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with grout unmixed goad. He wished to ask him,
if he thimeht it a gr. at good to dissolve Parlia-
ment, in order that he might obtain a few dirty
vOOO, while the natioo was to stiffer a loss of
millions of mosey? He, wished to ask him,
whether he thought it was a great good to set
man against marl. brother against brother, by
starting a question which reason did not ora
ginice, and whoh reason could not controul ?
—lt had been remarked, that religion was a
bell-rope, which in this coutatry none should ever
pull. He thonoOt that all the bell-ropes in de
church of St Stephen might be particularly well
applied, in that quarter. He had heard a story, to
which he soight refer upon this occasion ; the prin-
cipal elitlSseer in it was of the same professiod with
the Malik Lord. An Irish sailor happening to be
overtaken in a storm, in the midst of his fears,
knelt down and prayed, and said he would light
a candle as long as his body in honour of his tutelar
Saint. if he would get him out of the storm ;
but a brother sailor. said, Arra, by my soul,
there is no such candle on board. so you mast go on
shore to buv one." ro this the supplicating sailor
replied, " Hold your tongue, my friend, for if I get
ashore, the Neil burn me if I'll light a far,hing
rush• light to him." (Apo/antra and flaig,hi, e.) he
Noble Sailor, who was now a Candidate before them,
might be like this Irish sailor, for he (Mr. S.) was
aft ii 1, that although he pledged himself to light a
large and valuable candle now, they would find he
would give them nothing but a lead dipped one when
he got into the House of Commons. (Mare op-
pkiises.) There was a topic to which his father had
alluded, and he was not surprised at it. It was the
support which he had received from the ladies.
Neither his father not his forefathers could hold the
fair sex in greater estimation than their descendant
did, and be thought the result of the contest lay its
their hands, as might be preyed by a simple arith-
metical calculation. Every one of the ladies must
have an admire: besides himself. Now if a thousand
of those admirers would prevail upon their father,
brother, cousin, or any relative, over whom
their perseasion could opc rate, to come for ward, they
would load the poll so completely, that there must
be an apology made to mail others coming up, as
it should be the rule to give the preference to the
ladies' votes. He should only further repeat an
observation alluded to before, by his father, th it it
was despondence not want of means, which was
the cause of their being so far behind upon the poll.
He trusted, howev r, that if the contest was yet pur-
sued with vigour, the result would be one not only
creditable to the Eledors, but highly satidadury to
his father is well as to himself.
•Me Gt Naomi declared himself determined not to
yield to the mea .s which were practised by L 'id
Cochrane and his unfledged Attorney. to put him, an
independent Eledlor of Westminstio, down ; with
whatever feeling he attacked the con,'.utl and politics
of the Noble I. od, he wool.' still maintain, that the
cause which he supported was that of the people,
and the opposition which he gave, was to guard his
fellow-eit:sens from imposition. Ilmiton, and his
silence in two successive Parliam.nts, would con-
viace the country, 'bat the Noble Lord was c orupt
when tie could succeed by corruption ; but he was
the declaimer of independence when the city of
Westminster was to he eajaled.
Mr. Vows, was loudly tailed for by the people,
and when he addressed them, forcibly inculcated
the necessii y of ereigy and perseverance. The Noble
Lord. I e contended, had pistol chase is two different
dire ions, in both of which he failed. In endeavour-
ing to bring charges a34ast the gallant Earl of St.
Vincent, he had dealt to severe and acrimonious re-
Seaions. How were they disproved ? By the letter
of Commodore Ks ats, to which the Noble Lord
would not dare to reply. With professions whica, if
serious, there were no talents to circa, and charges
which were not oath unsupported, bet denied, the
Noble Lord laid his claims to the City of West-
minter. If the Electors approved him, there might
be no question of their right of choice, hut it would
be difficult to find nut either their independence or
gond sense (Loud op:douses.) The multitude then
dispersed, anxious to forward the cause of Free-
dom, ono of course the return of Burdett and
Sheridan.

MJDDLLStX LLCT lON.

Fut7H 1 If D IY.

The P.ill proceeded a little tricker than on the
preceding Jays, hut still heavily; at tour o'clock the
numbers .sere declared
'.V M.llOl. Esq. . 18.-
ti lesq. • 1:P:5
Sir C Berea, Sal . 815
Mr. Brno—" I thank you most sincerely, Gen-
tlemen Freeholders of the county of Middlesex. for
the situation in uhieh you have placed me on the poll.
an.l 1 have nn doubt that the longer the poll cond.
rite., the higher we shall be—for I still remain of the
opinion I have fni met ly expressed, that our interest
is to inseparohle, that by serving me, you forward
yn.ir own interest as much or more than you do
entne"—(dipplarits.)
Mat.t.sse briefly returned thanks to the n ea-
holders for the continuance of their support, and par-
tirolarly for their eiettions this day. lie would
only detain them for a few minutes, by observing
on an expression of ow W his opponents (Mr. Byng)
6. that is cause was that of the Freeholders at large."
flow much more reason had he to say so, from the
nnmber of them who had come forward to support
him? jalpp/inse.)
Sir t7Natsvoraica Bevels then came forward
on the bar, and declars d he was at a loss to
Ind words sulLient to express hie thanks for
the generous and gonerall support he had re-
ceived. Ile had before adverted to that point, and
now expressed his firm reliance on their disinterest-
ed support, which would daily increase the num-
bers .oi his poll, and diminish that of his opponent.
A coalition had beep more than hinted at 6 but
new something new was to take place, in the shape
of an understanoingpootatitotis soi‘r ;) this would,
of all other things. prove that he, as he had before
stated, hood before them single, free, and independ-
ent. It was put in placards on his opponent's
coaches, as • ytuution, " Who is Sir Christo-
pher Haves r-55.-i answers had already been
given to this question at the F.. 11 Honks, by so many
Independent Freeholders; hiss as that was not. as it
appetite 1, satistaanry N toot, ss h s opgoord him,
Implettaast as 'deb a task Inuit be w him, he w.