The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-28 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

lIENTI;ORD, FRDAY, JULY 27.
THIS day. Mr. IVIAINwrOtING again headed the
Poll, by one vote, and increased his majority to 72 ;
fur, on casting up the books, the total numbers
ttuud thus

For Mr. MA INW 1688
For Sir FttAricis 1616
Atiority 7A

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT,. on the state of the Poll
being declared by the Sheriff's, returned his sincerest
thanks to his friends, for their exertions in canvass-
ing ; the consequence of which was, that on the
Poll of this day he was enabled to maintain at
least an equality with his opponent,: And .he did
trust and hope, that by their aCtive :perseverance,
he should'finally succeed, in a very feW days, in
wresting the honour, the independence, and the
liberty of this great County from the grasp of,Mi.
'nisterial influence anti corrupt power. Hedesired to
impress on theii recollection the difficulties with
which they had to struggle, in this confliCt with
Corruption on its own .gtound—(Na! no ! no!—
Hisses, hoots, and groans, for 'some time interrupted
hie progress. ) There had been many complain ts made
of the manner in which a great. number of Free-
holders were to be brought up from distant parts of
the County, and this had hitherto occasioned consi.
derable impediments to bringing forward his friends
to the Poll. He trusted, however, that th:,;:e who
were embarked with him •in this struggle, would
bear in mind what our ancestors had done and
snffered in the causs, in which, happily for their
Country and their posterity, they finAly tri-
umphed ; and he trusted the Independent Free-
holders •of Middlesex would, in a cause so glo-
rious, he ready, like their Ancestors, ifnecessary, to
spill their blood, and would not think much of en,
countering, for a few days, some temporary incon.
venience. He entreated them to consider the kind
ofopponents with whom they had to contend ; men
indefatigable in their exertions, and armed with the
power of commanding their votes—whilst he and
his friends only solicited the voluntary support. of
the Independent Freeholders in the maintenance of
their own cause ; in which, if they but persevered in
an alive canvass, he had the firmest reliance upon
ultimate success. 144 e: pressed upon their minds, that
the Independent Freeholders of the County, in sup.
porting his cause and theie own, had to ceniteud against
theconfederated influence and the con)(ederate purses
of a corrupt junto, (Hints and skair; ; no, tzl!
iwith a taunter cry of Yet,
sect, yrs!) To be vigilant,.
to be alive, to be indifiitigaliie, was the sure road
to the success he ,firmly., hoped to obtain. Having
said thus much, he had now also to entreat of those
friends who Inid net.pelled, an eerly attendance in
the field. It Was throneh'the want of this early are
tendanee.on the part of his friends, and the impedi..
tnents thrown in the. way of his voters, towards the
closed eaeleday'e poll, that hieopponente had been
enabled to procure their present mejority. Such
artifices were 'beneath him •), his only wish being'
that the voters on both sides should have e very fair,
impartial, and free opportunity of coining forward
to give theivvetes as they shetild think proper.—
Before
he
,took his leave of his friends for the day,
he felt it necessary, very briefly, ,to 'allude to the
many foul calumnies which had been besely propa.
gated, to blacken his character, to aspsree his prin.
ciples, and iniSrrpzeseht his words and sentiments.
To attempt any refutation.'of such calumnies, was
beneath every feeling but his scorn. It was
,cient for him.that the Independent Freeholders of
Middlesex, by the, ample:and =Oils support with
'which they honoured him, had inmileted their own
rejeCtion and contempt of such calumnies. He ohotild
'content himself barely with saying, they wore false..
,hands as gross,, as palpate e, and its notorws as the
corrupt enuree from which they sprung. ' Such
slanders)", said he,
Pass-by mc.like the idle wind;
'' Which I :regard not.''
•
He concluded bsfiereconemending,to his friends an in-
defatigable perseverance,
..which • would infellibly
secure them success in a,CIUSO, (lea;
and-Liberties of Eogiami.
When time applause 'Which.thie speech I:iodine:o
had subsided, Mr. MA I N AR NG c 31114. forward to
address the assemblye but was instautly assailed
by the usual claumr front the snob. At the same
time, several 61. his opponent's friends within; the -
Hustings, endeavoured to obtain, foe }situ o patient
here'iting;
ss haisnd gratitude Mr. ‘
t vrAh'e :irCal t
i forg "'
the bayt t:xpi
tion and impartiality they had shewn during the
whole of this Pell. He was nroceedingsalim to tie, ,
knowledge the candour of la.is opponent, but again
all was tireiwned in. the usual tnrrentstivociferetion
and, abuse ; nor could we hear cfmneletily a single
iienience, though Mr. MAINWAX cart continued
speaking fur some time..

There can he no dotihr:that other Noblemen and
Gentlemen have had their names used without an.
thority, by the P:trtizans of,Sir FitANcts Bunn r.al,
as well as the Duke of Ndlt rt-ttratnt ttt.nND, [WOO
they may not have such a.nice sense of.charatier as
to induce therni like his Grace, to expose the imp.,
sition. 'But if those. Partizans could render their
cause triumphant over the Empire, they would make
just as free with the properly of distinguished people
as they now do with their llama.
A eertain Candidate, in a tit of despair, observed
yesterday, that our ancestors 1114(k great sacrifices
in Eledion Contests, "ev.ell tl)eirblo;)d." This
is a very striking and stntiortant passage, on which
our Magistrates shpuld bestow particular attention
for if a certain Party should he finally defeated, as
indeed the friends ofthe Constitution may reaSonably.
hope, the rage at disappointment, operating upon
Jacobin Spirits, may. produce the b/tar cxie:tier of a
rob,

It it not a little curious, that Sir Fit ANt Is But-
DRIT eltf>uld endeavour to support his ,C3Usr by
conuceling his mime with '' irwresii! as,
he has been repeatedly Mich.:mike" at the Whig
Club.

BON ArARTE l4s endeavoured to strengthen' his
army by the addition of tzt.evi,..five thoaland—
pOillitil worth of buttons. Nottvith4tantiitig thislc)r-
-midable addition to bostile arra.v, our SAi!ors and
Soldiers, aceordirg to the ad.te, El don's OTC ti
blttiai far him,"