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WASTIWNSTEK xi Ecno.v. •

FOURTEEN.* Dart POLL, Fusee; Mosoer24. •-•
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l'hough yesterday was the last -day but oni NI •
pointed by l.w for the final close of the poll. t1:1".
election went on with but little animatiou. It .
most seemed that its interest languished in propso•,
Lion as its termination approached. During tt.o •>•
early part of the day Mr. Lamb gained a coininier-
able number on Mr. Hubhouse. but at four o'clot k.
whet. the pull.boArd Wail esbtbited. tl a wojogity uri
the day's poll appeared to be. but 25. Tba
lowing were the gross numbest:—
For itir F. Burdett.. e.....t ... .. 5.073
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Mr. llobhouse ..... 4110,1
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Hon. G. Lomb

The notification excitrd the most tumult ))))) 14
display of exultation on the part of tl.e
A yell of triumph (as on Many of the prr.....i•
days) was raised, mod kept up during the a 'psi+ of-•
Mr. Lamb's address, for the' purpose of weveotieg
it from below understood.
Mr. Lamo—He had but a few words to say ip
them. This day's poll was somewhat in Ins Iseerstr..
but so little, that' it behoved all those unpolled •
elector, who had promised . him their support to
flock speedily to the hustings. Whether they did
or did not know their duty to him. he knew 1,11
duty to them. and was feitilved that the pull should
be kept open to the last moment to give them ma
opportunity of redeeming their promises. If all the
electors who had pledged themselves to rote for
him exerted themselves to-morrow. the ground
which lie had holt could very soon be recovered.
Hr would do his duty by them, and lie had not
doubt the"), would-do their duty by him.
Mr. 'footloose said. he had to thank the gets.
tleimeii before him for their continued exertions in
the cause of Reform--(Appiaese)—and lie hail
to make an observation ina the last sentence of his
Hoomstable opponent's sperCh. He certainly
thought with him that- they *mild do their dusty by
by hiin.--(A laiigh)—he thought they had stone
their duty.by him—(4/ough).-and he hoped Owl"
would continue to do so till the very end of the poll.
He trusted that they would sheer by their efforts 11i1
behalf of themtelves, their countrymen, and the
of Reformithatitocandidate would in future
have a!iy chance.itt:Westminster, except I • dolt
declared himself for thorough Parliamentary tie-
form.—(Applawse.)—He should not deism IlieUl
Tong, hecatise be assured' them he was surnewhat
exhausted by the fatigues attendant coo the elector's ;
' meld, moreover, he dad not know how to emir's.
them as the substitute of the revered itiekidual
whom they without doubt had expected io see vii
the hustings; Ste V. Burdett.—(Great applause.)
He was at a loss how-to speak of him. He did out
know how to allude to the recent distressing emit
iu which be was involved, and which they had beard
of that morning; for, if lie said much on the sub-
ject, probably his language, according to the opt-
' Moos of the day, would be culled uaemperate, and
he should rather have shewn his own feelings than
brought any advantage to the cause.— (Applause.)
It was very difficult to speak much On a case of that
nature ; but so much he would say," that notwith-
standing that which had taken placenotwithstatid.
nig the recorded opinion of some of their coniory.
men—all the electors of Westminster must be cuss.
scious that their 'late excellent and patriotic Re.
presentative, who *mild shortly, be was sure, lie
called upon to' represent them again, had thought
that lie was doing nothing but has duty when he
had exposed himself to. thos• prosecutidn—,(ltepeat.
ed plaudits)—that his single Motive to thus, as well
As in all the other actions of his life, was the per.
formaisce of his duty--:(Applaase)—the only excuse
which could justify -any an fur a step of itoPort.
sate, and a sufficient excuse for Sir F. Burdett.
if excuse lie stood in need of, with the people of .
West Minster.— (Great applause.)—He. could never
*peek but lei terms of respect ofa Bntish Jury, taut
he should assert, that notwithstanding its decision,
their opinion of that great man would remain unal-
tered. lie (Sir F. Burdett) loved his country ;bogie
perhaps who heard him would think not wisely, Lot
he should allot., think wisely. Till ha had read the
charge of the Learned Judge at Leicester, he had
never known, that to arraign or bring the borough.
mongers to tusk was a eume ; but if it was, he
trusted that there was not due of the body before
him who would not readily euctionter the same
danger with Sir P. Burdett.-f" Not one," from
the eroird.krNothisig, it *reined, was now to he'
said against• the boronghosongers, without being
construed to be spoken against the Gowen.-
uteut. He had long known that the Gotten.
nieut tested on the support• of the boroughtnongers,
but never till how • that the Cocerairerd gad tJ e
Boroughasoukees were ideistifieet. lie trusted th t
they woulif all persevere, at least' he ever should, 'it
expositig the corruptions and abuses of the Borough
Governmeut. To the cud of his existence hr should
raise his soire.aeoinseihe Goiternmeut of equals—.
against the dotninattits of those who, from lattoo,
servants of po""Psbtie; .rendered themselves ""
dimmers, and who now lorsied.it in such a way as if
none was ever to dispute their usurped dominion.—
(Applause4—lt was from au utereigoed, ardent
a.mety for the cause of reform that Sir F. Burdett

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had brought this evil on his head—theism anxiety
he Lad manifested throngh his whole life.—(hp-
Thm.,v ) —They bed sliewo • similar feeling on itors
o,•er.son—they had conic forward in spite oral! dif-
grotties to record their conviction that at this
day there- was but one cause worth any man's
advueating—the cause of reform.-14pplovse.1-.-
11 throe observations be trusted he tent out intro-
offended them, or done injury to the estise.
.Von no.") —He supposed Mr. Lomb could nut,
vi ...•i stage of the election sincerely feel any hope
••...g!dared above loins ; but MI he was resolved
the poll open to the lost, it behoved them
TO continue their exertion,. lie did not know on
who Mr. Lamb's hopes were grounded —they
ra.ght he well-founded, as there were ten time,, as
many electors yet unisulled as were sufficient to
rye aims majority. He should continue hi. efforts,
vs heretofore, a coadjutor in the cause, and he
to vested that they would not cease till they put %Vest.
minuet out of all danger, not for this but future
suus.—(oppluare.)
'llse crowd shortly after dispersed.

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

sEvEvrti DAVIS POLL.—Fitsomr, 11Ltaitu 24.

At the close of the poll this day, at four o'clock,
tl r hers stood thus—
F,ir Mr. 'hag .. 3,040
31r. Whitbread 2 Wit
Mr Mellish 2:137
Mr. Hiroo, in addressing the electors, said he re-
tort's-ft them thanks for the support he received, at
the same time Ire observed, that the majority on the
Ins ll would have been much increased if all the
(solids of independence had come forward. He
tlimight it uncommonly hard (considering the whole
tenor of his life) that any men who looked to the
ii,depentlerice of the county should omit giving him
Our vole at least. He hail reason to think that he
lost .ome votes in consequence of a notion haw.
log Ireerr entertained that a coalition had te-
P 0.61 place between him and Mr. Whitbread.—
Ile would repeat pow what he said at the com-
ineocement of the election, that he had not di-
rectly or indirectly interfered with the second
vote of any elector.—(Great applause.)—He had
collet! on strove 1,000 freeholders, and he would
lidore them say distinctly, that he had not in one
irsteeee solicited more than one vote. He canvassed
idly fur himself, leaving it to the judgment of the
electors who they would return as the colleague of
their mild and faithful Representative George Byog.
—(applause.)—A coalition, he said, was justly
odious in 1,11115 of the country where a combination
of great families stifles the voice of the great body
of the people; but in Middlesex it was impossible
'Vat inch a coalition could be formed, because in
Middlesex there were no great men of overpowering
iiffaence ; sod thence it was, that he ever felt pride
to •sanittog as their Representative. For he could
rot owe his nominst. to ally Noble Lord.—to ally
Baronet or rielt 'Squire—but to the free and in.
dependent voice of the electors in general.—(Ap-
risinsw)..-Proud of that situation, he would ever
staiid up for their independence, aid consult their
Totems*. alone. Having so long pursued an in-
dependent course in Parliament—educated as he
yeas by a father that he loved, in the purest loin-
,:;pies of freedom, it would be impossible fur him
ever 'again to show; his face in public if he deserted
those principles, and became ■ base traitor to their
tights and liberties.—(applause.)
Mr. Mewsit next presented himself. He had
said but little on the former days of the election,
twesit-e he was interrupted, and he was apprehen-
r•re of being misunderstood. He hoped they would
lunar ; if he could not vindicate his character
he would not be worthy of the situation to which he
aspired. He agreed with Mr. Bing that they were
1;:e! brat judges of who should be their Represen-
t wire; lie would say they were the only judges.
was charged with having stated that a coa-
lition existed between Mr. Byog asst Mr.
11; hitliread. He would beg them to recollect
Tire 10,101 age of Mr. Byng on this head. That
Gentleman had indeed stated that he did not form
airy cua:;lloll—that he did not canvass for Mr. Whit-
ler-ail, lie thought it win enough for him to ask
t i•e suffrages of the electors for himself; but he
a tied, that if he had a bias on his mind, no person
oil, heard him could be at a loss to see in whose
tav ,stye it must be. He (Mr. Byng) might as
,ti r' I se stated at once, that he would have
the second vote, if he could, to Mr. Whit.
breed. Was not this a coalition they not agree
with him that Mr. Byng had expressed himself
limos ?—.Ras not this, therefore, a coalition ?—(a
thvgh.j—He must say, with regard to Mr. Whit.
bread, th:d lie acted in a maply and decided man-
'.tr. complain of that Gentleman ; he
.critaiirly had as good a right to offer himself to
their notice as he (Mr. M.) and there could be no
personal dispute between them. The Him. Gentle-
man concluded by strongly recommending to hie
friends to continue their exertions, and judging of
Ilia split. of their support, he felt confident of cum-
plete success.
Mr. Bv me sdinitted that lie hail said on a for-
mer 'lay, that if he could command two votes-it
would be epsy for any Gentlemeo to guess to whom
he would Ma to give the sec I vote. There are,
said, the Hon. Gentleman some men so much the
rnrnrie• of freedom, that ;hey will not allow even
ri,,,!em of thought.—(upplouse )
A:v.. WHITBREAD said, hr pelt it flue to his Hon.
opponent to thank him for the handsome manner in
olirch he spoke of him ; but he could not say that
lie acted fairly towards Mr. Byng. Mr. Mellish
said a cualitiosi had tiikeu place between Mr. Byug
and hint. Now he could pledge his solemn word,
that front the commencement of the contest to the
moment he addressed them, no coalition whatever
had taken place. So fur from any coalition existing
between them, he did not think that they had two
minutes conversation at one time since the cons.
mencement of the election. He felt obliged to
them for having given Mr. Mellish a hearing. He
vies anxious to hear that Gentleman declare his
prrociples—he expected too to hear a defence of
these principles—did they hear it ? Not one word.
Mr. Mellish said, he was soxious to defend his con-
duct; and he thought it illiberal that an opportu-
nity bliOUld have been denied him; but when he was
heard that day, he did not enter into a declaration
in defence of his principle,. his iii ence proved

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURD tY. MARCH 23, 1920.

We were enabled yesterday morning, by very
great exertions and considerable expense, to pub-
lish. in a Second Edition of our Paper, a sketch of
the trial and conviction of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT,
at Leicester ; but as our Express did not arrive in
town until the advanced hour of six o'clock its the
morning, a desire of gratifying the public curiosity
by an early publication of the result, and a -regard
to the great importance of the case, induced us in
that hurried impression to limit the report to a
general abstract of the proceedings. and to defer
the more copious account until this morning, when
we are enabled to publish it with all the advan-
tager that belong to greater fulness and superior
accuracy. _

Our readers, we presume, are aware that the
writing for which. Sir FRANCIS Buxom has been
prosecuted wu a letter addressed by the worthy
Baronet to the Electors of IVestminster, exhorting
them to meet in public for the purpose of demand.
ing an investigation into the nirlsocholy occurrences
which took place at Manchester on the memorable
16th of August. The letter was written ob.
viously under the influence of ardent feelings, and
may hays been couched in terms not sufficiently
obseruat of the Millitlfed strictness of legal pro.
priety. Rut the errors of tl►e worthy Baronet,
whatever they may have bees, sprung from the
purest source ; they were the offspring of that ge.
&serous principle that prompts us to feel a sympathy

for the sofferings of others, and teaches as that oar
own interests can never he dissevered from those of
our fellost.creaturetu The occarrences at Maw
cheater, it must, we think, be universally admitted,
were in ihens.elves possessed of deep interest, in
corrs.quessers the most impoAmat, and
militating, at least in egrpearance, against some of
the most revered principles of one political being;
and much allowance, we think, is due to the first
burst of an ardent mind, indignant at what was
conceived to be an outrage on a valued public
right, and !assenting over the dreadful circum-
stances that accompanied the event.

Far, however, be it from us to throw any cen-
sure upon thewtotives or conduct of the Leicester
Jury, but while we bow to their decision, we •say
be permitted to lament it. We certainly had
hoped for • diferent result, conceiving that under
the peculiar eirtahistooces of the moment fu
which the letter was written, while yet no public in.
vesugation had taken place, and while the harshness
of the proceedings struck upon the public mind

with unmitigated force, some excnse might be
friend in the ardent feelings, the humanity, and
glick sensibility or the writer ; and further, that
the high &wooer and exalted nisei of Sir FRANCIS
KURDRit,essid lave secured him, in the minds of
an intelligent Jar?. from the vulgar reproach of
4r ring to stiatttlete the people to acts of violence.
Our readers will'perceivre that a technical objec-
tion has been raised' by the worthy Bareuet'sCounsel,
which we confirtensly hope will be found sufficient
to arrest the judgment. No evideoc whatever
of publication in Leicestershire was produced on
the trial: The fetter was dated from Sit FAANCiII
Illcaorrr's residence in that county, but the term
" publication," implies that the letter had been
communicated to some person within the county,
of which there is a. proof. To put a letter into •
post-office in Leicestershire, is not • publication in
Leicestershire, although if the letter should arrive
at the place to which it is directed, the publication
is complete at such place of its destination. The
Learned Judge iodred said, that the date of the letter
of such presumptive evidence of publication
as was sufficient to let the case go to the Jury;
but we hope that the time has not yet arrived when
II man shall be criminated in a court of la; upon
merely presumptive. The publication of
the letter was complete in Westminster, and in
Westminster where the offence, such as it was,
was actually committed, ought the Defendant have
been tried. It is nut probable that the choice of
the eerier was accidental, but it is not for us to say
what motives way have led to the 'election.
Yesterday the. Duke of Sussex gave • grand
dinner at Kensington Palace „its the Princess
At:vase* .4 Impel of hit Real 1914eiir‘
1
His Royal Flighoth hail an oveinug party site
meet their Royal Ilignesses.
The Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princess
RI:GUPTA, spent Thursday evening with the KING
at his Palace in Pall-mall.

Thursday Prince ESTERHAZT, the Austrian
Ambassador, gave a grand dinner to Prince Put-
LIP of HESSZ liomstatc.
The Dowager Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND,
we are concerned to state, continued dangerously ill
yesterday. lier Grace was not expected to survive
the night.
We rejoice to find that there is no truth in the
report of the death of Lord DUIrDAS, as stated
yesterday. We copied it from u Morning Paper.
Yesterday the dispatches by the ship ilaekiag-
g ha:where for China, were closed at the East India.
house, aial delivered to the Purser of that ship.
His Majesty's ship Sappho, Capt. PLustatting,
arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday morning, and
brought home Lord CMARLES SOMERSET from the
Cape of Good Elope.
Sir Fxstrcis Buingre has arrived in town, and
will be on the hustings at the close of the poll this
day.
The Observer to-morrow will contain the
fullest Report or Sir FRANOS BURDETT'S Trial.

The Treasury Prosecutors of Mr. Must, Sze. at York,
have great reams to thank The Omskr for the assistance It
ha, given them is the followieg paragraph, in Monday
evening's Paper They (the Prosecutors) had is fact only
rommeteed the exasaisation of the Magistrate:, whose de.
postdate are the most inspertant."—The Magistrate with
a bum they bed only eweissearei, was Mr. Helton, who
avowed that be had rem Colmel I:Estrange Ibe order to
advance with the soidry, to support the yeomanry, sad
there the important lopostitmas ended. All the Magistrates
wire in York, but met ewe more was called.
The following isaeopy of the Will of the lamented Prince
Edward, Duke of geol. It has been proved in Doctors'
Contionue. The styllparey is mon ceder 1.00,0001. sad 1.0501.
have brew paid fee the probate duty. The will ass made on
the eves's' immediately prior to his Hoye, Highness's death.
Lineament-General Wetherall and Captain Conroy, his
Royal Highness's ESeCtiioflo, were, the former ConiptrolliT
of the Doke's Howselitild, the latter one of his Equrri
mad his Private Secretary.
* 1, Prince Edward, Doke of Kent, being of sound mind,
do make my Witt, is sewer following :—And best I Jo 110.
miaale CONalillies sod appoint my beloved wife, Vietoire,
Dm-he:sof Kest, to Week guardian to our dearehi id,l he Prin.
was Alesasdrins Victoria, to all intents, and fur all pur-
poses whatever; and ceder a coafideut hope that my just
claim on Goverseamat will be yet cousiilered, fur the purpose
of liquidating my debts, 1 give, theist., and bequeath unto
Frederick Augustus ;Wetherell, Esq. Lieuienent.Generat iu
the Away, all and every my real and persostal estate of every
sort awl mime whatever, and wheresoever situate, upon
trust, and fur Ilse easiest use and benefit of my said beloved
wife awl dear odd, in each ma see, un such oecasioto, and
such homy as my mid dear wife shall direct. Asd Ido vest
the said Frogesiek Argosies Wetherell and Joha Couroy
with till and every necessary power sod authority, with the
commit and imprimis( my mid wife, to dispose of all and
every, or soy port aO, mid estate asdeffects, real and per-
sonal, foe the pompom before osestiossed. And Ide hereby
coedits,* sod ambit the said Frederick Augusts', Wethe-
rell and Jule Comm newer. is West of this my last will
sad testameet. In oilers, whereof I have suberribed my
name, and set my seal, the SU day of January. HMO.
EDWARD. (L.S.)
" &geed, sesintonsi delivered by the
mid Prism Edward, Duke of Knit,
is the preaeme ie‘ oes as his Will.
Ifejer-General.
"W./1. !RATON, M.D.
°J. WILSON, M.D."

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