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• 141DDLESEX ELECTION. Ecrillsru DAY.—At twelve o'clock, Mr. Main- - wiring had polled upwards of thirty voter: more than Francis Burdett, and, At closing the books, the numbers stood as follow : For M. M•rinwarwg !or S r Franci. Burdett . . . Majority f,r Mr. Mainwaring . ICO Sir Fa A NCI s addressed the populace on the event of the day's poll, to the fallowing effea : 6 , Gentlemen ! I trust and hope the disadvantage w e appear to hate on this day's poll, will not go to relax your ex rl tions, or weaken your confidence as to the issue et• this contest. I have no doubt of ultimate success, when I say t!.eir majority will not produce any ill effee, and that we shall finally prove vidorious in this struggle. Ido not make this asser tion to delude you ; I speak from information on the • objed, derived front the different Gentlemen in our • tr rest, with whom I have been conversing. Gen ie:o• I ! I would nut on this occasion mislead you, :v ::ani,ring out false hopes, any more that: ha fibt colours. (11reza ! Amiss!) I state our success on mature consideration and accurate knowledge, and am convinced the event will justify the language I hold ; I have to make a few obser vations, in opposition to the foul calumnies which tke Public Prints teem with against yam. The ad vertisement states, that the poll on our side is sup ported by perjury, with a few exceptions, and that we cannot obtain a colourable majority. No less than 2277 respcatble F 1 eeholders, who h.tve voted for me, are accused of a crime disgraceful in society ; and I shall reply to those assertions, that the cha raCters of the ,alunaniators are known ; that which they have advanced are lies; and, you may per ceive the true qualities of our adversaries, by their conduCt. They have had the audacity to publish, that so many , r:speaabla persons have come with in tent to perjure themselves. Some of them have made application to me, on the grounds of this no tonous slander—they have expressed their inten tion to seek justice—they are not to be calumniated with impunity—their charaders are far from suspi cion—and mote honourable than I can say those of any opponents are. (Rizzo ! Mesta I) Gentlemen the persons to whom I allude, have complained to Mr. Mainwaring'a Committee of this gross and scan dalous conduEt. The Committee felt the impro priety, and n:h.fa an apology—no apology, however, but a public one, ought to be received ; the parties have been held up to the world as perjured ; they ought to be publicly vindicated ; and, I trust and hope, those tricnds of mine who have been calum niated, will bring the calumniators to punishment. (Hi-ti ! Arms !) Gentlemen ! from traits you may foresee and judge the behaviour of men. The calumnies that have been employed against me dur ing this election, are, consequently, not very fa vourable traits—they have had the effrontery to say, have been the author of all the calumny I have de scribad ;'but it is they who have maligned all; they have confounded the whole of the respedable Free holders in a mass of perjury, from the first Noble man in the country, to the industrious working me chanic. If they I,elieve such efforts can aid their cause, it is no wonder they have had recourse to them ; but, I am confident, where falsehood has a footing, there can be no honourable prospect, or honourable support. Fortunately, the ability of these calumniators is not equal to their malignity. It is a true observation, that honour and great abi lities are never allied to malignity ; and if I was to hold up a great 6.atesman to view, it would be suf ficient to mention the char.oner of Mr. Fox, to es tablish the priaciple. Wu:zit ! ha•a:a ! ) With re spat to the calumnies imputed to me, I state, while I have a voice to utter, that no oppression shall etist, if I have power to oppose it. All the charges against Gaolers and Magistrates, made by me, I have offered to substantiate in a legal manner ; and, though I have never been required to do so, I am accused of being a calumniator, and public disturb cr ; but, while I see such an example of cruelty, as the gaoler Ark, I will hold out that man to public indignation—(Lesie plaudi.'s). I have littlelnore to add, than I have no doubt of this contest ; aid to-morrow my objed w:11 be to obtain sufficient strength. Having ob ;erred before, it is my inten tion to do all the good I can for this county, to which I offer myself as a candidate, I shall ascer tain its real strength, and endeavour to remedy the inconvenience it labours under; therefore, if you are desirous of abating this inconvenience, you will come forward ; and, if many should not, I trust there will be sufficient force to decide this contest. Riving said so much, I shall only beg that fair play may be shown to my opponent, and be aalve in coming to the poll : if you do so, I have no doubt vi the gesiaral issue. Loud applause proceeded from the populace, in thr midst of which Mr. M A INWARINU began to Tx:lk as follows: " Gentlemen, I before intended to address yon ; bat the lion. Bart. has, on this occasion, rendered it my indispriisible duty to do so,.in consequence of his al.u-ions to fair play,which has never been complain ed r f. men, many are the topics that call lur • •serrat.u.s ; (Herr the clangour termite very tia.'int— , • •; • cr , .ing hear him; Wars kisiog.) You may be as . d I would not trespass upon your attenti ,, n, :ach does not appear t&be voluntary ; a nd were t. not for the d u ty OR myself called upon to perfoim, should nut stand here opposed to so much tevenive and opposition; but that duty I will not relinquish. The Honourable Baronet has advanced a great deal about calumniators, and, it is my duty to state, he has been charged truly with being a calumniator " (The tumult and &tong raw tensors so r @ltal. that Hr. Mar a....aign_c . 91.1i.14•41 tile Gun' obit to oGtat,drirt.; irt • - h: c , .) lioth cantiedatea priiceeded to town in the usual No accident happened. HINNER Al' THE CL , )WN AND ANCHOR. v , terday serztal of the faienc.7:: o: Sir Francis dir.ol at the Lawn and A rc h Tavern, • • Str Ind. 1: , r w.:; Lot 5o tlurr.ctr , us -• !.. ;• fo:r: M:. 7" V.;10 %t .1, in t).2 r'. W.% `.iv tit:; t F . - n r V ~' Mr. DiaNNISON then said, be had to propose to ' the company another toast, Which he had no doubt the company would drink in a bumper: he meant to give the health of his honourable and much re. spetied triend, " Sir Francis Bu,dett, and that he may succeed in his Eleftion." In giving this toast, he would beg leave to add one observation. Mich as he loved and esteemed l:is Hon. Friend, he did not esteem him for himself alone, or in order that the eleflors might prefer him from personal attachment solely; but in order that they might shew a proud example, that the princi ples which had ever diretted the Independent Elec tors of Middlesex had not been forgotten, nor were likely to sink into apathy. The health of Sir Francis Burdett was they drunk with enthusiastic applause. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then addressed the compa ny. “He begged leave to express his sincere gra titude for those repeated marks of kindness, which had been shewn him. But he hoped that the Free holders of Middlesex would consider the nature of the contest itself more than the person engaged in it ; that they would consider this contest as one of infi nite importance to the county of Middlesex; and that it was a contest, whose objesl was to prevent Con traClors, Jobbers, and Placernen, from taking pos session of the whole county. IF, in the hands of the Middlesex Eledors, he should be the happy insti u ment of rescuing them from so great an evil, it would be the highest consolation to him. And if that could be done, no exertion on his part should be wanting ; and he should consider himself happy if he could accomplish that great objea. But if he should not be able to do so, he s h ou ld have the conso lation of knowing thai no exertion ou his part had ever been wanting in the present content: that to the utmost of his power, he had done his duty to the independ ent body who constituted the freeholders of the County of Middlesex. '1 he polling of that day was a sufficient proof of the improper and undue influ ence that had been made use of towards the Elators. A calumny had been spread abroad against him, which he thought it proper at that time to notice. It was that he had expressed sentiments unfa vourable to the Constitution. In opposition to this calumny he would observe, that had all the inde pendent freeholders of Middlesex been permitted to vote for him, he would have the heartfelt pleasure of finding a majority on his side o n t h e f o ll ow - . ing day. For his own part, he should never be wanting in ditty, nor would he relax those exertions he had hitherto made, within that county As to the scandalous falsehoods which had been pro pagated concerning him, he had hitherto disdained to notice them. But thete was one false ca lumny which his enemies had spread abroad against him, and which he could not pass over in silence. Every Freeholder who came to vote for him, was, by Mr. Mainwaring's friends, taxed with perjury. Some of these injured persons had come to his house, and the whole business was explained there. Numbers of decent persons had come to solicit re dre,s for the grievances they supposed they suffered. They were desired by hiM to apply to sh e Corn mittee of Mr. Mainwaring. They did so, but could obtain no redress. The Committee, in a mean spirit of submission, first told them they would reBify their grievance; but would not afterwards doso. It was, however, a fortunate thing that these men were so respeathle, that the im putations intended to be made against their elm raCt:rs could have no Pared ; for they were men in such respectable situations in life, that such ca lumnies could have no effect in doing them an in jury. It was more than melee months since the wa: began; and, during that time, several persons thought they were aCling in a manner that would not hate subjeeted them to insults. This was the cause of the whole of the Freeholders of Middlesex, and not of the individuals supposed to be injured. But had those injuries and in sults happened so far back as to impede the business of individuals who wanted to go into the country, he should not have opposed them. But he must say, that it was fortunate the charge of perjury had fallen oaly on men who, from their situations in life, could never be sttspeCted of com mitting such a crime. But what would be the con sequence of such a charge, if made against persons in another situation in life ? Nothing less than the ruin of the individuals. He hoped then that all gentlemen who heard him, would melt, with be coming spirit, the praCtice to which he alluded; and, that they would use every means in their power to bring this great struggle to a fortunate termination. A young Gentleman, whose name we could not learn, entered into a warm eulogium on Sir Francis Burdett, and recommended, tha every means might he taken to insure his return. The cause of that Hon. Baronet's principles was the cause of genuine liberty. The Hon. Baronet had been charged with dis loyal aElions ; but, it ought to be recolleCted, that similar charges had hitherto been made against the first Peer and against the greatest Statesman in the country. Now, he would ask, whether it was likely that a man, such as Sir F. Burdett, wiz!) here ditary wealth, could ever have meditated thedestruc tion of a system that must have led to his own ruin ? He wished Sir Francis Burdett to be eleeted for Middlesex, because he wished to save that place from becoming a close borough. Another gentleman, whose name we could not learn, warmly spoke in favour of Sir F. Burdett. The CHAIRMAN next gave a toast —he said he would propcse the hialth of that great, enviable, and exalted charaCter, Tn. Hono u rable Charles James Fox," who, unfortunately for England, for Europe, and for the whole world, was now, in a manner, ba nished limn His Majesty's presence. The health of Mr Fox was then drank with three times three. The CHAIR'4ANI then called the r.::nlleCtion of the company to the state of the rit for Westminster in rd t. when Mr. Fox loud a much gloater num• be: arrest him, thus Sir F. Bui ica use hid, Aral at I..st gained the cloaiOn. He gave as a toast : \f .c we ,:ever get a , nor alacicen our Li at -dvcrtic Th;i was drank ssith throe tir...s A youn;.; Geotleir tn, of Lr utvvv, adJr:s-ed :tlse;inp, in a ve•• st•cii. Ilt: ho fiirusell w.is 4.1.1 y e lge, t!v•r . (l,•, was unable to! Fr.ux ; 'Jur %..t^; but he hai off, ;•, v.r . ing on the sane SUP: lie . said, he,would rrther die in the midst of freedom, than accept his freehold, at the age of twenty-one, in slavery—( Leta erplausc). Mr. CLIFFORD spoke f.: some time; and said, that he had again brought up several of the millers to vine ; and that some of them, having many shares in the mid; Were corcadered good votes. lle said, Sir Fr incis Lurdett, as posse:sing landed estates, had a much greater interest in preserving this country, and in defending it from foreign ene mies, than those city contractors, whose property lay in the funds, which they could sell out and carry with them wherever they pleased. Tht: CHAIRMAN then gave the next toast; " The Principles :warned in 1638." Afterwards, he gave, " Lurd Robert Spencer ," - - - - . . And, lastly, that distinguished Personage, who was ea:pedted to be a Patriot King : " The Prince et Weles." The latter toast was drunk with enthusiastic applause. Mr. Travers, Mr. Frost, and a Clergyman from Norfolk, recommended an immediate and active canvass ; after which, the company dispersed, about nice o'clock. SURREY ASSIZLS. GUILDFORD ' THURSDAY. AUO. 4,, Last night Mr. baron Horuasi and Mr. Serjeant Rohn LNG rots opened the Ccanmission for this Coun ty ; and this morning, at twelve o'clock, proceeded to the trial of causes. The calendar of prisoners i s no t numerous, nor contains any very atrocious offences. The man for the murder of the Dulwich Mermit is not in the list. On the Civil Side there are 20 causes, of which six arc Special Juries. Si: Common Jury causes were tried this morning, of which one only was re markable, and that chit fly from the adleercnce of the Jury to their own omnion, against that of 'Li Court. It was the case of • TUE KING V. INDGE AND SANDERSON. Mr. NOLAND and Mr. Wawstsam.4 for the pro secution, stated the nature and circumstance of this case. It was an iadiament against the two Defend ants, as Stewards of a Benefit Society, held in the Borough, for not obeying an order of two . blagi. straits, by which they were commanded to restore to the books of the Society a man of the name of Young, who had been expelled for an alleged breach of the laws of the society. The man laid a complaint before Messrs. Carpenter Smith, and Brodie, and, they, by their order, direeled him to be restored. This order was not complied with, and tile Defendants, as Stewards of the Society, Nere indided for the disobedience. On the part of the pi osecution, the order was proved and read ; and a man of the rune of I'ix proved that he served it on Judge, one or the De tendants, who said, on receiving it, that it was what he expected, and that the other i)eteadant said no 'Wag. It was alto proved. that Young; w•i• • Moab ber of the Society, and had nut been restated in obedience to the order. It was objeded by Mr. Serjeant Bisr and Mr. Cuawooo, fur the Defendant, that there was no case made upon which they could be convicted ; in asmuch as it did not appear that these persons, upon whom the order was made, had any power of Astor ing Young to his rights in the Society; and they might as well have directed them to perform any other impossible thing. Ali. Thomas Matchin, the Secretary of the So- ciety, was called, who stated that the Society had received the order flops the hands of the two De fendants, the stewards, and that they had unani mously resolved the man should not be restores, because they thought that the order had been made agauist their rules and regulations; and he added, that the stewards had no power so restore the man against the will of the Society. The Learned Judge, who tried the cause, told the Jury, that in his opinion the case was clear, there was no evidence to fix any imputation of wil ful disobedience of the order upon the Defendants and with this impression he bad not thought it ne cessary to call upon the Learned Serjeant (Barr) to say any thing in defence. The Jury, however, hesitating some time, Mr. Serjeant Bess. begged he might say a few words in defence, and the Learned Judge again explaining his opinion of the Jaw ; The Foreman of the Jury said, that they were of opinion that the Magistrates order ought to hale been obeyed. This produced a conversation be tween the Bench, the Counsel for the Defendants, and the Jury. Several of the Jury said, they could not conceive why the man was not restored. The Learned Judge again and again explained to thenst the distin(uun between the probable right of the man to be reatored, and making an improper order to efhid it, which the Lk:eat:ants could nut obey. Mr. Seijeant Base, hay.ng been interrupted by the Forem in several times, %%tine attempting to address them, at last grew a lilac warm, and observed, that he s. AS not addre s sing ow of th e Jury, but all. Ibc Fineman again replied, that he should not have pre sumed to have dune it, but that it appeared to have been the opinion of all his brethren, to which several of them immediately assented aloud. The Learned Judge agaiu interposed, and again explained the law to them, observing that, certainly, they had the power to decide upon the law, it they thought fir ; but begged them to recoiled, that they were under the serious sandion of their oaths to decide geeatt!ing to fag evidence; and that he thought there was no evidence el wilful disobedi ence. They would, however, decide as they thought consistent with their duty. The Jury, niter a few minutes deliberation, re turned their verdid—a that the Defendants had not obeyed the order of the Magistrates." Mr. Setyeant Gentlemen, this being a criminal case, you mast return a verdict of guilty or not guilty." Lpon this the h ureman turned round tp his fel lows, and exclaimed, el: then, Gentlemen, shall we say (lath., at once , " they assenting, he pro no:laced the verdict acecrdingly. Ile Meat h..rvest neat Loi.do n promises Mr favet.latAy ; thr Far is geneially alifeetea by a bliztst, :14: .1 VC?' 4.:rk cvlour. MILITARY C 4k The threat of invasion has produced several schemes for the more rapid conveyance of troops from the interior to any pan of the coast, -where a landing of the enemy may be made or threatened, and several sorts of catriages It eve within this 'year past been recommended and tri-d for this purpofea hut the intolerable and ruinous expenre rt constroct ing a suirscient number oi carriage -wheels, with the axles, perch springs, and other necessary apparatus, besides the seats and other conveniences for the sol diers ; and the consideration of the vast event of coach. houses or sheds that would be necessary to reserve such carriages from the Weather ; that with the best precatitli ins, the wood, leather, and hempen work of such carriages would rot, and the iron-work rust. so as, ere long, to render the carriages useless and even dangerous, should they be hereafter wanted. An apparatus has at last been produced, which seems, in a great measure, free from all the above objeSions ti and yesterday, about half-past eleven o'clock, the same was inspeeted on the parade be fore the Hor' ( ;wards, by His Res al Highness the Duke of Yo.tt., Generals Buse/out and Hort, Adjutant R•INSFORD, Commissary Wsieois, Mr. PITT, Lord HAwxssauay, Lord MULnItATZ, the LORD MAYOII, and avast number of military. stt ( il other persons of distinaion. JAcoas and Settle luta, of Greek -street, Soho, are said to beetle persons who made and produced die apparatus; it consists of four strong boards, two long and t w o short ones, so joined together, as to leave a hale in the middle for the soldiers, who sit on each of the larger boards, face to face, to put ,their feet down, and under which, opening at a ()- per distance below, a fifth board is suspended -by means of four irons, strongly screwed to the seats above. This is all the apparatus (and come quently it can be stowed away in a small space, and is not liable, fur a great length of time, to decay, or become unfit for use) except two bars of wood : which pass under, and are - screwed to, the.shorter seats, and projea tour or fire inches beyond them, at each end. These are for suspending it, by means of strong hempen rope, to the springs of a coin mon post-chaise, hackney s or other coach carriage, the body being removed for rich purpose. This is done by passing the rope twice round the end of the seat-bar, and as many times through the eye or loop to which the carriage-bode was before SUS penJed, and passing it tight along to the other sprint and bar on the same 'vie; by which means this rope, passing from one spring to the other, series as a support to the backs of the men, and prevents their being thrown off by any sudden jolt ; and the . More weight there is on the seat, the tighter this rope draws. fwe of these apparatus mounted on coin. mon post.chaise carriages, with four horses and two postilions to each, were on the parade: on one of them, thirteen privates and a serjeant of the guards were seated, two before and two behind, with their feet outwards, And five on each side with their feet inwards t they had all their arms, knapsacks, can teens, and every marchinp accoutrement. The Disko of Yoe a, and Mr. PITT, in pentlealar, Most minutely examined every part of this carriage, and the position and degree of accommodation the men had therein; after which, Mr. PITT disiinguivh ed himself; by mounting on the other empty car riage, and seating himself with his back towards tha horses, where he remained in conversation with hose round the carriage for near ten minute., di.cussing its different merits. At ten minutes past twelve o'clock, the loaded carriage started and went of for Welling in Kent, a distance of eleven miles ; an otE:er of the guaxds ois horseback, attending them, took down the time, At the Chelmsford Races on Thursday, the town plate of 501. was won by Mr. Emsors's b. c. La that, beating Mr. Wit sr ms's b. f. by PetSo' o , an d' Mr. Fruiters b. c. by Buzzard, in two heats. atter was distanced the first heat. A Sweepstakes If 501. was afterwards run for, the owners riding oheir own horses, which was won by Captain tTowea's b. h. Joe Abler. A foot-race took place between Pastateson, a private of the Ist Lanca shire Militia, and Has - wools, a journeyman tailor, of Chelmsford, on which more than 40 guineas de pended. PARIINSON was esteemed one of the first runners in the kingdom, having won twenty•seven races, and never, on any occasion, been beaterts he Was in this comet, however, obliged to yield the palm to HAYWOOD, who, with apparent ease, came in about two yards before his competitor. Yesterday morning, a girl about ten years of age, of the name of DAVIS, nursing her brother s about two years of age, near the Horse Ferry, Westminster, the infant crying very much, the girl in a passion, threw it from her arms into the flumes, and ran away. This was observed by se veral persons, who secured the girl, and went to the water to save the boy, who sunk twice. The usual method was resorted to in cases of suspended animation, when he was happily restored to perfea health. The girl refused to tell where she lived s but the mother, who is a poor woman in the Al, monry, Westminster, came up and satisfied the in quirers. Yesterday, a poor woman, in a state of in. ioxication. coming out of a gin-shop, Shoemaker- row. Blackftiars, reeled and fell under a loaded coal-waggon i she was taken to the Hospital almost lifeless, being crushed in a dreadful manner. Yesterday afternoon, as two Luanurers were pull ing down the front of a house in Cranborne-street Leicester.square, the adjoining wall gave way, anc one of the men was precipitated to the ground alonp with the ruins, by which he was very much bruised He was immediately carried to the Middlesex Hos Final. The other man, by a sudden exertion, caugh hold of a rafter, from which he was suspended fo sm.- time, but escaped unhurt. On Wednesday night s the house of Mrs. \Vistas. at Forest Hill, near Sydenham. was broke open and robbed of property to a considerable anarunt. Thursday, as a little boy, aged three years, son si n . Henry Erni:rage. mariner. of Margate, was plavin at the fort on kait Cliff, running backwards, bee over the precipice, where it is neatly ninety fes high, anl, strange to tell. though it was low wa and he consequently fill on the rocks, yet he w. picked up alive ; and, upon examination, was (Olin to have sustained no other serious intary, than tl I, ad-ire of the left knee, which was !educed in r/ Les: maur.er possible by Mr. St %Tan, sad 1 "P" j' uoso:s1 of his mute: y -.4111