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NOTTINCII.kM ELECTION. , once the envy, the adtniration, and thebuh.virk of
,
rr HE COMMITTEE for conduaing the Eleetion 1 Europe. Gentlemen, I Offer Mr. Mellish to you as
.I. of Mr. COK g and Mr. SMITH feel the utmost pride an independent and honest man—and an honest wan
aril slt6faelion.iti being able to congratulate their brother
Baryiesses and Freeholders in and near London, on the suc- is the noblest work of .God. As such then, Gentle-
cestul result of their strenuous and unwearied exertions in men, I present him to you."
the Cause of Loyalty and Independence. They have just a •
Colonel CLITIIF:ROI.V .-.-." I be leave to second
received an-ExPresi, dated-on Monday; at.the moment wiaen ... .
the tt4eaion clCscd The precise Numbers were not men. the nomination -of Mr. Mellish. beg
last Speaker
tio:)ed, bet they entertain no doubt ot the Majority, in favour has told you, that he is independent both in principle
of Mr. Coke anti Mr. Smith, being more than once hundred. and fortune. '-With him, therefore, you need nct fear
Tuesday Morning.

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

The County Court for' the ele&ion of Members
of Parliament to serve for Middlesex, was opened
• yesterday morning. The-Sheriffs appeared on the
hustings -precisely at tee o'clock.' The Sheriffs be-
ine swore, the A& against Bribery and illegal
Voting being read, and the other preliminary forms
being gone through,
Mr. TUFFNELS came forward to propose Mr.
Byug, and spoke.as follows
" GENTLEMEN,' Freeholders Of the County
_of
Middlesex—The Dissolution of Parliament, which
has recently taken placeeagain cells forth the exer-
chie of the most valuable privilege which:a British
suh;eel can boast of posSessing.,
" A reference to our history -will prove, that in
'proportion as the Electors of, Great Britain have
exercised, this right .with judgment and discre-
\tier), in the same degree have oer liberties been se-
• cure, in that same degree has our situation been
flourishing.
",There never was a period When a heavier re-
sponsibility attached to the Representatives of the
People, and when more caution was necessary on
the part of the Electors ; the situation of public af-
fairs' is such, that nothing but the most vigorous
exertions on the part of the Government, aided arid
seconded-by-the-good-will land affe&ions of the
Peop!e, can extricate the Country from the difficul-
ties in which it is at present involved.
The ,County of Middlesex, including the
Metropolis w ithin its limits, is. justly fook'cl up to
by other counties as generally taking. a distinguished
and
.decisive lead on all public occasions: The Free-
' holders of this county are presumed to have oppor-
tunities of ,better information, and to take a more
'immediate interest In public affairs, than the Elec-
tors of more distant places. In our 'choice of Repre-
seniatiVes it behoves us, therefore, to endeavour to
' exercise this right with a degree of superior judg-
ment and discretion, which may shew to the world
thb principles 'on which we at't ; and that the only
persons we consider worthy of being entrusted
with the preservation of our dearest rights and
privileges, are those who :baye proved their at-
tachment to the true principls of the British Con-
stitution.
" The Gentleman whom I shall have the.ho-
nour to- propose has already served you with fidelity
and, zeal in three successive 2arliarnents ; and I
feel it perfe6tly unnecessary for me now to expatiate
on merits so well known, or to remind you of the
principles on which he has so long aeted,. and you
bane so long approved.
"-It is not on the ground of present professions
now to be made, but it is on the more solid foun-
dation- of past services, that I earnestly recommend
• tem to your cppport. On every"occasion where the
interests of the. Country have beerein question, you
haVe-for more than s;kteen years seen the Repre-
sentative for Middlesex st:nd forward as one of the
most.ecalous supporters, of our liberty and inde-
pendence; .neyer has he sauaioned, by his vote,
any ;measure which he thought could infringe on
the liberties of .the people. It was by men of
the same principle with those of my Honourable
hiiend that those liberties were originally esta-
bliSlied, and by such men only can they be preserved
In future.

to intrust your cause—and this is all I shall trouble

you with at, present." •
Mr. BYNG then addressed the Eleaors as fdl
lows Gentlemen, Freeholders of the County
of Middlesex, having had the honour to represent
you in the three last Parliaments, and never during
all thattime having givena vote against you, I come
forward now with the confidence of an honest ser-
vant, to demand your support, (murmers, followed
by a violent uproar)—to request your support—
(several voices from the crowd exclaimed, " That's a
better term—the 'amendment was required")—to re
quest your support to replace me in the same ho-
nourable- and distinguished situation. Gentlemen,
I have served you with zeal and fidelity, and I am
not conscious that in any one instance Lhave deviat-
ed from the principles which first recommended
me to your favour. These taught me, on every oc-
casion,- to serve you and not myself. These taught
me to be uniformly an opposer of corruption and
peculation, and they' will ever teach me to oppose
every abuse, and to support every reform, consis-
tent with the preservation- of the Constitution, as•
established in King, Lords, and Commons. During
the whole of my- canvass, Gentlemen, I have always
declared, that, I stood alone, and unconnected with
any other person whatever; as I felt that I' could
• be, and ought to_be, responsible for my own con-
duet and language, but that I could not ue respon-
sible either for the condutst or language of any other.
It has been said that I played the game of Mr.
Mellish. I declare solemnly, Gentlemen, that to
Mr. 'Mellish I neither did service or disservice—,
(" Nor did you ever do a service to any body else,
I dare say," exclaimed a poicefrom the crowd. Thii
remark was followed- by loUel laughter.) But if I
Were to point out, Gentlemen, the man who, of all
others, has done the greatest service to Mt. Mellish
on this occasion, that man would be Sir Francis
Burdett. It has been the avowal of his, principles
(from which I most completely dissent) that has
brought forward the present formidable opposition
to that Baronet. But I again repeat, Gentlemen,
that I stand alone and Unconne6ted with any man,
and that I shall, stand of fall with my own principles.
I certainly wish, Gentlemen, in the present arduous
crisis, to support the Government ; but at the same
time, I beg leave to
.state openly, that in my sup-
port or opposition, I shall not be guided by private.
atreCtion or prejudice, but by the public conduct of
tho?;e in office, and that I shall never be- swayed
either by interest or ambition, or, what is worse
and more unaccountable, by an extreme vanity—
(" Will you support a Parliamentary Reform ?"
.was celled out from. the crowd,--" where is the Par-
liamentary Reform which you have so often promised
us ?"—Gentlemen, I beg leave to state that; when-
ever a reform in Parliament shall be. brougilt for-
ward, consistent with the Constitution, 1 will sup-
port it----(loud applauses, with " no new pledges till
you have redeemed the old,!' from some voices.) Mr.
Byng conclUded requesting a cool .and impar-
tial examination or his principles and conduct, in
which 'case he could have no doubt of the most able
and'effectual support from the Freeholders of Mid-
dlesex.

Notwithstanding the dangers to which the
Country is exposed, I see no.reason why.we should,
give•way to despair ; our chief hopes must indeed
rest on those who shay, at thii eventful crisis, be
eleited to represent the People in the Great Conn--
cil- of the Nation. I will venture to affirm, • that if
the majority shall poSsess that integrity and zeal
which my Honourable Friend has manifested on all
Occasions, we may boldly defy the violence of those
storms which have demolished some of the most
powerful Empires of the- world ; and may hope,
with such, men for our 'Representatives, and under
the guidance of able and upright Ministers, if we
cannot obtain an honourable peace, at least we May
prosecute a successful war. -
" I will not.detain you longer than by observing;
tl you haVe Areldy Securely entrusted the,Gen-
ti, n,m whom I now beg leave to propose; with the
guardianship of your rights. you may again safely
consign them to his_ care, ,vith that confidence
which his past integrity inspires, and which long ex-
perience will justify you in again committing to his
hands.'! • •
Mr. BRITTEN said, that he would not take up
the time of the k'reeholders in making panegyrics
upon Mr. Byng, as his Honourable Friend himself
was present. It had been his lot four times before
to scud the uciuni..atiou of (b honourable
men for the County of Middlesex. As to Mr.
Byng,, said he, you know the man. You knew
hip venerable and respeCted ancestry. You know
his own uprightness:—nis opulence, and hiS indepen-
dence. I beg leave therefore, Geptlemen, to second
the nomination of Mr. Byng.
Mr. TIMOTHY,' BROWN stepped forward to propose
Sir Francis Burdett. " Without much preface," he
observed, " and-Without Much pretension to ability,,
I now request permission to propose a Candidate to
your notice. That Candidate is Sir Francis Burdett:
It is' needless for me to state his principles or his
pretensions. His
_principles he ninself has openly
avowed. You know them. It is sufficient for me
therefore to say, that of these principles I approve,
and I will venture to affirm that he will never desert '
his principles."
A Gentleman, whose name we could not learn,
seconded the nomination. The Freeholders, he.
said, knew that he (Sir Francis Burdett) wasvirtuous,
independent, and noble. Nothing thathe could
would add to his merits. He would content himself
therefore with merely seconding the nomin'ation of
Sir F. Iltrdett.
S;r Wm. GIBBON." I shall take up but little. of
your time, Gentlemen, on this occasion. I beg leave
t ) propose Mr. Mellish to your notice—a Man equal-
Iv independent in principle as in fortune-a firm,
f iead to "the best of Kings, and to the constitu-
lion, the noblest on the face of the earth, which is

Sir FRANCIq BUPDEIT then came forward :

" Gentlemen,- said he, " I shall state as briefly
as I possi4 can on this occasion, with the same
freedom, opennes's and' 'plainneSs as I have on all
other occasions, my sentiments' respe&ing the situa-
tion of politics and parties. Mr. Byng has told you,
that his principles are the same as those which first
recommended him to 'your favour. This is so far
well, if _he had only stated to us what these prin-
ciples were. What are theSe principles ? who
knows them ? do you, Gentlemen, know them ?
'Brit, Gentlemen, I am not by any Means surprised
at the condua of Mr:, Byng on this occasion. Mr.
Byng is a summer insect and loves the sunshine.
But I must allow, Gentlemen, that if Mr. Byng
has not Condescended to state his principles, he has
at least stated hispretensions with a modesty that dOes,
not appear to gibe him .a very strong claim to your
support: What is the ground of his pretensions ?
'Why, that having represented you in the three'
last Parliaments, he has not in all that time voted
against you What !Is it then costorociry 14 Mem-
bers of Parharpent to vote *lint their Consti-
tuents ? And are we now Wien to such a loath-
Soffit' pitoh of degradation, that the Freeholders of
M:ddiesex are, told *from the hustings, in plain and
open terms, that it is a high merit in their Repre-
sentative not to have voted against then. But, Gen-,
:tit:Men, if Mr. B. has not many sins of commission to
answer for, it would be easy to point out mem- sins
of omission, and this kind
,of sinning is often not
less pernicious than the other. Where was he when
the abuses in Coldbath-fields Prison were agitated ?
pid that ,;übjeCt not concern the itwrests of Mid-,
dlesex ?--Are you not charged with the.expences
of supporting that Prison, and interested in the cha-
raCter attached to it ?—(Some person called out,
" the stor.ri was altogether unfounded.")--A' person
near me says that the story was unfounded; and this
we hear from Mr. Bytig's friends and the partizans
of the best of Patriots., Yet Mr. Sheridan:the other
day founded his claim to the support of the Electors
,of Westminster upon the ground, that he alone, of
all the band, stood by one in exposing these abLises.
Why then can they now bear. me down by s'aying
that there were none, and that the whole was an

invention of my own to secure a seat for Middlesex.
(" We. do say it," from several voices : " we deny
that you acted with any other view.")—You may.
as well, continued -Sir Francis (turning to the place
from which the words- came)—you may as well
heat what I have to say before you deny it. I was
going to say, Gentlemen, that it was impossible
could have invented such a story merely for the put--
pose of being returned fir Middlesex, when I have
proofs that 1 might have been now returned for the'
county without opposition, if I had not plainly
avowed my principles. (Cries of ‘f No No f
not without opposition.My first proof, Gentle-
men, is the words-of Mr, ilyng, who has told yori,
that the ;avowal of my principles :has excited this
formidable opposition against me, and that I have
done great service to Mr. Mellish.. certainly, Gen-

tlertien, that. was not my intention ; but nothing,
be the, consequences what, they may, .shall ever
make me desert my principles, or prevent me from
avowing them when called upon so to do, convinced
as I am that they are the sole salvation of my coun-
try. I have another document, Gentlemen, to sup.-
port me in what I have said. Mr. Whitbread; the
friend of Mr. Byng, and of Lord.Howick, the head
of the band, in a letter to me, has said, that he had
no doubt but that I might have been returned al-
most without opposition. -I, however, did what I
'conceived to be my duty, and 'still I do not repent
having done so. I trust that I shall ever speak the
plain and simple truth when called upon. When
that letter was brought to me, I wrote to Mr. Whit-
bread, thanking: him for having taken the. trouble to
state so fully the reasons why he differed from me,
because, if he disapproved of my principles, I cer- -
tainly could not expe& his support. I thought that-
what he had done was intended merely as an. a&
friendship : but I was of a very different opinion
when I saw his letter published only a day or two af,
terwards. I shall take an,opportunity of considering
the sentiments contained in that letter, the sophistry
of whiCh is as complete as its want of principle,
and the reason of which is in no degree founded.—
He says, that ‘the_ schemes of Government for
improvement are not yet matured. Well, then,
it seems, they have their schemes. They have
long been saying that I had my ;schemes. Gentle-
men, I neither had. nor have any schemes but the
Constitution. That, indeed; is a most noble scheme
if it were riot basely perverted. But it,is completely
nugatory' unless the people have, a fair representa-
tion. They says what ! would you have no Mini-
ster in Parliament ? I. have not said that you should
have no MinisterS in'Parliament—but, the 'question
is, whether the Parliament is; to be composed almost
. entirely of Ministers, Placemen, and Pensioners ?
Let these men not shew themselves to the people.
Let them go to,the Court Boroughs, and not nose
out every man but themselves from those places
that. are not yet completely overwhelmed in corrup-
tion. But there is another objection to these men.
They. have not, it seems, matured the good mea-
sures : they have, however, matured the bad ones:
They have got their. places, their pensions; and their
peerages ; they
\have given a magnificent palace to
the Manager of Drury-lane Theatre, at the bottom
of,Catharine-street, for what service the devil only
i. knoWs. All this has been matured, and they have
reduced the Country, both internally and externally,
to-a worse situation than that in which they found
it, and yet their good schemes are not matur-
ed. They have done no service, and yet they
have taken the reward. The reward and service
ought at least to go hand in hand. These are my prin,
ciples, and they are applicable to all Government*.
‘.
If they dissipate in corruption what ought to be etff%
ployed against our enemies, how are the resources of .
the Country to support our Wars ? But this is not
the way in which Mr. Whitbread ads in his private
capacity. He never rewards his men till he sees
his beermade. He does, indeed, I understand, re-
Ward them liberally, but it is after their duty is per-
formed. This is -diffetent from the principles main-
tained in his Manifesto. As to Mr. Byng and his
principles, I can say nothing, as he-has kept them'a
secret ; but, if I could find out, what these principles
are, and that they are such as would benefit my
Country, I would this moment withdraw from the
hustings, and give him my vote.",
BYNG. " I don't think you have one."
BURnETT. " You may be mistaken."
BYNG. "You had not one last ele&ion."
Bpantrr. " That is another thing."
"' Now; Gentlemen, wha.: has called on me to
oppose this coalesced party; is my duty to you. I
love the Constitution ; but it is the whole Constitu-
tion, and not .the Constitution deprived of its most
important parts. I never can connive at the coo- .
dud of public men,' nor can I either share in the%
guilt -or in the plunder."--(4plauses, with some
hisses)

o'clock to-morrow (this day). There waSnoeV.ra.,
ordinary crowd or bustle, probably owing to the at-
traktions of Covent-garden, and the Lord-Mayor's
Show,

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LONDON,

TUESDAY• NOVEMBER 11, iBO6.

Tuts morning the Hamburgh Mail arrived : the
following are the most interesting articles of intelli-
gence which it contains :

BRUNSWICK, OCT. 3 I.—The following Proclama-
tion has appeared here :
" M. MALRAisotc, principally charged with all
power in the Duchy of Brunsvvick, has this morn—
ing convoked the under-signed Ministers, and de-,
livered to them the following Declaration :

" In virtue of the orders which have been given.,
to me, I have the honour. to announce to you,, that
the Country of Brunswick being now conquered by
the arms of His Majesty the Emperor of the French
and King of Italy, I am charged to take' possession
of it, from this moment, in the name of his said.
Majesty. You will in consequence make this knoWu
to ydur subordinate Officers."

" The said Ministers publish the present for thta
information of all the Authorities of the Country.
(Signed) " DE PEAUN.

" DE BOTTIEFIER.

a DE WOLPPADT:P

fC Brunswick, OR. 28, 1806."
DRESDEN, OCT. 22.—1 t was on the 17th of 611
month that a Courier brought the affliaing advice that
the battle of Jena had pr..ived disastrous to the Prussian
and Saxon Arms. The gardes-du-corps immediately
received orders to mount their horSes, the travelling

,carriages of the Elector were ordered to be got ready,
and a great number of the inhabitants colleated be-
lore the Palace, with anxiety and consternation in
their countenances. Towards evening the Major of
Hussars M. FUNCK, arrived likewise as a Courier,

with intelligence a little more favourable. This.
Major, who had been wounded and taken Prisoner,
had been conduct d t, Artern to- have his wounds
dressed. The Emperor NAPOLEON was, after the
battle, at Artern, and,Major FUNCK was presented
to hilt), by his. orders. His Imperial Majesty hay-,
ing inquired whether he was able to repair to Dreg.
den with dispatches for the Eleotor I lie replied,
that he was. On his arrival here, orders Were
given to put up the travelling carriages, and we learn-
ed that the EleEtor would nor quit the city, and

that the Emperor ot` the French proposed to make
him a visit as a friend. On the l sth,Couriers weresent •
off to bring back the valuable effects that were convey--
ing to Silesia. We expect in a day or two the Minister
at War, the Prince of NEUFCHATEL, to regulate
the-Preliminary Articles of Peace. According to all
appearances, French and Bavarian Troops will oc-
cupy this Country in a military manner till the Peace.

Mr. MELLISII—" Gentlemen, Freeholders of the •
County of Middlesex, I beg your silence for a few
minutes only, as I shall not detain you near so
long as the Hou. Baronet. But I am convinced,
from your in iependence, That you will hear me,
as the Baronet's speech has been rather a personal
attack on my conduid, which I ought to be al-
lowed to clear. I have stated the grounds on
which • I present myself to you—l will glOt deny
what I have written.. My opinions are the• same
as betnre, and I do not deny that I come forward
in direct oppOsition to the Honourable Baronet. I,
have been accused of joining Mr. Byng ; but I have„
not joined any body. I have neither joined with
Mr. Byng nor Sir Francis,Burdett. I' resped the
Hon. Baronet's private character, but in 'politics I
am his greatest enemy, and I am proud of being so.
I must be an ideot to, think that the Hon.. Baronet's
friends would vote for me—(" No. one said they
would'!" exclaimed_ one).7—No, ..no, let , me not be
misunderstood. BLit the
,votes must all, ultirnately
be those of the.successful Candidate. When I say
that I haVe not joined Mr. Byng, you may believe
me, and when. I. say I have not joined the Hon.
Baronet, you will certainly- believe me. I make no
professions—l don't: say" I shall support any set of
'men—l will not look,, at the men but the measures.
I come forward as an honest and independent man.
If you crotch me tripping, you have your remedy,
to be sure it must be some years hence, in not choos-
ing me again. But if I were not confident that I
would do my duty, I would not come forward on this
occasion to preserve the best of Kings. It has been
asked, what the best of Kings has done for us ? We
all- know what he has done for us. We must love
him for his good qualities, and what these are I need
not explain. I come forward to preserve the Consti-
tution,, and. the whole Constitution, and the 'Coun-
try, beecanse I love it. Now I must say a few
words as to one little thing. You will all cry out
when you hear what it is, but you will have, the
generosity to hear the afterwards. It is the Bastille.
I still maintain that we were in the right on that point,
and that the infamy of the two last Eledions was de •
grading to a Briton. The property of one of the
convicts (laughter), of one of the Candidates I mean,
is,notin the county. But I have, for the most part,
.lived in the county of Middlesex, and my property
is there, and I trust you all know me as an honest
and' independent man."—(App/au,scs)
The Sheriff's then proceeded to take-the show of.
hands, which were in favour of Mr. Mellish and Sir
Francis Burdett. A poll was demanded on the part
of' Mr. Byng, and the Court adjourned till • nine

OCT. 28.—Lieut.-Colonel THEARD, Chamberlain
to his Majesty the Emperor of the_ French, arrived
here on the 24th to take on him the government of
this City, in the name of the Emperor his Master.
He immediately went to the Elieotor, who received
him with the utmost civility.
LErrzic, OCT. 26.—We have received advice that
_the Emperor NAPOLEON had marched with his head-
quarters from Meresburgh to Halle—that he has left
Wittenburgh, where he arrived on the 24th, and pro-
ceeded on the 25th to Potsdam. ,

Bavarian troops have entered Dresden, and we
are assured that there are others on their march to
occupy the Eledorate of Saxony.

The Prussian General Count SCHMETTAiI is dead
of his wounds at Weimar. It is said that General
RUCHEL is likewise dead.

BANKS OF THE ELBE, Nov. 3.—After the defeat
of the Prussian Army in Saxony, the remains of that
Army -having colleded and formed near Magde-
burgh, passed the Elbe at Tangerinunde and San-

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EISENAt 11, OCT, 22.—The Prince of BENEVEget
TO (M. TALLEYRAND) arrived here to-day, at eight
in the morning, with a suite of two carriages, and
immediately proceeded in his journey to Potsdam.

dau, on the 26th and 27th of 061ober ; but their
march was interrupted by the French Troops; who
had advanced in the neighbourhood of Magde•
burgh, and who likewise paSsed the Elbe, by small
Corps, on the 28th. The Prussians, in proceeding,
towards the Oder, encountered other French Troops,
who had passed the Elbe at Dessau and Wittenburgh,
and who consequently had several days march in ad.
vance of their Enemies ; the consequence was daily
skirmishes, but we arc yet unacquainted with the
details or importance of them : all that is known is,
that on the 28th the' French were expeaed at Stet-
tin, whete great preparations of defence had been
made.