The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-21 00:00:00

'woorroN BASSETT.

The contest here between the two late Metnhers, Mr. Horace.
Twiss and Mr. George Philips, both of who►n voted fin• the CA-
tholic question, and Mr. Bayley and Mr. Showell, who are thin
.apporters of the Constitution in Church and State, has !Well Car.
tied on with great spirit. The pulling commenced on Wednesday,
and terminated on that anti the three fidlotving daya^►with very
considerable majorities in favour of the hater gentleman ; but tv
understand that, although Mr. Bayley and his colleague had ever)
prospect of ultimate success, they have since been advised to retire,
and the matter will most likely be finally decided in a committee
of the House.

The proceedings are going on very languidly,; indeed, it is
understood to be the intention of Lord John Russell to keep tpert
the poll as long as poSsible, to afford time for his agents, who to e.
now scouring the country in all directions;, to bring up the strag-
glers who yet remain unpolled. 'With this view he is now
up his Committee at the rate of one per hour; and, us be is
said to have nearly a 0 noodled votes here alone, the contest cannot
be considered as yet determited, especially as neither exertion nor
expellee will he spared to accomplish his return.
A little previous to the close of the poll last night, a' general
scale took place among the mob before the hustings, for priority
Of places, in which the London pugilists who are down Lore took
it very decided part against the Blues, which is burl Jan Rus-
sell's party. The Sheriff, oh,erviiig this; directed then, to with-
draw, which, after some murmuring, they did ; at the
time, he expressed his determination of committing them hilt the
very first breach of the peacc in which he might find them en-
gaged. _ _

A Gentleman on the hustings observed, that he understond
they were brought dowd by theyartishos or one of the eandi!httes,
to which

The Stutturr mplied, that ltr could fait Itelieve if, as each of
lie candidates had pledged his honour io biro that he had nothing
)do With the bringing of them /amen.

The Gentleman ; id, that'might he; nil had 1 5.... a gout. trH-
nis for believing that- soma or their agents could explain how it
appened that they had come down here.
. .

'illy Sheriff made no reply, and the eonveriattion dropped.
It appearA that they came into the town on Friday Inv., in upoat
ehaite and pair, and ever since have constantly been seen loitering
ahnut, the Fountain Inn, *MA it the head-quarters of Lord Man-
deville and Mr. FeHowes.

At a quarter to two o'clock the numbers were as thilow:—

Mandeville
Fell() wes
It It ssel I

ITOSF LIP-Vilki POLL.

At aikileville
"'el/owes
li4ittt.ll

968
911
858

3tajority.only Off
rlalmealls•
For Lord John Husell.
Mr. -
Lord Mandeville -

SOMERSETSIIIRE, Jirsr 19.
This day the town of Ilchester was in such a buitle as it, per.
haps, has not witnessed for many years. The roads were crowded
with labouring men who disdained to work, and who hoisted the
flag of Hunt (green and white), and roared aloud, as strangers
entered the town, " Hunt tim ever !" " Mules the chap for us!"
The Court-house was at an early hour eimeded with, persons who
seemed to he favourable to Mr. lia moo and Sir Thomas
Lethbridge. Some of Mr. Hunt's t'riendo obtained admission,.
but it was evident that the other candidates had noire numerous
adherents within the doors. Mr. Dickinson Sir Thomas'
Loth!): ike entcrcil die town without drum. and trot-opera, arid
leas noise of any kind accompanied their movements than watt
to he beard Ilion any one.moventeat,:of Mr. 11wit through the
town.

The ceremony of mating the candidates in nomination 'van also
„ ,
adopted upon this,occasion ; that Rt Drutgewater having taken
place for the purpose of giving notice to the .Sheriff. Mr. Plqi.lll proptiel Mr. Dickinson, and spoke of the expe•
tit-lice they foul had of that gentleman in Parliament. He then ad-
verted to the qualifications of Mr. Hunt. That gentlenutn, ha
said, rested his claims to the honour piton two grounds—the ex
'suttee which he conceived he had made with respect to the cottn7
ty-rates, and the reform which, he flattered himself he had accom-

reducing; those rates. As to tin first point, it had twists
successfully met by the positive contradiction of Mr. Messiter,
awl would be more fully explained by that gentleman. There
hail, in fact, been A cuofoundiug of the warrants of dittrent gtiarw "
tees, fbr reasons which Mr. Hunt very well understood. Thus
three: arrants were produced by Mr. Ifunt, for February, April,
and August, in 1817; but this annual accounts were made lup
July to .July; so that Ili:August warrant had nothing to it. with
what was officially termed ,the year 1817. Mr. .11ent, lion -
ever, insisted on including the third warrant, that for Angusi„
in the aceosust of
,a year with which it had no minciTit. 'the
confusion in facts, under snell circumstances, was obViOOS.
As to site second recommendation—that of baying effected a re-
duction in the county-rate--4t was as completely fallacious as the
reduction was brought about, in the first place, by a
If ll introduced by Mr. Dickinson, to render more summary the
roceedin,s in thoSe IltTelletS which 11111 also effected a diniinn
,
tine of thi• expellees; secondly, by Sir tAtriwge Chetwynd's uuu
fill BM Ftgatiling vagrants; and, thirdly, by the alteration in the
price• of
the only yustlift nto urge were it!. tilisiesni,eil'itt'il7eh'oufi;fkirn.itil:firaitrifilt::::::rul,ll;ialist.aff'Etti.,e'tlitil'iligsmitir,i'ttiiiti that
what reason was there for disturbing the representation with
which the county had been so well satisfied "is--(ApplauSes sad
hisses; said groans.)

This addre-se could not have been distinctly heard exeiPt hrr
use who stood close to the speaker, so Jowl were the noises soil
'equent the interroptions iloring.the speech.
Sir Ar.Exst:nris 1100 D wootukil the notstinatioo, susidat Kreat
. ,
Mr. DiositisoN returned thanks for thstreeeption witls which

I'4' name had Wen met hers as well as at Akidiewater, With
respect to Mr. Hunt, he was prepared to Prove. fr°l" Itotru"'"4
puldishol to all thu world, that that individual was unwatt4
respect or confidence. That ,gentleulan beau horovWhiPPo'"
at Covent-garden hustings by a Mt. Dowling, without resenting
the indignity; challenged by a Mr, Morley, without areePtioK
th° -challenge ; and compellol, upon many ocotisfeus,, to 441;0w the
white feather. Cr. Dickinson then read stolid parOVAP" ","
newspapers, attributing to llr. Hunt a dialaWsi°,,cl "",.°l„rt.
sonal risk, anti replAinting his eutitiort ti"'lß. PZet7":":-Ixt41,1:8"L
cheater meetings. He begged to knottltheth,V, t)
be dictated to by such a matt? (partbiloWN'tog and considerable
disappmthation)—a man who hail A, All tin)", #ll4 UPOI, all occa-
sions, proved hitteitif destitute a honourable ftteling.—(Gleat
tunr p 00,4
„ow ...rho—truta Lethbridge, col
mr. s HA son, ed the nomination, which was received
with
the
groom,
„poor, . friends of the Baronet, however,
o4Pult:i4dremtiht: baativrttrluiltZut'rott"; of4:‘Tat"fuhri4evilera'llllaetuvvouttgl:tei"th,

immense crowd, prevented those within from hearing the corn.
mencement of Sir Thomas's address. Hehopetithe county would
do its duty. He complained of the calumny on the magistrates,
the treasurer, Bco. &c. of the county, and of the pertinacity of Mr.
Hunt in adhering to the charges against these respectable persons.
After the statement that had been made to them respect►ng that
individual, could the county—would the county—pay attetition
to him for one moment ?--(Uproars, so loud and long; that not one
word more of what was said by Sir Thomas Lethbridge was heard

in the Court.)
Mr. OLivita Have(Alto, in the absence of Mr. Cresswell (who
did notlittend, in consequence, as we understood, of the necessity
of his appearance at the Taunton election), proposed Mr. Hunt.—
(Loud cheers and hisses, which continued- for some minutes. )--7
He stated that he was proud to have to propose a man so qualified
as Mr. Hunt to, represent them; a man who bad rendered great
services to his country while he was confined in Debater gaol, and
still further services since that time, by bringing to light gross
mis-statements in the accounts of the county rates--(()rest uproar--
Loud cheers from Mr. Hunts friends, and disapprobation from
the other party.)—Mr. Hayward then concluded by expressing

his confulince ofsuccess.
Mr. TnoltAs PLIMATT, a farmer, stood forward to second the
nomination, and stated that he gave his honest support to Mi.
Hunt, whom he designated as an Englishman, a gentleman, and a

patriot. .
Mr. linter rose amidst cheers and hisses, and stood for some 1
rinse before the uproar Wielded, He began by stating, that if it
had not been for the vulgar abuse which he had received at the
hands of his opponents, he should have contented himself with a
very short address to the electors. Having a great number of
voters in llchester prepared to poll for him, he was snore disposed
for action thin for any thing else; .but he was obliged once more
to deal in words, the only weapon for whiels Isis contemptible op-
ponents were distinguished.—(Loml laughter, and cheers and
hisses. ).--He had been accessed, of submitting to be horsewhipped
by Mr. Dowling, and of 'several other things, Now what did
Mr. Dickinaon mean by stating these matters ? Did be mean
to say that any one of those paragraphs contained foetid—
(NO answer.)—They were nothing inure ssor less than the edi-
torial fibs of the day.--(Laughter.)-es.With regard to Mr. Dow-
ling, it was true that he (Mr. Hunt) had been struck by bins at
Covent-garden hustings ; but it was as true that he was sur-
rounded and prevented by constables from retaliating upon
the spot. He however bad ,an opportunity afterwards, and he
availed himself of it, and was indicted for the notice he took
of the violence at the Middlesex Sessions, and fined 5/. fur
the retort manual.--(Laughter.)—AS for Mr. Morley, it was
true that that person had challenged him (Mr. Hunt) in
his own house, half an hour before he (Mr. Hunt) was to attend
et Spafields meeting ; and as no doubt was entertained that it was
a " plant," the invitation was declined, particularly as Mr. Mor-
ley happened to be one of tholee little gentlemen who might be
easily thrust up the chimney.—(Laughter, and cheers, and
hisses.)—Now, Mr. Dickinson and Sir T. Lethbridge, and Mr.
Stuckey, who had alluded to the white feather, well knew the
fact that he (Mr. Hunt) was bound over in heavy penalties, to the
amount of '2,0001., to keep the peace for five years, after he
quitted Itcheeter gaol. They knew this well; for they were Ma-
gistrates in the county when he wee so bound over. Had it
nor been for this knowledge, they would not have dared to utter
the insolent and vulgar abuse which they had directed against
him on the present occasion. There were, however, means of
obviating the difficulties which presented themselves in this coun-
try, and if the)' would, anyone of them, give him the opportu-
nity, lie would very willingly put to the test the question which
of the four wore the white feather.--((;beers, and hisses, and
leughter.)—.Mr. Hunt then alluded to the county rates.: He
concluded by declaring, that he had made his statement so clear,
that the meerest school-boy could not misunderstand it, and none
but these whose interest induced them to endeavour to drown
his voice by clamour, could for one moment attempt to deny it.
Sir T. LEVI limo v. asserted that the charges against the Trea-
surer And the Magistrates were most grossly false.
gTATE/I ENT ALLUDED TO ET MR. SIESSITER.
. . . .

"Men Of Somerset—ln the very general canvass which I have
made throughout our beautiful county, my most sanguine hopes
have been more than realised; I have met with the most gratify-
ing promises of support from the thole people, and from a very
large majority of the freeholders of the county. In many instan-
cs I have received the voluntary promises of the whole of the
votes of the pantiles which I have canvassed, with the exception
of the magistrate, the parson, the attorney, and their clerks : iii
fact, I have, throughout the county, been received and treated
more like a brother than as a candidate for your favoere. I have
endeavoured, and will still endeavour to see, in , person, every
freeholder, stither collectively, or itidividaslly, op to the day of
pilling at Ileheeter, which • takes place cam Monday, the 19th
instant, when I flatkeT myself that the freeholders of the county
will prove to. the world that they are determined to be free, and
ithat they will exercise their right of voting for the man of their
choice, unwed by lawless power, uninfluenced either by intole-
rance or corruption. Gentlemen, you have only to 'strike
the iron while it is hot,' to promote the universal feeling which
now prevaile throughout your county in favour of truth and jus-
tice, end your cause end mine will soon prove triumphant !
" In the first address which I published, I stated some circum-
stances relative to the collection Vol expenditure of the 'mousy
drawn from your pockets in the shape of county rates, wherein it
appeared that large sums were collected, mote than the treasurer
and the magistrates, accounted for. Since that time a contradic-
tory statement has hien ptibliehed, and universally circulated, by
Mr. Uriah Masher, tht treasurer of the county, and he has put
forth a statement of the turns collected in the yeats 1814, 15', 16,
I't, and 18, making it appear that, instead of his having collected
large some inure than were expended, that be actually advanced
to the county, in that period,. 5831. 19s. Sid. Now, gentlemen,
I have no hesitation in declaring that Mr. Messiter's statemont
is most scandalously and glaringly false, and which statement
he and the magistrates of the county knew to be false when
they Published it to the world. When Iliret read this contra-
diction to my statement, I own I thought it possible that I
might have been misinformed, although the statement I made
wee taken from the papers laid before the Commissioners of
llchester Hatitile Inquiry, and subsequently were laid by are before
a Committee of the House of Comuumam William Dickinson, Esq.,
in the chair, without its correctness ever Wing been disputed or
contradicted. But now, my friends, I have ascertained from the war-
rants issued under the hand of the treasurer himself, that Waiter's
statement is gratify and wilfully false. Only attend to the follow-
ing facts :--Meseiter states, that ht the year 1817 the sums col-
lected only amounted to 16,086/.'; now, by the warrants issued
by the treasurer himself, the stuns collected in that year are as
follows —for time first quarter' 4,000/. ; for the wood quarter.
6,5001. ; for the tided quartet ; for the fourth quarter
6,0001. Time you will see by his own warrants that in the first
Oree quarters alone he collected 16,542/., just 4461. more than
he otates he collected in the whole year. What think you of this,
rues cf Somerset ? fly the treasurer's own warrants, it appears,
he etatetred in the year 1817, 6,4461. snore out of your pockets
than he 5i44,41 he did,' in this barefaced unblushing publication.
men of Somerset i' I ask again when these
What *ay yea! to this,
answer again—never! till the
;armies are to be mPtifled?' I boldly
freeholders of Sonier,set elect one representative of their own, un-
voltmeter' with the .Ifaistrania or any other candidate. If you
do um the honour to place lzme in the high and commanding sitte.
tiou of being one of your Hepre.Nentati yes, I can only say, that my
life end heat services *hall be devoted, to the honest and bold endea-
vour" to do you justice within the walla a the House of Commons.
In +soliciting the distinguished honour of yotr crowding so the poll
at ilehester, on the 19th. inst., to support me by your votes, I
remain, suet, el Somereet, your fimithful and obedient servant,
" H. HINT."

The polling commenced at nearly four o'clock, when the onto-
pas appeared as follows ..
Mr, Dickinson - - - 419
Sir T. Lethbridge - - 892
Mr, ),Inot . - - 64,
Mr. nowt addressed the trrowd at the conclusion of the poll,
and etsted that his hinds would crowd to the poll neat day.

14011tTlIUMBERLA/40.,--(Frorri a Correapondent, )
if yesterday (Sunday) Ants . dill, von, by vo much the ruore
has the 'lrwin Monday been distingsliebed by the eager buttle and
(1
ntimences at Alnw*
actieityitiehlental to the election, which fu
to-morrow. do. early as 1 o'clotk this morning, the streets were
IL
crowded with people 11Xioili to Whold the first &Tulare of car
0,
,lager with voter,. • The halide of three of the candidates,narnal;
thaw ni•Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Bell, and Lord klowick, attetuled at the
hour above-nen-1M before the hotels of their respective committees
and played enliYening gists of music. Shortly after, number'
of freeholders made their appearance, as well at the carriages that
were to convey thew to the iseene aotiOri. It was a beatniial
e„miner fling, to that, what with the merry ringing of the
bells, the' hustle of pteparation, and the smiling countenances of the
electort, with • smart coelottett in their hats, a more iritereot-
Ang picture of life and animation could hardly he imagined__
About. 10 n'elock,- Matthew Bell, Ell. set off en roads eortegs
from the George Inn, for Alnwicti. He wat drawn in his car-
riage by men with ropes eat of the town, attended by a cavalcade
„a coaches, and follpired by a considerable
e crowdng themr, fhree
. di and
bit friends Were loll* cheered Ai they passd alo vtts..---
Towards It o'clock the general movement o the populate to-
ward* the Turk't Bead Inn indicated that thf e hour of departure
'f independent candidate,' Thomas Wentworth Onont,
EST war (Irwin nigh. About half-past I the Hon. Lientle-