, com-
paring the returns, the Ministers are gaining a sensible ad-
dition to the Conservative party. Whether sufficient to
level the great previous inequality between their own num-
bers and those of the combined Whigs and Radicals, it will
require some weeks to ascertain. Government must suffer
inconvenience from the defeat of four of its official friends,
two of whom have been designated for Lords of the Admi-
ralty, one the Secretary to that Board, and the fourth, who
was a Secretary to the Treasury under the Duke of Wel-
lington, vim., the two Admirals, Cockburn and Rowley, and
Messrs. Planta and Dawson. We may say that the loss
of a person so experienced as Sir George Cockburn, both
in the naval service of the State and in the civil, would
he felt also b 1 the Rouse of Commons, whenever it
became necessary to seek information upon the details
of that great department with which the gallant officer has
for many years been connected. But so far as the returns
have hitherto gone, there seems to us a fair prospect that
Sir Robert Peel's Administration, provided always it shall
fulfil the promise of redressing acknowledged grievances
and promoting real reform, will, between its own regular
adherents, and the assistance it may look for on important
questions from independent and dispassionate men of the
Liberal party, be strong enough to hold its ground in
Parliament until the temporary excitement shall be at an
end, and the nation feel at once sufficient confidence in its
own constitutional power to. smile at the possibility of serious
mischief from even the worst disposed and most insidious
Minister, and sufficient reliance on the good intentions of the
Conservatives to lend them a willing, frank, and confident sup-
port. But the sine qua non of such a friendly relation between
the people of England and the Conservative Government
must be the absolute surrender by the latter of those pre-
judices and repugnances towards the Reform principle
which were formerly imputed to its members. Let it be
well understood—and it is not the first time by many that
we have enforced it—let it be well understood that no ap-
proximation towards anti-reform "men or measures" will or
can proceed from the people—the approach must be to-
wards them ; and unless this datum be admitted and stea-
dily acted on by the Conservatives, their case maybe set down
as utterly desperate and rotten. We ought, perhaps, to apo-
logize for this repetition, in substance, of that which in different
language we have ,pften urged before, and which indeed
within the first few days after the announcement of the King's
resolution to have a Peel or Wellington Government, was
laid down by this journal most distinctly as the sole condi-
tion on which the new Ministry could hope to be tolerated
by the country, or to be befriended by the press. ‘. A
Reform Administration it must be, or it would not re-
main so vouch as three months in power." That same con-