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GEN ERAL ELECTION. PETERSFIELD ELECTION. PITRRISPIELD, MARCH 10.—Yesterday being the day appoirtted 'for the Election of Members for this Borough, a ♦ast concourse of people from the surrounding neighbourhood were col lected together, who, with a great majority of the town supported the popular candidates, Mr. ATCHEMN and 'Colonel CAMAC. At ten o'clock the Court was opened in a rtnall miserable tene ment, which, since the Town- Hell was taken down, has been used for the .purposes of the Elec tion here. 'Great inconvenience was felt from the pressure of the people, who wished to be ad mitted, and throughout the day it was with diffi culty the persons claiming a right to rote could get to the table to tender their votes. On the opening of the Lourt, and rrfter tire usual Proclamations were made, and the Bribery Act read, the Rev. ‘V. JOLLIFFB proposed his hiother HYLTON J.LII IFFE, Esq. stating, that as lie had been returned tor six successive Parlia ments, tie did mot feel it to be necessary to urge ally 'Hog to inittre hint the suffrages of the Free holders of Petersfield. The Rev. Jamas 'CooKioN, of Colmar, having seconded the nominatirsm of Mr. Hylton Jollitiw, then proposed, as the other candidate in that in 11..ence, Lott! floTti‘m, w►hich was seconded by the Rea'. W. jo'LLIFEIi. KEN4IY CLIFTON ATKINSON, E5Ol. proposed NATHANIEL ATCHEsoN, Esq. which was seconded by Mr J. A. MINCHIN Mr. ATCHESON then proposed Lieutenant Colo -I,el CANAL, Kbich was stranded by Mr. JOHN ATKIN3ON. Mr. Jotiwrre addressed the Freeholders, stating that his political opinions were well known, am) therefore he should not enter upon them ; that a paper had been circulated, pro pi sirg questions, reflecting upon him in relation teChurcher's College; that those respecting the money implied that which was false ; that he courted investigation, and was sorry, that by the proceedings in Chancery, the matter had been pre sented undergoing the more speedy investigation of the Com missioners under Mr. Brougham's Bild ; that he was respon sible in case any thing should lye found to have been wrong, and, if necessary, even to the extent of his whole fortune ; that having been questioned with respect to the Corn Laws, he begged to say, that though he had not made long speeches, be u,ed every means to support the agricultural interest. That rotes were not procured by long speeches, and he had rather, in the back parlour of a voter, }tear him say, " I will altend," than all the parade and shouting in the streets. That he had heard it insinuated that some parties is the town imagined they bad d iscevered rights of wkich they had berry deprived; he did not know what might hare been dis covered in some old hand-box, hut he did not think there was any thing in it. Thet Lord Elotham, who was gone to give his rote in another place, he had nu doubt, would be at Peters field in time, if the pull continued open. Mr AICItEiON, in his address to the Burgesses and Free. holders, thanked them for their friendly and disinterested sup tort. Ile denied that any delay had taken place on the part of the relators in the suit in Chancery respecting the College ; but that great indulgence had been shewn to the defendants in order to allow them time to pat in a sufficient answer to the original information, and that he had no doubt the result of the suit would he most advantageous to the interests of the College and the town, and that the facts which had been alluded to would be all substantiated and proud. That he was nut responsible for what had been printed in hand-bills and chalked on the walls, and he de nied any thing personally disrespectful on his part towards his opponents in this contest. That he trusted his acquaint ance with the manufacturing and commercial interests of the country qualified him for the discharge of the duties which would devolve upon him, should he, by their suffrages, he returned to represent them in Parliament, and that he would always watch over the agricultural interests with the great est anxiety ; and that in his hands the rights and privi leges of the electors of Petersfield would be cherished and maintained. Colonel Camas then addressed the meeting to the follow ing effect :—For rosily centuries the Burgesses and Free holders of Petersfield united in electing their representatives in Parlianieut, but the powsrs of both denominations of elec tors have been long monopolized by the family of the Gen tleman who condescends to call himself your patron. Aud it is with the hope of recovering for you and your descendants the long established rights of your forefathers, that I now, its conjonction with my estimable friend, Mr. Atcheson, solicit the honour of your suffrages. Our opponent has been pleased to rest his pretensions to your support of him and his invi sible nominee on the present occasion, upon the fact that lie has alrea 'y done von the honour of repres, wing you in six successive Parliaments. Allow me to add, that if in the long period in which he has so long represented you, he had ever manifested a single instance of that attention to your interests which he has so carefelly bestowed 'Toil his own, he would not this day have to dread the issue of an appeal to the honest and unbiassed electors of this Borough,—and if lie finds, that ort this appeal you reject him, be will at least have the satisfaction of knowing, that you have not done it for want of a sufficient trial of his merits. Indeed, the Honourable Gentleman himself has intimated with stithcient clearness his apprehensions of the issue of such an appeal, when he frankly confessed to you, that he would hie much better pleased if you would allow him to take care of your i n terests, as lie has hitherto done, in a snug little eonfelence in a hack parlour, or a smocking-room.— Bat the object of my friend and of myself requiring no con cealment and nn clandestine arrangement, it is our pride to snake out appeal to you, with all possible publicity, in tl-.e face of slay. With respect to the Hon. Gentleman's voluntary undertaking, to be responsible to the Trustees for the signs 5 . 5 that may appear in the accounts of the Chat itable Institution, in this town ; as the Courts of Law will compel him to do this, we can feel no obligation fur this getieruns offer, so vauntingly proposed. The Honourable Gentleman has been pleased to treat with derision the elective rights of the Borgesses of this Borough, saying that he supposes flies, rights ha, e been recently discovered in some band-box—but I trust that we shall spew him that the records, charters, and other illtll4iments of those rights, have fortunately been pre served in a box, too snail fur all the craft that has been ex ercised for their destruction. And I have little doubt, that their records will vet enable us to place those rights on R wound so incontestikle in all future time, as effectually to relieve the Honourable Gentleman for ever, from the labori ous duty lie has so lung imposed upon himself, of superin tendin!4 your interests. I ant at the same time well aware, that it would be rails to expect, from the decision of this day, that resto;etimi of your rights, which sic do confidently anti isiliate will his the ultimate result of our exertions, which ex ertions, lie well assured, shall not terminate in this place, but be transferred to another and higher tribunal, where your franchises shall riot find the judgment-seat pre-occu pied by the systematic hostility of your patron's baneful frith/nee. And should the e xpe c t e d victors , crown our labours, it is hut fair to admit that the honour f this glorious result will be pre-emilielitly due to my excellent colleague 'Mr. Atchesoil, whose zeal, professional t•esearch, and legal talents, have been so indefatigably devoted to this honourable object. Arid I not well aware that it is to the jHst and acknowledged claims these honourable labours, together with his many ex cellent personal qualities have given bias to the Confidence tsfecut o?' you all, 0,4 t I . n'" ui!lr' , tc.' for llte zeser,o,s and Z. :l oos promises of support which I h ave ecri% ed, as well front the Burgesses os my hot, her fr , •eliolders. A poll eras then demanded, ohich lasted until past seven o'clock. Mr. Harrison was tlit Counsel for Mr. Atcheson and Colonel Comae, and Mr. &terve:ether for Mr. Jollitte and his absent friend Lord liothom; the Assessor of the Mayor was S. Twyford, jun. Esq. In the emme of the pull many questions arose on the votes offered on both sides, and the result of the poll shews the spirit and influence untie' which the election was managed and conducted. At the request of soots of the resident Freeholders, the Bribery Oath was ad ministered to all the voters. At the close of the poll the numbers were as follow: ATCIII3ON. CA MAC Freeholders, admitted.... Ditto, rejected , . Burgesses rejected. 4$ JOL L I F FE. Freeholders, admitted. l4 Ditto, objected to, but admitted. 22 Ditto, for sites of shambles objected to, but admitted . 5 6 Burgesses rejucted 2 HO/HAM After the poll closed, and the numbers had been declared by the returning officer, Mr. Jolliffe returned thanks to the Electors. stating, that he was extremely proud to have over come an attempt to overpower the rights of the Freeholders of Houses and of ancient sites of shambles in the -Market place, and assuring them that he should devote his time to the promotion of their interests and those of the Country. Me. ATCHICSoN rettn ned thanks to the Freeholders and Burgesses who had supported him and Isis gallant friend, and assured them, that in his opinion, the ti iumph of his oppo nents would be of short dirndl —that he had introduced no novelty, for, if the patron referred back to the time when his ancestors became connected with the Borough, he would find the Burgesses then voted, and 'that the exercise of their right was more ancient than that , of the Freeholders—that lie was attached to the Censtitntion of his Country, and favoured not innovation, and never bad or would pervert the franchises of his fellow-citizens to his awn advantage—that it was owing to the practices which had been resorted to, in order to render Boroughs private pi - overly, that the schemes of radical Re formers had heels at all received and encouraged—and it was only by restoring to their original state these Boroughs that the Country wonid be satisfied :—that all he desired was to see rights, which had been usurped, restored; and, in the at tainment of 'that object for this Borough, he would persevere ; that he did not so much blame Mr. Jolliffe as his prede cessors.; for he had nut rendered it a close Borough, but Bored it so, though it appeared he was determined to con thine it in That state; he did not, however, envy him his feelings in retaining that which had been thus acquired, and which he could retain ()illy by bringing down occasional voters from distant coutitio over-rule the sense of the in habitants of the Borough, IfAS tender nugatory their rights— that he should proceed to the Investigation of the question, arising out of this contest, before a Committee of the House of Commons, conducting it in that temper in which great Constitutional questions should he met ; and trusted, that within three or four months he should have the humour of being one of their Representatives. Colonel CAMAC then addressed the Meeting to the follow ing purport Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Burgesses, I have already apprised you that I was so fully prepared for such decisions as you have this day witnessed, as to the re spective rights of numerous individuals who have presented themselves to vote at this election, that I ant not surprised at the result that has been just announced to you. I have also apprised you, and I now solemnly repeat my pledge to you, that the struggle for the recovery of your rights shall be re newed before another tribunal, where, jt is to be hoped, that a more impartial lodgment will reverse the sentence that has been pronounced against you. I do assure you. that there is not arty reason whatever to doubt the ultimate attainment of our common and honourable object—the libe ration of this ancient Borough. For surely, Gentlemen, I see on ground for despair in the gratifying fact, that at least the inhabitants of Petersfield are not liable to the imputa tion of servilely lending themselves to the degrading domi nation that has been so long exercised over them ; to their honour be it ever known that the names of only seven of them are to be found among the enemies of their independ ence. It remains for me now only to say, that some few of our honest and generous supporters may possibly be in situations that may expose them to the resentment of our ep foment. I now, in the name of every humane and liberal senti ment, appeal to all his better feelings, with the earnest hope that, if such is the case, he will forbear from visiting with that resentment a conduct which, however displeasing it may have been to him, he must well know, was dictated as little by per. sonal hostility to him as by attachment to an individual so little known to them as mrielf. Gentlemen, I have, in con clusion, to repeat my most grateful acknowledgments for the kind and liberal support I have received from you, and to as sure you that I hold myself indissolubly bound to you am i your best interests by every obligation dear to a a honourable mind." The peculiar circumstances attending this Elec. tion have excited a very strong •nil lively interest in this County, and it must have been very gr a . tifying to Mr. Atcheson and Colonel Camac, to find themselves supported by so many respectable individuals of this town and neighbourhood. e.m,hict. The , ":$ll 0:41c1 it h he Irk conviction, that distress alone had occasioned the discontent tumult which had prevailed in the country, originating in the depressed state of our c !!!!! loerce, manufactures, and agriculture. He did not mean to impute the cause of distress to his Majesty's Ministers, for lie believed it to arise from causes booth external and internal, and which neither his Majesty's Ministers, nor any human being. could avert. That a faction had existed in thr country, be was willing to admit ; hut, in his opinion, the number of persons • tor were well af fected to the Government and Constitution of the country, were on proportion of twenty to one. He then pledged him self to be constant in his attendance to his Parliamentary duties, not only when any thing relating to tlar City of Wor cester was pending, hut also when any measure connected with the interest of the nation, was to be discussed. He con cluded by an Address to the Ladies, thanking them for their good wishes in his cause, and assuring them that their favour and smiles would never be obliterated from his memory. On the notition of Mr. Wigley, thanks were then voted to the Sheriff for his conduct in the chair, aced the assembly broke up. Owing to the Assizes not having been concluded, and a trial for murder going on its the adjoking Cowl, the clamour was not so great as usual on these occasions—bait the hustings were as full as ever we remember to have sec n them. At noon this day, the chairing of the Members through the streets of this city, took place in the usual manner. The pro cession was very splendid, and the friends of each party were very numerous. On the chair reaching the High-street, it was, according to ancient custom, torn Ti pieces by the po pulace, and the uproar and contention observable, were not inferior to former occasions. Mr. rower presented the Members, as they passed his house, with some wine to drink his present Majesty's health, and two gold medals of his late Majesty. The car, which was Roman, and very sunerh, was manu factured by Mr. Charles Frrame, and Mr. Daniel Cowell. of this city. It was oecorated with the colours of the members. and supported by an elegant scroll, with appropriate em blems, &c. Dinners were afterwards held at the Hop-rohe Inn , and the Star Hotel, at the former of which Lord Deethorst pre sided, and at the latter Col, Daviri ---rirqrce.tht Herald.) LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING P3PEIN OF THIS DAY. [Morning Chronicle.] 13ORDEAUX, MARCH 7.--=•:1 person a , tached to the Spanish Government passed through our city yesterday, coining from Madrid with dispatches for the Spanish Ambassadors in !'aria and London. This person confirms the news of the insurrection in Commis, where the Coo!fil ut ion of the Corms was proclaimed on the 20th February, at the hour of the parade. This news was announced to the Government by the Director of the Post at Lugo.• The Commandant at Thr:..s,“? sent thr , .e squadrons of cavalry, under the order of M. Serrano, to oppose this movement. The Mar quess de Lazar), Captain General of Aragon, has gone up to Madrid by post, to make a report to the King of the state of public opinion in Zt ragnsa, where the people effaced the name of Fer dinand, inscribed on the square, and substituted that of the Constitntion. General Castanos, Cap tain-General of Catalonia, has also informed Go vettunent that he could not answer for the fidelity of that Province, where numerous secret meetings were observed among the military and the people. The same person met a Courier going from Saint Ander to Madrid, to carry the news of the Con- 1 citation having been proclaimed in the first city. WORCESTER ELECTION. Worms!.Tan, Maven 10.--In pursuance of the Sheriff's Proclamation, the election of two Mum bers to represent this City in Parliament, took place at the Guildhall, yesterday morning. Con trary to the expecta►ions o f many, there was no opposition, and the only Candidates were Lord DasatwasT and Colonel Davtzs, our worthy re presentatives in the last Parliament. Lord DE E H HST was proposed by Thomas Carden, Esq. and seconded by Samuel Crane, Esq. and Colonel Davies was proposed by Richard Nash, E'q and seconded by Edmund Meys e y Wigley, Esq. The Nominator• and Seconders spoke of the well-tried services and general fit. tress of the Candidates, on all public and private occasions, and the latter Gentlemen, in reply, thanked them for their courtesy and support, and relied confilently on being again chosen Ito be the representatives of this loyal and ancient After the forms of the election harl been gone through, and the Candidates were declared to be duly returned, Lord Decnstunsr rose to thank the Freemen for the ho nour they had again conferred on him, and to assure them that the welfare of the Country, and the local interests of this City, should ever have his most realoos services and watchful care. It was to hint truly gratifying to find such kindness as he bad generally experienced on his canvass he was aware, howeerr, that sonic little discontent ►oust prevail amongst those alto had wove(' themselves so anxious for ass opposi tion; and had on• existed, he 'should have met it with the good humour he had already shewn on former occasions, whilst contending for the honour of their Representation in Parliament. The tittles were a very unpleasant aspect, but in the midst of difficulties, he thought it the wisest course not to impede the wheels of Government, or to perplex and in crease those difficulties by inflammatory harangues and speeches, that led to every mischief. Those who mad. them, he would affirm, were the promoters of the miseries into which their dupes were led—miseries entailing too in their cata logue, the stigm•uf assassination, which, on the character of the English Nation, was a blot of unnatural ferocity. If we shudder at the crime in distant countries, how should we bear its horrors in our own 1 " No ! wben things assume this aspect," observed his Lordship, " it will be toy detertnioa tion, in the (Mum of a patriotic loyalty. to support the Go vernment as far as my feeble talents will perviit, preserving jealous eye towards the real Constitution in Church and State, blending the have of my King with the happiness and liberties of his people." We cannot pretend to closely follow the Noble Lord in a speech which occupied at least half an hour in the delivery—hut this we must say, that his words breathed the true spirit of loyalty and independence, arid that he sat down amid't a tumult of applause. Ills Lord ship, in conclusion, did not forget, with his usual gallantry, to thank the Ladies for the zeal with which they had espoused his cause. Colonel Dame, after expressing his gratefw! thank. for the distinguished situation hi which he was a second time placed, in hen►g chosen the Representative of this ancient and respectable city, entered intu adctail elf his Parlianien- We received this morning the Paris Papers of Saturday last. In the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, M. RtvlElm, the Reporter of the Com mittee, having summed up the arosments on the projet respecting individual liberty, the Cham ber proceeded to deliberate upon the articles, and the amendments. The Minister of the Interior, the Court SIMEON, in a speech of considerable length, dwelt upon the necessity for the ptoposed Law, as originally drawn up, and opposed all the amendments, an opinion which was also declared by M. de ST. AULAIRK. M. D'ARGEN9ON apposed the projet and the amendments. After considerable discussion, in which no advance was made in de ciding upon any of the points: in debate, the Chamber proceeded to consider the amendment of M. de Conttvorstrut, for limiting the ap plication of the Law to Conspiracies against the Kiss and the ROYAL FAMILY. M. de COURYOI - claimed the privilege of developing his I arbenilmetil, and ji scu s,lo n ‘vas RlO , l1 - fled till Saturday.—Th e followin4 are extracts : (From tht Journal de Paris.) " The Memorial nordelais, of the 7th hut gives the following intelligence : " We can assure our Readers, that the facia ♦ reports received at Madrid the 28th ult. the day of the departure of the last Courier, make no mention of the pretended insurrectionary move ments in Arragon, Catalonia, or Asturias. As to the insurrection in Gallicia, it is un fortunately beyond all doubt. It is true that the Constitution of the Cortes has been pro. claimed at Corunna by the People and by the Soldicrs ; notwitlistandilig all the efforts of, and the means used by the authori►ies to prevent it, there was some bloodshed. The Courier from Santander had not arrived from Madrid on the 23'h ; there was therefore no official news`; the current report was, that that town and Fer 7 tol had followed the example of Corunna. Don' Jitar, de Serano had received orders to match at..lainqt the latter city ‘vith all the Alilitia and faithful troops he could collect. The indicateur, another Bordeaux Journa% states, that Don Agor, formerly a member ►►f the Regency of the Cor'et, had been elected President of the Junta of and that they were organizing a Na►ional Mniiia. General. Venegas, and the Governor of Corunna, have been arrested ; several Members of the Royal Court have taken flight." " It was stated yesterday," says the Joutnal des Debals, " that the Cottulttra had fallen into the power of the Insurgents, but the report appears to he improbable." " PARTS, MARCH 1 I .—The Icing transacret) business yesterday with the Count Simeon, the Doke de Richelien, and the Baron Pasgoier. His Majesty has determined to attend the funeral cere mony on Tuesday. " The Chamber of Accusation of the Cour Royale, referred yesterday for trial to the Court of Assizes the responsible E litors of the Cone stitutionnel, for an incendiary article, in which . those Journalists accused the friends of the Throne of having prepared lists of proscription. " The Council of State which had not met since the 13th Feb. assembled on Thursday. FIVE PER CENT'. Shut price Friday, Ex. Div. DEFERRED srocx. Of the 22d March, 1817, 97 1. 8 t. 2141 Stitt. 0119, ...... The accounts of the state of Spain are so col)b tradictory, that, at present, it is difficult to trace any clue to the real proceedings of the Royalists or Rebels. The probability is, that there are exaggeration, and suppression, of facts on both sides ; but sve rely on the loyalty of the Spanish character, even in these revolutionary times, if it be possible for any people after the success of French Regicides, to resist the contagion of Radicalism. The Letter from Coventry, wWch we inserted yesterday, is a proof that there is little difference between the Oppositionists and the Radicals. But the ominous entrance of such a man as COBRETT, the Deserter of all Parties, was calculated o raise the aeon of the place, anti to excite the most outrageous tumults. It is lamentable that the general sentiments of the People should not have been so pointedly marked, not by violence and brutality, but by the honest indignation of Englishmen, 60 to put a stop at once to the h o pes that such a man would ever be chosen as a Re- presentative of so ancient and respectable a City. The result of the Election at PrimusFlELD, the proceedings of which our Readers will find in other columns of our Paper this day, though ta subjrct of peculiar Importance to that place, Is generally interestinf, to the whole constituent bodies throughout the United Kingdom. It ap pears that many inhabitants of that town have long been deprived of their right of voting, and that the two disappointed Candidaes, or mho: one of them, according to the liberal acknowledg ment of Col. CAMAC, who gave to Mr. ATCHESOtt the entire credit, had discovered such documents , as were likely to restore those riglits and releaso Petersfield from the disgrace of 4e;ng a vassal. or close Borough. These documents Mr. Jor.-1 Lure effected to treat tvhil contempt, as Navin' been " discovered in souse old band-box, but he did itot think there was any thin' in it:" This is the true Radical language used by "Jack Lug," as he was called, the Barrister, tvheu Mr. Fox, (iring his short but memorable Coalition wi:b Lord Noant (with whom lie said he would not: trust himsrlf in a room alone) attempted w trample the CHARTECR of the EAST Ibil)14 CONK PkNY under foot. This attempt against Cit,sa - TfilifiD Elicit-yrs, apparently leadin4 to the an nihilation of CEIARTEERU By.;:iTs throughou t the British Lnapire, raised, as mislit well be s• 4. ~ l ~lr, d~~~ ~Ac l ( Ij, 1 1 , tit 1 (N ' X Ol , t ilif ‘ 4,' tl, e d tile 0 A 1 . 1 1 • 141% '4 , et, I , ' ft u [Morning Post.] It is with the utmost indignation we find The Times still persisting in its scandalous Dud flagi tious falsehood relative to the Civil List. Such total want of principle, such utter disregard of every principle of honour and of truth, we may venture to say, never before disgractd the dlurnal Press of this country. Again, do we repeat, upon full and indisputable authority, that there is not the slixhtest foundation for the malignant falsehood thus so audaciously and so infatnonsly persisted in for the basest purposes that perhaps ever disgraced the most unprincipled of Merl. THEATRICAL REGISTEIL Performed Lail Night. TutArsta RaYAL ♦ Datritr-LANE.—The Hebrew: Principal Characters by Mr. Kean and Mrs. W. West. After whiCh, Jack and the Bean Stalk. THCATFIE nuTAL, CoYENT-GARDEN —lvanhoe : Isaac, Mr. W. Farrel); Rebecca, Miss Foete. After wbich, The Nlit stager in Distress ; to which was added, 'lwo Late fur Dinner. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The si,znature of Ullll.l 2lftiltorunt, was altered merely finin the difficulty of making out the writing. We kiluve not if the Writer wishes to have his last Letter published. 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