Star.
London, England, 1819-03-04 00:00:00

COAL TAN.

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Mr. WIWTTESLEY presented two Petitions from
the County of Salop, against any alteration in the
Duties on Coals. 'lle would take tills opportunity of
saying, that he was conyinced, from the knowled'e
he had of that part of the country, that any new tax
on coal: would be attended with the most tijtirious
consequences. -After what had passed, he hoped
that all intention of urging such a measure had been.
• r.notinc.cd.

Mr. E. LITTLETON said, it had been declared
ca the part of Ministers, that they had no intention
cf proposing any alteration in the.present Duties;—
but he wanted in unequivocal answer, whether, if a
Bill were brought in by any other person, and a
Committee moved for, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer would oppose the measure? Till he received
an explicit answer on that head, he would omit no,
opportunity of agitating the question.
The Petition was laid on the table. •
DEVALCAIION OP_AS6ESSED TAXES.

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Sir WILLIAM DE CRESPIGNY said, that in
the motion which he proposed to submit to the House,
wis convinced the night Honourable Gentleman,
cy,sosite (the Chancellor of the Eitchequer) would
give him his cordial support. If the Right Honour-
a';le Gentleman had consulted his own private feel
he no doubt would have sifted the matter to
the bottem,• tor he must be convinced that it re-
quired the minutest inquiry. The object of his mo.
was the detection of fraud practised by Collec-
ter;, Assessors, Surveyors, Commissioners, Clerics,
&c. to an extent unknown before. Ile would do the
Houotirable Gentleman the justice to say, that
when these abuses had been submitted to him, he
had appointed a person to inquire into, hem, but he
had not been able to accomplish what his inclination
prompted him to attempt, and the •system of sur-
charges, which had so long disgraced the country,
was still continued. If he succeeded in getting the
inquiry for which be was about to move, he hoped
• they should be able to put an end to that system of
surcharge and defalcation which had so long existed.
In the little parish of Westerham, in the district of
Neven-Oaks. the gross Assessment; in 1814, was
t:1,438, but the returns artiounted only to £1,115.
.
consequently theie was that year a defal-
cation lls. Id. In 1315, the Assessment
vtailbeitsjanf;ittlt only IVEIO. 10s. were returned,
Ante...ir!A Alba of t 158: 10s. In 1816, the
,arri'-mv 1,04,4 e same, but the returns were only
,rio lessiN that year a defalcation of 4579.65.
10'
irmoieffklut liptt neighbourhood paid LVSO. ass
;7,_lt, fortytt. this sum had not'heft to-
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Neisia Frilled was not in the Ifouse. It would be more cem-
ent to give notice of his motion..
replied, thatlte had Written on the subject to the
Kahle Secretary at War, /trio had answered that he might move
when he pleased. The HanoerabSe Oeitleman then moved for
a Return of the-Number of °Seers who had catered the Army
in India, from the 25th January, 1816, to 25th January, 1819 ;
distinguishing those who had been educated at the Royal Mili-
tary sega, andthose who had obtained their rank by purchase;
also the Number sof Half pay Officers 4uring the same period.—
Ordered...-The House adjourned at a quarter before six.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

LAST DAY.

Early yesterday morning the neighbourhood of the
Hustings exhibited much more than the usual bustle,
Not, however, among the Voters, for very little was
done in that way, not more than 357 votes beht
polled throughout the whole day, among all the
Candidates. We say 'f all the Candidates,' because
it is a fact that Major Cartwright actually obtained
another vote I The apathy of the electors, however,
was amply counterbalanced by the party spirit of the
multitude. Soon after the commencement of the
poll, a strong body of the Tothill-fields Gentlemen, ,
headed by Messrs. Crib, C4deb Baldwin, Dolly Smith,
Paddington Jones, and other pugilists, marched into
Henrietta-street, and took their station along the
pavement, from Mr. Lamb's Committee Room to
the Hustings. These worthies were each armed with
a shillelah, and wore in their hats the sky-blue and
straw-colour cockade of Mr. Lamb, with the addition,
of the word " Lamb" on a paper label, stuck also in
front of their hats. Between the double rank formed
by these persons, a party of butchers, with Mr.
Lamb'i colours also, incessantly paraded from the
Committee Room to the Hustings, .with mare ow-
bones and cleavers. The assembled crowd very soon
began to shew a decided hostility to this exhibition,
and some rude jokes were pl iyed off upon the indi-
viduals who composed it. They, on tl4 other hand,
nppeared by no means disposed " to do their spiriting
gently," but began brandishing their shillelahs
breathing defiance; and the consequence was, that a
general row ensued, in which the Tothill-fields men
were eventually llt to the route, the Police Officers
having previously :pond it necessary to deprive them
of their weapons. The crowd, however, were now
gi fleshed for the sport," and uproar was the order of
the day. Many persons of both parties were hurt in
the repeated skirmishes which took place, and the
windows of Mr. Lamb's Committee Room, in Hen-
rietta- treet, were broken.

At length three o'clock arrived, and the thoder
of the High Bailiff's hammer announced the total
close of the poll ; and the time was occupied till. the
final scene, in placing an additional platform, which
had been previously prepared, for the accommoda-
tion of the the new Member, the other Candidates,
and their friends.—After the lapse of about a quarter
of an hour, the poll-board was exhibited, and the
numbers appeared thus:
Mr: Lamb
31r. Hobhouse
11ajot Cartwright

This was received with loud cries of "...Shame !
shame!" and pome partial shouts of " and
general clamour.
The limit BAILIFF now came forward, and de-
clared Mr. Lamb duly elected. !lovas assailed br
the most determined and inveterate expressions of
disapprobation.—After some moments,
Mr. LAMA presented himself, and the storm was,
renewed with increased vigour. Not a word-that he'
said could be possibly heard, but it was understood,
that he thanked them for their exertions, and con-
gratulated them on 'the result. Ile did not remain
many seconds, and then withdrew, with his friends,
Mr. Macdonald,. Mr. Lambtor, r. Wish art, Ecc.
Mr. Hostrouse then came forward amidst loud
acclamation, and expressed himself as follows :
" Gentlemen—l come to bid you farewell. The
Election is lost, but I trust we have not lost our ho-
nour. Of one thing lam sure, that we shall find
Mere consolation in such a defeat, than our antago-
nist will derive from such a victory. The combination
of almost the whole Aristocracy of Great Britain, the
union of the two great political parties of the day,
have been too much for the people of Westminster;
and the nambers of those who, from a false view of
the question, or allured by promises, or terrified by'
threats, bare been brought against us, has been greater
than that of the Electors who have had the intelli-
gene to see their duty, and the courage to perform
it—not that I mean to impute base motives to the
whole body composing the majority; many may
have been conscientiously persuaded of the propriety
of voting as they have done; but I do not scruple to
say that delusion and terror, and influence of every
kind, have been the powerful agents that have seat-
, red the triumph of the coalition. Gentlemen, let'us
see which of us has the most reason to be contented
with the event of this contest—on the one hand, we
see a Candidate fairly chosen froth amongst the pea,
ple, by the people, and for three months seeking every'
occasion by which he' might collect the wishes and
intentions of the. Electors with respect to himself and
to his cause ; we see. dig dame, person rabouring with
a large body of the Electors in expelling a Court
Candidate and succeeding in his endeavour. The peo-
ple otWestmiuscer seetn to avow, that his cause is
casso..that he stands upon principles solely ;
shatite:is an, honest advocateof that principle ; they
to entrast hirli'wfth their rights ; previously
cheice, 'the Electors connected with his no-
atination, a large body between three and four hun-
dred; think, itt AO lay close& the principle on which
late? have Proceeded, their exposition involves the
censure of a, praserful political party. That party
take the alarm, their pride is wounded, their resent-
ment roused,lhei resolve on a conflict, and forget
that tl:eir antagonist most be the people ; that people
whose rights they. affect -to defend, whose miseries'
they pretend to detain; they.forset that, in order to
spew that they ha nqt apnAtatised from the cause of
'Reform, the most Cu/ions of all measures was to at.:
tack the Reformers or Westminster. - They forget td
examine whether, even if they had tante for resent-I
imentt it might not be unseemly to indulge their
auger, and run all the risks of exciting more than
civil.war, between the various deneminkioni of the
popular party. They alloW thC resentment to pre.
vail ; for, Gentlemen, Mr. Lambtion haocertainly told
'you the truth; and all that we see in Mr. litatilo-
nald's requisition, and. Mr. Lamb's address, about the
,general call for a man of different principles from
mice, was merely, the %tense—it was Got Ihc carac r

the opposition. Tie 'Report ef the. General cc
was the cause, and. the sole cause. 'lb,
then came into the field against the
mers; they chose a man to whom no party
likely to make any objection ; they dubbed ltim a
former, and a friend of the Revolution, •is rude:
catch the people ; they instructed him to a!,ll‘,
as a Revolutionist, in order to make him
Court. Tay succeeded to a miracle; and in
and twenty hours the coalition between the pati,
of the Government and of the Party was (0,,1
The whole organization which had done :itch:
ders at the commencement of the last Lectioo,l
Maxwell and Romilly divided 2534 Tot", herr,
act against the People; but the Whip were 6,
anxious for every little that might help Ebel;;
did not refuse the good fellowship of any ear
had the solitary merit of hatred fo the
Westminster, and of the man whom the Per/;,1
chosen. Not only the men, but the measure..
sanctified, in their eyes, by the end in virw.
species of cajolery, and the menaces, and ft:
which could operate upon the weak and Cy,.
were brought into play ; and, to crows,
endeavours, they concluded their struggle
currence to downtight violence and force. It
surprising that these-efforts should- have over,..
those proceeding solely from rrincip. le;
• again, is it possible that an honest man 91
!can derive any consolation from the taunbet
have been brought to vote for the lie; reset.
such a Coalition ? Will any
.upon the :old principles of his party, leA a
triumph in a victory obtained, not by the V.V.
by the retainers of the Court—ow. by thc.
by the Plunderers of the People? 1 douhtn).
ever, that we shall hear of the victory di the
in IVestminster ; that we shall he told that Ole
have returned to their alleg. *lance, ;Ind will be
With corresponding kirolne:s; but the truth
another victory. ss ill rain them. Gentlemen,
tagonists may have the idle hollow!, but I le

that the Itfoinieis will have the title glor

contest. A great good has been, I)4:sdes,
achieved; it has. sliewit that there are in jieit
3,k4G1 Radical Reformers, who, against every
vantage,'and at the risk of eery sacrisce, have
to record their names as supporters of a great
principle—who have niantully looked dank,
corruption in the face, and have soup,;ht no
reward, beyond the satisfaction arising In
fulfilment of their duty. Another great good h.
been obtained—the modern Cal ins bare b.er
pletely. ur.maskeJ, tae PuLlie can bine, loog
taken as to their real character and I,,retensio::
increase as to the Aristocratical power, the
diate satisfaction of their own selfish passions, in
henceforward be the acknowledged motives c.
their conduct ; fo.• the attainment of which no
free of princile will he thought too great, no
ciates too vile and unworthy. INsceforreard tie
Radical Reformers will learn to rely on thenneivea,
tind on themselves alone. Another service may :14
b,ave been done to the People by this corset; the
geformers will. have shaken off from them these to
phase I have scarcely once. alluded during the whok
of this contest. What those persons have been rlrage.i
yp
.say of me, was all in their lawfnl ;byhave,
have been sgAlxn from the Refornie:s ; but tlcy
ve stsiek, like the vile straw, to any thing else tit
.rt nzgets--,
" Coach'd, carted, trod upon. now 10ose, new fu:,
" And carried oft in some ii.4;,;'s hot last!"

—I wish the Whigs joy of their new friend. As for
myself. Gentlemen, I have to express a nice sincerely
. grateful sense of the confidence which so large a eot-
tion of the unbought, unbiased, free Electors of 'A est-
minster have been inclined to repose in me. That
they should have thought me a fit advocate of their
great cause, is to rue a sufficient repayment fin what-
ever exertions I may have made in behalf of the liberty
of my fellow citizens. Our intercourse is to end water
perhaps than might have been expected; but the
actor who leaves the stage in the first act, may play
his short part equally well with him who stays upon
the stage until the curtain falls. I have done my
best to justify the good opinions of those tvlictselec:ed
me for the choice of the People ; but as I was selected
from the People, and have laboured for the People
alone, I shall not be surprised at finding that what-
ever approbation I may receive will come from the
People only. For I did not enter blindly into this
career; I knew what I must expect; I knew that by
declaring my sentiments freely, I was entering my
name upon the list, net only of public, but of social
proscription; but I repent not, and like Dean Swifts
girl, who ran away with the footman, would do it,
were it to be done again. Agiin, Gentleman, I bia
you farewell! I re:its into the ranks whence yea
called me forth.. Whether I shall be again in thet.a.
depends upon yourselves ; but depend upon it I shall
never be found far behind in the great cause of pub'
tic liberty."—Mr. Hobhouse then retired an :id the
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loud applause of the multitude.
After a short pause, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT Care.
forward, amidst the most vehement exclamations rt
delight from the crowd. When silence was obtained,
Sir Francis said; it appeared their Opponentsweic Dr:
so proud of their triumph, as to be very animas
display their ho ours any length of time before t.
Electors on this the last day of the contest. It was vaJ'
great satisfaction he had witnessed the exertions (if°
large a body of the Electors in favour of Mr. Ho
house.—(Laughter on the Hustings.) He was not?:
all surprised that there. were persons to be found 1'
estimated a coupe by its success or want of succor`!
he, however, who had devoted nearly the whole 't
his life to the cause of the liberty of his couctryii.Ni;
joiced to mark the progress of those sentimeirtv'''.'
induced the Electors to participate in the feeling.ti:A
all power emanates from the People, and front I_ll.o
alone (Cheers.) He was not disheartened by ,
'had occurred during the contest; netwithstanihng4A,
that had linen done by the Ins and the Outs, and by
hired ruffians, whom the . People had swept ai.ul,
before them, the cause of Liberty had been .
even by the present struggle—(...icelamations.)
efforts of the Reformers, though appirently
tual at the moment, would, be trusted, he eventa...•
beneficial to the country. Mr. flobliou,e. 11.4611-It!
them farewell, but there was a hope. that the urns'::
would not be a long one. The contest
those who had brought forward Mr. I lobliote;
there'couhl be littlehesiuition. in again placing
before them as a candidate (Cheers.) It was >C11..-•:.
i)(Atibi.o th4t they could ever again have to cell."'

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