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majority of wl.ith his opponents were so proud. His
.gents had found all the horses in the county engaged,
ht.*/ as there was no contest in Middlesex, a great
quanti7y of horses would be at his disposal. He had
no doubt, therefore, of realising the hope he expressed
last night, and that at the close of the poll, whether on
the sth, the 10th, or e 15th day, his name would be
at the head of it. The Hon. Candidate said, he did not
know what Catholic Emancipation meant. It meant this
—tO give p ,wer to Catholics to hold all offices in the
state, except the King,the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland; in other words, to persons who
held a divided allegiance to a foreign potentate ( Tumult).
Was it to be supposed that a man of Mr. Pallmer's
mind, and with such a stake as he had in the county,
could not have-considered this subject? Could he oat
say at present," The bias of my opinion is this or that
way; but I won't go into the house with my hands
bound."—(Loud cries of Hear).—He was glad to hear
these cries. Had Mr. Pallmer placed himself in this
situation ?—(Cries of " Yes," and great tninult).—He
admitted that Mr. Pallmer had great ingenuity in
evading questions ; but he contended that he had never
yet explicitly answered the que.tions which -had been
pot to him—( Hisses and tumult).—He differed from
Mr. Den:son on the same subject ; but the manly
way in which he avowed his opinion entitled him to
his respect and confidence, although could never
co.icur with him. Bef Are he thanked them fur the
votei they had given him, he thanked the meeting gene-
rally for the hearing they had given him. If he should
be, as he knew he should, at the head of the poll, he
should regret no less than under any other circumstances
that they had withheld from any man a patient hearing.
He thanked them again, and wishel them all good
night; and the meeting then adjourned till this day.

LEO NI I NSTER,' JuNz 13.
The state of the Poll at the close of the fir.t day Wag—
Lord Florham . . 12
.
Rowland Stevensow 9
. Thomas iiish . . t
Frederick Cuthbert 0

This Election commenced yesterday. After the nomi-
nation and addresses of the candidates, when the Asses-
sor, Mr. Pow eil, was about to put the name of Mr. Bish
to the shew of hands, Mr. Coleridge, who attends as
Counsel for Mr. Stevenson, objected that he was in-
eligible, being a public Conti actor. The Assessor (Mr.
Powell postponed the hearing the argument upon that
point till a poll should be demanded, and a voter tender
himself in Mr. Bish's interest.—The shew of hands was
declared to be in favour of Lord Hoiram and Mr. Ste-
venson, on which a poll was demanded for Mr. Bish.

On polling for Mr. Bish, Mr. Coleridge renewed his
objection. He contended that a contract for the lottery
brought the contractor within the provision of the 22d
Geo. 111. cap. 45, being a contract with the Lords of the
Treasury for the public service, and he pointed oat in
how many ways such a contract brought the contractor
within the controul of the Government; he then stated
that he would prove Mr. Bish to stand in that predica-
ment at this moment. Mr. Coleridge then called Mr.
Hesse, the Secretary and Inspector of the Lottery, who,
after producing the contracts, proved that Mr. B. might
have, as he had had, considerable benefit under the con-
tract now going on by a post punement of the drawing,
and that Mr. Bish with the o.her Contractors were still
liable to be called upon to perform certain covenants,
respecting licensed dealers in shares, if any persons
applied for licenses before the clos: of the lottery.
Mr. Worries, who was Counsel for Mr. Bish, con-
tended, in a very long speech, that a lottery contract
was ty.t within the meaning of the Statute, and that
this contract was executed and dosed by the payment
of the money for the tickets, and by performance of
the covenant for the preservation of the office. keepers'
licenses, and that, supposing the Assessor might not
be of that opinion, he should produce an assignment of
Mr. Bish's interest in the contract, at the same time
that he produced the other documents.
Mr. DAVIES then produced an assignment of Mr.
Bish's interest, dated the 12th of June (the miming of
the election) to his son-in-law, the Rev. G. B. Fowler,
in consideration of natural love and affection, and ten
shillings, and produced a release from the Lottery-
office Keepers in London to the Contractors for all the
tickets necessary to preserve their licenses, and also a
release from the Lottery-office Keepers of Dublin, which
did not seem to be duly witnessed.
Mr. COLERIDGE, on the part of Mr. Stevenson, re•
plied, that it was out of Mr. Bish's power to assign the
contract—that the assignment produced was fraudulent,
and that, as to the other documents, they did not go
far enough, as some persons might apply for a license
to-nooriow, and Mr. Bish might be under prosecution
if he refused to comply with his contract, although he
bad executed the assignment in question. The learned
Gentleman then concluded, very energetically calling
upon the Assessor to declare Mr.Bish incapable of being
elected.

The Asszssou declared his judgment to be grounded
upon the want of acase to guide him, and in his opinion,
in the violent state of the parties in the cowl], it was not
a convenient time to come to a decision, and he should
go on with the poll.
The poll commenced again this morning, when Mr. COLSIIDOC
gave notice, that those voters who polled for Mr. l3lsh would lose
their votes, as that Gentleman could not sit in the House of Com-
mons if he were returned.
SECOND DAT.

nudism
Bash .
Stephenson
Cuthbert

479
367
212
49

READING-Tmp DAT (WIDAZSDAT.)

At nine o'clock the poll was resumed ; the MAYOR
addressed the electors in the Town Hall, and expressed
an earnest hope that the unpleasant arid dangerous oc-
currences of yesterday would not be repeated.
The following is the state of the poll this (the third)
day, at six o'clock :
Mr. Monck
• •
Mr. Palmer •
Mr. Wakefield
Mr. Spence
The poll ends on the 19th.
The two former were the old Members, favourers of Retrench-
ment and Reform rthe two latter are what is called " The Cause ;"
that is, the opposite to the former.
PRESTON ELECTION—Tcesoay.

. 468
. 417
. 366
. 364

Mr. Cobbett is falling by a system he was the first to
introduce, that of increasing the nutV.,er of candidates.
His objects were these: first, to keep the second votes
of his men from the other candidates; and, secondly,
to be able to bring to the poll two tallies successively,
his own, and that which should come up in the name
of Sir Thomas ; but in this he was met by the other
candidates, who also nominated a friend each, and so
were enabled to bring up two sets of voters in suc-
cession as well as Cobbett.
The four candidates stand apart From each other on
most distinct and separate grounds. Cobbett reproaches