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MID DL!'! " rtienos. The interest commonly felt by all ranks of pen. pleon the elktion of a Representative was never more strongly evinced than on this occasion. According to arraagements made hrtween the candidates and their friends, upon the preceding evening. the Free. holders artended at Cie different pl rtes to take Oleic carriages 41 early as SIX o'clock, Ana Trot croads at spectators lio-d the way along Picc4l,4 ninth the road to Brantford. The house o: Sir Francis Bar tlett was surrounded by a numeroas body, who wore the E sro .et's favours, and cheer , ) the voters as *lief la,vve I. About seven o'clock Sir Francis set teat fo Brantford in his carriage Lid four, preceded t iwvea outriders, carrying large bannee, of blue a n r , ~t s which were written, in letters of gold,Basedest and akpcadosce. The :rvants and the whole of his patty were blue cockades, with a marigold 11C.WCT or mow colour silk in the middle. Some of these were :ichly spangled, and the wearers ap pearrd to vie with each other in e xhibiting the greatest qua nity of ribbon. sir Francis and Peter Moore, 11. i. went tog'ther, and seven carriages followed, with voters ant friends. A band of mu is in a ear nein drawn 5y six horses, adorned with banners and use and orange, went some time after, playing all the way. The clamours of the populace, on the w-ival of the 134'0 set at Brentford, were great. A:clamations of applause resounded from ever, • while the ind played—" See eke Croireriog 11 o r,.nes," until Sir Francis went into the house o; his Solicitor, Mr Saunders, opposite the Pell Booth. A went of confusion and noise then suc ceeded for near two hours, during which no Free holder was ad:at/tad into the }tunings without a ticket. Aboat ten o'clock, Mr. Mainwaring ar rived in a &lariat and six, with two postilions in scarlet livery, rimmed with silver. q'wo out-riders preceded the cavalcade, and ten carriages followed, occupied by IVilliarn M unwaring, Esq. Alder man Sir Was. Curtis, %Ir. Thornton, Mr. Mellish, Mr. M•Guire, Vr. Bowles, and others, the Friends of the Candid use: they wore sky blue favours in their bats, and were receive] by the populace with violent hissing an i opener. Sir Francis was upon the hust ings some tome before Mr. Alainwaring ; and, on the Appeir•ace of the latter, a clamorous disappro bation is.ued from the speclators ; many of whom ti•ed the mn t i, desorous language. The candidates havitr st f rw srd, the Cle•tc to the Sheriffs of the em.n.p. 11.. e s. Shaw and Le Slesurier, real the wri t •• • t d uu different axis, and went thro' en* d • m dities at the commencement of an tea 41; 41 or a h'e 1, t ) ter %bore, Esq. Mianher for Cov-n rro roposs.d Sir Fraacis Burdett, in the hal min; Ili WWI: " k e2h )1 e.s of SW ilesez I who are assemblrd here Int toe Ara' ms of a Landed is proper to reere seta y..s. .41 Parliament ; It is on that subjeCt I ad ;Iron you; and the question is, whether this county shall be a free county, cr become a rotten and cor tept boa I whether you ea.!' be deprived of eleseive franalti•es, by a nefarious combination o c Geatlemen, I :ome to revive your I .ae, ase, to rescue the county charaßer from this nefarii us contra/I ! I will 'Sew you the can. taaA, the whale of which admits. that, on certain on &ions, a t.'andisilate is to be bargained for ; dem ite V is is no astis nine of min e ; in their os a auv rti:vmenrs, published i it ever) Newspaper, 111 come to :math you, and to counteran the spi rit ant pendunce of the county (load and re reat,J cheering). I call upon you, as you shall manse? to G .1, that you come forward and rescue the county : rom the jaws of such a nefarious cosni,i nation ; tit t yon will give a long pull, a strong pull, and A puil ale getht r. Yon. have to consist. r oho is the Candida c to resat • the county from the peed ton on the edge of st hich it stands. The Hon. risnet has already twen year Re., re•t.ntative in IPartawe -t ; you are not now to judge by what he w I say ; but by his past coniluCt ; his charaeler be has retained whaled. Th• Hon. daronet's cba ra.4er toot known At the last eleCtion ; I was hardly then known to him ' • but now I can tell you how I became acquainted with his charader. I have fowl him ass excellent son, performing ads of obeslisrice to his father; an excellent husband, pos. sew, of virtue and integrity ' • possessing, upon the v - ale, virtues that intitle him to public trust. 'have r a: with him in Parliament, and, I will say, that I kite of no Metr - er that stands in a faire rtat of view. Enough has been said to his pre paice ; but 1 will present him, unsullied as a abet. Of white paper. Thus, having saisi so ranch, I will only mention, that he ha, been run d wn in the opinion of the publac ; and, if he was the least di.affene ; to the interest of his cou:ati y, I would be the lan man to approve his condo!! ; but I believe in my heart, I is attachment ante Crown and Con etiemsea I and if he has a'fault, it is bang too un rine. His iadependenee you have kw vo, and trill thu ids ie their ears, that they do not refuse I'm fr•re reproseinieg the county from any other ground, roan Isis priaciples. Hnr:.ll). I end upon you, w.tb one heart, to restore the Candi date, who is the •inly one to rescue yon from th combination, and serve you in Parliament; and 1 be will long, possess that trust, to se; the *aunty in a state of traropii3ity. (laud cheer mg, • e'" f " Reedit fir ever.) 1: is in pto.lf before the opponents. they cannot be his enemies in tier hearts; that he has studioanly aaed for the 1C 0 3,1 of his country. We base worked to v-EL- 1 new Administration, night and day, and they. may fii,d his name among theist who wish so carry fire and sword into the enemy's country. T is centradidi his baring any design against the 1 1 1 t af his own country, ail that has been said on I env now e lie. Therefore, I again " 1111 1) , a you to come Itrward with your votes in :moat: of Sir Francis tturdett, whom I propose as year Representative, and save the county from a ditty nefari ous emnbinat'or." At the conclusion ct ;his snatch, the pepulac e . continued cheering for a Poc m ug ured time, but an in t e rva l o f silence having been /4r * "'Gill' seconded Peter Moore, Esq. in a few 1.°1 1.., a ___ 4115L4116 11 the propriety of eletling Sir Francis 4 7 . - 74 and the little service he should do that 6 " a lone speech, after what had been Psysiciudy - 3. T h• QUCI"On was then put by the Sheriff, " Have revit ,Qther Candidate to propose to represent mutt arnent ?" which was answered withta lnd hi kom the populace. Al ' a ettnati SU William Curtis Veen endeavoured • to speak, but the noise was so great he could not pro• teed. Sheriff Snaw, having demanded silence, ad. dressed the Freeholders in the following words: " You are summoned here to exercise a valuable privii ge ; a privilege that no other country in the %vol.; J enjoy, ; it is to chooses person to represent you in the Lope:vial Parliament. I hope, as yen have he i►d chef:lends of the other Candidate, you will att.: i further, and, when you hear bath, determute which you will return elected."—Brxoe! Srain! Iravo ! ENT Writ Guar is then resumed. " Brother Freeholders, " You know the principles of Sir Francis Burdett : his condo& at the Crown and Anchor Meeting, and the Mermaid at Hackney, was so violent, and sn tumonsutational, that I am Astonished at him; and trust you will think with me, he is not fit to be your Representative. I shall propose to you a virtuous young man, whose father has already oc cnpied your attention as a candi tate. I know he has virtues, and true constitutional principles (vio lent clamour, hissing, &c. so as t prevent the Speaker from being heard further than) " I will not make long speeches, but propose George Boulton Mainwaring, Esq. as your Representative. Col. Woo o seconded the motion of Sir William Curtis. He commenced with obi.: viag, that hi, worthy friend. Mr. Mainwaring, had not been re turned, after the eledio t which some time since en. gaged the attention of the Freeho!ders, in conse quence of recourse haviag been had to illiberal means to disqualify him. It was tit first time he had heard, that. old English hospitality uould dis qualify a man from sitti ig in Pariiament. He wa s rejected for giving nglish roast-heef and good ale. The father of the present Candidate had been illiberally treated, and linked with persons with whom he had no conneflion He did not wish to trespass en their time ; he only hoped, by a manly and spirited support, they would place slr. Main witting at the head of the poll, and prevent the county from being misrepresent.. • (loud and repeat ed hissing An i claoping st in•ervals.) Sir Fearicis BlatllL 1"T then said,—" Gentlemen. I shall not commence, like the gentleman win h is just addressed you, with disclaiming Any if iny friends ; I have found no friend, who sopported on the la‘ occa-ion, desert me on this. Gentie. men, it is a little ungrateful for those persons to disclaim their friends ' • because I have come across Mr. Aris canvassing for the son of Mr. olainsear iag. tdo ant blame Mr. Aris, th ;iigh I tat `hem with ingratitude, as nothing can be more naiural than for Mr. Aris to serve the son of the mane lin raised him ; yet, upon second thoughts, I cannot help think ing that Mr. Aris, whose business it is to •ecute felons and robbers, his misspent his time in r in a antes to rob you of your independence. (11•••• ! &sea! ter serve least,' ,rirrve). The worthy Alder man and others have ben talking about beef an t ale, but you have too muc s seine to barter the I eedsm of your constitution for a mess of pottage (Plead:.). I hope you will come to the Poi:, and put an end to the contest. After the spirited support Ime •ived at my last eledion, when I found myself at the end ef the Poll, left with se less than two thousand voters, I think I shookl disgrace yon aid the -ounty if I abandoned yen, and did tea offer m , self on this occasion. (NhAsts ors our). We all know the gross and s aaialous ens rs brought at the last election, some .if weic's have been report d this d .y, how...ver, on investigation, they ended in Jibquali lying th person by wh-m the. were ntack. You also kit •w th illegality or hoeing VOW, and I do tont th nk I ss of the tile{ day oI buying a candidate (Pkostilit.). Yoor inde son race is struck at in both eases: though the Attorney-a;eneral has given a legal opinion on the subjea, yet you all item a legal opinion is not infant le. I s:,ek t cd say out e, bat I Jo not tns,.t it lot the advantage of tbr Free holders, to ististimt.: the votaig longer than nzces• stry." A generd bent of applause, at the conclu sion of the last sFe•ch, was succeeded by the most violent histiog and clamour, when Mr. Mainwaring, junior, was going to speak. He, however, made a tzw observaalns, apparently much agitateJ, the substaoccof which was is tollowa w Gentlemen. I congratulate you. in allowing me this opporturrty of expressitw my gratitude for the favour you have sh. , vn me: ibeemme is a proof that the Baronet has f .rfe;ted your true interests, and it is for you tc. say, whether lie has performed his duty. nr whether ne has Abused it." He concluded with qbserving, it was fuse's a wish to serve his country that he stood before the shams. relying on their support. _ _ _ 'tiers's Moos; Esq. gave notice, that the Sheriff would put the que.tion for till the eleetors to bold up their ha3ds in favour of each candi late, which was according dose, and the spew of hands for Mr. Mainwaring did not am•ar to be more than ten ; 41 for Srt Fr tack Burdett, cm the contrary, seem ed to be general. _ _ _ Shrlitismaw then declared the majority was hi four of Sir Francis. On which Mr. Maiawaring drman.led a poll & and the poll booth was immedi ately e.eared to snake way for the voters. A little after in o'clock the poll closed. when Cie numbers appeared as follows: For Sir Francis Burdett . . . 611 For Mr. Mainwaring . . . . 5:8 Ma:ority on the day's poll for Sir Fran- cis ihirdett . . • . . . b 3 After the numbers that polled had been an. nonacid by the Sheriffs _ _ Sir Fastsc.s &MIST? addressed the Eleltort nearly as follows: ‘, Gentlemen—l will not detain you ninny mo ments, after the fatiguing length of this day's poll, which, I am sore, you must all sensibly feel. Your own good sense will point out to you my objet was not a seat in Parliament. Your independence was my first wish. I might have obtained several seats in the Howie of Commons. The contest At pre.ent is not between two Candidates, but for the independence ct this county, against a horde of justices, distillers, and publicans. To free this country in gencr.l. but particularly this county, I s:ood forward to assert your rights. and to rescue it from persons under the inlluence of Magistrates, and pensioned Justices of the Peace . By voting iu that way, you cannot be exercising any will of your own. I mean no personalties to any one. rag do I boor enmity to soy. On • the' crintrary, I feel sorrow and compassion for their lot. As to myself, it has been my fate and my happiness to mare one who will stand again.[ such men. I hope and—trust my friends, in their anxiety and seal to poll, will not imppte any blame to me. Many must of necessity return nithout poll ing this day; but I hope der will not feel any 11- convenience from it. You will, when you now de. part, use every aaivity and exertion to make the poll or to-morrow decisive; so as it shall extinguish a!! hopes it. the opposite party, and render our work curupleie. Gentlemea. I return you my heartfelt thanks, far this day's kind exertions and favours, which will, in the end, establish the freedom and in dependence of the County of Middlesex." Mr. G. Matisse time then came forward to ad dre..s the Meeting : the clamour of the crowd wit so great, that he could, with difficulty, be heara, even by those who were near him, although be spoke with great energy and firmness. We could, how- . ever, i filled the substance of his speech, which be began with congratulating the Freeholders upon the opportunity now afforded them of deciding upon the merits of his opponent. At the last eledion, the Hun. Baronet made many promises ; had he rr formed one of them he then stood forward as the champion of the oppressed ; he promised to open the prison-doers, but he had sat tet years in Par liament, without instituting a single enquiry into the many supposed grievances, which he pledged himself to redress. The truth was, that those grievances had been fabricated for the poi pose of raising a prejudice against his much vilified father; who had displayed (as he thought) too much for bearance, and ;bid borne his "ficult es too meekly." But hr was determined not to sa in Mat manner. He wa• not to be intimidated. Although the Hon. Barn-at had the effrontery again to stand on gentile' whist', had been polluted by crimes and perjuries et the eledion, he ( Mr. M.) was determined to op pose h:in, toot to foot, and nand to band, until he shout i be the fortunate instr.reaent of his expulsion f rum tie- county. He care not for clamour, but trusted to the supp - irt of g )11, substantial votes; being eersuaded. that the Free! older: of Middlesex c. uld not return his opponent sice, by so doing, they woold identify themselves with the eulogist el um:ors !man -diately after Mr. Mainwaring returned to town Ai a rapid rate, and pursued by the populace, boots ig, hiuiiig, and hallooing. Sir Frances Bur dett &bowed, but had not procee toed far when the Mar.'s were taken from his eh triot, and he was drawn through rh. town by the populace, amidst rekera:ed -flouts and triumphant acclamations. His chariot was preceded by ;he corps butchers with marrowbones and cleavers, making most melodious h.umeny I next followed six outriders, with purple bannirs, and then a carriage fill-id with a most euellilit band of music, who pl .y-al a variety of pop la: airs the whole way into town. About half a toile at this side of 131entford, the horses were again yoked to the carriag, and the cavalcade, fol low* i by n ar two hundred carriages, proceeded to Ketasisqton, where it was again stopped, and the horses unyoked. 'nary were here joined by a band of bell hangers and lock-smiths, who marched in the van, tinkling their bells so merrily, and with a representation of the key of the Hostile in front of the drocession. Thus the whole proceeded, with little ob.t u&ion, till they artired at Piccadilly, where the crowd accumulat...l to such an excess, as to block tap the way. No Accident hailpeccd that came within our know ledge the vigilance of the Constables and Peace Officers prevented any rioting, and the only per son. taken into custody were one man for throwing mud into s coach window, and another for insult ing the blteritr, and attempting to force himself upon the kluging,. At ten o'clock, the populace bad en tirely dispersed, and all was perfe.ly tranquil and quiet. The Rnyal Lanark M litia marched into Wood brisige, Fri(ity and Saturday last. The Hertford Militia will leave Harwich to-mor row morning for Malden. The Gazette of Saturday night contains a Pro clamation permit:ing the t•rrther importation, in foreign ships, of hides, dressed or undressed calf skins, horns, tallow, and wool (except cotton-wool), on the duties specified in the said order, for three months from yesteriay ; and also, repeats the Pro clamation, for permtring the importation of provi sions, duty free, for three months from the date of the sa.d order. The number of degrees in Aet Term. Orfordoris one Dofflot of Divinity, two Dc&ors of Medicine, two Bachelors in Divinity, two Bachelors in Civil Law, one Bachelor in Medich.e. twenty-two MA I. ten of Arts, and thirty-nine Bachelors of Arts...- Matriculations twenty-nine--Regents at the A& seventy-five. The Cllrloode fritter, from Jamaica, which arrived at Plymouth, on the 19th inst. sailed from Jamaica. on the [Rh of June She brings an account that w the P ;testi sloop df Intr. which sailed from Fal mouth. on the 2d of April, had arrived at Jamaica, with the Sect wider her convoy, on the £sth of May; and the urpleAsant news, that the Duke tf Kea packet. which sailed from Falmouth, on the 10th of April, for Jamaica , had been captured, and carried into Guadaluupe " 'This is the second packet which has, within a short spa- • or 41311, taken into the hands of the enemy. Private accounts front Hambargh, cm the veracity of which we can rely, mention. that one of the mem bers of the Military Commis4oo. which sentence] doe Duke D'Esorstars to death, was lately found murdered in the wood of Boulogne. There was a label affixed to his coat, siFoitying that all his col leagues io that horrible crime should share the same fate. The new eppoiesed Commander of the French troops is thatwee hes demanded of the States that he shosid be Misdarly supplied with sufficient pay, necessaries, and sub.istence, for 4ti,000 men, the amount of the French army in that c ,, nntry ; and in caw of refusal or non-compliance, he has threatened to uke the administration of the revenues into his own hands. The States have transmitted a remonstrance to Paris against the intentions of the Commander, and have ?motored some instals. trice. They have also despatched Mr. Hisses, to lirersm, to endeavour to negociate a loot there to the amount of three millions of limo. OLD DADDT LONG LFGS. 0.1 Thursday evening last, a min, known by the name of Old Dad,' L.ar L.g, air ut eighty...four years of age, wn lives by begging. met a conitse. tam on his walk. ‘Vhitechq;el Road (.4.1 Dediv remouatrated wi:h some warmth on the ilivasioo of his territories, &c. from words they proceeded to blows, to the no li:tla amwerr.ent of the .perr.r. tors, who, - finding Old Diddo in danger of tailing beneath the superior prowess of this mendicant rop•ued an adjournment to the nvit public-house, and a settlement over a jug of brown stout, wh 're /trio* and town. , pr 4 Sc were pro ;awed i and, of er much deliberation, a definitive treaty was signed, but not before the secrets of IfyggiJg, in all its branches, were explored, and the bye-standers fuly latisied that b:,..gipg is not a bad trade, whether in the person of a Parrie, or a Daddy Long [ego. The latter, by the third article of the treaty, is to have in future the un7olitt range of the Ent of Rap. wbilst his adver sary lays the West under contriution. The RnyAL Ci ECUS was never more successful than at the present moment, in the possession or en: er. ta inments, ration..l, interesting, ar.d mus"rig. Vie House is, every evening. the grand .1 pot of heau ty, elegance, and fashion, detached frmn .est circles of our vast metropolis. It is the centre f attrathon, 'where the Goddess holds tier Court, anc.l diffuses, with a liberal hand, the b:,u4teous gifts oi Nature and of An. . Estrad from an Advertisement in a provincial paper—" Warned, at the Grey Curt School, in this city, a eespedable. middle-aged single woman, of the Church of England, to ill the • , ffice of Matron." On Saturday the counting house of Mr. Wo ws, in Chtirel:-larte, WhiLecnapel, %%AS brok- open; when the desk wi; robbed of a large quanti y of money, besides wearing apparel belongi .g to the servants. Yesterday a decent loafing woman. appuently just arrived from the country, (I. .10;4.1 Jowl mib. Jenly ittPiccadilly, and instantly ell, re.l, white she was a:king a young lad the way to 051.4.1->trect. She had previously trill him that she was tatiataite.i With fatigue, and had three children. On Saturday, a gentleman drew up his gig re the end of Harp-alley, Fl 4 e . market, and hiving occasion to g.) sums distance no buiiness, desired an Irish basket-woman to attend to the horse fill his return; the woman, having stood for siirne tine, patting the anirn4l about the ne.k. rts4ogat the Gentleman long in returning, and went up 1-i2rn. alley, to inform him she could wait longer ; hot had scarcely proceeded a &lien ya.d% fore t i:e horse drew the chaise after her. np harp-416.y and walked with it into a broker's swop ; calm, hi ils:age glasses, and other brittle materials, were d-s r yet on every site, and the oa•uer of the gig. who Ar rived after the mischief had b. en d use, was I ithily called upon by the broker for a rem merarin which he refused, alleging be hail left a ;wenn to take care of the chaise. He, bowever, gave :its card, and backed the horse into Fleet-m uket AgAi whe e the basket-woman came running, oat of breath, and, ignorant of whet had 11.4.4pe•1ed, de ma•tded a reward ; observing, with r.-fl• grsrrty, that the horse had been eery viet wider her cares " One evening List week, as &ataxia Be oar, of Portloe, in Ccrnwall, was returoing from Phil. leigh, where he had been visiting his sweetheart, a humble but virtuous maiden, to whom be is hes nourably attachnd, he saw a stranger in the water, at Pendower, drowning. and. without hesitation, plunged in to his rescue. The drowning man rose, AS he approached the spot. and endeav erred to catch hold of Bearsze ; who, sensible of his own danger, should the man seize hold and entangle his limbs with his, was obliged to evert all his skill as swimmer (which is very great) to get hall of the objea of his humanity without endan7ering him self: yet, notwithstanding his skill and caution, they got entangled, and were sinki;.g together, when &AXIS', by a wonderful exertion, rescued himself from the grasp of the other, and, though nesrly bay • hatisted, succeeded at 1-ngth in saving his own lite, and that of the poor man, for whom he had so nobly adventured. It proved. on enqoirv, that this man had imprudently rod. , a young hose far into the water, which had thrown him and left lei's there. F. cm this little narrative, our readers will observe that &Amer. who, we are assured. is dis tinguished among the young men cf his neig'ibunr hood, for his general good charaaer. as well •is his personal appearance, possesses all the ingr-dients which constitute a hero: skill, courage, and hu manity. On yesterday se'nnight, Mr. is sirs CA anzatt., of Newark. put an end to his existence by swallow ing laudanum. The Coroner's inquisition set forth, that the deceased, being immicateJ with liquor, and instigated by one AR Peaty. dd drink two or four ounces of laudanum, which occabioned his decease. Pinar and CAIIIPSILL having d mined to k,il themselves, procured the medicine, and divided it equally ; but Pea sr secretly conveyed his portion to that cf Coo team.% and subs•ituted spirits in its .steal, by which. it is supposed, the whrle laudanum was drank by CA Aril,. L, and he in a few hours expirel. Pa ea v has since been com mitted to vol.—New Tarn: A ivertis:r 74 Jew. Saturday right, about twelve o' clock, the bed. chamber of Mrs. TWOS( AS, corner of Newcastle •t-vet, Fket Market, while she was asleep. was robbed of a mahogany box. containing 501 in bank notes, besides securities to the &tribune of 2501. and also a quantity of matins apparel belonging to the servants. Baron H truants's, whn has been five Tears tra velling through South America, among other cu rious animal remains, has ( and he is the first that has) disc-meted several specimens of the Mammoth; perfectly distinguished by the great carnivorous teeth. He has hund them as far as latitude 13 south, but always on the highest Ivan:tains, which t!* Baran tikes to be satisfactory crnof that this great unknewa must bare been, as has been gem" Ur supposed, the inhabitant of a cold cl . mare. In North America none of these bones have ever bees found but in comparatively low sits worn ; th;s is to be expeeted ef as animal, . which in a cold cLtsette mbahit the 'allies, and in a warm one would seek :he c.dd retreats of the mounM.na.