The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-27 00:00:00

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Nothing could be more orderly than the proceeds-,
inns st the (lusting% throeithout the whole of 1114$
day. A gibbet, to which, was suspended a adoiel
tore figure in a used uniform, and bearing on it the
insettvtions, on one side, of " Alaswell," end, op
the. (ober, of Talwell Csichweil,” was paraded
throogh the crowd, end finally fixed on the top uf
our of the booths.
The State of the Poll was almounced at tour
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Sir S. Swindle ... 3635 I Sir M. bias well 3146
Sir V. Hoiden .. WWI H. HIM, tiati 73 '
Mr. Klax.tlnh intreeted the people, for the sake,
• of their own rause, to give a patient• hearing to the;;
• • •Geotheman who teas to addresa them on the part. 0(
Sir Murray Maxwell; for they -.were, as yet,s'igr
norant of the grotsirds nn whirl, that Gentfemok
asked them for their vote. -For himself, he con-f.
fesheil, tine *as an' object al Otiosity, being:Alto-.
. ether unable to conceive on what grounds he could
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appeal their understandings. The-only othertitle.
wbii-k the Gentleman who was to address them on
:Abe part of Sir Murray Maswell„ had to their atten-
Bon was, that he was sit 'Wire stranger to them, and
therefore he was entitled to their courtesy. •
Mr. &my then stepped forward, and obverved,
that he ass happy the same opportunity was afforded
to him for addressing them 'which he had obtained
.yesterday, and he gladly 'refereed thank, for the
courtesy, of the Gentleman who entertsined- such (hr.
ferent principles from himself, who feat addressed
them. lie 'was indeed a stranger ,to them ;.• but
hospitality and kiodoess; to
.strangees were chem.
• leristic of the British'llgtion• • His only object in
asishing to address' theti.ivis.tpcommtnicate to them
the state of Sit Morita/ IViateelrs health. He was
.Irofry to say it. was nit intproVed. A' to the mode
in which he was 'attacked, he would' not say one
-*old, as he was convinced there was but one opi-
' )iiirk. on the subject. . lir bad been asked,ter mate
the grounds on ihich 'their votes were solicited by
Sir Murray Malwell. • Though-his talents were very
inadequate to do justicito such a subject, challenged
as be thus was, he would not hesitate In itate
to then): shortly what these • grounds were. - lie
dad been 'first induced to offer himself to the notice
--tsf•the-Electors of Westminster, by the solicitation
144.. certain number amongst them..-7(.40, • afie,
,frons Lord Lastlereagh and Compaity.)- He was
'll6w stating that of which be was firmly convinced—
' he was first induced to present himself to their no•
lice in consequence of that solicitation, not from any
'-oterweening opinion of his own talents* but from a
• sincere and deep-felt regard for our glorious Consti-
tution, and from an ardent desire to defend the sacred
_interests of that Cnnstitution ; .for he iieclared..he
would Hot hold fellnwshir*ith that Min who
thought traitorously towiritis• the Constitution. Sir
!Hurray Maxwoll was. kiso,, induced to offer himself
to the notice of 7the-tsitors. of Westminster, from
a knowledge tint?' it hunt` long been their practice to
choose one of their Repre.iiitilives from thesprofrog,
sion to which he beloegeg—r" Aye, but of .dylerent
principles.l 1p that.pr fessiole-Sit 111 u r ray had al.
waysdiotinguislied himself ; 810 thertrwas no pert of
his professional career that woo!d not chstlenp the-
• stiictest enquiry, and tli.t did not justly entitle
hint to the approbation rut his Sloverrign and his
country. These were the grounds on which he pre.
tented himself to their notice. Though not of the
same opinion with sonie of. the other Candidates on
the subject of suffrage and the duration of Perlis.
'meats, heyet thought that that sods no reason why he
should not present' himself before them. It nes well
ikitown that there were massy persons not onlr•Its-
• 'Westminster, but throughout thUountry, who tio.,
prorated any alteration of the present forres'and cos:‘
• stitutien of Parliament; and as the artvocates of Podia.
mentary Reform profeised to wish to carry their point
by no other meant, than l'arliatnentary deliberation,
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he very niturally thought that-his being an opponent
;4 pmtismentsry Reform. was no sufficient (teen) for
' Litis-dectiniog the sutf.aees of those of tli Electors,
'who were also (This& to Parliament as at present eon.
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...gilled. These were the sentiments of Sir Murray •
'Maawell, and how had he acted ? Ile challenged any.
of his opponents to say, that he' had' not been uoi-
•.form, moderate, conciliating. and gentlemanly in his
'Venduct, and in his language. In his opinion, he hid
-not acted wrong is the first instauce, iu iffering him
self to their notice, and he approved pf • the mode in
-which he had conducted the canvass. Ile would not
obtrude longer on their n..tic";., but conclude with
' expressing that Sir Mousy Maxwell was determined
to hold out to the last, and to appear in pr4son on the
Busting. as coon as liu should be able to do so.
Mr..linucc came forward, and was received With
loud cheers. lie said, that be was nearly exhausted
from the efforts he bad already made, and he would
say tittle, lest, by his weakness, he should injure the
cause he so ardently meant to serve. The state of
this evening's Poll was prophetic of the final success
of their cause.—(4p/ausc.)=This was their weakest
'day, but yet they were more powerful in their w eak•
. mess t ham their opponents in theporeper.theirstrength.
(flpplause.)—Mondey's Pull %steel& Weide the,
contest. That day would show the erlempli of their
own illustrious Burdett,—( Loud cheers.)—They had
called him forth as a tried man. lie was no Can-
didate. Ills not canvassing, er appearing on the
Hustings, arose from a• high sense of principle; and
much as he valued the pride of their election, he
would not concede one &tom of principle to 'secure
his triumph in ibis contest.—(AppioNse.)•—As to
tire other Candidate, Sir Samuel Boinilly, he
• Otr. Bruce) had too great a respect for him.
self,io say any thing disrespectful of that distingunifi.
• ed man.—(Applause.)—Sir Samuel Romilly was a
great public character. lie was a man of wisdom,
of viv-tue, and of learning, end had .undoubtedly a
I great claim on the s•ffrages of the Electors of West-
• minster.--(Great applause.)— But such a man, avow.,
ediy as a Candidate aspiringio the honour of being,
their Representetive, should, as a duty to the Elec.
tors, come forward on the Hostiugs, and make both'
his parson and his principles known to them.—(Ge-
neral and loud applause.)-I.le contended for 'the•
principle, that the man who declared himself a Can-
didate, should be in immediate communication with
his Electors; but Sir Samuel was not at• present
among them—he was like an. angel, 'tif whom they
hear 4 every thing that was gond, but taw nothing..

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