The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-24 00:00:00

Alterikises)--and it would a tort! hint mach hap-
piness when he found that their ;►pinion coincided
with hi• own.—(Disapprobation.)—lie should be
extremely happy to agree with them on all questions;
hot when he stated that he came forward ou the prin.

ciples of real independence, he most claim the right
of judging for himself, whether he ought to support
or oppose Ministers. lie would pledge himself, how.
ever, that he would never •ote in servility to their
will. He trusted, therefore, that they would allow
hint to exercise his own discretion io giving his
♦ote, though his opinion should unfortunately hap.
pen to he contrary to theirs, or even to public

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.feeling.—(Hines and cries of, "hear, hear!") Ile
felt it his duty that tioy to make these remarka,which
uncertainty of the result, and his olio indifference,
seemed at first to render unnecessary. [Here a long
interruption took place, in consequence of a coach,
decorated with flags and ribands, being brought into
the Hall, and an attempt made to drag it forward
to the Hustiog, with the intention, it was supposed,
of chairing the popular Candidates ; hut, as it could
tint be got up through the crowd, it was removed.]
He should trouble the livery 'with only a few words
more,. to assure them that the utmost Went of his
ambition would be to merit their approbation, and to
tender his sincere thanks to the Candidates who had

stood beside him, for the urbanity of their conduct ;
which thanks he wished to give, as well to those who
had been unsuccessful, as those who had been return-
ed with him. Ile also begged leave to thank the,
Sheriffs for their attention, and the manner they bad'
done their duty. To his Glens!, for the esertions:
they had made in his favour lie could never say
enough by any words be could employ. The Livery
he begged again to enure, that be would never he
deficient in seal for the performance of his duty. If
he should not do all they wished, he hoped they
would attribute his failure to error in judgment, or
to want of ability, but not to want of integrity.
Mr. Warrnstax had felt himself called upon on
every day's Poll to congratulate the Livery ma the
success of their cause. The other evening he had'
ventured to predict, that if they continued their es•
ertions, their success as to him would not only he
Complete, but that they might PcPll return tt.e Can-
didate neat on the Poll to Ylir W. Curtis. That pre-
diction was amply fulfilled; and they he.l that day
witnessed the greatest triumph ever. obtained by the
Livery of London, or by any other p :bite body of
Euglislimen. Ile did tint say this milli the slew of
triumphing over any individual's feeling*. lloasever
much the Livery might on former occasions have con.
ceived themielles to have been ill-treated by those

who had failed, or whatever degree of watmth might
have entered into the contest, it was never the cha-
racter of Britons to exult ever a fallen foe. It was
true that the cnniest hail hems most arduous. S,IIIIP
of their lite Representatives had heen considered so
strong as to he invulnerable to every attack, and
therefose the Livery had long been deterred from un-
dertaking Any contest against them; and when it was
recollected that the men they opposed had beets for
a long series of years the supporters of Ministers,
and had been its the habit of receiving and dtoribut.
ill favours, which was of itself alone sufficient to eive
them extraordinary influence, it was refill', astonish.
ing that the free and independent part of the Livery
should have beets able to standup, and diet success.
fully,sgeinst so powerful a phalsns. • But when all
other means failed, the • Livery had a lessen read to
them by persona who took upon themselves toxin them
advice. They bed now, howeser,gicen these persons
a salutary lesson io their torn, and they would beetle.
tines how they insetted the Livery in future. Its fact,
they had by their exertions on that day overt erased the
great Grdiah.—(Cheering.).-They now once more bad
possession of their own irsdepeodence, and he trusted
they would assume a dignified attitude, and loser
again suffered their rights to be encroached upon...—
This, as he hail already said, was not a triumph over
the feelings of individuals, but a victory gained in
the cause• of truth, justice, and freedom ; and be
would venture to assert, nut there never had been an
instance of a contest like the present carried on with
so much ardour and determination, and at the same
time with so much propriety ; fur there bad been no
marks of pert:what animosity or rancour, either
among the Candidates or the great bodies of their sup-
porters. This was a subject on u hich every man
most feel that the . Livery deserved to he cotegratu.
fated. For his own part, he could assure them that
he would carry from these Hastings no unpleasant
feeling on account of any thing which had taken
place. As the of jests to which a Representative of
the City ought to direct his attention had beets al-
luded to, he should only say, that, in his turn, be
.should bold it to be his duty to pay due re-
ed to the grezt commercial and shipping
interests of London, in like manner as he would to
the interests of the poorest shop-keepers or bum..
'blest individuals among Isis constituents. If he did
,strong, he could say that it would not proceed from
:design,' bet from Punnet:es judgment. ' It ernuldbe
Us endeavour to represent their opinions and feel.
logs, to which he should always consider himself
bound to conform, whets they were expressed by
them legally assembled for that purpose.--.(Loud
applattle.)--?But he could. not help again calling
-their attention to the nature of .the coolest in which
be had been engaged.- There bad been no former
occasions many memorable coetrsts in the city,
but they all partook mare or less of party feel-
ing. They often sprung from some measure which
happened to be en . object of party contest.—
Such was• the contest. in Alderman Sawbtirlg.-'s
time, and that respecting the India Bill'. The
persons who stepped 'forward on those occa-
-1 sions were, contending mote for party than far the
public. Here, on the coetiary, there bad beets no in-
terest but that of the Public at stake, and conse-
quently no party watchword bad beets employed hyH
those who wished to serve the Public. The Livery
had seen their own rights, and the rights of all their
countrymen suspended, and their petitions disre-
garded ; they had seen Secret. Committees appointees,
by the will of Ministers, upon the reports of, which
the liberties of the country went voted sway; they
had again seen Committees appointed by Alitelsters,
and their partisans recommend a Bill of.littlem.
pity for those Ministers, and all the spies and in-
foreers they employers; and flintily, they had seen
deft recommettdatiou adopted without any enquiry.
These, and such things as these, had wrought on the
Minds and feelings of the Veinslet and bad at last