The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-13 00:00:00

It r-. 14-4ltttroirt! I* 17.12e,.4-,NI-V,t `Pr.!
leech iujored, '-.._ it-bed alare bop hert-,bitko , bro irk
Convention; last sirAill'i ' most imp ibp ethibige • It
had bee-alai/1' Aid 'iliatigerf bytrtitattiont of a
meth later date, by men who, he had no doebt,
meets! to 'bii ftlissitds,'lhough • their coadeet isis far
Milk' friendly' 16'14 effects. ' TlttlVe were' many wife',
Ailed thiatiettes Mends of the:COniticbtiop, but the'
C§ibeilititie that they meant Ras ',IWO,- Constite.'
ttsiti that ilOitedisis friendi Ilibliqht leibeit Prideftil
rapport. Ile had asked. one of th,c
_se friends or
citilitit %Mon s'etrether, ir he had. Wad' hi the di
„„ Stoeth, he 'world have oppolied thole; Wier'
el.:l:steering awhile, he had decleredihat lie lifielffl
• ShWitippoirtetrilseet; and, consequently, kilt. tlidj
/Waist icktatitify Nth the Tfiebne:' .. ' • . " .
"jar.' Mitt Willed to• knew it Mr. Walthman '
/1. Si IA belt illPPOiler ilf the `constlisitiditet -friednm
aiNhich ' LlWCastitreigh ' sue teristeetly, talking.
.Ned,..id *Et ''eery' meth ' 'throbbed U. 'heir 'Mr.
W,Nttinishitir being eretail trader urged sa au dike..
eiatt. his hieetning a Member of Perlientent, and a
itilliesehtailve 4- Ilse Mr' U. 'toped' that Mr.
' Wiltlietan ' virtilW itirtienduct Meier Mir day' that'
they *mild he `all lisititted.te. eipPort 'him. If he
would ati'swei the Witi'dit be *Mild-propose, he'
would' istpliert him and, no doubt, the fakery would
dose litiewiSr. lie wished him to- exPlairt to 'the
Iblietinglebetherlitseoeld go to Parlitimebt as the
educate of Pseriseseitery Reform t he 'wished to
bit him whether he was ever abbet to 'take a silos.
this 'under the Whigs? There Wit one Aldermen
Galt, who had once said 'be would not lake either
Plaice, maim), ernalinriedf, or tithYrom'Administra.,
lion. Wood() Mt. Waltham's do IMO- As a dealer
in certain goods, Mr. Waithmen was Bible to the!
ispirstions of the Esclut.—(ilisses, cried -hi, off,
end 'very proper, very propet.).-Ifeasi Ist Wel-
l'
khetiaesed ; and was there any• wafif is getting
bat of sock a difficult),' except by epplyinir to 'the
Minister? ' Would he engage to resign his test when
he did not agree isith his Constituents t Would
l‘lr. Waithman act op to the principles he had stated,
or would he not? ' [ln the course of this speech
Mr. Hunt was frequently interrupted, but tlei chair-
"min wonted order in the Assetably:] • ' " •
• Mr. WILLiAms said that, there was only one man
In the lbsife of Commons that did represent the re-
tail traders,' and he 'Nays Tots', no the other side.—
If the 20 'Part in which Mr. Waittiman had.elerted
14'000 was not a better character than any thing
that . could be produced, he knew' not where they
Weald hod est, for actions were far superior to
iriorde; ',no teinembered having been at sea in a storm,
had Ite 'use somewhat comforted when the Captain
lied, " Mine's a tight little vessel, she has been tried
bpltore." So he might say of Mr. Waithman, he
lind been tried before.—(Applause.)-11# bed steed,
firm, and constantly exerted himself for the People: I
It had advanced step by step; he had not betraytd
hay ' violence. Like a Flemish horse going up big,
his• had persevered' till he attained the eminence. ost
is hich he stood. He remembered when a man had
been caught on his premises in tbecountry, abd be
hail 'said, " I should have got over your fence, Sir,
if 't bad not been for that cursed dog of yours ;" so,
itit had not not been for Mr. Wsithman, he did not
know where Minivers might have ght to..—( Laughter
bind great applause.)
The Resolutions were then read, end agreed to. ,
' Mr. WAittistfe considered his present Rhaetian,
one of the most difficult its which a man could he=
placed. Ile had al we) s thought it a Much more dif.
licult task for a man to address Ms fated, than to
wombat his enemies. Whales* deficient), of talent
lie Might have showed, he had never felt any want
Of•cuurage in' attacking his enemies; but the warm
expression of the sentiments of many Gentlemen, and
the flattering manner in 'which the Resolutioni pro:
posed had been received, had put it out of his power
to address the Meeting in any manner that might
correspond with his feelings. Every man who en.
tered into public life might expect to endure a great
dell of calumny and misrepresentation ; but many
isho came .forward for inch purposes were not
%worthy of notice ; indeed he 'timid ' say, that
he was so used to it, that he was perfectly
callous to any thing of the kind.—(Greal op-
plause.)—Every attempt that was made against him
by such persons, only had the contrary effect from
what was intended. It had been said that he had
mode his fortune by Connections with the Whip,
and was like to have accepted a place from Mini•
stets. He Cndld take upon himself to declare, how-
ever, that lie hid never had any political connection
by which he bad made the least benefit whatever—
(Applause)—and he had been offered*. situation for
a part of his family, which he• hid relused.—(Great
applause.)—lle hid but little—he was not rich, bet
be could conform to circumstances ; and, if elected,
should, as long as he remained in Parliament, be the
faithful and genuine organ of the City of London.—
( iipplerase.)—There were some Members, however,
mho were not so, who had got in by an influence that
they unfortunately had not been able to counteract.
Het he hoped they w °bid dee, their that the-Chi.
felts of London were no longer to be dictated to by
Miuisteriat influence, or to be affected by Mini-
sterial agents. It had been spread abroad that be
had been escheqwered for upwards of 20,0001., and
that he was on his kat*, to tbe Solicitor.General—
oot that all that really happened,-but that it might
have happened.' They bad heard something about
teats : he thireght that Oliver might have come there
and, proisosed fells, if he had not been exposed, He
baid'ambition; he allowed; bit, as Dr. Walcott haillaid,
insur,-eePo the little inlaid thit 'siiietinses 'annoyed
Imett in their headawas not without iiirbition. lie
was embarous, insect gibe eras;' but it' was his ho-
nest opinion that every man Eight look up to that
situation which he could command by limiest and,
honoorableetertiens. Bit private fortune shoald give
way to public considerations. He would not say any
thing in (senor of his past condition—he wools)
let it go with all isa isiperfoitions on its head.—
lie should allays do What he could for the assist.
ante and for the totertits of the 'citizens of London.
•—(Andastst )..IVitif restieit to hit being tailed a
retailer, he might. oty no lasi Cada he so nithOot
beroining r chispn ; but thht iiehlitit• the case with
blinkers and merchants; they tiiii.ii fieeliners; and
wilt it to be said tlist, *bee
it, litAiiitieelLoodon
were to hsVe. tWeli Ppreicitits Viet, they :Otero so
destitute of ill ability,. se instjuilitsnt, it dpkrsded
d'ilih that that great sad onsiiktatihiss could not
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