VOL.78.-No. 11.] LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1832. TO THE [Price Is. 2d. now going to happen which I have been anticipating for a quarter of a century; that is going to happen which I have not only been at times thinking about so long, but of which I have been thinking, for years, of all the necessary consequences, down to the most minute detail. I have long thought, for more than twenty years I have thought, that EVENTS would, if I had READERS OF THE REGISTER. life and health, make me a member Manchester, Sunday, 9. Dec. 1832. In the thirty-one years, during which I have been writing and publishing this Register, I never was so much at a loss to know what to begin about, as I am at this moment. The public have their ears open to nothing but matters relating to the ELECTIONS; and my readers, in particular, are only anxious to know what is to be the result of the elections at MANCHESTER and OLDHAM; and, those elections will be begun, and will not have been ended, before this Register will have come from the press; and, moreover, the result of those elections will have been communicated to the whole kingdom before the next Register can have come from the press. In this state of things, to write about the elections would be like bawling to the blasts; and, therefore, about them I can say nothing. of the Parliament. In 1821 I told BROUGHAM this, in my Register; and, in 1823, I told my Lord GREY the same thing. So that I am not at all taken by surprise; I am not at all taken unawares; I have long fixed in my own mind that which I would do in such a case; and I am as much prepared for doing it as a shoemaker is prepared for his work, when he has taken measure of a man to make him a pair of shoes; and I feel no more anxiety as to my capability to perform the thing, than the shoemaker does when he sits down and takes the awl and the waxed thread into his hands. All, therefore, that I have to urge in the way of apology for not discussing any important subject in this Register, is, that every moment of my time, for five days now to come, belongs entirely to the electors of MANCHESTER and to those of OLDHAM. I should like to make some observations on the conduct of the two factions with regard to this WHIG WAR. I will insert, another time, a letter to the Morning Chronicle from its PARIS corThere are, indeed, other matters of respondent who signs himself O. P. Q. It is in praise of my own foresight, to be vast importance, my opinions upon sure; but that is no reason why I should which I should offer to my readers, not communicate it to any readers. This but they will be pleased to consider gentleman quotes a passage from a amongst what circumstances I am now recent Register of mine, briefly stating what I had written on the subject in the placed. The zealous and anxious electors fall of 1830; but bare justice to myself, of two important towns, justly claiming, as well as to my readers, would demand between them, every moment of my the republication now of the whole of time and every particle of my attention. what I wrote upon the subject immeI claim no indulgence at all on account diately after the last French revolution; of any feelings of my own; for, that is and I should do this justice to myself M and my readers, but not having the volumes of the Register within my reach, I cannot give my printers proper directions for inserting the part which I should like to have inserted. morning, I must now cease to write about this matter. My readers will want to see (it is now TUESDAY morning) in the next Register, and I shall want to have reMy readers will, however, recollect corded in it, the proceedings at, and the that the moment the old BOURBONS had result of, the London and Suburbs elecbeen put down, I saw the policy which tions. I therefore direct my printers we ought to pursue with regard to BEL- to take these Cities and Boroughs in the GIUM. I soon discovered and said, that following order: LONDON, WESTLOUIS-PHILIPPE would prevent the MINSTER, MARYBONNE, FINSBURY, French, if he possibly could, from de- TOWER HAMLETS, SOUTHWARK, LAMriving any benefit from the expulsion of BETH, and GREENWICH. I direct them CHARLES. In 1832 he stands proved to take these names, and, under each, to be that which I, in 1830, said he give an account of the names of the would prove himself to be. For that candidates for each, and specifying reason, as well as for the others that I particularly those who have been then mentioned, I wished to see the French march to the Rhine at once. The Belgians were ready to receive them; were impatient to receive them; were never to be made to like the man that was then called their King, and to whom their country had been given against their will. Besides this, the despots had given their country this King for the purpose, chiefly, of preventing any portion of the enslaved people of Europe from recovering their freedom. It was, therefore, manifestly the interest of all the people in the world, who wished for freedom to prevail, that the French should go to the RHINE. For ourselves, it was our particular interest; because it would have put an end to all those subjects of quarrel about Hanover, which have been such a curse to England, and to which we owe no small part of our enormous debt and taxes. Ah! but this did not suit the Whigs; and yet they did not dare attempt to maintain the authority of the Dutch fellow in Belgium. So that they contrived with TALLEY-tated, intentional wickedness. RAND to stick up one of our pensioners as a King of Belgium, and then to send a fleet to fight for him, to keep him upon his throne. How long they will be able to keep his throne for him, I do not know; but I will bet my Lord GREY a trifle, that he does not keep his pension for him another clear year after the 25. of March next. However, I must leave this matter for the present. It is now Tuesday, and having to be at the opening of two elections to-morrow chosen. I request them to give, under each head, as large a portion of the proceedings as there will be room for, and to take care that the most interesting matter be preserved. I wish them to give a very full account of the Westminster Election; for this is the touchstone: this is the criterion: here is the proof, the real proof, that it is impossible for imposture to succeed any longer! In the Standard and in the Sun of Saturday evening last, I read, that on the first show of hands, the "chaisehorse" and his hobby had scarcely a hand held up for them, while EVANS had a forest of hands! I read that these base fellows were covered with every species of opprobrium; that they were saluted by showers of decayed vegetables, and handfuls of that mud, a supply of which was so much wanted for them. in August, 1830. "God! thou art just," thy ways are inscrutable; but, in some way or other, sooner or later, punishment is sure to overtake cool, premedi This BURDETT, once, in conversation with me, laughed at this notion of mine, that wickedness brought in time its own punishment; and he mentioned the instance of SHERIDAN, as a proof of the contrary. SHERIDAN had several years to live after that, and SHERIDAN verified my notion; for he almost died without a penny-piece to lay upon his eye-lids; and was shunned and scorned, even by those who had been the companions of his days of successful imposture. And, now, old chaise-horse, did you could humbug the people along with think of my doctrine, when the mud this reform story. To their everlasting saluted your carcass, on the hustings at honour, he has not been able to do it. COVENT-GARDEN, onthe 8. of December, However, it signifies not a straw which 1832? The paper says, that a part of way the polling goes. If he get elected the mud fell upon one of your friends: now, it will be as MELLISH and MAINI wonder what prime fool that was! WARING used to be elected against Some base dog, I will warrant him, him: it will be as SHERIDAN was whose piety consists of sincere adoration elected against PAULL; and he will of twenty thousand acres of land. But creep about for the rest of his life, alI must stop writing, and leave my ways covered with the people's con printers to follow my instructions as tempt, and occasionally covered with above, and to be sure to get the best mud. Many, many most delightful and fullest accounts of the proceedings times of exultation have I had; but, to at WESTMINSTER, and especially of the see this vile slanderer of my character; peltings and hootings of the old chaise- to see this crafty and remorseless enemy horse and his donkey. In the first of mine; to see him actually covered Register, which I wrote against the with mud by the people of one great "chaise-horse," and which was written town of England, at the very moment in Long Island, I told him, that I had when I am receiving the cheers and the made him, and that I would unmake blessings of the people of two of the him; that he was as much my creature greatest towns in England! To see as the wooden god in the fable was this, to be thus situated, and to have the creature of the carpenter; that I the eyes of the whole of this nation had made him, in order that he might fixed on us at the time; to behold this, do what I should pray him to do; and is to feel triumph such as no man in that, now, finding him good for nothing, as the man found his wooden god, 1 would, as that disappointed man had done, take my axe, edge and poll, and chop him and knock him to pieces. It has been a long job, owing to the extreme cunning of the fellow, and the extreme baseness of the well-dressed rabble of WESTMINSTER. Nevertheless, have brought down this sublime politihe was destroyed as many as six or seven cal impostor, though propped up by years ago. I was quite sure, that I all that baseness which produces an could have aroused the people, and put adoration of of wealth: I have brought him out at the general election in 1826. him down to a state in which he can be I told this to several gentlemen whose an object of envy only to unfortunate names I could now cite. The "chaise-creatures that stand in need of the nehorse" heard of it, and then he wrote to cessaries of life; and, now, at this very Colonel JOHNSTONE, telling him that he moment, he is of no more real value would subscribe towards the expenses of than any twenty spits of earth, or any the election at PRESTON!' He re-quantity of earth of the weight of his newed the promise afterwards verbally own body, dug out of his "twenty thou to Colonel JOHNSTONE; and he had the sand acres of land!" baseness never to subscribe one single farthing! The " old chaise- horse" knew that there was nothing but a sheet of P. S. It is now Tuesday evening, Jand brown paper between him and destruc- I have just read Colonel EVANS's speech, tion. After the pelting off the hustings which I admire exceedingly, for its in 1930, it was clear that anybody good sense and sound principles. might have bundled him out of WEST MINSTER; still, however, he thought he this world ever before felt; and, let all young men of England; let every young man of this whole kingdom, fix his eyes upon this object: let him see the intrinsic nothingness of twenty thou sand acres of land; let him never des spair of success, if he boldly exert himself and keep truth for his guide. I I WM. COBBETT. LONDON AND SUBURES had given them the opportunity of exercising ELECTIONS. their qualification, that they would exert it in his favour. To the gentlemen of the Livery he expressed his gratitude for the many favours he had received at their hands. If he (From the Morning Chronicle, Sat., Dec. 8.) thought he had not fulfilled his duties, (Off, [CITY OF LONDON. Saturday being the day appointed for the nomination of the members to serve in Parliament for the City of London, the Guildhall. in which bustings had been previously erected, was opened at eleven o'clock, and was soon tolerably well filled. Sheriffs HUMPHERY and PEEK opened the business by inviting the candidates to come forward. Mr. Lyall, who was first, was received with considerable marks of approbation and some disapprobation. Mr. Grote, who followed, was well received, the approbation being general, and but few marks of disapprobation. Sir John Key was also received with great cheering and waving of hats. Aldermen Wood and Waithman, particularly the latter, did not appear such general favourites. The Crier opened the Court by calling on the people to attend. The Sheriffs were sworn, and the acts against bribery and corruption were read. Mr. Sheriff HUMPHERY said that the electors were theu called upon to perform a solemn and sacred duty, and he hoped that they would calmly and patiently hear every one of the candidates and their friends. It was important for themselves that they should show themselves worthy of the new rights some of them had received, and it was due to all to preserve the decorum of the Court. Mr. WM. SMITH, late M. P. for Norwich, begged leave to nominate Mr. Alderman Wood as a fit and proper person to represent the City of London in Parliament. (Cheers, and some marks of disapprobation.) Mr. EASTHOPE, late M. P. for St. Albans, seconded the proposition with the greatest pleasure. (Cheers.) Mr. WESTON came forward to nominate Mr. Alderman Waithman. (Cheer-.) Mr. PRENDER GAST secondel the nomina tion. off,) he would not show himself there on that day. He would not be a candidate, if he did not conscientiously believe that all his votes in the House of Commons, and his attention to his duties were given in accordance with the views of the electors. (Off, off.) To the new voters he could not be a stranger; and he had devoted his time and exertions to obtain their frauchise for them. (Cheers, and "Enough") He had nearly done. He would only promise them this, that if they could find a man more attentive to his duties in the House of Commons than he was, and who would vote more in accordance with their principles-who was inore ready to remit taxation, which he knew was heavy-whew they found any such man, he would be ready to give up his seat. (Cheers, and bravo, Wood.) He would not hold his seat one hour after he was told by a majority of his constituents assembled in that ball that he had not done his duty. (Cheers and bravo.) Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN came forward, but was received with much noise. When he could be heard, he proceeded to say, that he had frequently on those boards had to claim their attention to individuals; and he regretted exceedingly that everybody should not now be heard, as he was certain that to pay calm and great attention to every speaker was the best way to add to the dignity of their proceedings. (Cheers.) It would be idle in him to go into a history of his past life. He would only say that he had been for forty years before the public, and it was twenty years before he asked or sought for any office; and he therefore could have uow no improper motive for his exertions. (Cries of Off! and cheers.) Sir JOHN KEY came forward amidst great cheering. He appeared, he said, before the lively gratitude. No one was more deeply new constituency with feelings of the most impressed with the sense of obligation to the Mr. STEVENS had great satisfaction in pro-reformers of the City of London, or with the posing Sir John Key for their choice. (Cheers, waving of hats, and applause.) Mr. WILLIAMS felt great pleasure in seconding the proposition. importance of the responsibility of a representative of such a body, than he was. He had no personal gratification to satisfy. He had no personal object to gain. He should, upon all occasions, in a private or public capacity, support, to the utmost of his endeavours, the rights and privileges of his fellow-citizens, and Mr. SOLLEY, who was received with great oppose the system by which the country was cheering, nominated Mr. Grote. Mr. HOARD proposed Mr. Scales. (Waving of hats, and considerable tumult.) Mr. TYARS seconded the nomination. Dr. BIRKBECK seconded the nomination. Mr. WARD came forward to nominate Mr. Lyall, but was saluted with such a storm of hisses and cheers, and noise, that he was for considerable time unable to proceed Mr. BLANCHARD seconded the nomination. Mr. Alderman WooD wished to address himself to the new constituency. He hoped as he overwhelmed with distress. (Cheers.) It was the benefit of the coustituency alone he wished to seek by going into Parliament. A gentle. man on his left seemed to doubt his veracity. Let that gentleman stand forward and state the grounds upon which he questioned the declaration. (Cheers.) If he (Sir John Key) was returned, he would do all he could to secure the independence, not of his fellow pendent mau, or he would go home. (Laughter those best fitted to promote both the national citizens alone, but of the whole community. He would advocate the interests of no party, nor join with any one body for the purpose of Mr. GROTE came forward amidst loud cheers. overpowering another; but he would exert all Encouraged as he had been by the kind welhis energies to advance the interests of the come with which his name had been received, whole of the British people. (Loud cheers.) he felt his heart elevated when he approached Mr. SCALES came forward amidst disappro- them to tender his services as their reprebation, and some applause. He said that he sentative in the first reformed Parliament. and the electors would be soon better ac- (Cheers.) He was a new and untried man, quainted. (Hisses and laughter.) The time and he came before them as a legislator in an would not arrive when he should be afraid to improved era, as the offspring, the progeny of meet the constituency-no, never. He had the Reform Bill, aud as the champion of that been accused of coalescing with other candi- great measure, which he believed to be a dates. That he must deny. He coalesced, to measure of help, of salvation, and of reserve, be sure; but then it was with the people he if ever there was one in the history of mancoalesced; and if the meeting would, for a kind. (Continued cheers.) A fair representashort time, allow their prejudices to lie dor- tion had been a phenomenon in the history of mant, he would convince them that he and this country, but there was now a real reprethey were just fit to meet together. (Cheers sentation, the voters for which were the elite and laughter.) He was independent of all of all classes. He had recognised the great parties; he was not the nominee of the Court evils under which the country had so long of Aldermen, nor of any faction, hut he was groaned, in the wasteful expenditure of the the nominee of the citizeus of London national wealth; and he now sought to turn (Laughter and applause, and groans.) His the current of extravagance away, and to conduct and principles were before the people. substitute such a frugal expenditure as would He knew they approved of them; and he knew satisfy the wants of an oppressed and impothat if those who had promised to vote for him verished nation. (Cheers.) He sought for failed not to perform their promises, he would righteous education, and for an improved not only be elected, but he would be at the legislation in every department of the state. head of the poll. (Laughter.) His only ob- (Cheers.) He now committed his case to ject in going to Parliament, was to have the their judgment, fully trusting that they would opportunity of redressing the wrongs of the peo-do justice by all the candidates, and choose ple. He was the advocate of the opinions of the constituency, and was determined to mend or to end the corporation of the City of London; aye, and the corporation of every other city too. (Laughter, aud cheers and hisses.) He was aware that there were gentlemen present who were attached to the good things which they acquired by being appendages to that Mr. Sheriff HUMPHERY inquired if any other body, and who would, of course, with difficulty candidate was to be proposed, and no one anresign them; but, for his part, he had bene-swering, the six candidates were proposed to nefited by poor living. (Laughter.) His poor the meeting. living had given him great health and strength; and he should go into Parliament with power to do his duty, and the conscience to do it well. (Cheers.) The citizens of London were, he believed, determined to send into Parliament no person who would not support the abolition of the taxes which pressed so cruelly upon the poor. The taxes inust be taken off the shoulders of the poor, and placed upon those of the Duke of Bedford and the Duke of Devonshire, and the rest of the rich, or the reformed Parliament would be good for nothing. Where was the man who knew the poor so well as he did? He lived by the labour of the poor, and he never had forgotten, and never would forget them. He wished for the suffrages of the citizens of London for one year and no more, and at the end of that period he would resign his trust into their bands. (Laughter, and cheers, and hisses.) He was not disposed to be a servant for seveu or for three years. He did not see why he should be shackled, and he never would ap-nine o'clock, in order to cast up the books of pear as the truckling nominee of a corpora- the pull clerks who had attended at Guild-Pe tion. He would go to Parliament as an inde-hall to receive the votes of the liverymen, and Mr. LYALL came forward, but such was the yelling throughout the whole time he was speaking, that he could not be heard, except by those just heside him. The show of hands for Mr. Grote, Sir John Key, and Aldermen Waithman and Wood, was immense, particularly for the two former, but very few were held up for Ald. Scales and Mr. Lyall. The Sheriffs declared the election to have fallen on G. Grote, Esq., Sir John Key, Bart., R. Waithman, Esq., and M. Wood, Esq. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Lyall and Mr. Scales, and the Sheriffs appointed the polling to take place on Monday morning at nive o'clock. Monday. At four o'clock the poll closed, as follows: Grote ..... Scales... 5,482 4,847 4,761 3,770 3,500. 354 On Wednesday morning the Sheriffs met at |