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London, England, 1826-06-10 00:00:00

.cooseqnance,thl uproar continued for some time. They
were, he said, then in possession of one of their consti-
tutional- rights, and be implored them to hear every can-
didate. If he had done any thing of which they dis-
approved, he i nplored them to -hear Um—Virago!)
He was then supplicating for their suffrages a, fifth
time (Great noise.) Was there one person present
who could stand forward and say that he *lid ever
neglected any one circumstance by which the proiperity
of his constituents had been hurt ? if there was, let him
come forward. If he had given a vote contrary to the
wishes of any of his constituents, he was sorry for it ;
but he did not pretend to say that he was infallible,
any more than another man ; but he thought if they had
taken the trouble to examine the lists of votes, they
would find that he never gave one vote which militated
in the least against the interests of his fellow-citizens.—
It would be found that he had voted sometimes for and
sometimes against the Ministers; he had voted for them
upon a late question, he meant the Bill respecting the
Corn Laws, and he was extremely sorry that it had
not gone further, for in his opinion it began at the
wrong end ; it had for its object the reduction of certa:n
restrictions, instead of taking off those duties Which
acted as restrictions upon the manufacture's. He had
at all times made a point of voting against useless sine-
cures and pensions, to pay which the money was actually.
drawn out of the pockets of the poorer classes, and
those of the labourers. He wished to act conscientiously,
and he wished at the same time that his constituents
should do so likewise. He should now come to a sub-
ject, respecting which some of his fellow citizens enter.
tained a different opinion with himself. Upon a certain
Petition being brought up in the House of Commons,
he had exmessed such sentiments as seemed to have
given offence to many present—(Cries of" No Popery:")
He had stated, that he had. never heard from his con-
stitnents respecting their desires upon the subject of
that. petition—that no meeting had been called of the
Livery of London. He could say, that had such 'a
meeting been called,
.whether in Cotamon Hall or effori
where, he should have felt most happy to have atte4ditt'
for the purpose of receiving the instructions Of,hiS:cons-
stitnents. He had stated, when he first appeared before
them, that he should at all tithes feel himself ficiintrto.
obey those instructions so long as- he could csin-
vistently with his own sentiments, and when- those
did not agree with theirs, he would resign into
their hands that seat which they themselves had
given him.—(Catering, and cries of "No Popery.")—
.He was confident that they would not turn round upon-an old
;Representative for bating given one vote contrary to the wishes,
of some of his constituents, when they themselves had omitted to
make him" acquainted with those wishes.—(Cheers.) He then
saying,
concluded by he would try the effect it had upon their
minds by keeping open the pont° the last hour.--(treat cheering.)
Alderman WAITIIKAN came forward amidst the.
'loudest cheers. He had, he said, heard much of the
'loyalty of persons who uniforinly supported the Ad-
ministratiqn, whatever might be its acts. Now hebeld
.that tribe,thelenuine loyalty which looked into the
acts tof Administration with a scrutinising eye. The
former he considered to be that which had induced some
Monarchs to commit acts which finally drove them from
the throne.—(Cheers). He had also heard much about
supporting particular branches. This he thought an
absurd thing to require of a candidate, as the general
interests of the community were so dependent upon
each other as to render an exclusive attention to any
irreconcilable to the opinions of any thinking man.—
(Cheers). He asked whether. amidst all the bustle
about particular branches of trade, was the middle trader to have
no person to rtpresentids Interests ? It was to be lamented that
the consequence of the state of the rcprelentatipb of tlipigieeit body
was, that such multitudes of the industrious people orieltcfountry,
instead of lieina by the Sweat of their brow, were living upOn cha-
rity. The fiesta anttliberties.of the people, be contended, were
never giveoropM a shatter of course, but sprung from the efforts of
those who representmLthem in the House of Commons. He con-
gratulatbk (simnel( upowbe great success which he had met within
his cantests, and the many proofs that had been given of the ex-
tingtioa of the prejudices which used to exist against him—(Cheers)
—and be declared that he should observe the maxim, that a Repre-
sentative ought to represent the feelings and opinions of those who
sent him to Parliament, and not his own.

Alderman BROWN stood forward to propose 's Alder-
man OARRATT,' and was'reeeived with mingled kisses
and applauses. He said he goad before the Beery as'
I•the Representative of that UTOtt amiable and Worthy
man, Alderman Garratt.--Roid tumult, and cries of
el Ile does not sanction thielfie said, that Alderman'
Garratt had certainly objected to stand, but conscious 'I
of the right, ot the Uvety io controul him upoWsuch an occasion,
ancilsaving-hOw solicited by so large a body of the Livery, to be-
same a Candidate, he had yielded to their entreaties, and would, if
elected, serve to the utmost of his abilities.—(Applause). .

Mr, Alderman THOMPSON next presened himself,'
and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering
and waving of hats. The moment, he said, had at
length arrived when he was at liberty to address the
liverymen, having yielded to those who, from their
Station and. seniority, were justly entitled to precedence,
and:Who:equally with himself were candidates for the
reesen, tabon of the City of London.—(Applause).
.Ile
sol.kited their indulgence whilst he', as briefly as possible,.
stated the grounds on which he claimed their suffrages.
If-he abstained from entering ntlength on some subjects
:which were much II welt On byhis predecessors, it was not
because he deemed thesis.usaimputtantbut because he felt
.thosequestions had btenfveqflently under consideration,
and that the Livery were therefore. fully competent
to come to an honest and sound conclusion on them
With respect to his own opinions, flrey'rinrst by this time
be well known; as he.had taken part in every question
-of interest when under.discussion in Parliament. He
'appeared before them not as a man whose political opi-
nions were unknown, having spent some years of his
life in the public service; and he appealed with confi-
dence to every man present whether in the course of
•ttiat life"he had not uniformly conducted himself with.
'spirit and independence, opposing Ministers when 'he
deemed them in error; and supporting them When, in
•his conscience, 'he "'felt they were right, and adopting
Alm* measures most conducive to the general good.--
-(Appla use.) And:he here in the presence of thousands
declared, that in pursuing that conduct he was info.
:enced by
.no private or personal motives, nor. by any
consideration of his. own interest.—(" Bravo, you're a
good'ne," exclaimed an elector in the crowd.)—He was
not fond of professions, end the only reward he looked to
for any services he bad rendered, or could render, was
the satisfaction that he had secured their goad opinions.
In the course of his Canvass he had abstained from every
thing calculated to detract from the merits of the other
candidates. He did nut oppose ani individual, nor
would he coalesce with any individual; by the indul•
gence of the liveiymen he was determined to stand or
fall —( Loud applause). He had never taken a part
in the abstract questions biought before Parliament,
having confined his attention to the practical and
substantial business of trade and commerce—with these,
he had all his lite been connected, and he trusted that
the application of some of the ptactical 'mom ledge so

acquired had not proved disadvantageons to the meal',
--(Loud cheering). There were other topic. allu led ;„
by his predecessors—one was the Cath lic Question—
For his own part, and it was well known to the Ilee.in,;,
he had invariably opposed further concessi .n to the R,
'man Catholics, from a conscientious conviction that
whilst the Protestant was the most tolerant, the Catholit
was the mast intolerant religion—(Applause null hisserL
011 the Corn Laws his sentiments were equally vei;
known ; he had always advocated a revision o: them;
and if he had the honour of again obtaining a seat in
Parlistrent, no exertion would be wanting on its part
to obtain such a change in the law as woull prove sa.
tisfactory to his constituents. In his conduct on this
que_tion, he was influenced by the feeling that the com.
mon sustenance of life ought not to be kept at a higli
and unnatural price, for the exclusive adv.intage of
those who, compared with the number affected by thoct
prices, were a mere few.—(Applause.)—lt was impossi
ble not to feel that the meeting was seriously incuir
venienced by the length of time they had been detained-
He would, therefore, trespass no further on their pa.
tience than to assure them, that if lie were chosen a,
one of their representatives, he would horieslly, full
independently. and eealously, advocate their rights and
privileges. (Loud cheeriggfor several minutes.)
Sir CHARLES Puce next offered himself to the notice of the Ibiti
to exercise as i Liveryman an undoubted right. lie had the utiu
faction of proposing to the Livery an honest, an honourable man to
represent them--he meant William Ward, Esq. citizen and mutt.
cian--(Applause).
-Mr. Wont:init. seconded the nomination.

Mr. WARD then came forward, and was received
with almost unanimous cheering. 11e said--" Cen.
tlecnen, you are aware that this is the first occasiA
upon .which I have had the honour to appear before
you, I therefore stand in need of some indulgence
as it new corner—(A laugh and applause). I am
peplectiy 'aware that the Gentlemen who have been
already engaged in your service, have had the full
benefit of your good opinion—the reward of your
'past experience of their conduct—but for myself I
shall say, that when I came forward to solicit your
soppoir, three out of the four of the Gentlemen who
bad tepresented the City of London in Parliament, had
declared it was not their intention to offer themselves
again to your-consideration. When, therefore. you are
to have no longer the services of those of experience, it
necessarily follows that you must be represented by
others of less experience. Of myself, permit ore to con-
fess that there may be many Gentlemen professing more
knowledge of the rights and -privileges of the City of
London:—but when I. come forward with four other
Gentlemen as Candidates, lobo possess all the requis,te
knowledge, there can be little danger of any diffi-
culty arising out of my. comparative ignorance, if
honoured with your suffrages, united as I shall be t
men of undoubted information. —(A pplau re).—l . will
not attempt,- Gentlemen, to iottodOce any new topic.
On the laist occasion that you assemb!ed for a purpose
similar to the present, you declared that-the situation of
a B itish merchant was not far from the top of the poll.
and by placing my friend Mr. Wilson there, you said
that a British merchant was not unworthy of that
honour. —(Appiause). —I do not mean to deny, however,
that the middle and lower classes should be represented;
do not deny to me, then, the right to represent my
Brother Liverymen. When called upon at first lb
come forward a candidate for your favour, I was not
aware that so much importance was attributed to the
Catholic question as I now find to be attached to it.
When called upon to express my opinion on that sub-
ject (having ascertained its importance), I frankly shred,
that hitherto I had never advocated the Catholic claims;
and that, as far as I had then learned (and I regret I
am not better informed on the subject), I Mt disposed
to think I should 'continue to oppose thtm.— (Ap-
plause). It is better, however, to consider first, and to
decide- afterwards, and not to :attempt to gain your
favour by a pledge which I might by possibility become
unable to redeem.—(Continued applause). The goestion
uppermost in every man's thoughts is liberty=it is the
.4.cowth and birthright of Englishmen--cur staple com-
modity. (" Why don't you.export some of it I.- said a
wig in the Hall,which caused a laugh.) Oa the subjezt of
liberty there are two opinions ; but I, for one, cannot be-
lieve that true liberty consists in uniform oppesitioh to the measures
of Government. On the other hand, it does not follow that we should
rash into she opposite extreme. Mr. Wilson has served you many
years, but it has never been imputed to him that he has served
himself—he only leaked to your interests--.(Applause).—lf you
elect.me, I ehall serve you faithfully.-(Cheers).—So many wett:ty
Aldermen have this day preceded me, that it is not my wish to
take up more of your time than to say, that, placed at the rep or the
bottom of the poll, I shed ever preserve to the end. of my life a
grateful recollection of the kindness of the Livery of London, ad
the angst sincere desire to promote your interests to the utmost of
my power—(Loud cheering).
The names ads.* Aldermen were then (as usual upon such occa-
sions) called over, commencing with the Lord Mayer,at whieb a very
mixed feeling was manifested by the Livery. The announcement was
hailed by groans and plaudits, and the show of hands was anything
but unanimous. For Alderman Wood there was a much more
favourable expression and a less equivocal show of hands. When
the name of Alderman Waithman was announced, the cheering
ad waving of hats and hands appeared to he nearly una•itinutio.
For Alderman Garratt the number of hands held up was compara-
tively few, and the disapprobation eery cchleiderable. Whet' Al-
derman Themponn% name was proposed, the cheering and other
demonstrations of approbation were entausiastic—the show of
hands unanimous. Poe Mr. Ward there was a very decided majority.
The Sheriffs then declared that the choice of the Livery had
fallen upon Aldermen Thompson, Waithman, and Wood, and
William Ward, Eaq.—(Leiti end combatted applause.)
Mr. Alderman 'Bribes and. Mr. S. Dixon demanded a poll for
Mr. Alderman Garrett. The Lord Mayor, on ins own part, also
demanded a poll.
Proclamation was then made that the Livery might depart mail
half--past three o'clock (it was. then three) when pulling ermid com-
atose*, and that the poll would be kept *pen until half-past four
o'clock.

At ►ali-pant four •clock t►e state of tin poll was announced as
follows—

Mr. Alderman Waithman
- Thoinpaon
Wood .
. The lard Mayo(
Mr. Ward .
Mr. Alderman Garrett

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• .SOUTHWARK ZLECTION-:(THIS DAY:)

The Boroughonians are still on the alert, and rebut not in the
support of their respecilve favourites: We regret much that any
twig should have occurred to interrupt that amicable and good
humoured contention which has bitherto.prevailed. Last evening,
however, it was broken in upon, and we are sorry to add, that the
consequence has bee.' the lossot one valuable life, and the impending
prospect of the sacrifice of many other,. After the day's proceedings
bad concluded, a host of the lower order of Irish, who live in tile
neighbourhood-of New Gravel-lane, near the King's *nth, all
animated with the warmest wishes for the success of Sir Robert
Wilson ; and thinking it a point of honour to avenge the insult that
Gentleman stated in his speech at the close of the poll, to have been
offered to his supporters, met with some of those in the interest of
and immediately commenced a most savage attack
their persons. The Irish war whoop was set up, brickbats were
Bung in all directions, and instantaneous destruction threatened

MT,/ passenger.
i?r a time it was impossible to impede the current of violent'',
but the interference of the constables, though at much personas in•
jury, succeeded in ptitiiitg a stop to its progress. Six of the rioters
'•were taken into custody this morninz, examined at
tun), tat utilic.l3 to ball. ibe tiler si.s.xlice isl tschtig