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VIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUART 6, 1835.

would only be safe whileleace and tianqniiliv reigned in
the conntiti. rtliefiforel was hiyal man. The
neh cry was • ha Church in danger." He thought
he need 'say no more on that subject, than that the
Church was in no danger; but he would say the pockets
of the parsons were in some danger.--( Cheers.) Such men
as his friend Mr. A. were the men to send to Parliament ; if
he was sent to Parliament the interests of the working classes
would be his peculiar care.—(Cheers.) He would tell the
minister that no mow should he taken out of the pockets of
the work ltig Elii§§ei tilt the rich had paid their share.—( Great
cheering.) He was addressing the most loyal people in the
country—(Laughter)—and they would prove it so by sending
the proper men to represent them. Mr. Angerstein said he
would support the shipping interests ; he was a shipowner, and
he trusted when Mr. A. went Into Parliament he would give
him a lift.—( Laughter.) He would ask the watermen of
Greenwich, the worst used body of men in the borough, who
had they to get up and take care of their interests when a Rail-
way Bill or a Steam-boat Bill was passing ?—let them return
Mr. A., and then they, at least, would have one. They
wanted a man who would work out the Reform Bill, not one
who would put it on the shelf. It had been said that Mr. Bar.
nard had done his duty in Parliament, and he (Mr. H) must say
that he ean§Cientiiiiisly thought he had—(immense cheering)
—and he would not be honest if he did not say so. Mr.
Angerstein was a man of independent principles, and would
not coalesce with any one ; he thought he was the most proper
man for them, and therefore he had great pleasure in pro-
posing JohnAngersteln, Esq., as a fit and proper person to re-
present them in Parliament.
Mr. SIIERWIN said, Mr. Hammond had so exhausted every
subject, that he had nothing further to do than to second the
nomination, which he did most willingly, and with great plea-
sure.

Mr. PERKYNS came forward to propose Mr. M. W. Attwood,
and was received with loud hissing and noise. -He merely
proposed Mr. Attwood as n pioper person to represent the
betettgh of tlreenwich in Parliament.
Mr. Youiso seconded the nomination, and congratulated the
electors that they had such a choice before them. He was
a man who would take care of those great and glorious parts
of our constitution, which were yet left.—(Hissing.) Mr.
Attwood was a man who was perfectly capable to take care of
their interests, and could take a general view of the great in
terests of the natien, tii Willeb he would bring capacity an I
talent. tie was an honest man, and was willing calmly an I
temperately to consider any abuses which might have grow.)
up through time.—( Hisses.) He would not propose or second
the nomination of a man who would remove the landmarks of
our glotlrAlg dotlStitutioti—( Hisses)—which had been the glofy
of our country, and fixed deep by the wisdom of our ancestors.
With regard to the venerable fabric of the Established Church,
he would never be the man who would come forward to dese-
crate that venerable fahrie.( Hisses,) He world not come
forward to propose as a candidate a man that would not advo-
cate the claims of the Dissenters.—( Cheers.) Mr. Attwood
was the friend of the Dissenters.—( Great confusion, and
cries of, " No, he is not.") It was a foul calumny to say that
he was not—( Misses)--anti those who had pill forward that
calumny were obliged to seek darkness for their purpose.—
( Groans and hisses.) He did not secol-d the nomination of a
man unconnected with the bOrough. Mt. Attwood was the
Chairman of the General Steam Navigation Company.—
(Much confusion.) The titbd was rag- arriving when the eon-
dititln the productive classes must be taken into considera-
tion, and if he thought that Mr. Attwood would not advocate
their interests with the utmost ability, he would be the last
man in the world to stand upon those hustings to second his.
nomination. Why did he say this ? Because he considered
the productive classes were the elements of the commercial
prosperity of the country—( Cheers)—of its national strength
--(Cheers)—and he longed for the time-when they would be
placed in that state of comfort which their patience and industry
so justly entitled thesti to fill—( Cheer§ and confusion.) He
was Satisfied that the sound principles of his friend Mr.
Attwood, would be approved by the majority of the electors of
Greenwich—( Cries of " We don't think so, if you do.")
Firmly believing that the sentiments he had stated were those
of Mr. Attwood, he boldly came forward to second his nomi-
nation, as one of the Representatives of the Borough of
Greenwich, in the ensuing Parliament. He doubted not that
a prosperous gale would send his vessel into port, and that it
would discharge a productive cargo—(Great cheering, anal
c onfusion:)
Mr. Bimten-then came forward to address the elector
amidst immense cheering. He thanked them for their well
come ; he accepted it as an earnest of his Suceess 3 as a re-
ward for his past labours I and an 1-2iinaregenient for his rte-
ture exertins.—( Great cheering.) He stood before the
electors of Greenwich for the second time, after two years
spent in their service, a candidate for the high honour of re-
presenting them in Parliament. He came there, not with
professions to catch their good opinions, but to hold up to
them his Parliamentary conduct, as the test of his watchfulness
over their interests in the Commons House of Parliament. He
trusted that if the electors of Greenwich arproved his conduct,
they would support him. There had been several meetings
held in the borough, at all of which his conduct had been
approved.—( Great cheering.) Such being the case, he
felt no doubt that the electors would support him —( Cheer-
ing, and cries of " We will.") It had been said that he was a
Destructive.—( Cries of " No, no.") He was no such thing.
Providence had showered down on him its blessings. He bad
some property—he had children to whom he wished to
see that property descend untouched ; that would never
take place if he was a leveller.—(Loud cheering.) He
was a Reformer in every sense of the word. He wished
to see the working classes happy; he wished to give to the
poor man such a share of the comforts of this life, as would
make him unvevious of the comforts of the rich.—( Enthu-
siastic applause.) He had been sent to request the suffrages
of the electors, before his work was half done ; and long ere
the seven years of his apprenticeship had expired. If the
electors again sent him to Parliament, he would, as he had
always done, stand forward as their friend and servant.
He would do all in his power to perfect the
Reform Bill; the shortening of Parliaments, and the
vote by ballot, and the introduction of measures
calculated to protect the interests of the,poor man. If the
electors sent him again to Parliament, he would support re-
form of the church, and of every abuse that existed._
(Cheers.) His cry was " measures, not men I" But honest
men—men politically honest—(Applause)—he had supported
the late Government, and why ? Because he believed them
honest. That they had done all in their power for the wel-
fare of the people, and were trying to do more, when they wera
removed from that eminence which enabled them to consider
and act for the people's good.—( Cheers.) Little did the
electors know the obstacles that had been thrown in their
path.--( Cheersland cries of " We do.") Should it ever be
said that the supporters and framers of reform were tiot the
best men to protect it, and to bring forth those fruits
which the people were so anxiously looking for.
(Great cheering.) Would the electors of Greenwich—
would the people at large entrust it to the hands of men
who were against the very principles of reformation.—( Cheers
and cries of " No, no,") On the one hand the people had
the spirit of reform, on the other nothing but the letter.—
(Great cheering.) Great Britain had long been in the en-
joyment of peace ; but what, he would ask, had been the
state of the working classes in that land possessed of every
blessing ? Why, the labouring man, both in the agricultural
and manufacturing districts, could hardly keep themselves
from starving.—( Cheers and hisses.) If Reform was
allowed to proceed, much good wouldrbe done, but if if
was stopped at the commencement, the hopes of the country
would be blighted for ever. If the electors trusted him again,
he would do all he could to perfect so great a work—( Loud
applause.) He had a claim as a tried reformer and their re-
presentative, over the other two candidates. The electors had
approved his conduct, he had voted according to the pledges
he had put forth; and that approval was a stimulus to him to
use further exertions. He was sure the electors would not
abandon him.—( Cries of " No, no, never.") It never could
be said that Greenwich, which drew its first breath from the
Reform bill, had abandoned its first reform representative.—
( Cheers.) He never could believe it, till he saw the brand
of infamy stamped on their character, as %plainly as he saw
the fatal record of their sworn foes.—( Enthusiastic applause.)
Mr. ANGERSTEIN then came forward and was loudly
cheered. He stood before the electors as a candidate for
their suffrages, not on any local interest, but from the solici-
tations he had received from every side. He presented him-
self perfectly unconnected with Government, or either of the
other candidates. If the electors accepted him as their Re-
presentative, he pledged himself to perform to the best
of his ability the different duties he had professed.
He stood before them a Constitutional Reformer; King,
Lords, and Commons independent.—( Applause.) Such
were his sentiments ; the reforms he had proposed in his ad-
dress to the electors he still continued to approve. But his
views of reform were not confined to those alone. He was a
Radical to a certain extent. He was a Radical, not in the ge-
neral interpretation, because he was no Destructive. He would
expound the sentiments he professed. First,with respect to no-
mination boroughs. It was once his lot to represent a nomina-
tion borough, for which the full equivalent had been paid.
Dui ing the time he did so, lie felt great. pain ; and since that
period, he had objected to such a system of representation.
Then with respect to sinecures. He objected to them from
beginning to end. His opinion was that no individual
should have a sinecure, unless he had performed an equivalent
duty. With respect to unmerited pensions, it was unnecessary
to say a word, as that subject was included in sinecures. Then
with respect to unjust taxation. He thought every individual
would admit that it was his interest, as well as theirs, to oppose
such taxation. He would be the last man to assist in imposing
taxes that would be injurious to the people.—(Great cheer-
ing.) That taxes of some nature must exist, no man could
doubt. The nation had incurred a debt, and that debt must be
paid. Then, with regard to the Dissenters—there was one
point on which they ought to be relieved. They ought to be
admitted to the Universities, because in not being so, they la-
boured under positive disadvantages. Their claim, however,
to be excluded from church rates and taxes, he could not con-
sent to, because he considered them so closely connected with
tithes, that they could make no difference between them. With
regard to the church, it had not a more sincere friend than
himself, and in the reforms he should propose it would be his
study to secure its best interests.--( Cheers.) He thought
however it was an injury to the Church that one individual
should possess two cures--eyery income ought to be sufficient
to support a gentleman—( Cheers.) With regard to the
shipping and commercial interests he should be a very bad re-
presentative indeed, if he did not do everything in his power to
promote its interest--( Hear, hear, and cheers.) At the last
election for the Borough, he was in bad company—( Loud
laughter).—but his opinion then was the same as now,
and as he trusted it ever would continue. There was a coali-
tion on the last occasion, by which, he believed, he was scot
to the wall.—(Cheers.) He presented himself on the present
occasion perfectly independent.—( Great cheering.) He pre-
sented himself there at the solicitation of the wealthy classes

tf the borough. Pledges he had never made, and nevi
*child a fang as lie estistede—e(lleer.) He had not solicited
one vote.—(Loud cheers.) He had net even made a single
visit to an elector in the place, and if he had the good fortune
to be returned as their representative, he would say, with pride,
that there would not be a more independent Member than
himself in the House of Commons.—( Great cheering.) If
the electors took him now, they should never have him again
unless he went to the House of Commons unshackled and en-
joying their full confidence.—( Great cheers.)
Mr. Aetwoon then came forward to address the electors,
amid cheers and much confusion. It was with feelings of
mingled diffidence and pride that he presented himself to the
electors on the present occasion. That diffidence which
every man must feel when he considered the very high
nature of the honour he was about soliciting at the hands
of the electors of Greenwich. He felt the proud satis-
faction too which every man must invariably feel who
had received from to large a proportion of the electors of the
borough, those marks of approbation which it had been his
fortune to enjoy since he had presented himself to their notice
as a candidate for one of their representatives in Parliament.
—( Cheers.) It had been well observed by the proposer of one
of the candidates, his rival, that electors were assembled
there that day to exercise a most important and constitutional
privilege-4 Cheers.) They had met there for the purpose
of selecting, from those who had presented themselves to the
notice of the electors, candidates whom they should deem the
most fit to represent the interests of the important borough
of Greenwich in Parliament, and also those of the country
at large.—( Cries of You wont, you wont, and laughter.) Those
persons who had done him the honour to assume his colours on
the present occasion, had abstained from interrupting the other
candidates when they addressed the electors, and he trusted
that lie should be received with the same liberality by
their supporters.—( Cheers and cries of "You shall, you shall.")
Under any circumstances and at any time in the most
prosperous and happy state of the country, the duty of a Re-
presentative was one of deep and grave importance ;
but how much more arduous was that duty at the
present moment, when the :condition of the country was far
from happy, and when the circumstances of the people
were very far from being prospei Chce ing.) The
discontents which he regretted were continually taking place,
in mar y districts too strongly proved the bad condition of the
people,—( Cheers.) In Ireland scenes were daily occurring
which proved the necessity of the strong interference of the
legislature.—( Cheers and hisses.) At the present time,
above all others, it was most essential that men should be
elected who were deemed the most competent and the
most determined to discharge their duties.—( Great
cheering.) The electors would see from the observations
he had made, that he was most sensible of the nature of the
arduous duties that attached to the high office he had solicited
at their hands,:and they would also see that he was highly, sen-
tib:e of its responsibility. He was sensible, too, of the
labours that he undertook, and being so, if they should honour
him by electing him one of their representatives, they might
depond upon his performing its duties with a reference to
their good and that of the public in general.--( Cheers.) The
principles upon which lie presented himself to the electors
were those of independence and honesty.--(Loud cheers,
and cries of "It won't do 1") He gave full faith
to the statements of the other candidates who opposed
him. He attributed full credence to the statements of their
friends, and he claimed for himself an equal belief in the
sincerity of his statements, and in his determination to
carry them into effect.—( Great cheering.) If ever there
was a Candidate who presented himself to a body of electors
free from bias or party prejudice, he was that inan.—( Cheers. )
If ever a candidate presented himself to a constituency—de-
termined to obtain for the people the advantages which they
had a right to obtain—he stood on equal ground—( Great
hissing)—if ever there was a man who could claim the title of
" a friend of the people," he claimed it.—( Cries of "you may,
but yOu Wont get it," laughter.) If one consideration was
better than another by which his Parliamentary conduct could
be tried (if returned) it would be trying most manfully to obtain
for the middle and working classes every possible advantage
they could claim.—( Great uproar.) These were his send-
Merits, and those on which he stood, and nothing—there was no
coneectioti or leterest of his which could ever entice him
for a moment to swerve from the advocacy of their cause.—
(Laughter.) Statements had been made—representations had
been put forth to the effect, that he was a friend to all abuses
and corruption.—( Great uproar.) Those who knew him—
those of the electors who had given him their confidence and
friendship could toll them how false the charge was.—( Some
cheers and great hissing.) His determination was, if re-
turned, td do all in his power for the removal of all abuses and
every corrupt part. Hie iideavours would be to place
all the institutions of the country on the most per-
fect system of purity, which could by possibility
be introduced.—(Cries of "Mention
abuses you will o
pose.") He was indeed obliered to the gentie2an wh..°
had
that question, because it gave him an opportunity, of
he would avail himself, to declare to the electors what his
sentiments were. The principles which he held were these—
that all pensions and sinecures ought to be based upon—the
reward of merit—(applause)—of merit they were the proper
reward. Literature and science had been of incalculable ad-
vantage to society and the country generally, and, many of
those engaged in such important services often made nothing
for themselves. For such services he thought—to those who had
rendered such services to their country without benefit to them-
selves—pensions ought properly and exclusively to be applied.
That principle was laid down in the last Session of Parliament
by Lord Althorp in a resolution which was carried—in the
principle of that resolution he entirely concurred.—( Cheers.)
Having stated so much, he would ask them whether he ap-
peared before them as the friend of pensions, sinecures, and
abuses. With respect to the general question of Reform
.—to the introduction of improvements into the Administration
of the country and its institutions, he thought there was
o reason why the affairs of the country should not
be conducted with the same prudence—the same
economy, as • the electors themselves —as every honest
and sensible man would conduct his private business.—
( Cheers.) He did not see why corruption should be a neces-
sary part of our constitution.—( Much uproar which lasted
for some minutes.) He knew the reason of those people
crying out so ; they were the friends of those who had
misrepresented him, and were ',merely anxious that he
should not be allowed to state his sentiments, for
for they knew that by so doing, he would give the lie to all
that had been said against him.—(Much hissing.) He had
told them the principles on which he was prepared to act,
in the reform of the institutions of the country. They
had been told—and that with truth—that he was a sincere
friend to every thing that was good in the Constitu-
tion.—( Great uproar, which lasted till Messrs. Angerstein
and Barnard, entreated a hearing, for the satisfaction of fair
play- )
Mr. ATTWOOD then proceeded. It was because he was
friendly to every thing that was good in the institu-
tions of his country, that he was fully determined
to de the best that was in his power and ability to reform
everything that was bad. If there was any institu-
tion in the country into which it was more neces-
sary to carry reform that one was the religious
establishment of the c eintry.—( Great cheering.) No true
friend of religion or of that establishment would like to perpe-
tuate the abuses—the acknowledged abuses—which had crept
into that Establishment through time—( Great applause, and
cries of all " flummery.") With respect to the Diss-
senters from the form of the Establishment, his
most ardent desire and disposition was every way
friendly and favourable to them, and it would be his endeavour.
if returned, to remove those civil disabilities under which they
at present unfairly laboured. Upon those two great questions he
had stated to them fairly, and at the same time most expli-
citly. the principles he entertained, and by which his conduct
would be guided, if elected—( Cheers, much hissing, and cries
when will that be.) The friends of the other candidates had
stated that they' supported them because they were
the friends and active supporters of the interests
with which that borough was so intimately connected. Fcr
those interests it would be found that he was a most
determined stickler. He would give his best energies
and abilities to them, not only for their sakes, but for his own,
for he was most largely connected with those interests him-
self. He did not put that forward as the sole ground
of his hopes, but as one upon which he had a fair claim
to consideration at their hands. [The speaker was here
interrupted by much laughter, occasioned by the • en-
trance of a sweep at one end of the Meeting, and
a miller at the other.] Mr. Attwood resumed. This
was the most important constituency in the kingdom,
and with it was connected that branch of the
national force upon which the national welfare de-
pended.—(Continued cheers.) Within the limits of the
borough—within the sight of the electors—there stood one of
the noblest of institutions, which was the pride of the country—
he meant Greenwich Hospital. That hospital was the true
model of a pension list—(Laughter.) He persevered
in what he stated. It was the only model that he
could allow to be a good one.—(Great uproar, chiefly from
those who wore the crimson colours.) Ho perceived,
from the disposition of the meeting, and from the inter-
ruptions he now met with, that he was tiring them,
therefore he would not detain them longer than merely by
stating that it was his intention to have by his explanations re-
lieved himself and his friends from the odium which had been
cast on them by misrepresentation.—( Uproar.) He entreated
them not to take his character from those who misre-.
presented it, but to hear his principle from himself, and
then jute. Should they elect him as their representative
his best energies and all the abilities he possessed would be
devoted to their service.

A show of hands was then taken by the High Constable,
when there appeared :
For Mr. Barnard About half.
Angerstein All.
Attwood Nearly a third.
The Returning Officer then declared that the Election had
fallen upon Mr. Angerstein and Barnard.
A poll was then demanded on the part of Mr. Attwood, and
also for the other parties.
The HIGH CONSTABLE then stated that the poll would com-
mence on Thursday at nine o'clock, and finally close on Friday
at four.

Mr. HA 111110 ND then moved a vote of thanks to the High
Constable for his impartial conduct on that occasion, which
was seconded, and carried unanimously.
The conduct of the. High Constable reflects great credit on
him for his politeness, while that of those under him deserved
as much censure.

It is asserted in certain circles that the Duke of
Richmond will shortly receive a lucrative appointment abroad,
by the especial desire of his Majesty. His Grace's recent
visit to Brighton Pavilion, known to be by command of the
King, appears to countenance the rumour. His Grace has
a family, we believe, of 10 children.

WESTIVIINSTER.

This nay being appointed for the nomination of the candi-
dates for the representation of Westminster, at half-past one
&clod Colonel Evans, accompanied by Mr. Daniel Whittle
Harvey, and the gentlemen of his committee ; Sir Francis
Burdett, and his friends; and Sir Thomas Cochrane
and his supporters, attended the hustings, preceded
by the High Bailiff Mr. Morris. At twelve o'clock
the whole space in front of the hustings was densely crowded
but, with very few exceptions, the conduct of the multitude was
very orderly, till the appearance of the candidates. Colonel
Evans first appeared, and was received with loud cheers, which
lasted for some minutes. Sir Francis I3urdett and Sir Thomas
Cochrane followed. The moment Sir Francis ascended the
hustings, the crowd, as if simultaneously, uncovered, and the
cheering was deafening. Sir Thomas Cochrane met with a
very different reception. As soon as he came forward, hissing,
hooting, yelling, groaning, and all sorts of noises, commenced,
and continued during the whole time the High Bailiff was
engaged in reading the writ, the Bribery Act, and the request
for a patient hearing of the several candidntes.
We are obliged to state, that the arrangement on the hus-
tings was very ill managed, particularly as regarded the re-
porters for the public press, who were huddled promiscuously
with the crowd ; and consequently it was impossible for them
to do justice to the several gentlemen who addressed the
electors.

Mr. DE YEAR came forward to nominate a fit and proper re-
presentative for the city of Westminster.—(Cheers.) He
had always come forward as the champion of the people, and
at times, too, when others were afraid to express even their
political opinions.—( Cheers.) He had sacrificed his domes-
tic comforts, he had sacrificed his fortune, and he had sacrificed
all that was dear to him for the benefit of the people.—
( Cheers.) To Sir Francis Burdett they were in a great
measure indebted for the Reform Bill, for if he had not boldly
stepped forward in time of peril, had he not honestly advocated
the cause of the people, they never would have got the Reform
Bill at all.— ( Cheers.) He had no doubt they would be told,
and, indeed, Sir Thomas Cochrane had declared at a certain
meeting, that the Reform Bill was a very good Bill, if it
was entrusted to proper hands.—( Great hissing.) He
should like to know who were the most proper per
sons to carry out the provisions of that Bill, those who
had all along given their opposition to it, or those who had
always supported it ? Every one would say, those men who
had been the advocates of Reform.—(Loud cheers.) He
should therefore conclude by recommending the electors of
Westminster to set an example to the constituents of the
uhitel Kingdom, by returning to the House of Commons
two reform members.—(Loud cheering.) He therefore pro-
p-Asd to the electors of Westminster Sir Francis Burdett, as
a fit and pi-oper person to represent them in Parliament.—
(Cheers.) •
Mr. LYNDON felt very great pleasure in seconding the no-
mination of Sir Francis Burdett. That Hon. Baronet had
never sought place, or pension, or honours of any descrip-
tion, not even to he Governor of Newfoundland.—( Cheers;
and " That is a slap at you, Cochrane.") He would not de-
tain them longer, knowing that they would be impatient to
hear the Hon. Baronet himself; and he should therefore con-
clude by seconding the nomination of Sir Francis Burdett.
Dr. BAINBRIDGE came forward to propose the nomination
of a gentleman, who, upon the first occasion when he had the
honour of proposing him as a candidate, was, as far as re-
garded Westminster, comparatively an untried man, and
who, when he had again the pleasure of soliciting their
suffrages for the same Gentleman, came before them under
different circumstances, having been tried and approved of
—they would anticipate him in saying Colonel De Lacy
Evans.--( Tremendous cheering.) He (Dr. B.) did not ask
their suffrages merely upon pledges that his future conduct in
Parliament would be such as they would approve of,
but he could confidently appeal to the past, to the
high talent which he had invariably displayed, to his
undeviating zeal, and to his unceasing exertions in promoting
the interests of the electors of Westminster, as well as of the
British people at large throughout the two last Sessions of
Parliament.--(Cheers,) He wonld ask them, whether in any
one instance Colonel Evans had betrayed the confidence which
they had reposed in him at the last election.—( Cries of " No,
no r) He thought he could state, under any circumstances he
had not disappointed the hopes or expectations that the elec-
tors had formed regarding him.—( Cries of " No, no.") It
would be unnecessary for him (Dr. B.) to enter into any
detail of Mr. Evans's parliamentary conduct, because the
facts were well known to all of them.—( Great cheering.)
It might be prudent, however, to mention two or three ques-
tions upon which Colonel Evans had taken a prominent part.
First; with respect to the assessed taxes, Colonel Evans had
given a notice o !motion for the next session, for the total
repeal of the window tax; and there could be no possible
doubt that be would renew that motion, the instant he
was again returned to Parliament.—( Cheers.) On several
occasions he had endeavoured to extend the constituency of
tlie byrepealing the rate-paying clause altogether,
but in this he !gad been unsuccessful. Upon Mr. Tennyson's
of the, Septennial Act, Col. Evans had
spoken in his favour, and to,. inou
motion for the Repe...l. name was to be found in the ino
voting b wld-
?,!io C_loonm -1 e
rity. On Mr. Grate's motion for .
also find his ( Col. E.'s) name in the Ma:rY ballot, they
it there.
Evans had brought in and passed through the sZNIsF
mons, a bill to exempt Westminster from the abomins- le sY!'
tern of voting in vestry, as practised under Mr. Sturg.:B
Bourne's Act. That bill went through the House of Commons, '
and had passed a second reading in the Lords ; but the
Tory Lord Wynford moved, and he was sorry to say the Whig
Lord Brougham seconded its rejectiou.—(Hear, hear.) They
would also recollect, no doubt, a motion for the revision
of the Pension List. Upon that occasion Colonel Evans
was at his post, and his name was to be found in the
minority.—( Hear, and loud cheers.) Colonel Evans was
prepared to farther a more extensive Church Reform than the
late Ministry were inclined to grant, and with respect to the
question of Corporation Reform, he was sure Col. Evan's
services would be useful to the constituency of Westminster.
Could they expect,or was it reasonable to expect from the present
Government the consummation of their great measures of
national improvement, which every one believed to be essen-
tial for the purpose of placing on a solemn and firm basis the
future liberty, prosperity, and happiness of the people of this
country.—(Cheers.) No, as reasonably might they expect
the wolf to lie down with the lamb, or the sweet notes of a
nightingale issue from the throat of a peacock.--( Cheering,
and loud laughter.) Sir Robert Peel, forsooth, had dared to
tell the people that he would save them from destruction,
and that the people were all insane, and were about to .com-
mit suicide. Was this true No and he thought
he might very properly return the conipliment by sayiug, the
Tory party were now in a desperate coneion, and had
been cutting their own throats for the last six months.
They had been described as Destructives, but it was
the Tories who were the real destructives—those were
the very men who were not ouly traitors to the
people, but= who, for the sake of place, power, and plunder,
would endanger the stability of the monarchy itself; and these
were the men who were endeavouring to pluck from the
Crown its brightest diadems, namely, the respect, love,
and veneration of the people.—( Tremendous cheers.) What
was the course for the electors of the Empire to do ?
The two classes of Reformers, the Whigs and Radicals,
should at this perilous juncture take that course which was
usually taken by a man and his wife who had been quar-
relling.—( Loud laughter.) When they were intruded upon
by a busy and officious neighbour, the first impulse
was to kick him out of the house and then to become as
friendly at any two parties could be---(Loud laughter)--so he
would ask the people to go and thrust from the Government
the intruding Tories who had come in with their unso-
licited advice—( Continued cheers)—and this could only be
done by their sending into Parliament such men as were
known to be the earnest opponents of Toryism, and who were
inspired with Reform principles.—( Cheers.) Believing, as
he sincerely did, that Colonel Evans would continue to be
that which he had already proved himself to be, the able
and unflinching Representative of the opinions of the
people of Westminster.—(Loud cheers). He had again
the pleasure of proposing that gentleman to them as a
fit
Mr.d r. pros.pewsroNroperaemseentraotritsv-eardtotose,srevceontdherhe inal
nomination of
Colouel Evans. Upon the first occasiCn when that Gentleman
had been proposed, he (Mr. S.) was inspired w"-.41 hope, upon
the second occasion he was inspired with confidence,
and upon
this occasion he was inspired with a certainty of suctZs•—
( Cheers.) Upon previous occasions they had to reef to the
Gallant Colonel as the late representative foe Rye, but
upon this occasion they could refer to him as the fete
representative for Westminster—(Cheers)--and he wished
to ask the assembled multitude before him in what had the
Gallant Colonel disappointed them ?—(Loud cries of " No-
thing, nothing, nothing.") Kverythinx that he pledged
himself to he had tided upon(Hear, hear,) Why
did he come forward in the first instance Why,
it was to send adrift a Gentleman who was
at one time a denouncer of the flogging system—( Groans
and hisses.) At another time he was an advocate for its con-
tinuance. Therefore, if' there was iiptift that opgasion
for the electors coming forward to support Col. Evans, ltd
would ask what ground the gentleman on the left (Sir Thos.
Cochrane) hnd to come forward now ?—( Cheers and hisses.)
Did the candidate on his left advocate flogging ?—(Groaning
and uproar.) Did the candidate on his left ever order the
la .Ch to be inflicted ?—( Great uproar, and cries of " Let's
flog him.") Was he to go into Parliament for the
express purpose of supporting that system of degrading

We shall give the conclusion in a Second Edition,
together with the speeches and the close of the POLL
at the City of London Election.

Apthorpe, the seat of the Earl of Westmoreland,
was very gay last week. His Lordship gave a grand dinner
on Thursday, in honour of his seventy-fifth birthday, to the
Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale and
other branches of the Lower family, Lord Burghersb, &c.
The Duke and other visitants leave to-day to join the party
at Belvoir Castle.

Some men at work lately, in a sand-pit, on the road
to Chateaudun, in France, found a petrifaction resembling a
part of the top of a palm tree, about three feet-and-a half long,
and a foot-and-a-half in girth at the base, which went gra-
dually tapering to the other end in the form of a club. On
being struck it sounded like a bell. In the same pit there
have been discovered petrified bones of anirials, and, some very
singular river and sea-shells, which have attracted the atten-
tion of geologists.
TIIE PRINCE OF ORANGE.-The •" Pilare" (an
Antwerp Journal) says--." We learn from an atOie ntic source
that the proposed visit of the Prince of Orange, England
will certainly take place. His departure is ii • a f 9. r Satur-
day, Jan. 3.