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London, England, 1812-10-17 00:00:00

CONTESTED; ELECTIONS.

SURREY.—Orr. 16.
Mr .Sumner
Sir Thoths'Sutton ..1371' i•

ESSEX.—OcT. IG.
Honhlon 1341 Burgoyne 273
Western . 1127

BERKSIIIRE,--OcT. 16. ,
Dundas 9lB 1 Hallett 221 I
Neville • 712

PVILRPOOL,--Ocr. 15
Canning l6l Creevey 1055
Gaseoyne 1276 Tarleton.
Brougham llO5l

BRISTOL.—©c:. 16.
The 'is to close this evening.

' NOTTINGI-lANI.—OcT. 15.
Smith
Randal 1403 I ,

WEYAMO'

15.

Sir J. Murray
„Right Hon. T. Wallace 84 Mr. H. Trail
Mr. Broadhurst ' ' •84 M. W. Williams 57

YORKSHIRE ELECTION.

As Mr. Wortley, very' unexpectedly, -brought
forward the priv:ate letters of Mr. Lascelles, on
Monday' tuft, oh the nomination Of Candidates
for the COunty of York,• at 'a Meeting held in
York City, and made some comments on that Gen-
tleman'i conduct; 'we deem it proper to .inwt.shi§
vindication..
Mr. LASCELL;S—" I feel that I an') pia-8-tA in
a situation of peculiar delicacy, in addressing
the Freeholders on this occasion ; nor should I
have done it had I not been anxious that my
• character should, stand free from. every imputa-..
Con or appearanee of duplicity. Gentlemen, be-
fore I enter into any statement as to this matter.
I think I havers me right to complain of the man-
. ner in which my:declining to offer myself for- the
comity is mcrtioned, as if I had done it in inso-
lence, and was US be suppwr4 to be sopresump-
Lions as . to think it some, degradation to solicit
the votes of the Freeholders of this aoux ty ; hut
nothing can he more remote from the truth than
such a representation of my motives, as, will, I
trust, be evident when I explain the reasons of
my conduct,—Mt. Wortley has stated, with his
"usual candour and fairness, the conversations
which took place respecting his canvassing foi
the county. Previous to Mr. Wortley commenc-
ing his canvass, he told me his intention. with much
kindness • and consideration towards ,me, : and
asked me if it was my intention to .offeranyself
for the County?. I told him no ; that I had long
made up my mind to -decline that hononn---The
next time Mr. Wortley did me the honour toxall
upon,rue at Pontefract, where I was engaged in a
canvass for that Borough ; he there fairly and li-
berally stated, that during his canvass at. Leeds,
be had found a disposition very favourable to me
there, and asked me if that circumstance had
made,, any alteration in tny determination ? I told
him no ; :it-had made none; and I communicated
to him the same answer in Writing., at his re-
quest; but I hardly think it fair that he has
made so public an ,use of these letters ; however;
he has now my consent to make what use of
them he thinks will be most advatitageons tO him.
When I gave these answers to Mr. Wortley,-they
were the genuine dictates of my mind. 1-;hl:po
reserve or concealment I was entirely, ignorant
of any intention of my friends in my favour, and'
knew nothing whatever of the Election but What'
Mr. Wortley had told me ! This may appear asto-
nishing, but it is strictly true ; and I had no
knowledge of what was going on, except what I
gathered from hand bilis in the streets of Ponte-
fract ; nor did I ever take any other step than
saying, that if elected, I would stand.; that I
could not reject the County of York, as I told
Mr • Wortley But further than this I have not
. gone ; and to some applications that were made
to me subsequently as to Mr. Wortley's commu-
nication, I repled, No ; I cannot offer myself, I
ban do nothing in it, nor will I spend' a- single
shilling-upon it. And to this resolution I now ad-
here ; I do not •ofFer myself ; I will look most
anxiously to' this point, and it was a matter of
' considerable doubt whether I should appear here,
this day ; butit occurred to me, that I might,4t
have a better opportunity of explaining Whatever:
might arise respecting by condnct,.-aid 11;011fiiciwys
state the reasons which induced me to dpblini'the-
offering myself a Candidate to- representolae-
County ; and I will go into a short retrospect of
Myfarlianaentary history.
" In 1796., I was first elected a Member for
this County ; and Susequently. ,to this period
served as. Member for Yorkshire bi_lween ten and
eleven years. Of this period I-shall 'saytro more;- •
it is not fdr to make an observation upon it.
At the expiration of 1805 or .1806, some cir-
enmstunces arose which I shall -startlY advert to,
a great ComMercial Question -was disetiised ,in
the' raise-of Commons. It was myi,ntisitaitnne
to differ'm *opinion upon it with a I.lreonsfrlerable
Pumber of Manuflicturers, IYhower,e,my
Conati-
tuents ; but I have the satisfaction tii-knitw that
I agreed in opinion with entry intelliAtiwitom-

1 1 1
'Meieial *Man in the kings and, i "iiii alsii
add, in Europe.. In the Midst of till; irritatiOri,
the Parliament was disiolved, and-another'ileiii•
leman, at this time, tupported by very extensive
onnectionS and his own excellent character, was
pposed to me, and I thought it expedient to re-
ire from the contest: This Parliament was of
very short duration ; and'the dissolutions that en-
sued proved that' the animosities and prejudices
which existed, seemed to have increased and
gained strength.
It was my intention not to-have offered myself
.
t this juncture, but I was requested by various
and reSPectable bodies of men to• offer myself as
your Itenreet..tative. I bad then. flattered myself
iitat. ilie 'violence to which I had alludedshad sub-
sided ; but in this I was deceived, and the conse-
quence was, that- being opposed to,iNfr..\\Tilber-
fOrce- on the one 'side, and to the Noble Lord who
now stands before you on the other, under these
circumstances, after a most severe and. arduous
Contest, the sense of the county;proved-to be
against me. - After being twicerejected, I thought,
it would not have been respectful in inc to have '
again offered myself to the Coal-4. This COnsi-
deration, joined to others 'of a More private nature,
gave rise to the determination which has been
repreSented ,as the effect of pride and presump-
tion. , , .

I wish to state most explicitly, that the.letters
which Mr. Wortley has produced, contained my
real and genuine sentiments, lest it may be
_sup-
posed that there waS", some latent
.hope
.and
pectation of being called out by my friends; 'but
I can affirm, that such an idea never entered my.
mind, and I exa solemnly say, before my God
and this County, that there was not a Shadow of
doubt, or hesitatioh, in 'my znind when' I 'gave'
these assurances to Mr., Worticv ; it was the fixeddetermination of My mind, nor had I any, the
most distant expectation, that such a circumstance
as this would have occurred. I had no commu=
. nication made to me' on the subject, and since.
then, I have carefully avoided doing any thing
which might be supposed to be an encouragement
to the proceedings of my friends.; when applied
to, to know if I would consent to be nominated,
I replied, I can give ,no answer, I can do nothing
and say nothing on the business ; and this is the
reply I have invariably made to all applications
to me upon the subject ; whatever has been
done, has been done without my consent,
without my concurrence, without my interfe,
rence ; what can I do more than I have done ?
for if my friends 'persist in bringing me 'forward,
And I shoUld- be elected, what can I do; for, by.
the law of your country, you,are obliged to serve.
Mr. Lascelles repeated, that he had avoided all
concert With his friends, and that be would not
even inf Orin them whether he would consent to be
nominated. Mr. Wortley, and myself, continued
Mr. Lascelles had several friendly communications.,
as to what weretthe proper steps for me to state on
the occasion; and An advertisement was drawn up,
w'4l4 an intention, of being published, rbut it was
delayed from-this consideration, that. if I publish-
ed it before' there.,mis a clear-and decided-inani-

festation of the intention of my friends; it might
be called arrogance, or I might be accused of
in a. covert way, their interference ; froM
these considerations, it"was not Sent to the priri-
, ter's untilfriday, October 9, and it was sent With
this simple note, at least in substance, for I did
not think it needful to take a copy of it. Mr.
Wright is requested to circulate the enclosed Ad-
vertisement as generally as possible:"—This was
all the instruction that.was given to the Printer,
and there was no mark, none written in large
-characters to attract particular attention. I make
these remarks because in the printed copy of the
Advertisement the words " interference of my
own," thetwo,last words are-printed in Italic, as
if there was 'some particular meaning -in them,
and it might be inferred that I meant them to be
understood in a sense different to their ordinary
acceptation; this distinctive mark, whatever mean-,
ing it was meant to convey, was the unauthorised
addition of the printer ; what I meant was, that
would use: no interference whatever, and this
pledge I. have kept,- and will keep.—Mr. Las-
' celles again repeated that be had no reserve,
that he had expressed his •• thoughts sincerely,
and had, in no respect, acted. with :duplicity.—!
(Plaudits). . .
The thing must take it 3 own course, without
any interference of mine, What 'are-the usual
proceedings in cases so novel and extraordinary
as this I know not ; but I will do no act. which
'shall-give effect to the proceedings of my friends;
for if the honour of representing this County wai
ten times greater than it :is;' I :wouH-not sacrifice
the good opinion of the meanest person .whO
hears Me for this•honotte."---4Eond applause.)-2-
Mr. LascelFes further stated;, that he had no ob.=
jeetionlo submit every doeuMent and torreSpon
dence he had held on this occasion, tcrthe,inspec;-
tion of Mr. 'Wortley.-.- -
UpOn a show of II .411&,‘iii favoirr Of `tieli- of the
Candidates, Ole High Sheriff prOiioUtfc'ed'the
jority "to be in favoin' t'if.lames_rAithibahl Stuart
Wortley, 14:4(i., and dui. HonoUrnble, Henry
celles ;" but it must be, remarked, that nearly the
whOle of Lord Miltores,7friends .shewed.- hands
also in favour of Mr.-WOrtleY, and,that .1 il7,l44s-
celles'friends; with very few exceptions,:support-
ed•their own Candidate only,.
Lord, MILTON addressed-his' friends, after the:-
Sheriff had deelard the sheiv of .hands to be in
favoUr "of 'Jr. Wortley::and Laseelles, in
which he stated the reasons 'why he attached no:
importance to this mode of ascertaining the sense
of theliireeholders, which were, first, becansel a
Very large portiOn of the people assembled might
not be Freeholders, and secondly, because the
friends of one of the Candidates lived in the neigh-
bourhoOd, -arid. Might be easily assembled, while
his Lordship's voters lived at i'distance-, and it :
was':nOt thought necessary to urge their attendance
on the present occasion.' Of .the result of the
election he. had no-doubt. • He observed too that
it Was unusual to assemble meetings .of that de-:
scription upon a requisition that (lid not con:-
tain the name of one Independent Couratry Gen-
tleman."

Mr. WORTLEY merely expressed bis gratitude
to the Freeholders for their shew,in his favour.
Mr. LASCELLES —" I shall do no more than

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BELFAST, OCT. 12.—Mr. Hawthorn has corn
menced his canvass for the Borough of Downpa
trick, and is confident of success.

Mr. Croker arrived at DOwnpatrick on• Wed
acid has also commenced' canvassing.—
The Borough, it is expeeted, will be warmly con
tested;

On Thursday General Stewart passed through
this town from Lord Londonderry's. He took
post-horses at ,Linn's Hotel,....and proceeded for
% Colonel Heyland's, on his way to Derry, in cam-
pany with Major Bruce.

• Monday the Election for the Borough of Ne%i•ry
commenced. The Right Hon. John Philpot Cur-
ran, Master of the Rolls, fives put in nomination
by Mark Delviu, Esq. and secOndied:bv
Esq. General N?edham was proposed,by --
Beath, Esq. and. seconded.- by Dennis Caulfield,
Esq. It had been,rittnoured that Mr. Curran in-
tended to decline the contest, but the contrary is
the fact; he made a speech that. caused the flail
to shake with acclamations. H'e had been drawn
into the town by the people, .and his appearance
caused the greatest enthusiasth. •Very little pro-:.
gre“ was .made in the poll j. only twenty on each
side were polled. ,: : 7 ,7 .