Star.
London, England, 1826-07-01 00:00:00

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the end of each day's poll, those numbets would tcll at
the close of the poll, if it. lere kept open for fifteen
Jays, aerwould give to him a clear and decided victory
—(temsel cries of 44 Mushroom"). He had himself no
fear as to tile result of the election—he hoped that they
would support him With the same spith to-morrow a•
they had done to•day, and with that hope he would take
his leave of them, thanking those.a•r►ongthem who ha,l
already given him their support, and trusting that.he
should soon see at the poll•booth those who had not
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already honoured him with it.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that he differed exceedingly
from the Colonel in the opinion Vlach that officer had
just expressed, as he had the misfoitune to differ from
him on many other topics, that it signified little what
the majority on that day's poll was, whether it was 5,
or 10, or 20, or only 14, as it really happened to be.
lie (Mr. Brougham) thought, 'on the o:her hand, that
it signified a great deal indeed, because it ought to he
recollected, that in consequence of the unparalleled
exertions which their opponents had made, with the
enormous resources which they had at their disposal,
with the vast body of agen!s which they had to set
those resources in motion, with these means so possessed

and so made use of with lavish profusion, they were
yesterday only 83 ahead on the poll, and to-day were
only a-head of the blues by a poor 14. He therefore
thought it right to assume that the tide w.'s turned,
and that by their exertions not relaxing but re-
doubling to-morrow, they would be able to show the
Colonel a still better poll than they had been able to
I indulge him with a sight of on ti.e ;resent day.—
As he was a great friend t trade, he was sorry to inform
thin, in these dull times, that a blow had been struck
at one branch of it—the mushroom traffic—(Loud
cheering). It was a mo t painful thing to him, when
so many manufacturers were suffering, t. announce a
falling of in any trade, especially in an honest one.
With what feelings, then, should he state, that a total
bankruptcy had taken place in the principal mushroom.
manufactory?—(Loud cheers). He had been told that
some of the dealers in that article were compelled to
shut up shop— (Cheers). We should have no more
catsup for six months to come—(Loud cheers and
laughter). He wished, however, that it had happened
sooner, for then a great number of votes which had been
placed upon the poll (he believed 48) would have been
swept away also by the flaw which had been discovered.
And now for a few words on another sut,ject. He had
yesterday really entertained hopes that he had taken
leave of the Bishop of Rome, called, by the Noble Lord
on the other side, an Old Gentleman ; and he now only
reverted to the subject to mention a fact, which he de-
sired all who heard him to remember. Several Catholic
freeholders, as respectable men as could exist, whose I
votes were as good as any votes could be, had that day
presented themselves, he understood on both sides.—
Those who time up for him were required to take the
long oath, which no good Catholic could conscientiously
take, and therefore their votes were lost. Now mark
the contrast. Before the election commenced, he had
given orders that the oath should not be required of
those Catholics who miAht preterit themselves in favour
of his opponents. You see what horror these people must
now entertain of Roman Catholics ; but they were not
always of the same mind. He_held in his hand a letter
from one of the confidential Agents of the present
Earl of Lonsdale, then Lord Lowther, requesting Mr.
Howard, of Corby, a Catholic,to propose Mr. J. Lowther
as a Member of Parliament in the county of Cumber-
land ; and the writer added, that
.lt would be " most
gratifying to Lord L." if Mr. Howard were to comply
with the request. He did comply. He proposed Mr.
John Lowther as Member for Cumberland, and that
Gentleman was accordingly elected—(Hear, hear).—
Here was an example of liberality worthy of imitation ;
and he did hope that, if Mr. Howard came to Appleby
to vote, during this election, his kindness would not meet
with the long oath as a return. He once more called
upon the Electors to exert themselves—not in his cause,
but their own. He wished them joy of the promising
aspect of their affairs, and called for a continuance of
that ardent but tempered zeal which they had all along
displayed, and which must carry their cause through
the struggle to a triumphant conclusion—(Cheering).
Mr. WYBERGH then addressed a few words to" the
people. The Noble Lord, he said, in alluding to the
Pope, had said, that he should not be allowed to ride
rough-shod over this country.. Nothing of the kind
would be attempted by the Pope, or the old woman, or
whatever other name that personage were known by.—
And there were other persons who should also not be
allowed to ride rough-shod over the people—he meant
the Lord Lieutenant of this county—(loud cheers)—and
not only not ride rough-shod, but he should not ride
over Westmoreland at all—(" Huzza," and " Well done,
old fellow 1') He had made these observations, because
he considered his friend's speech was defective in this,
Ipoilt, but in this point only.
Mr. JANISS WIGGINS next addressed the Meeting; but
if the little body ever had any humour, it has eilapo-
rated, for the only point about him was throwing a toad
stool (large enough to bear him) among the yellows,
with a denunciation against mushrOoms.—About nine
o'clock the loud cheering in the street announced that
Mr. Duffie, the chimney-sweeper of Monday, and the
negro slave of Tuesday night, was again at his post.
He this night appeared in the character of the Rev. Dr.
Sill, of Burton, in Kendal. His dress was a complete bur-
lesque on that of several of the clergymen of this
county. He had an old greasy hat on his head,
knocked into the shape of the three-cornered shovel
hat, which many of the dignified clergy are in the
habit of wearing, and which was plentifully decorated
with yellow ribands. He wore a coat and waistcoat of
rusty black, and covered with snuff. A large rosette
of yellow riband was fixed upon his breast, and from the
place where a watch ought to have been, but was not,
dangled a yellow riband of immense length and mag-
nitude. He was carried up the town in a chair, in which
he reclined with much pomp and swagger. He stopped
in various places to address the mulritude on behalf of
the Church, and in his assumed character of Dr. Sill,
which he supported extremely well, made many clever
ironical attacks on Mr. Brougham, and several most
biting invectives in the shape of panegyrics on the
Church and the Clergy. In the course of his harangue,he
lamented that the mushroom votes which he had made
so recently had been all set aside, and the manner in
which he uttered his lamentations and attempted to'
conceal the tears which he did not shed, would not have
been unworthy of the best actor on the stage. He was
taken to the Obelisk, and being mountel thereon, made
a short sermon on the ye* ue of mushrooms, which he
said sh ruld have been loner, had he not been averse,
like most of his cloth, t give himself unnecessary
trouble. He then sang a parody on a %Al-known
song, in praise of the i 'dependence of the Clergy,
altering the real burden of it into All attack upon the

Parsons with " Their coats all so black, and their
cravats so white:* Ile then reriiourited-hil chair, and
having called for his glass aad bottle gave the specta
tors as a toast, " may the best man win,' and may my
Reverence soon be transformed into a Bisho.p." He
Was then carried in mock dignity to the hustings, hav-
ing his glass in one hand, and his bottle in the other.—
Having ascended them, he made another oration in
favour of Churchmen and their independence, but
refused to define the word independence, as he was.
well aware that they all knew what it meant when
in the mouth of a parson. He
_concluded his labours
for the night in the following manner:— " I have
a cure, my Christian brethren, for your souls, and
therefore from all the lies which you may have pro.
pagated for the Lowthers, from the guilt of all the
bribes which you may have taken for yourselves, from
all the debauchery into which you may have been led
by the lavish profusion with which ale and brandy have
beer; dealt out to you in this election, and from all the
sin; of envy, hatred, and malice, which it has stirred up
among you. I now absolve you in the name of the
Lord and of the Coloia.l. Good night."
The mob then gave this political mountebank three cheers, and
gradually separated.
hi the evening, Mr. Duffle once more made his appearance,
dressed as a Clergyman, with a mushroom in his hand, and ad-
dressed the mob from the hustings, in the character of the Rev.
Mr. Sill, of Barton, to whom ,Mr. lifougham had alluded as having
made some mushroom votes for the yellows. Every thing is, how-
ever, perfectly quiet, but squibs are now beginning to fly pretty
thick.