Star.
London, England, 1820-03-09 00:00:00

igme"—(Lw‘d cheering, and ct ie.; of " Who is the
kg,uard !"I.—The worthy Alderman then turned.
;:nd to-the Livery, and commenced his address to
em, by declaring how much he felt indebted to
:m, for the exertions which they had that day
;de in his behalf. He had stated yesterday, that
was no. matter whether he was returned at the top
bottom of the poll, as in either case, if he was re-
anted, he should continue to perform his duty. It •
made no itiffei ence to him whether he was the first
the last of their Representatives. All that he had
leant to say was, that if he should again be placed
• the head of the poll, it would form an additional
imulus (though he could assure them that he did
not want any stimulus at all) to his continuing to
eirsue that line of conduct which had already en.;
wed him their approbation, and to devote, as he
td hitherto devoted, the whore of his time to the
,üblic service—(Cheers).—He felt himself greatly
idebted to his late worthy colleague, Mr. Wilson,'
the high terms in which be had spoken of his (Al.
!tartan Wood's) services. Such a compliment as his
tonoura!ele Friend had just paid him was hardly to
expected from a person standing in his situation ;
ad the desire which he (Mr. Wilson) had exhibited
do him (Mr. Wood) honour, was such as would al-
ways be remembered by him with the utmost grati-
ide—(Loud cheering).—The state of that day's poll
its net likely to have much influence on the conchs-
;ion of it; the 'Livery had not yet come forward
pith their usual spirit; indeed, it was quite astonish-
lg to behold how great their inactivity had been on
ie present occasion, when compared with the acti-
ity which they had exhibited on former occasions—
Cheers).—They would recollect, that in the last two
lays of the last Election, he had himself polled 2000
iotes; and at present the highest number on the poll
was 666. There were, therefore, 7000 Liverymen
till anpolled; and in the appeal which he had made
to them, he had -called upon them not to give him
their votes unless they were satisfied that he had done
his duty—(Cheers).—lf they were satisfied that he
iad done it, they would again give him their suf.-
:rages, and he would repay that gift by bestowing
all his time and attention .to the promoting of their
eights and interests--(Load theming).
The LORD MAYOR came forward to express his
gratitude for the situation in which his friends had
,laced him on the poll. He could not help congra-
.ulating them on the spirit of good humour and li-
icrality which at present prevailed among them :
a was so grateful to his feelings, that he could not
lelp hailing it with the utmost pleasure. -The suc-
:ess which had that day attended him was not more
than he. expected,. from the promises of .support
which he had received upon his canvass, and from
the numerous Gentlemen who were now actively en-
gaged in his behalf. It was, however, only right
that his friends should recollect that they had not
:can more of the contest than its commencement ;
ley ought not, therefOre, to relax in their efforts,
under the idea' that they had already achieved the
victory. They ought to remember, that their oppo-
nents were possessed of great skill, great judgment,
and great industry, in election matters ; they ought,
therefore, to persist in their exertions to the end, lest,
by lulling themselves into a false security, they
should afterwards experience the ignominy of defeat.
If they did so persevere in their exertions, he had not
the slightest doubt that his wishes would. be ulti.
'newly crowned with more complete success than
the warmest of his friends could now anticipate—
(Loud cheering).
Mr. Alderman Tworte was welcomed by the as-
semblage with the most enthusiastic shouts of applause
and attachment. When they had partially subsided,
he commenced his address to the Livery, by observing,
that though so me Gentlemen and himself had chaoged
places on the poll since the last time he had enjoyed
the honour of addressing them, he must ever feel
grateful for the unbought spontaneous support which
had that day been afforded him. When he consi-
dered the exertions which had been employed to
oduce the difference on the poll which he had just
noticed—when he considered the numerous offers of
support which he had received during his canvass--
when he considered that nine-tenths of the Livery
were yet unpolled, and that the spirit which had al-
ways animated the Citizens of London, when their
rights were endangered, was not yet, by any means,
extinct—he could not, for a single moment, prevail
upon himself to doubt regarding the result of the
present contest. Indeed, he had no hesitation in
saying, that in his opinion the state of the poll would
be changed again to-morrow, and that he should be.
replaced on it in the same relative situation which
Le had occupied yesterday—(Cries of " You shall
you shall !') He trusted most implicitly to their
kindness : he relied most strongly on their public
spirit ; and, as they had previously approved his
principles, expected to see both their kindness and
their public spirit exerted in his behalf. if he was
replaced in the honourable situation of their Repre-
sentative, he would shew them, by his future con:
duct, that he was not insensible to the high disinc--
tlon conferred upon him—(Great applause).
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN was not audible for
some time, from the noise of cheers and hisses in the
Hall. He assured the Gentlemen of the Livery, that
notwithstanding the,triumphant appeal that had.been
made to them on the state of the poll by the Candi;
dates who had previously addressed them, still he
appeared before them with complete confidence of
Lltimate success. So far, indeed, from being in the
slightest.degree surprised at the situation he held on
that day s poll, he was only surprised that his adver-
saries had not succeeded better, and that they did not
stand higher—(Cheers). On some interruption oc-
carting on the hustings, he said, he hoped that he
should not be interrupted by Gentlemen in future ; if
such interruption were continued, he should move
that ..trangers be excluded from the hustings. It was
matter to him of great regret that every Candidate
was not allowed to obtain a fair hearing. It was true
that public feeling could not always be controuled ;
but • when it was considered that the hustings were
tilled with the friends of the different Candidates,
they above all others ought to suppress their feelings,
and carefully to guard against any interruption pro-
ceeding from them—( Cheering). As he was now
allowed to proceed, he would repeat, that the only
subject of surprise to him was, that his adversaries
did not stand coosiderably higher. He knew his
friends, considering the situation which he held yes-
terday, were holding back upon the supposition—an
erroncom supposition—that he was in. a state of se-