Star.
London, England, 1818-07-02 00:00:00

.IVESTMIN STE 3 ELECTION.

The oklling yesterday was conducted with little
noise. The appe:uance• of Alderman Woos) was
greeted with the appsisse of the multitude, and when
it was made known tna, he had voted for Rosicts.r
and BURDCT • cry was-4. Right, WOOD, true to
princi • • •ays the People's friend." Many objec-
tions is ere made to voters, on the ground of nor
having paid their *rates, according to the returns of
the tak-gathereis books. Same of those objected to,
produced their receipts, and, in so doing, proved that
the books a ece,a false criterion.
The numbers, as announced after four o'clock,
were as fulluws

Numbers polled.
Sir Samuel Rom .
rrancis Burdett - ez9
r Murr 1.4.wi.11.. - 274
Mr. Hunt

Tutal.
- 4134
- 4;64
40:36
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Mr. Hunt then stepped forward, and it would
baffle the attentickt; tit Vie sagacity of the nits::: cor-
rect Reporter,.to)nake out a ....onnected, not to speak
of grammarrietitence from what had fallen fiom
Bur d, said he, h is this day fallen short of
Sir Murray I iswell C. votes. What dii you Ite4e
from his partizan; no Monday ? Did they not tell
you they would overwhelm the latter on the next
,day with tlvir plumpers—(loud cries of" Of, Hunt,
you are an ixendiary r )? Shan't I be heard
you'afloiv me to ,c superseded? Will you hear
' any one after me, if a ;:zariag i.; refused me ? I ask
a fair hearing for ever] body else, then have I not a'
right to expect it mys 'if? I told you before about
the treatment of the Derby men from these affected
friends to freedom is Westminster. It is a subject
et 'which we should often think—(" It is no concern
Veer's—recollect p'nr Cashnser, Hunt." ). I meats
the men ‘‘ho had their heads cut off.—(" Spayfelds
led o it, Iluot.")—If there be another world, I hope
these man will meet their enemies and false friends
there—(" IVltat will you say to poor Cashmon?) I
have a letter or two, which I wish to read, on the
subject—(" It kJ: rgrd *)...N0, the London post matt
is on it. The wri er tells me, that the famous
Cleary—(" Ile is a G odleman, and you are a tmga-.
bond,"
.from the croup /)—with two others, were ap-
pointed a Sub-Coitimi:tee to provide means for their
defence. They did nothing—they were guilty of a
dereliction of their duty. Sir Francis Burdett was a
great landholder in Derby ; his presence at the time
of the trial would have done the prisoners great ser-
vice, and prevented a paeted Jury. But he con..
tinned in Ireland. It was true he went there for a lau-
dable purpose, to protect a persecuted friend from the
vengeance of the Government.—(Load cries of " Sir
, Francis is always thefriead of the oppressed!" —The
trial of that friend had been over some weeks, and he
should have attended is Derby, to give the prisoneis
the benefit of his appaarance—(tlisses.)Were not
these poor men is their dying moments interrupted?,
The: attritrated their deaths to Castlereagh and
Oliver—(//ear, hear); but the Clergyman, in the
last expressions of lift, dared to interrupt them..
tell you tae name of that Clergyman. His name is
Pickering ; and he, like the new Reformer, Mr.
Douglas Kinnaird, is the friend of Sir Francis Bet.
den. Did you rea t any thing about Reform in the
speeches of Sir Fr incis Burdett in Ireland ? Not a
wus.i. Reform was nut understood there. Their
question was Catholic Emancipation. And what
were the memorable words of S.r Francis Burdett to
a numerous multitude of Catholics there? They
were these—" I am a Protestant by profession, but
I am a Roman Catholic in my heart !"
After these observations, the indignation of the
multitude, and the pertinacity of the Candidate, as
he remained one hour in the exorcise of dumb gri-
mace, would make one suppose that " Chaos was
come again."
Mr. Lttis was, on hispres'nting himself, gra.
cionsly received, but the moment he adverted to the
pretences of Sir Murray Maxwell, hisses and groans
issued from the multitude. He said, that nothing
but an imperious sense of public dcty could induce
him, at that late hour, to trespass on their attention.
It was hi.: pleasing duty to acquaint them, that the
health of Sir Murray Maxwell was improving. The
state of that day's poll was moat encouraging. It
evinced the determination of the Electors of West-
minster to assert the genuine principles of indepen-
dence, by returning a man, it, whose constitutional
exertior.s they had the fullest confidence. It had
been attempted to attribute the outrages that had
occurred to the friends of Sir Murray
That man was the enemy of his, and of the cause of
the independence of AVestnrinster, who would for a
moment endanger the public peace, or disturb the
good feeling that Englishmen, in the exercise of their
dearest privileges, ought ever to preserve and to
communicate—(hear, hear). It did seem that the
partizans of other Candidates were Legislators from
the cradle. The La:in adage, " that a Poet was not
made but horn," seemed, on these Hustings, to be
tranferred to Legislation. With some of them, every
crude conception was on aphorism; and indeed the
fear now was, not of Borough-mongers, but of Con-
stitution-mongers—(hisses and approbation from the
hustings). No doubt, the labours of some of these
Legislators would terminate with the Election, as he
had the fullest assurance, that the Electors of West-
minster would ultimately secure that triumph of
Constitutional pre-eminence, of which the poll of
that day was a certain earnest.
Mr. &when then stepped forward. He was sorry
to see they had gone back a little this day on thepoll;
byt without pretending to the gift of prophecy, he
did not hesitate to predict, that the victory would
be theirs; and that they would enjoy the high satis-
faction of returning to serve them in Pariiarnent,
i two men of tried ntegrity, and distinguished for
their patriotism and their knowledge of the rights of
the people—two men altogether disposed, and pen.
fectly able to serve them in the best and most efficient
manner--(Applause).—He certainly had expected
that at this advaneell period of the E.t:cti4n, this
being the twelfth day of the poll, some attempts
would have been made on the pert of the gallant
Captain or his friends, to bring forward something
to convince them that he had some title to their fa•
I Your ; but nothing had yet been stated by the 'Conk
Candidate, or by any of his friends for him, but the
old story, that he was Captain of a ship. The Cap..
taros friends, however, and indeed the Captain him-
self, had told them that he load been fifteen years
engaged in some plan ow other, which was a pro:

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found secret, and ssEel: he keet tehiessAfe-yearge
He (Mr. Larch) h.id always uederetooJ it was usuall,
aelth any person. when he lied a Legieletive object
16:riew, to consult his nicais and even to comet-
agate it to the public, that he might knrov ti.e pub-
lye opinion respecting it ; hut in this case the gallant
Captain had, it seemed, kept his scheme f r fiftecer
•
'pears to himself and a fine scheme, ire doubt, it was.
The Citizens of Westminster, however, would tell
him to retire with his scheme, and when he hat em-
ployed fifteen years more upon it, and should be able
to report some progress, then let him come before
them, and tell them what it eras—(/..aeghter).=
Really it was too much in the gallant Captain to ask
to be their Representative, in preference tp two Gen-
tlemen who were so well known to them, and so
much better entitled to be their Representatives. But
they might est_ assured, thac.this would not be the
case. The gallant Captain never would be one of
their Representatives. It would be unpardonable
in him, after the long and fatiFaing interruption
which they had had, to detain them long. What he
had further so say, therefore, would be very short.
He only wished them to remember the great object
which they ought to have view, and the daty
which was incumbent on them. Their great business
was to keep down the Court latertet,enj to keep oet
the Celia Candidate—(Cries of " He shall be kepi
out").—They Aught to remember, that the Election
drew towards a close; but they ought particularly
to reflect, that their uiumph would be completed by
placing both the popular Candidates high on the
poll. lie wished every Gentleman who heard him.,
would canvass his friends, and bring them up in.
time, because, if any Gentleman, through indoleece,
neglected to make all the efforts in his power, and
the cause of independence should thereby be injured,
lie would regret it for ever. It would be a satisfac-
tion to any man to have it to say :evilly years hence
to his children—" I es as one of those who voted for
Burdett and Romilly"—(Appleuee).—He should take
leave of them by again repeating, that they ouelit
not only to come forward themselves, but brine all
their friends along with them—(Applaase).
Mr. Wtsunnr fleet addressed the people. netted
to return the Electors of Westminster thanks for
their continued exertions in favour of the popular
cause. When he looked, however, to the state of
the poll of this day, he must say, that he was mor-
tified in the extreme, when he say one of their Can-
didates, who had represented them su long, in a
manner to reflect honour both on himself and the
My of Westminster, so low on the Pell ; and ano-
ther of their Candidates, Sir S. Romilly, who had
so many titles, not to their gratitude alone, but to
the gratituie of every rahject of this Empire, also
considerably below the Court Candidate. In thiS
contest, not only the indepen lance, but. the honour
of the City of Westminster were engaged. Let them,
therefore, make a stout and vigorous canvass—let
them go from house to house, and bring every per-
son forward that they possibly could ; aed though
they had been slack hitherto, let them slaw that
they would yet be greatly superior in numbers to
their adversary—(Loud applouse).—lle was happy
to see the division of seinunents en:eel prevailed
among *hem two or three days ago, a: last dying
away; they were nosy all u..i:ed, and be ousted
they would, on Saturday, Lave heth of the Gentle-,
men before them, to thank them for the honour done
them. Of Sir Samuel Romilly he meld sae, that
he was a friend to the principles of the Revolution;
a friend to Economy and Retrenchment : a friend to
the exclusion of Pensioners from the gteat Council
of the Nation; that he wished to prevent all but the
efficient Ministers of State from dictating to the Na-
tion in that Assembly—(Loud ap -..use).
Mr. P. WALKER then stepped forward, and began
by alluding to the various arts adopted, in order to
procure the return of the Court Candidate. Amon;
these arts there was one, of which he thought it his
ditty to apprize the Meeting. He was credibly in-
formed, that many persons who held offices in the'
Customs, Excise, and other departments, relin-
quished their situations in order to vote for Sir Mur-
ray Maxwell, upon an understanding that they would
be appointed again after the Election--(Loud cries of
" Shams, shame!")—'lle Navy, he would allow, was
deserving of every attention, it stood high in the
publio opinion, and for this reason, that while its
,efforts were ereployed to keep the enemy at a dise
tance, it was not capable of turning its energies in-
wards upon the liberties of the people—(epplouie).--
But while he allowed that it was entitled to be held
in high estimation, he o olds! not admit that it amoun-
ted to a claim on the part of the Officers of the Navy
to be returned into Parliament,- particularly in oppo-
sition to the claims of two Gentlemen, who, with
great knowledge of the Constitution, and the most
enlightened views of liberty, stood use the pull against
him—(Load applause.) Ile n idtett to remind them
of the manner in which the Ministers, who now
availed themselves of the character of the Navy, had
acted towards it themselves. They had almost dis-
mantled it ; and yet if Sir Murray Maxwell was re-
turned into Parliament, would he combat Lord Cas-
tlereagh?—(Cries f" No, nor) From whence did
,he get his support 1.--4" From Lard Cadlereogil--
That was a suificient assurance cf the direction which
his Parliamentary course would take. The people
would also recollect the miserable si ectacle presen-
ted lately on the bridges: he alluded to the starving
faces of those unfortunate men, mho at the mast had
fought the battles of their country—(Loud applause.)
If Lord Cochrane were present, he would be capable
of addressing them on this subject in a manner much
more forcible than he could. That gallent Officer
himself was an instance of the perfidy of Ministe:s ;
and lie (Mr. Walker) though not fond of setting his
own pretensions, could not avoid taking that oppor-
tunity of reminding them that he was the person
who moved the Address at the Crown and Anchor
which redounded so much to the credit of that great
City—(Loud applause.) The Candidate on his right
(Mr. Hunt) had alluded to the case of the unfortu-
nate people at Derby. He certainly might claim
some merit for his feeling towards thesis, hut he
ought also to allow some credit to those whose hearts
were at least equally alive to their situation. lie
could assert positively, that not one of Sir Francis
Burdett's tenants was on the Jury at those triels—
that great care was taken to exclude them—and that
Sir Francis Burdett had hiniself written to the Cler-
gyman mentioned by Mr. Hunt in favour of those
unhappy men, thew he would allow that the con-
Muct of that Clergyrnah was a little extntordiwy.—'