The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-30 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

ansssosr.--aseranru DAT.
Tl►e fo!lewring wag announced to be the state of the
poll at four o'clock

Mr. Iltv•r;
Mr;% m
Mr. AILLLish

While the n 00000 iiers were counted op, Mr.
N. P. for Coventry. came to the front of the laustinits,
and rept...tea permission from the Sheriff to say a ter:
words to the ftrehielelcrei. 11 ltli this roinest Mr. Sheriff
PAKIIINII • complied.
Mr Monett berate by seloiervins. that avai:iitr,
self of the trave just grantee! by the Sheriff. hr would
t:ow make a few observations. This was not the 144
t we he had appeared among them. for he bail repeated-
ly. on former occasions. whit...tool his brother free-
i.olelers from these letrtinvi. thee of 1111. proudest days
cl his life uas that when lie put that excellent patriot,
Sir F. Burdett, in ti ttttt inati tttt as a candidate for their
t•vour. They would recoil:4l how u ell the Honour

Lad tu!tiiled the tolcilges II he
wade, and how he hid eren dour more Ihnn Lr
1.4.1 Froiniseil. They won!el revoliett la. iinnratietl
31141 constant efforts in the l'.lllOC Of the prop's% and

It could nut hut be highly gratifying to thess;, tO"WitilesS
11 se ardour with whirls that eminent patriot had leered
this contest, though he was tint a I Andithlte 151111-
:. Ile hal watehril the ronshert of th • II Able
.14 :tioeset, and hail the hest opportitnity of deciding ens
1•. i!si:ti the ciressensiJner of Isis list inc a wit tie that
1/4/11b,•. Whit hhr tea. I:‘,lr its 01.!'111. for Ihe Is
Pose. as a Reresentali‘r of the ancient city of I sseentry.
This honour he could not too highly prize, and it seas
ti., more pleasine to his feeling•, heeaossr it was a proof
c the esterta in shish. Ise tries heist by his 4..11.6m5-sets.
Tarts hail now beton. them a young turn about they
'soda roll an hereditary ratio,. They had heard the
p:ofess!ons %thick his yffillig friend hall steady,
:.r.l it itiml.l lie their duty to examine! - ler suck pro-
Igsil9ll.l would br hereafter realired, Ilissuch Ite had no
•i atiieta in ...Wog, that he knew 11r. Whitbread too
it. li :0 !wilts's.- *hires capable. of sent tnttillirt his pro.
s•i The principal question Isere ti rs Hui is hillier
Mr. Whitbread, or 'Mr. should Isr
tetstrued. hest Si thry Our let any :ffiogvr to permit
f•is nwtropnli.ats COletity 111 remain isk the Oat r ti now
laid 1).0t re! Fern represente sl lost the last
fourteen years, lloos•:h perhai , °sight rs.lieer to say
t'•at it Was worse the to rrprosentesl. Lie could speak
nisi: pleasure of the yonder' of Mr. Bvseg, who. to his
k2elt honour, hail fiithfully perforwmii every prufessien
ard prowls,. which Ise made. '& hat lip nlirutan ronsi.
tiered himself the sets ant of the people, and erred eon-
.ientiuuslr, lousetog the trust whirls had beets reposed
t" VW. os.. tbrtelur.. Iws•ause entitled to their voter.
and 1,111.1.t.1 I. es hich he had no tlonLt mould Ise
li-
I ..rally gis ea to him on the present occasion.-
plause.)—Fur hi, he looked bark with plea-
• -rr to the Isabit• of intimacy and triem:ship its which
he had lived, itith the lair :fir. Whitbread, of whose
er:lnent talents and emrlient virturs enure r‘6ls4l but
tire opinion. That great and good man had IlloW
lett the world. but his spirit still lived among throes,
tied 112 e freeholders of Middlesex ussitiel hied

tasting his son.--(Applanse.)—Nothing would hate
rs sill hint enure pride than to have beets present at the
asusninatiou of Mr. Whitbread. Frutri the eCeelleat
viautter in which I -ever he was nominated, there
could be no want of any assistance fr him (Mr.
biome), hut he trusted the freeholders witii:d give I •
tiseir &tided support. With regard to Mr. Mellish, Ise
bigg.r.l to be tioders.ood as not meaning any thing dis-
respectful in a !Lit lie might say, beCallse m, 111411
eetertain a higlier esteem far Mr. Mellish, as a privies.
'm46811131, than he did. The time however imperioasly
till.eil on es in matt to declare his sentiments boldly,
anti be titer...lose hail no ahem alit e but that of siteri-
being his afle..tion or eke his slay to the country. Mr.
hatl ailosied to his having served them Comm*
years, but cer:ainly It.• pulled title Way while 11 r. Hying
pulled another. If therefore Mr. Grog was riOst
a hat he lota dour. Mr. unit onvitstilly be it roue.
Ile e illStaiiies of ght,. l'orrt1;014011
in places sad promisors. for et try one of tibial
Mellish hail %arta. Ile Wag therefore suit lit to lie any
longer the It. reseritative sit' thrrnuatr, and Ise earnestly
Loped that his armful aell,r him to retire
teem The contest, and no longer keep the coissily in a
feraient. Ile thanked diem for the kind manner in
a hich they had listened to hies, and asserted. that he
had been ansions to address them at that early petisal,
iretiittge the Blues generally wrist .1r Isefore the speeches
were concluded. 'lite ll•orthy Gentleman then with-
drew amidst much applause.
The numbers were then annonneed, after which Mr.
Sheriff P %MAINS shortly addressed the meeting, an,l ex-
pressed his ardent a isb that every person should A-
lain a fair hearing.
Mr. lit an said, he appeared once snore to return his
sincere thanks to the gentlemen who had given hint their
support that day. He was not, indeed, at the head of
the poll, but there was only a difference of two between
him and ales Mellish, whirl. was of little moment. The
cry of " No coalition," a hich had been raises!, seemed
have had no effect ahatever on the freeholders of
Ole coun!y. His late rol•tragne appeared before them
Pow in anew character, namely, as the friend of the
pt•ople. This, however, had led s 1111 l eof his old friemis
to forsake him, as they began to doubt what he was front
the circumstance of Isis leaving joined the people fur tine
clay. Hr trusted the freeholslers would persevere in
their efforts on his behalf, sand that they nimbi again
return him to Parliament by a decided majority. He
thanked them for chat they had already dour, and en-
pressed his hopes that they would continue their emir-
tiuns.—cApplause.)
Mr. 11111111aaAP stood forward, and was greeted, as
usual, with universal plandits. lie flattered himself,
he said, after what had passed yesterday and the slay
before' that it was evident to every tine lint 3lr.
Coat the snuggle on his part must be quite vain.—(Ap-
plause.)—lint he really hoped, that even 11r. ileliish
would have felt, ere now, that any calculation of Lis
ultimate success was totally visionary. The Honourabie
Gentleman bad no doubt spoken •pretty confidently of
the number of votes which had been promised I • , lout
where these voles wile to be found he could not possibly
imagine. From all that he heard and knew, hr annul
1.1 bell) thinking, that tu find such votes, Mr. Mellish

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