The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-07-03 00:00:00

PRESTON ELECTION.

The Fretless Chronicle of Srturday, after copying the account
ut the dispute between Barrie and Wood. front the Mon•Aceer i
Mercers of Tuesday, which appeared in the British Press of
Thstoday, adds—
The alms account has evidently been drawn up by some per.
sew intintistely acquainted with the circumstances on 31r. Wood's
ask.
The amain ef sureties in which Mr. Wood war bound to keep
the pews, was, we understand, 2,0901. for himself: and his two
friends, Dr. Crompton and Mr. Baxter, were joined in the same
hoed for 1.0001. each.
it seems that the steps taken by Captain Geloptitt to vindicate
Cassie Barrie had been towitled ups. do atatendent of rotor per.
rise The had heard the obnoxious pert of Mr. id'otid's harangue.
thr Monday morning the Prelims Chronkk was put into the hands
ef Oaptain Illanie„ where the offensive prowsges were reported as
fa :—." I believe Captain Barrie to he a very honest and a
veep enttlemealy man, but he is the mast mistaken man alive if he
thinks be is wrong doe anctry when he attempt, to become an ad.
Isnot of (be Illarterld party. There are some strange reasons
and as pm wag /go should support the Captain ; and when
rase new SI plendlid blackberries, is the newspapers say, ode
es as good en a.tf The editor of a paper in this. town tells
INS that Mr. Sander's ninon are handsome--that any colours are
lassedesese—!art dist they eon stand no comparkon with the inte-
=rmitted edam diseheyed by the I rue Blues. The na.
adorn! Da dray mat Weis to me, to Mr. Stanley, to you,
to all who tonal pal t of the. i= and contribute to the support
of the Haley ass for an WI , be his rank what it may, to
ammo dine at • to himself, is a One of the
moat proenesponee pride. The Captain Boric has fought the
~mks of lin, comettey Lindy well I can believe; but,
hao•flog what ade an, I lament to see him appropriating
is biased/ the Hsi . Let hist bear thew against tht foe if he
oil
mite bat if ha ben wevaldnil bin Ms, that the national flag
was ewer mem mIM than It is by being borne in a procession
el mos who are beer& up to vote epee their conscie sees, by
the poise of brikasy. 14, man will show greater respect to Captain
Bann nen II will at Psi brad rif Ida jolly tan, and in his paper
palest bet rains l eseeme WNW b gross bribery, when- I -see i
imam onnesiled bstethe nut le tyranny, to vote An hint
who aide/ il emblem, thew I say that flag is d is-
A st lestlndy en lbequerter.dent —let it wave proudly
to lot sighs er theist ; bet sewer dot ha shadow fall over life slaves
sit IMMO
Windsor °apt. fleeile bow ef the proceedings of Cap.: tolquitt,
ii=et Ober eappeeed railtainas upon his Meow or -sot--or
In was intoned of whit had taken plow in
of settee bill moaned between Xs. %food dal Captain
0.4111111110 Ms_ pee bre toad dila report hi the Chro.
wislbbe applied, •• hen Beireeks, fat an capfaanion

from Mr. Weed. It conference immediately took place in the Hall
behind the hustings, when Mr. Wood distinctly disclaimed having
said any thing perionally injitrious to Captain Barrie. and tendered
the following paper, with witich the Captain expressed himself per-
fectly satisfied ;
" I ant not accountable for newspaper reports ; but I have no
hesitation in saying, that the report of my speech is inaccurate In
many important p Ohs, and that I did not utter the words as
quint.: from the Chronicle. And I have further no hesitation in
Raying, that I never said or meant to imply that Captain Barrie had
in any way whatever disgraced the national flag ; or that he (('apt.
Barrie) had brought up his men to vote against their consciences by
the price of bribery.
" June 211. " Joust Woof)."
A. we are in some degree implicated in this transaction, we feel
called upon to say a few words upon the subject. Our report of the
speech was taken from the notes of a gentleman, whose general ac-
curacy in this department we certainly estimate very highly ; but
everybody must be aware, that little omissions will sometimes
arise in eating down what is said, that will deprive the sentiments
uttered by a speaker of that clearness of meaning which belonged
to them when originally spoken ; we must also remark, that the
speaker is not himself at all times the best reporter of what he may
have said. In this case, we are inclined to believe, that if Mr.
Wood had possessed time and opportunity to reflect upon his
disavowal of the accuracy of the account we gave of the %pectic in
question, he would have diaconal up in a different form to that in
which it appears. We happened to be present at the time the
hurangue was made, and it certainly strikes us, that the words, or
sentiments to the same eflrct, as reported above, were used on the
occasion. We have a strong impression, however, that they were fol-
lowed up by a declsra'ion on the part of Mr. Wood to this effect,
" that he acquitted Captain Barrie of being personally concerned in
the bribery and tyranny lie had spoken of, for he (Capt. Barrie)
being confined from morning to night upon the hustings, could
not know of what was doing in the town by those who called
themselves his friends." This exposition of the matter is perfectly
consistent with the beginning part of the extract, where Mr.
Wood speaks of Captain Barrie as " a very honest, and a very
gentlemanly man," a character which he would scarcely give so
him, if he meant to insult him by saying, that he had personally
disgraced the national flag. In our report, even without the quali-
fying semi nee, which was unfortunately omitted, there is no direct
charge upon the Captain's honour; and when taken with that quali-
fication. 31r. 11'o.s1 must, we think, stand clear in the eyes of all
impartial Ult:11 of offering a personal alfront to the gallant Captain.