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pleased to ent me in as ynur Reeeesentative." (Ano-
ther cry of N.! no! Ilbog! no Byes! ft ow outside
the htntings). Gentlemen, I • have
:endeavoured
to serve you to the utmost of my ability, with zeal
and fidelity ; nor have I, in any one single instance,
swerved from the duty I owe the puidie, or those
principles which fits: recommeuded me to your no-
tice. I have set ved you in the three last Parli-
aments, with sincerity and truth, and I have been
uniformly the opposer of every system of corrup-
tion. (A loud laugh (roar vari-ans parts of the huit-
in,s.)—My principles led re to opposeevery species
ct abuse, and support every system of reform, both
of 'Gee, Lords; and Commons. During my can-
vass th-oughout the county, I declared to every
Freeholder that I met, that I stood alone, tineonnea-
ed with any other Candidate, because 1 felt. I must
be respousible to you for any condusf I might
hursue, or any language I might make use of, but not
for the I:sews:ego or conduet of any ether man !"
el of hear ! hear 1)--" Gentlemen, it has been
said, that I played a game for Mr. Mellish ; I have
neither direaly or indirealy rendered that Gentle-
man any service or dis-service, to my own know.
ledge. But, if I sin to point nut the man who has
rendered him an essential service, it is the Hon. Ba-
ronet, Sir Francis Burdett. It is the principles which
he has developed, that have perfeeti d this work ; it
is from those principles I dis-ent, and those princi-
ples alone have brought forward that marked oppo-
sition against hint. I repeat to you, Gentlemen,
that I stand alone, and uneonneaed with any other
Candidate. I rest oly claims to your suffrages, upon
those principles which have been the conduit of my
past Here a try of Mot are they r What are
they Tell them! Tell them .9-1 wish, in the ere,
sent arduous crisis of puielsc affair*, to lend my aid
to the present Government ; but in this, cr any
other line if conduit I muy find it necessary to pus.
sue. 1 e.o• be guided or direaed by any pri-
vate r •i .
.-r sr motive. I shall not be direaed by
any 11, ' t'i self interest, or any Still taare pow-
erful n. eee. f ambition or thirst for power." ( Here
be Las n• reed, by some persons sa tar he, Where
is the Parhameatery Ref rm yea ,ionised Did
kiou oppose tan &rings", over the Troops,
) He continued—•• When Parliamentary Re-
form can be brought forward, consistently wits the
true and ••nine principles of our Consatution, I
*hall he i•s most strenuous advocate and supporter."
Here •t torrent of quesiamrs were poured in upoi‘
the Hon. Speaker, from all quarters ; and atter
some few further ebserva ions, which, from the noise
and clamour of—No fi,ng ! no Using I no ware I
no mere ! we were unable to colma, he retired a
few paces.
On the approach of Sir Francis Burdett to the
front of the Hustings, he was greeted by the re-
iterated shouts of the mob, And for some moments
the atmosphere resounded with the !tutees and
plaudits of the pokut.c... &tem.: bei ,g at last re-
stored, the Hon. Baronet addressed them as fol-
lows s-0 Gentlemen li:1-lors of Niiddlesex—my
appeal to you shall be as short as I can possibly
make it, and, upon the present becaston, I shall
speak to you with the same plainness, anJ s; all ex-
press my sentiments with the same sirn,ilicity and
truth, which 1 have hitherto done upon all former
occasions. But, Gentlemen, I think myself bound
to make a few observations upon the state of politics
and of parties existing in this country at the present
moment. Mr. Byng tells yen, he off rs himself to
you upon the principles he has professed betore.
It would have been well if tie mid scat rd what those
principles were Who knows his principles? Where,
I would ask, are we to look for teem? DJ you
know them, Gentlemen?" (A load cry of ne! no!
nu !) Who then does know the principles of tAr.
Byng? I am not surprised, nor indeed -m I dis-
pleased with his cnadua. Yoe know well, Gentle-
men, that Mr. Byng is a nomeer Mace, and loves tee
tonsk:lte." (Loud laughter and andante, settb a general
rev of bear .1 hear ! bravo! bravo !) '• But, G. title-
men, I must allow, that title has not stated las princi-
ples upon this any more than on any former occasion,
he has stated his ereteneions to your support, with
a diffidence and a moilesty that surely insides him to
it. He has told you, that he has been thrice your
Representative, and never voted against his coun-
try. On what grointels then does he seek your sup-
port? What! Gentlemen, are we arrived at such
a state el degradation and meanness, that Mr. Byng
is to tell as, • because he never voted against you,'
he is to he your best Representative ? Is it to be al-
lowed, that a Candidate is to come forward upon
the hustings at Brentford,end say, he has supported
the Constitution, and is to be allowed to put up as a
pretension to claim the support of the ludependene
Ilettnrs of Middlesex, that because he has incurred
no blame from ca.onaltion, he is likewise to be ex-
cused for mission? lie is equally deserving of cen-
sure for the one, as for the other, in the eyes of
tree, independent, and public-spirited Eleacus.
Where was Mr. Byng, when those scandalous abuses
were brought forward, respeaing Coldbath-fields
Prison ?—( Here Mere was a morrow of—Old ! Old !
Old Stuff! Old Stott! I Have you not, Gentlemen,
all an interest in it ? Are you not at the ex-
pence of maintaining it ? And ought not your Re-
presentatives to endeavour to rectify its abuses
Gentlemen, the old tale of the Bastitei gait g for-
ward against me; bat it is no fault of mine, that
those infamous prathees are not put A atop to. Did
not Mr. Sheridan, now a Candidate tot Westmins-
ter. one of this chosen !gond of this best of Pa rail,,
lately acknowledge utrt the husungs, as a plea
for favour, that lie alone stood forward as the
supporter and seconder of my efforts upon that we-
canon ; and yet, Gentlemen, there are those who
end:avour to bear me down, and say there are no
abuses existing. But, Gentlemen, nothing will ever
compel me to desert those principles, which I am
convinced, are the sole foundation and salvation of
my country. I have been told that I might have
been brought in for the county of Nliddlewx, with-
out any opposition. (A cry of no ! no! no!) But.
Gentlemen, needle* any thing that you or the Go-
vernment can do for me, can ever shake o. change
those principles which have ever been the guide of
my condtia. ( Ilere a rry of Horne Tooke! Rowse
Tooke! was recto-sled from different ports of the
Hustings.) Mr. Whitbread, another of this band of
the best of Pat. lots, said, in his letter to me, that I
would have been brought in without any opposition.
But, Gentlemen, I will speak the truth when called
upon, as a ditty I owe the public. I thanked him
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but when, two days after t had received it, I saw
it Fab:Jibed in the Daily P. pers. I cor!d pot help !
feeling that it was unhaedrame treatment. (A erg g('
very! very ! ) I shall, at a future period, take an.
opportunity of stetting my sentiments to the .
upon the whole of that letter. The truth of the hiss
tory, and the soundness of the constitutional princi-
ples contained in that letter, I wholly deny. He rays,
Government has not been able to mature the soh aces '
they have in view for the public good. Why then,
Gentlemen, they admit they have schemes ; but he
goes Luther, and insinu +ter, that I am a schemer ;
I want nothing but the Constitution, the whole
of our Constitution; and weareeer may be their ,
scheme, I do say, that • hat scheme is rendered
t.thilly nugatory, it the pct ^le have; not a I<:ir I
representation in Parliament. What do I. say then ?
—that no Minister should have a seat in Parliament;
tar from it: The question is, was Parliament to
consist of placemen and pro:sip:tors alone ? (Loud.
orpt,udimy. ) If they are t' en to be in Parliament,
let them go tai some Cent; lib. ought, hut let them.
not come to the County, the only place where the sen-
timents of the people can be known and understood.
Let them not interfere in the public representation.
If Ministers have done nothing for the public, it 1
Must be admitted, they have done something for
themselves. They have taken their rewards, places,
and pensic :Is, before they have rendered any service
to the state I but they 11:4y. they have not en:rutted
their schemes for the public service. They have
rewarded the Manager of Drury-lane, with a palace,
n.'ar the bottom of Catheriats-sneet (Somerset
House), but for what service, the devil only knows.
What ten do I complain of ? They say, their
schemes are not mature;), and yet they take the
reward, as having accompbthed the.wurk. 149 W
arc (bey to find resources for the future. if they are
to bestow reward's beforehand. Mr. Whitbr; id,
kis Manitelto, admits this. I would ask the Hon.
Gentleman, with respea to his own private concerns,
does he ever pay hit men; till they have performed
their stated labour ? Does he not see that all the
beer is brewed, before he pays the brewer ? As to '
Mr. Byng, I can say nothing ; of his principles I
can 'ay nothing ; I have never known them. nor do
1 he., ive there es a single voter in the whole County
of Middlesex who does. He has called dowa upon
me head the coalesced powers otcoalesced parties;
all this shall not prevent me from performing my
duty io the public, in every situation in which I am
plac.-d I will have no connivance or share in the
guilt or the plunder of any party or any Govern- ,
ment. Gentlemen, on these grounds I rest my
claim to your favour. Upon these principles I stand
alone, and with these principles ( look with con&
denee to a successful issue of tie- present contest."
This hara..gue was received with bursts of ap
plause.
Mr. Mat tarsi came forwarl last, and after sow
time passed in noise and clamour, lie requested
silence for a few moments, and was thoroughly con-
vinced that the spirit and independence of the
Electors of Middlesex would insure him a patient
hearing. A personal attack had hem made upon
him,which it was necessary for him to clear iietaticl
an imputation cast upon him, which it was his duty
to refute. It had been stated, he had corm forward
under the gopd wishes of Mr. Byng. This he firm-
ly denied; .)sit declared he came t .rward es support
er oppose toessures, ant tem (lord eppteass). He
two i slobs . issfependess et every petty and every
influence (mon. oppbuse ). He also declared he came
forward, and be Moog' iais lutAamerableaudgendid
in him towards the worthy Baronet. to acknowledge
think carp* forward in dived opposition to Sit Fran-
cis Burdett. (Lewd Jed reoreetrd eriet of bear hoer !
~F! !Ns .11rilich !No Mellish No CosarnScr
No' Comiimotio” ! scenwpanird wish ?Wait Rreeni g.
sad husiog ) He had no personal animosty against
the Hon. Bar net. who certainly had done him all
the goof he c.-uld, perhaps unintentionally; bat, with
regard to the Hon. Baronet's principles, he was one
of the greatest enemies he had in the world. He,
would make no professions whatever; he would
rapport or oppose Governrueat when it was necl
sary orAspeticial to the public at large. He cams
In ward as an independent and an honest man, to
do his dint conscientiously ; sad if he neglefted thia
duty, his Constituents had their remedy of punishes
mein in their own hands, although the period mien
be distant. He came forward to preserve the best
of Kings. (Load ,bearing awl kissing.) He cams
forward likewise to preserve and proteat the Con-
stincion of the Country. because he loved the
Country. With respea to the Bastile, it was now a
state question, and the right and %. tong had long
since been decided. He loved his King and Coun-
try. The hleators of Middlesex k,new his Chat atter ,
he had lived his whole life among them, and they
saw him both honest and independent.
The question was then put by the Sheriffs, upon
a shew of bands, and they declared the choice to
call on Mr Mellish and Sir Francis Burdett. Mr.
Byng accordingly demanded a poll.
The Sheriffs then adjourned the Court. to this
morning at 9 o'clock, wnen the poll will commence,
and continue open until four each day.
The Sherds and Candidates returned to town in
the same order they went out, and the mob dis-
persed without any riot or disorder.
1/ESTMINSTEIt ELECTION,

The riot and confusion which took place this day,
exceeded any of the former ones, although it was
generally ima:'ined that the crowd would be con-
siderably lessened by the concourse which was ex•
petted to have attended the Middlesex Eleelinn at
Brentford. The expthation of Mr. Sherisisn's at-
tendance. however, seemed to have particularly ex-
cited the public curiosity. It was between the hours
of three and four o'clock when that Gent!eman
made his appearance, attended by Mr. Whitbread,
Lord William Russel, Thomas Sheridan, E+4. and
several other friends. They ware drawn in a., • pen
chariot, and were preceded by a strong body of
men, with flying colours, and marrow bores and
cleaver. The carriage was driven up to the very
door of the besting., although it met with corsider.
able interruption from the populace, m ory of
whom attempted to oppose its progress, and at-
tacked the Gentlemen therein, by Cirewing
euSbish of various kinds at them. Mr. SrertJ in
and his Friends, however, alighted wiasnut sustain-
ing any injury, while several the rabble, who h of

detearci assaulting thorn, wi.re taken into

appeerareel Body .
were, et this. rime. Rimiest ; heti v.:ten the ti up of
four o'ci irk was r early approaching, Mr. Va.lll's
appearance on the hustings rad-utilair the applause
and scclatnatiens of ti a yopulace.
When the numbers vi'cre displayed to public v'etra
They stood as fellow : A
For Sri Samuel 110.1 • tlls
ri.! Mr. Paull 3'7
Vur ..434 '993
By which it is ill al rear, that Mr. Null is stir
a-head of Mr Sheridan, by 494 v tea.
Mr. SHERIDAN Immediately At.e7rfi el to speak&
but was frequently interrue..d Hr w. 3 ant, rtee~r-
ever, in the least discatita d, but ere et hi.nself
the more, from the cppesiien he met with. After
repeatedly begging orc-r and good 0 our, :be.
Right Hon Candidata succeeded in making tt.e fgt
Inwinci speech audible:
" Gentlemen—Yon are d—d feols not m best
me. I have Always desired t., Lear poi, Oisstors„
andit is very nngrateful yc.o tint to near mo
my turn. lr is :-ate, it ,t •ed, that y. ear °raters and
1 have afted up is. differe.st principles. I know'
that foul Orators hurt your cause—and yen.,knew.
that I must support my own. The last words with
which I parted with you were these—l told TUN
that you might meet me in argument, if you would,
but that you could nor fliosh!en me. I testa repeat
the same welds. When I left your hustings, last
Monday, some ruffian a:urn-red to r•iirder mi; bet
you see,,'hat 1 here defy the holiest ruffian srong-t
you to repeat the attempt 1 have sal,: oath %g
caw se, nor iliiheral, against .he other Candidate. Mr.
RWII—I scotn it. It my came atd my charafler •
cannot support thermelves without my aspersing •
chara&er, or wounding the feelings, of that kentl•-
man. I should be ashamed of the contest. If may Pit
of you fornewhat is denominated an English mob,
I forgive you All ; bnol suspe& it was a hired ruffian
who insillted me. I want to see my ',woad-facia
friend, who was so loquacious the last bawl VAN
amongst you." (Mr. Sheridan was hem allidieet%
a man, who, w b a remarkably broad face Sad
a mouth r aching from ear to ear. bid
perseveied, wails unwearied assiduity, to interrupt
him with questions and harangues, during tete
whole of last Monday ; he was pointed out to Mt.
Sheridan, and stood tu t tat from him, though
somewhat more silent tha ha-Feely.) " I =diva
stand (coniiimed Mr. Sheridan), that be had coWa
to tia proper senses ; but I see, by his coatestptiairi
grins, th t it is otherwise; I am sorry for it, but I
shall forgive him ; apd, Ist a day or two. I barge' I
shall be able to f mete you all, as 1 as sus&
dent of success. 1 was told thiA day. that *bleat
was such a mob eolle&ed, that st would be twi,sife
for me to com A noogst you ; be'. at all. evens
if I did come, 1 Via recommended by my friends tut
take a back way. Notwithstanaing these elatedly!
cautions. however,. I carne through Amohgst A' of
you, and am here standing before you. as.year C.re
dictate, having nothing to fear. I mention we name
of no Candidate, who promises to you w!.at b. wit
doles pa ; I woad on this footing. that I have airy
to beg you to recalls& west I hoar Wrestle, ape in
your behalf. 'I put the proof of my political life
against their promises. I stand here and tell yeti,
and even the rudest amongst you, that &eh:neer
class of the people of England never had, and convict
have, a better Candidate and Representative,
than I am, and have proved myself to be. I shall
enockide what I hive to say to you this day. by toll-
ing you, that I. thank. my friends, sad despise my
enemies."
A Gentleman, in the absence of Sir Samuel
Hood, told the Electors, that he had been reritrested
by the gallant Admral to thank thin f titer ex-
ertions in his behalf, and to assure them of his son-
fi.lence of ultimate success in the tout= of to-mer-
reW.
Mr. PAVEL then presented himself, amidst the
shouts of the clamorous and turbulent multitinle.
" Gentlemen," said he, " I now, for the seventh
time, appear before you, and I do so with more
pleasure than before. It was last Saturday rig! t,
that the Member for Coventry, that hunter toe
places (Mr. P. Moore) appeared bete, and
pteiged his honour, that I would not be heard
any more upon these hustings. You see me here.
however, for the seventh time. notwithstandinq
the avowed coalition at two Court Candidates,
notwithstanding all the interest they could mean
ter, from Carleton House even down to the eeek
at Somerset House. The number polled .this
day inns), favour, exceeds that of any of the orhasS
notwithcanding that tle-ir votes bare been pot.
chased with gold from the Tseasury. wish dives 6
and intimidation r:/ of. No ! A'e !
finds sa e
quarters, aid load opplausel fro.* *Maw). .
men. the Member for Cavenity. that phseashrowlis
when talking of the Treasurer of the Navy.
that I would not poll one to his five, this day ; taA
that I would be off to Brentforst, to support via
Hon. Friend, Sir Francis Burdett. I do roe wish
to hurt the feelings o. the Treasurer of ea Nay- .
or to sink him in his friends' estimation ; b e
gond God I can it be be:tete-4 that Mr. Sheet
who once had the popular voice, and was tirsio,s• t
to be the tee; and undoubted friend of the pi opt.;
can only now find refuge eitsoeget the heeds of eta s
A.mitsistration. It would have been more horois -
able for Mr. Sheridan to had th•own hirnseli at thi
feet of the people of England, and craves! ire.,
patdon for having %weenie An apostate. If is, t.. a
eppeaied her. with shame, s. crow, and coo
we might have thought he had yet some virtue v .
main::ig ; in.tead cit this, we find him tia••
and abandoned enough, to stow r a- he kites
;Aare and his etrirthein. t better to .0 he love, f.. .
It has been la•ked, Gentlemen, what were no, pi,.
t..nhons? I sha . tx them v.sy shortly. fu 110,1(1.0
,thorn to Mr. Thiihr of his pr‘stesss-r4
b-f're he ss as T easurer pt Oro. Navy, and mask
what inc has done, when be has onaiesed that site'

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Candidate at toe :tech( ••.r•" • \
curs absenee,•fie wastnix.e4 -4
tians and shouts of din people: life raise-in e•
.terding petits, •no••••n•at-ervraicise twain*_ si; sre.t,
sod ,t4eir' diialtniothst• -4,0• dhlrcotheis attend
ail klescrip(con. .fieffiee it to la% that at'••tvick-.
standing the many oporottrintfi epAketv with whjtft
Ati. Sheridan was saluted. he vienpf. tun splints/ •
with ;re:a gond taffltYLW *Ws amity* were twit •
those of contempt or his scans tot. htlt lat her 0114
of reconciliation. evine:ing, at tile same time/ a encl.;
fidence of .success, which,he did not ditpla?in lug
former appe.a.irc,!. 130th Cof the other aul irlaresi °