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not mean to make any allusion to the political con-
duct of his two worthy.friends. The Livery were
the proper judges of that, and in their hands he
would leave it; but he surely might be allowed to
say, that no two Gentlemen could have been more
aezentive, or more persevering, than they had been.
Having personally witne.sed this, it was his duty, in
justice to. them, to mention it. For himself, he
thought it almost unnecessary to make any profes-
sions ; and he would assure them, no threats or in 7
daceinents •of any kind should ever operate on his
mild to lead him to neglect his public duties. If at
an/ time he should happen to give a vote contrary
to the wishes of the Livery, he would, on being satis-
fied that he had so voted, instantly resign his seat,
because he valued that seat no mote than merely as
holding it for the public good (Applauses).
Mr. CURTIS came forward, but, as usual, could
not obtain a hearing. Ile turned round and ad-
dresse' Mr. Alderman Waithmanovlio immediately
came to the front of the hustings, aid stated that he
had been requested by Mr. Ceetts to obtain a hear-
ing. 11e earnestly hoped they would do so for their
own sakes, as well as to hear what the son of the
. worthy Baronet would say to them. Mr. Curtis, on
this made another effort, but in vain, and then point-
ing to the state of the poll, and joining his friends in
three cheers, he retired.
The LORD MAYOR came forward amidst much
clamour, with some applause. It was nearly impos-
sible to hear him at all, from the tsemendous noise
in the Hall. He was understood to cypress his
thanks for the high honour done him, and his as-
surance that every attention should be shewn to the
duties of that situation he now filled. He highly
eulogized Mr. Wilson, whom he had known for
upwards of twenty years, and quite concurred with
the observations he had made on the importance of
mercantile characters being Representatives of the
City of London.
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said, if he had been
defeated by any folly of his own, or by any loss of
esteem on the part of his fellow-citizens, it would
much have affected him ; but as it was, lie never
was in a more calm state of mind than at present.—
In the course rat- his canvass, he found a great increase
of friends—he had not lost any, and had a much
greater number of promises; and when nominated,
he believed he had seven out of eight hands held up
in his favour—( Applause). He was most sorry they
would licit hear the Gentleman who went before him.
All that Gentleman could do was to look up at the
poll. lie had that action hereditarily—( A laugh).
He also could look at the poll, and say, if dissected,
it would be seen that the triumph had been purchased
at a sacrifice of public principle and private friend-
ship—(Disapprobetion). What he had said was true,l
as would be seen if the poll was dissected—(And it
shall be detected !). It was strange, that although
the Livery had increased in numbers since the last
Election, much fewer in member had polled now
than on that occasion. lie had this day polled '2BO
more than his opponent, though he had polled 400
and upwards less than last Election ; and if it were
examined into, it would be found, that if his private
friends were struck off from the poll of his opponents,
where they had been forced to inscribe their names,
notwithstanding all the influence of the Lord Mayor,
his Committees, and his gold chain into the bargain,
which it must be acknowledged had some weight, lie
should now have a majority. Many of his friends
had this day come forward, but some had been de-
terred by fears horn doing so ; to the first his obli-
gations were unbounded, to the latter he should say,']
if their Representatives should be found in the rank
supporting Ministerial influence, and an increase of
the Civil List, they would have no right to complain.
Mr. Waithman then adverted to the libels and slan-
ders which had been circulated, reflecting on his pri-
vate character, during the Election. He could con-
scientiously say, he had never set his hand to any
election squib, or authorised or consented to any in-
dividual of his party doing so ; but libels reflecting
esis his character had been industriously circulated
even amongst his own family—Way/JO—and in the
course of his life, his property had suffered by these
base slanders to the amount of thousands. It had
been represented that he was the friend of Carlile,
and that Thistlewood had been the Chairman done
of his Committees : he gave a flat denial to both as-
sertions. He never saw Carlile hut once, and that
was by mere chance whilst on his trial ; lie had never
read his works, and no man in the kingdom held the
opinions cf that person in more abhorrence than he
did. As to Thistlewood, he had never seen him that
be eras aware of. Ii his sentiments were not already
known, he would resiv state them : it was the duty
of every wise and good man to defend the Constitu-
tion, and to resist its invasions either by coritption
or violence. But this was not to be done by rejecting
the Petitions of the People, or by defending acknow-
ledged abuses. Let the voice of the People be but
attended to, their Petitions regarded, and the Con-
stitution would have nothing to fear from the attempts
of desperadoes. With respect to the present contest
and its results, lie must repeat (and many gentlemen
present knew it) that, when he was put in nomination,
he had seven hands out of eight in his favour, and if
all the Livery who had polled could now be collected,
he had no doubt he should have the voices of three I
out of four of the whole number polled. He had
great pleasure in reflecting, that through the whole
of his canvass he had never been told that he gave a
single bad vote, that he had neglected the interests
of Isis country, or on any occasion been absent from
his duty. The Livery had now deserted him, he was
unconscious for what cause, but though defeated he
was not depressed ; he should continue to cherish the
pi inciples of liberty, but be should, at the same time,
retire and consult his own case ; he should not push
himself forward, but he should always bar ready to
obey the call of his fellow-citiaens whenever they
required his services. He could say with the Poet—
"'Tis not in mortals to command success,
flut we'll do more---.We will deserve it !"
The Independent Livery had done more, they had,
by their esertioos deserved success. Why they had
not obtained it, remained for those who had deserted
them to explaiu. He should now take his leave, by
observing, that to those who had so nobly come far-
ward to support him, he was indeed under the greatest
obligation, but to those who had formerly gone far-
ther than he had done—to those who had now, with-
out any reason assigned, deseited him, he had only
to say—" Faremeell, I owe you nothing!"—The worthy
Alderman withdrew amidst reiterated acclamations.

Mr. Alderman THORP was 'received with the
loudest applause, and, in a short address, returned
his grateful acknowledgthents fOr the station to which
he had been raised on the 'poll, though it was not
such as to crown his ambition with success. He at-
ttibuted the failure of the popular cause to the jea-
lousy of the popular Candidates of each other, who,
by their voles, had 13c-en divided. He once more
Thanked his fellow-citizens for their kindness towards
him, and adverted, in appropriate terms, to the
praise-worthy conduct of the Sheriffs.
Mr. 'Alderman WOOD again presented himself to
bear his testimony likewise to the attention paid by
the Sheriffs, and their subordinate Officers, to the
business of the Election ; and dwelt particularly en
the- convenience of some arrangements which they
had made on the precedilg day. In this he was
oined by the Lord Mayor ; and a person near the
hustings called out for a vote of thanks, to which the
worthy Alderman replied, that such a vote would
come more properly when the Candidates were duly
declared; and he advised those who had large wagers
pending on the issue of the contest, to wait till then
before they paid such of them as appeared to have
lost by the state of the poll—(A laugh).
The Election having thus terminated, the Meeting
left the hail with as much regularity as the immense
numbers which were crowded within it would admit.
Mr. Alderman Thorp entered his chariot, and was
loudly cheered by the populace, who were collected
in immense crowds in King-street, and the places ad-
jacent. Mr. Alderman Wood next set out from the
Guildhall in his landau, which was decorated by
branches of laurel ; the moment he was recognized
by die populace out of doors, he was received by
them with universal shouts of acclamation, the
horses were taken florh the carriage, and he was
drawn triumphantly along the streets. Mr. Wilson,
on coming away from the Hall, was cheered by the
applauses of many of his friends, while several others
among Me crowd assailed him with sounds of dis-
approbation.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

FIFTII D.Y.
•
The numbers at the close of the poll this day were
as follows :
Sir FRAxcts Ilmuntrr - - - itl7g
Mr. Ilomicouse - - - - - 2051
Mr. I.Ams - - -124 S
Sir FRANCIS BtranETT then came forward, and
ivas greeted, as usual, with loud applause. He com-
menced his speech by observing, that he addressed
them on that day with still more satisfaction than he
did yesterday, notwithstanding that their advantage
on the poll did not go to the extent which he had
then anticipated. However, they had nothing to do
but continue the same course, in order to ensure that
triumphant success to which he looked forward with
confidence. Mr. Lamb seemed yesterday to suppose,
that they were disappointed at the result of the poll,
as he had good reason for believing that they calcu-
lated on a majority of one thousand. He (Sir F.
Burdett) was far from wishing to hold out false
hopes either to friends or opkionents, but they must
all be aware bow difficult it was in a large City such
as that, to calculate with any degree of accuracy on
the probable resultof any one day's polling. The Elec-
tors must naturally consult their own convenience, '1
according to the opportunities of their different trades;
but he would fairly confess, that he had entertained
expectations with respect to the probable exertions
of the present day, which the present state of the
poll did not realise. But still there was one circum-
stance which afforded him great satisfaction. When
he addressed them yesterday, he felt something like
compunction, in making remarks upon a Gentleman
engaged in what he considered a falling cause, and
overwhelmed with circumstances peculiarly unfortu-
nate and embarrassing. He found, however, that
Mr. Lamb himself was of a different opinion—that he
thought (to use his own language) he had obtained
prosperity—he should only wish him a continuance of
the same prosperity to the end of the poll (Laughter).
It was peculiarly fortunate for Mr. Lamb, that he
had an imagination of this sanguine and agreeable
kind—that he lived in a Paradise of his own ; and where
others observed disappointment and despair, he could
discover nothing but hope, and joy, and consolation.
But the Gentleman was unfortunate in other respects :
he was unfortunate in speaking, unfortunate in writ-
ing, unfortunate in acting,-unfortunate in himself, un-
fortunate in hi'ffriends, and unfortunate in his enemies,
as he had the great body of the Electors against him.
He was unfortunate: he was unfortunate in being the
author of a Farce which was damned, not long ago,
at one of the*Theatres ; and he was not less unfortu-
nate in now coming forward again to perform the
same farce in Coventgarden' where the perform-
ance was likely to meet with the same fate; it would
be what was called doubly dawned (Ltiughter and
applause). He bad begun with a Farce, and prbba-
bly would end with a Tragedy, reversing the usual
succession of dramatic exhibitions, an encroachment
for which he was responsible. But probably Mr.
Lamb "could see.nothing of tragedy in the perform-
ance; he was always surrounded with rainbow co-
lours, which appeared beautiful and luminous to his
eyes, in proportion as they were dark and offensive
in the eyes of others. Mr. Lamb had stated of him,
(he did not mean to lay much stress on it, as that
Gentleman acknowledged that he often said • things
which he did not mean)—he had stated, however,
that he (Sir Francis Burdett) had declared himself
in favour of the Constitution as it is. The last three
little words were added by Mr. Lamb himself, and \
,those few words made all the.difference; they altered
his Meaning, and misrepresented his opinion. The
Constitution which he declared himself in favour of/
was that Constitution which was founded ()lithe great ,
basis of public liberty—that Constitution which was
founded on the .Charters that were obtained when the
People refused to submit to the arbitrary exertions of
Charles the First, and on the principles that were
established at the Revolution. So that Mr. Lamb
was as unfortunate in that as in his other allusions.
His conduct and situation throughout reminded him
of a correspondent of his, and he believed of many
others, who commenced all his letters with the words
" An unfortunate Gentleman," and always con-
cluded with stating, that " the smallest donatiou
would be thankfully received !" (Loud laughter).—
For a long time he was puzzled to think who this
unfortunate Gentleman could be ; perhaps he wa
not yet successful in his guess, but if ever there wa

a man who deserved to be called the nnfortitnate
Gentleman, his opponent was the person !—(Laughter
ski app/auu).—The Constitution mrilit be compared
to a nosegay, consisting of various flowers, but WI
the flowers were displated, and, a bundle of stinging '
nettles put in their place, it 'was hardly fair to expect
' a man to praise the beauty of their appearance, or
the delicacy of their odour! But Mr, Lamb would
probaLly consider this distinction as wild, visionary,
and unintelligible. He did not mean, in alluding to
the Constitution, to refer to that immense pile of Sta-
tutes which neither Mr. Lamb, not Lawyers of greater
experience than Mr. Lamb, could pretend to com-
prehend with accuracy, but to the common law of
the land, which was founded on common sense...-.
One principle of the Constitution wai, that the
People had a right to their own property. Ano-
ther was, that' they had a right, in cases a charge,
to be tried by a Grand Jury in the first instance,
and not to be finally punished without the inter-
vention of another Jury of their own equals.—
These were 'the principles of the Constitution. It
was true. that the wicked Bills, which Mr. Lamb
had accused him of defending, infringed the.princi •
pies of the Constitution, and that the People ought
not, and could not, be content until such infamous
enactments were repealed. Mr. Lamb had also in-
formed them, that the moment Mr. Ilobhouse was
returned to Parliament he must necessarily become
a Whig ; and extending the remark to him (Sir F.
Burdett), he had added, that he was always abusing
the Whigs and voting with them. In that, as in
every thing else, Mr. Lamb was unfortunate. Tire
Whigs were out of place, by the very locality of their
'Government; but
were opposed to the measures of
but suppose that, by any accident, the
Whigs were to get into place, what would become-of
hilt ?—(Laughter).—A Whig was of all things the
most like a Tory when in place, and a Tory was of
all things the most like a Whig when out of place I
Mr. lamb was a most unfortunate associate for his
friends the Whigs. He did not mean, but for him,
to have alluded to that party cn the hustings—he
had never done them the injustice to deny that among
them were to be found many of the most indepen-
dent and upright Men in the country ; but when Mr.
Lamb informed ,them that 'Mr. Ilobhouse must be- .
come a Whig, there were so many links to be sup-
plied in the chain of reasoning from which such an
inference was drawn, that he was certain they could
not understand It without further explanation. As the
shortest way of informing them, he would put a case.
Suppose an honest man was passing by a neighbour-
hood where there was a house on ire. Suppose a
gang of thieves were passing 'the same way at the
same period, and that all joined heartily together in
their efforts to extinguish the fire and save the lives
of the inhabitants, Mr. LaMb would have it that the
honest man was one of the gang—( Laughter and
applause).—He begged pardon of the NN big; for
making such an unsavoury comparison, but they
should thank their unfortunate friend. Mr. Lamb
would recommend, that if they sent Mr. Hobhouse
into Parliament, a little place should be made for
him in the middle of the House, he should have a
seat and a voting box to himself. These things were
too ludicrous to be stated to the enlightened minds
of the Electors of Westminster, or, nt fact, to any
assembly but the House of Commons, where some
interest required that sham arguments ;la absurd
conclusions should be attended to. With regard to
the great subject of Reform itself, it never stood so
high as at the present moment. No . man could
now presume to stand upon the hustings without
making some professions in favour of it. Mr. Lamb
had brought up the names of Whig and Tory,
names which he abhorred, because they kept up a
spirit of needless animosity, by the mere force. of
words unconnected with any public principle.—
While he admitted that there were many honest and
honourable men among the Whigs, he admitted the
same of the Tories, and all he wanted was that they
should unite together in the great cause of Reform.
Let them do so, and then the country would divide
upon a fair principle, and it would soon be seen what
the wishes of the country were. He would now leave
Mr. Lamb in the possession of those buoyant hopes
which, happily for himself, sustained him. The con-
test would prove, in the end, like the race between.
the tortoise and the hare, for the tortoise was as full
of hope as the hare in the beginning, but the further
they travelled the greater was the distance between
him and hiocompentor. He did not wish to detract
from that " sunshine of the breast," which was now
Mr. Lamb's only possession, but he would -again con-
gratulate the Electors of Westminster• on the daily
advance of' their cause, which he was confident that
the result of this contest would place upon. a rock
that would not easily be removed or shaken (Loud
and continued applause).
Mr. LAMB next offered himself to the attention of
the Meeting, and was received with cheers and marks
of disapprobation. Upon the termination of the
noise, the Honourable Gentleman observed, that the
Honourable Baronet appeared fortunately to have
quite got rid of the cold of which he complained
some days ago, and he (Mr. Lamb) had the misfor-
tune to catch it, and that was a misfortune which he
much more sensibly felt than any of the misfortunes
ascribed ascribed to him by the Honourable Baronet—(Suite
applause and laughter)—for he could assure the Ho-
nourable Baronet and the Meeting, that he neither
conceived himself so unfortunate, nor Mr. Ilobhouse
so fortunate, as the Honourable Baronet seemed to
suppose. The situation of Mr. l'lobhouse, indeed,
with reference to the result of this contest, might, in
his view, not inaptly be compared to that of a per-
son not long since much talked of, and denominated
" the kortunate Youth That youth made such an
imposing appearance at the outset.of his career, ass)
excite a general belief that he was quite the favourite
of fortune, but in the end he proved to be extremely
unfortunate, and such he anticipated would be the
fate of Mr. Hobhouse—(Some, applause mixed with
laughter and hisses). For himself, he could declare,
that the state of the poll did not in any degree abate
his hopes of ultimate success. lie thanked the llo-
nourable Baronet for his allusion to the fable of the
hare and the tortoise, for those who rerpenibered
that fable must be aware, that although the tortoke
was so slow in his movements, he still won tire r ace,
as he had no doubt he should—(Applause and hisses)
He, therefore, felt no degree of orsappOintrient at
the state of the poll-; but it was evident that his op-
ponents were disappointed; the Honourable Baronet
himself having confessed it. Fur hint, lrowevor,

there was no ground for dismay, as he had this day
olled more votes than on the same day at the last
Election, in which he was ultimately victorious. But
his confidence in the result was encouraged from
what he himself knew, as well as from the report of
all his friends, which fully assured him that the ma-
jority of the Electors of this great City were decidedly
in his fiviour:—(Hisses and applause:). • The tempo-
rary success, therefore, of his opponent, by no means
damped his expectation of victory ; for with that
degree of exertion which he was promised by -his
friends, he.could not doubt of being enabled to over-
whelm his opponent. From various reasons ids
friends had been heretofore rather slack, but now
those reatoas having ceased, the time was come for
such exettions as they were resolved to make, and
as Could not fail to be effective ; for they' felt, n-s
they ought, that they should not allow a Candidate -
to be returned for this City against the wish of a
majority of the Electors—(Hies end applauses).--
Mr. Lamb then promised the Meeting that lie would '
detain them but a short time, as they did not appear
disposed to hear him—(Here there was a general cry
of !hear him, hear him !" accompanied with". Pitt o>ti ,
your hat, Mr. Lamb!"). The Hon. Gentleman• said,
that he had only a few observations to offer at pre-
sent, but they were such as he felt it his duly to make.
It was painful to him to allude to persons who were
not present, and who, through the allusion, might
be subj !toed to animadversions which they had onot
an opportunity of answering, but the necessity of
making that allusion was fotced upon him by the
language of Mr. Hobhouse. That Gentleman had
alleged, that he was committed by the House of Com,
• mons without having been Itzard ; and also, that that
House had bad no legal evidence before It of his
having been the author of the pamphlet. Upon these
allegations Mr. llobhouse complained of the conduct
of the House. of Cot-Onions. Now, as to the first alle-
gation, it was known thara friend of Mr. Hobhouse
had, by his. own authority, declared to the House,
that that Gentleman was the author of the pamphlet
alluded to ; and as to the second allegation, he un-
derstood that Mr. Hobhouse had no wish whatever
to address an oration to the House, from an impres-
sion, as it was said, that that would be only 4‘ throw-
ing pearls before swine !"—(Applause and hissing).—
But of the declaration made to the House of Ccm-
mons, that Mr. Hobhouse was the author of the pam-
phlet referred to, why was not that declaration con-
tradieted by the other friends of that Gentleman who
were present at the time, among whom was the Ho-
nourable Baronet beside him ? Or, if this Gentleman
had any wish to address the House, why was not that
wish expressed by some one of his friends? If such
a wish were expressed, he (Mr. Lamb) had no doubt
that it would have been complied with—(Applauses
and hisses). He (Mr. Lamb) would. certainly ha"e
been one of those most for Ward to vote for a compli-
ance with such. a wish. But no such Wish was ex-
pressed in the House, or even understood to exist, or
perhaps felt, because the Honourable Gentleman had
' got the grievance, which he wanted for the purpose
of obtaining popular eclat, and ingratiating.himsclf
• into the favour of the Electors of Westminster,—
(Hisses and some applause). The Honourable Gentle-
man had indeed, through this case, exactly hit upon
the incident which suited his views of personal am-
bition, and the House of Commons unwittingly for-
warded those views by giving him that imoriSonment,
which he desired. as a stepping-stone to the represen-
tation of Westminster—(Hinses, with some applausc).
Mr. Hobhouse, from his classical. leaning, was no
doubt aware. that in ancient Home the avenue to tit'e-
Temple of Honour was through the Temple of Vir-
tue, but that Gentleman appeared to think that a
prison was the best road to the distinction of repre-
senting Westminster !—(Hisses, and cries of "
of!" withsome applause).
Mr. LANIB retired ; but Mr. HOBNOUSE stood for-
ward, and begged the people to hear the Hon. Gen-
' demon, as nothing could be better calculated to ad-
vance their views, than the very candid, fair, manly,
land independent manner, in which that Hon. Gentle-
1, man explained his sentiments--(Laughter and an-
plause). The Hon. Gentleman then called upon Mr.
I..otoin to finish the observations which lie meant
to make. •
Mr. LAMB resumed, and observed, that he himself
voted against the committal of Mr. Hobhouse by the
House of Commons, but he certainly did not antici-
pate that the Hon. Gentleman meant to make an
I. electioneering use of that committal. He did not,
indeed, suspect that Mr. Hobhouse had any such in-
tention, or that he would remain in prison without
making any complaint to the House, determined to
muse up his imprisonment for a political use at these
hustings. But whatever the conduct or view of
the Hon. Gentleman might be, he (Mr. Lamb) felt it
.his duty to vote as he had done against that Gentle.
man's confinement, although he certainly disapproves
6f the publication complained of.
Mr. 110/3110USE stood forward, and was receive,
with cheers. He began by saying, that he was gla,
the Meeting had allowed Mr. Lamb to dwell so lor,!
as he thought fit on his prison topic, which he (M:
Lamb) bad himself intioduced to the Electors fir:
by his famous Letter; a topic which he (Mr. Hol
house) would not have obtruded on their -notice.—
Mr. Lamb had accused him of quietly submitting
the treatment he had received from the• House•
Commons, in order to make an electioneering 71r
ruzuvre of that imprisonment. It was unfair in NI
Lamb to say so—that was not the way in which
who advocated their cause, and that of firedog
ought to be treated. He would, besides, tell IV
Lamb, that it was. false that he (Mr. Hobhou:
meant to make, or had made of that imprisoniner
an-electioneering trick ; and he did not think tl
Mr. Lamb himself believed what he had assern
—How was he (Mr. Hobhouse) to know that
King would die, and a new Parliament be called.
How could he tell that at the time of his imprio...
mcnt by the House of Commons? So far was
Irons intending any electioneering trick, that, wl
certain of the Electors of Westthinster met to pc.
'tion Parliament against the passing olthe obnoxi
Bills, and did him the honour to send for him
draw ups their Address and ResolUtiOns, he (!
kloblostese) of his own accord, inserted a Resoluf
of Thanks to Mr. Lamb for his opposition to t'
measures. After such things, what did they Os
of Mr. Lamb's Temple of Virtue? Did they
child.: Mr. Lamb. had beent there? In
clon m thmaotn?:
man's Temple of Virtue, ►lo m
would ever wish to havo a shrine. For his mil