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SAC ilnineVileitaisited of an mime up&
anus Free, at ale last assizes for Hushed.
•The parties were ail farmers, and the Prosecutor
went to take possession of some land occupied by
the Defendant, Wigly the elder, to which he con-
ceived himself entitled. Upon his coming into the
field. the old man resisted him, and struck him with
a stick, armed at one end with an iron spike. A
bustle ensued, and Wilily, beirl near 70 years of
age, was nearly worsted, till his two sons came to
his assistance. It also appeared, that old Wigly was
severely beaten in the affray, and obliged to call in
surgical assistance. Hts right to the disputed land
was afterwards confirmed in an aftion at law.
These Defead•uts wee als,) committed to the
Marshalsea, and ordered to be Drought up on Wed-
nesday next.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. t 2.
011,111IILIZ er. C'POLI.
This was an aftion brought by the Plaiatiff, an
Italian, to recover a c,impeneatiou., or 9u.s4sat uternd,
for work and labour in the service of the Dnfendant,
a musician. The trial excited much mirth in C
as it appeared the only servtce performed was cook-
ing a trw savoury dishes in the Italian style, to
please the palate of the Defendant, who appeared to
be as much attached to the Epictirean system as to
the G;d of Harmony. The Plaintiff had never
beers promised more ,than a few presents for his
cookery, and failing to make out his case, he was
nonsuited.
Several other trials occurred, of no geoid i

portance.


a
!if ID D LESE. di LECTION .
ritalisdotD, NOV.
DlY's FULL.
At the dose of the Poll, this d.ty, the numbers
Wet.--
Fur Mr. Melr.sh • . 2792
Mr. Sr. ; • • • . S./74
Sir F. lityriortt . • • 743
Mr. Byron ,n-de his accustomed bow.
Sir. F BURDETT spoke as billows Gentle-
men, althorp't I have paid every attention, to the
Gregatleman urns stands forward as a candidate npio
thee hustings, and although he has very much ex-
cited my curiosity how he CJ me to mak- sn won-
derful a discovery, as that he promulgated on a
preceding day, yet 1 cannot find that be has said
any thing in explanation of his principles. I flatter
shyself we shall be more fortunate to-day. Mr.
t.liSellish, in keeping this secret, reminds me of
Leeete, in Shakespeare's Two Cevtleiheiv of Poore,
who, spea::ing of 'xis hive, say-, titat a team of
horses shall not pluck the sec:et from him. Mr.
:Mellish hold von, yesterday, that all my speeches
were hist upon htm, and that they had nn efflt
open his mind. I will not return him so bad
komplin,ent, and I do assure him. that the speech
Which contained hi, grand discovery, was nee lost
Upon met and- to nee the Lingoes • of Mr. Byng,
(who 1 trust will not grudge me the use cf i when
he snakes nn st,e of it himself) I begat' to cast
&ctn, and to think within my ell, how it was pos.
ybit be should,have made so wonderful a ditcriV.l%,l
&shay, heard many great and learned men stare, I
that persons in search of an nhject wtsully tsaattoin-
able, have f&g,te.itir stumbled upon same .uselial
discovery, of itersit.to isaakirwi, Now. cesker-
log Mr. Mellish's research in this O.):Rt of view,
and consirlering how "linable a meal gild • tn 'he
Bank of E gland, I was led in ;::e e. nclus.on,
that Mr. Mrrish, when he ma le the discovery
alluded to, could b,, in pursuit of nothing else
clan the Philosopher's Store; and it must be mar.
ter of great impnrtance to you, Gentlemen',
that,he should find it ; fur, in the case, the Usk
would be ea:Ailed to resume their payments in cads
Notwitheandirg the slight opinion the Gentleman
ent-reams of me, 1 think there is no one more likely
to find the Pleiiisorber't Shove than Mr. Mellish.
(31r. M. estetvitettl !Aver ma a Wight eptasee itr
pm. dr' of rose pr a. Gentlemen, Mr. M.'s
research brings to my mind an historical is I have
iron : it is n cit d by i4en Johnson, who, speaking of
a fanxitts akhs mist of his tine, stet s, that after
two v years nf.gre.it labour and study is par snit of
tine Phaelepktr J .Sietre, t.e did at letigth, towards the
conclusioa of his life, ill his char dese, and when
guy hairs came 'iron hum. discover, not the Phi-
linepher's Stone, but that which was a more valuable
discovery for mankind, namely, • estrefar the ieb.
—Nut", though Johnson's alehymist will probably
beer away the palm elf wait", yet Mr. Mellish, in
&covering the wonderful power of instilling /mime
principles into st :tooted ones, will always obtain pro.
ceder:co in point of iagenuity and novelty ; at least
he will continue to delight the learned few, such as
his friend Mr. Bowles, and his peel:, if he is tr.t
parlent." Sir Francis proceeded in the same his-
moenus strain, playing upon what be called Mr.
Mellish's wonderful discovery, and concluded as fol.
Irwin .1-4 I despair of getting any thing like an
avowal of principles from Mr. Mellish. He is more
discreet even than Lord Bu rleigh in The Criiie. He
will not afford us even a sive* of the feed.—Had Mi-
nisters, Gentlemen, been half so dissect in keeping
advant.Tes when • they bad obtained them, Europe
would not at this day have been pieced in the con-
dition we see it."
Mr. Mac !In—" Gentlemen, I shall begin in my
old way, by returning you my war mast thsnks—
(ferdispeorte.) I will say but a few words mire.—
If the Ho c.urahle Baronet amuses you by his
speeches, it mew be grauifymg to me."
he hustings were then cleared, and the Caedi.
dates retired to their torn ages "
The opening of the new Year will be memorable
fer the deturmisation of an us.commonly rich and
attraflire Lottery Scheme. Tbeugh consisting of
bet '2.5,000 Tickets, it contains, among numerous
other Capitals, the two princely Prizes of 30.0001.
each. But what will be iefiaitely move satisfaitory
to many Adventurers, the hew Year will thus pre-
sand them with Fortunes, am, ly sdficient to enable
them to pass every remaining year of their lives in
opulence and independence.
Faro/aura N Id 'Lat.—The Public are respea-
filly acquainted, that they may have particulas
Non,beis in the New State Lottery, which barns
Drawing 13th January, 11107, by applying at as.y
Licensed Office. but they mu t be speedy in their
orders, es the Tickets are now delivering at the
Beak ; and the time betweee this and the Drawing
is so short, act a 113003eD1 should be lose.

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NORFOLK AUCTION. ( rip I tip bolt esti itiit Oa
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--in.— nigh, *lse, I apply dill dorm%
Thursday last, at ten- o'clock, the High.. Sheri lagreo to the county e( WAIN'
and his Assessor, &c. eat, red the Shire,ill'; op its Ilserabms by its Prallifilr /use*
' the arrival of the two successful Candidates, the above all, 1 repeat, by the chart er of is
Sheriff rose and said, i the stroorst bulwark of its freedom ;
Gentlemen—Having cast no the member of votes pursuits Mad sllsP"osisissi keep them tee polled for each Candidate, 1 find that they are as I and unacqoainted with, the corruption and s
follow : of courts, and oo whom ministerial polo
For Thomas Milian. C Ace, E.q. . 4 118 con,equettly, have less inguerice than meat
I R.ght Hon. W.... W.foiloosi .. 3731 ciAss of the community. hot I sherdi ma
Hon. John Wod.shoose . . 3•;35 pet, that those who deal to seek& arguments &
And therefore I declare, that Mr. C"ilce and Mr. are not eraelly sensible to the uen•!es to
Windham are duly eleard Knights of the Shire, to they lead them. Indeed, what of moor
serve io Prrtiomeat for the County of Norfolk. - would ask, is that to be classed ontereil;
This declaration wrs received by a very crowded these persons attempt to justify
their
Court, with reiterated acclamations. bring debarred, by arbitrary roosseroo, foot
Mr. C,lce'd Majority 7.53—Mr. Wiladhatn's 357. those whom they hbe to represeik the*?
Wr Wisp, ' then - ... influence of every deseripti-e mu* '

Juan . rose, and spoke to the fol-
lowing eff-Et :—Gentlemen Freeholders of the
County of Norfolk, I shall have little to trouble you
with, further thin an attempt to convey to you the
feelings which fill - mind on -

_. my . ___ the present most
oe
gratifying occasion. Joy for our common success,
and gratitude to you for exertions i.i my favour so
distinguishedly great, as to have been equalled only
by the circumstances of difficulty and disadvantage
under which I commenced the contest. Those cir-
cumstances must, Gentlemen, be in your perfet re-
colleetion, yet inasmuch as they form in considerable
a source of honour and of gratification to Wet 1
chnnot pass by without remark, that it w. not till
' • a verviate period that I did, or could come forward
to offer myself to you—that when that occasion did
arrive, my Honnurable Friend (Mr. Coke), and
whom I pave nowthe happiness of calling my elate
leagne, and myself, found the county in a great don
gree pre-engaged, and in numberless instances or.
our joint canvass we were. received with marks of
respell :tad attachment truly flattering, by those who,
at the same time, expressed their regret that they
had only their second votes to give. In such a state
of things, even lied the event been attended with
failure on my part, there wool,' have been much to
alleviate the disappointment ; and however the
question of prudence might be involved in toe con--
sideaetion of those various obstacles which opposed
themselves to the ettaintraint of my wishes, I should
not leave considered that the general sense of the
county had hem against me ; but, rn the coitrzry,
have felt that I hid secured the ohjea most dear to
my heart—that of enjoying the gaid opinion of the
Freeholaers of Noifolk. These circuit:loaners, as
they mold have afforded me those grounds of
ennsolttion which I have just eepre*teJ, now add I
greatly to the real happiness which a success so un-
exampled has affoided me—a success, the merits of
which I do not measure by the maj Thy upon the
poll, although that is In itrif of the most de-
cided kind, but by the zoal and di.interestedness of
the eeeedons which• have been Made in my favour,'
throuanotit the whole of the conceit. And /sere I
am led, by ,the cmneftion of the subject, to advert
to a topic which. as I should deeply regret that'
any slot or imputation of unworthy cantina could
in any watattach to myself or to my Hon. Friend,
from any of the late past occurrences, so I feel a
toll livelier anxiety to have set in its proper light, ,
eonfirlint as I am that that 'tone it requisite to rho
.1
ample }ratite to that most respeaable Gentlersama 1
`who flits the arduous and important office of Hie*
Slwriii. and whose crowded, if my individual testi.
mony were at all necessary to the vindication of hit
charaCter. I can, from my own knowledge, affirm
to have uniformly and eminently been marked by
the strident impartiality—l allude to the continow
once of the poll yesterday, after Col. Wodehousit
had, en the preceding evening, ismified his iron.
tion of decliniug a further contest.—Now the re- `
mark which comes foremost for me to make on thie,
su4jefit is, that if, in the course of an eledion con-.
test. any candidate should have reason to think
his prospeats of final success are unfavourable*
will be peered!), justified in declining all further '
ble on his part—but then this is a concern, enrj
and peculiarly his own, and can, in no point of view •
whatever, be held to lay his opponents under the.
smallest obligation to conform to a limier fine of
conduCt. It is for them, in their judgment, to dee '
termine whether they will or will nut prolong the
continuance of the poll. And certainly there might
be cases rendering it desirable that the poll should
be so continued. It might be necessary, for ex-
ample, to prevent disappotnttnent to friends coming
from • distance, and who might wish to add their
names to the poll, or it might be considered requi-
site in order to increase the numbers of a majmity
already obtained. this, however, of which I am
particularly speaking, is not inch a case. 11w con-
tinuance of the poll was not our aft, but, on the con-
trary, in opposition to nor express wishes. It was
the aft of the KO Sheriff himself, and of him alone.
That gentleman taking to lamself, as it well became
him, to judge of his nun ditties, had come to the
opinion. that he was not at liberty; consistently with
the law, and with a conscientious discharge of the
duties of his situation. to close the pull before the
time he did. It was no paltry ambition no our
parts to display our strength ; on the contrary, it
was the wish of try honourable colleague, and it
was equally my own wish, to close the pull at the
same time with Colonel Wodehnow. As to the in-
sinuations which have been thrown rut respefting
the validity of many of the votes which were pelted
yesterday, I have only to observe, that the books in
which they are enrolled will hereafter be made pub-
lic, and it will then be sera whether they are or are
ant good votes. I shall content myself with merely
having stated the simple fait, fully convinced that
it will carry, to the minds of chow who hear me, its
own satisfaCtory explanation.
Gentlemen—cher. is yet another topi-, which I
cannot suffer the p:eseit opportunity to slip away
without toucaing epos We have heard a great deal
lately about ministerial and theatterwl influence, and
the extraordinary effeets produced by their means in
the present contast. Now, fits( with re,petat iu me
nis:erial maturate. regarding it as exercised over
pees* is ho.ding subordinate nffices under Govern-
ment. such inflw-nce certainly does exist, and in a
greater or less devise, bag ever existed—to a certain
and a moderate extent, I do sot think it of a nature
more objeflionable than that which is used by bo:f
iords ever their tenants. Dot even admitting tha:
Moister, *swerve an undue manitetence iti popular
elettions. the real and independent representation of
counties, is, of all others, least liable to be affeeed oy

outweigh the kennel mast of thepnblit county
Gentlemen, seems to be the plain inference
patents like those I have just been aid
leave -you to consider of the jhoiee,
the flittering nature. of the eetnpli
be derived from them, to the great, the
the jut:pm:adieu comity of Noetellt.
I tome, Gendeluen, In the second pie
question of dictatorial - influence, as it is
and as it has been so lavishly applied to
of my honourable colleague. Now
upon you, Gentlemen, to point out the
who can say to the Freeholdete of WO
shall elan this or that iedivittnal to bey
tentative; for,
.in that seat only, is the
expression jouifiable; and at the
shew to whet extent such didatorial
been followed by success. That some '
of proceeding have been adopted in the c
the contest which has just been brought to
have sufficient proofs to induce one to
I certainly am but to well aware of in
which landlords, Larch! Af their parental
of being the peouidlose of their tense
made a nen-compliance with their *kW
wishes tlutfround for treating them with hat
and cruelty-. I also know, and here, too,
in allusion to positive and eedesiable tael
for the attainnawit of the olf smite studs, the
of snarittracy have bees Ab•Gelli—that peen
been threatened that they should not have
done them, Lut at the price of their Niel
if Cries Or Hear 1 jeer!) The trent, have
this description of influence ChM be very
if indeed it should produce any other .eirei
that of rendering odious the thareders of abs
have been base and marl:tripled' aeon*
ereice it. But bow far. I woad beg so LI
the charafter of my lionourabk-
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well-den-reed p.
Freeholders of this „ _....ve county sa,
menu which they entertain for my hoensinlble °oh.
league, that constitutes die highest 'bluff et ray
ambition. With these feelings, Gentlemeb,.s mat
mist union will every nornernt grow closer, issirkb+l
creasingiy peoduSive of mutual satisfaiiii* aid 1111.,
vantage ; our Mali you have any reason to ofelllp
oldie how..iirs you have conferred, sofas, •s
on an uprght, conscientious, and di
charge of the duties of the important trust yonilliie
riiiiki.zd in use. •
lt now. Gen,lemer, only remains for me tomb.
sure you, that it will be my Damning endeavour, by
a solicitous attention to ha real interests and mire%
evince that oFt:borate regard which I mast emit
feel for the County 0 Norfuik, and to express the
bier sense of gratitude I entertain for the oblige-
dons which I am under to that great and respereabler-
body of Freeholders who have even me their seal-•
ous support in the present arduous contort.
Mr. Coke then addressed the Mce,ing, and the'
observing, that the able speech of hist Honour. •.
aWe Friend; had left him but few triplit,:ttoek ocienT,:
Jinn to adv.rt to his conneition with Me!Windl t,
observing, that no man could rejoice ware im the
friradstup of airother, thanlhe did in shut of *LP&
Hog. Ci,lleaguo; a Irirndsl.tp early loreue4l,ll4lll4'
mad cherished by eentim.nts of rteiprocal conftions
ntd es! ccii, which the comparatively short interval
'mcsa-ioned by political diferencer of opinion, contd
mot *brae, and which he now was 'happy to b!1.
would never cease. With Terra to the resigns,
aims of Lis late vrortiriy collesigne (Sir Jacob Attley)
k was his anxious irsi.h t., gave it tun!, understood,
that he never would have detached bernvelf svom
, hint, so lung as it mig: t nave been co•lsist.nt grids
Isis reeling, r.) remain in the high sima,,,,i%
.o wbttll
the favour of the county had headed hem During the
long pitied, Mr. Coke addeJ, in which they wens
jhuth honnurnd with the reptelltatttioti, he had al
ways found the Haw. Baru t, t :mastered by aril-
Maws, both in liis public and peivate cardue, 7

trgeable with opplesaive coaled—with hatli
dated the sacred duties of a magistrate—
ring caused protni,es to be broken. whom pee.
trance had been solemnly plidged—or any WWI
acts of datestalds.eoe pesey tyranny f Goo.
men, the son of influence which my bonsieraltio
league is in the coabtant habit sir seeming. re,
yes itself into this—it is a species of aulOwd *id
it enviable in the world—it is an in user
n's afresiona, which be has the distinguished hoe
ir and satisfaction to pessess. ([ode enifousw.,
is an influcncewhith, as has been obastiodowe
abet occasion, is twice biessei—ft Wands
o exercises it, and those user whoeult id .
has the voice a tbe Fraeficildets of liturfeek.
:ause be is respested and beloved 14 than; *sad
Otis superior happiness weir*, in • die &Mai
We present contest. a game and spiewilid
:he grateful feelings of those wham as pas
I faithfully served. 'flay have met lit him Op
n of upright whirl, avo situated by giodves hii
Panic goe4—che avaiicsat patron a( isidaautie
pursuus, and the into, reloads supporter oidmir
Nvitotional rights; and they have now Pal
tarred the high howler of their decided and ask..
tied choice. in is maamerequally.oreditable to hist
to themselves It this, Gentlimeo, beguile-not
influence, he is indeed guilty of the mow Mane'
es.ereise of it I bee, as his fries d,' I most mow.
r should never think of defending hint from .tier
g.. Iris to share with him in those, iPuteof af.
l-desn-ved popularity ; to be thought of brtibb
'holders of this my native ctts:.ty with the sod-