“That a subscription be entered into to defray the expenses of the
ensuing election, toward which it is the bounden duty of every elector
and friend to purity of election to contribute.”
It was seconded by MR. WISHART, who said that as the City of
Westminster had set an honourable example in returning members free of
expense, it became their character to continue the practice: but their
treasury was not inexhaustible, and he hoped that every friend to the
purity of election would come forward and contribute on this occasion
(_applause_).