The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-02-18 00:00:00

To the GENTIEMEN, CLERGY, on TREP.mouolts
of the County el 111.
GrNeatteette, The Hon, 19th Feb. 1805.
TLIE rrsuir of the Corlest for the Representation
of vow Coo ,ty Itan nut, corresponded with the expects-
' tiiri I had formel fro n th.• promises of su iimet I had received
in my Calves; butt ...At not then aware ,if the ;liest es,rtion
of suKtienee that w.)- !d made in opposition to me, nor of the
extent to that i ofhence cood be carried.
To the Friends who have si gem-run:lv supported me, I
return my twist grateful Thanks; and my acknowledgments
are due, even to mu opponents fns this very liberal manner in
th,s c aislurved themselves inwards me or the Hustings.
To :1 future period 1 confplently look forwent for success.
My reception in the County has been siioh en to claim (tom me
unnemitted exertion= to secure its iudepende .ce. Nothing shall
be wanting on ,ny tit, :old with better opportunities, of making
Myself :mown to the Freeholders iu geniersd, and with due
precaution, that the smtiments of individuals may not be
tweitalled ov misrepiesented. I Ratter mysclf with the hope of
&natant: the ohje,.. of my highest ambition, that of becoming
the Itepr-suirative of the County ,if Hertford in Parliament.
have the hononi to be, with every possible feeling
of esn.m and respect, Gentlemen,
- most obedient and humble Servant,
•• THOMAS BRAND.

To the GEN PI.F MEN, CI.F.R(IY, and FRFLIIOLDERS,
o the County of lIERTFORD.
Gen n teats.,
r H E issue of the Contest in which we have been
engaged, hav been has your generous exertion: in
g ind a cause ent•tled us to expect. We have obtained a
wimal and decisive victurv.—entit, Gentlemen, this has not. oven
the Memel% of a mere individual, however flattering such a
datiernoit must ewer re him. It is not that your animated
'Rod persevering efforts have been attended with the success
which they so 'emit: fide deserved ; but the triumph which we
have witnessed is that uf con,sivtency, in unison with yours, of
which yon faysureUc °proton has been both the encourage-
ment and the reward. It is because, iii the. event of this day,
the country has seen propheticelly verified whatever was fore
told in the rear I&2, that the principles by which I was then
actuated, and the opinions which I then laboured to until, have
received your complete and unermiineal approbation; And that,
by your invaluable seffragte, I have again been placed in a situ.
anon, the most honourable to which a Citizen can aspire, ist the
most free and enlightened Nation 011 the Globe.
The close of the Poll hat left me with a Loge and undisputed
majority, and with an assurance of a considerable Increase, hail
the careen been continued, as the delay and confusion of the
first ility's proceedings bad übliged many Freeholders to return,
lid agrees eceeemon of streligth was expected at the time when
Ai" v 7 de lined. The critical accuracy of my returns
ea the soma, fur which tans indebted to numerous tatelligent
Echoed', gool gay own personal knowledge of the face, bear me
Ott in elfalt 1111111111clithil. The explanations which I have given
In a former Address, would have precluded the necessity of any
detalls,as far as they might respect my penile conduct, or the
motives by vehieh I have been iiiiiienced in offering myself to
your novice: but circuoistancoi have recta:red which I cannot
pass by m Weise, continently with what I owe to you and to
myself. A part of the support which my opponent has receiv-
ed, generally much exaggerated, is from that body of Free.
bottles eider whose immediate auspices he has tw.e: • appeared
a Crididate, and has twice failed. From the same,-.aver have
I been attacked with unexamped bittern. as and ho-
stility, and nave as often succeeded. Cali ther • be given a
stringer not of the decided ar.il irresistible pre. ale ye of po-
pular opition ? It 1. not nevessary to enlist: on the known
and avowed prineiples of these Gentlemen. itut I have a right,
Rom eeptsiemce, to say, that they will d.sar ' 40111 their era.
fideace the r present idol, as they ha' uhcard d me, 101,4414 lie
is preeeest to go the full !milli of those %limitary schemes
which, ilie) e.O Reform.
Rut Inv Imentimble Antegeeist has had a mere illustrious
tertinioey or his favour. 'lire great Luminary of County
,has, uide.•d, :Mime oa his cease, aid with the game
e `lndite-ice which characle.wes his Archetype: hie, o ith
I selesidout snore than tali din,iuishedeess Sher. of he brains,
and with timbal/1g rays.' When such discontent intereits con-
tinue to he ideettfied, what cen we think of the political morals
of the Cnunte ' If•any thing of an equivocal ur mysterious con
.Asoft has •ppearrel, during the late canvas, I ant aliliatit ifiat,
as far as I am cue:cried, all mein oy of it may be buried in oh-
liviun. I wish to i,nl the feelings of 110 01.01; bet 1 Gifilltt
efface impowsions from she erten. meld, in a meter which re-
quires distinct explanation, and has never yet h•-n expLitied.
Anonymous calmonies, and unfair repressotatharc, have too
frequently been resorted to as modes of attack, by the makes.
partisans of centendieg Candidates; aid I should, indeed, have
been more fortunate than I h.d a tight to expect, had I meatiod
the common lot of all. Tn such weapons I have opposed, in
the face of the Cowan the shield of conscious innocence, and
the cliallenee of congitint defiance. Rte the unmanly Libellers
have shrunk from the cdt. awl have hidden their lived• ie eb.
seurity and in shame. trl sem thy Opeonerit has had no share
in these publications; he has, indeed, explicitly disavowed,
and cordial!! reprobated them. In this he has done much more
than was necessary, for a liberal mind like his eau never be
insets:led of ileecendong to such practices. And lam happy,
on this public occasion, of repeating to him, and to the world,
that in the wh file cows,: of the canvas, and of the poll, he has
condueted himself to the 10 all respects with the most perfet
attention An I civility, ha .0 instance departing froet that cha
railer which is known to 0. loug Si him, the character of a Geri
tletnan, and a Man of st.'et honour
lit th • same pushe manner, I have repelled other preemie]
attacks, where the parties have stood forth, and II yrs avowed
their sentiments, with praa'ical reroofs and estiefactory r
timis Whether, in your open rah, or in theirs, I have expelled
them with complete sisceis, your me.nore will determine,
and the poll will decide I cam", now to a more plea-Mg task
In ft...evil, the Interests by which I have been supported, I
perenire in the (sentient reeks, my old and long tried Frisilds
names which must aver stamp a credit on any canoe. I can
refer to Clue,', by whom I titer forintoly been onward, whew,
libralur mil•I ;enemas fe. lines honethtownauaiditnimal lustre
round their coaract.es, by the expression of sentiments, whicit
do honour teskh • humeri heir? I ran appeal to the enthusiasm
with which I have been received In sliest eve my pert of the
C .only, by every il.sentitiori rifFieetto den. To this mess of
renk, f.vrtnne, An 1 ind.e.eirdenee, ha. to otoldNl a !ale ar
of strength, (met dimwit and adjacent counties. And
eta 4.s all this beeW II ore, or gretiliel by Co. thought, I
eat. never believe that all this affection has been person it tit
• metal No: Ore have conedered the cane: in which we
tia•e beers envied, as thrums.. ni their eirunt
&v you hose c 1..-ent me you Representative: and in that
ch .ricter, whatever differences may have arisen in the course of
tin' is'.. Election, I am bound to attend to your coreinon bite
• nett. without distinction. You have appointed me, h...weeer,
to a hither trust; the national prosperity, in which we ad have
an un.wwl, is paramount to every local cnnsideretion, net by
h of any, but by embracing all; and it, this 'condemn
r. included whatever rail contribute to our independence, our
glees, and our happairiii.
I.opreo.-d, eiwnCesitoll, with a lust sense of these inipnitant
drei.••, I will eisrleevriiir faltlifully to discriare.• their, and t 0
pr -I,r myself worthy cif that centiderire with which I lane been
itiourede l am, with unfeigned respect,
Gentlemen,
Your obliged arid devoted servant,

BayrJrcl6.lry. Feb. IS, 1805.

W. BAIZER

KELLY'. OPERA sALOON, No 9, PALI,MALI.
,I•(i13 1)47 is published, composed by M.
A fa LILY, "In wain I means" sung by Min D Camp--
met " At the fr int of a Cintage,' with an ACCJMINIIIiM,'IIt h.r
th-• t Isrp, lung by Mt•• Duncan, in the fatiniirac t nm,•dr of
The Honey Moon, now performing at the. Theatre Royal,
Drury lane •• Fra it silenitio a fra Porror," Tertetto, sung by
Vigannoi, Si`. Lehi, and Madame Graaom—" Padre
',tta•u," Tondos, 11115 by Sig Viganoni, Sig ko.editio, and
Madame Gemini, in the new Opera of jar ~ composed by
Wiot•r—•• Gains cliart am* mai," Duet, coninoael by Mayer.
Six new Italian Duet% dedicated to Mts. &Hinton', conniver('
b• MaJliAl, of Berlin; also dm:hinted to Mrs. liillington,"Se al
al into tormento," an Italian ballad, written by °Aponte,
and conyosed b•: Pt. Kelly, with the English words—" E•en
Angek weep with !ilia,- w ith an Accompaniment for the piano
forte and harp, by Madame Csuaseg.
Also 1.1%,y be had all tl.e fawntriu• Ain, Duets, Trios, ke.
and all Cie Ballets, PO Deux, Trigs, &c. performed at
the Kin .Theatre. article IR toe Miisical line, and
Merry *Met Coutpsafa wait, %swam a pubiisbal.