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SATURDAY NIGHT.
The four candidate,: for Finsbury are all resoh el to put the sincerity of their respective friends to the test, by going to the poll on Monday next. Of Mr. POWNALL. the Ultra Tory, anal Mr. 1Vaki.ev, the Ultra Radical, we shall only say, that we should very murli regret to see either of them preferred to Nlis lianeace or Mr. DeNcoathe. The superiority of Mr. IIAREAGE.S intellectual powers end attain- ments over those of 1111 his competitors, few will be hardy enough to dispute. His mind is one of the first order: and should he obtain a seat in Parliament, he will find few equals in either House, in scientific attainments and the important faculty of rendering them subservient to the welfare and practical improvement of his fellow men. Neither is Mr. BARRAGE defieient in what are called business talents. He is not, as he truly observed in his speech from the -hustings, the recluse philo- sopher that some would describe him to be. He has lived in the busy haunts of men ; he is always alert in the cause of humanity ; and is no novice in the science of polities,—which, when rightly understood, em- braces for its obj, c', not only the reform of -corrupt institutions in Church and State, but the increase of the every-day comforts of man- kind. With all these qualifications of a superior kind, it would be use- less to deny, what indeed we have more than once found muse to la- ment, that Mr. BA BBAGF, is deficient in some of those qualities which are so essential to success in the House of Commons. Ile is somewhat too nice for a p-actieal politician ; he wants decision of character as a public man ; and weighs scruples too curiously, when promptitude ill speak- ing and acting is called for. Here it is that his competitor. Mr. Des- COMBS, hat a manifest advantage ovei him. No one can for a moment compare the intellectunl (futilities of the two rival candidates ; but Mr. BUNCOMBE'S physical powers and practice as a politician are far supe- rior to those of Mr. BABBAGE. Mr. DUNCOMRE.1MS proved himself to be the possessor of personal energy. He speaks well and fluently in defence of the Liberal opinions he has uniformly avowed in Parlia- ment. Such men as he is—Liberal in their opinions, active and reso- lute in maintaining them—are inuch needed at present in the House of Commons. We therefore come to the conclusion that the electors of Finsbury would do well to eleet either of these gentlemen ; who are both perfectly justified in polling their last voter, without regard to mere party arrangements or remonstrances. The choice lies not with them, but with the electors ; who will be well represented in the main, let them choose either Mr. BABBAGE or Mr. BUNCOMBE. It is almost in vain to expect to find the qualifications of both united in one Mem- ber: they must select for themselves the man whom they deem most useful, in the present state of Parliament and the country.
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