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

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY MARCII 8, 1820.

Nix .16i0.

." The Cauae for which HAMPDEN fell in the Field,and SYDNEY died un the Scaffold!"

Palm SEVIN Pstics.

GENERAL ISL scnox.

GEN ER.II, KLECTIO4V.

T a Domerous and respectable MEETING' of
FSEEIIOI.I)ERS °flit'. COUNTY of Miimn.RSEX,
day. Alarrn 7,
JOsEPII 114RTTAL FNI. in rho

W ESTMORLAND ELECT/O.N.
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and proceed to business ?-that we did so assemble ?-
that the most pious men in the House were to be found.
there ? And where was the impropriety of also address-
ing you in a constitutional manner on the same day ?
Dues any man pretend it was more criminal to write a
letter than go into a House of Parliament ? When I.en-
heed my study to write that Address. I believe I entered
as innocent and holy a place as when I entered the
House of Commons.-(Cheers.)-That House where the
Walcheren Expedition was once upon a time approved
of, and where every year a tax is sanctioned against
erery pi inciple of religion and morality, for encouraging
gambling among the poor; and the Lowthers do fully
as little service to religion and morals by always voting
for such bad measures, though they may be passed on a
Wednesday, as I did by signing a letter to you on Suu-
day. But I will now show you bow different our con-
duct is towards them. What dii I ever do that still
hear a tooment'smonparison with Lord Lowther and Lis
friends canvassing in Penrith on a Good Friday ? Clouds
of witnesses have said that they saw this-but did I or
any of my friends ever Emotion it before this moment ?
should have been ashamed of myself bad I been ea-
pible of stooping to take so low, so base an advantage of
the pardonable error-the inadvertency into wait
soy noble adversary had fallen ; but what worth would
the Lowther. partisans have applied to such conduct
bail it been mine? What names would their supporters,
prosemen anti dealers in rhyme, laymen and clergy.
have given to my canvassing on Good Friday ?
" inadvertency"--not " pardonable"-not " error
that you may be pretty sure. Thus it is that all
our candour and fair dealing is repaid-and let
me toll one word more-how often have I iniuleate.l
publicly and privately, this forbearance towards them ?
-How many of the most offensive things have
kept from being spoken at meetings? How many camel: v
painful things have I caused to be suppressed risen lucre:
But patience hasitsliinits and I never again will eo iuter •
pose. If I do not myself descend to follow their hal
example, it is only from respect for myself, not from a- y
feeling of respect towards them. And at the electis •s,
and elsewhere, I no longer ask any man to exercise the
least restraint upon his tongue or his pen.-They have.
themselves to thank for this, and here I leave diem
reap the harvest fir which they have laboured so lore.
I shall now give you another specimen of the falsehood
of these agents. I here hold in my hand an ativetti.e.
meht, date•l from the Lowther Committee-room, i:1
Kendal, only yesterday. It makes me say, in pla
terms (4011 its large letters). that " I did not eerct ste••
teas this time, nor the next, but that I was con6tlee- I
shotild he beaten even a third time, and then sin l.t
the fourth ;" and it 'Flutes this front The Mo,niog Ct. •
aide of February 21, le2o. You will hardly +Lipp e
that any man in his senses could believe any other
in his senses capable of tittering such nonsense ; yet I
will show you bow much more false than you coe:tt
fancy this fabrication is. Ilere is The Monitor CAA,-
aide of February 21, IS2O, from which the wur.li k
Int.) my mouth are stated to be copied, an-I it cenia,es
not only none of those wools, but the exact contrary .:f
them !It represents me as saying, " bad the fullest
assurance of success this time." It then jnetly malo•s
me add, that even if I should be defeated, I go
and try it again. And so I will, Gentlemen, If I an
ialive.-(Lond and repeated cheers for some minutes.).-
Arid now lot ma id, what hind Of eattge that ir.est tie
which is thus supported ? Begotten likviotence and im-
bression. nursed tn. hand mid Lthiebood, propped by
ribes, backed by threats and blisdrinuii-ir its but:44
cools' be long, any more than its existence he} been efe-
dit..4b!e, I should • liegko to line my mild/ice in thou e
laws of justice by which the affairs of the world are r.-
speak-11. But our cause, how different an aspect dot
it present. Its object is liberty and right-its foetal .•
Lion is laid in the @stainable spirit of freemen-(.hear!
-it seeks no impure alliance with selfish motives- .1
recoils from the use of harsh means-it stoops to no b4r
or grovelling artifices. It deserves to triampis, an.l it
will, it mast prevail. I see victory is every report fct.r.i
all our districts. I hail it in the wonderful spetia.
whirl. your unexampled perseverance displays to (fro.
, admiration of ail your country; and I can .with
honest cou'cienre congratulate you upon its rapid -
Ppra.e.h, heC3tl4e it will tie the triumph of right over
ence dui oppression.-(Loud shouts.) •

TO THE GENTI.F.`IEN. CLERGY. %N' FREE-
HOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF YORK.
GaNTLlnlryt,
A DISSOLUTION of PAR I.I.IIIENT having
taken place. I no longer de:ny rtinotinclmt my inten-
tion again to make you a trader of may services at the ap-
proaching E!ection.
At; my conduct has been now many years before you, It la
ettnecessan for me to make any proi'e.vina of my prinelples
further thin to assure eon, that it his hem) my ennstant en-
deavour to maintain the imlnpendenee of in, country abroad,
and her tibertie, a...! prosperity at loon-.
I nme.ll, tienihonen.
Your moat Gainful and devoted servant.
Aske, !Harris 2, MO. MILTON.

Last !turelay the Indepenelent Freeholders of West-
mongoloid again the pleasure of seeing musing them
the eh/anion of their cause—Mr. Brougham. lie was
met a fe miles from Kendal by thousands, who received
him by ie most enthusiastic cheering, accompanied by
the wavlg of flags and the sound of music
Marking at the town, some doubt having arisen as
to the cuistfuction of the late Ain of Parliament, the
meetkg where banners awl flags hail been used was
tlissoieJ, and Mr. Brougham afterwards addressed
theinfrsin the Committee Rilolll, as follows:
04stirineo—lt may be necessary to apologise for
lie De yogi so long. The fact ia, that since we last
mete melancholy accident has happened. The Consti-
•tutfln has received a severe wound by the la:e Act of
Pahanient *pined public meetings, end some doul.t
hating arisen upon its construction, it was necessary to
ban this matter cleared up, lest we shoal(' all, without
anwping it, heroine guilty of a misdemeanour. Of the
Paiatateut which wade that unconstitutional law I wish
le amok as tenderly as possible. It has a heavy *rennet
of witty sins to answer for at the bar of the country;
Where it mist now appear to be judged. 1 do not thin.;
twit'; worn Parliament ever sat; hut as it has now
expire, let us give it the benefit of the old saying, awl
on
..
tnst and du our endeavour that its successor oil
Im y
• ttf Mai wiser, 1111 I avoid falling into the saute great
fitilts.-ediesitletniti, it is with pride and exoltation taut
I agai iiiii en pm here, and rotogr.stulate yon on they-on-
thiamin., the great inewease of that invincible spirit of
indepeidence which lies already ta-glit your ails•er-
sanrsa lesson never to be forgotten. The reign of ors,
eiolewe, of arbitrary 'intension, is happily at an end—
yon eon destroyed lima. But unjust pun er is timacions
of lira; like other noxious creatures, it will crawl where
it cinuot climb, and when force no longer serves it
will rsort to its natural conning.—(Lond cheers.)—
I do nut wonder at these cheers 11-Ing bit long con-
tinued fur until the dissolution yon 113 .. h 4.1 deprived
of you right hi meet, and tl:e uovelty of the thing
gives t a kind of additional relish ; lett having exercised
your teivilege, let we beg of yon to hear time now in
quiet, for I
have mate .moos uratters t.i coutinemicate.
i be rest of the eountry, like you, has of late been silent
from restraint, not that it Pit the I..ss. :nit heranse un-
just laws suppressed its voice, an i teamed Ow language
af complaint into ewe') and hearticlt group,.—(Cheer-
Mg.) —Excuse ins , I teentiemen, if I am hardly aide to go
•n while your slitiois asernel. Store I last sat, you here.
*e whole country has !wen still siteirr the new laws.--
(Cheers.)-1 see you are a little like our good neigh-
,' hours the french, who, when Bonaparte, after gagging
1 them for a long tine, was driven away by the glorious
victories of our arms, were so glad to regain their poli-
tital rights, that every one was afraid of their exercising
them needlessly, merely because they were new. Let
am however, beseellt you to hear me in silence, while t
tinfolel some mallets which you must nevi r lose sight of,
either in tlas continit, or at any future time. When I
tint stootlV-nlitid ltd the cause, two yrars ago, I found
evilrf irbel4 ilih'inost :onions endeavours made by the
.e. ' osr. our adversaries, to excuse the Lord Lieutenant
s two sons, by asserting, that be could
F salt , . .
.. v lass,. Is he could get neohosiv else to stand.
1.. ..
i, r, .. • • Tread about by dome pennon, in
1 e in public, in Teethes an writings, iitertou'l
mull dogsrel verse, that Lore! Lansdale. wished any thing
rather than to have both sans mewl; but he was skivers
to it by a hard necessity. He had tried every moans to
avoid a 'hiss% an painful to him, hut all in vami. lie had
been to li.. Wilson, who refused ; to Colonel Smythe,
who declined ; to Sir P. Musgrave. —no. They comba not
say that they knew that Lord !misdate. hathheasioed Sir
P.. would have run the risk of obtaining his consent
beat Mr. haxell was said to have been asked, which
was safe ',mug!' for that worthy Gentleman, whom I
highly respect and esteem, haviug long known bins and
his family, and only regretting that lie is nu longer on
the Blue side as his forefathers were. In short, every
body was applied to whom there was no possibility of
bringing forward ; and thus, many torn of our own
friends were for the moment deceived—especially when
it was t londly and solemnly asserted, that neverl
again wool(' Lord Lansdale try his two sons. I own I '
did not believe much of all this—it looked mightily like I
an artifice, and not like a very reputable one. But still
I had tiu means of detecting it till now—and 1 now shall
prove to yon, that from beginning to cu.!, there never'
has been a word of truth in it all. As soon.as the demise I
of the Crown made ao almost immediate dienailution ii.•-
cessary, I saw at truce what must I e done to bring our
adversaries to the test, and try what ali the pretences of
going shout to find otlierCandi•lato s were really worth.
I instantly took the field, and tlis•ir whole manoeuvre blew
up; for without waiting above a day, the Colonel cam-
forward for himself and his hro:her • no waiting to con-
sult,—uu going to ;tallow Town for' Mr. Wi6on„...;‘,
Yorkshire fur Mr. Sunythe,—to ltelenhall fur Sir Pliiliis,
—and sonic how or other, young AD. W. flaxen, as
h forgotten as if there was no such person existing.
although the Lowther agents had proclaimed hint as
the Candidate, and his father load almost announced it
at two meetings last summer. And HUN von see the
reason of my losing no time in coating forward. If
I had waited' a fortnight, we sl Id have had all Cie
old stories over again. "Truly it is painful to any Lord
bat how can he help it ? lie sloes not wish to set up
two sans—not he—the furthest thing in the world from
it—but he has been every where round the country for a
candidate, and can get. nobody to stand. Ile has tried
young Mr. I laxell, as was promised repeatedly—bet lie
won't stand—so now, however reluctautly, he again is
' rappelled, whether be will or not, to set up both sons."
Gentlemen, I have pot an end to all• this hollow pretext
for ever. I have stripped away this false disguise dung
over their rotten cause by the 'Lowther agents. I have
made the Lowthers, th'emselvcs, come forward, and
show you that they never had a thought of getting ally
other candidate ; anti that Lord Lonselale has been tra-
duced most shamefully by those who have represented
him as trying to find Mr. this and Mr. that—or unwil-
ling to start two sons, or meaning to set np Mr. Haxell's
son—or any man's sou but his own—and that he never
in his life entertained a thought of any other candidate
bat his own two sons. This is now proved by his own
admission beyond the possibility of a slouht ; and, among
others, I mist Mr. W. Haxell now sees the whole matter
in its true light—and no longer dreams of iVestinor-
lanai. But, lientlemen, this also explains to yon the rage
of the Lowther agents at my Address. It put an end to
the possibility of their old trick bring played off again ;
therefore they have attacked time with the most malig-
nant, false, and hypocritical invectives, of which I
shall only give you one specimen. They com-
plain of my Address to you being dated on a Sanday.
And wily not? Do these base creatures not know that
by law I was bonnil to devote that Sunday to Parliamen-
tary duties?—that I, and all ether members, were re-
cifeed .by law to assenoWe in the Home of Corunteos,

nnenisnonsty, That the list-:ssed state of the
1.013141 Te :11 Agrieulture of this orwe Ippy country. the
.dscontent, the attpeavitett nod -iv,re'iolniittir dig-
veu whieilistAlithlso many classes of the community, demand
:waken consideration of the whole body t (J.:lectors of the
kingJoas, and of sore mere parliesinrly then of the
frediolee... t I This important Aletnipotitan County.
celwAs..4 tnini.ncusly. That in this deploy? hie state of
directly to subSert ail 110611 order, nod to
4entillife ter pe,ple, we cannot faii to distoter cau,c and
4141: and while aedeplore a trOtatlnit so utterly beyond our
au! a debt for which the products industry of the
„cams for ages to come hen been mortgaged. we feel. that
.1 hstialt !%erettifore returned to Parliament en avowed par-
.,, oil •v,tein so sieloas. wr hare ourselves contributed
ripsawes of whirl, we complain.
Rotelets! esionimintslr. That it is our bounden dais.. as sr,
ear rcim.ry. and aesire to a•-rt the iznp.•:cling stone
Ina* so. threatens its destruction. to Amose for our Re-
urrsretaldior io Parliament sues tern aloi.e as will check
r • f i t tihninistration, whose toonslitc• of foreign
roiicy sr, founded on any thing else but British prinei-
pas. end whose plias of dotnesile (i.;settatatent are in open
vielstien of our mound Coustittn;
litesoived u:!anintoitisly, Thai to obtain Au regress of our
grievances—to restrain the inerea sicg initialler of the Crown
-do rester, the country to its witot,sl sigcsr--a rim 001,
:woe; for a r..tileils in the R4furnt of the Con.inidis* !Louse
arir.ia.sete, in a full, free, and fair Representation of the
Pc•Pk%

lboolved snsnimoosiv, That thf.i Meeting k of ..pinion.
lit to eteetinK Simnel •Chatt...l Whitbread, tag. thy above
Ojtets will be attainerl, as fir as he is iarliridnnllc eon-
vrned;—the ardent bat st-rdy patriotism of his lamented
tad the weal and alaeritv evinced by libass:i on this
made:), srlerket the eenetestom that the t1:141.• of Whit-
'mad wiii main be found defending the people's best rights
sr, dearest interests.

&solved unanimonsiv. That this 31 •ioinst neither expert,
nor would altos, Mr. Whitbread to -moiler+ his personal
eat and indepeutlester, be hazarding his private fortune in
staate-it undertaken at ti.eirsolirltaiiina for public, not pri-
nk advantage. They therefore morMistly roeornsm.nii that
s rime ,iit,..eription should be opened for the purpo,,e of
ays the aereisary enpeales.of his Eleethan.
anolvolunaniihotoily—"Mat Charles Calvert, Eat. be re_
gusted to Inks upon himself the One" Trensnrer. and the.
liaising Rankers be rerptested to receive vabseilptions
lininmersley and Co., Messy.... Comity and Co.,
t and Cu., Messrs. noire. Barnett. sad Co.
. Rat st'oseriptions he siso remise., at the Central Cow-
** Roma. held at the Freemasons' Tavern.
Mt. Martin liming left the Chair, the Thanks of this Meet-
ir.r Were unit.imati,ls rqted to him for his able sod Impartial
cosi:lac un this occasion.

TbaCentral t'orninitt?tt will %it daily at the F s'
Tatra. u;ii.re all constanoicatioa topical*/ 11:78Zion
sif le thanAtero, received. and the vtaet Ceimittee avant'
CU be ad% etti,ed foi Hui itb.

TO—W: WORTHY AND 1141)EPENDENT FREE-
noLDERs OF TIIE cuirsyY OF flOrlsilrAXX.
GINTLPII3II
•• •
1 AVING been itellenc`ntion this day by the
Res.vistinet ni o waieseeellf and telpe,:table Meeting of
Tree%andtes. to Oder alvaelf as a Candidate to represent the
I mint Its Parliament, I •••:emill feel ta)sell

Ijj'h lira itereliet!on of duty. were 1, in the.e eventful times.
hesitate in amending to a prnposal at once so honourable
and 44) aralih ill;.
aksown as 1 am. 1 ran only ascribe the distinctions
unki )on skit in confer on me to the veneration in which
ion father's minor) is held. I feel prou:l of being his stn.
and shook!! be elected one of your Reprexntatise:. it stain
always be wy micas our to serve you with the same in-
tegrity sad uprightness which over marked his cotkittet in
I remain, Denticaten,
Your truly obliged and faithful servant.
fitVil:Kl, (MARIAM
Freernasoas* Tavern. :March 7. ibtrik

I regret that the shortnes4 of the time will not permit tae•
t wait spin every Freeholder previou, to the da of Elec-
t en. hat 1 trust that those whom 1 may omit will not
,te the omission to an% want of reaped.

TO THE WORTHY AND INDEF'ENDENT LIVERY

0? LONDON.

Gewn.nonn.
GRATEFULLY do I acknowledge the favour
you have this day isonferred uo we. By your at-
hildance at the Common Hall. you ha: e begun your fulfit-
eqnt of the promises that on my l'avysis I received.
monied as I hate king been to your protection, 1 connig
c.pr. vs my feelings for your unprecedented and nearly
I.,,atiimons support. To yon nlto have manifested stir!,
kindness ft may appear unneresvnrr to ennonnce cry wishes
a. to your future conduct; but pardon me if I state, that your
t ,r;y Votes will much increase ivy obligations, anil assure
not enly my return, hut my continuance in that honourable
whitt, by your independent assistance, I at pre-
rot occupy. Amonr all }war friends also allow we to en-
!rest your prompt, active, and continued exertions, and be-
lieve me to rinsain,
Gentlemen, your faithful, devoted, obedient servant,
MATTHEW WOOD.
Tuesday Evening. March 7, IS2O.
__ STATE OF THE FIRST D %ICS POLL.
Wood - 1114 I Woithman - - 01
Wilson - Ina Fortis - - - 70

CITE or LONDON 9LIKTIO.V.

((e. ref inteNl from pinker q.)

After Mr. ‘Vil.on hail sat data, the newel proclama-
tion was made by the Town Crier, and the Aliitratel
were pnt in rotation. The reading of Mr. Mdernaa
Atkins's mini.• was received by groans, about., hi-vr• .
whistling, and hunting, as uproar tint Itages all ew
scription.
Soma atter the Crier anaonnce'l, that the Sheriff% war..
of opinion that the choirebf the Livery bad fallen opt).*
Matthew Wood, Esq., Alderman and tishtuoti.ter ; .loll.‘
Thomas Thorp, E.q., Alderman and draper: Kobe':
Waithman, Alderman and frausework-knittOr ; and
upon Thomas Wilson, Eaq. This intelligence was se i -
reeled by • nse cheering, and the " chow of ha/1u ..
gave place to a ceneral waving of hats.
It was then announced, that a pull was demanded t y
Sir William Citrtis and the Lord Mayor. _

11304 • - - I Lord Mayer -
Committee for conducting the Election of Mr. Alder-
son Wood will continue to sit daily at the Mead
Rooms. latenton-street during the Eleatios, and l•arnrstly
incite any colownsiicstious that can prostate his success.

Tter 111111111111 l then took their station% sod the po i
lets .ipene(l in the mood form, the Liverymen vut:•e' fur
the several candidates as fast as the crowded state Gt slar
hall svon1:1 allow theme to vet to the hastiugs.

PTATE Or Tile POLL.
Mr. Alderman WOOO - • • leti •
Mr. Wii.som - - - - - -
}lr. Timer - - - - IvS
.Ir. Alderman WAITHMAN - - • 94
Sir W. l'uorts - - • - - :0
The LORD MATO' - - • - -
After the state of the poU wu aanouscell, which *—
stated yesterday,

THE (-AUNTY OF BEDFORD ELECTION.
14E. PYll's COIrbtITITE meet Daily at No.
ITX kik SOUTH A MYTON-STRRET. BLOONetIBURY,
where all r.,ftiortnieations relative to Ibis Election are Fr-
.! wl to be Mille.
c,:bruary. 1940.

TO THE Fit d' E HURUESSES OF IPSWICH.
II CST LIN KY.
A REPORT hating been circulated that we
111. have withdrawn from offering ourselves as Candiilntel
t•, represent the Rummy!' of Ipswich In the ensuing Perna-
"Pell. we chink it rich, rtsitheiv to assure you, that having
11, With the most Ilatterina aatieneuuraglag messes' at lips-
ekb, London, and all parts of the country, it is oar axed
acd unalterable tleternimation to persevere in the contest,
shit, the PIIP'IIV is in the arid, until every Freeman
than have bad an opportanity of exercising big elective
franchise.

Mr. Aldernma Woos raise forward amidst bed an.:
leng-continsed acelasmatiess. He had asked the !mutt -
men of the Livery for a stimulus, and that bad beeo
very kindly granted to him ; the state of the pull o s.
gratifying to him in the extreme. He hud moo)• to ve a
gavot them to place him every secteedine tier isthe
situation in which he time stow!, and be %strata du It •
utmost to make them an ample reters—(great au-
please.)
Mr. Vitt.som did not renew to himself any merit nu
account of being placed in his pre sent clouted rhea
tion but it would stimulate hint to pmtimite thcr rights
and interests, and to protect their privileges.
Mr. Alderman Timer stated, that it wits quite
sible for him to express his gratitude Cor IfIP howtti
that bad that day been roaferted arm him, both by tie
show of bands, and ty the respectable stuirson
!.e held on the poll. If he should Emily swot, be

We hare the honour to br, with great reepeet, your eery
obedient and humble servants.

THOMAS BARRETT I.F:NNABD,
WILLIAM lIALINAIAND.

e• Cbenerry-lane.
Tbc Coatmittee is dm interest of Mr. Leonard tad Mr.
INtlimand sits every stay at No. 68, C :in ace ry -lame, aid No.
21, Clinton-street.

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