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been the cause, he could not eirpiaio. \Metairie Wag •. PitiOnalrfito.had sat upon the Cciltrottleef.r-0tr64,1
,the cause, maw- of those who Weeded to -support .that)4ll, meld had thanked ,and congratiallaW-hun.
him had not yet come up ; and as, there were still re-; (gr.Waitliman) upon his conchict on %hat cessation,
maiming more tbark6ooo persons having the rig)it of he had:seen come up-to the poll, and, omitting his
,voting, he could not help saying that he did expect, name, ;vote for that very Caedidate oho W sap
very shortly, to stand.in a clifferentaituation upon ported the measure in question. As to at in Pal-
the poll(Clieers). He should, indeed, he extrernety liament—for a serem seat he would net take the
happy to have the honour of being again returrie.d* trouble of walking ss that Hall ; for he-was not
them ; and while he thought it hardly necessary-to desirous of one, if he could not obtain it upon the
go over the professions he had always made and ob- grounds of public opinion and constitutional prin-
served, he might be allowed to say, that at all times ciples—(Great applause).—He then observed, that
he should feel him-self eager to do every thing in his he stood before them under the peculiar circumstance
,power to serve his fellow-citizens, in the event of of labouring at that moment under a prosecution,
that return, of which he could not allow himself to merely for supporting that which their Recorder,
doubt. It was painful to him to be obliged to assure Mr. Serjeant Glyn, had asserted to be light, which
them, that when he had the honour of canvassing was held to be right by Lord Loughborough and by
among them, he found a great many who said, that, Serjeant Adair. The worthy Alderman then pro-
however it was distressing to their feelings, they ceeded to observe, he knew very well that his talents
could not come up to the poll at all ! Now whether had been over-rated, for there was no individual
this were or were not the case, or whether it had 'living so sensible of his own deficiencies as he was
been caused by the influence of any Candidate or himself. But still every thing was to be judged of
not, one thing was certain—that during the three by comparison ; and when they looked at those who
first days of this poll 800 persons less than in the had already represented them in Parliament, he was
corresponding days of the last Election had voted. of opinion -that he would suffer nothing from the
He had only now to ask a continuance of their ex— comparison. No man had even charged him with
.ertiens ; to say, that nothing else was wanting once indolence, or with supporting any oppressive mea-
more to place him at the head of the poll : and to sures, or with giving his voice in aid of any system
'declare, that if they again returned him to Parlia- of Representation which was incompatible with the
ment, be would prove their true and faithful set- Principles of the British Constitution. The majority
vant—(lmmense applause). at that moment did not discourage him when he re-1
The LORD'AIAvon, amidst general greetings, ap-
fleeted on the ground that had been recovered on
peared to express his' warmest thanks for the honour the last days of the last Election. Let his friends
exert themselves in a proper way, and the victory'
that day conferred upon him by the rank to which
they had raised him on the poll ; an honour with would be theirs. Let them consult with their friends, 1
a
which he was well satisfied. His Lordship regretted and encourage them to come forward and resist that
influence which was exercised against them. He had
that he had had but little time to make that sort of
I canvass which was usual upon these occasions ; but seen voters *lib had told him, that, from principle,
hoped that none of the Livery would impute the they were inclined to vote for him, but they must
omission of his personal respects to them to any other vote for a customer ; and if they did give him a vote
cause. The accounts he ha] that day received from at all, they must give one to him, and three to his
his friends were of se flattering a nature in them-, adversaries. Had they become so base, so cernipt,
selves, that he had no fears that he should not be so degenerate in their minds, as not to be able to
placed in- that rank upon the poll, ultimately, to stand up against such solicitations, and to reply to
which they had already elevated him; and the con- such-proposals, that they were determined not to
tinuance of their kind exertions forbade him to doubt vote contrary to their conviction ? He must now con-
it (Cheers). He did not like to make professions ; dude by exhorting them to exert themselves. He
but, if he knew himself, he was confident that he advised them, when they adjourned from that place,
should discharge the duties of his station, in that to call their friends together, and not to appear in
case, conscientiously and honestly (Applause). the Hall till three o'clock to-morrow. If they would
Mr. Alderman THORP was most grateful for the follow this advice, they would find that they corn-
, support which they had afforded him this day; and mended *triumphant majority.
although the number of his votes for these three The Meeting dispersed about half-past four o'clock,
days had not been so large as formerly, yet, when • and the popular Candidates were received with the
li he considered the smallness of the total number who usual demonstrations of applause.
I had polled, he had every reason to believe that he '
should speedily receive a strong accession. He at-
tributed this state of the poll partly to his friends,
not being yet quite warm in the cause, but still more•
to the circumstance of their friends in the City of
Westminster, and in the Borough, being engaged ini
asserting their own independence ; which, when they,
should have done, they would have au opportunity
of turning their whole and undivided attention to
the present contest, and he had no doubt they would I
soon see the favourable effects. He could never for-1
get the great and honourable manner in which he'
had been already supported, particularly when he,
looked at the efforts which had been made on all',
hands to obtain an advantage over him; but he hadl
no doubt that the result of the poll Would crown hisl
ambition, and gratify their wishes.—This speech wail
received throughout with marked approbation. ,• I
Mr. Alderman WAITHWAN was received with lotrA'
and continued applause. It had ever been a matter
of regret to him when they did not give a patient{
hearing to every Candidate--(Cheers)—and he was
sure that there was not a person now around him
who would not do him the Justice to say, that upon,
all occasions, where his humble efforts could at all
conduce to obtain a fair heariug, they had always
by him (Mr. Waithman) been used—(Cries of
" Hear, sear").—His weapon was the weapon of ar-
gument ; and, therefore, if he was not to meet his
adversaries upon fair and equal terms, he would give
up the contest. He thought that it was always to
their advantage, indeed, to hear what their adversa-
ries had to offer ; because he had a.most perfect and
thorough conviction that they '(Mr. Waithman's
friends) were able to triumph over them in the field
of argument—(Loud applause)—and therefore it
was that he wished they would extend an impartial
hearing to every individual who might desire to ex-
press his opinions to thern—(Clieers).—He felt no-
thing approaching to dismay, he assured them, at
the present appearance of the poll; it had been stated
to him by his friends, that the reason which operated
on the minds of the Electors, and which kept them
back, was in fact merely the idea, that if he was
really in a state of insecurity, they might come for-
ward and vote for him in a more effectual manner
than by splitting their rotes. Now, if they looked
to the state of the present poll, to which his *friend
the worthy Alderman had alluded, they would find
that there were less of persons having the power to
vote, who had now polled, than there were during
the three first days of the last Electimh by about, he
believed, 800. The number of persons who polled
•for him on the last days of the former Election, who
gave a turn to it, and who gained en that occasion a
memorable triumph, was not exceeded by that
which constituted the majority of the present three
days' poll--(Hear, hear).—Therefore, as he had yes-
•terday observed, they need not be afraid at all of
theii reserve. They need not be alarmed ; but in
•order to come forward effectually for him, they
'might implicitly rely upon his Committee, and rest
satisfied with its exertions. " Only," continued the
worthy Alderman, 44 press forward, and give your
votes, and the Committee will take care that every
thing which is necessary shall be done." It must be
obvious to them all that he stood in a very peculiar
situation ; it must be obvious that he was the indivi-
dual who had been particularly aimed at in this bu-
siness—to whom principally the opposition was new
made—(Loud cheering, mingled with expressions g
dissent).—What could be too reason of this, they
might also pretty well tell. lie had ever stood up
against public abuses of Gray description; and the
greater the abuse, he had always remarked, the
greater was the odium endeavoured to be cast upon I
the individual who stood forward in opposition to it
—(Continased adders).—The worthy Alderman then ,
adverted to his conduct in Parliament upon the Lon-
don Fire-Act Clergy Bill, and the opposition he then
made to the imposing-of a Annual Tax of C 13,000.
per annum on the 51 Parishes. Yet many of the

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

The Election of two fit and proper persons to Re-
present the City of Westminster in the ensuing Par-
liament, commenced yesterday morning. A con-
siderable crowd, but not so numerous as we have
observed on former occasions of the same nature,
assembled at an early hour before the hustings,
which were erected in the usual situation, in front

of St. Paul's Church, Covent-garden.
Soon after ten-o'clock, Mr. Luse, accompanied by
Mr. WI#HART, Mr. EVANS", and several other friends,
made his appearance on the hustings, amidst great
disapprobation, and a small portion of applause.—
Mr, Minnows next ascended the hustings, and was
received with enthusiastic shouts, which were reite-
rated as soon as Sir FRAIMIS Bum:parr appeared.
The Precept and Writ being read, and also the
Statute against Bribery and Corruption, Mr. Biruuu
administered the customary Oath to the Hien BAI-
LIFF, binding him to perform the functions of his
office, as Returning Officer, Without favouror affection.
The HIGII BAIPIFF then declared, that the_Elec-
tors were assembled to choose two fit and proper per-
sons to Represent them in Parliament, and begged
their attention while the different Candidates were
put in nomination.
Mr. Salmis immediately came forward, and in an
s sive speech proposed Sir Francis Burdett. ,
sap a
Puma seconded the nomination.
Sir F SANCts BUIitDaTT then stood forward, and
was received with loud cheers. He began by stating,
that he had unluckily caught a severe cold, from
which he feared he would- be unable to render his
observations distinctly audible to the Meetiag which'
he had the honour to address. After what had been
said in his favour by the worthy Elector who was so
good as to propose him as a proper person to Repre-,
sent this great City, he really felt it difficult to de,
side how Ire should conduct himself: but Ur. &urcb
bad spoken from the partiality of that long-continued
tpersonal regard, and the similarity of those political
sentiments, which had long and invariably existed
`between them. He could not help feelingit honour-
.able and creditable to him, to have been recom-
mended to the Electors by the testimony of such an
enlightened and respectable individual His nomi-
nation by such a man, combined with the reception
which it mot from the Meeting, was tnhim a source
of peculiar gratification (Applause). He was, in-
(lived, most cordially gratified on this occasion. But
he was always gratified in meeting large bodies id
his countrymen; and in this instance such a Meeting
was allowed, notwithstanding the recent Gagging
Law, in order to afford an opportunity for the exer-
cise of that which was the indisputable privilege and
established usage of Englishmen. This, indeed, was
one of the few privileges which the People of Eng-
land were yet permitted to retain, brit how long even
that privilege should exist, must depend upon the
People themselves, While the value of its existence
must depend also upon the manner in which it was
exercised by those who happened to enjoy it. To
expatiate upon the late infraction of the Constitution,
by which that privilege was so materially limited,
he thought at present needless. The corrupt, the in-
famous House of Commons, by which this infraction
was sanctioned, was now, fortunately, no more; and
-there could be no necessity to point out to that as-
sembly the nature or tendency of the monstrous and
scandalous Acts which that House bad passed within
the short time that had elapsed since the commence.
ment of its last Session. But when .he said that this
:House was fortunately no more, he would not be
understood to hold out any flattering hope that it
would be succeeded by a better ; on the contrary,,
indeed, it was likely, that, with the exception of at
few, the very same men would be re-assembled; and:
'that, on their re-assemblage, they would be found
ready to enact any more arbitrary measures which
the Minister might think proper to propose. lie