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COCNTr OF lIF.'ITFORD ELECTION.

Yrsirnlay was appointed for t~~
a nominainnbal Candidates for
th s r wiry. In consequeor.• of the Town hall Irming occupied by
Nation of 31eirlws tor the borough, the nomination took
place
in a large square meadow, calks) the Ploughed Field ; in the centre
ul ani.:ti was oliced n weggno, which screed as hustings.
S r 14tinicE Evil'. the High Sheriff, arrived at
bt;',..past .welre tit-Intik. Ile commenced by obst rying, that hvfoye
j.e urc.-ce b d to tie nrintrdiate business, he would say a word or two
the manner in which at was brought before them. If there
▪ soy excuse in be made for a man just entering oil the exercise
v, t ditties Sheriff, for his want of experience in huidnery
retoal occurrence, tlittt excuse would apply with still greater
,i • to.his want of information regarding general elections, on cc.
ttot,• t t'itir heiag much less frequent. Feeling this, he had made
eta eta y to csroadt persons of experience and legal knowledge,
• s tid the writ did r oti make it necees in to lis am particular illy
to it e nom'n it ion of candidates ; it only hard the time of ttitt elev.
•I 'I. Tiut In titer. thert, luttig the peculiar busiociai of the el-ctors.
n. Usti ?cruets' ri rcqatiotitei. newt resp,t,nbly signed. rrqui•stleig
t i a'l this nice tog. %tit!' ilits retpiii•ititen lie thought it
huts
netts t • ceti p!y, anti he might add, that he always should consider
.1 st t tocrely a linty, lint n pleasure, to attend to the wia'irs of the
nle urn of t'te county. tiler, hear.) They welt:, then, nnw
to voider th mteleca in n special county emir., to nominate gentle.
S.• Das cou i taws foe the representation of the shire. This he
w silt; lease in their hands, trusting they would give wall a patient
tit
Cut.LEV SMITH wild he came forward for the purpose of
r•ir John Scbriglit. (A malaise.) Haying done this,
he woo'd sot its inin them for the purpose of (minting out thin gen.
11-matts merit.' as they must ell know what hod been his political
• er. Ile CA It, I v.. when the 110 use of Commons tunic to be
uoirly rout returned. they might search it to the bottom,
a ti would net lind a tome independent nom. ( A pplauae.)

Air. DAN tr I ti.e
str r ;after thanking his Hoe. Friend for the terms
in w.i.ich he had spoken of hint, said he would trespass on their
rme but a few moments. because he purposed reserving himself for
any tine tuns that might he put. Ile was ready to tender a free
and open acemmt to any who might desire it. (Hear, hear.) His
110 . Friend hat attacked one thing to his name which he
bcp d' e i'eserved ; his (relit said he was independent. There were
tt 0 e in t e House who firmly fixed themselves with either one
pry or an. th:r. Either they were the supporter, of all the acts
of the Ad nini•trad. n, or they were the opposers of all the acts of
the A-Iministra-in Such had out been his (music. The coley he
ha I given d hen those, in his jittlgniont, best raleolved to pro-
mo', the good of los country. ( A pplatute.) Neither for place,
honour. 'cumin n,. nor to gratify his ambition, would he pursue a
o.ltrrt en! t ath. iiplimse.) Ile had trespassed on their tittle, not
to say he lid i'one ha; hail done honestly. ((Atm...) Ma
at: ii-i by en the resul.^,!rte cf his own yuiloter.t, for he did lint go into
that II u 4 t • he lid by any one.
Sir. 611.1 a I el ell• 11 forwtrtl, and nominated Mc. N. Calvert.
Ilt n. Fr end was entitled to tilt ir attachment and esteem. Ile
bad been many y, ars eetihd in that county. and for several years
'via he repri set twit eof tl a la rough, in which capacity they had
at: el fwi re-sieg bin conduct. Ile came before them in
no Bret I main al war; they had seen his coating foreears, and
re htl that t!-ere wvs no man in the House whit discharged
hr duty wit) nor • rrg rd to the welfare of the ciliary. and with
Less to bi• own privy e interest. (Hear. hear) lie night not on
a I o:ens., n: I a e coed as they would all approve; but this was
impwsible. bee awe ?bey differed even amongst themselves : it was
rot asatrrshing, ilie:efore, that lie should oceas;onslly be at variance
with acme of .h.-ni. (..1 !nihilism) Ile ( Mr. (iiles) referred to those
who had any rimmenics ion with, or knowledge of his lion.
F icnd, tt estimate b s ciblraz.er and works. If tin v wanted any
thirg furtho-, le• them look to his domestic qualifications; let them
look to nim as a hasSsnil, a father. and a man. ( Applante.) He
was 'mire tt at tt.e e were comparatively trifling recommendations,
but •I ev we- e tie lest possible pledge that he would conttrate to
sere !lie .! , t ey mat him into Parliament fur the county, as he
lint sets d.ll min the borough. He hoped, therefore, they would
coral le thei. I iteres.a to hint, and he had notloubt about their being
satisfied with t'le ri watt. . . .

3lr. (IA LIT OV, in seconding the nomina•ion, said, never in the
evurse of his hal he untlertsk= n any duty with a more perfect
satisfaction. IVlte her his lion. Friend's public or rriva•e charac-
ter were referred tn, he would be found to be equally estimable.
This thy were not unacquainted with; for he had lived amongst
t'..tot in his p ricate cap it ity. and hie public ant were before them.
They m ght r of live to se another election, but he hoped they would
newer diuriefe f•um their minds that there were two young Peers in
embryo who were lobe proposed on a stiloy.quent occasion. ( lime)
("at.uFliT aid. if he were before then; as a new character,
'wire dead of hi• pclitical creed might be expected, nut as he had
ha t e ltonn•tr r itre sem Mg them for many years, hi. political
, kt= wn. lie dwnld re.erve himself to unswcraily

parte-lila p, in. that might be put to him. lie did not retend he
ee'd •a i tien tipie every vole he had given ; but, as his lion.
Fri eel I a • s ..1, he hail alsays voted according to what he ceased- ,
ertioi•sle I) I cv el to le his duty.
Mr. Poi s ict he did not intend entering at any great length
nn he t I e %Mudd address to them, but there were grounds on
aid thi lie emits! ne. It le objecting to the present nuntinreion. Ile
k ew •11.1 t•o g n I, men were highly honourable and respectable ; •
ant tie it n e to irepegn, therefore, either their respectability
or burnt r. Tut the question here was, a hether these „eentlenten
did ; r did t o•,r present the feelings and sentiments of the county.
(He .) H begged that nothing which might fall from his lips
mig -t e se pp elect to have peptone! reference to the two Candidates ;
h • thin. !lit them emit!. d to his full respect, though they were op-
posed to hen en some imp .rtant questions. One of these went to
the thole of the g•nt leeien'e general principles; but the other was
one, respecting which he felt satisfied that those who heard him
possessed a &cited and colacientious conviction. They had voted
ter a Bill tainting to the Rieman Catholics a qualified establish-
ment ; t) that body, whose spirit was unatetteth who retained all
the acr;meny chanieterizing it. The first foundation stone of this
religion was 1 3 intuitib lit y, and once pronounce it to be sue, and there
was no hope of a etarge, because infallibility could not concede
itself in error. If they referred to history, they would find that in
Europe, and wherever „his religion had been prominent, the arts,
sciences, and moral chewier of the people, became debased and in.
jured. (Applause.) If they sent two Members to Parliament who
expressed sentiments contrary to those of the majority, the private
respectability and character of such gentlemen Were but a feather
in the scale. (Applause.) He was obliged to tell the gentlemen
of the county, dm on the present ocea•ion there would net be any
opposition : but if there were, he spoke the sentiments of numbers
when be sail that Fe thought neither of the gin:frown nominated
would be rttureed; and the ground would be this—they voted fur
the third reading of the Catholic Bill. Ile meted the fact as here-
eeived it from the newspepere. (if this BA for which they voted,
he would ,I,ust show a single feature. Part of the plan was to cent-
bush and pay the rieetho.xl of Ireland, when no denee of corn e-
llen existed bet n een the comeituted authority. and that body. This
pay, WO, was to be furnlehed from the taxes—those taxes, against
which they were accustomed to hear such an outcrr. But how was
this to be avoided ? It ought to be resisted by sending some indivi-
dual to Parliament who would support the tonsi ution in Church
as well as State. The course being now pursued reminded him of
tile stupid people oft I I, who pulled down their gate betnuse it was
not high enough to atheit the lone bearing deed) in its bosom
(4PPllluse.) neaten only knew what would be the deesion of the
next Parliament; but he mild not help expressing a hope that the
Alembic:es would speak the sentiments of their enlightened and inde-
pendent con•tit toente.
S'r J. SESIti GUT said the lion. and Learned Gentleman had at
once brought them to whet was, after all. the gist of the question.
—ln going round the county for the purpose of canvassing, he wait
fee to admit that he had met with more than he enticipated who
seem cl to be opposed to the Catholic cause. lie would meet the
Question at once, aed after stating freely and frankly his views,
leave it i i their n Is to decide upon, if they pleased, at the poll.
Every t n • V I is constituents should know hie opinions fully, ant
then they molt elect or reiect him. That wall the tree ground oa
shish he di me to set. He al otild truckle to no man, but directly
be found his e p Mom differing essentia:ly from theirs, he should
retire, en] early teethe them to chuoee a tenre fitting Beim eentative.
(Applause.) He was a trinul 19 universal civil and relighees liberty.
(Chews) He thought religious liberty ought to Exist in the greeteet
posoble dere, provided it did not exhibit a power injurious to the
oe at te, peace and good, he rather oaght to say, of the
esanter. He agree.' with the Learned Gentleman in thinking that
00 COWS ty o tiel be free where the Roman Catholics were in power.
The question was how they could be premed pining power, or
how it could be best taken from them. There were in Ireland
6,000,000 of Catholics, bound to each other by religious ties. Thieve
p-reirtio naturally rise d themselves under the influence of religious
sad panics, chiefs, vino wine certainly dangerous to the liberties of
a state. Will, how could this be got nil of ? Had it ever been
known that these thing,. were put down by persecution ? Ile put
it to his constittwr tt themselves whether they would not think their
tights geettly infringed if they were to he deprived of their votes?
ifs repeated that toleration was the only cure for the evil, while
ineoleratioe wand entree is aegravation. He was no friend to the
Catholic religion. but they differed as in how it was to be got rid of.
H: t !ought it sitigelar, that !hoegh he had. been in Parliament 19
years, and Iran; that period to this had voted fur the 11.11, Ile was
These? before calbel 0;1 mace:punt for it. Why was this? I• would
be painful for him to say any thilig anima the present 31 Inborn,
though be never sat behind the Treasury Bench to stipple them
whether they dill right or wrong • suit it gave him pleasure to he
able to declare that a TOT! liberal Administration he never knew ;
bit the era-on of his having no. keen tallest to account was beams
the Cahniet was unfortunately divided. and one part of this faction
—lie meat call it a factioe, however high it might he—songht to
excite a popular ferline ageing the teller. If the rich memhere
were allowed to eh in Parliemeni, there woilld not be more than hi nr
6 of them. and was this triflirg nuither to king up 610 of 'he Yr.--
testants ? Those who believed that the erliniasinn of 3 member,. into
a hours with 642 would enable the firmer to gain the ascendency,
mast believe in the infallibility of the Pope. Thetathoirs ad.
mitten that the inteleration of themselves towards Luther and Cal.
yin did more foe the Reformation than all its soppnetere. Ito con.
elusion, he would request them, if they thought him a St oleo, to

return him; bunt if they thought him otherwise, to reject him. The
1 tier was a duty they owed to their country.
Air. CA Lv r lIT said, in the vote he had given, he had exercised
his beat ti t remit). This was a question of jostler and mini ency.
Here were seven millions of the Irish populltion, nix millions of
which were Catholics, and he knew them to be increasing in popu-
lation, wealth, and power. Notwithstanding Ili advantages, hon-
er, r, its sittlitt kr' was little better than that of a conquered nation.
li r rere was between four and rive millions; but be would ask,
why should Am not pay thirty mWkms Omega of live millions. The
vote licitad given was a conscientious TOW, and not one of fa
email

Mr. WILLIAMS then proceeded to make a few observations.
lie was decith illy of opinion that it was highly dangerous to en.
courage the I othulies in those encroachments at which, they aimed,
and or a partial compliance with which they hail attained already
an Maiming degree of power. it waa said, by the Gentleman who
last aderessed them, that they were not aware of the number of
penrl *lawns affecting the CatbMies which hail been repealed
during the preceding reign. Ile had also asserted that they wer:
growing in power and wealth, and the inference which he thew
(coin those facts was, Cott they aiwnild be gradually indulged in the
concession of all :heir claims. The great danger which that gentle.
man seemed to apprehend was (tom granting all they asked in the
!amp, but lie was not at all apprehemire it they were to be given
by negreen. 1k ( W.) differed, however, essentially with that
(:emientan in this parti•ailar ; and he thought, if such were to be
the trouble co.sseeteme of the re-election of the two gentlemen
now proposed, that the people of England would send them back
io ilisapoitintnient notwahstanding till their admitted respi etability.
Sullies* that a man. of whatever religious tenets, were to refute to
support the King of England, it could not he eunteieled lie was to be
deemed a lit subject for the en).,yrient of all co stitutional advan-
tages. The Catholics were hardy tllOllO ill do 40, and therefore
endured the deprivation. It was alleged. however, that the system
was eh: mgt.'. and that it MAX a there bugbear and mummery at the
present day to talk of the infallihilny of the Pope and the supersti-
tion of the Catholics. Such an assertion wax contradicted by the
real state of the case, which showed that tho Catholics still adhered
to those same mortices of mummery by which they were heretofore
distinguished. Ink to the Netherlands. where it is euvoniary to
have money paid, r Metes of was represonting legs and arms, to
tile priests, who get them blessed by the Virgin Marv. %Were such
chi. gs to he overlie:l it, Eaglandi. And were the Catholics to be
allayed a liana iii all the advantages of the Constitution
while they perseeesed in the obstr..atiee of such ridiculous super.
stitioos I t them he really ehaugcd, and he had at objection to
strew than into Parliament. In taut:ace to the little mischief
which the ailinis,ion five or Mx membeni of the Catholic commit-
mon into Parliament could effect, i.t those present suppose that one
of them so intrOdneral bi came Prime Minister of the Crown, a hme
objcei would naturally he to promote all his connexions to places
of pri fe and power laugh), in such a case would the danger be
trillirg ? If they hail any doubts on the point, he would refer
them in the •• 13 kof the darters," Cet them read it, and they
would find that the apr.reneasions against grantieg !Ile Catholic
claims were too well t.natdcd. (•• No, no.") All the Catholics
wanted was to !;t:t power and abuse it. Ile would contribute with
his purse art p services to a•oist the interest of ally Candi-
date opposed to the principles of iii., Catholic.. The pl in of yield.
ing to them by degrees would end in tumbling the fabric of the

Mr. Catvi irr wished to make only one observation on the in.
consistency of the arguments used by the last speaker. That
Gentleman was excessively afraid that the Catholics, if admitted
to places of power, inti,t necesarily convert tile people of England.
It was, however. pa) alb; a poor compliment to the English ration
'o calculate on such a result. when their change of opinion was to
be ejected, as that G.mtleinan inferred. by tricks of mummery and
rite?. of wax. The means were badly suited to the end. (Ap-
plause.)
Sir Jolts Stne IC lIT made seine observations, which from a
noise in tile crowd we could rot will hear, concerning the absur-
dity of fearing dangtr trom the introduction of fire Cadiolic Mem-
bers into Parliament, when it was found that twice the number
under the prcsnt sysion could make na ilifilerence tin particular
questions. A. to the allegiance of 1 kthulics, it should be recol-
lected that th •y took an oath of allegiance as well as other subjects
of his 31.Ti^sly. I(.III'.CTS.)
11 r, t;11.7a wished. at ;,n !Olos:on Lad been made to hint respect.
ing the midi f .terse ~r 11r. Pitt iii favour of Catholics, to state
that 3lr. Pitt's conduct ntrectctl :I ihflerentqnestion.
Sir .1 sr:unit:fur said that 31r. l'itt distinctly advocated the Ca-
tholic claims, and that he went out of Ailininicratiun because his
Maiesty s;c:tiltt not a:tree to :l.•e concession.
The limit Sir Entry then said that they had been summoned
to ailuw (hoot that day, as lie already explained. to hear the nomi-
nation of Candidates. and that Sr John Sebright and Nicholson
Calvert, E-q. had been acrnrdingiy nominated. He would there-
fore tip on tea o'clock toanorrow I.'rlday) precisely, for proceed-
ing to the Election at the Counts Hall.