FOURTEENTH DAY. Tuesday, November 18. At the close of the Poll the numbers were, for Mr. SHERIDAN stated, that he was, on the whole Poll, no less than 77 above his opponent, and that on this day's Poll he was a-head 62. “It gives me great pleasure, said the right hon. gent., to find that you are growing every day more and more in good humour; and I can easily account for it as you have every day been more and more pleased at my success. Gentlemen, a few days ago the aspect of my affairs was rather dif ferent. I address myself particularly to Mr. Berridge (the broad-faced orator), because he seems to have a disposition liberally to attend to those who are entitled to be heard. He will remember that Mr. Paull said, at another stage of the Poll, that he would not press on a falling man. I do not, however, owe much to his politeness; nor am I beholden to his mercy, for I have no occasion for either. If I had, I should have been disappointed, for I understand that the hon. gent. has in no instance manifested either mercy or politeness towards me in the course of the contest. If his power to injure my character had been equal to his disposition to abuse it, I am sure 'sure he would have done me considerable mischief. But his means are as impotent as his charges are groundless. In spite of his once boasted majority, obtained at the outset, by tricks and devices, I have overtaken and passed him—through the aid of those who will, I hope, always be victoriousthrough the lovers of the Constitution-the lovers of the Country-the lovers of loyaltyand good order -but, above all, the lovers of women. [Applauses and laughter.] I would not part with the good wishes of such men for the favour and support of all those on my left hand. With regard to the calumnies propagated against me, I really cannot suspect Mr. Paull himself, or any respectable person connected with him, of having any concern in such forgeries as have appeared since the commencement of this Election. If Mr. Paull even knew of the propagation of such slanders and was capable of permitting them, I should, were sir Samuel Hood below me on the poll, feel myself placed in a very unpleasant dilemma; for I do not think that I should feel myself so much mortified by defeat, as I should by the disgrace of becoming the colleague of such a man. I shall leave you, my friends, with a particular recommendation to you to preserve your temper, and not to retort any insults that may be offered. be offered. Be resolute, but let your resolution be that of patience and quiet. Let us be, my friends, as invincible in our good humour, as we are in our cause." Sir S. HOOD returned thanks to the Electors for the high station to which they had advanced him on the poll, and concluded with the usual exhortation, 5 tation, that they would use their utmost endeavours to secure the triumph of Mr. Sheridan. Mr. PAULL." Gentlemen, when I first appeared before you, I made a solemn pledge, and notwithstanding the assertions of my enemies, notwithstanding what you have heard from day to day, as to my deserting you, you see me here to-day, and you will see me here to-morrow, till the poll be closed. I shall contest, inch by inch, and foot by foot, with my antagonist, until the High Bailiff shall declare from the Hustings at Covent-Garden, that your Liberties are now extinct. I shall make this solemn pledge, which I shall never depart from but with existence, that after the pollbooks are closed, and whether it be determined that I am to represent you in Parliament, or to retire to a private life, I will be found still to persevere in doing my duty, by exposing to public view the infamous frauds and iniquities, next to high treason, which have been practised against you. I call such frauds next to high treason, because they are directly in opposition to the principles of our glorious Constitution. I return Mr. Whitbread thanks for his daily attending me at the Hustings, for I am sure he will yet do me justice, and that he will beg your pardon, at some future period, for the injuries which he has been instrumental in practising against your Liberties. It is a part of the Constitution of this Country, that Peers of the Realm shall never interfere with the Elections of Members of Parliament. I hold in my hand a paper, which will prevent Mr. Sheridan from ever sitting in the House of Commons. It - It is, I say, a part of our Constitution, that Elections shall be free. So jealous were our forefathers upon this subject, that neither Peers of the Realm, nor Officers of Excise, nor any Persons likely to controul, were permitted to intermeddle with Elections. What will you say, Gentlemen, when you hear that the brother of the Duke of Bedford, a placeman and pensioner, during the pleasure of the Crown, that Lord William Russell acted as the agent of a Peer, upon this occasion? What will you say, when you learn that his lordship wrote to all the tenants of the Duke of Bedford, who were to vote at this Election, threatening them with expulsion, if they voted against these Court Candidates? Can you believe it, that through the influence of that single Peer of Parliament, instigated, no doubt, by His Majesty's servants, I have lost an infinitely larger number of free and independent suffrages than the Treasurer of the Navy has yet procured? This contest will, no doubt, have a glorious issue. We will shew, at all events, to our Country, whether in or out of Parliament, what are our true principles; principles which, I trust, we will never drop till our dying day. I am very sorry that I cannot now see the Member for Coventry. Mr. Sheridan has said, sarcastically, that he has sometimes seen me in gentlemen's company. I have been more than once in Mr. Moore's company, and I am not ashamed to say, that he did inculcate some political principles into my mind. That gentleman, Mr. Moore. I say instilled into my mind the most favourable sentiments of my friend Sir F. Burdett, and that too in public as well as in private company. I hold in my hand a copy of the speech of Mr. Moore, when he nominated Sir F. Burdett as a Candidate for Middlesex, two years ago. He was then proud to say, that he knew Sir Francis's principles to be pure, disinterested, and highly constitutional; in short, that he was the most loyal man in His Majesty's dominions. I know that Mr. Moore is a candidate for place, and is at present pushing Sir Philip Francis, to get a situation in India. This writing must come against him, and demonstrate that he is acting the part of an apostate, when he appears here upon these Hustings to calumniate the man, whose principles he formerly approved.--What has been the conduct of Sir F. Burdett, during the two last years? He has been living, Gentlemen, in a state of obscurity. He has been attending to those studies in which he takes the utmost delight. He has been employing himself at home, in the perusal of the classics, and other ornamental pursuits, in the choice circle of his family and friends. His whole conduct has been the most commendable, Has Sir Francis, then, done any thing to give the smallest pretence for a change in the conduct of Mr. Peter Moore and his junto? Has he said or done any thing contrary to his former principles? Gentlemen, whatever were the principles of Sir F. Burdett at the time he was admired by Peter Moore, such are they now, and such, I hope and trust they will ever continue. As this is the only place where I can be heard, most of |