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A County *gag wan Mos day -hetet at the
Castle of tie Citttir Viinehniter• in 1111"41811CV of
a requisitiow to Me High Sheriff of the County,
signet' I,y severid respectable Cientlemtm, to. ',o-
ilier of a peeper person to be nornineted to succeed
the much-lemeuted Sir Henry Paulet Saint John
blildmay, Bart. one of the Members for this
Culllsly.
Tne Meetiog was very numerously and respeet-
ably attended. The Candidates were the
William Herbert, one of the late Members in the
abort Parliament, which lasted but a few tumults,
and Titoism Freeman Heathcote, Esq. eldest doll
of Sir William Heathcote, Bart. one of the old
31enshers fair the County in former Parliaments.
Sir T. MILLER, in a very neat speech, proposed
Mr. Herbert. He began by lamenting the friendly
sod other good personal qualities which they were
deprived of by the death of the worthy Baronet,
their late representative. He then touched oa the
momentous situatiou of' the times, which impe-
riously demanded of us to stud a man of the first
*talkies to Parliament—a character which he
thought eminently belonged to his lion. /timid
Mr. 11., who, during his short Parlimosiatatry ea.
rear, had 'hewn himself equally a friend to the
riot. of the people, as he had proved himself au
enemy to peculation and corruption. Ou the
whole, he thought Mtn a proper Rapremsoteitise, to
vindicate. the independence of the county.
'flits proposition was seconded by bit C. MILL,
Bart. of Motdafont.
Sir J. PoLLeu proposed Mr. Heathcote. He
began by 'outvoting the distil of his relation and
frieud Sir H. blildinay, and, minium( that 0.1 dig
prevessatives should be men of large lauded fira.,,
petty. he proposed Mr. J. Heutlmete, tido:mama of
Sir W. Ileatlicote, of Ramie Bert.
Sir N. HOLLAND this madam

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After some pause-...
Mr. W. PORTAL. of Laverittock House, stepped
forward—He beean by sayiug, that ha thought
the county was taken completely by sazprises from
the very small interval of tune which had Lhasa
place between the Reqaisitioo of tee Freeholders,
and the day of meeting, the notice of which could
oaly be harried its the provincial papers of Sunday
last, which were only distributed two day.,and some
not sn much, before the day of the mews& Ha
therefore, most solemnly protested against any de-
Cl.lOll that meeting might come to, as it was im-
poseible it could be called the muse of the great
body of the comity. lie then proceeded. in the
most eloqueat language, to descant ou the very
critical eituutiott of puulic anti re, awl the extreme
necessity there was of tettiriling men i,i the greatest
probity and talent to the Commons !louse of Par.
liament ; that we had most cordially attempted to
chick the progress of the common enemy, but:
that it depeodeel very much of the use of those
'verticals*, and the honest, fair, and energetic ex-
ercise of our means, whether our efforts could tutu
oat. benefit or a come to oniselves aid to the civi-
lize! world ; bat on the other hand, should those
means be miseppliel, the certain ruin of
and the greatest mated to oar own country letaild
endouteedlv follow. He thought, likewne, the
Represeatetire for Hampshire onglit to be the moat
determines! (noel to a rigid parliamentary exami-
nation of the late disgraceful occorrences, what-
ever c.nduct it. might snit His Majesty's Minister»
to taltibirthisfdtlect, eitinix to 'screen thesisselves
or their adherents.
Mr. Cooaree, of The Weekly Register, them ad-
dressed the Precholders, and after stating his dis-
approbation of the hasty and indecent uzauaer In
which the County haul been called together, their
late Member biong scarcely buried, called the at-
tention or the 'Meeting to the various places amid
pensions held by several M. ushers of the Horse of
Common,. the wholesf which lie distieetly enume-
rated, and in particular the great patronage giver
to the Right lion. George Rase, whets he was
pleased to call the Dictator of the county of Hants.
and wito, as Mr. Cobbett stated, had, by himself
and Slimily. already received three hundred thou-
sand pounds of time puolic money ; aid requested
the Merin{ not to give their votes to either of the
Candidates, miles. they bud a distinct pledge from
'itch Candidate, to oppose the growing evil of
prustona and paces, and to maiutaits to their ut-
most that loom valuable of all privileges of the Coa-
stantion. via. the right of time subject to petition the
Throne. Mr. Cobhett declared he would never give:
his vote to any man who held a place, or who would
not distiuctly promise not to do so; cad after most
severely censuring the conduct- of His Majesty's
resent Ministers, in the answer given to the Ad-
dress ant Petition of the City of London. in the late
Convention; he concluded with an address to the
audience ans the valuable privileges they were now
about to execs:is...
A Mr. Bauer x severely condemned Mr. Her-
principleii, relative to his parliamentary con-
duct on the Petitiou of the Electors of Lancaster,
when they requested the House of Coin moos to re-
instate tutonrb Cawthorne (their late Member), and
contended. that it was Mr. Herbert's wishes (as ex-

preised in the Daily Patten), that the Petitioners
should be disfmnehised, and that therefore he could
not lie • friend to the liberty of the subject.
Mr.litassar. uoe came forward, and iu an ener-
getic speech claimed the attention of the Electors,
while he 'explained (which he did in a most satis-
factory way) his Parliamentary conduct relative to
the Lancaster Petition, declaring, that no man iu
England so highly valued the subject's right to pe-
tition the Throne as he did ; and his speech' was re-
ceived with reiterated minks of applause.
Mr. ''*matt (Member for Stockbridge) aildre.-
earl the Meeting in a very forcible speech, on the
neiti of election, and warmly applauded the coa-
duet or Mr. Herbert in parliament.
Mr. HEATULOTC then addressed the Elector.,
laying. that if eircted by them, he would with plea-
sure receive their instructions, and duly 6!)ry them.
The 'Alerting hero• g clamorous, the Shealy
desired the friends of Candidate to hold up
their hats, a Leh was dour. The numbers on both
ltd.-s appeared s.aly equal. 'the Sheriff' declared
Mr. Heathcote to herr a majority, and thielltlireting
was Oro dissolve:J.—The slay of election is Dot listed.

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