FINSBURY.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE SPECTATOR.
Cierkenwell, 2d January 1840.
SIR—It appears from a Ministerial evening paper, that the Government are endeavouring to fig up an old jobbing attorney of the name of TOOKE, (AO at the last general election was ri:jected by the Liberals of Tiara,) to stand for the borough of Finsbury. This move is generally surmised to be in opposition to Mr. BUNCOMBE ; whose amendment upon the Address in favour of" further Reform," and subsequent motions, votes, and resolutions, gave so much um- brage to the Tory-Whigs during time last session of' Parliament. Upon this contemptible specimen Of Whiggery I be to remark, that if there is one Con- stituency in the kingdom more inaccessible to Ministerial influence than another, it is the great and enlightened constituency of Finsbury; and every elector with whom I am acquainted sincerely prays, that the candidate whom the Whigs have so well selected to do their dirty work may not be induced, in consequence of the premature announcement of the Globe, to leave his noble- minded patrons in the lurch, because I venture to predict, that this independent constituency would upon such an occasion read the Whig faction a lesson that it would not easily forget. Indeed I might go still further, for I am convinced from all I hear, that if the Coroner for :Middlesex were unfortunately compelled to hold an inquest upon his colleague's body, the discarded and suspected of Truro would be the last man to Whom Finsbury would think of confiding its important interests. However, let the issue of this miserable cabal be what it may, I trust Mr. BUNCOMBE will henceforth duly appreciate Whig gratitude ; especially when he reflects that lie, and he alone, at the last contest for Hert- ford, returned to Parliament the Private Secretary of the Prime Minister, and When, (if I am not grossly misinformed,) several voters, old friends of Mr. BUNCOMBE, were persuaded to record their suffrages in fitvour of Mr. WIL- LIAM COMPEn, urn the distinct understanding that their votes were only given as a mark of regard and respect for the Member for Finsbury. I am also given to understand, that not only the borough of Hertford would be proud of again calling Mr. DuNcomnE its representative, but that the electors of Knaresborough are so uneasy under the representation of one of the small officials of Downing Street, that if Finsbury is desirous of parting with Mr. BUNCOMBE, they are ready to adopt him: but, as he long ago pledged himself' " to stand by the men of 'Finsbury so long as they would stand by him," and knowing that he will keep his word, I and all his supporters (who when the time comes be will find to be more numerous than ever) look forward with considerable satisfaction to the inevitable failure, discomfiture, and flounderings of TOOKE and Co. ••
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