The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-23 00:00:00

WILST.II I IVS TE A ELECTION.
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Yesterday Wog the day when lbe Mende of Mr.
Rabbis's* had strewed their letentlee of making a
great effort to place that Gentleness high upon the
Poll, considerable expectations were .:cited at the
lioatingq, nor were they disappointed. From ao
Ilearly hoer bands of music were heard io different
gamest§ of Weetmiseter ; the canvassing for Mr.
liolshoese wee carried on with great activity Is the
parishes of St. Mattis and St. George, sad Electors
were brought op, preceded by beads of meek play.
" See the Conquering Hero comes !" and with
the banners seed last year in the procession of amit-
ies Sir Francis Bartlett.

Must two o'clock a bod♦ of Electors, headed
by Sir F. Burdett and Mr. !Lobito's* proceeded to
the Pon, and from that time !boomed continued to
increase in front of the Hustings. Allot fear o'clock
the assembled numbers were as great at upon any
day in the last Election. Theyr consisted almost ea-
rfuls, of the friends of Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Bob.
hese*, and hailed those two Gentlemen, on their
'menace to the Hastings, with sheers of the meet
motbasiastic approbation. Seesral placards wen es-
hihited in the course of the stay. We Wart only two
of them. The first was as follows :

" roan saki hi. inheritance for a meta of potful. Mill e,
Wants of Westinlatter, arfl your iadepracinat Votes for a
'mkt, brcallaall"

The oilier was coached in she fallowing language:
lands d Radkel Refers, be net deceived ! The Clan,
the Whir. sad She apparent fn.N•, but is fag she real
flimsies at ihr Mayor. are all 'wilted rearm you. The C..ert
ewe .he Whifs have always haird you. beratta they always
feared Tau. The Mr. frieadt of the nwa that 'be has
as Haire far seems r haw declare • they will destroy Nub.
hawses• far thin they biteesaited even anti the WM& Caailidate I
they we to he fogad 'sea la his Chpiashife t flub' Wove, has
Wiwi the !womb wider hi. pewter ie.! BO me bill truth than
realer!''

by which the Whigs themselves' had formerly been
branded—how far truly, was • question on which
they had not now to decide; though It did appose
to him that there was some ground for tech an secy.
satire They were inclined to level all above thee"
bet had never shown any inclination to sink to a
level of those below them.—(tivitimorse.) They
were a proud aristocratical 'party, who, thorgh
they had sometimes attacked the indefinite pre-
tegative of the Crown, had shown themselves
equally settee in attackieg the rights of the
People.—(Greet Applause.)-Tb a certain point, lie
pleaded guilty to the charge of Wog • leveller, If
indeed there wee any crime hi being sot he was and,
woold be the leveller of the proud and arrogant pre-
tensions of the Whig Candidate.—( Loon, cheers )
lie then changed the subject, and wool on to say,
that the People had nothing to apprrbead from the
power of the Crown; the Crown was in 'possession
of little power, sod that little was coder the regent.
tine of the Coestitetion. The Doroeghatooprs, hoe-
ever, were a party whom strength was formideble,
hector, they were in the possession of mach power,
and that mach was under no contrnal whatsoever.—
(Appiaase.)—He would ask them whether the Whip
bad .ver seriously attacked that party ; he woeld ask
them w:,ether the Whigs, either o' the present or any
former day, had ever accomplished any real service
for the People, or had in any manner at any titbit
answered the expectatioos which they had raised is
the Public. He was certaiu that they would agree
with bins is thinking, that though the Whigs bad
been very beentifel is promises, they had been very
defective in performance; and be would therefore
leave It In themselves to determine whether they
would again become the dopes of Whiggish delusions.
Re know that many defended the conduct of tho
Whip when they were in power, on the score
that they bad net been loos enough in to do
much good ; to Ibis defence be would reply, that they
bad been long enough in to do nisch mischief.-
-(Cheers.)—Mr. Hobbouse then alluded to the opi.
nions which Mr. Fos bad entertained open the Bab..
ject of Reform, and quoted ao extract from one of
his speeches, wherein he had said, that all distinc-
tions between Whig and Tory, all party feeds and
private animosities, should be forgotteo, is order to
forward that measure which wee most necessary gad
essential to the safety of the Stets—Parliamentary
Reform. Strange to say, the Whip and Taxies had
forgotten all their distinctions, had reconciled
all their quarrels, had combined all their Mods,
not indeed to 'promote, but to retard the Rs.
form in question. Mr. Lamb bad ladeed come
before them, and spoken of Reform lo very
poem' terms ; bet still he (Mr. Hobhoese) mast
say, that hrdid not clearly understand the nature of
his professions. Th. HouovrableCoadidste professed
ladled, to speak for Reform; hat his now allies, the
Ministerial Papers, were trampling the cause, of
which he had professed himself an advocate, under
their feet, and treating its defenders with the most ab.
ject scorn and contempt. The Electors of Wasted..
stir, however, clearly saw through all their artifices,
and were determined to 'ford him (Mr. II.) their
support, because they knew that he would 'gurus
their sentiments upon the sohject.—(G7secrings.)—
He then proceeded to complain of a most siugeler
artifice which had been practised by the friends of
his Warned antagonist. It had been given out that the
various Meetings of his friends during the day were to
be postponed from the time originally settled, to two
hours later—(Great hooting:)—aitd by this rumour,
he believed that some of his voters bad been pre-
vented from coming to the Pell. He did mot mean
to insinuate that this bad been done by the consent,
or with the knowledge of Mr. Lamb himself—he was
far from soy such intention—he knew well enough
that it was an artifice that had originated with
some possess or persons who styled themselves
his friends. His reason for now mentioning it to
the Electors of Westminster was, that they might
be on their guard in retire, against any well-sr.
ranged trick proceeding from the some quarter. lie
thought It necessary to give them this caution, heceose
tlie past condors of their adversaries heti rendered it
evident, that the more they were degraded, the mere
tricking and artful they would become. He gave
them due credit fvr the pester wiles they postponed
in propagating delusions; he was aware that heir
efforts were nearly eshaosted; bet this knowledge
give him little cnn%nlatlnn, as be also knew that
their trickery *mild be at an end. The Floe.
tots would, therefore, see the Impropilety of attesd•
log to the foolish stories which wets spread .moots
them, anti also she necessity of coming lostaßtly fer
ward in support of that cause which he and all of
&Wu had so sack at heart.