The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-10 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADE

Mr. SOANK, in his third. Lecture on Architec-
ture, last night, ctonmenced with a SlTtple. recom-
mendation of the noble remains' of Greece and
Rome to the unceasing; attention of the students.
He observed, that the great principles which
should- alway's be kept in view, as the foondatiou
of excellence in Architecture, .are Con'ilthily of
Character and H4tanony or Proportinn. These
principles he. illustrated by a reference to beauti-
ful Drawings of Grecian and Roman Temples, as
well as of modern Edifices, of which also ad-
mirable Drawings were submitted to the audi-
ence. The Learned Professor then touched upon
the forms and proportions of doors and other
entrances into Temples, Halls, &c. &c, stating
'he necessity of a constant adherence to that
Continuity of Character anti Harmony of Pro-
portion on which he had previously insisted
as fundamental principles ;
_that such entrances
should be approptiate, in size as well as forto,
to the nature and design of the Edifice.—
The Professor then directed his attention snore
particularly to modern Structures, among which
be mentioned Blenheim, St. Martin's Cottrell, the
New Church in the Strand, the Mansion House,
Holkhani, Somerset House, and other cele-
brated Structures, bestowing a liberal commen-
dation op the merits of all, but with a due regard
to critical justice, commenting also on their de-
fects and excesses,•in the true spirit of candour.
—This part of his subject seemed to be intended
chiefly as, an introduction to a more detailed
examination of the- qualities of the respective
Buildings in 'following Lectures. Atter many,
incidental +and occasional observations on the
value, kitility. and excellence of the noble science
of which' be. was treating, expressed in elegant
language, and delivered, con amore, the Professor
concluded with a very ioteresting tribute to the
character and talents of the President ot the Royal
Academy. We must again regret our incompetence
to render due justice to this admirable exposition
of Arcl►itectutal learning, which deth4nds the
knowledge and judgment of a Critic thoroughly
conversant with the Art., The room eras cro,vd..
ed, and rite Professor was very loudly applauded.
Mr. SMITH again occupied the Chair.

We mentioned yesterday, upon the authority of
au liiveroess Paper, Inat s serious disturbance bad'
bloke') oat near Ca!rain, in Rots-shire, occasioned
by the legal removal of the tenants oil the estate nt
Colrain. We regret to learn from The Caledoithin
Mercury of Monday last, that the tumult had as-
stinted a very different character from what was at
first supposed :

" F.nrvstTitnri, Misacil express arrived in town
yesterday with the particulars of the above very unpleasant
anir. It is added, that the rioters have been joined by a
number of discharged military, and that they are aoink under
a regular organised !din. They are said to amount to !ono
in all, and are divided into four parties, which act si concert
by signal, and to the sound of the bugle."

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

FIRST DAY.
[FURTHER PARTICULARS.]
The Westminster Election commenced yesterday
in Covent-garden. As usual the Hustings were
erected in front of the Church. A range of scaf-
folding for the accommodation of spectators was
put tip on the opposite side of the way, at the
extremity of the mat ket, and a large crowd col-
lected shortly after nine o'clock to witness the
preliminary proceedings.
At ten o'clock Mr. Lams, 'attended by his
iriends, made his appearance on 'the Hustings, and
was greeted with a mixture of applause and some
slight marks of .disapprobation. He was soon
tollotved by Mr. Hobhouse, who was loudly
cheered by die spectators, with " llobbouse for
ever l" ihe'Candidates, on meeting each other
took off their ha s ; and Mr. Lamb (called upon
by the populace to do so) offered his hand to Mr.
Hobhouse in the most triendly manlier, which
was well received by the latter. This seemed
" Just like prize-fighters in a fair,
• Who first shake bawls bawl; they box,
• Then give each other mighty knocks,
With all the loving kindness of a brother.".
The Hinn BAILIFF solicited attention to the
various Candidates, and claimed an impartial hear-
ing for all.
Mr. STURctt, in addressing the Electors, cab-,
served, that be had many times, during the last
20 and 30 years, had tfre pleasure and honour of
speaking a lea, words to his brother Electors
but at no period did he feel mute satisfaction than
at the present monleat.—(Well doil,-, old
Sturch ! bravo, bravo !)—He never hail tee
folly to suppose that he possessed Any great
abilities; and had therefore attempted nothing
but what was tolerably easy. The task he had
now' undertaken was by no means a difficult
one. IVhat was it he had undertaken ? Why,
merely to propose that the Electors of lifestmio-
ster should be represented by an able independent
mat); and that they firmly resolved, as soon es
the High pat the question, by au unani-
mous show'ut hands, again to return as their. Re-
presentative their long- tried, liberal, enlightened,
and intrepid advocate in the cause of liberty, and
in supportiog the rights and privileges of the citi-
z-ns of Westminster, Sir Francis Burdett. He
was sure the Electors would nut reject a wan who
had served them for thirteen years, at d whose
principles and politics were well known to them
before he was elected for IVesttniustcr. He had
never varied from his principles; and lie had al-
ways been at his; post in opposing oppressive acts,
and supporting the rights and liberties of the
people. It was useless for any Ministry to at-
tempt to relieve the distressed state of the nation
without a. Reform in Parliament—(Heer I)—and
having tneotioned the word Reform, he would
take epon himself to say, that nu Elector would
he satisfied without an unequivocal pledge from
the Candidate in this respect—nut some petty
Reform, but substantial Returns.—(" Do you
hear that, Lamb ? prepare yourself, my boy, with
an answer.")—He bad no allusion to any totines;
he spoke generally.—(" No, , no, of course."
many laughiug.)7-His &inject was to procure such
a Reform that mast operate as a check to had
Ministers, and to recover the lost liberties of the
people. Ile had no more to offer;but to propose
Sir Francis Burdett as one of their Repteseuta-
tives.—(Latol hezzas.)
Mr. G.YoktsE, silversmith, seconded this no-
mination.

Sir F. BURDETT then came forward, 'and coin-
menced by lamenting that a revere cold would; he
feared, prevent his speech from being audible to
tnat►y ot those whom he had now the honour to
Addiess.—Flatteted, indeed, he was by the grafi-
tying reception they gave him, and by ti►e very
dc,nd manner in which Mr. Snitch had introduced
•liim to their notice. It convinced him that be
'bad never dkreprited their political feelings
.or
sentiments, and that he was thought worthy of
tl►e conrintied confidence of so enlightened a body
a, the Electors ot Wesiminsier. It was at all
(hires gratifying to him to meet with so large 4.
body ot his fellow•countrymen. Such meetings
were the indisputable right of Freemen, and the
ancient and universal ptivilege of Englishmen. It
was one of the few remaining rights whirls it le.
mained for the last Parlianlefit to sap, and the pre-

scut vt-as one of the only occasion.; in which the
laW, as it was now fixed, allowed them the exer-
cise it.---(Cries of " Sh3ine.")-1t would ite
ne ettl'f eis fur him to expatiate on the scandalous
invioions which the Constitution had suffered from

the live corrupt House of Commons—a House so

corrupt that lie considered its dissolution as a for-

tunale ci►cumstatice for the comitry at Isige.—
(Appliause.)—lts scandalous acts were too Well

ICon to require a recapi'ulation Of them here.
‘Vhen he made this allusion to the late corrupt
House of Commons, he by no means intended. to
hold out to the people a tun and flattering hope
that the ne4 Parliament, which would shortly be
assembled, was liktly to redress their grievances,

or restore their liberties. There may be some
partial or trifling change, but it would be a
delusion were he to hold out to them any pros-

pect of permanent gobd from a house so con-

stituted as the next,. like the past, was likely
to he. Were he to hold out any. such pros-
pect, lie would only be adding to a delusion,
front ‘Thich,it was now high time the people
should be free.---(Applause.)—He repeated, that

it wris• toitutiale ti.e last Parli4wrot was dissolved,:

it 1-1,1, in the small course of five weeks, p4ssed as
matey wicked and onconsti:trinoil ineas,,res. The

worthy Baronet next rele;red tti a book lately
11.)hlished, entitled " A Guide to the Electors of

Great Britain throughput the 13,itish Empire in
the e►►o►ting Elections," commet►raing she ir►teili-

recce of the Author, but disputed what he deemed
its (iphittry, which assumed that there was a sym-

liathy existing between the country at large, anti
that system falsely ,denornin,st en its represen-

ration in the House of Comiumm

I),ere

was •no such lynyathy. The only cx,is,,iii
connexion wus, that 'there was a greet de di of

money taken out of the 'pockets of the people,
w!leli went into thp pockets of their mock

Representatives, or the immediate dependants of
those Representatives. Ai a proof of this, he

stated that at the beginning of the late reign the

ioirrest of the national debt was upwards of iti
million a year less than the bare expences of col-

leering the taxes to pay the interest of the present
debt.' He professed himselt a supporter of the
prerogatives of the Crown ; Tot y doctrioes, they
would say ; but let the Crown have its just pre-
rogatives, and the people their I,wful rights-
-the one simple right of not being plundered
without their consent—the right of !saving
voice in returning Members who made those la • s
by which the motley was taken out of their
pocke's, the want of which eaused all the giiev-
tutees the people soifetcd. lie was for upitoblittg
the prerogatives of the Groan, but to death he
mould resist e parcel of Boioughwongets, who
usurped royal power, and lotded it over the people
—he would resist them; Hod, till they mere et-
frowilly resisted, the people would look io vain
for redress. He did not know if some persons would
not call his language disloyal, or seditioos; he,
however, thought it was I:luggage that tended to
unite the coMmon interests of the Crown and the
People.—(Applause.)—!'ir Fran cit rhet) read
an extract from the woik he hetore mentioned,
vehich detailed Lord Castiereagh's disposal of a
NiVritership of the !orris Company to a young No-
bleman (now Lorti Clancarty) for a seat in l'ar-
lidinew—(l looting aud cries of ..,ttittoe,St.e.)--atol
the Honourable House absolved Lord Castle-
rtagh front all hkone in this ii,tailious transac-
tion, !licitly open) the gtoutots 0! the notoriety
of the practice of sett-set tin;; --(Scandalous, &c.
and sit IS nit great disapprob:ition )—lle was Ob-
lieed :brier from his laic Colleague upon the
sobject or l'stliamentary Refottn. That Hon
Gentleman had represented :he popolar Reformers
as a hiidy making no progress, nut simply walk-
ing time like a military phalanx. At any rate
they were not more stationary Onto wis the Ho-
nourable Geutletutio's wait plan of pitiiiihing coo-
victed corrop•ion. It was trot the convicted,
but the uncoovicied rorroption by which the
country stiff-coed. It was quite hopeless to look
Lsr amelioration of any abase, in any de-
gree, to such a body AS a Parliament elected in
tae mod,•rn mintier. There was the case of Lot-
teries, from which a very small 'maim' of le-
verue was derived. Lotteries were generally itC,
ki)o le(igt'd to be p•oductive of great vice and
misery. Yet among Ministers and their friends,
who professed unusual piety and morality, were
the Lotteries upheld, and there was no getting
rid of Lotteries, because there were Lottery lu-
spectorships and other places in which acre re-
tattled the lowest dependants of Ministers.—
It an angel had come from lleaveo with the elo-
quence of the spheres, it would have no effect
upon the minds of those «ho loaned the late House
of Commons ; it was folly to suppose that all the
talent and eltigni lice it; the world could change the
foili4lß of (hose who thiived by that which rid tied
the people, and to think that they would give up
their plunder and power was a very childish no-
tiou. I-Unfitting, howeter, to the subject which
had more immediately brought him before them,
he said be flung his cause entirely on the discre-
tion of the Etec«tus. Titcy Were the judges as to who
were the nicest proper ,sersont to represent
They were tee Jury, And a notch better one titan
he expected to meet with in Leicestershire ; for
which place he would be obliged to leave town itt
a few days, and therefore could hurt appear more
than once or twice more —(Loud laughter and
applause.)—Re'ereing to the atfairs of the last
Election, he congratulated the Electors on the
decision of the Court of King's Bench, upon
a practice which had, unconstitutionally awl ille-
gally, deprived so witty of their suffra;:zes as to
prevent the return of Mr. Hobbouse, which would
have otherwise taken place. They must know,
that whether they had paid their rates or not, no
Elector was disfranchised by that circumstance.—
That had been established by the decision of a
Court of Justice. And he hoped that they should
not now behold armed ruffians, infantry as well as
cavalry, hired to knock out the brains of the
Electors ; though, to be sure, such a cow se was
a wise one in those who adopted it ; for till they
did knock out the brains of the Electors, he
thought they would not vote for Mr. Lamb.—
(Laughter and applause.) Under all circum-
stances, he thonght they would feel themselves
bound to return men who depended solely upon
the will (if the Electors, without resorting to elec-
tioneering arts and tricks, and the menacing in-
fluence of rank and authority. The Baronet then
retired amidst loud applause.
Mr. IVlsststur next presented himself, but the
uproar was immense, and the calls of " Hob-
house" incessant ; the High Bailiff's statement-
that it was customary to hear the late Members
first failed to obtain attention. Mr. Wishart,
however, continued to speak amidst the most dis-
cordant opposition, and said he most joyfully
nornivated Mr. Lanib again to represent them.

Mr. EvANS seconded the nomination.

Mr. Lama then stepped forward, and amidst a
tumult of applause and hisses, commenced his ad-
dress. He _could assure them that it was no
wish of his to take precedence of Mr. Hob-
house ; had the HO Bailiff decided that Mr.
Hohltonse should address theta fir,t, he should
willingly have- agreed to it, because it appeared to
be more satisfactory to them.—(Hisses.)—lt was
a poor comp/intent to Mr. H °us e it they
would not listen to him. In addressing them, he
should endeavour to imitate the Worthy Baronet
in abstaining from all personal remarks, and stand
before them merely as a candidate for their suf-
frages, without any diminution of that friendship
which he certainly felt for Si' Francis Bartlett.—
It was a very short time since be hail last ad-
dressed them ; so short, indeed, that he thought
the noisy advocates of Annual Parliaments them.
selves must now be convinced that Annual Parlia-
ments would not constitute a panacea for all their
grievances.—(Loud disapprobation.)—However
averse lie might be to Annual- l'ailiaments and Uni-
verso! Sulfrage,still it was his opinion that a Member
of Parliament and his Constitueots could not meet
too often ; aud, for his part, if (as it had been
said) he really was not the choice of the Electors
of Westminster, he had muck rather retire at once
toe private station than sit for a place which he
could not oprieiy be said to ni-present.
He, however, felt th,it this kin% au unfounded
slander. He felt dist coolieeion with West-
minster had been st it-slather:ea by recent circuttt
rAitnees. and that they had, as well as himself, de-
o.ke4 from it cousiiiriable sati.faction. The cir-
c.,2:nstance tit so sliurt a time iiaving elapsed since

be last stood before them was to him a Consider-
able advantage. It frequently happened that a
Representative, in the course of a long Parlia-
ment, forgot the professions which he made to
them at his Election. He felt confident that his
cooduct doring the short time which had elapssd
since his election, had-fully redeemed the pledge
which he lead given, and had rendered him wor-
thy of agsin receiving their suffrages. Upon the
sohj,et of Reform he would make one or two re-
marks. lie would ask the Hon. Baronet what
rote of his he could object to—certainly none.
lhr Honourable Baronet had said, that he did
not receive from hint all the-assistance he had ex-
pected. He now asserted, that in the grand
work of Reform, he had given him every assiat-
»nee. But the Hon. Baronet's motion MIS an in-
definite one, nod in speaking upon it, he (Mr. [a )
had given an independent opinion ; he had acted
• as Hi/ honest and unrieht man, wilhout paying
any regard to the opinion of those oil!' whom lie
o,ieht•he associated, or to whoin he might be
opposed. The, 1-100. Baronet had misrepre-
sewed what lie hid said, respecting the punish-
meot of bribery when it was discovered.—
Whatever he had said, it was rather singular
that the Hon Baronet had not noticed it at the
time : be had treasured it up for a whole year,
and now brought it forward, when he probably
tecollected. it better than he (Mr. Lamb) did.—
The of ioion which he then gave was this: he
--kYiSired to see the right of vo!ing given to those
laree towns which did not now possess the pri-
vilege, and, when bribery and corruption were
discovered in any borough, he wished the right
of suffrage to be taken from that boroue,h, and
placed in the bands of the people at large. He
thanked a friend for calling his attention to one
subject which be had nearly forgotten. It was
true, as the Hon. Barotost had stated, that he had
said that Reform ~w a' making little progress; but
iu saying this, he meant that wild and incon.
aistent plan of Reform—(loud uproar) -which, he
had no hesitation in saying, waa impracticable.
He agreed with the Honourable Baronet in be,
lieving that efficient Reform was making pro.
gre-ss, and he could assure them that in promot-
ing such Reform he would always be fowl(' zeal-
ous and consistent, and would advance it with all
the ability which he possessed, and which, for
their sake he was sorry was not greater. He had
now, lie hoped, answered those charges which the
Hon. Baronet had made against lie felt
-surprised that the Houoorable Brunet should have
adopted this course. For his own part he had
steadily adhered to the practice of making no al-
lusions to past events. But he_might recall to their
recollection, how he had been interrupted and
hooted;--how his friends had been insulted and
abused, and how, on many occasions be had been
sileoeed and dumb founded One word more upon
tit subject of the window charge. The Borough
of Oasulaton had been called upon, in pursuance
of one of our most ancient laws, and lie felt sot.
I prised that the worthy Baronet should declaim
against a law which hit preceptor, Major Cart-
vrright, had so loudly applauded, and which he
himself only discovered the bad tendency of, now
that it lA'aS turned against himself. With regard
to lotteries, he had always opposed them as cor-
dially as the Hon. Baronet could do. He had now
no more to add He trusted that they would ahem
the world that he was actually their Repiesenta-
live, and that be should be returned by a trium-
phant majority.

Mr. CLARK, of Middlesex, now came forward,
in consequence of a request that had been made to him to
nominaterMr. Hoithouse. He shortly advocated the cause of
Reform in Parliament, and congratulated the Electors, that
whatever minor differences might exist among them, that
there were certain grand leading cardinal and fundamental
feelings among them which secured the co-operation of the
majority of the people of Westminster in the cause of Parlia-
mentary Reform. None could appear on those hustings with
any-chance of success who did not subscribe to that test. He
declined enlarging an the merits of Mr. Hobbouse, but con-
cluded with nominating that Gentleman as a fit and proper
person to be one of the Represeßtatives of the City of West-
minster in Parliament.

Mr Pe \TEA R seconded the nomination.
Mr. Flom-musts then stood forward,, and was re-
telved with applause. He,when be last stood before the Electors
of Westminster, had pledged himself that he would never be
far behind when their liberties were to be defended. Part of
this pledge, he flattered himself, had already been redeemed,
and the rest he came there to redeem. He was as sensible as
any man could be, of the necessity of union in times :to pe-
rilous as these, and he had no wish unnecessarily to disturb
those feelings which ought to anite all the f, lends of freedom;
but he came there to oppose Mr. Lamb, because he conceived
him to have been returned at the last Election contrary to
the wish of the majority of the peopl! of Westminster—
(Cries of Yes, and No, from the crowd.)—He most solemnly
declared it to he his sincere opinion, that, but fur the
disfranchisement of many who, it bad since been proved,
had a right to vote, Mr. Lamb would not have been re-
turned as their Representative in Parliament. Doubtless
many who beard him might be of a very different opinion,
but he stated it as his solemn belief, in the face of the
Electors of Westminster, and the country at large, that such
was a positive fact, and that had not the right of voting been
violated, Mr. Lamb would never have been elected. But the
great point upon which he deemed Mr. Lamb unworthy of
the -r suffrages (and upon many minor points he had no hesi-
tation in saying, that he agreed with Mr. Lamb) was, that he
did not agree with the Electors of Westminster as to the es-
sential and paramount importance of a general reform. Let
Mr. Lamb put whatever interpretation he pleasil upon the
speech which the Hon. Baronet had alluded to, still he never
would convince them that his sentiments upon this subject
accorded with, and were similar to their own. Mr. Lamb,
in adverting to this speech, had referred the Electors to
the Parliamentary R gister. He could save them the.
teouble, for he held the speech in his hand. He then read
from a Morning Paper a report of the speech made by Mr.
Lamb on the seconding the motion of Sir F. Burdett for a
Committee to inquire into the neees•ity of a Reform in Par-
liament. That speech centained nothing. about triennial
Parliaments, and extending the elective franchise to all
householders, to advocate which reform, Mr. Lamb hail
pledged himself at the last Election. In that speech Mr.
Land* had said, " Whatever might have been the march of
reform, of which they had beard so much, and he was strong-
ly inclined to thinli that since the Lion. Bat inlet arid his co-
adjutors hash placed theniselvea at its head, that maid* had
been little more than what was, in military language, called
" marking time,., an act ahich consisted in maliing much
dust and no progress, or rather, in a retrograde motion—
(A laugh) iris wsaasion still was, that the first step of
the proeress mast he to pa down convicted lnibery and
corruption--.ltiear, hear !)—The Ilan. Baronet had that

night rejoiced at the late developments of eorruption'in dif-
ferent boroughs. Yet at the beginning of the session he had
understood that such circumstances were below the notice of
a Radical Reformer. The House certainly ,had not itnd the
lion. Baronet's assistance in prosecuting those investigations,
but whilst they desiderated his presence, it was impossible to
thiuht that he had spent his days, and consumed the mid-
night oil," in maturing his views, and that the fruit of his
labours was the resolution before the House. With respect
to his own opinions upon the subject of Reform, he should
i‘ish to see, in the first place, the electiie franchise removed
front Boroughs whose corruptions had beets exposed, and from
those of limited extent, to large and populous toivas. He re-
garded the abuse of that franchise in ate saute light in which
he should-view the abuse of any other .constitutional func-
tion." Such a speech, made to second a motion the object
of which was a Reform in Parliament, reminded him of the
manner of putting four horses to a coach in the sister kingdom,
namely, two before and two behind. To hint it appeared that
what Mr. Lamb had said on that occasion was a tasteless and
spiritless banter on the speech of Sir Francis Burdett. Im
proof of this, he quoted the following passages from the same
speech : " He did not tonsider Reform to be that grand 'pa-
vacca which the Hon. Baronet•seented to think it. He knew
the people had been taught to beliert that Rtform com-
prised all that was worth gaining; that it would make pro-
visions cheap, and reduce theexpenee of law proceedings;
in short, that it would enable us, as Fittrti scue said, to wear
woollen clothes and drink no water.'—(A laugh.)—He knew
he lied prescribed to himself a difficult task, which, never-
theless, he hoped he had executed in an intelligible man-
ner—inanely, to draw between himself and the Radical
Reformers a wider distinction than existed between any
other two classes of politicians. Whatever .reception the
present propo,ition meet with, he must, consider
that House the true Ifetiresentative of the People and the
third branch of the Legislature; and he should he sorry -if in
the hurry anil heat of debate he had uttered any remark
derogatory(row the respect which he should ever enter-
tain for that House ?" This comelimentary language had
beets held respecting a House of Ci :intone, that had been
mare parricidal of tln s of their country than any that
had ever sat in that vile—,Jut he would ty,t, muse the word, as
lie keen that it b., tui ted against Inat)—that had ever
disgraced t !iose infamous walls asithiu which iiiey assembled.
If he as omitted such a House of Commons to be the true Re-
presentatives of the Peopl,,, why did he wish for it Reform ?
It !hey were truly the Representatives of the that was
oaf that was wanted. But be had now letter to pro-
duce. This was a by Mr. Lamb,
and he wished to know if cof.:': that the hand-writ-
ling was Li., ?
Lvitts inquired to whom it had linen addressed ?
Mt. Holittousi-: said it was not a ptitate tette:.
Mr. LAMB asserted that it was.

Nit. Hon;tousl:. said if it was, he should be justified in read-
ing it, after the example of Mr. Lan*. who at the last Elec-
tion had read a private litter addressed to slr. Manby, hie

Mr. LAMB replied, that he had done so with the consent of
the parts to whom it had been addressed.
Mr. lionnouse declared that he hail the consent of the
party t.. v hum this hed been sent.
The letter was then read, which Was as follows
Tr htelndl-yard , March 2, 1820.
Sin—Having had the ill luck of not finding von at home,
when I called some time ago, and bring now conlinej by tem-
porary indispositioo, I lake liberty of writing to request
yin, summit during the ensifing co:ltest for Westinin,ter.
-It+ re is no Ministerial C,ldulate, I should have reckoned
my ,access certain, had it nut be, a for the committal of Mr.
Hobbouse to Newgate by the House of Commons. That,
however, has inspired a zeal into his Friends, and the Lower
Classes, which threatens a sharp struggle. if exertions are
not made in my he.half, the I louse of Commons will have the
mortification oi seeing a rejected Candidate obtain prosperity,
merely fruits the circiuustance of their having ventured to
punish him, for a flagrant insult and
I hope I shall have your pardon for the intrusion; and have
the honour to be, your obliged humble servant,
(Signed) G. LAMB.
Was this (Mr. Hohbouse vnquired) then the•production of a
person who had professed so much candour and civility?
Could he thus express himself upon a proceeding which
every enlightened mats in the kingdom unanimously con-
curred in reprobating ? It was a fact well known and easily
capable of proof, that half of the persons who, upon a
former Election, bad given their votes for Sir Murray
Maxwell, and refused them to Sir Samuel Rumilly, had, upon
the last 'Election, voted for Mr: Lamb, although be stood
professedly upon the same ground as Sir Samuel Romilly.—
Did not this clearly show that Mr. Lamb was in reality the
Ministerial Candidate ? And did nut the letter which had
ju.t been read to tlem prove that Mr. Lamb calculated
upon receiving Ministerial assistance ? Having said this, he
felt confident that, in the eyes of the country, and even of
the Whigs themselves (many of whom he admired and
esteemed), lie must stand acquitted in having come forward
in opposition to a person who had clearly shown that he felt
no sympathy, rt,a congeniality of opinion with those whom he
wished to represent. Ire now left his cause in their lands.
He knew, from what he had seen in Westminster, that the
friends of Reform would ultimately succeed in supporting
him, and in giving bins a decided majority over a person who,
if we might believe his own speech, had " the greatest re-
spect for the House of Commons," and who hoped, " that
in the holly of debate he had said nothing which could be
considered deragatory to the dignity of the Honourable
House."

The HIGH BAILIFF then submitted the names
of the Candidates to the Electors, and declared the shew of
hands to he in favour of Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Hob-
house. A poll was demanded for Mr. Leash, which was ad-
journed until three o'clock.
A little after four o'clock the state of the poll was declared
as follows
:
Sir Francis Burdett

Air. Hobhouse
Mr. Lamb

.165
43

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT trusted the result of the
first boar's polling was a specimen of what they might ex-
pect to the end of the contest. The omen was at all events
favourable. He then commented on the speech made by Mr.
Lands in the morning ; and remarked, that his opposition
would be better than such support aslre had received from
him. He considered his speech to be a sneer at him, and at
the cause of Reform ; and he would say of it, in the words
of Falstaff, " Call you that backing your friends ; a plague
of such backing say I." He complained that the High Bailiff
had taken upon himself to disfranchise certain Electors who
had not paid their rates. This he considered to be contrary
to law. Notwithstanding the opposition thus offered, if the
Electors persevered in their efforts, he bad no doubt that time
contest would be short, and time result all that they could
desire.
?.Jr. LAMB was not at all disheartened by the
state of the Poll at the end of the first hour, and if the con-
test ceased, it would be because his opponents gave it up, and
not because he did. He read another copy of Iris speech, (as
it appeared corrected hut not by him) in the Parliamentary
Debates, in which Ire was made to speak in favour of Trien-
nial Parliaments. He complained of the spirit in which the
imperfect report had been selected, defended the expressions
contained in his letter respecting the pamphlet of Mr. Hob-
house, and was glad that that Gentleman had directed public
attention to it, as the more it seas read, the more it would
discredit hint. Ile was determined to treat those opposed to
trim with civility and respect, and when his late Colleague
came forth against him its his wrath, lie would say to Into in
the words of his favourite Shakespeare--
" 0, Cassius you are yoked to a Lamb,
Who carries anger as a hint does fire;
Which, much enforced, doth put forth a spark,
And instantly is cold again."
Fur the present he should trespass no longer upon the time
of the Meeting; but he would take care to appear before
them every day to reply to the arguments and answer the mis-
representations that alight be urged against hiw.—(Applause
and disapprobation.)
Mr. Hoanousg contended, that from all that
appeared to the contrary, the report of the speech which he
had read was likely to be the more correct one. His pam-
phlet, he maintained, Mr. Lamb was not competent to judge
of, as be had fallen into the vulgar error of tiie late Member
for Yorkshire, and did not seem to understand what was
meant bv.a note of interrogation. He appealed to the Elec-
tors if Mr. Lamb could be a fit person to represent them,
since he applauded the late House of COMIIIOIIS, and ap-
proved of their sending him unheard to Newgate. He had
thought that he (Mr. Lamb) was opposed to that proceeding,
as he (not being on very intimate terms) had called on him
(Mr. Hothouse) in prison, which he haffthought very hand-
some of him. How be could reconcile this conduct with
the language used in his letter, he did not know. He reite-
rated his complaints against the House of Commons fur send-
ing him to Newgate, because a country Geotlentan did not
understand a note of interrogation, end concluded by calling
on the Electors to persevere In their efforts, and the inde-
pendence of Westminster would then he established by the
result, on a basis which tmo party or Ministerial influence
,would ever be able to shake.

T, •••• •,_
he Candidates then retired, and the crvw4 speedily dis-
persed.

SOUTHWARK ELECTION'.

THIRD DAY.

The polling went on to-day tirensuslTniund,
tier, and at four o'clock the numbers were as
:

Mr. Cal ve-rt
Sir I. Wilson . . .1093
Sir T. Turtun 443

Mr. CALVER'r, in his Address to the Electurg,
expressed gratitude for the situation in which -111fe
had been placed by their exertions. He -advertzd
to his first contest for the Borough, when he i‘efi
signed, because he found himself ISO totes be.-
hind the other Candidates. The Han. Barotoet
was 76l behind him on this occasion, and helu,g-
gested that his example ought to be followed.
Sir ROBERT WILSON returned thanks to ,thz
Electors for exertions worthy of -what he termed,
a Patriotic Army. 'He explained his copilot%
respecting Catholic Emancipation. He votediar
going into a Committee upon the Roman Ca-Oro:lir
Claims, but did not consider himself -pledgedlt@
vote for Catholic Emancipation, unless instructeta
to do so by his Constituents. He would neoic
give up his independence.—He quoted from Sawa.-
LET'S Ode,—
" Thy spirit, Independence, let are share, •
Lord of the lion heart, and eagle eye;
Thy steps I follow, with my bosom bare,
Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky:"
Sir T. TotiTobt retpiested he might be ,coroectilf
reported. He complained of a statement in ,oicre
of the papers charging him with acting indectonly..
—He kirewt himself too well to >iu ose he coral
have given any just pretence for such a cliairrtr,,eir
and if the Editor of the paper did not state
those indecencies were, he -should consider
subject to public prosrention.' He-stood befocrir
the Electors, itivited by -respectable inhabiticsattar
of tile Borough, as a Candidate for the iron-corr
representing them -in Parliament. The cont.eslL
had taken place, and he bad nothing to boast 4
in the first two or three -rounds; but, as in-
gilistic contests, a man was scarcely warm in imse
or three rounds, the law allowed him fifteess
rounds, and perhaps his opponents might yet Eat
a knock (10W11 blOW.—{Lout cheering.)—He
served, that the Eke-tors could not consistently
support any avowed advocate for Ct-,tholic Eman-
cipation. Having adverted to his past condtkotir
when Sheriff of the County and Member of eim
Yeomanry Cavalry, he refuted the charges con-
tained in the placards against him, and declare/I
his intention to continue the cop-test whilst bris
friends continued to eacoutage him in the Imo.-
pourable pursuit.