The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-20 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1820.

" The Currie fur which HAMPDEN feil in die Field, and SYDNEY died "A* Scabld."'

MIDDLESEX ELF.CTION.
State of the Poll.--Second Dt.y.
! Byng 6348 Mellish 416
Feel LLLLL RS Ur MIDDLESEX.
ASECOND Time ims the free voice of the
People trlsrophei over the arts of correptlon. All
the interest that wealth could Command, or Ministerial ia-
tiurnee ...ant. has been exerted against you. and that. toe.
on a day most inauspicious to the cause of Independence
end Constitutional Reform. Still you hare been triumphant.
Let pest success stimulate you to future exertion ; let to-
morns% be another day of triumph t and let tke Candi.late
called forth by the pcoric to %indicate your tights be
placed fir abuse the teach of his ,ipponent. Then. and not
till then, will England con.iler that every roan bee done his
duty. 14,4 circlet: of the Cennlitee.
CHARLES SHAW I.4:FEVRE. jun. Chairman.

AVIDDLESICX Et€CllOX.

S•TURnslr, MARCH 18.
The trllitg, which liatl been rail:.-r slack for the last
hour. clued at fo,r n'elock, and the ruitibers &dared
hy Mr. !S herilf ROTIAVELL, were as follow:
Mr. 13vto
!Ir. Winterises
• Mr. Met.tist
slirtift Itornwsi.t. begged silence, :Ind said, be
was the last inan in the world who would wish to abridge
them of their privileges; but he trusted they would give
all the ea titlidates an impartial hearing, expressiex their
disapprobation ur &meat as circumstances might occur.
Bravo—very liberal indeed.)
Mr. Ittsto Observed, that hr once more returned them
his must sincere thanks fir the high sittra;ion thee had
again ploced him opon the poll. His principles were
aril kaolin to them, and it wAs only on those prowiplet
-tbst hr solicited their suffrages, in order to support theft
Conetitrigon whltpletiocals(rosationeatiou of the whole
world. and the ast of Englishmen. 11e
would not detain thine long ; but he trusted they tr (sold
not relax in their efforts to •ag„ain rettirn biro as one of
their Rept-ell-math es.—(Applanae.)
Mr. War rattan was greeted with loud cheers, on his
addreising the freeholder.. Hr said, that owing to
thefr kiwi and zealous exertions, lie was again placed
above the canditioe whose political opinions he op-
posed.--(So you ought' and so Von shall lie! from the
eroird.)—lt was not a combat bioween man and man:
it stood itpou higher rounds,—it was .1 contest of prin-
ciples and feeling ; —(tlcar, hear !) —and, althstueb h(r.
Byng had said that every candidate might to stand upon
his own merits, yot be thought it would he more con-
genial to the cause of t•rrolom, and also to Mr. fiver,
I. have a colleague why nook' act in unison with his
exertions.—(Certainly! from the rtowd.)-11, assured
the freeholders, that if lie had had a seat in Parliament,
he would not loser given his support to any measures
that taligiat tend to oppress the people. Alr. Mellish had
voted for taxation; and also for those tire obnoxious
Then, tarn him out' from the crowd) ;—bni
it might be said of him, Inc (Mr. W.) was only making
of priOssiotes.—(\o, no; it is from your hear: !")—as
that rail had passed ; but they might rely upon his
word, that if they returned him as tine of their Represen-
tatives, he would vote for a repeal of thent.—(funiul-
tuous applause.)—W hat had been termed a faith yester-
day respecting himself. was corrected a little to:day—
(Liulebeer): --and be should also nwn.t, in that respect,
an he lived.--(Bravo.)--His success on the poll was owing
to the rolontary exertions of the frerholders; there was
no management on his part,—neither was it from the
success of the moment, but, hr trusted. from the strong
sense fek by the country. Ile hoped lie should continue
to merit twit continnett support and exertions.
Mr. Mstottsit was so assailed by groins an-I hisses
that all his attempts to br beard were fruitless, when
Mr. Wilt-ragman again came forward, and said, it
was nodal, tot to give his opponent a hearing ; and if
they diti tot, it wookl most certainly pretest bins frost)
adtVeasing the freeholder. on Monday —(l.lreat applause ;
Tom. a liberal k3ltsw P 3 - • ••• -a", •
Mr. Mitioideto observe-I, that it hating Tons recoew•
tunstrietl by the Sheriff, and also the two eaadidates, to
hear him. he was assn.% el, that as lie Wilt an English.
man, they. as Englishmen. would never stiffer any man
to Is- licensed. ottbunt eiviiir him an optiortnnify of
vindicating himself. (tlear !)-• -He had been assailed
with numerous cal •
s. (" Wirtt arc, they state
them.") -Hear him, and lie ttonld tell them. First,
that he was a contractor • now, the fact was, that he
hail never made a single contract in his life. That
he had also had s got ernment over the public
purse, hut he bail never received tine farthing of
the public nioney.—(Hot what did vin el° fur the
Duke of York. answer that?)—Ile was not ashamed of
his principles—(thet you ontht to he) :—he want no
affront to the other two candidates: but they were too
arrogant, if they.snpposed• he did not respect the Cum
stitntion as mach as they did —(llisses.)—irlie free-
holders 'night not to he dismayed at the trilling ma-
jority of 32, which had been obtained hr the industry of
' Mr. Whitbread. from the ucarest points of the county to
the hustings.—(No. no, f Mr. H'-)—Herr thee lanittnr
became so great, that dlr. Alellislr judged it prudent to
retire.
Mr. Sheriff PARKIN% now raine forward, and stated.
that Thr Timex reporter had iwrverted his words. Hr
wished he coeld Mist tint the individual. The liberties
the press now took operated as a greater care than as
a blessing; in fart, it ass horrible; and if these mis-
representations were snffered to proceed, he would not
answer for the safety ~t any own* thrust, or his being
robbed. " The press,- said Mr. Sheriff Parkins, " was
now got to he like Cottitt•trarli; 'moue noula purchaus
itsprodurtions.-
The popnlaire isinsteeed very strong round the
hustings ; also several tenth-yowls a carriages, tilled with
company, and narnerims ladies, were admitted to the
hosting.. All along the road rrowds were cutlet-tett, to
cheer the voters in favour of liberty ; while those per-
sons wearing ,Mr. Mellish's eofours were rather routhly
treated.
The walls exhibited some new placards:—
" Voters hr of good cheer,
He far Whitbread and his strong )leer."
" John Hull will have no 801 l Contractor fur a Can.
didate."
" England experts every %%act will do his duty at
the Middlesex Eiretion.-

IPTATIONo: F,.111 COACMPI.
Northunfberlsad Arias. Clerkeawellirisen.
JAW:I-terrace. Ilsetagy-road.
Silver Lion. Politer.
Three Dais. Islington-turnpike.
White Horst-. Church-street.
\Viten-Sheaf. Red Lilo-street. Holborn.
Gloucester Coffee-hon,e. Park-street. Oxford-street.
Globe. Tiehfleld-street. Mery-le-bone.
Star. Ohl-street-road. St. bike's.
No. Ili,. Rriek-lane. Spitaltle!.6.
No. INC Sherediteli.
Angel Inn. Whitechapel.
George and Dragon. Shade',ll.
Son and Sword. Reek Cintreh lane, St. George's. Last.
Ram Inn. Smithfield.
And at the Central Committee, Freemason's TR Tern.

HAZARD and Co.. Contractor+. to meet the
wishes of the Public. have given 140.000 Extra
Money to tie Wiwi heretofore allowed by Oovernment,
making the Amount of Prixes. in Money and Consols,
.tatamm!! ALI. IN ONE LarrEay.

And. by a perfectly ncscl arrangement. fur the advantage of
Carly Fhirrh . 2.000 Tickets • ill receive MC each. on
the 11th of APRIL. •mounting to SIXTY THOUSAND Pot: ti Di
Mosey, besides their full share of all the other Prices in the
Scheme. containing
4 Prices of
2 Al WO 4o.lnkt
2
Low .14. de. de. forming Rd l'spitsis.

Tickets and Shares are grilles bs 11 IZARD asd Co. Con-
tractors. Rural Eschange Lute;to6. Curnhill ■nd 35!4. Oa-
ford-stract. i urger of Swallow-streut. London shared
and sold, in the Last Lotter) Contract. NO4. 7.370 and
0430, Prizes of 20.000/. each. and in a recent Unary,

WEST.VIANTEIt. ELECTION.

SITVWDAT,-NINTU DAV.

At the rlose of the pull this day, the numbers were
declared to Le--
Sir F. Burdett 339 U--Mr. lloblueuset 3UllOl—Mr. Laub ?:r:8.
Istanwoliately atter the state ut the pull was anuounced.
Mr. JliNfr lit'llilElT came fordartl. and addressed the
electors. lie offered these his warm congratulations un
the result of this day's pull. 'the (opponent ut Mr. If. had
asserted that his exertions bad courinenced ; and 'rt,
after all, the state of the poll eleehered the slight Lenefit
requitifir from those exertions. It was enough for
them, that, after two of the worst days iu the week
(Friday and Sutortdav), Mr. llublouitte was still 142 a.
hearl.—(Lowl appheit.e.)—Mr. lamb had, during the
I election, ftereterstly intloolged hirro.ctf in the pleasures of
Imagination, anal Ire (Mr. B.) beliete4 that those ionid
is the Only Pleasutes which the Learned ttentlesnaos
likcl,y to enjoy.—(Laughter.)—Mr. B. then ad-
itited to the latoznage of Mr. Pitt, when he first
latongist forward his motion for Parliamentary Kenner,
and declared, that, compared with those evieressirrem,
the *ma 'wide use of by Mr. Hoblionsr in tide pamphlet.
fur 'friths/ te bids ler had been imprisoned, *mild he
forted to be sirainen itself. Slounld surf one dare, at
the present thy. to entre", himself in suer litfrage, he

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