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London, England, 1820-03-29 00:00:00

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MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

TENTH DAT.

STATE OF THIS DAY'S TOLL.
Mr. WHITBREAD - -
lITT. BYTICI - - -
Mr. iNILLListi - - -

STATE OF .TtlE GROSS rOLL.

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Mr. 131-Nt—, •
P.:-. Wurriic LAD -
INTr.

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The interest which this contest excited in the out-
set continues unabated. Brentford was crowdedyes-
terday at an early hour with the friends of the re-
spective parties ; the bustle and agitation continued
to to close of theday. •
Before the state of the poll was announced, Mr.
Sheriff PARKINS expressed a hope that the people
would hear Mr. Mellish to-day, as he understood that
that gentleman had something of importance to com-
municate, and that he had also some very edifying
obiervations to make.

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243
197

3,720
Z,310
- 2,776
Mr. BYNG observed, that although he did not hap-
pen to find himself at the head of the poll of this
day, he had the satisfiction to perceive that the dif-
ference was very trifling, aid therefore he calculated
that \that he said yesterday had made a doe impres-
I-Ye hoped and trusted, indeed, that the inde-
pentlent electors of Middlesex would never declare
apinst.an old and tried servant. From the general
state of the poll, it was obvious dint the stale cry of
g' coalition," which his late colleague had endeavour-
ed to raise, had produced no effect whatever in that
gentleman's favour. But the fact teas, that there was
no coalition on his part, as neither he himself (Mr.
B.) nor any of his aeents, had ever canvassed for a
second t ow, in favour of either of the ether candi-
dates. 1-k ilaJ, indeed, too high an opinion of the
l'iiddlesex Freeholders to offer them any seggestion
U pen the sub.ect. They required.no instruction for
et hom to vote, end without any suggestion it was
iliac natural that the friends of independence in this
eountv should vote for the two Candidates whom
they thought most likely to supoett that cause in
Parliameet—t•" ir,74 " and app:auses)—But the
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cry of c(e,litioa vas not the telly objection raised
against him (Mr. B.) et Eli.; Election. It was said by
the friends of the ether cele;hee (Mr. Whitbread),
that as that gentleman had declared in favour of a
thorough Reform, he (..tlr. 1 was bound to suppct t
it. The Meeting had •iesterday heard, and no doubt
s' itll gtoet pleasure, an elequeot speech from an
Berceet, v. ho ohseet ed, with reference to Re-
form, that garcleoers would feel it right to tear up
weeds by the roots, and that so should Reformers
tear to) every oublie eed. For hiro-,elf, he had no
Ltoitezien ia saoieg, that he had no objection to tear
up the r otos ceery proved evil, such, for instance,
• user:o I.llces aed pen-iees, because such places
• pe:o.ione fernied no part of car C. mstitution, nor
did their existence scree i:4 :Inv degree to add to the
s!ebilio.• of the Crowe. He would therefore abeiish
sec!' places and peioions for a very plain reason. If
he neolit be allowed to compare great things to
small, any con :ideotte gentleman who should come
into his faerily and find hien with twenty or thirty
servants, sonic of whom actually earned their bread.
by their ee:vices,- and we:e but imperfe;oiy
while those who did nothing at all receieed- the.
highest wages, his system could not fail to be con-
denie d by such .e
gentleman. Yoe-, upo:t the same
principle, he couldllot hesitate to disapprove of the
System, which, the g; eat officers of state we:e
by no means overpaid, ththe ho rendered no serrLe
whatever to the State were paid beyond all calcula-
tion. But v.ith regard to Reform, he certainly ob-
jected to what was termed the Radical system. His
only object was, to remove those defects in our re-
presentation, which had arisen out of the larsc of
t•tnte. He wished to restore our ancient Constitu-
tion, according to which, counties, cities, and popu-
lens towns, or those places only were allovecd to sead
Ilepresentativei to the House of Commons, which
seflicient wealth to pay their Repeeeeutatives.l
lout several of rho-c place,: had since f dlen into latex
decay, becoming quite unable to mike any such pay-
ment es for med the original ground of their right to
send Berresertativro to the !louse of Commons.
This, then, vea< an abuser winch on,oht to he remove I.
Tioeefore he was an advocate for the a!;olition of all
the rotten boroughs, and for the uans!'er of their
*feanchiies to the populous towns which at present
Lad no Repreeentative at all. 'these, cmohined with
rte. aleidemere. of the duration of Paeliament, were
id,eas of Reform, and sueli wads- the Reform which
Fe lied always suprorted ; such too was the oolv
Ite:lneo whieli he should cootinue to support, for he
wa: row too old in life to chanyo! his opieioa.
Mr. %at eenrere whose appearance was hailed
y. •.:1: more than useally ardeat expressions of regard
;led respect, ohserved to the people, that if they-had
y. iteresed the enthusiasm which he hard seen yester-
cheo upon his retie r: to town, they would have recog-
i... zed and eo;oyed the admiration) and applause which
the Lot& etihrts made by the Electors of Middlesex
had ouiveroally excited. Every one, indeed, whom
Le leo! ob erved, evidently felt an interest in the
p: calmest ef this great struggle. Tho:e who were not
thentwives Blectors naturally looked with anxiety to
the proceedings of those who possessed the right of
voting, hoping that that right would be so exercised
a, to contribute to the security of their freedom, their
bees, and their property, all of which wet c subject to
the legislation of tl.at body to which the Electors of
this County were now, about to return their Repre-,
sentatives--(elheinuse). As the success of the cause
in which the independent Electors were engaged be-
came indisputable, he observed that their enemies
became more active and virulent in their ;douse. Of
this abuse, however, it would eot be worthy of them
take any notice, but to consider of seketing such!
a Representative as should not prefer the advantage
of the few to the welfare of the many—(Applause).
Thc...l;:cctors of Middlesex had, he was glad to see,
&tt:mined to take their public concerns into their
ciesiirelotoels, and to choose only those Representatives
ktilio"evonld conform to their wishes and consult their
ieO.Oitsts, and thteltepeesentetreo who was not so dis-
ro.ee. d ought, in his opinion, to abdicate his station—
Glyerleu..;e): Many of the friends of his opponent had
1444ay taken re:caSion to ask him what he meant by
But this• he.thoUght he had sufficiently
ritfitted yesterdly. His friends, he knew, fully un-
derstood what he meant, and lit must say that those
iyho did not. understand him, deserved pity forhaving
a more circuitous road to their brains than fell to the
lot of many—(Applauses and laughter). Mr.Mellish

had, he saw, slated, in his address Of 'this morning'.
that;he hid more votes promised tOtirn than were
necessary to secure his return-I4 goiter, and cries
G"that's. a bouncer 1') He mast. ve the Hon.
entleman's statement, because be Id not doubt
Ms word, and he should only say, that neither he
(Mr. Whitbread) nor
.I;tis friends could discover
where these promisekLienties were to be found. It.
must certainly be in some part of the County 'which,
he preiumed, was yet unknown either to Mr. Mellish
or himself—(Applause and laughter). If any one
would take the trouble of inquiring upon that sub-
ject, he had no doubt that Mr. Mellish would give
no trifling reward to him who should be able to dis-
cern this new world in Middlesex !—(Laughter and
applauses). He was sorry to understand that Mr.
Crewe, to whose conduct he had before adverted,
had since taken much more arbitrary measures with
a view to advance the interest of Mr. Mellish-(Ap-
plauses, and cries of " ;o no effect"). The proceed-.
ings were, however, totally ineffective, and, there-
fore, he should now take no farther notice of them ;
for he regarded no opposition in the power of his op-.
honest or his patrons to bring forward, finding, as he
did, in this contest, that patriotism was a greater in-
centive to the exertion of the Electors of Middlesex,
than all the wealth of the Bank of England—(Loud
plaudits). But if wealth were requisite on this occa-
sion, he should have felt himself by no means com-
petent to engage in the contest. Ile found, however,'
that money was not required from him. Every man,
indeed, spontaneously contributed to promote that
object in which every man felt himself interested ;
and -the Freeholders gave their votes, receiving no
other bribe than that et which he hoped he might be
allowed to participate, namely, the smiles of that ex- •
quisite beauty for which this great County had al-
ways beets distinguished —(.4cdarrations sfarplausc).
Mr. who, after the usual reception of
hissing and hooting, was permitted to speak, observed,
that atter the attack of Mr. Byng upon him, he could
not bi very delicate in his retort. The charge of
coalition. which he fAt himself justified in preferring.
against him, and in which so many of the Electors.
v;ho had given hint pluinpers entirely concurred, was,.
he perceived, a bitter pill to that Gentleman. His
hue callea;c?, indeed, was evidently unable to ex-
!slain away that charge, and the truly independent
'Electors must so fcel.--Tl'aere the clamour became
so pelt that the Honourable Gentleman could net
p:.oceed.-•
Mr. Shen vs imploring the people to hear
Lim. silence was re,tored.
Mr. Mia.Listi re-sume,l, and observed, as to Mr.
Whitbread's allusion to the enthusiasm of yesterday,
that he hitnwli had felt no enthusiasm of dirt and
alya,e, but he bore it all with good temper, as it was
acc(,:npallied with any vi(olence. Some of his
lends had been charged with threatening to turn
cif persons in their employment, if they did not vote
for him ; and similar things had been told Lim about
the it icnds. of Mr. Whitbread • bat he snapped his
iliv;ers at ttch stcrics, folly believing, Mr.Whitbread
quite incapable of sanctiouing such conduct. He,
theli;::)rts, had abstained front mentioning stories of
thAt nat:!re at those hus..ings, although a similar
measure of itbetality had not been dealt out towards
him. The letter and alleged conduct of Mr. Crewe,
for instatice, was dwelt upon, although he declared,•
upon his lionottr, that he knew nothini, of that letter
or conduct—(" IVoidd you not lousy at us, if you
titon7lll rue tclict!cd gon.i.7 exclaimed a voice in the
cro::2).-----The assertion of Mr. Whitbread, that he
was higher than him on the poll, he did not contra-
dict, because the state of the poll sheaved it ; but why
should his assertion be questioned, that be had votes
ceough promised him to raire him above Mr. Whit-
br;:ad ? lint, notwithstanding the contradiction, he
would repeat that assertion, and he would only ask
his friends to exert themselves, fully assured that if
they would, and --come to the poll, as they promised,
he must ultimately succeed.
Mr. Warrtimas, who was received with consi•
derable applause, took occa-ion to observe, that the
present was one of the few occasions on which Eng-
lishmen were now allowed to meet in any great
number together, to express their sentiments or to'
act upon their opinions, yet such rneetinz, expres-
sion, and action formed the only difference between
a free state and an arbirraly despotism—(.4pplause).
He congratulated the peeve upon the state of the
poll, which formed such a strikingsontrost to wha:
he had witnessed elsewhere, as it was decidedly fa-
vourable to the friends of frecdorn.--(Applause). lle
was exceedingly happy that Mr. Mellish had been
indulged with a patient hearing for two re :sons, first,
becan,.e that hearing evinced the wisdom of the peo-
ple, and secondly, because it afforded the Honoura-
ble Gentleman an opportimity of explaining his loi-
n:el- conduct, or how far he was entitled to fature
confidence. It was with great sonow reF.2cted
that the same indulgence had not been granted else-
where to Sir William Cultic, " because," said -111 r.
Wahltimin, " I have no doubt that if the Livery of
London had heard the wor t'ty Alderman, he would
have talked himself out and talked me in."—(Laiqgi-
ter and appLuse). Mr. Mellish bad observed that
his charge against Mr. I3yng of having entered into
a coalition with Mr. Whitbread, had proved a bitter
pill to the former, but sure he was, that such a
coalition, if it existed, would rather prove a bit-
ter pill to Mr. Meilish—(Lrpgaz!r and applause).—
Much had been urged about the youth, of Mr.-Whit-
bread, compared to the age of his opponent ; but to
this he would say, that although he was as ready as
any man to do honour to age, there was a certain
time of life when it would be idle to indulge any hope
_of improvement, or from previow; conduct, to calcu-
late upon any change for the better I. The objection
to Mr. Whitbread's youth furnished, in fact, no valid
objection whatever, especially as lie came forward
highly recommended, as he was known to have the'
best blood in his veins, and as he at once manfully
avowed his resolution to support the best principles
—(Applause). Upon the pretensions of youth, in-
deed, he was much of the opinion of die great Dr.
Bentley, who, when he was asked his reason for I
al-
ways saluting the youth, while he passed by the old,i
replied, " because I think the young may do good;.
while, from my knowledge, I can have no hope of
the old"—(Laughter and applause). So' as Mr. Mel.'
lish never had, in his view, done good in his political
life, he could not think him likely ever to be good
for anything in politics; while, independently of
many grounds for confidence, there was at lease
ground for hope as to Whitbread, and this he

thought a 'very material distinEtion. be i►een these
tit-o Candidates—(4pplause). Here the Wort;hr.Al=l
derman took occasion to dwell upon the duty
Electors to exercise. their rights and give their-votes
independently, observing, that if they did not, in a
case like the present, they could have, no right
complain of the, conduct of their Representatives in
the House of Commons. But jf they did, they mush
complain in vain. This important right had been
exercised, in a most extraordinary =tuner elsewhere,
Electors having voted for Candidates who had sup-
ported the laws and taxes against which those very
Electors had repeatedly and earnestly protested—
pleading the consideration of their own interest
or the apprehension of some inconvenience as an
apo:ogy for such flagrant inconsistency. When the
Electors, however, gave their votes upon such
grounds, what right had they to object to the
conduct of their Representatives in Parliament in
preferring their own interest to the welfare of the
country, and consigned their countrymen to a state
of shivery ? But he was happy to see that no such
pleas or pretences were to be heard-of ha Middlesex,
where the Electors really gave independent votes;
and this, to his mind, was a source of peculiar gra-
titication—(.•ipplause).—To Mr. Mellish, personally,
he felt no objection whatever. On the contrary, he
was well disposed to return the civility which he had
experienced fiom that Gentleman as his neighbour;
but persolial considerations must give way to the
public cause, and he was heartily glad to anticipate
the rel of Middlesex from that discreditable state
in which it had been involved for the last 20 years.
That release was indeed now ce.tain, and he was
sorry that Mr. Mellish did not at. once declare . his
disinclination to give the County any farther trouble,
as his cause was ro completely. hopeless—(Plaudits).
Mr. Sheriff PARKINS thanked the people for their
general good conduct, and, adverting to a complaint
which he understood was made of his conduct on the
part of Mr. Mellish 's friends, because sonic Freehol-
ders had taken occasiera to address the Meeting, ob-
served, that he had no power (if he even had the wish)
to prevent such addresses, as it was the indisputable
right of every Freeholder to deliver his sentimeilts,
as well as to give his vote at those hustings.
The Meeting was adjourned about six o'clock.