The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-02 00:00:00

FOURTEENTH DAT.

At the ciose of the pull Coi* day at foca o'clock
the number* worr—
Polled Ilils dem Gross Po::
Hon. G. Lomb
J. C. Ilubboose, Ee1.... 396 3,472

Majority fur Mr. Lamb 517

At o quarter before four o•clerk the respective
Candidates came upon the hustings, accompanied
by the friends who usually attend them. They
were received with coni-itteratile applause. Mr.
Lamb of course came in' fur hi. 'hare of the disap-
probation of the friends of hi. opponent.
When the poll-board wan placed in the usual

position— .
Mr. tiouttouscotnime forwerd, and was received
Kith u mixture of zipplatise and disapprobation.
Ile snid that Ins friends hail gained about 99 or 100
on this day's poll, and he h.d Ito doubt that but
fur the state of the weather, they wonid have been
much more successful. There was time enour;ll
remaining, and he had tin doubt a sufficient num-
ber of Electors unpolleA to vindicate the inde-
pendence of IVelquionrter. He WAS sorry he had
to state a circumstance which world naturally ex-
cite the indignation of every honest man—it was
that their antogonists had condescended to have
recourse to vile means to iutitiidate the Electors.
The (sxentlensan who *Loud Dear him, who was Mr.
Nlanby. of Wimp°le-street, had been followed
from the hustings by several individuals, who
threatened him with personal violence; one of them
held a hattle-axe over his head, and vociferated
" Lamb for ever P"ritere were now two men
seriously hurt rind bleeding, in his Committee-
room, from violence they had lately endured from
some of the persons to whom he alluded. These
acts have been committed by the connexions of
persons who the other day talked with indignation
of their party being charied with any of the mur-
derous acts that formerly disgraced the Elections
of Westminster, and which, it would seem, are
to be renewed on the present occasion. He had
no doubt, from the acts had
.been committed
and the symptoms he now saw, that murder would
be committed by the opposite party before this day
was at on end. He lihUtllli expose the practices
which were now revived before a Court of Law, and
would take core that justice shoold be done the
sufferers—lf:relit applasise.)—He should chew
who the ruffians were who committed these acts,
from whom they came, and where they were hired.
The (limb; of Mr. Lamb had this day the ef-
frontery to say. that they had secured free access
for their friends to the poll. %Vhen, he would
ask, had they not free access ?—he knew of no-
body being prevented until to-day, when his
(Hr. Hobhonsr) friends were prevented by the
Tothill-fields hired pugilists. He did not know
whether Mr. Lamb wits acquainted with the
fact of these rnffialis being hired, hut there were
those about him who could nut deity they had ar..
in) ea them. It was very siognlar that the adhe-
roots of their antagonists shoidrl have committed
the acts with which they charged their opponents.
He knew by name the ruffians 111 A were employed.
lie now saw them, and would designate them to the
public were it not from an apprehrosiou of an acci-
dent. even to the wretches themseltes. These were
Ilse persons to complain that his friends had excited
popular indignation against diem. If now the indig-
°sown of the public was raised agoirst them, it was
their own fault; for they had, by their acts, allegro
they deserved tt. It would be in vain for him, in the
midst of' this tumult. to enter into • refutatiosisof
the charges that were made ugaitivt him in The
ensnaring Chronicle-- churge* that. f begnt-
ui end, were most istwidiwww!v, stindr, nod en-
I rrly false. From she insidious ;twitter in Which
tiny were put, it was iiiipormible to contradict them
but by asserting that they were utterly mid noto
nobly false. He had been dim gril with inistatiog
the conduct of the Whigs. The Chrunide of tins
day stated—
" Mr. Hobirnese complains, that denim the three menthe
he canvassed Westminster ainsimt the t'onst Candidate, the
Whigs • did not stir • siiiele Owe in his behalf Is this
*imminent gait, correct' Mist t not • single finger stirred
111 his emise? NM a solitary Whig promised hint support
Let him recollect Inineelt. Hiss it nut happened to him
mime his speech and manifesto at the CIOWU awl Amity;
Tavt:en, to have had explanations with silk more Ws one
WU., who had rashly priontreft him Pommel, before they
knew his we sentiments ad their party? Have no expostu-
lations passed? no verbal rounnismirationsl no written sni.
madversiuns en his conduct? It is true, W. Illabilitolo had
not the *coeval or active sappier of the Whigs &riot Ms

a private nature, when in aivitter to npiihra-
tinns, he begged of thein not to net temiti the in-
formation they r-cetved. WAR the f'r". t r eLi•
it not (Mr. Land:ton here hoilde.l await to 'Ai,.
!lobhouse's statement.) Mr. Litiiloon, tt i•li tH.
candour which he (Mr. wo,rl t A:m.l%
.expect front him, admit% the correettie.% f jr,l
Plated. To Insinuate, therefore, ttwt %un-
mitted to certain indignities, ve.,+ so zrrss %I.•i
fatirication. Another part or i'le•hitenient
The Chronicle nue, " Bent thongh the WI

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no active part its Isio behalf, he is loot tt.se
fact, that they exerted themselves stscro-o .11!% !.rs—
vont shy now Candidate from startiog

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The new Candidate, of whom he heard
Was Mr. Framer, Whitbread. Dolt was it tco
to say, that beceute some few Gentlemen ii,tertered
to prevent a Whig Caudidate being sticriell ,1
particular period, the party were to said to;
have given! him their caption ?—[At this hid ilia
noise, which repeatedly inter/opted Mr. I !,d,!togri•et
its the course of his speech, b. came so that
between it and the noise of the applause • f Ins
friends, it was impossible for him to proreee.]-1-le
teid he would content himself with merely statiiig,
as he found there was a determination to
fair hearing this day, that he stilt relied sn his suc-
cess in the present contest. He solctiiiily re( mu-
mended to them to refrain from Noy bleaches a
the peace, to leave such acts to their opponents.
Above all things, he begged of thesis to be triimistil,
end assured them that they should she jOstice tome
upon the offenders who now assailed them. I!-,
knew full well they would not valid
and see the liberties of the Electors of the cienp;..
of Westglinster trampled under foot by a set of
hired rufßans.—(Applanse.)
Mr. LAIIII3 came forward, hot uproar ass
;rest it was impossible for him to he heard,
by those immediately near him. and eve,' to Oa ;a
in an indistinct manner. He said that his •nctore
was sure, and would appear greater ou rut It .:f the
remaining days of the poll. His rippi.iietit 11111
spoken a good deal about hired ruffians. In answer
he would say, that he knew not of, nr had :iiitho-
!' eised the acts of any such persons, hr Itoew
that the good sense and good humoni• the Elev.
tors of Westminster would repel ssit
the attempts of such characters. His Coma:wee,
in publishing that his friends would here fire hc-
cess, were only anxious that the proceedings 0,4,04
go on fairly awl openly. With Tepid 10 luring -
persons to cry down his opponent, till he Olotifol say
was, that this public principles of tit .t (.nape tout
had so little of English feeling idiom ths In, that
they were every day becoming less popilliir, nod
he had no doubt that if the contett c.ai Id I
kept open fur another fortnight, the tliihi,or
with which he (Mr. Lamb) was assailed he a
part of the crowd, would be con verrerl Into
shouts of applause—shouts that would eirminue
until Mr. Hobhuinse agent changed his tone
became au Englishman; and he had no th.lllP, !' :it
lie who charged him with hrtnga Whig. wouhl
come onej himself if it could answer ::is twirroe..
—lna noise continued w una ~!ry./ith I
Mr. GALE JONES then come haf‘t:::.l, lint the
noise was so great that we cold(' only obserse,
his gesticulation, he was atldre,.itiK the (lewd,
He desisted alter seeming to utter coy or two s•_l.-
tences.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT came forwar..s. mid wee
received with great appleus.e. He sod that he
should have adhered to his resoltition of not ai
dresaing the Electors. when he fctintl they wi
not hear the Whig Candidate, were it mit that itiat
Gelitletnan lost nothing by the oinpo-owo e:: t. air
marked itimi probation to hear him, :.al i he
110101-, by Ile( to the 4140 y press, oh
the opt mote which they hail deterwit:,e4 out :is
hear. Were these opinions audible here, they
would be at the instant confuted, but being ma
through a1.0111.-1' channel, it became equally ii cu 111.
101111 t Ul.Oll 11110 to cotifute diem before the 111144,e:-
delis Eli ctors of Westrnioster.--I.4pp/au3e.)-..
From the conduct pursued by Mr. Least., it
evident that he had cautiously throughout this (Nei-
teat eliste•ried front cuitimlttiog himself by ante 1..
telligitile siuterhetit of his principles. fie beet I.lllld
that he was the friend of Sir Samuel R Ily, Met
he wise the friend or his principles. that he w.. 0 thg
friend of theme of the late Mr. Fox. flint he ws•
the friend of the Whigs, that he was toe
of almost every thing ; but the most curious .1..
elevation of all was, that he was the ft trod
pout Loam lied ha svid, tucked, that ••...,