The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-07 00:00:00

VAUX/141.L lUMING-itATCII.

Yesterday tveniag the Annual Rowing Match
took place. the Priam of which was ;11 Wher. y given
by the Proprietor of Vauxhall Gard.'n. Ihe
an.srch was rswed by seven pair of Oars in In:forms
of blue ar.l sesrlet, and the boats carried whi.e
Liz% wish large red :puts, by ti,L, number of hich
each boa; was distinguished. The numbers arm±
names of the Rowers were as foliose, viz.
1. Ws 1:4 ni trekm2.lertn
jan.,v•ru,,•,nAs • • • '
2 C; h•rge 11. Ms Pla•lk
Sate T
3. Robert Brne'aing
T..e-eas *auks . . . . Cuper's
4 ,Vill.am Seeker
Charles Witoew >ed . . . Vauxhall.
3. Rei^ft &flaw . . . • . Bleekfria”..
W Iliem Ailey . . . . 13,ek.ele.
6 Jelin Grrgery
Riclurci Kele
f. James T.ins . . . . . Vauxhall.
Weal . . . . . Str.in.l lane.

At half-past five o'clock, the signal wis given,
and the boats started from Westminster Bridgo.
They kept pretty dose till they reached the Aciel-
phi, when two of them, Numbers I and X, got foul
of each other, ani the !attn gave up Cie coiitest.
.1 he rest proceeded rapidly; turiej the centre well
Biackfriars Bridge, and rowed up the River,
against tLe tide, as far as the Red House at Bat'....e-
sea, r..he:-e there was a boat moored A second
boat I.ere gave up, and the remaining five pursued
t`,.e:r way with great vigour. For some time the
Hires hest !mats kept so close tagetlic-, that the vic-
tory s. is set v doubtful, and Cie betters remained in
a-.xioits suspence, which at len -gth terminated in
:sour of No. 7, belonging to Tims and Wood,
w!..0 suddenly shot ahc:f and Brined the Goal be.
foe the rest of their competitors. The next best b,4'..
Nos. and 2, were also entitled to prizes, the first to
two, the latter to one guinea. 'lima and his partner
were th en seated in the pri zi--w herr y , and c arr ied in tri-
iroPhi amidst the acclamations and congratulations
of the populace, to the house of the firmer, where
the ! ealth of the conquerors was drank with un-
tognedyld will. The fire engine boat, belonging
the Royal Exchange Assurance Company. bad
keit previously prepared, and a stage creaed on it
for the reception of His Royal Highness the Duke of
York's Band, who played a number of martial and
Popular A:, s, and received the successful candidates
with See Ike Csnquering Het* runes, and concluded
with God SI rP /he King. The Prim Captain was in a
beantiiul sis.oared galley, decorated by a sp:endrd
white awning, and- red and white flag* It also
earned a number of elegant females. Boats innu-
merable, crowded with Itches, iii white dresses, ad-
ded to she charms of the gay: scene, and the shore
was lined with thousar,ds of speaators. Order and
rind condua railed throughout the whole, and
e evening closed without the Let accident cr
pleasant cUcumstsusce•


MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

•
TIIIRTEENTH Dar.—The friends of Sir F. BUR.
DETT came forward with much alacrity, and at tv.o
o'clock, he had polled upwards of thirty votes more
than Mr. Mainwaring. Coaches filed with Free-
holders were coming to the I lustings at the time the
books closet, and many of the Bar ,net's voters were
obliged to return without voting. During the day's
poll, no less than 47 of Sir Francis Burdett'i votes
were reje&eti, and to of Mr. Mainwariag's ; the for-
mer candidate, however, obtained, during the day, a
majority of 41, as appeared by the numbers which
were declareti
For Mr. Miinwaring
For Sir Faneii Burdett . . .

Majority for Mt. Mainwaring 417
The greatest anxiety appeared to pervade the au-
ditory until the state of the Poll was announced,
which was followed by loud cheering and exulta-
tion for some time. Silence having succeeded, Sir
rrancis thus add; e-sed the Electors
" GENTLEMEN,
" I cannot but feel highly gratified by the very
flattering situa,ion you have placed me in ; I have
to express .noch satistastion at the state of this day's
1011, and mu :t say, I feel myself addition illy grati-
fied, because I have held out hopes without intent
to delude. It will also add considerably to your
satisfatftion and mine, to see that if it had not been
for a system of objection which has prevailed, we
should have been forty or fifty more than we are, on
this day.

4' Gentlemen ! I will not state accurately, as I am
not fond of mentioning as a fact, what I am not
positive of; but I understand 57 of my votes have
been rejected on trivial objections. Gentlemen !
it increases Inv confidence, to be able to state, from
the infermation of my inspecting friends, that my
opponent's strength is so exhausted, that he has had
recto arse to the of l trick at the last Eleftion, namely
to palm on us IV strni,Per Ocna4lo.4;ers,
&w..%-c. (cheering). nese were to have been toe
Pioneers of four hundred others of similar descrip-
tion, intended to be brought in. if they had been
established. Gentlemen, thus far the exertions of
our forces have the superiority ; and, I trust, with
great confidence, the contest will terminate in the
way I hype predicted. In so prediCling, I have ne-
ver spt,lten from accurate knowledge on the suhjear
but have firmly relied on your spirit and patriotism,
which, I know, will not ho wanting to me on this
most important occasion. I shall offer a few obser-
vations to those Freeholders who have come too
late to poll, to beg and request of those Gentlemen,
that they will not weigh the inconvenience too hea-
vily. I am sorry it happens so, but have no remedy.
They ought to recolleft this is the last shift of our
adversaries; it is possible they can drag up but
few more voters. I address those Freetioldas whom
votes have boon objeeted, begging they will conic
early to-morrow. If, by pin,. o'clock, my Counsel
and the Sheriff will wait for them ! and I h.tve no
douht of estahlishing them to my satisfaCtion ; this ob.
jo ftion of votes is the obstacle on which depends the re-
salt of this contest t but they cannot all be rejected.
I know at this time, t' a spirit of patriotism can
alone induce the Freeholders to come forward for
me: influenced by such reeiing, trust they will
give their votes. without co •si..l..ring, the ohs:Acles
in their way of great consequturce. I ought to
make some apology for sayiul so much as I have
on this subjeCt ; but I have spoken Wth,in,:-nr to
impress on their mind,, how important their con-
dua is to the isvie rif the conteia.

" Gentlemen! it has been industriewly spread by
my oppone.as. that I am hostile to England, and
the Constituti in. During every day we have been
engaged in this struggle, hand bills have appear if,
and it has been stated to Freeholders, that whoever
voted for me, must be a friend to pe.jur-, treason,
mutiny, and revolution. (A ere of No! No !)
Such are the slight insinuations they throw out against
my chnraFter, and think theyare mere election squibs:
the scurri'ity and vulgarity are so gross, that
it oily rebounds and injures themselves (Loud e4ere-
t4). It has hem perpetually in the mouths of my
°pigments to talk about tale !thee, of the free!, and
t!•-s is the rational, discreet u.e 14. y make of the
/ 6,,5„ ,fl 4, press I how thaw detest, to- !I•bt &toed, he-
qtromuve pe-to.-“, thus publish to the world their in-
offensive enmposTuas, I cannot accgunt t and un-
less, by the freedom of the press, they think
themselves jiistitieJ in taking away my charac-
ter, I cannot tell what they mean. I am not
only held up as an enemy to the Constitution,
but an inventnr of calumny. I k tow it has been
the occasion of many Freeholders voting for me,
who would o herwise have been neuter, by havintt
the calumny I have been guilty of re-called to their
minds. It is stated in a letter I have received, that
Free:tolder, who had teriolved to vote alain-t me,
ire, since voted in my favour, and desires me to
nial,e mention of the calumny I am accused et.
Gentlemen, a few years ago, wilen I was nit the
Grand Jury, there was a st.erneat reseeding the
treatment of the Prisoners confined in the Cold-Bath
}lrish Prison, and the Grand Ju.y were petitioned
to have them re.frhsed—they acc.ndingly
to Mr. Mainwaring, Chairman among the Magis.
trates, to that effect, who said if there were any
reasonable complaints they should be remedied, but
that he could not permit them to go into the prison.
Gentlemen, I got leave to hived the prison, and
I witnessed those ads, the exposition of which con-
stitutes the calumny I have been accused of. I
offered to bring the charges before the Government,
I pledged my character to bring them before a
proper tribunal, if required so to do. Am I then
a calumniator, if no attention h paid to the
charge I can prove? Am I a calumniator, when I
abuse a system unfit to bs presented by the Grand
Jury r.f the county ? My opinion is, the Grand Jury
were insulted ; and if they performed their ditty on
that occasion, they would have presented that
Chairman and prison to the county as a public nui-
sance—therefore, (load cheering) I am so far justified.
..—Reaprding ..hut has been said of my opponent
I do n t stand here to abuse him, but the question
you have before you is, whether he or I shall be your
Representative? You are sure this struggle is against
a system of corruption, and not against the candidate,
who is only made a tool to destroy your interests and
independence. I beg leave so say it is not the Eng-
lish Constitution I have been an enemy to, but to
those who would destroy the liberties and priv.leges

of the Constitution. (Loud rfleer'org). If I abuse such,
shall I be your enemy ? I am :rot averse to the
Constitution, by the principles I stand on The
fair, clan basis of our Cotistitution, is to afford due
prerogative to Crown, and to prate& the liber-
ties of the sufje;ll. lam conscious of those priv:-
I.ges due to the Throae, which, if duly adminis-
tered, would be abundantly sufficient ; and which
it is the duty of the highest as well as .the rweanest
stibo to support for their own happiness. (11a:za!
liavin7 saki so much, I have only to
repeat my hope that; your exertions will be oncon-
trouled ; that you will come early to pill, and
become a rallying point, for, every county in the
ok
fi n gdm
the
ocon,
st recovertutinthe
Baunrcoi
rotf
gasierd
.luteLtei
,eds
tber :torch, du •iv whit!, Mr. Matatitria: at-
tempted to sarak, the danwarfi.reed bin Ai rehrc
being helrel.)
l'he sailors, in their ship, as on Saturday, formed
part of the cavalcade of Sir Francis, who returned to
town in his usual style, accompanied by Lord Foley ;
Miss Manners; Lady Melburne, in her idge.
with Miss Lamb and Mr. Elmer ; Countess or Bar-
rymore and her sister ; Lord Petersham, in his car-
riage ; Countess of Aldborough, in her carria,ge,
in a Mamelitke turban, and Burdett's favours ; Ma-
dame Grassini, in her carriage ; Mr. Moore and
family, in his carriage ; Lady L. Manners, in her
carriage, &c. &c. When the cavalcade and frigate
reached beyond the church in Piccadilly, they
were stopped by a gentleman,who regaled the whole
of the ship's crew, with several bottles of wine, &c.
Before the arrival of the cavalcade, in Piccadilly,
we noticed the houses, fr,lm Sir F. Burdett's to Hyde
Park Corner, crowded with fashionable visitors, viz.
Mr. \Veighter,Mr. Marzin, Marquis of Biandford, Sir
F. Evelyn, Margravine of A nspach, Mr. Lushington,
Mr Penton Earl of Coven: ry, Duke of Queensberry,
tile Hon. Mr. Gordon, Mr. Cranford, Mr. Cock-
erell, Earl Dysart, &c. with Burdett's colours,
and crowded with persons of rank and fashion.