Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-05

her innocence
CObbetts description OF the electors of Westnins.
ter, who met TO celebrate the twenty-second ami
versary of Sir Francis BuIdctts election His
provocation appears from the reporters notes to
the following passages of speech which he at
tempted 10 make at the dinner
As TO the attacks which Mr.. Hobhouse had made
upon the, one Is that L have cheated somebody he
dare not say whom, out of money; another is that
starved the poor whilst alive, aud only take care of
them when dead; and third that take up bones
anu dispose of them for profit, after man is dead
AZ to the charge III cheating somebody out of money
have only to say, That Mr.. Hobhouse dare not saw
whom nave cheated: no. nor the mighty Dom his
master'--tA voice. why, You bamboozed him. j.
Ihat Is one of the most baretaced and mpudon, lies
that was ever stated by man. Let the Letters come
ldtoa Cont OF Justice, and III prove the charpe
galnSt me base fasehood-('Fine words Cobbett.
GTt Where are urProois AS to starving the poor,
have had great delight, during all the course of INV
lie, IN beng beneficial to the poor "a loud laugh
ming cd with Kisses | have | say, with my slcn.
der means, done more for the poor than Bur1et with
AL ans thousands Then as To the bones. Cries of
Now for tue boncs,' mingled with laughter u A
dead body sold to be cut up. (Cres of WHAT'S be.
come of your rings with Tom Psines lairy~) Yes
there's mighty difference between sellinn dee Il
body to be cut up by surgeons and bringing the bones
of a great man home which were lying i'm ncglcc-
ted obscury for the purpose OF burvInO them I'm his
naive land'-l"Where have you buried them, YOU
old resurrcctionst?' WHO blornes Inc for doinr
that which the very Government of this country was
then doing, At the very time | say, the Govern.
mont was sending for the bones of an Officer who
Pcrshed ia the American war, for the purpose Of
bnrying them IN Westminster Abbey Immense
uproar) Well / see there is 10 such thing as yet
ting fair hearing III this place, and therefore snail
! concludc.--( Loud hsscs.)
To the Electors If Wesiminsier.
BARN-ELM + ARM, eth Nav 1929
Gentlcmcn-A band of hired rufFans ASSUMING
your names, assembled at the Crown and Anchor in
the Strand, on Monday last, to celebrate what they
called the purity If election.
Tie moment went into the room, was convin-
ced, and told Mr.. Hunt aud several that il was an
asscmblagc Of fellows that had been hired and pnid
for being there. Since the dinner | have been as.
sured, on what think very good authority that
hundred and forty pounds were laid out in tickets tn
be given away. / do not know this To be truo but
verify believe it TO he true; II rests upon evidence
rs good as that on which nine verdics of ten are
given m courts o Justice. At oil tho dinners which
have ever seen, the tables filed by degrees
promiscuously leaving various vacant pieces here
and there; hut, upon this OCCASION all the four IA
bles that run long ways the room, were completely
flied before four o'clock although tho dinner did not
take place till six. |, who was sitting on the Gle
waited part. at tho upper end Of the room and who
had TO sit there nearly hour before The dinner be
gan, had time 10 survey these people, who were in
appearance all Of precisely the Same stamp; middle
aged, shabby, ond vulgar looking men toloraby Glenn
but having coarse linen Of n yellow LOOKING hue
and extremely blue, and having coats the seams
oi which rather white. |, who know where
TO look for the characteristics in such cases. looked
o. their hands, which were, generally, wished pretty
clean; but saw the dccp with the dirt M tho
bottom STILL and certain ruughness between the
| fore finger and the thumb. They looked like pco-
pie with whom bellyful was a serious objects and
observed, that when looking az INC they had un-
anirnons scowl on their vsages. When the vctuals
came covered, they before the signal was given Tor
uncOverIng. and before the wators came TO uncover
lifted up the sides ofthc to peep under 10
l. Joy tho sight it were beforehand; and when the
covers were taken of, they pitched on IN way TO
convince you that the eating part OF the affair was to
be no sham. Thoy gave proofs Of real hunger while