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CGMMEriel.a FAILURES. i 4 eNI ratted front the Bodon .•: t',.e .sth in-taut, received yestr.rday;—To . 11 , 1o h-ssant itifornsation which we rommurricated ,r l•cf. of the stoppage of the batik of War e s. „i . a:Wild:we, we bare to add that the bank • ; also and that the estate .i!, t 1.4-e firms I about to be surrendered to the •.• of th..! Bankrupt laws! This terrible ,iss, as may he imagined, oce.r.siorrell deep dc•tress; but we are happy to say .I,' or it seems mos ascertained, and that in the stability of the other ; oe.i is perfectly re-established. To wr are led, as well by our own ob I.llt IN pavan . ; in the streets or moon, exert-olio's of confidence eon • s•arerats from different towns in .:r • Sheath stopped pay . • ..:lenmni. On that ol.ry, as well . . • i.ry Thursday, Cie on the •,., „f. fr , • t,• t MVII. After Thai•stlay, how • •• subsided ; and the . • !. L. :a.-akly weathered such a stone, „ need, rather than injured by it, in , • •• ar .11011 4.r their sufficiency. Con • . • st:!ri , -et of the failnres which have , Live received the following corn- ...N. .1 e T.r t:ty has been thrown to.lfu.tott by the stopliaze of Messrs. •.,. W my'« hank, %;ach sear . .o i t to all hn.i,w as. •Every 114'1,011 ap , tit:sery Ile:tiered 111 his tlMlltelialller, 110.0 10^ or that of scone frier: I. • . ...It t.r areounti of Mr. George ...; one of the partners of the , Solshy Bank, are making out to be • e a tV114 . 11 - 31 Meeting of the creditors, in :et urningentent of the said hook cent. .• itia& forthwith. Air. Smith has, by :•.!t, retureeti thooks to his several ;:levy of his notes, for their hula,- la nail:re . • •Jct.l 2.—ln consequence of the . . eherelation. occasioned by the EA `• !XIII).* public contidenee has haul a strJke ; but, from the pre.eatt .% r elloi . ry may he hoped fir. as the multi :le years to be partial. and lolnna • fwat the odor reins of foe beeFy polttic. • ' " .• .141 in tlii* I . :ellen two I . • . 0 1.tricru loaf (wialiteto) is 110 W ttl• • ;..s effect was priuluced on the •• , I ac titans), and by the ‘aithilralini4 • i ;" I usual circulating utetliuts), that I. .; w fto,.•nos market on Saturday al i., .. 1.. tad. a peek, and butter from C.I.UBRIDGE, JULY 4. tin Sate !iv afternoon his Ito al Highness the 1•1.:.s. at t :lours er aiml Suite arrived here,aud was i.,1 u .rt ► liy the bends of houses; and yesterday !1in:11 1 U.; Imes* sue .sled DivineScrvice at Great • 11. e •s Chortle. The Sermon in the mornind• ...::.,1 by the Rev. Dr. Inglish, of St. John's .. lit.'t in tlw after:loon by the Rev. Dr. Ve. •r., nit I sn-!nll. The evening parade in the sae ancinamonly brilliant and crowded. 'f. • .1 n lioval Highness held a Levee at Tri • 'o:i. bolo, which was also very crowded. 1 .. 10 day. at I I o'clock. arrived litre Marshal ..•.. M no place luoi the Hero been more joy . rs"...ve.l ; the populace were in waiting at the ..1 Jo town by eight o'clock. On his arrival the • c. ere arum t 1 senenv,e4l from his carriage, then drawn Iltroptittlt the principal streets •• anti at last, with much hazard, down • is.C.l of steps, awl round the Great Court of Co'lls„w. Atter taking refreshment at Tri laslar. 1w proceeded to the Senate Howse, • •••• taw Univeresty conferred ou Win the degree of LI- use Public. Orator delivering a most rlo •, lit Orstiors on the eminent services conferred on i.. 0101•• by his con.aiumate skill and bravery. Ile • o der.. mousiest be Lord Bathurst and Lord 41.•* in. who were also honoured with the • iinv de.;rlt: and wurilar &imagoes. Marshal .raisl Lori Stewart were decorated with several • i.• tin; orders, and dressed in most Apendid Tire Clunrcellor marl nit Arlan... (winch carried) to both Houses of l'arliatuent for the ihros i of the Slave Trade : after which degrees • • ew,frrred on several Noblemen and other • •• , 1.. is of tiw University, among whom were the ...pin of Exeter, Hon. 31r. Stuart, lion. 11r. 1 . tle f. liw. Mr. Stanhope ; and the Member's •N• Rey s were then spnkcit. z the visitors were noticed, Lord Erskine, I' Lord F. ().eteor, the Earl of 1 . and I.oni J. Tonnalo.od. .10 :Zl%ll isi the lull of Trinity College Will other distioquiLiteti % • ; tiit• a luny were exceedingly it ..... ethos, • LI , truly iisa4seilleettl; ti,44* • • 11. 4 i11y applauded. The Bishop or Bri,tort Ahnhoine of tlw Xlievir Trade tbroseewut the World." ti i , klli whirla was &snowed by the nowt rap ' " 0, burst% or applause,au.l coatitsued fur a con- rjolo: war 1k domout interruption. A oiupper vv.,' so' dor erraing at Caius Cu to usoo•t I.r :.vivol ri.iton , alio afterwards attended 4! ,, rnioasearroneut Ball; 3laniuis of Exeter, .1. ~.,I I:: ocher, and otlwr of the shove left Como iolge for Newriturket ,',t, on their route for Nfr. Coke's Sheep- runt id IlalLham; and the Niarslatl, me his um, is exi.ectrll at Newmarket hates mi Ilan- " HIT from Edinburgh, on lionslay, for Isis • , .instr.o4 ll l ssf Ilavrklsead, Use Earl of fit.slossw • IJOrti iiOY LE also Sir F. S. F.III:LYN, Bart. 4 .. Alai FLant.snos, M. and Dowager Lally .lit Ls An, lair (;lanow. its re's-reared trail Venice, data lJune 19,saya: " fl.r e.sy lass 0.4 purchased (rum nu Aineris..tu . 4,,, i tl , l ) 6 ,, 5 4 Huns, I 4141. .4111.ca.irsl.ssses• the aril t•Iltrilltr•• Ulf' I : re i Us it Isis tsirlo of Its prt•ciou• .lota, and it I. ,kair to tins city. ‘Ve rt...r.1 it as • 6.t.aual slaw." • IrEsTAIINSrEn ELECTIONS. RI PORT rttom Tilt colistirrm: TUE OP Tlf t; 1111:11 BAILIFF OF VE•4?IIINSfI.L The Committee to whom the• Petition of Arthur Morris, Bailiff of the Liherty of the Dean and Chapter of ‘Vestininster, was referred, to report the same, AA it 1111011141 :): rto them, to the (loose, to gether with their observittious Ham:upon ; acal also, the minutes of the evideae•e• taken l,efurc them and to whom the Report, whit+, lipid the l Ith day of June, IRII, Win wide from the Committee ap pointee, to inquire ioto owl examine the nature of the office of 11.siliir of Westuniuster, and the duties and hardens, inei.leat thereto, was also re ferns! ; lleve, pursuant to the Onler of the Howie, eras mitted the matter% to them referred ; and have agreed to the following Report : That m pursuance of the reemumendation con. tained in the Report which has been referred to Boar Committee, an Act was passed in the Asst ye cur of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, " .lii Art to extend an Act made in the Itith year of his late Majesty liingt:eon.re the Second, to ex. plain noel :emend the laws t :him; the elections of Kinglits of the Shire to serve iii Parlinetitait for England, rerpeeting the expenses of hustineee mud pall clerks, so far as reg.aals the city of W. rm.,- otter ;" whereby, after reeiting that there is no elits veisient public Imiliting within the said city wherein to hold the eleet.on, nail to take a poll in writ ing of the fleeter*, in the event of the same being le ally eleireinhal ; and that by reasan of the popn lonsurss of the city, the taking Ora Iwll ice writing is at t ei Ideal with considerable ex pea is.., from the num , .er elerke neeeseartiy tatialoyed therein ; nano that colotroverales fad of Lee ariscii as to tic payineet of tow expenses attendieg the building of a conve nient booth or hustiligs, heretofore usnall eroaed for the bolding of such election, and of f the ex pretties atteisthwg the clerks employed in the taking of a psriti whets demanded ; it was enacted, " T: :'.t all titina front and after the p issite ; °fine mid Act, n oon every eiroion or n citizen or citizens to serve 1 . ., T th e sa id c ity West. ter in l'arliatuent, the bailiff, or in his absence his sufficient deputy, should iespoiiit, in .ke, or erect, or tams, to be ap pointed, made or ereoted, at the remote. of i.e coadid.ite or emediel ites, conveitient booth or place for holdiiig tie. beet ; rad the said bailiff or d, la n e „,1 10 , 1 1:1, of n psill beim; eletuaneleel by tray of t candidates or any two ur snore of the electors, wepoint a convenient itemiser of clerks, eat 1'7(11i - clin'g in the whole the number of twenty six, to take the peal (which said clerks should he at the tecouese of the candidates as aforesaid, and be paid lint exereding 011 r guinea per day for vault clerk :) And it was further eititettal, that in case any such bailiff, or his deputy as aforesaid, should wilfully offend against or net coatrury to the true intent and meaning of the said Art, such baili IT or deploy should be liable to be prosecnted by infor mation or indictment in his 3li t iesre'a Court o f King's Bench ut Westminster, in which no soli presegoi or relset prawns' should be granted; any haw, custom, or usage is the contrary in anywise notwithstanding : And it was lastly enacted, that the said Act sbould continue and he in force front the missing thereof until the Ist day of A ug.11413." 'that by a sulestquent Act passer! in the 5.1.1 t ear of his present Majesty, the staid Act was continued until the lot day of January, 1819. It appeared to your Committee, from the evi dence of Mr. Tooke, the Deputy Hight Bailiff of 11•estininster. that the costs anti extols costs in the actions meutienied iss the Repeat of June 1811, amounting to about 300/. are due to him in his pro fesaininil character as attorney to Mr. 3lorria. That 'owe the pawing of the Act of the Slat Geo. 111. an maims was brought in October 1812, by th. Bailiff, by the advice of en eminent Cowrie' (Mr. !Richardson) terniiist Lord Cochrane, purest:nit to that Act, for his share oh the ext► sees of the Illusting. at the last patella Election, and lic auffenal jitelginent by default, and a verdict was then obtained for .223'. anal costs, which have since been paid ; and in that action the extra expenses came to CO/. That in that election, the whole of the Iligh Bailiff's expenses amounted to 140/. hut the jury under the direction of the Sheriff, as sesii:d Lore' Cochrane's proportion at '2251. being the expense sof buntings aptly, exclusive of poll clerks retained, SIMI other exist-sees incurred by the !lig!, Bailiff. That if a pen had taken place, he could not have been really to have complied aids the Act, miles!' he kill hail a . ..lithe:Wilt number of poll clerks retuineal before limed, and land on such retainer ; as it is the invariable enstom in Elections for Vast ter, to pmeecil to the poll after an ads jountinent of two hours salt . That Ise enuA ti lt e d Richardson, and took leis opiiiiou, a bether au action could be uotintaiiieel a;,ruiiiat one of the can didates severally ; and laid a case before him, im which he inserted the following statement Mr. Brooks, j . uniew, iifformeel llr. Tooke, that it was Ilse inteubon of the Committee tof the Electors of ‘Vestiiiiiiater to immiuute Sir Fruncis Bartlett, but that they had nut vet determined who the other should lie. Fair. Tooke accordingly, on the twat tiny, went to Mr. Brooks's, a here lie was introduced to the Committee, to whom, at their request, he gave the information they reqiiired, as to the time appointed stud pro bable txPrit-sese 1 4 :c. which witsminuted down by them in writing; and he was then informed. that Lord Coding= hating, by letter, explained his political sentiments to their satisfaction, lie would be put in nomination jointly with Sir Francis Burdett." And again, " No net can lie proved to have been slime hr Sir Francis Burdett, fur aecuring his Election ; indeed lie put an advertisement in the lower*, dist+ • t any intention of accepting u seat in l'arliament ; the only circumstance to Is relied! on, therefore, is Isis liming take:, Isis seat, and thereby sanctinswel the tiousiiiief of him by his friends, :mil thus acquired the name and dia meter of a Candidate within the useauiugof the Act, as held by his Lordship iii the action lietween the same parties, tried at tlw Sitting after Hilary Term, 1805. nod reported in 1 Upon which statement, Mr. Itichurdson's opi nion Was US follows " I think tluit the Bailiff is entitled under the Int.. Art to recover the necessary expenses of the hating., al lacing a convenieet booth or place for holding the election, %%Inds lie by the Act is re quired to appoint, iodise ur erect, at the expense of the Catasli:latesb Bat i the think tlatt lie w entitled to recover the expense of the poll clerk*. b e c a u s e ;10 poll was detilutatletl, nor any of the other ex yeast " It may be a question, whether the actitm ought t 4 he joint septisist the two candidates, or against earls for Isis proportion. I should be inclined to bring a separate action isic.sinst one, in which if he should not plead in abatement, the whole may be recorers.4l if the liability is joint ; and if it should be held, tlutt a moiety only can be recovered, that will lw au authority for bringing another action for a slivery of the otlwr moiety. M to the evidence, the writ, precept and re turn should be admitted or proved; that the pluirt tilt acted as 11 igla Bailiff; that the busting. were crested in the usual anti were paid f o r by the plaintiff; that the defendant took his seat for Westminster. a JOHN RICHARDSON. 6 ' *AMC teMpir, !an 1613.'• /tiler the venial in the Sherifrs Court tor,ainst Lard Cochrane, the Under-Sheriff sece.l the point of law as to the joint liability of the candidates to the wlatle of the demand, and on that poiiit so re served, Mr. Tooke supplied to the Court, and the result appears, br Mr. Iliclisordaon's letter, to have been, e. that the Court held, that as there was no joint interest in 11u! ten candidates, nor our joint employment by them of the Ili4h Bailiff; the lia bility cieuted by the Art was several." That after the action against Lord Cochrane was brought, on the ground of the opinion given in that rase, an actiou was commenced against Sir Francis Burdett, for his moiety ; and before such artina commenced, Mr. Tooke's attention was called to the liability of a person who was an invo luntary candidate, as appears by the passage al ready quoted from the ease stated.—That he con sulted with Mr. Riehurdsol repeatedly, and was gi >verily(' by his advice throughout the whole count of the proceeding. the trial of the issue as Sir Francis Boaz (Jett, no other evidence of his having the character of a ca.olid tte h. ing whlueetl, than the circum sta•we of his having Liken his heat, Lord Ellenho riugli direct. d a sionsuit, su!iject to a point re •ive I. 1.6 t e ensuing term, after a consultation wi•li the Attorney-Geiwral, Mr. Park, and Mr. Melia:Awn) a rule nisi, to set aside the tionsuit, was lowted—ahich, after soleuni argument, was discharg,l ; Cie whole Court azreeing v ids the Lord Oi:r t Justice. That the Defetalawt's coats of the I: nit were taxed at 304 which were pind bv Mr. Tooke to the Defendant's attorney. The I'luinliff'scosts of that action, on a very reduced se.tle, feel to the awn of 1.50/. or thetesbouts; and the pro:bort ion unpaid of that eleetion was 334;/. bring 22.51. expense incident to hustings' only, and 1004 poll elerk• mel iocidentid expense.. Vinir Committee flintier dil, front the examina tion of 31r. George Odes Visseent, chapter clerk to the Dews awl Chapter of 11'estmitister, that he had esamitted the arrhives of the church of Westmin ster, awl seeing a paper which mentions the eir etmestattee of the elections of the Iteltresentatives of the City of ‘Vmttninater being held in Tothill fields. Hllll when contested, the meeting was tul jn urinal to the porch of Covent-garden Church; that as well as he can reeoltect. it is mentioned oisly in allusion to what hod been the case, not that it was so practised at that time of day; and the paper was of the time of the Usurpation. Your Committee further find, that nt the con tested election of Trentham and Vandeput, and which was the moat remarkable for its duration, there were hustings erected at that time, and the candidates or their (rends paid the expenses of them; and that Mr Wisbart, a gentleman aged about 64, and whose father and himself had always resided in Westininater, awl interested themselves in its t sections, knew that the camlidatei or their friends, nearly down to the present time, had paid such expenses ; and that he himself paid all the expenses, including the hustings, fee to the Hill Bailiff, and a I Ito the parish of St. Paul, Co.. cent garden, at the late Mr. Fox's hot election ; and that it was customary to give a hood to the chureliwardem and overseers of that parish, for any damage that might be done to the church by the erection of the hustings. That he had himself wit nessed five or six coinested electiona, and was con vinced that the beatings were absolutely necessary for carrying on the election, anti for a due scrutiny of votes. which Mild not otherwise be carried on with safety to the voters dwniselves. That if the High Railitf haul taken upon himself to neglect erecting hustings, there could have been no con tested election carried on; tlw whole would have been a pilaw of total confusion, a great deal of anis , chief must have been done many lives lost, the peace of Westminster woul d been endangered, and aged and infirm ',coons could nut have got Up to the poll. Your Committee, n ith a view of ascertaining ulieds.r any duty at common law was imposed on returning officers, to erect convenient buildings for taking the poll at elections when necessary, and to employ a competent number of poll clerks, where the right of election might he vested in a numerous body of voters, have referred to such law authorities as might be found in the books on this subject, and they have also looked into the statute law, with view of discovering if ;my declaratory eusictments existed with rived to the duties of morning offi cers, wlwther for counties, cities, or boroughs; and they find, that the uniform course of authority, opinion, and the statute law also, excludes the idea of any duty at common law resting either on Sheriti's or other returning officers, to take upon themsch es the !sunbelt of such heavy expenses us might lie incurred in providing for such, though, pc, haps, necessary arrungetnento, except so far as it inay have been their duty to appoint a competent number of poll clerks for county electioas. In the case of Morris r. Sir Francis Burdett, the Lord Chief Justice Elleuslxwough held, thut the Act of the lath of Gen. 11. c. 18, not extruding to cities or boroughs, the returning officer for the city of Westminster might have taleu the poll either its the Guildhall of Westminster, or in the oven air ; toid even under the statute of the !Bth Gco. 11. c. is, Mr. Serjeaut Heywood, u writer of cousideraisle authority on the law of elections, is of opinion, " That if to of the candidates require any booths or places for taking the poll, to be erected thee days at least before the commencement of ti w as directed by the 18th tieo.ll. c. 18; or at no r•Letisiale: ?tr.: fierirthi tO6 the tlejlo /It i ,it t a cohtest imtieta Upon the Sheriff by surpri.i., v the frecholdt•rs are nut to make !heir clwice, the Sheriff is tint empowered to 4.;cct tiny booths or polling places at the 'expense of tle• ctitillitlate , , but must take tl.e pull in Gamine opts, or piddle place, and pursue the iv : photons of the tli mid Bth AVill. 111. c. JS, exactly as artily :Nth ; 11. had never passed ; exctlit that, by the 9th tr.. lib Meat allow a cheek book for every poll book, ns where booths have been retTotlarly eeected." By the 7th amid 6th of king ‘Villiam 111. the eleetimes in eoutitica are to be holden at stone cant enirot place, and the Sherd is commanded to appoint a competent tiunilier of poll eleri.s. By the Mth of Quecu Anne, the Sheriff of Yorkshire is directed to appoint Seven tables for tukiug the poll; uud by the 18th of (leo. 11. before recited, booths are to be erected and clerks appointed, at the ex pense of the ca:alidates. Yoe- Comittittee, on *ferrite; to tlw Petition of the High Bailiff ; and rep the Report mode by the former Committee, thud; it their duty to-point out, that the prayer of seuh petition refers to looses sustained by the High Bailiff, at distinet periods mid under different circumstances. The first head of losses, amounting in the whole to the sum of 1,5119/. lOi. 2d. being the sum of 1,269/. los. col. spetilically Muted iii such Report, together sit!, SOO/. or therenbonts, being the costs aloof eNtlf!HP•es Minded to therein, of the High Bailiff, in el uleavour bog to substantiate his simplified chains at law, and which loss of 1,569/. los. - :.fd. was iticurred by him at a time when no law esisted compelling him to met hustings, or to employ as it seems above one poll clerk ; and when no right was vested in him to re cover any part of the expeopes of such arrange ments against any of the candidetes or other per sona, except such right as might result risen wily special promise made for such purpose. The se cond head °floss amounting to 5•.!5/. was incurred after the Act of the Fifty-first of his present Ma jesty had cast the iudistlCUSableobligution of erecting hustings and emploving poll clerks on the high Bass liff,and had enftsrceil that obligation,hy punishing the failure cf its discharge as a misdenusismor. With regard to this latter head of loss, your Committee observing, that as it was the clear object of the lastsrecited Act, not only to provide suitable roe venietwes for taking the poll at It'esttnitister, with order, regularity, safety and justice, but elm to in demnify the High Bailiff ngeinet stay expenses which might result from his complying with these regulations; and as the Act was deficient, inasinneh as it did not provide Mr the case of an involuntars tandidate, or for the indemnification of the High Bailiff from any otter source; and ns the public have derived the *hole benefit intended to be of fected by these enactments, but at the cost and charges of the High Bailiff; he has, on thew grounds, !nude ant n gond title to the favourable consideration of Perla:mem, of this port of the prayer of his petition, to the C\ tent of the whole of tee loss set forth in such part of it. And with re gard to the first heed of loss, amounting to the sum of 1,56 e/. 10:..3:1. your Committee observe, that though it does not stand precisely on the same ground for consideration and indemnitimition, it does nevertheless present itseff to their . stew, in a light which type:tie to them so strong, as to justify their recommendation of it to the attention of Par liament. It was at no time (as is clearly shewn) the duty of the High Bailiff to erect any husting s whatsoever, nor is it certain that he was e ver ho t e to employ inure than one poll clerk ; he might have taken the pall in the Guildhall of Westminster, or in any open place, or in the fields; he might have refused to have :geed upon any special promise whatever, for indemnification for the expenses of mew hustings. or the employment of 26 poll clerks, which your Committee learn have lutely been ne cessary to be retained. But had he so proceeded to take the poll, it is manifest that all the conse quences described in Mr. Wish:it-es evidence must have followed ; riot, confusion, and disorder, awl a total want of justice to all parties. The aged and infirm would have lwen excluded from exer cising their rights ; and if any proceedings in the forum of a poll, could hare been carried on, the ef fective rights of election would have been exer cised by the most violent and the least opu lent. And at conclusion of such n proceeding, no return could halve been made which could have satisfied the due execution of the laws, or nay of the candidates or electors ; excepting those who might have contrived to have availed themselves of a scree of confusion, riot, and injustice. That the maintaining good order and uniformity of proceed ing within the City of Westminster at electives is of great consequence to the whole kingdom, is not only obvious in itself, but is expressly declared in the Act of the Sist of his present Majesty. The High Bailiff has dust preserved that good order, previous to the passing of the .4et, but at his ex pense, and to the injury of his private fortune. He has done that at all times heretofore, it hich this last. mentioned Act has declared necessary to he done hereafter ; but he has not been remunerated for it, as the rune Act has declared that he ought to be. And the public, interested in the re,..,slarite of the. proceedings, have derived all the benefit from his pnst arrangements, Lott at his expense. and loss, which this Act contemplated would be secured to it, by rendering the continuation of the same pre. Potations ure g ssrs'ae on him fur the future. Under these circumstances, your Comelittee, having dis tinctly noticed the tso separate grounds on which these two distinct claims stand, do not hesitate to recommend this head of loss also to the fiwourable consideration of Parliament. At the some time ob serving, that from the whole of the evidence it does appear, that the prolsobility of such heavy losses ne ver entered into the contemplation of either the pre decessor of the High Bailiff, or of the High MOT himself at the tune he purchased his situntion ; or that tee fees and emoluments of the offite were either adequate to or intended to cover them. Your Committee further tintless that bath heads of loss include the costs of itetioua brought against caud - dates to recover a compensation for the above e.... i pease. But they also observ e , th a t if th e Hi g h ! Bailiff had not taken every menns in his power to i procure reimbursement frost the estal.dates, accord ing to the provisions of the last-recited Act, t would have been aim,: justly objected to hint, 1 1 st be could have no title whatever to public inden, it ficatitee if he had moot first attempted all those mos es i of private reinsoursemeut, which either custom ' to trzorailt, Ar n (w.iUde statute to cliteol l.rr• ndoptinl. :nttl, !wit, 1614. APPF.NDIX, No. I. MIN CTES OY EVIDENCE. Jul*, 28 she Maij 1814. Mr. %TA'hail! tate. Depot) High 13a11i6 otlreatattitotter, rrllr J in, Cita eatiaileted. Too Lt.) Tl r eu4s awl extra ce*ltt, amottatise; to us tit :;00f ngoinat Pant!. h r Unitseiti Itardett, anti %II S:V•rid.i it. :ire tine tea a.•e in my prort,siobal aelavity. an acttui 1.1 . 011.41. i in Oritsher 1812, by the high by Lieu aJtiee 0t art con watt 1;4 IltehardAtio) e gait rt %I ND esti; irdi itillTatient by default, and a rt - diet Iraq then obtlittyl fur *251. and vilify, !owe since twen paid. In that tertian, the eaten I.•rtiu.et rainy to 201. lit that let-him, the rapar.es aartouited to r:501 ; Ina the it oder Co. titer/lion of Par i•berif! . . pt,ttrti Lunt Cutts ralte'.. proportion at '2'ls/. being the eittentor tiv. Inept 01,1 y, e‘ciasive of p.)tl ele:7.letitined, and 40 tiLa csp ensto ii:enrred by the Hit h liailiff. . . It a poll had talicrt placl., could rit have beim rrr.ily to h'"'" c'rniPind , vith ate Art of Poet: nt, yob*, !t it 1, 3 ,y a 4.0;w :cut nunsbn. 1.1 poll ckrks lie.strbstrol, raid paid lil4 sacb n tattier ?--Cer:ainly twi t accord.o; to f• at of tine-telltale at • tedious for W'esttuioster, which is to Flo. teed to the pull Lifter nu airltoorntneut of one- hour only. Is it the custom invariably to du so ?-11Otoriably. When you consulted Mr Ilicharibion, slid you tilt( his opinion, whether au action could he maintained rvaiiist one of the eandithitio?-1 did; I laid a CLIP before hien: t `i/tai• I!r.li r. kha,dttne psi in and teed.] After the verilei ill the Sheriff's Court. the Cnih r-tilscriff saved the 1, 4 .1 I, of Inn as to the joint liability of the candidates us tit thy uhu:e of ti.. dentii .1. Don was the point of law reserved by the Under 'Merit I:rented ? 1 applied to the Court, and the result ems iri by Mr. Riehardson's kill r (Mr. Richanl..on a lett• r r After the action against laird Cochrane was brought; on s e groom' of the opinion eireti In tint ease, an actiol was coin iiicileed against S:r o teis linnlctt for hi. moiety. B. fore you eimisunited them boo against S r traneis WWI your alit-idiom called to Ilse liability of a peso's oho was an iniulnutary ?—lt was. Did sou take any opinion upon it ?-1 consulted with Mr. Richar;tom repeatedly, and wan gm/recut d by Inv advice throughout the whole course of the proceeding. Did you state to Mr. Richardson, that Sir Fraceis chit had in no other manlier aeopted the procceilii.k. ua the election, than by his taking his seat im the Hiraw!-1 1)iel he oise yuu acv written opinion on that pint case first token, folly stated that eireenastamee (Extracts from the case snintincel to Mr. Richardson, mad.) On the trial of the issue nzainst Sir Francis Durdctt, nu eth• r evi dence of his havitg the character being ae'sluced, than the eireninstansee of his takin; his scat, Lord Ellenbornaigli di reel...! a r.oui.iit, subject to a point reserved. In the ensuing '1.11.1, after chusuaation with Mr. Atturne : twist, Mr. Pack, sod Mr. Itichordsien, a rule nisi to set *side the owl suit was zraedrit, oltieh, after solemn orpiment, was dis charge-4i the whole Court agreeing with the Lord Chief Ju•t;ce. Was your Cuits:sel of opinion that it was a fit point to be argued ?—They were; the Deliadauta rusts of the sonsait \rd rt. taxed at 311/. which were paid by tnc to the Dili-lid...ea attorney. The Ilniatiff's costs of ti.e action un a eery re• &iced stale, ana . unt to the Tutu of 150/. .1r thereaboutts, avid the propot tint unpaid of that lA. tioa aas 3251. being 115/. expense incident to hustings only, and 1001 pu:l clet is and incidental tapes:sta. , • t. elle, 27 die Mal 1114. Art:: c.f 7 arida Will. 111. tap. 2..1.—1t) Anne. cap V.— Its (;co. 11 cap. 18.—W Geo.ll. eap. 28, and 25 4cu. tap kl , ,tad. )Ir. (;...or;te Vincent, Chapter Clerk to the Dean mot Chrp.te of Westminster, called in, and examined. look at the statement put in by you before Me format Cumin:nee is all correct. I have authim-: to add to it. 1 think I have a memorandum extant, winch I will en d, iennr to fi nd among the rewords of tin D. a:. al.ll Chapter of Westminster. I always uudersood that Ow ex pease of the busting, sax paid by the candidates. Mr. Thomas Wi , liart, called in, and examine.l. How old are you ?—I am 61 years of ay, and is Coventry -street since 1 have ..ern Liam Have yan always interested yourself in the Election.; f•ni Westiniucter ?—Alasiys. What is the most remote contested Election that yna have heard your father speak of?—Trentham and Vaudeput's was the must remai Did you learn from him that there were Hastings erected in that care?-1 Miderstood so from him. Did you understand from him who paid the expense of the Hioutings!—l understood the Candidates or their fr.cntai; my fathei voted at that elettion. During the time that yon have Interested purself in ck c. tions, who paid fur the hustiugm?—Tlit Candiunthsur their friends, down to the priscut time, and I lit Vtr Lard any thing to the contrary. I paid all the expenses iueiudin±th► hustings fee to the High Hai!iff, and a bond to the parish of St. Paul, Coyest-garden, at Mr. Fox's last election. It uts customary to give a bond to the Churehwaiilcus and Over. Neel'A of that Parish, fur any damage that might be done to the church by the erection of the hustings. r,ltr. If f,hcrt •pat in the receipt for parlour's a•oi J. Up. u appleat on to the Vestry Clerk, he iusisted mu having a build. [Whence: produced the rct•eyt,for the expense of the hargtisps.] The elittgcs were smaller thins usual at that election, owing to there being no expectation of a contest. How many con tested elections do you yourself recollect ? I have witnessed five or six. Are the hustings aliso lutrly necessary for carrying MA the election, and for a due scrutiny of votes ?—Abutulat~ly tad, Could it be carried on with safety to the viiteii• them selves ?.—No; if the High Bailiff had taken upon l iuraif to neglect erecting hosting, I think tune well hare been no contested Election carried un ; it would have beets a scene of total confusion ; a great deal of inischit r must ltat c bean done, many lives lost; and the peace of Vfctitniinati r 'would have been endangered. The bnsiness of election could not Lave been preeN•ch in'—Certainly not ; and aged and idfirnt pettous /mull Lut have r.t op to the poll. 51r. IYilliam Tgiohe, called in, and fortlicr exammed. Witness)--In the printed Report of 111 1, the loss of the High Bailiff is stated at 500 f.; it ought to have beets I,SuOll in my evidence u( yesterday, I hinted the adjourpraerts to ' A k e the pun, to be one boor, 1 Oud it to be two tionr:•.— That since the yr sr 1041, the average annwol prof is ut the High Bailiff lime been somewhat below the calcium: con tained in that Report, with no extra receipts for f or otherwise. That at the last Election, fur the co t e, the Bustiugs were tared. by the exertions of the High liutif and his officers, and thereby a saving was rock. of 36611. Luna, ?7° dic Jxa, j 1014. Mr. Tooke, called iu ; and farther examiner/. In under to conduct th• pull with regularity, .tad to tale. the rocs of ail t! , : electors of iTeattniester, how many po:lerulis bay it !wen thnnght itceessary to cnipley ?—Advertinz to the Statute, teatch directs the Pull to be elused in 15 dal I, and the porulation of the city giving frutu fvurttert to tifttou Thousand, not les, than 2t3 pull clerks have been deenad ne cessary fur taking the p4ll. A Paper of 3estertlny states, from on Inobte t i autlair.ty, that there will be a Meetio; of many of the most respectable Electors of Westritiostei, either this day or ti 'morrow, to invite Mr. Sits:su ns,' to offer himself us a Candidate for• West minster titian the present vacancy. The I stony of Ormiston, in East I fallitin,w7 is said to bare been the first cu.: • .tted tlistr.ct en that csitititry, is likely to restsitnilish its orv , iestl eh:trucker, as there it now to he st eu there u field of early Essex wheat, almost entirely shit, u ,s much more forward than auy is the neighbourhood.