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MEMBERS ELECTED.
B NVP COUNTY—Right Hon. Sir Win. Grant.
SOM'E'RSET COUNTY—Thornas Buckler Vetlibridge,
Esq. ; Wm. Dickinson, Esq.
PARTH COUNTY—Lord James Murray.

BEDFORDSTIIRE.—State of the Poll.
Pym, Esq. - - - 1 143
-;e.k

_yen. Fitzpatric. - - - 1084
Col. Osborn - - - 1060
The two former returned.
SUSSEX—State of the Poll.
-- Wyndham, Esq. - 3894
Fuller, Esq. - - 2139
Sergison, Esq. - - 2110
YORK COUNTY—State.of the Poll.
Loici Milton - - - 1951
Hon. Henry Lascelles - 1688
Wilberforce, Esq. 1674
`WESTMINSTER ELECTION.--SIRIe of this day's
Poll at one o'clock,-
111;. Sheridan 7 - - - 505
Sir F. Burdett - - - - 208
Lord Cochrane 171
Mr. Elliot - - - - 29

Ia,sTOIIIVSTER ELECTION.

FOURTEENTH DAY.

The nutrib4rs at the close of the Poll yesterday
were—

Tor Sir F. Putt DETT
LOrti COCHKANE
Mr. SHERIDAN

In the absence of his father, who, from fatigue
and indisposition, was disabled from attending, Mr.
T. SHERIDAN came forward. He hoped the -Elec-
tors, Whose partiality his father had so peculiarly ex-
perienced, would kindly indulge him one day's rest,
and assured them that to-morrow his father would
return to the charge with renovated vigour. In ad-
dressing them, it was the custom of his father to
animadvert on the positions that had been set forth
the day before :, he would endeavour to'follow that
example, however inadequate he felt to the task ; for
for he relied on'their iniinlgent patience,satisfied that
they forgave t he defeets of the Orator, and would think
only of the anxieties of the Son. The daily theme of
the Noble Lord seemed to be declamation, against'
Coalitions. In the same strain did be every day rail
against Coalitions; yet with the words " No Coali-
tion" in his mouth, he went about declaring he
should not be found in Opposition, but he would
be independent; and with 'an air of that professed
indepeidence, he begged for the second votes of the
other Candidates. • For a time, he frequented the
tap-Toom of the Brewer, and continued to frequent
it until it ran dry, and then he was done with ,Mr.

Elliot's Intire. It happened indeed since (no doubt
by accident), that_ he wandered into 'Sir F.,Burdett's
Committee Room : but mark—still No Coalition is
his word ; yes, No CoalitiOn, Gentlemen ; but at
the same time the Noble Lord begs admission among
Sir F. Burdett's friends, and declares he should not
at all be offended by an interchange of votes—still
No Coalition. It is true, indeed, the Noble Lord

has expressed no anxiety to coalesce with my father's
friends. And why ? Because the Noble Lord has
no' wish to join. the weaker side. The same charac-.
ter marked all his professions. They were so gene-
ral, so indefinite, so indeterminate, that it was hard
to say what part he would take, or how he would

vote. He recolleaed the story of the barber who
wrote up the, following words on his board:—

' What !do you think—
I'll shave you for nothing if you'll give me to drink !

Some one passing by, struck with the seeming offer,
went in, gave the barber a glass of ptinch and got
shaved. As be was going away, the barber asked,
what will you not pay me fur shaving you ? Why,
replied the other, No: Have I not given you to
drink Yes, good Sir, but you misread what was
on my board, You have not attended to the mark
of admiration that closes the sentence! It will be
the same with the Noble Lord, when he-gets into
the House. There you will set a mark of admi-
ration upon him ; and indeed you will have room to
admire how different his practice is from his theory.
There Wag an expression which fell yesterday from
the Hon. Gentleman near him (Mr. Jennings,)
to which fie could not forbear shortly adverting.
That Gentleman, alluding to my father, said. Mr. T.
Sheridan, says he run hiS skiff alongside my three.
decker.—Allow the to ask this question, Gentlemen,
—When it was battled in the House of Commons
against tyrannical imprisonment, who alone protea-
ed the three-decker ? was it a skiff ? when the Ha-
beas Corpus Act was to bi• suspended, who bore up
to- defend that bulwark of British liberties, was
it a skiff.? When your Navy, your main stay,
was filled with misled mutinous seamen, and the
country trembled for her safety, was it a skiff
that brought back into your ports that Navy
sound and unimpaired ? Mr. Thomas Sheridan
next 'adverted. to objections started to him by
some of the Eleaors, because his' father had not
gone round and made a personal canvass.—ls it
not his past conduit in Parliament that ought to/
canvass for-him : do you not know- what profes-
sions are ? 'What, but empty words and useless
breath ! Neither can I think that it would much

benefit the country), to bring in any Candidate by
majorities of thousands. No, there is more mischief

_ .
doi'e to the country by one silent ministerial vote,
•_ than can,be done by the pleadings of an Angel for
her salvation. But to the main point—to=morrow,
they knew was the last day : the friends of; his
father had beat Captain Elliot. The Captain had
fled from his post—but they would recolle& the
same could not be expeaed from the Noble Lord.
A British sailor never flies from his colours. But
still if his father was placed, even above Captain
Elliot, he would promise to bring the Noble Lord
to a Court-Martial, and that his sentence would, be,
to be dismissed from His Majesty's service in the
House of Commons, and sent back to do his duty
where he was sure the Noble Lord would do honour
to himself, and real service to his country. He had
only one word and one allusion more to offer : that
was, to the sword presented to a Prince as a fit. re-

I ward for a brave man. It was obje6ted, that though
1 the workmanship was exqnisite, yet the sword was
.too short. No, observed the. Prine, no sword is
too short for a brave man—he makes a step forward,
and the sword is long enough. So do I now say to

you, Gentlemen, Make hut one ..tep note forwards
and the time, you'll find, is not too short.
Lord COCHRANE continued to assert, that fie.hvid
entered into no coalition, with any plirty, that con-
scious of independence in his own mind, he should
never refuse the vote of an Eloaor who professed
the same spirit of independence, to whatever party
or. Candidate he might We disposed to give his other
vote. That he was not connected either with 'the
last, or the present Administration ; but that he was
resolved to take the earliest opportunity of urging
the best Measures for the redress of the abuses Hof
which he had complained, and he should be happy
to have the concurrence and support of whatever col-
league the Ele&ors of Westminster should choose to
give him.
After a few words of explanation from Mr. T.
SHERIDAN, in which he again took occasion to en-
courage his father's friends to come up early this
morning,

Mr. JENNINGS stood forward to congratulate the
Elthors on their. glorious success : for the cause of
Sir F. `Burdett was their own cause : it was forward='
ed by theth and for theM.—They had entered into a
subscription. of from 2s. 6d. to a, guinea,' and that
subscription did them more honour than any that
Dukes and Earls could raise. He admired as much.
as they could do, the brilliant display of talent. Which
Mr. Sheridan had made to amuse them : but he
would rather have seen these splendid talents em-
ployed in endeavours to instruict the
,people in their
rights. If, however; Mr. Sheridan brought forward
the measures he had alluded to, more particularly
that fOr restraining the Undue power of the Magis-
trates- in withdrawing the licences frbm publican§
without assigning any adequate reason; he would
perform a signal aft of justice, one that would intitle
him to the .Iternal gratitude of the City of West
minster, and which, if an Qpportunity offered,
ought certainly to place him as their Representa-
tive in Parliament, as with such abilities, and such
sentiments, no man could do them more justice and
honour.

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

FIFTH DAY, MAY 21 .
Ttne polling during the whole of the day pro-
ceeded but slowly, at the close the numbers were,

For WIL\LIAM MELLISH, Esq. . 247'
GEORGE BYNG, Esti. . - iS4o
Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNIS, Bt. 1007

Mr. BYNG then came forward, and addressed the
Freeholders as follows :—Gentlemen Freeholders,
beg leave to return you my best and most ardent
thanks for the spirit and vigour with which you have
supported me, and, with which I trust you will con-
tinue to support me. I thank you sincerely for
having this day increased so considerably my ma-
jority over the Hon. Baronet, who comes forward
in .a partictilar .manner as my opponent. The Hon.
Baronet, as I stated to you before, has been brought
forward in opposition to me by the Wisters. They
are naturally anxious to lave in Parliament men who
will be devoted to will; 'they are anxious to
stifle inquiries int.) the expenditure of your money 5
they are anxious to prevent the deteQion of public
peculators, and to screen delinquents from punish-
ment; they are anxious, Gentlemen, to serve the
eleaioa of those why, they know will always feel as.
the servants of , the Ministers, and not as the ser-
vants of the People. Such men, Gentlemen, they
are anxious to see in-Parliament, and they fire rßtu-
rally opposed to me, because they know that .I am,
no such man. You, on the contrary, know that your
cause is served, your interests attended to and pro-
moted, and your just rights and privileges prote&ed,
by sending Members to Parliament who are attached
to the popular part of the Constitution, which every
one ,of your Representatives ought to be, and not
men who will sacrifice their public duties to their own
private purposes.— [Applauses, marked with cries of
"Lord Howick has been turned out."]--Gentlemen,
continued Mr. Byng, it is true that Lord Howick is
not now Member for Northumberland ; but you will
recollea that Lord Percy is, and that the politics of
Lord Howick and Lord Percy are the same. Lord
Howick was never better received than during his
last canvass by a most numerous and respe&able body
of Freeholders. If he declined, Gentlemen, be as-
sured it was not from despair of ultimate success ;
for he never had less grounds for despair ; but he
saw a contest inevitable, and this contest would have
involved him in a much greater expeuce than was
convenient for him. In my addresseS to you, Gen-
tlemen Freeholders, I have not, as the Hon. Baronet
has done, introduced the name of my Sovereign—
not that I do not feel the highest veneration both
for the office and the private virtues of his Majesty,
but because I think it is a violation of the freedom
of eleaion to introduce on these occasions a name so
sacred. These,' Gentlemen, are my feelings, and
will be to the latest hour of my life. Let me again
beg of you, Gentlemen Freeholders, to continue
your exertions in my favour; and this I may do the
more confidently, since the slightest refleaion must
convince you that my cause is your's, and that of
your country and your posterity.

Mr. M LusH.—Gentlemen Freeholders, my
situation is certainly very extraordinary, but it is a
situation which all must envy me, and' I am • proud
of it. Mr. Byng's friends have industriouslycircu-
lated a report that I have coalesced with Sir C.
Baynes. On the other hand, Sjr C. Baynes has told
you that there is an understanding between me and
Mr. Byng. But, Gentlemen', I have coalesced with
nobody, and I am sure you will believe me and not
them, and therefore I leave you to judge of the re-
ports on the one side and on the other. This, I
hope, is the cause of your partiality to me. At the
outset, Gentlemen, I made a profession of my prin-
ciples, these I have constantly followed up, and you
now reward me by putting me at the head of the
Poll. If I had pursued any other course I would
this day have been the lowest on' the Poll instead of
the highest. The attacks of Mr. Byug have been
rather diredted against the Honourable Baronet than
against me. Ido not, therefore, feel it necessary to
say any thing upon them. You' 'have strenuously.
supported me, Gentlemen,' and I thank you for it,
and have only to request of you to.continue your ex-
ertions.

Sir C. I3AYNEs—Gentlemen Freeholders, and my
friends in general, my first thanks are due to you
for the support you have given me, and my next
to the other Candidates, whose observations on
me have given me Up opportunity for further ex-

•
.planatfott• Gentlemen, he who is chieliy oppo'secl
to me. says that I have the support of the executive
Government. 'But I never asked any :such Support ;
and if I have,• it is on account Of my pfillciple, and
,not on account of any request .of Mine.
men, Mr.. Bpi); says, that I have irregularly in ro-
duced the name of: the King. If I have, they,s± t
me the exarnple in Nrliarrient, *here they not only
introduced bis name, but brought him like a felon
to their. bar.—MV political principles, Gentlemen,
are tbese--,a steadyattaehment• to my King—l am a
true Whig in principle's, not a Whig of the present
day, hut a firm friend to the glorious Revolution,
and no innovation in it; I am a friend to enlighten-
ed 'toleration, because' I think that every one ought.
to be allowed, to warship his God in his own wa..
You mai rely on it? that while I am supported by
you on account of my own character and principles.
I will: be firm and take. the sense of the coluitr.
When my opponents have polled eOOO, then I Shad
think of giving up the contest; but till that, time
comes be you firm to me; andl-shall be true to you;
I look fur viCfory °tribe last day ofthe poll, O'ent4l-
- which is his Majesty's Birth-day.
men, continued the Hon. Baronet, it givesme g!-;:at
satisfattiou to see yo'i all happy, and to that,liappi.t.
ness I shall be always glad to contribute as muckA as,
I can . •
The Court then adjourned till nine o'clock toz
morrow (this:day).

POE7IIV.

C' WHO
~t 1 SIR CIIIIIS7OPHER BiYNES

The EvrratrEs exclalm," " Whq's Sir CRitsstoritsft
BAY NES—

That to get in fof Middlesex takes so much pains t
The answer is easy—J. A plain honest man,
To support Cktua ea and S ritra is his resolute plan.--
la the Volunteer Service he toil'd very bard,
Disdaining so paltry a thought as reward.
As a Magistrate alive for seventeen years,
Whom, V tleTut respells, ind whom VICE alon6 fears ;
The Friend of our Contmlazi, our CO UN TR Y, anti ht Vie,
Pray who'll say as much in behalf of Gtoitos 13v N.O

BEDFORD, 'MAY 22.—Colonel OSBORN, find;ng
the strength of the. County was completely exhaust=,
ed, and (from the very few remaining Freeholders
who had not voted) no possibility,appeared of his ob-
taining a majority, wrote to Mr. PYNI and General
FITZPATRICK, of his intention not to give them er
the County any further trouble. And he this tnorn-
ing, in the most manly and handsome manner, on
the Hustings, declined any further contest; and those
Gentlemen have in consequence been declared duly
eic&ed.

This Contest haS been carried on with the greatest
energy and spirit on both sides ; and though COl.
OSBOR N has lost :his eledion, he has by his conduet
during the struggle endeared himself greatly in tho
minds and hearts of his brother Freeholder 4 : and
even his strangest political antagonist, Mr. WHIT-
BREAD, has paid him the highest compliMents ; and
on Mr. PYM and Gen. FITZPATRICK'S being chairtAl
through the town, and making their bow on their
return from the Balcony of the Swan Inn; Mr;
WHITBREAD came fhrward,- and requested they
might .have a triumphant huzza ; and when that
was over, he again requested they might have (me
more " to the health and happiness of their late Po-,
liticalOpponent."

-cololiel OSBORN has polled 1069 out of 2169
voters, and near nine hundred of those 1069, have
been single votes, or plumpers ; a circumstance un-
paralleled in the annals of Election, and a convincink
proof of the high estimation in which be is held by
the County of Bedford.
Yortx, MAY 21.--Yesterday came on the Elee,
tion of two Knights of the Shire for the County of
York. The Candidates, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE,
Esq. Hon. HENRY LASCELLES, and Lord MILTOig,
proceeded from their respe&ive Inns on horsebatk,
separately, 'each Candidate 'accompanied by a nu-
merous party of friends; and atter riding round the
Castle-yard, as usual, ascended the temporary Booth.
ere6ted for the. High Sheriff and his Officers.
After the usual forms had been gone through,
Mr. WILBERFORCE was proposed by Sir R. D.
Hit,n-shrlD, Bart. and seconded by BACON FRANK,
Esq. The-Hon. H. LASCELLES wag proposed by
J. B. S.'MORRITTL, Esq. apd 'seconded by W. FEN*
TON SCOTT, Esq.—and Lord MILTON was proposed
by Sir F, L. WOOD, and seconded by Mr. WnIGHT7
sm4.—On a slew'. of ha'nds, the High Sheriff de-
clared the majority to be in favour of the Hon.
HENRY LASCELLES and Lord MILTON. A poll was
demanded by Mr. WlLBE'gFca4cE, and immediately
'proceeded on.

- The Ele&ion of Sixteen Peers for Scotland is ex-
peaed to go very much in favour of the Noble Can-
didates attached to the p-esent Administration. Lord
.KINNAIRD, it is supposed, will decline 'offering him-
self at the ensuing Eieaion.

RIOT IN THE CITY.-A considerable disturbance-
occurred yesterday in the neighbourhood of- Moor.
fields, which was 'occasioned by the following cir-
cumstance : a young country girl passing through
the fields, between twelve and one in the day,'
was accosted by two men, who entered into con-
versation with her. She innocently told them that
she had come to town in order to get into serv:ce,
and that she wished very much to be engaged.—
They assured her that they knew a Lady who want-
ed a servant from the country, that they had Iv
doubt but that she
,would suit her, and that s!te
would find it au excellent, place. By representations -
of, this kind the girl was persuaded to accompany
them to Ropemaker-street, near Finsbury square,
where they took her to a house of bad fame. She
had scarcely entered when she began to suspect their
intentions, 'but they forced' her up stairs. Her cries;
however, alarmed the neighbourhood a; crowd
soon collesfted, and those within barricadoed the door,
but it was quickly forced open, and. the girl was set
at liberty. The inhabitants and visitants retreated
by a back (Mar, and escaped from the indignation' of
the populace, .but the. house was almost entirely de-
molished. The furniture was torn to pieces, and
not a door or window was left standing. A number
of Constables and City Officers were celleaed to
.preserve the peace, but the snob was not dispersod
•
until a late hour.

Married; on Wednesday the 20th inst. at Ack--
worth Church„ by the Rev. W. R.- Hay, JoHN
HARWARD :TEMP', Esq. of Doory, ill the County
of Longford, to Mrs: SOLLY, of Ackworth Park,
Yorksllire.

1:11;s wasnu a6tiori brought by a milliner itt -Bond-
stTett, to recover a sum 4951: againSt the Defen
t-
an'-, a Lieutenant in the West Kent Militia, for mil-
)iitery supplied to his wife within the space of two
sears. = In order to sliew that the goods were suit-
' aMe to the condition . of lite of the lady, and the
0:)In pally she asscx:iated with, it was stated, that .z.he

METHODISTS.---From the Minutes of the Northern
General Meeting of these Religionists, held lately
at Leeds,. we learn, that in Great Britain their ag-
gregate number amounts to 110,803, and in Ireland
to 13,773. • •
FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS.----The Ticket No.
9,043, drawn on Friday a Prize of 5,0001. was sold
in one Quarter, two Eighths, and eight Sixteenth
Shares, 'at Bisn's, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-
Cross, where five other Capital Prizes have been
shared, sold, and registered in the Lottery that
finished this day : and the Holders of all Capital
and other_ Prizes•bought at Bisit's Offices, are de-
sired to bring them for payment or,exchanv.for
Tickets and Shares, in the New Lottery, which be-
gins tae 14th of July. The last 30,0001. Prize, and
the last 5,0001. Prize, ever drawn, were both sold
• at the above OffiCes.

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