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TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1830. PluvF, 7i.

tended us will of itself bring security. I have been taunted,
and told that my principles ate unknown to you; that on the
great and important question 1 have been silent ; in short,—
that lam no reformer. Gentlemen. in answer to these as.
persions, I have to tell you that I am a reformer.—(Great
cheering, and cries of we know that.) At the *mine time be begged
to say that he would not vote away the elective franchise of a poor
and miserable little town to bestow it on such places as Manchester
and Birmingham. He trusted to see such a doctrine scouted ; select
vestries too, with all their paraphernalia, he detested. (Cheers.)
With respect to his feelings upon that, as on every other question,
it was his wish that they might be as open to the voters of South.
wart, as was his voice and countenance that day ; it was his earnest
wish that there should not be a man amongst them in doubt res-
pecting him. He had been asked what measures he had to pm-
pose for the relief of the poor, as if lie had been careless of their
wants; such persons he should only desire to review his past life,
and ascertain if he had not exerted himself to the end that every
poor prison within his reach mht have every blessing showered
I down on him. (Cheers.) He ob
itwld ask the present meeting if he
were not the friend of die poor man ? (Cries of yes, you arc.) The
Eon candidate concluded by calling upon the electors to *hew their
freedom by electing a freeman to represent them in parliament ;
assuring them that if lie were so fortunate as to be elected, he would
not betray the trust reposed in him.
Sir R. Wit.sow next presented himself;—the cheering was as
enthusiastic as when the former candidate advanced ; hut there
was a mixture of other and less harmonious sounds, which must
have convinced the Gallant General that he was not surrounded
wholly by his friends. After patiently waiting a few minutes, Sir
Robert thus began :—He said that he felt it necessary to coin.
ntence the tew observations which lie had to make, by acknow-
ledging the candid, satisfactory, and manly manner in which the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hard-) had answered those questions, which
he, (Sir It. Wilson) had thought necessary, for the sake of the h.
berty of the Borough of Southwark, to put to him. The Gal-
lant General then went on to compliment the 784 electors whose
suffrages he had received, observing that by such votes they had
proved they had not degenerated ; that they were animated by
the same energy, the same patriotism and generous principles
which had conquered in 1818, in 1822, and ice 1826. He then ex-
plained why lie had not commenced a more early canvass, ad-
ding, that it did not arise from any want of respect to the elec-
tors, that lie could not divide himself into fractional parts and
canvass in various places at one and the same tinter; hence
that apparent neglect with which lie had been charged by some
of the electors who had since told hint that he had conic too late.
On Saturday an elector told him that a whole street, in which lived
no fewer than thirty voters, had been so neglected, and who would,
undoubtedly, be lost if he did tint immediately wait upon them and
solicit their suffrages ; upon these electors he had called to ascertain
their feelings, and the first roan he addresser) said, " Old boy, give
me your band, it is all right, we shall give you our votes; you
have been true to the right cause, and you will be true to us.'
(Cheers and laughter.)—These people (continued Sir Hobert) are
poor, but they are rich in political integrity; he should, in justice
to them, mention the street in which they lived—it was Little Tower-
street-4 tower of strength to him. Again that very day he had re.
ceived a vote front an lrishnian, with whom four other voters were
coming up; these electors gave their votes, saying, " You have
been a friend to our country as you hare been a friend to England."
Such was true nubility, such were the real elements of political vir-
tue. Such were the generous feelings which our present excellent
King recognized, when he said, " give me the hearts of my people,
and in time of need 1 shall be sure of their individual exertion:,
as well as of their purses." If the electors wished him (Sir
Robert) to withdraw, lie would surrender into their hands the trust
reposed in hint, should lie be again returned, if they thought he
had not a knowledge of their interests ; but having had die expe-
rience of twelve years in their cause, he was now more able to per-
form his duties. It was a laudable ambition which actuated hint in
wishing again to have his name enrolled in the cause of the Borough
of Southwark ; lie wished again to be in the House of Commons to
advocate the independence of other states as he had those of South
America. He wished more than ever to be in the House of Commons
again, in order to watch the great and portentous movements now
taking place in France, where a generous nation was contending for
its rights against one of the most treacherous, detestable, and wicked
plots that was ever practised. He wished to be among those who
would throw a shield over that country ; but lie never would consent
to sec a foreign power interfering and converting a free people into
slaves. Ile could state from authority, that England did not mean
to interfere between the Government and the people of France,
with respect to the opposition, or confederacy against him, he had
little doubt that in six months • ebe should be met by those who
now opposed hint, with a hearty shake of the hand, and "old boy.
find by my till, that your vote on the beer bill has increased my
custom."—(Cheers, groans, and hisses.) After thanking those
clecturs who had come forward in his support; he urged his friends
not to relax, but to meet him at the poll to-morrow, and place Lim
in that proud situation which he had before held; they then might
sleep securely in the blooming arms of victory. During the latter
part of the General's address the gravest noise and confusion pre.
veiled ; several missile: thrown from carious parts of the mad,
fell on the hustings, and a portion of the polling-table gave way,
to the no small discomfort and dismay of those persons who s:ood
on it.

Mr. CALVERT stepped forward, and his appearance was the'
signal for a general uproar. Confusion became worse confounded,
but the lion. (hntletnan, nothing daunted, patiently looked on,
with Isis arms akimbo, observing, that when the crowd had done, he
should begin. After a considerable time, lie at last succeeded in
gaining something like a hearing. lie said, that he did not know
what he had done to displease the electors ; it was, to doubt, owing
to the misrepresentations of others. His hon. and gallant friend
said, that he had voted for that measure which would bring to them
cheap beer ; so had he (Mr. Calvert.) His hon. and gallant friend
also paid, that he had voted for the emancipation of the blase; fen •
reduct(in in our xpenditure ; for a reform in Parliament ; and
that at all times lie should be nady to advocate the private interests
of the electors of Southwark ; to each of these he (Mr. Calvert)
would state that he had done, and should continue to do the same.
In short, he should like to know what parliamentary measure of his
hon. and gallant friend had not also been his (11r. C.'s.) Tim hon.
gentleman concluded by stating, that of the 3,600 electors who re.
sided in the borough of Southwark. only 916 had as yet voted;
there was, therefore, ample room still to hope for swans.
The High Bailiff then declared the election adjourned till to-
morrow (this slay) at nine o'clock.