Star.
London, England, 1818-06-22 00:00:00

THIRD DAY.

The humour of the Hustings' congregation was
not quite so effervescent as on the two preceding
days ; and for some time the business of polling went
on with great quietness and regularity. A little after
one, Lord CASTLEREAGH, accompanied by a Gen:le-
man, walked through the crowd, and proceeding to
the poll-clerk of St. James's parish, tendered his vote
The Noble Lord was very soon recognized, and was
greeted with loud groans and hisses, with cries of
" Who sold his country ?" " Where is Oliver ?" &c.
His Lordship appeared to be quite unconcerned, gave
a plumper for Sir MURRAY MAXWELL, and retired
arm in arm with his friend. No sooner did he depart
than he was followed by about a hundred, who kept
hooting, hissing, and groaning. His Lordship was
n )t, however, induced to hasten his pace, or to take
the slightest notice of his pursuers, who hung upon
his rear. A few constables, who saw what was passing,
followed, but were unable to secure any of the rioters,
although two or three of them threw handfuls of mud,
one of which struck his Lordship's clothes.
At the close of the poll the numbers were, for
Sir Samuel Remilly - - - - 1276
Sir Murray Maxwell - - - - 1241
Sir F. Burden, Bart. - - - 484
Hon. Douglas Kinnaird - - - C 3
Mr. Hunt

Major Cartwright

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Sir MURRAY MAXWELL then came forward and
addressed the Meeting. He was desirous that order,
regularity, and decorum, should be observed both
inside and out ; he hoped, therefore, they would
listen to the few words he had to say—(Applause).
He had upon the two former days said nothing about
the other candidates, or those who represented them
upon the hustings, nor did he intend to do so until
now, when he felt himself called upon, in consequence
of ie liberties that had been taken with his name.—
To say the least of it, the representations that had
been made of his character were a gross mistake.—
He was spoken of as a flogging Captain. It was
asserted, that he was fit for nothing but to give a
dozen at the mast. hr answer to all this he would
tell them svbat his principle of discipline was: it was
by every means to prevent crime rather than to in-
flict punishment. When, on the first day of the poll,
he received the friendly blow that was aimed at him,
he could see some of his sailors in the crowd crying
shame. It would have been to them he should have
appealed whether he was a harsh or a tyrant ical Cap-
tain. Yesterday one of his friends in the crowd h
called to him in the familiar style which he liked,
u Rolla, Maxwell ! I will give you a vote if you will
promise to vote for univer al suffrage." He told the
person that, upon his word, he did not understand
what universal suffrage meant, and would be really
obliged to him if he would tell him. Instead, how-
ever, of giving him the information he wished, the
person shink away, and hid his face under one of the
' booths. No wonder that he and his guerist understood
`little of universal suffrage, when those Candidates
who bawled about it know nothing respecting it.—
Though he had been at sea all his life, he had read a
good deal, and aft- -r first understanding the Constitu-
tion of his own c,untry, he had turned his attention
to those of neighbouring nations ; one of those'
countries had resorted to universal suffrage, and the,
badge of them, as here (pointing to Ilunt's red cap of
liberty) was a red cap. He would not harrow up
their 'feelings, by recounting the dreadful things coin-
mitteA under that badge. From the cap of liberty,
that country came to the iron crown of freedom, as
they termed it. The man who wore that crown tried
the effect of ballot. When he returned from Elba,
he was hallotted for; and they all remembered well
where, in three short months, the immortal Welling-
ton had sent him. The other candidates bawled about
British freedom mid British feeling; but there wus
more true Mash feeling in the little fingers of those
he addressed than in their whole carcases. He con-
gratulated them on their good taste, that there was
neither a red nor a blue cockade amongst them, and
then withdrew.

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Captain BASIL HALL said, the wooden walls of
Old England were her best defence, and who so fit
to keep them in repair as a person brought up in
' the Navy
Captain WOODLEY next came forward.—" In re-
commending to your choice, he said, the gallant in-1
dividual who has offered himself for the high and
distinguished situation of being your Representative 11
in Parliament, I beg leave to say that I have hid the
honour of his acquaintance for many years, and that
know his principles to be perfectly in conformity
with the Constitution—he is a man so devoted to the
service of the country and to your interests in parti- 1
cular, that notwithstanding having served and ac-
quitted himself most gallantly throughout a long and
arduous war, he yet comes forward in time of pro-1
found peace, and offers himself again to serve you,
in a manner, alike honourable to himself and service-
able to you. Gentlemen, I make no doubt he will
prove as great a Senator as he has a sailor, that he I
will serve your interests, uphold your rights, main-
tain and be the guardian of your liberties. Gentle-
man,
I sincerely Lope that this most respectable and

enlightertisi community will Make choice or a'
andhwi liberties
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the Government, and it was the Peeele's r-
should pay fur the opposition. TheiralL:eZ;•' •
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that a misunderstanding had er.istud. am. ci
friends : that misunderstandiug was now &Tie
and by Tuesday night, he had no doebt of i.e:
the head of the poll. He would introduze a fr
them, who wound read a short letter, explanz
the misunderstanding.
Mr. BRUCE now stepped forward, and
was altogether unknown to the Electors of 1..
ster,he thought he had a claim to their indeli
[Cries rif " Name! Name!" were here answere,'
is Bruce, oho liberated Laralefter3--When
peared before them on the present occasion,'
double duty to perform: the one was of a pal
scriptton ; but the other, inasmuch as he thi
would tend to secure the victory to the frier.,
Francis Burdett, could not but afford him ple
(Cheers.) lie had to announce, that the CO7
who had undertaken to support the joint inn
Sir Francis Burdett and the Honourable
Kinnaird, had come to a resolution to witheli
name of the latter Gentleman—(Bear, hem
had a letter in his possesssion from Mr. Lim
the Committee, which, with the ioermissie:
auditors, he would read-4" Read! Rad!"
which, with the like permission, he weld
Resolutions to which the Cominittee Lad
Mr. Bruce then read a letter from M.-. K
dated Bishop's Castle, June 17, IblB, in
expressed a wish that the Committee would t
tinue his name upon the poll, if it waslikeiy
in the slightest degree prejudicial to Sir F.l
He left this entirely to the discretion of the C
tee, for whose kind attention to him he erg
warmest gratitude. Mr. Bruce then te...1
Resolutions of the Committee, the La of
resolved that the name of Mr. Hinnaivd
altogether withdrawn from the pule—(f sa
Mr. Bruce, in making this communication.
to say a few words in favour of Mr. Kina..ii
, had known him from his youth, and was c
no man was more fit, chime from eloquence
principle, to aid the cause of Reform in chi
of Commons, nor could any man have prove
self a more faithful steward of the inteiei
constituents than he would, had he been chi
of their Representatives. Sir Francis Burl
stood alone, and he trusted every nerve w(
strained to secure his return in defiance of
vernment Candidate, however supported. For t
five years had Sir Francis Burdett been bd.'
public, and during all that time he had
friend of justice and humanity, and the et
those principles of tyranny which were now
ning to be established in this country—Opp/i
He hoped that those who knew Sir Francis
principles and his conduct, as so many of tie:.
would not prefer to him a man who, whatever
be his professional merits, they onflit to ea
collect was the Government Caneltdate-1/!-.
He wished to say nothing personal agair•l -2,e gal-
lant Officer—it was the principle o:.. t:...: o?..
posed. That Gentleman had never been ker,-vn'3
The Electors of Westminster till he appeared before
them on the Hustings. One word and ne vauld
doce, for he hated.long speeches as mach as :hey cid.
if they valued constitutional principle:—ii they r.
Med the cause of Reform, and their own charade. a.
Electors, they would support Sir Fran:is Bard";
His cause was the csurc of freedom ; he had at a.l
times been the in:shake:l and undaanted ;A
advocate of the liberties and iadepencience of le?.
lishmen; and if on this occasion Sir Francis lle:dt:1
should not be returned as their Representative .e
should look upon these Hustings as the grave cr
freedom—(apialasise).
Mr. CLEARY, as the representative of 'Ala'or Cr)
wright, next addressed the .Meeting, and read a
from Major Cartwright, in which he express:it
strong desire that his friends would net
upon the poll for one moment if they theei
name would in the slightest degree muiuttc
the return of Sir Francis Burdett. This peeners
offer they had resolved to accept, not frcm Indk
nation to detract an atom from the merits :it rte
teran patriot, but from a conviction by u^l7; due
strength, gad shewitig that there wit; no scat 2
ground for supposing a disunion of interest to ene,
that they should succeed in gaining NI :t
must be the anxious. desire of all—ear.:'.'..the
un:phant return of Sir Francis Burdett to
—a situation which he had so long liard
to himself and advantage-to his contitae-.:s--I""a..r
Mr. Wrsretar returned thanks on behalf et. zx
Samuel 11,in:illy's Committee, ter tire vamp.:.
state in which that Gentleman stood uper.tae po:
He denied that any coalition had taken place be,,a
the friends of Sir Samuel Roniilly and Capta a -ea.:
well; they only asked for one vote, and didtempt to dictate to the Election, to wnom
ought to give the ether—(cheere.) It was
vilege of Englishmen to be left to the exercise of ...c.
free discretion—MTh:sue.)
Mr. Iluxr then proceeded to address his ralibki.
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amidst groans and hisses. He was happy at thlualc2.
of feeling and sentiment among the Electors
minster. They had now two Court canard-a:N.II
two candidates who were the friends of the peop.s7,
(hisses.) 11 there were any docbt that Sir !Lad-,
Maxwell was the Court candidate, there Was a rs.l
in Lord Castlereagh having that day rem
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plumper. Lord larmouth had also voted for.,-
NI. Maxwell ; and he (Mr. Hunt) bad the boots eP.
I mined to see whether his Lordship's poor-rates by
been piid—lie did that because many of Jib
Ihad been objected to on that account.
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