Star.
London, England, 1820-03-11 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION.

TO TIIE GENTRY, CLERGY, AND FREEHOLDERS
OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.

ACTUATED by a desire that the peace of the,
County should not be -disturbed at tile-ensuing Election,
ar.d by that solely, I have determizted to sacrifice the high
gratification which I have now, for ten years experienced; and
Width, the assurances of- Tout': continued' favourable opinion,
tendered to me from every quarter of the County, upon the
present occasion. have led me to entertain a confident belief I
might still enjoy,'as one of your Representatives in Parliament;
and I, therefore, beg leave to withdraw my name as aCandidate,
en Monday next ; reserving, however, the liberty of again pre-
senting myself to you, in case any other Candidate than Sir Eliab
Harvey and Mr. Western should be offered to your choice.
With a deep sense cf gratitude for your repeated confidence
ar.d favours, accompanied by the consciousness of a strict en.
tkavour to deserve them, by a diligent and independent atten-
tior. to my parliamentaoy duties,
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Tour obliged and very faithful servant,
JOHN ARCHER HOUBLON.
Chelmsford, March 9, 1820.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

SECOND DAY. .

The polling went on very slowly yesterday. The
neighbourhood of Covent Garden, however, presented
a busy scene. The space in front of the hustings
was crowded with spectators, who did not content
themselves with silently viewing what was going
forward, but loudly expressed their approbatmn of
those persons who polled for the popular Candidates,
and as vociferously groaned and hooted the Electors
who voted for their opponent. Numerous bands of
ballad-singers paraded in every direction, and the
praise of 13URDETT and Hosnovsz were chanted in
no very melodious strains.
At four o'clock, the poll for the day closed, and
- the numbers were soon after exhibited, as fellow:

Sir FRANCIS BCRDETT •
Joix CAM HostiorsE, Esq.
Honourable GEORGE Lams

6:0
580
317

This statement was received with loud cheers.

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and Mr. HOBHOUSE then
made their appearance, and were cheered: a co,t-
trary feeling manifested itself on the appearance of
Mr. LAMB.

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then came forward, and
was received with loud and repeated cheers. He
said he hardly knew whether he should be able to
get through the few observations which he felt it
his duty to make in addressing them on that occa•
sion—EThe worthy Baronet was so hoarse, as to be
scarcely audible, except to those immediately about
him He begged to congratulate the Meeting and
the Electors at large on the important station which
he and his friend, Mr. Hobhouse, still maintained on
the poll. It was not usual for the popular Candi-
dates to stand so high at the early part of the Elec-
tion for Westminster. It generally happened, that
the supporters of public and popular principles had
the disadvantage of, not being able to rouse their
friends at the commencement of the poll, and this
gave the Ministerial Candidate a temporary triumph.
But upon this occasion it was different. Westminster
was awake; its independent spirit was abroad, and
the Electors were determined to carry their point
with a high hand, in order to shew how little hope
of success could be expected from any future attempt
to prevent them from supporting public principle
and independence (Cheers). Being so little able to
speak, he should not have come forward at all, were
it not for an observation made the day before by Mr.
Lamb, that the reading of the letter produced yes-
terday was a gross breach of that confidence which
ought to exist between man and man. He did not
wonder to find that Gentleman nettled at the pro-
duction of a letter of which be had been detected as
the writer (Applause). But he could assure him,
Mr. Lamb, that he laboured under the grossest mis-
take, if he imagined that it had been obtained or pro-
duced through any breach of private or public confi-
dence. The conduct of Mr. Lamb, who had hitherto
held out the hand of private friendship, who preached
up the necessity of preserving civility and gentle-
manly demeanour, and whom he should have been
glad to have met on the true and fair ground of con-
testing the Election with that letter, that letter, with
which the Electors were by this time fully acquainted,
was calculated to lose a much better cause than that
in which the writer was engaged. It was one which
would have its due weight on the minds of the Elec-
tors of Westminster (Applause). What was now the
state of the ca,e? The robe of candour which the
worthy Gentleman had put on was drawn aside, and
nothing appeared beneath hut filthy dowlas! (Cheers).
Situated as they were, he could hardly do better than
etttote that great volume of Nature, which was so de-
servedly admired by all, Shakspeare. The worthy
Centleman (Mr. Lamb) had yesterday quoted from
it a passage which had no application, save that it
contained the name of « Lamb!" He said,

" Oh! Cassius, you are yoked with a Lang !"
For himself, he felt honoured at having applied to I
him the name of that greatest of men which the
greatest people that ever appeared on the earth had
ptoduced—that man who was justly called by his
country " the last of the Romans!" (Cheers). He
was sure that in this country that title could never
be bestowed upon him. In this country there was
the Gentleman near him (Mr. Hobhouse), and thou-
sands of others, equally ready with himself, to make
every sacrifice in support of the liberties of their
country (Applause). But if to maintain the rights
and liberties of his country, even at the sacrifice of
leis own life, and though there was no other who
would lend a helping hand in the great cause, were
conidered a claim to the title; he hoped that should
the time arrive, he would not be found unworthy the
appellation of the last of Englishmen! (Loud ap.
p!rzase). But, thank Got)! the country was not re-
duced to this situation; he was neither the last nor
the first, but one of several millions who were ready
to die in support of the liberties of their country!._
(.4nplause). But with respect to his being yoked with!
a Lamb, it was true that at the last Election he had
• the misfortune to be so yoked; but on this occasion,
he trusted the Electors would unyoke him. He
• hoped he should be returned with a man who was
determined to support the rights of the People, with
man who would not profess scdtiments of one kind