The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-19 00:00:00

1117NTINGIN EL C GIV:

(room ors ow.' nsrmtT A.)
SATURDAY EveNista.
The contest was carried on throughout the day with considerable
and activity. An attempt has been made to direct the •• No
Popery" ay rgeinst Lord John Russell. on account of his vote on
the Catholic question, but apparently without effect. the mob not
having once given utterance to that cry. Among other sqttibti, with
a view to this result, is a wood engraving, representing the burning
of Risky Hooper and his friend Rom., in 1555. This has been
met on the whir side by
.an engraving, portraying the cruelties
exercised in this country since that period upon the Roman Ca-
tholics. The bill, after describing the engraving, concludes thus—
" Are we to charge the persecutions of the earlier Protestants upon
the Protestants of this day ? By no means—and by the parity of
reason we ought not to charge the persecutions of the Roman Ca-
tholics of 1555 on the Catholics of the present day."
The following extrstt frost the King's address on opening the
flanovcrim States, is also posted about :
" The general professors of the Christian faith are to enjoy a
pert:•ct equality of civil and religious rights in the kirgeom of
ilano ter; the pte..emlnence of a predominant and pre-criiihera
Church is abant:dned." Also. the following quotation from Mr.
Canning's speechi.vO the Catholic question:—.
" I cam, • undendand why human beings, all .iibjeets of the
same Sovereikm.
all Inhabltagts of the same soil, all mingling in
the various kintNy offices of life, all professing the common creed
of Christianity, D hould be excluded from the enjoyment of equal
rights and privilege'.
The polling was very equal throughout the day, each of the
Candidates being altemately at the head of the p:4l. Several
bodies of Freeholders wee brought dp in the course of the day
by Lord Milton and Lord s':avenclialt4 and their sots. taken in fa-
vour of lard John Russell. It i. said Lord Milton and Lord
Sondes have each of them su.hse ibed 5,0001. towards defraying
Lord John's expenses.
At a little before six o'clock in tie evening. the Sur "tier came
forward, and announced the state of .'lee Poll as tondos
Nlandeville . - 811 I Russell . . 7G3
Pellowes - - . 771
Lord MANDEVILLE advanced to ad,lre.s the crowd, but finding,
from the noisy disposition of the mob, that it was impossible to
obtain a quiet hearing,
_he contented himself •h saying, "Gentle-
men. I thank you. I always felt sure you would rally rotird me,
and I trust on Monday you will renew your exert;ins, and place
me. still more in advance."

Mr. FELLOWE Tal;;etumed thanks. Lord John Russell had
told them, the evening before, that the polling of that day would
decide the independence of the county, and he perfec.ly agreed In
what the Noble Lord had said. The polling proved their deter-
mination to be no longer represented by a person not resident
among them, nor connected with them by the possession of any
large estate in their county. They would tell him hy their votes
that a County Member ougltt to he a man having such a stake in
the county as would identify Ms interests with theirs.
Lord Joust ItussELt. next advanced to address them, but such
was the uproar kept up by the Purples and Starlets (the colours
of Lord slartleville and Mr. Feliowes) that ecarc:ly a word could
be heard. lie was not dismayed, he said, by the trifling majority
which, by incredible exertions. they had been enabled to ob-
taM against him, but should consider 700 votes obtained as his had
been more honourable and more satisfactory than 7,000 votes uh.
tamed in such a manner as the votes against him had been. lie
thanked them for what they had done, and trusted that on Monday
they would place hint in a different situation on the poil.
Mr. Ws:m.s, the attorney, next came forward ; but, after many
ineffectual attempts to address them, was compelled to retire, and
the assemltlage then broke up. It is right to state that the friends
of Mr. Fellows and Lord Mandeville exerted themselves to procure
a hearing for Lord John Russell. A great proportion of the
hooters were evidently drunk.
The following handbill was circulated by the friends of Lord
John Russell, after the High Sheriff had declared the numbers:—
" Lord John Russell's poll-clerks having examined their 1,011-
books this evening, after they returned firma the hustings, it ap-
peared to them the numbers were as follow :
Mandeville 814 I Feliowes 758
Russell . 762 1
A communication has been made to the Sheriff, ant he has
undertaken to have the poll-books re-examined, and the mistake,
if any, corrected at the opening of the poll un Monday.
" Committee Room, June 17, 1826."