The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-10-28 00:00:00

LORD PALENTIA.

We have mach pleasere to comm•tnicate the ar-
rival, at Portsmouth. on board His Majesty's ship
A'eptiore. of that accomplished Nobleman. Lord
Viscount Valencia. in good health, on hi. return
from India. by the way of Suez, with his Secretary,
Mr. Salt, slier nearly fire years a'osence from Eng-
land, in various parts of India. His Lords:op
nude several months stay in the Red Sea. and
the adjacent sea coasts ; and I as maJe some vs.
!liable charts of those different places.
Hi. Lordship had, by order of the Govetemer.t
of India. the Panther, (Company's cruiser,) Cap:Ain
Court, to assist him. Mr. Salt. his Lordship's Se-
cretary. made an excursion inm Abyssinia, with
Aiindle, of the Him. Company's service. as
f.a as the capeal, Gondar. Lott! Valentia's state
of health, at this period. could not permit him to
accompany Mr. Salt. The public will be exceedingly
stratified by much valuable information. colleßed by
his Loishhip, during this long, label Mug, and lauda-
ble research. A young Abyssinian Prince is in his
Lordship's suite, who is a near relation of Plegade
Ra Maisorart, one of the principal unseen, of Stair,
so often mentismed by that celebrated traveller, the
eiruician Bruce, as being his friend. This ymng
elate:" spears possessed e: great natural end,w-
retints, an ar lions to beco:,le acgnainted with the
m.-ncrs and customs of Grcat Britain,

ronrsRIRE ELECTIVN.

Mr. Fawkes, the Now Candidate for Yorkshire.
has commenced *most naive canvass in that count v.
Last week he visited Leeds, Btadforr), Wakefield,
and Halifax. At Leois, on Tuesday, he passed
through the Cloth Halls, amidst the cheering plau-
dits of hundreds of Freeholders.
' Mr. Fawkes having expressed a wish to address
'the Voters, whose numbers prevented the possibility
wf private application, temporary Hustings were
ere,fed by order of the Trust,es, in the Yard of the
Coloured Cloth-hall, from which he delivered the
following manly a.•d constitutional speech :
Gentlemen—Nly public address will have al-
'ready informed you, that it is my intention to be.
• come a Candidate to represent this great and opulent
"County in Parliament, at the ensuing Eleelion.
" In offering myself to your notice upon this oc-
•easion, I foal aaueted by an anxious desire, by a
strong, and, I trust, a laudable ambition, to render
myself useful to my Country, to dedicate my life to
your service, and to toake your happiness and pros-
perhy, the primary °Netts of all my exertio•.s.
" It will scarcely be necessary for me to renal to
your recolleftion. that ',his r no the first time I have
had the honour of soliciting this ieveur at your hands.
My char..Eter, thereloie, cannot he wholly unknown
to you—it is now ten years since I fir!: was a Candi-
date for yo"- sufft ages ; the interval, Gentlemen,
is one of insider-Able dutatino ; but,'l
trust, that
during this period, my time has nut been entirely
' misOanf, and I bave_aotoe hopes, that my earnest
endeavours,•conscientiously to do my dory, both
to m' country and me:e.t, may fortunately have
attracted some portion of your musician and sa-
pid. •
GentletneW—Thetse is nothitig so disgusting as
egotism—it is seldom tha• a man is periohted to
speak of ie y .ur province to determine
bow far my ouolii is .tor coodua entitle me to
any claim upon your otoolment ; and should your
exertions in my belleit en this occasion prove that
you are satisfied with the generet ten sr of my life,
then I shall be proud indeed—then 1 shall have am-
ple reason to congratulate myself—then shall 1 flatter
sayse,t—that I have not entirely lived in vein.
t• Should•your kind partiality elorate me .o this
Wary honourable and distinguished situation, I beg
leave to asstoo you, that the commercial interest of
this very populous and opulent distria, shall ever
be the object of my greatest attention. I shall
Oink no time, no toil, no pains, too great to enable
111111.0 acquire an accurate and comprehensive kaow-
ledge of your concerns; and I pledge myself to sou,
ever conscientiously to support those meesto:s which
I may conceive best calculated to promote the ow-
:perky, and secure the stability, of your great and
extended coramerce.
" I know not, of course, what is to be the issue
of this business ; I may succeed, or I may be de-
feated, and in a few weeks my cause may be extin-
guished and forgotten; but still allow me to give
you owe word of advice; let me conjure you, so
long as you set the least value—so long as you re-
tain the least regard for your independence, and
your consequence, never, never for one moment to
lose sight of the Freedom of Eleftioo.
" I beg leave to observe, that upon this occasion, •
Ido not tee* the-least animosity to either of your.
peasant Men:Awe. I have been called for by ray
friends, and I have obeyed their powerful voice I'
am conneaed with no party--I stand upon my own
ground-1 will 'mike no coalition ; and I pledge
myself to carry on the contest to the last hour which-,
the law allows.
Gendemen—As I trust we shall all soon meet
again at the day of nomination, it was not my in-
tention to have troubled you leather upon the pre-
sent occasions but I must request your attention
for a few moments, that I may be enabled to make
a few comments upon two hand bills. published and
circulated at Halifax. and which I now hold in my
band. [Here Mr. Fawkes read a nand bill, pub-
lished at Halifax, insinuating that Mr. Fawkes was
the tool of a party.]
" You find then my adversaries at Halifax would
have you believe, that I am dragged forward to
this struggle by a certain party, and that I am
merely to as the puppet upon this occasion. I will
not deal in idveftive, because it is never my prac-
tice ; but thus far I will say, that the author of
that iusinuetion. is the most pieced stranger both to
my mind and my charefter.
° I never was, I never will be, I trust in God,
it is not in my nature to be the Loa of any men.. I
never formed an opinion, or gave a vote upon Joy
public subjea, which did not spring from the holiest
dilates of tny own heart, and I trust that no in-
ducements—that no hopes--that no earthly tempt-
ation, could ever prevail upon me to barter so proud
and so valuable a privilege —Aided by your power-
ful support, it is not quite impossible that I may be
successful in this contest. 1 shall in that case, most
assuredly, owe my EleEtion to the exertions of a
patty ; but I trust that that party will consist of
a thundering Majority of the Freeholders of York-
shire.
Another hand-bill accuses me of an attempt to
disturb the tranquillity of the county. Gentlemen,
I will confess to you, that 1 do not completely un-
derstand the meaning of this fashionable, but idle,
and indeed unconstitutional phrase. I shall discuss
this matter mots at length upon a future occasion.
I shall here content myself with observing, and I
beg you, Gentlemen, seriously to rafted upon the ro-
ma• t, that if there be any objeetions to my standing
forssard upon this occasion, and for the reasons given
above, precisely the same reasons militate against the
exercise, on your part, of that invaluable privilege
winch rou received as your birth-right, and the best
legacy from your forefathers.
" Gentlemen-1 snail now take any leave of you
for the present. I trust we shall not be long sepa-
rated. Your reception of me has quite overpowo
rued me, and I beg you to accept my most heart-
felt ackuowledgrnents for the kind wishes and at-
tentions with which you here already so highly ho-
noured and flattered me.'

The acclamations during the delivery of this
glowing address, wet e unbounded. In passir.g from
one Hall to the other, and from the White Cloth
I-lall to the Hotel, the populace took his horses from
his carriage. And drew him through the streets,
amidst thr cheering plaudits of thisusand. of sp. c•
Muse.

'CRY {QUARTER SESSION: •
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owltteAct.
Mr. &IRON Cork, a respeelable merchant: who
occupies a house in business near "Pinshuty.squaro,
in which he does not reticle, but for which he pays
the rent and taxes, was inclined by his parish, for
refusing to undertake the duty of an •Civersoer is
said parish, to which :A was appointed by the
Magistrates, as a substantial housekeeper.
Mr. Cock did not deny that he refused to accept
the of hut said it was because he did not reside
in the parish, and was liable to be chosen to a
miler duty, in the parish of which he was aetuallsei
resident ; and this be dieted to prove its his jitatla
cation. •
The Court, however, without havinl, the slightest
doubt of this feet, said, that all that it had to de in
the present question was, to try the fad, whethernr
not Mr. Cock had refused to assume the office to
which the Magistrates had appointed him ? Fore as
to the plea of non-residence, it should have been
made in the fir,t appeal to the Magis-
trates, as his ground of exemption. It came too
late before the Court, at present ; and Mr, Cock
would be subjected to the penalty, appointed by law,
through his not having taken better advice in dee
tame.
Mr. Cock, of course, submitted. Fined 101.
The Court t.en proceeded to the trial of Parish
Appeals; in the course of which, the only affair of
any interest that occurred, was an appeal made by
a Mercantile Gentleman, of most rupee-table situa-
tion and property, from a charge of bastardy,
swore efreiwerttina by a young woman who had lived
servant in his house.
The Gentleman totally denied all foundation fr r
the fa& charged, and therefore brought his appeal.
The mother of the child appeared, and upon her
cross-examination admitted, that she had been cri-
minally connected with the footman, and two others
of the same rank, as said, that her only reason for
swearing the child to her Mayer was, because he
could afford to be the best father to it.
The original order was of emirs' quashed.