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Thurmlay Joins Ia f Friday Jona 19
A General Court Martial, composed of officers
(rem the 12th and 15:h light drago6us, id heavy and
2.1 Aght dragoons of the German Legion, and of
ifireh.Maj• Cra. Manninaitan is constituted Pre-
sident, aztetylkd on tiOnday morning, at the Ca-
valry Barndw Northgate, Canterbury, for the trial
of Paymaster V. driatioing. of the 2,1 hiair dra-
goons of the airman Legion ; when previously to
the Court being 'worn, the Pr isoner made an ofvjettion
to the German officers forming any part of the
Court, as beingscontrary to the spirit of the British
Laws. that afy subjeft can he Tried by Aliens.—
In cossequenee et which the Court a.'journed.
vas ithout proceeding further till the opinion of the
Judge Advocate is awermined on thvs point.--
The trial of four deserters of the eth infantry of the
German Legion. ez,!etiled to take place betore the
Coutt, is dissoleed.—These men, one of whom is a
Frenchman, and two Pole's, deserted ftom
Margate some time since in an open boat. and were.
retaken by one of our ships of war off the Tezel. and,
it is said, fired on the vessel which captured thzrn.
iffiek Dods and Ceekeyrieau'a daring gangs of
pickpockets attend daily at Covent-garden, to plun-
der the speftators at the Eleetim. They are M ge-
neral about the avenues .1 the fruit thong,

A lew days ago these was an Account given of
Blood Sncker Worms. corning off by the warmth of
a child aged seven; these vermin Eyed 18 days in
cold water. during solvch CIVIC some young ones ap.
prated in the baton. tioi sirs* of haik, three inches
long. Another child ass vtrid..d a round worm. le
inches long, of the—n 'dee kind, it is frill of yinttog,
which is plain to the human eye. 'llse last child
bad bean allirted •Ariout,l for nom! year.. and an
medicine hoki leached the niielae7. !soul Dr. 0411110*
saa's Wotan Medicine was .irpliest. xhe, above
may be seen at No. 74, Lcmg-ac. e, with alderences tto
the patients who voided them. lite.
consulted lour days in the week, /tom mow 611,14
Lis book di7ises.

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MIDDLESEX B120?-1014
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AIDA'', MATZ(
- At the close of the poll, ( tato"! -
were,
Tor W. floettisb, req. . . • :••
G. Syne, 1e..1 • 1840 •
Sire: Baynes, Batt. l 7
Mr. livers, in his Addis's to the freeholders, de-,.;
clued that Sir Christopher Bayses was sup-,sorted •
by the present Minitiers. w'aa ions: ht• anxious to
have ail'irliarr.ent entirely suosier• .eat to i 1 owsi
Views, and nonliving of to it wits) would sale all
inquiry as to the disposal r.l the peoplo's snorter.,
He had not. in any of nis I,:resses to the ite4-
3rAdert, made any sliest:in to 114 6 ajett7, as,,
that Candidate had. do**, b,cata.,e be caritas/sued
it ex:remely iireguletr to isstr•ssiuce that sActed
name, for which he Lei - Os? high** venerai
lion, into tpee..h,is ise;iter,el from the Hustings.
A person in the crowd hating no..icsd ti.. exzlission
of Laird Howick from N n.4114,4;1'0,4,4) !Jr, Bing i
`observed, that Lord Percy was revli Lod for that
county. and that his poihical piincipies
with those of Lr.rd Howler. The re4,Ba 1.01.4
llowick declined Ole contest Wd>. that be f2aical
it would require :of/eater sum of ntwaey tbau
could spare.
Mr. Mintage made a short'adireA of thanks.
Sir .Ca misroris la-Savages a slemnly sedated, on
his lionour. that Le *sever sciiicited the support of,
Administration ; cod that ii he received stay cope
port from the friends of G..vernment, it was only is
consequent's-of psanciplt.s. whioh were a
firm attachtnc,4 to hii Sueupeign, ,and a det,:r-
minatii,n, as a true old Whig, to &clod Iv? fr,r the
glorinu.s.Coesti!ution established at the ilesulutios.
and suit to Seffet any alteraticui to be inade•in it. As
to -.Mr. Byng's observatiou, that the name -of the
•I;ing should nut be introduces: ant a any snitches
made at the hustings. he wished, to remind that;
Gentleman and his political.friencie, ;hat they them-
selves bad set the example, when they censured the.
conduit of their Sovereign, and wanted to bring
him like a felon, Scfore the liar of the House of
Commons. ( this speech was fs.llowed by 1.:-..•ud
applesses.)
rrEsrm fIVSIER A LALTI9 Y.

FOURTEENTH DAY—Mar te.
The crowd in the front of the HuSting', in the fare
part. of this day, was not so numerous, not so noisy,
as upon former occasions; but towards the close of the
poll, the numbers, the ardour, and the enthasieen of
the multitude seemed to increase, in iir.iporion as
'this important contest drew near to a con,:lusion.
The cry of Bunten e-Psheridien fee 'vier I resounded
from all genteel, isnd the progress which the Lat-
ter had made, daring this day's polling, occasioned
universal satisfaaion and exultation; it having been
occasionally announced. that Mr. Sheridop—had
riled more this day than any. of the ethir Can-
didates. He had, in fa.% not only po:!ed more
than Sir Francis Burdett, but tionis4 the number of
Lord Cochrane. Previous to the State of the P
being announced—
Mr. /ELI* M'CALTRY, the hold and int
friend of Mr. Shuidau, and whom, As we men.
tioned yesterday, that *Right lion. Gentleman had
justly denominated an Ajax-like linen, again ea-
r/rested a fiu to the populace; tut on account
of the applause. which every senteme he ut•ered
drew forth, we could but imperfealy collea the
substance cf what- he said. We understood him,
however, to state, that he bad been called upon by
Mr. Sheridan's friends to inform the people, as a
fad, that betides die Fdedors who had this day
come forward in support of her. Sheridan. they"
were, at the close of the poll, upwards of an headrest
people waiting to gilt their votes in fay ur of that
Candidate ; but owing to the delay ccasinned bat
the additinnaroath, which was this day administered
by the initiation of Loni Ceebrane, they had to
retire without doing se. He justly reprobated the
foul coaspiricy which *tensed thu to have been set
on fora by this Court Candidate, it being evidently
for no other purpose than to protraa the polling for
that Right Hon. Gentleman. The whsle of the
clerks and inspchtors seemed to have got instrulane
(rpm the Notde Lord to thromsedeery impediment
they possibly,Ceuld in the way of ihat popular Case
delate's success: Instating this feet, Mr. M•Carthy
appealed ee the Candidates themselves, and those
coneened with them, who stood behind him on the
hastius ; and although in milting such an apveld
he necessarily turned his hack upon the ladies, he
hoped' he should not be mistaken as me ming theta
any disrespelit, he having already expressed the great
satitfaaioa he felt at s.eing so many of the fair
sex espouse the cense of Mr. Sheridan, their
favourite Candidate, and one who befrieaded
them. on every occasion, as =IA as lay in
his pewee., ViTith regard to the Sta.e. the Poll,
there was aching to he lamented, but the want
ref time ; sti:d he should only state whet a !arise
of his rusted at a dinnee• the other d. 7 ; when
vice-., pleaded fer d.reiries, the Peer he said to his
countrymen,
countrymen, 4* What will you banish that man
fruni your city, whom every cur of the world will
be proud to receive ?" In the same manner he might
be allowed to carry the allusion to the popular
Candidate, Mr. Sheridan, afd to lay-le What will
yeti banish from yoct city the nein, whose publie
principles, whose public eV. it'etn'd patriotism, have
been tried and approved by his cot:a:quiet-4 and
from whose eeertinns great and acknowledged be-
Iflat has, upon innunterable ocesaioes, been &-
rived r. '

Mr.T.Suaainaa,presions to the board being pit
up, next preseeited himself to the route of the .L:lec.
teire—” Gentleness, the them erperience and habit:
which I Lave had of publi:. speakiag.Makes me .l-
W 4 ys address on w ith eonbideralsle embarrassment,
but I shall this day do it with peculiar iowitiar-
easement, as 1 sospeet that the. first sentence '
shall utteewi!l be it-calved with unanims.
sow and disaitirtibation. I .ave to inf,sm
that frcrn the fatigue and es -essive extrion
an acNr canvass, my father is onabbr
it respects to yon this day. He 11(
you will give him this one day of rest, ant
return to morrow with reoevared v;g4oar
.
coante—(Cieeriks •411 opplassiell•-•-My
was kind enough, more (rum afettion est
judgment in speech, to recommend me to
nee yesterday. lo return for tLat attediod
adtdivn, t shall csrainly advocate his cams

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hest of my power and abilities, and I hope you
will ant tsiticise me as an orator, when you recoi-
led that I am addressing you as a son. (Renewed
appro.:o*g.) My fathet has usually, in his ad-`
Meru m to you, animadverted on what passed upon
previous days ; in this I shall attempt to follow his
steps, although I am aware that I ans unequal to the
task. The Noble Lord has always commenced with
as utter disavowal of any coalition ; he has day after
day repeated that strain to you. It is rather singular
that his practice should be different from his pro.
fissions. With the cry of No Coalition" in his
Mouth, be goes to Burlington-House, to state to the
Duke of Portland that he is an independent man,
and therefore begs he will not give him his support.
Laughing and theering. He calls himself an inde-
pendent man, a statement which, if his Grace had
believed, he would no doubt have complied with
his request. After this visit, he tells you, that
he just stepped in to take a little of Mr. El-
liott's tap. (Laughing.) It was hinted to me,
that :here Was no disinclination en the part of

these two Candidates to support each other ;
but when the Noble Lord found the barrel was
nearly exhausted, he said, larr; off, damn your
Coalition, I am done with Elliott.- -aqtire." (Lou:!
laagaing, sad ph:midi) Whether owing to the rc-
tresnrnent ne had taken at Mr. Elliott's, or the heat
of the weather, 1 know not, but we find him after-
wards wandering into Sir Francis Burdett's Com-
siittee-toom, and when questioned as to what he
wants, he has the same ready answer, which he
Ins used upon other occasions ; he says, s, I want no
Coalition, all I wait- is merely an interchange
of votes. 0, The Noble Lord, being thus treed
from any 11111116 On of coalescing, l suppose he
thought it was necessary that he should com-
ply so far with the rules of Elections, that he
would oppose somebody, and he has chosen us,
because we are weakest.*
The numbers were then announced, and they
stood thus i-.

402
3446
1647

611 F. Burdett .
Lmil Coast Ana
M.. Shari& a . .
Lord Co then presented himself, is usual,
upon the outer perch, and after standing a con•
orderable time, procured a hearing. He did not
think it necessary to trouble the Electors with many
observations upoa what had been said by others. He
spin assured them, that the reports as to his
Coalescing, were totally unfounded, and that His
Majesty's Government had never given him any
support, either directly or indirectly. His opponents,
amongst other charges, had been forced to have re-
course to charges of bribery and corruption. How
could this exist in a city, where no fortune, however
princely, could ever corrupt the voters? It had been
said,, that some person, whe was thought to be an
Elector, was seen drinking out of the same pot wish
himself, at Mr. Elliott's. He declared, that
for this there was no foundation, or, at least,
if he did drink with any one, he did not pay for
the porter. The Noble Lord then made some
aßosions to sea terms, which had been u,d,
did concluded with stating, that as he had already
pledged himself to support measures which he ap-
proved. so :se would support any of the other Can-
didates who might be brought in ahem with hint, in
his exertions to remedy abuses. lie had been called
upon to run down the present Admini-tratien, as
well as the late one ; but he was equally ignorant
of the whole of them. Had there been no other
measure ad ,pte4 by them, than the dissolution of
ire late Parliament, he thought that aft praise-
worthy. App.h.tiset from seem, bat load and reptant
ii.u. owl rests of off ! of! treat otters.) He thought
that the oftener His Majasty recurred to the sense
of his people. so muck the greater benefit would
be Served to the country.
Mr. JerrlM/GIS stepped forward, amidst repeated
shouts of approbs:ions to make come col:intents ou
the observations which had fallen horn his friend,
Mr. T. Sheridan. With raped to the oppression
which publicans suffered by the illegal and tutcpitous
domination of a wicked and base magi,tracy
Minster and Middlesex, he knew its redress could not
be plated in abler hands than those of Mr. Sheridan.
H. was happy, acquainted as he was with the ex•
tent and enormity of the evil, to have the wemery
pet into the hands of that eloquent and illustrious
charafter. Let hun effect that, and no mat, on
any future occasion, can appear before the Llalors
Of Weaninstrr, before the friends of British free-
dom. and the people's defenders, with such claims
to the suffrages of the honest and independent
Electors, as Mr. Sheridan.

Mr. Jcni.ings, in answer to the question, whether
Sir F. Burdett would personally attend to.moirow ?
assured the multitude, that under the present state
of that Patriot's healt:i, it was aCtually out of his
power to attend to- mo.row, but that it was the de-
teuninarion of the friends of Sir F Burdett, to
have the honour of chairiug him, the first moment
Sir Francis equld with safety undergo that fatigue.
( Hear h-ar
Mr. 1.11014 AS SHUMAN wished seriously to im-
press upon those numerous friends of his father, who
were prevei.ted that day from Frilling, by the late-
ness of the hour, that the books would, on to-morrow
morning, be open at eight o'clock, when be was
crsnvii.ced there isuald be a rush of Eleitors, to ex-
hibit their sense of patriotism and constitutional li-
berty.

When Mr. Sheridan concluded. an universal cry
proceeded from the populace, both within and with-
out the Hosting*, of " Power ! Power 1" alluding
to the gentleman who, on many former occasions,
had so highly gratified the popular feeling, in advo-
cating the cause of Mr. Sheridan.
Mr. Posers, who, at that period, was at the back
of the Hustings, in compliance with this popular
and pressing invitation, and seeing that the respeetive
Candidates were disposed to remain. presented him.
self to she notice of the assembly —" Gentlemen,"
said he." the Hon. Gentleman who addressed you
on the part of Sir F. Bardett, has told you, that all
the topics upon which he could. with propriety.
animadvert. were almost exhausted. But if
he bad attended as minutely to the polling as I
have done this day. he would hare found the rounds
of observation and comment not so entirely ex-
hausted as he seemed to suppose. The Noble Lord
►as appeared upon these Hustings, as the deter.
Mimed sod avowed supporter of elective rights,
and has evinced a disposition of exerting your free
choice in your popular representation. Such have

bean his professions ; now mark that has been his
praCtice. I shall state to you this plain and incon-
troveetible fad, that on the part of the Noble Lord,
an application was made to the High Bailiff to
lengthen the Elector's oath, for no other purpose, as
no other objest could be answered, but delay and
procrastination. I would ask that Noble Lord,
if thisso atagem is the most proper mode by which he
can afford to the independent Eleaers either the de-
claration of their free voice, or the exercise of their
most important privilege ? Gentlemen, I shall state
to you, what the Clerks upon the part of the No-
ble Lord have been instructed to do. They have
been instruaed, for the sake of delay, to ask every
old and venerable EL ,'tor, that question which his
grey hairs might have anticipated. They have asked
them whether they were twenty-one years of age ;
whether St. Martin's parish was within the liberties
of Westminster ? or the Strand at the West side of
Temple Bar ? Laoighiag.) I declare this tea,
that in the box of the High Bailiff, whose conduit
upon this Election will do him everlasting honour,
I, myself, perused this demand made upon the
part of Lord Cochrane, for the purpose of dis-
qualifying a great proportion of the Electors of
Westminster. The Noble Lord went further,
and attemp:cd to have the long housekeeper's oath
introduced, the bare administering of which, to
any individual, would at least occupy hall an
hour. The result of this manoeuvre was, that
in consequence of the ardour, energy, and acti-
vity of the friends of Mr. Sheridan and free-
dom, more than four hundred additional voters
would on this day have polled for that distin-
guished chsraaer, who were thereby prevent-
ed. Upon a former occasion, I put this
question to you : Were ye prepared to give the lie
to your former praaice, to veur acknowledged
experience t Westminster was famed for returning
the first in the rank of talents and mental acquire-
ments ; men, foremost in the great cause et
Liberty, and the steady commions of the
People's night: the pretensions of the
Noble Lord such as to claim your support ? No,
as ; great approbation, tithed with IsssJ sawits of
dislike). Let me not be misunderstood, (..ioinu‘ai
Mr. Power), I do not wish to under-iaie tne gal-
lantry of the Noble Lord; I wish not to take
from his brow those laurels which he has so bravely
and honourably earned ; but I wish him to advance
his fortune, and continue his rico. thins upon that
element, where his services must he useful. and for
which be is so peculiarly designated I have. and
again assert, that he has no claim to represent the
City of Westminster. pieither,.is talents or his public
charaaer can justify his pretensions as a Candidate
for your favours, or your choice, it that choice be
properly direCted. The Noble Lord might descant
for hours upon his dislike to coalitions, and his de-
precation of Ministerial support ; but of this lea
the Noble Lord must, with nu:selves, be coi.vinced,
that by Ministers, and by them aline, he has been
returned. (Hear ! hear ! resounded from all pertel.
He has told you he never will be attached to men,
but that if their men ores are right, he will give
them his support. But Ido contend, that there is
this mystery in the enndua of the Noble Lord,
that whilst we find him loud in his reprobation
of she late Ministry, he has cautiously, carefully,
and studiously abstained from expressing an opinion
upon the present servants of the King. He has told
you, that the only vote which for two Parliaments
he ever gave in the House of Commons. was upon
the question brought forward by Mr. Brand ; a
question which brought that Ministry into power,
and led to the present Parliamentary dissolution.—
I shall not attr.bute to the Noble Lord dishonour-
able or improper motives for his vote upon that
occasion ; but this I will :ay, that it was a vote
%Lich, io its effects, went to sanction that ueprin
cipled and wicked cry which w.le tit,t propagated to
deceive the King and next to inflame the people.—
To the eternal honour of Westminster and Middle-
sex, that diabolical, disloyal, and wicked yell, of
"No Popery," could not be circulated. That yell
which attempted, under the mask of Christianity.
to excite the most depraved and malignant passions
of the human heart, to arm man against his fellow
man, and to augment our miseries, if not effeet our
ruin, by destroying British unanimity. The good
sense and patriotism of this metropolitan city and
county have entirely pot down that cry; and the
Noble Lord has bad the policy not to raise it upon
these Hustings. But I assert that his vote upon the
occasion alluded to gave a sanaion to those Minis-
ters who had the hardihood, I will say baseness, to
circulate it. ( Reiterated applauses.) The Noble Lord
has declared himself not their follower, but
has at the same time endeavoured to throw
veil over their former conchal% Can the Noble
Lord forget the means by which they intrigued
themselves into pewee ? Can the Noble Lord over-
look the base and infamous stratagem by which the
Report of the Committee of Finance was prevented
from being laid upon the table of the House of Com-
mons? Lan he, I ask, forget, or, knowing it, will
he attempt to excuse the manoeuvre by which the
Deputy Usher of the Black Rod was stationed with-
in the House of Commons, awaiting the approach
of the Speaker, for the sole purpose of withholding
from the Parliament, and the public, this record of
plunder, peculation, acid public robbery ? (Loud and
eathostistie plaudits). Yet. with the knowledge
which the Noble Lord certainly possesses of the
history of his country, and of the most marked cir-
cumstances in his own time and memory, is it
possible he could be serious when he told the Elec-
tors of Westminster that the present Ministry were
new men, that they were untried ? What, was Lord
Melville a new man ? Was he untried ? Had he all
that purity which the country, under the impulse
of the most honourable feelings, was ever ready to
attach to the first and early exertions of pub-
lic men ? Had not Lord Melville his mor-
tifying acquittal, chequered by the assertions of
fifty of his Peers. proclaiming him guilty upon
their honour? Did my Lord" Castlereagh pos-
sess the charaaer of one untried man? Was
the hero of the Church and State. Mt. Per-
eeval, unknown, even since his present accession to
power ? Would the Noble Lord overlook the bar-
gain he made to save that Church, and to prose&
that King, when be positively refused to WC the
duties of his office. as Chancellor of the Exchequer,
unless he had granted to him a reversion of some
thousands adz raised from the industry, the let-
bears and of the British pile t(f ,e