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Cite Stitigitt Vregigi. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Thts Evertor, WEDNESDAY. hos*?l. wi'l he Performed the Opera or ROB ROY MACGREGOR. Rsb Roy 3Neitrayor Campbell, Mr. Wavle; Balllle Sic I Jamie, Mr. W. Farm. Mateo Macgregor. Mrs. Vomit t Diana Vernon, Mks Nam merger. To conclude with the Fever of TOO LATE FOR DINNER. Frock Poop Won. Mr. J 0411.1 ; Mr. Niehola. Twill, Mr. Eerier Robert Railer, Mr. Rayner. lfln Emma Somerton, Mies Lore ROYAL GARDENS. VAUXHALL. ' nier the especial Plltrnoage or hie Mo-I Cinch: Mt MaJetty. T.`..e Proprietors revectfolly acquaint the Public, that the GRAND WATiRLOO VETE, which W 34 received on Monday led with univer , al approbation by one of the moat TILMItTOI34 tor.emblagee of Ronk and Yeidlos that ever graced thew Gardena, will be reorwted thl. Evening, :FE:ANESDAY, Jill), 21. with all the additional Illumination., Decota• tio—. he. CONCERT. which will commence at half-plot Eight. In 'h tnpetb New Concert Room, will comp,' -e. antorta.t other appropriate Place, 'l'4i:or's Bettie smalls. cad an entirely new MILITARY CANTATA. " WrAtert mod tompasedexTreVelii.d7l:e . oe elrien. The n•,;14 by Mr. Plaoche. the Mu4c by Mr. Hi estop. IPtir.t'pal Performers In the Concert—Mr. Iltaham, Mr. Sinc:n . r. acd _Vino: De ; Stephens. Silts P,,vey :from the Tl:oldre ROlll l Prarr.:Aute. bee ,it appearance:, MI,. Cooke, and Madame C ,rceica. I ,twten the Acts of the Concert • new 1111111stry Dlrertirrntn:, caliel THE SOLDIER'S FESTIVAL. The Entertalnment• will conclude with A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF FIRE-WOREi. ry tl.e cc•brsted D'Err.est, who Is pal,' a tare, s m es.ti a to rys , ltice, or tills accost:ye, the very finest effects of the P•Jotechnic At , . WWI Lore, of the Theatre Royal, Corent•garden, Is engaged, and will rwskr her appearance en Mond., nest. Miss Tati•, of the Aneent Concerts, is also engaged, and dr not'oe win be glen of her filet appearance. Vans, open at Soren o'Cloek.—Concert CO6III3JOCre at liaif•past Eight. Admission 4.. Pert, es ars velpeetleg Admisvlon Cited, for the Eventne, and private for the Somme nr Nirflotly. may be 124c1 upon oppllntlen to Mt. Screiseller,,Boad.street. The DaITI,II PRESS canme;rea publishing yesterday morn ing at Ilse o'clock. LONDON, WSDNESDAY. JUNE 21, 1826. The Erode of Monday states that letters from Rio tle Janeiro, of the sth of May, have been received, which as sert, that by an Act, dated the N of May, the Emperor of EMAZIL has abdicated the Crown of Portugal, and trans f•-rrrd his rights to that kingdom t r hit daughter, DONNA IMAP.ZA DA GLORIA, Princes of BEIRA, who will be be trolled to her uncle, the Infant Dot Micurt. To say the least of this account, it comes to us in a very ques tionable shape, aud we are inclined to wait for further con firmation before we attach implicit confidence to such re pots. We subjoin a few more extracts front the French Papers : [From the Etoite, dated Monday, June 19.1 Letters from the frontier of Wa!lachin say that it is confidently t e:.eved that Blehareet will be the seat of the negotiations between the Russian and Turkish Commiesior.era ; it is added that Baron '. - .rogonoff. formerly Ambassador to the Porte, will be one of the Ras tao Commissioners. MADRID, JUNE G. We have just been witnesses of an event which is perhaps un paralleled On the 21st of May, at nine in the evening. Joachim Lawdo, a roya'ist volunteer, asawisinausd, in the middle of the street. •an inhabitant of Madrid. named Emmannel Rego, who could not &tend himself, being without arm,. The assaftio alleged that the unhappy Rego was a Negro. This is the only reason he gave. lle vise immediately attested with the reeking sabre in his hand. lle was conducted to the barracks of the royalist volunteers, and pro ceedings commenced against him. free days afterwards, Lotelo addrased a petition to his Ma -sty. asking his pardon, saying that Rego had been killed in s quarrel. M. de Carvajal, inspector of the e , yaliat volunteers, •'upported the petition, and transmitted it to hi• Majesty. M. de to ril.sminde semndad it and on the 30th dust 31inister communi air.: to the A:cadet, ram directed the rost.:cution, stating that his ..I!,,,ast; pardoned batch) for the wound which caused the death of Rego, because the accident had happened in ■ quarrel. 31.110 (Aliment, added, that his Majesty ordered the criminal to be V': oily acquitted. The President of the Alcades, sulxise,l at alit comntunication, ost7)lied directly to his sfejesty, representing the fool consequence .' this pordou, aiding, that tile liiug wat Lbsolute, but ' , et the tribunal thought that it never could he his 3lajesty's will Ist par.loo assassins, contrary to all existing laws. As this repre er.itstion must pan throuhh the hands of ill. Calomarde, we ex. pest a result quite contrary to the will of the King and to social -der leantime, to the great scandal of all honest men, the 1. - Lnierer wali.e at liberty about the streets of Aladrit. Al de Cane, totalled! a Conttitutional colonel, took refuge In Gibraltar, as Nana as the revolutionary government was over t town. Doting the Revolut:oo he wan at the her.d of a Guerilla, um, which he ravaged the province of Murcia, and had several Royalties oho'. He possessed in that province a revenue of 8,000 s , ests, which slims that he was really atta:hcd :o the revolution. x;y doctrine, because he was in circumstances which afforded no •.alucwnent. Being in the array, he depends on the Minister of War, hut as he is brother-in.lsw to 11. Stories, Chief of the Special rotl c of M. Calomarde, this Minister taking on himself the awl:arty of the war department, has found means to obtain an t 7der, which authorises M. Cano to reside at Carthageria. It is hoped ?flat for the tranqaillity of a province where M. de Cano has committed w many excesses, the Minister of War will oppose this ^cgo,iderate etep. The band of Connie coo.ta's of six hundred men, well armed and equipped. They have money, and pay for everything except horses. Their rnm:o is—" Inquisition, Hope, Charles the Fifth Nn inn 1., :dintaeJ , !enis mum cn•asv t!i:o ever with the of 'Ace. Olio „King if Minh tlisseislied with hie Prime ;Moister, mitt I ( 1 41 1 1 u ITOCKS vsSTUDAY. !odis Acct. 236 Long Ann. 19 1 IS Ra. 11111 e 10001. 8 9 pat Ditto 8001. 8 9 pot Ditto Antall 9 Ilya Lottery Tickets 241. STOCKS YESTERDAY. Cheek Acet. 14 llociran Han& 474 Dltto Rends (ISM) b7171f igi Unto Acct. 67i 4 7 1 gi I I I 6 1 6 Di Peuvrlin niun Acct. PS Rua.lan Lund. (1822) 80$ Ditto /tart. 001 Spanish Pond. 72 Mt. Bonds (1F23, 61 INGE TIPSTERUAT. Leghorn 47 Genoa 43 Venic• . . ......... Niples Palen** .... ....... per ee 111 !Johan ----- ... ............... .._ _. °ponce ..... ........... y Ittn Jardre . ................ 41 Dallis . ... . . 4 Buenos Alms a Dublin, V dope dabs •• •••• le Covk .• .• ISOLLSOL ►SI OS. 4. d. Portugal Gold. biota ... • •. • Foreign Gold, la bars. .. 2 17 • New flouhloows ..... . . 9 0 U New Dollar Sliver. In ban. atom:bird %ES ytsTrn , )Ar. Nil. Shore. Pald. ..... lOO IS ;m 100 10 5 di; NO S I 1 dl. 100 S Si Ms 25 1 0.16 2 die tormassst .. ...... 100 I 0 51 pm i 100 16 13i die with M. de Calomarde ; yet they are still at the haul of the Administration. Some persons explain this c:ligma by the al liance of these two persons with M. Sileetio, a young man who enjoys the personal confidence of the King. M. de Salado has always been a member of the Cmisrilla, hut he is as fickle In his attachments as in his political opinions. In another part of our Paper will be found an account of the termination of the Election at Coventry. It will be seen from that report that the violence alleged to have been used by the partizans of the successful C m.lidates is likely to be brought under the consideration of the House of Commons. On such subjects as these we should willingly refrain from making any remarks. Eccause we are aware that even a good cause is often supported in an improper manner. The report contained in this (lay's Paper certainly' would lead us to conclude that some im proper conduct had been used by the winning side on the present occasion, though our former accounts induced us to suppose that the assertions respecting the violence offered to die partizans of MAKE had been ex tremely cxl7-,en7t-(I. It is our practice uniformly to recommend to our Reporters to adhere scrupulously to matter of fact, and to allow no bias whatever to give a co louring to the accounts which they may transmit to us for Insertion. In giving these instructions, we conceive that we do as much RR is in out power to prevent any misrepre sentations or garbled statements which might arise from a de sire of serving the purposes of a particular party. This rule may sometitnes be neglected by gentlemen connected with our establishment ; but we will venture to say, and we say it with pride, if any bias appear in the reports of the Bri tish Press, it irises more from an inclination to do full jus tice to our political antagonists, than from a wish to mis represent their sentiments. Adhering, as we do, to these principles, our readers may judge of the indignation which we felt on receiving the letter from our Reporter which we have inserted below. We do not think it necessary to make a single remark on the fact which is there stated. We have merely to add, that no one shall ever re-write reports intended for the British Press, till we ere perfectly wisfled of the impartiality of the person who thus revises them. We presume that our Reporter allowed Mr. &tic z, as a matter of courtesy, to look at hie report of the meeting, which took place after the conclusion of the Election, and thus subjected himself to the inconveniences stated in his letter. TO THE EDITOR. I am extremely sorry that Mr. Ell;ce is re.writing the whole of his speech, and I cannot get the copy out of his hands. Ile prr. gents his compliments toyou, and asks it as a favour that it might be pnsti•oned till Thum! 4.'1 paper. There is no alternative; but I opt suffa any eye to look at my copy again. 1 send you what is done. CI fY, TvrADAY EVENING. Comedy were heavy this morning, in consequence of the warlike intelligence from India received yesterday: 89 was tha price dur. ing the day. India Stock for the Account was 236, and the Bonds he. premium. South American Seauri jet still decline Colombian florid, to 26., and Mexican 6 per Cents to 66. Bra zilian Mining Shares were in sonsz demand, and advanced 21. prr .bare. PARTIES. The Dowspe Connteee of Poulett pre a grand entertainment, on Mon day. et beilonse, Hyde Park-catner, to their Royal Highuees•e the Hoke and Duchess of Gloucester. The diatingokhed party Invited to meet their Royal Hielneasca *sere—the Dowager Hoehn. of Lee d., the Maryut. of Hertford. the Dowager gtnrchtooe•a of Hertford. the Marquis and Mar chioness of Winchester. the Countess of Postlett, the Earl of Westmor. land, Lard and Lady Barnard, Lord and Lady Rolle, Viscounte.s Hamp- Jen, Lady Chailes Somerset, Colonel Higgins, Colonel Halton, Honour able Captain Ponlett, Mr. Somerset, &c; in the evening, her Ladyship had en elegant ae.embly, which was attended by upwards of 2too thotin. gullhed fashionat. e .. . The Hauourable Mrs. Leigh gave a grand ball and supper, on Monday evening, at her house in Portrnau.equare. Ibe elegant unite of dreit lug room mere most brilliantly illuminated. There were present upwards of 30 adult haat ton. Lady P. 1.. Coierr entertained a select party of fazhionables, on Mon. day evening, at her house In Albemarle.street. Lord Dynevor had a grand dinner party, ou Saturday, at hk house in Dorer.street, among shorn were—the Dukc of Beaufort, the Earl of Or. ford, Vireouut Sydney and the Misses Townsherid, Lord Colchester, Lady Suffield, !Cc. On Monday his Lordship entertained Emily Marchioness cf Lond:rnd•rry, Lord Charles Fitzroy, the Mims Fitzroy, Colonel Tows.hend, Captain Fitzroy, and a select party. The Maryut. of Chohnundeley entertained a select party at dinner, yes terday. at bin house In l'ict:adlyy... • ' . . Lnrd Sherburne euteitalned a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house 1n Lotter Grosvenor-otteet. The [allowing di.tingul.hrd persTn; had dinner parties yesterday:— Sir Robert Farquhar, Bart. 1110asond-terrace Felix Ladbroke, Esq. Lower Grosrenor.strert ; Fredeth:k Booth, Esq. New-street, Spring-gar dens; A. Hoblyn, Esq. Chanclus-.trey ; the lion. Mr. Airwave, Harley. street. MOVEYENTS. The EaII and Countess Spenser and family left town yesterday, for their seat la the Isle of Wight, for the season. The Earl of Essex left town yesterday, for LI. teat. Ca<hlobory Park. The Earl and Countess Fortescue and family left town yesterday, for their seat, Castle 11111,Devonahlre. Lord and Lady U. H. Cavendish hare left town for their seat, Latimers, Bucks. lord Fred►tick and Lady Emily Montague lett town yeeterday, Car Hampton Court. Sirßobert Buxton, Bart. left town yesterday, fur Surrey. Arrivals at Penton's New Hotel, St. Jarnes's.atreet :—Mr. and Mrs. Jameson and family, from their seat In Somersetsbire. Departures :—Sir Nicholas Colthierst, Bart. on a tour ; Mr. and Dire. Vernon Delphiu and family, for their seat to Essex ; J. Dilphin, Esq. on a tour. Mr. and Mrs. Danby and Allis Saunders left the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn.street, fur Earl Ilarewood's seat, near Departure, from the British Hotel - -Captain and Mrs. Gardner, for Cheitiathrun , William Jodrell, ksq. for Oxford. Arrivals at the Brunswick Hotel ',late Blake's), Jermyn street:—Moos. and Madame Nutrient and family, front Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Knight, from Huts. We have the satisfaction to bay the Duke of York was considerably better yesterday; his Royal Ilighnevs having been improving in his health for several days put. Yesterday, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Mulkey, Sf.cretary to the Marquis of Hastings, the Gnveroor or %talta, transacted Laciness at the Secretary of State's Office for Colonial Affairs. Our worthy Representative, the Right Honourable W. Huskisson, leaves us to-morrow, for London. His time during his sojourn here (Liverpool) has been taken up with business of various descriptions, and with various descriptiOns of person?. Early this morning, he proceeded to Runcorn, to inspect the river, tee. in that situation, and returned by the steam-boat down the river.—Liverpool, June 19. Yesterday the despatches for Madras and Bengal, by thc•ship Ja.uec Si bbald, were closed at the Ea s t I n di a /l ouse, an d delivered to the alaster of that vessel, Monday evening, Mr. Nlaeready, who is engaged for a homed number of nights, made his first oppearance this season at the Derby theatre, in the character of Virginias, which lee performed in his usual style, before a crowded audience. The evenh , g's entertainment &sett with the laughable farce of the Padlock. As a convincing proof of the still increasing popularity of the justly relehratet.l Cavatina, •• I've been roaming, • composed by Charles llorn. we have only to remaik, that on its being song by Madame Vestris, at the Vauxhall Gardens, a few evenings since, it was twice unaninionaly encored, amidst the tumultuous aiprobatlon of those distinguished fashionable; who were then present. --- SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. ALDERMAN Cox.—Amongst the many daily oeiurrences, we have to announce the melancholy and auddist death of 31r. Alderman Cnx, which took place yester day afternoon, itt his residence in Ilan -street, Bloomsbury. The Alderman, who for some time past enjoyed • remarkably flood state of health, proceeded from his iIOUNe shout two o'clock to his office in Manchester-buildings, and from which place he returned in the course of an hour and • hall. Upon his entering the house he complained of a pain in his cheat, and observed that he would lie Clown; but in a few minutes afterwards till chamber bell rang violently, when, on his attendants entering the room, they dia. covered the Alderman apparently in a fit. Aledical aid was in stantly resorted to, and Mr. Ireland, surgeon, of liart.etreet, at tended, and attempted to bleed Mr. Cox, when, after several in efficient attempts, a small portion of blood was procured, but wbith was of no avail, as be dial in a few minutes after, apparently with conaiderati:e pain. The isimedtoe ramie of his ilex!' was apo plexy, but from what cause the attack originated we were not able to learn. The dereaaed was elected Aldermen of the W a rd o r. Ali:eteg-te In the year IBIS, and his loss rill be long regretted by a number of poor persons. 7yV. • --- 0 4:S 4,1 a • -.e. 44, - I Air E . THE BRITISH PRESS, MIDDLESEX ELECTION. The election for Middlesex took place yesterday at Brentford. A commodious hustings had been previously erected, and every necessary arrangement made under the direct , on of Alderman Crowder and Thomas Kelly, Esq. the Shzriffs of Middlesex. The Candidates, accompanied by their Committe s, in open barouches, arived from London at about ten o'clock. Upon reaching Brent ford, the horses were taken from the Candidates* carriages, and were drawn by the populace to the hustings. Mr. Ityng'm Corn mires and friends wore orange and blue favour., end Mr. Whit bread's pink and purple. Upon the appearance of the Candidates noon the hustioga, a freeholder named Westbrook accosted Air. llyng, and subsequently Mr. Whitbread, rvt follows : Mr. WESTBROOK—Mr. Byng, I wish to understand from you Whether it k your intention to support the Catholic Question when it is again brought before Parliament ? Mr. BYNG—It certainly is my intention. _ _ Air. ‘VESTBROOK—Du you want to bring us again to fire and faggot, and roasting upon gridirons? (laughter and cries of " Off.") I say, Sir, you arc an enemy to the Constitution, and to my children and your own. You don't know but you ate at thin moment standing on tite ashes of those ancestors who fought aid bled for our sacred Constitution. .... ➢lr. IIvNG said that when the poll was opened he would be happy to aatisfy the gentleman. Mr. WEsannook. then addressed the other Candidate (Mr. IVhitbread). and said, " It is too bail of you both, Mr. Whitbread, to vote for that 'ere question." Mr. WHITBREAD begged the freeholder not to be violent. Mr. WESTBROOK-1 wit no: violent, but I cannot be an advo. cite for Wigging my children to the stake. (A person from the crowd cried out, " I believe you.") Mr. WHITBREAD said, we do nut now live in times when we need fear that. Mr. Weseagoox was continuing to express his disapproval of the bentnnents of the Candidates on thin subj.ct. but was as sailed with cries of " Off, off.," and withdrew. The proceedings of the day then cinmnenced without any further interruption. - Proclarnatioa having been made with the usual formalities, the Precept and the Bribery Act were read. The Sheriffs then took the usual oath, binding theme:us to make a fair return ; after which, Mr. Alderman CROWDER came forward, and having described the object of the meeting, called upon the treeliAlers to nominate their Candidates. Lord W. Husenne then came forward, and acid—pentlemen Freeholde rs of the County of Middlesox, the object ihr which we are all 'crumbled has been very properly opened to you by the Sheriff. I should feel a gnat ditncuby in coming forward to re commend a person to your notice as a Cendidate for the honour of representing you, if that person was trot previously known to you. L should heve belt it in abler bands, and to persons who h tel greater claims upon your attention. Fortunately, however, the Gentlemen 1 cone for ward to propose needs no panegyric from any one. (A polite' ‘e.) He is known to you ell by the best test, experience. I tall upon you to look back on his conduct—to screuittiee it with it most jealous eye, and I ask you if Ire has ever de parted front the principles to which he pledged himself? If he hee. I ail: vote to stand forth anti charge hint with a dereliction M his duty. I challenge you to do so for his sake and your ore, an a friend to the rights and privileges of po pular representation. 31any years ago you took him, then a young man, in some measure epen trust. Your good opinion of hien was founded upon a knowledge or the stock from whence he sprung, and the school in which I.e watt bred. There are not many present who knew his father, but to those who ore acquainted with the transactions of the county during the last reign, when such fre quent struggles were made fer constitutional liberty, and the prin. ciples asserted by our ancestors et the glorious Revolution, it Is un necessary to say that the name of George Ilyng was foremost in the ranks. (Applause.) Now 1 put it to you whether your late Member has ever flinched from the principles of his father. l ash you to excuse me what may be considered an indulgence of per sonal vanity, when I revert to the gratification I feel in remember. ing that I have fought by his side. We fought together under the banner of one whom I am beam( to call my master— of one whose principles are known to you, and who never was unwilling to eacrifice his personal interest to the public rood and the public liberty. Need I any that I allude to Mr. Fox ? (Applause.) To his principles I have ever edit/Ted, and shall continue to do so as long as I live. To those principles my Hon. Friend has uniformly given his support, and by them his past cone uct hes been directed I t would be impertinent of me to say more. On the arduous public glides %Lich were recently brought b fire Parliament, mid which required the most undivided attention, you well know ttint your late representative is capable of givin a calm and dispassionate investigaiton to these subjects, iu which g both tee agricultur 11 and commercial interests are so deeply interested. Ycu all know the facility of access to your late member. and the anxie ty he has ever displayed to promote your private interest. Upon tidier maters on a more enlarged seals, touching the affairs of other naeloas, Mr. 'dyne has always opposed those detestable principles which have been lately brunched, and which were subversive of a'l liberty. They who advocated those principles assumed the bias. pliemous title of the Ifoly Alliance, and their object was to stifle the spirit of freedom upon which this country had risen, and upon which the f!onstitution was founded. I hope those principles will ever be upheld by your representatives, and that they will ever resist those wicked measures which are opposed to freedom, I shall trouble you no more, but will conclude by proposing George Being, Est. as a fit and proper person to represent your county in Plaint ment. Mr. TRAPAUD seconded the nomination. He said Mr. Byng had served in eight successive Parliaments with fidelity. If the conduct of Ministers was ever so correct, it was well fur the country to have men in Parliament who meld act as the guardians of its rights ; of those rights which were secured by the Bill of Rights.— in supporting the principles of which, our lives, our liberties, and our properties were involved. Now, who was the man who offered himself for a guardian P—an honest man, and they knew " an ho nest man was the noblest work of Hod." He pledged himself to the cause of the people, and he redeemed his pledge by his uniform conduct. lie (Mr. Trapaud) could himself bear testimony to his public nod private character, and would conclude by hoping that, for the ninth time, he would again be elected to represent this great county in Parliament. The Stature' then inquired whether any person appeared to propose the second candidate. RIDLEY COLBORNE then stepped forward. lie said he had no intention of having the honout of proposing Mr. Whit bread, but that agreeable duty devolved on him in consequence of the accidental absence of Sir F. Burdett, who was prevented from attending by the diem of a near relative. Though lie hail the honour of being a freeholder for nearly twenty years. lie felt it would be presumptuous of him to come forward ro recommend any one to his brother freeholders. who v:as not previously known to them, He was emboldened, however, by the reflection, that many of them knew Mr. Whitbread personally, and all of them knew his character. Six years ago they hail given him their votes some what upon trust, and out of respect to the memory of his late ex cellent father. That nom trust be strangely indifferent to public affairs who did not know how deeply thin country was indebted to the late Mr. Whitbread, and it was natural that gratitude to the father should beget attachment to the son. (Applause.) That son was an advocate of the same principles, and was actuated by the game views as his lamented father. It was impossible to anti cipate that, reared in the prihciphs of Samuel Whitbread, his son would not entitle himself to the regard of his constituents. It was true he might not move in tke same active and vigorous course his father had done. It was true, Patrem sequitur baud passibus asp is, perhaps, but he had never deviated from hies principle% whether those principles were tried upon the chime of Reform in Parlia ment, upon economy in the expenditure of the national resources, upon the lopping off of useless places, upon the mitigation of slavery, or upon any oilier of the Important subjects which agitate the public mind. Mr. Whitbread was ever at his post, and had never given a vote from private or improper feelings. Ile (Mr. Colborne) gut in Parliament and watched the conduct of their Representative, ltd he could mote ahem he had never known one of the name of Whitbread give a rote that was not consonant with the Pritisis Constitution, and in favour of the liberty of the subject. By this course hi s honourable Friend had obtained the sweetest and best reward that could be conferred upon a public man, which was far better than any tide it was in the power of the ('rosin to bestow. namely, the support and affection of his fellow men. He thought under these circumstances it was not too much again to ask them to deliver their sacred trust into his untarnished hands. It was his firm beli:f that they could not obtain a fitter and more proper Representative than his Honourable Friend. lie doubted whether they could find an abler, he was confident they Mad not find en honeeter, RCITatIt. Such a man was a proper coadjutor fur Mr. Byng, of whose worth there could not be a se cond opinion. and wider these eircurnstat.ces lie recommended his friend Mr. Whitbread as a lit and proper person to represent them in Parliament. Mr. Ilonnoust then came forward to secoml the nomination, and was received with very generni applause. He had been quested, and he thouelit it an honour to itimeelf, to serend the nomination of Sir Se noel IChitbretul again to represent this en lightened county in Par•iament. little was required of him on this happy occasion. lie celled it a happy occasion, because he saw that the independent county of Middlesex rallied around his Honourable Friend. Those independent men rallied round him who were concerntd in the former glorious rind successful struggles. Those who first sett., nel Mtn to till the proud situation to which he again aspired tallied around, and gave the best proof.; that Mr. Whitbread had not negiected Isis ditty, but that lie had always con ducted himself as a faithful, honest, independent, and wpm.. chartable representative. When he referred to the victory achieved by the freeholders of Middlesex in MU, he dal not link upon it as the triumph . of a man. N o man , what ever may be his private worth or b a s hereditary distinction, mild claim so great an lioneur from him. Ile referred to that victory as the triumph o f t h e great cause o f re f orm, which, in his opini on , was the only object worth contending for. This was the great principle of shah his Hon. Friend and nuttily Colleague (Sir. F. littrilett) had been the able and uecampromidog advocate. his i was the great pri nc i p l e w hi c h tae El ectors of :lideleeex, b.. eitoos- ing Mr. Whi t b r e a d , showed hew much they rppreciated.' Tide was the principle wl , tch proved that the Llet t Its of Middlesex were true to tlternaelyos, and which enabled them to anpport the character of Englishmen in the eyes of an admiring world. He ' (Mr. H.) could also hear testimony to tile public virtue of his Hon. Ftlend, as well as the Hon. Gentleman who Forel:lilted him. lie too had fought at Mr. Whitbread's side in Parliament, end on all great occasions his vote, end often his voice, was on the side of public liberty. He had never deserted the flag they had placed in his hand, nor never shrunk from the performance of his public duty. This was saying a vast deal in times of great public corrup. don, for that such were the present time% it was idle to deny : There were not many public men so distinguished. It was nothing else than absolute nonsense to talk of the virtue of public men generally. That there were some virtuous public men like his Hun. Friend was ctetain, but such instances, he repeated, were very rare. He trusted this day would cohlino the glorious triumph which had been achieved by the Electors of Middlesex, and which had more recently Leen achieved in Southwark, in the City of London, and, lastly, in the county of Surrey. Ile trusted they wouldcontoni their tnrmer triumphs. and that the great county of /Middlesex would on no future accession return to that degraded state to which they were reduced, when they sent two :Members to Parliament who held different opinions on all leading politic.' questions, and were like two horses pulling different ways. (Applause.) Itnetich an arrangement the imeortance of the county was neutralized ; neither of the Members could be sent to do any service, for they were ever found counter:le:hog each other. His lion. Friend, Air. IVhithresneliad never lo his political opinions come in contact with theprivate interests of his constituents. Ile called upon them tom, whether, when any Freeholder communicated with him on private business, he asked upon what aide the individual voted, or whether his political opinions were in accordance with those of his Represen tatives. His lion. Friend WAS always willing to promote the in terest of the Freeholders of Middlesex without inquiring what poli tical opinions they adopted. He felt he need say no more. There was no appearance Many thing like opposition to me two Candidates now proposed, but Womb an opposition should unexpectedly arise, there could be no doubt of the result, for he was convinced the Electors would do their ditty now, as they hail before done when they triumphed, and it opposed, would again contend for their rights nobly tied successful: J . The Sit entre then adoressed the electors, and naked whether there was any other Candidate to be proposed. No other having been pot in nomination, George Byng and Samuel 15 hitbreati, Esquires, were declared to be duly elected to represent the county of Al ithllesex in the reset Parliament. (Loud clot-ere.) Ale Ilexes, in returnitig thanks, said he was so sensibly affected by the kindness evinced towards hies on the present occasion, that he found great difficulty to express in sufficiently strong language the sentiments of his gratitude. lie might assert, fesrloisly, that if he did not poy4mat great talents, he appeartel before them with perfect confidence in hia hontst services haring been performed with end and fidelity. (Bravo.) He could ,cientiously say that he 11;t1 aiWa)s attended to the local circumstauces and interests of the county, sad, as his friend Mr. linishouse had already observed, rio be could repeat, that whatever differences might have former y existed in the polities of the county, no person could charge Into with any bias on that ace aunt, or could only impute to him any dereliction of his Parliamentary duty, which was equally dis charged in all departmetes of the Lenslature, and directed to wards the encouragement and support of all those charitable lipid tutiens, for the number end excellence of which the county of Mid. dlescx was pre-eminently distinguished. (Applause.) in all the great national questions agitated in Parliament, his conduct had Leen guided by a regard to die promotion of the power and glory of the British empire. In all the discussions of Constitutional questions, lie had been conetently at his boat to support Reform and to amend abuses. The state of his he I!t had been such that he was enabled to take Lis :eat regularly in :h.: &Loose of Commons, and he never neglected an opponunity of forwarding every species of improve. meet. On ell Decisions he had proved himself to be the same man who appeared before than thirty-six years ago. Ile might &loamy, that though lie heel pissed his political life in what was called the O'ipnaition, yet he always supported that due and proper authority which was v. aced in the Crown by their ancestors, for their own Good and for the benefit of their posterity. He must confess, how. ver, that he was still more anxious for the liberty of the people; for he enetys felt that to that freedom alone the British pet/de was Ineed for the greatness which characterized them. That power would continue, he was sure, while the people persevered hi show. ing to their governors that they were not pieced in their high situa tion for tic., promotion of their private interests, hut for the advan. tege of the governed. Such were his feelings, and such would his sentiments remain. He regretted that all the interests of the coun t-y were not in so prosperoue a condition as was desirable; for a elember of Parliament was not the representative of any individual interest, the agricultural, the manufacturing, or any other, but of all, and he was cnnvinced that they must all either stand or fall te greher. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Wntonnenn said, he could noun the freeholders Middlesex elm he was highly gretilietl by the r kindness in re electing him as their Representative that day. So elated, indeed, was lie on the occasion. that he perhaps Mould act with more pru dence if he were content simply t o confine himself to an ex. plession of thanks, and not enter on eny political topics. ' 'iVith his sentiments and mnduct they were (he co: tieued) already acquainted. But although the sets of public men were always open to the country, yet the occasions of meet ing occurred so rare:y between the Representatives and the body of their constituents, teat lie woull advert briefly toe few public matters. When, six genre ago, he had been introduced to their notice, they accepted bin in consideretion of the name which he felt praud ta bear, and in reliance on the professions which were the only motives Wash he had then to propose to induce them to elect lino. New, however, he could stand with confidence on what he had done tiering the late Pailiament ; and appealing to the'r knoeledge of these acts, lie would fearlessly ask, whether he hail in any instance forfeited the confidence they reposed in him in the year 1821 ? At that time the country was, indeed, differently circumstanced from its present state. Then there was a high degree of excitement, caused by the conduct of an arbitrary Go vernment; but now the Government was modelled on a het t r plan, and though he gave the Ministers credit for the adoption of con. ciliatory measures. it was the duty of a Representative a the people to watch over their proceedings, and to he on the alert, in order that no advantage might Le taken of l'aeliatnentnry supine. ness, to impose ilew burdens on the people. fie would call their attention to only one instance in proof of the necessity of this attention on die part of the guardians of the public, when it was attempted to make an unnecessary place, with a salary of 5.000/. a year. It was, however, a paint of juttice to state, that Govern ment hail introduced many measures calculated to promote the interests of the country, in which he concurred. Ile perfectly agreed in the principle which dictated the policy of free trade ; but ie order to make the system effective, it was requisite to make a concurrent reduction of taxation, without which the manu f acturers and other classes of the country could not compete with foreigners, who were not oppressed by similar drawbacks on their industry. He was not ashamed to have his private as well as his public conduct in vestigated, for he thought the consideration of both formed the best claim, as it furnished the fisiren criterion of merit; and he would not trust that man in a public capacity whose private conduct would not bear the teat of examination. If he did not possess great ta lents to devote to their service, he hoped that he was not deficient in common sense, which would enable him to attend to the ere servation of their interests. He was of opinion, when he went into Parliament, that they did not send him to look after Ids own inte rests, but to mind theirs, and lie accordingly was not occupied in putting money into his own pockets. Ile was not satisfied with being exempt hinietlf from such an imputation, but lie also thought it his duty, and gloried that he had been among the first, who ex posed the conduct of illemners of Parliament who took occasion. from the public ii fituation in respect to joint-stock companies, to make money out of doors by practices and speculations at which he felt shocked. He would not renew professions on those topics with his sentiments and actions, concenting which they were ace queinted sufficiently, but he thought it right to repeat, on the question of Reform, that his opinion of its necessity was uechangol, and : he might say, unchangeable. lie returned them theeke again for the honour with which they had favoured him. (howl cheers.) Lord Wteeteet RUSSELL proposed a vote of thanks to the Sheriff, which was scconded by Mr. R. COLBORNE, and was carried by acclamation. The electors then dispersed, and the populace dragged the car riages of the two Representatives of the County as far as Kt w bridge, with those demonstrations of exultation which usually ac company the successful and popular Candidates. li CA - TINGDON ELECTION. TUESDAY, ONE O'CLOCK. - - - - - The proceedings are gcing cn very languidly ; indeed, tis tin derstood to be the intention of lord John Russell to keep open tht poll as long as possible, to nfford time for his agony, who are now scouring the county in all directions, to bring up the striigglsrs who yet rcnii.ia uto e olled. With this view he is now bringing tip his Committee nt the late of one per hour; and, as he is said to have nearly thirty ttniAlttl cites there alone, the contest cannot be considered as yet determined, specially as tel:her exertion nor expense will be spared in nccomplish his return. A little previous to the time of the poll last nic,ht,a general scuffle took place among the mob tefore the hunting•, for priority of places, in which the London ihigilists who are down here took a very decided part against the Blues, which is Lord John lius-ell's party. The Sheriff' observing this, directed them to withdraw, which, after some murmuring, they did; it the same time, he ex. pressed his determination of committing them for the very first breach of the peace in which he might find them engaged. A flentlemsn on the hustings observed, that lie understood they were brought down by the partisans of one of the Candidates, to which The StiwnlrF replied, that he could not believe it, as each of the Candidates had pledged his honour to him that he had nothing to do with the bringing of them down. The Gentleman said, that might be; but still he had good reasons for believing that some of their agents could explain how it happened that they had come down here. The Struttirr made no reply, and the conversation dropped. ft a; : , Clll6 they Lame into thei own on Friday last, it a po‘t dtaitte and lair, and ever !Mire have constantly been >een loitering &mutt the Fountain inn, attach is the head-quarters of Lod Mandeville nml )Jr. l'• Howes. At a quarter fu too o'clock this morning the number were as 1(1 nws AI nada villa - - 957 Russell - . 1115 Fillowes . 199 1 SOMERSETSIIIRE ELECTION. MONDAY, JIINE 19. This day the town of Ilchester was in such a bustle as fele % haps, has not witnessed for many year. The told% ware croiVeed with labouring men who disdainei to work, and who hoested the flag of Hunt (green and white), and roared aloud, its strangers es. tered the town, " Hunt for ever !" " Hunt's the chap for us'', Bands of music paraded the principal atreeta,and the whole dom es , tic business of the population was suspended during the day, Th. Court-house, or the house in which the Candidates were direved to appear for nomination, whatever be its name, was at an early h m , crowded with persons who seemed to he favourable to 3lr. son and Sir Thomas Lethbridge. Some of Mr. Hunt's friendsob, tained admis,ion, but it was evident that the other Candidates had more numerous adherents within the doors. Mr. Dickinson and sk Thomas Lethbridge catered the town without drums and tounp ri, and less noise of any ki n d ac eomp tn i e d their m ovements than wt. to be heard upon any ode movement of 3lr. Hunt through the town. The ceremony of putting the candidates in nomination was also adopted upon this occasion, that It Bridgwater having taken P.C.: for the purpose of giving notice to the Sheriff. 3lr. PIIE LI PS proposed Mr. Dickinson, and tindrc of the elk. rience they had of that gentleman in Parliament. Ile then adorned to the qualifications of Mr. Hunt. That gentleman, he tad, tre e d his claims to the honour upon two grounds—the exposure whith he conceived he had made with respect to the county.rates SCCOII,II4, and the reform which he flatttred himself he had accomplished by reducing those rates. As to the liras point, it had been successfully mot by tie positive contradiction otfo3,lior. Mwiethssierhitan.duwoouthcidialblyi more fully explained by that gentleman. There had, in fact, be e p a confounding of the warrants of different quarters, for rearms which Mr. limit very well understood. Thus three warrants were produced by Mr. Hunt, for February, April, and August in 1817; but the annual accounts were made up from July to July; a lai t t e h r e in A eCl ig th u e st y w ea a r " l7l7. had M n r h r t horreior insis;ed on including the third warrant, that for August, in the account of a year w i l l which it had no concern. The confusion in farts, under such' cir connivances. was obvious. As to the second recommendation, that of having effected a reduction in the county rate, it was as corn. pletely fallacious es the first. The reduction was brought about, in the fist place, by a Bill introduced by Mr. Dickinson, to render more summary the proceedings in these account., which bill also effected a diminution of the expenses ; secondly, by Sir George Chetwynd's useful Bill regarding vagrants; and thirdly, by the alteratinn in the price of provisions. They wnu!d see from fist statement, that the only qualifications which Mr. Hunt and his friends ventured to urge, were totally destitute of foundation. Tit:a being the case, what reason was there for disturbing the represents. thin with which the county had been so well satisfied ? (A pplaum, and hisses and groans.) This address could not have been distincily heard exc:pt b 7 those who stood close to the speaker, so loud were the noisy sad frequent the interruptions during the speech. Sir A LER AN DER Hoon seconded the nomination, amidst great tumult. He contended that the Maeistutteit had been grossly ca. lumniated ; hut he declared that tile calumny had been Mo st cm , pletely refuted. Mr. DICKINSON returned thanks for the reception with which his name bad been met here as well us at Bridgewater. Upon the first day of nomination he had stated to the county that be was interested in West India property, and consequently was the owner of slaves. That property, however, had come to him by de. !went, and he felt bound to protect it to the utmost of his power ; but still he begged to repent, that be was friendly to the ROC. lutists a 1823, and to the adoption of measure. or the w a n e . ration of the condition of the store., with the view of ultimately achieving their freedom, when they were fit for freedom, and ankh earn their living. On such a bubjeet he hoped Mat not another word world be required from him. (Applauseand Mmes.) With respect to Mr. Hunt, he was prepared to prove, Dom etaternenta puhl shed to all the world, that that intlivtdual was unworthy of respect or confidence. That gentleman had been horsewhipped at Covent garden hustinge by a Mr. Hassling, without resenting the indignity; challenged by a Mr. :Harley, without aeopttng the challenge ; and compelled, upon many occasions, to drew the white feather. Mr. Dickinson then read several paragmobs from ne ela papers, attributing to Mr. Hunt • disposition to avoid palatal risk, and reprobating his conduct at the Spafields and Maachestm Meeting., The inferences Mr. Dickinson wished to Le drawn from those specimens merely, it would appear, regarded the ra liflcations of Mr. Hunt, as a gentleman, to represent the eounty of Somerset. Ile begged to know whether that count, nes to be die. toted to by such a man ? (partial cheering and considerable &sap probation)—• man who had &tall times, and upon all occasions, proved hinwelf destitute of honourable feeling. (Great tumult.) Mr. STUCKEY' proposed Sir Thomas Lethbridge, and Mr. L. HANNIKG seconded the nomination, which was re ceived with the greatest uproar. The ft lends of the Baronet, boa'. ever, appeared to be very numerous. As soon as hoarsest eat head outside the Court-hate, roar of "Hunt for ever !" amongst the immense crowd. prevented those within from hearing the com mencement of Sit Thomas's address, lie hoped the mum) , scold do Its duty. He complained of the calumny on the Magus:at a, the Treasurer, &c. of the covey, and of the pertinacity uf Mr. Hunt in adhering to the charges tugs net these respectable ill sons. That person's falsehood was, however, made manifest loaf! the wort:. In what such person had said there was not one word of truth—perhaps as much truth as there would be in what he might say hereafter. (Laughter, groan+, hisses, and applause.) After the statement that had been made to them respecting Chet individual, could the county—would the county—pay attention to him for one moisten t? (Uproars. so loud anti long that rot one word more of what was said by Sir Thomas Lethbridge was heard in the Court.) Mr. OLIVF.R HAYWARD, in the absence of Mr. Creswell, (who did not attend inconsequence. as we understood, of the two:se:ay of his appearance at the Taunton Election), proposed Mr. Hun'. (Loud cheers and him.", which continued for some minutes.) He stated that he was proud to have to propose a man so quahfied as Mr. Ilmit to represent them ; a man who had rendered great err. vices to the county . while he was confined in Ilchester gaol, and still further services sinee that time, by bringing to light gross mix. statements in the accounts of the comae rates. (Great uproar.) Mr. Hayward said, that let the attorneys, the parsons, and the Ma gistrates deny it us long as they liked, yet the honest yeomen, the &Inters, and the freeholders, were perfectly satisfied of the correct ness of that gentleman's charges, and they would convince their opponents, when they came to the poll, that the freeholder* would no longer be dictated to by such persons as were then endeavouring to put him down. (Loud cheers from Mr. Hunt's friends, and this. approbation from the other party.) Mr. Hayward then concluded by expressing his cenfidence of success. Mr. Trio II rentnATT, a farmer, stood forward to second the nomination, and stated that he gave his hottest support to 51r. Hunt, whom he designated as an Englishman, a gentleman, and a patriot. Mr. HUNT rose amidst cheers and hisses, and stood for some tithe before the uproar subsided. lie began by stating, that if it had not been fee the vulgar and coarse abuse which he had received at the hands of his opponents, be should have contented himself with a very short address to the electors. Having • great number of voters in Ilthester prepared to poll for hint, he was more dis posed for action than for anything else ; hut he was obliged onee more to deal in words, the only weapon for which his contemptible opponents were distinguished. (Loud laughter, and cheers and hisses,) Ile had been accused of aubmining to be horsewhipped by Mr. Dowling, and of severs' other things. Now what did Mr. Dickinson mean by stating these matters ? Did he mean to say that any one of those paragraphs contained facts? (No answer .) They were nothing more nor less than the editorial fibs of the day. (Laughter.) ith regard to Mr. Dowling, it was true that he (Mr. Hunt) had been struck by hint at Covent-garden hustings; but it was as true that lie was surrounded and pargantarl by con stables front retaliating upon the spot. lie however Lad an oppor tunity afterwards, and he availed him/tell of it, mod was indicted for the notice lie took of tile violence at the Middlesex Semitone, and lined 5!. fur the retort manual. (Laughter.) As for Mr. Morley it was true that that person had challenged him (Mr. Hum) in his own house, half an hour befere he (Mr. Hunt) was to attend a Spafields Meeting, and as no doubt was entertained that it was a " plant," the invitation was declined. pericularly as Mr. Morley happened to Le one of those little gentlemen who might he easily thrust up thechattancy. (Laughter, and cheers, and hi ea rs. , Now Mr. Dic kinson atilt Sir T. Lethbridge, and Mr. Stuckey, who had alluded to the white feather, well knew the fact that het Mr. Hunt) was bound over in heavy ;nimblest, to the mallet of e,0011:. to keep the peace for five years. *Lee he quitted Ilchester f wl. They knew this well; for they were Magistrates in the county alien he was so hound over. Had it not been for this knowledge, they would not have dared to utter the insolent anti 'Whew abuse which they had directed against him on the present occasion. There were, however, means of ob v i at i ng t h e di ffi cu l t i es w hi c h presented themselves in this country, and if they would, DIY one of them, rive him the opportunity. he would very willingly put to the teat the question which (tithe four wore the white feather. (Cheers, and Waxes, and laughter.) Mr. Hunt then alluded to the county rates. Mr. Measlier, the Treasurer, had, lie said, thought proper to send forth an account, stating the amount of the collec tion and expenditure for the five years, 1014, 1815, IEIB, 1817, and 1818; but he had thought proper in this statement to MDT. duce two quarters of the year 1813, smounting to 3,0001. a quarter. and had left out two gnarters in 11;18, which amounted to upwards of 6,500/. a quarter. Fortunately fur hint, he had got the warrants Conned by the 3lagistrrnes for one of those . years (1817). Now, in the second quarter of that year, Mr. Mesmer stated that be had collected 4,024/. Now the Sherif would read the warrant for that quarter. The SIIEUIFF here read the warrant out aloud to the Meetinr, and it stated that 5.4001. had been collected in that quieter. (Great tumult and agitation in the Coort.) The Snerifr then, at Mr. Hunt's request, read out the three warrants for the three first quarters of 1817. The sums there amounted to 16,5481., king 4461. more, by Sir. Hunt's and every other person's calculation. thsn Sir. Messiter stated that he had collected in the whole year, (great agitation), 6,0001. havin g b een collected in the fourth quarter of that year, which made the collection no less than 6,448/. more than the amo tot admitted by the Treasurer to have been received. (Great tumult and cries of "'tie true, 'his true : 'tis a lie, 'tis a lie ; a d--ante Mr. ii UNT Wis t'll n but heard in • few sentences, the hubbub haying increa.ed to an intolerable excess. He concluded by de cllfine. that he had made his statement sn clear, that the merest sclx.o l .-S ay could not misunderstand it, and none but dose whose I. 1: