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the ancient kings of CONNAUGHT | England from Ireland. I do, by

no means, wish to insinuate, that Mr. O'Connor has, or ever has had, any such views. But, it is, then, very indiscreet; it is indulging vanity to an enormous extent, to keep up these ridiculous pretensions to kingship; and, it would be ten thousand times more ridiculous in the Reformers of

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ment, of giving their countenance to this species of wild and obsolete Legitimacy. If we are to choose the king of Connaught, we shall by and by have more kings start up. We shall have kings as plen. ty as taxgatherers. I shall begin to trace backward the branches of

in Ireland, to which title he still puts forward a claim, and, as the public has often seen with feelings of disgust hardly kept down by those of pity, he signs his name, "O'CONNOR", and not Roger O'Connor, as an ordinary subject, or citizen, would. He is continually harping upon the usurpation of England over Ireland. Why, Westminster to think, for one moat this rate, there is a similar usurpation over Scotland, over Wales, over the Isle of Wight, and so on, over Durham and Cornwall; for they had, at one time, separate governments, and each had its little barbarous ruf. fian, called a king. For my part, I look upon Irishmen as my coun-my own genealogical tree. Who trymen as much as I so look upon knows but I may have sprung my townsmen of Farnham in Sur- from some petty marauder, who rey. I know, that Ireland has been lived without work from being most cruelly and insolently treat- able to keep in awe a circle of less ed; I have always abhorred, and bold and more conscientious and expressed my abhorrence of, that industrious savages? No: we treatment; but, I equally abhor want not a multitude of Royal Faall the notions of separation which milies: the one Royal Family some Irishmen foolishly or wicked-that we have is quite enough to ly entertain. It is necessary that satisfy any nation not destitute of all the parts of the kingdom should all conscience. form but one whole, in order that the independence and the power and the renown of the whole should be maintained; and, as I would heartily join in approving of the most severe punishments being inflicted on any body, who should endeavour to separate Scotland or Wales from England, so would I join in approving of like punishments being inflicted on any body, who should endeavour to separate

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The People of Westminster had a hard and long struggle before they succeeded in freeing themselves from the chains of the aristocracy. Before this struggle, which was made by Mr. PAULL, most heartily backed by me and by many men of great zeal and great talent too, the People of that City had really no more to do in the choosing of their Members, than have the People of Winchel

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got fast hold of the seat. EARL PERCY was elected, and a great gilt chair was prepared to carry him from Covent Garden to Northumberland House, in which chair he rode amidst the hooting and hissing of the people.

sea and Bramber in the choosing the Whig party choak off SHERof Messrs. Brougham and Wilber-IDAN, who had, as he thought, force. Pitt's party put in one Member, and Fox's party put in the other; and, both parties hated alt thought of any thing resem bling a real election. The affair was settled at a joint meeting of the two factions, as thieves make a division of their booty; and a Westminster Election was become one of the most contemptible of all exhibitions.

There had not been time for much preparation on the part of the Reformers on this occasion; but, we now began to bestir ourWhen Mr. Fox died, as the selves. A series of Letters, in the seat belonged to the Whig faction, Register, addressed to the People the Whigs prepared to put SHER- of Westminster, calling upon them IDAN in his place. But, public to rescue themselves from this opinion had received a great stir, state of political degradation, and and the habit of calling Meetings exposing the tricks, by which their was much in vogue. SHERIDAN, suffrages had so long been coneager to get seated for Westmin-verted to the obtaining of public ster, made his appearance at the money for their enemies; this seCrown and Anchor, cried most ries of Letters, together with melodiously, while his auditory much discussion amongst the peolaughed ready to split, and he ple, prepared us pretty well for most solemnly declared, that his the general election, which, soon only ambition was to succeed his after, took place. Lord GARD great friend now no more. His NER, who had been Mr. Fox's tears were in vain. The Duke of colleague for many years, was Northumberland, who supported" called up to the Peers; and the the Whig Party with seven tongues, PITTITES put forward Sir SAMUEL all Yeas or Noes, just as he com- Hoop to stand for his seat at this manded, wanted the seat for his general election. Earl PERCY son, Earl PERCY, a name which again offered himself; but, we this Duke's family has taken, soon rang a peal in his ears, that though the real name is Smithson, made him scamper. Old SHERRY and which latter name, meaning now saw an opening for him. The Son of a Smith, did not sound so seven mouths of "Duke Smith(much of antiquity and nobility as son" (as CANNING calls him in the the name Percy. The Duke's Anti-Jacobin Poetry) were now seven mouths, all kept at his own shut, as far as related to the command (for he was too noble Westminster seat. We opposed minded to sell or let them), made Mr. PAULL to SHERRY; and,

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This was doing all that could be done to injure the cause of Mr. PAULL; and, it was, in spirit, at least, departing from the agreement between the parties. It had always been clearly understood by me, that Mr. PAULL was to be held up as the intended colleague of Sir FRANCIS, and that those. who supported the one were to support the other. This, was the; basis of the Subscription; and, therefore, Mr. PAULL said, that The return was given in favour the disclaiming of him was to of Hoop and SHERIDAN; but, take from him the promised supduring the struggle, as well as port. He also imputed to the before and after it, the exposure message of Sir FRANCIS BUR of the villainies of the two fac- DETT an attack on his personal tions was so complete, that they character. Hence the challenge thought it prudent, when the next and the duel. I was, at the time, election came, which was in a few in the country, or the duel never months, not to put forward any would have taken place; for, I candidates at all. The people had great influence with Mr. were, therefore, left to them- PAULL, and I would have adselves; and, as Sir FRANCIS vised him so to act as to make, BURDETT had been thrown out for JOHN BULL clearly see, that he Middlesex, and was out of Par- had been foully treated, and then liament, it was resolved to bring his election would have been sure. him and Mr. PAULL in for West. But all the mischief was done minster. It was settled between when I was called up at mid-night these two, that this would be to hear the news; and, as all the agreeable to both. But, at a pub-women had pitched on upon. lic dinner at the Crown and An-PAULL with the names of murderer chor, a few days before the elec. and assassin, to attempt to reason tion, appeared Mr. JONES BUR- the torrent into silence would have DETT, who was authorized by his been useless. brother to declare, that his brother disclaimed all intention to be offered as a candidate with Mr. Paull. The precise words I do not recollect; but, they clearly

what our man wanted in point of amounted to an implied dislike to talent and knowledge, he amply be the colleague of Mr. Paull. made up for in industry and pluck. 'He was a man of diminutive size; but what there was of him was good. He was game, every inch of him a real game cock. Our opponents called him a Scotch Taylor; but, whatever else he was, he was as brave a man as ever lived. He made SHERIDAN slink like a scalded cur; and he cowed the one-armed Admiral so completely, that he hardly dared to show his face.

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Mr. PAULL was dangerously wounded, and Sir FRANCIS received a severe wound. The dan gerous state of the former made his staunch friends indifferent to

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the result of the election. It ap-death. "Ah!" said he, as I enpeared useless to endeavour to tered the room, "if you had been support him by votes. Mr. EL-" here, I should now have been in. LIOT and my LORD COCHRANE" a seat, instead of being on a bed." came forward; and even Old And he laughed at the dull joke, SHERRY, emboldened by this though he was suffering most exschism, again showed his nose; cruciating pain. I had never been which, however, he soon with- upon terms of private intimacy drew. The election terminated in with him. The notion was that I favour of Sir FRANCIS and Lord had, because one of my sons was COCHRANE; but, it was a very baptised James Paull; but, this is languid affair. Not a thousandth the name of a worthy old friend of part of the interest was excited mine in Pennsylvania, and was that was seen at the contest with given to the child before I had SHERIDAN and Hoop. That was ever heard of Mr. JAMES PAULL," the real struggle; that was the who had been introduced to me by real triumph of freedom in West- MR. WINDHAM in the year 1805, minster. We had to contend and with whom I never had any. against the whole force of the Bo-acquaintance, except as a public rough-faction, who had united man. But, as such, I felt deep against us in open, active, and des-interest in his success; because her perate hostility. In the latter was a most bold and industrious case, the whole of this faction re- assailant of my country's worst. mained perfectly neutral. enemies; and, it has always been my opinion, that he did more real good to the country than Sir FRANCIS BURDETT has, of himself, ever done. I deeply lamented the fate of Mr. PAULL, and, though his struggle in Westminster cost me some hundreds of pounds, and though I disapproved of the challenge to Sir Francis, I have never spoken of the fate of the brave little man, without expressing my sorrow at it, and have never mentioned his name without endeavouring to do justice to his memory.

In the last case I remained at home. My LonD COCHRANE Wrote to me to obtain my assistance, and he will well remember, that my answer was, that I deeply la mented, that it was now too late for me to render any assistance to Mr. PAULL; but, that, while he continued, though against my advice, to be a candidate, I was bound in honour to give my assistance, whatever it might be, to him. His Lordship, in reply, told me, that my answer had not at all disappointed him, and that my reasons had convinced him that I was acting as I ought to do. I saw Mr. PAULL on his bed where he lay nearly to the moment of his

Now, upon a review of all the circumstances and all the acts, which produced a restoration of freedom in Westminster, and which

eventually led to the election of whose activity and anxiety were,

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Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, it will appear very evident, that the City does not owe its freedom to him. Indeed, he refused to take the smallest pains in order to secure the ground which had been gained by Mr. PAULL. The expression of Mr. HORNE TOOKE was, that Sir FRANCIS should not stand forward at all, but that the people

as great as if the fate of his very soul had depended upon the result. When I name Mr. HARRIS, however, I only name him as one amongst scores; and, it is this public-spirit, this ardour, which forgets all about self; it is my long observation of this, in so many of my countrymen, that has, more than all other things, enmust elect him "at a rush"; mean-deared them, and my country to

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What! was all this exertion to be made, in order to rescue this City from the hands of the Aristocracy; and is it now to become the close borough of a single man? We complain of the mockery of elections, where a corporation or any other dozen or two of men, choose the Members; but, what better will Westminster be, if little Club, or Committee, can carry on the same sort of farce?

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ing that they must rush forward in a body and elect him at once without any effort of his. This was the ground, upon which he stood, and very fair ground it was. But, having been supported in this most honourable way, his conduct ought to be proportioned to it; and, at apy rate, he has acquired no just claim to a right to nominate the other Member for the City. If this were the case; if he could put in any crony of his own, a Mr. O'CONNOR, a Col. MAINE, a Sir Besides, there are the principles ROBERT WILSON, a Mr. BROUG- now to be considered. We know HAM; or any other person, no well, that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT matter who, I can see nothing that was elected upon the ground, that has been gained by all the exer- he was opposed to both the trading tion, which we made in Westmin-fuctions. He called them the Re ster. During the struggle of Mr. PAULL, when the Aristocracy were defeated in Westminster, there was as much public-spirit displayed as ever was beheld in the world. There were numerous men, who gave up their time, who sacrificed their obvious interests, who set at nought all private considerations, in order to insure the public good. I remember, and shall always remember, Mr. GEORGE HARRIS,

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giment, he described Mr. WHIT BREAD as being in the Regiment; and he truly so described him. Sir Francis has a thousand times declared, that the factions were equally, hostile to the freedom of the people. And well he might, seeing that both factions have a share in the Boroughs and in the Pensions and Sinecure Places. He declared, that the two factions must be rooted out; that the

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