The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-21 00:00:00

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un the part of his oppurrent he was far from disliking, as
it proceeded from the must praiseworthy motives. He
eibortril the electors to cumr op with expedition, and
assured them that his hopes ut sum: *** were as souguine
as rvet.

Mr. Honnocsa was rece'.vrd ulth great applause.—
lie congratulated Mr. • Lamb upon the perseverance
which he displaced in still contending agaiust a main..
riiy ut nearly NO. The state of the poi!, however, in
spite of all Mr. Lamb's eapecatiuns, proved that the
settle of the riecturt, of WestnaMster WWI against him.
Many, it etas t. air, reniaisied ntil•iille.l ; but lie would
not ask a tatter criterion of the sense of the inipolled
eteetors. than tie- preteretice than:festril lay the majority
of the 'dentin's aho had pulled. Ile 11,31 r. hoblionse) had'
been represented just's% as desirous of dosing this tun-'
test, in order that lie 'Meld lie at liberty to assist Mr.
Whitbread. Mr. Land., hint eye:, hail refused to cotieur
in setting hill. at litlirriy, and the ut this retusal
Was, awl( kr (Mr. lamb) could nut postpone his unto
htisitiess to that of Mr. Win:ldeal Mr. Lamb, it ap-
pealcul, would du his own Inisitterl tirst. Indeed the
gentleman had already dime his busiaess.—(l.itughter.)
-- lit (1:1. 1•41hb) 111141 su rtreilitally shone Ilk own
iness, that dose were to kith; r by the poll, our would
he Iril to suppose that the electors would never attl; that
gentleman to tin duir business. Mr. Hubbonse vin-
dicated himself against the charge tat inconsistency
nit!. regard to the Whigs. lie supportedilv. Whitbread,
nut as a Whig. bait as an avowed Hefuttaier; and upon the
saute pcineiple, lie was ready to assist any other Whig
as far as his humble wares would extend, lie tlet•er
said that the Whigs were hostile to the liberties of the
country ;on the vontrary, it was his opitsi , that they
were worthy of every h •st nsatl.‘ co-operat. SU lung
as they acted upon the principle. ulna' Air. Fox avowed
in 1;1.1.44. lie still entertained the same no:' which
he had always prufessed with regard to the propriety of
parties in the State. lie disliked them un aecouat of,
the tessileney they had to eaerva:e, if nut wholly to sup-
press iutdiv,tual exertions.—Buts nuteitholawsholf all'
these notion., he could nut isithlsuld his approbation
f the romiiiet of the Whigs during the late Parlia-
mentary traus•etions. hat is:iy imrailswe the Whigs
upon those hustings?—Mr. Lauds was nut a Whig ; his
sentintents were Ministerial, as far as they von! he t'ul
levied. and would come very consistently (roes. the mouth
of Sir William Curtis himself. Besides:, he should state
that his (Mr. Iloblsonse's) Co eeeee iittee were sluing all
they could in favour of Mr. Whitbread. who was of that
party to whirl. 31r. Latish professed to belong. Was it
not Straligr that :he 11 isigs and Reformers could roc
operate in Middlesex. but that a Whi.• in Westminster
must toppo.se a Reformer there ? lie (.11r. Ilubhouse)
could not well understand how 1•411 John Russell,
who proposed 31r. Whitbread in Middlesex, Jutish,
oppose Islam (Mr. liolshouse) in Westminster. Were
nut he ails! Mt. Whitbread pledged to the same po-
litical service' Were not ,!r. Mellish and Mr.
Lamb the Ministerial rernlialates ? Their Parliament-
aly conduct as to Reform was the same—the ad-
dieser% of both were remarkable fur the saute onsis•
shin of all material 'ol jects. lint a survey of the county
at present, wools! show that great efforts were snaking
be the people in favour of the Whig einilidates, who
piedged themselves to Returns. Cools' Mr. Lamb he
looked upon as even a Whig ? Certainly not; and in
corroboration of this assertion. he (Mr. llobbonse)
would state that many of the electors spoke of that Mew
firma!, as the :Ministerial candidate. .1 Gentleman or
his Committer, in the course of a canvass which hr un-
dertook for 31r. Whitbread, applied lit a lientleum is
Westminster for his vote for that cantlidate—" Nu," re-
plied the eleetar, " I am not for that side; / am for
Church ant king-1 voted this morning for Mr.
lamb."—(Laughter and riteers.)—Why then Mr. Lamb ,
was the Church and Kiag randislato ins Weatasilishre.-*
Some of the Ministerial papers bad, Intleed, hilted of s
vote for Mr. Lamb as a loyal vote. After some further
o'iservatiines, expres-ine his rinitblinsee that the result
of the election would be completely in his favour, be ex-
horted the electors to crowd to the pull.
'floe usorting then dispersed.