The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-26 00:00:00

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i• ;, long befine that time, so far from itceojoyieg lade. Alarties,SetGrowid. Ile saidither eight had never
pendence, it was considered as depending on the been founded upon the district i question being an.
A . Court and the two fatelikoa of Newcastle and flexed in or part of the. City od Westminster, and
) Northumberland, and to heatteauch at their disposal went at large into the history of that liberty, to prove,
,is any rotten botough in the kingdom could be.— that in point of fact, it never did belong either to ,
' That was the sort of Indepesetence which tee•gallant Westminster or to London, but -had ' a separate and
Captein wished to resaore. It was nut till 1780,
!r distinct jurisdiction of it, emu; tea the Learned Gee.
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• when an eminent and enlightened Statesmen, who was tleman Tooted the teat Resolution of the House o•
t : recommended to the People of Westmiuster by his Commons on the subject, to show, that it was there'
friend, the late I). Jebb, broke up that species of its- described as part of the County of Middlesex. He
also argued on the sums authority, it is not by
dependence which the gallant Captain wished to see
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4 - virtue of any annexation to a particulaejorisdiction,
restored. But the complete isiumph of the friends of
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the real independence of ‘Vesimineter took placein that a right of voting subsists, (or that many of these
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- 1307, and that independnce he hoed they wontd be districts which ,now assist to return Members for
able to maintain without the assistance of the noble Westminster. are, Within thejurisdiction of the Duchy
1. . .Captain—(4pcolanse)—.and he hoped the eiewt of Lancaster, wed io no way •connected with- the,
would shoe that they wanted none -of his assistance. City of Westminster. Their right of voting, there. •
to maintain their own rights and liberties.-.. fore,.• as well as in the present case, is derived from
t • plause.)— After the able speech of an Hon. Gentle. immemorial usage, and from that only. He there.
man, he would nottake up any more of their time; Pere .submitted that the Post-Office Act barites, for
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1:: all he isished to impress on them vas, that though general convenience, .attached the district of St.
• they had gained a glorious triumph, every one ought Martin-le-Grand to the City of London, did not,
11 , • yet to canvass as if Sir Francis Burdett was in the either by implication or otherwise, invalidate the
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minority. He trusted that every man would to. right of its householders to -vote 'Lille election of
.- ) morrow bring one voter, and that would set their be- Members for Westminster. . ..
10 . • loved Candidate at the head of the Poll—and that the Messrs.. Prrses and EVANS, on the part of Sir
abseot Ministerial Candidate would be-obliged to re. Francis Burdett, cited a 'mother of authorities in
Itire in disgrace from the contest.—(Loud cheering.) support of the allegation, that a franchise cannot be
•• is , Mr. WIIIIIART then stepped forward on the front destroyed by implication.
veiling, and wle hailed, as on the former day, with Mr. ADOLPtiuS, on the part of Sir Murray Mex.
loud acclamations hy the multitude. Ile said he had well, in reply, insisted upon his original objection,
and said it was quite clear, that Whenever a change
) agaio to congratulate them on the part of the friends
took place in the nature or tenure of property, that
of Sir S. Rovailly for thPir continued and successful
the rights incident to it must change also ; that in
' . efforts in his favour. and on the general SW:CM ,of
this case a transfer of property had .been made by
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• the cause of liberty, in the continuance of its two
the Ihighest conveyance of the law, by Act of Perlis.
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stoat eminent Champions at the bead of the Poll.—
ment. He insisted that the inhabitants had hitherto
( Loud applause.)-11e had also to congratulate them
only voted in right of their houses, which now tome'.
. ' ou another subject; the acknowledgement of a right,
ed part of the City of London, and that therefor!
which was supposed to be disputable, that of the
sa., they could not, and ought not to have a right ••of
I • :1.7, Parish of St. Martins's-Grand to vote in the City
of Westminster. It was supposed by some that the electing forWestmiiister,end instanced, that in noease
1 : t'?: - housekeepers of that parish were affected in their did the inhabitants of a town, which was a county in
itself vote for the election of Members for the coolants,
• -: right of voting by the late Act of Parliament which
at large, although situated within that county.
bad passed for the building of a new Post-Office. It
Was now decided otherwise—(Loud applause);— After fully considering the question, and the av-
. -• thorities laid before him, thwiliGU BAILIFF decided
and surely it could not be endured that the elective
agaeverainst tof the inhabitants of St. Martin's-le-Grand
he objection. •
1 • franchise, which was already so narrow, should be S •
1.. further circumscribed be the operation of Acts of this l
accordingly were permitted to vote yesterday. From
description. On the contrary, he hoped that the pri-
vileges of the People in that respect would take a the exertions which were made by the friends of Sir
i *more eztensive range throughout the whole kingdom, S. Hominy, in vindication of the elective right of
these people, it was expected that tiny would have
stela that the influence of great families, who bad too
voted for the Learned Gentleman ; yet 10 of them
pretensions to public favour, would shortly, and for
gave pluiDpers to Sir F. Burdett!
goer be extinguished, to the great henefit of the po.
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_Oder interests.—( Loud applause.) :_-...--_....._—_.
Mr. HUNT DOW came forward in his original sta. LA W INTI e LLIG BNC R.
I- i i tion. Be' was obliged to stand silent for a long time, .......o—.
* ' In consequence of the uproar. He at length es. COURT OF CIIANCF.RY, Jore 25. ..
01 claimed, " I am in no hurry." -66 Never mind two TEmeEsT V. OBEY.
or three geese."—(The mob were attending to Mr. The Solicitors in this cause, waited on the Lord
G: Jones's signal and waving their hats.)—He did Chancellor at ten o'clock in his private room, and
not perceive any great vierory to.dity by any of the communicated to his Lordship whatever information
I. ' Candidates. fie had a higher object in view than to they possessed, with regard to the points which his
stand high on the Poll ; he had come there to watch Lordship reserved for further consideration. Even if
the proceedings and to record to his countrymen the that information should have afforded adequate
mots which took place. He then alluded to the grounds for decision; it is not known whether his
term " mob," as applied by Mr. Kinnaird, and sc. Lordship will deliver his judgment upon the points in
i knowledged that Mr. Kinnaird had no bad mitten• question in open Court, as they are supposed to be
tires. He next animadverted on the character of Mr. exclusively of a personal nature. The result, how.
• Fox.—((:ties of Oliver, hunt, and (:o. and Where ever, will be known in a few days.
1 is your wife 7)—Mr. Hunt turned towards the Host- THE MARQUIS OP BUCILINGUAIt V. EARL TEMPLE.
.4, jugs, and cried out, " Let some friend of mine go and This was a motion of course. By the will of Earl
o• learn that scoundrel's name."—(This occasioned a Temple's grandmother, certain. estates in•Northatn p-
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• great tumult within the Hustings;• Mr. Hunt rushed ton, were left in the heads of trustees to be sold, in
in, and remained there for
,some minutes; when order that with the assets, spates should be purchased
he returned he was beard with more attention.)-- for the Earl in another county. Au-application had
After the election they would soon learn and' be eon- been made to the Court, to permit Earl Temple, not,
• 'winced that what was done there was of little effect. withstanding the will, to 'safer reooteries, that the
, lle cared not which of the three Candidates were re. estates in question, might remain in the family with:
turned. He had before told them that no good out any sale taking place. An order was made to that
could amiss from what was done in the -House of effect, but some error having occurred in the order,
) 1 Iti Commons. Their forefathers had fought lit their the object of the present motion was to have the
liberties, and the day would soon come when they estates applied to the uses in the order mentioned.-
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most contend in another manner for their liberties. Granted. .
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i —(Great confusion, and loud cries of " off, off!") ---vers---.
—lle would stand there till Ike last moment, unless
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, i _UNE 25.
his life were taken. He would speak on while they
t ' IThe Sittings for London commenced this day.
protected him. Without their protection, no man THErihEING V. TtlossAS GILL AND BERNARD lIENRY.
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was site. He had asked no man's vote, end yet u. .
• s was an. indictment for a conspiracy. The
wards of sixty had manfully come forward and voted two first counts charged that the two Defeudants well
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rank, while the other Electors would be skulking t acertam instrument called a hydreaseter,
made by the Defendant Gill, was imperfect, of tittle
I behind their counters.--(A great uproar, and cries
, . # or no value, and not saleable, had conspired and
of " off, of !")—He should now give place to his
4 t I combined together, under false pretences and devices,
I friend, oho was to address them. The public press
to induce certain• opticians_ and mathematical lustre.
paid him uo attention, but be had got a • reporter for
ment.makers to purchases 'timber of them ; Henri
••• himself, and they should have a fall account of his ' •
giving the order to the opticians, who bought of Gill,
speech in a cheap form. an
• ' d Henry never afterwards calling to take, the hp
M r Gate Jones then came for ward, and defended
drometers away. The two last counts charged thai
P . 141 r. Ilunt (mottle charger made against his private the Defendants had conspired and combined together
charaiter. Ile observed,that if such insinuations as
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.. I they had heard that day from the Hustings and other defraud certain opticians, &c. by inducing thensto
places, were to be considered as disquelificatiens to
ic , buy a number of Gill's hydrometers on the order o
public men, there were few -persons-in the country, lUsury • Henry never afterwards- paying for them
not escepting even the highest, who might not be ob.
but leaving them on the hands of the opticians, &c.
jected to on such a ground. -Besides, it must be
' . admitted that it was impossible for them to tro uw all The facts of the case have already been pablisheo
. when the matter was broughtbefore the Lord Mayo'
the circumstances, or possess *efficient information in
' Gill is patentee of a hydrometer on a new construe
eases of this nature, to come aottrfeir opinion one
'1 darts and the accusation against him was, that h
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• • had procured Henry. to give orders for them amen'
The different parties-then ietived.
. . .. - the trade ; and after Gill. had received the mime,
4 t;, from them, never completing the contract-by Doyle
' i ELECTIP 0 ..KRANGIOS IC for them. The witnesses for the ,prosecution (whit:
• IN Wt.liThltelsiifel,..4 n we, , was conducted by Mr.. Scarlett) clearly •made•out th
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A very Important point was yesterday decided by the shop of Mr. Banks, a mathematical instrument
• I • the High Bailiff, with respect to the right of the in. makers.and ordered five of Gill's hydrometers, Wirt
habitants of St. ;Hittites-104;4.'1)d, to vote at the very particular in his direction that they should 1
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election of Members for Westminster. Om Tuesday, made by Gill, as none others would de. Ile di
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t .i-a f Mr. Hill, from that district, Widowed-his vote, which posited some 'totes as earnest, arid give his addse
.? •,- - . was objected to h -y. Mr. Aoomnive, on the ground as at Houton; bat on enquiry, no such person -wt
t ' • I hat by the late Post-OfficeAct,St. Martin's. le.Grand found there. Banks did not comply with the order
• _ •" was taken out of the jurisdiction of-the Dean of but when nett Henry celled, made some excuse, at
l Westminster, end annexed to the City of London. traced him to Gilt's, end from thence to a stage
L' t 4, . Mr. SAIRItoW, op the part of the inhabitants, Biehopsgateestreetw Aienry there denied that th
1 -v.a# ,•• contended that they could not be disfranchised by mks.bierwolle; WA*, Banks secnersdad. in 4°l6'
17' 15e- it • implication, end that the Act -alluded to by Mr. him late a hackneystoach, he at -length caofessedi
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414-,..44. alphas, contaittei atoespresswordeto take away' bla tAddedithat if it were wished to makeit out aco
t•• . the right which theseashabitents hadenyoyed by im. swag), between him awdGril, the patine would
sNri.,3 memorialoaage..: •.v. : .. mist sisett,- her, -it. Iwellowly, a simple contract deb
i - 'ry.l ' Mr. BLUE, •as Counsel .for Sir Salauel..Berilly, sod he Mid se acted to oerve his friend GOlg. (
. .rat on the same side contended, that not even err imply- anecbecAttakaioa kit made the alms collivcsies t•lic
cation had Demi raised by. the •Act, •to prejudice -the to others deftanded Messrs-. Dollend, Mr. }Our
sight which was claimed by .thesinhabitents. ON St. itidldr,Webbe, Some of the. wits wllich Hen
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