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Fl Fru DATE POti. TWIIDAY, INAILCII 14.

the intirest of ilie Tlrciion tieenis to 'increase.
Long before fOur iitidck the crowd beciuie
grosit, and continued increasing quill 01 the avenues
Ir4ding td the hustings 'fete 'nearly full. At four
o'clock Sir, Francis Bur4etrand Mr. Holshoulw ap-
peared on the bustinvi. accompanied by their
frerod4, and were received as usual with the strong-
est kI of popular apPrltilfation. Mr. Lamb ap-
peared immediately after, and was greeted, by his
friends.

Shortly ofter four o'clock the Onto of the poll
was iiiiiiii Herd, when the numbers stood--

.. .
For Sir 'roads Di.r.kil
.1. C. listliou.e, E%ri 2,051
Ilini. G. Lomb ...........
• Sir FRANcIS BURnETT said, that he addressed
*the elect ins evets 'snit more satisfaction than he had
done the dry before, notwithstanding the' the ed.
vantage on the poll was not to that extent that he
had anticipated, and which had been obtained on
yesterday's poll ; still they had molting to do but
to coplanar the ..true runes, nod they would he
permits of the Iltlcces.s which he had ant iciirated. and
which be owned lie would feel dissopoirmd if lie
did not me attaineil.---/Loud upplaure.)—fir.
Laillbe it seems, had yesteid.iy supposed that
be (Sit Francis) held not cert.iiit 1/1/1111(111l11 016(11
he did stet ktitertain. That Gentleman seemed to
think that Ile was disippnitileil al the state of yes.
ter ay's poll.. He was out one who hell! out Woe
, either to encourage lus owls patty or to die-
. rage the opposite side. They were aware of the
extreme difficulty which meat exist ina large city
like IVestituitister, in the way of any iudsvideel
forming a disttnct estimate of soy number of votes
that might be brought up on ally perimeter day.—
Men, however heartily eugaged its a mime, will
take their own time; they must commit their own
convenience and the Objects of their trade; there-
fore, though lie did not fel whist' particular day
would be marked with stlikidg success. yet he dirt
expect a greater advantage than teat does poll
Ereseuted. though the advantage wais in itself surf.
acid. Yesterd,y. wile'. Mr. Lamb stood before
them, he frit a kind of continua:lion in Raying, any
thing ageing a Gentlemen who, lie thought, was
involved in a fallow; cause—who appeared to h.
surrounded with circumstantial; peculiarly unfor-
tunate and embarrainang..—(Langker.)—Bot he
Nowt Nowell utisteken its that appreheissiou;
on the cariosity. lie found from P.. Lamb that
he thought quire the reverse—that lie thought
he had obtained a state of absolute prosperity : he
would only wish that Mr. Lamb would continue
that state of prosperity to the rod.—(Limeder end
applairre.)--Tbit%l3esitlenisii, by the influence or
his ovtu iusagination, dwelt in it out of Parodist of
his wen—objects the moat usipleasatit and disagree.
able to others, presented noting% to him but
immures of hope, and joy, mid consolation—(Loud
tartghter)-Z•cirewinotniicte which would fill °Mb.
nary minds with despair, only buoyed loin up with
the. strongest assurances of success.— (Lowd laugh-
kr.)—lic confessed lie had till then looked 01, the
Austion of that Gentleman as uilforttinute—ittifor-
.loAkte in • Mende, • ll:intuit., and iii the electors.
'dye had no ry lon since the misfortune of being
exempt§ f t o - - at the theatre hard by.—
Tileik/dee,jl:4-le.. was mifortunate in having his
farce new rehearse in the open air. on the stage of
Covent-garjett ; das his farce had been dawned
within the w the theatre, on the hustings he
will .meet. *, .'similar fate ; in fact, lie trill be
doubly de ii .--(Corttisued •laughter.)—lt was.
painful t •0i1..0n his situation, but he had with
s
satisflict Led upon himself to he in the height
of pimp. . The present farce, however ilull iii
Others, ed quite eutertaining to hiniseli. Ile
feared that the eithetteionneid, commencing with a
farce, usight-eed like • tragedy, amid thus invert the
Ordinary mhos of the dram*. In his last .speech
Mr. Lamb had said, that he (Sir Freticis) se was for
the Constitution's, itis." The weir& "es it is" were
an stitlition of Mr. Lamb's.. and altered the
whole meaning which he inteuded:to 'produce.
The Constitution he would support woo the Coo-
stitution which hod bees. frivolled en the charter
of Eliglsoh liberty—(Applaurm).=the Constitution
Windt bud -been asserted by their ancestors •when
they made a stand agertust hiving them property
plundered froin•thees,lo *OM of the prerogative
of the Cioon, in the time of Charles I,.(Ap-
pialise)--11,14 Conetitutieo the principles of which
had beet. owerterkat the R;voluoton, when the peo-
ple expelled the lest of the Stuarta—(Lond ep-
plureve,expethal him for uot *hiding by the CUll
•lli II i i00...14.411e 00411114 i tiii iOn too/ man who heard
him, except Mr. Limb, perfe'etly well understood.,
The Constitution trieatit a collection—it was like
a gay. where the must sweet and beautiful
flowers, ruses, lilies, and carnations were bound up
together; but ilthuse sweet flowers were purloined.
end nettles and brims, and faded and poisonous
herbs were placed In their stead, won'd it be very
wonderful if they were not 'so - delighted with the
nosegay )—s(Appiouns)--Tlie Constitution was
founded .in ryastm sad in naturs—uo Legiala-
tore could tike lira/ Its protecttots from the sub-
ject. The subject to every couutry not a slave
had a right to-a. property iu his own goods—that
was a simple proposition; yet Mr.:Lamb might
call it wild, visionary, and • unintelligible. The
maxim of the old common law was, that 'whatever
was contrary to common mime hot Contrary to the
common law of Eugland. Bribe colistitution, the
peiiple had ii right to their property; they had a
right to he tried first by a (hood Jury, and for the
greater protection of tuitocence, to be afterwards
tried before a Jury of their equals.—(opp/oure.)-
I'hosegraud poisciplrs of the cotistputioat, it was
true, the five wicked Bills, which Mt. Lamb had
asserted he (Sir Francis) defended, as being part of
the constitution as it is, vitally ateacked.—(laugh-
ter.)—l'hose Bills were gross violatiusis of the
entiontutiou, and the peurle of England never
should, never would be contented until those'
infamous Bills should be repealed..— (Loud
oppionse., and crier of • , We never will be content-
ed usslif they ore.")—Mr. Lamb had told them,
that if Mr. Floblioum were vaunted to Parliament.
he would immediately become • ll'hig ; and also,
that Shovels he (Sir Francis) hart been abusing the
Whig% Ile bed beep supporting the Whigs. This
suitly proceeded from au utdortuuate inieconcep.