The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-22 00:00:00

TMF. STATESMAN

the pnblic feelings of the candidates. lie should
therefore beg to know the feelings of Mr. Duddell
upon the subject of Reform.
Mr. Dt-ongt.i. said, he should act frrely and inde-
pendently. and &spivv and• mall who should attempt
to make innovations upon the Constitution.
Mr. S was not at all satisfied with this an-
swer, and rileated the question. Are you a friend
to reform in Parliament

Mr. Duntoru. said, he was an advocate for Reform,
and was convinced that Miniver% had not acted with
propriety. He had always been upon the popular
side of the tt...st• .
The 3lecting appeared finite satisfied.
WARD OF CRIPPLE:WM WITHIN.
At twe:ye o'clock Alderman WooD took the Chair,
and stated the oi,jeet of the fleeting. lie said the is
names that were returned to him to propose to the
Meeting as their Representatives in the Common
Council. for the ensuing year, were those of their pre-
sent Representatis es, and desired to know whether any
tiewlemen wished to propose any other.
Mr. Alcoa and 31r. Field were then proposed ;
and on a show of hands the Chairman declared, that
seven of the rreseut Members and 31r. Field had the
' majority.
On 31r. Kidder's name (who is one of the present
Members) being proposed, a Gentletuan asked him why
he had not, during the last year, consented to call a
Ward Meeting? 3!r. Kidder replie.l, because he was
no politician, and he thought the business on which
they wanted to meet was before the proper tribunal.
This answer was received by the Meeting r. ith great
disapprobation, and there were but nine hands held up
fur 31r. Kidder. He then called on ore of his friends
to demand a poll for bum. bat his friebd declined. At
length a pull was demanded, and the books now lie
at the Vestry•roous for the signatures of the freemen.

The several candidates then made their acknow-
',tents to the Meet!nz.
Mr. EICKI, Who had been re-elected by a Inge
majority, moved a protest against the declaration that
had been lately signed by some persons in that Ward,
who called it a Loyal Declaration. He said hr should
indeed lament to see loyalty at such a low ebb as to
be obliged to hide itself in holes and corners. which
had been the case with those who had signed the dc-
derelict', who were afraid to propose their object at
any public meeting; but the truth was, those who
signed it, di:l not want to show their attachment to
his Majesty, but to his weak and unpopular Ministers.
He then read his protest, which stated very filly the
reasons for dissenting from uhat was called the Loyal
Declaration, cud which was a•loptrd by the Meeting
with only a single baud held up against it.
Alderman Woon expressed his rex ret that the per-
sons signing the declaration It id not applied to him
to call a Ward Meeting: and declared that howeser
he might differ ft•oui those gentlemen in his interpre-
tation of genuine loyalty, yet unless their proceedings
were actually troasmi, u li!ch he was satisfied was not
the case, he would have railed a meeting, and presided
as readily as he could have done for persons iu whose
political opinions lie entitely al/revel.
littRAD-sTRr:ET W.tRD.

in this Warr!, t► kid; has been uncontested for nearly
t►renty-five years, Mr. l'ip:wr has come forward to
claim the votes of the Citizens, as a friend to Re-
form. The other 31embe:4 of the Ward have hi-
therto brew of the parties deaominated Whig and Mi-
nisterial.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIM STATESMAN.

Sta,—lts observing your many able trgatnents to
rouse Scotsmen from their lethargy, they never failed
to inspire in my bosom (as they also must in others) a
kindred spirit with my forefathers, who so zealously
struggled fur the glorious cause of liberty.
I am a Scotsman, proud of those forefathers ; and I
trust that though some of their children have not al-
ways pr..ved themselves worthy of being recorded
among their ancestors, they will not long continue
asleep ou their ports. I see the dawn of liberty's
morn begins to appear, and hope that neither English
fogs nor Scotch mists will arise to prevent the full
day-light from shining upon us. I have more than
once seen your " STATESMAN" in Scotland earnestly
contending for freedom ; while every eye approved
every ear was open for instruction. Soifer not this
precious moment to be lost; but use thy pen, already
dedicated to independence. Every day brings fresh
proofs of the ardent spirit of the Scots being aroused.
Among the many, I rapturonsly hailed the procession
of Highlanders tvhtt went to congratulate her Majesty
on her tr:timpli. Their plain, manly, and resolute
appearance, made all the former deeds of Highlanders
rush on my recollection. It is not the transient glare
of idle parade that attracts the rustic Highlanders to
a gathering : no, (to use your own expressions)" they
are a thoughtful people, not easily roused, but when
once rensed, will nut submit till they hare gained their
cause." Their very souls abhor deceit and cruelty
as foreign to their nature ! and they will never shrink
front the embraces of a friend, nor the threats of an
enemy. Their spirit is awakened by the call of in-
jured innocence, and they are always ready to sup-
port the cause, and even avenge the wrongs of WO-
Ulan :

" For the soul thnt is okras st most ,rallant in war,
Is the truest RA fondest in lose."

Accept, Sir, a thousand thanks for your indefatiga-
ble Exertions in the cause of injured virtue, which will
ever be au honour to your name, and a plearing re-
flection to

THE SON OF A HIGHLANDER.
Great Pulleney-strect, Gulden-square, Dec. IS.

0: The reception of the Deputation of the High;
land Assembly at Hrandenburgh House on Monday
last was highly g: acious and Clattering. They were
allowed to march into the hull, with their heads un-
covered, preceded by their pipers playing " Scots
wha loae Wallace bled, " and to keep on their bus-
n-ts in the presence of the Queen, exc. pt when they
approached to obtain the honour of kissing lice Ma-
jesty's hand. They were, um weer, invited to remain
in the hall, theirpiperscontinuing occasionally to play
their favourite pibrochs, during all the time the depu-
tations which followed them were introduced to the
Queen. The vi-it of the party in their noble national
costume, avowedly afforded much gratification to her
Majesty and her attendants, and was explicitly ac-
knowledged by Lady Ann Hamilton, whose dress on
the occasion was distinguished by the tartan colours,
101 l who cordially shook hands with all the party. In
the afternoon the deputation, in fourteen carriages,
returned to the Crown and Anchor, with their tartan
HAT, and their pipers before them, in the same order
as they had set out; aad afterwards a large party of
theme dined at the Edinburgh Castle in the Strand,
attended by their pipers, who enlivened their enter-
tainment with a variety of national and appropriate
airs. Among the toasts shrank after dinner were,
" The ever memorable Caledonians:" " The Queen ;"
" Aloterman Wood ;" " Lady Ann ll ami Hun ;" " Jo-
seph flume, Esq.:" and " .lay the Caledonians stand
b; the Queen like the English oak, and her enemies
fall like the leases."