A full month elapfed between this firft effort to diflurb the tranquility of Weftminfter, and that more effectual one which took place on Monday laft, and there had not, during the whole of that interval, appeared the finalleft fymptom of a tumultuous difpofition, nor in fact the leaft attempt at difturbance whatever.-If Mr. Fox's adherents had been difpofed to tumult, how was it that they did not difcover their inclina-". tion, during this long interval, when they might have done it with lefs danger and more certainty of fuccefs-Are the Committee of Wood's ready to admit that the Mob, as they called them who adhered to Mr. Fox, are men of fuch nice honour that they are only to be ftimulated into action by a fenfe of danger? If fo, let them answer to the world, why they put them in a fituation by an influx of armed conftables, of difplaying this very extraordinary quality in a "hired banditti."-If Mr. Fox's mob, as they term them, were like other mobs, they certainly would have been as much difpofed to be riotous when they were pretty nearly on a footing of equality with the enemy, as when they were quite inferior to them, and if they were men of that high mettle to fight only when fpurred to it by great danger, why were thefe official raggamuffins brought to produce that danger?-Thefe are queftions that they will perhaps have fome difficulty in replying to.-Full thirty days had paffed, during which Mr. Fox, from being the unfaccefsful, became the victorious candidate, and no indication of tumult appearedneither the exultation of victory, nor the provocations of the enemy, who, as is generally the cafe, became more infolent in proportion as they were lefs fuccefsful, could induce Mr. Fox's friends to violate that harmony, the obfervance of which he was every day fo ftrongly enforcing to them from the Huftings. Under thefe circumftances, a low, dirty, wretched pettyfogging mercenary Juftice of the Peace for Middlefex, undertakes (contrary to the declared fenfe of a general meeting of magiftrates convened for the occafion) to bring one hundred fellows, under the denomination of conftables, to the Huftings. It is now known that these men were compofed of the worit members of the loweft orders of the community--as they had not been appointed conftables before the commencement of the Election, and were at laft appointed by an open and violent friend to Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray, let any man afk himfelf, with what feelings these people probably came to the Huftings, were they likely to be impartial in the execution of their office, who had received their appointment from one of the most hot-headed partizans belonging to one fide of the queftion? If it was probable that they would, on this account, have a predilection one way, in what manner were they likely to fhow it; that must be answered, by afking what is the ufual mode in which disbanded foldiers, crimps, fhoe-blacks, and other fuch vagabonds, generally conduct themfelves in a mob? The confequence was fuch as is eafy to be prefaged from fuch proceedings.A riot took place, the unhappy effects of which are generally known, and fincerely regretted by one fide of the queftion. Now let any man of plain unfophifticated understandftanding, lay his hand upon his heart and fay, which he believes to have been the caufe of this tumult, thofe men who had attended at the Huftings, for thirty days together, with uninterrupted good order and tranquility, or those who came came but one day, and on that the mifchief took place. This can be no queftion with a fair or reafoning man. Before these conftables came, all was quiet. When they ceafe to come, all is quiet again. Then who caused the disturbance? No detail of circumftances is wanting in a cale fo clear.He that runs may read. May 15.] Yefterday the poll at Covent Garden clofed at two o'clock, by particular defire of Mr. Fox. It feems, fome of Sir Cecil's peaceable friends had determined to bring the corpfe of the unfortunate conftable, who died of his wounds, from his refidence in the Tower Hamlet (to which place he was removed) and to bury him in Covent Garden Church-yard, juft at the clofe of the poll. This was intimated to Mr. Fox, who very wifely prevented the effects which this humane fcheme would most probably have produced, two. Mr. Fox, in his fpeech from the Huftings, ftrongly recomto do is to depart to their refpective houfes, and declared the poll would kay Dext at three o'clock. Du die macher prepofal was made to Mr. Fox, by Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray, um of the High Bailiff, to close the poll finally as the next day; ter was peremptorily declined by the former; the High Bailiff then rebe a clote it by his own authority on Monday next. The sing is a fact that can be proved by the moft indifputable teftimony. Juft as. Vetses were about to fet off from Buckingham-houfe for Covent Garden Theatre, ot olay evening (May 14) a private meilage, reached them from two illuftrious candi Galong them, for G-d's fake, not to venture into the regions of Covent Garden. eg, for fear of confequences the most fatal, as an affault was meditating of the got ding nature! Sentible of the perfeverence of a certain character, they knew this evice would have no other effect then making the royal vifit at the Theatre a matter of greater certainty-the next thing was to contrive an uproar in the playhoufe, to fulfil Fr zealous prediction; for this purpofe, the heroes themfelves, with party ribbons in theit hats for the first time, went to the box lobby, and by various attempts endeavoure to force themelves into a confpicuous part of the fide boxes, well knowing that a violent conteți and uproar must have been the inevitable confequence of their appearance. The boxkeepers, however, who faw through the defign, and ever determined to preferve the peace of the Theatre, very laudably told them there was no room in any purt of the houfe (which was far from the fact) and thus prudently defeated the execution of a manœuvre, more defperate and pitiful, if poffible, than the proceffional interment of the riotous crimp, who was lately flain in their bonourable fervice! The political opinion of the people of this country wears a very different afpect from that in which it was reprefented to the Throne by Addreffes. London, to prove that the Addrefs from the Metropolis fpoke not the real fentiments of its inhabitants, has eleted the very party who fupported Mr. Fox. And Weftminster, by a confiderable majority, have proved, in the most decided manner, that the Addrefs prefented, and. faid to be theirs, was diametrically oppofite to the fenfe of the people. This must convince our most gracious Sovereign, that he was deceived into a refolution of diffolving the Parliament. A correfpondent informs us as a fact, that early in last week the fum of four pence was: fent to Drummond's banking-houfe as a fubicription towards Sir Cecil Wray's Scrutiny,. and after fome confultation in the back office, the fame was received and carried to account!!" Tell it not in Gath, &c." A Gentleman who was prefent obferves, that Mr. Fox's conduct in closing the Poll on Friday at two o'clock, was well timed, for it had the effect of stopping the burial. of the deceafed conftable until four o'clock that afternoon, at which time the hearfe arrived in the Garden from the Tower Hamlets, and was by direction of Sir Cecil's. peaceable friends driven firft facing the Shakespeare, and then turned round the Garden. under Jennings's window, drove before the Huftings with a mourning coach, following it in which was the widow, who in tenderness to her deceafed hulband, thruft her. head out of the coach-window, crying, "blood for blood." If our correfpondent had not: heard the words and feen the conduct he could scarcely have given it credit. May 17.] This day at three o'clock the Poll closed for the city of Westminster, after being open fince the ift of April laft. The numbers were, for Lord Hood Hon. Charles James Fox Sir Cecil Wray Majority for Mr. Fox, 6694 6234 5998 236 As As foon as the High Bailiff declared the numbers on the Poll, Sir Cecil Wray, in a written declaration to the High Bailiff, containing his motives for fo doing, demanded a fcrutiny. [For a copy of the Requifition, &c. and an account of the other particulars relating to the tranfactions, in the Veftry of this day, fee p. 209.] On Mr. Fox's quitting the Veftry, his friends who were affembled to the amount of many thousands, infifted on chairing him, and the grandeft fpectacle enfued which we ever faw on any fimilar occafion. The crowds were innumerable; the windows were filled with the most beautiful women that ever youthful fancy can imagine; the streets were lined with carriages, and choaked with multitudes of the people. The description of Henry IV. was demonftrated, and notwithstanding the immenfe concourfe, and the general triumph, the whole was conducted, not only with the greatest regularity, but with the profoundest peace. The following was the order of the proceffion : Heralds on Horfeback. Twenty-four Marrow-bones and Cleavers. Thirty Firemen of Westminster. Committees of the Seven Parishes, with white Wands, following their respective banners, and attended by numberless Gentlemen of the fever al diftricts. SQUADRON OF GENTLEMEN on Horfeback in the Blue and Buff uniform. Trumpets. Flag. THE RIGHTS OF THE COMMONS. Grand Band of Mufic. Flag.-THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE. Marshals on Foot. TRIUMPHAL CHAIR, Decorated with Laurels, in which was feated Trumpets. Flag. The WHIG CAUSE! Liberty Boys of Newport Market. Mr. FOX's CARRIAGE crowned with Laurels. STATE CARRIAGES of their Graces two and two, &c. &c. The route of the proceffion was round Covent Garden, down Ruffel and Catharineftreets into the Strand, Charing crofs, down Parliament ftreet, round the end of Great George-street, and back to Charing-crofs, Pall-mall, &c. St. James's-ftreet, Piccadilly, Berkley-street, round Berkley-fquare; back through Berkley-ftreet, and into Devonfhire-houfe Court-yard, where the various banners formed in front, while Mr. Fox, alighting from his chair, afcended the fteps, and joined his Royal Highnefs the PRINCE of WALES, their Graces the Duke and Duchefs of Devonshire, Lady Duncannon, and a train of other illuftrious beauties, who were affembled on the platform, in order to greet the arrival of their favourite Reprefentative. Mr. Fox from thence addreffed his 3 B 2 friends, friends, in an elegant speech, moft cordially thanking them for the high honour they had conferred upon him, and requesting, as their triumph in the caufe of freedom and independence had been fo highly honourable to him and themselves, it might not be fullied by the fmalleft marks of tumult or intemperance. The proceffion then turned off to Willis's fpacious rooms in King-ftreet, where they fat down to dinner about eight in the evening, and the night was fpent with unufual exhiliration. The conftitutional toafts which have always been drank at the meetings of Mr. Fox's friends were given; and Mr. Morris joined his convivial powers to the fpirits of the company, which were fufficiently elevated with the triumph of the day. He fung two new fongs full of applicable points. After the toast of the Independent Electors of Westminifter Mr. Baker propofed as a toaft," Mr. Fox, and may the House of Commons fulfil the "efforts of the Independent Electors of Westminster, and complete the Election of the man of their choice." This toaft was drank with infinite applaufe, and Mr. Fox, in return, obferved, that he fhould be the most ungrateful man on earth not to feel the most lively fenfations of fatisfaction and acknowledgment to the prefent company on the event of that day. It was a coincidence of circumftances which, he could not help remarking, that when feveral of the Gentlemen prefent, laft met in the fame place, few or none of them expected what they were all now witnefs of; but he was happy to fay in their behalf, and it did them infinite honour, that even then their principle, their attachment to the great cause of liberty was ftill the fame. This, in his opinion, was the most honourable teftimony they could have given of the foundnefs and conftitutional purity of their politics. For it was no unufual think with many to boaft of fentiments in profperity which they were notorious for relinquifhing in the hour of trial and adverfity. Happily this was not the cafe with his friends, whofe zeal and exertions were never more ftrong and exemplary than when their hopes of fuccefs were moft doubtful. Nor did he think it became him to be filent in praise of their attachment to the genius and spirit of the conftitution, at a time when, by the arts of mifreprefentation, fo many other parts of the country had almost loft fight of their birthright as Britons and as men. They had given a glorious example of their honefty and public virtue in the worst of times, and in oppofition to the moft deteftable machinations. He would fay it was flattering to him in a very eminent degree, that while he had been exhibited, in various places, as the most inordinately ambitious, their conduct who knew him beft, who were the only competent judges of his politics and his morals, gave the lie direct to the fcurrilous reports of thofe who only wish to traduce him, and every honeft independent man, to a level with themfelves. He had lived among them all his days, and been ever under their eye; and this day was, in his mind, no very unequivocal proof that the fyftem of public conduct which he avowed was agreeable to them. He trufted the House of Commons would do that juftice to their free. and independent fuffrages, which had been denied by the High Bailiff of Westminster. very On the eve of a new Parliament he hoped to be forgiven remarking, that notwithftanding the very extraordinary clamour which had been raised against him, thofe new Members who had come to town this night would hardly conceive him to be fo unpopular as he had been faid to be. It was in fhort his pride that fo many of the most refpectable citizens in the kingdom had thus unanimoufly approved his exertions in the public fervice. This demonftration they had given in a way which could not be mifunderstood, and against an influence which had few parallels in any Election in the annals of a free country. And he would only add, that the beft mode of teftifying his gratitude was by continuing to act the part which had called forth fo fpirited and fo general a fupport." The The feftival concluded, as it was conducted throughout, with peace and harmony. There was neither riot nor diforder. The city was generally illuminated, and it was illuminated without the affiftance of a mob. May fuch ever be the triumphs of an independent city, over thofe who would invade the exercife of their rights! We cannot clofe this account without expreffing our admiration of the great order and regularity with which the whole was conducted; not an affault was offered by the triumphant party, even where the laws of retaliation feemed to demand it. The fpectacle was brilliant beyond imagination, as can be fully teftified by thofe myriads of British beauties, whofe prefence fo powerfully graced the fcene!-The entre of Carleton Houfe, and Devonfhire Yard, which every Gentleman paffed through uncovered, in honour of the illuftrious poffeffors, and the glorious pafs in Berkley-ftreet, where an illuftrious Prince of the House of Brunfwick afcended fome unaccommodating fteps to the wall, with two illuftrious Ducheffes, in order to falute the triumphant fons of Freedom on their march, are circumftances too flattering ever to be forgotten by those who had the honour of beholding them! May 18.] The High Bailiff of Westminster prefented a paper this day to the Houfe of Commons, in which he stated, that as a fcrutiny had been demanded by one of the candidates for that city, and as it was not in his power to afcertain on which fide the majority of legal votes refted, he had confented to the application, and that a fcrutiny was now pending. For what purpofe this little inaccuracy is committed, it is not diffi cult to fay, as the fcrutiny is not to take place till the 28th of this month. This day at noon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales gave a grand dejeune to the nobility and gentry, at Carleton Houfe. Several tents are pitched in Carleton Gardens, for the accommodation of the vifitants, and the grounds laid out in a novelle ftile.This morning fete is given in honour of Mr. Fox's Re-election! This evening Mrs. Crewe gives a felect ball and fupper to the nobility and gentry, in honour of Mr. Fox's Re-election! Yesterday morning the Prince of Wales was prefent at the review at Afcot Heath, in company with his Majefty. His Highnefs returned about half past three to town, and rode feveral times in his regimentals along Pall-mall and St. James's-ftreet, where he was received with fhouts of triumph by the populace, who had collected to fee Mr. Fox's proceffion. Soon afterwards his Highnefs dreffed for dinner, and appeared in his carriage, difplaying in his hat the Fox favour and laurel, In his way to Devonshire Houfe, where he was to dine, no defcription can equal the acclamations he received. The number of naval uniforms which were yefterday_lent from the leathern doublet in Monmouth-street, to give an appearance of parade to Lord Hood and Sir Cecil, is paft conception. One fellow (a runner to Bridewell) who difplayed a Poft Captain's lapel on the occafion, falling in with a hackney coachman arrayed like a Mafter and Commander, took him into cuftody for ftealing a horfe; aud carrying him before the fitting Juftices in Bow-street, thereby deprived the proceffion of two refpectable members! When the question of a fcrutiny was debated in the Veftry Room at Covent Garden, little Counsellor Frog, in reply to Mr. Fox, made a very happy diftinction between a legal writ and a conftitutional writ. We prefume, however, that this cunning cafuift borrowed the hint from Mr. Wilkes's comprehenfive definition of the Conftitution. It is faid of the worthy Alderman, that once commending Mr. Serjeant Glynn as an excellent lawyer, and as well verfed in the Conflitution as in the law, he was afked, what he meant by the Constitution? To which he replied, every thing, that is not law. The Minister is refolved to take the early advantage of a popular delufion which he knows cannot be of long endurance. He refolves to break down the ancient fences of |