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YE* PARLIAMENT. MEMBERS ELECTED. Liwessosniat-.Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Pe%atm ar—Hononrable W. Hill and T. Jones, Efq. Patrrow—Lord Stanley and Mr. Horror'''. DORSETSINIZ..-Wm. M Pitt, and E. a Portman, &qrs. Theo eo mag—Thomu Baring, Efq. and Sir John Dam wood King. Ban. Corm LA try—Lord Vif. Morpeth and John Loather, Efq. Ft.isrrsm a s—Sir Tb4miaa Moftyn, Ban. c ow ries 01 KINROSS and CLACRNANNe IfWIIKIIM Adam. &UNFOUND—The Hon. A. Cot brine Johnftone and Mr. C. Jolutitone. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Smog'sAtll2, MAT 20.—At the final doll of the Poll, the numbers were— H a n William HAI S3 B Hon. G. Bennett sat T. Janes. Efq 345 LINCOLNSHIRE.—FinaI clofe of the Poll. -- - Chaplin -- - - z6or Pillion - 955 - pawn 1168 BEl:motto:mat, MAY 2t.—State of the Poll. .m.......- Pym, Efq. - 1131 - Ofborn, Efq. toss General Fitzpatrick too ----- - SUSSEX, MAY 21.—State of the Poll. Hon. Charles Wyndham 3620 Colonel Serglion scoo Fuller 2027 SOMMITSHIRY, MAY :Q.-Eighth day': Poll. Dicklnfon - 3 6 5 t Langton - 2;29 Ledituidge - 2896 Mr. Gore Langton having hit evening given an Intimation to the Sheriff - thy he had declined all flirt& r centeft; Mr, Dickinfon and Mr. Lethbridge were this morning declared by, the Sheriff to be duly elated. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. TO/MTH DAY-.--THUIREDAY, MAT 2t. At the clofe of the Poll the numbers Rood thus : For Mr. ',locum - - xBi7 Mr. BT NO • .• 106 Sir C. BATHES - 855 Mr. Brac--.. 4 Gentlemen Freeholders, Ece. once more I beg leave to thank you, for your exertions in my favour this day, and for the honourable fituation you have placed me in upon the poll. I am confi dent the longer this poll laths the higher will that fituation be ; becaufe 1 am confident you all feel that this caufe is your caufe and that in every exertion you are making for me, you are caving yourfelves more than me.—(Applaufes, difapprobation, and bites.) Mr. MSLLISH — " Gentlemen, Sec. I return you my tincere thanks for the diftinguilhed fupport I have met with filke the commencement of this elation. I will not, Gentlemen, detain you long.—(A loud laugh - .)—At the fame time I murk take occafion to mark how extraordinary it is that Mr. Byng thould imagine his caufe to be yours. He has no right to effuse fuch a diftinaion. To me it is a clear in•xif, that my caufe is more yours than his, inafmuch as you have placed me fo much higher on the poll.— (Applaufes.)—lt will, hotvever, be neceffary for you to continue your exertions, and keep r.:e in the fitua lion in which pu have placed me." Sir CHRISTOPHEit BAYNES••- 4 Gentlemen Free holders in general, and my friends in particular, the firfk of you I thank for the general fupport you have offered me this day, and the nett of you I thank for your generous exertions in my favour. The awe of the poll flews what I have already told you, that my numbers would increafe, and would con tinue to increafe—[applaufes ] I know, Gentlemen, bow much you all detett coalition • and I have rib (erred the jealoufy you very properly expreffed at the fuppofition that I had eoalefeed with one of the Can didates. I a ill now therefore tell you rimething new on this fubjelt : I can affure there is, if not a coali tion, at lead an underianding between the two other Candidates.—[Lood cries of no, no; with bravo, ' bravo.] I fay it is a fat —(tumult and cries of hear him, hear him.) An underftanding does exift be tween Mr. Byn&and Mr. Mellilh—[Hear, hear]-- and I hope this will prove what I ttated to you in the beginning, that I am now• come before you a free and independent Candidate, depending on no fupport but that of the free and unbiaffed Free holders of the County. Furthermore a paper has been (luck upon lateral carriages, and various places, afking..."" who is Sir Chri(lopher Baynes ?" If you with to know who he is I will refer you to the 855 llama men who have already given him their unbi ailed fuffrages.—[Bravo, bravo, refounded from all qcarters.]—ln order, Gentlemen, that you may sill further know who I am, I will tell you in the Slit place, that I now am, and have been for feveral years, Serving my country as a volunteer, without fee or reward.—[Lond and enthufiaftic Shouts of ap plaufe.]—ad, that I am, and have been for 17 years, an alive maginrate of this county ; and during all that time never took one penny from the public for my trouble; and in the 3d place, in my private na tion (for my opponents were all the time iscabers of Parliament) I performed a fervice which they cannot boalt of, and promoted that molt important undertaking lo highly advantageous to the City of London, and a great part of the County of Middle fex—l mean the London Wet Docks—an undertak. jag which had for its objeEl, to protect your com merce, to prevent pilfering, peculation, and loffes and promote your general profperity.—[Lnud ap planfes intermixed with hiffes.]—All this trouble I tooknpon myfelf without fee or reward. [Applaufes.] "Now, Gentlemen, as the queflion has been put, who I am, I will alit, Who are the other two candi didates ? They have been in Parliament, and I have not ; they had many opportunities of retying you ; have they done it ?—[Bravo ! bravo ! and cries of " No, No—nor never will."] —Upon my leaving the huttings yetlerday, a remark was made that I had quoted an expreffion which had been ufed by another candidate, my opponent—that of wifhing you a good appetite for your dinner ;-1 will now, then, purfuea different courfe, which is, to thank -nu for the public duty you have performed here, and to espiefs my with that when you go home, you will alto do your duty there.—[This facetious addicts was fol lowed by peals of laughter, and loud Stouts of ap plaufe.] Mr. MELLISH, in rctliing from the battings, called out chltingly to his friends, and milted if they were now convinced that nocnalition exited between him and Sit Chriilopher Baynes ? WESTMINSTER *LEMON. THtIITCHITH DAYemek/SlllrellAY, MAY di. Sir FRANCIS Bo • - 4226 Lord Cotiotame - - 3213 Mr. SIIIIIDAN . ' 2427 Mr. SMAAIDAM took his Ration upon the hoot bar, fupported by his fon. Some individual being ratl.er noify in front, the Right Honourable Gentlentan ob fetved, that from the firß day of the.Eleaion he had to repeat that which he Paid yelterclay, that he ape rienced that which was at once peculiarly gratifying to his feelings, and highly honourable to the fibers lity of the mewicg—namely, that only one ruffian could be found to interrupt him. But now it ap peared that this ruffian had got another to keep him in countenance—[applanfes, and a cry we shall turn the blackguard out.] When he declined to anfwer the impertinent quettions of this perfon, he begged it to be underftood that he was not influenced by a confideration of the humility of that perfon's Ration. No, far from it. For he fhould not confider it a (looping or cendefeenlion to reply to the queflions of any man, provided that queflion was corral and re levant. But when the perfon alluded to ventured to fay that he was afraid of him, and appealed to Lord Cochrane, he thought himfelf warranted in overlooking his queili,..a, and equally warranted in affirming, that Lord Cochrane would be afhamed to acknowledge any connection with Such a man—Cap. plaufes.)—The only revenge he wilted opor this perfon was the fame as that which he requelled for his compeer yellerday—that is, that inflead of turn ing him out, the meeting would keep him there. to witnefs how he fhould be heard [applaufes.] • The Right Honourable Gentleman expreffed his difpofi tion to be brief to day, as he felt a good deal ex haufled ; and he knew-that it was no flight effort that could render him audible to the full extent of that meeting—to all thole • who flattered him by their wifhes to hear what he faid—[applaufes.]—Allud ing, as ufual, to what had been delivered the day before, after he had (poke's, the Right Honourable Gentleman Rated that nothing could afford a higher degree of gratification to his feelings than the man ner in which his fon .had been heard—[applaufes.] li:s exclufion from office he declared was never with him a fubjett of regret upon his own account; but as it deprived • him of the means of obliging his friends, towards whom he hoped he had done as much as was in his power while he remained in office. For his family too he thought he might be allowed to feel fomething—that the courfe of political conduit which he had determined to purfue fhould be vifited 1 upon them—[applaufes.] Having made this obferva tion with regard to his tamily, he had no hetitation in laying that his fon would rather have fbared in his exile from power, or even in his poverty, than have retained the place from which he was removed, or shrunk from Supporting his principles, and endea vouring to gain the good will of the people—[Ap plaufes.]—There is a paffage, laid the Right Hon. Gentleman, in that great and juftly admired Scots Poet, Otlian, with whole writings the Noble Lord is no doubt very intimatelyconsverfanr, becaufe thefe wri tings (Peak. to the heart of every herb for the perfon to whom I mean to refer was hintf:lf a hero. The hero I mean was Moroi, and his fentiment, becaufe it is of an elevated charaaer, is, I have no doubt, applauded by every Scotfman—(" What, by Mel ville ?" exclaimed a voice in the erowd.—" Oh no," Paid Mr. Sheridan, " he deals in profe—he has no thing to do with poetry")—[Shouts of laughter and applaufe ] But, taunted Mi. Sheridan, the paffage I am about to quote is fo peenliarV fublime and beautiful —fo highly Ulna rative of parental affection—of the firong and ardtnt with of a father to finrender his own pretenfions, and put fotward the virtues of his fon, that I cannot forbear to Rate it. The paffage is in Oman, where Moral, the father of Gaul, exclaims, s , When I am no More able to mix in the battle of the flrong—when I fhall lean npon my fpear, and the traveller fhall afk, " Who is that old man ?" he will be anfwered, " It is Monti. the Father of Gaul." In the fame manner he wifhed that it might be anfwer ed, when any one fhould look upon him in his de. dining years, and afk who that man was ?'t He is the Father of Thomas Sheridan." [Applaufe.] Having fpoken eF the Scots, I beg leave to fay, that no one can feel towards that people a warmer degree of at tachment than I do, and I owe it to them. About three years ago I took a tour through Scotland, and I have never experienced more kindnefs,nor witnelTed more hofpitality, than it was my happinefs to meet in that country ; nor do I know more liberal, enlight ened and loyal men than Scotland affords.—[Ap plaufes.]—As I promifed to repeat my vile to that country, it is not improbable that my Noble adver fary and I may happen to meet there. If we fhould, I affure him, notwithtkanding our conteß here, I (hall be happy to foal with . him in claret the brave men and the beautiful women of Scotland, and in fuch a cook, and fuch a toaft,l 1411 have no ols: leftion if it &mild be in a Scott ping'.—[A loud augh.]—Now to pars from claret, which you will allow not to be a very pietism tranfltion, to por ter, I am lure it would not be grateful to the liber ality of this affembly to make any obfervation upon a departed opponent. Upon the late Mr. Elliot I do not mean to fay any thing unkind. Indeed it would not be fair towards that Gentleman. For I [ know that he laid he would not Hart for Weliminfier 1 at all, if I refolved to Rand forward—and I remem ber that he expreffed at this battings his readinefs to abfolve any voter from his promife to him who ihould give his vote to me. I have no doubt that the Honourable Gentleman was fincere in his offer ; but it certainly it, rather a fingular ciregmflance,that this offer of abfointion war never tendered until the Honourable Gentleman had no more votes to poll. [Laughter and applaufel—However, as the Hon. Gentleman has retired, I (ball not dwell farther up on him ; but as he has taken off his head, I will pars by his compliance with the advice of thofe friends who perfuaded him to think that he was a fit perfon to reprefar the Eaton of Weßminfltr, and I mutt fay, that with regard to his private charatter, it is impoffible to Rate any thing difrefpeeful—for it is fuch as cenfitre cannot fairly touch. Now, Gentle men, as to the profpeft of our fuccefs ; I know that it is attainable, if you refolve to make an adequAe flruggle. But to look for this firuggle would be ab. 1 ford, if you Coffer yourfelves to Mien to the language of defpondency. By a fair and forcible effort of • A Scots pint h two quarts. popular frith, t am fare that fuccefs can be Obtained;) but as hope iirthe heart of exertion, that effort can not be expelled if you allow your liver to be dam- , ped by a confideration of the difficulties with which you have to encounter. You may think it impoffible to overtake the Noble-Lard ; but I only alts this of you, and MARK MY LAST WORDS—•-faire me, 'which you can eafily do within• tomorrow and Saturday, above the poll of Mr. Elliot, and we (ball fee who will be the Sitting Member for Weßmintfet.—[Ap plaufes, aocompanied by fhouts 48 we underhand yap, Sherry."] Lord COCHRAIII-•-" Gentlemen. as the Right Ho. nourable Gentleman has fhewn me a rod example, by returning thinks to the ladies, I think it proper to follow it, and to return mr fincere thanks for their kindnefs and good wiffies. I aro glad to hear no more reproaches as to Ministerial influence ; that, I hope, is entirely done away.—(No, no—and Yes, yes, fr..m various people amongft the populace); and therefore as you find the truth of the pledges I have already given, I truß you will allow me credit for thole prin ciples which I have not yet had an opportunity of fulfilling. lam glad to hear that the poll is to be continued, becaufe the Eleaors of Weftmin9er will do themfelveshonour in returning thofe Reprefenta tires who will never violate the Contlitution, by mak ing ufe of Minifterial fupport, and who have not made tile of the public money, nor that of Privy Councillors to return them (Great difapprobation and hiffing) As to abufes. Gentlemen, which I Rated to cliff, 1 held myfelf bound to thew that they do exit, however much they may be denied. I have all along abßained from alluding to what has been Paid relative to the cry of No Popery," as I think it improper to be introduced in this place, but I (hail fpeak of it in another quarter, when I have on op portunity. You heard a molt eloquent and' witty fpeech yefterday, from the fon of the Right Hon. Candidate. He propofed that the headmott veffel Ihould heave to, and take the other one in tow. I have already Lid, that any coalition is an infringe. ment of the freedom of elation, and I do think, Gentlemen, that were the perfon who is at the head of the poll to heave to, and take the other in tow, he • having already been difmaßed by the Treafury, in a furious gale, that perfon would make but little way. I do think, that had he gone with a favourable gale, it is probable, to life a lea phrafe, he would have torn his bows out ; and as to the jolly boat, which was mentioned yefterday, it would have gone under wa ter altogether I dare fay, however, ycu'll give this three.decker time to repair, and get ready for the let vice of the country. If lam an apollate, Gentle men, I hope you'll treat me. with the fcorn and con tempt which an apoftate deferves. I return you my warmeß thanks for the favours you have conferred upon me, and null I fhajl be favoured with a crnti nuance of them, upon thole principles which I have pledged myfelf to, in a manner confooant to your views. Mr. Jseetwos began by adverting to the witty and eloquent fpeech of the Honourable Gentleman near him (Mr. T. Shetidan) which formed the fubje& of the Noble Lord's animadverfion; but however much he admired that fpeech, he could not attend to the advice of the Speaker. This, he could allure that Honourable Gentleman, did not proceed from any difinclination towards that Honourable Gentleman, or his Hloll6oo' father ; for were he at liberty to confult only his own individual fentiment, he fhould certainly be ready to aditt Mr. Sheridan. But from the principles upon which he and his friends let out and determined to alt, it was quite impoffib'e to cob lefce with any candidate. They propofed Sir Fran cis Burdett to the Ele&ors of Weilminfter, an.l over the voice of th , le Electors they felt that they had no controul ;—indeed, to attempt to exercife any influ ence over the EleEtors, in favour of any oth..r can didate, would he a dire& breach of the pledge they made to the public at the outlet of the eletlion. They then ptofeffed their refolntion not to a&ly to wards any of the Candidates, and they hoped they had kept their word. The Right Hon. Gentleman, (Mr. Sheridan) had yefterday taken notice of the power and miicondo& of the Weilminfter Magil trates, and no doubt they deferred his cenfure ; hut, from the knowledge that he had obtained of the Mid• dlelex Magifirates,in the courfe of the three lift Elec tions, be could lay, that their power and abufe of it called with equal loudnefs for corretli.n. For they had a much greater temptation to pervert their power to the purpofes of Minifiers, than the magiftra cy of any county in England, as the majority of them were pen Toned ( A cry of hear ! hear!). He hoped and ardently wifhed, that the Right Honourable Gentleman would turn his attention to this fubjelt, and that he would endeavour to coned the grievance fo jualy complained of. If he 'would, he would not hefitate to fay, that the Right Hon. Gentleman would come forward with fironger• claims to pub lic favour than any man who had ever before flood on thole hulling; (Loud plaudits). - The Ma gifirates of Middlefex had rendered the power with which the law invelted them, and which law itfelf was highly arbitrary, a mere inurement of oppref. Gan, in many inftances, for mere eleCticn purpoles— (A cry of hear I hear !) Would the Noble Lord proosife to fupport the Right HonourableGentleman in a propofition of this nature I or, would be fupport, the politics of the prefent Minifters, who bad done fo much mifchief to the Country? for he fhould like that the people fhould have tome dillina pledges from the Noble Lord (a cry of hear ! hear !) As he re fpeited the Noble Lord', gait t.dry, and he was rather anxious about his chevalier, he wifhed him to refcue himfelf from doubt and fufpicion, by making Come prectfe explanation of his views ( Hear ! bear t) He walled to know how the Noble Lord meant to as with regard to the prefent Government, by whom fo mach calamity had been already occafioned to the country, and from whom fo much more was to be apprehended, not only to this country but to Europe, for he could never conceive any &Illation between the prefent Adminiftration and that which had been, unfortunately for humanity, fuffeted to purfue fuch a ruinous courfe for above so years. If Mr. Pitt were in the place of Mr. Ferceval, he law It would, in fail, be precifely the fame Adminiftration There was no other difference in its charadter, or even in the individuals of which it was compofed. The Honourable Gentleman concluded, as he did yefterday, in exhorting the Del ors tb exert them. (elves, and come up to the poll in loch numbers es to render the triumph of Sir Francis Burdett an ob ject of increafA and fignal importance, at once sled- . ~....' • Ai for their) and honourable iit the einethy %meet -Mr. Jennings retired amid the aeclaMati ors of the :Serowd, whichinctiefed upon the appearance of f . • -Mil T. Sl4 ai: )13 a 0 , who began by noting . his an; ..Witlio4nefs to obtrude himfelf today upon the notice 4iif the- meetiog, Kit were not for the allt,fions made to the obfervations which he feflerday took the IP :betty of firbmitting to their attention. Ilk lama= . thignefs-would very .natural.y be increafed by his is cap.-city to originate matter like his father ; but that ettaideration was done away let the gallantry and gentiofity of the Noble Lords who always very libe rally furnifhed hien with matter. ( A laugh). With refpell to the hero in the crowd, who teemed fo anxi one to know why his father did nut anfwer him, be would tell him the reafon—it was becatife hi would not attempt to cut a blue,' with a razor—(i laugh). As to the Noble Lord's allufion to the few idle words which he offered yeflerday, the Noble Lord did not happen to reprefent them cot redly, no doubt becsufe he did not temember them. f did not, Paid Mr. Sheridan ; alk"the Commodore to take my' father in tow ; but I Paid this, that the good old Pa triot having cleared late out of port, (be lagged alien, wanting, I wilt admit, her complement of hands. I therefore requetted that the Commodore would merely heave to, and that if the could lend vs a few hands, I pledged myfelf fpeedily to make our way' alongfide the other vefel, and give her a &mai:tide. which fbould make her (hike or fink—( A pplaufe). With refpea to principles, I have heard no definite principle Rated by the Noble Lord. For myfelf I can fay that I am and have always been a zealous advocate for parliamentary reform. That, in my opinion, is necetrary to the interefts of the people, and to the honour of their Reprefentatives. A pub. lic man's fentiments upon this point is in fait the true tell of political reaitude, as it forms the only means that car be deviled effedually to re-eftablifh and fe• cure political liberty—(loud applaufe). How does the Noble Lord feel upon this rubjea ? (a cry of hear hear !) The Noble Lord has dwelt upon the diffo. lotion of Parliament as a matter of exu l ta ti on , as a great and unmixed good. But what was the mo. live of that diffolution ?—Was it a great and un mixed good to involve the country in the trouble of a conceited elation merely for the purp ofe of procuring the Minifler a few di r ty votes —Wax it a great and unmixed good merely from the mco tive I have dercribed, to fubjeft the country to the lufs of three millions of money, which, according to the loweß calculation, refults from a contefled del:Hon ? (Loud plaudits). Was it a great and un mixed good to (tart the abominable cry of " No Pu. pert'," which threatened to let man againit man, perhaps brcther egoista brother ; which hazarded confequences,that perhaps even thole who let it afloat could not forefee, that no effort of reafoning could prevent ; for what realm dues not originate rearm cannot controul—(Loud applaufec.) It has been Paid in this country that religion is a bell rope which every knave can pull ; but it were much to be defined that fuch rope might be ufed in a certain way for any knave that retorted to it, and I heartily with that all the bell ropes in St. Stephen's might be fo em ployed for the knaves who could promote or encon. rage the infernal war hoop I have alluded to —( Ac.. c:.onations of applaufe). We have heard, Gentle. men, a good deal about profeffions ; the Noble Lord has been peculirtly bountifol of that article. But I recollea a glory which I rather fancy would apply to him, and it relates to a member of his own profeffion, to a frank Irith'feaman : poor Pat finding his tad in a form, and unwilling to go to Davy Jones, prayed to his tutelary Saint fur protection—pledging himfelf, that if releafed from peril, he would, on get. tang sante, burn i candle to him as large as his body. D—n it, Pat, exclaimed a brother tat, who over. heard the pledge, where could you get fuch a can dle, or the money to buy it ? Hold your jaw, replied Pat, if I get but out of this fcrape, the devil burn me if I light him up afar/bins , rrylo light—( Loud laughter) So I met fay with regard to this noble tailor, that, notwithftanding all his proration:, although he too promifes you a very large candle, yet when he gets into the Hoofe of Commons, I am very much afraid you may find it a long 4.—( Laughter and applaufe). There is one other topic, Gentlemen, for which I beg an indulgent hearing. 1 with to adchefs a few words to the ladies, who have peculiar claims to my father's attention. My father has, indeed, been always.,:nxious to mark his refped for them, to whom he owes fo many obligations ; and I can only fay that neither my father nor forefather ever exceeded in devotion to the ladies their defendant, who has now the honour 'to aeldrefs you—(Applaufes). I flatter myfelf there are not lets than eight thouland ladies partial to 'our cinfe : now 1 am lure that every one of thole ladies has another adMirer betides myfelf ; and if each of you will be fo good as to bringforward that admirer„, or through his intereft a voter in our favour, I am very lure that our vi&ory is certain, and that we Ihall have to apologife to many of our own friends, for molt certainly the ladies' friends (hall be polled firft (a laugh.) The Honourable Gentleman, after ex• , preffing his convi6ion that if his father thould be de. feated, that defeat mull proceed from the defpon. dency of his friends; and not from the want of means, &c. concluded with afforing the Eleaors, that if they would exert themfelves fpiritedly and firentioully, he would have no hefitation in pledging himfelf for a refult, not lets honourable to their character, than fa tisfl:traa pw ryotolha anisdMr. feelings.MACAlttlfY (poke in rapport of Mr. Sheridan, and reprobated Lord Cochrane. A Gentleman, whom we under food to be a Naval Officer. entered into a long flatement while the poll was calling up, in the nude of- which he vindicated the character of Lord St. Vincent againft the horn. lives of Lord Cochrane, whole affections upon Naval fubjeas he alledged to be completely unfounded. ,l. Lord How:cc has declined the Poll for Northunt • berland ; and Lord Psacv and Colonel BLit/110NT have been chaired. During the great coniefied Eleltion for Sutlet, in the year 1774, a_fingle Freeholder, who refided at Hull, in Yortah ire, was brriught from that place to Chichefter, to poll-for Sir jams: Psacusr, who loft his elettit;,u. On Thurfthry, While the troops were firing at the target, on Whitbirfi.fands, near Newcaftle, a private belonging to th. rifle corps of the Suffer Militia bad his.ola and, *spa off, and his face injured , by h is soilig sal*. loading. . JL. .....1 . . i • iir. AV' I , e ;L i I.:* ' , - w•e we fo are eit (GC tilt in )w• as, ilig 'not k r ' ng lied, i4IC