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health of the Lord Mayor," which was drank with mush
cordiality. • '
The LORD MAYOR acknowledged the tcasl,, and proposed
" tho House of Commons," associating with it the name of
Sir George grey.
Sir G. GRAY rAurned thanks. .

The re,oaining • tracts included ".the Lady MayorasP,"
which was-gracefully prapoged by the Duke (4 ARGYLL,
,nd "the Tl.tr of Lia3l,ll 1," which c a reapond3l to by
Sir R. BET, ELL. - •

The vi);npa:iy 9cpar.i.to3 at a late hour. • •
Mr. Harker Ably offidated as toastmaster:

ELIieTION INTELLIOENCE.

LAIgBETIT,

At a meeting of th 3 eleciorq held at flawkestone Hall
Jauhs Gray, in the 'chair—L. was
.orived by Dr, Howl: 11,1., seconded by W. Boik, Esq.,
• arried unaniitirmly, auti.l appinusa. "'.Phut
this meeting, having heard the statement of W. Williams,
Esq , upon financial reform, :tie of opinion that his untir-
ing exertions iu advocating the interests of the labouring
classes, and his strenuous efforts to abolish.theincometax,
entitle him to the support Of the electors_ orLainbeth, who
pledge themselves to return him as one of their members,
iu the ensuing session of Parliament."

FINSBURY.
A public meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr.
Thos. S. Duneombe was held last evening, at the British
Institution, Cowper-straet, City-road. The chair was
taken at eight o'clock by G. Shillibaer, Esq., by which time
the large room was densely crowded. Mr. buncombe was
lout ily cheered.

Mr. DONCOMBE, who was most" warmy applauded, said
that before 21 hours were ever, he should cease to be their
representative, fur they were told Parliament was to be dis-
t, selveed-toe.norrow. Now he hoped they- would-not be in-
e consolable, for since that Parliament was called together,
in 1852, he' was not aware that it had done any good. For
himself, he w:4B there to fulfil his pledge, that so long as
klnsbury was prep trod to send him to Parliament be was
prepared to shine by Finsbury, and fight the battles of
the electors of Finsbury. (Cheers.) He was not aware that
he had any votes to explain. (Hear.) Every sentiment.,
every pledge he ever gave them, he defied any wan to rise
in that place and say he had ever falsified. (Cheers.)
Then, what was he there to explain ? If there was
nothing with regard to the past, they had much to talk
about in reference to the future. As he came into the room,
a paper was put into his hand—" What do you expect from
Lord -Palmerston ?" Why ho did not expect much from
any Minister, unless the people pat considerable pressure
upon -him. That could only ho done through their repre-
sentatives ; and; therefore, it was important that they
should have a representative who would speak their minds
in the House of Commons. Parliament was to be dissolved
in consequence of rather a factious vote (hear)—and he
stood by Government, because he never saw so dead a set
against a man as was made against Lord. Palmerston.
(Cries of "Shame.") He (Mr. Duncombe) believed he
was right in sustaining him—(cheers)--in his attempt to
support the honour of the British flag. (Applause.) There
was a party in the house cello t "The Peace-at-any-price
party." According to them, England was to submit to
any insult, and apologise when they were not in the wrong
and John Bull was- to be in the humiliating position ,
of having his nose pulled by the Chinamen. (A. laugh, and
No, no.) He believed it was a deliberate insult to pull
down the British flag and carry off the crow of the Arrow,
and Sir John Bowring asked some redress, some rapers..
tion. After some delay the crew were restored, but when
our representative wished to have an assurance that .uo
such outrage should again be committed no assurance was
givea. He then asked for an interview with Commissioner
Yeh, who was about as greet a miscreant as ever disgraced
human nature—a min who beheaded 70,00/ human crea-
tures as rebels, because they wished to improve the insti-
tutions of the country, or were, in other words, reformers.
(Shame.) They next seized certain EngliShmen cut off
their heads, wrapped them up in pockethandkerchiefs, and
carried them into Canton, where they were duly rewarded
for the barbarous murders they hat perpetrated. The
uezt discovery was that_ the bread of our country-
men in China was poisoned. After all this it was said
Yoh was a clever person. His house had been knocked-
down. Well, that served him right—(cheers)—and if
th se who condemned Lord Palmerston for sanctioning
these procee linos had been in of they would have done the
same. Mr. Cobden, he believed, had brought forward the
vote from humane motives and in perfect good faith.- It
wae, however, seized upon by the Tories as a favourableopportunity of tripping up the Government. Then there
was Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, ani the
Peelites, all colleagues of Lord Palmerston ; these old col-
leagues—and to that he begged attention—these old col-
leagues of Lord Palmerston, the moment they were put in
the ranks, took the opportunity of tripping him-up for pur-
suing the course they would themselves have followed.
But he was told Lord Palmerston was no Reformer; pos-
sibly not. He should like to know when Sir Jas. Graham,
Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Sydney Herbert became Reformees.
When he (Mr. Duncouibe) and his late colleague, Mr.
Wakley, represented to those gentlemen that the Reform
Bill had not gone far enough, what did they say ? Why,
they gave them a decided negative as to further reform.
Up to that time Lord Palmerston was as good a Reformer
as any of these gentlemen, and now when circum-
stances had changed ho wanted to know why Lord Pal-
merston should-nee be as good aeßefortner as any of them.
He (11r. Duncombe) amulet...be_ so if ho were in his place.
(A laugh.) But be was told In one breath why L r.i Pat-
ineriton is an obstinate old Tory,. and directly afterwards,
that upon sufficient pressure being applied he would go
any length to retain office. That was just the man they
wanted. (Cheers and laughter.) He belieted he would
go any leng:11 to retain office. The new Parliament would
test him. They would then find out what he was made
of. It was totally impossible that a Minister with expe-
rience like him should not attend to the wishes of the
people of England. They would agree with him that he
should have fair play. Should he fail or should he suc-
ceed, he should; as he had ever done, stand or fall alone.
(Cheers.) Ho should form no coalition with any party. ,
He knew other parties were trying to cling to the skirts of
his party, but he would say to them, with Liston, in the
play, " Gentlemen, if you do cling to my skirts, then I
will wear a spenser." (Much laughter.) That was the
answer he would make to Mr. Cox, Sergeant Parry, or
General anybody else. If they thought- him worthy of
their support they should go early to the poll. The hen.
gentleman resumed his seat amidst tremendous applause.
Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.