It is remarkable, that fince the Court Candidates took the imprudent meafure of bringing the parith books to the luftings, Mr. Fox has had a majority upon every day's poll, except one, when his opponents had the fmall advantage of four votes against him. This fhows what hopes of fuccefs they may reasonably derive from the fcrutiny, which they pretend to expect fo much from.

The licentioufnefs of the print-fhops in exhibiting to public view, caricatures of the moft eminent characters of the country, has long given much fcandal to the laws of decency and propriety, but the excefs to which they have carried it in the courfe of the prefent Election, by the exhibition of prints of the amiable and moft diftinguished female character, has drawn upon them the indignation of the public, in fo much, that the windows of feveral fhops have been broken within thefe few days, in confequence of it. It is to be hoped that this admonition will make the proprietors of thefe flops, in future, more cautious how they prefume to infult the feelings of the public, and teach them to pay more regard to female delicacy, than has been of late ufual with them.

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Mr. Fox has already received the fuffrages of 5827 Electors of Weftminster, moft of whom have honoured him with fingle votes will the tools of the Court audaciously tell us any more, "that he has loft the confidence of the Electors, and that he is no longer the Man of the People ?"

As foon as Mr. Fox was declared a head of Sir Cecil Wray on the Poll, the patriotic beauties at Mr. Jennings's, in Henrietta ftreet, ratified the triumph of independence by a general difplay of laurel branches !

Lord Hood's canvaffers for the laft three days have gone about preffing Electors to vote for Fox and Wray; " and thus difpleafe the friends of neither party;" but the defign was too early difcovered, and generally expofed, for the Court to derive much aid from fo defpicable a manoeuvre!

Yesterday the recruiting party of the Court brought up Mr. Crofs, the deaf and dumb miniature painter to give his fuffrage for Sir Cecil Wray; the unfortunate Gentleman, however, being unable to answer any but private fignals made by his own brother, was, after fome difficulty adjudged not qualified to vote in fupport even of fecret influence!

The friends of Freedom and the Conftitution must not relax in their exertions, becaufe the Man of their Choice has gained the majority over his opponent: they are bound in juftice to the caufe, rather to redouble their zeal in his fupport, and thus raife him fo high, that the powerful machinations of his combined enemies can reach him!

Lord Mahon retired from the Huftings yesterday, in woeful dudgeon! Unluckily a maid-fervant, with a wet mop in her hand, obferved him making his efcape; and watching her opportunity, fhe trundled her dripping weapon fo very dexterously, as to moiften the Peer of the rueful countenance, moft profufely!" His Lordship's face was "like an April morn, clad in a fhower of fuds!"-The poor Peer ftalked off, with a "muttered curfe, "quite chop-fallen!

The joy expreffed yesterday by the populace in Covent Garden, upon the declaration of the majority in favour of Mr. Fox, fufficiently fhows that he is ftill, as the uniformity of his conduct entitles him to be, the darling of the people. It is to be lamented that their zeal hurried them into fome exceffes, fuch as breaking the windows of feveral fhops where prints and caricatures are exhibited, endeavouring to ridicule the caufe in which the Independent Electors of Weftminfter feel themfelves fo deeply interefted. It is however not to be wondered at, that the people fhould not tamely fub

mit to fuch daily infults as are offered to their feelings by thefe indecent and fcandalous exhibitions.

ANTICIPATION.

The Duchefs of D. with the whole Whig intereft of females, appears in battle array at the Theatre, Drury-lane, to fupport the tragedy of Cato-their ftation on the Prince's fide-cockades orange and blue patches on the right cheek.

The Duchefs of R. with the whole Tory intereft of females, appears in battle array at the Theatre, Drury-lane, to oppose the tragedy of Cato-their station on the King's fide-cockades pink and white-patches on the left cheek.

Each party brings into the field large quantities of ammunition, fuch as powder, efence, rouge, &c.

The Duchefs of D. lets fly a volley of arrows from her eyes; down fall the Tories in the Pit.

The Tories in the Pit recover; they venture to advance; the Duchefs of D. opens her breaft-work; the Tories ftand; they fall; Duchefs of D. looks up to the hig gods in the upper region; the Whig gods thunder their approbation.

The Duchefs of R. lets fly a volley of arrows from her eyes; down fall the Whigs

in the Pit.

The Whigs in the Pit recover; they venture to advance; the Duchefs of R. opens her breaft-work; the Whigs ftand; they fall; the Duchess of R. looks up to the Tory gods in the upper regions; the Tory gods thunder their approbation.

The battle rages; lightning and thunder; thunder and lightning.

Lightning flashes from the eyes of the Duchefs of D.-Whig lightning; true blue. Lightning flashes from the eyes of the Duchefs of R.-Tory lightning; deep red. The curtain rifes; Cato appears; the principles of liberty appear in all the elegant ornaments that Addifon's genius could cull

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty,

Is worth a whole eternity of bondage.

The fentiment, like an electrical fhock, flies to the very heart of the hearers; party fubfides, and every Briton applauds.

His Sporting Grace of Queensberry, it is conjectured, will lofe no lefs a fum than 10,000l. in long odds, which he betted fome time fince against Mr. Fox's Election.

It is now with pleasure we inform the fons of freedom and independence, that the following places have exhaufted all their ftores of corruption in fupport of Sir Cecil Wray, and Secret Influence; viz. St. James's, Buckingham House, Treafury, Admiralty, Navy Office, East India Houfe, Bank, South Sea Houfe, Horfe Guards, &c. &c. &c. &c. April 29.] Yesterday overtures were repeatedly made by the defponding partizans of Sir Cecil Wray to clofe the poll, which however were as often rejected by the friendsof Mr. Fox.

About nine o'clock yesterday morning the tail of the Lion on the top of Northumberland Houfe fell down into the street, juft as Sir Cecil Wray was paffing by on his return from a votelefs canvafs: the fuperftitious obfervers of this strange accident gave it an ominous interpretation, predicting thereby the electioneering downfal of the Judaic Baronet, and his patron, old Hurle Thrumbo!

The Committee at Wood's Hotel, for conducting Lord Hood and S Election, have fent no less than three expreffes to Bath, to entreat Mi Chairman, to return to London; but the unprofperous ftate of their cat

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accounts he has received from Weflminfler fince his refidence at Bath, have fo much counteracted the waters, that his health, it feems, will not permit him to comply with their preffing and reiterated folicitations.

The D-—— of D continues to pay a just compliment to thofe persons whofe good opinion ought to have any weight, for the is determined not to abandon Mr. Fox, until he is declared unworthy of fupport by the virtuous, or until he gives up the caufe of the public.

The question is not with whom Mr. Fox votes, but the queflion is, has Mr. Fox given up his public opinions, or abandoned his friends; if he has not, and if he can perfuade men with whom he once differed on public measures to concur with him in acting for the national good, we must be of opinion that he has with effect preached the gospel of patriotifm, and therefore that he deferves to continue in high favour with the Weftminster Electors.

Extract of a letter from Bridgewater, Somerset, April 24.

"This day the Honourable Charles James Fox was prefented by the Mayor, Aldermen, and capital Burgeffes, with the freedom of this borough, and therewith chofen Recorder for the fame, in the room of Vere Poulett, brother to Ann Poulett, Member for the faid borough, &c. &c."

Notwithstanding all the idle ribaldry with which the prints and print-fhops abound, at the expence of one of the most accomplished and perfect female characters of this or any other country; the time is approaching very faft, when the exertions of this lovely woman in the caufe of Liberty and the Conflitution will meet their due reward; when cool and difpaffionate reflection fhall triumph over the prejudices of the day. All men, who think the influence of her Grace contributed to the fuccefs of Mr. Fox's Election, will incline to the belief and confeffion, that fhe redeemed and restored the declining honour of the city of Westminster-that the vindicated the independence of the Electors-that fhe faved them from the arbitrary interference of the Court, and afforded an example of political heroifm, which added a luftre to the exalted dignity of her ftation.

The minifterial prints have been obliged to confefs, contrary to their inclination, that all the voters for Weftminfter have been unexceptionable fince the parish books have been brought to the Huftings; within which time a majority of upwards of three hundred has been done away, and poor Sir Cecil thrown into the back ground, to mourn his folly at his leifure!

An Election correfpondent obferving, with fome furprize, an advertisement from the Committee at Wood's Hotel, with the name of John Churchill, Chairman, calling upon the unpolled Electors of the city of Weftminfter to give their immediate fuffrages in favour of Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray, of which defcription they affert there are ftill a fufficient number to fecure a majority in favour of thofe patriotic Candidates, greater than has appeared during the poll; he begs leave to recall to the recollection of the public, that when the state of the poll was more favourable to the above mentioned patriotic candidates, there appeared an advertisement from the fame Committee, complaining of Mr. Fox's protracting the poll, when the number of unpolled Electors was not fufficient to give him a poffibility of fuccefs. The fame advertisement repeats the determination of the Parochial Committees, to perfevere in fupporting a fcrutiny with the utmost vigour, but the circumftance of Mr. Fox's majority having uniformly increafed fince the parish books have been brought upon the Huftings, does not feem to afford them the most flattering profpect of fuccefs from their adopting fuch a measure. The truth is, that this canting

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