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HOUSE, STRAND.
NEW EIDOURANION.

but mow they coalesced with the Court against the
people. lie knew lull well that it will Hilt against
himself the (*haulms was directed—he was ton
setosible of his own itistootificatice. But he wot:It1
tell theist against what and *loom It was 'vireo—
it was directed, against the paramount question
of Iteform in Farr) itnent—against the high po-
pular character of Sir Francis Burdett. If they
dared speak the truth, this was the reel cause
of their hostiloty. They 'reined to countenance
the attacks which were made from the corner
of the hustings, oil rl.ays when a !serum appeared
there who was nut now to be seen. Then it was
that, in the mitticipation of his success, the Whig
Camlirlate, in mock condolence, had said that be
was really sorry to see the lion. Baronet seetn
to
lose so much of his popularity. Ile (Mr. Hob-
boos.) would sty nothing of the extreniit modesty
and delicacy of an young a man winding the Iwo-
ple with a want or gratitude, and attrouptiog to be
the triornithant instrument of pulling down the
firmest flute of C2l, years tottriotisist.—(tipplause.)—
Ile and his ft lends would one day rue the attempt
they were now makiiig to depreciate in public esti-
mations the matt who was not only by the voice of
Westminster. hot by the voice of the whole
people of England—the acknowledged Atfiro-
cote of ppular Sentiment. The Whig party had
no right to come here on popular pretexts to cast
delusions 1111101S1: them. lle thought the other clay,
when he stw a placard with the words " I.npnb and
Liberty," how impossihle it was to pith together
two more iitcolignions wursls. lie knew not what
their notion of liberty was who would act in this
manner, but in eery qtearter to which he went, he
heard eiothing loot perpetual complaint% of the infs.
Ellints Manner in which the Electors were com-
pelled to come up to the poll, and vote against
the dictates of their consciences. lie knew not
what they called liberty, but lie knew that the
independent Electors of Westminster would
never apply that name to an attempt, on the
pact of the great families of Westminster, to lord
it over the people, by depriving them, on so iin-
portant on occrsioa as this Election, of the rght
of nominating their own Representative. There was
one importatit question which ought to be decided
before they came to the poll—he meant the question
respecting the exclusion of those voters who had not
paid tip their Rates. The decision of the
nigh Bailiff, in this respect, unwonted to a dis-
franchisement of the particular Electors. This
decision was had urns his own preceoleitto, and the
authority of two decisions of Committees of the
flause of Commons; but it ought to he rrcollect-
ed, that io the Shaftesbury case. in 1812, a dtf-
ferent demi 4444 had been had. It was surdy very
absurd, that when the King's Officers were armed
with the power, and hail the opportunity of dm-
training for arrears of Pour's Rates, they should
also be invested with a power which hail the effect
of disfranchising the Electors. Disfranchisement
was not a legal punishment fur the non-payment of
at debt due either to the Crown, or to an individual.
It was not to he tolerated, that such a result should
follow an arrear of Poor's Rates. The pressure of
the tunes had, in fact, considerably diminished the
means of the people to pay taxes, so that the cor-
ruption which had canted these taxes, and created
the deplorable tlefalcat. availed itself of its own
act, to disfratichtse the Electors who were unable
to hear sop against the difficulties it imposed. Ile
meant to impute no blame to the tax-gatherers;
they wear, of course, obliged to °key their supe-
rior officer. Ile had only, in conclusion, to beg
they would beta the opposing Candidate. It might
be deemed prealunidttuus and arrogant for him to
make this appeal, fur he recollected such epithets
were applied to a similar attempt made by a friend
of his in the late contest. He, however, felt it his
duty to make tills appeal to the good sense of the
Electors, and to entreat that they wool.' give a fair
hearing to their opponents.--(Applause.)
Mr. Laws said, he wished they would at least
suffer the cry of " Lamb and Liberty," of which his
opponent complaiutil, to prevail tot the qualified
form of 1.4n010 and Libeity of Speech. Though
the last hour bad been stormy, the monolog bad
been as tine mi his opponent wished yesterday, when
he told them that all he wanted to enable him to
head the whole poll was a fine day. Yesterday he
represented himself as short in Ins expected !Min-
im's, because the morning was hail—to-day, be-
cause the evening is so. Su that it is impossible for
the berretta themselves to please him. Toe poll
had to•day heen sit his own favour, but the bat-
tle was slot woo. His opponent would yet bring
up numhera, which must be met by exertion on
the part of lilt own friends. It was some (Jaya
since be had been able to address them, an that
he had been prevented from proceeding in the
study of oratory with their attention and his
opponent's tuition, as lie hail promoted early in
the contest. Ifowever, though his opponent had
fur some days had it all to himself, and had been
able to advance what assertions and arguments he
had chosen uncontradicted and unrefisted, still he had
nut been thought entirely c petent to the office of
his own trumpeter. Some old Muniments have toren
dragged forth in complete the conceit of his praises;
one, no putirsolior, had pl.iyed its old tune* over nod
over with unusual selwinetic• ; but, thotigh its
touts were formerly highly approved brie, the
metal has ilow been thought itosoutod, and moony
of the notes Gler.—/A snowball vf ennsideraide
dimensions here sainted the speaker.)—lie had been
accused by his op, ttttt eta of wont of modesty in his
mention of the Ilimitiorattle Barimei. This, in-
deed, comer well from them who had employed
themselves before thus Assembly, when they
knew nobody could be heard its answer, in revil-
ing all that has for years been mknowklged
to be patriotic and praiseworthy among the laving
and the dead ; our could lie fail to admire the mots
Jetty of hoe opt 00000 solo, who would represent the
popularity and pnhucrl eminence of the Baronet,
whom he so highly paw prised, its wholly depending
on his own success on the present contest.—(Here
noose noise and anose6isils.)...lle perceived how cow.

TIIRATRC tar ',AL, DRIURY-LANR.
IriN EV I'NIN Tlu RSDA V. Feb. 25,
lib.. MAjo.t.ty'T. S_nand I.... Tram the Tragedy of

UPI L.-A merrieti and beiletireil Clergyman,
Y who receive.a a few Pupils into hi. Family, has now a
VACANCY. Terms MO Guineas re Annum. Distance
from London twelve miles.
Letters addressed to Rev, A. B. Mr. CAeriborn's, Rook-
seller,24, Cue kspur-streei, London, w II he furveaided.

plete a mockery were the requests that he might Iro
heard ; hut perhaps it woo !niter to be thus over-
whelmed with motor, ihnn to noreot an audience of
the people of We-t. ter as :8 Soon from oily oboe.
tA. lie could not on4ke I self heard. he inner I*l
them good night, and wish fur a liner es, g to-

I.IACIIETII.
Diiiiran, King a SecaWit, Mr. Powell Malcolm, Mr.
Hamblin; Macbeth, Mr. Kean; nantpio, 31c. Bengnligh
Macduff, Mr. H. Kcmble. Lady Macbeth, Mrs. W. West.
After 'which, a Strip-Comic Bombastic Pieta,. called
ANIOROSO. KING op LITI'I.E BRITAIN.
Amoroso fKing of Little Britain). Mr. Harley ;illtoastatido
this Cook), Mr. Knight. Cognetinda (Wren of Little Bei-
lain), 31ra. Bland; Mollidusts (Maid ui the Bedchamber),
Mrs. Orger.
To which will hr atlile.l, the Farce of
THE SI.F.EPING-DRALIGIIT.
Acmes, Ss_ ; Second Price, N.-1'11,35; &wood Price, lc.
Lower y, 2a.; Second Price, Is.—Cpper y, Is.;
s,• Ire it 1.. (Me
Box,. and Places In be taken of Mr Rmiwell, at the Ito-
tosi:a .4 the Theatre. from Ten till Four where may he
hail a Private Boa nightly.
ton Setnrilay, the new Melo-Dramatic Play of The Ile.
mule; o►, A Daughter's Cnierne. After which, Bimini' :
Me•lville, Mr. Woolf this newt appearance IP that chronicler).
.% new Gnild Dramatic Romance, to be called The Castle
of Wonders, and a new Tea:l-Comedy (in n hick Mr. Kenn
will perform a principal character), called The Dwarf of
Ntit.lss, • ill shortly lw pradiseed.

IVR. 1). F. WALKER
IL hi, FIRST LECTURE on the above enlarged awl
improved Machine, 27 feet diameter, for TO-MORROW,
FRIDAY February 26, when he proposes to render the
Science of Ail my intelligible and interesting by its as-
sistance. mud in exhibit an ORRERY better worthy of
the subject and public patronage.
Boxes, 3/.—Gallery, 2s—Upper Gallery,
Doors open at Si; begin at Seven.—Places taken this day
and 10.10111'111W.
N R —Mr. Walker's usual Coarse continues in Cattalo*.
street, every Mouldy said Thursday, at Seven.

morrow.

GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY'S OFFICE,
Bridge-street, Elackfreira,
1111 h February, 1819.
punuuut
THE COURT of DIRECTORS,
to floe 9th fly-Lass, hereby give Notiee,
That the 11A1.1.0.1. for she ELECTION of AUDITORS,
whirls will take place •t the Crown and Anchor Tavern in
the Strand, in the County of Middlesex, nu MON DAY,
the Ist day of March neat, will csorinseuee at One °thick,
and sermon open until Five o'Cluck in the Afternuon of
that day.
By Order of the Coati of Director',
J. PE.ODER, Sieretary,

Sir F. Buttcti^r came forward, and was received
with great applause. He said that after the elf,-
quent +speech or Mr. Hobloom, and in the present
state of the weather, he would detain them but
fir-
s few moments. Ile could nut this Jay congratu-
late them on the state of the poll; lie could sort
congratulate threw on the success of that cause
which they were endeavouring to support ; Isttt Jive
could congratulate Mr. Lamb at riot being
on the saint hoard with the unseemly cumpanY
with which he appeared to be associated on former
days. He did onicerely ontigratulate 31r. Land) at
the absence of a panicle& of so disreputable a
character. Fie now returned him that heartfelt
condolence which he offered to lion on a former
occasion, for the loss of that popular iiillirence
which he did him the honour of uttribulieg to him.
If he really hid lost the good opinion of his CllllO.
trymen, he felt it very unfortunate fur butirelf.
He thought it possible that by delusions and arti-
fice, end misrepresentation, the good opinion of
the people may be taken from any swan. 1;111,
Crod forbid he should alter that course of courluct,
which he believed to be honourable and correct,
lest he should lose for the mimeo a little of his
popularity. Nutwitlistandiog the delusion of the
moment, truth must in the end triumph, at d
the greater would be that popularity, which war
ultimately found to be deservedly and honestly
earned. Truth should never be in awe of pilot-
lardy. Fie stood here daily to ascertain the lac',
whether lie had in reality lust airy part of the good
opinion of his countrymen. file oleo stoisi here to
spew that he was not afraid to meet an ~pro twiny
—to thew that he was ready and willing, ii. the fate
of the public, to answer any charge or any ivies.
bon which could be uttered iii Iris piesence. Ile
was always really to exploit' his publ c conduct In
ally way in *hid' any Elector Could wish or ilasiie ;
lie was 'away' ready to explain the public prifict-
ples which actuates! the public corislitet he thought
fit to pursue. A Mr. Bowie hail yesterday brought
ch:trges against him, which though out heard by
the Electois were published in two of the 11
Papers.—(Cries of " 111 r. Bowie it a Turn-soul."/
—lie did not know any thing of Mr. Bowie, trot
the chari_tes were not made by a turn-coat—Or y
were made by Major Cartwright. Three (locations
hail been ion to Rini. The first was, oily li- sup-
posed the Major did not wish to he put ill noirivia-
tion ? The second was, a hy he -unposed the
Major's election could not be canted in West-
minster ? A iid the third, what 'mations she
Major countenanced, which from his own kiwis
he knew to have been falsehoods, 011 Mr. Cubbett
As to the first question, all lie had to say was, that
though the Major had been in nomination in three
places, Thetford, Nottingham, and Boston, lie
had no reason to kriuw it was his wish to be in imoo-
noted—and even the fact of nomination did not
imply a desire to be a Candidate. That honest tool
able mon, amid true friend of his country. Mr.
Horne Tooke, had stood as a Candidate our these
hustings, nut with any notion of succeas, or ati.r•
desire to obtain it, but merely because he isislitil
to expose the juggles of faction, and assist
that great principle of Reform, to the mainteirance
of which the whole of his long life had beau de-
voted. He had never heard, nor had he bad any rea-
son to know that the Major ever wished for a seat i
Parliament. As to the second question, respect-
ing the probability of the Major's soccer'', if lee
were a Candidate, he had been asked his optiiinit
by the Electors, and lie had spoken it honestly—
that lie thought the Major stood 110 chance of son-
cess. This being his opinion, lee thought with this
Electors, that the more advisable course sus to
..o-
urinate any wan who hail a greater prospect of stir.
cess than the Major could possibly expect to cLari-
mand. So much for the second charge. A. to
the third, namely, his observation that the Major
"'multi have beta above countenancing insinuation,"
which he knew were groundless—
" He replies, that be has not done it, sod that he is
above either baseness or duplicity. He iberrtire rbeilencis
hint to sustain his imputation by proof. The Nlsjoes 'Auld*
and arguments are before him."
Without going into particular circurnstariceu us-
necessarily, all lie (Sir Francis) would say, was,
that Mr. Cobbett, in las writings, had charged Ism
with bring concerned in inaiimuvres of eveiy kind
with the party the writer called the Rump—wit.'
paying Mr. Cleary, as the agent of the Rump, for
his services in promoting his object—with tun g a
man fur gettiog up a forgery, or a pretended forge.l
letter. Now Major Cartwright knew that at lite
time Mr. Cobbett spoke of, Mr. Cleary was his
(the Major's) private secretary ; and that lee (Sir
Francis) had no connexion with the inflisidrial.
When the Major fanifil 110 much of Alr. Cobbeit's
accusations to have been false, lie might, wile., lie
noticed such circumstances in prim, have sail se,
and lint taken that course, which, he
to an insiiiitatrim that souse of Virtu %%ere .e
-I
in truth. Warn lie, therefore, was Wllstooll
tacked, he had a right to use such weapons mil
fence as appeared to himself most proper, and the
Major had no right to complain of the expresaiim
of his regret that the calumniator had the lientlit
of any thing likeshis countenance. 'rite Major
according to the statement in the Newspapers, had
said that lie (Sir Francis) had—
o Very incorrectly stated what the Major raid shout li.lll
Duke et Hid it, whose conduct hr did indeed hod ire
as a salutary beacon, fur warniuß .he Baronet against rel.t-
Jae Ole the ruck upon winch the Duke's ieuttlation suriCrr.l
shipwreck."
When tier Major says he only held rip the Duke of
Richmondeloaasoaytp ltel ealsiweas st"Solifiri salutary
beacon, acid
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TII -ITRF:-ROYAL. COY ENT-OA RDR.v.
EVENING, THURSDAY. Erb. 23,
ill be acted (Bth time the pew Tragedy of
EVADE:
OR, THE STATUE.
With new Scenery. Dresses, Ste.
The principal Characters by Mr. Abbott, Mr. Maeready,
Mr. Yonne, Mr. C. Kenible, Mr. CuilliCir, Miss O'Neill,
and Mrs. raven.
'Elie Prologue to be spoken by Mr. Egli ton, and the Epi-
logue by Mill. Faucit.
To .bid. will be added, a new Comic Opera, rails
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE.
Cnout Mmariva, Mr. Jones; Doctor Bartel°, Mr. Faw.
frit; Daml, Mr. J. luxes; Figaro, Mr. Liston; Fiorello,
Mr. Pilo.; Argos, Mr. Simmons, Tallboy, Mr. Kiug. Ro-
sins, Mrs. Dicky's; Mareellina, Mrs. Sterling.
The Doors will tic opened al Six o'Clrsek, and the Per.
Cimaitee begin M Seven.
Buses, 7s Second Price, 3s. fld —Pit, 3s. Sit Second
Tor P, 2s —Lower Gallery, 2s. S.cond Price, Is —Upper
dirry, la. Second Price.
risers fur the Buses to be taken of Mr. Brandon, at the
Box.i‘ffice, Hart-street, from Ten till Four.
A Private Box may be had fur the Sea►on, or ni;litly, of
Mr. Brandon, at the tsox•nffice.
On Saturday, the Cootie Opera of Love in a Village; after
*loch. HJW to Get a Place, and Garriek'a Farce of Bun Tun.
Miss Surnerailk will shortly appear in a new chars( tt r.

ORATORIOS.
THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.

THE Nobility, Gentry, noel Public ingenernl,
are respectfully informed live Performances will cow.
mence at this Theatre TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, Fe-
bruary 46, snider the direction of Mr. Ashley, with
A GRAND SELECTION.
rrum the compositions of the most favourite Authors,
ancient and modern.
In which Madame Genre' [Woe)t will sing, for the first
time, " Verdi prati"—" Grating oziieris tibi"—and Itos.iiii's
C.ivatina ‘• Dc wirer mis balsa ii ow." Signora Cum," IltdY,
huh Lord," and " Della trumlra ;" Miss Witham, " With
erdore clad;" Min Stanford, " 0 magnify the Luril ," Miss
George. " I sigh and lament ;" and Miss " Hush,
ye per ity"—" All rumple," accompanied un the Violin by
Mr. Wsrc; the Grand Scene, "Sing ye to the Lord," and
'• •1 he S.dilicr lied" (Troml.a obligate, Mr Sclimilit.l Mr.
Keno aril. "Sonnet au alarm," and "Tie' Meissner
wells;" Mr. Thorne, " Mirth admit me;" Mr. Yardley,
" Hark the trumpet." The Motet, "Methinks I bear" (Dr
Crotels)—Russian Hymn, Hark the vespers"—Diiiiit• Iter
and Choi us, "He who was" (Paq••••.-40•31111;...-Iferle,
" Ave em-11111 corpus" !Mozart), will be introduced for the
hist time; and the Grand Chorusses, "The Heavens are
Hailstones"—" Fur WOO us"—" Hallelujah,"
in conclude with the Coronation Anthem, " God save the
Kind"
The Performances will commence with the Overture to
the Occasional; and the third Act with Handers (*vomits
Air, " The Harmumoua blacksmith" Arranged fur an Or-
chestra by Mr. Dry)
End of P 61,1 I. a Concerto on the Olean, by Mr. S. Wrelet,
in which be will introduce an admired Fugue, by Sebastian
Bach.
Leader of the Band, Mr. Ware—Organ, Mr. S. Wesley
The Free List of this 'Fbeatre dues nut extend to the
Oratorios.

'MUSICAL PORTABLE INSTRUMENT EXTRAOR•
DINARY.
TH F. Nobility, awl Polite 31tisical AVorld in
general, are respectfully informed of a nen ly.invented
portable Instiument, called the BRITISH LUTE HAltl',
e mutt titled on a new principle, whit!). by means of a .ull-
- mechanism, is rendered capable of producing with fact-
lily all the properties of the Pedal Harp. although little
larger than II Spanish Guitar; besides all which. the set of
pla)ing on it is very soon acquired. Are to Ire had only of
E. LIGHT (Inventor and Patentee), Ni.. P, Fuley.place,
Caventlislvsquare, where Ladies are also plettly in.
muscled us the above Instrument, or may be attended at
home.
N.B. The discerning Public will no doubt be agreeably
surprised to know that in lemming the British Lute Harp,
they are scinalty gaining a general knowledge of, and also
the method rf playing on the Pedal Harp, which proves it
doubly tnieresting by the attainment of two of the most
fashionable Instruments, by only the small expense of learn.
tog the beet.
•.* The British Lute Harp being played ou like the
Pedal Harp, Ladies will therefore find nu difficulty in pro-
curing Teachers on it in the country.

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By MR. EVANS,
At t.oi House, No. 2b, Pall-mall, THIS DAY, THURS-
DAY, To-inorton, and Saturday,
'III I E Thielv
v„,,„„, td' the Curious iissil Ext•,n..
sive I.IBRAHY of the late JAM ES BINDLEY, foci.
from Lis residence in Somerset-place; containing
an estmodinary Assemblage of nice and curious Bunks, in
every Department of Literature, but pa,ttcularly in early
Engli.ls Literature.

Eri ON, tiIOCK-ÜBOXER, '2, CoRNHII.I., mid
couciatulatcs his Friende cus
!hilt metes at his Office iu the Lull,ty just ended, iud
IC LAW cowl luck will always attend them
EVTON canitut help ()nuking the Public at law fur their
kiwi support fur su many ram, and hopes they and Dann
farina.- will stall cuutinue astir (avulses.
Iti :.clittne of the New Lottery, which (1,111.1. 23t1 of
MARCH, ru,itaiiia THREE PRIZES of rzo,onw. besides
A 7 other Capitals, and a FREE GIFT of Ligh
Itads,

TAR 11t11/tRt of
THE LAST .e. 20,000
Burr Draws. waR 4,456,
.;,,,ch %as sold its One Qoarter, gightbs, sad Sot
iloatki,^ Ls, it the ebove Lucks Othee.