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platag).--He would tell diem what sort of encou-,
icagentent was given to Tublic pea, and to men,
friendly " to popular rights.. Whatever Mr. Lamb
Might think of that pamphlet, upon which he had
spent so much of their time and of his own breath;
when the author underwent persecution for it, be it
right or wrong, without making any unmanly de-
fence or apology, it was lids encouragement if it
"Should be ever regarded as an opprobrium—(Ap-
plause).,—This was the encouragement which Mr.
Lamb would give to men who came forward and ran
the hazard of sacrificing themselves at the shrine of
liberty—(Applause).— He would not have noticed so
. trifling a sacrifice as that which he had made, it' Mr.
Lamb had not come forward and imputed to him as
a crime what the voice of his country—if he might
be permitted .to use such an expression—had rather
applauded as a virtue—(Loud chee, ing).--Mr.
Lamb had tdld them, that he (Mr. Hohhouse) would
turn a complete Whig the moment he entered the
House of Commons. Well, there was some merit in

being a complete anything ; but that merit, he was
sure, did not belong to Mr. Lamb—(Laughter).---
That the Hon. Gentleman w•ai not a complete Whig

was clear from this—that the Whigs had never jus-
tified those severe measures which the House of

Commons had taken against him (Mrillebhome)s
If it were necessary to prove that this was the case,
he could quote the opinion. of almost every great
man who had laid-down the law respecting arbitrary
imprisonment; but he should not go beyond the
organ of Mr. Lamb's own party, The '►forning Chro-
nicle. The Editor of that Paper had done him the
honour to speak of him, and had said, ‘. that he is
pursued in a most illegal and unconstitutional way
is certain, but it is manifest that, if recourse had
been had to a trial by Jury, Lord Erskine's cele-
brated Act would have been his preserver." This
was the manner in which The Chronicle talked on

the subject ; but Mr. Lamb had expressed a different
opinion in his letter, and had afterwards confirmed
that opinion by his protestations on the hustings. If
this aas to• be a complete anything, he knew not how
it was to be de ignated, unless as a complete slave
to the arbitrary power of •the House of Commons—
(Apphnise).—Mr. Lamb had represented himself to
be more of a Radical Reforeuer than Sir Francis
Burdett ; but he should convince them in ten words
that the lion. Gentleman dill not know what was
meant by a Radical Reformer (Laughter and ap.•
plause). When he took the liberty, on Friday last,
of stating his opinion that the extension of suffrage
to all inhabitant householders would be a Radical

Reform, Mi. Lamb shrugged np his shoulders, and
said " No, no!" (Loud applan.e). They should hear,
however, the opinion or Mr. Tierney on this sub-
ject. On the 4th of January, 1798, Mr. Tierney
said that "he meant, by Radical Reform, to give to
every inhabitant householder of Great Britain, the
right of voting for a Member of Parliament" (Cheers).
And he added, " and that new Parliaments should
be more frequent than they were at preseat." Vet
now a person on that hustings, coming forward un •
der the banner of Mr. Tierney, shrugged up his
shoulders, and expressed his dissent on hearing this
opinion stated. For his own part, he thought that
such an extension of the elective franchise would be
a Radical Reform in the system of Representation ;
but if it were trkappear, on trial, that such a change
would not do, then he would be disposed to have re-
course to something else—(Applause).—Mr. Lamb's
idea of a general Reform, however, was confined to
the disfranchisement of such rotten Boroughs as were
detected in the practice of corruption, and the transfer
of their rights to more populous places; and thus, in
fact, he held that a part was equal to the whole—
that a partial Reform was the same as a general Re-
form—(Laughter and applause)—They needed not,
therefore, take the trouble of asking the Honourable
Gentleman what Sir Francis Burdett meant by a Ra-
dical Reform. Mr. Lamb had asked him on Satur-
day why he would like a seat in the House of Com-
mons if it was so corrupt and dishonen as it had been
represented, and he believed he had given a very sa-
tisfactory answer in the words of Mr. Fox. There
was one reason, however, which had not occurred to
him on Saturday, but which he would now state;
and it was, that he intended at all times to express
his opinion of the House of Commons, but did not
wish to be always in Newgate !—(Loud applause and
laughter). He did not flatter himself with the hope
of being exempted from danger, by having a seat in
the House ; but, let the worst come that could come,
he would then be sent to the Tower ! —(Laughter)..—
He would, moreover, be able then to defend himself,
and would not be sent to prison without a hearing.
This was with him one decided reason for wishing to
be in the House of Commons; and he thought such
a precaution more particularly necessary, when he
found that the sentiment of the propriety of sending
a person to Newgate under such circumstances was
so widely diffused. He had, indeed, imagined that
such a sentiment would not have been entertained by
a Member for Westminster ; yet, as he had found
that Mr. Lamb held and avowed that opinion, he
thought he had good reason for preferring the House
of Commons to Newgate ; though, if there were any
better place between them, he should prefer it to
either—(Laughter and applause). In case Mr. Lamb
should think that the question was not yet satisfac-
torily answered, he would read another extract from
the speech of Mr. Fox, on Parliamentary Reform, in
the year 1798—the same occasion as that on which
the speech of Mr. llerney, to which he had already
referred, was delivered :•44 But you still keep your
seat in Parliament,' say they. Why, yes, I do, Sir,
and I have no intention of applying to the Right
/lon. Gentleman opposite for the Chiltern Hundreds,
in order to vacate that seat. 1 confess lam not very
sanguine in my expectations of the House of Com-
mons; but I think it may, from circumstances, com-
mence measures which may lead to an entire and
radical reform.' ' But you do not expect to be able
to persuade the House of Commons to commence
this work ?' 'Why, no ; not by my speeches, cer-
tainly ; and yet I think that they may be persuaded.
4 How ? " By the Public. I hope such an opinion'
will be so expressed as to induce this House to see
the wisdom and necessity of the measure ; and I am
afraid it will never appear to this House to be wise,
before it appears to be absolutely necessary.' " After
such an explanation of his object in wishing a seat in
the House of Commons, he would not, spoil the effect
of the words he had quoted by adding any comment
of his own ; and he, therefore, should detain them no
longer, especially as Mr. Starch had a few words to