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London, England, 1806-09-19 00:00:00

IVESTIIINSTER MEETI.LI'G

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Yesterday, pursuant to requisition, a very mime--
rOus and respedable meeting of the Ele&ors of
Westminster took place at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern. The room was quite crowded by 12 o'clOck.
About half after, Mr. SI-lERIDAN, accompanied- by
several of his friendS, was announced at the door,
and he was received with loud applauses, which con-
tinued until be had taken his seat.

Mr. WISHART being called to the Chair, stated,
that it was the first time in his life he had ever felt
reluCtant to comply with the request of his fellow-,
citizens. The duty he had now to execute, ,he was
ready to confess, gave him the greatest pain, because
it naturally called to his recolleCtion the. grievous
and irreparable loss which gave rise to the meeting.
Without the most poignant grief; it was impossible
for him to reheat upon an event which deprived
England of its best friend, and the world, perhaps;
of its best benefaCtor. At the present momentous
crisis, such a loss must, he thought, be deemed as
the highest national calamity—for the great man,
who was so suddenly torn from the service of his
Country and his King, was just engaged in pro-
moting a work worthy of his glorious life. He was
endeavouring to put an end. to the calamities of war,
and to secure whatever remained of
,the liberties of
Europe from the grasp of one of the most dangerous
Powers the world had ever witnessed.—After com-
plimenting the splendour of talent, the benevolence
of disposition, and the urbanity of manners which
distinguished Mr. Fox, and Which 'endeared the
character of that illustrious' mats, not only to Eng-
land, but to Europe, the Chairman proceeded to
describe the merits and pretensions of Lord Percy,
whom he strongly recommended ,to the Electors as
'eminently qualified to till up the vacancy occasioned
.by the death of their late venerable and highly ve-
nerated repreSentative. To the memory of that
great man he was persuaded the Electors could not
offer a more grateful trinute than by electing Lord
Percy, towards whose family Mi. FoX alwo.s felt.
the utmost attachment, as indeed should every man
who valued the constitutional principles for which
that family, and particularly the father of the pre-
sent candidate, had been uniiorinly distinguished.
For the Right Hon. Gentleman who was also pro.-
posed to be nominated at this nieetin he enter-
tained the uunost respect, esteem, an miranon.
f
His qualifications were undoubtedly sul. as would
o
serve to recommend him to the Electors of West-
mins upon some other occasion ; but on the pre-
sent, lamented that any dissention should arise.
The Chairman concluded with calling upon some of
the Gentlemen who subscribed the requisition, to
collie forward and state the object they had in

view.
Mr. GRAHAM observed, that the • objeka in view
appeared oti the face: of the requisition, which he re-
quested to have read from the Chair.
The Requisition being read,
O'BEYEN rose, and spoke to this etre& :
As my course is quite clear upon this occasion, -thy
address to you shall be very short. Under a 'belief'
that Lord Percy was ineligible, I took the liberty of
offering myself to your notice upon the present me-
lancholy occasion. If Lord Percy was ineligible, it
followed that Mr. Sheridan was not less so. The
ineligibility of Mr. Sheridan involved that of Lord
John Townshend, as well as of many other friends
that must occur to many of those who hear me,
I,vhdm I should have infinitely preferred, even to
myself. Since the publication, however, of my
advertisement, I have reason to believe that I was
mistaken on the subje& of the law respe&ing the
point of supposed ineligibility ; and the eligibility
of Lord Percy being ascertained, I have only to say,
that I should as soon think of contending the repre-
sentation of Westminster with that Noble Lord, up-
on the present occasion, as I should, all ignorant as
I am of the art of war, have thought of opposing,
as the Commander of an Army; the Noble Lord's
illustrious ancestor, Henry Hotspur.
Mr. Q'BRYEN concluded with proposing Lord
PERCY as an unexceptionable Candidate tipon tho
present vacancy.
Mr. COCKER rose to propose Mr. SHERIDAN as the
most eligible person that could be chosen to succeed
Mr. Fox, whose loss no man could feel more deeply
-than he did. For Many yearshe had supported that
illustrious person, without any other reward than that
which arose from the consciousness of having done
right. Of Lord Percy he did not mean to say any-
thing whatever in the way of dispraise. He was de-
gcended from a noble and respetlable family, and
might be aceptable to the Ele&ors of Westmin-
ster ,if a fitter Representative were not to be found.
In looking for such a Representative, the Electors
could have no difficulty, if they looked for a man
honoured with the aiendship of Mr. -Fox, and
participating in all his sentiments, who had fought
the battles of freedom by his side, for a series of
years, against all the powers of calumny and detrac-
tion;
.against those who did every thing to injure and
disgrace Mr. Fox, except bringing him' to the scaf-
fold. Against such a spirit and such a power did Mr.
MeridaO-._contenci' beside his deceased friend, for
whose substitute he now took the liberty of recom-
mending him. If the Ele&ors looked for the sup-
porter of the Habeas Corpus Aft, for.the active
ad-
vocate of the liberty of the subject, and the stre-
nuous opponent of oppression upon all occasions,
they.must naturally turn to Mr. Sheridan. In him.
the cpuntry had witnessed an uniform resistance to
that Administration which he (Mr. Cocker) never
had, he thanked God, the baseness to support. If
the Eledors would honour with their choice, the
illustrious man he had the pleasure to recommend,
they might rest assured that he. would never dis-
honour their judgment, or forfeit their good opinion.
His. talents and public virtues were well known, not.
only to the Meeting he addressed, but to the coun-
try at large; and' they had, as might: be expelled,
.universally inspired esteem, admiration, and con,
fidence. The Gentleman concluded with mov-
ing that the name of Mr. Sheridan should be put in
nomination.
The .Motion was received with acclamations.
Mr. SHERIDAN rose, and spoke to the following
effect
" Gentlemen, Eleelors of Westminster—ln ,ad-
dressing you upon this occasion, I am afraid that be-
fore I proceed to the few observations which I feel
it my duty to submit to you, I shall be obliged to
commence with a request which I am almost ashamed
to rttakefor your indulgence, ifin consequence of a
short but sharp indisiiosition, from which I am just

•
recovering, my voice should riot be strong enough to
be clearly audible
,to the full extent of this large
Assembly. Upon that subject Which must t.. 11 all
' your
,windsupon the merits of that illustrious man,
whose death has occasioned the present meeting, I
shall, I ran say hut little. Thcre must be some in-
terval between the heavy blow that'has been struck,
and the consideration of its effeet, before any one
(and how many are there-of those) Who has re-
vered and loved Mr. Fox As I have done, can speak
of his death with the feeling but manly coMp6-
' sure which becomes the dignified regret it ought to in-
spire., To you, however, Gentlemen, it cannot be
necessary to describe him--for you must have known
him well. To say anything to you at
,this moment,
in the first hours of your unburthened sorrows, must
be unnecessary, and almost insulting. His image, is
still before you—his virtue is in your hearts—his lOss.
is your despair. •
"I haVe seen in one of the Evening Papers what
are stated to have been the last words of this great
man--,' I die happy ;' then turning to the dearest
objects of his affeation, I pity you.' But had an-
other Moment beenallowed him, and the modesty of
his great mind permitted well might he have ex-
pressed his compassion, not for his private friends
only, but for the world—well might he have said,
I pity you, I pity England, I pity Europe, I pity
the human race.' For to mankind at large his death
must be a source of regret, whose life was employed
to promote their benefit. He died in the spirit of
peace; struggling-to extend it to the world. Tranquil
in his own mind, he cherished to the last, with a
parental solicitude, the consoling hope to give tran-
quillity to nations. Let us trust that that stroke of
death wl?ich has borne him from us may not have
left peace, and the dignified charities of human nature,
as it were, orphans upon the world. From this of:-
flit-ling consideration, I pass to one comparatively
insignifiCant, yet it is the question we are met this
day. to consider, namely, the pretensions of those
who have the presumption to aspire to succeed him.
An Hon. Friend has proposed me as a person worthy
of that proud distinCti.m. I cannot deny but that
it is an °flied of ambition, unmixed*, I think, with
one unworthy motive, very near to my heart. I
have-,received a friendly, though public caution, that
I may risk the confidence and attachment of my
friends at Stafford by such a pursuit. I thank my
monitor for his anxiety on that account, but he may
rest assured that I know my constituents better.
have before declined an offer of support for this City
upon a general eletlion. My gratitude and devotion
to my friends at Stafford bind:me to seek no other.
I have been six times chosen by them, which is a
proof, at least, that when- once cleated I am not
quarrelsome with my constituents. .To attend to.
their wishes must, of course, 'be An object of my
peculiar solicitude, and to continue to represent,
them,' the favourite pursuit of .my ambition, even
• more, perhaps, than that of the representation of
Westminster.
,But it is, not inconsistent with that
sentiment, nor can it be offensive to the feelings
of my constituents, that I should have offered my-
self to • your nOtiee, upon this occasion. For my
constituent's mist f' el, that it is one .thing to be the
representative of ,Westminster, and another to be
the,succeSsor of Mr. Fox. That, I own, I cannot
but consider as an object of the greatest importance,
of which, if I were not ambitious, I must be insensi--
• ble. Upon the present awful occasion, with such feel-
ings as I know ate clinging to your minds, hoping at
most to palliate a loss irreparable—yet, searching with
affealionate diligence how best\to do so, to have
been the object of your deliberate selection, would,
I feel, have been to me an inspiring 'Motive, be-
yond all ordinary encouragement, to have shewn
myself not unworthy of the• proud preference you
had bestowed upon me. I fear not but that' my
friends in, Stafford would have fully entered into this
feeling, and not have considered my elevation by you
as a desertion of them.

" Having thus avowed my ambition, or My pre-
sumption, as some have been heard to call it, I have
now to speak of my pretences. Egotism is always
offensive, and I am happy that my Learned Friend
has left me little or nothing to say op this head. He
has stated, and I avow and adopt his statement, that
my claim to your savour rests on the fact that I have,
step by step, followed Mr. Fox throuoli the whole
course of his ilolitical career, and, to the best of my
pootabilities, supported him in everyone of those
measures, and in the maintenance of every one
of those principles, which originally recommad-
ed him to, and so lung continued him in your
confidence and esteem. It is true there have
been occasions upon which 'have clifered with him
—painful' recolledion of the most painful Moments
of my political life '! Nor were there wanting those
who endeavoured to represent those differences as a
departure from the homage whict his superior mind,
though unclaimed by him, were entitled to, and the
allegiance of friendship which .our hearts all swore
to him ; but never was the genuine and confiding'
texture of his Soul more manifest than on such oc-
casions ; he knew that nothing on earth could se-
parate or detach me from him ; and he resented in.

sinuations against the sincerity, and integrity of a
friend, which he would not have noticed had they
been pointed against himself. 'With such a man
to have battled in the. cause of genuine liberty—
with such a man to have struggled against the inroads
of oppression and Corruption—with such an example
before me, to have to boast that I never in my life
gave one vote in Parliament that was not on the side
of Freedom, is the congratdlation that attends the
retrospb& of my public. life. His friendship was the
pride and. honour of my days. I never for one mo-
ment regretted to share with him the difficulties,
the calumnies, and sometimes even the dangers that
attended 'an honourable course. And now, review-
thg my past political life, were the option possible
that I could re-tread the trath, I, solemnly -and
liberately declare, that I Would prefer to pursue the
same course—to bear up under the same,pressure—
to abide by the same principles—and remain by his
side; an exile from power, distinEtion, and emolu-
ment,'rather than be at this moment a splendid ex-
ample of successful servility, or prosperous aposfacy,
though clothed with powers, honours, titles, and
gorged with sinecures and Wealth obtained from the
plunder of the people, (ApplausiJs) Grateful as I
am for the.marinei• in,whieh you are pleased to re-,
ceive my sentiments and to espouse my cause; I think
it 11):1St have been obvious that I have in my mind
5n eager asire that contest and dissention should be
avoided q.ll the occasion of the present vacancy. How
is this be Qtll:6led but by one of the Candidates

retiring • ;.'"
? man's pride tamy be piqued 'withotti
his mind being induced to swerve ti-um the cause in
watch. he
,ought to. peraeyere. Illiberal -warnings
have been held Oet-e-most unau thori ta t ively I know--a
that by pserseveriug iii the present contest I may risk
my official Situation ; , and if 1 retire I am awaie that
minds as coarse aed illiherel may assign the dread of
that es my motive. To such insinuation' I shall
scorn to make any other reply than a reference to the
whole of my past jaOltticel life. I consider it as no
boast to say, that any one who has streggled through
Such a portion of life as I have, without acqui rine an
office, is not likely to abandon his principies to re-'
tali) one'when acquired. To be at all capable of :set=
ing upon principle, it is necessary that a man shoul4
be independent, aedteeioqiependence, the next best
thing to that- of being very rich,. is to hive been used,
to be very poor. Independence, however, is no;
allied to wealtb, to birth, to rank, to poWer, to
titles-, or to honours. Independence is in the rniii of.
a man, or it is no where. On this gromad, were I to de-
chile the contest, I should scorn the imputation that
should bring the purity of my purpose' into doubt.
No Minister can expea to find in me a servile vasisal.•
No Minister can expo from me the abandonment ef
any principle I have avowed, or .any pledge I 'time
given. I know not that I have hitherto sheunk in.
place from opinions that I have maintained while in
opposition. Did there al pear a Minister of different
cast from 'any I know existing—were he to atternet
to -exaCt from me a different condua, my offe.e
should•be at his service to-morrow. Such a Minister
might. Strip [tie of a situation, in some respea of
considerable emolument--=but he could not strip, me
of the proud conviction that I was right-e--1:e cenki,
not'strip me of my own self-esteem—he could not
strip me, I think, of some portion of confidence
and good 'opinion of the people: But I aeo noticing
the calumnious threat I have alluded to more than.
it deserves. There can be no peril, i venture to
assert; under the present Government, in the free.
exercise of a discretion, such as belongs to the, pre-
sent question.; I therefore disdain') the merit !of
putting any thing to hazard-
" If I have missed the opportunity of obtaining
all the support I might perhaps have had on the pre-.
sent occasion, from a very scrupulous delicacy,
which I think became and was, incumbent upon we,
but which I by no means conceive to have been a
fit rule for others, I cannot repent it. While the
.slightest asperation of breath remained on those
lips, so often the.channel of eloquence' and Virtue----
while one drop of life's blood beat in that noble
heart, which is now no more—l could nut suffer
any friend-of mine, in anticipation of the melancho-
ly event that has occurred, to institute ,a canvas—
could not,. I ought not, to have acted Other Wise than
as I have aihne.
" Now, Gentlemen, I come, with a very em-:
barrassed feeling, to that declaration which I
yet
think von must have expeaed from Me, but which I
make withreluaance; because, from the marked ap-
probation I have experienced from you, I fear with
reluaance you will receive it. Ifecl myself tinder the ' •
necessity of retiringfrom this contest. [Here Mr. She
ridan was interrupted for many minutes by loud erica;
of " No, no, no 1 I beseech you, resumed the
Right Hon. Gentleman, to hear me with patience,.
and in the temper with which I address you. Ther9
is in true friendship this advantage : The inferior
mind looks to the presiding intelle& as its guide
and landmark Wfnle living, and to the engraved
memory of its principles, as a rule of conduct, after
his death. Yet further; still unmixed with idle
superstition, there may be gained a salutary lesson
from contemplating what would be grateful to the
mind of .the departed, were he conscious of what is
passing here.. I solemnly believe, that, could such
a consideration have entered into Mr. Fox's last
moments, there is nothing his wasted spirits would
so much have deprecated as a contest of the nature
of that which I'notv disclaim and relinquish.
" It was neVer ascertained to me until Monday
last,,after this Meeting had been fixed, th„t Lord
Percy would certainly be a candidate. My friendS
hesitated in the hope that it might be left Co arbl-,
tration which candidate -should
.withdraw. The.t
hope has failed.' I 'claim the privilege of nearest
and dearest friendship, to set the example of a
.saL
crifice—comparatively how small to what it de-
mands—nothing
could ever have induced me to
have proceeded to a disputed poll upon this occasion.
The hour is not far distant when an a weful knell shall
tell you that the unburied remains of your revereil
pa-
triot are passing through the streets to that sepulchral
home where your king-yourheroes—yout sages
and your poets lie, and where they are to be honour.-
ed by the association of hiS noble remains'; that hour
When, however the splendid gaudiness of public paae-
antry May be avoided, you—you—all of you will ha
aelfariarshalled in reverential sorrow, mute and re-
fleaing on your mighty loss:—At that moment shall
the disgusting contest of an Election wrangle
break the solemnity of the scene ? Is it fitting
that any man should overlook the crisis, and risk
the rude and monstrous contest ? Is it fitting that
I should be that man? Allow me to hope, from the
manner in which you have received the little I have '
said on this subject, that I need add no more. Yet -
still would my purpose be incomplete, and my remon-
strance inconsistent, if I did not, at the same time that
I Withdraw myself, urge you to take the measures
most propitious to prevent the tranquillity waprepoae
from being destroyed by others. To:me there seems
no mode so obvious and. decisive as adding your suf-
fringes to the countenance given td the 'Noble Eatl
who has the support of those Ministers with avhom
your -late illustrious Representative lived and died
in the most perfed confidence and amity. I turn '
to him rejoicing that I shall not be his antaginist—
I nirn to him with respea due to an early character
of:the highest proMise—with the strong asslirunce
of those qualities which. engage at-Tea:on, and com-
mand respea=on these, grounds I,` for one, shall
give him my cordial support.
Gentlemen, I have now executed a difficult and
painful task—yet one duty more remaitis—not
painful
,but a krateful,one—yet one more difficult,
perhaps, than that which I have left—it is to endea-
vour to express to you those sentiments of sincere
and eager gratitude which your voluntary prof-I-erect
Support, and Your indulgent acceptance of what I
have this .day submitted to you, and which is inde-
libly imprinted on a heart net formed to he unthank-
ful.
..A.a a .public man, I feel that your approbatioh
rewards my past efforts, and it shall be the anima-
tion of my future endeavours."
Mr, MADDOCK deprecated the resignation of Mr.

-A Gentleman suggested, that Mr. Sheridan bay-
ing withdrawn his preteusions, the objet of the
meeting was accomplished, and therefore the propo-
sition of the last speaker was superfluous.
Mr. WIS.HART exhorted the meeting to preserve
order and decorum, and to .avoid any thing which
might lead to division or disorder Lord Percy, he
could not help repeating, was the most eligible per-
son to supply the vacancy created by the death of
Mr. Fox.

Mr. SHERIDAN expressed his surprise that, al-
though the Chairman had so strongly exhorted the
Meeting to preserve 'order, he should have thought
proper so soon to forget his own precept, by becom-
ing at once 'both advocate and judge. With regard
to
.the proposition for a sho'w of hands, having already
declined to stand forward upon this occasion, he
depreCaed any proceeding which might produce a
collision of sentiments, or lead to discord. _

Mr: GRAHAM thought, if there was no other rea-
son for the appeal to the voice of the• Meeting,
which he recommended, the partial condth of the
Chairman called for it,

A Gentleman suggested the propriety of . coming
to a Resolution, declaratory of the -approbation of the
Meeting as to the mottves which induced Mr. Sheri-
dan to resign.-
Mr. GIBBON'S, as one of those who signed.the re-
quiition, came forward to state the reasons which
induced to do so. :He had heard, no doubt,
before he.signed it; that Mr. Sheridan was to be pro-
posed as a proper Candidate, and that operated much
On his mind in favour of the requisition. He was
now, bow-ever, equally surprised and sorry to find
that Mr.:Sheridan resigned but he supposed that
thete Were some partizular motives for' his resigna-
tion.

Mr. SHERIDAN thought it right to take notice of
the insintkition, with regard to particular'moti'ves.—
He rejeaed the imputation of any thing th It was
not perteEtly fair, manly, and honourable ; and he
Could assure the Meeting that his conduct was in-
Auenced by no other motives whatever than those
%% inch he had frankly stated.
Mr. WLSHART defended his condua ; adding, that
he should feel hithself bound to subscribe and pub-
lish any thing which might be dedided upon by the
Meeting, while he should have the honour to oc-
cupy the Chair.
Mr. O'BRYkrt stated, that he should beg leave to
postpone his proposition resPeating Lord Percy until
the-proposed appeal to the Meeting relative to Mr.
Sheridan should be decided. That done, and Mr.

Sheridan having declined, he' hoped that nothing
could arise to prevent the unanimous acceptance of
Lord Percy, to the justice of whose pretensions Mr..
Sheridan himself had borne such ample testimony.
Mr. P. SMJTR said, he had long been in the habit
of 'looking up to Mr, Pox, Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Sheri-
dan, as the three great Constellations who adorned
the Political Horizon 4 and fbrmed the main hopes of
the Country. The two former being now no more,
the eyes of the people were naturally turned towards
Mr:.Slieridan 5 with whom to compare any otherCan-
,didate that could start against him for Westminster,
would be an insult to the common sense and feeling
of the Public. AS-to the Noble Youth who stood
forth in competition with hitn—he did not mean to,
disparage his pretensions—but it was to be consi-
dered, that nothing was knoWn of him' which could
inspire confidence, or even excite 'exoaation. He
might be a very promising young man ; but he did
not like the idea of the Country's having, particu-
larly in the present crisis, to look for counsel or sup-
port from political ROsciusses.
Mr. COCKER proposed a Resolution expregsive of
the deep regret Of the Meeting that Mr. SHESIDAN
should have resigned.
The Resolution being carried, as the Chair decid-
ed, "'almost unanimously,"
Mr. O'BRYEN' -rose to repeat his proposition that
Lord Percy should be put in nomination. He trusted_
the Motion would'have the unanimous assent of the
Meeting. In reply to the Gentleman who objected
to the Noble-Lord,' on the score of, his :Lordship's
youth and inexperience, o'..Rryen observed,
that it was an objection to the course and condition
of human nature, not to Lord Percy, Lord Percy,

young as he was, was older than Mr. Fox when
Mr. Fox began to ~display the wonders of his mind
in the House of Commons. Lord Percy was as old
as Mr. Pitt when Mr. Pitt entered the House ei
Commons. .The most brilliant career must have a
beginning; and the objeEtion, to be of
.any validity,
would gO against the brightest' men that ever
adorned the world. For his own part, Mr. O'Bryen
said, he had never. beheld the face of 'Lord Percy
Lefore that day, nor had he,
ever the Tightest in-

fercourse •ivitb the 'Voble ,LorA's family, except-
ing the interchange, of two or three letters, about
two or three years since, with the Noble Duke, his
father. His sole motive 'in proposing and slea.lport-
ing Lord
.Percy was a persuasion that his Lordship
was not only a perfealy, unexceptionable Candidate,
but one in whose favour -a general feeling_pvevailed
at the present moment in the City of Westminster,
He exhorted the Meeting not to attempt to disgrace
Lord Percy, under a pretence of supporting him ;
but to deal plainly and dire&ly with the Noble Lard:
Mr. P. SMITH complained of a misrepresentation
Of his sentiments by the last Speaker, and called to
the recolleaion of the Meeting, that even Mr. Fok
himself did not attempt, in the 'days of his youth, to
oiler himself for Westminster. Nb, he was tried—
the fame of his talents and virtues was established
before he_ was introduced to; that seat, which ought
peculiarly to form the reward of talent and virtue.
Mr. TATHAM spoke strongly in favour of the pre-
tensions of Lord Percy, and of the high charaaer,
the extensive beneficence, and constitutional virtues
of his illustrious family.
The Chairman put the question -as to the nomina-
tion of Lord Percy; and several hands were held tlp
'in his favour.

A Gentleman remarked that, to his great astonish-
ment, two of the Candidates entirely retired from,
the contest, and threw all their weight into the scale
of the third Candidate.

To this observation Mr. O'BRYEN replied, that if,
after the eligibility of Lord Percy had been admitted,
he (Mr. O'B.) had continued a contest with 'Lord
Percy, the very person who now found fault with hiss
relinquishing a vain and fruitless pursuit, would, in
all probability; be one of the first to laugh at him
and to think him. mad.

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Eligible and Improvable FREEHQLD
ESTATE consisting of the MANOR of HA KD.
MEAD, extending over the whole Parish, and four valuable
Dairy Farms, with FarM-Houses and suitable Out-build-
ings,containing- together tis'9A . t R. 3oP . principally Grazing
Land, lying nearly within a Ring Fence, and cotnprising
al-
most the whole of the Parish of liardmead, except a small.
part, which is in the adjoining Parishes of North Crawley,
ChLheley, Emberton, and Astwood, in the County of
Bucks, about six miles from Newport Pagnell, three from
Colney, twelve from Northampton. and fifty-six frOm Lon
don, in the several occupations of Messrs. «m. and Thomas
Battatns, Wm. C layton, F. B. Old, and T. Brookes, respect-
able Tenants, onLeases, which will expire at Lady-day
next, at old rents, amounting to only tol4l. per ann. capa.
ble of considerable improvement, besides SA. R. 37P. of
Wood Land in hand. Also the Perpetual Advows,n -and
next PrNentation to the Rectory ,of_Hardinead, of abotat the
annual value of 2.a.21.. the present• Incumbent 57 years of
age.
Alessr.: W. and T. Ilattams, the Tenants, Will thew the
Estate.