Star.
London, England, 1818-06-26 00:00:00

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not say by his own friends, but certainly by their
enemies. Thend insinuation! ware benveyed in pla-
cards, which stated that assassination had been at
tempted. Did those who made such an assertion
understand awir own language? or had they forgot- I
ten it in their voyage td the East? If they were trulyl
sensible of the meaning of the word, they would know
that it was desciiptive of a crime which did not be-
long to the character of Englishmen-4 a crime
which they had only heard of as frequently com-
mitted in the Southern States of Europe—(app! are
...Assassination necessarily implied secrecy both of
design and execution • it was not papetrated in open
day, or in the face Cif assembled multitudes. The
person who had committed the unfortunate outrage
against Sir Murray Maxwell must have been a ma-
mac. He would lend his purse and his utmost exer-
tions to discover him ; not so much for the purpose
Id bringing him to punishment, as for their own yin-
dieation from the aspersions which it had caused to
be thrown upon them—(Applease.)—lt had been
said that the outrage must have proceeded from one
of Sir Francis Burdett's friends ; where, indeed,
could they Sad the man that was his enemy ? In
the midst of this scene, sew, and extraordinary even
to Westminster, it was not wonderful, when the pas-
signs .were roused by the conflicting claims of rival
t.ritcridates, that some unfortunate excesses should.
"talig.t. place. When, however, the election was left to
the* own undisturbed management, no confusion'or
digiorder prevailed. Certain great parties had come
*atisaisgst them, and with great kindness had offered,
tfselir instructions, and undertaken to do their busi-
-iiess for them. They had thought proper to set op
a distiectieh between what- they •called the respeol
tablt-fart vsf Westminster and the !est. Now he did
not know very well what was meant by this word
' respectable,' bet he well knew what was meant Int
the phrase of honest men. Perhips these respectable
• persons Were those who, sitting at their ease, •
coMeioirs that thay.were able to satisfy the dema,
'of the tanetherer, felt that the result of the elec.
ties, whetevii would mike no diffet
mace in their situation. But it was ,those whoathese liberal persons, Woad call uurasiectable, wlsti
were chiefly interested in that result, and all of whout
families would too soon be iffected by it. Did their
wish that the visits of the tax-gatherer should be in•
creased in number?-.(Cries of no, no.).—Those visits
were, he thought, numerous enough already ; every
third man was a Collector of Taxes; the very book;
referred to in registering their vote. Were the recordi
of their burdens, and they had but too many tax-eaten
now amongst them—(Cries of " It is toe true.")- .He
knew that he was subjecting himself to calumny for
the language he was now using, but he considered:
himself to be one of them ; the title prefixed by,
courtesy to his name, could not alter his connezio•
with them, and this was of all occasions the fittest
for speaking out in a plain and intelligible way...
He trusted they all considered the cause of Sir Frau*
cis Burdett and that of Reform to be one and the
same, and that they would not associate it with that
of any other Candidate. The success of the cause
was progressive, but its friends were sometimes too
confident as to the result, and played with their oval
interest. They waited to march up in bodies, instead,
of coming to the poll without a moment's delay. He
entertained a great respect for the two other Candi-
dates, one of whom was now on a sick bed, and :the
other probably is the Court of Chancery ; but if they,
were elected, and did not conmit themselves to the'
people, and to the people alone, he was sure they
would soon !egret tt. Their Masters would MO
them hard, they would be treated like jaded hacks,
and the spurs would be buried in their flanks—(A,
laugh)—.What he wished was to see them come for.
ward without the recommendations of great person'',
and giving the people credit for being able to judge
for themselves. They had :hewn that they undo.
stood their own interests, and that they believed
those interests could be secured by reform alone. lie
should not have obtruded himself that day on tisk
notice, had it not been for the absence of Mr. Bruce,
a Gentleman who deserved all the admiration which
was due to generosity of heart, to constancy of prin-
ciple, and to fortitude under misfortune. Calumny'
was at work against him, and what was hard upon
them, their enemies had the means of printing their
calumnies. He alluded to the placards affixed to
the walls, and am to the periodical press, with re-
gard to which he had only to observe, that it varied
so often and so greatly, that very little weight could
be attached to its effusions. He should now take
his leave of them till the state of the poll enabled
him to congratulate ,them on final and complete
success--(Applause).
Mr. RICHARDSON, junior, made a short invective
against Sir Samuel Romilly, which was received
with the most decisive marks of disapprobation by the
populace, and he retired amidst loud hissings.
Mr. Srcnic3 having several times had the honour
of proposing Sir Francis Burdett, felt it impossible to
restrain himself from congratulating them on the
glorious events of the last three days. They were
full of glory to the Citizens of London, and to the
Electors of Westminster. Tuesday last was remarkable
for two great events. In the City Tuesday was re-
markable for the exclusion of the old and steady,
though neieler eloquent, enlightened, nor able friend
of corruption, commonly called the facetious AL
man—(applause.)—The other event of the same day
was the placing of the able, tried, faithful, and
beloved advocate of Reform, Sir Francis Burdett,
above the Court Candidate—(applause.)—An Hon.
Gentleman had told them, that if all the Candi-
dates had been there, Sir ditirray Maxwell would
have been heard without insult. lie joined in regret-
ting that Sir Murray Maxwell was not present, and
'heard with patience by all of them. But he had,
spoken to them by advertisements in the public prints.
At least, an advertisement had appeared under his
name, whether written by him or not. There was
one thing in this advertisement, which, if meant for
a joke, was a very bad joke—if serious, could not
fail to excite a laugh by its absurdity. He said he had
been " engaged in a glorious cause"—(Laughter.)--
What was this glorious cause? Was it not the cause
of those who had taken away the liberties of the peo-
ple by suspending the Habeas Corpus, and exposed
every man to arbitrary imprisonment at the pleasure
of the Minirter? (Great applause.) Sir Murray Max-
well was engaged, and, he doubted not, heartily, in
the cause of Lord Castlereagh and Ca—(opples:se).
If he got into Parliament, he would be !tire to vote
as Lord Castlereagh and Co. might wishlim to vote