Star.
London, England, 1820-03-14 00:00:00

Made to bring up his opponents voters to the poll!
did not proceed, as he had conceived—(Loud anti
continued interruption)—from intentions hostile to
him, but from the kindly wish that•he should not be
buoyed up with fallacious hopes of success—(Ap-
plause and groans). He thanked them kindly for
their friendly consideration on that particular head,
but he must, nevertheless, assure them that their
efforts had not succeeded, for he was still buoyed up
as much as ever—(Great noise). He should shorten
his address as much as possible, since what he had to
say was not pleasant to his auditors. Past experience
had shewn—for at thelast Election, as well as at the
present, it had been the case—that Monday was al-
ways a prosperous day to his opponents. On looking,
however, at the progress which his opponent had
made to-day, and knoviing the expectations which he
had entertained respecting this day's poll, he was
, convinced that Mr. Hobhouse was the disappointed

person—(Cries of" No, rton—foi he knew that that
Gentleman's partisans had anticipated that he would
this day be a thousand a-head on the poll; and had
that anticipation even been realised, still he would
say that his hopes would have been the same—pies
af" Bravo He had one thing more to say, which
he expected would be disappointing to many persons
who then heard him. He understood that a number
of persons had come to the. hustings that day to hear
his farewell speech ; and he was sorry that they
• should all be disappointed—(Cries of" Mt all!'').—
He should not have said all ; but certainly the majo-
rity of those whom he now addressed would be dis-
appointed, for he had not yet begun to think of that
speech. It was, no doubt, a difficult thing to do
well, and of course required some previous prepara-
tion ; but he could assure them that no idea of that
speech had yet entered into his head—(Great disap-
probation). The Honourable Baronet had stated one
thing which positively astonished him. It appeared
that he (Mr. Lamb) was more of a Radical Reformer
than the Honourable Baronet, because he wished for
a Reform of the Constitution, while the Honourable
Baronet wanted nothing but the Constitution as it
was—( Hisses, and cries of " that's a lie!"). Why,
what had the worthy Baronet's joint candidate and
friend told them on Saturday last ? He had in-
formed them that the five new Bills were part of the.
Constitution ; and was the Honourable Baronet con-
tent u ith them too ?—(Mixed applause and disappro-
bation). Mr. Hobhouse had said in his last address
from these hustings, speaking of his Pamphlet, that
he had before declared that it was not his intention
to incite the people to any anger against the house
of Commons, and that therefoi e it was not fair in him
(Mr. Lamb) to repeat the accusation on the hustings.
Now he did not know what candour might demand,
but he thought, that when a man published a book,
his meaning .was to be inferred from his words.—
To the hundreds who had read that book, what didl
it signify that Mr. llobhouse sat at home, and had a
snug point of interrogation to explain his meaning:
—(Great uproar.)—He observed, that they were very
noisy, and he was very hoarse, which afforded a
double reason for his being astrief as possible. Many
of them were noisy against him because they believed
him to be a Whig; but he could assure them, that
the moment Mr. Hobhouse should set his foot within
'the House of Commons, that moment he would be-
come a Whig—(Loud disapprobation).—He would be
found voting with the Whig party, or he would be
nothing—(Great noise),—For he (Mr. Lamb) had had
experience of the conduct of the Hon. Baronet, Mr.
llobhouse's prototype; and whatever he might say
to the Electors of Westminster, he was in Parliament
a complete Whig—(Lemensc clamour and disappro-
bation).—lndeed, he had never seen the Hon. Baro-
net oppose the Whigs but once, and that was when
they wished to punka the corruption of the Borough
of Penihyn—(At this moment, a fellow in the crowd
struck Mr. Lamb's hat with some. stud).—The Hon.
Gentleman said, with considerable warmth, that he
would not subm;t to he insulted : they might say
what they liked, but if he was to be spit at or struck,
he would not appear there again— (Cries qf" Bravo!")
—The l Iran. tim inlet had complained, that while he
(Mr. Lamb) voted with him on the subject of Re•
thrm, some parts of his speech had been against him.
But what had the worth Baronet been doing all
along? Why, he had always been speaking against
the Whigs out of Parliament, and always voting with
them in Parliament. la short, whatever Sir Francis
Burdett and Mr. flobhouse might say on these hust-
ings, the Electors would always findahem voting as
he did in the house of Commons—(Disapprobation).
—Mr. Hobhouse, continued Mr. Lamb, is at present
a-head on the poll, and I hear that circumstance, I
hope, with some good humour. Now I wish to
make a bargain with you. When I leave him a long
way behind, as I shall soon do--(Loud cries of" !so,
no!")—Now, you are all in a passion already at the
mention of such a thing; but when I itnive him be-
hind, 1 hope you will evince the same good humour
thlt I have done. The lion. Gentleman then re-
tired; but, as Mr. Hobhouse was about to commence
his address, he again stepped forward, and bugged
to add a few words on a subject which had been ad-
verted to by the Hon. Baronet. He did not differ
from the Hon. Baronet in the remarks he had made
on the manner in which the Cato-street conspiracy
had been merqioned on Saturday ; and begged it
to be understood, that that exclamation had not been
made on any suggestion or hint of his. The Gentle-
man who had used that expression was present, and
had commissioned him to say, that be stood on his
own ground, and that he (Mr. Lamb) had nothing at
all to do with it.
Cries became general for the person who had used
the words animadverted on to come forward, and
Mr. Hobhouse waited till he was told that he was not
to come forward.
Mr. Iloanouss was loudly and generally cheered.
Mr. Lamb had told them that he (Mr. Hobhouse) was.
disappointed by being 323 a-head on this. day's poll.
He hoped he should be so disappointed every day—
(Applausc).—As Mr. Lamb knew what disappointed
him, it would be no great presumption on his part if
he conjectured what disappointed Mr. Lamb. Mr.
Lamb was-grievously disappointed that public men
met with so little encouragement for conduct which
he thought so meritorious—(Much laughter).—Mr.
Lamb had told them, that if he (Mr. Hobhouse) did
not get the same reception from them now as before—
it was, in fact, the same reception from them whom
he addressed—but Mr. Lamb meant, that if the re-
sult should not be the same, it would be very little
encouragement for public men—(Laughter and ap-