The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-31 00:00:00

so truly unbecoming the gravity and dignity of a Chief
Magistrate, but afterward-4 availed himself of every pos-
sible advantage to delay and procrastinate the litigation,
by which lie compelled the Court to issue another pro-
cess against him, for his contempt in not appearing to
the information; and he even Melt vexatiously and wan
tonly obtained nearly a mouth's time to plead to sad,
information, after be knew and was convinced, that all
hope and prospect of success had vanished. The Coin-
mon Council therefore, instead of yielding obedience to
the decision of the Court of King s Beneli, which they
had so shortly before niost'unequivocally expressed their
intention to do, confirmed, in unexampled defiance ,if
all law, of all reason, of all common decorum, or coo,.
mon justice, to tramp those stations and offices, and to
exercise those powers and authorities which it ma,
solemnly determined, and finally decreed they had to
legal right or pretence to do, and they, by such meaus,
in wilful disregard to their own positive assurance, kept
up, increased, and aggravated those disgusting scenes
of clamour, tumult, and uproar, which had se long dis-
turbed and disgraced the town.
At length judgment of Onster was signed against the
late Acting Mayor, Mr. Edmund Bond Prosser, and a
Writ of Mandamus granted to compel the Returning
(Miter to_ proceed to the election of a Mayor; and Fri-
day. the 43d alt., was the day appointed for such pun-
prise. Immediately on this being announced, a most
active canvass was personally commenced by the Doke
of Beaufort's Agent, in favour of Mr. Joseph 'Nice, one
of those Burgesses attached to the interest of the Com
moo Council, (though not a Common Comicihrian.) in
opposition to the interests of the Independent Burgesses.
whose principal point of contention was thus at last
openly conceded to them. The most extraordinary ex•
pedients were put in practice by the Duke's agent find
some of the Common Council, to obtain votes fur Mr.
Price, and the utmost possible milieu of the (tulle's
power, influence, int.oest, and connexion, in and oat of
the County, was male to induce and even to compel a
great many of the independent Burgesses to betray
their friends and their cense on the occasion, notwith-
-standing it was notoriously known that all each Bur-
gesses had entered into a solemn written engagement to
vote for Mr. Heath. Moner was offered in profusion;
houses, farms, lands, premises, &c. were offered forth_
same purpose; but all in vain. Even the principal of
the fair sex, connected with tint party, were put iu
requisition; who entertained the vain hope that their
entreaties would be attended to. All this may appear
the more extraordinary, when it is known that Mr. Price
himself, and others of the Common Council. after has?
ing declared their unqualified approbation of the
verdict which decided that the mode adopted by the
common Council, of cleating the Mayor, on all :Tu. -
mar occasions, was illegal, had actually voted at the
two last mock-elections in favour of the two Mr.
frossers, when the fame mode of electing was adopt-
ed on each occasion. They by such conduct intpo
decidedly sanctioned that eery mode of election, against
which they so shortly before expressed their disappro-
hatioo, by approving the verdirt. Had Mr. 'Heath, v.lso
was proposed by the Independent Burgesses on such
mock-election as a Candidate Mayor, been permitted to
he put in nomination as a Candidate for such olive on
such occasion, and all the Burgesses freely allowed to
vote fur either Candidate, as they %ad an undoubted
right to do, then any Burgess inightliase voted gooiest
Mr. Ileath, if lie preferred his rival Candidate, without
violating his principles or his conscience; but at, to
condemn the mole of election, by approviog Lb*
and propriety of the verdict which declared
legal, and immediately afterwards to uphold' sad
thin that very mode by actually voting infer
is that course of conduct, in which no one can trace t to
remotest semblance to consistency or rationality.
This, however glaring and palpable. is nothing to
the attempts recently made by the Duke's Agent arol
his assistants, to metamorphose the office of Mayor into
an office of dumb show—something similar to that of
the lowest burlesque character in the lowest burlesoue •
pantomine ; for when they found that those Indepen-
dent Burgesses whole they had marked oat for their
prey were proof against the " peltings of the pitiless
storm," they proposed that, if the I iiilependeot
liur-
gesses wonld consent that their proeular candidate should
be manacled like a slave or a criminal. or appear ire a
straight waiscoat, he sh.sulti be graciously permitteGl to
be sworn in Mayor without opposition ; hut on no other
terms, fur otherwise, said they in effect. we will, by
'some means of legal fiction and quibbling
keep you at hay for these ten rears, without being at all k
alarmed or disturbed-by any acision at law or in equity.'
They hail even so constructed their plot and inseliii,ecy
as to enable their I larlequin io the piece to acestiipfisli
their object without any other aid than that magicsl
spell lieciiar to his character; for lie, by such influent.
could at his pleasure marvellously transfer the great ma- ,
jority of votes helonging to the in,lppetiilent Burgess.-a,
to the side of the Common Council; but still virtually
held out that "if jonr Canilislate will consent to stamt
in the pillory all the time he mar he in office, he shall •
h.n•e the honour of bring called Royer.
On the slay of Election, Mr. Price, finding not a man
in the ranks of his opponent had fallen, declined offer-
ing himself as a Candidate, and the Common Cosincil
was reducer! to the mortifying necessity of offering, as
a dernier resort, the late Acting. Mayor, Mr. Prosser,
who hail treated the process of the Court of King's
Bench, with tke Arms indignity before allu.d to, anti •
who had been so shortly before ousted from that nib.r
as n usurper, as recited in the Writ of Mandamus. Tbi.%;
extraordinaryoust occurrence was not known to the
Independent Burgesses until they were actualty.asseio-
bled in the Ilall on the day of election, nor was tt
known to some of their own voters, when called oIKISI
to vote.

(To be eoatinuertj
S RX ASS IZ Eg.
A little before eight on Saturday evening. the Judge .
Sirs C. Abbott and O. Wood arrived here, and opened
the Commission. Teserdtv in the forenoon, their Lord.
ships. attended by the Sherif, went to St. Michael's
Church, and beard a most excellent and appropriate
Sermon preached by the Sheriff's Chaplain, the Arc.
Mr. Coarthope; and this morning. at nine o'clock, the
business will commence in both Cuortv.• be "tied
Justice will take his seat in the Crown Court. and the.
Chief Baron will try the Causes. Upon the whole, we
expect the bnsiness will prove light.
n Assaurt Cape, of a foul natere, the offence hsvi•T
been committed on a female infant, only seven years of
are, by a man of considerable property. a visitant at
Brighton, we understand is to be lorunght baker the .
Court, the Meader. at , a long private rum:nation
iveently. having been itZtand over to apptgr and
ewer to the complaint, at the Assists. From his name.
wealieuld suppose be is a foreigner, or of foreign ex.
Isillint.-(Leieer Journal.) •

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svity and dignity of a Chief
wailed himself of every pos-
procrastinate the litigation,
Uourt to issue another pro-
'tempt in not appearing to
n then vexatiously and 44 an-
inth's time to plead to sach
and was convinced, that all
4 had vanished. The Coln-
!ad of yielding obedience to •
' King s Bench, which they .
°equivocally expressed their
in unexampled defiance .if
common decorum, or
stations and offices, and to
authorities which it was .
nulls decreed they had no
, and they, by such mean., ;
.ten positive assurance, kept
ited those disgusting scenes
oar, which had se long dis- 4
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ster was signed against the
ound Bond Prosser, and a
to compel the Returning
:Bon of a Mayor; and Fri- .
ay appointed for such pun-
being announced, a most
y commenced by the Mike
ur of Mr. Jowl)); Pt ice, one
to the interest of the Cont-
i Common Comiciltham) in •
the Independent Burgesses,
intention was thus at last
Me most extraordinaie ex-
by the Duke's agent Ind
il, to obtain cotes fur Mr.
I) le exertion of the Delie's
id connexion, in and oat of
duce and even to compel a
)(lent Burgesses to betray
on the occasion, notwith-
known that all tech Bur-
emu written engagement to

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