The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-27 00:00:00

WES TM LVST Eft E LECTIO N.

Nothing of any important,. occurred this day 641.
fore the Millings. Sir F. Itardett owl Mr. 11.$1).
house were receivad with thp !priciest plaudits. The
°embers at tie close of this day's Poll Mare declared
to be, for .

lamb
finbbouse

Mr. ifootto•sc, amid Iced cheers, commented hia
speech by obxervine. that from the swill Ltsjority
which their adversaries bad obtained on that day's
Poll, he felt confident that the ism. of the present
contest would present a gloriosa trlemph to she
Datum' of %Vestsbaster. He knew them ton well
re sup\sese that they would sheer their liberty,
as well as their character, to he destroyed by the
efforts of a coalition, which was as estraordinary
abd as unnatural as soy that was preserved its the
toasts of the Whigs. The Whigs, 40 jeers ago,
had coalesced with their opponents to obtain power ;
they had played a idealist game in MON to effect a
similar purpose; and now, to smoke not indeed
power, but ooly inflows In Westminster, they had
wet hesitated to shake hoods with those very men
whom they uei.i daily denouncing its the House of
Commons, as the fit objects of public vengeance. In
most coalitions both parties lost some character; but in
those to which he had alluded, the Whiss were only
the persons whose repotationa suffered the slightest
injury. No ems blamed I.nrd North for his coalitirso
with Mr. Fox; no one impeached the little character
possessed by the Lords Sidmouth and Grenville, for
their conjunction wish the modern Wt in ; because in
both these caws no conceptions were made by the
Tories, bet every point was given up by the Whip.
The semi was the case at pianism : the Tories had no
objection to e %Chi, Csodidsto., because they knew
that he would assist them ia keeping •p the farce ea-
hihited in the Hanle of Common, and in making
there a phew of virtue, which, whenever it wee
emoted, evaporated in words. He then told the
Electors that they had a Whig Candidate, who pro-
fessed himself an advocate for Parliamentary Reform,
bat who would not make it a paramount object. He
thought that they ought to know whether that Can.
didate was willing to destroy the Rotten Herewith, ;
because if he was not, and he could not think
that he was, he was not deserving the name of a
Reformer. Be would with them to remitter whether
it was likely that Mr. Lamb, supported as he was
by great families, would tern foetid to Lis Noble
friends and say," My Lord, 1 iatesd to cut a way your
influence here, and to destroy your Borough power
there."—( Long end loud (:heers.)—He • mild wish
theta to consider whether it was probable that he, in
(whose f Ministerial influence was exerting in
every epistler of Westminster, would make a point of
voting against those men who returned him to Par-
liament, or whether ht**, likely to act for the
People who,if returned to Parliament, would be re.
turned by theackaoolodged and rekopled enemies of
the People.—((leers.)—ln thecircentstancys under
which the Coalition Candidate had come Wasted, ha
was pieced in this dilemma—either he most
grateful to those who returned him, or he most be-
tray the interests of the F.lectors of Westminster ; for
it was impossible that ha could, at one and the same
time, comply with their thoughts, wishes, and ten.
doms, and obey the orders of those great people
whowera endes vowing to force hie, down their t hrot is.
—(Chters.)--lip thought it extraordinary that, as
his Learned Opponent came forward, back'd by
the same friends as Sir M. &tassel!, he 'lid not own,
like hits, that he cause forward on the old ground of
Church, Ring, nod Constitation. It la geld he much
more fair in him to chow forward a. in the old tints
was the custom with the Ministerial Casididate, matte
a bow epos the listings, and tbeu retire to the Ad.

PRICE 71).

adnity, sod aloe and drink toasts with the Mi ostry
which patronised bier.—(citecre and Itirres.)—ln.
steed of sctiog thus, he Mile forward as the friend
of Retrenchment, as the friend of Parliacnvetery Re.
fum, as the (intuit of the Poor ; and so v.iled Hs real
distorter steed intent hint. Mr. 11. then commented on
the impmpriety of Mr. Limb arrogating to himself
the title of friend to the poor, when, by bit agents, the
Rate Collectors, he was esdearnariag to hprivo the
poor nun of his se frage.which was all that the pretsere
of the times had left him. He maintained, List it wee
laming strange that the poor man's (fiend should
have employed and hired the Rote Collectors as hie
agents, sad contrasted their coadect in stopping sod
delajleg every individual who appeared ill-dressed,
with that of his own inspectors, volt° were volunteers,
sad stood omen the ileatiegs with no Whet view thee
to overlook a proceedings of these Rate Collectors.
After dwelling some time longer on these topics, be
unclad') his speech by repestioe his coefiileot ea.
peclatioes, that he should, in the course of the en-
suing week, totally annihilate the small superiority
of embers which his opponent at present possessed
over him.— (rieplauss.)
When Mr. Hobbeese had finished, Mr. LAMB
came forward, bet could not obtain a heating from
thecae' of "be, be, do," which echoed
from- every
part of the Meeting. Arn'd the uproar which raged
amend, we eederstood him to say, that in spite of
the efforts of his opponents, his majority continued
slowly bet regularly to increase. If they were de-
termined to bear nothing bet the hollow essertines,
the flimsy arguments, and the easepported access.
dons of his Ifonoerable °preened, and would wet
listen to is hat be bad to urge ie etiolation of then,
he must submit to their decisive. As they appeared
to have no disposition to bear him address them, he
would stay there no longer, but wish them good
eight; and if they did not wish to get wet throve,
he should 'dries them to follow his example, and
leave the Hustings.
Sir F. licuoarr then came forward, amid the load
act lamstions of the multitude. Ile said that be had
not addressed them the day before from the Hust-
ings, because, as he bad impressed epos them
the necessity of hearing what the Honourable Coe.
dilate bail to say in favour of the claims which he
made to their starves, and as be thought that after
they hid heal(' nee side, they ought, in fairness, to
be attentive to the other, he was not desirous of in.
trading hises.lf too hastily upon their notice. If be
had not made so lappet to thews for silence before
Mr. Loeb spoke, it bad been because he conceived that
it would be forward and presnesiog in him to do it,
especially es Mr. Hobliouse had regularly implored
thew to eipe a patient lowing to his leaned ante-
past. Whatever their feelings might he towards the
two rival Caudidstes for their suffrages, it was bard
that he and his friends should be thought likely to
succeed in bribing the Electors of Westminster, ens
if they were bate enough to attempt it. It bad been
suggested, that If he bad called open them to be silent
before Mr. Lamb spoke, they would have obeyed
his call. Is his opinion, if he had pet himself so
forward, he should not only have violated the etiquette
usually ebeerved on such occasions, bet should have
jestly subjected himself to the charge of arrogates,
end folly. He could only express his sincere wish
that the Hon. Candidste might in rotor, be permit.
ted to say what be bad to say in defence of his own
cause; and as a proof of it, he would now take his
leave of the Meeting, and make room for that Gen.
erten, if he chose to address them.—( Cries of
Lamb's gone—Don't you go.)—After a short pease
he continued. Ile was anxious, as well for other
causes u for their amusement, that they would at.
tend to Mr. (.stub's speech, because he could inform
them that he was not merely u Whlg--he was a
wag also.—( Laugleer.)—Therefore, though they
might disapprove of kite in one ch sssss er, they might
approve of him in the other. As that Gentleman
was absent, be should forbear from making any re.
marks open personally, and shnotd endeavour
to direct their attention to those contidetations which
were calcalated to 'Omelets them to such exertions se
would piece that cease, which all of them had so much
at boort, decidedly at the bead of the I'oll. When I,e
considered the compulsory eaters of the Poll of the e
adversaties.end at the same time recollected the manly
spirit of Vestitiester, he entertained the moat confi-
dent hope, sod not the slightest putiele of doubt,
first their cum would be ultimately successful. It
shouts( their (tient!s wise bad arrived too late each
day at the flutings, and those who bad been tamed
away from them, on account of the Poor Rahn bon
ing in arrear, had beenallowed to give their votes,
they should have bees in a nosjority, instead of o
minority, on the Poll. He did not mean by this rib.
tin° to make aoy complaint against the Return-
ing Officer, if one regular rule had been observed re-
gsrdieg these arrears ; but if there hs.i been any vit.
dation its it, then he thought that th.y should have
good reason to complain of this, Gentlemvn. Whilst
he was epos thh setbject he could nit hid,' remark-
log on the ebjectioes which Mr. Lamb, who called
himself the peer Mies 'fiend, had milt* to the votes
of those ptaor iedialdsals. In his opinion Mr.
instead of Min the friend of i:ie poor m• 0, was the
poor friend of man—(Lanht,r)—te•raeso he was
not the friend of liberty ; and the•efoie criaid not he
the friend of all that was dear to men : for liberty
was tint whieir

" Leah to Ilk in lustre and perfume,
" And we are seeds without it."
The Honourable Berit•iet then alluded In some
&tarps which had *pries r the Morri Chronicle
against him. The bulk of them were unimeuriast,
but nn one or two he should wish to lay a fret
words. The Editor of that Paper ,eemed to
insi-
noate that he (sir F. Burdett) roes'd•red a wan, per-
romlPG the duties of ao Editor, to be in too to. a

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON i
SATURDAY. lISDRUARY 27, 1519.

M. will commence our article upon the Was r-
lIIISSTait ELLCTION with the conclusion of Sir F.
Bualscres address of yesterday to the Electors :
'• Ile recommended Mr. flosstousa to their cond.
need efforts, as he was fully ;wished of his abilities,
sod his integrity would never be shaken. Ile
trusted they would do every thing ou their parte
as be was determined to do his duty to them."—This
is all that can be required. Mr. liosstouss being an
untried man, Sir FDANCIg, as one long hied, an-
swers for him. Who should know him better?—
What more can be desired than that en honosrable
bondsman guarenives the performance of • duty in
* person whose ability sod disposition are sot gees.
rally known ?—Arise then, we beseech yes, Elec-
tors of Westminster ! and rescue yosr City from the
disgrace with which it is menaced.
It is not whether it shall bee Whig er Tory who is
to represent this prood City in Parliament ; bet who-
ther you shall have a Reformer, a RADICAL Raroass ea
for your Representative, or one who is no Re-
former ; for he can be none who hesitates to cot of
that clinkering, that corrupt pert of Our system which
threatens to infect—fstally to infect the whole body,
•il. the ROTTEN BOROUGHS. What honest
min—what rational being, whose Insert is not filled
with the blackest, most envenomed blond, can say
that Old Serum, end other places which have scarcely
any ishabitents, should send two Members to Perlis.
meat, and Manchester and Birmingham none P Citi-
sons of Westesioster,nliether wealthy or otherwise, ve-
iled on your critical position. You have for some years
been in the place of • political light-house to the
whole country. If the /Flags and Tories, by the
moat odious of connesions, a connexion which makes
each bleats is the other's face; if by this most unna-
tural of eoalitioos that ever was area or beard of,
your torch as a beacon be extinguished, all will be
&Awns over the three kingdoms; for then the two
motet, %auto ailverso to each other, anti now

unitedly adverse to all Reform, will join from
policy, and from the bighted sewed of their
hese joectiow, melt widget each other's reluctant bat
forced embrace, and at once take a stand spina
every spades of Reform !! On the twotrary, in meting
Mr. Iloanouss by the side of Sir F. Buxom, you
yourselves eternal honour—the country a per.
mom benefit, and we may say nt.lasteo, for by
your success in this instance there can be no doubt
of a wholesome, because Radical Reforuv, and the
country saved from those disasters which long de-
layed abuses, and long stifled resentment never fail
to kindle. In whose bands will yew, ye rich 'Vest-
stsiasterians, trust the wheel of Reform? In whose
bands will it be safest ? Verbum sat. That it most
come from some quarter or other—look East, look
West, leek North, look South. Torok at she Court,
I look at the City, and, in fine, only open your eyes,
i and look any where!!

W EsTMlNsrbtc LLECTIU:4.
State of the Nambers palled this day up to Three
o'Clock

3. C. Cameras. Fa, IPS
nee. U. Lars 3.7
State of the Poll, es it closed yesterday :-
3. C. Ilaseeraz. tag. ?Rn
Hee. C. Lam 33.51

We ay, with the true Patriots of Westminster—
" No saw Coax BILL !"—eacept, Weed, it be a
Bill to repeal the lost Coen Act ; audio removefrom
commerce and industry its destructive effects on
both. The balance of all arguments on this subject
is easily struck. let, Under the operation of the
last Corn Act, our manufactures could not regain
their footing in the foreign market ; although, it
order to meet the low prices of foreign goods, our
lahoering classes had not sufficient wages to find
their children breed ; and, 2d, under the stagnation
of our commerce is the foreign market, the Revenue
is become inadequate 110 PAY the INTERLST of the
NATIONAL DIRT, and SUPPLY the YEARLY rustic
►ae►NDITURC. The spicalteral petitioners may
argue in Palace-yard how they will; bet never ern
they produce arguments before the Dation to move
these propositions from their place. What, then. is
their waw BILL to do? To give met to costs:Lame,
and BREAD to lbe mayn't; POOR! Why ! if they
did cell it by that precise name, they would not sifis
a more absurd title to it, than in naming it a Bill to
relieve agricultural distress. It would be a Bill to
heap misery on the poor, is its list sad homediste
operation ; and, finally, to bring calamities upon the
rich. It would be a Bill to depopulate forms, sod
turn the whole fete of the country frog the waving
and golden sea of a corn harvest Ws a desert; for
buyers would cease, and the fields might go eoresped
for the want of money, THROUGH DIMINISNED com-
mence, to purchase the produce. If 'plainer, be
oppressed, lot it have its due remedy; bet this is
none, for Ail ecn only add to its distress,
In the wty we have pointed oet.--If
agri-
culture be oppressed, let the (mama of ,land
hen his remedy in the arpLAL Or ALL TAXES
btaii/le directly vow agriculture, and in the at.
SUCTION of RENT'. Then, the farmer will be re-
heard every way. Ile will raise his produce at a price
which will find a ready willing market in the ability
as well as wards of the working artisan and WOO.
facturer, and will also amply pay him for his labour
and employment of capital. Low prices will, thee,
be to him high gains. And why should not this plait
remedy be applied ? The Goveramest will be stupid
U, seeing bow things are going on, they do not re-
' peal all direct Agricultural 'lazes; and the LAND.
OWNERS will he still more consummately 'gnomic,
it they attempt to pees'''e their present rests, is the
present position of the country. Theetempt, much
lodger persisted in, will he ruin to them, in bee
deserted, or swept away from them by the
reds band of a aunt NICTAIITY. Can nothieg
give one lesson of wisdom to the Govern.
went or the Land-owners ? Will they not referee
until they relent in unavailing tears ? Will
they prefer to weep with bitterness when they
might smile with kitting complacency sod well.
earned joy ? Will they run sod put their heads in a
hush, like the silly ostrich, and suppose no one wee
them, till arrows and death find them there ? We
wish it not to be se. We wish them to occupy their
stories, end live and be happy in it, giving and to.
clawing, but receiving mole than they give. Bet this
minuet he, is the coarse they are pursuing. Re-
pealed Agrkelteral Tames and lowered Roils as
oleos lase thee.

Ministers may now be said to practice the art of
pleee-keeping by cunning, rather than by wisdom.—
Bat
the art will fail them. What can be en grins as
their conduct upon this recent subject of 10,0001. a
per to the Doke of Yeas. If his Royal Highness
be poor, it is his own fault, for he has a priactdy in•
come! Bet be Is heir presumptive le the Crews,
tied therefore these cunning Ministers do net forget
themselves, while they plead for the Deke's interest.
The Caroms Mail cominuoicates, in an article
dated Warsaw, two letters, which are said to base
been written by KO4CIVSZO, within a year or two of
that hero's death—one addressed to Prince CsAsto•
RINSIT, the other to the Emperor ALEMANDCR. 00
the subject of a re-union tinder a single denomi-
nation, as they are already under the ;acne scup.
tre, of ■ll those provinces of ancient Poised, con-
tained between the Vistele, the Dnieper, and the Dona,
which acknowledge the Russian sway. This saw
sere, which was eery amorally so object dear to the
heart of the Polish Patriot, is said to have bees for
some time in the serious contemplation of lbs Em-
peror.

7 Tax EDItOR or Tax STATESMAN.

was greatly pleased by remarks on the I
elharecter and pursuits of a certai.. class of Ladies of
the present day, published in one of the Papers of
last week : like that Correspondent I condemn every
act which gives publicity to the female character,
mere particularly in their acts of charity. When the
best feelings predominated in the female heart there
were few of them subscribers to public charities ;
their arts of benevolence were confined to 'here ob.
jects she made personal application for relief,
and few applied in vain. God forbid I, or any
other person, should see unmoved the dear in-
teresting children brought op at the eharity-schools,
I hope they may flourish as long es the earth remains;
bet these end other public subscriptions have re.
moved from nor Ladies that delicacy of feeling, and
delightfel reflection, produced by a conscioesneas of
removing the misery of want from objects more im-
mediately connected with them, or ender their eye.
It is too often the case that feelings so powerfully
operate': en in public, are invulnerable in private.
These reflections on one part of the female cha.
racier, natarelly lead me on to reflect on another.—
Any man being in the habit of perambulating the
streets of the Metropolis of an evening, most perceive
with horror the dreadful occupation of numberless
females, from earliest youth to mere advanced age;
there can be no doubt that the greater part of these I
beings are depraved In the extreme ; but there are
some whose first false steps lead them progressively
through all the wretchedness of misery and vice, pro.
biddy because the path is easy to tread, having all the
streets of the Metropolis open to them ; but thereat@
others, whose hearts and minds baring been formed;
on the strong basis of virtue, yet driven by change
of circumstances, aed emcee, poverty, with trem-
bling limbs sad reluctant steps wander through these
paths, encoeraged by the hope of pecsolary relief, to
mops collided dist rem, bet escosraged most by the non-
repulse arid certainty of not being exposed. And
there are too many whose natural dispositions, aided
by this easy access to vice, become the prey of it ;
but should the Legislature Interfere, its wisdom
would surely check this progress of vice: it employs
itself in matters of leas consequence. Neighbour.
ing natio., set the pattern. When a stranger
enters Paris, he may feel shocked at learning a cer-
tain clam of females are allowed by Government to
take out Ikences ; bet n hen he reflects that they
are confined to one walk (the Palsis Royal), he ad-
mires the arrsogenient : was this the case with us, it
would deter all bet the really depraved, for estrogen
with the rest is the most dreaded part of the crime.
Robberies wherein these females are concerned,
would be much easier discovered, and it would leave
our leading streets open for she porsasbeletion of our
wives and daighters ia their necessary calling, with-
, Dot subjecting them to the loselts of the licentious,
who cannot Insensible's between the female obliged
to walk frequently through the Strand, Fleet-street,
I ke. on her own urgent concerns, and those whose
1, walks eight to be confined to siker places.
&c.
A CONSTANT READER.

The poli.lcians of Paris are thrown into a con.l
siderabte agitation. by what is termed a ruse among
the Ultras in the Chamber of Peers. They hose he.
held with a green eye, for a long time past, the gra-
deal approaches of the Patriots towards consolidat-
ing ttus benefits the Chester was calculated to
offer to the People of long-seffering France. The
Iles& of that class, ancient Peers chiefly, who
cannot too meth exalt the power and inflames of the
Crown, on which they are always casting their re.
girds, because they draw their whole consequence
from it, hose for some time been plotting to lessen
the popular influence In the elections. They fised
their attentions open one of the recent Peers, Mr.
BAIITHII.I3/T (son to the admired author of The
Voyage of the loan' Anacharsis), the Member of
the Directory, who was banisised to Cayenne, and
for a moment he was ensnared into the trap. It is
tree, however, that he no sooner discovered the lore,
than he marketed himself from it, and proved to the
Chamber that he had been surprised into the mea-
sure. All the Members of that body in the popular
interest, will see with ;demure the tailors of the
proceeding, which would throw the whole kingdom
again into commotion.
The financial as well es the political f,ee of our I,
country appears peculiarly grave and Interesting at
this moment. Accounts from foreign markets are
unpromising. It appears, by letters from Liverpool,
that 160 packages of British manufactured goods
have been returned from New Orleans, not finding
a vent in America, owing to the high price set epee
them. This is the way our Ministers prove the
thriving condition of our trade, from the entry at the
Cestom.house. The goods are reported, it is tree,
bet they are brought back because our masefacterers
callow sell them at the price offered so as to live.
We have sot half the American merchants in Eng-
lead as some time back. They look into Der manu-
factories, but purchase very little. Notwithstanding
all this, Petitions are pouring into the House of
Commons, from various eoenties, in order to enhance
the price of bread-corn for the benefit of the land-
holders. The galling load begins4o be felt by every
class in the Looted Kingdom, awd„ of course, each
wishes end strivers to threw it of ileir own shoulders.
All this while the Fends, which kit been considered
the barometer of the country's fortune, every day
fall. They lowered agalo yesterday, and have fur.
ther fallen torday !!
Major CARTWRIGHT, we are sorry to learn, has
been suddenly called out of town to visit a sick and
elder brother, to whom he is fraternally attached,
and to whom he is shearing an •ffeetionste attention.
The conduct of Ministers, with regard to the two
hundred pounds per week given to the Duke of
You for his carriage horse biro, to go to see his
Royal disordered lather, shows at once bow mesh
nearer the Throne his Royal highness now is, than
be was seven years age!
William Brewer, of St. Augeatins'a, Norwich,
bonsbasies weaver, was convicted before the Maths.
trate@ in the penalty of 401. for purchasing worsted
yarn, knowing it to be stolen ; and on refusing to
pay down the said penalty, he was ordered to be
whipped in the sgarket,plact on the following mar.
ket-daj.