The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-27 00:00:00

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GENERAL ELECTION.
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• MEMRERS RETURIIIIk - •
lidirtrisinisos (Cmdaty)—Lord AEON" out 1111,46.461.
mriebt.
CARWAM—P- Price.
• poittiax (C00)--.1. G. Lambast and flea. It, POltlattb
. CE Webster omd Sir W. Harrell.
• YAIVI9II7m . W.)—.l. Taylerand Wm. Mount.
Hllausbas (City)—Hon. J. S. Cocks :Lad Calomel Sysioadl..
Caesurae—Mr. Moore sad Mr. Ellice.
larintraoc.—Mr. Canning and gen. Gautsigae.
STATE OF POLLS IN THE COUNTRY.
mica:arm JUNE 26. 'mamma. JUSS 34.
•••• 179 Relgraire.
OUsten 112 Keertem
Wallace 111. Gruoienar 9511
Ure 105 Williams 497
Murray 57
WiIITC 81 • ATIANWILY, 30118 25.

Hebb •••
mirror, fors 26.
762
63C
. . 568

Nerve 'Ali. a* !`' ;111
Riektor4 . 429
Cayendiib • • • 167
itescroap <ow dew), . awn 24.
Fad

Coonlona
rrrison
Reigate..

wuffs, nits 25.
Meth nen

452
_ 356

Cocks

ellebley ....
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Bennett 41u Serdainore ..... .29i
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LANCASTI4. ions 24.
Gladonue RYIs coviorray. alms 26.
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eawthorue .... 662 Final close. ' •
Uovelos .... 557 Moore . • llBO
tlurros, 'vie 24. Ellice . • /OA
Baring .... 411 Butterworth .:. .. 6241
Btierottglas .... 301
Gullinv 459 . Poway, Anis 23, Anal close.
esuatime. Jogs 25. ' 1 Lucy 78
Pitt .. ~... 2991: Stneltope .. 77
Gardena .... v 75 I VASE-tort .... 44
,Catley .... 211 I Vampbell 4,4
Beaks; joivic 23. ' Mr. Lucy end Gel _Stanhope
.I)undaa In were declared duly elected.
Neville JBi) Aver, JUNS 26.
Hallett 53 Knatehbull .... 30?5
worming:42. Mit IN. tIInI) Y % ood •• • • 2947
Jlinch . - .. -. .. • SO3l I Geary 844
liitaclife . .:....1. 1699 1 EVESIIAN, Juxs 24.
Smith . • •••
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Lsoiuserza, auks t 4.
Lebbott 404
250
Hareonrt
• cmtstAstskrs, abbi24.
Campbell
Jones 139

Cockerel! ill I
Borgkioo 267
sarsoroor.. JUTIC 26.
Filial close.
Cuoisg .... 1654
Consume .... 1444
germs 1220

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Pauvrox, Jung 25.—Final Clot* of the Poll,
half-past sit' o'clock
Polled on the 45th Julie. Total.
lintrocks 457 - 1694
Hamby 431 - 1598
Crompton - 97 - 1245
Horrocks and liarnby, the old Maher., re-
turned.

IRbLAND.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRJAGE.

A curious case of Breach of Promise of Marriage
was tried in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, ou
Saturday, before Lord NOILEURY and a respectable
City Jury.
The Plaintiff was a widow lady, above fifty years
of age, of the name of Hawkins, and the Defendant
a Geutleman of the name of Kelly, sufficiently fa►
advanced in life to be a grand-father. His age was
stated to be at least 65. The Lady had been marched
early in life, whet, she was vet), beautiful, to Mr.
Blosset, and after his decease had married Mr. Hate.
kins. Subsequent to the death of the second hoe.
band, a long courtship took place between her and-.
the present Defendant, and a marriage was *reed
lesson bet weep them. He borrowed fifty poonds from
Mrs. Hawkins, for the purpose, as he assured her,
of purchasing the wedding clothes, and when lie re-
ceived the money set off to Limerick, sod there
married a Mrs. Hemet. Upon the present action
being commenced, the Defendant wrote the Plaintiff
a letter, in which he threaten€4l, that if she went to
law, he would prove that she had permitted him to
take the greatest and grossest liberties with her.—
This letter was stated to be couched in terms so ex-
ceedingly improper, that the Counsel, to use the
words of the Noble end Learned Judge in his charge
to' the Jury, " dropped a curtain of decency upon
it," and waved the reading in Court, but sent it up
to the Jury. No proof of the truth of the 'Hew'.
lions contained in this letter was given. The main
defence was levity of conduct in the Lsdy, bat no-
thing more was proved thin that she had been mar-
ried when very young totter first husband, who was
then an elderly Gentleman, and that, as is not very
-uncommon in such cases, her character was freely
spoken of, though nothing injurious to her fame
could be established. The Damages were laid at
10001. The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff,
2501. and costs.
141P1CCriPTU
en Tat CLOIS OF Tat LONDON AND

LLECTII

ON TUZIDAY TYi 9.30 Jll7lll.
Wood, Waithaian, and Thorp. we are happy to 6od.
Have left Worthy Alderman Curtis brhind !
The People of England now bee at all points,
he Minima's' Hacks ate grown still in their joints;
So they wisely determine to have a new set.
And Romilly choose with Sir Frond. Harnett !
Maxwell's boasted Majority give him tile slip;
He will lose his Election, as sure a. r ii Ship.
Tory, down, down, doss, Tory, down.

W. W. W.:AND T.
The three W.'s, in conjunction with T. 4
'lave turned out of service Ste Vt. C.
Who wishes the past were the present gnnd tense,
But within& and wishing won't alter the Sense,
As she Liv'ry of Loodoo s two obstinate still.
To be bent and unbent at sweet Willi's will ;
So the good sense of friends •ays, '• Bills don't pont,
" But lauth with she Ins don' they've jostled Sou out."
So as t began, I will end, as you'll see,
With W., W., W., T.
June 2S, 1818.

On Thursday Lord Mir-Tort and J. 11.74. vw ORTLRY,
Esq. were duly elected Members for the county of
York, without opposition.
Mr. Arnold, of the Haymarket, was met on
Tuesday night by two men, apparently sailors, in the
fields between Hammersmith and Kensington, who I
offered to accompany him as far as Kensington ; Mr.
Arnold accepted their offer, and they walked to-
getbor shoot a quarter of a mile, when one of the
aeon suddenly turned round, and with the bot-end
of a horse pistol knocked Mr. Arnold down, tied his,
hands, and with the assistance of the other, rubbed.
him of 41. in Bank of England notes, and 21. in silver.
Orders have been received at Chatham to ship oe
board his Majesty's ship Coromandel, the remainder
of the stores left behind by the Rio Janeiro squadron
—a measure which determineElhe destination of that
vessel. The Coromandel is, bowever, undergoing
repair, and is not expected to be ready for sea before
the middle of August.

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MIDDLESEX ELECTION,
sitExTromn, 3.6 at 26-
A great number of Etectors and others,Arlende of
Mr. Byng awl Mr:• Mellish, assembled at the usual
place for the purpose of electing two -Member* for
thi county. The Sheriffs arrived a few Minutes be.
fore ten o'clock, and took their station in the Hotta
lags, constructed with all the . necessary apparetue
fOr a contested Election, and the business of Iteeimp,
Immediately commenced. The concourse of peopO•
was very great. Ise the outskirts of the crowd IL.
semicircle of carriages filled with Gentlemen and
Ladles formed a striking part of the assemblege.-..-
,Just as the necessary preliminaries were reading,
the crowd became vocifetcrus in ribose of Mr. Mellish.
They at last celled so pertinaciously for his appear-
istef, that he &Hit necessity to present histseiG In
MUM he received such a volley of those as induced.
,Itiokinstinctieely to withdruse himself from
" Why don't you shoW us the Corn the Sets
pension Bill, the Indemnity Bill, as proofs of your
character 1" was the mode of catechising adopted
on the occasion., The previous formalities ham
finished,
Mr. WIIITDRVID (when his name *as anooloced,
it was received with the most enthusiastic applause)
spoke to this effect :—" Gentlemen, Electors, and
Freeholders of Middlesee, we are assembled to
else one of the noblest privileges of Eoglishmen: It
Is evident,that the duty we have to perform ought not
to be performed lightly, for our dourest Revives are
at stake.—(Applause.)---Ica making the selection of
Gentlemen to 'represent us in Parliament, we haute
look for men of honest, free, and independent prin-
ciples, who will not forsake their dirty for any selfish
motives.— (Great applause.)-1 felt diffident—yogi%
and unknown as I am—to address you on this occa-
sion ; I rely, however, upon my name, to which I know
I owe the reception which you havegiren me-(Shouts
of applause),—and come before you to propose one
'for your Election whose name speaks for itself.... 4
(Applause )—W ben I propose George liyna, Esq. I
need not say that your interests are safe in his hands.
.--(Great opplause.)—For eight-andatabenty years his
honour, integrity, and independent conduct have
been under your observation ; he has been ever
watchful of your interests ; and he ['ever will forget
his Constituents to serve himself.—( Loud applause.)
—I should not have spoken so decidedly, if I did not
know that Mr. Byng was most highly Morel by one
whom duty, affection, and principle compel me to
honour and love. For 30 years Mr. Byng went hand-
in-hand with my father, in the cause of civil and Mi.
gioos liberty.—(Great applause.)—A cause which
he never can forsake but with his esistence."—(lns-
menu applause.)
Mr. Tat rAIJD (ae we understood) felt great plea.
sere in seconding the proposal of a man whom they
knew and approved.—(Applausc.)—Mr. Byng had
ever advocated the spirit of freedom and independence
which was introduced and established in Englead by
Magna Charts. That ever otemotatee Charter had
recognized the full possession of life, of person, and
of liberty. Without the last, the two first were not
worth enjoying,—(Shords of applause.)—The Bill of
Rights declered those enjoyments to be not ooly the
law of the land, but the inalienable sights of the Peo.
ple.--(//pplatree.)—The Act of Settlement finally
guarded the free possession of life, liberty, and pro•
perty—the birth-right of every Englishman. Thee.
• principles Mr. Brig always supported, and on these
principles he now Wooded his numination.—(Great
applause.)
My: WOOD (of Littleton) assured his brother
Freeholders, that he could not prevent the sin of be.
lug old, hut with their indulgence he came to no-
minate William Mellish, Esq. to be °he of their Re-
presentatives.—[The yell here set op was furious In
the eatreme: when the uproar seemed inextinguisba
able without special interposition, Mr. Sheriff De.
stages came forward, and called upon the Electors
to hear every body and decide afterwards, not to
decide in the first place; but all was in vain; the din
increased, and 64 1100, off, off!" made the Sir deg
again.;—He nominated—(vociferating with. kit vim
most might)—Wililam Mellish, Esq. to rapsollai We
great county in Parliament.
Mr. CRYING uttered at intervals, as he could be
heard, that he agreed in opinion with the Gentleman
who had first addressed them, that the men whom
they elected ought to be free and independent. Its
this opinion he agreed with the Gentleman whose
father he had reapected, and who bad that day af.
forded a fair presage of eminence when his talents,
,now juvenile, should come to maturity. It was a
great and important duty to elect a man to represent
their rights and liberties, and he whom they should
elect ought to be himself independent and incapable
of betraying or neglecting their interests for any Mi-
nister, for no class of men whatever, or to forward
his own private interests. There were different spe.
cies of independence. True independence they were
to seek in the character, the conduct, the life, and,
above all, in the free and independent exercise of a
sound and discriminating judgment. It was a greeC
Many years since he last had the honour of addressing
them in that place. At that time they had beets
engaged in a great and expensive war, of which the
result coeld not then be foreseen. They were now
in the enjoyment of a peace which bad placed this
~cliuntry in a higher rank than the page of history
bed described. This was owing principally to Isis
Wriest!, 'a armies by sea and land; but it was also
owing, in a great measure, to a Government which
kvied itself and studied the interests of the People.
William Mellish, Esq. was a gentleman of the lode.
pendeucehe had described. He seconded his noel.
nation.
Mr. Cciteas came forward, and said he bad Ire
thank them for the distinguished honour of having so
much as bestowed a thought upon him as a fit and
worthy person to represent this great end popelout
county.—(Applause.)—When he said this, no man
was more sure than he that it was no merit of his
which had 'tensioned so high and elevated a distinc-
L
non.7-(Yoo are right,' Clarke, cried a Gentleman
standing close by fir. Mellish.)—He was perfectly _
aware that be owed every thing to that high quarter
from which the incitation came.--(dpplause.)—Re.
form had seemed so elated with what she bad done
with the election of Wood, Waithrnan, and Thorp—
(Bravo, bravo!),--and with the triumph *bleb she
was about to obtain for Westminster, by the electioq
of her favourite child and champion, Sir E. betdett-e

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