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FOURTH DAY.

This contest was resumed yesterday without
any abatement of ardour on the parts of the Com-
mittees of the respective Candidates. The insig-
nia continued the same at the different Committee
Rooms as on the previous day, nor was there any
diminution of the crowd.

At three o'clock the poll closed, when the num-
bris were as follow :

Mr. Wilson 2207
Sir %I'dliant Curtis 2064
Alderman Wood.— . 2062
The Lord Mayor
Alderman Thorp
Alarrman \Vaitliman

Mr. Wit..soN came forward amidst general ap-
plause. if he. had had reason to be satisfied with
the situation in which he had been yesterday plac•
cd, he had this day the greatest satisfaction in ex-
pres%iog his gratitude for the proud situation in
which they had now placed him, and tar the ex-
ertions dint had go kindly inside in his behalf.
Not only hvi they continued him the mjority of
yesterday. but he had even this day increased his
maHriry very considerably, which gave hint a
neli grounded cortfit.eoce of ultimate success.—
(nlpplatise.)—Witt these feelings he could but
exhort theft, to exert.themselres as much as pos-
sible to continue him in the situation he then
stood, and he could assure them that in whatever
situation they might place him, he would exert
himself to the best of his abilities, to promote the
interests of rite City of London, and the public in
general.—(Applause.)
Mr. T. Ctiims came forward to return thanks
for his father, amidst the cheers of his friends on
the hustings, and in the body of tie Hall, and
the expressions of opposition by the ft lends of
the other Candidates. He was, however, unable
to obtain a heating, and with great good humour,
paining to the poll, thanked the Livery, and,
having given the signal for three cheers, which
were returned, retir,d,

Mr. Alderman Woon expressed his confidence
of still being placed at the head of the poll, in
which he was strengthened by the tact, that
there were now nearly a thousand voters less on
the board than were polled on the last occasion.
in fact, he might say, there were eleven hundred,
as he had actually not polled so many this time as
on that occasion, and consequently be might na-
turally anticipate, that a great number of these
would come forward in his behalf. lt had been
stated that he had got a large re,erve ;. that 2000
were coming up for him on Monday. He wished
they would assist liim•to. poll so many. • He never
at•ked a second time for a vote; for if he -met
with a denial, he merely said he hoped that' his
private conduct had not lowered him in their
esteem, to which he generally received for au-
ewer, in such cases, that the Elector did not like
his politics. He could only say, that in whatever
'situation he were returned, he tar-ild endeavour to
do his duty.
The Loan MAYOR came forward amid great ap-
plause. He begged to repeat his most cordial thanks
for the honour done him that .day. gowever fa-•
vourable his present situation was, it was-hot
yet sufficiently secure, and: therefore it behoved
his friends to exert themselves; and this done, be
felt assured of final success, when the Electors'
might depend that every exertion in his power to
make, should be made, to secure them their-rightt,
and libertine. lie thanked them for what•they
bad already doge in his behalf, and exhorted them
to fresh exertions, when success must inevitably
crown their et arts. .
Mr. Alderman THORP expressed his gratitude
for the exertions made in, his behalf, and said,
when he recollected that there were yet bOOO
voters to poll., he could not anticipate. a failure;
particularly as he had received so many promises
from peri.ons who had not yet voted. He could
not forger (be spirited exertions that had on a
former occasion been made for him, and as one
hoor's polling would again place him in a similar
situation, he trusted his friends would notrelai
in their exertions.

Mr. Aldurrnan SVAITHMAN said, for the sakes of

the Livery es well as his own, he should nut this
day detain them so long as he had done yestera
day ; not because his opinion was altered its to
the final result, but because their time would be

better occupied in soliciting the attendance of his
fiiends. He exhorted those of his friends to im-
mediately come forward, and not throw away the
chance they possessed at present, as if they did
not do so to-morrow, it would he almost int-
possible for them to do it on Monday or Tues-
day, when the Election would close. It was
a matter of congratulation, that, on looking at
the hooks, be found that very many of those who
had promised him their votes, had not yet polled.
An injunction had even been given to persons not
to vote fur him.--(Hisses—" it's false.")—He
remarked, that 900 voters yet remained, who had
polled for hint on the last occasi,n, and most of
those who had polled for his opponents, had ac-
tually refused him.

The Meeting then broke tip, and the Lord Mayor
and Alderman Thorp were drawn home in their
carriages by the snob.

WESTMINS rim MAC 11ON.

SECOND DAY
CFURTHER PARTICUIARS,:3'

Yesterday, at the close of the l'oll', the numbers
were as follow
:
Sir Francis. Burdett
Mr. Huhliouse
Mr. Lartit)

Sir F. BURDETT congratulated the Electors on
the state of the Poll. So tar as be was informed,
the station in which the popular Candidates were
placed at the end of the two first days' Poll was
unexampled at the heginniog of a Westminster
Elee!ion. in general, those who stood ori popu-
lar principles in opposition to Candidates that
calculated on Ministerial interest, laboured under
the distitl7;ktage of being unable to rouse their
f.1eia1:4,16: exertion at the commenC'ement of the
eun•vt; On this occasion, the Electors had made
a 1,441:e caw; to support their character for inde-
peniience, and this, if persevered in, would make
ti(2cesi certain. Labouring still under a se-
vet c cold, and finding much difficulty in making
imstif heard, he should pet haps have re-

frained from addrestittg them at all, but for
a remark made by Mr. Lamb on the preced-
ing night, as he collected from the report of
his speech in that Paper which was atyposed
to be most favourable to his interest. There
lie saw, that the production of the letter which
had been read on the first day bad been treated
as a most serious breach of honourable confidence
! between man and man. He did not wonder that
Mr. Lamb should feel nettled on account of that
letter having been read ; but if he spoke of the
reading of it in the terms which he was repre-
sented to have used, he laboured under one of
the grossest misconceptions that man could
fall into, for, connected with that subject, there
had not been the smallest breach of public or pri-
vate confidence. He (Sir Francis Burdett) had
certainly considered the letter to be most impor-
tant. Corning forward there, as Mr. Lamb did,
to offer his opponent the hand of private friend-
ship, and preaching up the propriety of treating
each other with civility and respect, it to him
appeared almost incredible that he could write
such a letter. At all events, it was little con-
sistent with the professions which he had made
of treating those opposed to him with all kindness
And respect (as he was disposed to do), and it
therefore was not what lie had expected horn Mr.
Lamb. The detection of such conduct was enough
to lose a better cause than that of Mr. Lamb in
the minds of the Electors of Westminster. The
robe of candour, which the lion. Gentleman had
chosen to wear before them had been lifted up by
accident, and nothing was found beneath but
" filthy dowlaa."—(A laugh.)—tle did not know
th+t they could do better than quote to each other
front that great volume of nature, the works of
:Sloskspedre, and lie would presently apply a quo-
tation to Mr. Lamb, to return for that which had
been quoted on hint yesterday, to which Mr.
Limb might do well to reply by another. The
Honourable Gentleman had quoted the lines be-
ginuiug—
" O Cassius! thou art yoked to a Lamb."
But, with the exception of the word " Lamb,"
he did not see that it contained any thing that
was notch to the purpose. it was doing hint (Sir
F. Burdett) great honour to compare hint with
Cassias, who was one of the greatest men that
11.,41 ever lived among the greatest people that had

ever been seen on the face of the earth. Of Cassius,
it bad been said, that he was " the last of the
Romans." He (Sir F. Burdett) hoped, and was
confident, that he should never have the honour
of being called the last Englishman. Though he
could be content to sacrifice his life in the cause
-of his country, he thanked God that he for this
could not be the first, nor the last of his nation, but
vas merely one among millions who were ready
to do the tome. It was true that at the lasttlee-
tion he had the misfortune to be " yoked to a
Lamb," but he now hoped the people of West-
t7►it►ster would unyoke him, and unite him with a
man who defending their rights would not seek

to promote his own views by advancing one set of
principles in
.one place, and another in another.
The-letter which had been read, Mr. Lamb bad
written „neihaps,lo some great contractor.—(A
latt,gh.)--By,contractor he meant some supporttr
of, the present system, (for he did not know
the person to; whom it
.had been sent), but it
was to some person supposed to be friendly to
the
.existing corruption, whose feelings it was
utcess.ary to appeal to in a tone rely differ-
ept from that which Mr. Lamb adopted when he
came before the Electors on the Hustings. After

the part he bad acted, he was inclined to view
this. Lamb
,as a full gro‘‘n sheep, or rather as a
wolf in.aheep's clothing. If lie stood any chance
pflsticcess, he most look for it to the Itiends of
the Goyernment ; and to. the Ministerialists he
nOght soon be expected to call, in the language of
Shakespeare,
" 0 help me, Cassius, or I sink

Ile seemed to have availed himself of the advice
which one character drawn by the same author
had beta made to give to kinothtr, to instigate
him to commit some bad action, and which
counselled " To beguile the time, look like the
time, to look like the innocent flower, but be

the serpent under it." In giving up the letter,
there had-been no breach of .confidence, for none
could hare been exacted. lie Would put a case
to the Honourable Gentleman as a Lawyer,
and he denied that he had any objection to
the old lawyers, who bad been the best friends to
the liberties of England nor (lid his objections
extend to all modern lawyers, many of whom were
engaged in the cause of the people, animated by
a love of justice, and anxious to tight the injured,
and protect the oppressed. The lawyers to whom
be objected were those who sought to make a seat
in the House of Commons a step to the Bench,
who made a trade of` politics, and acting on no
principle but that of pursuing their own personal
advantage, were ready to support any meanies
of any Administration, in order to obtain the elllo-
- held out to them in their profession. lie
would pia a case to the Hon. Gentleman as
a lawyer, though he believed he was no
lawyer. Ile would ask, if "a person wrote to
him a note containing a proposil ion which
disgusted him as an honest man, if he were
hound in honour to conceal that letter On the
contrary, he would contend that it was an act of
duty and of honour to expose it. But the

Honourable Gentleman thought it nu disgrace to
write such a letter, while he held it to be highly
disgraceful to make known that such a outshad
been received. There was no disputing on taste ;
but for himself, if a scaffold were there elected to
execute him, he would prefer mounting it to be-
ing the writer of such a letter. He concluded by
exhorting the Electors to go on as they had be-
gun, and come torward without delay, as one tore
at the beginning of an Eltction was often of More
tote than ten at the end of it.

Mr. LAMB, on coming forward, was for a long
time unable to obtain a hearing. Silence being kit
length obtained, he said, it the confidence of suc-
cess expressed by the Hon. Baronet was supposed
to be accompanied by a corresponding despondeucy
on his part, he could assure him and them that
they were most egregiously mistaken. The state
of the poll was not very different from what he
had expected it would be at this period of the con-
test, and he should certainly keep it open till
every elector bad had an opportunity of giving his
vote. The Hon.. Baronet bad said that it was

ry,11311:,1 for the popular Candidate-3 to take the
lead of the Ministerial Candidate at the beginning
of the Election. But why was he (11r. Lamb) to
he considered to be the Ministerial Candidate ?
If he had mitten the letter which had been pro-
doced, according to them he had already el ird out
to the Minute, ialists, " () Cassius, save me or I
sink !" and what had been their answer?—" We'll
see you d--d first!" He now wished to say a few
words on what bad fallen front Mr.Hohhouieon t he
preceding night. Because from the situation in
which he had stood with Mr. Hobhouse, he had
Voted with the Hon. Baronet for the more lenient
course being taken in his case ; and bee-Anse, as
a matter of civility, he had called on Mr. Ilob-
house, in Newgate, that Gentleman had no right
to assume that he disapproved of the course
which had beer taken. It sometimes happened,
in the hurry of speaking there, that he said that
which he aid not entirely mean.—(A laugh.)—
When on the preceding day Ire said that Mr. Hob- •
house had been properly punished, he did not
mean to go to the extent which had been un-
derstood, nor was he aware of the extent of the
meaning that might be put upon his words, till
he heard the comments of Mr. Hohbouse. The
power exercised by the House of Commons in
that Gentleman's case was a power which ought
to be rarely exercised, and always with discretion
and mercy. He would have been disposed to
speak in mitigation, when the subject came tinder
discussion, to suggest that the House should ra-
ther instruct the Attorney• General to proceed
against the work, that the case of Mr. Hobliouse
might go before a Jury of his countrymen. Bit
he was restrained from recommending that such
a course should be taken, front A feeling that
were this dune, the punishment might have
been much more severe than the short impri-
sonment which he bad endured. It it were ne-
cessary, he could bring forward many of his
friends to prove that such were the seittiments
which lie had expressed at the time. With re-
spect to the pamphlet itself, that which he dis-
approved in it the most was not than part which
had been taken up by the House. In that there
was certainly some little boldness, though but
little wisdom. What he objected to principally
• was, the attacks made on an individual, who had
done more for the liberties of his country than
any man alive—he meant Lord Erskine. Ile
thought he was justified in saying, that the Hon.
Baronet felt as he did on this subject, as he had
handsomely endeavoured to mike some repara-
tion for the wrong which had been done Lord
Erskine, in two speeches which he (Sir F. Bur-
dett) had recently made. He believed that the
hopes of his opponent on the present occasion
were principally founded on his late imprison-
ment.' -He (Mr. Lamb) bad been told, that Mr.
Hubhouse's committal made his case quite hope-
less: he, however, did not yet despair of the re-
sult, and he thanked Sir F. Burdett, in conclusion,
for that part of his speech in which lie had spo-
ken more favourably of lawyers than he had ex-
pected he would do, after what had fallen front
the Hon. Baronet on former occasions.'

Mr. HORHOUSR said, the cause of the indepen-
dence of Westminster had that day gone on, as
he hod expected it would, from the effort of the
preceding day. if they continued to exert them-
selves as they bad dune, while the friends of Mr.
Lamb did th.e same, it required little knowledge
of at ithmetic to satisfy them, that they would have
abundant reason to be content with the final state
of the pull. He laboured under peculiar disad-
vantages in commenting on what fell from Mr.
Lamb, as it seemed that that Gentleman did not
always know whether or not he meant what he
said. When he wrote, too, he did not always
say what he meant himself, but what he had heard
others say; and this, though it was not said, was
always to be understood. Mr. Lamb had now
very handsomely said, that he did not n ".n to say
that he (Mr. Hobhouse) bad been pH,perly pu-
nished by the House of Commons, but he wished
them to look at the manner in which he hod ex-
plained the way. He had said,—that the power
which committed hint to Newgate, unheard, ought
always to be exercised with mercy. Ile might ars
well have said, that die power of hanging men
for nothing ought to be exercised with mercy.
This would give the Electors some idea how Mr.
Lamb would defend their liberties if ever they
should lie at the mercy of the House of COMIIIOII3.
He then animadverted, with some severity, on the
course pursued by the House on that occasion.
Mr. Lamb, when he was first set up for West-
minster, had been said to start on the principles
of Sir Samuel Romilly, having none of his own.
But, for his part, he was inclined to think, he
knew nothing about the principles of Sir Samuel
-Romilly, for Sir Samuel had made one of theb no-
blest stands ever made by man against the power
of 'the House to commit at all. lie (Sir S. no-
milly) haul not thought when he made that stand,
that ever such a committal as hit would take place,
which was at once a bleach of common sense,
of common reason, and of all the laws of
the land. Stith a committal infringed Magna
Charta—the Bill of Rights—the Petition of
Rights, and all the Acts that bad been passed eon,
firmatory of Magna Charts. The committal was
even against all the former practice of the House.
This he could state with confidence, as he hail in-
vestigated the subject with more attention than
Mr. Lamb had bestowed on that or on any other
subject. He then recurred to the letter, and at-
tacked Mr. Lamb for calling the people the lower
orders, as his Countel, Mr. Scarlett, had called
them the rabble. Mr. Lamb himself was one of
the lower classes, if such language might be used at
all ; for in this country we had a and a House
of Lotds, and all hut them were of the lower orders,
including Lamb himself, for he had not yet
heard that he was a Lord. But Mr. Lamb had talked
of speaking in mitigation of his pamphlet. He
did not know that he understood him, but when
he said that he did not do so from an apprehension
that greater punishment might tallow, he would
ask how it was possible for any thing worse to
befall him than that which he complained of ?
He had been sent to prison unheatd. What else
could have been done to him fo,. writing a hook ?
Would Mr. Lamb have hanged him for it 2 In the
pamphlet which he had published, he had render-
ed a much greater tribute to the general character
of Lord Erskine than that noble Lord had ever
received front Mr. Lamb. He entered into a

history of the pamphlet, and his motives for writ-
ing it, and contended, that Mr. Lamb had
not
redeemed the pledges he had give 4 on the subject
of Reform ; that he was inconsistent with him.
self, at variance with the principles on which Sir
S. Romilly had acted, tinder whose name he bad
been brought forward, and opposed to the most
popular Whigs, who had now found it necessary
to hoist the standard of Reform ; and, finally,
put it to the Electors to choose between him and a,
Gentleman who considered tlie [louse of Come
mons, as lately assembled, the Constitutional Re-
presentatives of the people—between a Gentle•
man who maintained this, and a Gentleman who
contended, that if i! were not for the army kept
up, such a House of Com,nons would be in great
danger of personal dispersion.
The business of the day then closed, and the
Candidates retired.

ESSEX LENT ASSIZES, MARCH R.

CIVIL SIDE -BEFORE A SPECIAL JURY.

JAMBS BREWSTER, BSC'. V. SBWELL AND SYMGOTT.•
This was an action for a libel.—The declara-
tion stated, that before the grievances committed
by the defendants therein aftermerrioned, the
plaintiff had been insured in the Essex and Suffolk
Fire Insurance Society, for his house and pre.
mises, and that a fire having happened thereon,
he had received a compensation for the same '
from the said Society, and that the defendants
contriving and intending to injure him, &c. pub-
lished a malicious libel of and concerning him,
imputing that he had falsely stated his loss, and
had received a greater compensation than was
fairly due to him from the said Society.
The defendants pleaded, first, not guilty ; and,
second, a justification, that the supposed libel
was true.
The plaintiff replied, that the defendants had
publislifd the libel of their own wrong, on whirls
issue' was joined. . The damages were laid at
5,0001.
This case excited very general, interest in the
county, on account of the opulence and respec.
rability of both pat ties. At the .last Assizes the
case was tried before the same Learned Judge,
but the plaintiff was nonsuited upon a technical
point, totally independent of the merits. The
Court of King's-Bench having granted a new
trial, the case now came on to be disposed of upon
the merits,
The cause was called on yesterday afternoon}
about one o'clock, and after the Court had beets
occupied until near eight in the evening, the' fur-
t her proceedings were adjourned until this morn-
ing, when the trial wars resumed, and it did not
come to a conclusion until about four o'clock this
afternoon.
Mr. Gurney,
:Mr. Walford, and Mr. Brodrick,
were Counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Marryat,
Mr. Jessopp, Mr. Adolphus, and Mr. Chitty,
were for the defendants.
The Jury found their verdict for
the plaintiff---
Damages 20001.

SINGULAR CIRCUMsTANCII.-7There IS at pre'
Mit living at Varmington, near Northleach, a
worthy and respectable old Geßtlentan, wl►o was'
appointed Churchwarden of the Patish on the very
day of our good old King's accession to the Throne.
He has retained the office uninterruptedly for
every succeeding year ; and, on ~the occasion of
the Jubilee, the parishioners accompanied the ex!
pression of their portion of the -general joy, by
giving a dinner of commemoration to their ve'
nerable friend the Churchwarden, whom they are
resolved to leave in undisturbed possession of hif
parochial honours for the remaining years at his
life.

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