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London, England, 1810-08-29 00:00:00

could better 1* ereitec t -hY the tieetiott of fir
Williatn, the son of his old friend, on the Whig itite-
rest. I-le had ho doubt that his pUblic conduct iitmed
justify their partiality, and that he would Ultimately
become as highly popular among his constituents sts
his worthy predecessor had been before him:
'l'. B. he LA Mott, Esc{. seconded the nominatirdli
and heartily joined issue with his friend Mr: #robyn,
in wishing that the peace of the county might be pre:
served on the present oceasion:
Sit S. W. Guist nekt rose, and addressed the
meeting as follows Gentlemen, unaccustomed to
public speaking, you will, t am confident, excuse my
stating, from written minutes, the declaration of my
politital sentiments—a declaration the more necessary,
in consequence of misrepresentations which have been
industriously circulated throughout the county. Sin-
cerely attached to those principles in which I have
been educated, I have ever professed myself to be a
genuine Whig ; and I trust my actions will never be
at variante with my professions. In loyalty to the
King, and veneration for our inestimable Constitution,
I yield to no man ; and to preserve that Constitution
pure and unimpaired, no exertion of mine shall ever
be wanting. The Constitutional Prerogative of the
Crown, no less than the Liberty of the People, I
consider it the duty of your Representative to sup.
port and maintain. A moderate and temperate Re-
form of Abuses will receive my most hearty concur.
rence ; but the dangerous spirit of innovation will
ever meet my determined opposition. In my parlia.
mentary conduct, if I have the honour of your sup-
port, I pledge myself to a conscientious and inde-
pend?.nt discharge of my duty—uninfluenced by Mi-
nisterial intrigues unbiased by the clamours of Party.
As a Guardian of the Public Purse, I shall always
deem the prevention and punishment of peculation a
principal object of my duty ; and the measures from
time to time proposed for the Public Revenue will
have my uniform and vigilant attention. The local
interests of the County shall hever be forgotten or
neglected ; and should the collective sense of the
County express an opinion on great political ques-
tions, I shall ever feel a deference to the sentiments
of my Constituents. The recollection of the charac-
ter and political conduct of my relative, Sir William
Guise, while he filled the important station to which
I now aspire, will induce the wish to follow his ex-
ample ; andithe only reward which I shall ever look
to, will be that with which he was gratified—the
approbation of my Constituents. With respect to ;
certain political opinions which have been ascribed to
me, I have endeavoured, in a printed address, to ex-
plain how I have been misrepresented. On another
subject, on which I understand a popular cry is at-
tempted—the approbation I have given to Colonel
Wardle—l would add a few words : Of Colonel
Wardle personally, I know nothing ; neither his pri-
vate character nor motives are the object of public
discussion ; but his manly and independent conduct
on a late investigation, appeared to me, as well as to
the greater part of the Nation, to entitle him to the
thanks of his Country ; and I scrupled not to declare
my sentiments on the occasion. To his public con.
duct alone, on that investigation, my views were di-
rected ; and so far as that conduct went, I still retain
the same opinion. Gentlemen, on abstract questions
of policy, on which our greatest Statesmen have differ-
ed. it would ill become me to give an opinion ; and I
am sure you will not require it. On all such questions
I pledge myself to give the arguments which may be
adduced a full and candid attention, and to vote on
the result as my conscience my dictate. Upon these
principles, and these principles alone, I offer myself
to your approbation. By such a course, I trust I
shall not forfeit the good opinion of my friends, nor
disappoint the expectations of any part of my Con-
stituents."

GEORGE AUSTIN, Esq. said, he considered they had
met for the purpose of nominating a proper person as
their Representative in Parliament, and that any
Freeholder, however humble his situation, had an
equal right to deliver his sentiments. He most
heartily and sincerely wished that the peace of the 1
county might be preserved ; and lamented, as he was
sure the county did in general, and more particularly
most of his friends then present, that two Gentlemen
of the same party, of the same interests, and professing
the same political sentiments, should be opposed to
each other. He could not, however, help feeling,
that the Honourable Candidate had some claim upon
that interest in the County, which, upon so late an
occasion, returned their popular Member, Lord
Dursley ; and more particularly, as that Gentleman,
unsolicited, had then come forward, in the hand-
somest manner, in support of his Lordship, whose po-
litical sentiments were known to him. A long as that
Honourable Gentleman supported those principles he
held out—a Reform in Parliament, an Inquiry into all
existing Abuses, and an Abolition of Sinecure Places, he
would meet with the general support of the Whig Inte-
rest; and, if the successful Candidate, they would hail
and claim him as its Member. Upon the Hon. Gentle-
man's first offering himself to their notice, he had con-
sidered him a Blue, and had commenced a canvass
against him ; but, after the manner in which he had
proclaimed and avowed his sentiments, it would be
great injustice not to admit them ; and they all knew,
that sentiments were not, like titles and estates, here.
ditary. Mr. Austin was much interrupted during the
delivery of his speech, by repeated acclamations of
Guise, Guise! and he retorted with great spirit and
propriety, how unjust it was to deny any freeholder
the privilege of delivering his sentiments ; observing,
that if they protected him, he would endeavour to pro-
tect them, in obtaining an impartial hearing.
E. Pamirs, Esq. in reply, said, that he could not
admit the force of that claim to support, which had
been made in favour of Mr. Dutton, from that inte-
rest which had espoused the cause of Lord Dursley, at
the last election.

E. SHEPPARD, Esq. questioned the propriety with
which any man could be denominated a Whig, who
had favoured the pretensions of Sir E. B. Sandys,
upon the occasion alluded to.
Sir B. Wm. GUISE, considering himself called upon,
positively disclaimed having given the smallest coun-
tenance to Sir E. B. Sandys. On the contrary, he
had pledged himself, through the medium of a mu-
tual friend, in case of necessity, to support Lord
Dursley.
J. DE Visme, Esq. said, that although unused to
public speaking, he could not remain silent upon an
occasion of so much importance. The present novel
and curious coalition of the families of Berkeley and