The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-28 00:00:00

-12DOT.ESEN ELECTION.

At twelve o'clock, Sir. Francis had polled, by es-
timation, upwards of tinny votes more than Mr.
Mainwaring ; but, in the course of the afternoon,
he lost one vote upon the day's poll ; the numbers
being announced as follow :
For Mr. Mainwaritig
Fur Sir Fratici.fluriLitt . . .

Majority for Mr. M.iinwaring

Sir FRANcis, after being greeted with every mark
of approbation by the auditory. &heeled a speech
to the following effect
Gentlemen, I have to return you my grateful
thanks, for the exertions you have made this day !
your endeavours have had the good effed of making
my poll nearly equal to my opponent's—and I hope,
by a spirited continuation of your assistance, to be
placed, at the termination of the poll to-morrow, hr
such a situation, as we ought to be placed (haste !
ha:::a! some exclaiming, We will come forward,)
" Gentlemen. when you call to mind the influence
used to bring forward the votes of my adversary,
and the nefar'pus combination of placemen, pen-
sioners, and dependents on the Administration. the
whole of whom feel deeply interested in this contest ;
when you also recoiled, that our forces are of a
pure, voluntary description. swayed by no motive,
but the independence of the county, and the senti-
ments of Er.glishmint; I say. Gentlemen, when you
consider these things. you will see that we are con-
tending with corruption, on its own ground. (Load
and repeated plaudits). Inconvenience has been com-
plained of by several of the Freeholders, who have
returned without an opportunity of voting, which
has made the Poll less on my side ; but I hope those
who have met with any such inconvenience, will call
to mind the heroism and perseverance of our an-
cestors • the blood they have shed to preserve the
Constit lion unsullied, and at this Eleftion, where.
in the independence of the county is involved, think
little of any trivial inconvenience. (Plaudits). I
have the satisfedion to inform you, that by aftive
canvas, we shall succeed. You mug be conscious,
that we have more to combat with, than those who
hare other motives than a constitutional, voluntary
seal. to stimulate them. When you recoiled that
you have to contend against confederate votes, and
purses, your exertions must be unremitted; anl
though we may. meet with formidable diffi 01,1 es,
I am assured we shall finally succeed in the Ca.ISZ ;
a cause you must allow to be good, and for which I
am certain you would lay down your lives. Come
then to the poll ; I invite you to protect the trez-
dotn of your Constitution, and struggle against a
combination, that militate, destru4tion to your
liberties; art.!, by corruption. would destroy your
eledive franchises. ( Pl.:odes far a conTtrierehle
time, arid exam-haw tame, ea livid dear you
thren;h in traamp4 Gentlemen! I am anxious
t! at the voter, should be suffered to pas, and repass
with order to both parties, and that fair and ho-
nourable condutt b. shewn in the acceptance of their
votes, which as yet has been shewn, much to the
Honour of the tineriffs, whose impardal4y merits
general approbation.
" Before I take !cave of you this day, I cannot but
no:ice the many fal-e and calumniating reports
which have beets spread-to Injure my charades,
many of which yen have probably heard. But
I should disgrace myself and you, if I stood here
one moment' for a formal defence; it is sufficient fur
me to active that I am known by my blends, and
-0 assert, that such lies are as false as the father who
begat them, and pass by as the idle wind.—
I have only to observe further, that I hope to pre-
v il on you to continue those exertions you have al-
ready made, by coming forward in support of your
e:e.caive franchises—the ir.dependence of the county,
and the rights and liberties of England." (Bards of
.tppl ate, Plowed at the eilederiillt 0.1 the above). And
Barden and ladependence issued loudly Irons the
audi• ors.

Mr. M A swa atm°, on stepping forward to speak,
met with his accustemed reception; but. in conse-
quence (la cry of Hear Aoq ! Herr 4im I a pause of
silence occurred, and he heg.tn-....4 Gentlemen l I
assure you it is not my intention t:-) trouble you long;
but I feel it a duty I owe to the Sheriffs, to render
them my tribute of gratitude for their disinterested
behaviour upon this occasion. I think it my duty
also to be thankful to my opponent for the attention
he has shewn for the preservation of order. I have
no personal disrespea towards him." Here the
clamour again commenced; and, after several fruit-
less rtcropts to proceed, he retired from the Hust-
ings.

A scene differing from that on the preceding days
of the election took place; the candidates did not
leave Brantford so orderly as usual ; more cheering,
if possible, followed Sir Francis Burdett, than he
experi,nced before; and the progress of Mr. Maio-
wariag's carriage was stopped several times by the
populace, one of whom loudly demanded, " If they
were going to take the pauper to the work-house ?"
The constables, however, prevented any very rio.
lent proceedings. During the early part of the
day, much eccentricity was exhibited in front
of the hmaings. A box, painted the eabscriptiot
dos, WAS hoisted on a pole, and, being pit
in motion, the sound of a few halfpence with-
in occasioned much laughter among the blue
ribbon party; the uproar, however, became at last
so great, that the officer: interfered, and took it
away. A novel charader, also, made his appear•
.trace, in a sty le that excited eueral admiration.
This was a person from Live named Chalmer,
a gentleman in the corn-tr . He gave his sup-
-3:05.
post to Sir Francis Burden, and entered the town
in il post-chaise and four, preceded by four men,
carrying streamers, on which were painted the roses
of tie douses of York and Plantagnet, and the
thi‘tle of Scotland. On each side the chaise was
displayed a very large orange-coloured flag, with a
loaf of bread on it, above which was written, ... A
large Lal.cashire loaf." A band of music attended
the cavalcade, and the gentleman, with ardour in
the cause of his party, fiequently ,addref•sed the
populace, exclaiming, 'v I can sell you a loaf for
five-pence, bin they will not let me. Here is a large
loaf ! (pointing to his flag) but some Pastime mongers
wish to make it smaller." In this style he proceed-
ed after Sir Francis Burdett towards town, and was
cheered for the independence of his speeches, as he
passed along the road, until his arrival in Piccadilly,
where be pm up his cavalcade.

LAW,

COURT OF CHANCERY-I.INCOLN'S•INS, Jvt2 27.

Ex parte Mrs. De MANNLVILLI, and CAROLINE
THOMAS Ds M•NINZVILLZ, an Aran', sky her

In this cause the affidavits of Mr. De Manneville,
and several other persons, corroborating his evi-
dence, were read; the substance of which we gave
in our statement of this cause. in our paper of
yesterd.t.. The affidavits wore of great length, and
the riding of them occupied upwards of two hours'.
Ht. Bata, on the part of Mr. De Manneville,
went at great length into the law, as laid down in
such cases ; and quoted a variety of cases. He then
took ageneral retrospen of the.several fans, already
laid before the public.
-Mr. Rost Lir, in a most impressive and eloquent
speech, replied at some length.
The further consideration of the question. and
the final decision of the Court, were then postponed
until to-morrow (this day).

KENT ASSIZES.

INAIDSTONIC, JULY 26.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
ANN HUNT U. SMITH.

Mr. Gmettow stated, that in this case he certainly
had not to present persons of high or exalted situa-
tions of life, nor bad he the case of a very young lady,
who had been romantically enamoured of her lover,
and considered the loss of him as the greatest of
all possible evils which could happen to this mortal
state ; but he had to present to the Jury the case
of a decent woman keeping a small shop, who com-
plained of a Breach of Promise of Marriage, against
the Defendant, who was a man of her own rank and
station in life. Although the parties were neither
of them very young, yet he knew that the Learned
Serjeant on the other side would not contend that
a wiman at the age of 35 might not fairly look for-
war a to many years of comfort in the matrimonial
state. He should prove that the Defendant courted
hes-, and solicited her hand is marriage ; to which
she gave her consent. He should also prove, that
in consequence of this the Defendant himself signed
the authority for publishing the banns, as a neces-
sary preliminary to the ceremony. But, however,
from some cause or other best known to the De-
fendant himself. he thought proper to alter his opi-
nion, and he sent a person (no better than his own
errand boy) to forbid the banns publicly in the
church, having by this disgraced the Plaintiff pub-
licly before all her neighbonrs, and for which, by the
present aainn, she sought to recover a compensation
from the hands of the Jury.
The first witness called to prove the Plaintiff's
casc was one John Pateison ; he begged he might
not be interrupted by any luestion from the Counsel,
and he would state the whole affair. He knew it,:
Defendant very well, he was a stone-cutter, and
kept two shops. one a: Riverhead, and the other at
Sunbridge. The Plaintiff, the widow Hunt, also
lived at Sunhridge, where she kept a grocer's and
chandler's shop. In the month of February last,
Smith told him that he Cocugiit he sold marry
again, and that he had found a woman who would
suit ho. The witness told him that if he was not
paite pew... La. he also knew a woman, whom he
conce.red would be the very thing for him. They
then proposed to have a pint or two of beer toge-
ther at Sunbridge, which they did. The witness
then observed that he would take him to a shop
where they would buy a pennyworth of stsiar-r.:nda,
and there he might see the very lady herself, of
whom he had been speaking. The Plaintiff accord-
ingly went to the shop, but bought a pennyworth
of thee tobacco instead of sugar-candy. He returned
shortly to the witness, and told him he had engaged
to go back and drink tea with the Lady. 'The
witness, from his ludicrous manner of telling the
story, made the case quite ridiculous ; and a parley
having ensued between the Counsel on she different
sides, it was agreed to take a verdia fur 101. which
was accordingly done.