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r NEW PARLIAMENT. MEMBERS ELECTED. llototi :1 or Da wat--R. Mycidteton Biddulph. COCXFP MOUTH—John Lowther and James Graham. Bossittet —Lord itendelChaen and J. Stewart Wortley. 14 sw e —Hon Liam General Needham. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Btoroansmtal.;—Clofe of the Poll on MondaY. Efq. - 1098 +Morn, Efq ibis General Fitspatrick 1034 Sousa, MAY 19 —State of the Poll, Hon. Charles Wyndham 3122 Colonel Sergifon 1673 Fuller 1759 SOMIRIST—State of the Poll on Monday. Diekinfon 3:6s Langton 174 8 Lethbridge 2467 tANCASTIII, MAY 18.—Final clofe, at half paft one. Mr. Dent 1 393 Mr. Cawthorne - 923 Mr. Patten . 1393 Mr. Dovetob 913 WESTMINSTER ELECTION. ELEVENTH DAY—TUSIDAY, MAY 19. At the clot: of the Pull this day, the numbers were, Sit FRANCIS BURDETT " 3 2 99 Lord COCHRANE • 2548 ELLIOT . • 2.009 SHERIDAN • 868 As loon as the Hate of the poll was announced, Mr. Smiatoam pepped forward on the front bar, Ha ting, as his reafon for occupying this Ration. that he undtalood he could be more ditlindly heard from it than from within the Hollings : and for this ditlind hearing he was anxious, becaufe he wifhed that every word he uttered fhould he heard, confident that he could not utter any fentiment likely to be difapproved of by the friends of liberty and the rights of the peo ple [Applaufe]. He thanked the meeting for the very flittering attention with which they had honour ed him upon the various occafions in which he had thought it his duty to addrefs them, and he was anxi ous to manifeft his gratitude by attending to any re spell which any member of the meeting might make to him. A call had been made upon him yefterday, be mull fay unanimoufly, to comment upon the cha rider and pretenfiona of the Candidate upon his left , hand (Mr. Ellict)—[Shouts of Yes, yes, have at the brewer] There was no principle, obferved Mr.She tidan, which could well be conceived, more obnoxi ous than that avowed by the Candidate alluded to ; namelf, that ht would fupport any Adminittration. [Here fome clamour arofe in the crowd.] It is, laid Mr. Sheridan, the moll grateful reflection to my feelings, that I haie been heard with the moll marked attention throughout this conteft ; never indeed have I in any other inflance, than that which now prefents itfelf,found any ruffian to interrupt me (here a gene ral cry arofe of, Turn the ruffian out, &c.) No, Paid Mr. Sheridan, let him alone, all I defire k, that you will follow my example, by witneffing fuch mircon du& without any feeling of irritation. I (hall not (der any thing of the kind to arife in my mind. In ked of turning this perfon cut, I beg you to let him experience the mot tification of witneffing how I (hall be heard [Applanfes]. Do, Gentlemen, keep him there [Laughter and applaufes]. I have had the good fortune, Gentlemen, and l am vain and proud of it, to have converted many of thole who were my enemies at the fall Eleellon. Among them is my broad-faced friend Mr. Berridge who (lands below me; and alio, I think, I may count upon my old ac quaintance the Green-coated Orator [loud laughter, as this was the green-coated Gentleman's first appear. ance.] But to return, laid Mr. Sheridan, from the digreflion into which I have been led by the unfea lonable interruption of one perfon, I (hall now pro ceed to comply with the defire of thofe who wifb die to allude to the Candidate on my left hand. No man can be more forward than I am to reprobate the tondo& of any Member of Parliament who fhorild Fold's the datrine which you have heard from Mr. Elliot, that he would give his vcte to any Miniller who had a majority in Parliament. Nothing deferves to be more firongly deprecated ; for I am lorry to Gate to you this clitlinet truth, that fuch is the pre lent [tate of the Houle of Commons, owing to the corrupt influence of the Crown, that there is no Mi nifter almoft who may not be fecure of a majority in Parliament. If I do not proceed farther to gratify you in my aniroadverfions upon the charaaer and conclude of the Candidate on my left hand, the fault u yours, not mine. I will not attack an adverfary to whom you refufe the right of reply [Applaufes] Until you hear that Candidate in reply, I will not, I cannot attack him. Do - you frippofe that I will bear upon a man when he is down How can you call upon me, with the fword and fpear in my hand, to attack a man who is bound hand and foot—[Loud applarifes ] With regard to the trade to which this Candidate belonged, he felt that no one was more bound to Terre& that trade than he was. For there were feveral individuals conflated with it to whom he was particularly attached. There was, in the firfi inflance, Mr. Whitbread, who might well be pro- Bounced one of the heti friends to liberty and the rights of the People, in either Houfe of Parliament. [Here a drum and trumpets produced an interruption] —But, Paid Mr. Sheridan, I tinderfland it is a pro. talon of fome perfons who have got the bull of an abfent Candidate (Sir F. Burdett). The interruption is flight, Paid the Right Hon. Gentleman, but I can awe thole Gentlemen, that I Could feel no inter :option whatever if the original had made his appear ance—[Loud plaudits.] Again, as to the profeflion of a brewer, he could not, of comic, feel difpofed to (peak dilrerpeafully of a profeflion in which fo many of his own perfonal friends were engaged—among others, Mr. Calvert, the late candidate for Southwark, orb would, he had 140 doubt, have foil. wed the Reps of his diflinguiflied friend Mr. Whitbread ; and alfo Mr. Harvey Combe, than whom there was not a • more refpeelable citizen, or a more zealous friend to • freedom ; Rill, notwithflanding his regard to feveral highly refpeitable members of this profellion, he had no helitation in Rating, that it was his inzention, in the courfe of the laft bellino of Parliament, to have propufed a legillative enattrnent to prevent b: ewers from being the owners of public.houfes—[Loud cries of licit', heat !] Unlers loch an enaement were made, it C.ulti not he expelled that publicans could fin-Milt their ciriloniers with the refreffiment of good beer after their labour, lintels that publicans had the liberty and the power of chnoling the fource from which the fair article could he had—[Applaufes.] Here the perfon who had before been guilty of interruption became again clamorousa but Mr. Sheridan re quelled the Gentlemen in front not to attack the man • 'who was guilty; he had much rather, he affured these, that any one of them fhould give him a pot of porter than a blow—[A laugh.] Returning to the Rate of the public hooks, the Right Honourable Gentleman could hardly conceive any thing of which the public had fo rnuch reafon to complain ; and yet the publicans had no eledion to change without changing their habitations ' and tint ing their fi tuations in life—(Applatrfes). He could affert, that it was his intention laft feflionto have pro poled a remedy for this evil, and to corroborate this he could appeal to Mr. Maurcei, the wine merchant of Weßrnintler, and others with whom he had confult eel upon the fubjed—(Applaufes). Having men• tinned publicans, there was another grievance con fleeted with them to , which he could not forbear to allude; and toredrefs which he had adually prepared a Bill, and fur this, alto, he could refer to him who, althotigh a molt refped;ble man, they were in the habit of familiarly denominating in Weftminfter " Jack Maurice."_ (Laughter and applaufe). With this gentleman and others he had concerted a Meil• fure calculated to accomplifh the object of relieving or emancipating the public in this refped. The Ma giftrates of Weftminder, who are not like the Magic trams of the county, the fervants of the public and the minifiers of juftice, without fee or penfion, but were, on the contrary; fed and penfioned by the Go vernment, to whole will they are fubjeit, were in the habit of taking away the licences of publicans with out affigning any reafon, or even imputing any mif conduit—(A loud cry of hear ! hear !) This, he could not hefitate to fay, was a power with which it was extremely unfit to inveft any defcription of Ma giftrates, much lets thofe diretily fubjed to minifte sial plaudits). The confequence of fuch a power was obvious. There were many of thole publicans who had voted for Sir Francis Bur. dttt, who perhaps would not immediately be fubjec ted to a perfecution, but who, perhaps, would, ere long, upon tome pretence or occafion, or poffibly without even a pretence, have their licences taken away—would become victims to the refentnient of a defeated Government, through the power of a hired Magiftracy—(acclamations of applaufe). Having now done with his left hand, and all the topics con netted with it, he muff be allowed, he laid, to turn his attention a little to the right ; and before he laid a word that could he conlidered as hoftile towards the Noble Lord, he begged, in purfuance of the libe ral cootie which he hoped he had confidently pur flied from the beginning of this copeck to Rate that which he thought fpoke forcibly in favour of that No ble Lord. Undoubtedly he did feel molt ftrongly the attempt to relied upon the memory of Mr. Fox, through the fide of his friends, which teemed to have been made on a former evening ; and he was of courfe happy to hear the Noble Lord Rate yefterday, that he was lorry for what he had laid ; that he re traded his error—(a cry of hear ! hear !) Next to the ability and caution which prevented a man from falling into error, was that difpofition which promp ted him to confefs and retraa any error which he might have committed. The conduit, therefore, of the Noble Lord was meritorious, and worthy the forgivenefs of thofe whom his firs impreflion had offended. That thole were numerous and refpec• table, could not be doubted. Every man who knew Mr. Fox, mutt be alike difturbed and aftonifhed, that after a life of glory and public tervice he !bold be come the fubjed of cenfure. For himfelf, he con feffed, that knowing this great man not to have had a particle of gall in his compofition ; to have died without a holtile feeling towards any human being ; he did exped and hope never to have heard a hofttle fentiment againli him—(Loud plaudits). With re gard to the Noble Lord's allufion to the lubfcriptions fur the ha elation, while he gave that Noble Lord credit for believing himfelf any thing he had Rated, he could not help regretting that the Noble Lord was to forward to Rate things upon light grounds The &ft Ratement of the Noble Lord was, that toool. had been given from the Treafury to one of the Candidates at the loft elation, and that 80001. had been applied to defray the joint expences of the two candidates, namely, Sir Samuel Hood and him• felt. When the Noble Lord firft made thofe fate meats he referred him to Mr. Booth, Sir Samuel Hood's agent, and alfo to Mr. Dawfon, who was the Noble Lord's os4n agent, to afcertain this, that there was no joint account u Itatever ; and alfo that Sir Samuel Hood did not receive one (billing front any perfon whatever. Whether the Noble Lord had made any inquiry or not, he could not pretend to fay, but certainly he had found it convenient to fhift his ground of attack. Finding, probably, that his tuft mode of attack could not - be fu Rained, the Noble Lord had yefterday brought forward a lift of indivi dual fubfcriptions ; but he wifhed to know whether there was any violation of law or conßitutional prin ciple, or whether it interfered with any 'objet of pub lic utility, that fuch fubfcriptions (You'd take place ; that friends fhould contribute to Cave an individual from the expences of a contefted eledion—(A cry of hear ! hear !) If indeed a principle forbidding that pratice were to prevail, he knew not how any man, however independent in mind and condua, could contrive, if he were poor, to offal his rights—to maintain his pretentions again(' an adverfary who was rich. He could not, indeed, conceive how a man of limited means could fupport himfelf again!' an op ponent with a ftrong purfe, if fuch fobfcriptions were deemed culpable. There was, however, a miftake in the fonts annexed to the nan es ad luced by the Noble Lord. He only - hoped that thofe names would come forward again ; that they would again fubjea them &lves to the imputations of the Noble Lord—( A laugh, and a cry of " We with they would."-4 , I offline you we want it," laid Mr. Sheridan). The Noble Lord particularly dwelt upon the contribution of toool. from a Noble Duke ; but the Noble Lord had been fo much at fea, that perhaps he fuppofed the Duke of Qtyenfberi y Firft Lord of the Treafury —(A loud laugh). By that Noble Duke, he (Mr. S.) had always been confidered an independant man, to whom the caufe of the country was much dearer than that of party, and therefore this Cum was Cub fcribed, which fubfcription was probably the molt popular aft of the Noble Duke's life (loud applaufes). His only hope was, that the fuggeltion of the Noble Lord would pt oduce another t000l.—( A cry of hear, hear !) But as to the principle of fubfcriptions, it was notorious that there was a fubfcription now afloat; not to be fore amorg Dukes or Nobles, among men in office, or among men ambitious of office—but founded on an appeal to the hearts and feelings (tithe people, in favonr of Sir Francis Burdett—(Loud ap plaufks). The lift which the Noble Lord read to the Meeting, he had, no doubt, from finite of the friends a Mr. Paull. But were he to fee that which con tained the fithfcribers to defray the expences of Sir FranCis Bbrdeit's election, he would, no doubt, find At the head, the name of one of the honedell men and belt Pitriots in the .country, Colonel Bofyille ' and, next that of Mr. B ran d, M em b er for Hertfordfhire, followed by that of Mr. Cuthbert, and many others of thole *Thom he was haply to confider among his perfonal Friends, and who wete the warm friends to liberty. Perhaps, among the firms annexed to the various names in this lift, fomething fu low as half a guinea, add even half a crown, might be found; but would it be Paid that it was degrading in the men to prefent,, or in Sir Francis Burdett to receive, thefe contributions, or that any contlitutional principle was violated by the fuhfcription ? No ; certainly not— ( Applaufes.) Having laid fo much as to the general principle of fuch fubfcription, he could not forbearers exprefs his regret that the friends of that heft of pa- 1 triots, Mr. Fox, had not come forward upon this oc cafion ; that they had not (hewn Come zeal and energy to fecure the great object of this conteft. All, how ever, he would now fay was this, that the apathy was on their fide, and not on his. If the cattle of Whig liberty, or without any epithet, the carife of liberty, were to fuller, the fault would not be hii, - for he had afforded to its friends an opportunity and an example for exertion. But even now at this moment, Paid Mr. Sheridan, give me but the fpirit of Fox to head my , canvafd, and the gratitude of the voters to which his memory is entitled, and I by no means defpair•of ul timate fuccefs.—(This fpeech was followed by the louden plaudits). Lord COCHRANN began by obferving, that as Mr. Sheridan had expreffed no fatisfaetion to day at the Rate of the poll, he begged leave to exprefs it for him ; and alto to allure the Eledors of his fincere gratitude for the high pofition to which they had railed him. This pofition was an affurance to him, that the principles which he avowed met the appro bation of the Electors of Warninfter, and fuch ap probation mutt of courfe ferve more ftrongly to con firm him in the rectitude and pradice of thole prin ciples. With regard to what he had Rated yellerday upon the fubjed of the fubfcriptions for the lalt Election, he meant to dwell upon them only with a view to condemn the interference of peers at elections, which was highly unconilitutional and dangerous, when thole peers were connected with admiaiftratiou, , particularly in fo intimate a degree as Cabinet Coun fellors. The Noble Lord denied that he had charged any candidate with receiving wool. but reafferted, that &soul. the produce of the fale of a treafury bo rough, had been appropriated to defray tile expence, incurred at the laft eledion. In what particular manner this Cum had been difpofed of he could not, from the information he had had, precifely fay, but he was aware that there was no joint account between the minifterial candidates, although the propofltion of fuch a joint account was made from one of the can didates. The Noble Lord palled on from this fubjed to a detail of the objections which he had to encounter in this conteft. Thefe objections were, fitft, that a naval officer was an unfit Reprefentative to fit in Parliament, which objection he hoped he had fads fadorily anfwered ; and the fecond obj eaion was that he had coalefeed with another candidate. But of this he could allure the electors, that the rumour was totally untrue, and that he was determined to coa lefce with no candidate whatever, holding it effenrial to the freedom of eledion, that every candidate fhould Rand alone. The Noble Lord concluded with affo ring the eledors of his determination, (bora he have the good fortune to be returned, zealoufly and faith fully to do his duty in the Houfe of Commons, Mr. Jaammos obferved, that in the courfe of this Election Come of the Candidates feemed to think it necefiary to make excufes and promifes— T but the con duet of Sir Francis Burdett was Co plain and flrait fotward, that no excufes or promifes were required from him. He was well known—and the people were fully fatisfied that if he were introduced to Par liament, he would at for them alone—[Applaufes." _ . The Noble Lord had proclaimed his refoitition not to coalefce with any other Candidate, but, Paid Mr. Jennings, the Noble Lord is very well aware that from the principles upon which we are affing, it is quite impodible for us to cnalefce with him or others. The high reputation and popularity of Sir Francis Burdett is fuch as makes it a matter of policy in the other Candidates to canvafs in his name, in order to court the proteflion of his friends—[ Applaufes.)— One of the Candidates called at a Committee of 'Sir Francis Burdett's friend+ this morning, and expreffed how anxious he was to have our fecond votes—[not to propofe coalition, (aid Lord Cochrane.]—All I can fay, refumed rjennings, is this, that the Noble Lord called at one of our Committees in Weamin tier this morning and folicited our fecond votes, pro mifing reciprocity. I do not fay that this propoßtion was difcreditable to the Noble Lord ; on the contra ry the offer was creditable to him, but the motive was obvious—[Do not infiß upon that, Paid Lord Cochrane.]-1 beg, fail Mr. Jennings, the Noble Lard himielf may came forward and Rate the thing to you in his own way. Lord COCHRAN a then Repped forward and Rated, that as he confidered it the right of the people to have every neceffary explanation, he felt it his duty to ex plain to them his conchal upon this occafion. Hear• ing that feveral refpeißable parties were this day to come up and vote for Sir Francis Burdett, be fought to meet them, and folicit their fecond votes. This felicitation he did not conceive by any means irre gular, for as any voter had a right of voting for two candidates, he might as well have the fecond vote as any other candidate. and he felt bind - elf the more jußified in making the application, as his principles were more confonant to the people than thofe of any other candidate excepting Sir Francis Burdett. He relied upon and retorted to nothing but folicitation for procuring votes, and he fhould confider any can. didate who fought votes through undue influence, as guilty of ,the Welt and molt unworthy condo& Mr. Jemarnos refumed, and Rated that the Noble Lord's explanation had left the fad exaftly where he placed it. The explanation was, however, fuch as the people had reafon to be proud of, for it (hewed that the choice they were about to make in the elec tion of Sir Francis Burdett, was a good one—as all the Candidates fought fuccefs by profefGng principles congenial to thofe of she worthy Baronet—[a loud cry of hear ! hear ! mixed with as obfervatioo, „ . cepting Elliot.] —Certainly, obferved Mr Jennings. that exception . oilitt to have been mad-, t tr that Candidate's pr.nciples are directly the opnofite thofe of Sir Francis Burdett. If, therefore, the - people approved of the principles of Sir Francis Bor. deft, it was quite impof fi ble that they could like thole l of Mr. Elliot—[applaufe.] The Honou , able Ger . tleman repeated the queftion to which he had already alluded; whether, if eldted, he would not be found among the lilt of thole who meant to fupport the prefent Government ? [I (hall ail independently of any Government, es. claimed Lord Cochrane. " And It you fay. but that's all my e} e, Melville," laid feveral voices in the crowd.] I think it continued Mr. Jennings, to put this queftion to the Noble Lord, for any Candidate who th , uld fupport the prefent Mini(lry, bind, him felf to the dark intrigues which placed them where they are— pond applaufe.] It his been Paid that the prefent Minlftry have as yet done nothing; but I . think they hAte dune much, and the very firft aft of theirs was to violate that facred principle of the Con fiitution, " that the King can do -rt.) wrong." When called upon to anfwer their c •ndua, they placed the whole blame upon the 'Ong. thefe excellent and amiable Miniders, confcious that they had an credit with the country, brought forth his Majefly from the ancient and facred fhrine which the Coniti• tution had affigned him, and pawned him for their charadter—[Loud applanfes.]—They had, in fact, been guilty of loch fraud upon the people, and fuch 1 treachery towards the King, as was equally calcti ' Wed to excite againit them the friends of loyalty and order, as the advocates of liberty and jullice [Applaufe.]—The Hon. Gentleman concluded with exhorting the Eleflors to perlevere in their exertions, in order to fecute the return of Sir F. Burdett by a fignal and triumphant majority. Mr. ELLIOT came forward, and was partially heard for fume little time. He difclaimed the principle, that if returned to the Houfe of Commons he would fupport any Minifter ; for if in that Houle, he would then feel himfelf anthorifed to judge, and bound to examine any Minilier's conduit. When he Rated the principle, which had been fo much abufed, becaufe fo much mifinterpreted, he meant to apply it only to his conduit as a private citizen. Mr. ELLIOT has declined continuing the contea for Weßminner. TweLFTH Day, WIDNUDAY, MAY ao.—State of the poll at r o'clock this day , BOODZTT • 170 I SUIRIDAN COCORANI , • 157 ELLIOT .i.... MIDDLESEX ELECTION. a/COMO DAYTT:III3DAY, MAY 19. At the dote of the Poll the numbers Rood thus For Mr. MILLI'S • - 848 Mr. ET/10 - 795 Sir C. BATNIIII • ' 409 Mr. BYMO then came forward and faid—Gentle men Freeholders of the County of Middlefax, I cannot take my leave of you this day without return ing you my warmeß thanks for the fupport you have given me. However flattering the Rate of the poll is to me, fo far as it exit!: between me and the Ho- nourable Baronet, who, it appears, is the Candidate brought forward for the dired purpofe of oppofing me at this Etc/Rion ; however flattering it is to find the great fuperiority I have over him this day; yet I hope you will not on this account flacken your exertions in my favour, but increafe my majority to. Morrow. In fnpporting me, Gentlemen, you fup. pmt yourfelves and the independency of your coun ty.—[Applaufes.] Mr. MELLISFI" Gentlemen Freeholders, from your particular kindnefs in placing me in the high and honourable fituation in which I now Rand at the head of the poll, I am more than ever confirmed in the opinion I already entertained ; namely, that I have done my duty while I was in Parliament ; I mean, for the . time I have had the honour of repro• tenting this County in Parliament---CApplaufes.j— I do not, Gentlemen, with to take up much of your time. I thank you for the honour you have done me this day, and hope yon will continue•the tam• exertions in my favour."—[Applaufes ] Sir CHRISTOPHIM BATMSS returned the El/Elora his molt ardent thanks for the generous fupport he had experienced at their hands. His opponents ran him hard at the beginning of the race, but if they thought he would be difcouraged by this, they little knew what bottom he had got—[a loud laugh.]— If they would be friends tohim, he would be a friend to them ; and if they OM him to Parliament he would ferve them with diligence and integrity, and be grateful for the confidence repofed in him. He was a friend to his Goo, to his Country, his King, and all mankind. His opponents felled much on their independence, but he was as independent as any of them. He concluded by wifhing them all a good afternoon. • SS 40 Mifs LARIMAIt t a young Lady, of whole vocal powers we have heard a very favourable account, is engaged to perform on the Liverpool Theatre, for the enfuing feafon. Saturday evening, during the performance at the theatre, Rochefter, Come perfon threw two glafs quart bottles from the gallery of the theatre upon the Rage, which feverely cut and wounded E. N. Long, Efq of the Coldftream Guards. WILLIAM KIMILICK, Efq. Barriller at Law, has been defied Recorder, and prefented with the Free dom of the town and port of Dover. BlLBAD.—Yefierday the LORD Mtvort ordered the price of Bread to be railed half an lance. The Q2artern Loaf will therefore to-morrow fell for is. COIN•EXCHANG MARL-LANA, MAY so.—There are to day feveral frelb arrivals of Wheat in conil. derable quantities, faits thereof continue very heavy and further decline in price—Barley likewita, there are few White Peas which are higher—Beans of each kind keep their prices—Oats alfo, of which there are force further arrivals - of Foreign—Flour extremely plenty, with more arrivals of about 6,000 barrels from America, at 4ss. to 4.1.1. per barrel. osmium% I. evaaaMel AS unnat : Wheat., 46$ bas 76s per qr. OM Pelee 400 45111:4 Pine Dino. 78s (p• od (old) 421 48s oi Rye, 38s 425 cod t a r iHrto (old) 36s dna od . 8*2147,3311 3656 d Osman sp 28$ Matt, 6os 674 Poland &to 3os ps 6d Wait* Ptak, (Bailers) Sot 1111. Rape Seed, *71321 Eissfizar 6os so Op.—Seconds sos co kw