The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-11 00:00:00

Paws SEVEN Pis,

rest, by carrying it with a high lased at the preeret
*teethe., and sbowieg that demneleation id defence of
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public principle which hal ever disdagoished them.—
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dressing'l Perol ade . .)
perhapsthem, had he not seen a most important
statement in a speech, perpeetieg to be that of Mr.
Lamb, reported in that Parzrawhich was more par-
ticularly devoted to Mr. b's party. That gen-
tleman was represented as stating, that it was only on a
breach of cordideect that as oppertanity was obtained
of reading. a private letter mitten by him. No won:ler,
indeed, that Mr. Lamb should have bees somewhat net- -
tied to dad that such a lettere. that produced yesterday,
should have met the public eye, considering that he nail
all along making professions so inconsistent with it.— '
(Load applause and laughter.)—Bet indeed it was
great mistake, to charge a brush of centidenee on I
who had brought forward this letter.—(So it is).—lt
did appear to hint of SOW importance fur the electors
of Westminster to consider how inconsistently sect
these two characters; the mu who proffered the baud
of private friendship to Mr. Hobbouse—who wore tit.
mask of liberality—who preached up the necessity td
observing a Figottkmanly civility sad decorum during
all the political warfare of an election—and the man
who penned sack a letter as that rend yesterday upoa
these Hustings.—(Applause.)—The detection of such :et
inconsistencs was sufficient to ruin a better cause than
even that or Mr. Lamb's. But this robe of candour
which Mr. lamb had assumed, was by accident lifted
up, and there appeared underneath nothing but filthy
dowlass. —(.lpplause and mach laughter.) —ln the
course of his speech yesterday, the gentleman bad ap-
plied to him a passage out of Shakespeare. They could
hardly do better titan quota passage fur pkasage. It
would prove rather an amusing commerce. That, Iwo -
ever, of llr. Lamb was wholly inapplicable, except in
the name—
" 0 Cassius, you are Totted with a Lamer —(Laughter.i
As to the word Cassias (continued Sir Francis) he
felt honoured on its being applied to himself, for he was
one of the greatest men that the greatest people on earth
ever produced, and was styled "the last of the Romans.-
-nut hr was coniklent, that as long as there were per-
sons in England. who, like his friend (Mr. Hobhousel
were prepared to act u Englishmen should do, he
would never he in a situation to be called " the last of
F.nglishesen."—(Applatise.)--Bet this he would say,
that if the maintenance of the rights and liberties, the
prit Beefs and immunities of the people of F.nglan.l.
alone, was to call for the sacrifice of his life—he might,
and he would, tinder those circumstances, if no one else
stood forward, deserve the application of the name which
the Hon. Gentleman had made, and prove that be was
worthy, in future, of the distinction which the great
Homan bad obtained, by actin as would become " the
last of the Englishmen!" Cheering.)—llnt, thank
Hod! this country was not ► aced to sp nielaneholy .t
condition, and he had no chance of being' 'tiller the last
or the first of the Englishmen, since there were mill'
ready amoi five -u vlst44 the eletehrwr etairginvilv•••--
(ApOilise.)—With respect to being " yoked to a Lamb,'
—(Laughter.)—it was very true, that, at the last return
for Westminster, he had the misfortune to be coked to
Mr. Lamb; but, on this occasion, they would return a
man ! a man who would maintain their rights—a man
who would not hold one set of sentiments in one place.
and another in another place—a man who would not give
a different colouring to his sentiments and principle.,
just as it suited his convenience—a man who would iict
solicit the assistance of a great contractor. (11r. health,
here denied that the person alluded to was a contractor.)
He (Sir Francis Burdett) did not know that be was a
contractor. He dial not know to whom the letter 14'.14
addressed. lint he meant to speak of one who was :le
upholder of that system which the independent elerto.s
endeavoured to rontroel—of one who was the resulted,
determined supporter of corruption in the House et
Commons, as it now existed. When he spoke of a co.t-
tractor, he alluded to him who had been one of the n.,.•
inveterate supporters of Sir Murray Maxwell when Ito
was a candidate, which he considered to be I eery W.:
criterion of the principles of persons who gelpkthelr
votes on this occasion. Get not the lion. liefteuel,
therefore, think that he applied the term contractor in
its litres! sense. Ile applied it to one who assisted Go-
vernment ander all circumstances. lie thought, to psi-
ply it to such • (wrson required different sentiment.,
feelings, and opinions—different grounds, •114 a very
different manner, from those which the Hon. Gentleman
had manifested in his appeals to the electors.—(.lp-
plaese.)—Again, to speak of being " yoked to a !amt.),"
it appeared to him to be "a full-grown sheep'
(langhter)—oe, to speak more correctly, it rather ap-
peared to he " a wolf in sheep's elething."—(laughter.)
—But, be it what it might, sure he was that it was not
lit to represent anal to express the sentiments, feelings,
and principles of the independent electors of Westiniii-
ster. If the lion. Gentleman could hope for success oil
this occasion he must, when he was sinking, seek for
aid from other quarters. He must cry out to the Minis-
terial faction,
" Help me, Cassius! eel sink !"—{Laughter.)
The Gentleman could hardly delight him more than l‘y
giving him this opportuilty of quo:ing from that immor-
tal poet, whose works he 90 much admired. In rir-
silence, therefore, of the clue given by Mr. Lamb. to
should live another quotation. li'llen a into' was in-
stigating another to do a Wee action, the following
would he a very appropriate address to bitn—

Tu beguile the time,
Look like the time: bear weircine in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue: look like the In.locent 11. w cr,
But be the serpent under 't."
(Laughter and elseering.)—With respect Its the lc:tor
which was made such matter of complaint, the tvirthy
gentleman could not tall it a bread; of cortlidence. Ho
had no power or right to exact confidence frola
the Ocntleman to whom it was written. It was P
mere canvassing letter, tending only to hoax the per4an
to whom it was addressed, into a notion, that he (Mr.
lamb) supported very different principles from those
which had been publicly attributed to him. Now, tti.63
the subject of this supposed breach of confidence, he
would put a case. The gentleman was a lawyer, thoukla
not a very old or an experienced one; and, as to his
knowledge of history, it was to be presumed that he
hail not read farther than the period of Queen Elizabeth,
from the circumstance of his having confounded tl.e
time in which she lived with that of Fortescue. An I
here be would beg to correct a notion whicii Mr. Lam,
hail made some use of, namely, that he had spoken
disrespectfully of the old lawyers. He denied the in.-
patation. On the contrary,. he always tkonght th .t
there was no clam of persons to Whom the cotlutev ,114 4
more indebted, than to the old lawyers.
did he mean to etteed his disapprobation of lam -
yers to all modern lawyers, even those in 'l,l
House of Commons; he 'knew many of them, who,