The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-15 00:00:00

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WESTMINSTK It If LECTION.

Saturday the Welke of a Bargee for Westminster Ho-
meowed at Covent-garden. Lase INS I rtde sight a teoporas7
ware was led for the aces moodatioo of the tesdidates aad
Weir freed., sad a Nosirroas body of ensembles were reati.nual
le preserstrurder. The High Bailiff rend the Speaker'. War-
rant, and the Art rogotlee to Ele. loons' Mier which Sir. Bob-
homer tuft- for raised, supported bs Sir 1.. Burdett sad Ilse Iles
Ibmala. h towel.

Sir F. litinurer said, that atter the unanimous &greeters
net apparent respect paid to the decision of the Meeting of the
17th Navensber—aber that decision had been sn effectually eon.
armed by the Meeting last Tn.-Way-after ibe Weenies bad hid
such opportunities of aseertainiag the priaciples of Mr. Hub-
home, he masa little sarprised that any opposition slisiold have
been offered in their moninetino. Ile mostendoud that the up.
patent difference aeon the Friends of Itelorm bad beeu alrea-
dy product's r of the appearance of a „tug Csadidaie. and lie
did mai doubt that by Alooduy worrolag the Mb-g Candidate
would be followed by nne. He 'shorted the. to
persevere la support if the cAse of Reform and the ladepead.
sect wf use city of Wfl6llllBllllllT, which, trim. all he had heard
or MN% lameld maim weari- arise& ar4lom thins, Ile imiebadsil
by snylos, that be bored Ilia Electors woold prove hew deer
their libettleS were is them, by retscaing the man who knew
bow to gamed Ana, lad alma he had the homer to propose In
their Saftages.
Tile 11 °minable DOVOLAS Minis (lan said. be came forward
agreeably to long-established form ; for a Candidate most be
sreonderf as well as amasimied, and he had been requested by a
mementos body of the Limon of Wit...mister to sereed Mr.
Hohboese. 111 bououring him with their wishes, he was cow.
viored they wet,. aware that be could advance nothing which
could add streegth to their naimitioe to the great came of free-
dom but they knew that he (the Hon. IX kinaaird) boob' be
gratified and pram* to hare his services colleted le Ihe caMesl.—
He say, that as a Ann friend to Radical Reform, be
amid no-c for Mr. Loblismise, for he was a radical and heel-
ligthie Reformer, toad such was his entire ceolideme is bis
principles, that he would ettlie.lnvingly subscribe his fitl/O l•
the principles, upon which he knew lie would net. He Cle..
eluded by secueding the nosamatim of). C. Ilobissese.
?Ir. 11J111101 sc had come, he said, to redeem a pledge made,
three msoths ogn sn the ).Luton ..f N esimins rr. Ile bad then
derbired to that he would be foetid at the pest which bad
el ultra slimmed their ,riamphes these be was, aid be knew
it woo Id never be sullied by his presence. Air Marra, Maxwell
bad also redeemed his Oahe ; I ad told them he would ant
assts appear Metes be (Mr. H.) weden.nod that Ileum wither
there persoutilly me by prosy. Many who had been added at
the tale struggle, 1110.0141 pesftps r .0 raislate themselves upon
his absence, :sad he tool sow credit ie himself that his n wo ex-
ertions bad bete 'ointment.) in indeving bins to relinquish the
AM. Tat acromplintment .4 this sayer,, he was aware, he.
Weird to them, it Mao teen partially commenced, and their
free and molly efails would tinsmith Theretofore, Advertleg
to hi, /Slaver sad S.-rooder, Mr. )1 observed. that be um pr-sid
of his meriatert their aid •ns powerful. and their principles
tried, with the blueing of Providence 'pm their exertion.,
they meld INK NI. He friotel it au. sio arrogance in bite to
my that he had brew Ames by elm Preol,el was one oh the Pep'
plc, and stood tbere se do the work of the People. 'Memir
of Liberty was above the horizon, and tarty thing predicted
soccem.—He hod said, that nary be appeared np..• the
Maier, be moth' enquire of them whether they thought
hint estepearn)---11.md floret.. misfit with cries of blot
No 1)-0a Tuesday tau, be had abed the same great°.
there were then present upward. of 3MM, and with the cheer
alert 17, they unisabsiously declared In his fa.aur. Was
it the. presumption in bins to appear h-fore them?—(Sane in•
terruption.)—Thore be wool* ressaia. and remain Arm to the
last moment. If disunion prevailed, it was taut Imputable to
Mm, the fault woe not hist if so. he shook, think honself a
traitor to their liberties; be was seenpable of sarrificiNg she in-
terests of sboy hinds. tete timid place Ism in the peolitslems-
Imo of theft Reprreeetalive Ile eirtrained no ono ortili% wi.h
le he Iwiloollirs hi *wild do his duly to his Comiltmets. It
was to be lamented that feeds had been (mend, and were taw
to be brought Into action t but he again declared it was not his
fault. Another Candidate, he understood, weak be Insamedi-
et el, proposed, and perhaps. after he example, several ethers;
the cry °tie all .4 teem will doubtless he—Na ceeruptioe !
Mn !leaser, l His owe intestine was to labour Is the came of
Radical Reform.

Mr. floblsooto awn reed from a piper the follow:
ing drelsrotioo of his opioione ou the subject of P.r.
ljamPtata ry Refer ID :-•-•

" I ha.o been questioned, or rather (to use the
right word) tortured upon the great point of
' hrliainetuary Reform. Those who have been busy
• to injure me aid your cause, have represented, or
rather misrepresented me, as having given a pledge
to support Anneal Parliarneots and Universal Suf-
. huge. I gate no such pled:.—l was asked for an
such ple;:ge. The Geo'loosen who nominated me,
proposed me as a man fit to advance the just
claims of tivt People to Pat Neatest. of a short dors-
! lion, yid to • full. free, and equal share ie the
' dole, of Rep,eseniativra ' It may be, necessary,
however, to /Wain myself still further ; and to be
mese precise, I have pet my words upon paper
Anne', Parlistnents and Unisersal Settle have
beet' mired together, for the sake of confounding
the questimi ; but they are two distinct and sop
subjects, upon each of which I solicit your sepersto
attention. Upon the litter of the two, I think It
right to asy, that I consider the extension of Santa*
to be tiot only of secondary, bat even of third•rate
Importance. The first object for the Poop's of
P.ngland to obtain, is equality of right of %firer.
Its other words, that there he one sod the saw'
qualification, be that what it may, for every elector
in the commonwealth. The second object is, that
equality of slumbers el►ct each Representative. These
objects attained, then, if I ■m asked Thelon security
from mis•gevernment by a rest Representation may be
attained by an extension of suffrage, short of univer-
se!, I answer yes—by an extension far short of esti-
versal. flow far short is a question for fair diastole*
and honest difference of opinion ; in such. discussioe
the course of my judgraeut woald be towards the
largest extension. 1 have not hitherto beets able to feel
alarm at the notion of a free People being molly the
choosers of their own Representatives ; bet I should
think myself unfit to claim the Lharacter of a man of
sense, or your support, if I denied that with equality
of riglit of suffrageaud equality of umbers of constitu-
ants, there might !solaria., limits not inconsistent with
lour object. With regard to Animal Parliaments, I
should think myself the greatest coxcomb that ever
pretended to political knowledge, were Ito say that
twelve months is the preci'e golden time within
which Elections must periodically recur in order to
!secure your liberties. Were Elections to take place
every 13, 14, 20, or 24 months, the object of keep-
ing the Representatives proprily identified with
their constilueuts, might, perhaps, be sufficiently
morel:. But it is my opinton that every Parlia-
ment is too long that call be usefully made shorter.
I own that I see no well-founded objection to An-
noel Pirlianents, bet I a■ very wilting to admit
that with Parliaments of a longer titration you Nay
be but!: great and fut.".