The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-08 00:00:00

LE ST ATF.SMAN.

trem'il use Isis greateet effort, to promote the prosperityl stance in his life which had been ingenimmeonverted 1
ea :be city. and that of the esesontry at large. I into a subject of reproach against him. la 116 he pre.
Load cries of " WAI7HIII.C.I!" now resounded from I seated 'petition against the Insolvent DebtoiCoure He
. sery part of the bill. The worthy .11.1erman said, it was examined by a Con eeee ittee of the House Counnous. '
aAs very true that he did nut stand so high on the poll On that occasion he stated such atrocious ciumst incr.
. s some of his friend'. nor indeed did he expect that he relative to persons who had been ilefrau.leiunslcr the
• nould do so, hi•cause various circumstances induced hiso p Act. reisanade a very great impression UN ti mite's o`
tie believe that the contrary would. at tirst, he the cue. those who heard him. He stated facts so torte, that
Why was this ?. Weenie individuals, artuated by the he `rut the "tile emirt, co 11111 l issio"ers. der. and all. a
packing, and tripped up
hest feelings towards bins —men, is h he knew—uten, the entire systes As the
whose opinions he respelled, hail determined to stand i court lb" aluml, there were no less titan 'Agents, all
lif k until they taw him in some state of security, end lof them supported by fees. lie was speakinat them as
. , his, when they saw him in inch a state, determined to , a 'may, amongst al , unsioubteillv, sonoraersons of
amid elsaractia might be found; but tie doulaiisny per-
o asa forward, and to ensure victory. All the gentlemen
; resent must be aware that he was perticiolarly marked sons of had reputation had contrived to get apintrnents.
"it on the present occasion by those who had, un other In truth, there-were among them some perms who had
ma aaions, trampled on the rights of the Livery ofLotodure. : been tried at Chet Mil Bailey fur crimes—persoi a tom heir
—(Applause. mingled with a very few bisses.)—Therr had himself seen at the bar of that criminarourt. It
were, observed Mr. ll Aitken:in, a few %mikes behind hint. appeared to him that some of the persons wham he had
—(Cheers.)--Truth, he knew, was aft.ntive to ill-doers. toms disc tited had born active in disseminaing rain's'.
Ile, however, would rolitinue to titter the language of Hies against him. They were safe enough: sr if they
truth, careless whom it might offend. There were .one were prosecuted they *had nothing to lose, in if they
g•entlenten behind him, who. by theirs Net, is ished to, were sent to prison they wood.' be kept hem than
annoy and interrupt Isim—but shat slid this prove ? it they at present were.—(Cheers)—Thus it seoears•d
merely allowed, that men who could not spiv) . milli hiss that he had 'seen attacked forlieliting not his on. battle,
- aiod they all knew that every goose round du just as Inst the battle of all the honest and industrious tia'ers of
con+ !—(Applause.)-1 t was a rum saying, and not Lotodoto. Ile had exposed the nefarious arts to hick
more nommen than true, " that we never ran forgive were practised against them, and lie had stscreeled in
those whom we injure." 'flit' truth of this maxim was drfeatingthem. With respect to the partieular casevlsich
s ouipleteha illustrated by those who 115MV attacked hiss, I hail been alleged against him, a number of peross hail
The individuals who more immediately assailed him bad none to him, and declared that the inilivelnalionene-
earn, time since commenced a wicked and most via- t diode's- sweet-reed had said nothing to his discrete: and
!fictive persecution against him and others who re- he believed that if that person stood up in the hell, he
etiected the rights of the Livery.—(hood Applause.)—. t would nut utter one word prejuslicial to his (31ralaith-
At the last election they all kne‘i that a must infamous I sumo's) character and conduct. He had a (rim staiiii-
libel had been published against him. fie, on that oc. i ing near bine who, in the capacity of accomptitt, had
ration, challenged his adversaries as the authors of that i looked over the whole of the affairs between 'attain' the
libel. He brought them to the point. lie railed for the imlividual to whom he had alluded, mod hr we sure he
answer, " Yes, or no." Thee asl denied it ; but he had would declare in the face of that Hall, if caller soo, that
reassert, since that period, to Imliese that one of the pre- his (3lr. Waithnian's) conduct, on the occasim alluded
sent candidates was connected as ith it.—(Load cries of to, was as honourable as that of any other genleman in
" There was, there was.? —lie, ohowever, trusted, that, 1.-ention.o(Applatoie.)--But thosewito attacked ' •ame
as every cause flourished under persecution, so would falsely and privately with their attacks; they iltrotineed
lis cause, and the cause of the Livery isf 'Amami flourish them on the dark, moil in the utmost haste, tiding eve.
alle.—(tirest applause.)—There were other sins of his, dal care not t o give, as fiery supposed, sufficirit tissue to
which, he knew, were viewed with an rail eve. For in- remove bad impressions. They first forged a faseliswel,
stance, he went into Parliament free of expense ; but, if atoll then came forward and attacked the individual with
Le had done so, lie could conscientiously declare to the calumny which they bail themselves precincts sent
thou who had sent him to Parliament, that he never put forth.—(Applause.)—Ise would sav, without vautv, that
into his pocket one farthing of the public money.— there was not aim individual in life kingdom sew hail
(Applause.)—But who was now brought forward as a struggled more decidedly for the rights and pivileges
candidate? There was one, a prime jobber, supported of his fellow-citizens; lieu there was no mas in the
La all the jobbers of the metropolis; and a rile attempt House of Commons who gave tip more of his thee to the '
eas made, by the exertion of tairriopt induence, to force protection of the interest of the fair trader that he had
lii.o ois 'Leila very of London.—("lt shan't be done," from uniformly done: and if he were even now, with all his
a thousand- voices.)—Yes, hr would repeat it, an inilisi- alleged impurities on his head, to turn round aid shake
ilual was about to be turned on them, who had filled his hands with those gentlemen who decried 1 • , he
pockets with loans, n ith contracts, and jolis.—(" Truer) was sure that they would at once endeavour to re-
- -He would ask of those who beard hint—of those who ward him with a pension. or some of those goost things
Ltiew the Isiatory of all the candidates—whether it Was which they themselves enjored.—(Urrat applaue.)—
aot notorious Oast SOIIIC of flume as ho wished to rem. One of them said. "Thy conduct alibis man is very hail
Loot them had nut contrived to provide fur their bro. —be is a terrible fellow; but I wish we could Lays' Ism
fliers, their brothers-in-law, their nephews, and other for all that." But they knew not how to have him ; and ,
relatives,. by places which were supported at the public set toles as the Livery gave hiertheir support, they newer
expense :—.(Applause.)---.There was another fruitful liallid hare him.—(Breat cheering.)—They must in- !
sonrce of evil to which lie would now refer. Time Court deed he curious enemies toeorruption who blainee limn ,
of Aldermen were the trusters and guardians of the or- for declaring, that an individual had a large balantr of •
plans' Fend. .1 large sum of money bail been lost by the public money in his pocket.—(Loud applause.)—lie
liat,e guardians, at a remote period.. It was not, per. uoilerstood that the lion. Baronet who now stood as a'
Laps, at that moment worth while to enter into a his. candidate meant to deny that he had refused the loan of
tory of that business. Certain it was, however, that the 5,1410/. to the city at the moment when he lowl a large
guardians had placed one of their own bode in the situ- I balance of their money in his bands. That might he
tint of receiver of that fend, at lull!, per annum. That I true; but it was most certain that the Hon. Baronet's
itelivielnal had held, for many rears, a halatoce of ILIUM. house slid refuse the loan.—(Applause )—'laving made
in hie possession.—(Shame, simatne.)--Thc lion. Baran,' these very general observations, he would state to his'
to whom he had alluded, intended, lii• believed, that friends time way in which they were must likely to serve I
slay, if time Livery would have beard him, to have brought hint best. Many individual* kept back, fearful lest there
forward a budget of papers, in order to %how the immense might be necessity for a strung body at the close of the
I ibaur conoected with the office which be had voluntarily election. Ile could, however, assure them, that there
calertaken. !tow what was the fact? All this labour was at present a sufficient reserve to prevent any thing '
ore done by a deputy, for lOW. a year: What then was the like surprise. Ile therefore railed upon those who mite- i
iefe 'nee ? It was, that the money remained for a long chleil with him in principle, to come promptly to the ,
time in the bands of the collector, for no other purpose poll, in order to vindicate their rights and privileges, 1
but to take a circuitous route Into the chamber of the and to prevent any person from Iteingloreed on them .
• ity of London. He would now read an extract from a against the just conviction of their own minds.
report of a select committee of the Hems* of l'Auntnons— Mr- TI"TUT lira?" "1" forward, anal after waiting
fesin that very report which the Honourable Baronet patiently for a few minutes, for the groans and hisses to
Lad brought forward in hie vindication—a report which subside, he tloattked the Livery for the support they had
I lid open many of the secrets attending the nianagement given leis father. Their friends saw no reason for
of the Orphans' Fund. "It appears," said the report, i alarm; they were not daunted, but were determined to
" iiy the amended account, from the t loaniberlain•s office, . persevere,notwithstanding all the calumnies which had
of the state of balances in that office, that, in each of the n striae,' against them. To those who had been so
four preceding quarters for the last five years, the ba. i
I solicitous to impute blame to the character of his father,
, be would reply in Ilse language of Shalt:Teen., " Let
lance on an average was 20,000 i. which was placed in the
the galled ja.le wince—our withers are unwrung."
hands of the Chamberlain or of his sub-agents—a pear-
The Luau Maros thanked the Livery fur the support
lice which your committee consider as greatly militatina
'a mino the progress of the liquidation of the debt, and . they hail given him. It was true Ise occupied an infe-
station un the poll of the day, but this eirmonstance
a• affording advantages to some one or more per,
rior station on this pohl of time 'has-, hutit this s'iri-umsistaimi-e
stuns by whim-h they were enabled to hsolsl a great war bno mns a criterion of /its ultimate fate. Upon
sons by whieh th were enabled to hold a
errs'
the orycasion o eaf
the election for Lord Mayor, lie polled
portion of the funds in his or their hands. In th
only 36 time first day, whilst several of the other ranili-
situation of the committee it appears proper, that if
dates polled .rvenillitttsilrefla. Although the same hom-
e 1. salaries of officers, charged in the account at 1,000/.
ale support characterieed his onset upon this, as upon
• mina, be paid by fees anti dues, those officers should
be rernionerated fly direct charges which should ap.. time former iweaaion, perhaps it would not be vain to hope
for the same suriessful isms,. It was not his intention
pear in the account itself."—(A gentleman, Mr. Clarke,
to e
, Tower- •
e ) occupy their attention with an haranue. hey
of ward Whahas tis to ilo with te
must know that he hail too much serious egmploymT ent,
lection ?"—lo answer to that, Mr. Wahithman would as hk,
es heftier a woo. the guardian of a particular fund, and for stleh a frivolous occupation of his and their time.
He heard once of two Statesmen elm were opposed to
appointed a receiver by his brother guardians (the office
,each other. One of them, it was said, talked a great
Laing a mere sinecure); for no apparent reason but to keep
deal about liminess, but the other knew how to do it.
/ 4.006/... in his pocket, was a fit person to represent the
The hustings and the Hall were soon cleared. On
I ity of London in Parliament ?—Here Mr. Clarke cried
tett, " 11l answer that."—The worthy Alderman made their return from Iluildhall, the several 31enthers were
cheered or hissed by the mob collected outside.
room for hits, and he stood forth to address the Hall.
King-street was gay with time flags and banners of the
)(ere he remained far several minutes, amidst the lousiest
groaning and hisses, and at last retired without brin different Candidates. On the latter were inseribeil—
g
:: The Lord 3layor, the friend of the lionst•less."
aide to gai• a hearing. The worthy Alderman resumed.
%ote fur {Feldman, the friend of Constitoitional
lie was sorry thee won't' not hear the gentleman, who
.F.reetlono, the persecuted supporter of the Bights of the
presented 'oneself to claim an audience; but perhaps it
ar7rry.,,tehe firm Opposer
. of the Fire Act Clergy 'fax."
wauld be more decorous if that gentleman postponed his
~, t for Curtis. '
a•kiress till lie himself had done speaking. (" Name
thehim—Whohe?") II Wood,-trlen,,ll ail" a.." Religions Liberty."
tie!' Wiril, and his father held a situation under liorern- " 1 'l'P' "" "elm* in l'arname"l•"
'tient. (A gentleman close to Mr. Waithonan denied I Poll early for Wilson."
.—......—..
that Mr. Clarke held any such situation) He (Mr.
ll'aithman) certainly had moved, in his official situa.
tion, that the 1111 l nev collected for the Orphans'
Fend should be, in future, immediately paid into the
I %amber of the City of London. He found mole to ad-
s ueate that motion. Bur a reeolntion n-as agreed to,
that in honer the slims collected should be paid in every
two months. By this proceeding the balance was reduced
about &MU.; and thus the Court of Aldermen confessed
t hat for the preceding 14 years t here was4,ooo/. to much in
hand.—(Applatioe.)—lt u•as said that this had nothing
to do with the election. He conceived that it had a great
deal to do with it. And he again asked, whether an in-
dividual of the description be alltuleil to, who kept large
balances in his hands for years, was fit to respreoeut
them' iu Parliament ?—(Sie, no.")—The opposition
which hr had hazarded against that system was the true
ground for all the persecution which had been pointed
Against him. His opposers hail been most intimation,'
and expensive in raking sop unfilanded and lung-for-
gotten calumnies against him. Dean Swift had said,
float allots a man of genius appeared in the world. all
blockheads were sure to be up in arms scalene lam—
(Loud laughter.)—Thais when lie was assailed right anti
left, fore and aft, by a set of teasing blockheads, he
stas almost persuaded to fancy himself a person of re-
ones.—(Langhtera•d applause.)—Theire was one times-

NOUTHIPARK RLECTION.

(Continued from over Paper of yesterday.)

Mr. D.tvt' said, he bad expected no opposition to
their two Inert and approved Representatives, but hr
was agreeably disappointesl.—(Applause.)—.l Baronet,
well knotin to thew, offered himself, notwithstanding
many former defeats. What were his principles?—(.p.
planar.) —lle had originally come forward on the strength
of the aristocrary, or nattier of the rats ; he had next
turned on his pivot, and become a Whig; he was now
gone back again to the Tories. The lieu. Baronet was
the last man upon earth he should bare expected to ap-
pear a candidate for their suffrages. But a mure honour-
able man than Mr. Calvert did not exist.—(lfreat aft.
plause.)--Huring two Parliaments he hail been their
Representative, and faithfully supported their constitn•
tional rights. He now proposed him for sine of their
Rep u tati ves.—(Chaers.)
Et.t.is seconded the nomination of Mr. Calvert,
as an hottest, attentive, independent Member of Par-
liament.

Mr. CALVERT was ROW receivril With great applause.
He began by martin". his thanks for their kindness on
this and on All OCCASION'. WAS Illthernsory fur him