The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-26 00:00:00

SIR C. B4INES'S MAETING.

At a Meeting of some of the (fiends of S;r
topher Ildynes, the CAndidate for MiJuleses, hell
yeAordAy at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Q..teeu-
strect, At thr, z o'clock.

Mr. KM ow'. re in the Chair;
• After a great deal of discussion and contrariety
of sentiment, several Resolutions were passed, ex-
pressive of their disapprobation of the condo& of
Mr. Dyng. the other Candidate ; their approUtion
of that of Sir Christopher ; and their determination
to support him in a cotitimastion of the contest for
the County of Middlesex. Previous, however. to
the passing of the last Resolution submitted to their
consi*feratinn. relative to raising a subscription to-
ward. defraying the necessary expenses, Sir Chris-
topher Baynes arrived from Brentford, and entered
the room where this discussion was going on ; and,
on heartng.the Resolutions read to his., expressed
his gratituda tor the exertions his friends were in•
alined to make for procuring his return as their
Representative; but as he was afraid it was np-h:.i
work, and very little probability remaining of °hi •
mate success, he begged leave to decline any fur-
ther contest. it being the opinion of the Meeting
that the stonily Baronet should mile into ailother
apartment. during their farther deliberation, he ac-
cordingly did so. sled they proceeded to reconsider,
amend, and altee their former resolutions. The re.
stilt. however, was, that under all the circumstances
of the case, the meeting were of opinion.. that it was
expedient that Sir Christopher Baynes should decline
the farther contest, but they promised to support his
with their nest el.-ins in case of a future vacancy for
the county of Middlesex.

Sit Csaisvornee ti4vses h,is positively declin-
ed MI lartber contest for Mailcsee; Mr. Brno,
and !dr. MaLtaset, will of course be returned.
Mr. Cansw has declined tbe contest for the
County Wesford. The contest now lies betwi en
Joss CoLc. ()tun, Esq. of lintcro Abbey, Mr.
Itiist and Mr. ALcosa.

. .
T.A. LATE RIOT AT LEEDS.

(Au took ?articular', hos The Leeds Afereery.)

Oa Tuesday last. the first divi•ino of Lord MI
ton's voters, consistiog of about three hund•ed, as-
sembled at the Cloth Hall, in this cowl:, and about
one o'clock, proceeded in coaches, post-chaise',
tight waggons tke. for Y wk. amidst the uoiverral
cheers of the log st assemblage of people we ever
witnessed in this town The populace enter4d into
the scene with hilarity, and felt that elation which
the lettering prospeses ot their favourite Candidate
were calcu:ated to inspire, but no dispodtion to riot
any where prevailed; in fact, we never witnessed
so much moderation and decorum amongst the same
number of people, ern t on the occasion of an elec-
tion. Betwixt .five and six o'clock in the evening.
two young men, instigated by some imprudent
Per!Ple, paraded the irreil with a paper on whizii
W.A, printed the name of " Laseiliss• The popu•
lace, as might have been kreseen. 'hewed their dis-
..ppiobuion of this rash conduct, by hooting and
i.ustling them ; and Richard Ramsden Brantley,
E q. the Mayor ot Leeds, who by some means hap-
pened to be near these injudicious young men, seis-
ed a boy by the collar while he was crying out—
" Mikan for ever P' 'The populace interfered to
prevent the bay being dragged, its they imagined,
to prison. and the Mayor was then busied by the
crowd. Irritated by this condue, Mr. &amity,
without calling in the aid of the Peace Officers, or-
(bored the horse soldiers to be instantly assembled; the
Riot As was read, and sine moment the law would
admit it, the troops were crtiered to scour the
streets with drawn swords, galloping do•rn the foot
paths, entering even private dwellings, aed pursu-
ing the inoffensive multitudu, who were flying io
every direaion, from military vengeance, to places
of refuge. In the morning, about tea o'clock, sons.
few men and boys pelted a cart load of Mr. Las.
teats's friends, as they passed through the town t
but with the exception ot this depai dare from the
mid rules of decorum. the multitude concluded
themselves, till the military were called out, with
unusual propriety. Thanks to the Litman* and
manly moderation of Colonel Campbell and Capt.
Stackpole, no fatal accident happened, though se-
veral persons were thrown down and *wand.' by
the horses. Aid others severcy cut by the swords of
the soldiers. Happily the populace had not the
bugbear of " No Popery" in their mouths, or it is
impouible to say what might have been the conse-
quence ; though to du the friends of Mr. Lastelles
justice, it must be acknowledged that they have
spared no pains, by indattirnatory hand-bills and
nen,rwise, to introduce this mischievous cry to the
notice of the multitude.

The irritation of Tuesday night caused some of
the military to mount their horses on Wednesday
evering, at eight o'clock. without any orders either
I ioin welt Ors or from the Civil row-r, and the
town Will thrown into the most dreadtut coasterna-
lion by numbers of soldiets gaping down the loot.
paths of the most public streets of the town, with
their swords drawn, and in the most furious and
menacing manner, to the grea terror of the peace-
able ithabitonts. On this night, a man was severely
hurt, but not, we believe, mortally. As 11.1 been re-
po' ied. The soldiers are very properly placed un-
der confinement, for sating wiihr,ut orders s but they
are certainly entitled to some indulgence, as It is
universally admitted, that these was jai as misc.:,
perhaps more, occasion for military int:sfere- on
Wednesday than on Tuesday evenirg. A consio.r-
able time after the soldiers had scoured the streets,
on Wednesday, some mischievous men and boys
assembled about the Mayor's house, which is situat-
ed about half a mile from the town, and broke a tow
squares of glass.
A little boy parading the streets, on Tuesday
night, with one of Lord Milton's orange-coloured
cards in his hat, was pursutd by a soldier on b rsa
back, with his drawn sword ; a woman cried out to
him as he passed, " take the colour out, th..,u little
fool."—" No, 1 won't take it out for any of them,"
said the lad, " they shall kill me first ;—Miltou for
ever—huzza!" The soldier, like a generous fellow,
was pleased with ti).- lad's firmness, and left him to
enjoy his favourite cry without further mole tonal).
I be men who have attempted to raise the co yof
"No Popery"—that cry. which, a few years ago. set
the bletropolis of this Empire in Boma, have toe
modesty to reprobate the onfiarnmatary pratice of
placing cards in the hats of the populace, by way of
,'sewing the prevasliiig sentiment of the present
Election. Let it be recollected, however, that L. rd
Mil too was the last Candidate who adopted these
bodges, and the only reason why the friends of her.
Loscelles have not followed up a ?make whith
till, began on the Jay of nominatioo is, that the pt.
pulace AM wear that Cenci/titan's cards eves
when they are gist,,.
When every other expedient fail., the friends of
Mr. Lascellcs upbraid all those who cannot thiek
on political or religious subjects exaftly like them-
selves, with the opprobrious term of it Jacobins."
not recolletting 'hat these very loyal suiiltts them.
selves, did, at the last Elation. pnbli.h a dire& invi•
tation to the people of England to resist the lowlul
succession to the ciown, and heaped upon the
King's late Ministers, when in office, every tam of
reproach and disaffation. But ass. we suppose,
was all nut of juice b. alry. a pox „u such i.,yuhy,
say."

LAO week the Dublin Corps of Y omanry were
eter.iied in t!:e Pl,kanix Park. by Sir Cm Alma.
AV3ILL, preparatory to a grand review on the 4th of
June.

A letter from Poole, dated May 24. says --84 Ar.
rived the Itkezore. Captain Jaccson, from &Ander.
land, having made a voyage from hence to Sun-
derland, and back, in less than 10 days ; she sailed
from hence on the evening of the 19th 'noun, and
arrived hese early on the morning at the 23d,"
On Thursday last, the Right Hon. Laid NAPIER.
His MAJ IST T'S Commissinner to the General Assent.
bly of the Church ut Scotland, walkA in proces-
sion from his lodgings, New Assembly Close, teethe
Higb Church, in the usual stare, the Dumfries-
shire Mania lining the st •ret. His Grace was at-
tended by several N-il:lenien and Gentlemcn, Otions
of the Army and Nsvy. kc. Among others, the
Doke in Amos., Mu qui, • f H , Earls of
131PCNAII. H•o o so mew:, DA L 11011M1 t, ROINIL VS,
Visasst Mstvtu.s, Lail ILisasig, fats. fief.

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DUBLIN TIM AT R ICA LS.

Mr. Jonas, the Maus •g r t run Th.atre, heti en-
gaged the celebratei M-jausr C TALA kl, to sieg
at three performances i:: r'ty w ich h. is
t•r pay her haftere nun 11Piaras. tear of
expenses !—Trria is the Mill that ever I,ais
been given on x similar occasion. ea.!' (he rre,ei;ses
must be immense to cover it. The pric •• A
roi,sion are in consetrienee to he rais es•
ordinary talents an great eele'rrity ot iheLidy 41:
such, that she ha I prop•isitions Iront every alit
Er1414,1d. %Thiel she rtj •cted, rn in it this tt 17.7*
after the O.A-a clos s. Mis Power i.„
who Lae long divided the palm of wutslic pr .i.e with
:qrs. &moons. and whose ri.ieK tatiern• were torte
of the causes why tbe lattr r 'it( tr Deury.
lane rhearre, is rnga4rd, with '4'. k' re, f oar
after season. F.sfeav, the Come ian arm, in his
peculiar line of skiing, is the fir,t c aFar in .
Covent-garden T;iearte, ha, also sigueJ irticie• fur
the summer ; and our countryman Jonsavo.E. and
lect.soon, art also engaged : so that oy pond ma-
nagement, the town might be adrrsiraoly well
amused with Tragedy. Carnaly. and o:ieia, repre-
sented in an eminent manner. Lira. 1311.1,1M0T
also had liberal proposals from Mr Joists. btr 1141
determined not to nig any where d icing the p•e-
sent year ; and BRA HAW would have been included
in the present atrangernents, had he not been pre.
viousiy engaged —(Ua6lia Paper )