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b etters because it would cut up the corrupt prac tices in the venal laroughs. He trusted they would give him credit for not having coalesced with_ any other Candidate, and were convitined that he had not solicited the support of Go-, vernment.—When he had presented himself to the independent Ejectors, . it. was impossible, for him to be sure of . any man's vote, because his charades was not known, aid it was for that reason that he took every opportunity of explaining urea pririCiples tot the independent Electors, wherever they had a meeting. Each had two votes, and it was on that footing alone that he applied for one for himself. It had been stated yesterday, that he applied for the second votes of those who polled for Sir Francis Burdett, and offered his second votes in return. But he assured the Eleaors upon his honour, that he bad never .asked a vote. for any other Candidate, and that it was only for the pur pose of obtaining the second vote of. the independent Eledors that he had made any applicatfon. He had never asked a vote 'for any other candidate, and on that ground he had abstained, during the contest, from making any conansents upon the qualifications of the respeaive Candidates, only as to question Which he had looked upon as his duty to notice, the freedom of Eledion. With respe& to the illiberal remark's that had been made respe&ing his being only a political 'impostor, he left it to the Ele&ors to decide whet weight was due to them, considering the persons from w hom they came. He had then only to thank them for their support, and to assure ' them, that, if they should return him, he would maintain the principles he had avowed, and should support all good measures in Parliament, whether brought forward by Ministers pr by Opposition. Mr. THONlas §HERIDAN stepped forward, and was, received with acclamations of applause. Hepro eeeded to state the reasons assigned, not the objec tions offered to the support of his father in this con test. Some complained that his father had slot made a personal canvass—but he should have thought that the Whole of his public condu6.l was the best canvass that could be made for : him. To-those, said the • Hon. Gentleman, who make this complaint, I should say, look at the progress of my father's poli tical life—look at the principles he has asserted, and, I may add, the talents which he possesses to main tain those principlek, and then I would ask, whether this be not the best solicitation for your votes? If you see your' friend contending against a powerful enemy, or on the point of . drowning, would you • decline' to afford tiim any assistance unless he called out for si I ? Let it be strangers to intreat your sup port, and second their intreaties by promises —but let the recoileaion of his services operate upon your mindsand let you be as voluntary- and ardent in Iris support, as he has been- in .support of you and your rights. The Noble Lord, Gentlemen, has stated among other claims to your stipport, that since Iris election to the House of Commons he attetided two nights. He has also stated, if I recoiled right that the late Dissolution was an unmixed good, because It gave him an opportunity, Gentlemen, of restoring to you, the Ele&ors of Westminster, .your • liberty, by removing my father and 'his colleague. How comes it, Gentlemen, that this Naval Lord should be so anxious to support your liberties ?' But that may not be the objeet he has in contemplation. Perhaps the unmixed good hestneans Is his own dis missal from Parliament, ,which is a good I hope that you, Gentlemen, will confirm to him upon this oc casion. One word, Gentlemen, as to .the state of the other Candidates, which I wish to be heard Within - the Hustings. There is one, the Burdett, Which sails a first-rate upon the current of public opinion ; and there is another which sails along with it, calling itself the Independence. This vessel pre tends to be a neutral ; but I shrewdly susped that it belongs to the enemy, although in • conse quence of being strongly pressed, it has thrown . its Government dispatches and secret instructions overboard. Yesterday this vessel hoisted the Union Jack, but the signal was not attended to ; 'and if We could prevail on Commodore Burdett to lye-to a little, and lend us a few• hands, I have no doubt that we should soon give this vessel such a broad side as would send her to the bottem. You are, Gentlemen, very naturally anxious that Sir Francis Burdett should be secure,- and let that be the case with all my heart and soul ; but recollect, that . by neutralizing any of his votes with respect to my father, you are acting the part of hostility against us, and exposing yourselves to, the ,dateger of return ing a Candidate whose tenets you have every reason to doubt. That part, therefore, of Mr.Jenningti's speech which recommended this neutrality I cannot but deprecate, and exhort you to a diffe'sent line of conduct. In the course of my canvass, many Voters have told me that they` would come up if they could be useful ;.and have asked me, " Has he any chance :" tosathich I have answered, " Yes, every chance, if you wilt give it to him." I beg the Electors to remember the .Election of that great man Fox, who was the greatest boast, aunt the greatest loss this Country ever had—who had the honour of a distinction higher than any King could give, namely—that of representing 'this celebrated City. It will be remembered that upon one of his Elections he had on one day but three votes, on the next four, and yet when the tide of pre'elic opinion set in hisefavour, h polled 1100 voters in nne day, which gained him his Election. Why, then, said Mr. Sheridan, let us exert • the same. %new, to 'which I•know you are disposed, and ca pable, and there can be no doubt of the same result. Git3BUNS repeated his charges against Lord Cochrane, whom he pronounced, add was ready to prove, a gross impostor.' Mr. POWER spoke ably against Lord Cochrane's Pretensions, stating his conviction that although the Noble Lord now hoisted the Constitution Jack, 'it would, as soon as he got into port, put up the Portland MIDDLESEX ELECTION. THIRD DAY, .14.1.Y.20. Til2 Poll went on a little brisker this day, and, at tile close, the numbers were declared, . For IVi:.LiAm MLLLtSIt, Esq 131 GLCIKGIF. BY.N.G. Esq. . - 1182 Sir CHKISTOPHLR 13AYNLS,13t. 152 S Mr. BYNt3.tiiiinked. the. Freeholders for Ofe flatter- . . . ' n g site in which•he was this day placed on the r' u 11 over the worthy Baronet, who stood forth in ''owed opposition to; him and , them i tier he con-i their interest. "He wished the Freeholders to act, as he had always found them to do, independently ; for history had not at:lorded an sera when it became more necessary for them to be very, pal:tic:War who should represent , them, and therefore to, look A. them with a jealous and a scrutinizing eye. 1 -- Ls opponent 'it! wasted that be was:'nOtsupported ei ther by Dukes or Great Men. But he would boldly challenge him or his friends to contradict . that he was supported by the Ministry. To that purpose_ Treasury letters had been sent to different persons, and every person conne6ted either directly or indi rally with the Dosk Companie;i hail received most pressing letters to support him ; this he thought it necessary to inform them, that they might know by what sort of influence the worthy Baronet Was sup ported, Mr. MELLISH, in a very short speech, expressed his thanks.; his dependence was on the Freeholders, he had embarked in their vessel, and he had no doubt of arriving at the wished-for port in safety. Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, in a very good hu moured way, congratulated the -Freeholders even on his being the lowest on the poll. It would give his friends an opportunity of spewing their real opinion of him. He was not conscious of having ever done any man an injury. If he had done any, let any man look in his face and tell him he had. He could, in reply. to. Mr. Byng, say that whatever any indivi dual friends might have done in his favour, he had not . sotight the assistance or protetaion of three Noble Dukes, or any other great . men. With respeti to his being a Direolor of the Dock Company, he was, proud of the part he had taken in forwarding so great and valuable a national concern. If in this early stage of the contest, he should gi v e it u p, h e should think himself guilty,of very great impropriety of conduct. HiS wish was to afford them all au opportunity- of giving their real suffrages to any Candidate - they thought deserving ; there was as yet twelve days to poll ; no . mbre than f-,000 of the Freeholders had polled, and he understood the whole number entitled to vote was little shOrt of 12,006; if his opponents shuuld,poll each 7,000 it would - then be time enough .for him to give up a con test founded upon one particular point, and notarig more—to express, by the voice of the people, their approbation ur disapprobation of the condna of the late Ministers to his Majesty. He requested that those who disapproved of his conduEt would hiss again, that he might know the number of his ene-. mies. He then observed, that as many or themhad the appearance sof not having had their dinner,. he would not detain them aby longer. The Meeting Was then closed. • " NAN/ AL NEWS. PLYMOU;rII, MAY 19.—Arrived the Emuloui Gun-brig, from Portsmouth. Sailed the: Magncent, of 74 guns, for the Channel ,Fleet.; the Philornel Sloop of War, with dispatches , for' the Mediterranean ; the Moselle Sloop of War, for the Mediterranean ; she is to call off Falthouth, and take the Trade under convoy, bound thither; ,the Wymouth Frigate, on a cruize ;- and the Harlequin Armed Ship to the Westward. The Capellit Schooner, which sailed hence two days sixke, with a Fleet of Viauallers under convoy, for Torbay - , with supplies for the Fleet, is returned here with'her Convoy'', the Fleet having sailed from the Bay before her arrival., PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20.—Arrived the inconstant. , Frigate from a thirteen months cruize off Guernsey. Sailed the Ant Schooner on a cruize. FALMOUTH, MAY 1 B.—Arrived the Weymouth, LLOYD, with stores, from Plymouth ; His Majesty's Brig Raven, of is guns, Capt. GRANT, with the out ward-bound Lisbon and_Oporto Fleets under convoy; the IPilliant and John, FIELDER, from Portsmoutp, bound to Quebec; left the convoy in consequence of very leaky. Sailed H. M. S. Herald, Childers, and Serapis, with the outward-bound .Mediterranean Fleet un der convoy ; the American , Brig Romeo, Cuaraoz, for St. U.be's ; the Ship Frow Maria, Lucns, for Senegal; and the Ceres, PaLmmt, for Jamaica ; and the Princess Augusta Packet, AUBYN, with Miuls.of the sth instant, for Gibraltar and Malta ; Princess Elizabeth Packet,' KIDD, with Mails of the gth and 2th instant, for Lisbon ; Puke of Kent, COATES -WORTH, with Mails of , the 6th instant, tier Jamaica and Barbadoei ; and the Duke of Montrose, DYNBLY, with Mails of the tick instant, for New York and Halifax. Music.—Mr. BA AMEX.% N'a Annual Concert took place last night, at the Hanover-square Rooms: This Performer is so much respected in private life,• and is so high in professional di , ,tinBion, that the numerous audience which attended, Was the proper tribute to his general merits. The entertainment, Was chiefly vocal, but there was also a great dis play of instrumental, excellence. A mong the most admired vocal efforts was, the Canzonet," 'my dear was torn to-day," which was finely given by HAIL. BISON and BARTLEMAN. The Cantata " See from the silent grove," was admirably sling by HARRISON, and the air " Sounds though charming," was exqui sitely accompanied on the Violoncello, by LINDLEY,. ".Mary's Dream," harmonized into a glee was well given by MadaMe BIANCHI, Messrs. HAmasorr, Goss, and BAR.TLEMAN ; but we do not approve of, the new fashion of harmonizing airs originally in tended for single voices, and by which their On , plicity„is destroyed. ATWOOD'S pleasing glee "In peace Love tunes the Shepherd's ree d," f rom " . The Lay of the last Minstrel" was encored. Madame Bl'iN6HI. acquitted herself very well in " Chi dice • anal Amore," by INIA‘vER. In the st act Mr. WEicusEL performed a concerto on the violin, composed by GEMINIANI (Ist Op. 3,) in the most exquisite style .of taste and expression. Time were about a thousand _persons inthe room, among whom . were many of the higher orders, - and' the .Concert in ,general excited very great applause. i;iv 1()4 COURT OF KING'S BENCFI, hint liAttsToN V. liEDra'GrltLD, ESA.. Ilse Plitintiff i a Nierchimt at Wolvediampiebri, the If'olentlant is an OTtc.er in •the Art - by :l ,of the rank of a Colonel. 11N action was brought to re-, cover damages for criminal conversation with the wife id the tormer. • Mr. GARAI() \v, for the Plaintiff, said, that this was _a case which called fOr the most serious attention, as the offence committed \vas of the most flagrant nature, being noth-ing leSs than the sedu&ion of a chaste, moral, and discreet woman ; withdrawing her affedion from a most indulgent husband ; and carrying the most tefarions'projed for the destruc tion of domestic peace -and happiness to ultimate suceess. The Learned CoonSel lamented extremely that he did not possess the powers of a Noble Vriend of his (Lord EasicaNß), to represent a case of this description in its \true colours ; it happened, how ever, that the crime was of that enormity,. that the. Gentlemen he addressed would feel it for themselves ; they would - be sensible that the loss of a virtuous woman was irreparable, and that he who\ steals such a treasure from the bosom of a fel low-ereature is the: most , unpardonable of all pm derers that infest the haunts of mankind. It was no inconsiderable aggravation of this offence, and he was sorry to shock the sensibility of the Jury by such a statement, that this delinqut.vat was a married man,• had a large family of children, and kneW so much of the blessings of connubial happiness as to have satisfied him of the extent of the crime he so' wantonly committed. The Plaintiff had every pros pet of happiness in the married state : a species- of mutual affeaion existed, which it seemed impossible that any accident of time or - circumstance should in terrupt, excepting that fatal event to which we must. all Submit. It su happened, that the Lady was in a delicate: state of health; and her physician; weft! con sulted on her case. The Gentlemen of the Profession advised, that she should. take the benefit of sea bathing.; and Aberystwith, on .the coast of Cardi gan, being at a convenient di,tance, her husband con sented to a temporary separation. The Lady took her departure, and her husband, impelled by trait affec tion with which he-was always influenced, followed her in 'a few days. He arrived one night. before iw was expeeled ; he fohndhis wife"absent ; she had left her l o dgi ngs in an open carriage with Colonel Bedinfield ; and on this discovery, he remained in ii-state of distraaion more easily imagined than de scribed. (Mr. GAttaow here proceeded to state the fats, but as they will appear in a form equally satisfaelory on the evidence, we shall prefer detailing them from the mouths . of the witnesses.) . The first evideece on the part of the Plaintiff was a, domestic, who deposed nothing material, but what was more explicitly stated by the subsequent Witnesses.. Mrs. Colley, the innkeeper at the picturesque si-' tuation called the Devil's Bridge, said, that Mrs. Railston and Colonel'Bedingfield came to her house on the nth of oClobter ;- that they returned again on' the Inth.of November, and continued there until the 2.4 th of the same month ; that they returned again in January; and during ail the time they were there, they lived together as man and wife. Dr. Morrison said he was a Oysiciari, at Wol verhampton, and knew both , the Plaintiff and his wife, before and since their marriage. He went to Mrs. Colley's, at Welch Pool, by Devil's Bridge, in Oetober last. A Gentleman and Lady were there,"-! who were the Defendant, and the wife pf the Plain , tiff in this cause. The former took the Lady round . the waist, on which she turned round, and the,wit fleas had a. full view. of her countenance. He only visited the family professionally; but, from what he could observe, the Plaintiff eoaduaed himself as a most affedionate and indulgeat husband. Miss Brown slid, she was the sister of Mrs. Rails ton, and the daughter of Mr.'Brown, of Tuthill, near, Wolvdrhampton. Her sister was married to 'the Plaintiff with the - entire approbation of her father and the family. The Plaintiff and his wife appeared to, be mutually attached and arfeaionate, and there ' seemed to be the greatest prospect of ntiptial telicity. `rs. Rail - toin being indisposed, the witness aecom- Tatiied her to Aberystwith. She there became ac= quainted with the Defendant. The Plaintiff came to the place•oneeventng, ttexPeeedly, at ten o'clock. ,His wife bad gone out the - same aPternoen,, in an open carriage, with-the Defendant : it was wet wea-, ;her. Upon her not returning, the Plaintiff was 'in very,great distress ; and about. P.velve o'clock at night he procuretha conveyance, and left AberySt with in search Of her. She did 'tint supp(Ae her husband world arrive until the next day. The witness khew nothing_of the affhir - subsequent to this circumstance. Oil her cross-examination by the ATOttNEYLGie , NERAL, she saki, that neither 3ile or her- sister were 'acquainted with the Defendant bet - Ore they saw' him on the 25th of September. The Plaintiff came to the place on the 3d of o .. tober. On the 25 t h of the pre ceding month, the Def'endan't introduced himself To them on the public walk. On the 2tith;they walked with s him and Mr. Edwards, his frienct... and on the 27th, the same party took a walk into the adjacent country. On that eceasion tire Dethndant and her sia-, I ter separated themselves from Mr. Edwards and the.. Witness for nearly an hour, and it was towards ten o'clock before they,had returned home, On her re examination, she said that the Defendant was very as siduous to her sister ; she herself, however, did not like him; she did not think him of engaging man:. • ,for she had heard a most infamous charaaer, of him, , or she might" have thought otherwise. To, women in general his manners were captivating.— kti answer to some questions from his Lordship, she said, that the time when her sister and the Colonel separated from her and Mr. Edwards on the evening of the 27th of September; was about nine o'clock. They were then about half a mile from the town. The witness concluded that Mrs. Railston was fatigued; and bad turned back. She did not know where theY ' were during their absence. Joseph Lane; Esq. had known the Plaintiff for seventeen years. He had the best oppertonity of observing the conduct of the Plaintiff. and his wile, 'both before and aftcr their marriage. No man could ',make a more indulgent husband than Mr. Railston, and the Lady appeared to be a most do metic, and affeCionate. wife, with a tinc=ture of re ligion stronger than the generality of the sex. The witness sa , .v her afterwards with the Defendaet, at the Devil's-bridge. The ATTORNEY GENERAL., fer the Defendant, 4aid, that he had nd'diflictil4 In .Conairiing.lA 'freneratObervationS Made Learned Vriend id the q)eniug of this case; but-linfortunately for the objet of this aCtiOn, many of thern did ntit apply to it. • There were. many case in which a Pe;-• fendatit would not be called upon to ansiker in con:. Siderable damages; altl;6ogh all Improve? conneetion had 'taken plaee It Was mentioned, that thve'Defend ant *as, married matr, and had a numerous Progre -ny, but nothing of this kind had appeared on the evidence. All the cases in trhich a noble - person; formerly at the bar, had so eminently distinpished his powers, had been 'those. in Which the rights of hospitality had been abused, , and -the sacred laws of friendship . had been violated. Nothing of that kind appeared in the present instance. Had it been other wise, the - subjecl would not have been left in the hi:- gid state to Which it was !lOW exposed his Learned Friend would, with his accustontedahility, h ire hur ried on the sensibility of the jury to an extent to which his abilities alone- were c'aictilateil to conduct them., What was this case ? The Dafetidant was not acquainted with the -husband of the Lady:, or with - the Lady herself, more than three days before he obtained. the accomplishment of his wisheS. He introduced himself on the 25th of Sep tember, and was accepted without tltc ordinary ce remonies prudence and - delicacy have enjoined; and what were the subsequent events of the ea'idence of Miss Brown ? (The Leariied Counsel here recapi tulated, t he leading features of that Lady's testimony.) On the third evening the Defendant and the Lady parted from their companions, and strolled through the fields in that inclosed country. What roust be thought of Miss Brown's evidence, if knowing, as she declared, the infamy of the Defendant, she did not caution her sister against his society ? If she did admonish her sister, what znu.A be thought of the imprudence of the Lady in committing her sellinto such hands ? and should she be of this watt ton. character, how trifling must be The loss•the sustained in being deprived of such a evil ! True it was, that, , unhappily, the Defendant fell into the snare which was laid for hioi by Mrs. itailston. She was ready to fall into any man's arms who would extend them4o receive her ; no solicitations, no assi duity, no artifice was necessaty, and none was em ployed by the Defendant. The Plaintiff had cer tainlymuch to coniplain of,* but it wits not of the conduta of the Defendant:, but of the loose deport ment of his own wife; thither his accusation sh o uld be diretSted, and severelv`he must feel the conse. quences of his own itidiscretion,, in tbrining so near a relation with one who was unworthy of his. indul gence and atfetaion With these observations, the Learned Coensel. would leave the-case to the deter mination'of the Jury, sensible that they would deal with it as justice.required. . Lord ELLENBOROUGH, laving explained the na tore of the attlion, slid, that the question was, 'zlot as to the commission of the crime, but as to the extent of the damages to be assigned to the Plaintiff. There was every proof supplied of the affedion and tender-. ness of the husband up to the moment of they de parture of the Lady .for Aberystwith. The-Lady had lent herself to the attentions of the Defendant with considerable facility ; but it did not appear that the consummation - of the adulterous projea took ptaCe previous to the elopement •; for could the De fendant have fulfilled‘his design at. Aberystwith, it is highly probable the Lady would not have exposed herself to the immediate disgrace,. or the Gentle man to.the serious cOnsequences, of such an exposi tion as their departure tnust occasion. In addition to this, it appeared, . by the evidence of the maid at Welch Pool, that at Ihe time of their going to bed, Mrs. Railsten appeared to be in great distress, and he was soothing her, although the witness could not depose to the particular expressions employed. His Lordship objeEted to the style of comment which bad been applied to the testimony of Miss Brown, the sister•of the wife of the Plaintiff; and be should be exceedingly sorry if any individual in Court should go away with f a lse impressions of the condu& of . that young 'Lady. tli , The ATTORNEY GEN aRAL said, that he had - pur-. rosily abstained frotn making any severe observa- Lions. -Lord ELLENBO ROUGH said, that there were remarks made which rested upon her more heavily than the fats justified. Whether she had or had not admo nished her sister did not appear, for no interrogato ries were put to heron that subje&. She might have anxiously .and faithfully admonished her sister; and his Lordship felt it to be his duty, his bounden duty, not . to admit refledions of this kind .to pass unnoticed. The question for the Jury was, what should be the reparation -to be made to the Plaintiff ? They had been rightly told,' that be had married a woman who wanted little solicitation to induce 'her to-abandon the purity of her character, and this, facility plight to be taken into the account in. apportioning the damages. •The Jury having 'ret.ired for abput an hour, re tumid with a verdid for the Plaintiff—Damages 1,0001. • THE THEATRE.—The' Opera of Artaxerxes was represented last night at Drury Lane Theatre, with the Farce, of -Sylvester Daggerivood, and the Grand Ballet of The Siege of Troy, supported by all thb Dancers from the. Opera House, for the benefit of Mr. KELLY. The 'great' attraction . of the night, howt , er, was Signora CATALAN', who very liberally came forward in -11Ipport of a respe&able musical veteran. She gave the scena . frOrn - Sfrizitamide with her accustomed_ excellence, and was highly 'ap plauded, as well for her liberality on' this occasion, as for. her high'thUsical powers. Mrs. Dickowssalbci, deserves great praise, for the same - laudable motives, as well-as for the able mariner in which she acquitted herself in .11.1.andane. The - throng : for admistion was so great, that The Siege orOld Drury was hardly less formidable thAn The Sege of Tro . y,. and indeed almost'as tumultuous. % The contest for the County of Lincoln closed. on Tuesday evening by the resignation of Mr. ELLisos, Mr: PELHAM and:Alin CHAPLIN having polled a grt 'majority of votes. The Readers of Ko - rzEBuE! Novellettes, which have been so universally admired, will be glad L) learn, that a fonrth Ve!time of other Small Nove4, written in the' same sty:".., has" been received torn the Author, arid will i7edily be given to the Public, Erarnn.--On the- sth inst. at Brltton Ferry, 04'14 mw - gan, the 'Lady of LUMSDON, El. late .Lieuten4nt-ColOnel of tho"s - sth RegimOlt, of a Son.