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London, England, 1819-02-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 14.—Wind N.N.W. Sailed
some outward-bound vessels and coasters.

COWES, FEBRUARY 16.—Wind S.S.W. Arrived
the Amity, Gray, from London for Batavia ; Lloyds,
M,Ptieesorr, for Cork and St. Helena ; Wellington,
from Shields for the Cape of Good Hope.
PORTSMOUTH FEBRUARY 16.—Wind S.W. It
blew hard all this day, but is now more moderate..
Arrived the General Kyd, Windsor, Atlas, Streat-
ham, Lord Wellington, Stakesby, Bombay, and Here-
fordshire, from London for India ; and a number of
outward-bound vessels.. The ships which sailed on
the 14th instant are most of them put back.
DEAL, FEBRUARY 16.—Wind S.W. fresh breezes
rain.. Remain as per last, Five o'clock P.M.
Soveral vessels are coming in with signals for pilots,
and proceeding for the River—particulars tiAnown.
Dovee, FEBRUARY 16.—Arrived last night the
King George and Chichester packets, from Calais,
with passengers ; also l'Antigone French packet, with
the three Mails which were due. Arrived this morns
ing the Lord Duncan packet, Captain PASCOE, from
Ostend, with a Mail and passengers. Arrived this
evening the Lord Duncan packet, Captain HAMIL-
TON, with passengers, from Calais ; and the Vigilant,
Captain BUSHELL, from Boulogne.
PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 15.—Sailed the Stockton,
LANGLEY, for Calcutta; and some others outward-
bound.
LystusroTow, FEBRUARY 16.—None of the ships
with the troops on board, for the West Indies, which
sailed on Sunday last, have come back, but the wind
is still S.S.W. and blows hard. Arrived the Sappho,
STEWARD, from London for Madras.
LIVERPOOL, FEB.ls.—Arrived the Blucher, PEAR..
SON, from Calcutta ; sailed 21st, and from the Sand
Heads elSth September, in company with the Argo,
for Liverpool, and Briton, for London. The Atlas,
SHORT, from .London, arrived at S:. Helena 28th
December. Also arrived here, the Shannon, KEN
HALL, from Demerara—sailed 13th January, in com-
pany with the Anacreon, for Liverpool, and Sym-
metry, for Londop ; the I3erbice for Liverpool, was
to sail ist 14 days. Also arrived, the! Georgia, Symms,
from Savannah—sailed 14th January, in company
with the Jane, for Liverpool.
SountWOLD, Fe.3.l6.—The John, Howes, of Yar-
mouth, fron Newcastle to Plymouth, with coals, got
on the Barnard Sand, on Saturday last, and laid
there eight hours, but was got off and brought into
this port, leaky. • -

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
THIRD DAY. -
The business of the election recommenced yesterday
morning as gloomily as the day itself. Not only the
veal of party seemed damped, but even election cu-
riosity appeared exhausted, and the garden:stuff folk,
throughout great part of the forenoon, were but little
incommoded,- either by Tories, Whiks, Moderates,
Radicals, or even by Universalists. No interest
whatever either appeared to be given to the affair by
a placard, pretty generally posted, which seemed to
insinuate that a fourth Candidate was about to start,
by advising the Electors not to throw away their votes
on 4‘ the present unworthy Candidates." The whole,
thing went on as dull.and as spiritless as though, to'
use the simile of a worthy Radical, " as though the
elements themselves had thrown a tvet blanket over
it." Among the few voters who came to the poll, we
observed the venerable Admiral Caldwell, supported
to the hustings from his carriage, by two servants,'
and after all ceremonies done, he very emphatically
gave his vote for Mr. Lamb. At length, towards
twelve o'clock, the sound of the fiddle and clarionet
was heard in the distance; expectation stood on tip-
toe—the crowd began to thicken—and presently the
dark-blue banner of the Burelettites was seen waving
•,ver the heads of the worthy. parishioners of St.
James's, s( me 50 or 60 strong (the corps de nverue
promised by Mr. Hobhouse the day before), advanc-
ing to the scene of action, headed by Sir Francis and
his aides-de-camp, to the old tune of " See the con.
epieri,:g hero comes." The Baronet having led his
followers to the attack, retreated into the interior of
the hustings, and they passed on to the poll. Many of
these gentlemen,however,it seems, had practised a kind
of rwe de guerre, in marching under the purple ban-
ner, for no sooner were they safe at the poll-books,
thin they went over to the enemy, and voted for Mr.
Lamb ; or, in Parliamentary phrase, they rafted.
Soon after this rush had subsided, the then state of
the poll was declared, and appeered thus :
Mr. Hobbouse - - - IC9
Mr. Lamb - - Gl
the worthy Major - .
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After this all was quiet again for along time. The
calm was a deceitful one, however, and was only the
prelude to an approaching stop m, as will be seen by the
sequel. From two to three o'clock they began to ex-
hibit the usual ferment, and the .gentlemen without
the bar indulged themselves freely in remarks on the
different voters as they c::11:e up. Those of Mr.
Lamb, for instance, were saluted with the epithet of
a Sheep-face" and followed by imitations of the cry
of that animal,: "Ban, baa," accompanied with peals
of laughter, and shouts of derision. Those vf the
other Candidates, however, escaped without much no.
tice. At about half-past three, Sir Francis Burdett
again appeared on the hustings with Mr. llobhouse,
and they were received with a pretty general shout
of applause. Nearly at the same rime, Mr. Lamb I
appeared, accompanied by Mr. Macdonald, whilst Mr.
Hunt, attended by his friends Bowie, Gale Jones,
&c. took his usual station as the representative -of
Major Cartwright. From this time till the close of
the poll, the row was tremendous; and it was by no
means diminished by V-e appearance, at this mo-
ment, of a kind of effigy of the human figure, hoifted
on a pole, and having the head of a lamb the tongue