The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-15 00:00:00

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MEETING el Ma LAWN FltliiA DS.

The Tint,. George Limb caoseti t hind-bill •n b 4
tlistriboted in etch of the seven paaloies of Weft•
ininster, reqiesting•the }lectors io meet him r eight
o'clock in the vetoing of Sword.), at the Crowtl
and Anchor Tavern.

The Meeting was attended by sass than 50 persons,
and these, for the greater part. friends of the pops-
lar Candidate.

About three quarters pail eight, Mr. EVAlli. tbd
Auctioneer, of Pell-mell, it+metered nu, an apology
for the time the Mooting had been ilmoined by Mr.
Lamb not making his sppearanc., and suggested it
might be occasioned by his bring detained canvassing.
Au Etscron ironically observed, that the deten-
tion could he of ne consequence competed with the
importance of the object ; that these who were im-
patient would doubtless witl,draw ; those whe were
DOLT tilitanTco week, not waled waiting as hour,
or even two, Of three, Of four, Of dve Inners, fee
Mr. Lamb's appearance.
An Etrcroo from St. Margaret's. in reply to et
invitatine of Mr. Evans to the Gentlemen present tai
furnish him with any useful hints which rr ed to
them, asked whether, in ease of Mr. Lamb's retain,
he would make his of his inneeece with his friend
Mr. Macdonald, to give ep the sioecure he held p
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Mr. Erse!, Nid he would refer the question to
Mr. Macdonald.

At length Mr. Leath appeared.
A C►7TLCNAN 'unposed bun to the company, and
commended his speech from tbe Hustings as doelate-
tory of his PIRISCIPLBIL
Mr. lasso talked of tho civilitiro he heel
in ►is CllneelS, end pledged himself to scrront TH.
PRINCI.LI4 or TN( Wittryt.

An F.Lrceutt enalletipd hlr optitinns nn Portia-
imeistsre Reform, but could nbtain Ito precise answer.
A Resolution wag pursed wren-int his print'.
ph% alsite•Ch M. he,' tierlarotl none. On bonds be-
ing held opal/aloft the Resolution, th- c.uspony Was
renstuded that it otair rot a (;.s.erst Meetiog, but t
Meeting of Mr. Lamb's Ftiond
The Resolotion Iris !ben carried by about one-
third of the company .

4 N RCLKITIC 4 L.
--406--

Lord Komi. Nate Minister daring the 611111
Anteticasi oar. was powerful, able, unit fluent in
il.hate ; sotrethua repelling the charg►s midst
hAsinst him wi.ll 6.11i.1 argument, but still more fre.
qvently etudihr or blunting the wespona of his en.
titannists by th► force of wit and humour. 11.
rarely rose, however, to Sublimity, though he posi-
sound east facility and vamansod of language.
When nunnery, ►e mild speak for a lone time,
sal patently with great pathos, and yet disclose no
fact, nor reseal any secret. Au unalterable faulty
um! Nullity of temper, which was natu►•t to him,
enabled hint in sustain unmoved the hitter arcasws
and goer• accusations, levelled at him from the Op-
! position Benches. They always seemed to sink into
' him, like a cannon hell into • woel•sack. Some.
times the coarse inyuclivun of AlikeniOn SAW/MOOR,
lor the fiery sallies of CCOROIL 11110, mad him
from his sunning apathy, ■nd effected the object
which the delicate irony, er Isbosred attacks of
more able adversaries bad failed to produce. Once
; in p.riirnlar. 'inureTer, his generous indignation was
called tip. 11.s:::tc al/reeled this storm on hims►lf
br the reproaches which he mode to the First Simi.
stn► for oppressing the Pe••ple with sates ; vs.
prosch►s equally uncalled for by t►e occasion, es
they were delivered with insaltiog asperity of lan-
guage. The incident happened after the close of
that memotaSla debate, when Clasen! C , et
the 221 of Februars, 1782, may be said to have ter-
minated the American war; Administradoo only care
rying the question by a single vote. Lord NORTII.
alluding In this accent triumph of the Opposition.
said in reply to BARRI, thats—" lie presumed the
division of that evening, had indorsed the Colonel's
valour to inch intemperate abuse," which he quasi.
fi-d with the epithet of " insolent sod brutal."—
The Seittkut interposing, mutual spologios were Oa
fuer!. l'ttr and Tf unnry met on Pulse), Common,
in 1798, and exchanged shots for less provocation ;
bet a dui between Lord Nouns and BA/RE wiesid
have excited • sort of ridicule, the former toeing
very imperfectly with both eyes, end the latter haw.
lag only one defective eye. Besides, anger and re.
sustusesit appeared to be fo►eign to Lord Nontit's
nature, and as if only pot on occasionally to HIM
particular purpose.