Star.
London, England, 1815-02-14 00:00:00

SOili"HifilßK EL EG'IION.

SECOND DAY.
Yesterday the Poll commenced at the usual hour,
and continued to run in an unvaried stream of suc-
cess in favour of Mr. Barclay ; every hour added
much to the increase of his majority, and at the close
of the Poll, at four o'clock, the numbers were,
For Cbarles Barclay, Esq. - 985
For W. Jonei Burdett, Esq. - ta49
Majority 736
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Mr. BARCLAY then came forward, and addressed
the Electors to the following purport :—He said he
felt greatly obliged to them, and teturned them his
sincere thanks, for the very numerous attendance
with which they had been pleased to honour him that
day. It .shewed that nothing which had been ad-
vAnced against him by his opponents had tended in
the least to alter their good opinion of him as a pro-,
per ;arson to become their representative in Parlia-
went, and therefore could not fail to afford him the
most heartfelt satisfaction. On the first day of the
Poll his adversaries had thought proper to say, 66 that
he ought to be tried at the Old Bailey." Conscious,
however, that he had never merited such base impu-
talon, he had challenged, and declared his determi-
nation to abide by an immediate trial by the worthy
and independent Electors of the Borough of South-
wark, by whose verdict he would he satisfied to
stand or fall. He had, therefore, this day boldly
and confidently come forward, at the bar of their
hustings, and he thought the present state of the pull
most unequivocally entitled him to claim a complete
acquittal. Had itbeen his lot in a contest like the pre-
sent to have been left so very far behind on the ‘.M
day's poll, he should have thought it his duty, so
far to consult the peace and quiet of an extensive,
p-pulous, and industrious district, as to withdraw
his pretensions. In saying this it was mot his inten-
ti tf to throw any blame on his antagonists for not
doing so. They had certainly a right to judge for
themselves, and as they were determined to continue
their opposition, be must submit to their decision.—
He would therefore abstain from any further treapass.
on the valuable time oldie Electors at present. In
the morning of to-morrow be would with pleasure
meet them at the usual hour, and he had no doubt
but. his friends would effectually prove themselves to
be in earnest, by coming forward in such numbers
as to evince to his opponents that all further contest
mkt be useless and unavailing, and that the longer
they continued it, they would only make his triumph
more complete and undeniable, than if they bad
closed the poll at the present moment.
Mr. Barclay then withdrew with his friends amidst
the loudest plaudits..
Mr. Glum, on the part of Mr. W. Jones Bur.
dett, called upon his friends not *to despair, but to
rally round the hustings to-morroW, and by polling
as many above Mr. Barclay as they were that day
below him, prove that his hopes of success, like the
prospect of a fall in the price of his beer, was indeed
fallacious.

Dlll.l fIY•LANE THEARE.•—•The Comedy of Town and
Country was List night performed for the first time at
this 'Theatre, for the puipuse f introdircing Mr.
KEAN to a London audience in a new character, that
of Reuben Glenroy. Of all the characters in which we
have yet seen this Gentleman, this is that which af-
fords the best scope fur painting the passions of real
life ; it is that in which the actor, it he posseses any
talent, has the best opportunity of touching the finer
passions of the soul, and in his repreAloation of the
unsophisticated son of Nature last r:slit, Mr. KLAN
was eminently successful. His delineation of the cha.
Teeter throughout was correct, but in the scene in
which he is induced to suppose Rosalie Somers has
eloped willingly with Platiie and in his interview
with his brother at the gaming-house, he more pat ti-
calmly excelled. He was ieceived throughout with
the loudest applause, and we have no doubt will long
continue to be a favourite with the Public in this
.character. Mr. WALLACK supported the character of
Plartk with much spirit; of Dowron and MUNDEN as
• Coins and Trot it is unnecessary to say more than they.
p~ rte rmed with their usual excellence. Mrs. GLovEit
and -Mrs: lianeow were well received in the charac-
ters of the Hoe. Mr,. Glenroy and Mrs. Trot : indeed:
She piece was well received throughout, and airflows-
- cud for Saturday amidst the loudest applause.
We mentioned, on Thursday, the sudden death of
Mr. DELNIE, of Ci.ins Hall, near Pareham, Hants.
On Monday morning, while in the act of dressing
himself, Mr. DELVE was seized with an apoplectic
fit, atid though every attention which human skill
could afford was promptly administered, yet, we
lament to say, that he lingered until Wednesday mot.-
•ning, when he died, in the 23d year of his age, to the
inexpressible sorrow of a widowed mother and nu.
tnerous relations and friends. Mr. DELVE came into
possession of his late father's estates, as heir at law,
about two years since, and the first act of this young
man's bounty, in the gift of thirty thousand pound!'
to his younger brothers and sisters, would alone have
been sufficient to hold him, up to general and de.
served estimation ; but this was only one ofthe.run
iossances of generosity and affection which grace •
his conduct' through Ve. Those wiio have experi".
trice& his friendship will ever feel his worth, bat in,
'the more tender and endearing attentions of a son and.
a brother, he was most exemplary ; at all times ready
to relieve the distressed, and, as a master, bounteous.
and kind.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT PENZANCE.—Saturday
se'nnight, a party of men and boys, accompanied by
two young women, having tied a pan to die tail of a
dog tor the humane purpose 'of making sport of its
agonies and affright ; the animal, in its progress
through the road called 'rrereife.lane, passed'a cart
,drawn by two horses, the driver of which (a young
man) vas sitting on the shafts. The horses, taking.
'fright at the yellings of the mob, set off at full gal,
lop, by which means the driver was thrown into the.
mad, and one of the wheels passing over his head,
fractured. it in so dres dful a manner as to occasion
his instant death. The party coming up at the time,
discovered that the lad was the brother of the twoi
young women ! • The deceased was called John
Green ; he was ntit above 17 years cld. We sin-
cerely hope that the above horrible circumstance will
poweefully operate on the lower classes, so as to pre-
sent their: indulging in those brutal sports which dis-
grace themselves, and, by endangering the safety of
the community, render them justly amenable to the
taws of the ,land.