The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-15 00:00:00

BOUTHWitRE ELECTION.

THIRD DAY.
At four o'clock the poll closed, when the numbers
were declared to be--

Before the business of the day commenced, the
. LORD hi 11"Olt begged leave to inform the Court, that
i
it was his intention, upon as early an occasion as
Majority for Mr. Barclay .... 1059
p,possible, to rail their attention to a subject of very
! deep impertance,.s—he meant the subject of the Corn while the High Bailiff was making the calculation
which gave these numbers—
! Laws, and the prices to which landholders had
Mr. MOULDEN, who seconded the nomination of
i brought that article.—[Hear—lt was a matter of
vital importance, and he should Mr. Barclay,take care to name as addressed the Electors assembled on
early a period as he could for bringing the subject the hustings. He observed, that some of the Morn.
ender consideration. ing Newspapers had lent themselves to the pro.
option of an assertion, which had its origin
NEW POST-OFFTCF. with the friends of Mr. William Jones Burdett,
Mr. Alderman Woon then rose to call the atten- namely, that Mr. Barclay was a foreigner.—
; lion of the Court to the notice given on a former oc- He would again have recourse to his family motto,
vision, relative to the proposed improvement of St. cc Veritas semper preraliat ;" and that truth would
Martin's-le-Grand, and the erection of a new Post- prevail, he had no doubt. lie now, as he had be-
Office there. How far that improvement was neces- fore, boldly asserted, that Mr. Barclay was not a
nary, it was for the City to determine. For his own foreigner, neither were his forefathers foreigners.—
part, as one of .6 the Committee of Improvement," The fact wast that his grandfather had gone to reside
he thought it most desirable. The Chancellor of in America, while that country was under the domi-
the Ext hequer, on the part of the Government, niori of Great Britain; but the moment the revolu.
bad written a letter to the City Remembraticer lien took place, which created America an indepen-
upon the snliject, in consequence of which a i dent state, he returned to Great Britain lied Mr.
deputatiou from " the Committee of Improve- 1 Barclay, their present candidate had actually been
ment" had waited upon him. The Post-Masters-Ge- ! born in London, and in a house, which had been
nerd, and the Secretary, Mr. Freeing, were also i visited by three of their Kings. His principles, his
consulted, and every information and suggestion ne- : blood, and his feelings, are English, and the rights
i cessary afforded. The Government had offered their I and independence of Englishmen lie would, at all
assistance to lend money for seven years, without iws , times, be ready to maintain.—[Applause.]—Having
l Merest, towards completing the work. By the re- I made this statement, which he deemed due to the cha-
t
moval of the Post-Office to the proposed quarter, i racter and situation of Mr. Barclay, he would con-
letters would be received half an hour later each : elude by congratulating the Electors of Southwark
evening, and delivered one hour sooner every upon the certainty of the return of their favourite ;
morning. It had been supposed by many, and iii- the best proof of which was afforded by the majo-
rdeed it was stated in a public print, that the Cor- rity which that day's voting had produced..—[Loud
poration were about to expend 4or 500,0001. upon and reiterated cheers.]
the meditated improvement; that of course was Mr. B.tRCLAY next came forward. He again ex-
known to the Court not to be the fact. He con- pressed his thanks for . the flattering state in which
• eluded by moving, that " the Report of the Corn- i he appeared on that day's poll—nothing could have
1 mittee of Improvement" be read, which was read more firmly convinced him of the sincerity of those
accordingly. He then moved, 46 that this Court do
professions of esteem with which his friends on all
• agree with the Committee in their said report." sides had honoured him. He knew not how long
The motion w.as seconded by Mr. Alderman GOOD- ,
BEIM& i the Borough was to be detained in a state of confu-
sion and uproar. It was evident that no good end
Mr. BROWN admitted, that the proposed altera- could result from such proceedings, as the friends
tion might be a very great improvement to St. Mar- of Mr. Burdett must see they had no chance of sue-
tin's-le-Grand, but whether the removal of the Post- cess. Indeed, he hoped by this time, the advocates of
Office would be a desirable thing, was another the Burdett Principles would see they were not likely
question. The interests and concerns of the great to meet with much encouragement in the Borough of
body of merchants and traders should not be over- Southwark.—[Cheerr and hisses.]
looked, and he would undertake to say, that for 1 Mr. KEM:4I9II, in a speech of some length, of
one letter delivered in the western part of the Me- which, from the confusion which prevailed, we could
tropolis ten were delivered in the east.—[Cries of hear but little, sited, that although the prospects of
No, no! from all quarters.] j Mr. J. Burdett iv.sre not at present very flattering,
i Mr. Discos/ lamented that if Government 'were yet he had no doubt perseverance would obtain much.
jdetermined to remove the Post-Office, the Orphans' rhey had a strong purse to contend with, and, there-
Fund should be infringed upon. He had been one fore, could not exprct to be very successful.—[hisses
of those that always came forward most readily in and groans.]
support of every necessary expence : but now that , The noise and uproar now became so great) that
we were retrenching after an expensive war; when we could not hear koother sentence. I

Charles Barclay, I:.q. ..
Wm. Jones Ilurdeit, Esq.

all Europe, nay, the world was at peace, were new
burthens to be inflicted at such a time, and money to
be thus wasted in erecting new buildings?—[Hear!]
The Government had called upon the Corporation,
in the communication from the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, to give their concurrence. What was
this but a threat ? and if the Corporation complied,
the Government would not be to blame. Somerset.
house was first-mentioned ; and this not being thought
eligible, another place was named. Was this the
way the Chancellor of the Exchequer chose to act ?
The next thing, no doubt, he would do, would be to
order the Royal Exchange to be repaired, and in
the event of a refusal, threaten to remove that also.—
[Hear ! and laughter.]—The finances of the city, he
contended, would not justify such an expense; and
if Government, slid he, will do the job, let us, for
God's sake, I:,ep our property to ourselves.

The business concluded at five o'clock.
In the course of the day, one of the agents of
• Mr. Burdett's CoMmitte submitted to the H.kh
Bailiff that the election, • let it be dedareir 'hew it
might, could not be considered legal, inasmuch as a
military force had been quartered in the Borough to
overawe the electors, which was contrary to every
principle of law.
Sir WaTittri Ltwac said he had received all order
from the Secretor) of State, directing that all mili-
tary detachments should be ordered out of the
Borough during the Election. He had given direc-
tions
to thif effect, and if a military detachment had
happened 'to find iti way in, he was satisfied it was
merely from accident,, and from the Colonel of the
Regiment being ignorant that an election was going on.
The Agent said, that accident might be pleaded as
an excuse for introducing such a force, find as the

Mr. WArrnstatv began by stating that he was ever
the friend of improvement, and would ever continue
so, where that. improvement was absolutely necessary
or desirable, and the expence attending it not of an
enormous nature. He did not in the present instance
object to the plan, as no doubt he should he one of
those who would vote for it ; but he particularly ob-
jected to the manner in which the subject originated.
We were told (said Mr. W.) the thing must be done,
or we should lose advantages of the most serious na-
ture. A worthy friend of his, one of the " Com-
mittee for Improvement," .had told him, that if the
proposed plan first pointed out was not agreed to,
several of the houses in Cheapside would be taken

• force, however small, had been present, he thought
it his duty to protest against the legality of the
election.
I Sir WATKIN LEWES saw nothing to render the
election at all inconsistent with the principles of the
Constitution, and should therefore proceed as before.
He would, however, give directions, that any mili-
tary who might be in the Borough should b? removed.
We understand that in the course of the day, the
Committee in favour of Mr. Jones Burdett received
from a disinterested friend, a sum of 5001. to be used
i in promoting their patriotic views.

down ; for the Government were determined upon
having a grand front in that quarter. The opinion

Two attempts have been made by the Austrians to
get possession of the citadel of Turin; one on the
26th of January, when they attempted to get into
the citadel under the pretext of executing a sol-
dier. The Commandant of the citadel refused,
gadding, that they might execute him without the
city. On the 27th, Ftiday, they made a second
attempt, alleging, that they wished to place their
artillery for safety within the citadel, as they were
going to march off, and could not carry it with them.
The reply returned was, that the citadel was want.
ed by the garrison for their own artillery ; but the
Commandant would furnish them with horses to
remove it with the Austrian troops. The latter
answered that the snow was too deep, and that there-
fore they must remain themselves at Tulin. On Sa-
turday, the '2Bth, Austrian Officers were seen recon-,
uoitring the citadel. 1
The Adjourned Meeting of the Catholic Associa.
tion was held in Dublin on 'Thursday last, when the
Earl of DONOUGHNOIIE'S letter, declining to present
the Catholic Petition, was taken into consideration,
but nothing final was resolved upon, and the question
was adjourned.
Last Friday se'nnigbt, as some labourers were
palling down an old stone staircase, at Battle Abbey,
the seat of Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. in Sussex,
they found concealed near the postern, under a stone'''
which appeared to be.etrongly cemented, sixteen
hundred antique silver coins of the reigns of Queen i
Mtli-y, Queen Elizabeth and King Charles 11. many
of thens in good preservation. They are of various
sizes, and said to.ir intrinsically worth four score
pounds, but by t antiquary, it is thought, they
will be deemed mo valuable. Nothing appeared to
warrant a conjecture, by whom, or for what purpose
they were thus deposited. They are, at present, in
the possession of the Baronet.

and letter of the Right Hon. Gentleman was a kind
of threat; but he trusted this would he considered

a$ good grounds for delibPration. For his own part
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he did not care where the new Post-Office was erecledt
whethei it was in Smithfield or elsewhere ! So hr.,
notwithstanding, he agreed with the Committee as to

the necessity of its removal, and was a frieed to the
plan of improvement which wis proposed.
Mr. PEARSOLL supported the motion.
Mr..JACKS opposed the motion in all its bearings.
He moved as an amendment, " that the further con-

sideration of this subject be adjourned to another
day."
The amendment was then put, and negatived.
The origvial motion was then put, and carried by a
large majority.
A snntion for a Petition to Parliament was then
carried unanimously.

On the motion of Mr. WAITHMAN, it was agreed
that a Committee should be appointed to enquire into
the evils of the present syhem and administration of
the Bankrupt Laws ; and that a Petition should be

framed on their report to be presented to Parlia-

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meta. The Court then adjourned.

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D mixt; ROBBERY.—Two men, well dressed, en-
gaged a hackney-coach, driven by William Oliver,
on Monday evening, from the stand in' the middle of
Oxford-street, and desired to be driven to Church.
lane, Chelsea. On the arrival of the coach in the
King's-road the driver was ordered to stop, and on
the two men alighting, one of them presented a
pistol at the coachman's head, and together they
robbed him of twenty-two shillings and hii watch,
with which they got clear off.