6 APRIL 1833, Page 8

Eby airtropotic The election for Westminster took place jai Thursday.

About one _o'clock, the High Bailiff, Sir John Hobhouse, and his Committee, ap- peared,on the hustings, which were erected as usual in front of the porch of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Mr. De Vear proposed and Mr. "Vouncey seconded Sir John Hobhouse ; but both gentlemen were 'nearly inaudible, owing to the groans and hootings of the crowd. No Other candidate appeared, and Sir John was declared duly elected. :When he carne 'forward to return thanks, the uproar was very great. A LperSoM in the .crowd held up a cat-o'-nine-tails. Sir John said, " I will mark that man." At that moment he was struck on the breast with some mud. The person who threw it was removed by the Police, and 'order was in some degree maintained. Sir John then continued- ' Having chosen hint for their representative for the seventh time, he hoped "that at least they would hear him. During many years he bad endeavoured to :serve them. He had struggled hard to procure the great boon of Reform ; and having, with their assistance, succeeded in obtaining it, how was it possible that he should not be equally acceptable to the friends around hint? By the great majority of the electors of Westminster, he had the consolation to know that his :conduct was approved. ( Uproar. ) Shaking a fist was no argument—it was a cowardly and disgraceful mode of showing opposition. He would answer any questions fairly put to him, if the person who shook his fist at him would come and ask them. (Here a man endeavoured to press forward.) " You are an • Irishman, I think," continued Sir John. " Well, give me three months' trial, -andyou and your countrymen shall change your note, or tam grievously mis- taken.. I am doing all I *an for the good of Ireland; .and all I ask is fair play. With respect to flogging, there is no man, as his Majesty's Ministers well know, who has exerted himself to put down that very impolitic punishment so much as I have. . Iu conclusion, I have to thank you most gratefully for the conduct _you have pursued towards me this day. As to the slight interruptions which .Itave intimcc!, they have always been attendant upon elections, and indeed are :paririf die ceremonies of the day. You have done your duty towards me, gen- tlemen, and I trust that I have done mine towards you."

Thanks were then voted to the High Bailiff, and the meeting dis- persed.

A Court of Common Council was held on Wednesday, at which Mr. Richard Taylor moved some resolutions in support of Ministers in the:r intended plans for the abolition of Slavery. Mr. Weston _seconded, and Mr. Samuel Dixon strongly opposed the motion. The -latter gentleman Maintained; that the Negroes were a remarkably happy race—much happier than the English peasantry. He described the conduct adopted•toWerdsthe slaves on board the slave-ships as humane -and careful in the extreme. The surgeon who brought in the healthiest cargo was always the best paid. He hoped at least that compensation -would be granted to the.slavehohlers. Mr. C. Pears. on supported Mr. Taylor's motion ; which was finally carried; and petitions to both .Houses, of: Parliament were adopted.

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• On Tuesday, a meeting of the Anti,Slavery Society, and of the' friends of Emancipation, was held at Exeter Hull. A large propor- -tion of those who attended belonged to the Society of Friends. Among the distinguished persons .present, were Earl Fitzwilliarn, .Lord Suffield, Lord Milton, Lord Morpeth, Lord Cavendish, Sir _John Byng, Sir T. Leonard, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Keppell, Mr. Parker, and many other members of Parliament. Lord Suffield took the the chair about twelve o'clock. • The resolutions were moved and seconded by Mr. Fowell. Buxton, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Morpeth, .Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. Cunningham of Harrow, Mr. Strickland, and the Reverend John Barret. The resolutions were declaratory of the confidence of the meeting in the wisdom and good intentions of - Ministers, and in approbation of the scheme of allowing compensation to the planters. Petitions to Parliament were agreed to, in which

these sentiments were embodied. .