CHAPTER XIV.
John Doyle, a Tory Caricaturist--The Tories out in the cold--“The Waits,” 1833--Grey and the king--“Sindbad the Sailor and the Old Man of the Sea,” 1833--Parliamentary reform not carried far enough--Burdett, Hume, and O’Connell: “Three Great Pillars of Government; or, a Walk from White Conduit House to St. Stephen’s,” 1834--“Time running away with the Reform Bill”--General election, 1834-5--Party competition--“The Opposition ’Busses”--“Original Design for the King’s Arms, to be placed over the New Speaker’s Chair,” supporters, Burdett and Cobbett--“Inconveniences that might have arisen from the Ballot”--Bribery and violence discounted--General election of 1835--Broadside squibs on the Windsor election--Tory view of the decline of the British constitution, “A New Instance of the Mute--ability of Human Affairs,” 1837--Appeal to the Constituencies in 1837--“Going to the Fair with It: a cant phrase for doing anything in an extravagant way”--Contortions of statesmen to keep in place: “Ins and Outs”--“Fancy Ball: Jim Crow Dance and Chorus,” 1837--Conversion of Sir Francis Burdett from Radicalism to Toryism--“A Fine Old English Gentleman, one of Olden Time,” 1837--A bye-election for Westminster--Burdett opposed by Leader--“Following the Leader”--“May-Day in 1837”--Whig gambols--Sir Francis Burdett invites the verdict of his Westminster constituents upon his change of front--Thackeray’s pictorial squib on the event--“The Guide”--“The Rivals; or, Old Tory Glory and Young Liberal Glory,” 1837--Sir Francis Burdett re-elected--His valedictory speech at the Westminster hustings, 1837--His quarrel with Daniel O’Connell, the Liberator--Defeat of Leader--“The Dog and the Shadow”--“Race for the Westminster Stakes between an Old Thoro’bred and a Young Cock-tail; weight for age. The old ’un winning in a canter,” May, 1837--“Taking up a Fare: All the World’s a Stage”--Burdett’s attack on Democracy--“The Last and Highest Point at which the unheard-of Courage of Don Quixote ever did, or could arrive, with the Happy Conclusion”--“An Old Song to a New Tune”--“The Raddies”--Fate of Leader--“A Dead-horse: a sorry subject; what was once a Leader in the Bridgwater Coach”--“The Three Tailors of Tooley Street. We, the People of England”--“Reorganizing the (Spanish) Legion”--Burdett for North Wilts--“Grinding Young”--Lord Durham--“The Newest Universal Medicine”--“The Rejected of Kilmarnock”--Joseph Hume defeated at Middlesex--“Figurative Representation of the Late Catastrophe!”--Dan O’Connell providing the rejected candidates with seats--“Great Western General Booking Office”--Hume for Kilkenny--“Shooting Rubbish”--The interval before parliament reassembled--“Retzsch’s Extraordinary Design of Satan Playing at Chess with Man for his Soul,” 1837--Party tactics--“A Game at Chess (again): the Queen in Danger”--“High Life below Stairs (inverted), as lately performed at Windsor by her Majesty’s servants”--“Election Day: a Poetical Sketch from Nature”--The hustings--The chairing--John Sterling’s poem, “The Election,” 1841--A New Election at Aleborough--Rival Houses--The Candidates--The attorneys--A corrupt bargain--The canvassing--Indirect bribing--The Bribery Act set at naught--Female voters, a fanciful prospect by George Cruikshank--“Rights of Women; or, a View of the Hustings with Female Suffrage,” 1835--Memorable electioneering experiences: Two eminent writers as candidates for seats in parliament, 1857--Incidents in the canvassing of James Hannay--W. M. Thackeray’s contest at Oxford--Summary of bribery at elections: Bribery Acts 374
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
SEPARATE PLATES.
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THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN; OR, A VIEW OF THE HUSTINGS WITH FEMALE SUFFRAGE. 1835 _Frontispiece_
READY MONEY, THE PREVAILING CANDIDATE; OR, THE HUMOURS OF AN ELECTION 84
THE HUMOURS OF A COUNTRY ELECTION. 1734 90
TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER. VERNON AND EDWIN. 1741 97
MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER: THE SPY DETECTED. MARCH, 1747 109
THE HUMOURS OF THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION; OR, THE SCALD MISERABLE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS IN THE SUDS. 1747 113
GREAT BRITAIN’S UNION; OR, THE LITCHFIELD RACES. 1747 114
BRITANNIA DISTURBED BY FRENCH VAGRANTS. LORD TRENTHAM FOR WESTMINSTER. 1749 121
ALL THE WORLD IN A HURRY; OR, THE ROAD FROM LONDON TO OXFORD. 1754 134
THE OXFORDSHIRE ELECTION--THE POLLING BOOTH. 1754 145
“WILKES AND LIBERTY” RIOTS. THE SCOTCH VICTORY. MURDER OF ALLEN BY A GRENADIER. MASSACRE OF ST. GEORGE’S FIELDS. 1768 174
THE HUSTINGS AT BRENTFORD, MIDDLESEX ELECTION, 1768. SERJEANT GLYNN AND SIR W. BEAUCHAMP PROCTOR 178
SEQUEL TO THE BATTLE OF TEMPLE BAR--PRESENTATION OF THE LOYAL ADDRESS AT ST. JAMES’S PALACE. 1769 201
MASTER BILLY’S PROCESSION TO GROCERS’ HALL--PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS--PITT PRESENTED WITH THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY. 1784 264
THE APOSTATE JACK ROBINSON, THE POLITICAL RAT-CATCHER. 1784 265
THE RIVAL CANDIDATES--GREAT WESTMINSTER ELECTION. 1784 266
THE HANOVERIAN HORSE AND THE BRITISH LION. MARCH, 1784 268
THE WIT’S LAST STAKE; OR, THE COBBLING VOTER AND ABJECT CANVASSERS 275
LORDS OF THE BEDCHAMBER 276
THE WESTMINSTER WATCHMAN 277
THE CASE IS ALTERED 281
THE PROCESSION TO THE HUSTINGS AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CANVASS 282
THE WESTMINSTER DESERTER DRUMMED OUT OF THE REGIMENT. DEFEAT OF SIR CECIL WRAY. HUSTINGS, COVENT GARDEN, WESTMINSTER ELECTION. 1784 284
LIBERTY AND FAME INTRODUCING FEMALE PATRIOTISM (DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE) TO BRITANNIA. 1784 285
DEFEAT OF THE HIGH AND MIGHTY BALISSIMO CORBETTINO AND HIS FAMED CECILIAN FORCES, ON THE PLAINS OF ST. MARTIN, ON THURSDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1785, BY THE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE AND HIS CHOSEN BAND 287
PROOF OF THE REFINED FEELINGS OF AN AMIABLE CHARACTER, LATELY A CANDIDATE FOR A CERTAIN ANCIENT CITY 293
PACIFIC ENTRANCE OF EARL WOLF (LORD LONSDALE) INTO BLACKHAVEN. 1792 296
MEETING OF PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AT COPENHAGEN HOUSE, 1795. SPEAKERS: THELWALL, GALE JONES, HODSON, AND JOHN BINNS 298
THE DISSOLUTION; OR, THE ALCHYMIST PRODUCING AN ÆTHERIAL REPRESENTATION. WILLIAM PITT DISSOLVING THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1796 300
TWO PAIR OF PORTRAITS. PRESENTED TO ALL THE UNBIASED ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 1798 305
MIDDLESEX ELECTION, 1804. A LONG PULL--A STRONG PULL--AND A PULL ALL TOGETHER 312
POSTING TO THE ELECTION; OR, A SCENE ON THE ROAD TO BRENTFORD. 1806 315
THE LAW’S DELAY. READING THE RIOT ACT. 1820 334
CORIOLANUS ADDRESSING THE PLEBS. 1820 338
ELECTION SQUIBS AND CRACKERS FOR 1830 346
HIS HONOUR THE BEADLE (WILLIAM IV.) DRIVING THE WAGABONDS OUT OF THE PARISH. NOV. 28, 1830 354
LEAP-FROG DOWN CONSTITUTION HILL. APRIL 13, 1831 356
HOO-LOO-CHOO, _alias_ JOHN BULL, AND THE DOCTORS. MAY 2, 1831 357
LEAP-FROG ON A LEVEL; OR, GOING HEADLONG TO THE DEVIL. MAY 6, 1831 358
JOHN GILPIN. MAY 13, 1831 366
“THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.” MAY 26, 1831 367
VARNISHING--A SIGN (OF “THE TIMES”). JUNE 1, 1831 370
THE RIVAL MOUNT-O’-_Bankes_; OR, THE DORSETSHIRE JUGGLER. MAY 25, 1831 371
MAZEPPA--“AGAIN HE URGES ON HIS WILD CAREER.” AUG. 7, 1832 372
THREE GREAT PILLARS OF GOVERNMENT; OR, A WALK FROM WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE TO ST. STEPHEN’S. JULY 23, 1834 376
INCONVENIENCES THAT MIGHT HAVE ARISEN FROM THE BALLOT 378
SMALLER ILLUSTRATIONS.
CANDIDATES ADDRESSING THEIR CONSTITUENTS _Title page_
WALPOLE CHAIRED. 1701 79
THE PREVAILING CANDIDATE; OR, THE ELECTION CARRIED BY BRIBERY AND THE D----L 82
KENTISH ELECTION. 1734 86
THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. 1741 92
WESTMINSTER--THE TWO-SHILLING BUTCHER. 1747 111
THE ELECTION AT OXFORD--CANVASSING FOR VOTES. 1754 144
THE OXFORDSHIRE ELECTION--CHAIRING THE MEMBERS. 1754 147
GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON (LORD MELCOMBE REGIS) AND THE EARL OF WINCHILSEA. 1753 149
BURNING A PRIME MINISTER IN EFFIGY. 1756 155
JOHN WILKES, A PATRIOT 159
A BEAR-LEADER. HOGARTH, CHURCHILL, AND WILKES 160
A SAFE PLACE. WILKES IN THE TOWER, 1763 162
THE NEW COALITION--THE RECONCILIATION OF “THE TWO KINGS OF BRENTFORD.” 1784 254
A MOB-REFORMER. 1780 256
THE COALITION WEDDING--THE FOX (C. J. FOX) AND THE BADGER (LORD NORTH) QUARTER THEIR ARMS ON JOHN BULL 263
BRITANNIA AROUSED, OR THE COALITION MONSTERS DESTROYED 264
HONEST SAM HOUSE, THE PATRIOTIC PUBLICAN, CANVASSER FOR FOX 266
MAJOR CARTWRIGHT, THE DRUM-MAJOR OF SEDITION 267
THE DEVONSHIRE, OR MOST APPROVED MANNER OF SECURING VOTES. 1784 270
EVERY MAN HAS HIS HOBBY HORSE--FOX AND THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE 282
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHAMPION--A CATCH. DEFEAT OF THE MINISTERIAL CANDIDATE, SIR CECIL WRAY, WESTMINSTER ELECTION. 1784 283
ELECTION TROOPS BRINGING THEIR ACCOUNTS TO THE PAY-TABLE, WESTMINSTER. 1788 290
AN INDEPENDENT ELECTOR 291
AT HACKNEY MEETING--FOX, BYNG, AND MAINWARING 299
THE HUSTINGS--COVENT GARDEN. 1796 301
THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER 302
LOYAL MEDAL. 1797 305
THE WORN-OUT PATRIOT, OR THE LAST DYING SPEECH OF THE WESTMINSTER REPRESENTATIVE, ON THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING, HELD AT THE SHAKESPEARE TAVERN, OCTOBER 10, 1800 308
POLITICAL AMUSEMENTS FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN, OR THE BRENTFORD SHUTTLECOCK BETWEEN OLD SARUM AND THE TEMPLE OF ST. STEPHEN’S. 1801 310
THE OLD BRENTFORD SHUTTLECOCK--JOHN HORNE TOOKE RETURNED FOR OLD SARUM. 1801 310
BRITANNIA FLOGGED BY PITT--THE GOVERNOR IN ALL HIS GLORY. 1804 313
THE HIGHFLYING CANDIDATE, LITTLE PAULL GOOSE, MOUNTING FROM A BLANKET--_Vide_ HUMOURS OF WESTMINSTER ELECTION. 1806 315
COALITION CANDIDATES--SHERIDAN AND SIR SAMUEL HOOD. 1806 316
A RADICAL DRUMMER. 1806. W. COBBETT 317
VIEW OF THE HUSTINGS IN COVENT GARDEN--WESTMINSTER ELECTION. 1806 318
PATRIOTS DECIDING A POINT OF HONOUR; THE DUEL AT WIMBLEDON, BETWEEN SIR FRANCIS BURDETT AND JAMES PAULL. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. 1807 320
THE POLL OF THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION, 1807. ELECTION CANDIDATES; OR, THE REPUBLICAN GOOSE AT THE TOP OF THE POLL. ON THE POLL: BURDETT, COCHRANE, ELLIOTT, SHERIDAN, PAULL; BELOW ARE TEMPLE, GREY, GRANVILLE, PETTY, ETC. 321
THE HEAD OF THE POLL; OR, THE WIMBLEDON SHOWMAN AND HIS PUPPET. 1807. TOOKE AND BURDETT 322
THE CHELMSFORD PETITION: PATRIOTS ADDRESSING THE ESSEX CALVES 323
THE FREEDOM OF ELECTION; OR, HUNT-ING FOR POPULARITY, AND PLUMPERS FOR MAXWELL. 1818 332
HUNT, A RADICAL REFORMER 334
THE GHEBER WORSHIPPING THE RISING SUN. JULY 6, 1830 345
WILLIAM COBBETT--“PETER PORCUPINE” 348
SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA. JUNE 8, 1883 375
DESIGN FOR THE KING’S ARMS, TO BE PLACED OVER THE SPEAKER’S CHAIR. FEB. 17, 1835 377
A HISTORY OF
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
IN THE OLD DAYS.