The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-25 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. int. U.

DUNLORAVI AND ANOTHER V. li•UlltiNlL.

This was an action brought by the Plaintiff in order
to recover the sum of 371. 10.. for goods stated to
have been sold for that entuunl, end to have been
delivered to the Vete, fhnl, according to Inch agree-
ment. Both the Plaitst.ff and the Defendant were
foreigners; the former kept a warehouse for lie
sale of French toys, the latter a retail shop for
the sense purpose. On the Ist of last February,
the Plaintitf, as it was stated by Mr. Serjeant Coo.
Lcv, sold the Defendant various articles of topes'',
which, together with snore French.baskets, amount.
ed to eke se• for.okick this action was Iznik'.

The crowd w►ich yesterday assembled beim" the
Hastier' was se less etstreroos t►ae it bud Sees on
any former day of the Election. The stores of mew,
which was falling at the time, NOW to be es Impf.
direst to the incressmtef their ambers. Ne *et
placards were eshibited, sod eetry Min went on in
the west gimlet and orderly amasser. Whets Sir Francis
llerdett and Mr. &Moose made their appearance
on the Hastings, a lord shout of applause testified
the satisfartion w►ich the seititode felt In Meg be.
neared with their preemies. It is almost oweesee.
eery to odd, that Mr. Lamb pm readmit in • very
different sensor. Mr. feat spa not seas arm the
Hastings all the day. At a quarter post four o'clesk,
the numbers were announced to be—

WM..... ...
Vartmighl
Lamb
Mr. Hosuovai then came ferenrd amid toed led
reiterated cheering.. lie commend his harangue by
informing the Electors, that the day had been a bad
day for them in more sepses then •one first of all,
themeather bad been so dreadfully bad as to prevent
shay Electors, who had determined to give their
names I. his f from coming op to the Poll;
secondly, he had excited dieeppoistment by promising
thee great seeress le thole etertions of that day ;
when he made that promise, he was not aware that
it was to be • bolyday at all the Public Offices, sort
consetteently was unacquainted with the considerable
number of persons employed by Government, who
were to be brought ap in array molest them. He was
equally unaware et that time, that the pee/Intel in-
terest, which, daring the last Election, had been ex-
erted in behalf of Sir Murray Maxwell, was to be
exercised against them daring the present Election :
because, thoegh he knew that their opponents
bad the support of the Mielsterial partisans, he
was not aware that the coalition between them
had been so complete as it then appeared to be. He
supposed that these were the Friends of reel Free-
dom and Independence, because it was to them that
Mr. iamb principally appealed, la his address of
that morning.—(" Lamb is is. atjoak, Iperceive,"
said a vole* in the mob: this oceesiewed groat

laughter.)—fly culling upon his friends io (Boat nen.
mer, their Whig opponent mast otters to insinuate,
that those who bed previoesly upheld the dignity
of Westminster bad been the advocates of slavish
principles, end that Sir Francis Burdett, instead of
being the Iteresentative et the reel whites of the
People, bad been returned by the Friends of
false Freedom, mod no Independence. The chief
merit of the Whip rested on the opposition which
they made to the encroachments of the Government;
emd as that was the case, he should be glad to knot
why the Whigs came forward on the present occasion
against the Electors of Wenspiester, who now re.
turned two Members is opposition to the Misisny, in-
stead of returning only one Member, as was the case
in the days of Mr. Fos, Ile did out understand
the reason why the Whig party, whose merit, es he
most @gain repeat, rested entirely on the opposition
which they made to the blieisters, shield come
forward to obese the men who had prevented
Westminster from being degraded Into a Cinque
Port, end from becoming little more or less than an Ad.
mirelty Borough. lie could not perceive any enac-
tion that they could have against the Electors id West•
minder, who had hiudered a Government Candidate
Com begonias their Ropmestative, tacept it were
this—that they (thnWhigs) bed not been called in
to share the rictnry which bed been achieved, or to
participate in the nominfition of the Ceedidate who
bed obtained it. Since ifr.l7, Westminster had al-
ways returned two Ovpositilin Members, who, though
(boy did Dot belong to the tiptoe restteent, were

%am saw7a VI oa.. a-. 4 saw asaas saw{ firnallrs•S•infl
If—Damages 501. the reason shy the Whig party, whose merit, es he MO were diametrically opposite to that which he
mast again repeat, rested entirely on the opposition had lately given. He asaintairoad, that if the Poor
rOF COMMON PLEAS. Fea.ll. yak,' they made to the blioisters' should come Rates were sot regularly paid, the proper method of
.Act: AND *norm-ft D. D'AUSUINE. forward to obese the men who had prevented proceeding was to distraie for them ; bet now the
action breeght by the Plaintiff in order Westminster freers being degraded Into a Cinque, defaulters, instead of being distrainoti on, are dis-
sum of 371. 10.. for goods stated to Port, end hoe becoming little more orlesethan ea Ad. franchised at a blow, by the Kiag's Nlinisters. The
1 for that amount, and to have been miralty Borough. Ile could• not rreelve any ehjac- effects of this system were most lamentable; taxation
he Bete, firm, according to Inch agree- Hon that they could have against the Filectorl of West. had increased the poverty of the nation, tad the po-
the Malaita' and the Defendant were initialer, who had hindered a Government Candidate verty of the nation had diminished the framthisemeet,
to former kept a warehouse for the fom begonias their Repretestative, tacept it were se that their poverty. was converted into au regime to
It toys, the latter a retail shop for this—that they (tho.W,higts) bad not been called its support the prevent weight of !vestige. this was.
pose. On the lst of last Pobroary, to share the victory which bad been achieved, or to indeed, proceediug in &circle, and was notlaieg else
as it was stated by Mr. Serjeant Coe- participate in the nomination of the Candidate who than obliging men, who had become poorer. by tat.
Defendant various articles of topes'', bed obtained it. Since igll7, Westminster had al. anon, to contribute to those who oppreseed and is.
er with mate French.baskeis, amount. ways retemod two Oirpolltien Members, who, though poverished them. The votes which thy had lost by
for. which Ogs action MU btoollitt. 111•/ did Pot belong to the reeler restment, were this declutch ware eumericaliy equal to the majmltp
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width Buie adverseries palmated on the gross poll.
&fete be retired from the Heating., he hid one re-
quest to make of the friends who were assembled be-
fore him ; he hoped that no party would think him
either peesemptemas or arrogant in making it, when
he mated that the regent was, that they wereW hoer
his antagoeist. He had beendeterred from making
It at an earlier period of this earnest by the impute.
tins of arroyo% presemptimi, which bad been cast
upon r frlei.d of his in the last Electioo, wbo mad. a
simile, ',quests on behalf of Sir M. Mazwell. Ile
eiwisinted any presumptuous feeling in submitting it
to their notice, and concluded his speech by earnest-
ly otheeting the Electors to grant him this boon
which he requested of them.
Mr. Ilobhouse then retired amid load cheering..
Mr. Lana afterwards stepped forward, when the
cheering, were immediately converted into the
atrrotest bootlegs. He, however, persisted in at.
tempting lo ,gain a hearing, end al far as we beard,
spoke to the following effect:—
He commenced by observing, that he could very
much wish to °blahs a hearing from them, as he had
a few comments to make upon the conduct of their
adversaries.—(Off, off! )—Those Gentlemen, whe-
ther the day was teeter not, made a point of imputing
their want of retail to the state of the weather.
(Ho, fon, ha ! free. the crowd.)—The Hon. Baronet
had, the day before, said, that as he (Mr. Lamb)
was net allowed to answer Mr. Hobbes/0i speeche.,
be was placed in a very diugromble alteetion—he
world beseech them to release the Baronet from this
disagreeable sitsatioe, and to permit ides (Mr. Lamb)
to eay a few words to release him.
The clamoer, which, till this port of Mr. Lamb's
speech, had not been very general, though it was
very great, here became so nisi I, that it was
impossible for either Mr. Lamb or any other ;tertian
to hear what he sakl: he therefore bowed to the
melikede, end was retiring, when he wes bit nn the
tweeds by a snow-ball, hurled at him. This brought
him nn the platform a second time, to return thanks
for the f which he bad jest received at their
hands. He again attempted to obtain silence • but
finding it impossible, goori•naturedly wished tie
Electors good sight, end retired from the Hosting..
Sir F. Bcaorrr then stepped forward, and was
received with even more than the usual enthusiasm.
As soon as silence could-be procured for him, he le-
formed the Electors, that after the eloquent speech
which they had heard from Mr. Ilobhouse, he should
be very sorry to detain them above a few nswellellaS
in the present slate of the weather.—(" Oh, lee
don't mind the snore," frost the neskitiade.)—tic
could mot congratulate them on the slate of the Pell
that day, nor en the successful appeuritte• of the
reuse which they were booed to support; he costa,
however, congratulate the Hoe. Coadidate on le
not being any longer seen in that unseemly compost,
In which be had before been standing; mod be did
congratulate him from his very soul on his befog re-
leased front the disgrace of epeskiag on the ems
board with the Ingivideel to whom he alluded.—He
offered these congratulations to the Learned Geode-
man in return for the, condolence u hich he bed of•
fered him for haring lost, as he said, the good opi.
aeon of his couatrymen.—[/:ear II—The loss of
their good opinion was an evil that might befall
him under the various deletions end false im-
pressions which soma people were so bogy in
propagating, regarding his intentions; bet he
should
should, from pursuing what he deemed his line
of duty by any fear of losing their good opinion,
Of the good opinion of any other set of men. If
he acted on jest end honourable principles, be was
well aware, that though for a time they might mios
conceive his intentions, in the course of years they
would see through their error, and willingly re-esta-
blish him in that favour which they at present assigned
him. One of the great reasons which be had for
preseutiog himself to their notice was, to ascertain
the fact with regard to himself, whether be bed lost
their good opinion: another was to show them that
be was not afraid to face Isis msemiew, or to avow and
eindicete any part of his public conduct. The reason
which most particularly pressed him to come before
them that day was to read to them the charges which
Mr. Bowie bad brought upins( him the day before,
end which at that lime they would not allow him to
veld.—(" Netter redact limas, hres 0 turncoat,"
from: the crowd.)—Wbetber that person was a tern.
cost or ao was immaterial, as the charge origiaated
from Major Cartwright. The first question put to
him te,ae, bow he know that Major Cartwright did
not wish to be retuned Member of Parliament for
Westminster? The second v.., why he would not
support the Mejor's return? and the third, what
were the charges of falsehood brought forward by
Cobbeit, and knowingly sanctioned by Major Cart.
'right ? He tben defended himself against these
charges ',orally, asserting that in the first two tease
he had acted as any other man who had the good of
his country et heart would bare acted ender similar
circumstances, sod showing that in the latter Major
Cartwright had sanctioned the lies which Cobbott
had spread regarding the 'sciences trimmed by
himself and his Committees daring the last Elec-
tion. Cobbett had stated, that be (Sir Francis
llordett) had paid large sums of mosey to his
different Committees, and that he bad paid Clary
for cooing to the fleeting. and insulting Hoot.—
Now would it be believed that Cleary we the
agent and private secretary of Major Cartwright,
and, therefore, that he mutt have known that Ms
part of Cobbett's accusation was false? Know.
kg this, ought he not to have exposed the falsehood*,
son the Electors, to have warned them of the china&
ter of the writer, and to have shown thous, that as
one part of the charge was false, no great credit
oiled to be attached to the other. The Hors. Bart.
then proceeded to advert to the conduct of the 3forn-
kg Chronicle, end said, that out of the many accusa-
tions which that Paper had brought @phial him there
was one to which honest plead guilty ; mid yet, whose
he said se, be only meant that it was tree to the
word, bet not to the spirit. The Editor of the
Mermen( Chroside says, " We hams est salt alto-
gether." This. if it sweet any thin, meant that
thete was some degree of intimacy between them.—
There was, however, onne—he had indeed once dined
with that Geetissaan, bat he could assure them that it
was the may act in his life of which he was ashamed.
mi. matters ware, however, trilling in comperisen
with ipthert 'high he wilked :2 impress 90 tint, st-

tendon. The principlithese were the necessity or
coming early to the novibefili delusion hid pared
to hate any ellset-44•0 cionqn Ilion wilt at !Peed
---,though a stead pertlie the Independent Elms.
tors kid yet poilak Mau necessary that limy
should keep In view the Importance of the struggle
it whisk she, meseengeeed,aml stet merely give their
geed wishes, but also their personal *zealous to the
cease In which all of them were engaged. He treat.
id that en the morrow their rouse *mild wear a sate.
smiling aspect : bat whether it did or mot, he entreat-
ed them to do every thing they could to (vassal it,
that they might compel even their adversaries to Miy,
that if they did not obtain ;access, at least they de-
serted it.

Sir French Burdett then retired amid the loudest
cheers.
'Mt crowd then dispersed. We ore informed, anC
we heilf•P. correctly, that Major Ca rteright's ft Muds
haye withdrawn his nesse from the Poll.