The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-24 00:00:00

':111F, STATESMAN

which h. hed visited Ito had heard of nothing but
else compelsiee that bad driven the few totereehich
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vN alll4 gullet hndbrlcters hold been warsed
*bat (Wit lesl6 I.lPre Seer ispinliee, end hints had
been thrown net which to he were perfectly inlet.
110filte: :tie was happy, however, to inform them,
that le 'I/Ake( all these obstacles, lbe spirit of West-
minster hid been duly roused, and list they had in
conseginece lbe lasiarias preeprel before them, that
their victory was already certain.--(Applaute.)—
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ILL he could trust to the reports of tie arias. can.
Tamers who had beat eat on their behalf, foor-fifthe
of the I.:lnters of Westminster were clearly, and
beyond all doubt, strongly biassed in their fa-
vour. This, he was glad to say, was not in
idle essaeration ; their own espelience most hive
informed them that many of their brother Elec.
tors were now keeping hack because they were
afraid. He repeated It, because they were afraid;
end when be said ep, lie messit, becalms they were
afraid of losing their "snow, end the preterites of
the greet families at the west end of the
(" 71,ste, true," frame the crowd )—Their oppoomnts
had no ether means of bringing their voters to the
Poll then those which he had just Mentioned. Any
inclination which might, on the sadden appearence
of Mr. Lamb, have existed in kis f was, he
fait moored, entirely eshaested ; and he therefore
coed not help impress's/ his conviction, that if the
morrow were a fine duly, they wield prove to the
Whigs that they lied totally noisceicelsied their
power in Weatminaler. The only strength of that
party consisted in their tonnesion with the People;
whenever they separated themselves from the People,
they seek into merited insignificance. On the pro-
sent oceation, they bad tint been content witiOdsepa•
rating themselves from the People, be% had emu pro-
ceeded to range themselves la am:mitten to the Pro.
pie; sad for fear of any mistake being made ',geld-
ing this unholy purpose—Ellera a huge roar of
laughter iris set up by the Weeds of Mr. L. In which
that Gentleman joined. Thiscreeted great indignation
la the Notion, libido 'ley 'sprigged by seek violent
hissiags and bootlegs as totally interrupted the thread
of Mr. H.'s oration. Whin the meek had subsided,
Mr. Heaholllll6 preseeded.]-11 was unfair that they
would tot allow the lion. Gentleman to enjoy a
laugh : as be bed not been able to laugh for the two
last days, at the state of the Poll, they might have
been generous enough to have permitted him to laugh
at any thing which be could •, iodated, it was their
duty to cherish that feeling In his, because, if he
had been rightly informed, be nod cot been more
seccessfol in maintaining Ma temper then he had bees
in maintaining his cause.—(Laughter.)—He (Mr.
Hobbies") then said, that he most repeet whet he
was going to say before he was Interrupted by the
Learned Whig —(Lnaghicr.)—The party of which
that Gentleman was the organ. had commented their
proceedings in the present Session of Parliament,
by coming forward la great hostility against the
People of Westminster. He treated that the efforts
which they were thee math,g to injure them would
be confootided—they had glees the Electoes every
reason to know them ; and, therefore, if they (the
Electors) did met treat them oceording to their de-
serts, they would. me longer deserve the character
whist they hod go leas bone, of being the meat
smoothie and intelligent men in the wide circle of the
British empire. He hoped, however, that they would
whitish' the character which they bed gnjustly tented,
by their conduct on the premat occasion ; bided am
mesa to soy that they would do so by espperting the
humble individesi who was then addressing them, hat
he did memo to say that they would do It, if they
gave the world a striking proof that they still comes.
dered Parliamentary Reform as the peritoneal ob.
ject of their attention. Their example would have
greet weight with the country, and would teach it
more forcibly than say words could do, that Perlin.
menttry Reform wee that permanent object, without
aikido they emild erect Nothing, and with which they
could effect every thing.
Mr. Hobbits* these retired, amid the loudest as
of applaewe; after which Mr. Laws came
forward. and attempted to obtain a hearing from the
multitude. Finding that they were not iodised to
listen tohim, Ise bade them good-night, god retired.
His friends, however, persuaded hist to make a se.
coed trial of the patience of the crowd; he did so,
bet his second attempt was as ineffectoal as his first.
Mr. Bowsi then came forward, on behalf of Ma-
jor Cartwright : we understood that his intsmliste
was to reed • letter of Major Cartwright to the Elen
tors; he brandished a longish manuscript in his head,
het was pot allowed to goad a giggle syllable of it,
owing to theist:meant shouts with which he wall U.
sailed of, *1 Be of ; we don't want your palaver:
Iwe want Sir Fraacis Berdett." At last, after heat -
hog the mange end hooting. of the mob for tin mi.
mum, with as greet unconcern as ever was displayed
•by Mr. Hunt, ho retired.
Sir F. BoIDSTT came forward timid the loudest'
cheers. lie ceatmenced bit speech by informing the
Electors that he must again express his regret, that
they had not listened to what might here been ad.
minced by the Court Candidate on the present occa-
sion. Beside the wish which he felt that their adver-
sary might have fair play, he bad a feeling of • mere
selfish aster', which led him to desire that they
wield grant is future a patient hearing to that Geo.
tiemen's arguments. They meet be aware of the
great disidventsge ender which be !sheared, in flat
hearing the words which might have fallen from the
Coslition Candidate its oppositirso to his Mend, Mr.l
llobhome, whom they supported. It placed him
in • most awkward sitsatioe, because, as they
well knew, two parties were grimed, whenever a
game at football was in contemplatioe.--(4pimose.)
On entry account, he was analogs that this accom-
modation shoolffbe afforded to the Learned Gentle-
men. If they would not @Ford it on his (Sir Emmett
Berdett's)recommeadation, he hoped that they would
dolt for their own eatertalement ; because he could
enure them !het the Gentleman who was brought
forward to represent the seglitio• monster was a very
facetious Gentleman, and was chiefly brought fee-
ward on account of his entertaining powers. Bet to
drop that subject, sod to refer to another in which
they were more interested, he mast first of ell agile
congratulate them on the state of the Poll ; which, if
lit was not so high es might have been expected, had
oily beta kept oader by the omfavoetrable state of