The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-06-12 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE ELECTION.

The Ministerial Newspapers, whilst they et-
pened that Mr. Lascelles would be a successful
Candidate for Yorkshire, boasted that the sense of
that county would be the most decisive proof of the
soundness of those principles which have brought
them into power ; hut since the event has not jus-
tified their eepedations, they hive had recourse to
their old talent of misrepresentation, and are endea-
vouring to persuade the public, that the strenuous
support given to Lord Milton. was not in favour of
the po4cal principles professed by him, but arose
from tee personal hostility of a great body of the
Freeholdrrs to Mr. Lascelles. Were this the ease,
rye should be glad to know, what it was that point-
e.l out Mr. Lateen,s to the present Ministry, as the
most proper person to fight their battle in the county
of York ? We should be glad to hear from bb.
Lascelles, whether he did not rely upon the heated
passions of the people, upon the appeal made to
them, Libillt rev rod ert,4l wee: Pah in Mete aserseeies,
upon the cry of " No Popery." and the use that
• might be made of His Majesty's name. for support
in that undertaking, from which he recoiled in No-
vember last ? Mr. Lascelles, in allusion to the h s-
tiliry of the clothiers against him, said, " that not•
withstanding Lerd Milton's majorhy, he believed
Me reo/ ittne of the comity to be with himself" how
the real sense of any county, and particularly such
a county as that of York, is to be ascertained, ex-
cept by the *ember of votes given, we are at a loss
to conceive, unless we are to examine the number
of voters who have so decided a preference for one
Candidate, as to give him their uodivided sullies's;
and in this point of view, we will, venture to assert,
shat there is no instance upon record, of the sense
of a large body of klatlors being so decisively de-
clared in favour of ohe man, as that ail the Free-
holders of Yorkshire. in favour of Lord Milton, as
will appear by the following statement :—The num-
her of. Freeholders who voted is 22,363; the total
number of plumper:, or undivided votes, given to
the three Candidates. is 10,751 ; of these nearly
aim Mowed were given to Lord Milton, being more
than feu: Mmes as many as the other two Candidate,
hi. esetween them.
eat Mr. Lascelles should wish to exclude the
clothiers from having any share in what be is pleased
to term the real tense of tie County, is perfectly
na-
tural, but the friends of rational liberty will never
be disposed so to undervalue the unanimous suf.
Freres of a class of men, than whom there is none
more independent, or more pertedly free from any
kind of influence. If Mr.Lasrelles sets a higher price
u,:con the voices of army agents, contradors, and
pensi.,neis, let him enj y the inward sati.,fa`tion de-
rived from their elilefren 'est support—of such sup-
porters Lord M:lion vitil tiever wish to dept lee him.
Let the hirelings uf tbe Treasury then cease their
Misrepresentations, which, though they may serve
to soothe tit, oiled minds of their own partizans,
will neva lead away the sound judgment of
Au appeal has been made to tie
people, and the freeholders of Yorkshire hive
answered it. The Ministers brought forward Mc
Laseeles to sippo-r their cause in the greatest
county in Great 3ritaiti; and,whatever they may
now :'y ah uE personal hostility towards ham, teey
••eell knew then, and they still well know, that no other
pets su could tignt their battle °nisch strong grounds.
Mr. Lascelles started with all the advantages of an
early caevass, of the choice of agents in all parts of
the county. and of the powerful support of Go-
vernment, upon an. appeal to the heated passions of
the people, in worth 'be rased name of Majesty
was thrust forward to suit their ends. Under such
discouraging circumstances, Lord Milton stered
forth in support of the independence of the county,
and between the respeaive pretensions of these ri.
Tel Candidates, the county has decided. His Lord-
ship is certainly eternally bound in gratitude to
those who have given him such strenuous and de•
tided support ; and the Freeholders, on the other
hand, are under mutual obligations to him foe the
boldness with which he at first came tnevrard, in
support of their rights, sod for that firmness and
perseverance which surmounted evesy difficulty,
and finally insured success.

A Coact Martial was on Monday held on board
the Valinat, off Northilest. oar Jain Francis, the
Captain's Steward in the Royal neer, for robbing
his master. Captain Fools, of property to a con-
siderable amount, and absconding therewith in the
beginning of this month. It appeared that Captain
Fools had come to town to attend Court on His
?dainty's Birth day, when the criminal took an
opportunity of seizing several articles of his Court
dress, as well as other clothes, which he pawned,
and made off with the produce. He had also made
away with many of the stores belonging to the
yacht, which was not &Angered till Ow inquiry
took place subsequent to his elopement from town.
The Court adjudged him to receive one hundred
lashes, ana be imprisoned six months.

The Cele, Dlicot., arrived at Aberdeen, from
London, on the 3lst. ult. and sailed again on the
sth inst. The t on her passage from London,
picked up, off the Frith of Forth, and about 4t)
miles from laud, a boat with three foreigners. These
men proved to hr the crew of a Prussian vessel
which had been detained at Leith, and after being
liberated were proceeding home, when she sprung
a leaks and being water logged, was in that state
abandoned, and sunk soon after. The clew bad
been two dayr in the boat, and were greatly exuaust.
ed by hunger and fatigue, as it blew hard, and the
sea ran very high, whau they were taken on board
the Cots.

Wednesday afternoon, as the carriage of Mrs.
Batt, of Portman-square, was passing down St.
Martin's-lane, a Ifrower's dray tan tool of it, by
which the Coachman was thrown off the box, and
so seserelY hut t, as to render it nece.sary to carry
him to the Hospital. The horses %nding themselves
at liberty, galloped towards Charing-Cross, to the
very great tenor of Mrs. Batt and two Female
Friends who were in the vehic:e; but, providentially,
just as they came to the Golden-Cross, a roan of
the name of TllO3 rsum, standing on she pavement,
seeing the danger to which the Ladies were expsed,
most resolutely rushed forward, an I seized the
re;ris, by whim he was enabled to sty the horses,
azd la all p:obahility was the nacaas of preserving
the toms of the Lales.