The publication of the poll, confronted with the names of those who figned the Addrefs, will be a strong test of the confiftency and independence of the Westminster Electors.

Mr. Fox, at the clofe of the poll yesterday, attempted to harangue his old friends the mob, but the noife of biffing was fo great, it was impoffible for him to be heard; his carriage stood near the Huftings, with the harness loofened and unbuckled, and furrounded with a chofen band, in readiness for the bufinefs which was to follow. On his returning to the carriage, the horses were inflantly taken out, and his hireling few drew him to his houfe in St. James's-ftreet, not amidst the acclamations of the populace, as was expected by his friends who planned the scheme, for the manœuvre was too paltry and too clearly feen through, to excite any thing more than a contemptuous laugh at the abfurd attempt to recover the popularity of a man, who feems to have loft every fhadow of right to public favour.

When the Duchefs of D-re was canvaffing for Mr. Fox's party at St. Alban's, as she stepped out of her carriage to go into the houfe of a butcher, by fome accident her fhoe was torn, infomuch that it was with difficulty fhe could keep it on her foot. In this embarraffinent, the beautiful politician acquitted herself with great vivacity and good humour; fhe kicked the fhoe from her, and faid, "I gladly ferve my friends, even bare-footed." When Julius Cæfar landed in Africa, as he jumped out of the veffel he ftumbled, and fell to the ground. The fuperftitious foldiery would have been discom fited at fo ominous an incident, had not Cæfar with great quietnefs turned it into a fa vourable prognoftic. He grafped the earth, and exclaimed Teneo, te Africa. "I hold "thee Africa." As if he would conquer in fpite of fortune. What an excellent couple Julius Cæfar and the Duchefs of De would have formed?

Monday at three o'clock, as one of the clerks appointed to take the Poll for Lord. Hood and Sir Cecil Wray was retiring from the Huftings, he was affaulted in a moft outrageous manner by a chairman, who ftruck him feveral times on the fhoulders with a bludgeon. The clerk endeavoured to make his escape to Wood's Hotel, but the chairman pursuing him, made a ftroke at his head, and he fell down. The mob perceiving the tranfaction, protected the clerk from further violence, and they endeavoured. to secure the chairman, who had also struck a failor on the eye with his bludgeon, and it is fuppofed that the poor fellow will lofe his fight.

The chairman being thus taken, was carried to Covent Garden Round-house, and the clerk's head was examined by a furgeon, who advised bleeding, the application of a poultice, and he pronounced the wound to be of a nature which rendered it impoffible to answer for the confequence.

In the evening the chairman was removed from the Round-houfe to Bow-ftreet, where Sir Sampfon Wright attended as the acting magiftrate, The perfon of the chairman was identified by feveral witneffes; the fact of his giving the blow, was proved on oath, and every circumftance was investigated with the greatest impartiality. The chairman of courfe denied the charge, and a perfon attended in quality, of Solicitor to offer bail for his appearance. The confequences which might refult from the contufion being not, however, yet afcertainable, the tender of bail was refufed, and Mr. Patrick Joyce (for that is the chairman's name) was committed to prison.

It is curious to obferve how the Candidates of every defcription, at the prefent moment, affume to themselves the title of Friends of the People.. The venal and the am bitious, the tyrant landlord, the profligate gamefter, the encroacher upon legal rights and conftitutional privileges, all boldly pronounce upon the integrity of their paft conduct, and talk of virtues which they never knew.. Amongst the foremost of these bold Hypocrites, are the very perfons who, in the conteft for power, trampled upon

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the great charter, infulted their conftituents, and would have facrificed the three branches of the legislature to a fourth unnatural, hateful, monftrous power of their own creating. But let thefe truths be impreffed upon the mind of every Elector throughout the kingdom:

1. The friend of the people is the friend of the conftitution, as fettled at the glorious Revolution.

2. He that would lop off any one branch of the legislature, is an enemy to all. 3. Paft good conduct is the best teft of future integrity.

Mr. Fox, in his canvas for the city of Westminster, met with many rude and mortifying refufals, but his great affability and facetious difpofition gained him over fome friends, who declared they could not refuse him a vote, (though they difliked his political principles); but his great fupport is from the Bedford and Devonshire interefts, who frain every nerve to ferve him.

Yesterday the beautiful coalition Duchefs again exerted herself in the caufe of her friend. Her Grace was dreffed in a black riding habit, probably lamenting the hopeless condition of the party. The weather being rather cold, her Grace had Paddy L the blanket merchant, in her carriage. It was remarked, that affairs must be in a defperate way indeed, when the ladies were obliged to have recourfe to brandy.

It is faid, that speedily will be published, a new Lift of the Covent Garden Ladies. When the canvaffing Duchefs folicited a tradesman in York-fireet for his vote and interest in favour of Mr. Fox, he faid he could not have refused her request, if she had been in company with a gentleman.

It had been reported, that Perdita's carriage was diftrained upon for a debt of several hundred pounds; but the fair one gave the lie to the report, by appearing yesterday in the Covent Garden cavalcade.

Notwithstanding the affiduity of our modern Venus, in her canvafs of yesterday, to her great difappointment, fhe could not fecure a fingle plumper.

The D-fs of Dev-re fays, at all events, if her friend Charley fhould be difcharged at Westminster, the only borough in her gift is at his fervice.

If men find themselves abafhed on being under the neceffity of applying for votes among ftrangers, and people of rude aud unpolished manners, what are we to expect from women? What are we to think of their female foftnefs and delicacy, who bounce from fhop to fhop, infifting on men giving their voice according to their defire? In truth, thefe ladies may mean well; and it fhews them to be friendly at bottom, but it alfo fhews, that they have parted with that feminine modefty, and unaffuming delicacy which form the characteristic of an amiable woman.

Though the tide was against the Hood and Wray men of war at their first fetting out, yet the wind changed fo favourably on Saturday, and the Commander of the former, being an experienced failor, knew fo well how to make a good ufe of it, that, taking his confort in tow, he fhot rapidly a-head of the Fox firefhip, which is left now beating up aftern. Poor "fix to one," what a fad reverfe! If fome fair breeze, of which there is no appearance in the hemifphere at prefent, does not fuddenly fpring up, he will, in all likelihood, be obliged to invert the former reckoning of his log-book, and, in place of it, fet down only one to fix.

A certain beautiful lady of quality, who has for fome days paft canvaffed on foot for her favourite Candidate, met lately with fuch a reception as the might reafonably expect; one man offered 100 votes for one of her favours.

A tradefman of the Prince of W. being afked by his friends, whether he had voted for Mr. Fox, replied, "Yes, d --n him: but I have procured nine of my own depen"dants to vote against him." This anecdote, which proves how difficult it is to refift the popular current in a free country, may be depended on as a fact, although, from a regard to the interest of the fpirited tradefman, we avoid giving any hints of his name, profeffion, or place of abode.

Anecdote.-The Duchefs of D---- asked a butcher for his vote, "I will give your "Grace a plumper," fays the tradefman, " and procure you five more, on a certain con"dition." "What is that?""That your Grace will give me a kiss.” "Why then," fays the charming Duchefs, " take one."

A gentleman, who had a vote both for Westminster and Surry, being very ftrongly folicited, by a certain Duchess, to vote for Charles Fox and Sir Robert Clayton, anfwered, "That he was very forry that it was not in his power to oblige her Grace, but that he had made an unalterable refolution, neither to vote for Fox nor Goofe." Extract of a letter to Mr. Fox, from a certain canvaffing Duchefs.

Dear Charles,

"Yesterday I fent you three votes, but went through great fatigue to procure them; "it coft me ten kiffes for every plumper. I'm much afraid we are done up---will fee you "at the porter Shop, and confult ways and means.

D

e House.

Yours,

SA DE.

N. B. Clare Market is a filthy place-keep up your spirits; I have a borough-you know where.

The Duchefs of Devonshire yefterday canvaffed the different alehoufes of Westminster,. in favour of Mr. Fox. About one o'clock fhe took her share of a pot of porter at SamHoufe's, in Wardour-ftreet*.

Mr. Fox, it is faid, means to ftand for Middlefex, in conjunction with Mr. Byng. Carlo Khan prefents his compliments to his approved good friends, and requests them at least to countenance his caufe, and not any longer to caft a damp upon his hopeful profpetts by fuch rueful and woe-begun looks, as he has refources yet unexhaufted. His chairmen, porters, linkboys, and ballad-fingers, who have not yet polled, are requested to give an early tendance to-morrow. The great coats, purchafed by the fubicriptionmoney, and the shirts and fmall clothes, furnished by her Grace the Duchefs of -- will be delivered out at the feveral places of rendezvous.

On Tuesday night laft it is certain that a very ferious encounter was apprehended between the Irish chairmen and Lord Hood's failors. The fcene of action, it was expected, would be St. James's-ftreet. A regiment of guards had orders to be in readiness.

Wednesday evening, about five o'clock, a ftrong party of chairmen purfued a few fugitive failors into a Mews in Charlotte-ftreet, Portland-place, where they absolutely killed one man: another feaman had his skull fractured, and many others were very

much hurt.

Notwithstanding the exultation expreffed by the opponents of Mr. Fox, upon his being rather behind upon the poll; and though appearances, it must be confeffed, feem. rather unpromifing, yet it has been whifpered by his friends, with fome confidence, that fhould huinan means fail, he is not deftitute of other refources, having been encouraged, by repeated applaufive purrings, to expect the aid of the fuperhuman talents and abilities of Dr. Katterfelto's thrice-celebrated black cat, the wonderful wonders already performed

Morning Poft In the courfe of thefe paragraphs, we have only to caution our readers, that all the abufe and illiberality against the virtuous and lovely Duchefs of Devonshire is taken from this infamous paper, whofe flander, however ill-meant, can never take effect with the lovers of truth, and those of the public, who know. any thing of the Editor.

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by whom can leave no room to doubt a favourable iffue for Mr. Fox in the present conteft.

The Westminster Election, which now may be confidered as fettled in favour of Sir Cecil Wray, adds another proof to the old experience, that "honefty is the best "policy," that nothing but fhabby failure can attend a plan of impofition and roguery.

The publication of the Poll for Weftminster will be the completeft libel that ever was on the few individuals of decency and fubftance who have been furprised or forced among the infamous and infolvent wretches who have been the fupporters of Mr. Fox-pimps, brothel-keepers, quack doctors, uncertificated bankrupts, blacklegs, and blackguards of all denominations!

It has ingratiated Sir Cecil Wray with all ranks of men, that he has pledged himself, according to Doctor John Jebb's teft, to be the faithful agent of his conftituents; and of course, among other propofed emendations of a public nature, is the fast friend of a Parliamentary Reform.

It was Mr. Wilkes and Sir Cecil Wray who laid before Adminiftration the plan for taking off the laft tax upon porter; by which that wholesome beverage will again be retailable at three-pence a quart!

The diffenters, a moft valuable body of men, as well as all the London clergy, are decidedly in favour of Sir Cecil Wray and Lord Hood.

The other day upon the Huftings, but where our correfpondent does not mention, a Candidate, whofe private character was of a loofe and profligate kind, was pofitively dunned for feveral debts in the hearing of all the byeftanders.

Chelfea Hofpital-Look at the red book, and fee how the French footmen, the foreign cooks, the runners, the parafites of former paymasters and their accomplices, are wallowing in coftly and ufelefs accommodations, to the exclufion and ftarvation of the worthy old warriors. Petonet, Rigby's footman, eats up 150l. a year; Beaumont, the Duchefs of Bedford's butler, 250l. Horfington, Lord Keppel's bailiff, 100l. Champion, the baker, 100l. though all the bread is bought from a contractor, &c. &c. Let Charles Fox answer this if he can.

The Political CONFESSION OF FAITH of

before the great Congregation

of the People, in folemn Meeting assembled on the 30th Day of the Month Abib.

NEGATIVE BELIE F.

A Reprefentative ought not to have

Any eyes of his own

Any tongue of his own,

Any judgment of his own,
Any purfe of his own.

AFFIRMATIVE BELIEF..

A Reprefentative ought to have the
Eyes of his constituents,

Tongue of his constituents,
Judgment of his conftituents,
Purte of his conftituents.

Sic eredo fic vole.

Templa

Temple Bar and the Counter-gate now lift up their heads--in hopes of their proper garniture. Their "promotion cometh neither from the East, from the Weft, nor yet

from the South!"

On the publication of the Poll for Westminster, a bet was offered laft night at the Cocoa Tree, that not one confiderable ftock-holder in the public funds would be found in the Poll of Charles Fox. The bet going on the principle of felf-intereft, and each man's regard to his own property, was on its firft face fuch a truifm, as makes it fure of winning.

The friends of a certain defponding candidate having exhausted their immenfe stock of falsehood and abufe upon those real favourites of the citizens of Westminster, Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray, are determined at last to end the matter handsomely, by refigning their pretenfions on the glorious 12th of April, and making the amende bonorable to thofe brave men, on whom they have fo unmeritedly thrown the most ungrounded afperfions.

We are affured that a certain Great Perfonage has ordered the German confectioner in St. James's-ftreet to prepare an elegant model of the Ville de Paris ftriking to the Barfleur, with the other profeffional devices, to celebrate this fecond victory of the gallant Hood on this great day, fo fatal to the enemies of Great Britain.

This being the 12th of April, the anniversary of that glorious day, when the empire of Great Britain was faved, perhaps from annihilation, by the victory over Admiral De Graffe in the West Indies; a victory which was acknowledged to have been obtained principally by the intrepidity and exertions of LORD HOOD; it is hoped that the people of this capital will not forget an occurrence fo glorious and fo beneficial to Britain, but will attend in Covent Garden to congratulate the brave veteran on the recollection of a triumph fo flattering to the pride of every one, who deferves the honour of being called an ENGLISHMAN.

Let this anniversary be contrafted with that of the 27th of July; and then let a juft omparifon be drawn beetween the Coalition Admirals, and those who support the prerent Administration.

The ftory of Lord North's difcomfiture at Banbury was an election manœuvre of good effect at Covent Garden, and well managed by Mr. Jackson, agent to the Duke of Newcastle. Printed bills were pafted on the walls, pofts, &c. and parties brought to huzza the event. A note was handed up to the Chancellor, as he was hearing a caufe. It threw him into a violent fit of laughter, from a state of gravity bordering on morofenefs; and he communicated the occafion of his merriment to the Court.

Which is the most genuine defcription of Secret Influence? A Peer of the realm advifing his Sovereign in great national concerns, and avowing it openly in the great national affembly, or a P----e obliging his tradefmen by the terrors of difmiffion, and D-les employing all the fafcinating attractions of female beauty, to caufe them to vote contrary to their judgment, and in oppofition to what they conceive to be for the public welfare?

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We are affured, on authority not contemptible, that there is no borough at prefent vacant for Mr. Fox. The D. of P. kept one in referve for fome days, till it was thought that Mr. Fox was certain of carrying his point in Weftminster. not to be imagined, however, that Mr. Fox will be in the fituation of many among his friends. His great abilities entitle him to a feat in Parliament, and his usefulness to the party will enfure him a feat for one of the Coalition boroughs.

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