The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-04 00:00:00

LINCOLN COUNTY ELECTION.

Si 'l'll pit .
LrNcor,, l'uEsn tY, DEC. 2.-1 lie polling
was reCtarnmencal this morning with ttneommon spirit on Math
-sides. • The.htect it will be seen, intreased in their number
to-clay, as compared . with, yesterdny and Saturday, The
Purtilef diminished,' as compared ,wit the same days. Many
of the' former still speak Of thti extgnithe impport which they
•haYebeen promisld in remote pins Of the county, and =our t
for the non-arriv.4l of their friends, hitherto, by, asserting that
alindst all the conveyances by hind and water luivebeen eti.
gaged by Sir Win. ingilby's friends.* Ily beverai of the bitter,
the decrease in the numbers in., the .Ingilby interest lies; been
accounted for,by en I.lllWiUimplesi4 to
_.truuble their friends liy.
ing at a tlistimce, its they limt aireitoly "secured a majority,
which, they say, the utmost efforts c the opposite`party will
not be iblo,to,beat "down, 'lt is cert that there are a milli
ciont number yet unpolled, to out-vest ,all who have yet voted,
even it' they' were on one side. ' The l' estion is, will they coma
at
forward ? . Without...offering an opiiion of thetuerits.or dtc
merits of either party, or stating any,!reatinlts which might.act
as an inducement to the 4,m,stautling ~voters to support tie one
or the other, we May saf,Lly hazard a 0611kcillre that the'lmi/o-
rity will contintie.with the Party witilAluch itnow rnsti: •,f.I h e
supporters of,Sir Joh# Thoroltintye,,We indlorv;:alrentlytlonti
more than they had anticipated. They have brought n iarger
number of vote.rs to the poll (each Voter paying his • own ex-
pellee) than has been known to have joined under. ifimilar cir.
cumstance fora long time in this county. It is likely-that they
'will muster many more ' • but
,set do not -think their,strem;th
will be sufficient to bear down theinumbeni .alretitly etioretl'on
the poll-books against them. The poll was CIOSA VI-LitlV At
4 o'clock. Tha.afternoon was uncommonly fine, and there
was a more numerous attendance in the enstle,yard than we
have had for the last two daY2‘. .The.Purptes attendtcl in great
three ; the Blurs not so strong; but .they seemed to make up
in zeal and etlergy for their deficiency in numerical cr.nigth. .
On snaking up the hooks. the numbers were tleclard to be—
' , . . On the Day's,Poll. . . For Sir William Ingilby
For Sir John Thorold
*Majority

4'

- - - 173
. _232

• Gross Poll.
For Sir William Ingiihy• . :1.139
Fur Sir John Thorold - • 1):21.19
• • Ill'ajorlty • •-: - -
Sir Win. Ingilby's majority was received with loud cheering
by his friends, and as-loud ,symptoms cf disapprobation by the
opposite party. The niunbers for Sir John l'hbroltt showing
an increasut strength were hailed with great. cheering by his
friends. . . • • „
• Sir Witt, I.)t1III.111' came forward. Ile said he was happy
again to see by the state of the poll, that his friends had not
relaxed in their exertion '..that they still persisted-in continu-
ing him hi that situation which was sa. much for the honour
and. intlepentlenc of the cotinty.-qApplaUse, and cries, of
" No, no.")—Fle 'could repeat it, it was for the honeur of the
county, and it .IVBI.I the duty of every freeholder who valued his in.
dependence ,soy, to allow hitustif to be put down hy.t he efforts-of
a Petty factinii.-7fcipeers and disapprobation.)—The, henonr-
able -Baronet (Sit It Heron) liettas glad to see had come back.
among them. • Ile Would him trisure him, that the -, eflbrts of
the opposing party .would not bring him to the pavisli :register,
as he (sit- It. Heron) had predicted. " The lion. Baronet had
had the kindtreii4 to state (contincd Sir Million)) that My pre•
sumptionithinterfosingwith the county of Lincoln, in which
he won't acknowledge me, will., put the to suchan expense as
to drive the to the-parish register. - I tell hini he is mistaken.
It will not have the- effect -whichit seems is wished for; 'but if
It should, I would have 130 hesitatiowin , coming. among nay
dependent elector- and throwing myself upon themes confi-
dently as I now do in soliciting their:support...---(etteers.),--It
is also said that I him come here on the strength of my purse
—(a person in the ctowd—•" And so you dbl.!). ;Tom I did
not ; I came here as an independent gentlemen to look fur the
honest suffrages of the independent freeholders, iiiut mind I have
not been disappointed: The lion. Bart. then proceeded to statn
that he had uo ob*tijott to Sie-01.• lie dici not come
there to oppcse Thorold was a .very excellent man,
and•lie Inigtitbe w vary independent Member, ff elected ;
he had not yet come forward to otter hiniself.—( A voice in the
crowd-_' lint lie.will come.") ", Wi11...he,?" (Sir William
continued.) " Then,E must say he is taking.a long time about.
it; but if' ho does come at all, I third: lie will tied
little too Irate." A person in
,ata :crowd-_-" If he had come,
you would have run." (Loud :laughter.), , .No, Gentlemen;
you will see no running zt this itte. I never would run from a
contest in which I' had- engaged. I 115Ve engaged in this, and
be assured no power shall induce Moto relinquish it. I repeat,
Sir John Thorold • might be a very proper person to represent
i you, but he is not bera. antl.haa never.effered himself. On the
contrary, he flax positively declined to offer himself when ques-
tioned on the subject ; and I say• that the opposition gut up in
his name and without hil.consetit, ..is nothing but a.conitiliracy
against your intlependence.—(Applause., and much, disappro-
bation.)—l• repeat it, This is 'nothing biit : a Conspiracy, anti
maintain and prove it by the'3,oo votes .'which have been al-
ready entered against it in my favour on. the poll. It is n con-
spiracy, and litre is my Hon. Fricild (turning to tiir It. Heron,
who stood near IMO. the Catiline of l'ngbuid, at the head of
it.".-,(Latutliter, and some diwipprobition.)--A person in the
crowd cried out '" Yon don't like hihi • Sir William." Sir W. •
ltigilby replied, r" Yes, I like him very well ; but you, it
seems, do not like,. the 11110ritrory•the.p.41,,and therefore you
are to clamorous." The I on. Baronet again thanked the elec-
tors for their support, and expressed his entire confidence in
their ultimate musses.-.{Cheers.)
Sir It. 1-lEllpti next pycacnted himself,,but before he cont•
meneed addressing' the people, he said ;in an under tone to
Sir William Ingilby, Do you mean to say, Sir William,.
that I have declared that this contest would bring. you to the
parish rates?"

Sir W. Tatorenr.—
me to the parish register."
. Sir It. Manx was proceeding 'hut was prevented fora time
by a great noise in the crowd. "lie said, 4‘ You will hear en.
Wine at least, gentlemen. You have !leant the statement of the
Hon. Dam, as to the declaration 54h1 to have been made by.
me. I now gil4 it the flattest and Most unqualified .contrailic.
tion. I never said any thing in the leant like'it.-.,(Cheers.)—.,
The Hon. Bart. has said that Sir John Thomld wouldmit:como
to the contest. Let it be remembered, that I distinctly stated
the same' hing on the day of nomination, and r any so now;
but I said thtn, what I now Tepee; that Sir John would, if you
elected hint, perform his duty to the utmost of his rower, As
to the assertion, that this is an attack on the Hon. HHart's. Tuttle
(cry of So it is, and nothing else,^) I think it quitennfountleci.;
Why does the Hon. Burt. expend his money ? What occasion
is there for him to expend any more, unless he wishes it? Why
not throw himself upon the eOunty, and fight us on equal
terms ?—(Clieent.)--13ut, I belleie, if he had met us on equal
terms, he would have found very afferent success from that
which helms- already experienced."-4Cheers.)—lf, however,
he was angry at the expence, it was hie own fault, and the fault
of those who ;advised him. The Hon. Baronet had himself
said at first, that he would go on with the contest, with all his
heart. But after all that had been done, they were now at the '
close of the sixth day's contest, and there was not yet one-third
of the Freeholders of the county polled—not so many as in the
three days of the last contest. Let net, then, the lion. Baronet
say that -he had ihe sense of the county in his.favour."
Sir W. Twaxue.—The Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Heron) has
said that lam angry. I assure hiM lam not, and will not be
out of hUmour, nor out of my Place at the close of the poll.—
(Applause.)
kinSidr'ha escapediti.HriQ)l.ll;, 1 beg, to apologize, If any expression of the
I can assure the Hon. Baronet, that any
thing I said was not meant to convey such an imputation, for 1
fully admit that lie has acted on this occasion with great good
temper and good humour.
Colonel Jonxsox.--Brother Freeholders—When I heard
the first-few observations of the Hon. Baronet (Sir W. Ingilby),
I.assure you I thought he Itstl chtusged
When he talked so much of the independence of the county, I
thought that he had in Act turned round to our side. Vou
have heard mention made of a conspiracy_-now, Gentlemen,
I aiseiairn being a party u) any thing of the kind. In the part
I have acted on the present ()cession, I dedared before, what'l
now repeat, that I have no connection With any party. I con-
stated only -one individual, and 1:e was not a freeholder of the
county. When I first intimated my intention to the county,
was on the 19th of last month. I was at the time in York.
shire, bnt I dated my letter-from ll'hitby, as I was likely to
rbeiibeneiti,tesrirkhnoowbneribliethroant
;adadnrteissi.
noiwdditlecnioittrecottutlhtemiLdfinonof
thing whatsoever to do with the nomination of Sir John Thor.
old. He knew nothing about it, except what was ppm tti all
Who saw my letter in the public papers. The Honourable
Baronet had complained that this was an attack Upon his

" Yes, I do. You said ft would bring

purse; bUt; for that. he had to thank himself. When Sir
•Wm. Ingilby that: came fitrward, he hail to .consget whether
he shoubionist to the •arst'ocrt cy. of thq Wit4,l intst, or
do, as he (Colonel Johhson) ever,. had ,dotie,. ,and he; trusted
ever shoitlit do—tbrow;birnself on the " tense of the county
and go aitiongst the people, .14twetit these lit Itittl to, thus,,
and lie (lid. decide :for, Out former. The sense of, the county
was fury declared against hint by the Ph& of' lmr,dt opt
the day of nomination.—(Cries of " no2!)—lt was imma-
terial to hint personally which way the present contest might
end, but whicheverway, it should be "determined, it was moat
important for the county, and for England. Here they bud the
exhibition of;l,:ltlfiincleitendint freeholders Corning forward .4
thqir own expense (cries of No, rat,") to support the man wiwnt
they considered qualified to represeat them, SuCh contlitc;
would be" an everlasting-cre2it to those wino had thus honestly
enrolled their names in the cause of independence.--(Cheers.)
_lle had stated last, night the advice he would, give tinder cer.:
tain circumstances to: his fri.:nds in thiS contest, and as there
seemed to have been some misunderstanding of what be said,
he would,: now repeat it.. What he said was, that whenever, the
Hon, Baronet (Sir W. Ingilby)shauld have polled. six thou•
sand freeboldeN he would then,think their cauSe hop:ties,: for
the,presen and would theiefore advise' them to relax 4heir ex-
ertions ; but, until that had lieppened,,•pf which luksaw no im-
mediate proSpcet, he would advise them to be vigilant and
ac..tive: Ile stood therein the conscientions discliary of what
he considered; a public duty, and he woo lihnot be .detorred
frotn it by, the frowns,of the great. , I stated to you last night,
that if I should have tight, thisevening. I would mad one of the
letters I received* from Boston. Here it is (The Hon. Gen.
tleman then read us follows).—