Star.
London, England, 1806-10-03 00:00:00

Tha Chairman then proceeded to read the &rola-

*no firfi. which was merely an errefFon of re.
vet that Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Cu. ran had
declitud ttanding for Weltminler. and of thanks tar
the conflitutiorial fentiments contained in their an-
(wet, was praff- unanimnufly.
The fecond eras theh read. which et.
preffed a confidence that fume Gentleman of a ied
tegrity and acknowledged talent% would yet offer
himfelf as a Candidate. Upon this Ref...lotion being
put.
Mr. FINERTY rife, and declarer! his Inten•ints
of giving his decided nppolitinn to that Refnlutt. n,
unlefs the Chairman would give hint a plain and
fatisfadory anfwer to the queiti,n he lb..uld propofe
which was, Whether it was the intention of the tiro-
pore's to bring forward, under the cover of thi. Re-
folotion. any quellion for the nomination of Mr. Mai-
docks, junior, as a Candidate for Wefimintler If
Inch were tl Sri intention, he Ihould feel himfelf bound
to Rate fully his nbjeliuns to fuch a Refoiution.—
[The Meeting teilifiud 164 approbation of the courts
taken by Mr. Finerty.]

The CHAIRMAN, in reply to the queftion of
Mr. Finerty, laid, as to young Mr. Maddocks, his
talents were known to them all, and his conftitutional
principles were exactly as he had Rated them on the
former meeting. It was one thing, however, to put
him in nomination for Weßminfter, and another.
thing to admire the fire of his patriotifm, the, fplen-
dour rf his talents, the purity of his principles, the—
(the Chairman was here interrupted in his panegyric
on his fon by hind hiffes and hurls of laughter ). After
a refolution, pa [fed on a former day, that thole who were
not Eledlors Ihould withdraw from the meeting, his,
fon, who was not an Eleear, did not think it refpee.
ful now to attend. He fhould unequivocally Rats,
that to his knowledge, or belief, there was now no in-
tenti in of putting his fon into nomination. After pro-
nouncing a very warm panegyric on his fon, he laid,
he might leave it to the generofity of the affembly,
whether a young man, in his cireumflances, ought
to be called upon to oppofe bimfelf to the whole
power of the Government, united to the private in-
fluence and pecuniary refources of Lord Percy ?
A Mr. HEW,LINS, after a long fpeech, propofed
Mr. William Cobbett.—(The propofal of Mr. Cob-
bett was received with loud laugilter and Wes.
Mr. MEATY Rated ex prelkly, that Mr. Cobbett
had not authorized any body to propofe hies, and
did not mean to Rand as candidate. He could not
conceive for what obje( Gentlemen Mould produce
their lifts of names, and prefs forward one candidate
after another to be put into nomination. The only ef-
fee wlich loch conduit was likely to produce, was to
diminifh and to degrade the reputation which popu-
lar affemblies ought in a free country to poffefs.—
What good effee could be expected from a contett
evidently hopelefs ? or to whore advantage could a
conteft turn, except it was to the pickpockets of Lon-
don and Wettmintter, affembled about the Hollings?
He timid, therefore, wills to know why the meeting
of the Eleftors of Wellasiniter was thus adjourned
from day to day ? why it was to be affembled merely
as a theatre fur a certain defcription of public orators
to indulge them(elves with making fpecches ? The
attempt now to oppofe Lord Percy's aleition was
evidently orders and unavailing. Had Sir Francis
Burdett, Mr. Sheridan, or Mr. Curran, (toed forward
as candidates, he Ihould have felt difpofed to make
"eery pollible exertion in their fupport, and would
have facrificed, if neceffary, his existence to promote
Heir fuccefs, againa any Lord that might have been
propofed ; but when every man to whom the friends
of freedom could look with confidence, or around
whom they could rally, had declined the contell, he
few no ufe in ransacking this great city to find out
fomebody who would venture to be a candidate. If
they were to go on in that manner, he thought they
would perch at Lift upon fame adventurous barritler,
who, for notoriety, and to get briefs, might put him-
felf into a fituation far which he had no pretenfions,
either from principles or talents. He concluded by
moving the rineßiou of adjournmentfierfie.
A Gentleman named ADOLPHUS then addreffed
the meeting for fume time, in favour of Lord Percy,
and recalled to their recolledion the fpecch of Mr.
Sheridan, and the declarations of all Mr. Fox's per-
lone' friends, that they were lure that his advice
would have been to fupport Lord Percy. (As this
Gentleman was fpeaking, there was a loud cry, " he
is no Eleitor," sod nu his declining to anfwer the
queflion when put from the Chair, the fenfe of the
meeting war, that he fboold not be heard.)
Mr GIBBONS thee attempted to fpc.sk. He com-
plained of the faille reports, which reprefented the
attendants of that Meeting es a let of Dorn god; !
(Loud latt;hter, as the Meeting thought that De-
wagogrer would have been a better phrafe ). Hs
then proceeded to make firms obfervations ou Lord
Percy.
There was now a very loud cry for the queftion of
adj .trinment, it was put from the Chair, and carried;
and the great majority of thole who attended immedi-
ately retired.
About fifty or GM Rill kept together, and infilted
that the queßion of adjournment bad net been dig.
, tinaly put.
Mr. GIBBONS addicted thole who Raid in a
Ivery long fpeech upon Magna Charts, the Bat a
Rights, and the Freedom of Elaticm._

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