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London, England, 1818-06-19 00:00:00

Candidate had, in private,disclaimed all persona-
lities, and he (Mr..-Young) was_convinced of the
sincerity of the disclaimer—but some of his adhe-
rents were not so manly, .they bad descended to
scurrility anti falsehood.: It was said, that Sir
Robert WiliOn had a majority of promises, but he
was sure Mr. Barcl,iy would_ soon be found to
have the great trajoii:y of votes.—(Applause.),—
As to' the other Candidate (Mr. Calvert), he was
a mthit honourable, consistent man,‘And this tri-
bute was due to, him from a political opponent.
He concluded by proposing Mr. Barclay.
Mr. TnomAs ALLEN SiIUTER; in seconding this
motion, slated the high estimation in which Mr.
Barclay was held by the Borough of Southwark.
'He trts firmly
_attached to the true principles of
the Constitution—when the Ministers of the
Crown were, in his opinion, right, be voted with
tlrem—,.vhen wrong, against them. He was not,
its be had been misrepresented, an indiscritninate
supporter of the measures of Government. He'
was, oh the contrary, one of those fair and ho-
nest men that the people wanted—it was untrue
to say that he voted for the Corn Bill—on the
contrary, he had voted against it iii the futtire
stages ; his first vote was merely fOr going into a
Cointnittee. to consider certain Resolutions, and
decide it the introduction of a Bill was eligibie.
The %'voithy Gentleman concluded b-y secOnding
the motion.

Mr.,HALL rose to propose Sir Robert Wilson,
He commenced by stating, - that be regretted, in
common with the -rest of Sir Robert's friends,
that the Meeting was not much inclined to hear
the supporters of Mr. Barclay.;-and be begged to
assure them, that the more they heard from the
opposite party, the more decided they would be
on the necessity of returning the gallant Candi-
date whom he was about- to -propose. It was
highly necessary to inquire into the pretensioni
of the respective Candidates who now solicited
their suffrages. To Mr. Barclay he could have
tio personal hostility, except on public grounds
It was quite ludicrous to see- how the friends of
that Gentleman etiileavonred to calumniate Sir
Robert Wilson, by placardiog him as, the friend
orsvar, forgetting, at the same •tbne, that the
very first. vote their own favourite gave, was for
going to war ; aye, and a. war too, not for the li-
berties of his own country, bur to impose open
another a dynasty against the consent of the
people. What the noble-minded and illustrious
Puke of Sirssex, whose nathe ought to be en-
graVen in letters of gold, said on that occasion
ought for ever to be. remembered. The illustri,
ous Duke.said, that bad such conduct as was
then pursuing towards France-been-acted upon at
the glorious Revolution. of 1688, his faMily would
neverthave been seated ou the throne of Eng-
land.' It was not only for a war that Mr. Bar-
clay had voted, but for war taxes also. lie Voted
for the renewal of the, Property Tax—for the
Corn Bill—for to all intents and purposes must
be he said to: have voted fur that measure (as-.
soredly for the principle of it) when he agreed to
go into a Committee ; but the moment he found
the opinion of his constituents in direct contra-
diction to his own, he then. turned round and
gave his vote against the measure. His next
vote was for that Suspension of the Habeas Cor-
pus which enabled Ministers to fill the dungeons
of the kingdom with innocent men ; and then,
again, when he found hiS seat tottering. under
bins for conduct, he turned round and voted
['unjust the second Suspension Bill. But to Strew-
-11:e sense he held of his Constituents' opittionS,-
"was, there any thing further necessary than to
mention his vote for the Indemnity Bill, whiCh
screened MinisterS from the punishment they de-
served fog the cruelties
.committed while the Ha
bens CorpusACt Was suspended Befiire they
could say that such a mat) was fit to be one of
their Representatives: they.thust lose their senses,
and abandon all recollection of public principle.,
With respect to the. claims of Mr. Calvert', they
were strong and unequivocal-Hie had clone ltis
duty'.as a fritud to the people.—As,,to the Merits
of:Sir Robert Wilson, he would
.Say a:few words,
and, let those who thought he had. demerits Coate
fOrward- acid candidly state the.trt. Sir, Robert was
.
a man who posseSsed, in an emmetrt degree, the
two qualities they had a tright to lool,ifor in a Re-
presentative—integrity and intelligence. 'He had
spent his whole life in the'service of` his country;-
be had fought her battles in the.field against a fo
reign enemy, apt! dse, was nines a
.canclidatc. to
'fight them in the Roos,e6f Commons against a
dotnestic.one. The.linoranity,9l his disposition
might also be inferredirom a late act of his, in
rescuing from oppression a victim about to be sa-
crificed (alluding to the escape of Lavalette).—
This act would.fOr ever immortalise his oame.—
This was the man he, proposed as a Candidate to
represent them in Parliament.
dEaRGB WETHERSTQN, F,sq. seconded the no-
mination. Little accustomed to address, public
Aneetlogs, he could have' wished some more active
tnan than biniself had been chosen to do this
duty, but as the merits 'of Sir R.. Wilson spoke
for themselves, little was left for hint to say.—
Their two former Members were like stewards

who bad resigned their trust, and were called to
An account for their conduct, but he was proud
to say one of ,them. (Mrs Calvert) bad kept . his
accounts so, acetirately, that tbere, was not one
figure Wrong.in his.books.. He wished that the
other had done the same, as there would then
have been, no cause for ptoposing a successor to
him, nor would he, have that day opposed
(Here Hisses from
TMr...B.'s. friends created some
confusion).--=These. gentlemen had a. mistaken
idea of him,. if they supposed him capable . of
being intimidated ;by their menaces; for , as an
Englishman,. 11,e ever would maintain, his • rights:
No man had evcr. had .more calumnies thrown on
hith than the gallant Officer before thew had, but
he dared, nay,.be challenged Abe friends, of Mr.
E 3.. to say the hundredth part against Sir R. to his
face that they h.ad.dared to do when his.back was
turned. What was Mr,.11: in. his public conduct
Had.he not shewn himself the friend, nay, the
very patron of, hired spies and informers ? Had
he not voted against the petitions. of the people
for inqui,ry into the conduct of Ministers, and
given those. Ministers the means of securing them-
sOves.agiinst the. actions which might be brought
against them by the victims who kad suffered by
their cruelties ? Let tie
now
recollect the_
eyes .o>; the pubic Were now directed to the me.

tropolitan elections, and they Inightfest assured,
that their proceedings that day, and during the
poll, would have a powerful effect on the country.
Look to the success of Wood, Waithman, and
Thorp, in the City ; of Garvey,. at Colchester ;
of Denison, at Surrey. No sooner had Denison
come forward, than one tool of corruption had
slunk away, and he was sure, were another Gen-
tleman of the same independent principles, to
come forward, the other Member for Surrey would
also share the same fate. To him' it was impos-
sible to conceive how men could vote in favour of
Ministers, on the Report of a Committee com-
posed of Ministers and their tools. With the
same good reason might they expect that a pick,
pocket would have- a fair trial before a Jury com-
posed of Bill Soames and his thieving associates.
With respect to a collusion between. Mr. Calvert
and Sir R. Wilson, he was ready to deny that
decidedly, for, on the contrary, though he was a
Alember of Mr. Calver.t's ComMittee, and ,had
told him he would give him every support, yet he
had also told him he would not be tied down to
one nian, but would, on the contrary, support
Sir R. Wilson. NO colluSion whatever enxisted
between the parties, and lie hoped this explana-
tion would be satisfactory. This Gentleman con-
icluded by seconding the nomination of Sir R.
Wilson. _ _

Mr. CALVERT (amidst applause) now addressed-
the Meeting. it was, lie observed, now the third
time be bad stood before them, and he considered
the approbation now conferred on him, and the
support he received, as the best pledge of their
having-approved of his consistency in his conduct;
for he knew too much of the Electors of South-,
wark to suppose they would have so far flattered
him had his conduct been otherwise. His con-
stituents bad a right to expect be would now
ex-
plain Isis conduct as a late Member, but the
speeches already delivered had so fully done that
as to leave him little to say, except that his.con-
euct would uniformly be what it had already
been.—(Loud applauses.)—The promises of sup-
post he had received were more numerous than
on former occasions, and he hoped that' as this
was the-Anniversary of the Victory of Waterloo,
it tnight also prove an 'anniversary of the victory
and success of independent principles in the Bo-
rough of Sonthwark. He had steadily opposed
the Corn Bill, for he thought, and ever would
think,' that no articles for the support of human
life should.ever be the subject of Legislative dis-
cussion. When a Bill came into-the House which
he did not approve of, he would oppose it ; but
if it happened to- please him in its principle, he
might support it on that ground, hut- he would
keep a vigilant, eye on its clauses. Of the Sus-
pemsion Act-no Man could possibly have a higher
detestation than himself, for he did, and ever
Would, to the last moment of his existence, re-
probate an Act which annihilated -the liber-
ties of the people. Never should any object
whic made the slightest encroachment on pub-
lic :rights or privileges ever meet his support...—.
He would not detain „them longer, as he knew
they would probably- be-anxious to hear the new
Candidate, and he would only earnestly hope
they would give his late 'Cplleague, a. foie and
candid hearing in answer to those charges bronght
against him, AO's- by doing so they would '
chew
themselveS impartial and candid judges. With:
the utmost confidence of Awing at the hea4 of
the poll, he shoUld now leave his cause in their
bands. '

Mr. BARCLAY came forward, hut, from the great
confusion Which prevailed, it is impossible to give,
more than a few words of ibis speech.—He de-
clared he was not afraid of clamonr, nor to Meet
his constituents to explain hisicondnet. In voting
for the renewal of the War, as 'he did, big anxiety
was to put an end to that Dynasty which had long
disgraced Europe ; and 'his conduct, on that occa-
sion, could not be condemned, considering that
the renewal of the war had led to the Victory of
Waterlon, and the total overthrow of Napoleon.-
In voting for the Income Tax being renewed for
one year, he was actuated by the wish of saving
money to the country, fur had the means of.supply
not been given to the Minister, in all probability
the war hai yet continued ; bat he denied having,
ever countenanced or voted for the Corn Bill. In
his first vote for the. Suspension of the Habeas
Corpus Act, he firmly believed the/re was danger
to the country, but Ike certainly could not vote a
second time for that, becansc:the trials in London
and the country had proved to his satisfaction the
danger Was over. For the Indemnity Bill., he
never would have voted, had he conceived there
had;one innocent man been confined, but he firmly
believed there had .not. Of the result of the Poll
he had uo doubt, wad he was .even anxious to
meet it,. so confident was he of success. With
these few remarks he left his cause in their hands:

Sir H. WlLsoti nowcame in front of the
hustings, and was received with .applause. He
began his address with 'observing,
,tbAC:it was
with difficulty. he could posiibly restrain his emo-
tions of thankfulness to.his kind friend who' had
just nominated him, and particularly to the gen-
tleman who seeOnded t lie. nomination, consideriug

the very handsome manner in which he had come
forward. He congratulated. the meeting on the
dissolution of a Parliament
.which was the most
unconstitutional in .its„counsels and acts that had
ever afflicted ,this country—a Parliament which
had strewn itself equally hoStile to the rights and
liberties of the people,—a Parliament every way
determined to refuse. the petitions of the subject,
to bring this once prosperous and happy country
to decay, whilst its rtuntert!os fleets- and armies
had held out the rational hope of its being ex-
alted to the highest pinnacle of national graudeur:;
but which, had unfortunately,,.no taken. place,
through the miserahle policy which „had actuated
its Rulers. it,had been said, that, we ought to
speak well of the dead, but were he capable of
refraining from stating his sentiments, he should
feel he Was unfit and unworthy to live in the coun-
try. In coming forward on.the present occasion,
he was actuated by no private ambition, for, on
the contrary, he had been solicited to do so 'by a
respectable deputation of Electors, who, grieved
at witnessing the conduct of one-ot their Mem-
bers', told him they would give him their pa-
tronage, which they had accordingly done at a
public meeting afterwards culled, and on that
ground be now stood before them. Decorated as
he bad been in the field (A danger by Imperial

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