The National Register.
London, England, 1818-06-28 00:00:00

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The polling rommenceil;l4leii:hal time and with the asnal
spirit ; but the prineimd (inject of uproar was absent. We
regret extremely to cie, that he had born no brutally treat"•.l
oo the prceed.og eve.dug by sit ne t 0114114, that he . unlit
appear on the hiss' inv. A notification to that edert WAS ad
tirtmied to the rive I w 7,.. . .

At the rht•e n' tt.e poll the imothete were
Sir Samuel Ranilly 3,,)16 I Sir Murray Maxwell...4MS
Sir F. Burdett 9,7tri Mr. Iluot 69

Mr. Hull., sae !'. u:: ear .1 .1 Mg, it now ap
peareil, iitti all.tailoth--E In. 1. .1., his en. sr.., and Ith, cap 01'
liberty, and -islinitiod ht ustir in Si.- M. d.tswell's
When ttr ant•• of kit, poll lead .li:til announced, iie ad 'nn•
to the outer reinr, anti addressed ihe pe.mle .14 Dist : •
could ; r .• . 1:; gr of t• (MT, reibli•red
him for the limo ;on I, and even suppressed at
times hr VIVA cling ehi ..t, longs.
TiILIP.!-1)-. .
At thr r le,e of the pm. 0 Cie numbers were—
Sir Samuel 5,361 i Murray Maxwell...t,soB
Sir V. Doti! -itt
PRI t..A.Y.
A few fresh 'cards were hold up tor the respei-tise. candidates
to-day.' T..0.4C tor S:r nkl:73y Maxwell were gc: t.y- invitations
to the i-i'ertors to suoserihe nut only to delray the evi is of the
electiei... ,-/ut also of a serotiny. N placard ‘em posted
up. and received with coctintx.:l hstg.:i.cr ; - the
coarse—ss of the simile, we are :inapt.:] to suite t..a 4;1 this
election ..p.tibr--•• Q. Why is Runt like a I—s.:?--A. rleiSllie Le
is a nigrat to the poll."
Hurtlett'sfii mils had potted :10 a placlrd, expreF;ing their detes'a-
t:on of the eatrage cOnumtted on Sir Murray Maxwell. and sontein
ing the following recommendation
o' ElLtitrrs—Giee Sir NI. Maxwell a patient hearing--give Sir M.
llYaxwell your Thy :—htu. give Sir Francis Bat den your votes."
At the eenclusion of the poll the numbers were,—
fiu R0.r.i11y...3,635 1 Sir M.
Sir F. Smith:Lt I. 3.3a5 Runt

innt did rot poll one
Mr. Ellis then. came forward, declaring that it was not Lie inter.tion
to detain them -many minutes. His object in now addres,,ing himself
to them wa. to represent the state of Sic iaturray l‘faxwell's health,
which he deeply regretted to say, was nut materially improved.
With regard to the manner in which it was originally injured, he
was sure there now prevailed but one general sentiment, and there-
fore he should ray no more upon that subject. They dep,:
c Sir Murray Maxwell appearlr./ in person before them as soon as
Le was able, and on his persevering in the contest to the last.
Mr. Wiehart, in a very short skoech, expressed hi-. hope that they
mould to-riorrow suceeed it: putting an end ti the ele:tian, by the
etlamphant return of Sir S. Romilly and Sir Francis Burdett as
their repaseatitives.
The Hon. Mr. Bennett next atilressod the meeting, and ww. rr-
cia-ed with loud aprobation. linving carried his Cr7o electir.l in
another past of the country, be n.,w woe voluntarily forward. ir. aid
of the cause of Sr Sanniel Roo:illy and Sir Frar.eis Burdett. lle
should be ashamed of Weitivinster....l witich he was an elector if
they could 42 so 1,,t to all sense of their own interest and duty, as
to return a Cov.rt eandidate, after the experience of the best Ott years.
.V ith regard to Sir boomel 'lewdly's net appearing personally be-
fore them. he w's in 4 siturtion similar to that of Sir Frareic Burdett,
and had been entreated by his friends to spare his valuable time. and
r.ot to divert it trent his profewiatal avocations. lie ad fought see
by side with Sir Francis dutclett, always forming one in his mi.
rlArities. Lea ever small. If they wished for a tried men, Sir Samuel
Romilly might be placed in clic se.kles egair.st the most illustrious
patio:. of the' present day. They had been exhorted to give plutnpers
to Sir Francis Burdett; he trusted they would not, by su toning.
rudttly their own vows. and confer so material an advantage on the
ministerial candidate. Would they so act merely to gratify the
personal pique of an individual? They would recollect that they had
tau representatives to dart. and all he asked of them w.ie. to bestow
that honour on one who lt.al is lull entitled himself to it ey an active,
Lanourable, and woeful life.

SATiJRDAY.
At the renclutinn of the pol. the nut:ltem were.
Sir Samuel Meanly-3,750 Sir Murray Maxwen
-Cr F. Muviett 3,513 I Hur.t.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MIDDLESEX ELECT ON.

lIIiF.NTFORT). FRIDAY, Just 26.

A great number of electors and others, friends to Mr. Brig and
Mr. Mellish, assembled at the usual place for the purpose of electing
two members for the county. The sheriffs arrived a few minutes
before ten o'elo. k. and took their station in the hustings, constructed
with all the necessary apparatus fur a contested election, and the
business of the day immediately commenced. Just as the necessary
preliminaries were reading, the crowd became most voeifeion, in
abuse of Mi. :Mellish. They at last called so pertinaciously for his
appearance. that he felt it necessary u present himself. In retorts
he received such a volley of abuse as induced him iostinctively to
withdraw. himself from view. "Why don't you show us the corn bill,
the siispensioi. bill. the indemnity bill. as proofs of your character ?"
was the mode of catechising adapted on the occasion. The previous
formalities being finished,
Mr. Whitbread (when his name seas announced, it was received
with the moat enthusiestie applause) spoke to this effect :—" Gentle-
men, electors, and freeholders of Middlesex, we arc assembled to
exercise one of the iv:blest privileges of Englishmen. It is evident
that the duty we have to. pertbnn ought not to be performed lightly.
for our dearest interests ate at stake. In making the selection of
gentlemen to represent us in Parliament, we have to look for men of
honest, free, and itulepeadent principles, who will oat kirsake their
duty for any aellisa motives. I felt diffident—young, aid unknown
as I am—to address you on this occasion ; I rely, however, upon my
name, to which L know I owe the reception which you have given
n:e, and come before you to propose one for your eleetion, whose
name speaks for itself. When I propose George Hyn.g. Esq. I need
not say that your interests are safe in his hands. For eightaand twenty
years his honour, integrity, and independent conduct. have been
under your otoervation: he has ever been watchful of your interests ;
and lw never will forget his constituents to serve. himself. 1 should
nut have spoken so decidedly, if I did not know that Mr. Ilyng was
most highly valued by one, whom duty, affection and principle cons •
pct me to lionour and love. For 3,1 years Mr. Ilyng went liand.in-
hand with my father, in the cause of civil and religions libeity—a
cause which he neser can forsake but with his existelice." _ _

Mr. Trahaud felt great pleasure in se.xinding the proposal of a
man whoui they knew and approved.
Mr. Wood (of Littleton) assured his brother freeholders, that he
could not prevent the sin of being old, but with their indulicence he
came to nominate William Mellish, Esq. to be one of their repre-
sentatives (eie yell here set up was furious in the extreme; when the
uproar seemed incxtin.mishable without special interposition, Mr.
Slicrififlesanges cause forward, and called upon the electors to hear
every body and decide afterwards, not to decide in the first place ;
but all was in vain ; the din increased, and '• lioo. off. off," made
the air ring again), lie nominated (vociferating with his utmost
might) William Mellish, Esq. to represent this great county in Par-
liament. _ _ _

Mr. Irving uttered at intervals, as ho could he heard, th•it lee
agreed in opinion with the gentleman who had first addressed then,
that the men whom they elect: 1 ought to be free and in 1 lund.alt.
In this opinion he agreed with the gentleman whose father he
had respected. and wio had that day o:Tered a fair presage
of eminence when his talents, now juvenile, slituld come to ma-
turity.. It was &great and inyortant duty to elects man to represent
Char rights and liberties, and ,:e whcan they ahould elect ought
to be linnulf indepen:lene. and incapable of betraying or n:glecting
their interests for any miaister, for no class of iwn whathecr, or to
forward his own private interests. There were different species of
independene True led ependencethey. were to seek in the character,
the conduct. the life, and above all, in the free and in irpendent
es, .eise of a sound and diseriminati• ig judg•nent. IL was a great
msny yeas since lie had last had the honour of add:essirg them
I. that pl co. At that time they had be n eiga?.c.; in a great and
e .pensive war. of wlich the resist could not then he foreseen They
were nag in the enjoy:nun el :t-pewee 11.11 pine the country
iu st high •: • lit than the pa ef hi airy had •lesc:.i. d. 'Ma was
ow:ne, • !y to his M antics by sea and land • but it
wasalso 0.. pg. in a great ineasiire,t :Govern neit,which termed h elf
and studied the interests of the Wiaa a Mellish,. Esq. was
a g.n.lernan of tats indepentleicc he had describe d. Ile secended his
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Lac ke ca.ne forward and said he had to thank them for the
disungtuslittl ,sour of having so much as bestowed a thought open
hi .1 AS a and wally meta to rcsresent this great and popmees
county. When he said this, no hit,-• .-as more sore e.an ha that it
wa- ma merit of his which had I :ea-lot:ea so deg atLd a (brine-
hon. He ww iwrfectty te-ore t:.• t he owed every thing !o that high
qua:ter i*roin watch tar invitation came. Reform had seemed so
elated with what he had dune with the election of ‘Vool, Waithmars,
and Tho:p (near), -draws, imam) and the trimilph she was about to
sustain in W estiumster, by the eleetirm of her favourite child and
champion, Sir Francis Burdett, she seemed so elated with these
triuta,tes, that in a frolic, in a playful nalod, sht said, Let us matte
the tx;tetiment to Lien poor, 'tumble, hart•:, font Clarke for Mid-
dlesex.' tie could now only thank them for their intention towards
Lim. lie s::oold now say sonr.theuit of the two candidates proposed.
one of them seemed to hiat to have arrived at the acme of
unpopularity. No two men could diner more than that respectable
gen hetnan and Ile. There wa.; not a .'!:e.de rote that gentleman had
given in Parliament tint he should have given the direct opposite.
Mr. ;knish eiai Ac;ally, comely. hereditary Protestant. it was not
quite uneccountable, that l should wonder why a Catholic,poor or
elaratethsheetld erg :nein yy theiplr ;apposite to his terause he wanted
enumcipatieta Mr. Mellish lived in atauene.e. and at his ease. When
he wanted any money he has only to draw a check upon his
banker, anti he was supplied. It was net unaczeuntable that a
gentleman of hi: heart and walerdantling, cal he did not think he
warded either, should wonder at the discontent of the poor man who
showed what he ,NAtitl all .• an ignorant impatience and taxation."
;le should now say a f:tv words of Mr. Hyng. 'float lc:admen be-
longed to what they migla perhaps call one of tit _:ear factione, or
pec.ties (ler he would tete no loud mimes) in tile state lie be-
hinged to the great politiral denomination railed the Widest
of England, The Whigs had net acted so well as he could
There were fault* on both sides; lon he wished that
retry geatleman in l.lngland were not only a Whig, lint such
a %I hie as Mr Byer:. The Whig-. were as dear and friendly
to liberty as any emmtry could 'toast. They agreed wails
them, reformers, (for gie was not ashamed to snow himself u
reformet ) rather in their object than in the mode of accom.
-plislthnt it. They, the heforiners, wanted not so lunch are
form of, as a recount in, the House of Commons. l'hr Whigs
would be content if they could oust their opponents from the
easts ry 'smelt. They, elm mere, were at issue with them on
that point. lie agreed with the great and illustrion• jacohin
of finer times, the Right Hon. ‘Vin. Pitt, that " No Mm is'
ter cold do tiny good, and that no honest man conld continue
Minister will, l t a reform." In the letter which lie had
writte” to the ft eelsolders, he had shown the effects of the fiat
and low wirits whirl, he then felt. Events whirls had since
taken plate had inspired a confidence and enthusiasms
st Itiett made him believe that reformers could be planted in
the House of Commons thick as hops. lie should he content
with samething short of that. If they could hare one to
twenty there, they would fight the horonghionnuers on their
own dunghill. Iftitey would not fumble their ill-constrneted
fabric ahont their Calla, let the reformers of England never
be trusted agaia.
Mr. bag cued Mr. Mellish were mow declared to be duly
elected.
Mr. Byes; said, that agreeably with his prinriples he felt
always the greatest satisfaction in meeting with the freehold-
els of Middlesex. lire felt the greatest satisfaction in Strang
so many friend, at BrenVord that day to place him again is

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LOS'

the high and disthign. jailed situation which he bad filled for so
many years'. He test highly gratified in Lis lung nod arthimi,
canvass o find that his conduct had been every where approv-
ed of. This principally arose from the honest and ecnsistent
conduct which he lied exhibited since he had beer) in Perlin.
ment. lu common with all tie friends of freedom he welsh
ever mtintaiii thorns inciples which had been asserted at the
revolution—principles which, although not always most pre.
va'ent in this country, as a gentleman had just!y emarkr
were most lasting and most co nduclae to the liberty and hap
piness of the people. He could at the saute time most eon
scientiously assure them, that if a great part of his liee bad
been passed iu opposition to Ministers, he had ',ever given a
vote from fatalous or disloyal motives. Tim lihea ties of t 1.4)
people were insepat ably interwoven with the stability of the
Crown ; and the people, n bile their rights and liberties we,.
respected, would be ever ready to support the canstitutitin of
King, Lords, end Com.nons. The people were sincerely aid
steadily attached to the cot.ititution for which our forefathe
Wed.—to the gov-rnment under which their forefathers bat d
happy at bona', and were glorious abroad,—to the welt b. -
lanced constitution, which had rendered this country, although
small in comparison with many other countries, great and
gloricus beyoial alt comparison. But it thin country should
he deprived of liberty, it would aeon return to its original
insigniticauce. I.et who will be Minister, it he (Mi. ltvug)
sit...mild ever saerirce their interests to his own dirty
he shon:d expect and deserve their abhorrence and execration ; but
while he couselentiously performed his day, he was sure to live, not
only in their voices, but in their hearts. If he shmild desert them.
they wauld turn their backs upon him. and treat litin with the abhor..
recce and coatenipt which he should peculiarly deserve. He had
said recuiiarly. because he bad, from theearliest period of :.is life, at.
his father's &cattle, heard the people spcken of with reverence and
afiivion. Be had only further so thank them most cordially for
their votes and suffrages.
Mr. Mcllisl. requested to be heard. IL riilled upon gams as En-
glishmen to give Pins an onportuuity of cieaking for himself ; his
conduct had been vilified ; fie knew his friends approved of his con-
duct, but he wished to make a few explanations. Ile had never had
a contrail in his life from Government. It was impossible to ex-
plain independence. lie had cud from conscience. and feared not
to be a.ked any questions. As krg at, they reposer' ao mud% trust in
him, he should never transgte,,bis duty.
The coif lion end uproar was so vehement during the whole tuns
of Mr. Meliish's address, that we could hear hint. though quite doe.
to him, bin very indistinctly.
The return wss then announced: at Mr. Mellish's name tho
crowd vociferated " No. no." The thanksof the meeting were next
. unanimously vaed to Sir Francis Bessnges, and to Sir George Al-
derson, ShcrillS, for their impartial condoct. Tile assembly was
much more respectable than might be exeeeted at the htisticis of a
county election. The new members were then caaired, but without
any particular mark of distinction. •
At the end of Brenttont neat Leaden, a large party o: bays aael
girls arrayed themselves on both sides of the street. a lied with brae
quantities of mud, and most plentifully bespattered all .whu wore the
light blue ribend (Mr. Mash's badge) with mud.