also of those who attended at the fourteen sta- | he did not care much how he was on the poll, tions to receive the votes of the inhabitant householders who have been enfrauchised in consequence of the Reforin Bill. The Sheriffs announced the following to be the state of the poll: Mr. Grote Alderman Wood 8,412 7,488 Alderman Waithmau.... 7,452 Mr. Scales .......... 6,136 5,152 ............ 569 The Sheriffs then declared Mr. Grote, Alderman Wood, Alderman Waithman, and Sir John Key, to be duly elected to represent the City of London in the ensuing Parliament. long before he should have to appear before them again, when he might hope, if they approved of his conduct, that they would renew their confidence. He would only express the gratitude to these active friends whose exertions had ensured his success, and return his sincere thanks to the electors at large. (Cheers.) and to-day it turned out that he was second. Fourteen years ago he had been at the top of the poll, and, taking into the account the enlarged constituency, he was glad to find that as large a number of the old constituency voted for him now as when he was placed in that honourable situation. The new constituency accounted for the 2 000 which Mr. Grote had headed hin: on the poll. He was satisfied with his situation, and accepted it as a proof that the electors were satisfied with his conduct in Parliament. As the other candidates had said, he had re-appeared before them, and they had done him justice by again returning him to Parliament. He could asMr. GROTE said, if ever a human being, sure them that whatever promoted the interests standing before his fellow men, had reason to of the great body of the people should find be proud and gratified, assuredly he was the in him a steady supporter. On that principle man. Four days ago he stood in that spot he had always, and he always should vote. an anxious candidate for their suffrages, and (Cheers.) He was a reformer of forty years' he was now honoured by a commanding ma-standing. He thought that it would not be jority of a great body of electors, by being elected to a situation of the greatest trust and responsibility. He now stood there filled with greatest felicity at the great triumph conferred on him, by the honour done him by the electors-an honour, which perhaps, was unequalled, and certainly could not be surpassed. But what were all the titles which, the caprice of courtiers might withhold or grant-what Sir JOHN KEY expressed feelings of the were they all in comparison to the unpurchased deepest gratitude for the honour and responsuffrages of an enlightened body of his fellow-sibility conferred on him. He could not boast citizens. (Applause.) Their approbation was forty years' public service-not having seen the true certificate of merit (cheers), and it forty years, aud was, therefore, placed in a was for him a great triumph, as it was their disadvantageous position; but if he bad only testimony to his virtue and patriotism. He half the age of the two candidates who last adassured them, that from the bottom of his dressed them, and only half their experience, heart he felt the great, the unexampled dis- had he not double reason to be proud of the tinction he believed he might really call it honourable place which the independent elec unexampled-because never before had so tors had awarded him? He was doubly proud, many votes been bestowed on any one person. because no influence had been used in his fa(Hear.) He believed, that no other man had your; and he had only to thank the zeal of ever so many. He was grateful for the ho- the honest and disinterested electors. In his nour, and felt the magnitude of the obliga-short life, however, he had, in a time of diffitions the honour occasioned. He felt seriously culty, manifested some zeal and energy in and religiously the responsibility of the great their cause; but he could not boast of that, and mighty power they had placed in his for he had only done his duty. It was to their hands. He assured them solemnly aud sa-public spirit and patriotism, and not to any credly, that he should feel himself eternally disgraced if he did not apply to the full extent of his abilities the power they had iutrusted him with for their benefit. (Applause.) He was aware of the kind of mission he had re-liberties, and independence. ceived, and knew that it was one not to be paralleled, and he promised to devote himself most assiduously to fulfil it, and preserve that confidence they had placed in him. He was firmly resolved to devote his conscientious service to the full measure of his faculties, and to the utmost of his energies, to protect their rights and particularly to protect the rights and promote the happiness of those who stood most in need of protection, because they had the least power to protect themselves (Cheers.) Mr. Alderman WooD had said yesterday, that he was so pleased at being elected, that patronage, he was indebted for his success. He prized his situation, as a manifestation of their confidence; and he would devote all the energies of his mind to uphold their rights, Mr. Lyall was called for, but he was not present, and nobody spoke in his behalf. Mr. Alderman SCALES came forward, and was received with loud cheers, cries of "bravo!" and some hisses. After silence was obtained, he said he would take the opportunity of addressing them, if they would not interrupt him by calling "question, question!" He could speak to any question they pleased, but let him not be interrupted; and, as the other speakers had discoursed of a variety of topics, he hoped he might, without the call of “question!" The first election he had ever seen was at Huntingdon, man, and had not the same means of making himself known to his fellow-citizeus? Some of his kind friends had cautioned him against the expense; he could assure them that the expense was not so great as they suppose. It had cost him twice as much to conquer one select vestry: but he had conquered it. (Cheers.) His friends would give him advice, but not give him a penny. The expense was limited; he could save it in a year from the expense of his household: and if he were obliged to curtail, it would only be a lesson of practical reform. (Cheers, and laughter.) He did not make money to board it, but to use it. He had enough, he had more than when he was twelve years of age, when Lord Sandwich's candidates were chaired up the Castle Hill. (Cries of "Off," and "Go on.") The people were all intoxicated, and the first candidate said, "Now, my lads, he ready, and when I give you the signal, do you shout; I shan't make any speech, but do you, my lads, make a great shout, and cry, he is first." So they shouted, and the election was over. (Laughter.) He, perhaps, should be much better pleased, at least some gentlemen would, if such were the proceedings of the City of Loudon, and that the electors only shouted for their favourite candidate "He is first," and required no speeches. He must say that he had long been an admirer of Al-enough-he had too muchdermen Waithman and Wood; he had stood "Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; forward to support them, and raise them to But riches endless are as poor as winter their present situation; but after being To him that ever thinks he shall be poor.” chained to their chariot wheels for twenty years, was not he to be allowed to mouut for He should never be poor, because he always himself? (Laughter and bravo.) As Mr. meant to be content, and to live within his inGrote properly said, the honour of their ap-come. (Cheers.) His friends further said that probation was superior to any thing a court he was not fit for an alderman, (laughter,) could bestow; and for every honest man their that he had not sense enough-not gravity applause was far more valuable than anything a monarch or a minister could give. (Cheers.) Was he then to be blamed when other men looked for that, that he aspired to the same honour? He had obtained honour from his fellow-citizens; but it had been snatched" Fair round belly with good capons lined." away. He prized such honour as dearly as Mr. Grote, and though it had been snatched away on this occasion, he did not repine; he was yet strong, and he should yet ensure victory and achieve conquest. He had at first thought that the Court of Allermen, when he saw them only from a distauce, must be persons of extraordinary magnitude and power (laughter), and that it would be something very terrific to attack them; but now he had found the truth of the advice which Mentor gave to Telemachus :-" When danger is at a distance, treat it (said he) as of great con-bered when a very young boy reading "Burn's sequence; when it is present, treat it with Poems," and he had almost learnt them by contempt." So he had treated the Court of heart. One passage had made a very strong Aldermen with great respect when at a dis-impression où hin. It was this tance, but when he got near it he treated it only with contempt. (Cheers.) Before he had done he hoped to make all the citizens comprehend it as well as he did, and then they would treat it as he treated it. Before many days were over they would see those very rights which belonged to the citizens, and of which the aldermen had deprived them, made subject of di-cussion, and then they would see in what estimation the new representatives held the rights of the people. (Cheers; No, no.) Public opinion would assist him in destroying them, and that would be found too strong even for a Court of Aldermen. One candidate now made a boast of not canvassing the electors, but he had formerly canvassed them-he had canvassed the electors for and with that candidate, and though he was now able to repudiate that practice, was another candidate to be censured for adopting it, who was not so well known as the worthy alder enough (loud laughter)-that he could not look the character. (Renewed laughter.) Why then, he would get stuffed (roars of laughter); and they should soon see him with a (Roars of laughter.) Again, those who ad- "To catch Dame Fortune's golden smiles, Not for a train attendant; (Bravo.) Of being independent." That was the use he would make of his money. It should make him independent. For that did all rational men save when they were in health, and by that were they enabled, when any public services demanded a sacrifice. He was not such a greenhorn-being fifty years of age; he was not so ignorant of the laws and customs of England-having this independence-that he might not aspire to be a legislator. Many of them did not know half so much of the wants of the people of England as he did. Mr. Lyall talked of representing friend, Sir J. C. Hobhouse. (Tremendous uproar, and cries of "Off, off.") He had come forward to propose him for the sixth time as a candidate for their representative. For fourteen years Sir J. C. Hobhouse had faithfully performed his duty towards them; and during the whole of that period he had fulfilled every promise, and had acted up to every profession which he had made when he first came before them. (Cheers from the hustings.) It was said that he had joined the Administration; true, he had done so; be bad joined an administration which was pledged to carry the great measure of reform; and in his opinion the support which Sir J. Hobhouse had given to the Government gave him additional claim upon their support. His past conduct proved that he was the most fit and proper mau to represent them in Parliament, and therefore he felt great pleasure in putting him in nomination. (The uproar throughout the whole of Mr. De Vear's speech was so great as to prevent its being audible to any but those in his immediate vicinity; the same observation also applies to the speech of the gentleman who followed him.) the mercantile interest; but he believed he knew more of commerce than Mr. Lyall did; and he would undertake to teach Mr. Lyall and any half-dozen merchants the nature of commerce. He had travelled over England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; he had been on the continent, and he had crossed the Atlantic, carrying his own goods to the market. He knew that the English merchants were uo longer those high and honourable characters they were forty years ago, when they were the admiration of their own and of foreign countries. (Cheers.) He hoped the time would soon come when he should be able to develop his opinions, and he was satisfied that he should prove to them that he was not ignorant of the cause of England's distresses, and the means of remedying them. With respect to the two aldermen he would add, that there was a time when they wooed the goddess Liberty, but now, when she opened her arms to them, they had become coy. They cried forbear, and turned away with repuguance. That they turned away he did not regret; but why should they caution the people against her embraces? They told the people to bear their burdens; now he had read Scripture, and Mr. POUNCEY seconded the nomination. knew that God's chosen people did not bear Dr. BAINBRIDGE in coming forward to pro their burdens. The Israelites rebelled when pose Colouel Evans was received with loud the Egyptians required them to make bricks cheers and buzzas from the crowd in front of without straw. He would not detain them the hustings, and during the whole of his adlonger than to thank them for the attention dress he was listened to by both parties with they had bestowed on him. (Cheers.) attention. He said, it more especially beThanks were given to the deputy returning-hoves the electors of Westminster at this parofficers in the different districts, and the court ticular period to be exceedingly cautious in was dissolved. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. the selection of those who are to carry forward to its ultimate results the changes that are calculated to flow from the Reform Bill,above all, that great amelioration in the con The hour appointed for the nomination for Westminster was twelve for one o'clock. Longdition of the working classes which is to be before that time a deuse crowd had assembled in front of the hustings erected opposite St. Paul's Church, Covent garden. At one o'clock the candidates and their friends made their way to the hustings. Sir F. Burdett and Sir J. Hobhouse were received with universal disapprobation by the crowd, and were pelted with all sorts of garbage, while Col. Evans was welcomed with the loudest cheers. effected. (Cheers.) A most unmerited outcry has been lately raised against those who have thought it their duty to exact pledges from candidates, as if there was anything novel in the practice; and the most unjust epithets, such as "Revolutionists” and “Destructives," have been applied to them for so doing. Now, I ask you, what would the gentlemen and tradesmen of Westminster gain by violence or the destruction of private property? (Cheers.) It is to prevent this that we, having now a legitimate channel, seek for a legitimate redress of our many grievances. The proprietors Mr. GEORGE LYNDON came forward to pro- of nomination boroughs have always exacted pose Sir F. Burdett, as a fit and proper person pledges from their representative. The Crown to represent the city of Westminster in Parlia- always exacts pledges from its servants, for ment; but he was received with such a storm from the premier down to the commonest of groans, hisses, and other marks of disap-custom-house officer and exciseman, pledges probation, that though he continued to speak Every officer in the army, before for some time, not a single word he uttered he receives promotion, though he may have could be heard. served for twenty years, is called on to give pledges. Will it be said, then, that we have no right to demand pledges from our representatives? (Cheers.) It is the same in the navy, and in every other department of the state; in all pledges are exacted. If the Duke of Wellington should return to power to-mor row (universal groans), which I need not tell The HIGH BAILIFF then read the precept, and went through the usual forms; but owing to the constant clamour and noise kept up by the mob, the whole passed off in dumb-show. Mr. MARCHANT, in seconding the nomination of the hon. Baronet, made a similar ineffectual attempt to be heard. Mr. DE VEAR then came forward to propose Sir J. Hobhouse. We understood him to say that he had the high gratification to nominate as their representative their old and tried are taken. you is not a very probable thing, be would be I have been hitherto placed upon these hustbound to renew the pledges which he formerly ings. (Loud cheers. A voice in the crowdmade. The King himself is obliged to pledge "Will you give a pledge?") I shall speak himself on taking his coronation oath. All to that gentleman presently, on the subject to members of Parliament, before they take their which he alludes, for I perceive that he apseats in Parliament, are obliged to give pears to be a man of sense, and that of course pledges; they are obliged to give pledges to he is likely to listen to reason; but, pursuthe King, and why should they not submiting the observations which I have just been also to give pledges to the people? (Cheers.) making, I beg to say that I shall be as ready, Why should they refuse to give pledges to the if such shall be your will, to descend into the people, when they give pledges, and upon ranks and there to fight the same good cause oath, too, to the King? The people having with you that I have hitherto fought in the seen that pledges have been uniformly exacted proud and eminent situation in which you by the Goverument from their officers, and have hitherto placed me, in the front of that from the members in the House of Com- batile which we have at length so gloriously mons, are determined on following so laudable and peaceably achieved. (Cheers.) In whatan example. After reminding the electors of ever rank any portion of Englishmen may the professions contained in the gallant please to place me, I trust that I shall be alColonel's address, he concluded by proposing ways found ready at all times to do my duty Colonel De Lacey Evans as a fit and proper to my country. (Cheers.) Therefore, first of person to represent this city in Parliament. all, and before anything of an acrimonious kind is mentioned (aud no observations o that kind shall come from me), allow me to express my sorrow at and to deplore what has taken place to divide and distract the popular interest in Westminster. (Hear, hear.) I do not think that any one can justly or fairly attribute that division to any portion of my conduct. (Don't cry Daddy.) Gentlemen, it shall be always to me a source of no smalk gratification that I contributed my share to the triumph of that great public principle which we have at length achieved, that the right of voting has been extended to those who had beeu hitherto so unjustly deprived of it, and for whose rights we reformers had been so long contending and contending in vain, that we have at length succeeded in routing out the rotten nomination boroughs from Parliameut, and that the power of representation has been intrusted to the great bulk of the community, in the confidence that they will select men of talents, integrity, and honesty, to send as their representatives to You are DOW as Mr. SIMPSON Seconded the nomination. The HIGH BAILIFF then put the names of the candidates in succession to the meeting, and called upon them to decide as to their selection by a show of hands. About 50 were held up in favour of Sir J. Hobhouse, probably 100 more in favour of Sir F. Burdett, aud au immense majority held up their hands on the announcement of the name of Colonel Evaus. The HIGH BAILIFF-I have only to declare, that to the best of my judgment, the show of bands has been in favour of Sir F. Burdett and Colonel Evans. Mr. DE VEAR, on the part of Sir John Hobhouse, theu demauded a poll, which was granted. Sir F. BURDETT accordingly came forward amidst some cheers, mingled with hisses and showers of mud. Gentlemen, (said the hon. Baronet), I cannot refrain from express ing to you the gratification and the triumph that I feel at the consummation of that great measure which, since I last had the honour of addressing you from these hustings, has be- Parliament. (Cheers.) come the law of the land. (Peltings) I cou-sembled to perform that important duty, and gratulate you upon that great event, that I am satisfied that you will discharge it as glorious triumph of those public principles for becomes the electors of Westminster. I come which I have myself so many years con- now to the subject of pledges, to which the tended,-years that I am almost ashamed to gentleman below me cafed my attention say, and which my arithmetic is hardly suf- awhile ago. The nominator of my opponent ficient to enable me to enumerate,-years du- bas attributed t› me the expression that ring which I have fought the great battle of "none but fools asked for pledges, and none public principle with you, electors of West- but knaves gave them." Now, I beg leave to minster and at your head; and having done say that I said no such thing. What I really so-having, in times of dauger, and doubt, did say was, that pledges might be exceedingly and difficulty,-when there were few to cheer, good for knaves, and that they would be very and still lewer to support me, in the then ap- attractive, no doubt, for fools. (Hisses parently hopeless contest, fought the good and peltings.) That is what I really said fight, and fought it, I trust, with firmness aud on the ccasion to which allusion has with spirit (cheers); now that the field is been made. I suppose that, whether a man won, now that the nighty triumph is be au bonest man or a knave, as long as his achieved, I am as ready to descend amongst interest is the same with yours, you may you to fight in your ranks the battle for the safely trust him. But what do you do with public happiness, and to do whatever I can your pledge? You may easily make a knave for the public advantage, as I have shown take a pledge that an honest man will pause myself to be in the more distinguished but before he swallows, but the moment your more onerous station in which by your favour respective interests happen to clash together, meeting, which indeed it can hardly be consi dered to be, for the purposes of political dis cussion. I shall only say that now, as formerly, if you shall again place me in the proud situation of your representative, I shall go to Parliament firmly determined to discharge my duty faithfully and honestly, and with more hopes of success and greater pros pects of good than I ever had when sent there before; but that, on the contrary, if your choice should not fall upon me, I shall coutent myself with working with you for the common good of all, aud that in whatever situation I may be placed, or in whatever way I may hereafter be called on to act, the prosperity, the happiness, and the well-being of my country shall be my mest earnest wish, my first and my last object. (Cheers, and mud.) the knave will unquestionably prefer his own to yours, and what security have you then that he will redeem his pledge? An honest man would do the thing without a pledge, and you get no security but a sham security by exacting a pledge from a knave. You would not lend a knave to-morrow 5s. upon the most solemn pledge that he would return it next week, while you would lend it at once to an honest man without any pledge at all. The fact is, as I have just said, pledges are but sham securities, merely affording the means of deceit―they are, in truth, mere "sprynges to catch woodcocks," and foolish woodcocks too. (A laugh, and cries of" Hear.") Would any of yourselves give a pledge that you would adhere to the same determination that you at present entertain with regard to all those great and important and multifarious Colonel EVANS then presented himself to the topics to which allusion has been made, after meeting, and was hailed by the crowd imme you had heard them discussed, sifted, and diately in front of the bustings with great apcanvassed, in every possible shape and inan-plause. He commenced with observing that ner? (An individual in the crowd, "Yes.") he had entertained the highest personal reA gentleman in the crowd answers "Yes."spect for his two opponents, particularly for Now I can only say, that for my part I pretend not to the possession of that enviable degree of wisdom, penetration, and foresight, and that I am not able to call to mind all the various re lations and complicated points of those several vast and important subjects, so as to have it in my power to say that I have made up my mind altogether upon them in every view and in every possible respect, and that no discussion that might hereafter take place with regard to them would in the slightest degree alter my opinion or change my judgment. We have had, indeed, similar public pledges made in our tinie. The Duke of York pledged him self in the House of Lords, and in the way, too, that the seconder of my opponent seemed so much to like, for he pledged himself by an oath against the religious liberty of a portion of the community. But everybody looked upon the Duke's pledge as an absurdity, as in fact it was, for no honest, sensible, or upright man, whose mind was open to the conviction of truth and the effect of reason, would pledge himself unalterably to any particular thing. The gentleman who proposed my opponent, talked of the pledges taken from officers in the army. Now, the pledge that was taken from the officers in the army, the navy, and other departments, was upon oath, and it was that they would faithfully and diligently do their duty. I have no hesitation to take an oath | to that which I have hitherto done, and which I will do without an oath. I have done my duty, and I now appeal to you without fear. I have no fear as to the result of this contest, but let that result be what it may, I shall still, in whatever situation I may be placed, endeavour to the utmost of my power to promote and advance those great interests which will be brought under the consideration of the public. (Applause mingled with disapprobation.) It would be needless for me to detain you longer, especially as many of you seem to think that the present is not a the bon. baronet (Sir F. Burdett), but that if he should allow his mind to be misled by feelings of a personal consideration, he should deem himself unworthy of their respect, and of the honour of being their representative. He bad not heard all that the hon. Baronet bad just stated to them; but the hon. Baronet had commenced with stating what was unfounded in fact,-namely, that he (Colonel Evans) was the hon. Baronet's opponent; the contrary was the truth, the hon. Baronet was his (Colonel Evans's) opponent. (Cheers) The bou. Baronet in his writings had hinted at their being fools misled by knaves, so that by possibility they were in danger of being misled by his (Colonel Evans's) knavery. He could assure them that he felt no gratification in triumphing over the remarks of his opponents; but at the same time, as the attack had been made, he must do justice to himself. On the subject of pledges, who had been more prolific than the hon. Baronet during his whole career? And was not this the first time, after twenty-six years' experience, that they had heard any such sentiments respecting pledges as those just delivered by him? Had they ever heard the hon. Baronet say heretofore anything like what he had uttered on the present occasion on the subject either of fools and knaves, or of pledges? (Cheers.) Poesibly he might be a knave, but great as were the former celebrity and just renown of the bou. Baronet, he took the liberty to say that there was not one act of his life that exposed him, more than the hon. Baronet, to the charge of knavery. (Cheers.) Let it be granted, if his opponents so willed it, that they might be kuaves who thus appealed to the public: then must the hon. Baronet in particular, as he had been much longer before the public, be a much bigger knave than he was. (Cheers and laughter.) lu coming forward as a candidate, he had done so in compliance with the opinion of a great body of the elec |