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C.I.UBRIDGE, JULY 4.

tin Sate !iv afternoon his Ito al Highness the
1•1.:.s. at t :lours er aiml Suite arrived here,aud was
i.,1 u .rt ► liy the bends of houses; and yesterday
!1in:11 1 U.; Imes* sue .sled DivineScrvice at Great
• 11. e •s Chortle. The Sermon in the mornind•
...::.,1 by the Rev. Dr. Inglish, of St. John's
.. lit.'t in tlw after:loon by the Rev. Dr. Ve.
•r., nit I sn-!nll. The evening parade in the
sae ancinamonly brilliant and crowded.
'f. • .1 n lioval Highness held a Levee at Tri-
• 'o:i. bolo, which was also very crowded.
1..10 day. at I I o'clock. arrived litre Marshal
..•.. M no place luoi the Hero been more joy-
. rs"...ve.l ; the populace were in waiting at the
..1 Jo town by eight o'clock. On his arrival the
• c. ere arum t 1 senenv,e4l from his carriage,
then drawn Iltroptittlt the principal streets
•• anti at last, with much hazard, down
• is.C.l of steps, awl round the Great Court of
Co'lls„w. Atter taking refreshment at Tri-
laslar. 1w proceeded to the Senate Howse,
• •••• taw Univeresty conferred ou Win the degree of
LI- use Public. Orator delivering a most
rlo-
•, lit Orstiors on the eminent services conferred on
i.. 0101•• by his con.aiumate skill and bravery. Ile
• o der.. mousiest be Lord Bathurst and Lord
41.•* in. who were also honoured with the
• iinv de.;rlt: and wurilar &imagoes. Marshal
.raisl Lori Stewart were decorated with several
• i.• tin; orders, and dressed in most Apendid
Tire Clunrcellor marl nit Arlan... (winch
carried) to both Houses of l'arliatuent for the
ihrosi of the Slave Trade : after which degrees
• • ew,frrred on several Noblemen and other
• ••,1.. is of tiw University, among whom were the
...pin of Exeter, Hon. 31r. Stuart, lion. 11r.
1. tle f. liw. Mr. Stanhope ; and the Member's
•N• Rey s were then spnkcit.
z the visitors were noticed, Lord Erskine,
I' Lord F. ().eteor, the Earl of
1. and I.oni J. Tonnalo.od.
.10 :Zl%ll isi the lull of Trinity College
Will other distioquiLiteti
% • ; tiit• a luny were exceedingly it ..... ethos,
• LI, truly iisa4seilleettl; ti,44*
• • 11.4i11y applauded. The Bishop or Bri,tort

Ahnhoine of tlw Xlievir Trade tbroseewut the World."
ti i,klli whirla was &snowed by the nowt rap-
' "0, burst% or applause,au.l coatitsued fur a con-

rjolo: war 1k domout interruption. A oiupper
vv.,' so' dor erraing at Caius Cu to usoo•t
I.r :.vivol ri.iton, alio afterwards attended
4!,,rnioasearroneut Ball; 3laniuis of Exeter,
.1.

~.,I I:: ocher, and otlwr of the shove
left Como iolge for Newriturket
,',t, on their route for Nfr. Coke's Sheep-

runt id IlalLham; and the Niarslatl, me his
um, is exi.ectrll at Newmarket hates mi Ilan-

" HIT from Edinburgh, on lionslay, for Isis
•,.instr.o4lll ssf Ilavrklsead, Use Earl of fit.slossw
• IJOrti iiOY LE also Sir F. S. F.III:LYN, Bart.
4.. Alai FLant.snos, M. and Dowager Lally
.lit Ls An, lair (;lanow.
its re's-reared trail Venice, data lJune 19,saya:
" fl.r e.sy lass 0.4 purchased (rum nu Aineris..tu
. 4,,, itl,l )6,,54 Huns,
I 4141. .4111.ca.irsl.ssses• the aril t•Iltrilltr•• Ulf' I: re i
Us it Isis tsirlo of Its prt•ciou• .lota, and
it I. ,kair to tins city. ‘Ve rt...r.1 it as
• 6.t.aual slaw." •

IrEsTAIINSrEn ELECTIONS.

RI PORT rttom Tilt colistirrm: TUE
OP Tlf t; 1111:11 BAILIFF OF VE•4?IIINSfI.L

The Committee to whom the• Petition of Arthur
Morris, Bailiff of the Liherty of the Dean and
Chapter of ‘Vestininster, was referred, to report the
same, AA it 1111011141 :): rto them, to the (loose, to-
gether with their observittious Ham:upon ; acal also,
the minutes of the evideae•e• taken l,efurc them
and to whom the Report, whit+, lipid the l Ith day
of June, IRII, Win wide from the Committee ap-
pointee, to inquire ioto owl examine the nature of
the office of 11.siliir of Westuniuster, and the
duties and hardens, inei.leat thereto, was also re-
ferns! ;

lleve, pursuant to the Onler of the Howie, eras
mitted the matter% to them referred ; and have
agreed to the following Report :
That m pursuance of the reemumendation con.
tained in the Report which has been referred to
Boar Committee, an Act was passed in the Asst
ye cur of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled,
" .lii Art to extend an Act made in the Itith year
of his late Majesty liingt:eon.re the Second, to ex.
plain noel :emend the laws t :him; the elections of
Kinglits of the Shire to serve iii Parlinetitait for
England, rerpeeting the expenses of hustineee mud
pall clerks, so far as reg.aals the city of W. rm.,-
otter ;" whereby, after reeiting that there is no elits-
veisient public Imiliting within the said city wherein
to hold the eleet.on, nail to take a poll in writ-
ing of the fleeter*, in the event of the same being
le ally eleireinhal ; and that by reasan of the popn-
lonsurss of the city, the taking Ora Iwll ice writing is
at tei Ideal with considerable ex pea is.., from the num, .er
elerke neeeseartiy tatialoyed therein ; nano that
colotroverales fad of Lee ariscii as to tic payineet
of tow expenses attendieg the building of a conve-
nient booth or hustiligs, heretofore usnall eroaed
for the bolding of such election, and off the ex-
pretties atteisthwg the clerks employed in the taking
of a psriti whets demanded ; it was enacted, " T::'.t
all titina front and after the p issite; °fine mid Act,
noon every eiroion or n citizen or citizens to serve
1..,T the said city West. ter in l'arliatuent, the
bailiff, or in his absence his sufficient deputy,
should iespoiiit, in .ke, or erect, or tams, to be ap-
pointed, made or ereoted, at the remote. of i.e
coadid.ite or emediel ites, conveitient booth or place
for holdiiig tie. beet ; rad the said bailiff or
d, lane „,110,11:1, of n psill beim; eletuaneleel
by tray of t candidates or any two ur snore of the
electors, wepoint a convenient itemiser of clerks,
eat 1'7(11i-clin'g in the whole the number of twenty-
six, to take the peal (which said clerks should he
at the tecouese of the candidates as aforesaid, and
be paid lint exereding 011 r guinea per day for vault
clerk :) And it was further eititettal, that in case
any such bailiff, or his deputy as aforesaid, should
wilfully offend against or net coatrury to the true
intent and meaning of the said Art, such baili IT or
deploy should be liable to be prosecnted by infor-
mation or indictment in his 3litiesre'a Court of
King's Bench ut Westminster, in which no soli
presegoi or relset prawns' should be granted; any
haw, custom, or usage is the contrary in anywise
notwithstanding : And it was lastly enacted, that
the said Act sbould continue and he in force front
the missing thereof until the Ist day of A ug.11413."
'that by a sulestquent Act passer! in the 5.1.1 t ear
of his present Majesty, the staid Act was continued
until the lot day of January, 1819.
It appeared to your Committee, from the evi-
dence of Mr. Tooke, the Deputy Hight Bailiff of
11•estininster. that the costs anti extols costs in the
actions meutienied iss the Repeat of June 1811,
amounting to about 300/. are due to him in his pro-
fesaininil character as attorney to Mr. 3lorria.
That 'owe the pawing of the Act of the Slat
Geo. 111. an maims was brought in October 1812,
by th. Bailiff, by the advice of en eminent
Cowrie' (Mr. !Richardson) terniiist Lord Cochrane,
purest:nit to that Act, for his share oh the ext► sees
of the Illusting. at the last patella Election, and
lic auffenal jitelginent by default, and a verdict was
then obtained for .223'. anal costs, which have since
been paid ; and in that action the extra expenses
came to CO/. That in that election, the whole of the
Iligh Bailiff's expenses amounted to 140/. hut the
jury under the direction of the Sheriff, as-
sesii:d Lore' Cochrane's proportion at '2251. being
the expense sof buntings aptly, exclusive of poll
clerks retained, SIMI other exist-sees incurred by the
!lig!, Bailiff. That if a pen had taken place, he
could not have been really to have complied aids
the Act, miles!' he kill hail a ...lithe:Wilt number of
poll clerks retuineal before limed, and land on such
retainer ; as it is the invariable enstom in Elections
for Vast ter, to pmeecil to the poll after an ads
jountinent of two hours salt. That Ise enuAtilted
Richardson, and took leis opiiiiou, a bether au
action could be uotintaiiieel a;,ruiiiat one of the can-
didates severally ; and laid a case before him, im
which he inserted the following statement Mr.
Brooks, j.uniew, iifformeel llr. Tooke, that it was
Ilse inteubon of the Committee tof the Electors of
‘Vestiiiiiiater to immiuute Sir Fruncis Bartlett, but
that they had nut vet determined who the other
should lie. Fair. Tooke accordingly,
on the twat tiny, went to Mr. Brooks's, a here
lie was introduced to the Committee, to whom,
at their request, he gave the information they
reqiiired, as to the time appointed stud pro-
bable txPrit-sese 14:c. which witsminuted down
by them in writing; and he was then informed.
that Lord Coding= hating, by letter, explained
his political sentiments to their satisfaction, lie
would be put in nomination jointly with Sir Francis
Burdett." And again, " No net can lie proved to
have been slime hr Sir Francis Burdett, fur aecuring
his Election ; indeed lie put an advertisement in the
lower*, dist+ • t any intention of accepting u
seat in l'arliament ; the only circumstance to Is
relied! on, therefore, is Isis liming take:, Isis seat,
and thereby sanctinswel the tiousiiiief of him by
his friends, :mil thus acquired the name and dia-
meter of a Candidate within the useauiugof the Act,
as held by his Lordship iii the action lietween the
same parties, tried at tlw Sitting after Hilary
Term, 1805. nod reported in 1
Upon which statement, Mr. Itichurdson's opi-
nion Was US follows
" I think tluit the Bailiff is entitled under the
Int.. Art to recover the necessary expenses of the
hating., al lacing a convenieet booth or place for
holding the election, %%Inds lie by the Act is re-
quired to appoint, iodise ur erect, at the expense of

the Catasli:latesb Bat i the think tlatt lie w entitled
to recover the expense of the poll clerk*. because
;10 poll was detilutatletl, nor any of the other ex-
yeast

" It may be a question, whether the actitm ought
t 4 he joint septisist the two candidates, or against
earls for Isis proportion. I should be inclined to
bring a separate action isic.sinst one, in which if he
should not plead in abatement, the whole may be
recorers.4l if the liability is joint ; and if it should
be held, tlutt a moiety only can be recovered, that
will lw au authority for bringing another action for
a slivery of the otlwr moiety.
M to the evidence, the writ, precept and re-
turn should be admitted or proved; that the pluirt-
tilt acted as 11 igla Bailiff; that the busting. were
crested in the usual anti were paid for by the
plaintiff; that the defendant took his seat for
Westminster.

a JOHN RICHARDSON.
6' *AMC teMpir, !an 1613.'•
/tiler the venial in the Sherifrs Court tor,ainst
Lard Cochrane, the Under-Sheriff sece.l the point
of law as to the joint liability of the candidates to
the wlatle of the demand, and on that poiiit so re-
served, Mr. Tooke supplied to the Court, and the
result appears, br Mr. Iliclisordaon's letter, to have
been, e. that the Court held, that as there was no
joint interest in 11u! ten candidates, nor our joint
employment by them of the Ili4h Bailiff; the lia-
bility cieuted by the Art was several."
That after the action against Lord Cochrane was
brought, on the ground of the opinion given in
that rase, an actiou was commenced against Sir
Francis Burdett, for his moiety ; and before such
artina commenced, Mr. Tooke's attention was
called to the liability of a person who was an invo-
luntary candidate, as appears by the passage al-
ready quoted from the ease stated.—That he con-
sulted with Mr. Riehurdsol repeatedly, and was
gi >verily(' by his advice throughout the whole count
of the proceeding.
the trial of the issue as Sir Francis Boaz
(Jett, no other evidence of his having the character
of a ca.olid tte h. ing whlueetl, than the circum-
sta•we of his having Liken his heat, Lord Ellenho-
riugli direct. d a sionsuit, su!iject to a point re-
•ive I. 1.6 t e ensuing term, after a consultation
wi•li the Attorney-Geiwral, Mr. Park, and Mr.
Melia:Awn) a rule nisi, to set aside the tionsuit,
was lowted—ahich, after soleuni argument, was
discharg,l ; Cie whole Court azreeing v ids the
Lord Oi:r t Justice. That the Defetalawt's coats
of the I: nit were taxed at 304 which were pind
bv Mr. Tooke to the Defendant's attorney. The
I'luinliff'scosts of that action, on a very reduced
se.tle, feel to the awn of 1.50/. or thetesbouts;
and the pro:bort ion unpaid of that eleetion was 334;/.
bring 22.51. expense incident to hustings' only, and
1004 poll elerk• mel iocidentid expense..
Vinir Committee flintier dil, front the examina-
tion of 31r. George Odes Visseent, chapter clerk to
the Dews awl Chapter of 11'estmitister, that he had
esamitted the arrhives of the church of Westmin-
ster, awl seeing a paper which mentions the eir-
etmestattee of the elections of the Iteltresentatives of
the City of ‘Vmttninater being held in Tothill-
fields. Hllll when contested, the meeting was tul-
jn urinal to the porch of Covent-garden Church;
that as well as he can reeoltect. it is mentioned oisly
in allusion to what hod been the case, not that it was
so practised at that time of day; and the paper was
of the time of the Usurpation.
Your Committee further find, that nt the con-
tested election of Trentham and Vandeput, and
which was the moat remarkable for its duration,
there were hustings erected at that time, and the
candidates or their (rends paid the expenses of
them; and that Mr Wisbart, a gentleman aged
about 64, and whose father and himself had always
resided in Westininater, awl interested themselves
in its t sections, knew that the camlidatei or their
friends, nearly down to the present time, had paid
such expenses ; and that he himself paid all the
expenses, including the hustings, fee to the Hill
Bailiff, and a I Ito the parish of St. Paul, Co..
cent garden, at the late Mr. Fox's hot election ;
and that it was customary to give a hood to the
chureliwardem and overseers of that parish, for any
damage that might be done to the church by the
erection of the hustings. That he had himself wit-
nessed five or six coinested electiona, and was con-
vinced that the beatings were absolutely necessary
for carrying on the election, anti for a due scrutiny
of votes. which Mild not otherwise be carried on
with safety to the voters dwniselves. That if the
High Railitf haul taken upon himself to neglect
erecting hustings, there could have been no con-
tested election carried on; tlw whole would have
been a pilaw of total confusion, a great deal of anis,
chief must have been done many lives lost, the
peace of Westminster would been endangered,
and aged and infirm ',coons could nut have got Up
to the poll.

Your Committee, n ith a view of ascertaining
ulieds.r any duty at common law was imposed on
returning officers, to erect convenient buildings for
taking the poll at elections when necessary, and to
employ a competent number of poll clerks, where
the right of election might he vested in a numerous
body of voters, have referred to such law authorities
as might be found in the books on this subject, and
they have also looked into the statute law, with
view of discovering if ;my declaratory eusictments
existed with rived to the duties of morning offi-
cers, wlwther for counties, cities, or boroughs; and
they find, that the uniform course of authority,
opinion, and the statute law also, excludes the idea
of any duty at common law resting either on
Sheriti's or other returning officers, to take upon
themsch es the !sunbelt of such heavy expenses us
might lie incurred in providing for such, though,
pc, haps, necessary arrungetnento, except so far as it
inay have been their duty to appoint a competent
number of poll clerks for county electioas. In the
case of Morris r. Sir Francis Burdett, the Lord
Chief Justice Elleuslxwough held, thut the Act of
the lath of Gen. 11. c. 18, not extruding to cities
or boroughs, the returning officer for the city of
Westminster might have taleu the poll either its the
Guildhall of Westminster, or in the oven air ; toid
even under the statute of the !Bth Gco. 11. c. is,
Mr. Serjeaut Heywood, u writer of cousideraisle
authority on the law of elections, is of opinion,
" That if to of the candidates require any booths
or places for taking the poll, to be erected thee
days at least before the commencement of tiw
as directed by the 18th tieo.ll. c. 18; or at no

r•Letisiale: ?tr.: fierirthi tO6 the tlejlo /It i,itt
a cohtest imtieta Upon the Sheriff by surpri.i., v
the frecholdt•rs are nut to make !heir clwice, the
Sheriff is tint empowered to 4.;cct tiny booths or
polling places at the 'expense of tle• ctitillitlate,, but
must take tl.e pull in Gamine opts, or piddle place,
and pursue the iv:photons of the tli mid Bth
AVill. 111. c. JS, exactly as artily :Nth ; 11.
had never passed ; exctlit that, by the 9th tr..
lib Meat allow a cheek book for every poll book, ns
where booths have been retTotlarly eeected." By
the 7th amid 6th of king ‘Villiam 111. the eleetimes
in eoutitica are to be holden at stone cant enirot
place, and the Sherd is commanded to appoint a
competent tiunilier of poll eleri.s. By the Mth of
Quecu Anne, the Sheriff of Yorkshire is directed
to appoint Seven tables for tukiug the poll; uud by
the 18th of (leo. 11. before recited, booths are to
be erected and clerks appointed, at the ex-
pense of the ca:alidates.

Yoe- Comittittee, on *ferrite; to tlw Petition of
the High Bailiff; and rep the Report mode by the
former Committee, thud; it their duty to-point
out, that the prayer of seuh petition refers to looses
sustained by the High Bailiff, at distinet periods
mid under different circumstances. The first head
of losses, amounting in the whole to the sum of
1,5119/. lOi. 2d. being the sum of 1,269/. los. col.
spetilically Muted iii such Report, together sit!,
SOO/. or therenbonts, being the costs aloof eNtlf!HP•es
Minded to therein, of the High Bailiff, in el uleavour-
bog to substantiate his simplified chains at law, and
which loss of 1,569/. los. -:.fd. was iticurred by him at
a time when no law esisted compelling him to met
hustings, or to employ as it seems above one poll
clerk ; and when no right was vested in him to re-
cover any part of the expeopes of such arrange-
ments against any of the candidetes or other per-
sona, except such right as might result risen wily
special promise made for such purpose. The se-
cond head °floss amounting to 5•.!5/. was incurred
after the Act of the Fifty-first of his present Ma-
jesty had cast the iudistlCUSableobligution of erecting
hustings and emploving poll clerks on the high Bass
liff,and had enftsrceil that obligation,hy punishing the
failure cf its discharge as a misdenusismor. With
regard to this latter head of loss, your Committee
observing, that as it was the clear object of the
lastsrecited Act, not only to provide suitable roe-
venietwes for taking the poll at It'esttnitister, with
order, regularity, safety and justice, but elm to in-
demnify the High Bailiff ngeinet stay expenses
which might result from his complying with these
regulations; and as the Act was deficient, inasinneh
as it did not provide Mr the case of an involuntars-
tandidate, or for the indemnification of the High
Bailiff from any otter source; and ns the public
have derived the *hole benefit intended to be of
fected by these enactments, but at the cost and
charges of the High Bailiff; he has, on thew
grounds, !nude ant n gond title to the favourable
consideration of Perla:mem, of this port of the
prayer of his petition, to the C\ tent of the whole of
tee loss set forth in such part of it. And with re-
gard to the first heed of loss, amounting to the sum
of 1,56 e/. 10:..3:1. your Committee observe, that
though it does not stand precisely on the same
ground for consideration and indemnitimition, it
does nevertheless present itseff to their . stew, in a
light which type:tie to them so strong, as to justify
their recommendation of it to the attention of Par-
liament. It was at no time (as is clearly shewn) the
duty of the High Bailiff to erect any hustings
whatsoever, nor is it certain that he was ever hote
to employ inure than one poll clerk ; he might have
taken the pall in the Guildhall of Westminster, or
in any open place, or in the fields; he might have
refused to have :geed upon any special promise
whatever, for indemnification for the expenses of
mew hustings. or the employment of 26 poll clerks,
which your Committee learn have lutely been ne-
cessary to be retained. But had he so proceeded
to take the poll, it is manifest that all the conse-
quences described in Mr. Wish:it-es evidence must
have followed ; riot, confusion, and disorder, awl
a total want of justice to all parties. The aged
and infirm would have lwen excluded from exer-
cising their rights ; and if any proceedings in the
forum of a poll, could hare been carried on, the ef-
fective rights of election would have been exer-
cised by the most violent and the least opu-
lent. And at conclusion of such n proceeding,
no return could halve been made which could have
satisfied the due execution of the laws, or nay of
the candidates or electors ; excepting those who
might have contrived to have availed themselves of
a scree of confusion, riot, and injustice. That the
maintaining good order and uniformity of proceed-
ing within the City of Westminster at electives is of
great consequence to the whole kingdom, is not
only obvious in itself, but is expressly declared in
the Act of the Sist of his present Majesty. The
High Bailiff has dust preserved that good order,
previous to the passing of the .4et, but at his ex-
pense, and to the injury of his private fortune. He
has done that at all times heretofore, it hich this last.
mentioned Act has declared necessary to he done
hereafter ; but he has not been remunerated for it,
as the rune Act has declared that he ought to be.
And the public, interested in the re,..,slarite of the.
proceedings, have derived all the benefit from his
pnst arrangements, Lott at his expense. and loss,
which this Act contemplated would be secured to
it, by rendering the continuation of the same pre.
Potations uregssrs'ae on him fur the future. Under
these circumstances, your Comelittee, having dis-
tinctly noticed the tso separate grounds on which
these two distinct claims stand, do not hesitate to
recommend this head of loss also to the fiwourable
consideration of Parliament. At the some time ob-
serving, that from the whole of the evidence it does
appear, that the prolsobility of such heavy losses ne-
ver entered into the contemplation of either the pre-
decessor of the High Bailiff, or of the High MOT
himself at the tune he purchased his situntion ; or
that tee fees and emoluments of the offite were
either adequate to or intended to cover them. Your
Committee further tintless that bath heads of loss
include the costs of itetioua brought against caud -
dates to recover a compensation for the above e....
i pease. But they also observe, that if the High
! Bailiff had not taken every menns in his power to
i procure reimbursement frost the estal.dates, accord-
ing to the provisions of the last-recited Act, t
would have been aim,: justly objected to hint, 11 st
be could have no title whatever to public inden, it
ficatitee if he had moot first attempted all those mos es
i of private reinsoursemeut, which either custom '

to trzorailt, Ar n (w.iUde statute to cliteol
l.rr• ndoptinl.
:nttl, !wit, 1614.

APPF.NDIX, No. I.
MIN CTES OY EVIDENCE.

Jul*, 28 she Maij 1814.

Mr. %TA'hail! tate. Depot) High 13a11i6 otlreatattitotter,
rrllr J in, Cita eatiaileted.
Too Lt.) Tl r eu4s awl extra ce*ltt, amottatise; to
us tit :;00f ngoinat Pant!. h r Unitseiti Itardett, anti %II
S:V•rid.i it. :ire tine tea a.•e in my prort,siobal aelavity.
an acttui 1.1.011.41. i in Oritsher 1812, by the high
by Lieu aJtiee 0t art con watt 1;4 IltehardAtio) e gait rt
%IND esti; irdi itillTatient by default, and a rt -
diet Iraq then obtlittyl fur *251. and vilify, !owe since
twen paid. In that tertian, the eaten I.•rtiu.et rainy to 201.
lit that let-him, the rapar.es aartouited to r:501 ; Ina the
it oder Co. titer/lion of Par i•berif!.. pt,ttrti Lunt Cutts-
ralte'.. proportion at '2'ls/. being the eittentor tiv. Inept 01,1 y,
e‘ciasive of p.)tl ele:7.letitined, and 40 tiLa csp ensto ii:enrred
by the Hit h liailiff. . .

It a poll had talicrt placl., could rit have beim rrr.ily to
h'"'" c'rniPind ,vith ate Art of Poet: nt, yob*, !tit 1,3,y
a 4.0;w :cut nunsbn. 1.1 poll ckrks lie.strbstrol, raid
paid lil4 sacb n tattier ?--Cer:ainly twit accord.o; to f• at
of tine-telltale at • tedious for W'esttuioster, which is to Flo.
teed to the pull Lifter nu airltoorntneut of one- hour only.
Is it the custom invariably to du so ?-11Otoriably.
When you consulted Mr Ilicharibion, slid you tilt( his
opinion, whether au action could he maintained rvaiiist one
of the eandithitio?-1 did; I laid a CLIP before hien: t`i/tai•
I!r.li r. kha,dttne psi in and teed.] After the verilei
ill the Sheriff's Court. the Cnih r-tilscriff saved the 1,4 .1 I, of
Inn as to the joint liability of the candidates us tit thy uhu:e
of ti.. dentii .1.

Don was the point of law reserved by the Under 'Merit
I:rented ? 1 applied to the Court, and the result ems iri by
Mr. Riehardson's kill r (Mr. Richanl..on a lett• r r
After the action against laird Cochrane was brought; on s e
groom' of the opinion eireti In tint ease, an actiol was coin-
iiicileed against S:r oteis linnlctt for hi. moiety.
B. fore you eimisunited them boo against S r traneis
WWI your alit-idiom called to Ilse liability of a peso's
oho was an iniulnutary ?—lt was.
Did sou take any opinion upon it ?-1 consulted with Mr.
Richar;tom repeatedly, and wan gm/recut d by Inv advice
throughout the whole course of the proceeding.
Did you state to Mr. Richardson, that Sir Fraceis
chit had in no other manlier aeopted the procceilii.k. ua the
election, than by his taking his seat im the Hiraw!-1

1)iel he oise yuu acv written opinion on that pint
case first token, folly stated that eireenastamee (Extracts
from the case snintincel to Mr. Richardson, mad.) On the
trial of the issue nzainst Sir Francis Durdctt, nu eth• r evi-
dence of his havitg the character being ae'sluced, than the
eireninstansee of his takin; his scat, Lord Ellenbornaigli di-
reel...! a r.oui.iit, subject to a point reserved. In the ensuing
'1.11.1, after chusuaation with Mr. Atturne: twist, Mr.
Pack, sod Mr. Itichordsien, a rule nisi to set *side the owl-
suit was zraedrit, oltieh, after solemn orpiment, was dis-
charge-4i the whole Court agreeing with the Lord Chief
Ju•t;ce.

Was your Cuits:sel of opinion that it was a fit point to be
argued ?—They were; the Deliadauta rusts of the sonsait
\rd rt. taxed at 311/. which were paid by tnc to the Dili-lid...ea
attorney. The Ilniatiff's costs of ti.e action un a eery re•
&iced stale, ana.unt to the Tutu of 150/. .1r thereaboutts,
avid the propot tint unpaid of that lA. tioa aas 3251. being
115/. expense incident to hustings only, and 1001 pu:l clet is
and incidental tapes:sta.

,•t. elle, 27 die Mal 1114.
Art:: c.f 7 arida Will. 111. tap. 2..1.—1t) Anne. cap V.—
Its (;co. 11 cap. 18.—W Geo.ll. eap. 28, and 25 4cu.
tap kl, ,tad.

)Ir. (;...or;te Vincent, Chapter Clerk to the Dean mot Chrp.te

of Westminster, called in, and examined.
look at the statement put in by you before Me
format Cumin:nee is all correct. I have authim-: to
add to it. 1 think I have a memorandum extant, winch I
will end, iennr to find among the rewords of tin D. a:. al.ll
Chapter of Westminster. I always uudersood that Ow ex-
pease of the busting, sax paid by the candidates.
Mr. Thomas Wi,liart, called in, and examine.l.
How old are you ?—I am 61 years of ay, and
is Coventry-street since 1 have ..ern Liam
Have yan always interested yourself in the Election.; f•ni
Westiniucter ?—Alasiys.
What is the most remote contested Election that yna
have heard your father speak of?—Trentham and Vaudeput's
was the must remai

Did you learn from him that there were Hastings erected
in that care?-1 Miderstood so from him.
Did you understand from him who paid the expense of the
Hioutings!—l understood the Candidates or their fr.cntai;
my fathei voted at that elettion.
During the time that yon have Interested purself in ck c.
tions, who paid fur the hustiugm?—Tlit Candiunthsur their
friends, down to the priscut time, and I lit Vtr Lard any
thing to the contrary. I paid all the expenses iueiudin±th►
hustings fee to the High Hai!iff, and a bond to the parish of
St. Paul, Coyest-garden, at Mr. Fox's last election. It uts
customary to give a bond to the Churehwaiilcus and Over.
Neel'A of that Parish, fur any damage that might be done to
the church by the erection of the hustings. r,ltr. If f,hcrt
•pat in the receipt for parlour's a•oi J. Up. u appleat on to
the Vestry Clerk, he iusisted mu having a build. [Whence:
produced the rct•eyt,for the expense of the hargtisps.] The
elittgcs were smaller thins usual at that election, owing to
there being no expectation of a contest.
How many con tested elections do you yourself recollect ?
I have witnessed five or six.

Are the hustings aliso lutrly necessary for carrying MA the
election, and for a due scrutiny of votes?—Abutulat~ly tad,
Could it be carried on with safety to the viiteii• them-
selves ?.—No; if the High Bailiff had taken upon l iuraif
to neglect erecting hosting, I think tune well hare been
no contested Election carried un ; it would have beets a
scene of total confusion ; a great deal of inischit r must ltatc
bean done, many lives lost; and the peace of Vfctitniinati r
'would have been endangered.

The bnsiness of election could not Lave been preeN•ch
in'—Certainly not ; and aged and idfirnt pettous /mull Lut
have r.t op to the poll.

51r. IYilliam Tgiohe, called in, and fortlicr exammed.
Witness)--In the printed Report of 111 1, the loss of the
High Bailiff is stated at 500 f.; it ought to have beets I,SuOll
in my evidence u( yesterday, I hinted the adjourpraerts to
'Ake the pun, to be one boor, 1 Oud it to be two tionr:•.—
That since the yr sr 1041, the average annwol prof is ut the
High Bailiff lime been somewhat below the calcium: con-
tained in that Report, with no extra receipts for f or
otherwise. That at the last Election, fur the cote, the
Bustiugs were tared. by the exertions of the High liutif
and his officers, and thereby a saving was rock. of 36611.

Luna, ?7° dic Jxa, j 1014.
Mr. Tooke, called iu ; and farther examiner/.
In under to conduct th• pull with regularity, .tad to tale. the
rocs of ail t!,: electors of iTeattniester, how many po:lerulis
bay it !wen thnnght itceessary to cnipley ?—Advertinz to the
Statute, teatch directs the Pull to be elused in 15 dal I, and
the porulation of the city giving frutu fvurttert to tifttou
Thousand, not les, than 2t3 pull clerks have been deenad ne-
cessary fur taking the p4ll.

A Paper of 3estertlny states, from on Inobteti
autlair.ty, that there will be a Meetio; of many
of the most respectable Electors of Westritiostei,
either this day or ti 'morrow, to invite Mr. Sits:su-
ns,' to offer himself us a Candidate for• West-
minster titian the present vacancy.
The I stony of Ormiston, in East I fallitin,w7
is said to bare been the first cu.: • .tted tlistr.ct
en
that csitititry, is likely to restsitnilish its orv,iestl
eh:trucker, as there it now to he st eu there u field of
early Essex wheat, almost entirely shit, u ,s
much more forward than auy is the
neighbourhood.

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