Eby ailetrapatti.

Strenuous exertions were made in the early part of the week by the friends of both the candidates for Westminster. Mr. O'Connell con- tributed his share to the efforts of the Westminster Reformers, in the shape of an address to the electors, exhorting them for the sake of justice to Ireland to reject Burdett. A letter from Lord Wilburn Bentinck, with hearty wishes for Mr. Leader's success, and smart

epistles from Mr. T. Duncombe and Lord Robert Grosvenor, were also published at the beginning of the week. Before joining Mr. Leader's Committee, Mr. DlIfICOnli/C inquired of his old friend, Sir Francis, whether he would support certain Liberal measures ; and the only answer he got was a reference to the Tory speech of the Baronet on the Friday previous, as reported in the 7'imes. Lord Robert Grosvenor wrote from Leamington, to give his con- sent to being placed on Leader's Committee; and inquired whether Sir Francis Burdett, the Tory candidate, was any relation of the Ba- ronet of the same name, who used to support universal suffrage and annual Parliaments? A letter from Mr. De Year was published by the Tories, in which that very consistent and patriotic gentleman said, that he would not support the Reform candidate, because his name and Mr. Pouncey's had been put without his consent to Mr. Leader's re- quisition ! He also complained that another person named De Year had been canvassing for Mr. Leader ; and that people supposed that he was the g. real Simon Pure."

Mr. Leader's friends had numerous meetings, on Monday at the Crown and Anchor, on Tuesduy at the Infant School-room in Vincent Square, mid on Wednesday at Willis's Rooms. The speeches were full of confident anticipation of success mid earnest exhortations to the electors to do their duty. A meeting of Burdett's friends was held at Evans's Hotel, Covent Garden, on Monday evening ; when Sir Geotge Sinclair read the following letter from Sir Francis Burdett.

Dear Sinclair-I wish I could attend the meeting at Evans's, but I cannot even =whom my OWII neat ci mlluuit pain alai erlitchei. 1 :WI iii here, ir I ilo not get wet: through the lelsine•e4 or Wednesday, I btu I I I at b a./ !it fifferieh it aiire. lloo morel, regret that 1 an unable personally to :aliocate ml. ;neat cause I But I am highly gratified that Illere are NO Malty hind mid acti‘e wellw ishers, who will more than mak,. up fur all my lielidelleie4. I 1 ru..t liiat the efforts of my friends will entitle, and that

the state of Inv health will enable hi In defend mir institutions with as much zeal as my supporters shall hate eciliced in teomotiii4 my return. " Ever you' s, " F. Itt'itoE r.r."

It %via he seen from the account of the proceedings at the hustings .on Wednesday, how well the electors and non-cleetors deserved the in_ sinuation of Butdett, that his life was in danger from their violence. At the meeting at Evans's Sir George Shit-lair was the principal spokesman ; and, us a specimen of his harangue, the following bit miy be taken— The Sabbath pismires bad been bard at work in the business of detonation. The Examiner and the Spectator,* and other weekly papers, had been busy during the Sunday in caltannioting Sir Francis Burdett, and ridiculing and

reviling his friends. But he defied all their maligtiant ingenuity to point out a single principle from which the honourable baronet had ever swerved.

Another meeting was held at Sir Francis Burdett's house on Tues- day. Sir Francis, in addressing the company, wus very careful to repudiate the notion that he had any personal interest in the result of the contest. But he felt that the Constitution was in danger ; and, at the risk of severing many private friendships, lie would step forward to defend it. 011 Wednesday, a party of the Baronet's supporters again assembled at his house ; and Sir George Sinclair assured him that his seat was safe. Sir Francis, relying on the patriotism of the electors, said he felt quite secure. The nomination took place on Wednesday, at one o'clock, in front of .St. Paul's, Covent Garden ; where hustings were, as usual, erected for the candidates and their friends. For some time before the coin-

mencement of the regular proceedings, a vast assembly occupied all the temporary platforms, the galleries and roof of Covent Garden Market, the windows, virandas, and roofs of all the houses in the neighbourhood. As far as Evans's Hotel on the north side of the rnarket, anti Henrietta Street on the south, there was one solid mass of own : the streets might have been paved with human heads, so closely were they packed together. The class of persons were for the most part of a better and higher description, externally at least, than we have been accustomed to see at Covent. Garden elections ; and they certainly behaved much better. During the whole of the proceedings good- humour prevailed. There was no pelting. There was not the least

danger that poor old Burdett would lose his life. Considerable laughter was excited by the exhibition of a "Jim Crow," a turned coat, and a huge manufactured rat—all emblematic of Burdett's epos- tory. Lord Castlereagh, with other "bloods " of the same politics and mental calibre, provoked the jeers of the assembly by waving their hats, and imitating the gestures of drunken men on the roof of Evans's hotel; from the windows of which, flags, with satirical inscriptions

of " Burdett and Liberty," were suspended. Bands of music, with flags, and a long cavalcade of men on dray-horses bearing banners with Burdett mottos, added to the noise which of course prevailed.

Mr. Leader, accompanied by Mr. Hume, Mr. T. Duticombe, Mr.'

• We have no doubt that Sir George Sinclair is aware that the Spectat,r is a Si a day not a Suuday paper; and in that case lie v■ utmiti sla!ed all ant iii ii 5gaita,.61's, hoe,/ is at the casco.. of "calumby Ind it is hot it; Sir livol Siuelair's jeoit.r. to point Out a suigle misrepresentation of Sir Fra fiefs in the Sp, cat,,r of last Sit °Ma!, : tleae. lore, when S,r Geo: ge :wooed the Speetut r of culminating hJ,imlett, lie was guilty of Calamity, tiot the Spectator. Wakley, Mr. Ewalt, Mr. Williams, Colonel l'houison, aim other members of his Committee, took their station on the right, or Re- thrtning side of the hustings, about a quarter to one. Sir Francis Burdett soon appeared. Ile was drawn up an inclined plain, and accommodated with a chair. his face was as ruddy as usual, but he looked much older than when he last appeared before the electors. His friends were Sir George Sinclair and Captain Ryder Burton. The Captain distinguished himself by searing the Baronet's gouty crutch over his head, as a signal to the Burdett party of hired claqtteurs in front of the hustings to shout. .Mr. Leader was received with a tremendous cheer, and the Burdettites also strained their lungs with some effect.

At one o'clock, the High Bailiff commenced reading the writ and proclamations ; and these preliminaries having been gone through, recommended the assembly to be orderly, and to give each candidate fair

hr. Wood, a brewer, then came forward to propose Sir Francis Burdett. He spoke with gloat physical exertion, but amidst constant interruption, as much from his own party as the supporters of Mr. Leader. His chief argument (as reported in the papers of his party) was that he had himself lived many years among the electors of West- minster ; that he never would support an apostate, but would support Burdett, ergo Burdett was not an apostate. Mr. Cribb, a carver and gilder, seconded the nomination. The people asked who he was? Mr. Wakley said, " It's Tom 'ribb, but not the fighting-man." Toni Cribb was very long-winded, but re..

ceived very little attention, end said not worth notice. Mr. Jervis, the venerable King's counsel, then proposed Mr. Leader. He began-

" Electors of Westminster, most proud do I feel in having been selected to take a part in the proecislim,e) on this important occasion. I am, as s,iitbet), an old man, and °rely one aenolinted with me knows that Jim an old :and con- sistent Reformer. I appear before you intrusted with the high honour of pro- posing to you a distinguished gentleman and thorough Reformer to be your flume repre,entative in Pm liatnent-I mean John Temple Leader. Gentle- men, I shall say but this, that having based my in inciples on the conviction of my understanding. I have come to the conelusien that Mr. Leader is the can- didate best qualified to represent yen. You have been told that sir Francis Burdett has represented you for thirty years. Gentlemen, I deny it . he has been I chimed to Parliament to represent this eity for th:tt period, but he has not represented you. This is the second session uf the Reformed Parliament, and lie has not represented you during any part of it. He first deserted his post, and now he has gone openly over to the enemy. If what Sir Framis Burdett now said was true, he formerly gained votes under false pretences- " The Tories, he says, cal; him a Whig, and the Whigs call him a Tory; but I tell you now, gentlemen, that he is nothing but a Tiny. I ii0 not !inure what sort of an amphihietts animal he may have been dining tin. past portion of the present session I if Pal linovut, but he is now a Tory declated, and mulling but a Tory. Gentlemen, I shah not throw away another observation upon cue on 0 hom none of you will tin.ow away a vote."

Mr. Simpson briefly st comied the nomination of Mr. Leader. Mr. Wakley itttetnete.1 ta address the assembly; but Sir Francis Burdett's friends on the interrupted him ; and as there seemed a pmeral diainclination to Lear him at that time, Mr. Wakley sat down.

Sir Francis Burdett advanced to the front Of the liustinge, and spoke a speech of which out ohe sentence wits heard, but which was pi hued from the author's nimiusena the newspapers oh the following morn-

ing, Liberal as well as Tory. We quote it at full length, both because it contains the most ample end delilwrate statement of his case, and because we have not been able to insert more than extracts of his pre- vious speeches and letters.

" I never presented tliv,elr to the el,ctors of Westminster on any oceasion u it hi mons

sat kE„.ii„, 11„,,, timt bid, I •,•1 uui illeetilig them, when they are called together to &IA, 5% hat are the great (toted it to imial pi itteiples to which dill will atlaela thetas selves in the hew eirromsfaiwe. cviicli have re,ently sprung op around tis. It is a matter if saticdiu,liuui dli li'' tl it 11,1.1 h, to iii of you Si II,, 110W heir me, t hat we live tinder a form of hiiliSjhli h enables Ii 10 assemble togeth,•: fin great and trfl portant occasions, and to make known and express to each ill i uricar mutual opinion*. We may be mistaken 011 fa iny verhaps flue as tu Olie another ; hut we all. as true Englishmen, keep the fse •pinions oh our own which wo thfuk rigid tor the publis g„,,d, as we judge or it, ittal hiett we, standing as candidates !Or the suffrages or the electors, are in duty bound imanibi..;cously to declare. It is of little import:nice whd the names (tithe candidates ay., or now long or how short their standing may be in the eye of t he public, when the!. offer themselves to )our notice, because this, I maintain, is not a questi ,,,, of yersonal C mtest between individuals; hut the question .16(.11 yea have to deride is tlos-Are the electors of Westminster the determined hi lends of the cmtittit ion of England as it is now established. or are they ill favour or matter elianae,? witt they give their votes to those who advocate those changes ? Ate they for those further ehanges cvii iii, as I etinCeiVe, VI ill tend very notch to impair that con- stitution, and some of which. ab proroesl, a ill, uum taut, of themselves sulAert it ? Gen- tlemen,ii eminot be expected of 111,1 I bat I el hl advert-indeed I should Ile seal cely worthy of your notice it I flid advert -to all the Si, oil,, aspes siting which have lately been anown mem me, not from any malevolent ,,,,, tive, ii, I Lmuli,s,'.

.mt from the sin- eels% though I tided: mistaken, convicti.m that I have elialiged relltime1114,0patiomr.

:Ind principles. An honourable gentleman now present, allit near me, who has ex- pressed his highuu1,imiiiifl of me in former tin es.and who mar also expresses his regard for me, wrote me a letter wishing me to answer a particular quest Mu, aud to explain my sentiments as tf• the particular side '.5 huh I may take ou a particular oera,M11. It is quite impossible for me to give any answer to a questi or that description, put under such cireumstances, because, from its very nal lire, it ilIVOIVeb allOther lia. SI 1014 moody, whether I an) ti filing, jim this )cur. IA37, to impose Annual Parliaments. Uni- versal Suffi age, 'and Vote Ity Ballot, as 1 proposed them in ISIS. NOM , 1 am aot ashamed to bay that I abandoned my plan tor that which has sloe., been adopted. be. cause I found that many woold ngree to that plan whose consent it would be ins- possible to obtain to that which I proposed. I will not, theiefore, brim; in or sup- port any new plan of re.oron, as that which is now adopted met the wishes of the greatest number or Reformers, suit as there were many Reformera w to, ssoot,; not have agreed to any other. In the mutual etuwessions which weir then made there was one eXCeptioll from the compromise to which all classes or Reformers came-and that was the vote by Ballot I never had any objection to the vote by Ballot ; hut, pitude in the ineonsisteney of opinions at different times. pros bled that • Mali slasys aeta up to what he honestly believes to he correct. The moral turpitude is wit In the ebange of opinion. but in the change of opinion arising from corrupt motives. If self- interest can be shown. then it *ill be a remoach to a man. and it will be more than a auspicious circumstance attaching to his character. I defy any man liviog to say that any act of mine, in the course of my long public life, has been tinged with any interested feeling of any description. I 1tave always considered the public good; I have always looked to the wants and wishes of the People of England ; to consult them has been my leading and great principle of action. Such shall continue to lie my principle of action. Good practical measures the people of England must look to, more particularly the iorking classes of the people of Eng-

land, tv hose condition, if it is ossible at all to review. mentl. remedy, or alleviate. I shall, 1 need not say. not lie backward : I shall be the first to do all in my power to promote that most desirable object. Gentlemen. that is the noblest principle that can actuate any public man. It ought to be the first view of every government to better the condition of the lower classes of society. It is the most itnportatat in my mind ; it should be the paramount object a Melt every government should bare in view. With respect to the new propositions that have beeU recently broached. I am against them all. because I think them all mischievous, and essentially dangerous to the liberties of the people. I don't at all approve of the changes or alterations that are making. or proposed to 1* made, with re-pect to the Church. I don't betiere they aid conduce to the good, tho advantage of I he people. The a call!' of the Established Chinch excites the envy of many ; ohaltow principles

of false economy. others ; some on one ground, Woos on another, may niltocate those changes; but I maintain that the property of the Church is pro- perty bolougitig to Clic people. from Iiith the poorest matt in England may tterive the advantages or religions instruction, aml by %hitch, the son of a pauper, by getting out some of our noble ana benevolent foundations, may receive as good lin eatleation as the son of a Peer. and ultimately place himself by the side of the nobles of the laud. Those changes, in my opinion. would tool to alienate and Jest ha/ that property withal belongs to the people, ana will deduct from their elmnee of their advancement in tile those resources which can never twain be supplied. Gentlemen, there were several other measures Minded to by the gentleman who eerondml me, and to which I should also have s' slut to refer. There is, for instance, the Poor.law Amendment Act. I opposed the introduction of that measure; and I did it out the grotuad that t thought it In principle unconstitutional, awl likely to be nu instrument or oppression. I oppose(' that bill; but at the Sallie time 1 did not accuse those who introduced awl supported it of any thing like intended cruelty tonal& the poor, alt hough I Oita k the violet ions tilting law are totally incompatible, not only with the wellbeing hut %%hit the maxi feelings the poets si Welt ought to be constalnal as well as their happiness itself. I thought that in every parish tl ,,,,, whom the kingthim it was desirable that a great change should take place in tlw administration oft he poor.ratesand I ditl think that 11°0nel:stoat object could be effected by the cumbrous and t•xpensive machinery allot Pew law A mete Intent Act. Quite unconstitutioual in its original principles. I he objects it had in view Haight have Leen much Mater effected in a safe way by constitutional means, and by processes to which the people of this country are accustomed, which are much more congenial with their feelings, awl consequently more favourable to their happiness. I hail not the good fortune to liar ma/ of I he observutions wrote bv those alto proposed my honour- able opponent, and I am not willing at this time allay, AM in the present inclement state or the %cattier, to enter on matter: where, infirm!, nu discussion can take place. and especially :IS I am not no are that any opinion of mite requires to be reiterated. I have read a great deal of matter retreated from speeches made by nw, or said to have bees mode by me. in ditTerent newspapers, a great number of years since, and which proveI.. mote I han this—thatt I o as then, as I now tom a firm (timid and deter- mined supporter of the English celesta whin, the allele constitution, and nothing but Ow roust it it itt. 'litre I take my stand. Call me Conservative if sou please: I am 720t for destrot tog any part of the coast ittition of my country. 1 Mall mile whether I am called NVIlig or Tory ; 1 it ria the constitution of Englittel, and I dint!: the most stupid of all expedients is to tevive now the witteltu tads of Whig mid Tory. 1 am free to confess that the Reform Mill has not so far met the fowl anticipations which I hail formed respect i na ,it, fur I really had the simplicity to think that, o In that bill pasSeil, hottest and able men, al:ether nominally dist inguishol as Whigs or Tories, %touts{ hate stood upon that ter a Mewl tiattelatiott, at ippliell their talents, abilities, awl integrity, for the gowl or the public at huge. I Iota no idea that narrow lii,gotry wool,' have bee• itaisted against me oil this occasion, atter 1 had fought did tie great 1 attle of Reliant. I am really not aware o hat 1 It Outlier to aohires ins self to, La three words have been quoted against me lo Ilia aitasaind Chro. wide, as lam hag formed part or a speech delivered by me a euWatterable I lit , the perpose of luruts iog that I hove alto whined my former principh•s. Now, I must Sly, 1 bate nut heelt in the habit ef correct hog the reports of toy speeches, and there- fore, after all. you Mimi only take it as the specell or the reporter; tool the pas.ago which I am Imo t; rag to tr,w e has literally it credibility motto:ea to it at all. The lea ward; a Inch hay., ei It alit:billed to me, mid which I out certain are nut contort, are t hese —t hot I it as amenable VI a reform a the House or itrrrls.” Gentlemen. suet, &thine never was tirt•atra ur at tie' tittle they um, suppose(' lobe W.teretl, awl therefor • I ZIOVOI could It tee said may thing ()I' t lie kind ; lit If I had suit so. I thilak them sty foolish and aboard molds, mail Iaould not give cutinteitance to Ittutit Mar. Tlw Howe of Lords has cow:anthem' pow eta, are aS obsoltitt•ly necessary as those it th.. other branch of the Leeislat tue to the stilton t of this great awl glorious constitution, consisting or an amts.:out:ohm of different powers, balancing, checking, and controlling the exorbitat plepoilikralice of each other, and under a Melt we have enj.ri al, mid still niaintain. the littlest liberty, the greatest indepentletwe of mind, the greatest tolerance it rt lighumu, t he greatest tteetiont and energy of exertion and industry, amino ponied %hilt more moductive rest and thaw ever before eeistea ill any nation on the face Of the earth. I ant not a Whig, therefore, according to the fancies of some t heorist to change the admirable lutist of governmeid under a It it.11 we live into a democracy, such as is estublished iu a great put of time American continent, I ant shuttling on the ground or the English constitution, on which I have always taken my stand. There I Still Mall& with as mind convinced only by extwrietwe and observation. My Immo:able opponent stands lute, 1 it la say, a Vet, practical proof of the benellaial tesults of

the constitution of this co tttttt try. That gentleman is. as I understand, the son of a trattxman alto made is large fortune. Now, there is no other country in the aural where tradesmen can make such Iodine*, and where the bulls al bath:sown ean procure Snell an education as may enable them to stand forwartl as this youtag gentleman does

—stinaily unit poverty shoot foranrd—in defence of those fundamental initiciples which he has beeu tatogla to believe, and %Melt nut doula he does believe, to lie tine. I

must say, howeser„ that I do not see how it is possible for the ii limits of the tacsmit

Administratiou to support a gentleman alto prolesSeS felell h incipleS ItS Illy opponent holds. What, then, is the result of the state uf this country ? Such histowes as that

to %hid' I have referred, are occurring daily akin,' sour own °lawn it ; and some of the greatest nwu now living have been raised to the highest situations front the most humble origins. filling those great offices tilt mita and honour to themselves. I ask you whether, looking to the state of society. resulting hout the forms of government established in et my other country but our own, Iii,' sante splenaid auccess could have crowned tlteir exertions? The Lora Chancellor Eldon, mid his

brother Lord Stowell, were examples of this; and some of the most eminent lawyers of our eon tants heel Up ilt a grammaaschool. attending at Oxturd out charitald, Eu tutu' hare ascended through all the gradations of rank in society tip to the Itiglie,t which a subject of the British crown can hope to till. Is this a state or things, Irish as it does the most enlightened civilization to %%Melt at country has yet attained, o kWh the potpie of England, giving ear to crude fallacies, led away by rash and hasty no. lions, should be willing to change? I know that there are some men foolish enough to entertain such it WW1; but of these, however, I am nut one. I can Olkly tell them that hot cousent to embark out MI ocean of chatige to which I can see no litait ; and that I a ill never advocate projects elicit I e. ants ince myself w ill hist to ilmrease the i rosperity, the peace, the happiness of ray countrymen. (('hterind, groans and interruptions, continued Ji,r many //Laufer ) 1 tieed lad exhaust my it'll by talkiug to a multitude. hardly a dozen of ahem, I fool, are ;aloe tat to hear me. I am

not for that policy %Welt mould subvett the state; and t herefore those who its this o..ca.

'ion pull for me st hit poll tor the maintenance of the constituthau of England. 1 imve nut deserted ins post or ms priticiples : I have, to die utmost of my potter, done my duty to my emtntry, and it Is for you to decide how I min to Ike rewarded for it. I hate already said that to me, 118 a personal matter, that decision can be nothing ; I boy; no more persenal itderest in the result of this contest than I Iota in the result of attar oilier

in %IWO) I loot. ever been engaged. On this footing I put t he contest : the intlit i.tual

.5fenilier II leithilm at till : it is as battle 6,r the consta tutu viol institutions ot Log. laud ; awl it is to be situ whether the citizen's or Westminster will or will not gate the constitution that sopport which, if any encroacilltielit ace tlatamh then neglect Made 111811 it. i ant perstuttlea they %mild. after a Mier space, di:covering their delu- sion. hit t. rly Newt that they hatl withheld from it."

Mr. Leader's turn came next, lie stood upon the board in front of the busfngs, talking hold of the post at the southern corner. He was received with tremendous cheers and waving of hats front the great majority of the immense assembly. He was heard distinctly during the greater part of his speech ; from which, however, it will not be ne- cessary to quote much, as it consisted chiefly of a statement of his political opinions, with which our readers are already well acquainted from the numerous extracts from former speeches which have appeared cinipite-

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e Spectator. e said that the present was a contest of prin.

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" I stand before you as a Radical Reformer ; and when say this, it s not mere assertion, for during Om three years that I have been in Parliament,el always voted for the cause of the People; and that cause, which I look upon as my cause as well as yours, I never will desert. We hear now that to talk of conciliating the wishes and u feelings of the People is ' patriotic slang. We told a great deal about upholding u the constitution and the glorious insti. tutions of the country.' I support the constitution as much as any man; but I wish to see the popular part of the constitution as much upheld as the royal or lordly part of it. In the constitution which Sir Francis and his new friends profess to love and admire so much, there are three parts—there is the King the Lords, and the Commons. They want to have the King and the Lord; omnipotent, and the Commons disregarded and despised. I say that Ishlie I would uphold two branches of the constitution, I would give to the popular branch that power which it ought to have, and I would make it buly sad faithfully represent the gi eat majority of the people."

The High Bailiff called for a show of hands for each candidate. For Sir Francis Burdett, but few were held up amidst the derisive cheers of the Reformers. For Mr. Leader five-sixths at least were held up ; and the High Bailiff declared that the election bad fallen on Mr. Leadee. A poll was demanded for Sir Francis Burdett; who had himself, with several of his friends, quitted the hustings while Mr. Leader was speaking. Mr. 'Wakley, Mr. Hume, Mr. Ewart, Colonel ThomPm), Dr. Wade, mid Mr. M‘Leod, then delivered spirited appeals to the electors. Mr. Wakley received constant interruption from the Tories in his rear, tool he exchanged cards with one gentleman ; but it is said that the difference was amicably settled, after the proceedings had closed, with nine cheers for Leader, and nine groans for Burdett.

The polling commenced at eight o'clock on Thursday. ; and at ten, to the dismay of the Reformers, Burdett had a large majority, stated by his own party at about 400; which increased according to the same statement, to 636 by twelve. From twelve to one, the Reformers. rallied a little, and kept down the majority; but the battle was lost. After three o'clock the polling was languid ; and at four it was known that Burdett had succeeded by a considerable majority, put down by his own Committee at 586, and by Mr. Leader's at 360. The actual numbers as declared by the returning officer yesterday will be found below.

Throughout the day of polling, the superior arrangements of the Tories were manifest. They knew where to find their voters, and had carriages in readiness to take them to their respective voting-places. The Reformers trusted almost entirely to the presumed zeal of their friends. Sir Robert Peel set an example to the rest of' his party, by giving his vote in the booth for St. Margaret's parish immediatclyafter it was opened, at five minutes after eight in the morning. Lord Palmerston, Sir John Campbell, Sir Henry Parnell, and Sir Refute Dunkin, are mentioned its having polled for lit'. Leader. It appears from the following table of the votes given in the different parishes, that Burdett had the majority in almost all of them ; but the account is in some respects inaccurate, as it would give Burdett a larger map. lily than that declared by the High Bailiff—

Burdett . Lender,

St. Anne.% Q0110

St Clement Danes St. M ars •le-st rand St. Patti's, Covent Garden Precinct of the Savoy St George, Hanover Squaw • St lames** St. Jollies

st. argaret.'s

St. 31arthein-the Fields 23 170 ....

324 ....

36 ....

145 ....

14 ....

1106 ....

62 ....

247 ....

251 ....

495 .... 216 206 109 11 740 607 249 246 460

Numbers of the poorer class of shopkeepers, who have usually passed for Radicals, polled for Burdett. Intimidation was carried to an ex- tent never before known in Westminster ; and the fact that Burdett hail a paid gang of several hundreds at the hustings, intimates the ex- tent of the indirect bribery. For some reason, which requires explana- tion, the Assessor for the aristocratic parish of St. George did not make his appearance till two hours after the appointed time. No riot- itig occurred, although the Burdettites had prize-fighters in their pay. When the fate of the day was decided, Mr. Leader's Committee met at the British Coffeehouse. Sir Ronald Ferguson said a few words of comfort and encouragement ; and Mr. Leader spoke with his usual spirit, regretting, but nothing daunted by, his defeat, which he attri- buted to the intimidation exercised by the Tories, male and female, and to the twaddling subserviency of certain old women in the guise of electors. Ile issued an aldress to the Reformers, pledging himself either to come forward as a candidate, or to exert himself as an elector, at the next vacancy; which may soon occur. The Tories met in triumph at Burdett's house ; when Sir George Sinclair descanted on the value of the victory, and the tried patriotism of the successful candidate. Sir Francis again prosed about his love for the constitutiott, and was of course full of gratitude. Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Leader, with their respective friends, met ugitin on the hustings at Covent (linden yesterday, to hear the official declaration of' the High Bailiff, Sir Francis was accompanied by Captain Ryder Button, Colonel Venter, Mr. Corry, Lord Cole, Mr. Alitelean, Mr. Walter, and other gentlemen of Orange-Tory po- litics. 3Ir. Hume, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Hoskin:, and Colonel Thompson stood near Mr. Leuder. l'he crowd below the hustings were almost all the partisans of Leader ; und thut gentle- 111511 requested them as a favour to himself to hear the Tories patiently, so that they might be answered. The numbers were then declared to be

For B 'Mat 3567 For Leader

Majority for Burdett 1115 Sir Francis Burdett having been declared duly elected, a tumult of contending noises followed ; and Sir Francis stood forward, uncovered, to return thanks. He congratulated the electors on the triumph of ile

Cu:minimise • Ov.1 ad ralisai and tyranny.'' He Misted that the victory in Westminster would hate the effect of uniting the friends of the Constitution all over England egninst "the machinations and con- spiracies of bad men." He had triuma bed in spite of the malignunt attempts to injure him. Even to his em mica he was indebted in part Collie victory, and to none more than to SIr. Daniel O'Connell. The rest of Sir I- tancis's speech, as reported in the Times this morning, seems to have been made up of classic and gentlemanly abuse of O'Cwi-

sell letter was "more Irish than Irish itself—a mixture of blarney. and bullying -" its author was " a big beggurman," " Popish. pri t-ridden, paid a patriot ;" and so on. The tirade was of es

course inaudible, being drowned by tbe noises. Mr. Leader then got upon the rail ; and, after silence was obtained, addressed the assembly amidst the applause of the great majority. After thanking the electors for their support, he proceeded to mention the causes of their failure. First, atrocious intimidation ; second, the neutrality of many voters, who would neither oppose tht•ir old friends nor support their old principles ; third, no previous arrangement ;

lastly, the want of it sufficient number of polling-booths. The law said that there should be a polling-booth for every 300 electors, but there were nothing like so many; hetn.e much confusion and difficulty arose, which favoured the Tory intimidators assembled in a body_ "In St. George's booth alone, there were at least twenty or thirty great Tory lords and gentlemen standing and watching every elector as he came up. I see one of them preseot now. es Cries of" Name, name !") his name is Donald Maclean, the 'fury Member for Oxford, and the friend of Don Carlos. (Load groans and &Whip.) Those thirty great Tory linds and gentlemen were standing in the booth ; and as electors came up to vote for ine, they were marked Out fur future punishment, no doubt. They were intimidated and threatened by these noblemen :old gentlemen ; and that was what is called purity of election —a free and independent choke' "All of you will remember the great, peaceable, and intelligent assembly which met here on Wednesday last ; you will also remeinher that the popn'ar feeling was entirely. on my side ; and 1 tell you that I fairly believe that the real conscientious opinion of a great majority of the electors of Westminster is au ray favour I tell you conscientiously that 1 believe, even with the present constituency, if they had time protection of the ballot, 1 should have had a 1113- jority of a thonsand over my opponent ; and that if the stall age iris extended and ballot protected the voters, 1 should have beat my Tory opponent by ten thousand."

One word as to the future— I have sacrificed )))) iethitig—( Cries of'' You hare !")—oaly my personal • exertion: and a seat in Parliament—for the sake of fighting your battle. I say nothing of that-1 take no credit ha it ; I consider myself amply rewarded by hay* had the support uf those 3,0a2 honest Reformers who have come for- ward in my behalf. Rut as to the future—I am ready at any time to come forward and support your interests, either as a candidate, if you wish it so, or as the sup- porter of any other Refiwin candidate you may prefer. 1 despair not for the . cause of the people : there may be cheeks by which it may be for tonne time defeated and thrown back, but the cause uf the people must and shall ultimately triumph."

Mr. !hone, being called for, addressed the meeting ; and was fol- lowed by Colonel Thompson' Dr. Bowring, and Dr. Wade. Nine cheers were given for Alr. Leader ; and a vote of thanks to the High Bailiff having been passed, the assembly dispersed.

Sir Francis Burdett went from the hustings to the Ship Hotel, Charing Cross. Soon afterwards, he got into a barouche, decurati:d with laurels and evergreens ; und, followed by an immense crowd of persons on foot, on horseback, and in vehicles of all descriptions, pro- ceeded to the House of Commons to take his seat.