t zn 31 YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY *935 N U M B E R I. K OF THE New Ele&ion Budget. THE following little Colle&ion of the Satyric Pieces, that; ever accompany fuch a political Conteft as is now depending in this City, will, it is prefumed, be not ^unacceptable to the Public. The very Nature of a Fugitive Competition, however valuable, con- figns it to Oblivion, unlefs by fdme charitable Hand carried to an Afylurri where its Eftiftence and its Merits may be fecured from a Fate they little deierve. . #. yf" The Editors, notWling to difoblige by a partial Selection,, have ranged, under the Banner of either Candidate's Naflie> the Pieces which are refpedively written in their Favour. - This Work will be continued as the Advocates for each Candidate will, the Editors hope, afford them an Opportunity of exhibiting freih Marks of Ingenuity, Wit, and Public Spirit. | 6^* One-half of the Money arifing from the Sale of the above, will be y paid into the Hands of the Treafurer, to augment the FUNDS f belonging to the Society for recovering Perfons * APPARENTLY DROWNED, y and the Society for releafing Perfons ' confined in GAOL for SMALL DEBTS in. this City. NORWICH ; PRINTED BY J, CROVSEAND W. STSVENSON. N U MB E R,L The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. H O B A, R T. To the Independent Frccmen-and Freeholders of, the City of. Norwich. , Gentlemen, YOU are earneftly entreated not to engage your votes and intercfl for a Reprefentative in Patliament-to fucceed Sir HARBORD HARBOR D, as a gentleman of character -and independent principles will certainly ofjier himfelf for your fufFrages. July 15, 1786. INTELLIGENCE TROM LONDON;' Hi - " IN confequence of Sir* HarbSrd.Harbord's being "•' created a Peer, a yery ftrong conteft is expected aft " Norwich. ! The partrcs-are, the Hon. Herwy HoBar*/ *' brother to the Earl of Buckinghamfhire, in the in- " tereft of the prefent Adminiftration,, ami Sir Thomas- 41 BeevOr, 'Bart, in the iititYefc of^Mr. Fok ;: the/former " .was- a candidate, at the laft general election a:gainjft the *" Hon. Mr. Windham, and loft by a very;fmall majo- *• rity ; and the latter in the year 1 768, in opposition to " the-late Edward Badori, Efq." / ENGLISH CHRONICLE. B E E V O R. I HE Ejector* of Norwickare earneftly requefted not co engage their votes for the expected vacancy for mber to reprefent this city in Parliament, as there is the utmoft reafon to believe that a worthy Baronet of difl%>guiiljed,abilities, and who is not lefs known than refpedled by the inhabitants of this city, will offer him felf as a candidate. Norwich, July 15, 17 86. Norwich, July the 17th, 178&. MR. HOBART moft gratefully acknowledging the warm and very refpectable fupport given him at the late general election, .which, though' unfaceefsful, was fo truly flattering, he again prefumes to offer himfelf 'a candidate to reprefent thi* ancient city in parliament ; and not being confeious of having forfeited "the efleem of his fellow-citizens, hopes to he honoured with, the favor of their fufFrages on the erifuing vacancy/ ; "- * r - -1 r f ' " ¦ • i ~r~ Cl 'if I'.', it'': THE frierMteofthe Honourable HENRY HOBART, are earneftfy requefled to meet at the vVhue Swan', in St. Peteris, this evening, at fix o'clock., Norwich, Monday f July the 17th, 1786. ' Norwich, July 15, 1786. ;< THE Electors of the city of Norwich, in the Indies perkdenl Inlere/l, efpeeiajly the friends of Mr. Windham, by -whofe exertions, in conjunction with Sir Harrord Harbqrd, that intereft was revived and eftabl'ifhed, arc d^fired to meet at the Angel Inn, on Monday the 171I1 inftant, at twelve o'clock, to take into connderation fuch meafures as maybe deeme*d requifiteto adopt, upon the vatdftcy vJhicli'lslfbtirtly expeeled to takeiplace in the, Reprefentation, of this city in Parliament. THE Friencls of Sir Thomas BtEvoR-,5 Bart, are- ear- neftjy pequefte$ to meet ;at tlic Angel Inn, to-morrow morning, at teH: o'clock. - r%, .. , JWy'7. X786-:V' ,;--;.: ^ 17 ¦^¦To To the GeptIenKB,,Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders of the City of Norwich, Gentlemen, f* '."> , .-j, - . f ; THE ptomot'ch of your late worthy keprefentative, Sir HAR&CHRIff HARBORD. to a feat in thc'HouSEof P15ERS, having secafioned a Vacancy in pailiament, I hav< ^been induced, .by the powerful and preiTing folicif tatibns* of many "numerous -focieties, as well as by the invitatiotis of gentlemen'- of every denomination and pajrty, to.o.ffer y$u my beft fervices upon, the pecafion, and tcf foficit your fuppbrf at the enfuing efoSion. Not afling under the aufpices of any influence injurious rto the liberties of this eity,: and entirely Ireland uncon nected, I mean to be determined on the day of nomina- QM,Jy,z I! ttlOH THE NEW ELECTION HORARY. To the Taentkmen," Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders of the City of Norwich, Gentlemen, IMPRESSED with the mod lively fenfe of the very flattering fuppoit I have been honoured with on my pre fent canvas, and by the appearance of a numerous and refpectable meeting of my felloe-citizens this evening at the White Swan Inn, I beg leave to renew mymoft ear- neft felicitation for your votes and intereft at the ehfu- ing vacancy of a Reprefentative in Parliament, occa- fioned by his Majefty's intention to create Sir Harbord Harbord, Bart, a Peer of Great Britain. Should your exertions in my favour place rae in that moft honourable and important Gtuation, my future at tention to your feveral and collective interefts and wifhes, will beft evince with what gratitude and truth I now ac knowledge myfelf, Gentlemen, Your moft obedient, and Moft faithful fervant, Norwich, July 17, 1786. HENRY HOBART. THK friend* of Sir Thomas Beevor think it abfo- lutely neceffary to apologize for not having brought him forward at an earlier period, which they were prevented doing till they found their foliciiatibns rejected by Mr. Coke, Mr. Alderman Ives of the Tovvn Clofe, and the prefent Mayor — they beg leave tocontradicl the report of their having gone to Tuck's Wood, as that motion. though memioned, was, after mature deliberation, over ruled. Norwich, Wednefday, July the 19th, 17S6. Norwich, July 24, 1786. BEING informed th'at fome of the manufacturers in this city, have threatened to turn thofe journeymen out of work that refufe to vo:e for Sir Thomas Ikeyor, we whofe names are hereunto fubferibed, difuaining fuch opprefllve meafures, and being ABLE, do promifc. That we will, without fubterfuge or evafion1 futnifh em ployment to thofe men who are turned out upon that Account; as we are determined, by every fair means in our' power, to fupport the intereft of the Honourable Mr. HOBART. Robert Harvey and Sons Starling Day and Son John Ives and Robihfon "Hubert Partridge * __ KdWd. Ma'ifti ' , ' Buttivant and White John Langton Bacon and-Matfhall John Baufathcr and Son c. &c SOMEj Sec. &c. Sec. Sec BUDGET. / BiE E V O .R.-T tion by the opinion of the body of e^ctors at large, in whom only the choice of Reprefentatives is conftttution- ally veiled. 1 am, Gentlemen, with great refpect, Your moft obedient fervant, Hethel, July 17, 1786, THOMAS BEEVOR. Norwich, July 20, 1706. BEING informed that fome manufacturers in this city have threatened to turn thofe journeymen out of work that refufe to vote for Mr. HOBART, we whofe names are hereunto fubferibed, dildaining fuch oppref- five meafures, do promife that we will, fo far as we are able, furnifh. employment to thofe men who are turned out upon that account ; as we are determined, by every fair means in our power, to fupport the intereft of Sir THOMAS BEE V O R. Will, and Rob. Herring Thomas Watfon Martyn Wi-IIement Edmund Partridge Jobh Barnard J. Watfon and W. Wilcocks JohnAldred .. . William Taylor William Barnard, junu Worth and Carter .J.ah.n Tuthill John Sco.it and Sons. GUILDHALL R A :Q E S. THE liorfes entered foMhe erifuing races arc Sir Thomas Worthy's horfe Liberty; got by Htjblulion, out of the good mare Conjiitution. , , The other is the Honourable Harhy Mungcj's .(Ethio pian gelding called the Vicar of Bray, got by Stuart's Prerogative, out of the American War's mate Skrip-me- naked. The firft is backed by the City's Good-will and Inde pendence ; the laft by the Borough-mongers and their pimps. — The Vicar of Bra} has been in training fome lime, but the knowing ones fay he is. not bottom j it is well remembered that he was diflanced laU feafon on the Came coutle. Good judges fay that Liberty is perfectly found, and would have won the plate the laft time he was entered, if they had given him fair play. A CARD. THE Honourable H. H's relpeclful compliments to his good friends Aldemnm K-r-s-n, H-rv-y, P-rtr-g-, 8cc. He wifhes to fuggeft that he fees no probability of fuccefs'in oppofing the Independent Eleflors of this city, and therefore think* it advifeabte immediately to with draw. FELLOW THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. H O BART. SOME Journeymen Weavers have aiTerted that their mafters have threatened to deprive fuch of them of employment as will not vote for the Candidate whom their mafters fupport^ this therefore is generally to inform them that fuch infinuations are as untrue as they are unjuft, for that the body of the manufac turers do difclaim, as injurious to their characters, any right to demand the vote of the people they employ, and dn fully abfolve them from any promifes which under fuch unmanly appiehenfions they may havejub- mitted to. — This liberality ol fentiment in their mafters, will, it is hoped, be returned by a decent, though firm exercife of the right of the poor freemen, to vote accord ing to their inclination, fuch propriety of conduct will certainly protect them, fhould any few' individual maf ters exprefs any illiberality or refentment fubverfive of the right every poor man has to bellow his vote as he pleafes, and let thofe who act contrary thereto, reflect upon the confufion which muft follow, if the lower electors were to avail themfelves of their numbers to compel the votes of their fuperiors. to B E E V O R, •*«- fel'lo'w citize N s, I HAVE long learnt not to believe that lies, are true ; And be affur'd, if you head and hear with my precau tion, you will believe but few of the reports propagated by the friends of H. Hobart. It is afTerted with the greateft boldnefs, that from the ftate of the canvas the odds are very much in favour of that gentleman. But who are the propagators of thefe rcpotts? Is K-rr-f-n one ? And can you always believe K-rr-f-n ? Is R— ch another? Is R-ch ever to be belTeved ? Or are gentle men to be believed, who can fleal the quick from the banks, of their neighbours, plunder their neighbour's wood-flacks, feed their cows with" ftolen turnips, , rob their fellow-travellers of their fhoes, and do a thoufand fuch tricks as thefe ? Will not thefe things apply to the friends of H. Hobart? And if fo, are. fuch men worthy of credit ? ,No: — The fact is, that on the canvas Sir Thomas has a large majority ; and to prove the truth of this affertion, I appeal to the day of election. CIVIS. The GILPONIANS ; or TRIPPLE JOURNEY MECCA. YE have all heard, no doubt, of Holkkam's fam'd COW Whofe prophecy Brown tOld where, when, and how ! To confult this great Oracle pleas'd Simon Plumb, With his brother of Surry-ftreet, fmirk Billy Thrum. Derry down, he. But Simon whofe eonfeience ne'er fail'd to portend Some flaw in the Policy, — thus fpoke to his friend, '* To infure our fuccefs let us take Captain Rum, " He's a nation good prompter — for Orators Mum." Derry down, For Beevor fhall flill be the man; The city he'll ferve, And from honour ne'er fwerve, His own partial int'reft to plan. A NEW SONG. I. SINCE K— — d H d's gain'd a name, That founds fo very pretty, We'll choofe a man to fill his place, Whofe int'reft is the city. II. There's B--v-r, H-b— t, both of them Their fervices do tender, And both declare that they much good Will to the city tender. III. But 10 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. Ordered, That our returns be kept fecrct, left our adverfaries get acquainted with our wcaknefs. Ordered, That the liars and out-door puffers, be further in- flructcd to report, declare, and injj/l, that the returns of ou' canvafs far exceed our expectations ; and, that the number of votes promifed in our favour are 5 to 1 ! Ordeted, That, as the quantum of falfehoods, which have been fported, are nearly exhaufled, the artful squad be di rected to-revive the old ftories of " Lord Orford's wifhing Sir Thomas fuccefs : — Mr. Sheriff Pittefon's declaration of ftricT: neutrality (inftead of impartia lity) : The Ives's being friendly : The Co- lombines: The Gurneys: —The London votes 3 to 1 : — Twenty out of twelve — in Effex: Many of Sir Thomas's friends taken into Mr. Hobart's canvafs : — The doubtfuls all placed to his account : — Dr. Brook's double promife:" — But, above all, bets of two and three to one, mult be offered, to keep up the drooping fpirits of our party, and to dcprefs thofe on the other fide, who are weak enough to give credit to the lye of the day. BEEVOR. A MOMENT'S ADVICE. ONE moment — old Norvicum's fons — pray attend To advice, tho' unafk'd, from a brother and friend — By dependence unaw'd — whom no party can fway, Nor the threats of the proud and the wealthy difmay. Shall the oily Sir T. o'er your fenfes prevail, Who laughs in his fleeve, while he tells his fmooth tale — " That your freedom and int'reft he'll ftrive to fecure, And in faith he is tres-bien votrc ferviteur ? Pfhaw r damn fuch cajoling, ne'er mind it, my friend's : The cant of each courtier to compafs his ends Your hand he will (hake — is moft wondrous civil, But when his point's gain'd — you may hie to the devil. If a foul that's fuperior to meannefs and lyes, Aijd a goodnefs of heart that fhines out at the eyes, Are virtues you value — then Hobart's the man Who deferves your fupport, and deny it who can. If your dear-purcbas'd rights unalloy'd you'd main tain, Let fycophants ne'er your free fuffrages No more the ftrife maintain For, dear Sir Thomas, 'tis moft clear ; Thy 'labour will be vain. Whate'er thy partial friends may fay, The public can divine, Thofe Miniflers who well can pay, Will ftill have votes of thine. .What tho' thy drooping heart is chear'cr, By Cr 's flentorian voice; What tho' when R y's prate is heard, ' "* Thy foul does ftill rejoice.- Truft not to thefe, for thefe, alas ! But little doft thou know ; The firft is merely rattling brafs, The laft is dumpling dough. Tho' fmirking Billy Thrum be thine ; Who joins with Billy Thrum ? Tho' Simnrr comes, loilh waiflroatfine ; . We laugh at Simon Plumb. Tho' Captain Rum, or Captain Scrub, Siill claps thee on the back ; ** He keeps the liquor in his tub, And gives thee ufelefs clack. Doft thou on brother James rely ? Alas, what hopes are there ; p'or what can brother James fuppl) ? But draughts of cold fmall beer. Take my advice, Sir Thomas dear, No more the ftrife maintain ; For, dear Sir Thomas, 'tis moft clear, Thy labor will be vain. B E E-V O R. (! XII. • Ives, Crowe, and Rigby, men of worth. Will do their beft endeavour, By kv'ry fair and honejl means To gain the caufe of B— v-r. XIII. There's T-yl-r, H-rr-ngs„ W-Ik-n too, With many men beficles, fir, "Whofe characters are great and, good. In whom we may confide, fir. p :,;,: ,»' XIV. Then let as fpurn at bribery, And with our confeience vote, fir, To choofe a man to fill the feat With dignity and note, fir. XV. Our hearts and voice, with one accord, We'll for our fav'rite raife, fir, Whofe name fhall fhine on virtue's lift; The boaft of future days, fir. Sir THOMAS's ANSWER to his FRIEND'S ADVICE. DEAR Sir, I read over your friendly advice, But think in your judgment you're rather too nice, And that on my friends you let too little value, For fome can vote for mc, and others can halloo ! Befides do you thirikj when I fet at defiance The opjpofite party, I bad no reliance,. ' ' ~ : • Except BEEVOR for EVER. Tune — Pufh about the brifk Bowl. COME fill up your glaffes, my brave Norwich Boys;, With hearts that are trufty and true; Here's a health to all thofe who will join with dire voice, i In fupport of a worthy True Blue, True Blue, In fupport of a worthy True Blue. And ne'er be your generous fpirits difmay'd, Let them give ev'ry freeman his due, Take my word for't, my lads, their purple fhall fade, When fae'd by our bright white and blue. — -' — -he. In defence of our birth-right, our freedom, and laws, See BEEVOR appears to your view; To his king he is loyal, and true to our caufe, He's the man we may mark for true blue.— — 8cc. Put no faith in promifes ever found vain ; In profeffions you after may rue ; Who buys you will certainly fell you again, 'Tis unworthy a Norwich true, blue. 8cc.- To BEEVOR, who always has been the poor's friend, What man a full glafs can refufe ; May he long have his health, and life to defend, The rights of all ftcady true blues.— — Sec. Which. 12 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. „ ¦ f '.'¦-•-• H O B A R T. ExceptTipon Stttntoti; and Dumpling, and Thrum, ' And Simon, and Jemmy, and bim they call Rum. G— -d bjefs me .' I've plenty of friends of great note ; And each man has promis'd to give me his vote. Here's this a Freeholder,' and that is a Freeman; Here's worthy John. Al — b, arid Barnabas Lem-n| And fifty fuch worthies, whom I could recite t'ye, All men of great int'reft, enough to delight ye : Nay more, I've difburs'd aiir abundance of cafh, •(For this all yourfamily looks on as tfafh.) There's fifteen and.fixpence it cOftme Itift.4veek, And five fhillings fince (I in confidence fpeak) Befides eighteen-pence, which I need no't enlarge^ on) Difburs'd to one A ti (late City Surgeon,') For writing fome verfes for me to make" ufe of, Which tho' dull, like hifnfelf, are extremely abufwe. You fee, my dear friend, that I fpare no expence, That my friends are moft powerful, and men of great fenfe f And, therefore, I'll venture, tho' H-b—t be ftronger, Co keep up the conteft a little time longer. - This is the MAN WHO from his word, unlefs for gain, ru Was never known to fwerve ; Place loaves pnd Ji/hes in his viewr, ; His prorriife he'll obferve. This is the MAN, as fome folks fay,0; So wife, {ojuft, and good • But fearch him well, you'll find he bears Two faces in a hood. This is the MAN~- the' venal Knight, The portrait fure will ftrike . His tenants and dependants — who Muft own 'tis nation like.'1' - ' " This is the MAN^—tht Magijlr'ate— Of no lefs worth thari fenfe !" You'll hear th' angelic Junto cry,' With matchlefs impudence. This is the MAN, — now hear him fpeak, — MarkVellirhe fawning elf — • 0/ ;{>.¦ I'll do my beft endeavours, Sirs, (A/Me) for family and felf" • You may, SirT — — , but ne'er, I trow, Where Britain's fenate meet : Be it the worthier HOBART's lot , To fill Norvicura's feat. BEEVOR. If; x,:-i -v The Which is the MAN. , SONS 'of Freedom and Norwich, a moment attend, Nor flight the advice of a'well-meaning'friend;. • By your own perfeverance and virtue made free, May you ever the«faV'ritelof liberty be :- i V • . ? Again you are calj'd on your rights to maintain, Or flavifhly yield to be fetter'd.a:gaku The Candidates merits attentively fcan — Can you hefitate, Britons, to fix on the man ? Wou'd you with to elect one whofe boatt and chief pride, fs, he's nobly defcended, and nobly ally'd ; If a Lordling you'll realty prefer to all others, Who'll hear you/ advice, and then follow his brother's. If a Courtly dependent your wifhes will crown, Who'll talk of your intereft, attend to his own ; Wou'd you fap the foundation of liberty then Elect a Peer's brother — be H rr the man. But wou'd you elect a man honeft, fincere, Of each virtue poffeft, to humanity dear, As a Magiftrate active,' impartial, and wife, Superior to art, anda foe to difguife, , Whofe heart for the love of his country does burrr, With the love of his country is bleft in return, . If this is (and pray Heaven it may be) your plan, / Can you hefitate, Britons, to fix on the man. A S O N G. .1 To the tune of God fave the King. TO freedom's noble found, Let ev'ry heart rebound, That's ftaurlbh and true ; Freemen, your caufe maintain, And rejecl; with difdain, , All offers that may 'ftajn Honeft true blue, Chorus, Freemen, your caufe, Sec. When foul corruption fpread,__. Rome'% faithful patriots fled, , An hotteft few..; ,' And tho' in. Utica, , " They fell a noble prey, A more propitious day,'" Waits the true blue. . . Chorus, And tho' nvUtka* &qc. BEEVOR with hand arid heart, Stands foith to take your part, ji.-r V And NUMBER IV. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. The P A T,R I O T. WHEN o'er the wide extended globe, Dark night had ftretch'd her, ebon wings. In pleafing vifion floated round, The broken images of things. Britannia's awful genius rofe, And o'er my eyes his fceptre drew, When lo ! methought whate'er was paft, Returning rufli'd upon my view. A motley group of * men appear'd, . Injurious as the imps of night, Thefe, or by pride, or intereft fway'd, ¦ Revers'd whate'er they thought, was right. I wonder'd much, and much I gaz'd, But more I gaz'd, and wonder'd, when, I faw corruption take* the lead,. And knaves prefer d to honeft men. Some to fupport the public weal, At firft like awful bulwarks flood; But for a penfion or a place, Turh'd traitor's to their country's good. Thefe-: now forgot their facred truft And leagu'd with foes, grew great by Health ; Aim'd by defpotic means to rule, :.' And drain the mtion of its wealth. Surpriz'd, methought, I thus exclaim'd Let vengeance on their heads defcend, Or may they be, by heaven's decree Doom'd to fome ignominious end. No fooner had I fpoke, then ftraight The illuftrious heir of Chatham rofe, To prop the ruins of the ftate, And fave it from inteftine foes. When right inflexible he ftands, Nor heeds what junto men may fay; And thro' the maze of public life, To lafting glory points the way. BEEVOR. And to bring to Yon fet of roaring boys,. Drefs'd up in orange toys, Who with loud fhoiits and noife, Rail at true blue. ' Chorus, Yon fet, Ice, Let not the vain parade, Of the fuccefs they've had,' Impofe on you; No haughty influence, Nor party infolence. Shall draw one man of fettle, From the true blue. Chorus, No haughty inftuencci &c. Calm and deliberate, Cool and confiderate, Meafures purfue;; Let your oppofers fee, / It's not from enmity, Honour and liberty Guide the true blue,. Chorus, Let your oppoferS, 8cc» Now let's our time employ, In thefe returns of joy, So juftly due; And let each true man pray That worthy BEEVOR may Long with fuch merit fway Honeft true blue. Cho'rUs, And let, Sec. * The late Miniftry. Wrapt BEEVOR for "ever; or, No Dumb Memb^ IN Norwich free city, what noife do we hear, About Hobart and Beevor," now Harbord*s a Peer, They both do declare for our freedom to ftand, But Beevor. I think is the propereft man. For Beevor we know is a man of good fenfe, And able to ftand up in our defence; As for a dumb member no fervice can be, Therefore we'll have Beevor that'3 hearty and free. A$ i4 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. Wrapt with the great, the pleafing change, Exalting thus I fondly cry'd Long may the heav'n born patriot live, - And be Britannia's fov'reign guide. '-' He long fhall live, the Genius faid " Infpir'd by heav'ns celeftial flame, "And babes unborn in future times " Shall learn to lifp his deathlefs name'. " Beneath his wide, "his juft command, " The dove fhall fly, or Lyon roar; , " And commerce fpreading wide her fails, " Undaunted- ftretclv frorri fhore lb fhore.' " Mark then, this great important truth, " Nor let it lightly touch thine ear, " 'Tis not for him alone to rule *' And keep Britania's foes in fear." " There muft be others like himfelf, " Firm faithful patriqts-*t 'the'h?art, " Who, while they feek their country's good, " Difdain to act the tyrant's part." " Hence to the lift'ning world proclaim. " Since Harbord is decreed a Peer; " HOBART fhall fill the yacant feat, " And guard them with' peculiar' care." *' He, with a patriotic. warmth," " Will vindicate their injur'd caufe, ' ^"And (proof againft corruption's arts,) " Support. their liberties and kws.J" " True to his country and his king, , " His fame fhall fly from'pole to pole, ' " While craft and envy clofe combin'd . •" Awake to madnefs Beevor' s foul." ' •It ceas'd and inflantly withdrevy, Soft flumber from my eyelids fled, Pleas'd with my dream I quickly rofg,; And wrote what. Britain's genius Taid. BEEVOR. As for our freedom be ne'er will invade, He'll ftand by our libenties, and protect our free trade. And Norwich will flourifh with wealth and with fplendor, When. K -n's hang'd, and Beevor our member. For Beevor, my Britons, doth well underftand The laws and cbnftitution of our nativeland ; He's free from corruption, to no party a flave. And Beevor's the man that Norwich will have. So now to conclude and finifh thefe lines, I hope that e'er. long we fhall have good times, When Beevor with Windham our members are made, Then Norwich will flourifh with a free open trade* Norwich. HOBART's TRIUMPH ;[ or, NOkWTCH GLORY NORWICH fair Gity as every one, know, : •Was l.itely heiWd by a Kentifh Crow, They call out f^eevorj and make a great noife, i Yet fpite.ol them all, we'll have Hobart, brave boysV ; i For I think inmyfeif, he is the Left man i To be our member, difpuie it who can ; Hobart,. who is noble,. generous and brave, J[s the man of all men the city to fave. •Fro Ul i A NEW SONG. YE Norwich freemen and freeholders attend, 'Midft hurry and clamour, the voice of a friend; Who, anxious alone for your honour and eafe. Would have you reflect, and then vote as you pleafe. Whilft fotoe high inflam'd with the patriot fever, Delirious rage, or for Fi — — t or B r; Let fuch as"are cool "both the candidates fcan, And reafon directing, elect the BEST MAN. Lo ! enters poor Harry prcfenting a face, Difdaining acquaintance with wifdom and grace; His air neither knowledge nor virtue exprefles. But vacancy ! vacancy! only enfeflcs* — To fupport his pretenfions, b :ho!d, now appear, Elate by his fide, his fam'd brothei the P — r, Renown'd for his infolence, meannefs, and pride, Shall not Harry fucceed to fuch grandeur ally'd? Ye fouls independent ! refent this alliance, Advance manly forward, and breathing defiance • For once make it plain, that your weight can o'er rul* The influence conjoin'd of a L— -d and a F — . That B -r has dignity, decency, worth, Can fure be denied by no mortal on earth ; At leaft 'twill be granted with common accord, That the man has his wits and is back'd by no Lord. An Epistle from the Hon. H — H — , to S D Ele* With Notes by Himfelf. " '• But I will have a Starling taught to fpeak " Nothing but Hobart, and place it by my fide " To keep my fpirits up," Vide ShAKE.NPEARE. FRIEND of my foul, lov'd pawner of the fears That.rack this boding heart with anxious cares. " O De£ THE NEW ELECTION: BUDGET. *5 H O B-iiAvR T„ Fro,m a right noble family Hobart does come, And-for this city great things they have done, Therefore let's reward him, for worthy is he Of this noble city the member to be. When the right noble Earl was to parliament fent, Our trade it was brifk — Lord how happy things went ! For the want of a Hobart our trade it w^s loft, So chufe himyour member and let him be toft. So here's a good.health unto Hobart, my boys, He fhall be our member and with our free choice, And when the day of election fhall be, Then Hobart we'll chufe with hearty good glee. B E , E V OR. TNH E GHOST: 'TWAS at the fearful midnight hour, When all were faft aflcep, , In glided B :t's grimly ghoft, And flood at B it's feet. His face was pale as April morn, Clad in a wintr'ry cloud ; And clay-cold was his wither'd hand. That held his fable ftiroud. Awake! he cry'd, 'tis B t calls, Come, froth his midnight grave; Now let thy pit) hear the man Thy truth reftis'd to fave. This is the dumb and dreary hour, When injur d ghofts complain, And aid the feeret fears of night, To fright the failhlefs man. Bethink thee, B- — R, of thy fault, ' Thy pledg'd and bio'ken Oath, When at the altar Elii. took, Thy honor'd faith arid troth. How. coud'ft thou court my friend/hip fair And yet that uuftforfake? How coud'ft thou feek my httUow,d bed, And wedlock's bans to break ? The raven black, who robs the nefi Of that which next him's built ; O ! think, Sir Thorn, what punifhment ' , '.Awaits thy load of guilt? Coud'ft thoo not keep that great command, " Covet not neighbour's wifeV Reflect on this, ere next we meet, Repentance comes in life. But ¦* O Day, the brighteft fure that ever rofe ?" Sworn foe alike of Windham's, Beevors, Crowe's ; A patient ear to my complainings lend, And weep the hopelefs fortune of thy friend. " For ever curft be that detefied morn " When thro' thefe ftrcets by crouds triumphant draw», In joyful pomp my hatred rival came, And heaven's wide arch re-eccho'd Beevor's name. I faw, I heard, I ficken'd at the view, And from the factious croud impatient flew ; But when mild evening veil'd day's garifh light, Thou my Achates (to my wounded fight, Thou doubly welcome) trufty Perdix brought, Each lab'ring breaft with future triumphs fraught. Rife, H 1, rife ! 'tis Fame, 'tis Glory calls, But firft, let's fneak without the City Walls You cry, and I obey. The hireling race Obedient, from our fteeds unloofe the trace, And flowly drag us to the market-place. But here, alas ! no gratulations rung, For H 1 lives but on the venal tongue; Quakers and Churchmen, Independents join, To blaft the glories of the BI ng line. And hifs, arid fhout, and groan, and feoff combine. From that dire hour what numerous ills arofe, Eat;h Chief the city boafts, now joins my foes. And canft thou wonder if that party thrives, That for its patron boafts of Tombland Ives ! Ah ! hadft thou STARLING fill'd the city chair, What need of fenfe and worth has Norwich May'r ? But they are his, and he, alas ! the Knight's. Lo, at his fide what gallant band affrights' My timid foul. All that in Windham's train, Rear'd their blue Enfigns o'er the Market plains To BEEVOR their united voices give, And bid * rebellious weavers eat and live. Join'd too with thefe behold a gentle band, Lovers of freedom and their native land. Mark'd by no name, and to no party ty'd, Who late in union, walk'd at Harbord's fide. He too, in whom the focial virtues blend, '* -i .1- Rigby, pale Envy's hate, the city's i\ rend. * See the auaacioushand-biil, in which they prefume to con- reft the right of one man forcing another to voU contrary to his Principles, (a rigkc which every rich Engliihman undoubtedly polTeiles over a poor one) by pimiiii c; work to. the rafcally Weavers who refilled voting for Me, when commauded u>iio 10 by their Mailers. , . ,4 .. " iin) AU i6 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. H O B A R T. But,, hark! —The cock has warn'd me hence, A long and late adieu ! Come fee, falfe man, how low he lies, Who dy'd — betray d by you. BEE V O R. Sir T H O M A S's SOLILOQUY, To be or not to be That's- the Queftion. SHAKESPEARE. SHALL I, or fhall I not this conteft gain ? Shall 1 'gainft Hobarfs power my caufe maintain? Ala;. ! when lelt by all my noify friends, The bubble burfts, the bright illufion ends. But yet, they're all quite certain of fuccefs; (Tho' / begin to doubt it, I confefs,) For inftance; they pretend, my foe to pity, Becaufe they fay, once more he'll lofe the city. \ But "here he not the objecl of their fear, Did they not dread the day that's drawing near; Why fhou'd i/iev I: :n. at ev'ry turn afraid? Why call fo;oft upon the mufes aid? <; Why need they thus employ whole reams of paper, But to reftore my dying .taper? Once, through the flieets triumphant' was I drawn, But now alas ! chat public fpirit's gone. Strong were their motivesfor efpoufing me, But through, the whole felf int reft we may fee: F'or this afpiringbufy Hamlet Clan, Would fure unite, to choofe a Hamlet Man : And knowing he fo zea)ou,s in the caufe, Bid me not execute hm frame the laws. Hobart they knew wou'dgain each honeft cit, For he's the, friend of .Norwich and of Pitt. I'm known to be the friend ofoppofition, With them to vote fhall be my firft ambition. 'Tis not on means like mine my foe depends, 'Tis not by jingling rhyme begains his friends: See Heav'n born charity, her flores unfold; And there you'll ftill find Hobart's name enrbll'd. Where'er we fee her facred annals fhine, Hobart is ftill the foiemoft, of the line: Beyond his.lifej his title will extend, The poor man's patron, and the patriot's friend. Oh, would my friends, this vain contention ceafef • Nor.fofe fo fit a Juflice of the Peace I Wou'd they but rid me of this anxious care, Wood they lor pity's fake ray fortune fpare; r Silent ti He-th-l I'd retire once more, In hopes my weary Ipirits to reftore. Thefe All thefe unanimous to Beevor's name., Libations pour, and raife the loud acclaim, Where then, ah! where is haplefs H t's boaft ? Alas ! my friend, thou kridw'ft his feeble hoft ;, And yet our Phalanx boafts thy honoufd name. (lluftrious Roger — -Ctiief well" known to fame; But not thy matchlefs blufters here avail, Of D-y and H-rv-y thou the mighty — Tail ! And gentle R-b-nf-n fo mild and meek,'* The m'odeft blufh ftill mantling o'er his cheek. To impudence and felf-conceit fworn foe, In vain attempts to ward the coming blovv. Tho' R— ch's various virtues grace our train, " Blood, Bully, Buck, and Barber" ftrive in vain. " Ah, whence this trarifient joy,* this fudden ftart, This glimpfe of hope quick-rufhing thro" my heart." What do I hear ? each gen'rous friend unite, In my behalf to wage the unequal fightl " * In every point" thee H- — — t we'll protect. And every art we'll practice to-elect. Bleft founds ! to execute them be.it thine, OS g, fprung from an illuftfious line: j Be it thy care to hafte to my relief, And raife a mob around' each factious chief. Fancy, e'en now prefents the mingled noife, I fee thee heading all the Wbrkh'Aufe boys. Ah ! haften, haften, drive them from the town, Fire the Gazebo, and pull Tuck's Wood down : To Windham Bridewell next Sir Thomas haul, Enclofe him in her adamantine wall ; Pelt them rio more with +¦ dough-bak'd poetry, Thefe are heroic deeds, and worthy Thee, " Atchicve them, and rio Son of Peace dare claim " Thy wreath, O St , or can hope thy Fame ;" For know, when Blickling's Earl with annual call, ; Summons yon cits to jig it in his hall, Thy fteeds fhall view the ftabtes of 'the Peer, Thy footmen only tafte of his Sfnall Beer. " For Thee her Ion, loud bellowing faction owns, " Andjuft to matchlefs virtue, glory crowns." * Vide. The declaration of my friehds in Saturday's paper. T The Epigram iuppbfedto be written by my friend, which for terfenefs and point has not -its equal. E P 1 G R . A M. .Two Bulls have, lately bee« expos'd, Of R and'of C , The one of hardeA Brafs compos'd, The other Dumpling Dough. No [To be continued."] NUMBER V. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. There in a calm oblivion wou'd I ftay, And for our Hamlet party hourly pray. PETER PINDAR, jun. in the city, to his coufin in the country. DEAR Coz. a moft wonderful buftle is here. Now our late worthy Member's created a Peer ; The city's all riot, all parties contending, And nought going forward but proving and fending; Such fquibs, and fych crackers are flying about, That the Devil himfelf feems to be in the rout. There's Beevor, a Candidate, noted for cunning, He's this way and that way continually running;. He bows and he fcrapes, with a ftrange ftudy'd grace, And methinks there's a (how of deceit in bis face ; On the poor he attends, and their lot feems to pity, And promifes much for the good of the city; But lord— what are promifes ! evVy one find They 're eafily broken, for words are but wind; And if rightly ,1 judge, from his artful addrcfs, None e'er promis'd more, and no one will do lefs, Hext Hobart appears with a right honeft face, Not wanting good fenfe, nor devoid of true grace ; He fcorns to defcend to the fycophajjt's arts, To make an im predion on other men's hearts; His honour he values, and never pretends More good, than he means to perform, for his friends ; And in fpite of whate'er his opponents may fay, Harry Hobart's' the man that wUl carry the day. Now mark what confufion appears in the town, — One fide is contriving to pull t'other down: There's the lUfy-whtte B— >rn — o's, more crafty thao good, And that meek, modefi fellow, who Jives at Tuck's woo4; With R— £¦— y, a Surgeon, > who foon will I trow Write an effay to fhew us the nature of dough. Nor let me forget to arrange in his place The puritan W»-— - res, with a fanctifyjd face, Who, when in the pulpit, will venture to tell, > Which maa fhall be faved, and which go to hell; He BEEVOR. Ah ! me, again I droop, the blaze expires. On fwifteft pinions faithlefs Hope retires; In filent dread I wait the eventful day,, UnfkiU'd, alas! the giddy croud to fway. * No oratory to my tongue belongs, I wifh not to allure the gaping thrqngs; Within the fenate I fhall breed no riot. Seat me but there, and truft me — I'll he quiet Let Patriot BEEVOR ftudy England's laws. And gain each injur'd comber's juft applaufe; Affift me but to grafp the golden fleece, Who will for me may model her police. But, hark ! yon hateful (hou ts my woes proclaim. Earth, ah, andfkies re-eccho BEEVOR' s name; The raven flaps her wings, dire furies call Thy lucklefs H back to I d hall. I burn, I freeze, feiz'd with a mortal fever. Adieu, my friends, this t city's made for BEEVOR. * " I am no orator, as Beevor is, •' But you all know me here, afimple 'Squire, " For I have neither wit, nor Wards, nor worth. Vide Shakefpetre, t " Thi» world was made for Csefa/." The COUNCIL. THE King's Head Council met in grand debate, And K. — r — n aflum'd the Chair of State, To each with fweet bewitching fmiles he bow'd. When from his tongue thefe mighty accents flow'd. *• Altho' I fcorn moft grave and rev'rend Seers, The filly'croud's applautes, or its fneers, And carelefs what the cens'ring fools may fay, I take their money and jog on my way\ Yet when I hold a man to public view, And ftart him at the gaol of honour too, I'd have him then in EV'RY POINT compleat. Bright as a new coin'd guinea, and full weight; But who expects perfection here below? Not I— nor any of us here, I trow. Spite of our fondeft wifhes, toil, and pains, Some of us ftill want calh, and more want brains.' H— b—rt i8 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. to He, honeft good foul, once a lecture was giving, ,; With his arms widely ftre ch'd, and his eyes turn'd hcav'n, When lo! from his tongue he this fente.nce let fall— " Perhaps to be damnd may be good for us all ; And fhould fuch a'ftali of advantage be found, il.;«i the Lord, in his mercy then damn us all round ! BEEVOR. If now you're not vapor' d with what I have writ, I'll give you a'fketch of a banking-houfe wit: He's a fly little Q — k — r as ever was feen, And vomits low fatire to caft off the fpleen ; With a wonderful quicknefs he tells o'er the cafh, And 1 >ves to lafh others, but can't bear the lafh ; 1 hen better by far would it be for this creature, To flick to his ledger and give over fatire ; To fhun low a'bufc, which, in fact, is a On, And wait for the * little thing nvfoing within. But now let roe try a more delicate touch, My fatire 1 icorn fhould be cofcour'd too much ; Befides — a fair Lady I'm going to fkctch, " A Lady!" you cry, " what an ill-natur'd wretch!" " Pray who may fhe be, does fhe live in. the town?" Yes, madam, fhe does, and for fcribbling is known : But oft I've confider'd, and thought ita pity— A Lady fhould ever pretend to be witty ; Yet this Mrs. Tag-rhirae, a mighty wife woman, Hath feiz'd on the pen, and will ) ield it to no man ; She is pert in her manners, and confident too: What fhe does muft be right, what fhe fays muft be- ' true: Moreover, file's famous for breeding, you know, And once (what a miracle) brought forth a cow; Still let her breed on, for this truth I'll maintain, That her cuws are all bulls, and her labors are vain. So now I'll conclude, bit expect, in rny next, A further account, for i'll ftick to my text.' Yours, H — b — rt 'tis faid wants both, but what of that? As Pharaoh's lean kine fwallow'd rip the fat, So from our fullnefs, let's refolve to fpare, And. virtue, wit and wealth, wkh H — b — t fhare." So fpake the mighty Chief; — all look'd around, To fee where virtue, wit and wealth were found r Awhile a deep fufpence the Council held. Till X — m— y D — y his hpney'd lips unfeal'd. " Friends! heroes! champions in this glorious game Why fit ye here, fo taciturn and tame ? What new found modefty confounds your tongues Or with compreffivc force exhaufts your lungs? Since no one. fpeaks, Til end the mighty doubt, And humbly,1 thus what each fhall give, point Out. You coufm L n, for you have much to fpare, Shal'l give of kdne/ly, a decent fhare ; P— te,. fhall give lively wif, and as I live His fweet good nature R—-b — n fhall give: R ch fhall give gold: • -by H— v- giv'n, A fpice of ev'ry virtue under heav'n t Our K— r — n fhall lend hhfoberjenfi. And I, rayfelf, will give my t loqucnct. ,l Bravo ! my T — *n — y D -y f* the Chieftain cryrd. Bravo! braviffi ino! the board reply'd; Write, quickly write, that all who read may know What great fupport the Council will b^ftow ; How bold their purpofe, and how wife their plan" In EV'RY POINT to ferve their fav'rite man. -y fhall be July 3 1 ft, 1786. PETER PINDAR, juri. See Barclay's Apoldgy. PETER PINDAR's feeond EPISTLE to his- couf ' the o*Jmry. WITH pleafure, dear coufin, j take up my pen To write on this famous election agen ; And as I with freedom before dealt my jo s, Fll now give a lift of fome Other good folks: At firft let me touch on that bufy elf B — ck — e, Who learns' by example the method to truckle; He The Hon. H. H 's Addrefs to his worthy friends, 8cc. &c. &x &c. 8cc. whb'were fo obliging as to fign their names to a pirated copy of the Mamifactulers conftitutional band bill, dated July 24, 1 786. ALL you that join in H— — t's caufe; '*-'* Come near and hearken to my lay, ' '•'' And if for want of words I paufe, ' Supply them by etcaetera. For when of weavers we fall fhbrt, Men to employ or turn away; ' ¦ We^l fet ouV ftur^dy foes at -naught,*' By adding an etcaetera. ¦¦ >».tl , . Tho' twelut, we'll own, is more than nint, Let not that circum fiance difmay ; We'll to fourteen extend our line; Adding fivt timts rtCAuitiuk. ' .i .'* • Thu« THEUNEW ELECTION B UDGET. *9 r, - HOBART. He hunts after fame, but hath never yet caught her, His head being thick and inflated with water. With this fon of Gotham is conflantly feen , The Jhrevfd man of wealth, — Johnny H — rr— -g, I. mean; Arm in arm, through the market, together they jog To the *ftye of Bar-Iron, that favage old H And when they're carouGng a bowl of good liquor, . Which glows at the heart, while the tongue moves the quicker, . They rife altogether to make an oration On Government, trade, or the ftate of the nation. Nor think — lefs iHuflrious are thofe who fucceed; -But don't laugh too much, my dear Coz, while you read : There's Thrum, and there's, Plumb, two as good kind of men As ever came under the lafh of my pen. The firft, like a monkey,? ter mifchief inclin'd, Is*a£live, but all to no pwrpofe we find ; The -other a Sli— te-watcr Baptift, Oh ! rot him, Will infufe a fhip when 'tis funk to the bottom; He's haftv at times, but at other times civil. And in lying, my God !, why he'll out lye the Devil; Then fhould Ibe right, not to give him a rub, Since all the world knows he's fo fond of a: Scrub; For Beevor he cries, in the joy of his foul, Who, is by the bye, neither fifh, flefh nor fowl ; Still let hirn bawl on, in this creature's behalf, For the longer he bawls, why the longer we'll laugh. Now let me, dear coufin, ^advert to another,— Jemmy B — v— r. a brewer, the candidate's brother; He's a I >ng, larthy fellow, much given to talking. Arid, his. legs are well hung for the purpnfe of walking; He's thin, and he's weak as the beer. (hat he brews, But this, I conceive, e'en to yuu is no news. As jogging along, to' ther day in the ftreet, I chane'd with this hatchet-face being to meet ; /ft Arid as I pafs'd by him, believe me, my dear, His abdomen grumbled, o'ercharg'd with fmall beer; But let me have done with this odd kind of fubject, And carr) y« ur c) e, to a more finking object. Puffd up with revenge, once the Devil declar'd, That his power on earth was nor honor' d nor fear'd; Hence, enrag'd, he concerted an excellent plan. To make up a fiend in the fhape of a man ; * See his neat and elegant fhop On Hog-hill, which contribute ,$» largely to the ... . •; " "* > '•- '--"' And B, E E V O R, i . fu Thus a majority we gain ; Can any que'ftton if.-1-! pray! They're lawful voters I maintain : For who can check etcaetera. Should any fnarling critic rail;' And ridicule this bold effay, We rtever can of numbers fail ' While we can poll etcaetera. And tho' fome names are on our lift Who hardly warp a fkain a day, Such able friends can ne'er be mifs'd. Augmented by etcaetera. Then ftand by me, my worthy friends, W E, M -LL, B r arid D— y, We'll Beevor foil, arid gain our ends, AfTilted by etcaetera. But fhriuld, ciirs'd chance! upon the poll, • My rival bear &he prize away, You then, to footh my troubled foul, Muft find me cafh, etcaetera. EPIGRAM. Addreffed to a certain Miflcd Honourable Gentleman.-'1 THREE wi etched Days*, Oh! H thaft thou known, Which have thy tow'ring projects overthrown ; Three hated Days wherein aogoodnefs reign'd ; Three Days, by ¦ meartnefs, pride, and ign' ranee, flain'd; That lime can bring .thee no wo'rfe Day or evil, Granting, at once, it fends thee to— -The DEVIL t. # Stalling,' Jack, and Tom. f Satan D — v. A PEEP into! the KING'S HEAD. SEE. 'midft decanters, canns, and bowls, The haplefs friends of H 1 fit ; Wine cannot chear their drooping fouls., • Nor animate their jaded wit. See fmirking Tom, and fmiling Starlings Who whilom did fo laugh to fcorn, The efforts made againft their darling, Now in the dumps — diftrefs'— forlorn ! See Crunky at the ear of P— te, Lifping defpondency atidfear; So dolorous a tete a tete, Might alrr eft claim apitying tear. Lo ! R — ch, that fteadyUfri^nd to, truth, Chop-fati'n—9ut of all his airs, — Whifp'ring Lord Blow, that virtuous youth, The dreadful ftate of Hal's affairs, Then 29 THE &EW ELECTION BUDGET. x: HOBART. And thus, to the demons who flood round his throne The grim, artful Monarch his pleafure made known,— " Go hence and prepare fome materials fit, " Much malice, and not more of reafon than wit ; " A little good nature, diftruft, and revenge, *' With folly, conceit, and a fancy to change ; " Thefe brought to my hands, in an inftant I'll mix " Together, with mud from, the bottom of Styx; " When mingled and kneaded for full half an hour, " On the lump all the dregs! ef mean jealoufy pour; " Then ftrike out his form, and when polifh'd right well— . " lulufe in his noftrjls the fire of H He ceas'd, when the whole of his plan he'd pro pounded, And Styx' dreary borders wuh plaudits refounded : When lo ! in an inftant all things were got fit. And A— d«-r-n rofe from the bottomlefs pit. ,- - And now, my. dear Coufin, Iv'e.finifh'd my fatire; But left youfuppofe thati write thro' til-nature, I will frankly confefs I would not, if I could, Give the fmallefl offence to the worthy and good. Adieu ! my dear Coufin; my freedom excufe, , , And you'll fhortly receive fomething more from my mule. It ; , Norwich, Aug. a, i;86,„.;„ >*ETER PINDAR. PETER P I N D A R's . Third Epistle to his .Coufin in the Country. AGAIN, my dear Coufin,- 1 fend you a letter, Not worfe than my laft, but perhaps forheihing better; Howe'er, you'll be able to judge, as .you read, So without further preface, I mean to proceed. I'm told that fome folks with iriy laft were offended, — Why then my point's gain'd ; 'twas the thing J in tended: .. ¦¦.' i , i. ..< Had they laugrt'd when / laugh'd, they'd have baffled my aim,; ;j And convinced all the world I'd, miflaken ray game ; BEEVOR. Then B-uiv-t arid G-rth-n yiew, S—ly and Br—ne, arid Danny Bl-m, Lynn D-y, and others- — what a crew f Scatter'd, inebrious, round the room. And now behold ! — (the fcene (hilts here) ^,orj, B—hm the flairs afcends ; " R-ven, which room" — exclaims the Peer, ??¦ Contains my brother's chefen friends ! The little Tapfler otfd the door; Aghaft, the great Patrieian flood— Palenefs. his vifage cover'd o'er* And horror chill'd his noble blood. At length he faid — " What do I fee, Silenufh train— 2nd Maniacs wild ! '« Thefe cannot our confed'rates be— ¦ " Speak Bonifate — what are they child?" " Indeed, my Lord" — Sir Hoft replies, «• Thefe are the firft folks in the city; " Great — pow'rful — active— -mighty wife, " And are, my tord-r-your Brother's Committee* " This Hal's Committee ? — Theft his friends ? " Then Beevor will give Us a tickling' — " R-v-n, my coach" the Peer defcends, - Arid mortify'd— -drives riff for Blickling, Norwich, July 30, 1786. £, ' N. B. Thefe fianzas were Occafiohed by Lord B ¦' ¦•'% peep into the King's head on Saturday laft, and quitting the town almoft immediately in appareht ili- humour. Their feelings are delicate like (heircomglexjoos ; And when they appear in fuch ftrange kind of buftlcs, They 'wake into play ail our rifrble mufclcs. What pleafure, dear Coz, 'tis to draw forth the pen, And give au account of fuch odd fort of men,; 'Ti* A CHECK To Scurrilous Poetry and Dirty Hand-Bills. HOW fharp the conteft, and how keen the fight. When ferpents hifs and wound with deadly bite ! The venom fcatters, — fo profufe the bane, That Norwich Poets all their honour ftain. Now Pocktborp's neft of fnakes with horrid frown. Sprung from their bed, are fcatter'd o'er the town; See the undaunted Cred in every ftreet, In Poet's garb, lo ! you a Viper meet. Tho' bright or fpeckled be the hue they'take, View but their features arid you'll fee the fnake * .The footy mouth and forked tongue fpits out Its bitter gall,-— For Freemen now may fpout. While fnakes plebeian only bite the heel, The eyes thefe aim at, and the head muft feci. TheJmean infultiiig lines which from them flow. Proclaim their rage, and fpeak their caufe but low. '* Th«y [To be continued,"} NUMBER VI. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. 'Tis the province of Poets, as lovers of mirth, To joke with the knave, and the man of no worth; And, mark what I fay, at fuch whirnfical fun I fhould laugh — were I fure.to die ere I'd done. And now, my dear Madam, to ftick to my plan, Let me give you a trait of -a wonderful man : The great Doetor Rhubarb*, in G — s's Broad ftreet, Whofe long, dangling arms almolt reach to his feet ; He's a fhrewd, artful wight, and can eafily tell What will keep you in health, or, when ill, make \ you well ;. Yet, prithee, ne'er truft to his deep fearchingfkill; For though he can do it, I don't fay he will. , ¦'' If once a man's feiz'd with a ftubborn difeafe, He can ftill keep him fo, for the fake of his fees; And, believe me, dear Cozen, what'er be his lot, He'll get what he can, where there's aught to be got. To the picture of fuch a ftrange mortal as this, A juft colar'd contrail will not be amifs ; But how fhall my muf'e give a delicate fketch Of a child dropt by chance from an infamous wretch; 'Tis a difficult talk, yet the fubject, I hope, Will, for fatire and laughter, afford ample fcope: Of all the vile wretches, that ever were feen, This fellow's the moft fo of any, I ween ; He fprarjg, I'm inform'd, from the worft of all mo thers, And had' really, more fires than J.ofeph bad brothers ; Then*fure this high-finifti'd mortal is bfeft, With all the rare vices his fathers poffeft ; And will doubtlefs be found, when he ceafe to exift, Prick'd down with old G- — d — ge on the D — v — l's Jong lift. But now let me try to afford you fome fport, With W— <-tf — n, who clofes the rear of the court; * The Do&or, it feems, has a very high opinion of the vir tues of rhubar'q, and therefore prefcribesit to his patientsin all cafes; and Peter Pindar entertaining the like favourable opi nion of his cwn phyfic, has prefcribed this dofe, gratis, for the purpofe of ftre*gtk«ningi.th. He's BEEVOR. They bite and wound — and as a monfter form The very man who laughs at all their florin; And while no friendly hand the Venom draws, Each citizen they judge fhouts their applaufe. Shout may the fons of Pluto (curfed race) Maltreating Paltrooris without human face. Ye Norwich Men make no fuch devilifh choice, In wifdom's fpeech lift up your noble voice. If brighter talents than the reft you fhare, Join not the vulgar, nor with them compare ; — Patterns too low. — In your foft flowing line, And fmoother notes, no doggrel rubbifh join. Jargon and fenfe uniting both agree, Dafti'd with the filthy ink of Infamy ! Union how bafe ! courtiers with coblers joih'd. And, wits and vtenchesgrin with kindred mind. From fmall and great mix'd imprecations rife, And Grub-ftreet fonnets eccho in the fkies. Leave mobbing-blufter to the vulgar race, Referve the ftrain, and fhew a little grace. Mcthinks I hear you fay, " We muft be right, " A worthy preacher leads us forth to fight ; " M — k W — ks, the patriotic and the wife, " He leads our band, with him we all advife." Brave man, indeed ! hOw zealous and how warm 1 Twice dipt in Styx he fears no wound or harm ; He's quite fecure in his own coat of mail, And poifon proof at either head or tail. And tho' his garment be polluted feen, Defilement cannot penetrate within ; He'll feaft with Harpies, yet their ordure fhun, And hilling Serpents round him arrrilefs run. Fire-brands and arrows are with others fport, But he remains amidft the fire unhurt ; While oaths and imprecations horrid rife, He, brave good" man, is preffingto the fkies. Hail, honour'd W 'ks ! upon the wings of fame Your praife fhall fly, — your virtue, and your name. Ye wife and patriotic Norwich Men, Attend the caution of my humble penj; The 22 THE NEW ELECTION ^BUDGET, H p BART. He's a fine jolly man, it may truly be faid, But his body is far better ftor'd than his head ; Yet why fhould he be by his brethren neglected? Where fenfe was ne'er given, it can't be expected; And tho' he's a hi — kh — d, I'll venture to tell, Would he keep himfelf filent, he'd pafs very well. And now my dear Coz, let rae finifh ray letter, And clofe for the prefent the ftreara of my fatire,; For ftraiten'd for time, I muft bid you adieu, Nor mention one more, tho'J've twenty in view; But when I'm at leifure again to compofe, I'll fend an account of the town as it goes. Norwich, Your's. Sec. Auguft-5, 1786. PETER PINDAR. BEEVOR. XEORGE GOODWILL (Peter Pindar's Coufin) to his ,. Sifter in the Country. Dear ELIZA, I'VE learnt that our good coufin Peter Oft' writes you what's here going forward~~in metre : With which I'm well pleas'dj for, you very well know, On epiftles I've but little, time to beftow; And grant that I'd more., yet, if Peter would take Up his pen to amufe you the tafk I'd forfake To his better .talents ; for, truft rae, few can Depict with more humour that being— -call'd man. And of men of all taftes, of all tempers and textures, We've here fuch a ftrange, het'rogen'ous commixture, That, to one who, like Peter, delights to be fcribbling, They"yield ample food for his mufe to be nibbling. Though, 'tween you and me, I fhould think it much better His tints wern't fo coarfe, nor fo blacken'd his fatire, Once fome boys (/ays Old Efop), as matter of laughter, AiTaulted with ftones the poor frogs in the water ; Alarm'd at.Xuch outrage, the fleek, fpeckled nation* Deputed the elder to croak an oration; From the bottom the fagc to the furface arofe, And, with tears in his eyes, thus addrefs'd his young foes; " Alas! thoughtlefs children, to fport when inclin'd, " Why feek ye not fport of lefs mifchievous kind ; •• For tho' fuch fad.paftime to you may. fee ra fun, •' Yet we, wretched frogs ! by your fport are undone." And thus, while our coufin the mifchief enjoys Produced by his fatire, he's e'en like the hoys. "But The fquibs and crackers that you fend about, "Will get not B--r-r in, nor H~ — t out, When gentlemen pretend to patronize III names and infults, ridicule and lies ; When one attempts his intereft to promote By dirty lines againft another wrote, We fhrewdly guefs there's hardly ought fo mean,/ In which for int'reft he would not be feen. He's thebrave man who canvaffes for fame, And does fueh mean and dirty ways difclaim. Ye Norwich bards, if you fhould write-again, Be now advis'd, and don't your papej- ftain With Grub-ftreet doggrel, dirty BUHngfgate, For men of fenfe fuch ftufif will reprobate 5 But if high characters muft be defam'd, With mild revenge we'll make you all afham'd. . FHIJ,ELEUTH£llQ8.' I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. THO' Peter Pindar takes great pains. And other witling? rack their brains,, To plague the man o/Hethei, ; ' 'Tis ftill moft likely he'll be fent, To take a feat in Parliament, And Hal a place in— —Bjethei,, Auguft 4, 1786, ELIZA G O O D W I L L's Anfwer to her Coufin Peter Pindar's firft Epiftle from the City, DEAR Co;?, your Epiftle fo gallantly writ, To chafe ennui, and the yaporifh fit, I receiv'd in good time, for, with fjeknefs confin'd I was gloomily thinking, .that fortune, unkind, Had doom'd me to nothing but cares and iii health, And to darken the prolpect, had granted no wealth : Your Epiftle has rous'd me to look beyond felf, Since thofe who have every blefling«» .with pelf. You tell me, find means both therafelves to perplex, And their neighbours and friends moft uncivily vex j For I find in your city the bu file's began, And all feem engag'd more for Party than Men / Even you, my dear Coz, not impartial appear ; Tho' fatyr you rail at-— your own is feveve. Well I know that your peri can in poetry fhine, That you long have poffefs'd the goodwill of the Nine j That with them you have on earth, Does jaot always tread in the fteps of true worth, For fome men are by paffwn and.prejudice fway'd ; And how many, alas! hyfelflove are betray'd! Thefe men to their country's welfare are blind; To the charms of felf-int'reft their views are confin'd. However, . let inlrefl or prejudice fway His opponents, ftill HOBART bids fair for the day. And here, my dear Sifter, my verfes I'll end ; And believe me your true and affectionate friend, Norwich, George goodwill, * Auguft 12, 1786. P. S. Juft' as I finifh'H, I learnt that you'd writ To Peter — to cenfure his mifapplied wit. f See their characters, as drawn by Lord Chefterfield. ! i Sir THO M A S and his Friends. TO ev'ry Freeman — and to ev'ry Freeholder — • My fong is addrefs'd, therefore pray- all attend, For tho' H- — b— rt's friends are alerter and bolder, I'll fliow you wiry B — v — r ypu ftill fhould defend. And plain is the cXe, As the'nofe on your face^ That Nor think your attention too long I detaiu, Since I hope the advice won't be given in vain. Since our member fo ufeful, fo worthy, fo good^ (Who fo high in the favour of all Norwich flood) Since Harbord is gone, to no purpofe we grieve* Let us think then his lofs how we beft can retrieve. Two Candidates ftrive now our favour to gain, Nor fpare in their canvafs, or labour, or pain : Their characters, each as it ftands,. I will tell, And yourfelves fhall determine which bears oft" the bell. Firft, Hobart fteps forward, good-natur'd, but yet To reprefent Norwich, by no means fo fit ; His connections, what are they? a Lord is his brother; But is that any caufe he fhould make fuch a pother. A worthy Knight next appears to our view, Like our forefathers, liberal, free, gen'rous, and true; Bred amongft us, and no one in Norfolk denies That he's much more than Hobart fagacious and wife. For yourfelves then, ye worthy Norvicians, decide, Nor admit to a Lord one fo clqfely ally'd : Let Bfevor your fuftrages gam, and your love, And a worthy fucceffor to Har-bord he'll prove. A NEW SONG. YE Norwich freemen and freeholders attend, 'Midft hurry and clamour, the voice of a friend ; Who anxious alone for your honour and eafe*- Would have you reflect, and then vote as you pleaffi. Whilft fome high inflara'd with the patriot fever, Delirious rage, or for H 1 or B r; Let fuch as are cool both the candidates fcan, And reafon direclinor elect- the BEST MAN. Lo! enters poor Harry prefenting a face, Dildaining acquaintance with wifdom or grace ; His air neither knowledge nor virtue expreffes, But vacancy ! vacancy ! only confcffes. To fupport his pretentions, behold now appear, Elate by his fide> his fa'm'd brother the ?—X:, Renown'dfor his infolence, raeannefi and pride, Shall not Harry fucceed? — -to fuch grandees ally'd. Ye fouls independent, refent this alliance ! Advance, manly, forward, and breathing defiance, For once make it plain, that your weight can o'er rule The influence conjosn'd of a L ¦ d and a F -*. That B^ r has dignity, decency, worth, Can fure be deny'dby nO mortal on earth; At leaft 'twill be grantedwiih common accord, That the man has his wits,, and is back'd by no £">rcf. \ A ferious. [To be continued.'] N- U. M B, E R VII. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET HOBART. BEEVOR. That what the man wants is a lucrative*place; And therefore, good Gentlemen, do your endeavour' To forward the project, and vote for Tom B — v — r. From this day henceforward may bleftings attend him ; Be his fwcet fmirking phiz never fcrew'd up in vain ; But his fmiles and his fmirks muft to all recommend him, .Or they'll not deferve to be frail'd on. again. 'Tis certain that had he No boy like the daddy, I would not fay half fo much for this old laddie; But having fuch boys (and it never can harm ye),: They alfo may rife in the church and the army. Belidcs fhould I tell of his temper die fvveetnefs, Or kindnefs to tenants, ye never would fear him ; I could call all the Wrenningham. farmers to witnefs, And they could tell tales — 'twould delight you to hear 'em. Nay more, all his friends Will make ample amends I To thofe who affift him in gaining his ends!: ' Coufin. Cr — of Tuck's-Wood, for the feivices lent, Sirs, Will raife your poor's rate about thirty per . cent. Sirs. Ned R — :g—~ y (hall kindly take care of your diet, Let ijlnefs proceed from your drinking and eating ; He'll leflen your dumplings, and if ye'U but try it, He'll teach you to take but a fmall fhare of meat in ; And then how he'Jl mufter His words in a clufter, And how for the hamlets he'll fume, fwcat and blufter: All this fhall he do, and it is for your good, Sirs, Could he, make his arguments once underftood, Sirs. Sly Rhubarb fhall do, all he can to reward ye; (A cunninger wight's not recorded in ftory) And though many cry that he does not regard ye, . He'll ftate cafes flily, and lay them before ye; *' Then A fcrious EXHORTATION to the Independent Free-, inert of the City of Norwich. TO you my friends whom independence warms, Whofe honeft hearts beat high againft contfQul; To you this exhortation I addrefs,, . j_._, -^ The warm effufions of a free-born foul. Now once again occafion calls you forth, To choofe a man with whom can you confide j Your rights and liberties confider well, Nor fuffer clamour every voice to guide. As one concern'd in this our common taflc, Permit me here my fentiments to tell, And far as my abilitiesraay ferve, To fhew the Man who's like to ferve you well. Let it be one, who, true to honour's voice. Is ever wont his feelings to impart; Whofe giriltlefs foul ne'er blufhes at his words; Whofe tongue is e'er the index of his heart,. Let It be one in luring arts unflcUi'd ; ' Whofe honeft countenance deceit ne'er knows; ,y Who never ftriyes your confidence to gain With fpeciou,s phrafe.and well-diiTembled vows. Such is the man whoiri I would recommend; Such is Sir THOMAS — and fo him befriend. The Firft Epiftle of TABITHA RUNT to her Coufia PETER PINDAR. THY epiftles came all fafc to hand coufin Peter, But what fhall I fay to thy il^jtaturd metre* Thy wantonnejs greatly hath grieved my fpirit, And thy Grub-Jlreet abufe.ftill more tal;-es from thy merit. Oh! Peter! dear coufin, what daemon induces Thee thus to run after the draggle-iail'd mufes ? Thou hadft better keep.coblers at work*, and got pelf, Than thus meanly defcend, and turn cobler. thyfelf. 1 grieve for thee,- child, when I fee thy ill-nalure Overflow, ana my coufin miftake_y^/«« forfstire. Peter was formerly a leather-cutter, Obi 26 THE NEW ELECTION B UDGET. HOBART. For Then bid you believe That he will not deceive, tho' your poor's -rate rife jou ought not to grieve ; And little he cares what his foes can fay of it, So he and his family fhare in the profit. Of other good friends I could ftill fing the praife, For of fuch 'tis moft true that Sir Tom- has a trea- fure; At the virtues they boqfl I your wonder could raife, And perhaps I may do" fo when next I'm at lei- fure r And then fhall you know How much 'tis you owe To more. befide Rhubarb, and R — g — y and Cr— ; And the Devil is in't if you then don't endeavour To actas you ought betwixt H — b — t and B — v— r. B E E ' V O R. ,' CHARACTERS from SHAKESPEARE. Mr. H-B-T. THOU art not for the fafhion of thefe times, Where none will fweat, but for promotion, And having that, do choak their fervice up. Even with the having It is not fo with thee. S-rT — S B — R. You' are meek and humble mouthd, You fign your place, and catling in full feeming, With riieeknefs and humility; but your heart I,s cramm'd with arrogance, fpfeen and pride. L-d S D. You are a gentleman of admirable breeding, ^Excellent difcburfe, of great admittance; Authentic in your place tod perfon ; generally Allowed for your eourt'like, And learned preparations. xi. < ;>:.¦ . A- — -n C-E. Wrath kindled Gentleman be rul'd by me, Let's purge this cholcr, without letting blood, This we prefcribe though no phyfician.. S-r JOHN W-D E. - Your honour and your goodnefs is fo evident, That your free undertaking cannOt'mife A thriving iffue. J— s B— -R. Why what a deal of candid corirtefy, This fawning greyhound then did proffer.—- And but he hath the gift of A covvasd Oh! may but iav&e gentle chaftrfemerit befall thee, A pump or a cane might to reafon recall thee ; For thy int'reft I pray for't, without it I fear Thou wilt meet with the fate of poor Doctor Shcbbearet} And then wifh, like Nero, that cruel old wight, Thou never hadft learn' d or to read or to write. I expect my dear Peter will poverty plead ; But is that an excufe for an infamous deed ? And tho' thou mayft pick up fome half-pence this way. In lofs of repute moft feverely thpu'lt pay; Thy character ftain'd by the gall of thy pen/ Thou'lt hejhunn'd and defpis'd by all virtuous men. Nor fhall the pure ftreams which from Helicon fpring, ' E'er remove the foul blot, or afTuage the (harp fling Which reflection muft yield, if reflection you boaft. But if dead are your feelings, my labour is loft. Auguft 7, 1786. t The Doftor had his ears nail'd to the pillory for a libel- A Letter to PETER PINDAR, from his Coufin in the Country. MY dear coufin Peter, give leave to relate A wonder that lately has enter'd ray pate ; The wonder is this, that the Norwich good folks, No manner of notice fhould take of thy jokes; But when I fat down on the fubject to paufe, I inftantlyTaw for this filence a caufe: Thy cafe.now reminds me of what came to pafs, Between a bold Lion and ignoble- Ass. The fable relates, it fell out on a day, A fion went out in purfuit of his prey; When lo ! clofe behind him a creature appears, Remark' d for its hideous noife and its ears. Brave Leo majeftic proceeds on his way, While Yan key* info! ts him with hideous bray. The lion was angry, -and think it not ftrange, If now he poffeffes a wifh to revenge ; But when he beheld the contemptible'brute, "> He thought it beneath him with him to difpute. He therefore refolvesthefe offences I'll brook, Nor honour the beaft with a. frown' or n look.' Now is there not reafon dear Coz. to fuppofe, Thjs tale is apply'd to thyfelfand thy foes, They yet to chaftife thee have m-ade no attempt, . Becaufe T^ey conceivs thee too low for contempt. * In fome counties a term for an afs. Thefe. THE NEW' ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. 27 A coward to allay the guft he hath In quarrelling, 'tis thought Among the prudent, he would quickly Have the gift of a grave. Capt. A. B — R. There is a fair behaviour in thee, Captain, I will believe, thou haft a mind that (uits With this thy fair and outward character. M-LES B — R. His reafons are as two grains of wheat Hidden in two bufhels of chaff; you fhall feek All day e'er you find them, and when found they Are not worth the fearch. S-r E-— D A-T-Y. The Gentleman is learn'd, a moft rare fpeaker To nature none more bound; his training fuch, That he may furnifh and inftruct great teachers And never feek 'for aid out of himfelf. J— s H-S-N. I do remember him at Colman's Inn, like a man made After fupper of a cheefc-paring, when he's Naked he's for all the world like a fork'd Raddifh, with a head fantaftically carved upon) It with a knife. R-G-R K-R--S-N. ¦ - With the envious His fuccefles are afcrib'd to fortune, And fortune's failures, all afcrib'd to him. Dr. B R. There are a fort of men whofe vifages Do cream and mantle like a Handing pond, And do a wilful ftillnefs entertain, With purpofe to be-dreft in an opinion Of wifdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who fhould fay I am Sir Oracle, .1 And when I fpeak, let no dog bark. Ald-n. P--TE. Though he be blunt, I know him pafling wife, Tho' he be merry yet withal he's honeft, R-G-Y. It is not a confident brow, nor a throng of Words that come with fuch more Than impudent fauciriefs from You, can thruft me from atevel Confideratirin of you; JOHN BEEVOR. Thefe hints, my dear coufin, I hope you'll approve, For every line is the produce of love. Of love to myfelf, for I tremble, alas! Left I fhould be counted akin to an afs ! Then prithee, dear Pindar, abandon thy pen, Nor dare to infult fuch brave lion-like men. To lampoon thy betters no more fpend thy breath, Left the foul name of Yankey attends thee to death. The CONFERENCE. RETIR'D to Blickling Hall in penfivc mood, In the Long Library the brothers flood ; The Norwich canvas open laid to view, To talk of that was all that each could do. Fir'd by refentment keen my Lord he thunder'd Zounds, Harry, why they beat us by three hundred ! True, anfwer'd he, but give me leave to fay, We too may boaft a long et cetera. A long one, quoth my Lord, and where to find it, I'm fure Sir Thomas he will never mind it. In London, Yarmouth, Lynn, the County too, I fear he'll prove at laft too ftrong for you. In fhort, give up before th' election day, Or both may rue a long et cetera, To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders of the City and County of Norwich. Gentlemen, FINDING that a very ridiculous report is now induf- trioufly circulating by the friends of Mr. Hobart, that Sir Thomas Beevor does not mean to continue the con teft, his committee begs leave to affure you that fuch report is entirely groundlefs ; that he has pofitively de clared, that he will at all events ftand a poll ; *and from the very general fupport-and zeal of his friends, and vafl majority on his canvafs, it cannot be doubted but their appearance in his favour on the day of Nomination will fufficiently juftify fuch declaration. Signed, by order of the Committee, JOHN MORPHEW, Jun. Norwich, Auguft 9, 1786. The CANDIDATE. AS writing and rhyming the fafhion is grown, I'll e'en in my turn ftrive to pleafure the town; A fubjecT: 28 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. JOHN H Y. — for I want that glib and oily art, To fpeak and purpofe not, Gnce what I will intend I'll dot before I fpeak. A-D— ON. His humour is Lofty, his difcourfe peremptory, His tongue filed, his eye ambitious, his Gate rri-ajeftical, and his general behaviour Vajn, ridiculous, and thrafonical — He is tots Piqued, too fpruce, too affected, too odd, as It were; too peregrinate as I may call it — J-HN R-CH. I like thy wit well, in good faith. C-LM-N. -Oh he's as tedious As a tir'd horfe, or as a railing wife Worfe than a fmoaky houfe. S-M-N W-LK-N. Mcthinks thou art a general offence, And every man fhould beat thee, I think thou waft created for men to breathe themfelv.es upon thee Ald-n. AD-Y. He does fmile his face into more lines, Than there is in the new map+ with The augmentation of the Indies. W-L---M T-YL-R. Methinks fometimes I have no more wit Than a Chriftian, or An ordinary man hath, but, I am agreat Eater of beef, anck, I believe that does harm to my wit. * JERE— H H — Y. He's a proper man's figure, but alas! Who can couverfe with a dumb fhew. GEO— M-LT-Y. Why what's the matter That you have fuch a February face, So full of froft, of ftonn, and cloudincfs. Squire BEE--R. / God made him and thereforetet him pafs For a man. R-B-S-N. His heart's in his rnouth, What his breaft. forges, that his tongue muft vent, And being angry, does forget that ever, He heard the name of death. R. H--V-Y. BEEVOR. [To be A fubjedt to write on I never, can want, Whilit the merits of Hobart I have to defcant. Derry dowtii Firft his learning we all muft with pleafure admire, And to read his productions would be our defite, But, alas ! we are left for to hope it in vain, • For except on Grand juries he fcarce touch a pen. , Derry down. As foremen of them I have found he does fhine, And his learning, and fenf? are difplay'd in each line; Indeed his preferments are always held fuch, They're rcferv'd by his friends ever for the bonne houcht. ' i Derry down. Oh I could but old * Primate once more vifit light. How he'd view this his fcholar— fupris'd with delight ; And how that his hope he had ever outran, For he ne'er could expect he'd have made fuch a man. Derry d,own»- Enough of his learning, methinks, you will fay, Well, fo be't ; yet I've ftill much of Harry to fay ; You all muft allow then in dancing he (bines, And the worth of his heels will atone for his lines. Derry down. - If confiftency be what we look foi in man/ His conduct muft pieafe us, deny it who can ; We all muft remember there once was a time, When a brother of his bore an office fublime. Derry down. Lord Lieutenant, I think, was the office I mean, And fuch a Lieutenant there feldom was feen ; The queftion in England was. how to fubdue Of American Rebels — the whole hellifh crew. Derry down* Our Harry came over from Dublin in hafte, Of his eloquence here for to give lis a tafte ; And riot only fpoke for, and voted for war, But largely fubferib'd too, the troops to prepare. Derry down. When at laft it was found that contention was vain, * And apieace with the rebels was beft to obtain. We find he turn'd coat — was the chairman that fign'd Our thanks to — for having, alter'd his mind. Derry down. With fuch learning, fuch fenfe, fuch conjtflency join'd, So nobly endu'd both in body and mind ; In each point fo the man that we ought all to chufe, To place him in Parliament none can refufe, Derry down. * His Schoolmailer. And continued."} NUMBER VIII. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. R. H-V-Y. If I'm traduc'd by tongues which neither know My faculties, nor perfon ; yet will be The Chronicles of my doing, let me fay, 'Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake That virtue muft go through. ST G D-Y. An honeft man he is, and hates The flime that flicks on dirty fingers. PETER PINDAR's Fourth Epistle to his Coufin nn the country. " There are, I fcarce can think it, but am told, "There are to whom my fatire feems too bold; " Scarce to Old Peter complaifant enough, " And fomething faid of Rhubarb much too rough." Pope's Hor. AGAIN, dear Coufin, I refume my tafk To write, and tell, you all that you can afk ; Tho' half the town condemn what I have writ, As wanting candor, dignity and wit ; Tho' fome thro' fear, and fome thro' anger urge My pen's illib'ral, and too fharp my fcourge : Satire's not fatire in itfelf you know, 'Tis he who owns it — makes it truly fo ; You draw, a picture, and you carve a buft, Then afk me if the likeneftes are juft ; I tell you yes; why then this point is clear, 'Tis application makes the truth fevere. With equal eye I look on all mankind, As men for one peculiar end defign'd, And whilftl can, will freely fpeak my thoughts, Commend their virtues, and expofe their faults* Yes thus I'll act, what time I'm doom'd to live, Yet mark th' advice fome fober people give: Pindar, they cry, a diff 'rent fubject choofe, For dull heroics beft become thy mure ; No fparks of humour jn thy bofom glow, Thy puns- are nonfenfe, and" thy verfe is low; 'Tis BEEVOR. And when our endeavours are crown'd with fuccefs We, his friends, may expect neither more nor the lefs Invited to he to the next Blickling Ball, And Two-penny tickets be given us all. Derry down. H A L's" F R I E N D S. I. SEE the biifk BOBBY BOLT, As wild as a colt, With S — 1 — y's wife bawling for H— — t ; With that very fame trull, That made the old cull, Pay fo dear for — a peep at her cupboard. n. See Weather-cock D — Y, . / . Lew'd as outang in May, Crawling out of a gaol from his punk'; And crying " no Beevor, " H t H t for ever," Indecent, loud, faucy, and drunk! III. See Priapus P- — — , Juft reftor'd from a g' , Parading the Gentleman's Walk- > On a canvaffing plan, With Intwood's great man, Looking big — and attempting to talk, IV. See ROGER fo bold, In a fhower of gold, With fome Danea (like Jove) at a ftew; And when he no more, Can do for his whore, He will ftand — by poor Hal and his crew* V. But H t it feems; What e'er are thy dreams, Of obtaining fuccefs hom- 'fuch friends ; ; That the voice or the votes, Of a herd of fuch goats, Caa in no wife e'er anfwer thy ends. BEEVOR 3° THE NEW, ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. 'Tis weaknefs, madnefs, to affume the pen, And pour thy fatire on the beft of men * ; Why fhould' ft thou at that Man of Riches kick, Or cenfure Buckle 'caufe his head is thick ; Wy flout the Brewer, 'caufe he brews his beer Thin as himfelf' and*as the water clear ; Have you e'er drunk it, if you've not — why try it, And don't condemri it till you're forc'd to buy it ; I fay 'tis good, befides this truth is plain, It never rifes to affect the brain — Like flronger liquors, which at once inflame The lazy blood, and fop the human ffllme. Others there are, who think me in the wrong, And fay my fatire is by much too ftrong; Nay, Parfon Tmubltfome, *vith artful leer. Was heard to whifper in lew'd Co — em — n's ear, Pindar is witty, but I think his jokes Are too fevere on fuch illuftrious folks ; Howe'er I'd have him ftill purfue the jeft, Provided I'm not pictur'd with the reft. Thus each, dear Coz, when fcandal's fet on foot, Laughs, and is pleas' d, till he becomes the butt; When touch'd, he flinches from the tickling fmart Arid infant malice iffues from his heart ; Truth yields to falfehood, as his paflio.ns rife, And, for protection,, to iheJazr/hc flies: Yet think not, Coufin, that I'll drop my pen, As if afraid to combat other men ; While virtues, mine, and truth remains my fhield, Til ftand undaunted in the .open field; Impell'd by candour, turn frofa man to man, And raife a laugh as often as I. can. Let thofe I've ce,p.furd fan the fury's flame, And load with vulgar 'epithets ;my name ; , Yet if they think they're injurd by my rhime, I'll do them juftice at. a future time ; Expofe each foible as I twirl them round, And try if any virtues can. be found. But let me now my wonted aim .purfue, And rife a portrait to the public view, — A fmart, ,prim coxcomb,, with a vacant face, On whom dame nature lavi/h'd ev'ry grace. Comes wriggling forward, in his beft array, Like infects 'waken'd in a fummer's day ; Yet fay — -can aught on fuch a thing be faid, Which, tho' alive, is ufelefs as the dead ; * G— dge, J — b Sm— th, Plumb, Sancho, Scrub, Man Wealth, Bar-Iron., fyC. &c. BEEVOR. BEEVOR IS THE MAN. A New Song. .. YE voters of Norwich fo gen'rous and true, Who baldly the track of fair freedom purfue. Come liften to me, and beware of mean arts, Choofe a man for his character, merit, and par ts Give place to reflexion, mens principles fcan, And you foon will declare that Beevor's the man. Confider how weighty the truft you repofe, In the men who by you, are for Parliament chofe ; A man of low parts for the place is unfit, He ought to have eloquence, wifdom, and wit ; Then lay prejudice by, purfue reafon's bright plan, And you'll quickly declare that Beevor's the man. You lately did two Reprefentatives boaft, Who with honeft integrity fill' d- the high poft, Tho' one you have laft, you. that- lofs may repair, By choofing another who'll with him compare ; Your rights and your freed <ud P>) -kl -rig's Peer, Me, to tuy father's pride and beauty heir: But, ah,' no hopes now puff mv lutm'd mind, Tho' S — rl — g D-y and § S-t-n too behin-.! ;' L— n and his fon, thaL comely, fprightlv youth, And Cafh, that foe to virtue and to truth; With falfe reports my expectations raife, Nor || intere/led, hope for merely praife. Nor threats, nor menace* ca-i now avail, Nor bribes, nor promifes — they're now too ftale. And oi the wifh'd fuccefs does th' Hofpilal\ e'en fail Alas! alas! they are but vain deceivers, For fure I know, fuccefs aline is Beevor's, II What boots it then, (ince thus the fare^ thus witl. That you with fictions coarfe your paper fill? What boots it then, that with difgufting pen, And** lies malevolent you harrafs men.? Who, f This is a fubjeft the honourable gentleman w perpetually- harping upon ; fenfible, we fuppofe, of no other qualification (if this be one) which can render him a fit reprefentative for this commercial city. J The learned reader is requefted to take notice of a remark able beauty in the ftyle, which were it not pointed out might efcape him; I mean. the repetitiorr-of an emphatic naord, which in this epiftle the honourable gentleman frequently takes occafion to introduce, having for its primary author the immortal Maro, the tranflation of which probably fuggefted the idea — — - carmina Gallo, Gallo cujus amor— § There is a beautiful ambiguity in this expreffion, which cannot enough be commended. Whether the writer alludes to Satan D-y, or Satan himfelf, who being " the father of lies,'' might put into his favourite St-rl--g's noddle to deceive the Candidate, we will not prefume to determine. || Something more folid perhaps might, in the honourable Can didate's eftimation, be their motive. We would* neveithelefs, put thefe gentlemen in mind of an old, but true, faying.; " All that gliilens is not gold." f\ This alludes to a well-known fad, of the Hofpital having; been promifed to at leali fsurfcore freemen, on condition they would vote for Mr. H-b— t. f q Taken- in the light of a fpirited remonftrance, we cannot find iin equal to thefe lines — What boots it then, Sec. ** See particularly that high-flown fcene, as related by Peter Pindar, to have been tranfacted in Pluto's dominions. One would 36 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. check to keep a piece of wet fpunge in his pocket, to wipe off the landlord's tally, at his own difcrction. This every check is fworn not to divulge. The arts and deceptions which are made ufe of by rm friends, to promote the completion of their wifhes, will be fufficient to juftify the neglecf. and Contempt with which I fhall hereafter treat them. 1 am. Madam, Under the molt dreadful apprehenfions - s ¦ of lofing my election, Your affectionate, , Angel Inn, Auguft 2, 1 786. .SOME of the inhabitants of this city are difpofed to quarrel, with Mr. Hobart's principles, though ftrictly conftitutional, becaufe he is no orator; and being tbemfelves wonderfully gifted in the mouth, they are determined not to elect what they call a dumb Mem ber. If good fenfe, added to unfullied honour, and a perfect rertiiude of moral and political conduct, have any influence over the independent freemen of this city, Mr. Hobart cannot fail of meeting with the warmeft fupport on the day of election. BEEVOR. Who, wife, like Al--rf-n, like R-g-y, would, In Beevor's caufe purfue the ge'ii ral good? What? That 'with indifcriminate abufe, You mifapply the talents of your Mufe. Why 'gainft the Brewer rail in vapid t+ lays ? (You'll furely own that it exceeds L-n D-y's ) ++ Why infolently flout the female fex? ^§ You'll hear the oyfier-women cry, " I fecks ! " He moy be clever, but raoy I be hang'd, ", If for his cowardice he ought not to be bang'd." You'll hear the Coeks exclaim " againft us rail ! " 'Sblood! we, will pin a dith-clout to his tail !" And fchool-bdys as they pafs, cry " out upon him 1 " Would he were here we'd break his bones, we'd con SHIP LIST. SAILED the Injutanct, Plumb; the Moderation, San- ¦cho; and the Monkey, Scrub, for Holkham, in ballaft'. WindS. E. Arrived from the foulh, the good old fhip Sjcophant, commanded, by FzVe-Admiral Caricature, and laden with oil, fugar, bows, fcrapes, fmiles, lies, promifes, fqueezes, arts, 8cc. for Meffrs. Freeman and Freehol der of this port. WANTED, on Mortgage, 5000I. for which the Estates of Mark W ks, Barrabas L — m — n, n)V Lord Pratt, Sir John O'L ke, Adam's Grandmother,, Jacob C-» ke, Marfhal Wade, Nine Wiggs, George O — ver, the Golden Cobler, Sec. 8cc. See 8cc. &c. will be pledged. For further particulars inquire of the Secretary of Committee of Accounts, at the Angel, Norwich. WANTS a PLAGE, a fmart-luokirrg. elderly man, about fixiy, who i^ ready to do all sorts of work. Can afli-ft in making out Mittimufes, and has made the Vagrant Act his peculiar ftudy. For h im , What boots it — but fhOuld I ftill more indite, You'd fwear that I againft my friends would write. Forgive my petulance — but I muft own, |||| To be defpisd, infuhed in the town, Th' election's loft, (for, ah ! no hopes remain) Make me run on in this bewilder'd ftrain. Pindar ! oh take, as from a man to man This, this ray laft adieu, for if I can Retreat I will, lay down my uprais' dfu'eld, Nor flland undaunted longer in the f eld. '- From me take warning, view my haplefs ftate, And pity, pity A Successless Candidate. would imagine that, endeavouring to take off another, he, with matchlefs accuracy, has delineated himfelf. ft The particular beauty of this epithet cannot, ought not to be paffed overin frlence. An epithet, which the tafte of his adherent's beer introduced, probably, in the verfe : being no lefs defcriptive of the infipidity of Peter Pindar. %X This alludes to fome ill-natured abufe bellowed in more than one effay by Peter Pindar, upon a worthy woman. For what crime ? Becaufe Ihe infolently took up a pen in a good caufe, and boldly dared to be his antagonist. O tempora ! that permit fuch a mifapplication of talents. ¦ §§ To a common reader, perhaps, it may afford fubjett of wonder that this courtly Gentleman could be capable of intro ducing fuch 'vulgar and lovj-liv'tt ideas into his inimitable epif. tie ; but when he cpnfiders that thefe were only Furies and De mons which haunted the unpopular Gentleman's perturbed imagi nation in the fhape of Oyfter-iMomen,- Sec. his wonder will ceafe, and he will confefs it'to be a moll admirable piece of fine writing, |||| We cannot help pitying the poor gentleman's fituation ; " to have looked forward to the day of election with a pleafure " which the certainty of fuccefs ever creates in the human " breaft;" and then to be difappointed, calls, undoubtedly, for our commiferation, The field", we fee, he departs in a christian manner, (as many heroes have done before him) wifhing others to take warning by his error3 nor fuffer themfclves to become fuch thorough dupes. PETER. [To be continued.] NUMBER X. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. For terms and character apply to Lord Caricature, in whofe fervice only he has been employed. , N. B. It has been lately difcovered, that he was very ferviceable in the deftruction of fpiders to the fociety of yarn-faclors,. and would have no objection to a seat — in office. WANTED, at H l Hall, in the county of Norfolk, a number of men, who underftand digging, delving, carting, and other healthful athletic exercifes, attendant on the improvement of land and hufbandry. The ufual pay for labour in this country is one friil-, ling per day ; but as employ may be depended on whilft the days are at the longeft, no more than tenpence per day wiil be offered. N. B. A good Workhouse in the Hundred. BEEVOR. ANY perfon willing to contract for building a Booth at the enfuing election, and allowing eighteen' years cre dit, may be treated with by applying to Sir Pertinax Macfycophant, Bart, at the Angel Inn. IF any perfon poiTeffed of a pretty long family pedi gree, is inclined to fell it on reafonable terms, they are defircd to wait on T. B. at H — 1 Hall ; who having lately purchafed a Baronetage, is defirous of joining to-it a Pedigree, he not having it in his power to trace the family further back than his father, who was born in Yorkfhire a fhoemaker, lived a grocer, and died a brewer, in Norwich. None but principals will be treated with. RUN away from H — I, and left his family charge able to the parifh. Smiling Tommy. — Whoever will confine him in Wymondham Bridewell, fhall be hand- foraely rewarded. [This will be advertifed no more.] FOUND, a Canvas Book, marked T. ever has loft the fame may have it again, the contents to be true. B.— Who- on proving Apfily PETER PINDAR's Fifth Epistle to his Coufin iii the Country. MYdear Coufin Tab in the letters I've wrote, You have a fhort fketch of the gentry of note, On the fide of Sir Tommy (who by Jove muft mif- carry) And now I'll defcribe you the friends of wife Harry. Abdominous P-st— s, I mean not to rail, fs a pond'rous weight in our fide of thefcale; Yet fome imperfection about him remains, Superfluous guts, and a huge want of brains. There's M-rsh-ll, another ill uftrious foul! Whofe name on our lift we rejoice to enrol! So very a Rakehell, fo given to riot* The Magiflrates rarely can keep the dog quiet. Here next comes a, worthy whom none can reproach ; Do you afk who I mean ! The immaculate R--ch, So noted for truth, and for keeping good faith, No Demon can credit a word that he faith. Immutable Cl-v-r I mention with joy ! To find out his equal the world I defy ; His equal for what? An irrefolute mind, Unftable as water, inconftant as wind; He's here, or he's there, he can all things pretend, He can love or can hate, be your foe or your friend; To-day he will curfe honour'd Hal and his caufe; To-morrow will hail him with fhouts of applaufe! I muft not pafs o'er the renown'd Sober Sam, Henceforth to be known by the name of RamjamT j Ramjam has a dreadful complaint in his brain, Which fkilful phyficians with eafe can explain; Ramjam, it appears, is a brewer of nog, , Which frequently rifes in fumes like a fog; Thefe fumes muft afcend to his head, we fuppofe. And the fibrous parts of his brains difcompofe. Thefe, Cuz, are a few of the chieftains we boaft, Harry's caufe in fuch hands fure can never be loft ; * He was lately apprehended by virtue of a warrant, and obliged to give fecurity for his future good behaviour, f An Indian term for drunkard, Sure 33 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. -HOBART. Apply at the Prince of Wales's ARMS, No. 10, Cockey-lane. Norwich, Angel-Inn, Augufl 7-, 1786. LOST, 'Squire Brafg's Modefty — Simon Plumb's Veracity — The Labor of the triumvirate Gilponeans — and Dr. Gazebo's E/fay on the beft kind of Ferment for making bread, dumplings, 8cc. Whoever will give intelligence of the above fhall be duly rewarded, by applying to the Angelic Committee. >N. B. The firft article is very much wanted by the friends- of the perfon who has loft it, though the 'Squire fets no value on it; and for the laft article a very large reward will be given, it being a manufcript, and was intended to be publifhed very fhortly by fub- "fcription.- Signed, by order of the Committee,' Rum Scrub, Secretary. ' To 'be LET, and entered upon immediately,, A Number of empty fculls: The Tenements are not only very capacious, but verv fubftantial ; for tho' the waifs are built with a very foft material, they are re markably thick. N. B. The above Tenements have never yet been occupied. Mr. J. M -w, jun. will fhoW the premifes. AT the'THEATRE in Bear Garden, this, and every -evening till the Election, will be performed a new play called ANTICIPATION ; to which will be added a tragi-comic farce called the LYAR. — Between the play and farce will be exhibited a variety of Songs, Squibs, Crackers, Lampoons, Panegyrics, Hear-fays, Rhodbmon- tndes, Rippers, Old Stories, Calumnies, Characters, Scan- dal,XPhilippics, Epigrams, Puffs,' Sec. * * No admittance behind thefcenes. BEEVOR. Sure men of fuch virtue, good fenfe, and refpect, Can't poffibly fail worthy Hal to elect. A wonderful lift I have yet got behind, Which l'U furely prefent when it enters my mind, — But now, (as you know how laconic I write) I defift from my plan, with adieu for to night. TO be seen, in a large and commodious room at the Angel, in the Market-place, a moft curious and wonderful /collection of WILD BEASTS; among which are many non-dcfcripls. — The whole conapofing the moft extraordinary products of nature ever exhibited fince:Noah's grand affembly in the ark, 2348 years .before the chriftian aera! t|+ Admittance nothing; half to be returned in liquor. „ X Wis A PARODY. BEEVOR in a Bumper wherever he goes, Addreffed to all the Free Souls in Norwich. I. I CAN'T for my life, firs, conceive why this fufs Should be made about Hob— t, by this man and t'other, What's B-^-hling's great Peer? — What his friends all to , us ? Or why are we plagu'd thus to vote for his brother? Bring the flaggon, good hoji, And I'll give as atoafl. . A man fitter to ferve us, as ev'ry one knows ; Who for wifdom and worth, t May challenge the earth, So — a bumper to Beey-or wherever he goes. II. Let wife-acre Starling ftill puzzle his brain. How fafcly to get Hal a feat in the Senate; Let him bluffer, brag, browbeat, and court— 'tis in vain, Nor hit cunning nor fortune can poflibly gain it. Men like us— 1 hold, Contemning of gold, All the pow'rs of corruption fhall vainly oppofe ; TrTen let us, thus free, Take care fo to be, And — in bumpers drink Beevor wherever he goes. 111. Your high-founding titles created by Kings, And high birth, without wifdom or honour adorn'd, In good citizens eyes, are contemptible things, And the mcer fool of fortune muft ever be fcoro'd : ' 'Tis a found heart and mind, ¦ 'Tis a judgment refin'd, 'Tis the patriot fpirit winch conftantly glows, That a Candidate moft ; j • • Should he able to boaft. So — a bumpecto Beevor wherever he goes. TV, Since THE NEW ELECTION -BUDGET- 39 HOBART. This Day is piibliflied, A New edition of the Travels and Knight-errantry of Quixote, Sancho and Sciub. Price id. % On Monday next will.be publified, Price ios. 6d. A new and fplendid edition of the Treatife on Hea ven and Hell, with notes, from the Latin of Emanuel Swedenburg. — By Aminadab Shoe To be had at No. i, Lower Goat-lane, Norwich. number II. ELECTION BUDGET Publifhed by Independent Authority, and as the Act of Fancy directs. From Monday, Aug. 7, to Monday, Aug. 14, 1786. HOME NEWS. THE Mail Coach whith brings all our intelligence from Town, having been again overturned by the Dili gence upon the Castle Hill, we were obliged topofipo?ie the London hews till our next. We have it from authority, that Sir T. B- intends giving every encouragement to the breed of Affes ; he at one time thought of adding to his ftud two of his plough-horfes, to figure off with in the eleflion week ; but having lately fnade a trial of Affes from Tuck's-Wood to Norwich, he fourid them in harnefs fo docile and fure-footed, that he is determined to bring into vogue thofe long neglected and much abufed animals. B E £ V O R. We are well informed that Mr. B- pofitively allured the poor pld men at the-Hofpital, that his bro ther was 400, (ill but one, a-head of Mr. H. nn the canvafs ! — Mr. Barrabas L. with as much affurttnee but with lefs ingenuity, afferts, that the majority is only 50! — O ! for a rpd to whip fuch incorrigible knaves ! To the mortification of the Flpwer-in-hand purfe, no fick members can be relieved for two or , three years, owing, -it is faid, to the great expenses they/have been at in treating Sir T, B — vr and his friends. Letter IV. Since Members are chofen to watch over Kings, And to guard all our rights is their juft occupation ; Sure Beevor, good fellows, a fair title brings To a feat in the Parliament of a free nation. Tho' Hal gets the cars Of fome. two or three Peers, And thinks that none dare fuch Grandees to oppofe; Yet .the people unkind, In his canvafs he'll find, Drinking bumpers to Beevor wherever he goes. V. I care 'd the name of Clov — r ; " I. — I, — I, — I, damnation feize 'cm, " I'll d n 'cm I will plague and teafe 'em:' — He could no more-r-fuch rage now fhook him That ftrength and fpeech at once forfook him. Now fev ral 'role — made fpeeches pat, One advis'd this— t'other that : Their 42 THE NEW ELECTIOJNB UDGET. H O B A R T. BE E V OR. The Hiflcricnl Adventures and amorous Tele-a-letes of Adam's Gran iClubs, Bob -majors, £s?<\ N. B. The above were never worn but during the honey-moon, after the marriage of the prefent owner. ¦Inquire of Cutty -Squint, St. Stephen's. The following verfes were dropt in the letter-box -at the Back of the Inns. To PETER PINDAR, Jun. INVECTIVE neverhurts the man of worth, Arid fatire only flings where vict, ftands forth ; •But tell me truly — what muft be that mind Which ftabs at random, and leaves truth behind? Thy ranc'rous pen describes thee, prefcious elf. And makes all others, what thou find'ft thyself. The favage only throws th' envenom' d dart, To thee alone is left that folifh'd art ; Therfites* laughs beneath the fevenfoldfhield, So PrNBAK'sflaves the fecret engine wield. Look well, while thou attack'ft another's name, iLeft fome foul deeds remember'd blot thy fame. An Enemy to Malevolence. * An attendant on the Grecian army before Troy, who was foundly beaten, and at length to death, by the principal Offi- , cers, for his continual abufe of them. AjaX'Onee faved his life by covering, liiin with bis fhield. •33" He that plays at bowl* muft expect to meet with rubbers. So fays the proverb, and fo fays Pindar, and therefore he re queued to be inferted. On Tuefday laft the following infcription was difcovered under fome ruins in a country church-yard. INTERR'D near this flone's the remains of Tom - Of the hall in this town, a noted deceiver • By; Thus fwoln with grief and direful woes, He ran to feek his brother; And rufhing frantic to the bed, He fought his cares to fmother. Awake ! he cry'd, thy brother calls, Oh ! cleave unto my brcaft. Perchance 'twill eafe my troubl'd mind, And foothe my foul to reft. Thefe are the filent dreary hours When fancy takes her flight, And paints a hell before my eyes, And aids the fears of night.' Bethink thee, brother, what deceit In D'Oily's breaft does reign, How oft he fwore with folemn oath My caufe he would maintain.- How could he fay that Government Had granted him permifiion To be my friend Si — Now, d — his blood. He laughs at my condition. -y Why did he promife faith to me, And thus belie himfelf? Why did he fay my caufe was fure, A boaftful lying elf? Beevor, alas ! the. city's pride, My projecl has o'erthrown ; Beevor, alas ! will gain the day; And I my lofs muft mourn. This heart, alas! is loft to peace, Thefe lips to converfation, Dark are my eyes, and wan my face, ¦" : And life is but d : . The owl's dire fcreech fhall wake my grief, The winds fhall tell my moan ; In filentgroves I'll pafs my days, And there I'll die unknown. But hark ! the bells in merry peal Repeat a Beevor's name ; I hear a Beevor's name rcfound, I fee him crown'd with fame. The morn (hone forth when Mungo fought His friends participation ; His friends with, pity, grief, and tears Beheld his fituation. He hied him to the Market-place : Within a hackney coach, Aed at the King's-hcad gate he faw, His old friend Johnny R — xb. And [Tv be continued.] NUMBER XII. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. BEEVOR. By his fide lies his wife, and, no doubt, fhe is bleft ; For wifdom and prudence by her were poffeft : From a xacefhe defcended of anceftors pure, But he — from the grains of a Norwich beer brewer ; On the wretched her bleflings fhe ever diffus'd, Whilft ties, the moft facred, by him were abus'd ; To his wife he was falfe, to his offspring unfeeling ; And liv'd a fworn foe to all truth and plain dealing : In the practice of vice all his talents he ply'd, But death took him down in the height of his pride. Tuck's Coffee-Houfe, by adjournment. Puffing Committee. IT appearing by Delegates fummoned from the re- fpeciive parifhes, that our books under the fuperintend- ance of Meffrs. Skinny R— ff — 1 and John M w, are extremely incorrect, it is Ordered, That the plan recommended by Simon Pure- be put into immediate execution, that we may not in future deceive ourfelves. — However we think it politic to boaft of our great majority ; and it is further Ordered, That the out-door lying and puffing be ftill continued, but as we do not wifh our friends to be great fufferers, we recommend the talking of bets only. Ordered, That 500 more of the indecent fongs be printed and privately difperfed; at the fame time an additional number of advertifements, figned John M w, dif- avowing our ^knowledge of them. A ROD for the RUNNER Or, a whipping for the Banker's boy. PHILO fteps forth with consequential grace. And bawls out tool, hut wifely hides his face; And thrice he call'd on R—ch's name- And thrice he bow'd his head — Then died away — the waiter came And bore him up to bed. Continuation of CHARACTERS from SHAKESPEARE^ E— l of B— - -- — — — E. -I Cannot tell The What heaven has given him ; let fome graver eye Pierce into that ; but I can fee his pride Peep through each part of him; — whence has hethatr*,; r.„t H e W- — M W — -M. An eye like Mars, to threaten or command; A combination, and a form indeed, Where every God did feem to fet his feal, To give the world affurance of a man. H e H—Y H — T. I can give no reafon, nor I will not< More than a certain envious hate and loathing I bear Antonio, that I follow thus ' A lofmg fuit againft him. S-r T — S B — r. Thy deeds, thy plainnefs, and thy late exploits Have made thee lov'd and honour'd by the people : Join then together for the public good, In what ye can to bridle, and fupprefs Th« pride of Suffolk. S-r E— -D B— N. A certain Knight that fwore, " by his honour," they were good Pancakes, and fwore, "by his honour," the muftard was naught. — Now I'll ftand to it, the pancakes were naught, and the muftard was good; and yet wa.s not this Knight forworn. S-r J-N B — Y. Knighthoods, Honours born, As I wear mine, are titles but of fcorn, Mr; 46 THE NEW HOBART. ELECTION BUDGET. B E E V O R. The rod he brand ifhes, yet, be it known, This felf-fame rod is not the monkey's own : With warmth he argues, that abufive rhime Is in the court of common fenfe a crime ; And'yet has floop'd to gather up. the dirt, And fhown the will, but not the pow'r to hurt., From good report^ I'm taught to underftand A fecond per fon kindly lent a hand ; And more, 'tis faid, they met at different times, — One gave the thoughts, the other tagg'd the rhimes. Oh ! bleffed heads, engag'd in fuch a caufe, Proceed, and B — v — r fhall proclaim applaufe, To plead his int'reft, all your credit flake, Write, lie, and vote through oppofnion's fake ; Brand. Peter Pindar, call him what you choofe, To pleafe your party, and promote your views ; Affert he's needy, fay he writes for pence, And fwear he has more impudence than fenfe: The firft he'll grant, nor needs he blufh with fhatne ; — Though poor,'" he's honeft; — Pray are you the fame*1 . Perhaps you are, and yet may be the tools Of fome rich caitiffs, or fome titled fools : To thefe (while paid) each virtuous deed afcribe,— For thofe muft flatter who accept a bribe. Yet whilft you firmly to their in'treft flick, Pindar will write, and probe you to the quick. Philo, you're angry, and affert a lie ; But Pindar's not, and therefore won't reply. You fay he fcor'ns religion's hallow'd laws, And feels no rev'rence for the FIRST GREAT CAUSE: The charge is falfe, and till he guilty plead. Whoe'er believes you is a fool indeed. Why did you, Philo, with malignant fpite, Hang o'er his follies with fuch fond delight : For if 'tis true that " he who loves to dwell " On others' failings, be a child of Hell'," You, Sir, (and faith the thing was mighty civil) Have, bona fide, prov'd yourfelf a Devil. Hence take advice, thou felf-conceited elf, And do not write to contradict thyfelf; * Philo was indebted to a public' charity for his education — -is now in a ftate of fervitude — and depends on his daily earnings for fubftftence. — Anti-Philo would have thought the foregoing obfervation beneath him, had not Philo made Pindar's poverty a fubject for his fecond-hand wit. No -his heart's his bis heart as Mr. C-KE. His nature is too noble for the world ; He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove, for's power to thunder ; mouth. The M— R of N H. He fits among men like a defcended God ; He hath a kind of honour fets him off More than a mortal feeming. J— S C--E. His words are bonds, his oaxhs are oracles, free from fraud as earth from heaven. L t C l G — T. You'll leave your noife anon! do you take the Court' for Paris Garden; you rude Have leave your bawling. C— -n C-W7-L. Pleafant without fcurrility, witty without affeclation, audacious without impudence, learned without opi nion, and ftrange without herefy. G n B— -R. By my hopes 1 do not think a braver gentleman, More active valiant, or more valiant young, More daring bold, is now alive To grace this latter age with noble deeds. L t P--LE I am not, coufin, covetous of gold ; But if it be a fin to covet honour, I am the moft offending foul alive. ,-: D--N of N — -H. What the word and the fword ? do you ftudy them both Mr, Parfon? S-r E-— D A— -Y. — Yet I fee Thy honourable metal may be wrought From that it is difpofed, therefore 'tis meet That noble minds keep even with their likes ; For who fo firm that cannot be feduced ? J--K R— H. Sir, for a fifteen pence, he will fell the fee fimple of his falvation. j._N R — --N. If I become not a cart as well as another man, a plague on my bringing up, A n K. N. One that never fpake other Englifh in his life, than eight {hillings and fixpence, and you are welcome, Sir, ' with THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. 47 H O B A R T. No confidence can e'er be plac'd in you — As R p confiftent, and as B • y true ; Like them you'll promife, yet hetray your caufe, And meanly break through God!s and nature's law;s. ANTI-PHILO. HARRY HOBART FOR EVER! LET others of women and wine fing the praife, " Their fubjects are humble, and humble their lays ; 'Tis Hobart I fing, and a worthier theme, (Whatever the friends of Sir Thomas may deem) No poet e'er wrote on, nor e'er was a mufe, Which could fuch a fubject as Hobart refufe; Harry Hobart's the man ; fo away with your Beevor, A Hobart, A Hobart, A Hobart, forever! The cunning, the witty, the flattering elf, Who promifes others, but thinks of himfelf; I never will celebrate, never will aid ; But will fpeak what 1 think of him — who is afraid .' I heed not the bfufter of him of Tuck's Wood, Whofe fury fo oft, have the Guardians withftood, But Hobart I'll praife, fo away with your Beevor; Whilft true honeft voters fhout Hobart for ever ! He who gapes but for profit, and cares not a pin For thofe who elect him, fo he but gets in ; I will not commend, whate'er Dumpling may prate, - (With his lock, and his Flourkid * engrav'd on his plate) Nor will I vote for him — nay, Simon the pure, Should fooner intice me, for him to infure; But Hobart I'll vote for — -away with your Beevor, And think no more of him — hut Hobart eor ever ! To me fhall that candidate ever be hateful, Who prefles the poor to be falfe and ungrateful; To flout their employers, their mafters, their friends, And tho' puritan W — kes from the pulpit defcends, To urge the fame doctrine, yet he fhall not fpeed; For his flock are too honeft, fuch doctrine to heed : Hobaiit fcorns fuch mean arts ; then away with your Beevor, For truth and good fenfe fhall fhout Hobart for ever ! Relying on truth Hobart afks for no puff, From hypocrite combers, of things without proof; * A Flourkid, with a lock upon it, ii the Device to be en graved on the Doctor's Plate. ... Nt'er BEEVOR. ir. with this fhrill addition, " anon, Sir, anon fcore a pint of baftard in the half jnoon." J_.N H — Y. Pray thee take pains To allay with fome cold drops of modefty Thy flopping fpirit. A n H Y. Plate fins with Gold And the fharp lance of juftice hurtlefs breaks, Through tatter'd cloaths, fmall vices do appear, Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. - A n P--TE. Thy currifh fpirit, governd by a wolf, for thy actions are wolfifh, ftarv'd, and ravenous. A N G-Y. You wear out a good wholefome forenoon in hearing a caufe between an orange wife and a foffet feller; and then adjourn a controverfy of threepence to a fecond day of audience. A- n S NG D-Y. That furly fpirit melancholy has bak'd thy blood, and made it heavy thick. S- — F P N. Pray you perufe that letter; You muft not now deny it is your own hand ; Write from it, if you can, in hand or phrafe; Or fay, 'tis not your feal nor your invention: ¦You can fay none of this. D r C— -R. He hath a neighbourly charity in him, for he borrowed a box of the ear of the Englifhman, and fwore he would pay it when he was able. M— r M— Y. He has been at a great feaft of languages and ftolen the fcraps. O! he has lived long in the alms bafket of words. S G D-Y, Jun. Hey day ! what a fweep of vanity comes this way ? J--N D-Y, Jun. A pox of fuch antick lifping, affected fantaftics ; Thefe new tuners of accents ! why, is not this a lament able thing that we fhould be thus tormented with thefe ftrange flies, thefe fafhion-mongers, thefe pardennez moys ? K-G's H-D C E. You muft be blaming Martius, who in cheap eftima- tion is worth all you predeceffors fince Deucalion, though THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. Ne'er flood for one party, the town to divide, In the county affifting the oppofite fide. His heart is too honeft; he fcorns to deceive; Then fuch is the man we may fafely believe ; Harry Hobart's the man ; fo a way with your Beevor, A Hobart, A Hobart, AHobart ior ever 1 BRA-THW--T's GHOST. Sane, H — r— Hall. 'TWAS at the filent fdlemn hour, When night and morning meet. In glided Bra-thw—t's angry ghoft, And flood at B -'s feet. ?His face was like an April morn, Clad in a wintry cloud, And clay cold was his with'red hand, Which held the fable fhroud. Awake, he ories, 'tis Bra-thw—t calls, Forc'd from his midnight tomb, To -warn thee of approaching woes, To warn thee of thy doom. Think not that through refpect to thee, I left my peaceful reft ; No -'twas for poor Eliza's fake. In whom I once was bleft. , This is the awful dreary hour, When fullen ghofts. complain,. Why Tom haft chou fo foolifh been To dare thy fate again. Bethink thee of thy firft attem.pt, When doubting of their troth, You on the poor and needy men En forc'd the Brib'ry Oath. Did'ft thou intend to gain their hearts By this. Misjudging elf, 'Twas not your virtue org'd that courfe, No ; — 'twas to fpare your pelf. Wi'h pitying hand, fay haft thou wip'd The tear from forrow"s eye, Orcalmd the guilt difturbed breaft, Or check'd the woe jraught 'figh. r >• O that beevor; though, peradvehture, fome of thebeft of them were hereditary hangmen. P— R P-ND-R. I'fl rhyme you fo eight years together, dinners and fup^ pers and fleeping hours excepted; it is the right butter woman's rate to market ; — this is the very falfe gallop of verfes : why do you infect yourfelf ; with them ? -"; S-r W M j — — - M. He wears his faith but as the fafhion of his hat; if, ever changes with the next block. C-r— n L-G— E. If he has wit enough left to keep himfelf warm, let him bear it for a difference between himfelf and his horfe. A ROD for the FOOL's BACK; Or, PETER PINDAR Chaftifed. I'D fain forbear the work, nor yet chaftife The man of fcandal, infolence, and lies ; But ftripes belong to fools r — if this be true, How many ftripes, young Pindar, are thy duef Vain youth! forbear, thy fmutty rhimes give o'er, Arid write with decency, or write no more. You aim the faults of others to difclofe, And, aiming thus, your little felf expofe. Fools; like yourfelf, may laugh at what you fay, But fure the praife of fools is dirty pay. The bard, who drinks at the Caflalian fpring, Taught by the chafte Aonian maids to fing, Difdains in muddy Styx to dip hijs pen, Nor rakes the dirt of hell to throw at men* But thy low mufe, like fwine, delights in mire, In filth fhe rolls, nor wifhes to mount higher ; With ftrife (he meddles — fire-brands (he flings — Arrows unpointed — vipers without flings. She tries in vain to do her neighbour hurt, And cries, with foolifh griq, " I'm but in fport ; " But I have wit, you fay, and I will fhow it ; " To rhyme I have the nack, and I'm a poet." And rather than your mufe fhalj nothing do, You'll rake all hell, and ev'ry filthy flew— For [To be continued.] fcs* A L E T T E R . B O X in the CofFee-houfe (Johnfon's) Paffage. NUMBER XIII.' The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. O that by my example fii'd. Thy actions had confefsd Thofe fentiments which once I own'd, > W'hich once my heart poffefs'd. I ne'er defir'd on prifon walls, To have myGlory raisd; I ne'er ;was by poor Spinners curs'd, Noxfervite Combers prais'd. Beloved and bleft by all around. Twice did I ftrive to gain The -feat to which you now afpire, But twice I ftroVe in vain. Not e'en my merit, nor my worth, Could gain the prize ; which fure. As much furpafs'd, O Thomas thine, As gold furpafles ore. Forlcnow thou rafh, ambitious tool, 'Twas pre-ordain'd by fate, No Hethel Juftice, e'er fhould gain In Parliament a feat. Though by a fpecious artful tale, Both C— we and N— g— te ftrive, To win your eafy yielding faith, And keep your hopes alive. Defpife their arts, be not deceiv'd, Too well lh' Electors know Their intereft, to fupport the man, Favor'd by Hamlet C— we. There's B-kle too renown'd for fenfe, And his fagacious brother The man of wealth, t'would puzzle all The. world, to match another. With Attic Al erf-n who fhines, In Council fo comj>lete,€ And him whofe fertile brain difclos'd, The fource of vital heat. There's too that canting pair, whofe hearts, Deceitful as their faces, Strive to conceal their bad defigns, . With high flown words and graces. With BEEVOR. For dirt and nonfenfe, fcandal, mud, and fame, t Then mix the fwcet ingredients up irwrhimc ; To which you'll add — the malice of the devil,; — The file of Billing fgale, and dregs of evil; Then to the compofition you'll impart The fnake-hair'd envy of your fulfomc heart ; To give the compound a yet deeper ftain, Religion you'll blafpheme — her laws prophane; For he's a daftard devil that's afraid To lampoon Jefus, and the laws he made: Your mixture thus prepar'd, of blackeft hue, You take your pen, and try what you can do. Firft ev'ry active man in B — , — r's caufe Shall feel the fcratching of vour monkey claws? Not that they injure you, or do you wrong — Nor with their vices can you fill your fong ; And if you could, that man's a child of hell Who on his neighbour's faults delights to dwell J But where you can't their character defame. By other means your envy you proclaim : One has his arms too long — another's head Too great — too empty, or too much of lead ; This is too corpulent, and that too lean, Another's brain_lefs,. and the next U, mean ; A quaker this,' and that the man of pence, A brewer next — and blockhead void af fenfe. Thus you reproach, abufe, revile your betters. In your low, fulfome,. trifling, rhiming letters. Poor little rhimer ! Poet-tafler mean • Why are you pleas'd to have your Grub-ftreet feen r What !. Do you dream that you fhaU win the bays—* By your cenforious and intuiting lays Will Beevor, Hobart, either praife or pay? Or men of fenfe applaud your fhamelefs lay ? Know, Pindar, know — the men you thus abufe— Think you too mean to wipe their dirty fhoes. What will you gain by the fweet fongs you make ? Applaufe and honour? — No — you quite miftake. And be that praife accurs'd that fhall arife From fancier, low reproach, and dirty lies. But 5° THE NEW ELECTION BITDGET. HOBART. With thefe though lefs important deem'd, Is Sancho, Plumb and Scrub, Would I were cloih'd in flefh again, And well their hides I'd drub. To choofe you Tom, Vis all a joke, For had they found one man, Who would by thera have been cajold. They ne'er to you- had ran. Soon will they fhun your drooping caufe, Soon fhrink from Hobart's pow'r, And leave you poor deluded man, To mourn the haplefs hour. But hark the cock has warn'd me hence, A long, a fad, adieu Remember my prophetic words, Nomore the caufe purfue. The lark fung loud, the morning fmii'd, With beams of rofy red, Sir Thdmas quak'd in every limb, And raving left his bed. He hied him to that fatal place, * Where once his friends were fet, With tears which ftream'd from either eye, His handkerchief was wet. And thrice he call'd on R-g-y's name, But anfwer heard he none, For he alas, with H-rr— g, Cr— e, And B-ck-e too was gone. And will you not refund he faid, And then he wept amain, O that I had ray cafh once more, Fd never ftand again. * The Angel Committee-Room. A FRAGMENT. WHICH is the man? — whofe flattery we defpife, And whofe low cunning, want of fenfe fupplies, Who tales of cautious (landers doth impart, T' enfnare with frieridfhip's guife the honeft heart. Brewer, buffoon, jockey, gamefter you may trace, Each vice recorded find in B — ; — r's face. The mufe indignant, this hated fubject quits, Soars to the Arigel, known abode of wits, Where C :elouib^ft;nBgbvUy, Chairman fits. Imperious BEEVOR. But if I guefs aright, young Pindar's poor, And knows not how to keep the wolf from door : Give him, ye lovers of the rhiming ditty, Give him fome pence, and give the youth fome pity. Keen poverty's a painful thorn to feel, And fure the man bad better write than Jleal. But you will fay his poems are fo mean They re quite unworthy to be read or feen. They are: — but then, what muft the fcribbler do ? Two-farthings, Sirs, are trifling fums with you ; They'll keep the man from poverty and pain, And ten to one will make him write again : , For by the number of his ballads pen'd,v We fee how hard it is for fools to mend ; From worfe to worfe they go, and lower fink, 'Till like the wafted torch they end inflink. Take then, young Pindar, friendly warning take, And better ufe of your fmall talents make : And learn to know — the man who does expofe The faults and failings of his friends or foes, To pleafe himfelf, and gain a little fame, Delerves contempt, and hated is his name. It proves a narrow foul, a heart that's bafe— A flock of infolence, and want of grace ; And all the good your dirty poems do, Is to proclaim — there's fuch a fool as you ; To let the city know there's one who can — Promote the devil's works in form of man : For fcandal is the devil's fav'rite trade, And, doubtlefs, he will fee you amply, paid; Did you in virtue's caufe employ your pen( You'd fhare applaufe from wife and* honeft men ; But while your filthy pen deals fcandal round, With infamy and fhame you muft be crown'd. PHI L.O. RODOMONTAD Number I. [To be continued occafionally.] HALLOO!— -ye nine Pierian maids, Fair miflrefTes of fong ; Give me your help, ye little jadesj I'll not detain you long. E S. Only THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET, 51 HOBART. Illl " ¦ , ' ' ' . ; ' ' ¦ ' - Imperious, mouthing, vain, the pooftnan's dread; For deeds of fquabble fam'd, he takes the lead, To catch the eafy accents of his lip Sits in mute Glence Aid n fubferip,* With face of bardolph hue and head fo round, Where not one fymptom of gooc* fenfe is found. Next R — y comes, remember him all muft, When his pinchd dumplings were befraear'd with duft, And from the wrath of blue coat boj^s he ftole, fneaking to Porland Heath to feek for coal. Here M — w cats-paw of the motley band, To record nonfenfe fi*s wkb-ready hand. * This Gentleman is well known to be indebted for his citv honours to the timely and" liberal contributions of his friends. Firft Chapter of the \ SECOND BOOK of PROVERBS. J. s H- -M. A good name is rather to be chofen than great riches, • W . T r and- Aid, W ,,.-n, Be not among wine bibbers ; , among riotous eaters of flefh. Mrs H d. . Let another praife thee and not thine own mouth;, a ftranger and not thine own lips. Si n W- n. . Surely I am more brutifh than any man, and have not the underftanding of a man.- J ^sC ^— E. Seeft thou a man that is hafty in his words, there is more hope of a. fool than of him. ' W x., Seeft thou a man that is wife in his own conceit, there is more hope*of a fool than of him. M — w, Jun. Who boafteth himfelf of a falfe gift-, is like clouds arid wind without- rain. Lilly White B— ds. For their hearts ftudy deftruction and their lips talk of mifchief. B E E V O R. Only, in your fam d fountain dip ray pen. Or, if 'tis nearer hand, Into the fame ink-ftancL Which your friend PrNDAR ufes, When he Dan West abufes : And — ('till I want) Til not plague you again. Now then — God blefs the King- ! And may no maniac fubjeel henceforth fcare him ; I fwear, 'tis not the thing. That bedlamites fhould be admitted near him. And tho' the Norfolk Jury, Impelld by loyal fury, Thought it all right, their thankfulnefs t'expreft, That Marg'r-et Nicholfon's old knife, Did not deprive great G e of life, As well 't had been I infift on it, Had they in other words 'have done it, And fent a proper perfon with tht-AddrefL But Lord have mercy on their heads of .wood, Perhaps not one, 'tho he great pains had taken, , Could write a fentence to be underftood. Except that prodigy* — Sir Edmund B tz- And when 'twas done, no one amongft them— marry, Might be deemd fit, with fuch a thing, To greet a great and mighty King. No,- not in all the panml — fave poor Harry. And he, alas !^— by Starling D — beguil'd, Now feems fo woe-begone — and looks fo wild,' That if he gets, by chance, or good afliftance, An audience of the RoyalWight, He'll view him well-r— and dunk it right; To bid the rueful figure-r^keep his diftance ! The Monarch^— (not without fome fears) • May take the fcroll which Harry bears, To fee what loyal matter it contains ; But when he finds in't nothing more, Than what he'd feen — a week before, In (Sroufe's Chronicle — gad zooks ! I think he'll put on fome queer looks. And fhrewdly muft fufpect the bearer's brains. Now, fhould our hero — might and main, Attempt his errand to explain, Afferting m 52 THE NEW ELECTION , BUDGJET. H O B» A R T. I- B E E V O R., -E G- -iNE. He hath taken a bag of money with him and will not come home at the day appointed. Barrabas L N. Caft in thy lot amo-ngft us, let us all have one purfe. . P-; N W KS. Turn you at my reproof, behold I will pour out my fpirit unto you, I will make my words known unto you. Bobby H— — — G. For I was my father's fod, tender and beloved in the fight of my mother. L y B KLE. Get wifdom, get underftanding; forget it not. B TT G Y. Put away from thee a froward mouth and perverfe lips put far from thee. Jer. T N. Go to the ant thou fluggard, confider her ways and be wife. J — N B S; Y. Frowardnefs is in his heart, he devifedi mifchief conti nually, he foweth difcord. J s B— R. A heart that devifeth wicked imaginations, feet that be fwift in running to mifchief. J -N H- -Y. For my mouth fhall fpeak truth, and wickednefs is an abomination to my lips. Mrs. T — r.' A foolifh woman is clamorous, fhe is fimple and knoweth nothing. Dr. B r. He that is foon aHgry dealeth fbofifhly. B N H Y. A man has joy by the anfwer of his mouth, and a word fpoken in due feafop bow good is it. M s B -r. A froward man foweth ftrife, and a whifperer feperateth chief friends. - M — j — r: H T. A merry heart doth good like a medicine, . ,'i ' ; , ¦ NUMBER Afferting Buckingham to be his brothers And that he came to town exprefs, Merely to bring this Jlale Addrefs ; The Courtiers all in great amaze, With much miftruft will on himjgaz?, " Saying — " This is fome mad man fure, or other.' Thus — tho' no point , the-fcroll conceals, Danger may be at Harry's heels, And well twiff be, if after all, He gets fa fe back to / dHall; ,.; 'Scaping-^-without a chain upon his leg, Bedlam, and all the fate of— Crazy Peg \ BEEVOR is the MAN. A New Song. YE voters of Norwich, fo gen'rous and true, Who boldly the track of 'fair freedom purfue, Come liften to rae, and beware of mean arts, Choofea man for his character, merit, and parts ; Give place to reflection) 'mens principles fcan, And you foon will declare that Beevor's the man. Confider how weighty the truft you repofe, In the men who by you are for Parliament chofe ; A man of low parts for the place is unfit, He ought to have eloquence, wifdom and wit; Then lay prejudice by, purfue reafon's bright plan, And you'll quickly declare that Beevor's themati. You lately did two Reprefentatives boaft, Who with honeft integrity filPd the high poft, Tho' one you have loft, you that lofs may repair. By choofing another who'll with him compare ; Yottr rights and your freedom exert while you can, And declare with one voice that Beevor's the- man. When Windham and Beevor in union are fent, A valiant and free people to reprefent. Your excellent choice you'll be quickly difcerning,' In prefering a man with fuch wifdom and learning; Let no private intereft your free hearts trepan, * •-'' And a Beevor, a Beevur (hall ftill be the man. Altho' [To.be continued.] £3* A LETTER-BOX in 4e Coffee-houfe (Johnfon's) Paffage. NUMBER XIV. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. NUMBER III. ELECTION BUDGET Publifhed by Independent Authority, and as the Act of Fancy directj. From Monday, Aug. 14, to Saturday, Aug. ig, 1768. HOME NEWS. The Office of chief Magiftrate of this city, during the confinement of the Mayor^ is filled by proxy, and the proxies, we are informed, have difpatched Adam's ..Grandmother with the Addrefs to the Throne on the -late attempt, Sec. — and it is expefledhe will be dubbed on this occafion. If this fhould be the cafe, what a group of Knights may the Puffing Committee boaft of; ¦ — Sir T. B -r, Sir J. O'LEEKE, Sir Adam's Grand mother, Sir J.- L — mb, 8cc. ! ! ! We hear from different parts of the country, that fe<- veral gangs' ot~ Smugglers are circulating Birmingham promifes. — fn this city, we know, that promifes are in every one's pocket! But, when will the day of per formance come? Neither the Pope nor Pretender knows. — ^tr" Perhaps the day Mr. Fox has named for the payment of his debts. By Letters from London, we are told, that fifty free- meen of this city are dead by the effect of gin. — The fame po ft informs us, that one hundred and fifty ef- xaped the like misfortune, by prefering Norwich nog and goofe pyt. N. B. Should any attempt be made to poifon the fur- vivors, it is hoped this caution will be attended to. A correfpondent, on whom we can depend, informs us, that the celebrated Oliver Bare-bones, alias Lord Trundle, B E E V OR. Altho' Peter Pindar, that fplenetic wight, So much 'gainft the friends of Sir Thomas may write, And tho' many others their pens may employ In vain, his juft hopes of fuccefs to deftroy ; Let the fierce friends of "H -t exclaim all they cari. The worthy Sir Thomas (hall ftill be the man. ¦< "-"j HAL's INVITATION. TURN out of your looms, boys ! to fport and t* play, 'Tis Hob — t invites to the Swan hafte away ; Bririg your fathers, your brothers, your coufint, your friends, Tho' not free, they can fhout — and will anfwer our ends, Obey the glad fummons, to Hob—t repair, Drink deep at his coft, and forget all your care, Drink deep, Sec. Altho' at the Angel five hundred were met, And all will allow, a refpeSlablt fet, Yet fear not, my friends, we'll out-number our foes, . And bawl after Hob — t wherever he goes. Obey then the fummons, Sec. Then tag-rag and bob-tail fail not to attend, You fhall have .Nog by pails full, and fport without end ; Johnny R- h fhall delight ye with many » freak, And Hob— t fhall fpeak! Oh! ye gods, how he'U fpeakt Obey then the fummons, Sec. Be your faces clean fhav'd, and your wigs newly dreft. And if you've two coats, — why put on the beft ; Pick up ev'ry ftraggler, they'll anfwer our views, To boaft our great numbers in Saturday's News. Obey then the fummons, to Hob — t ixpair. Drink deep at his coft, and forget all your care. Drink deep, &c. Another 54 THE NEW ELECTI O N( B UD G E T. HOBART. BEEVOR. Trundle, is fo well recovered from his late whipping, as to be able to attend aVi hour or two every morning, on his pupil in politics, W. H— bb — d, at the ware- houfe in St. Clement's; but the youn'g man, by rea-! fon of a prodigious weaknefs in his head, is not likely to make fo fhining a figure in that line as he at firft prenri.i.fed to. do; though he learned bis Lordfhip's. in-- troductory l.ffon on lying with the greateft facility, he having a natural genius. for it. A correfpondent defires, us to contradict a part of the advertisement in our laft, relative to the Nim Wiggs to. be Lett. It .feems the Queues have -long fince been dif-> pofed of to Squire Whipcord, at the corner 'of Briggs's- Jane, one of our Common --council. The remainder are yet to be let, and may be feen at the Knowledge-jhop, at the corner of Red- Lion-lane, St. Stephen's:;' where the beards of the, Blue and Whiles are taken off by Counfellor L — wis, at half price. We are informed that fome people at a pOrter-fhop. in St. John's Maddernnarket, having a mind to make an experiment in hydroftatics, and judging the body of Jack Swagger, who was then prefent, weighed no more than his veracity, threw him out of the window; but his carcafe being compofed of materials too groofs for the air to buoy up, fell precipitately to the earth, to the mi fmall diverlion of the Spectators. The following note was found in the Dove-lane: Mr. J-. Swagger prefents compliments to Mr. Sheriff and begs leave to inform him, that although Mr. Swagger, from an idea that it would be more to his in tereft, had retracted his promife tp .Mr. Hobart, in or der to be at. liberty to tender his vote to Sir Thomas — yet he will ftill vote for Mr. Hobart, if Sheriff -. will. promife him' the .copy-right of the polfrbook. We are informed that an attempt was made, on the body of an Old Woman laft week, by a fet of pamper'd ruffians, It is faid that the good old lady had ftjay.ed into a barn, in which were aiTembled a caroufing male party — as merry as Grigs. By the friendly interpofition of nfober citizen, the old Gentlewoman efcaped — All- dread. Another! RODOMONTADE, s A Serpent, whofe becracker'd tail Burfts in a fchool-boy\hand_,_. Will make him flare and ftand As ftiff, as motionl^fs, and paje, As poor Lot's wife become a faltern pillar:." The^virgin who is feen, , ' r, ' O'er fome romance obfcene To bend a curious .anxious eye, (if the have any modcfty) Will look more petrified, and fit the fljller. But more than thefe aghaft Stood H t rooted' faff, In his committee room-, When S— g D — y's blank phiz. apd frailejefs graeting. Portentous of his doom, Told without words the tale of Beevor's meeting, « In vain the Angel op'd its every wing To enclofe.the mighty crouds, That throng'd like dufty clouds Around the mail-coach wheels upon a fum.mer road ; One vaft unfhelter'd ring, Drank heav'ns free air, and porter out abroad. In vain each cellar door Expir'd its aley flore, Dry throats were itching for untafted liquor; And, tho' fome only drank hard , Who could come at a tankard-. The emptying tubs feem'd bottom'd but with wicker. Tho' all were bufied in the common caufe, Diogenes, and more Than he by full a fcore, Might to fome purpofe have employ'd their paws, By rolling empty barrels to the brewhoufe. The manifold acclaim, The fhouts to Beevor's, name So fhook the heavenly frame, That the ftars flicker'd in their filver cells, Like grains of fand that drop on firicken bells, Or hail-ftones on fome iron-cover'd new houfe. A Caution. — The inhabitants of this city are defircd to be guarded againft the man who hung himfelf laft week A while old Harry fate In piieous eilatc. Striking his half-craz'd pate With' THE "NEW ELECTION BUDGET. H O B A R T. BEEVOR- week behind his (hop door, in the Cockey-lane; for, being difcovered before he was quite dead, he was per fectly reftorecf to life in a few hours; though his fenfes continue as much difordered as ever ; .and as he is fuf- fered to go at large, and is very mifchicvous, we have thought it neceffary to throw out this caution, that peo ple may be ware of him. The poor man, it feems, has taken if into his head that a paper lately inftituted un der the title of the Election Budget, is publifhed in oppofition to a certain provincial paper, from their great fimiliarity in point ol intelligence and authenticity ; and he has therefore been peftering many magiftrates and lawyers to induce them, to take meafures for fupprefling faid Budget, and punifhing the Authors, Editors, Prin ters, Pu blithers, Venders! Hawkers, Sec. Sec. but thofe gentlemen had too much knowlege of the law, too much regard for their reputations, and loo Utile regard for faid provincial paper, to pay any regaid to the ravings of this maniac. Yefterday a boat with eleven men and women (plum pers for B- — vr) was oyerfet in the river Nog ; they were immediately taken up, and recovered, by the means recommended by the Society, 8cc. &x. — It is not a little remarkable and worth obferving, that the moiety of the money railed by ihefale of the NEW Election Bud get, paid the expences attending their recovery, befides difcharging. eleven freemen confined for fmall debts in ihis city: thefe voters, with an addition of 278 more, will enfure a majority for Sir T. B. We are informed that a certain Alderman of this city means to diftribute black liquorice to all the chim,- ney-fweepers, work-houfe people, &c. &x, who will fhout " Beevor for ever !" i We recommend it, very ferioufly to Dr. Rhubarb, to confine a certain Baronet in his mad-houfe; as the faid Baronet is daily getting into people's debt, and difturb- ing the peace of this city, by running about from houfe to houfe, and' fhowing feveral other certain fymptoms of madnefs. ¦r Review of New Books. .NEW Election Bubget. — Bad paper! very rough I harfh as a nutrneg-grater! too rough, a great deal, Mr. Editor ! — For ufeful purpofes it fhould be quite foft — foft and fmooth, Mr, Editor.— But, fay the publifturs, pan With torment at the flory ; Juft as a' wounded1 dog , , Bites the unguilty log Which flung by [tripling hands attend his wagging tail ; Then ri-Qng thus addreft, in fpite of inward ail, P e, that thorough tory, " Somebody who can write, " (I don't pretend to indite) Peri fomething fweet as honey, " To fummon every one, " Whofe name be but half known -, " Yea tho' 'twere fuch a motley congregation " Of one-eyd, maim'd, " Or blind, or Iam'd ; As on the tidings of a faint's updigging, " Flock to the fancied relics for new-rigging, " With ftraiter legs, or with a founder nofe, " If numbers do but. come, what boots their fituation ? * " And I my felf proppfe, Left H — — y keep away, " The whole expenCe to pay, / " Nor by their (hillings count the guefts of Wednefday. HOBART to PETER PINDAR, jun. Efq; O! Pindar, Pindar, ceafe your mottled fluff, The town and country both have had enough ; Your lines can gain no friends to Hobart's caufe,- While they are darkened with fuch num'rous flaws, And if to pleafe the town your mufe afpire, Throw riff the name and manners of a liar; Let truth alone be all that you indite, Or elfe for ever ceafe to fcrawl and write. Auguft 23, 1786. G. S. Mifs GOODWILL to PETER PINDAR. AND/o, my dear Coz, as I've once wrote a letter, T-ll .i*/w ftrive' to mend it by writing a better. Your fecond Epiftle is juft come to hand, But, I'rae forry to fay, that I don't underftand Howthatyout my dear Coz. with profeflions fincere, Should thus unprovok'd many characters tear. Remember, I pray you that excellent rule, And leave off in time thus the playing the fool, Nor- 5* THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. part of this New Budget is to be applied to charitable purpofes! Ye Gods- what patriotifm ! -what goodnefs ! — what generofity !- An EJfay on the Art of writing Obscene Poetry By Pompey the Little, Poet-Laureat to the Blue and White Squad.— -The Author ifluflrates his remarks by quotations from his own works, as he. is peculiarly happy.in this fpecies of poetry. His mufe is a vulgar draggfe-tailed Impure, NORWICH J To the Conftables and others his Ma- and \ jelly's Officers in the parifti of St. Pe- NORFOLK. j ter's, in the faid city and county, and to all others whom this doth or may concern. WHEREAS the Angel Inn and places adjacent are now infefted with many rogues, vagabonds, andflurdy beggars, and other idle perfons that can give no good account of their lives and converfation, to the danger of the neighbourhood, and againft the peace and good order of this city : Thefe are therefore ftrictly to charge and command you, and every of you, that at all con venient times hereafter, taking with you a fufficierjt aid and afliftance, you make diligent fearch in the feveral places aforefaid, for all fuch rogues, vagabonds, and Sturdy beggars, and other fufpected idle perfons, and them apprehend and bring before us, or one of us, to be examined and dealt v with according to law. Hereof fail not at your peril. Given under our hands, Sec. Sec. Sit TOM. Sir J O Fi N. By AUCTION. TO be SOLD, a Seat in St. Stephen's G .— The hi&heft bidder to be the purchafer. For particulars and conditions of Sale, apply to the Deputation Committee, or to their Secretary, Mr. Scrub. WANTED. BEEVOR. Nor ne'er fay to others what you in their place Would not wifh they at all times fhould fay to your face ; Indeed, my dear Coz. I much fear me that you Have ta'en up a trade that you'll foon have to rue, Better much had it been that yo^'dftuck to your laft, Than thus on your neighbours your cenfure to caft. Remember what oft your good mother has faid, " Better get us two friends than an enemy made." Then leave oft at once this fad itch of declaiming, And to buftnefs once- more turn your mind and your aiming, For as poet you'll ne'er gain you cheefe to your bread. Which fo well might be done had you follow'd your trade ; And inftead thus of teazing poor folks with your news, You'll pieafe me to hear you are mending their fhoes. PETER PINDAR CORRECTED; Or, Phtlo's Second ROD for Anti-Philo. WELL, my young friend, I've read your (harp reply, And now to fet you right I'll kinder try ; For I proteft you're flrangely in the wrong, And have with wretched blunders fill'dyour fong. Now be affur'd no anger filld my mind, When firft I wrote : my motives then were kind : They're ftill the fame, though. I <:an plainly fee Young Peter Pindar isdifpleasd with me. Some of your letters taught rae to conceive, That you could bear the lafh as well as give; But now my pen has touch'd you to the quick, Like-a galldhorfe you flinch, and try to kick.' Well, fmce your cage is up, I'll f mile and write, And in good nature try to fet you right. From ," Good report, (you fay) you underftand, Jl A fecond perfon kindly lent a hand: " And more, that we have met at diffrent times, " One with his thoughts, the other with bis rhimes." Then in rhe margin you have let us know, That Philo does his education owe To public charity ; — and now is found A menial fervant to fome mafter bound ; By [To be continued.] &^ A LETTER-BOX in thie Coffee-houfe (Johnfon's) Paffage. NUMBER XV. fhe NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. BEEVOR. WANTED, a good-natur'd, modeft Young Woman, to ferve in a Stationer's Shop, and, of courfe, muft be a woman of letters : As fhe will be fubjeft to two maf ters, fhe muft fubmit to all kinds of work. She will be paid a per centage for a journey to fettle the London accounts once a year. S3* None but thofe whofe perfons and characters will bear the minutrft inveftigation need apply. Inquire of the Editors of the NEW Election Budget. To-be difpofed of on very reafonable terms, A ConGierable ftock of IMPUDENCE.— Inquire at the houfe late in the occupation of Alderman Thur- low, deceafed. MANOR of GARRATT. NOTICE is herebv given, that a General Commit tee Barren of Sir T. B. Bart, will be holden and kept for the faid Manor, at the Angel Inn, on the day of disappointment; where all freemen and freeholders are defired to pay fervice and obedience, and hereof fail not. ' Skinny R—ss—l, < Under- Strapp 'J. M — rph — w, jun. 5 N B Doubtfuls will be regiftered at this Committee aers. NOTICE. ANY of the freemen who will promise their vote, fhall receive, in return, the promise of any thing they pleafe to afk ; be it chair. -ftaff, cockades, houfe opend, gate lamps, marfhalman, bellman, hofpital, or (he- riff's officer.— Nay, through the intereft of Mr. Fox, excife and cuftom-houfe offices may be had.— Soldiers difchareed.— -Promotion in the army, navy and church. ° — Part By daily earning gains his daily bread, And is by fervitude and labour fed. Nor are we only told of his employ, But Philo is fome Banker s fribbling boy, To all this fluff I only have to fay, Your good report has led you far aftray ; In quite a dirf 'rent fphere your Philo ftands. No fervant he, nor labours with his hands : By public charity he ne'er was taught, I No fecond perfon lent a rhime or thought: What Philo wrote, from Philo only came, Nor will he let another bear the blame. The Banker's Boy, and R -p and B / too-. Are all unknown to me — and fo are you. Nor do you know I ere betrayd my caufe, Or " meanly broke through God's and Nature's Laws." The truth is this, you've quite miftook your game, And yet remains unknown the author's name. One hint III give you — Philo us'd to write, Before young Pindar's eyes beheld the light. From rules of decency had you not ftray'd, On your productions no remarks I'd made ; But when a youth will worthy men expofe — Do all he can their failings to difclofe — And in reproachful ire hold up to view, Each little fault they ever chane'd to do : Or if with them no failings he can join. Will their prof effton and their faith malign : You need not wonder, fhould thofe you offend Reprove you fmartly for what you have pennd, Sir ThomaSt and his friends who for him vote, Are many of them men of worth and note; Their character, their rank, and fortune too, Claim due refpeff from^nen fo young as you : Though you've a genius in the rhiming way, It gives you no authority to. play With gentlemen of fenfe, and worthy name, Their characters and perfons to defame: And let me tell you (for 'tis furely true) Had Hobart's friends been treated thus by you, I furely 58 THE NEW ELECTION B UDGET. H. O B A R T. — Part of the next Loan. — Lottery Tickets.— — India, Sec. by applying to Sir Jeffery Grin, at the Angel, in the Market. WANTED immediately, one hundred -wcll-fea- foned LIES. — Whoever has fuch to difpofe of, may meet with as many PROMISES, by application to the Puffing Committee, at the Angel Iun, By order, Rus — l Skinnyback, Secretary. BEEVOR. LOST, on Thurfday laft, in a fit of Imprecation, a fmall quantity of truth, honor and respectabi- xity. — Whoever has found it (hall be well rewarded, on reftoring it to Mr. Nominee Swagger, at the fign of the Pigeon and Piaver-book. \* This very fmall parcel cannot be of ufe to any perfon but the' late owner; and, as it is all he poffefTed for fome years paft, it is of great value to him. Puffing Committee. Ordered, THAT, in order to fupport the drooping fpirits of the *' vqft majority on the canvafs," another lie be added, viz. That Mr. Hobart's friends hold out to the free men an afjurance of Sir Thomas's neceffity of declining the conteft; notwithftanding we are convinced, that they neither exprefs a wifh, or a doubt on the fubject. Ordered, That the Snarling Squad do torment, perplex, affront, abufe, and ill-treat every Freeman, whether Gentleman or journeyman, who is impudent enough to walk the ftreets without a blue and white waiftcoat, rib band, &c. Ordered, That the thanks of Sir Tfi — s and the Committee be given to Meff. Little Ifaac and Jack Swagger, for the promife of ther fervices. By order, Rum Scrub, Sec. BR—TH— TE's I furely fhould have taken up my pen, Becuufe I alio think them worthy men. You think xaeflaunch for Beevor — be it fo ;— But I'll juft hint, 'Beevor I donot.know: I never yet have good Sir Thomas feen, Nor have with one of his Committee been, 1 know them not except by common fame, Nor one knows mc, or Philo's real name. Then you will fay, " What caufe had I to write!" Indeed, 'twas this, young man, To fet you right. You have poetic talents, and you may Soon Jhine in verfe, take but the proper way. Your youthful fancy may direct you wrong, And as a friend, 1 would correct your fong. Perhaps you'll fay, " But you were too fever e? Were I, indeed? — Well I am milder here. And if you fee your fault, and mean to mend, I'll hefevere no more — I've gain'd my end- Treat you the worthy, great, and aged, civil, Then call me what you pleafe, an elf or devii. Be what I may, I wifh with lib'ral mind To think and fpeak the beft of all mankind: Their faults Id bury in oblivion's fhadc, For IJincerely hate the railing trade. No fpite malignant flow' d from Philo's pen, Nor does it now, although J write agen. In pleafant mood 1 give you this reply, If you leform, I'll lay my fcribbling by. But if you are determind ftill to ufe ' Your art and wit the worthy to abufe, As fuch abufe will furely give me pain, Upon my honeft word, I'll write again. p h'i l o. N. B. You think I've had a bribe — no not one penny, And ten to one I never fhall have any. A bribe I hate — and then fuch is my cafe, I have no vote or freedom in the place. Nor ever will my name reach Beevor's ear, Except he fhould command me to appear. Should he do this, his call I may attend. Nor fhould I fear to own I'm Beevor's friend. But I am not fo vain and foolifh grown, To think he'll fuch a bard as Philo own ; " But if he fhould ?"— Then this fhall be my metre, Beevorfi for Thilth-Hcbart is for Peter. EPIGRAM. THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. 59 HOBART. BR— TH— TE's GHOST. 'TWAS at the awful noon of night My brother's ghoft appeatd, And whilft chill horror (hook my frame. Its purport thus declar'd. *' Know— from the dreary grave I come, " Thy folly to control ; " To warn the of approaching fate, " And awe thy guilty foul. " Shall he to fame — to honour rife, " Who fcorn'd the voice of truth, •' And led thio' flow'ry paths of vice, " An uufufpeciing youth. " Shall he who fpurn'd at honout's laws, " To friendflrip prov'd unjuft, — " Shall he obtain the public voice — " To guard a f acred truft ? " Can he, the city's guardian prove, '• Its rights, its freedom prize, •'"Who, to indulge a vifcious will, " Renounc'd all focial ties. «• No — ; quit thy purpos'd plan, " At « be content, " And e'er thy deftin'd race be run, " Thy evil deeds repent. " But fee^ — the orient morn appears, — " Falfe, cruel man — farewell! " Bethink thee — by what treach'rous arts, " Thy haplefs brother fell!" It ceas'd, and vanifh'd from my view ; Now fol had ftreak'd the fkies; When, trembling, from my bed 1 rofe; For fleep forfook my eyes. BEEVOR. More CHARACTERS from SHAKESPEARE. S-r TH— S B — R. , WAS ever feather fo lightly, blown to and fro, as this multitude. The name of HENRY, hales them to an hundred mifchiefs, and leaves me defolate. Hea vens and honour be my witnefs; that no want of rcfo- lution in me but only my followers bafe and ignomi nious treafons, make me betake to my heels. Dr. B----R. Canft thou not minifter to a mind difeas'd, Pluck from the memory, a rooted forrow; / Raze E P I G,R A M on PETER PINDAR. Through C-lls * Pamaffus fprings fo flow In fhape of Pindar Peter, He p— s bed and breeches too, In draining rhimes and metre. * Alluding to Mr. C-ll's difability. . NORWICH. EPIGRAM on carrying the ELECTION by Liquor and Money. BY liquor and gold, if freemen are led, Hal has plenty of riches; * Peter Pindar enough can make in his bed. And the Candidate coin in his breeches. • Alluding to Mr. C-ll's infirmity and incontinence. >~" From PETER PINDAR in London to his FRIENDS in Norwich, THERE is, I fcarce can think it, but I'm told, There is, who makes with my good name too bold ; Good let me call it, whilft it ftands the teft Of heads which think, and hearts which pro mpf the beft. Shall then a pert, a fcrubby, fcribbling boy His puny talents idly mifemploy ; And with the fanction of my well-earn'd name, Try to purloin a wreath of tranfient fame? Strip the young elf, and fend him back to fchool, Let him unwhipt, no longer play the fool. They fay that Fate has giv'n the iucklefs lad A kind of half-wit, which has made him mad : That foon as he had iearn'd to make his letters He grinn'd, look'd faucy, and abusd his betters; ' Prefum'd to fcorn the choice his friends had made, Whofe clofe-rack'd means fcarce bound him to a trade j Who, when they plac'd him in a humble fhop, Ne'er thought to hear him ranton Pindus top, Ofverfe, of mufes, and the powers of found, Which often wifer heads than his confound ;, But wifh'd, good honeft people, wifh'd to fee His mind from all fuch fond delufions free. To ftudy his. true int'reft they advis'd, Sound tho' they were, their maxims he defpis'd ; And 6o THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. Raze out, the written troubles of the brain ; And with fome fweet oblivious antidote ; Cleanfe the ftuff'd bofom, of that perilous ftuff, Which weighs upon the heart. What rhubarb ; fenna; or what purgative drug, Will fcour thefe hob arts hence. Hearft thou of them ? J-S B-— R. Doth it not fliew vilely in me to defire small beer; for in troth, I do now remember the poor creature, small BEER. J_„S C— E. I do fufpect, I have done fome offence; That feems difgracious in the city's eye: And that you come to reprehend my ignorance. E— S N E. I come not friends to fteal away your hearts; I am no orator. But as you know me all, a plain blunt man : That love my friend, and that they know full well, That give- me public leave to fpeak of him. For I have, neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the powers of speech ; To ftir mens blood. I only fpeak right on. J-N B-K-E. Lo ! what modicums of wit he utters ; his evasions have very long ears. I will buy nine fparrows for a penny, and his ita mater, is not worth the ninth part of one fparrow. J.-N H-R— G. I am a wise fellow, and which is more an houfc- ¦holder ; and which is more, as pretty a piece of flefh as any in Norwich; goto; anda rich fellow enough, and one that hath every thing handfome about him, O that I had been writ down AN ASS. J-N A-DR-D. Here is a moft Reverend Gentleman, who, belike, having received affronts fiom fome perfon; is at and learning, fo void of his own refpedt J-N and W M B-R-D. We know each others faces; for our hearts, He knows no more of mine, than 1 of yours ; Nor I of his my friend than you of mine. J-N B E E V O R. And ftill in friends, and ftill in fortune's, fpite, The ftripling needs muft take his pen and write,; And how — for had he but employ'd his time. Wifely in making friends — tho', e'en by rhiine, In rubbing off the coarfe tenacious earth, Fix'd to his ftation from his humble birth, In learning fofter manners, graceful eafe, And the beft charm of focial life: — to pleafe, Who e'er his modeft efforts had perus'd, Had no confiftent meed of praife refus'd. But naught, it feems, would ferve the filly youth, But to be fcurrilous, to torture truth ; Himfelf in charafler not worth a groat,, Muft pick a hole in ev'ry neighbour's coat ; Reports againft well-meaning men muft raife, And fatire think a poet's trueft praife ; Which who writes well, but feldom gains our love, - Who ill, ne'er fails our hate and fcorn to move. He fees not now, like many a brother fool, Himfelf of others made the fervile took; But thinks, vain boy, that Beevor's ftrengtheninf caufe Muft finely fail for want of his applaufe • And vainer'ttill, conceited thing, believes That Hobart's only, whilft he praifes lives. Oh ! ftrip the elf, and fend him back to fchool, Let him unwhipt no longer play the fool ; Tell him, withal, that pity to his age Has check'd the fervor of mv honeft ra"-e • But if again his pebbles ftir the lake. However fmall the circles they may -make, The parent ftreara will rife in all his mi^ht, And whelm the thoughtlefs wretch in endlcfs niour own words, and under the in- years in collecting and keeping together a powerful and fiuence of the moft popular principles," Sir Thomas Beevor activeintcreft, yet his number of fufTfagcs were but had 11 36 votes on his poll ; Mr. Bacon, in fpite of the influence of the moft popular principles, by the means of two guinea tickets, had I596; and Sir Harbord, by a farced junction with a man whom he diftiked, and to whofe political fentiments he was inimical, had 1812.' — Which of thefe three, think ye, was at that time moft an object of refpect? Is this a fact that refounds to Sir Thomas's difcredit ? There could not have been any thing alledged, even by hiswarmeft friends and partt- zans, more endearing of his character, or more ftrongly pleading for our fufFrages, than this particular view of him which. you have brought in order to injure him with the public. Nor are you lefs out in the criteria by which you would have the citizens of Norwich prefumc the future political conduct of the two Gentlemen who are filing for their confidence. — 1 am truly forry, I confefs, that with regard to the fubfeription for the railing a regiment in the time of the curfed American war. Sir Thomas is obliged to plead guilty with Mr. Hobart:— -Had he nOt merits of a very diflinguifhed kind in other particular!. - — This circumftance, like the mark that God fet upon Cain, would with me have operated to have confidered him for ever a? an outcaft. — With r#fpect to Mr. Ho bart, I own, it acts like an extinguifher— - ¦*¦' take from him his littlc_//!>j'« of goodnefs, and he is a comfit without tucarraway feed. D But in 1 782 — Mi. Hobart was Chairman of the Gerk- rntiCounty Mectifig.callcd by tht-High Sheriff, who addnffed X. his 1297, — Mr. Hobart's 1233. From this comparative view of the two prefent Can didates prelenftons, it is not difficult to determine which claims the pre-eminence? But it may require fome fur ther proof to decide the political conduct; which, it is prefumed, thefe Gentlemen mean to purfue. ' In doing which, I will fairly ftate what, I think, an inference may eafily be drawn from. , Jn 1 7 78, thefe Gentlemen were both fubferibers to the Norfolk affociation for recruiting fome of his Ma-» jelly's regiments then endeavouring to fupprefe, a pow erful rebellion in North America, and threatened with a declaration of war by moft of the belligerent, ftates of Europe. Whatever may be the opinions of, fome with refpect to the juftice, policv. and conduct of the late tear in America, all muft allow, that a voluntary conr tributton towards any great and general purpofe is .truly patriotic. — Thus far, and in this inftance, our he roes (land equal. In 1783, whilft Mr. Hobart was in Ireland with his brother,' tbeLoid Lieutenant, Mr. Beevor pro- leffed againft the general affociation of the county, to obtain of Parliament and Government a " Redrefs of Public Grievances." What thefe public grievances were*, ey^y qne knows and feels? In the farrre year Mr, Beeyqr voted for Mr. Windham and Mr. Thurr low; by "which neutral condufl he propofed to himfelf^ 1 kind1 66 THE KEW EJECTION; BUDGET. HOBART. BEEVOR. kind of an accommodation with all parties.— Mr. Hobart did not vote.* ¦ " ';• . In 1782, May 6, Mr.'Hobart was Chairman ofrhe'ge- neral county meeting, called by the High Sheriff, who addreffed his Majefly on the happy change of that Admi- niftration under Lord North, which had nearly brought this nation to abfolute bankruptcy — thanking him for calling to his councils men of worth arid abilities 5 and recommending the ftricteft ceconomy in every depart ment of the public expenditure. In March, 1784, when the voice of the- nation calr- led aloud for a diffolution of Parliament, did not Mr. Hobart, in conjunction, with a majority of -the Grand Jury at Thelford, propofe a meeting of the county to addrefs the Throne, declaratory of their abhorrence of that democratical furor which had feized the Houfe of Commons, in, defiance of ..the dignity of the Grown and the liberty of the people? His .Ma jelly's gracious1 conde fcenfiori to comply with' the w.fhes of hisi fub- jects, occafioned,- an .immediate diffolution of Par liament, and, therefore, rendered a rneeting' of the county unneceffaiy : buf the, very active part Mr. Ho bart took in the fuccefsful' oppofition to Mr. 'Coke, eftabUlihed the opinion of his being a firm friend of that Adminiflration which has raifed the flocks, faved >^ndis,- fuppreffed tfmuggling, promoted commerce, prelerv.ed peace, adopted^ ceconomy, reftored public credit, ; maintained the balande of power, and is redu cing the National' Debt!!! — Sir Thomas Beevor .endeavoured't in vain, to fu'pport-Mr. Coke.f "<=" ""« If fuch proofs ot Mr. Hobart's great national prin ciples, be not quae fatisfactary "(for there id lie ni-rt make a'lrioft'TidiculouT and trjfltefrir7RbW fj^'ire rnihis opening of the bufiriefs'?"! '"Hear then fi3iv""'al,}Jlairi urr- varriifhed tale puts you"; down"— My vouchers' afe-'in every one's memory who was prefent ii-poiv that'odda- , (ion/ •' ' '¦ ' " '¦'-*'"'•¦ J ¦;«'-"•>¦¦ ¦'-,*• ;'» But I really begin to ftifpH9r-you a fiitnd*iri difgiiife to Sir T, B. No one furely. but an eVeniy to1 Mr. Hobart would ever bring vtn&er fcrutiriy the conftffBiy of his political conduit, the fi 'ne'erity of his dedfarajithi with" refpect to1 his being a paitiza'n of'Mr. Pitt's, -b'rHtie principle upon which he aliened himfelf'a'friend t5 trleii- • nial Parliaments. -^-Nb one, furely, but a perfon inimi cal 'to Mr. Hobart, would lead the public to' reflect, by celling theifitEac Sir TI Beevor was a dangerous manto choofe for 'their 'Reprefentative, becaufe he was thefriend o'f Lord Towrifend, "who1 was the friend of 'Mr. 'Fox; That Mr; 'Hobart ntuft -be"mu'ch more fo,' fince1 he is , brother to Lord Buckinghamfliife ; a niarr abfblutefy 1 difgraeed by the preferir'Minfftry, "and of' courle1 offe of its'irfrift fworn arid inveterate enemies. — No one, furely, 'hut 'a'' rfrafri vlhb wi filed to roufe a X\l\tit of 'hdneff'ihdig- -natiorragairvft Mr. Hobart, ;wottld have gji ofsly :ftigma- tifed'ail the' f rien dis of Sir T. B. & as'med whofe boafted principles dre in oppofition to Government'" -when it is' well - known, that a very great part of therh,!at'leaft, arelriot only rnen xvho'are zealous 'fupporter^ cff'Gdverriment f» general, but" open arid avowed advocates- fof tire p'fefenc Adrriihiftrattorr ''in 'jWrid*^ in my idea of you, let me conclude, . wTthVgivirig^ydtt'a word of advide-^TJryycJur^pefr^-^i nbt ttakc 'up the ' queftion*' pending4 anxlofal gr'orincfs^- Or' if you ' do-^-ie careful— do riot get out of y6u¥' depth-Lleft,- -like' trie pig, ' with flouncing and'endeaVcrunng 'to' keep yoarBli above water, you.; cut your own throat/ as 'yoirhav^:, in the prefent* in ftance, 'done with your awrtVeetf"?-' An - ANTIMISREPRESENTAT40^foFfA -•¦j- "... .--. In ,*i ¦ •(/, A PLAIN THE r N E W (EL E C T I O N B U D-O E T. 67 H O; B; A<: R[ 11 BEEVOR. Hall;. — "That, atv aft. times, be- was, re;uly te obey "the inftructions, of the. con;fiiuietu body; being " equallv a. friend to (he , eonfthution, in its Icgiflatiye " andjfjypcut'i.ve; foiiu of Government." , ; jA.r rcl . in; his addrefs to The^citizens after the , qlcctifttv.^f, hi-s. oppo nent,, lie., concludes,.," 1 hope , the- cajtjiftej^y^pi. juv •* corvdurj will beft evince^ the finceXiy of, my, piofid- Osp#.",.; .*,, . . -. . No.oncit i,s prelumed ; will venture to, impeach his iutiguly or-jiny veracity. .My vpuehers are in eveiy oileiS memory, pr within'. any one's, reach. And,, that Mr. jslobait has not fori'cueds his claim iq^confiflenfy , its within the knowledge of $ &\jeiy citizen who-feehs, }the TRUTH., ." 7 i i If. I have not. fucceeded in placing the .public. ;condu£l gf Sh" Thomas Beevor in a point of view,, a.s oppofite to Mr." J^abart':, as clarkncis to , light,,: L have ',yci„ jto fill a*p,th;e mcaluie, o/; my colouring, ;fqrae pother. proofs to produce. — I. Hjs long ¦.acquaint anjg .-jWjidji a certain noble Vifcount, and his gratitude for a Baronetage, ,are reafbns which, have, and muft operate as they ought: and. until, that. Peer thinks proper to abandon the prefent oppofirion to Government,, Sir Thomas mult eithcr,:yote aguipft Mr, Pitt;, or, prefer the better alter native ;— rgive hjs, vote to gain promotions, in the church and army for his.fons,; nephews, 8cc-— 2. His efpoufing Mr*' Coke in 1.784 ;, and, "his alfo voting for Mr. Wind ham, .are incontrovertible teftimonics of -his, attach ment to" Mr. Fox, — 3. But, his coming forward at the inftadce, and under the confidence of- a party, whofe boafted> principles 'arc in oppofition lo Government, is, be yond all mannef; of doubt, felf-declaration, of what line of ippliiical. c,®ndu$ he is .pledge^ to purfue. If jjeadtf other wife, his friendj^are deceived. ; . Mr. "Hobart,1 on the contrary, .has flood the acknow ledged Candidate for your fupport, upon the fame pub lic ground' he now profeffes. , He has, with unremitting zeal,, fought your good opinion by a cpnftant attention 'to your -'inter efts and welfare. . Is there a public chajity tq.whicli'he does noi contribute? Is there a publicj mea- fur£ Ln .which he does npt take a leading and decided ^part ? Arid if he ftands, by your choice, in the public fituation of a Senator, is it not reafonable to fuppofe, -that his'power to ferve you will be equal to his incli- nations f In my next paper on this fubject," I will take up the queftion, now pending, on local grou»ds;, and endea vour A PLAIN ANSWER to, a Paper entitled A SER LOUS ADDRESS, &r. IT would be deviating from iny intention,- and urrin- eflin'g to'ihofc whom I addrefs, were I to purfue this writer through all the 'intricate mazes aiid perplexing matter with which he has attempted to abufe the pa tience, anil to bewilder the reafon of a difcerning pub lic ; I fhall, therefore, as rmich' as the nature of the fubject will allow rae, endeavour to confine myfelf io a few obfervations oM'what he terms inconteftible facts ; and, b}La,comparaiivet.view oT the, political conduct of the refpective' candidates, hiore conformable to truth, refrue rtrc* character of SirTnoiyiAS Beevor from that p.btoquy ' wijth] which this violent partizan of Mr, Ho* bart has laboured to loaetjit. After observing that the " Honourable Henry Ho bart is brother to John Lord Hobart, who repiefented. trris' city" in" Parliament', in' 1 747, with the late (not 'the prefent-, as is affert-ed) Lord-Walpole," the ingenious ad-. vocate draws his logical , inference, " that it is idle to Clate, Mr. Hobart's alliance to a peerage as an objection, fince his -brother was agairi chofen with Lord Walpofe in 1 754." — Or, in other words, becaufe an iuqorifi'fteDt act has once been committed, and afterwards confirmed by one equally inconliflent, it would be abfurd to' open your eyes at laft, 'for" 'fear' "you fhould be galled at the fight of your inco-nfiftency. And yet, in a fubfequent part of thefe confiderations, Sir Thomas Beevor is ob jected to- as an improper man to reprefent this city, merely becaufe he has been in the habit of a Iong-co quaintance with a- certain Vifcount. If the ties of hfood, and the great awe which Mr. Hobart is well known to ftand in of Lord Buckinghamfhire, who is.,avowedjy in oppofition Vo the prefent Adminiftration, and who is connected by the ftricteft ties to a leading perfon of the late Miniflry, Mifs Hobart being married to' Lord North's eldeft fo'n, are not allowed to have any. influence over his conduct, by what argument can it be pre- fumed, that Sir Thomas Beevor will ever fuller his ac~ quaintance with a certain Vifcount, with whom there. are no ties.but thofe of frjendfhip, to interfere withhis pub lic actions ? .,__• It is true, in 1768, Sir Thomas Beevor, acting un der the influence of the moft popular principles and pa triotic intentions, as well as profeffions, did, without a (hilling expeuce, any farther than the neceffary ones of' the 6* THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. H O B ART. vour to (hew you; that the oppofition to Mr. Hobart is little more than the ftrugglc of a few purfe-proud arbitrary men, to grafp and monopolize that very rowER they fo effectually deftroyed in 1780, under the itnprcffion of its being ufurped by two families. AN INDEPENDENT VOTE. NUMBER iy,, B E E V' O R. the day of election, polled and fifty of which, if I ELECTION BUDGET Publifhed by Independent Authority, and as the Act of Fancy directs. From Saturday, Aug. 19, to Saturday, Aug. 26, 1768. HOME NEWS. ^Che following letter was put into the letter-box, Back qf the Inns, with a requeft to infert it in No. IV. of the Election Budget, with which we the more readily complied, as we have good reafon to believe that fuch an apology for apostacv was offered. To the Cdikmiltce of ike Honourable Mr. Hobart, Xing' s- Heai. Gentlemen, IN the outfet of the prefent conteft between Mr. Ho bart and Sir Thomas. Beevor, I had determined to fupport the former with my vote at the enfuing elec tion ; and had frequently made an avowal of fuch intention j- but k could not be underfiood by any fenftbU 'mind, that an engagement of this kind was to exifl un Jder all poffible circumftances, There are prudent and honourable reservations which all men make under' their moft liberal offers Of affiftance and fervice; and Jf 'could not mean, when I declared myfelf friendly to Mr. Hobart, that 1 would fupport him (right or wrong) under all meafures (bat might be adopted to fecure his tUFiien, When 1 136 votes, eight hundred miltake not, were fingle votes ; while it is equally true, that Sir Harbord: Har bord polled 1 8 1 2, and Mr. Bacon 1596, but at the ex- pence of more than 1 1 000I. to the latter genderriani- In 1784, Mr. Hobart Was not brought forward upon public grounds, or in oppofition to a violent panizan of Mr. Fox, as has been fallacioufly afferted. Mr. Ho bart, upon the prefumption that Mr. Bacon's age and infirmities would incapacitate him from taking any fur ther part in a public line, offered himfelf tO reprefent this city in Parliament; and I can produce fubftaritial evidence 10 prove, that Mr. Hobart himfelf was an ad* vocatr, and a zealous one too, for thofe meafures which he is faid fo violently to reprobate, until the power of the late Adminiftration was upon the decline, and htf forefaw the turn which public affairs were upon the verge of taking ; then it was, and not till then. Mrl Hobart appeared as the champion of the prefent fyftcm of politics. ¦¦>«... / It is alledged, that in 1780 Sir Thomas Beevor pro- tefted againft •' the general affociation of the county to obtain of Parliament a redrefs of grievances." If any one will take the trouble to turn to the public papers of that period, he will there find that gentleman's political principles as pure and independent, as they have been reprefented to be corrupted and inimical to the conftitu- tion. He objected to the petition 'tis true, but upon the following grounds : that it was confined in its na- ture; contracted in its principles, and inadequate to the end propofed by it, " If we muft apply to Parliament, " faid this patriotic gentleman, let us apply for redrefs ' of gnevauces of greater magnitude than ihofe com- ' P!raii?cdof in tl^'petitio* ; let us apply for an equal ' affeffment of the land-tax ; for a duty to be laid en cyder ; for I can fee no reafon why jhe inhabitants ' of the cyder counties fhould be exempt from taxation ' upon the liquor they drink, more than others wheremalt ' hquor is the common beverage ; but above, all, let us ' apply for an abridgement of the duration 'of Parh'a- ' num. the ftptennial act being the grand fierce of all ' the evils this Country has laboured under." \ Here he (hewed himfelf to be the friend of the public, the Jiiend tif [To be continued.] •» p A LETTER-BOX in the Coffee-houfe (Johnfon's) Paffage. N U U B E R XVIII. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. (•:_ When the terms of an obligation are broken, re- "flraint, from that moment, ceafes: and, when I behold improper and unjuft means ufed to fufain the caufe, and fee forixe principal perfons exercifing the powers of cor ruption and opprerfion to obtain the fuffrages of thofe whofe misfortune it is to be needy or dependent, / ¦confider myfelf liberated from the engagement I have made. ¦ I never will be found aiding the party of anv man; who fhatl attempt to deftroy what I efteem as the moft valuable of all privileges — The Freedom, ot Elec tion ! " ; I am, tjentlemen," Your obedient fervant, s JOHN BERRY. [Copy.] It is a well-known fact, 'that Sir Thomas Beevor bas a very confiderable majority on the canvafs amongft a fet of Ladies of this city, remarkable for their libera lity and condefcenfion ; but we hope a certain Lady will preveut the connection being much longer continued. The friends of Lord Vifcount T— — -end are com manded to fupport the intereft of Sir T. B r, Bart. as, fhould he fucceed, (which to be fure is very doubt ful) his Lordfhip will have one more dependent in the Houfe of Commons. ExtracJ of a letter from London, dated Aug. la. " You were not miftaken in your information, that a packet was actually fent to the printer of a London morning paper ; and, therefore, juffffied in apprifing your fellow-citizens of the mean arts made ufe of by a defperatc party to injure trie character and intereft, of Mr. H. Such a packet was certainly km by a Mr. M. and received by the printer ; |but, upon laying it before 'Council, it was deemed a libel; confequently rejected. The following paffage is enough to eftablifh that opi nion, and prove the writer — a tiAR% r' "We hear, that in confequence of Lord Bucking- "•'• Yarn's fupporting his brother in the prefent conteft for •* Norwich, BEEVOR. of the poor, and the friend of the conftitution. And if I remember right, he particularly objected to the pe tition for the third reafon given in the proteft, viz. becaufe the refolutions of that meeting created a com mittee with powers unknown and unconftitutional ; di- ftinct from thofe of the reprefentatives of the people ; implying diffidence of their conduct; tending to weaken their influence and privileges in Parliament ; and, in confequence. to controul and over-awe their proceed ing's. In this his fentiments concurred with thofe of Sir J. Wodehoufc, and of many other diftiriguifhed characters in this county. - • In the fame year; becaufe Sir Thomas BeeVor voted for Mr. Windham, and Mr. Thurlow, he is accufed of having, by his neuiral conduct, fecured to himfelf ah accommodation with all parties. And yet, in another place, becaufe Sir Thomas Beevor voted fdr Mr. Wind ham in 1 784, though he at the fame time voted for Sir Harbord Harbord, he is accufed of an incontroverti ble attachrfient to Mr. Fox. In 1782,. Mr. Hobart, as chairman of the cbuhty meeting, " who addreffed his Majefty on the happy thange of that Administration under Lord North, who had nearly brought this nation to an abfolute bankrupt cy," had rio other merit than what the courtefy of gen tlemen prefent payed to his precedence. In March, 1784, " wheri the voice of the nation called alloud for the diffolution of Parliament,", fo averfc was Mr. Hobart from propofing a meeting of the county to addrefs the Throne in , conj unction with the Grand jury affembled at Thetford, that he abfolutely refufed to fign any advertifement for that purpofe as Foreman of that jury, left it fhould affect h[s electioneering intereft in this city. And I call upon Mr. Hobart to fay whe ther he did not pledge himfelf to Mr. Coke, that lie would obferve a ftrict neutrality in the conteft between that gentleman and Sir John Wodehoufe; and whether On the morning of his leaving Norwich, he did not or-^ der his tenants to vrite, and make alt the intereft they^ could, in direct oppofition to Mr. Coke? And upon his arrival in London, whether he did not even write to Sir, 7e> H THE NEW O B A R T. ELECT iqN BUDGET. B E E V O " Norwich, he has promifed, in cafe he is elected, to " join the Coalition party." -> Much to the credit of Sir T. B. we are happy to fay, he has relinquifhed his claim to the fortune of Mrs B tes, in favour of a near relation, on condition of receiving a vote ! — To record fuch an inftance of bene- nevolence gives us the greateft pleafure, efpecially as it has been reported, that Sir Thomas threatened the man with an alteration of the will (being himfelf cxe- ccutor) to the total exclufion of any friend of that Lady. The mob which met on Thurfday evening- at the Pantheon, were the moft defperate and defpicable banditti that ever difgraced the temple of the Gods. — The manager of the theatre^ had to regret that even ing's abandonment of the gallery ; and their Highneffes conceived that the Pantheon (out of which jfemmy Bunnh&d driven his firft collection of Gons) waslthe propereft place to occupy, chofe to fpend their fhilling, by adjournment from the Gallery, with their old friend. All thofe who are defiroos of abolifhing the prefent excellent conftitution of the kingdom, are requefted to vote for Sir T. B r; he being a known friend, to Mr. Fox's Eaft India Bill, and to the violent meafures taken before the diffolution of the laft Parliament. We hear that Mr. Nominee Swagger does not in tend to take out a licenfe to fhoot this feafon ; Mr. Rackham, of Intwood, having forbidden him to come within gun (hot of his premifes, and it is well known that Sir Thomas will not admit him upon his. j We are informed that Smiling Tommy, who lately left his family, is apprehended, and confined in Wy- mondham bridewell, and is to take his trial at the next quarter fcffions. Review of Books. C&rjcbold on Sleight of Hand Tricks; to. which is add ed, an Appendix, on the Art of Preferving and Putting- up of Comfits. — With refpect to the firft part of this work, we think the author feems to be a bungler in the fcience R. Sir Edward Aftley to excufe himfelf from propofrrrg#/zK at the nomination ? Did he not, alfo, one morning dur ing the conteft- between Sir' John Wodehoufe and^Mn, Coke, offer to Sir John Wodehoufe's Committee to no minate him as a candidate for the county; and again, in the afternoon of the fame day, did he not refufe to do it, for fear of offending his friends at Norwich? As a farther proof of the confiftency of Mc Hobart'sj political principles, his advocates quote that part of his public declaration at the laft contefted election, wherein he pledges himfelf to fupport the prefent adminiftratiou. Now has not Mr. Hobart, in the courfe of his prefent canvafs, affirmed, that he neither has fpoken or written any thing declaratory of his political leotiments, or of the parliamentary conduct he means to obferve.— How are thefe inconfiftencies to be reconciled? An IMPARTIAL BY-STANDER. HAL's GUESTS. A new Song, to an old Tune. I. T'OTHER night at the Swan an honeft True Blue, By way of a frolic, got in with Hal's -crew; At the head of the board Starling D-y took.his feat, And clofe by the fmilcr fat" Priapus P— te, So there was 'Squire P— te with D-y tete-a-tete, Partaking of Hal's tlrong beer and roaft meau= Partaking, Sec. II. T'other night at the Swan an honeft True Blue, '", By way of a frolic, got in with Hal's crew ; He faw there a fellow they call'd Bobby Bolt, And juft at his elbow one Sammy F— moult, So there was Bob Bolt, and Sammy F — moult, And there, tete-a-tete, Starling D-y and old" P--te, Partaking of Hal's ftrong beer and roaft meat. ', Partaking, 8cc. III. T'other night at: the Swad, an honeft True Blue, By way of a frolic, gbt in with Hal's crew ;s There was Weather-cock Lynn (with a drop i'ri his eye), And clofe by his fkirts fat' ftit'ch-loufe Dick P-e; So there, by the bye, was Lynn and Dick P-e, l And there was Bob Bolt, and Sammy F— moult, ' And THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. 71 HOBART. fcience; and as to the appendix, though to be fure 'tis true enough, is only the Old Story over again. Little Isaac on Weights and Meafures, — This work has the appearance of ingenuity to an il literate reader; but to the learned, the doctrine which it inculcates is known to be fallacious. SHIP LIST. As the Three-Brothers, Beevor, was endeavouring to double the Cape of Good Hope, (he ran foul of the Ho nour and Honefty man of war, Capt. Hobart, Com mander ; by which accident (he received" great damage both in her rigging and canvas. To add to the misfor^ tune, a fquall of wind, which had been fome time ga thering, dafhed her with fuch .vipteuicoagainft the rock of Defpair, that it is greatly feared flic .will become a wreck. — Her cargo chiefly, confifrjed <*of Rhubarb and Hops, which appear, from her: bills Of lading to be configncd, the former to I. B. S,t Giles's-ftreet, the latter to I. B. Magdalen-ftreet, Norwich,, the lofs of which will be not only felt by the Drawers, but by the pub lic in general, Laft month came into dock,, his Majefty's fhips Ho bart and Beevor ; they have both been reviewed by the (hip's carpenter, Mr. True-Englifhman, whofe report to the Lords of the Admiralty is, we underftand, to the following effect,, viz. that the Hobart will anfwer refitting; fhe therefore is to be very foon Rationed off' Conftitution Port, to guard it from the attacks of the Coalition fire fhips ; the Beevor is to be made a hulk, and Rationed off Wymondham, for the confinement of convicts; for which' purpofe, it is faid, (he. will anfwer extremely well. B E E V O R; To be seen at the Prince's Feathers, Cockey-lane, The Ourang Outang, or, Wild Man. — This animal has been taughtis ever out of temper; it has a pleafing, fair counte nance ; is chafte and entertaining in difcourfe , good na- tured, affable, and well-iiformed. on all fubjects ; it having been engaged, by the Editor of .the Brussels Gazettee, to invent, write and collect intelligence. N. B. It play's remarkably well oh the piano forte, difpetifes medicines, and perfumes the lane gratis,. ANOTHER Writer of Slap Dqfh.fu e. Filthy Poetry, is wanted immediately.— -Inquire ^^Udgate Pump, or of the Angelic Committee. A Number of Mechanics being wanted to complete the Mean Artificers company in this city: This is to, gjve- notice to thofe verfed in Chicanery, Cavils, Quirks, Lies, and Puffs, who are willing to enlilt in the faid company, that on procuring, fatisfactory recom mendations of their affiduity, they will meet with great encouragement, by applying to the Angelic Committee. Skinny R — ss — l, Under-Strapper. H U E and C R Y. "RAN away, from his promife, Jack Weathercock, about five feet and an inch high, black hair, curled in the neck, thick fet, talks much and foft ; has a great propenfity to lying, fweating, obfeenity, abufe, and trea chery. Whoever will reftore him to his fenfes, will meet with the thanks of the GommOn-council of Wymer Ward. , To be SOLD by AUCTION. >On Monday, Tneifday, and Wednefday next, at H— Hall, in this county. ALL the Household Furniture of Sir T. B- confifting of beds and bed,fteads, chairs, tables, warm ing-pans, empty cafks, old law tracts, Norwich poll- books, N"E W V O &. S O M G. I. WHAT fhall Ido? Saith honeft John, * To Nell his blooming fair}' My loom forgot, My country Claims My beft and firmed care. II. Sir H-rb-rd now, Become a Lord, No longer courts our voice ; Shall wc not find As good a man, If Beevor is our choice ? III. Nelly the pride ". Of ev'ry lad, Her approbation fmil'd ; - 1 With: frefh delight Receiv'd her fwain, Andthu? the time beguil'd. IV. " In fixty-eight. " An ancient feer " Foretold it was decreed, " That when the fame " Four figures join'd, * *' Then Beevor fhould fucced. V. '• " Lei him but give " The Blue and White — •' That pleafing mixture fliew. *' The fky is Blue, " The lilly White, 41 Yet why the RfcO * forego ? VI. " The blufhing rofe " It's ffagfance fheds, " And fcents the air around ; " And Scarlet dyes " The warrior's coat, " For courage far renown'd." * One of the Colours givea by. Sir Thomas in 1768* VII. The [No. XIX will be publtyhed on Wednefday nex$.~]<, t& A LETTER-BOX in the Coffee-lioufe (Johnfon's) Paffage. N U M BE R XIX. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. books, 8cc. 8cc. kc. Sec. kc. — The whole to be dif'pofed! of without referve, the prefent owner being rieceffitateal thereto, in order to keep his numerous family from the workhoufe ; to which wretched fituation he has been reduced by engaging in an unfriccefsful attempt, againft the advice of his real friends, to gain a feat in Parliament. THE publicans in the intereft of Sir T. B , who wifh to have their houfes opened on the enfuing election, may depend on being paid by inftallments without deduction ; is. 6d. in the pound immediately — 3s. 6d. in the pound in two years — 5s. in the pound in feven years, and the laft ios. on the * day Charles Fox has appointed to fettle with the Jew Brokers. * The day after the refurreftion. BEEVOR. The following QUERIES are refpeafully addreHed to the Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders of the city of Norwich. Query i. Was not this kingdom almoft ruined by a foreign war, and dome/lie faclion, when Mr. Pitt firft became Prime Minifler? Q. 2. Is there any example in hiftory of any Minif ler who has done fuch great things for his country, and overcome fo many difficulties in fo fhort a time as Mr. P. ? Q. 3, Are not the inhabitants of this city obliged to Mr. Pitt for the attention he has paid to the -trade of this city? Q. 4. Would the inhabitants of this city acquit themfelves of their obligations to Mr. Pitt, by electing a gentleman who is known to be an enemy to him and the prefent Adminiftration, and a friend to that faction which had nearly overturned the Conftitution? j Q\ 5. Ought they not on the contrary to elect a gen-j tleman who has hitherto efpoufed Mr. P. ? Q. 6. Are VII. The happy youth Accept's the badge, And blefs-d the- charming maid, And to fulfill Her ev'ry wifh, He thus with tran fport faid. viu. " Blue axe thofe eyes, " With fweetnefs mild, " Which foes themfelves difarrn; " And dazzling whiter " That fnawy breaft, " Which all our fenfes charm. IX. «' Thy coral lips, *' And vermeil cheek, " Shall all defects remove ; " I'll wear the red " Within my heart, " To feed my conftant love." I. One evening at ambrofial treat, From her iEtherial tower, Venus the nine fair lifters met In Ida's facred bower ; Apollo, Bacchus join the band Love, wit and wine walk hand in hand, II. PaUas the graceful movements join'd, Her hair a fillet bound ; Emblems of truth and worth combin'd Her fapient temples crown'd. This loofen'd in the dance dropp'd down. And Bacchus fnatchd the fav'ritezone. Tfae H THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. J HOBART. Q. 6. Are not triennial Parliaments,, and an equal reprefentation of the people, to be wifhed for by every » friend to Old England ? Q. 7. What juftice is there in depriving the own'ers ef copyhold eftates of the right of voting? On the contrary — ought they not to enjoy the fame privilege with Freeholders ? Q. 8. Are not the fentiments of the two candidates on the laft three queries to be defired ? This evening will be exhibited at the Angel Inn, B — V — R's Fantoccini; — Lofty Tumbling by the little Oliver Bare-Bones — Somerfets and Flip-flaps by Mer curius Dewing — Clown by Sheriff Corkbold. A C HRISTM A STALE. IT oft' has been my lot to fpend At H — th — I Hall, with Tom my friend, The tedious,, gloomy winter-nights, And hear old tales of ghofts and fprights. One Chriftraas night, as late we fat In feftive fport, and rural chat, Mirth and good humour did prevail, And each one told a ghoftly tale. Some talk'd of hearts as hard as ftones; And fome. of fprights, with bloody bones, That wandfcrioft' in H — th — 1 way, In garment pale, or bright array : B 1, they fay, did often rife With gory locks, and faucer eyes ; That e'en Sir Th-ra-s in the dark Durft never walk without his clerk. But when by clerk Sir T-m is led From Chri'ftmas frolic home to bed, He fears no ghoft nor phantom dire, Nor dreams of B 1, or h — ll-fire. The night was dark, it was the hour, When terror reigns in all its pow'i ; The dreadful tale had twice gone round. Of difmal fighs in charnel ground ; Of ghoft that dwelt in antique wall, Or vacant room iii H— th — 1 hall, B E E -V O R. . ill. The ribbon on his bofom.plac'd, By Styx then fwore the youth, What had the throne of wifdom grac'd, Should grace the feat of truth; Strait on his breaft, expos' d to fight, His robe thrown back, fhone blue and white. IV. " If mortals can give garters, fame " And honour's form on earth, " Sure Deities may do the fame " And give one order birth, " This ribbon lov'd celefiials view " And (lamp your choice on white and blue., V. Urania prais'd the rofy God, Her tuneful fifters join, Minerva- gave the alienting nod, Phcebus eproll'd the fign; Along the fkies loud Pecans flew, Olympus hail'd the whtie and blue. VI. Venus decreed that each fair maid, Attach'd to freedom's caufe, Should wear this badge, and find repaid Her zeal for honour's laws ; When beauty fhines in blue and white, Virtue and love in man unite. .!< vn. This order Iris bore to earth, The Gods enjoind the fair, When firft fhe found a fon of worth. To leave the ribbon there, No clime efcap'd her piercing fight, Till Beevor gain'd the blue and white. ADVERTISEMENT. To the Hon. H H SIR, YOUR public folicitation of my vote demands and juftifies a public anfwer. .And as your advertifement expofes your reafons for Expecting, it feems but fair that I fhould give you my reafons for refusing it. My objections to you are founded upon thofedblid confideraiions which fhould always have weight with the When, people in the choice of their reprefentatives. I object THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. 75 HOBART. When, lo ! was heard a hideous groan, Enough to turn the heart to ftone: The wind was hufh'd, the light burnt blue, Around the fi re all clofely drew; Sir T — m, a rough, ill-temper' d hind, Of features fmjik, and fimpje mind, His neighbours terrors to beguile, *' Grinnd horribly a ghaltly fmile;" Then, like a fearful, guilty fellow, He fneak'd into his fmall-beer cellar The EVENING CLUB; or a PEEP into BUNN's GARDENS. I. T'OTHER night at '.he gardens a hungry true blue, Went in with the reft of Sir Thomas's crew; Sir Thomas fat foremoft, and ftrove to be merry, And clofe bv his fure fat a little Black Berry ; And Tom and the Berrv their fpirits to cheer. Were tipling a jorum of Jemmy's fmall beer. II. T'other night at the gardens a hungry true blue, Went in with the reft of Sir Thomas's crew ; He there faw a fellow they call'd Billy Thrum, And juft at his elbow he law Simon Plumb; So there he faw Plumb and fmirk Billy Thrum, And Tom, and the Berry, their fpirits to cheer, Were tipling a jorum of Jemmy's Iraall beer. III. T'other night at the gardens a hungry true blue, Wentin with the reft of Sir Thomas's crew, And there looking round he beheld Teddy R — by. And.B — k — e, and wonder'd his head fhould fo big be: So B— k — le and Teddy were, there making ready, And there he faw- PJumb and frhi-rk Billy Thrum, And Tom and the Berry, their fpirits to cheer, Were tipling a jorurn of Jemmy's fmall beer. IV. T'other night at the gardens a hungry true blue, Went in with the reft of Sir Thomas's crew, And there was wife Nine Wigs in prate with Lord Trundle, A fweet pretty pair to tie tip in a bundle: So. there in a bundle was nine wigs and trundle, And B—k—e and Teddy, were there making ready ; And BEEVOR. I object to the character of the perfons who have efpoufed your caufe ; 1 object to the means which arc purfuing to fuflain it; and 1. object particularly to your abilities, as incompetent to the fituation you are now contending for. It is natorious, and you will not deny it, that vou are fupported (with fome exceptions) by a fet of the lowed, molt violent, and profligate characters in this city. Men whofe vices render them capable of under taking any thing to ferve the purpofes of ambition, or their own immediate vanity or intereft ; and whofe confequence is entirely derived fron the inifplaced con fidence and employment of certain individuals, who, grafping at power, hold it dcfcnfible to attain it on any terms, and at the expence of others integrity. In the annals of electioneering turpitude, I recollect no inftanccs of greater oppretfion. or more bare-faced corruption than have been exercifed by your adherents in the prefent conteft, notwithftanding the fpecious af- furances given by your friends in the public prints, that they would not diftrefs the freemen. We find them (bafely falfe to their foleran engagement) depriving their dependents of employment, and requiting the paft good fervices of their domeftics with dereliction and cruelty, merely becaufe, like honeft men and good citizens, they have followed the dictates of their confeiences. — Add to this, with the greateft degree of malignity and wickednefs, the finks of private fcandal have been ran- facked, and the moft infamous flanders invented to de preciate the characters of the beft men, and to deflroy the domeftic happinefs of the moft worthy and amiable families amongft us. Under the fanflion of your name, Sir, and in your fervice, thefe deeds have been practiced, and you- muft declare upon your honour, that you have neither known, nor approved of fuch conduct, and take pro per meafures to prevent a repetition thereof, (as was done by Sir Thomas Beevor and his friendsj or you muft inevitably bear the difgrace of it, and expect that every honeft citizen will revolt from you (as many have already done) upon the entire belief that you have en couraged and promoted fuch proceedings. I come now to the fubjed of your abilities, and as that fubjed is extremely confined, .a fhall be my ani^ madverfions: If I chofe to indulge inyleif in ill-na tured ridicule,, it might perhaps afford. ample fcope for diveruon 7§ THE HEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. And there he faw Plumb and fmirk Billy Thrum, And Tom and the Berry, their fpirits to cheer, Were tipling a jorum of Jemmy's fmall beer. V. T'other night at the gardens a hungry true blue, Went in with the reft of Sir Thomas's crew ; There he faw Jacob J — y, who grinn'd like a monkey, And there was M — s B — r both filly and drunky : So there was the monkey and M — s who was drunky, And' there in a bundle was Nine Wigs and Trundle ; And B — k— e and Teddy were there making ready, And there he faw Plumb and fmirk Billy Thrum, Old C — ttr — s fo doughty, with Sir Guy O'Gouty ; And there he faw forty or fifty poor wretches, A part without coats, and the reft without breeches; And Tom and the Berry, their fpirits to cheer, Were tipling a jorum of Jemmy's fmall beer. BEEVOR. -—BIND a CALF SKIN, on thofe recreant limbs! THE renegation of Mr. Hoban's party by an emi nent • B— k-f-ll-r, requires for his honour and probity, to be raamrained and juftified by fome damning proof, inftead of the vague random charges, of extorted pro mife — arbitrary influence^ — and oppreffive injundions : — The hand of time in two years, might in teridemefs be allowed to have obliterated the impreffion of afober affurance of fupport — had it not been renewed at the outfet of the prefent conteft, when the port pledged promife of the revelling night — was confirmed by the •cool deliberate breakfaft of the morning. — — Arid this is trumpet tongu'd againft you ! Mr. Hobart's Committee, in an eledion conftituted by freedom, wifh in — every inftance, to prevent zeal from outrunning difcretion — with the fame fuccefs and refo- lution that rhey feom to force any vote, or to believe the numerous charges of oppreffion urg'd againft S-R T 's-manufaduring friends. — There lives not a more generous minded' man — or worthier charader, than Mr. Hobart, in whofe noble family the poor of Nor wich have often found liberal benefadors. The prefent conteft fhews more of perfecution than oppofition, and the reproach of defpotic exertions, and an diverfion to the public, and pain to you ; but I en tirely difclaim either of thofe intentions. The times' we live in are ferious, and the matter I write upon important: This perfonal enquiry is by no means pleafing to me ; for however tenderly I'rnay en ter into it, Tcxped not to efcape yourdifpleafure, nor . the abufe of your party, To promote good, and to oppofe bad meafures, is the fole purpofe for which Members of Parliament are appointed: This "purpofe they cannot anfwer, unlefs ; there is ahead to plan and projed, a tongue to enforce and to perfuade, or at leaft a pen to elucidate-and ex plain. Now in all thefe particulars you are fo noto.- rioufly deficient, that you will not be able, even amongft the beft of your friends, to find one fo little jealous of his own underftanding as to compliment yours. Thofe who have feen you Foreman of a Grand Jury, or attending on the Bench at a Quarter Seffions of the Peace, muft have been difgufted, as I have been, to find you, after fo many years pradice, fo totally un acquainted with the bulinefs of thofe places. " Mr. H 1 you muft do this, " Mr. H 1 you muft do that." Whilft each diredion has been implicitly followed, un-. lefs contradided by a fecond, and the fecond till over ruled by a third, &c. The projeding head, therefore, is entirely out of the queftion, and' I may fairly fpare myfelf the difagreeable enquiry, becaufe none of your advocates will be indif- creet enough to call upon me for it. Utterly incapable of planning, I would enquire how far you are enabled by your elocution to affift in carry ing into execution the meafures which others have de~ vifed? But I need not dwell upon this topic. — The want even of a tolerable addrefs you have fuffieiently difplayed in the courfe.of your canvafs. The ability of. fpeaking your blindeft friends will not afcribe to you: and in vain fhall your own tongue contend for it. What then will you give as an equivalent for thefe defeds ? or who will pleafe to inform the public what talents you have, to make amends for afl thofe which*' you confeffedly have not? ,•' VVill the powers of your pen fupply the powers of speech? From which of your produdions then are we , to -: ¦ I . [To be continued.] t* A LETTER-BOX in the CofFee-houfe (Johofon's) Paffage. NUMBER XX. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. an arbitrary junto, not long fince alledged againft cer tain families, may fairly be retorted to the Independent Club, for attempting to be didators of city eledions, contrary to the peaceable and judicious wifhes of the Imajority of Norwich inhabitants. " But never yet did bafe defertion want fuch water " colours, to impaint its caufe, ox factious fpirits bawl- " ing for a time of pcllmell havock and confufiori," ARISTIDES. To the 'INDEPENDENT ELECTORS of NORWICH. THE dreadful anathema pronounced by a Freeman, in the Norfolk Chronicle of laft Saturday, againft Mr. Hobart and the Gentlemen in his intereft, would not have been deemed worthy of notice, but that the au- I thor's abilites are acknowledged to be perverted to the worst of purpofes ; and, therefore, meriting the fevereft . reprobation. That any one, , capable of giving the fentimentSs of paffion and delufion fo forcibly, fhould proftitute truth to falsehood, is a circumftance to be lamented. But the minds of fome men are fo warped by prejudice on certain occafions, that neither refped to their' own, nor the charaders of others, can reftrain them from ads of petulance and illiberality. The ' advertifement letter of a Freeman to the Hpn. Henry „ Hobart, is a glaring inftance of the juftice of this re mark; and conveys through its channel more filth, scurrility and abuse, than any thing yet publifhed on either fide. * The friends of Mr. Hobart are reprefented, as be ing men of the mod bafe and prqfligate,chaxac\exs in the city; and (with a very few exceptions'} as of the .foweft order of citizens. Had the perfon (for a Gentle man he cannot be) who brought this heavy charge againft .Mr. Hobart's intereft been at the White Swan or King's Head on Wednefday evening laft, he muft have fhud- .dered at the idea of uttering fo notorious a lie. The characTersl BEEVOR. to difcover your literary abilities? From your private letters ? He would be a hardy and adventurous Man that would dare to fay fo when thofe performances flare him in the face. But it is needlefs to turn word-catcher, or to hunt after concords. Since thofe letters are in many hands, and he that ftands in need of a criticifm on them, will do well to go to fchool again with their compofer. I confefs, Sir, I fee not on what grounds vou reft: your claim to a public truft. — Before you have my vote, you muft fhew yourfelf capable of ferving me ; you muft account to ma for the verfatility of your poli tical creed ; and muft remove foriie heavy charges that are alledged againft you. — You muft convince me that you have not been corrupting the integrity of the necejft- tous, or tempting the poor from the duty they owe to themfelves, their families, and their country ; that you have countenanced no injuftice to accomplifh your de- figns ; and that your expedation of fuccefs depends more on the free choice of the people, than on the un due influence of thofe who are noW> engaged on your canvafs. I fhall take the liberty of refuming this correfpond* ence with you as I find occafion ; and in the mean time am, what is my pride, my glory, and my defire, to remain, A F RE-EM AN* To him who has subscribed himfelf a CONSISTENT PITTITE. AS you would feem to have fome feelings in the fup- pofed proftitution of a name, fo dear to Englifhmen, as that which conveys an idea of liberty and freedom, an at tempt to redify your miftaken opinions herein, mud certainly be acceptable to one fo generoufly inclined. You cannot but allow, that in men of equal refped- ability otherwife,, the man of the acknowledged beft; underftanding, is certainly the fitted to protect our free dom. 78 The new election -budget. hobart. BEEVOR. characters of the Gentlemen on both fides have already undergone the moft painful cenfures, it is, therefore, unnecefTary to retort by any comparative view. It is only for me to fay, that the friends of Sir T. B. are (with as few exceptions') not without reproach. Mr. Hobart's friends are alfo arraigned for having made ufe of undue influence to procure a majority on their canvas. For my own part, I moft folemnly de clare, that I do not know of any, nor have heard a fingle inftance given. It is the eafieft thing in the world to hold out general accufations, but they fall to the. ground, when no fpecific proofs are adduced in lupport. But, allowing that fome friendly perfuafion, or advice, may have been given, is there any thing unfair ox improper, in fuch a condud towards a neigh bour, or tradefman, who has fought your opinion, or received your favours? furely not. And as every man is not endowed with an equal proportion of mental abilities to determine on great political queftions, is there any crime either in afking the fentiments of an acquaintance in whom we confide, or of receiving the fame? The only inftances of oppreffion and corruption that have come to my knowledge, are fuch as have been exercifed on the part of Sir T. Beevor's intereft; but which, for the fake of individuals fo dealt on. 1 for bear to particularize, till prrcvoked to it by the violence of a defper ate faction ; or in defence of the friend of their y-King — their country— and a virtuous Adminiflralion? Vice, in oppofition to virtue, ever attempts to fhelter its own enormities, under the fpecious pretext of de- teding others. • '."" The letter of John Berry to Mr. Hobart's Com mittee, (of which the advertifement-letter is a coun teipart) affected to tiffign reafons which did not exift in truth, for the moft bare-faced apqfiacy that can be found in the annals of eltdioneering;' but like the latter, could produce no proof: At leaft,' none that he chofe to bring; — heca'ufe it would have tended to expofe that very influence under which, 'tis notorious, he now acts; To Mr. Hobart's abilities, dt: is evident, the writer muft be a ftranger, or he would not dare to have Cal led them 'in queftion. Befides, can any one who has the breeding of a Gentleman, or the feelings of a man, fay, that fuch an inundation is juft or liberal? What ever the opponents of Mr. H. may arrogate to them felves dom, and to ad in the capacity of a Legiflator. There is not one of Mr. H t's friend^ who has the oppor tunity of inveftigating it, but would yield the palm to Sir T, B. iri this refped ; and that every one has a right to examine the pretenfions of the different candi-' dates, you muft admit, or you become no longer the champion of freedom. If, in a. promifcuous affembly of freemen, an eledor attempted to contraft thedifferent qualifications of the candidates by fads which paffed within his knowledge, fhould he be threatenedwith the law for that exertion of freedom! Would noDeveryrftj/. freeman hre at the outrage offered? If, on a day of no mination* an eledor candidly declares his opinion of a candidate, from what he has obferved himfelf, is a pri- fon to be his portion for it? Where then are the boalled privileges of this country ? Wherein then is the differ-' ence, whether this be done in-c-onyerfation with thofe upon the fpot, or by the medium of a newfpaper, with-ij thofe who are too diftant to examine for themfelves ? - \ If Mr. H 1 knows of no opprcflions; and can deny his acquaintance with the aflu ranees given to the; contrary in the public prints, ke has only to avow it like"; a man, and he will be liberated from the charge. If he has never acquiefced in rile calumny and abufe alluded to, he has but to difown it. If he has not been- per- fonally adive towards the purpofes of corruption, nor Confented to it by his agents, how can he be affederJby the accufation? If there are no proofs againft him of inadequate or inferior abilities, he has nothing to fear iri; challenging the produdionsr of them. Wherein then' has the freeman aded wrong? But " on the verfatility tf Mr. H t's political creed" you are filent, moft- pro bably from convidion. ¦ -{ I fhould have much commended your vindication of a private charader, had -it been attacked; but I defy you to produce a fingle inftance of it in the freeman's obfervations, which have been reftrained within eMion matters only. Tour hi /its have not been quite fo liberal" or confined, although Sir T. B. is univerfal'ly allowed" to be inferior in none of - thofe particulars, which are the objeds of your w^rmeft panegyrick on his Oppo nent. But mark your inconfrftency. You fay, that " the deliberations of a Grand Jury Chamber are fe- " cret, and therefore the 'advertifement is "the contriy-J " ance of a committee hireling." Pray how came you then to be fo well acquainted with Mr. H t's coirr-, pofurc, cool attention, &c. ? You forgot too that the freemt&l THE -NEW ELECTION BTJDGET. 79 HOBART. felves oh this fubjed, it is certain, that fuch an avail- ment is no proof of underflanding ; even, were the -prefumption admiited. If the Freeman conceives, that to teizt the Minifler with long fpeeches is a neceifary qualification for. a feat in Parliament, I will allow Sir T. B. the advantage; and, fhould he ever enter the Houfe of Commons, 1 doubt not of -finding him among the oppofition worthies, growling out " Hell and •' D_ n t0 every friend of peace and unanimity." A faculty of this kind is dangerous in the poffeffion of a man who would facrifice his truft to ferve. himfelf : And fuch a one muft be the man who,. at ftxty years of, age, with a large family and fmall fortune, deftitute of friends, fami-ly-intereft, or confidence, rafhly and with out pretentions, obtrudes hirnfelf on the, canvafs of a .large and opulent body of citizens, in oppofition to a : Gentleman of integrity and. worth, who has the inclina tion and power of feiving the city, in every way, whether in Parliament, by Adminiflration, or, as a Magistrate. CARACTACUS. ''. To the Worthy ELECTORS of the city of NORWICH. " Every common dauber writes lafcal and villain '• under his pidures, becaufe the pictures them* 41 felves have neither charader nor rcfemblance." Junius. THE popular and refpedable epithet of a Freeman is libelled by becoming the frgnature of the fcurrilous and iniquitous advertifement addrefled to the Hon. HENRY HOBART, in the Norfolk Chronicle of laft Saturday, and fhould be br'auded with contemptuous filence, might not unrefuted abufe be conftrued into unanfwerable accuf'ation. The anonymous Freeman doubtlefs is, Richard like, himfelf alone, and armed in proof — invulnerable to the focial fenfations of fellow-feeling, confeience and remorfe — " But leave him to Heaven, ." And to thofe thorns that in his bofom lodge " To prick and fling him." My appeal lies to a candid, generous, impartial public, to review Mr. Hobart's general condud: As a landlord, behold him revered by his tenants, as their patron, and beloved as their benef'ador: As B E E V O R. freeman mentioned alfo the proceedings at the quarter feffious, which are open to every one's notice. You abufe the freeman for wiih-ho.lding the fignatureof his proper name, and yet very modeflly affumes a fiditieus figna|ure yourfelf. , A, continuationtn office is hot always a maik of ap probation. I mean not to infinuate any thing. to Mr. H t's prejudice; but if his alTociates ate fo capable to dired, and watchful to prevent all improprieties, the conveyance of their deliberations cannot be of moment ; and refped to. any one's family ox good-nature may con tinue him in office, where he is too well affifted to. be detrimental. Some only ofMr.' H t's friends were abufed by the freeman ; you have included the whole of Sir . T. B.'s fupporters in your invedives. You have miflaken honeft freedom for rancour, proper inveftiga- tion for abufe; and, to compleat the whole, have boldly afferted, that. Sir T. B's. intereft is hurt by it, withqut advancing a fingle in fiance of it, fm~ general qffertions are no proofs.To' your dijpqffonate reply let me add the. Goncliifion of that by Caracl ecus,. who does not fcruple to hint, that Sir T. B. "would facrifice his truft to ferve. himfelf,"' becaufe " he- is fixty years of age, with a large fainjly, "i and a fmall fortune, (by the bye much larger than " Mr. Hobart's, who. in family is nearly equal), defli- " tute of friends, family intereft, or confidence, rafhly, " and without pretenfions, obtruding. himfelf," though every one knows he was folicited to come forward by a uumerous body of eledors, as a gentleman by. far the beft. qualified to. fill .the vacant feat.. The party you efpoufe have (whether juftifiable or not, matters, not in the prefent argument) decreed that the freeman s letter is fcandalous, &x. and have, like- wife, without any fcruple, fuppqfed- the authors,; and,. without the leaft foundation, hxed the xidium they have attempted to raife- CANDOUR. To the GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, FREEMEN, and: FREEHOLDERS of the. CITY and, COUNTY of NORWICH. Gentlemen,. HAVING now compleated a very flattering and fue- edsful canvas, it is incumbent on me to renew my fin- cere 8*o THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. As a. neighbour, he is unqueftionably moft friendly stnd accommodating, his refpedable family unite iri praifes of his amiable temper, engaging manners, and obliging difpofition, which particularly in his more private domeftic life at Richmond, endear him to all his acquaintance, whilft in his public charader he lives in high eftiraation as a Gentleman and a Magif- trate : — The uniform tenor of his political condud has been fo admirably invefted by the y able writer of the ferious Addrefs, that it requires no further comment. ' >¦' ,Can it be credited, were Mr. Hobart the unknow ing illiterate creature this upright Judge or Juryman ac- cufes him to be, that Gentlemen of the firft families and diftindion in Norfolk, would have fo long and repeatedly fuffered him to be the Foreman of their Affize Grand Juries ? No, he would have been advifed to retire, and his gentle unafluming fpirit would have acquiefced. But the attack is notorioufly bafe, falfe, and malig- } nam, Mr. Hobart's deportment in the important office of Foreman being univerfally commended; and, which may be eafily conceived from the compofure of his mind, his cool attention, and digefted experience: arid it is evident that were it not from the good opinion of his morals, manners, and abilities, he would not bow be honoured with the fupport of almoft all thofe Gentlemen who cbmpofe the Grand Juries ; not one of whom, would deign to degrade himfelf intba newf paper ftanderer ; and as the deliberations of a Grand ' Jury chamber are fecret, the advertifement feems the infamous contrivance of a Committee hirelings — the fame, petadventure, who, with the greateft degree of malignity and wickedpefs, ranfacked the finks of pri vate fcandal, and invented the moft infamous flanders tp deftroy the moft worthy and amiable, families among us. Out of the Freeman's own mouth do I condemn him. It has pleafed him to diftinguifh Mr. Hobart's friends as the. moft profligate of mankind; as a fhade and contrail, I fuppofe, to the purified, and undefiled cha rader of forne of his (the Freeman's) colleagues, who, like avenging deities, have fent foi th the demon of drf- cord BEEVOR. cere thanks to you for your very, friendly fervices and attachments. It greatly increafes my pleafure and fatisfadion, tro find the popular opinion concurring with my wifhes and your endeavours ; and that neither corruption nor coercion have been ufed to procure me the moft cor dial promifes of your fupport on the day of eledion. The very ready and general encouragement conveyed to me from the freemen and freeholders whofe. diftance rendered a perfonal application impoffible, demands my particular acknowledgement. Should I be advanced by your fufFrages from the provincial employment I have hitherto been engaged in, to have a voice in the legiflature of our country, I truft it will be direded to the general good, as well as the advancement of your commercial and particular interefts. I am, Gentlemen, With the greateft efteem, i ¦_¦¦ Your moft grateful, and Obliged humble fervant, THOMAS BEEVOR. To the Hon. H- H- S I R, IN my' laft letter I confidered the charader of fome of the moft forward and adive partizans who had ef poufed your caufe — the undue means ufed by their, and your agents to fupport it — and your want of abilities to fill with propriety that ftation which you are at ftach ex pence of time, and treafure, labouring to obtain ; but as, my ftridures have been held by (o me, though univerfally allowed to be true, rather too fevere-,- and to have impeached that candour, with which it was my intention to have written, and has ever been my with to maintain, 1 think it due to-tbe"public, and juft to my felf, before I proceed to the chief fubjed, of this letter, to ftate a fimilar and parallel cafe, which may refcue my writings from all obloquy and cenfure. When a fervant offers himfelf to any one in his pri vate and individual capacity, it is ufual, and proper to enquire into his qualifications ; and if he be found de ficient, {To he continued.] £3- A LETTER-BOX in the Coffee-houfe (Johnfon's) Paffage. NUMBER XXI. | ' f f - The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. . r ;( HOBART. cord to perfecute and root out peace, union, and har mony, which might; elfe long have flpurifhed by the unoppofed coalition of Mr. Hobart and Mr. Wind ham. > Can a numerous body of eledors be without their failings?' — But the balance may be nearly equal on both fides, unlefs weighed down by the preponderating ma lignity of the affumed Freeman, and thofe of his tribe. .1- -r 1 know the worthinefe of many in Mr. Hobart's 1 party, and am proud of my fociety.- — Would to God the Houfe of Commons had many men of the honou rable Candidate's defcription — frank, honeft, loyal, ju dicious, and fincere : and who., like him, could calmly contemplate a life unvitiated by debauchery and per nicious paffions, and untainted by corrupted artifice and political duplicity. " Free and at large might your wild outfes roam, •' If all — if all, alas! were well at home: " Ne, 'tis the tale which angry confidence, tells, " When fhe with more than tragic horror fwells ; " Each circumftance of guilt. When flern 'tis true, " She brings bad adions forth into review, " And like the dread hand-writing on the wall, " Bids late remorfe (awake at reafon's call, " Arm* d at all points, bids fcorpion's vengeance pafs, " And to the mind hold upf. refledion's glafs ; •* The mind which, flarting, heaves the heart-felt groan, " And hates that form-fbe knows to be her own. The quotation is from Churchill — a mind familiar with depravity may eafily make the application. I intreat the mock Freeman to write on ; his rancour will determine candid liberal minds, to decide for Mr. Hobart. Indeed, I underftand it has already had the good effed ; but though many damning fads remain untold, 1 have done ; with this paper altercation. T My fpirit revolts at ; fuch cowardly warfare. Perfonal attacks, fhould be beard to beard, or at lead require real fignatures; nor ought the Britifh birth right B E E V O R. ficient, a good-natured man contents himfelf with fay ing, that ihe,.pcrfon fo applying will not do for him, without mortifying the poor fellow by an enumeration of his defeds and faults, efpecially if they be natural defeds, for which there is no: remedy.' But, if a com pany, of* men are to appoint a fervant, a fuperintendant. or a fteward to manage their common bufinefs, and to Whom they are to entruft their moft important concerns, it becomes the duty of ,every oueof them to inform each other, why he wifhes to rejed him, or why pre fer him to the pott.. In the firft cafe he may furely (hew them, nay he ought to demonflrate to them, that the man has neither abilities to do their bufinefs, nor capa-] city to execute the duties of the (tation. Such is. the fituation of this city in the choice, of it* Reprefentatives;: add, fuch is ray apology. J will now advert to my intended fubjed ; I mean the boafted purity and confiftency of your political conduit ; in. which enquiry, as it would inevitably happen that 1 fhould be obliged £0 repeat what has already been with much truth and ability publifhed in the anfwers.to the Scrims Addrefs or the Serious Appeal (for it bears both thefe titles), 1 believe that you, and ray readers in .general* would be better pleafed to be referred to thofe publics-* tions (wherein the accurate -information of the authors have forellalled me iualmoft every particular), than that I. fhould now cake up your time, and tire your patience with the recital, of their arguments. ? .-, ¦ : Suffice it therefore now to fay, that thofe who would wifh to judge of your pad, prefent, and future politi cal fentiments, need only to attend to the opinions and condud of your noble relation and diredor, and they may then conceive, what you neither could, nor would dare to exprefs without his inflrudion and permiffion. Steering your little fluff by that (tar, can any man have one moment's doubt what courfe it muft run?— - For (hame then, ceafe your pretentions to any opinion of your own. — You have always lived in pupilage, and can never outgrow it. I am informed that infinite pains have been taken to tenure my laft letter into a libel; but your Gouncellor's , -,-.., . •pinion 82 THE NEW ELEGiTION .BUDGET. . I 4 .Hi < > .. HOBART. right of a Freeman to become the vehicle of aftahony- mous'aiTaffin.'J '" A CONSISTENT PITTITE. * To the Printer of the Norfolk Chronicle. .-• THE invidious and rancorous attack, under an ad vertifement, in your paper of laft week,: upon our honourable Candidate, carries with it, on the firft view, fuch -an air of envenomed fpleen and malignity, as cannot fail to defeat its intention in the eye of fober reafon, and therefore fcarcely worth the noticing, much lefs to merit any Terious anfwer; but as the defignds evidently to irnpofe on, and blind the underftandings of many honeft well-meaning people, to whom a total filence might appear acquiefcing in the injurious and fcurrilous refledions urged with fuch. virulence, I (hall juft trouble you widi a few remarks, in order to ex- pofe its weaknefs and malice. JJs Theadvertifer, to give a coloUrof fzndion for the venfof his poif'on and animofity againft Mr. H 1, (which by the bye appears to be the refult of fome difapdointment) has divided the caufe of ir into three Parts, which fhall here follow in their order, Firft, he objeds: to the efpoufers of his caufe, '" as being with a few exceptions (which indeed fhews hirri to be very charitable) the moft profligate and worft fet oF1 people in the town," and thinks there is neither ho nour nor honefty but in the truly virtvmts Independent Clubs, and imaculate Angel Committee, and 'therefore rails moft heartily at the Honourable Gentleman for not put ting a flop to all the indecent (rings and fquibs that are daily flying about, and not taking example from the rec titude and purity of the party of his opponent, who by no meansavail themfelves of fuch arms, and who fuffer no publication whatever to iffue from their fide but what is ftridly juft' and confcieotious, as their Se cretary can witnefs. This muft neceffarily then be a great objedion againft Mr. H — t; and in-order to ob viate it, he fhould not only be accountabr«,Tbut4ay a ibid injundion upon the prefs, and be the ccnfor of ¦11 that teems from it at this time. -'-¦ ¦¦¦ vr ;. Second objedion.— " The Honourable Gentleman has no abilities," arid is- every way unworthy of the iwafti" Why ! It is eafy to prove, becaufe he was nocfirft ef poufed arid nominated by the various pretended Iride- ptniiint Clubs', who know not what they do; bui this is their BEEVOR. opinionSdoes Trot terrify Siej, — -neither am. I to be' awed into fifence by angry fqribblers, or intimidated by the idle intimations of the injury I am doing to the intereft o( your opponent by fpeakirig truth. A good caufe will hear the" light—a bad one I IhoulcT be afhamed to defend. The people are< highly con cerned at this time in every thing^ which -afieds your charader; and When it lies in thefyoiver of an indivi-' dual to afford therti infotntation wMfeh is iri any degree . ferviceable to their deeifions in'mafteirs of morribht, it would be criminal to fupprefs it. I wifh to have the fentimerits which 1 corrira utticate thf Hh gh 'this channel warranted by everypofEble> means ?4'nd; to joftify' thefe publie appeals, 1 intend, in th^t* 'profecutW 'Of thlsf correfpondence, to exhibit, without any comments of my own, the copies of various letters, which I have now in my pofTeffion, bearing your fignature; I intehd to date" many ungenerous arts, which;, to my- know ledge, have been ufed to fuftain-yoflr intereft j-and to difplay fome bnerjiloEeS -refpeding yotf, which ?/hair fully defend imeiagainft 'the5 virulent attacks that have been made uponme. ; !< -' ^ - ' T> : ¦' • . , , I will iconolude this addrefs with a dialogue which' paffed between you and a certain freefnan of this city;- in the courfe of ybvit prefent canvafs." Mr. H. Your fervant. Free. Well,< fir- what do you want widi me? ' ' Mr.^.H. i My name is Hobart. • ; Fretf. Very well, what then? ( Mr. H. I am afraid you won't vote for me. Free. Sir, I fhaU vote for Sir Thomas Beevor. " Mr. H. Will you then wiftt for me?! Free. Why, fir, how can that be ? Ydii rnuft either take me for a fool or be one yottrfilf, to fup- pofe I fhould wifh againft the man I vote for. ' a-fr-e'e'man: A NEW SO N G. YE fons of freedom pray attend, m ^ -.:., And to ray words give ear; - 3t:-t...i» For 'tis moft true, what i have ipenn'd, 1 As you (hall quickly hear: .. < ; ' - ivi To guard our rights, maintain our law*, ' Two members we muft have;H i But neither champion in the caufe !'. i\,. Ought e'er to be a Have. -::i, But THE -NEW ELECTION BUDGET. 83 HOBART. their determined creed, that no man can, or (ball have any of the neceffary requiutes (or a Reprefentative, who is not originally put up by them; but. for their favou rite Candidate they have in (lore all the moft eminent accompiifhments and, qualifications, and to givegreater weight to them, a Committee of Combers are to puff offfor. feyeral weeks in the papers his pretended fervices about nobody knows what, nor they themfelves, ex cept to ferve the turn for the day. Another grievous charge in this objedion is, that the Honourable Can didate has not fuffixient -volubility to pleafe; being themfelves fo fond of clamour and noife, and fo greatly bleffed with the— gift of utterance, Tit is no wonder they fhould lay fb great a ftrefs upon that article. , Integrity, honour, and probity, joined to good fenfej with a warm zeal for the conftitution, are nor thing in their fcale without a. great .fluency of fpeech, which is alldwed to- atone , for every other deficiency. With the fame modefty theadvertifcr fwhois fhe, fpeak- fng trumpet of his party) charges him with inconfif- tency; merely becaufe' he honeflly owns his intention to abide in all important matters by the fenfe of his Con,- ftituents, and does not plume himfelf by .ading diame trically oppofite to the opinions of an enlightened people, in cafe they happen, to differ from his own. Another great deftd which renders him , incapable of ferving us, is his Want of fufficieht addrefs (or the can vafs, wh'ch to be fure is unpardonable: It .ought to be looked upon as a great misfortune to him, that his heart is too honeft to deceive, and his foul ahove de-: fcending to the fycophantic arts pradifed by his oppo nent (who is without doubt a great adept therein) who full of frairks and fmiles, with a fpecioufrjefsthat he is mafter of, is ready to promife evciy thing to every body; pro? mifes as light as the breath by which they are made. 1 (hould imagine that our advertifer, by his wincing, has been a little galled upon that fcore, by not having been fufficiently complimented ; and his pride and dig nity being fo fnrely wounded, may in fome meafure ac count lor his many uneafy fenfations. , . The third and laft principal objection! is the " tur pitude pradicedby the Honourable Candidate's friends, not to be equalled by any eledioneering annals." If aflcrtion without proof, and idle declamation could have any weight, this would be a heavy charge; 'but although it is not intended to juftify every adion which the indifcreet zeal of fome people may incline ' them H OB A" R T. But faith, my friends, full well we know That this is not the cafe ; The one for Blick — g's Earl will go For penfion or for place. Remember all in eighty-four How foon this thing was (way'd ; For P — t, then Fox, now P — -t once more, Thus changing is his trade. If thus he'll change to get a place. He'll change when in he's got ; And he that bids the higheft price, Will furely have his vote. Should we accept this changing elf, Difgrace will fure attend us ; . He only aims to ferve himfelf, And to the Devil fend us. Let's chufe a man that's' firm and free, Whofe fenfe declares his worth, Who'll ne'er be bought by bribery, By honour too led forth. A toan with uncorrupted heart, No Minifterial Slave, Shall at the goal of honour ftart; i -Our votes fhall freely have. Come, Tons of freedom, make this choice, Adopt this noble plan ; You all muft own with heart and voice, •:* That BEEVOR is the man. A LIBEL*. To the Honourable H H- SIR, IN your addrefs to the freemen and freeholders of this city, in the public papers, dated Aug. ig, you fay, " The affurances- you have received are fo decided, as not to leave a doubt qf< Success." In this day's addrefs.yoxx hold a far different language ; — you fay, ,,>.;¦! " The, co f dial fmahner in which you have been ^re* " ceived induces you to entertain Hopes of fuccefs." Oh I. Mr, Hobart, what a falling off" is here? .Could not your Committee have fupplied your want * Vida Cooper on Libels. of H THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. BEEVOR. B E ti ^ O R. them to do upon thefe occafions, yet the advcrtifer is I of difcernment, and have advifedyou better than thus called upon to produce any inftance of any violent or to betray the weaknefs of -your caufe? undue influence having been ufed to ferve the caufe of Mr. H 1; but our advcrtifer is fo exceedingly mo-* deft as to allow of no irregularities but to one fide (fo blind is felf-love to its own faults or thofe of its fa vourites), though it is pretty notor ous, notwithftand- ing the cant of their affeded moderation, they have left no (lone unturned, and no endeavours have been omitted, whether foul or fair, to obtain their. ends, and more coercion and oppreflion pradiced to debauch and delude honeft men by infidious promifes, to render them falfe to their engagemets, than ever were prac ticed by the friends of Mr. H- 1 ; but it is ufual One day you are confident, The next y cm Ho j-e, l On Tuefday it may be fairly concluded that you will Des pai b. ' At this rate, what is your PARLIAMENTARY CONDUCT likely to be ? Sept. 2. A FREEMAN. H- To the Hon. H SI R, THERE is no government under the fun, fo wifely adapted to the happinefs of human nature as that of the Englifh. Nation: and as lam exceedingly fenfibfe of the bicflings I enjoy under it, I cannot but feel fome emo- tions of refentment and indignation at, any attempt which is made to deprive me Of that comfort, protedion, and fafety,' which my birth in a free country has inr titled me to. When I fee a Candidate taking any ftep to fecure for men to fee thofe faults in others which they them felves are moft guilty of : as to the jaundiced eye every thing appears yellow. — But the truth of the matter is, that the Honourable Candidate, by his uprightnefs, ge- nerofny. and candour, has gained very confiderably upon his canvas, which in the eye of our advertifer is unpaidonable, and has irritated and touched him to the quick (as well as given great offence to his unfpot- -ted party); and being no longer able to keep his tem per at fuch provocation, he falls into a mighty paf- himfelf a feat in Parliament, which operates to the cor fion, and vents it in the lowed abufe his. thoughts can j^uptiOn of the people's principles — which goes to the at devife, and calls to his affiftance ; the moft vulgar, threadbare, and hacknied prejudices that ever were in vented by a diftreffed and enraged partizan. But, un fortunately for the poor man, it won't do ; it is too barefaced not to be leen through ; it is the dying em bers of a bad caufe and a dilappointed party; and what will complete his diftrefs and mortification, and perhaps render him fit for confinement, is to be in formed, that his malevolence' has had quite a con trary effed to what was intended, many friehds having lately joined themfelves on that account, to the caufe of Mr. H t. TheEledors of Norwich are too en lightened to be gulled, and. made the dupes of artful, clamorous, and idle prejudices, railed by the toolof a party, let on foot merely for the purpofe of oppofition ; and it is not doubted but on the day of eledion the chi ¦zens, with juft abhorrence of fuch unueihand dealings, will exert tlpmfelves with fuch fpirit in behalf of the Honourable Candidate, as will confound the malice of his tainment of his objed by coercion and violence — or^ to miflead the public in matters of moment to their po litical interest ; I conceive it my duty to fpeak, and to point out the man. who, by fuch means, has the te- rherity to infult the feelings of his fellow-citizens. I am informed, that your' agents have been holding out various temptations to the freemen of this city, to obtain their fuffrages ; — One has had money adminif- tered to him'under'the idea of a loan, which was to be liquidated by his vote in your intereft — Another has had a coat beftowed upon him under the promife of his fupporting yob- — A third has had his cloaths re deemed from paWn upon the fame conditions — Others have been allurjea by fair promifes, or threatened into obedience ; /while fome have beeri ddcharged from the fervice of your particular friends, becaufe they could not do violence to their confidences, by following the ex amples, or obeying the tnandates of their tyiannical employers :— To • i [To be continued^] {£f A LETTER-BOX in the Coffee-houfe (Johnfon's) Paffage. NUMBER XXII. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. his enemies, arid crown his caufe with fuccefs ; and will alfo convince the world, that they are not to be led awry by fpecious and hypocritical appearances, to ferve the worft of purpofes. With as much truth, though lefs pompoufly, I fub- fciibe myfelf Norwich, Aug. 31, 1786.] A FREEMAN. B ' E E V O R. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, -and Freeholders of the City of Norwich. Gentlemen, WITH gratitude and refped, I take this early op portunity of thanking my fellow citizens, for the very zealous and flattering fupport I have met with in every part of my canvas. Affurances fo warm, and fo de cided, as not to leave a doubt of their exertions being terminated to their fatisfadion, and to my honour. f If in the hurry of a contefted eledion, 1 fhould omit 'to folicit the vote and intereft of any Freeman or Free holder, perfonally or by letter I hope to be. indulged .'with that excufe which muft appear unavoidably necef- fary on fuch an occafion. In the fullefl confidence that my Parliamentary con- . condud will be fuch, as the welfare of our country and the conftitution requires, and the interefts of the city ,of Norwich particularly demands, 1 beg leave to, fubferibe myfelf. With regard and efteem, Gentlemen, Your ever devoted, and Moft faithful humble Servant, HENRY HOBART. Auguft 19, 1786. The FREEMEN and FREEHOLDERS of the city and county of Norwich, are defired to meet at St. Andrew's Hall, in the laid city, on Tuefday next, the fifth To crown all, what abfurd Puffs do we meet with in the public papers, to perfuade the ignorant into a belief of the wonderful fupport you pretend to have gained ? If, fir, your hopes of fuccefs ftand upon no other grounds, it would be the part of an honeft man to recede from the conteft ; the Conftitution is wounded by fuch adions as J have recited, and they admit of no excufe. — The wretch that accepts a bribe, under the prejfure of his neceffities — is a slave; — hutthe man who adminifters it to lerve his ambition — is an ENEMY to his COUNTRY, and'to the FREEDOM of the P E O P LE; — The Candidate who fhews a difpofition to purchase a Seat in Parliament, may eafrly reconcile to himfelf the atrocity of selling his Conftituents, and is totally unfit to be trufted iri* fuch an important Ra tion. — The man that would violate the freedom of elecTionk would not fcruple to make any infringement' whatever, upon the Conftitutien — and when veracity, candour, and liberality are Jacrificed at the fhrine of self-interest, all confidence vanifhes. What am I to think of your regard for truth, when I read an article in the public papers, which was fent to the printers by a very aSlive gentleman of your com mittee, ftating, that no lefs than one thoufand feven hun dred eledors" and particular friends of yours, were af- femblcd at your houfes of entertainment on Wednefday laft? Where is the probability of procuring fuch a meet ing in your favor, when it is allowed by many of your own adherents, that the majority of the refidmt freemen of this city, are in the intereft of Sir Thomas? What fhall I fay to the budget of fcurrility that I am prefented with week after week, as well as to other fugitive pro- dudions of the fame kind, which are continually fabri cating to fuftain your intereft and to lefTen the dignity and confequence of your opponents? You fpeak with a great deal of confidence about your PARLIAMENTARY CONDUCT, BEFORE YOU ARE ELECTED and are loud in boafting* of great majorities in every de partment n-f your canvafs — but boafting is the charader- ifttc 86 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. fifth day of this inftant September, at twelve of the clock at noon, -to confider ot proper perfons to be put in nomination to reprefent this city and county in Parliament, at the enfuing eledjon, in the ftead of their late Member Sir Harbord Harbord, Bart, now cre ated Lord Suffield. CHARLES WESTON, the younger, JOHN PATTESUN, Sheriffs. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders if the City arid County of Norwich. Gentlemen, THE cordial manner in which I have been •received in every part of my canvafs, and the zeal with which my numerous and refpedable friends have-prormifed me their fupport, induces me to entertain the moft flatter ing hopes of futcefs on the day of eledion ; and to re- queft your attendance in my' favour at the 'Meeting ap pointed by the Sheriffs to be held in the New Hall, St. "Andrew's, -on Tuefday next, to put in Nomination a proper perfon to reprefent you in Parliament on the prefent vacancy. 1 In confidence my friends will join with me in main- ' raining the peace and order fo neceflary to be ob served on fuch occafions, and that my parliamentary condud will be fuch as the welfare of our country and the conftitution requires, and the intereft of this city particularly demands. I beg leave to fubferibe myfelf, With regard and efteem, Gentlemen, Your mod devoted and faithful humble Servant. Sept. i, 1786. H. HOBART. B E E V O R. iftic of weaknefs, and I fhould imagine that the people do not very readily declare themfelves in your favour, and that you find your caufe in a very unpronitfing ftatt "5 — or, you would not be engaged in fuch difreputaMe meafures. *; The author of an addrefs to you in laft Saturday's Norfolk Chronicle, adverts, with fuch truth and juftice, to your abilities, and rcprcfents your incapacity for a ' public fiation, in fuch terms as muft forcibly attach the' : thoughts andconfideration of every prudent man; — he has, indeed, treated the fubjed (a fubjed very inter- \ efting to the public) in fuch a manner, as renders it needlefs for me to make any comments thereon. — -But fetting your qualifications out of the queftion— I muft think that the condud of youi felf and your friends, in the courfe of the prefent canvafs, is fo exceedingly reprehenfible, thru be the affurances you have received whatever they may, they are greater than you are en- ' titled to, unlefs \ ou can refute all the charges which have been brought againft you ; — and 1 heaitily wifh' the. fupport you have courted may prove totally incffedujl,1 unlefs it has been honourably procured. A PLAIN DEALER. Auguft 29, 1786.. THE friends of Mr. HOBART, who mean pei to nally to fupport his nomination on Tuefday next, are rcquefted to meet the Committee at the King's Head, in the Market-place, before eleven o'clock, to proceed from thence to St. Andrew's Hall. Saturday, Sept. 2, 1786. THE Brethren of the Antient and Honourable Order of GREGORIANS, are requefted to meet at their Chapter-Room ALL corrupt eledors and mercenary vagabonds, wha« are willing to ferve a dirty caufe, to part tvith their li berty for a draught of Day' » nog. and to wage war againft the Conftitution of their country, are defired to repair to the* ftandard of the DUMB CANDIDATE, at the FCngXi head in the Market-place ; or to the quartets of Lieute-! n ant-Fang, at the Currier's arms, in St. Giles's, where^ they fhall enter into immediate pay ; be cramm'd with^ fair promifes; rigged from top to toe with cart-off, |cloathes from the Blick — g wardrobe; have yejlow ragsj |ftuck upon their hats; and bludgeons put into their hands to knock down all honeft mm, and all thofe who] dare cry out BEEVOR, FREEDOM, and IN'DEPEfl-J DENCE. Heavens ! have mercy on us ! CITY! THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. $7 HOBART. Chapter-Room on Tuefday next at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to attend their Grand from thence to tin- Hew Hall in St. Andrew's, to fupport the nomination' of the Hon. HENRY HOB ART. Norwich, Sept. 2, 1786. BEEVOR. NUMBER IV. ELECTION BUDGET Publifhed by Independent Authority, and as the Ad of Fancy direds. From Saturday, Aug. 26, to Saiurday, Sept. 2, 1768, L O N D O N. 7 he fallowing letter, it is faid, was received by the Premier a ftw days fince. To the Right Hon. Wm. PITT. S I R, THE very fingular and judicious manner in which you have conduded yourfelf," during your premier- fhip, claims my admiration, and excites in my bofom the warmeft wifhes for your continuing in the fame of fice. I have coveted a feat in parliament, that I might render you all the affiftance in my power, by voting agreeable to -your inftrudions, and exerting myfelf to forward your ichemes, but have never yet been able to aceomplifh ray defign ; however, at this prefent inftant I am affiduoufly endeavouring to effed the plan I have fo long had in view ; and to render my fuccefs as certain as poffible, I fhall make. ufe of every art and deception to promote my intereft ; and in order to fecure thofe who have once promifed to affift me, I will pledge my ho nour to render them all the private fervices they can reauire. This, fir. I confider as a well concerted ma noeuvre, for experience has taught mc, that to promife individuals is much better, than to confefs yourfelf a:^ advocate for the public good; and that every man v\i>. has. his own intereft at heart, is to be rendered fubfei vient to mine, by the proper application of a certaii. valuable metal. — Th*s,. fir, you may perhaps cenfute. C I E S. T X E C L O G U ECLOGUE the FIRST. Schne— A CLUB. Time— EVENING. THE clock (truck feven — the chearful fun retire*, And only gilds our caftle and our fpires;. The Market walk now fills from ev'ry ftreet, There jarring parties, various riuere Its meet; Each Candidate refumes his wonted ground, And all his friends and followers throng around J Now Hope infpires, now gloomy Fears- fucceed. And fhew what thorny paths to.Honour lead; Now ftill and filent is the vacant loom, And hot and noify is the ale-houfc room ; For hither, thirfting after news and nog, And loving, if not H-b~t's caufe, his prog;. Freemen, and freemen's wives and friends repair, And pay due rev'rencc to the leathern chair; For there pfefides, with face of Belgic (lamp, That/era of Liberty — Bavarian H- p; He at the Sh— ff's uncontroul'd command, Amongft the friends of H-b-t takes his ftand;: He knows each wife contrivance to a hair, Which brought his mafter Thurlow to the chair;. And boafts to know, however you- may doubt, The gibes and jolts o'th day which threw him out ;. And therefore, as a manager right able. He claims attention at the council table. Now rifrng from his chair, his cane he waves, As who fhould fay, " be filent Englifh knaves!'* Silence enfues, our hero drives to (peak, And tortures Englifh ears with German Greek ;. Tir'd with his eloquence, the clamourous rabble Drown his oration with their deaf'ning gabble ; Fill hearing fomething faid about the Diet, fhey thought the fuppercomir? and wer: quiet :— - " Te Diet, Sers, I mean te Pjrlamri.L " To vich dis Mr. H-b— t fall be fent ;, il Dere muft he .ake te care of all te laws, ¦' And make more to dem if he find te caufe ;.- " And if tc King of money fall fali fh^rt. " Why he muft to hem come, and .ilk hern fort;, " For he vill have te firing of all \oui purfes, " And' muft look fharp to vat te Kjog dlfburfes. " Veil, Sir;,, all dis can Mr. H-b -f do, " for he can read and write as- well as you ; He S8 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. BE E V O R. as being contrary to the fpirit of the law; but, let mc •tell you, in juftification of myfelf, that though I am your advocate, yet I muft rely on the friends of Mr. Fox, to be eleded a Member for this city ; and, of courfe, however repugnant to the conftitution of our country fuch corruptive proceedings may be deemed, receffity compels me to adopt, them on the prefent occafion. To keep up a favourable appearance at this prefent crifis, I fhould find it extremely difficult, were it not for the machinations and matchlefs effrontery of the Committee, which is compofed of the moft artful amongft the Quakers, and Independants, Methodifts, and Prefbyterians. On thefe gentlemen' tradefmen I im plicitly depend, from a full affurance that they will go any length to fupport the idol of their wifhes, and carry the caufe they have undertaken, not from a convidion Sf their being tight, but merely through a fpirit of op pofition, and a fatfe notion of liberty. Of the vaftbulk of mankind, but a very fmall num ber are able to difcriminatc between right and wrong ; incapable of refledion, the greater part wili adhere to opinions held forth by an artful fophift, and with the enthufiaftic fervor of political zealots, cry put for fuch principles as are inimical to their civil rights, and dia metrically oppofite to the Britifh conftitution. Can it then be fuppofed, fir, that a man, though eleded by a majority of thefe illiterate plebeians, to reprefent them in Parliament, will fit there with a paffive fubmiffion to be their echo on all occafions, and facrifice his own intereft to fupport their imaginary claims? No furely; fuch men are to be taught what is neceifary, and not fuftered to alfume a didatorial air, as if they were in themfelves infallible; and it fhall therefore be my ftudy, when in the Britifh fenate, to promote my own and ray family's welfare, in fpite of all public remonftrances, or ties of duty. I am, fir, your obliged fervant. T. B— v^-r. HOME NEWS. A Card found in the Angel Yard. Lady A- '.y preftnts her compliments to Mr. M— pli*— w, jun. and if favourd with his company at [To be continued.] He knows quite veil de Engelfch Conftitution, And is fo great as me at elocution. I know myfelve te intereft of dis city, And H-b— t is te man I know to fir ye.. As for dat Beevor, which Come people talk of, Let me alone, I'll make dat fellow walk ofE Who dares to fpeak fon wort of Beevor here? Te fchondrcl fall be fcalp'd from ear to ear; Forth from defeclub my friends fall kick him out, And 1 will eat his fhare of beef and krout. Aie fagabons (o fay who fall be chos'd, And gentlemen of blood to be oppos'd? Donder and Blixem! 'tis a thought fo vile. As makes te hairs upon myn head recoil ; Sooner den have te lot on Beevor fall, Got! ye fall have no Pailement at all." The CLUB SONG. Tune, " Mafter Poll," with tol de rol lol, in Mrdas. I. COME hearts of gold, who won't be fold, But live and die for fhedom, Tho' H-b— t's noife may curfe our joys, We've too much fpunk to heed'era. Chorus. Then let him come with beat Of drum, And all fuch hellifh racket, We'll flout, we'll fhout, we'll rout Hal out. And I'll warrant we'll pepper his jacket. In eighty four they felt our pow'r, How foon they took the barables ! Like fnarling dogs, they bit their logs*, And fneak'd behind the (hambles. Chorus. Then let, &c. III. My hearty pack, both ftiff and flack, Come box about the loom, Sirs, The glorious day foon cpraes in play To weave poor Harry's doom, Sirs. Chorus. Then let, Sec. • Stavt^. III. Wind &r A LETTER-BOX in the Goffee-houfe (Johnfon's) Paffage. NUMBER XXIII. o » The NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. at M-r-lt — n, (lie has given orders that he may at any time have the benefit of a dip in the horfepond. We hear that the Churchwardens of Sr. Peter's M — cr— t intend to refufe granting a renewal of the li cence to a little tap-houfe in the Market-place, known by the. name of the A — g — 1; the landlord having, for fome time paft, permitted his houfe to be made a ren dezvous for a fet of riotous and diforderly perfons, who have affumed the name of the Puffing Com mittee. We hear that a match will fhortly be run over our courfe, for a plate of very confiderable value. — Two horfes only are entered, viz. Liberty, whofe rider is to be dreffed in orange and garter blue, and. Sycophant, color pale blue and white. — Great fport is expeded, as the odds at prefent are in favour o( both. The know ing ones, and they who do not bet, think Liberty will be much more than a match for his competitor.— And the reafon ttiSy alledge is, they have heard the jockics on the part -of Sycophant talk much about puffing, blowing, cropping, joftling, kc. They have likewife obferved, that one evening laft week, as Liberty was exercifing. loud fhouts were raifed by a dirty fet of fellows, hired on purpofe, in order to intimidate the riders, and make them fall off. It is fuppofed the fame tricks will be played off on the courfe, and it is not doubted but with the fame effed. A new fpecies of baiting the Bull has been in troduced ; and that by oppofing crefl to creft. A mul titude of Beevors are now fet upon the BuLL) but they will never be able to put him out of temper, 0r to effed their wicked purpofe. An unhappy circumftancc had like to have taken place when Adam's Grandmother prefented the Ad drefs from the Corporation to his Majefty;— having a parchment writ in his pocket, uhich was to have beer feived on a countryman, and taking it out by miftake he prefented the fame, and, in lad, arretted the Kin^ in the Audience Chamber.— The King was aftoniftied and the Lord in waiting ordeied the guards inftantly to feize the feliow, who drew their fword*, and were for putting B E E VrO R. IV. Wind on, wind on, our work's begun, Let's fhew thefe flats the odds, Sirs, Though Harry's thrum js on the loom, He'll ne'er get in his fhods, Sirs. Choriis. Then let, fee. V. Tho' he wou'd pull at Beevor's wool, You fee the man is mad, Sirs, He'll find his fkep a d d hardTnap, When we have turn'd his pad, Sirs. Chorus. Then let, Sec, VI. Come jolly hearts and play your parts, Well give thefe culls a ruffling, The day's your own, the tramps axe gone Sent off with a handfome muffling. 'Chorus, Then let, Sec. VII. Let H-b—rt's fwaggerers crack and puff", We'll fweat'em rank and file, Sirs, We'll try the mettle of their fluff". And work them to a noile, Sirs. Chorus. Then let us, kc, VIII. What tho' they fay, as well they may, That fome of us are poor, Boys, Curfe on their pride, they'll find, when try'd. We've honesty galore, Boys. Chorus. Then let, &C. IX. Here, hand in hand, true blue we ftand, With hearts as true as fteel. Sirs, We'll fcorn to flinch one fingle inch, As he to his coft (hall feel, Sirs. Chorus. Then let him come with bear of drum, And all fuch hellifh racket, We'll flout, well fhout, we'll rout Hal out, And 111 warrant we'll peppei his jacket, A D V E R T I S E M E N T. Some of the wits oi the King's Head Committee are requefted ta write a parody upon the above long, and fend it forth to the public ts unoriginal compofitivn. A WNE '90 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. H O B A . R T. BEEVOR. putting an end to the exiitence of ths olde"ft perfon in the world; but Sir Adam falling on his knees, and pulling out the real addrefs, the matrr was foon fet in its proper light ; — and his Majeltv ordered one of his guards to dub hini. It is confidently afferted, that Sir Adam's Grandmo ther W.iU be pricked to ferve the office of High Sheriff the enfuing year ; and no doubt fuch an appointment will be very beneficial to the county, his eflate lying fo near the caftle, he will have au opportunity of in- fpeding it himfelf daily ; — an advantage that no High Sheriff has yet had. We hear that Smiling Tommy will be removed by habeas corpus from Wymondham Bridewell to the Caftle, then to be publicly whipt in Norwich market and dif- charged. TAKEN UP, on the Gentleman's Walk, a large maftiff and bull mongrel Dog, with a round head, long ears, thick legs, and big belly. It is of a fkndy colour, and barks inceffantly. On his collar is en graved, " Sir Jacob Jaliup, Bart, of Tag-rag and Bob- " tail Hall ;" who may have him again, on paying the neceflary charges of feeding and advertifing him, by applying to J. More-few-, jun. Secretary to the puf fing Committee at the A— g — 1, in the Market place. EMBEZZLED, By fome of the very genteel and refpettable company at B — n's Pantheon, on Wednefday fe'nnight, Upwards of 150 bottles of Port Wine. — All pawnbrokers, houfebrokers, Alehoufe-keepers and others, are cautioned againft receiving the faid bottles, and are requefted to give notice to any of his Majefty's juflices of the peace (after the Eledion) if they are of fered to fale, and they fhall be properly rewarded, by JAMES B— N. A N E VV S O N G. Tune — ""Hearts of Oak." I. COME hand join-in hand, 'tis to honour we catl, We call you to Beevor, and Liberty-hall j Tis to freedom we call you, then freedom purfuv For who are fo free, as we Ions of True blue. Our coice, my lads, is fix'd, all determin'd out men, i -i We always are ready, Steady, boys, fteady, We'll vote and fucceed too agenand ascn.- They threat'n to corrupt us, thefe terrible foes .» They may talk to our women, our children, and beaux ; They may prattle and kifs, but the dye is now caft, And Freemen they'll find we fhaU meet them at laft. Our choice, my lads, &c. III. - ,-.. We ne'er fee our foes but we wifh. them fair. play, They never fee us, but they wifh to betray ; Then flick to them clofe, till you run them a-fhore, Nor till they are beaten, the conteft give o'er. Our choice, my lads, Sec. W. With feventeen hundred they've met, as thy fey, And if cyphers tell, thefe will carry the day ; But we mind not fuch boafts,/ and will heartily fing, Our candidate, freemen, our country and king. And For Beevor we are, all determin'd our men, We always are ready, Steady, boys, fteady, We'll vote, and fucceed too, agen and agen: THE worthy Eledors of the city of Norwich are dc- fired to obferve the moft profound Jilence while Mr. Ho bart is fpeaking in the Hall this morning; that if any thing SENSIBLE ftiould fall from his lips, it may -be heard and remembered to his credit. Norwich, Sept. 5, 1 7 86. ^ Wanted Immediately, A Perfon of abilities and experience in the profef- fion of Siftilling spirits. The party fo in need muft have good affurance of his honefty nnd knowledge, as much depends on the, Jlrength and Quality of the in gredients neceflary to> rectify British fpirits. Has * A N T I TUESDAY, Sept. -rK — C I P A T I O N. 5, 1786, the Hall at Norwich, -n, Efq; Aldeimen, Banker, R- Juftice of the Peace and Receiver General, Late Waiter at the King's Head, Mounted the Roftium ; Supported THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET.. 9' H O B A R' T. B E E V O R. *m* As the proccfs of producing gas alias wind, is infeperably conneded with the effervefceuce of fluids, rone need apply who have not been inflated with the news-paper puff of cutting the ligature of "a balloon. f|dp Mr. Nominee Walterfon, at the Eagles, in the Rofe-lane, is empowered by Mr. Secretary More-few, to treat with applicants. For the Benefit of Sir Pertinax Mac Sycophant. THE BOTTLE CONJURORS, At Bunn's Rural Pavilfion, on Monday evening next, will exhibit their moft aflonifhing performances; particularly., among other feats of I gerdemaio, too bottles of wine will be placed upon a table, when, in the twinkling of an eye, they will difappear, ,lo the great delight and amazement of the beholders, who will not be able to difcover by what means they are conveyed away. ? . The following are fome of the principal performers, viz. Tim B >bbin, Roger Raggamuffin, Comfit Cork bold, Toueh'em Tag-Rag, Barrabbas Bobtail, Little Ifaac, Blackberry Swagger, Lying Peter. Mark Dam nation, Blaft-your-eyes Bodkin, Brafs Blackguard} Sic. ' kc. 8cc. &c. Sec. N. B. It is expeded the company will be very fektt and genteel. ¦ M II I ¦ 111 The FREEMAN'S LITANY. FROM *'turn-coats,t liars, ^hypocrites, and § knaves, From pilfering || conjurors, and venal flaves ; 'From fycophants for truth nor honour caring, From treach'rous friends not worth an apple paring; From mad fanatics, jarring politicians, Deceitful members, bribes, and mean phyficiaps ; From filthy fquibs, and rhimers moft tremendous " Angels and minifters of grace defends us !" »B— y. +G— ge. JW— kes. §R— p. ||C— b— d. SACRILEGE. STOLEN out of the parifh cheftof St. John's Mad- dermarket, a surplice almoft new.; — Whoever fhall apprehend any perfon or perfons concerned in the above robbe.y, fhall be haridfomely rewarded for their trou ble, by applying to the Churchwardens of the above parifh. j 0 ¦, N. & If Supported on the right by G n the Bailiff,' On the left by R h the Barber, In the tear by S g D — , Gentleman, Jack R n, Crankey H y. John Gilpin, The Baron in the Society he is fo proud of, And a long lift of Worthies; After fome tumult. The mighty Roger thus began : — " Friends, freemen, citizens, lend me your ears! I come to propofe H 1, not to praife him ; The good he has not done, alas! is -publifhed; The evil's varnifh'd over, or concealed; So let it be with H -t ! ye have Been told that H- 1 is neceffitous, If it is fo, it is a grievous fault, And grievoufly fhall ye anfwer for't. Here under leave of G — th— -n and the reft, for G — th— n is an honourable man, fo is virtuous P — te, the mild and gentle R n,- — thy Firm, unvarying friend, L— n D — y, myfelf* an Honourable band — fo axe we all— all Honourable men! — Come I to fpeak of Hob — t's nomination— -He is my friend, Wifdom and wit are his, and Gilpin Says he is an orator, and furely Gilpin is an admirable judge ; He hath brought, many benefits to us, And many as they were, ftill more Shall bring — an Earl to dinner, Eke a Countefs too — and us with wives A*nd daughters all — to vifit BI — 4 — g's Hofpitable Hall — No tame dependant Is my friend — no titl'd didator his Pliant faith in politics e'er rules ; But Norwich fays he is neceffitous. 'Tho if in fortune Beevor beats my friend, 'Tho if in. children they ae nearly equah H t's Roman virtue bids defiance To a proud Peer's frowns, altho' that .'¦?¦¦. j Peer's his elder brother ; and as to poverty. Allow a virtuous poverty is his — you all;; ' Shall fee he'll thrice be offer'd dumbs of comfort at the Lupercal, , 1 And thrice he will refufe thera for* Your good ; is this neceffity ? yet . ' Brutus fays heis/necefEtoua.; but ' Brutus is a defpicable mah--I Jpeak But 92 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. HOBART. N. B. If cut in pieces (as it is fuppofed to be) the cloth, being of a very remarkable quality, will be fworn to by the Clerk of the faid parifh. In the prefs, and fpeedily will be publifhed, ' A Defence of Lord Monboddo's fyftem, or a com- parifon of man with quadrupeds j — fhewing the igno rance of anatornifts and metaphy'frcians in ultimately di viding the human being from the ape or ouran outang, which is proved by an adual experiment made fome time fince by the author, from the Maid's Head in St. Simon's to his own houfe, the Pigeon and Prayer Book; on all fours. By Nominee John Swagger. : N. B. A copper-plate is now aduaily engraving from a drawing taken by a gentleman on the fpot, which will be publifhed, price 6d. in eight or nine days. Puffing Committee. Ordered, THAT Dr. Prettyman be defired by Mr. M, to write to Sir T. B. alluring him of the beft wifhes of Admini- ilration. N. B. Knowing this to be impoffible it is further or dered, that the Lying Schjad do iwear to the fame. Ordered, \ That the thanks of the committee be prefented to "fack Ketch, alias fack Swagger, for his noble fubmiffion to a quietus from Shylock at the Bank. Ordered, That the Little Devil from Pandemonium, be added to the Committe, together with Dogberry Sharpe. The former for having written a hellifti letter to Hal; and the latterfor watching poor Knights- Ordered, ¦>' That lying_G — -gehe defired toirifert an advertifement intheJSary Budget, fetting forth that the meeting of Sir Thomas's friends laft week at Bunn's Gardens, was waftly moie numerous than that -of Mr. Hobart, the evening before,! at'the King's-Head and at the -Swan. Ordered, That our party be inflruded to deny the purloining of the wine, on faid night, at faid gardens. !by (aid. party of tag-rag and bobrtail ; as that circumfhnce will ena ble the public to form a fhrcwd guefs of the refpecHabi- H'y of Sir T ss friends. B E E V O R. But to difprove what Brutus fpokc, And here I am to fpeak what I do Know — you all did love him once, Not without caufe — what caufe with-holds, You then, to vote for him.— Of Liberty, the firm 'fupport— yOur laws He ftudies— vers'd in each knotty point, He can, and will your rights deferYd; Brilliant, his parts enabling him to < Judge what thofe rights are ; > With eloquence poffefs'd, to plead Your mighty caufe, when kriowu; fuch, fuch Js " H — -t, Chufe him, then, my friends — plebean dogs, You fhall— 'tis mighty me, 'tis K — rr — n The Great, that makes the Member Here — or if you dor)' t— -Oh judgment, Thou art fled to wifer men, and left . Us Noife and Folly — bear with me ray Friends, my heart is in the eledion bf Poor Hal." R r K -n defcends, And H 1 mounts the Roftrura. " I come not, friends, to fteal away your " Hearts — I am no orator, as B r is, But, as you all know me, e plain dull man, ""That love myfelf, and that they know full well ; " For I have neither" wit, nor words, nor worth, 14 As B — ¦ — r has, adion nor utterance, nor " The power of fpcech to plead your caufe ; " I only fpeak right on ; I tell you that " VXhich you yourfelves do know; but " Were i B r, and B — — r H — — t, there -t would ruffle up your " Were an' H- " Spirits, and put a tongue ftiould move the very " Stories!" BEEVOR FOREVER. GOOD PEOPLE, mark theconteft (and be glad), Between a caufe that's ooon and one that's bad;— The FIRST, all cwlnefs, firmnefs, peace, and quiet,- The LAST, pomp, puff,, cockades, flags, noife and riot.'- ;t't . " [No. XXIV zuilt^fiubMed on Wednefday next.] gb- A LETTER-BOX in the Coffee-houfe (Johnfon's) Paffage. NUMBER XXIV. The NEW ELECTION BUDGET HOBART. SIR Thomas Beevor prefents his moft refpedful compliments to his friends, and requefls the favour ol their company at the New Hall in St. Andrew's, this day at twelve o'clock at noon, to partake of dumplings and fmall Beer. Signed by order of the Committee, ANGEL INN, JOHN MOREFEW, Jun. 5th Sept. 17S6. Deputy Secretary. The NOMINATION DAY. TU N fi— Rule- Britannia. MY friends and eledors join my lay To celebrate this nomination day, To celebrate, kc. With me your voices, your voices raife, And tune your notes to HOBART's praife; Raife free eledors, free electors raife your voice, Firmly .fupport the man of your choice .- Raife, free, Sac. Tho'~ Beevor does fo fmirk and fmile, The ignorant eledors to beguile, The ignorant, Sec. Yet HOBAR fs friends too difecrning are, and keen, They ne'er will let the fycophant come in; But free eledors, we'll fend him home to tell Thc/ad difafter that on him befell. But free, Sec. And when the eledion day comes on, My friends you all muft be as one My friends, kc. Watchful as Argus o'er the tricks Sir T. wkl play, To fteal from you the laurel of thaidav; But, free eledors. be adive everv one, And we fhall furely make the day our own: But free, kc. Be cautious, if you would gain applaufe, Be not too fanguiuein your noble caufe, Be not, &:c. But BEEVOR. The HUSTINGS. H — B — T was fimpering and fmiling, With filent eloquence beguiling ; P — rtr — ge to fpeak was much inclin'd, And Sheriff Neuter fneak'd behind ; Baron H — rv — y foam'd and bow'd, Au'd raisd the pity of the crowd ; Gilpin his brother, precious vouth ! Emitted falfehoods 'stead of truth ; C — ie, the banker's runner, bawl'd ; A — ft — ng cock'd his eye and fquafl'd ; Sir Th — ax — s D — rr — t, fpecial dull, W — deh — fe fhook his empty fkuil; B — rn — y trying to look wife, D'Oily telling King's Head lies; M — rfb — m with dirty face and hands-, Two Canons without gowns or bands ; B — lw — and B — d — ngf — Id without a voltf Wiih other 'Squires of little note. If fuch a tribe ertlure th' eledion, Hal will have it to perfedion ; But, alas ! the nomination Much cteceived his expedatiori. Hal's country friends gave much offence, ' Which they may rue fome four years hence. The COCKADE. THE heads of H — b — rt's council clofe were laid, To find fit emblem for a fmart cockade; Seeing- on fome Sir Thomas name difplay'd. On fome, his creft, a Beaver sform pourtray'd; Thev ftrait refolvd the blue and ora' ge loo Should be as fmart as Beevoi's white and blue; And wifely order'd that then darling's creft In gold fhould fhine. as being ranch the beft. Unhanpilv ihey found in his beh.l.. 'I he creft (oh ominous.1) a nofc-led calf: Could the fupporters alfo be brough< in n, As on the Peer's ftate coach they now are feen, Well 94 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. , HOBART. BEEVOR. Bui let your joy fubfide until that day, When HOBART, your Member, you fhall difplay ; Then, free eledors, we'll loudly raife our voice, And in full bumpers toaft our choice : 1 Then free, 8cc. QUESTIONS, Which appear very neceffary for every man, who feels himfelf free, to afk himfelf before he gives his vote in the prefent contefted eledion for Norwich. IS it not unconftkutional for a number of perfons however refpedable their charaders, in an individual capacity to form themfelves into a jqnto, for the ex- prefs purpofe of eleding Members of Parliament? Would not fuch a junto if they had fufficient power, deprive their fellow citizens, who were adverfe to th „ir choice of the privilege of reprefentation? Does not the Independent Club come under the de fcription of fuch a junto? Were not the Gentlemen who compofe this club, to gether with other refpedable inhabitants of the city, of fufficient confequence, in a feperate capacity to ob tain every reafonable purpofe in refped to reprefenta tion ; and does not the memorable eledion of Sir Har bord Harbord, Bart, in the year 1780, demonftrate that they were fo? Are not thefe Gentlemen, though many of them highly ^refpedable in their charaders, individually be come arbitrary and intolerant in a colleded capacity ; have not, forac of their leaders impertinently and un- conftitutionally interfered in eledions where they had no right; held a communication with a junto of the fame nature at Yarmouth ; and does not their condud on the prefent occafion ftiew that they are determined, (if in their power) that none but themfelves and their party fhall be reprefented iri this city ? Does not fuch a junto deferve the abhorrence of every man who really feels himfelf an Englifhman, and ought it not to meet with the moft fpirited oppo fition at the prefent crifis from every warm friend to our excellent conftitution? . , }. '' ¦ To my Coufin Sir Thomas B — v — r, After the manner of PETER PINDAR. My dear Coz, Sir Th—s, I pray now be rul'd. Nor fuffcr yourfelf, Sir, again to be fool'd; The Well might we fay, as once a wit did write, Who now, poor foul, is hears'd in endlefs night ; " How well the find r ling cur, the tini rous hind. " The nofe-led calf exprefs the courtier's mind. On feeing a POMPOUS INSCRIPTION in large gilt Letters over the King's Head Gate. " HOBART AND INDEPENDENCE." " PITT AND THE CONSTITUTION." DOWN with the gaudy board, good Hal, Which now o'er Ravens gate is plac'd ; For though it pleafes thy cabal, Bv the infer iption thou'rt difgrae'd. One line implies thy heart difpos'd-. To yield to Pitt all condcfcendence ; Another is abfurdly closd, By a vain boaft of independence. If upon grounds of fuch a nature, „ Are built the hopes of thy fuccefs ; Thy Folly, Harry, can't be greater. Nor poffibly, thy Chance be lefs. To the WORTHY ELECTORS of the City of NORWICH. ' y Fellow Citizens, THE time is now very near at hand when you will have occafion to exerdfe the deareft privilege of En-r- lifhmen, that of chiding a Reprefentative in Parliament*- and as it is a matter of the greateft importance, I bte you will fenoufly weigh the refpedive merits of the Candidates who are , now foliciung your votes- and whatever arts may be pradifed to co.rupt your integrity, whatever unworthy means my be attempted to influ ence your faffrages, treat them with indignation, and let nothing prevent you from difcharging your duty confcicnlioufty. ° ' • / You have witneiTed a great deal of ftlly parade during the pre ent comeft-You have heard of many inftance! widTnff °pPrfeffi°n-And ™9 of you have been tempted with offers of money to part with your freedom-But ye are not fo weak and childifh as to be drawn afide bJ gilt flags and GEW GAW fhews.-Ye are not fo tame as to bear violence without reprehending the authors of it I —Nor THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. at' BEEVOR. 95 HOBART. The year fixty-eight, I pray keep in your mind. And remember the diftance they left you behind; The figures the fame are,^ though partly reverft, ' Which plainly foretells that your caufe will be-'curft ; The time's nigh at hand, and will quickly appear, That your phantoms will die like your brother's fmall beer ; 'Tis not. rhubarb can fave you, nor bolus, nor pill, Nor e'en Mis. B — r — It can ftave off this ill. You have fome men of fenfe that fupport you 'tis plain, Yet they're few when compar'd with thofe touch'd in the brain ; Look at Thrum, and at Rum, and at Simon the pure, Who will go any lengths, Sir, your caufe to infure; But fuch empty vaffals can do you no good, For their fwearing and lying fhatl all be withftood; Though the B-rn—ds and B- k-e for you may appear, To , their harrangries and their nonfenfe we'll turn a deaf ear Tho' C — io and Ned Rig-y fhall ftill found your ¦' praife, And the puffing Committee fhall fecond their lays ; Yet, believe me, my friend, 'tis quite out of their pow'r, To give you relief at the critical hour ; 'Tis not the prig IF-/ — ks can wriggle you in, , No more than Mark W — ks can divefi you of fin ; Old Beelzebub' neither you never muft truft, As his word, like his iron, is fubjed to ruft : Perhaps Jem-y your brother may fwerve from the truth, .But he always was fubjed to that from his youth ; Examine your friends, and you'l find them too weak To carry the point which they now undertake ; For ftronger and wifer than they have mifcarried, As I've often been; told by the fingle and married. Excufe rae, dear Sir, and don't think me unkind, As much it concerns me, you muft come behind. I ftill might proceed, and name more of your friends, And bring forth a Black Berry to anfwer your ends ; But the name is fo hideous, fo frightful it founds, .-That it not only fhocks, but my (enfes confounds. Foot Aid — d indeed, Sir, fhall not be forgot, , Tho' 'tis faid at the Gregs',' Sir, that hard was his lot ; But let him remember the name of a fpy, That he„was ferv'd right I'll maintain till I die, Your — Nor are there many amongft you, I truft, fo base ?& to barter their birthrights for gold. . Where is the man to be found who does not feel himfelf interefted in the oppreflion of Mr. Dingle, junior ? — (There are many other cafes of a fimilar nature ex- i fling, but this is fufltcient for my prefent purpofe)—— The condud of his late employer is an infult, not to the individual only, but to the whole community. — It goes to the annihilation of Political Liberty. — And as this in- , fultwas committed in the fervice of a Candidate who has taken no fteps (yet heard of) to redrefs the griev ance, I would enquire, with what confidence he can foli- cit the favour of the public ? I muft alfo afk you, what ye think of a Candidate who is beating up for voters under the banners of a parly; and who is continually holding out the moft ridiculous and qflentatious profeffions of attachment to the prtfent Minifler? Mr. Pitt is a great Statefman— We muft all allow it — ¦ But Mr. Pitt may poffibly do wrong — And the Candidate who pledges him his fupport unconditionally, muft -be either too simple to reprefent a great commercial city, or too designing to be trailed in fuch a fituation. . A Member of Parliament fhould have no idol in the Senate to bow down to — No objed before him but the ' promotion of his country's good — And the man that; attaches himfelf to Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox, ox Mr. Anybody. cannot be called an independent man, nor can hehe con- fidered as a friend to our glorious conftitution. If, therefore, great fhews muft be made to keep a caufe alive — If fervants and dependents with large fa milies are to be turned out of employment for not en gaging ira it — If money be neeeffary to procure men to efpoufe it — If a Minifler s popularity muft be made ufe of to fupport it — If country gentlemen muft be called from all parts — And, the dependents of Peers cdtleded together to defend it, the cause muft be bad, and in a defperale fituation. If anything can poffibly tempt the poor freemen to engage in fuch a caufe, offers are profufe — Many bribes have been tendered within the neighbourhood of the King's Head Inn — And lair promifes in abundance are daily made from the fame quarter : but to the happinefs of thofe whom Providence has not given riches, con tented difpofilions have been difpenfed; and none I believe are yet to be found who have driven their confidences to market, to procure a temporary addition to their enjoy ments. To 96 THE NEW ELE HOBART. CTION BUDGET. BEEVOR. Your friends being nara'd, your enemies now — Exped I fhould bring by degrees to your view i And now let the bird that ftill flies in the air, Stand firft in the lift of this heav'nly choir ; The P-lr — de I mean, who for candor and fenfe To excel or to equal few have a pretence ; He's modeft and prudent, and, to -give him his due, The ftraight paths of virtue he aims to purfue. I have many more worthies I could lay before you, But am fearful you'll think me too long in my ftory ; But I'll mention a few that are worthy and good, And whofe efforts, I hope, Sir, will not be withftood: There's G — y, the good father, I'll next lay before you, And then I'll prefent you with young Baron H — y ; Not forgetting his brother, a brifk little fellow, It would do your heart good for to fee him half mel low ; He's nimble, and quick, and a good kind of man, Come forward, I fay, and deny it who can. I'll now bring before you our good Mayor's father, Whofe adions indeed, Sir, are multum in parvo ; Not forgetting his Worfhip, whofe merits are known To be equall'd, I fay, Sir, with few in the town : Exceptions there are, and it always muft be, But fome Days are better than others we fee. Now pray give me leave to retreat from the bench, And mention fome worthies of equal good fenle: There's BI — k and there's C — k, and a great many more, That to do them ftrid juftice 'tis not in my pow'r ; Such worthies as thefe, Sir, can ne'er be perplext. For they always were true, and flill flick io their text. There's Be-l—fije &\ d Ba — l-y, and Bl-om, Sir, and L-ng, Indeed they deferve to appear in the throng ; ' Their heans are all honed, they're true aid fincere, Never frighten'd by menace, nor drunk with fmall beer. And now, dear Sir Th-m-s, pray pleafc to look round, View your friends and yo r foes, and fee how the* abound ; Your To thofe who have had fortitude to withftand the temptations of the day, the higheft refped is due. Heaven will fmile upon their integrity — and they will experi ence a degree of peace and pleafure in their breads, which thofe who have facrifrced their rights an the altars of corruption can never enjoy. A FRIEND TO FREEDOM. The' TOUCH-STONE. , TO perfons ofa liberal turn of mind, nothing can be more painful than to behold the adventitious powers of fortune applied to the deftrudion of moral rcditude; and the luft of dominion extended to the deprivation of perfonal liberty. It is wrong-for the richXman to alTume the controul of his dependants' confeience, — ft is wrong for the proud man to arrogate to himfelf the diredion of other men's condud in matters of civil or religious con cern ;— And if a Candidate feeks the aid of fuch udue influence to fupport his caufe, he is shA'-efully wrong! I profefs myfelf a warm advocate for the rights of nian-i kind, arid for the privileges of thofe unfortunate men in particular, whofe circumftances render refiftance dan gerous ; or whofe fortitude is infufficient to oppofe the tyranny of their oppressors : I will therefore venture to put a lew queftions to lorne gentlemen zealoufty attached at this time to Mr. Hobart's caufe. And if They are able to anfwer them in the negative, I fhall be better pieafed than to find the dignity ol iheir flations degraded >y a tacit acknowledgment of the fafis alluded to. My ufe. of great names may give, offence to fuch as B. D. G, Efq; who threatened to cane the authors of die freeman's Letters; and furnifh frefh matter to feed ihe greedy, quibbling humour. of the learned Lawyer vn. i pronounced itiofe letters libdloui ; ;— But, neuncr the tremendous arm of the one, nor the. fugacious opinion of the other, fhall make me ihrink from my purpoi< . I he Rev. Mr. Hancock, — On Sunday, the 27th of \ugufl lall, did you not fay to Mr. Steven/on. Clerk of *>t. Michael at Plea, " You muft vote, tor Mr, M?" Did not -Steven/an reply, ' I cannot. Did\<>u m,t fav then, " Sttvenfbnycu muft ftand muter, for asyeu are my fervant you [To be continued.] 83- A LETTER-BOX in the Coffee-houfe HohnfonV, Pate™. NUMBER XXV. j - s The NEW ELECTION BUDGET, HOBART, Your worthy opponent fhall bring up the rear, And believe me, dear To-my, he's nothing to fear. 1' don't mean to fright you with fpedres and ghofls, With Goliah's.and fuch men as frighten'd the holts, With B — nl — t's and B — r — It's, and fuch kind of ' --fluff, Becaufe I'm perfuaded of thefe you've enough ; But 'tis Ho-art I mean to exhibit before you, Who foon fhall be crown'd with the wreaths of true glory. The ELECTION BOOTH. WE are informed from very good authority, that the meek, modeft fellow at Tuck's Wood has given J o- r, his tenant, a promife of a large quantity of ftaves, with a part of that moft noble and- magnificent building which is to be ereded in Norwich market; there is not the ieaft doubt, if we judge according to the workmen employed,_but it will-be one of the fineft ftrudures in the known woild. We hear the defign will excel that of St. Peter's at Rome, as it's to be more varied. The northern fide is 'to be of, the Gothic flrudure; at the front is to be a large door to receive all that go ; on each fide the door are to be two Doric jrillars of Parian marble, ornamented with capi tals of burnifhed gold; -on, the right hand pillar is to be placed truth; on the left ..falfehqod ; truth is, to whifper falfchood in the ear, ¦ through a filfigrane trum pet. made of ,beaten: gold of exquifite workmanfliip ; falfehood is to return. ;the> whifper tfirqugh a black trumpet, with a broken rufiy. concave, and fulphurious flames, ' iffuing out with clquds of fmoak: Saying, " I receive all;' what I can't get by fair means,- I'll take by foul." Over the door is to be a. painting of an ancient matron, in a mean habit, a.pruning-hqok in her right hand, in her left, a book open, mfcribed, Ptreunt dificrhnine nulla Amiffce leges. . ¦ '¦ . • Fronting the entrance of this ftately edifice is to be placed a large concave mjrr&Ur,' which is to. be eighteen Unches in diameter/more than that which Archimedes BEEVOR. you must not go againft me, I cannot bear it?" — And on Stevenfeti's perfifling in his attachment to Sir Thomas Beevor, did not you fay, " Skvenfon you fhaU da no more work for me, or again come into my houfe f or, words to the fame effed ? And in. the afternoon of the fame day, did you not addrefs Francis Lucas, Sextos of the fame parifti, in thefe terms ; — " Lucas, I wifhyoit would vote for Mr. Hobart ?" Did not Lucas reply, . K I cpmnotfior I have promifed my vote to Sir T. Beevor ,' and would on no account break my promife ! ' To this, did not you fay, " Will you not ftand neuter?" And on the ho* neft man's faying, ' No, 1 will vote for" Sir 'Thomas!-* did not you leave him in great anger, faying, -''-Sir Thomas is in Fox's Intereft who would .fitil. his King and Country," or fomething to the like purport ? I fhall make no comment upon the propriety 6f Jmk' cmdtiSt , Mx." Hancock, until you have had an opp*J>iunriiy>of;'repiyj ing to thefe queftions : but, if yom paftinot'ncgative them. very fully, you fhall affuredly hear furthertfrom me. ,<. • Mr. Hobart, — Did you fuppofethat country gentle* men were the proper perfons to fupport your nofniria* tion? And do you think that you 'are .ftilfillirig "the. promifes you have made to promote-the intereft ohtkli city, in the employment of ROACH* and HUNT to buy up jo bb ribbands in London, j or your election cock ades? — What will Norwich Hdberdafihers an'd Norwich Milliner's- fay to this specimen of your patriotifimt Mr. Brampton -Gurbon Dillingham,- — Have yod not been ufing fome very -improper means to obtain the vote of a; refpedable tradefraan -in this city ? And were you not repulfed by this Worthy eledor *s integrity, Mr. Dillingham f Philip Bedinofieliv, Efq;— Have you not wafted much time, and paper, fir, in writing 'letters to your tradefimen threatening them with a fieceff on of your cufi- tom, unlefs they Would fupport Mr. H ? And have you not threatened to' withdraw your chkritffrom a difi- eafied and afflittid freeman, unlefs he makes his vote fubfiervient to your wiflies? * Brother to the notorious Roach ;— the Other a Bankrupt and F^xlow of matchlefs impudent. * Mr. 98 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET. O B A R T. BEEVOR. ft*: Hrr ' ileet with; this wonderful mirrour is to r ,.u «.\cry voter's honeft face that goes with bribery and corruption,; over it is to be fixed a fhield, in or der to prevent the fun's rays fhining obliquely, that the whole may not evaporate in flames. In the center, is to be the Roman Roftra, fill'd with fabled. chiefs, who. are to have the privilege of taking votes ff-om thofe who have none, and raifing the dead for that day only. 'Tis faid the Roftra is to. be com- pofed of marble of various colours, ornamented with carbuncles, and crowned with an architrave of antique gold; the pompous columns are to be white marble, with capitals of matted and burnifhed gold, ornamented with cryftal. This magnificent temple is to abound with every ornament that nature or art can give, except the laurel foliage, nor is it to be crowned with eagles; the. flatues will furpafs all ideas; the paintings being originals, and from the beft mafters, excel thofe of an cient Rome, Greece, &c. I fhall now proceed to give you a concife account of the defigns, and how they are to be ranged. I. . To the right of themirrour, is to be a moft (hiking portrait, in i which the carfivafs all but fpeaks, of Sir T— * B— with his' pedigree falling from his pocket, traced from a fnob to a candidate, and B r-t's ghoft approaching from behind, with a label in his hand, on which is i wrote one of the ten commandments; 'tis faid the colour* of this portrait will ftand much longer than Sir Jofhua's- — nay to generations yet unborn. The famous Dr. to whom it is faid Pindar offered the cap; the back ground of this pidure reprefints a fertile view of Turkey, with rhubarb plants, kc. 'Tis feid the hands excell all that Vandyke ever painted. In this portrait appears Hogarth's line of beauty Here is a lively ieprefe,iitation of J — s B — r weighing hops for the election beer, by which he is to fave thirty per cent — the back ground is a pleafing profped of mules feeding. , , IV. Ah ! here (hines the pencil. The matter trying to Cut do nat re; could Ruben fee n is poit ait, lu would condemn his own to oblivion ; here is a very po pular gentleman, with one of Adam's beft microfcopes,, jnlptding the beam for.a pair of fcaies to weigh dough with. i . v ^ V. Here Mr. EowA-ttD Marsh, — To you more hereafter : but, pray have you re-inftated Mr, Dingle in his employ ment?— and do*you really think his 'confeientious' at tachment to Sir Thomas Beevor, was a fufficicnt plea for your unkind treatment t Mr. Robert Harvey, jun. — I have a long cateckifm for you, And fox you Mr. Alderman Starling Day, who was hallooing Hobart! Hobart! t'other evening about the, Market-place, with a throng of Workhoufe children at. your heels, and damning all Sir Thomas' s party... — I have fome clofe queftions in ftore; which (if you have either fenfie or feeling) may " harrow up your foui"4— but thefe fhall be the fubjeft of my next letter. In the mean time, let the partizans engaged in the prefent conteft, take care how itheyad ; for whatever comes to, my knowledge which is irreconcileable to the principles of juftice and propriety, I (hall, without hefitatioii, bring to the pub lic eye;— and let the parties pointed out, defend them felves as they are able. — Whatever is the principle of adion in oihcrs, ' ' '• < " " I fcorn to flatter A blown-tip fool above me, or crufh the wretch beneath. me: HONESTUS; On the pompous INSCRIPTION * being taken down on Saturday night from the King's-head inn. LOST is poor H- ^'s independencs, It could not long fuflain the lighr. Two Days it dione 'with' mock refplendencc, And then it futik to endfefs night. Pitt, on the Shop Ian flew away, Like fome old witch on broom- (lick borne,, Hal's rhetoric could not charm his (lay, To greet the coming Siifidafs dawn. Misfortune never come* alone, Nor ended here the dire confufion, Pitt, and Had, independence gone, Gads zooks! — down went the constitution What's to be done when thus forf'aken ? Would \ e have H t felus flay ? Oh ? no — he'd better fave his bacon, And while he's able — run away. • " HOBART AND INDEPENDENCE." " PITT AND THE CON*TI1UTION» IMPROMPTU. THT^ NEW EL ECTION BUDGET. 99 H O B- A R T. Here Js a . liken :rs V. by n6 means inferiour to the BEEVOR. former; this is' a mnft'amiablc portrait of Quixote; the painter excels in hi* diapery, particularly the Waiftcoat — the back view is a feu (kip, much fuperior to Monomv's, reprcferifing a (hip linking, named* fyco- phant, and Quixote infuring her. VI. I now proceed to a converfation piece of the two B — ds ; the diawiug is much fuperior to Raphael's, the tii ts of the lil ly a:ul rofe by far excel nature — The painter has vc v judiciouflv feated the two brothers b\ a table, on whit-h are the following inferiptions. Gog and Magog — T\>m Hickertluift — A nue epic poem, kc. Now my fi 'ei. i_ts, if we could prevail on the painter to couzen- them out -of thefe performances, we would make Pindar give up the pen at once. VII. I'll now give you the p > trait of a Mr. B — y, a man much admired for his firm principles: The Painter has icpiefented him putting nn a turn'd, ruffct-brown coat ; and the fcains, which are very large on the wrong fide, do more credit to the artilt, than the holes which are in rhe fliirt of the ProdigaT Son, that is now in ihe poffeffion of the Emptcfs of Ruffia. At the back of the figures is a library, over which is, fixed the following motto. — Shall I, or fhall I not? VIII. To the left of the Min our is a lively portrait of the immaculate C— e, defigned as a fpeaking figure; he is jeprefented with his month wide open ; the background ii a pleafant view of a botanical garden ; behind the canvas is placed an aparatus to pour forth noify empty founds. IX. I (ball now place next a diftant relation, M— k W ks, in the pulpit; 'th faid this piece almoft con futed the fkill of the artift, as he had to paint a Puriian. with a fvcophant face, and the devil at heart ; but as black and white always fet off a portrait, the Painter fhines; the device" upon the front of the pulpit fhow.< great fertility of genius, which is as follows: a woman with two" faces, one young and the other old, feet lik cagh-'s talons, a tail like a fcorpion ; two hearts in her right hand, and a mafk in her left. j\. A beautiful portrait of J— L— e ; this pidure is much admired ior the quick penetration in the counte nance :. IMPROMPTU On the following inCongiuous Infcription being pulled down from the King's Head Windows. " HOBART AND INDEPENDENCE." " PITT AND THE CONSTITUTION." ROUS'D from his meeknefs *, in puifuit of fune, Hob — t we fee has work d a revMnli.n, And, in an inftant pull'd down, without fhame, Pitt, independence, and the constitution ! But Sanifen like, who drew a loivn-hall down, To crufli fome'Qaiites who had vex'd him fore, Amid fl the general ruin met his own. So Hob — t fell, alas ! — to rife no more. * Vide the Baron's bombarl fpeech. " He fias been d'r->p- " pointed, though not defeated — unfuccefsfirl, though not ua- " fortunate— for he has borne his faculties fo meekly.'' Ec cetera. The following AFFIDAVIT will, it is hoped, be deemed a full anfwer to a moft infamous hand-bill, which the friends of Mr. Hobart have thought pro per to difperfc, charging two refpedable GentTmen with houfe- breaking and violence. The friends of Sir Thomas Beevor content themfelves with obferv- ing upon it, that the caufe muft be defperaie, which (lands in need of mifreprefentation and falfehood for its fupport; and thev challenge the friends of Mr. Hobart to deny the following ftate of fads. EDMUND DEVEREUX, of the city of Norwich, Plumber and Glazier, maketh oath, ihat the wife of Samuel Lancafter, of the city of Norwich was a near relation of this deponent's wife; that during the faid SamuelLancafter's wife's life-time, he, this deponent; Contributed' to the fupport of the faid Samuel Lancaf- rfer, and has ever fince managed a fmall cftate of his, md lays out the rents of the fame for his benefit — That within a very few davs after Sir Thomas Beeyoi'a arrival in Norwich, the fud Samuel LancaUer informed ibis deponent he intended to vote for Sir Tlvrmas Bee vor, and to his knowledge, affociated with the fri'uds of tifat>r Gentleman. And this deponent faith, that •bout twelve o'clock yeftmlay. he -was inform d the aid Samuel I ancalter was u-m>ved from the Hofpital, vhere he rcfidud, by lotne of the friends of ihr H<>- nouiaWe 103 THE NEW ELECTION BUDGET;, H O B A R T. B E E' V O R. nance: — he is fcated by a table whereon lie the fiatutcs from the reign of Charles the Firft; which he ordered to be fown up in a bag, for fear he fhould look 'into them. XI. ; Now follows that much-wiflied-for pidure of Mr. R — p the Man of Rofs : — here the painter's imagina tions vary ;, he is rcprefmted (lamping weights; with drawers, fugar loaves, Sec. for the back ground, ' -tXII. 'Adjacent is a certain Alderman, far below the chair', whofe countenance (hows more gloom than good na ture; the mafterly, parts of this pidure is a flielf, on which is placed nine empty fkullo ; each fkull is orna- * meuted with a wig of different fabrics. XIII. A moft ftriking pidUre of 'Sir Adam's Grandmother arrefting his moft facred Majefty. This poi trait, is very humorous, and would do credit to the Dutch mafters. XIV. •' Fronting the mirrour, in this moft glorious temple, the canvas (bines with the amiable portrait of 'the Sur veyor, a man well known to the world for his firid principles, and would not take a falfe oath for the gold of Chili. The moft. ftriking parts of this pidure is a ting on the forfi finger, which is faid to poffefs the vir tues of one that was worn by Gyges, or the King of Mrdas. — Could Titian, Han'dcraan,. or Carracci, fee this portrait, they would condemn their own to flames.1 Norwich, Septal i, 1786.- THIS evening, about feven o'clock, Mr. Edward Rigby and Mr. John Buckle (two friends : of Sir Thomas Beevor} at the head of a mob, forcibly entffed the clwel- ling-houfe of Mr. John Da), in St, Giles's; aifattlted, ind attempted' to, knock down, the maid fervants, to their very great' terror ; broke into the ,parlour, and carried from thence a perfon who had folerauly ep£ gaged his vote to the Hon. Henry Hobarfi ir? order to detain him in their own cuftody, to feiye the purpofe of (he party they have efpoufed. ¦ . . ,. Mr. Da) and all his family (except the raaid-fervants) were abfent from home. * < , ' „ , The above unprecedented and outrageous tranfadion needs only 10 be barely told, to be held in abhorrence arid, dctcftation by every good citizen who refpeds the law, and regards the (ecurity of his own houfe. , nourablc Henry Hobart ; and that he this deponent having reafon to believe, from the declaration of the faid Samuel Lancafter, he way removed againft his' con fent, and being anxious far his fafety from his in firm ftate of health, went with Mr. Edward Rigbv, Mr. John Buckle, and fqrae other Gentlemen, to the White Lion in St. Giles's parifh, where he h^d heard the faid Samuel Lancafter was confined. — That he this deponent learrjt : fio.m fome perfon in that houfe, the faid Samuel Lancafter was removed to the dwelling" houfe of Mr. John Day, in that parifti ; whereupon bq' this deponent went to the faid Mr. Day's boufe, ana enquired of one of his fervants, who opened the door thereof, whether the faid Samuel Lancafter was there ; and upon beinganfwered , in the affirmative, demanded to fee him. — That the fervant (hewed this deponent into a parlour vyhere the faid Samuel Lancafter was fitting alone, who expreffeu great fatisfadion at feeing him, and kiflejd his hand, feveral times.'-*— That he. thjsde- poncnt. enquired of the faid Samuel Lancafter how hf came there, who anfwered he could. not tell, but fai"4 he wilhed to leave Mr. Day's houfe ; upon which,. thi§ deponent led the faid Samuel Lancafter into the hall toy wards the ftreet door, which was open,' and had con* tinned fo all the rime he was in- the houfe. — That the fervant rem fed, ; to let the' faid Samuel Lancafter-leave Mr. Day's houfe ; upon which this deponent inGftetj he fhould be permitted to ga, and with, the.aflifiance of. fome perfpns who ,foljowed*him fjom the; White Lion, and had come into the hall, led him, away.— f And this deponent faith, -that no violence was ufed by any perfon to enter into Mr. Day's houfe, nor was any neceffary, for. the reafon above ftated. — And this deppy nent faith, he befieves that neither the faid Mr, Rigjjy nor Mr. Buckle entered the; faid Mr. Day's dweiluv- houfe. And- thar,.he, has leen the, fajtd §amuel Lanpaf- ter this Morning, who thanked him for removing him from Mr, .Day's houfe, and faid he was refolved to vote for Sir Thomas Beevor, whom he had firft promifed. 't EDMUND DEVEREUX, , 1 ! I i " '» . J Sworn at the city of Norwich, the 1 2th day of Sep* : tember, 1786, 'before me1 ' 5 '¦" .:...,. . •¦ ¦ -. ¦ \ .: 1 J. IVES, jttrf. 'Mayor.- * ¦¦F N 5* No. I. «, .a*memMMIfe3&& A NEW TO BE PUBLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, In FIVE NUMBERS, Price THREE-PEJVCE Each, CONTAINING ALL THE SQUIBS, PAPERS, &c. Printed previously to the present Contest between Mr. Windham and' Mr. Frere, — and Mr. Fellowes and Mr. Smith. fuly 5, 1802. FELLOWES AND SMITH. WINDHAM AND FRERE. To the Gentiemtn, -Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders of the City and County af Norwich. Gentlemen, AS a Diffolution of Parliament is fhortly expected, and as I flatter myfelf that no part of my conduct, at or fince the laft Election, has diminished the good opinion your very flattering fupport of me at that time gave me every reafon to fuppofe I pofleffed, I beg leave again to make you a tender of my fervices as the fame independent man ; and ftiould I be fo happy as to be returned your Reprefentati-ve, I will ftudioufty endeavour to acquire a complete and intimate knowledge of whatever concerns the Intereft and Commerce of the City of Norwich, which it fhall be my unwearied attention to promote andexcend. I will zealoufly concur in whatever fhall be moft likely to continue to this Coun try the Bleffings of Peace, and to protect the rights and honours of the nation ; and I will ufe no means to fecure your efteem but by endeavouring to deferve it : and allow me to add, that no con federation whatever fhall make me prefer my own perfonal intereft to the general happinefs. and prosperity of my Country, and of your City in particular. I eameftly entreat the favor of your Votes and I-otereft, and I have the honour to be, with the higheft efteem, Gentlemen, Your faithful and moft obedient fervant, ROBERT FELLOWES. ;$%t>tejbam, May 6, i8e*. ' To, the Worthy Electors of the City of Norwich. ANONJMOUS abufe by hand-bill or otherwife, will never give me tie leaft imeaiinefs or difturbance. The Eledors of Norwich are bound to enquire into the private charaders of the candidates for their favour, and I fhall ever think, that the man whp can act: corruptly in a private, ought not to be honoured with % public truft. If, therefore, any gentleman, by name, will bring forward-any accufation againft me, as truftee for Mr. and Mrs. Ho bart, it fhall certainly receive an anfwer; but at prefent I will mly- obferve, that my condud bas been completely approved by Sir Tfooroas^eauchiunp Proctor, and Mr. Hobart, the parties im- To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders, of the City of Norwich, GENTLEMEN, AN Advertifement having appeared in the Papers of laft week, containing an Addrefs, in which your votes and intereft are folicited, in the event of a diffolution of Parlia ment, which is there ftated as likely foon to take place, we think it right to take the eariieft opportunity of declaring, that we have feen no reafon to abandon thofe hopes which your former kindnefs has authorifed us to entertain, and of which we fhall not fail to renew the expreffton, whenever the proper occafion fhall prefent itfelf for that purpofe.— Being confcious that we have in no inftance betrayed the folemn truft which you have confided to us, and flattering ourfelves, that even thofe, from whom we may at any time have had the misfortune to differ in opinion, will ftill do juftice to the integrity of our motives, we fhall with confidence again offer ourfelves to your choice, foliciting a renewal of that fupport with which we have feverally been honoured, and which we fhall ever feek to merit by the fame zeal for the interefts of the City, and the fame confcientious and difinterefted adherence to our public duty, which our former conduct, we truft, has never failed to manifeft. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, With the greateft refped and gratitude, Your moft obedient and faithful fervants, W. WINDHAM, London, May 12, 1802. JOHN FRERE. Norwich Mercury, Oct. \, igco TO an AFFIDAVIT figne.1 MATTHEW RACKHAM, inferted in your Paper laft Saturday, unjuftly and infamous ly reflecting on our chara'ders ; we are advifed to make no re ply, as we fhall refort for redrefs to the Laws of our Country ROBERT FELLOWES, Jofeph Mufkett. TheGentlemen,Clergy, Freemen, cjf Freeholders of the City ofNoiiuieb AGAIN call upon Mr. FELLOWES, and exped he will immediately explain, and they hope confute, Rarkhnm's Narra tive of Fafis, relative to the fale of ihe Intnuood Ejlate, as pledged in the above advertifement. Norwich, May 10, 1802. FELLOWES AND SMITH. WINDHAM AND FRERE. mediately interefted ; and with refped to the Intwood Eftate,' every material circumftance relating to that tranfadion, is capable of being explained by gentlemen of known and approved veracity. I have the honour to be, \ _>; Gentlimen, Your faithful and moft obedient fervanf, ROBERT, FELLOWES. Shotejham, May 13,' 1802. ' To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders, of the City of NORWICH. Gentlemen, IF without the advantage of an extenfive acquaintance in'youf- opulent and commercial City, I take the liberty to offer myfelf as a joint Candidate with Mr. Fello wes, for the honor of repre- fenting you in Parliament at the approaching General Eledion, I muft plead as my apology, that I fhould not have fo prefumed, if I were not able to ftate, with no fmall degree of fatisfadion, that I have been invited to take this ftep by a large number of Eledors, yielding to none among you in refpedability of every kind. It is my pride, that this has not arisen from perfonal attachment, but from the favorable opinion they have been pleafed to form of my political principles, from the general tenor of my conduct in that great AlTembly where I have now fat for eighteen years. That con dud, I truft, has been, in the grand queftions of National' Impor tance, open and decided ; uniformly confiftent with the genuine principles of conftitutional liberty ; and in particular, marked throughout the whole of the late conteft with the moft fincere and earneft delire, at firft of preferving, and, fubfequently, of regaining', the invaluable bleffmg of Peace. On thefe public grounds alone, I folicit your regard, conceiving that after fo long a period of parliamentary fervice, my general principles cannot be wholly unknown to you, and defirous of obviating whatever inconvenience may arife from the deficiency of perfonal acquaintance, by paying my refpeds to you in perfon at ¦-> very early opportunity. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your moft obedient and very humble Servant, WILLIAM SMITH. Park-ftreet, Weftminjler, May 26, 1802.' Tu the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders, of the City cf Norwich. GENTLEMEN, IN offering ourfelves as joint Candidates for your favour, at the approaching General Eledion, we flatter ourfelves that we have the happinefs to meet the wifhes of a large majority among you. We rejoice in the termination of the conteft in which the country has been fo long engaged, and are difpofed under all the circumftances of the cafe to give our hearty approba tion to the meafures by which fo defirable an event has been ac complished.— —Nor do we doubt that thefe fentiments, not adop ted on the preilure cf the moment, but in perfed conformity with our former and repeated declarations, will be found moft con genial to your feelings, and will therefore give usa ftrong intereft in your favour. We beg to afiure you, that fhould we have the hnnpor to be chofen your Reprefentatives, we will ftudioufly er>- .tieavuar to promote and extend the Commerce of your City. We have the honour to be, Gent 1, e men, Your moft obedient and very humble fervants, ROBERT FELLOWES, -¦ WILLIAM SMITH. -i A POETICAL EPISTLE TO R. F. ESQ^ 3r"PJ.S faid, and I muft tell it You— JL 'Tis faid, but never can be true^-s^ Folks are fuch ftory- tellers ! That Matt has fet the feal of fhame Againft the ldiig refpeded name • ' Of Mr. R*b**t F*******. Matt fwbre — but" needed not have fworn— » /teftimony could have borne To all he did aver ; For Lhaye known him from his youth, Have mark'd his fettled love of truth, And feldom found him err. If then You look for favor>here, For once the real fad declare, And tell us all about it ; But if, in fober truth's defpite, . . M~k-"tt ftiouIdySsv&jr, You aded rij?ht, The million ftill -would doubt it. At Law you vow'd to be redrefs'd — But fecond thoughts you found were beft-- So cbang'd your mind and wouldn't ; But thoufands to this very day Have faid, and ftill are bold to fay, 'Twas only — 'caufe you couldn't. If one fo'deck'd with flvery hairs, So full of wifdom, full of years, Can do what all defpife ; He cannot think, we muft fisppofe, Of going where the good man goes When death fhaU clofe his eyes. Come then, or nothing will avail, Come, tell the round unvarnifh'd tale You fhould have told before ; And if in aught you've wrong'dtheman, Grant reftitution while you can, And go, and fin no more. But if determin'd to defpife The wholefome counfel I advife, And laugh at what is paft; In folly's round ftill blindly run, And be the jeft of every one, Till you have breath'd your laft. Yet know, fince you have canvafs'd here, WINDHAM will afk, as well as FRERE, On what pretence you come ; And fay, and very juftly too, The feat fhould be — that's voted you— An Eafy Chair at Home. ANTI-JANUS. Swaffbam, June, 1802. TO THE ELECTORS OF NORWICH. I HOPE we fhall not expofe ourfelves to the reproach of being given to change : particularly when ue fhall not have the excufe of changing for the better. Let us not part with gold and get only brafs in return. Account it no light honor for this City to be reprefented by Mr. WINDHAM, pofTeffing as he does the genuine fpirit _ of an Englifhman, united with firft-rate talents and incorruptible integrity; and who, but for his attachment to;the Capital "of his native County, would reprefent fome other place, and we fhould lament the lofsof our political fame and confequence' when it would be too late to repair it. Mr. SMITH now re- prefuits a manufaduring town, though a fmall one- in comparifon of thi;, and if the Eledors of that place were as fenlible of his merits as he himfelf fsems to be, they would not now have tuified'1 their basks upon him and fent him to us. Y'ou mult not -be deceived by the mifreprefentation of thofe whofe interest /it' fo plainly is •fElifcQWES ANTH SMITH: WlMDHAM AND -FRERE. IT ' SIR, To, 'f*». r£'gte ¦ HmourablkiWiLLIAM WdNSHAM. - lo F'lUll i(V ha? hjthetto been my.pride, and given- me uleafure, topreferve ana exprefs fa perfonal: refped' for you. - Soma of the points on which we differed, appeared to me directed to the fame ends— trie tranquillity of pnr Country, and the preiervationofour Conftitution; but lately you have difcQvered chofe enmities which, were it not for the wifdpna of the Executive .and', L^g.ifl^tiVe Go- vernment, might, for they, certainly have that tendency . involve us in all the' horrors of Intolerance' and, Persecution. I ni'utt take the freedom, Sir, to fay, that your reflexions upon the Puritans of the laft century, and the'Methodifts of the prefent, are a .violent attempt to render fome of the beft men In'the community tfefpifed. As you cannot influence the Legiflatiire againft them, .you,, fee m determined to convert thofe privileges which you have it not in your power to abndge.them of, into the. means of expofm'g them todiftruftandjealbufy.- ' ] ' T -^>r' 6 You ought to know from Hiftory^ that 'the Puritans' were the men who very exemplarily withftood the prqfligacy of a gourt, which aimed by that profligacy tp vitiate the moral arid .political charader of the whole community. The Methodifts of the prefent day are known to be very ftrenupufly attached to 'both' Church and State, and are fome of the moft religious members of the former ¦ therefore your refledions uponjtHat religious community, difcover as much mifinformation as want'of'candoa.r...- . , ¦-. You, Sir, may belaffured, that the'refpedive Religious Bodies in this Country are, whatever may be the peculiar theoryof atfew of them, heartily attached to a Government which proteds tnem in the exercife of their Con{ciehce,'and that they would be found too unanimous, powerful, and wealthy, to fubmit to any reftridions upon their Religious Liberties': ''they, will ftrehuoufly fupport a Conftitution, which either the Bigotted, or the new Philofophyja- cobins, would dare to innovate. Indeed, Sir, I muft be free to declare, that, from my.af- periehce, there is mote to be feared from the violence of merf's tempers than their principles j. with , this exception, that violent men with violent pririciples wiJI. exceed in their intolerance' the fame tempers' with more moderate' fentiments :— 'thefe, Sir, are the real Jacobins of every age and country, and when advanced to power, have defolated countries and violated men's cbnfciences. As a profeffed friend to Chriftianity', expe&ing the tirne when " the meek will inherit the earth,'" it ought to. be your endea vour, by your example, to cultivate thofe principles in the.king- doms.ofthis world, which will be found to prevail when they fhall be no' more. / , ' There are in the prefent Houfe of Commons, many Puritans, or Methodifts, who have uniformly manifefted their zeal for the Con ftitution ; and one of the moft confpicubus of thofe charaders la mented the violence of your'late fpeech on- Bull-Baiting, and- called it a melancholy proof— how fp!~u lid talents might" be debafed. - ...''.- :.. '¦'-' You have been thought to be honeft,, and yog are determined to appear fo, even at the expehce. of difcovering fome of thofe dan gerous principles which' are the' ufual aflociates with other lefs' amiable qualities of the heart. .-..__ Thefe remarks have been fubmTt'ted to no party, nor fhopld. they have been fubmitted to the Public, could 1 have continued to have viewed your opinions' on thefe fundamental points, vyitti in difference, or as any longer dubious. ' ,,-"-'.- :- 'ONE:OF YOtJR "PRESENT CONSTITUENTS.;' P. S. I am much concerned to fee |thatjthe NQrwich^Merc,U)ry 'has improved upon your hypothetical charge 5 and fays* that "we, fully agree with Mr. Windham, from authentic ¦information-, in the Combination of Jacobiiniffn and Methodifm to ^overturn the Con ftitution in Church and St&xe.''~,Generdl ^cuj'ations'hzve beeri applied for State purpofes ; bujt they are.unpardouable from !«.'//£;< •viduals, unlefs proved or retraded. toimhke.-ii^. that :Mr.'iW. is an enemy to Peace; His rjbmpidint is, that we did not make'beUM'terms'far'ourfelvei, which be tl-irilcs -tlib.nqblo jferv.icesj of bur Soldiers and:Sailors intiUed 'us- io' THofe who made the Peace, and thofe who "are- advocates for.it, admit it not to.be fo goodias they .expected, inot yet fo fecure. The French the-mrfelves hbaft that. they have humbugged us. Bonaparte has Lteiy declared to. the world. . that. England has' figned a Peace gl -rious for France. It is then our dutysand our intereft to fend to P.uiiament thofe whofe ability and zeal are moft likely to keep our enemiss at bay, and to prevent them from .doing 'us fiirther iivjruy. Thefe only are the watchmen on whofe vigil nee and .fidelity we may fafely rely. Let us not choofe! thofe for our Members whom 'the French would direct us to^choofe: this woi.ld be to commit' the fheep to the care of the wolf. Mr;. W. is no lefs the advocate of the poor than of the rich. He lately expreffed his apprehenfion in Parliament left the Poor fhould be deprived of all tneir' enjoyrrients:j " Po- " verty," faid he,." has already put many oil of their reach, and, " the law denies them th& reft." ' -i -. < . ¦»...! a'.j. . i;.~ ¦ ¦¦¦'¦ - ''; 'f.:- AN elector! ii: TO THE ELECTORS OP NORWICH; ' THERE are now .before: you FQURI CANDIDATES for the reprefentation of your City, in the ehfuing< Parliament ; and you doubtlefs will fupport) tliofe JVIew whofe .Conduct will "tear the ftridteft fcrutiny, bothin.their private and public capacity. — With a view to your decifiomoni this important. fubjedy let me recommend your afking yourfelves, the. 'following. Queftions, and? ybur own impaitial judgmeni will.dictatethe-An'fwers.--'ioir ¦" •• -' 1 ft. Is he a- -fit- man to .undertake! a public charge who ft'ands accufed of violating! a Private Truft'; which accufjtioh he 'hasfuf- fered to be repeatedly brought againft him; without' offering any thing by way of j,uftification:, or even exefofe ? ..-. -j." 2d. Is that man to be depended upon as a guardian of the Rights and Liberties of Englifhmen, who has been p*6 '•--'¦ , ' h'.'i ,t. .-¦¦ ¦ ..'l .-<->>- 3d. Are not die advantage's -this Country enjoys fuperior' to all others in Europe, both as to the fecurity of private property, and the poffeffion' of all rational liberty I 4th. Muft \ve. not afcr-ibe the prefervation of thefe bleiTings to the unremitted attention of one of. your prefent Members ? And is not the other a man of unfullied ^.reputation', tfoiithful to his"*ptrvsfi^ engagements, .ami zealous in the": difehargfc. oft his -public dutv ? V ¦ CM-4-ZENS, ': Remember that -you are Englifhmen,. and mew yourfelves worthv that name by electing WINDHAM and, FRERE; ¦1 Norwich, June 15, ,1802'. WHERE AS TWO MEN, OF rather genteel appearance, were feen lurking' about the Ctiy> of Noriwicli, but who have lince difappeared, and there isTeasok tf> believe they had both efcapedi from' fome Private' Afylum for Maniacs. f u '• - ¦. ¦ The, taller was a :>meag-re! figure/ arid his countenance bore much refemblahce to the well-known Ehv.es : the- other was- of a white complexion, and his appearance fuch as might be caufed.by the dif- ufe of Englifh beef and pudding, and by the diet of a madhoufe. They were obferved to run from door to door, putting their heads into .many hoiifes^to' the ahnoy&nce of a greafr.rrfnjoriry of'tHe Citi zens j talking incoherently of.Eledions! and Members of Parliament, Hnd in the ufual wild manner' of fuch Bafoftunate. people, ireprefsntek themfelves as very great men, with Other con wrfatio'ni Sufficient to. pFOvS the difordered ftate of their irrfe1 lefts. One or two 'perfons: were obferved to follow them . whether drawn/ by curiofity is not known but from appearance might haveiheeii cbnfidered as. their' keepers,- if their talking in the fame ftrain audi much louder, ufingimany adeward im.itatjoiis:.of- bows, >&c.4did. not give, reafon to conclude they were equally unfortunate in the lofs of their faculties with tho others. FELLOWES AND SMITH. WIMBHAM AND/ BHEHE The TRIUMPHAL ENTRY of BILLY the BULL-BAITER INTO NORWICH, >. here he intends, in a fhore time, to exhibit the ferocity of his t BULL-DOGS. OURROUNDED by Bull -Dogs, whofe yelpings proclaims kJ That they now are in fight of fome new-promis'd game ; — Drawn by Butchers and Brewers, whofe flout hearts of oak Are compell' d to fubmit to the Bull-Baiter's yoke,— Preceded by Soldiers, whofe far-founding drums Announce to the town that the Bull Hero comes,— From London, fee Billy arriving in State, And fhortly intending all Norwich to bait. John Bull (for he knows it) with forrow can fay, That a baiting from Billy is ferious play ; For as long as fome dropi of warm blood but remain, He keeps on his dogs till they empty each vein : This plan with John Bull he would fain have purfued, But the animal's patience his ardor fubdued ; His Dogs were defeated, himfelf driv'n away, And vex'd that he could not renew the fweet play, To Norwich, Jack Buftle now haftens him down, New Dogs to obtain, and to bait all the town. With trouble colleded by many a friend, All the Dogs through the ftreets their new mafter attend j But fearing, that fome onefcaping are bent, All their leaders, are with them their flight to prevent. Now arrived at the fpot, where theftake is put down, Where on fome future day all their art muft be fliown ; Billy fteps from his car, and his coming explains, — Then, affembling his Dogs with alJ.poffible pains, The firft whipper-in comes', and PATTE&ON each backt. While his fervants around him their heavy whips crack : The Dogs well inftruded, to yelp ftraight begin, Which Billy approves with, a ludicnous grin:; Bids them all to their kennels. with duty repair, And well for the pleafures of Baiting prepare. Secure now he refts, and his fancy enjoys — 7'he mercilefs pidure of BulA Baiting joys.;— He hopes, if his efforts in Norwtrh fucceed, Once more that John Bull at his order fhall bleed; But our Freemen fo honeft will foon make him flare, When he finds that, his cafths are built in the air ; For -true to their duty, Co Felbrigg they'll fend— Every man who ftands forth as the Bull-Baiter's Friend. N a Hand-Bill lately circulated in this City, it was afked, _ whether the Gentleman, whahasbad the honor of reprefenting Sudbury during eighteen years, had, in quitting his fituation, fuf- fered the fame fate as one of the Charaders introduced in a Greek Comedy ._ The Inhabitants of Sudbury are moft- able to anfwer this queftiori ; and I think, that they will have no; caufe to be afbapied, if they avow publicly, that MR. SMITH'S fentiments ha-ve made a lafting impj-efison upon them. All that the 'Inhabitants ©$ Norivich can fay on the fubjed is this — they hope, that & certain Gentleman, who has been their repreientative in three fucceffive Parliaments, will adopt fuch meafures, that, in cafe he fhould be thrown from his feat, he may not leave a Jingle particle of himfelf behind. THE FRIENDS OF MR. WINDHAM AND MR. FRERE ARE requefted to attend thefe Gentlemen upon their Catavafo in the different parifhes of this City, when they will have the- advan age Ot heading the moft interefting Converfations on the Meafures which may fecure to Great Britain the ine/HmaSle-Bief- fings ofan eternal War, ruin entirely the Trade- of Norwich, and force its inhabitants to quit their looiiis for want of employment, in order to purfue the more noble occupation of hilling men and1 turning uwus. The fair profped of awakening among- Britons, hyi Should thefe Perfons again make their appearance, the Citizen! of Norwich" are .requefted. to xonfign them for the prefent to th« Houfe of Correction, till they can be placed in a fuitable afyhnn. On thei TRIUMPHAL ENTRY of WINDHAM and FRERE, Hark ! heard'ft thou not that joyful found. ^ To heavens wide concave echoing round,, ,Did not thine eyes delighted trace, , The rapture of e^cli honeft face ? When like true loyal Britons„ftout and ftrong, Norvjcum's hardy fons drew their lov'd Chiefs along. ' A Welcome Win d.ha,m! Welcome Frere 1 "' To Freedom and, to Britain dear,"' Every honeft tongue repealing — Every heart with tranfport greeting N6rvicum's pride and boaft, in whom we find Public and private worth in happieft union join'd". Hence King-Killers ! Truft betrayers \ Neither lies nor bribes fhall fway us.; Still we'll' make the Market ring, For our Country and our King ; And, to preferve our Church and Law, From the Jacobin's fell paw, With hearts united to the Poll repair, And vote again for Windham and for Fr ere. IMPROMPTU on reading an Election Paper. LATE in St. Peter's Church-yard walking, Of jokes aud fquibs and fuch things talking, Says Ralph, a merry clown. Extracts from fraud fure can't be fair.— No— no, says Hugh, the town declare The color's a dark Brown. RALPH'S REPLY. THE diftindion, quoth Ralph, thou, haft fail'd to remark, For good friend, I affure thee, 'tis very well known. That the action it paints is fufficiently dark, And the Artiffi that fhadbw'd' the picture is Brown. APPEALS to Character are always unpleafant, but when a Man, not otherwife known, appeals for his to Public Docu ments, it is fair to examine what Public Documents declare re- fpecting him. ; it is hoped therefore, that every Eledor of Nor wich, before he votes for Mr. Fellowes, or the friend he is attempt ing to impofe upon them, would read the Trial of STONE foi? high treason, which will throw a ftrong light upon a cer tain Gentleman's Character, and refled fonae upon that of any Man who takes him by the Hand. WEhave been lately told by a celebrated orator,thatD,CECIUS fat fo . long upon a Certain Stool, as to leave his Noble Pants behind him, when compelled, tp quit it. Have we nota Right to afk, whether ^certain Candidate, after having fat fo long as eighteen years in one place, has done the fame in the Seat he is defirous to leave — perhaps too by compulsion} Or whether we are tp be favoured with the TREAT,, if his noblejl parti are not already left behind him ? ANTICIPATION, or the ELECTION MORNING. WHILST all the red'ning Eaft with beauty glows, Each gallant chieftain from his couch arofe, Fkere's- manly face with heart-felt pleafure beam'di And Windham's eagle-eye yet brighter gleam'd; Each pondering on the vifions of the night, By Britain's Genius to their mental fight , Jn many a lovely form depidur'd fair ; Of pur-e Religion, Law's paternal'care, JELLOWES AND 'SMITH. the encouragement of.BULL-BAlTlNG,.th.!>/«, Bravery which difttrtguilhes ibe modern. Spaniards ; and the fuperioriiy of a Stand ing Army over that Militia which has fo long been confidered the Bulwark of Britifl'i Freedom, will be fully 'defcriteil. Thedifadvan- tages attendant upon a-general Toleration will be amply enumera ted, andjvlr. VVi n d h a m wilHefcant upon the Jacobinifm of thofe whofe confciences cannot fubrriit to the reftridibns he wifhes to impofe ; While Mr. Frere will silently ftand by and'fmile ap probation. —The expediency of" a Vigour beyond the Law" will likewife be proved, and every Freeman of Norwich who wifhes to learn how his dectrejt birth-rights may be annulled-; and how GREAT BRITAIN" may be deprived of her Commerce, :Projperit\, and Glory, has only 'to follow the above Gentlemen, on their prefent Canvafs. P. S. As Mr. WINDHAM and .Mr. FRERE have not met with all the fuccefs they expeded ; the attendance of a large body of the *' Swinijh Multitude,", will be efteemed. a great favor, as a long train may ferve to deceive their opponents, apd make them believe that the Advocates of War have found mtmerwt Fritnds and able Supporters. "l'-y. i :• < j bnA ¦¦ ::=a— • r- '¦ In A FELLOW FREEMEN, YOUR prefent Reprefentaljives are now coming to folicit your Votes, without which ihey -know they cannot be returned again as your Members. — After the calamities which have af- flided this country for the laft feven years, it, is of importance that you fend Gentlemen to Parliament who will endeavour to prevent a return of your paft miferies, inftead of purfuing thofe violent politics which muft renew them. You ought to recoiled the wants you and your families have ftruggled. under by. .the con tinuance of the War, which both your prefent -Members have ftrenuoufly fupported. — Mr. Windham, openly avows his j}i Hike iff the Peace, and wants to perfuade y.;u to take the " poifonous mixture" of War and Blopdlhed, which be improperly applies Jas an epithet defcriptive of the Pea,ce>. stru ' .v. „f>V. rj !•.»"*" The little tradefman, and th? ..poorer m-an who works wholly for his bread, have experienced the dreadful effeds ojf foarcity, and many have been driven to the humiliating neceffity of taking parifh relief to refcue themfelves and their. dear, children from Jlarving. Numbers of ypa had your houfes deceruly, nay prettily furnifhed, who have been compelled to part'wi'.h thofe things which diftinguifhed you from the carelefs 4nd the vicious, without the hope of ever- being; able to replace fhvffe colnfortsjagain. Many who wanted to extend the laft-rend^ffiffice.Siftf.ki^dnefs- to their aged parents have been forc.ed to refign i-hern tbibceaifHeithei.rtlaft in a workhoufe. — vr:r fr- •«> 'i iji. Mr. Windham tells ypur you have no right to be Politicians — that belongs to thpfe in. the fuperjor.ftations bf life; nay indeed hij dodrine.on this- point excludes alraaft every body butihimfelf — the mafter and the fervant, according trj, him, ha,ve fteither.the right, nor the means of information, t<« Hsyeftnj-iiptnion btotheir own on thefe, matters'; — he therefore fj-mixhes yOu with an -eafy anfwer to give hi-m— You are no politrciart^tiacrfoes it rhelong to you to judge farther about War or Pe «&,' than that you know, and have dearly felt,i>, and !that as the Go vernment of the Country have, in, their wiiJoin, (topped, its dread ful calamities, it does not become you to vote for any man, who fets up an opinion againft the infinitely more general rejoicings of the people. ¦> ' >n '.ven b' i- 1 -.tlsiui/iSi He is certainly a gentleman of abilities ; but it is your proper copcern not to, fend thofe whofe, abilities -may. be exerted to die ruin of all your comforts. You havie.-juftreceked.back your buf- bands, fathers, and. children, who have been fervingtheir country •in the militia, for many years, 'and hive been anxioufly waiting the return of the brave Tailor and the foldie.r, to re'fu'me' thofe do- theftic endearments in their families which you, have all fo long wifheiJ.t.for to enjo>'-t-r-Would .you' wifh them to retuimi back to the field, or the barracks, vote for Mr. Windham — If y-oa deVire their fociety at home, vote for no man who would renew the War !! WINDHAM AND 'FRERE. The virtuous purpofe, and the geneiop to t'heir-fide,:ns *'""> And hail, with manly warmth, their Country's prid.'. : All hearts are theirs, to humble worth endeaf'-d, ' ~"J- Lov'd by the g6qd, and by the oppreffor fear'J,, Friends to the King, the La*/; the Church and State, For them alone the wreaths of triumph wait -: Theirs ftill their Country's love, Ours but its (corn and ha te. THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS FOR NORWICH/,1" And the Inhabitants of the furrounding C.vhinty of Norfolk Are called upon to fave the infuhed City of Noiwich froni the at tempts of an Arbitrary Junto,', wlio "could hnH but one that -Zicuki oppofe the prefent MOST RESPECTABLE Members f bur one to fupport thofe who have made every -attempt to involve thei • Country in RUIN and ^DISGRACE,' by Principles openly avowed by their Candidate, unknown as he is' in everything, but in his OPPOSITION «o GOVERNMENT, for their cWu' Protedion of this Cou-.itry from FOREIGN ENEMIES. C FELLOW-ES ¦ AND SMITH: SK •WINDHAM AND FRERE The principal leafon why your bufinefs has not revived as in for mer returns of Peace, is' the want of confidence in its continu ance, excited by the intemperate heat of a few men like one of your Members. You cannot do fo great aa^njury to yourfelves or the kingdom, as to vote for fuch men. There are many Gentlemen amongftyou who will facrifice their -private or perfonal attachments to the more imperious call of duty ; — to be neuter then is to defert the fupiport of your own and the interefts of the city in general. Prefer thofe two Candidates for your members who are known friends to Peace, and who do not maintain thofe extravagant politics which will kindle a fpirit of animofity amongft yourfelves, as well as rekindle the flames of War. Always bbferve the good manners which dignify the charader of a freeman, even to the gentlemen you oppofe; for the private charaders of all of them are fuperior to the low artifices of calum ny. Difcover yourfelves fuperior to the arts of thofe whofe private dependence or obligations compel them to deceive you by mifre- prefentations ; or of others who would cajole you by fticking to your party, or by promifes which you muft know cannot be fui. filled. The eyes of the kingdom are now "placed upon the Eledors of Norwich, and it is to be hoped, that you will prove faithful to your own and the Country's intereft and expedation, by returning gen tlemen— rnot into parliament — but to their Country Seats, who continue to be the reftlefs advocates for War* A FRIEND TO YOUR TRUE INTEREST. June, 1802. EXTRACT from CANDOUR-, A Poem, addreffed to Unbiaffed Freemen and Freeholders of the City of Norwich. " Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues we write inwctter." Why fhould I ftill this hacknied path purfue, Whenffage experience prpves our dodrine true ? Points out how prone and eager are mankind In brighteft virtues, trifling fpecks to find ; To curb each nobler impulfe of the foul, And for a few defeds condemn the whole ? Such the examples which the Mufe has fhown, Nor yet does Malice prey on thefe alone ; Proud of herftrength, fhe boafts an ampler reign, Whilft drooping Canpour lifts her fhield in vain. When once Election madnefs fires the mind, Truth, charms no more, Difcretion fkulks behind ; Contentions rife 'mid father, fon, and brother, And each from party zeal detefts the other. Then fcandal triumphs, judgement keeps aloof, Wit then is argument, affertion proof; While he tranfcendant towers above them all, Whofe heart and pen diftill the bittereft gall. Behold yon Scribbler,,— view his face, his fhape. Compounded of the Tiger and the Ape : xfow lavifhly he fports his {hafts of wit. Which mifs a thoufand times for once they hit. See how he trembles, anxious to annoy, How gi ins his vifage with malicious joy. ¦'¦/ To flab a Character, or blaft renown, The higheft luxury he e'er has known ; ' ; , ¦ So, clofe envelop'd iri his deep defigns, The poifonous fpider draws his flimfy lines,- Expedant waits, that the unwary fly May fall a victim, and expiring lie ; Then forth he rufhes, fuelling at the fight, , His vengeance gluts, and banquets with delight-: EXTRACT FROM FRAUD, A Poem in Fifty Books, dedicated (without peimiflion) TO ROBERT F-LL-W-S, ES^, " The Eledors of Norwich are bound to enquire into the Private Cha rader of the Candidates for their favor; and I fhall ever think that the Man who can ad corruptly in a Private, ought not to be honoured with a Public Truft,"— See Fellowes' Advert. ¦',/¦<. BOOK XI I. -ARGUMENT. Breaches of Truft— -Defined — The Jmaller kinds, as Servants De frauding their Mafters.— Greater offences of the fame nature — Wef- tern.hanged for'lransferring Slick not his property— Mr. Qox under fpntence of, death for- ditto — Trophonius— -Jitdas Ifeariot — Robert F-ll-wes, tiff, tiff. But if this meaner path thy foul difdain, If nobler plans of fraud engage thy brain, Behold of ancient and of modern date, Three great examples thou may'ft emulate ; And, taught by thefe (whate'er thy righteous end, An Hofpital to rob, or cheat a friend), Beyond the reach of Vulgar crime fhalt foar, And be whatever F~ ll — s was before. At Delpbbs once a fplendid temple flood, Sacred of old to the far-fhoqting god. The lofty dome, with countlefs treafures ftor'd, Proclaim'd to all the glory of its lord. From outward force fecure the pile appear'd, Which, with confummate fkill, Trophonius* rear' J. What cannot fraud effed ? within the floor The cunning workman left a fecret door. Daily his vows -within the fane he paid (Not Squintum's felf with greater fervour pray 'd), And nightly ftealing through his private road, Purloin'd, unfeen, the treafures of the God. See pious Mary, his return to greet, With coftly oils anoint her S aviour's feet. , " Why on his feet exhauft this precious ftore ? " Sell it for much, and give it to the poor," Ifcariot cries.— Yet from his life we find, •-¦ • Care for the poor had ne'er perplex'd his mind. Why thenof charity this ill-tim'dbrag? " He was a thief," fays John, " and bore the bag.3' Ah, lucklefs Judas /had thy happier fate Referv'd thy worth to grace. Norvicum's ftate, A nobler recompenfe thy toils had found,— For thirty pieces, thirty thoufand pound : Norwich had hail'd thy virtues with applaufe, And SMITH with thine had join 'd his righteous caufe. But why to diftant climes' for patterns roam ? Behold a greater model nearer home ! F— ll s ftand forth, whilft I thy deeds proclaim : Trophonius hearing them fhall blufh for fhamc. F — ll— — s ftand forth ; like ftars before the fun, Iscariot fkulks, and owns himfelf outdone. Yet, to thy praife fuch various themes belong, Say, where fhall I begin ? where end the fong ? Latham and Rackham to my aid attend, (The Mufe bewilder'd now no help can lend) : * Trophonius was an Architect at Delphos, employed, in conjunction with his brother Agamedes, to build the temple of Apollo. It is faid, that they made a' fub- terranean paffage to it, by which they entered, and robbed the god of his treafures. The citizens, alarmed at the diminution of the treafure without any vifible means, at length fet a trap, in which Agamedes was caught j and Trophonius, to avoid de tection, cut off his head, and fnade his efcape. Some fay, the Whole is an allegory ; that Trophonius was very a&ive in railing fubferiptions for building the temple ; and that being for this reafon appointed Thiftee, he converted the money to his own ol>, fyx. $cc. , Vide Lathom Passim- FELLOWES ANI> SMITH. Yet might we hope that Candour ftill would find A fafe retreat within the female mind ; That ftill the fofterfex, whofe beauty charms, (Unfit to mingle but in love's alarms) Would here ftand forth the Minifters of Peace, And bid the jarring notes of Difcord ceafe. Vain, fruitlefs expedation ! there behold A Matron, — not too fair, and fome what old,— Negled her duty, houfehold cares difdain, And all to fhow—a curs'd Satyric vein. The pleafing flowers which gentler Mufes cull, She fcorns as trifling, and condemns as dull : Herpamper'd tafte, provocatives requires ; Vidims muft bleed to fatiateher defires : Clofe as the leech fhe flicks, in queft of blood— - A charader traduc'd is lufcious food. With keen defire feeks out each peccant part, And feafts — a black malignity of heart. WIND li AM AND FRERE, Freemen of Norwich ! arts like thefe defpife ; Pierce the dark yeil that blinds your judging eyes : With honeft pride, your partial choice avow, Nor place reliance on aHOLKHAM COW* * It is almoft needlefs to remind the Public, how malicioufly the Character of one of the County Members was traduced by a Tale bearing this title ; and how abominably Truth was then facrificed to the fiction of Poetry. Without prelu- ming to give a conclufivejudgement on the prefent occafion, refpeOing the Charges brought forward againft one of your prefent Candidates in an Extract from the Poem of FRAUD 5 it is at leaft equally probable, that they ftand on the fame frail foundation. The Character of a Man diftinguiflied for independent political prin ciples, private worth, and indefatigable attention to the duties of humanity, ought furely to be held facred from the yzaomtijhafts of calumny ; nor is P»etry ever worfe employed, than when endeavouring to impofe upon us her glowing colours and meretricious ltyle, as the plain and Ample language of Truth. Pourtray'd by ycu, be all his virtue* fhown : Ye beft can paint the man, for ye have known. Is there an heir, difturb'd with honeft care From debt to fet his patrimony clear ? ToF — ll s let him fly. Into his hand, Commend himfelf, his chattels, and his land. Doubt not but he the truft will undertake ; How faithful, how iincere, let Intwood fpeak, And ifhis agent underhand fhould buy The farms that to his land contiguous lie; — If, traitor to his truft, for paltry pelf. He fell them under value to himfelf; — None dares the man's integrity impeach, And Buckle of his honefty will preach. Is there a charity by pious folks With cafh endued, or money in the flocks ? What man fo fit to manage it as he ? All muft be fafe where F — ll s is Truftee. And if he fhould, ferz'd with a gambling itch, ^Sell out theftock his coffers to enrich, Or, when perhaps for money in diftrefs. To buy a farm, or portion off a Niece ; If any man his perfidy reveals, Strait to his charader the knave appeals, And, laughing in his fleeve, cries out with glee, ?' Good God ! what could the fools exped of M e ?" TO THE FREEMEN OF NORWICH. Who engaged in a TRAITOROUS CORRESPONDENCE with STONE for the deftrudion of his. Sovereign and Country ? And what faved him from being HANGBD for it ? ' An Enemy to KING-KILLERS. W M WAR WHOOP. YE Bull-Dogs, hafte, your hour is nigh,- The hour of favage Cruelty ! 'Tis #-'-= calls, your Patron, Friend ; Your Rights, your Freedom to defend : Let terror reign without allay, For this is W m's holiday ! Genius of Carnage, now prefide : See torrents gulh with crimfon pride ; No pity now the breaft pervades, No arm the horrid rites invades ; Tye to the ftakethe helplefs prey, For this is W———m's holiday ! Ah ! fee theyidim ! hark, the groan ! Horrid yells, and difmal moan ! Piercing cries that rend the air ; Torture ! agony ! defpair 1 While carnage reigns as blythe as May, Carnage is W- mi's holiday ! See F e advance, with lofty mien, With frigid heart inwrapp'd with fpleen, Who fcorns a favor to implore, And meanly rich is really poor 1 F——e, hither hafte, without delay, And join in W m's holiday ! Know, Free horn Voters of this Ifle, Where bufy Commerce deigns to fmile,— Thofe Bleffmgs which on Peace depend Will ne'er in W m find a friend. Sweet PEACE, with halcyon wing away J For WAR is #"_«'* holiday !! ! THE JACOBIN WAR WHOOP ; A Retort Courteous. HASTE, Sans Culottes, your hour is nigh, — The hour of Rebel Anarchy ! 'Tis S who calls, your Patron, Friend, The Rights of Traitors to defend : O ! let his praife attune the Jay, For this is Treafon's holiday ! Genius of Robefpierre prefide, Thy Shade rever'd our fteps fhall guide :— Oh ! let thy Spirit now pervade, Till bold Rebellion rears her head. The Church, the Throne, fhall fall our Prey, For this is Treafon's holiday \ Come all, and join the dreadful Storm, Hot Anarchy and cold Reform, Sedarian Craft, and upftart Pride, Wild Frenzy that would Heaven deride ;— -1 Come to our Standard, come away, For this is Treafon's holiday ! Come F— — s with engaging mien, Whofe Heart in R-ckh-m's Tale is feen ; Thou bafely ne'er betray'd thy truft, For M-fk-tt fwears thy Deeds are juft ; Come F———S, come withput delay, To join in Treafon's holiday ! r^now, bold Free Booters of our Ifle, whene'er Rebellion deigns to fmile, Thofe bleflings that on her depend Will ne'er in WINDHAM find a Friend. Q, drive that dauntlefs foe away, For this is Treafon's holiday ! FELLOWES And smith. gj^—- ,: im-f-,.; J ,.wim.i' T1 *tt' 'ri' Ti ¦lb the Poor Freemen^ '-and thoje of my Brethren, the WEAVERS of l\.;rival', in particular . FRIENDS, Crown the glorious woik you have begun by a fteadfaft unanimity, and the day is your own. Be not deceived by the venal fupportcrs of a fyftem, which, " while it enriches tfem, makes os poor indeed." Let not the grofs infinuations put into the mouth of a difappointed farmer, the frantic ravings of a narrow-minded Ironmonger, or the more malevolent inveteracy of the Ironmonger's Wife, , have' any weight with you; but confider their fcurrility as it really is — the ebullition of rancorous am bition. Peace is the Parent of Commerce, — War its deftrudion, and the mother of every evil ; none ever more pregnant with mifchief than the one we are now emerging from. During the moft eventful period England ever knew, your con dud has juftly merited the approbation.' of your Country ; and Is it then through an excefs of gratitude, that the principal Supporters of the ruinous meafures which produced your diftrefs, are now forced upon your choice ? or, Is it not to try how far your patient fufferiuf will endure the Mockery which has fo long deluded -you ? On your prefent exertions depend the grand queftion of Free dom, or Privation of Rights. It is now in- your -power to decide. If you bafely temporife with your own and children's privileges; fhould the Calamities ofWar in ten fold rigour opprefs you, no honeft mind could afford you any pity. The frowns of an accommodating Banker, however terrific to fome men, can in no ate frighten You; and -on what pretenfions a blufteiingPockthorpe Brewer dares to didate your Choke, I have yet to learn: — nay, the very domineering of our providers, and the threats of the Takers- in, which ufed to appal us, have now loft their effed ; for the. number of the" killed off'' has fo far decreafed the Hands, and the Peace already fo much encreajed the Work, that fulhcitnt Weavers cannot be had: therefore you have no excufe, ftiould you fuffer the .infid'ous arts of crafty Courtiers to uuderm.ne your Integrity, or the glare of their gold to blind your Judgement as heretofore. Be wary, be vigilant, and your triumph will be com plex. No longer mere Machines, rtiink for yourfelves, and for once .a your lift- time a£l like men, I have many obfeivations to make, but as' my work is in hafte, under the prefent circumftances, I fhall. .only conjure, you (if the found of the Shuttle is grateful to your Ears), hot to vote for the pre "it Members. Do not abufe .them; — with .manly franknefs declare your difapprobation of their condud, but do not, 1 befeech you, difgrace the name of Freemen by the brutal condud of mis guided Slaves. — that Butchers and Bludgeons be no longer the ncceffary attendants on a Canvass. A!~ert year independence by voting for the Men of your own drooling. I fhall do the fame ; but reft.affured, it will not be for Mr. Windham, or his colleague ; for thinking it poflible 1 may liwe msny years, I would not have my old age embittered with the reflection of having- voted for the curfe of my country. With beft wifhes for your Welfare, believe ma your Friend, and an Admirer of our Conftitution 35 fott'ed in the year 1688, though only a A WEAVER. WINDHAM' AMD- FUERE. A NEW SONG. WHAT Cu'prits are they whom thofe Conjlables arc leading, With a crowd a.t their heels, as. to whipping pofl proceeding ? 'Tis the Friend of the War, with- the Knend of the Blackj'mith, Efcorted by tl.eir guards, to rout FeH.oxi.-es ami attack Smith. sjo-jj, ivjzu, wow, fal lai de iddy idif, bjib, Wuiv, wn:<. That man in the rear is the M.ilier of R<— yi---n, The Orator of P.iddingn, i, whom e'en his friends are c1cy'd on, Poor Vulcan's Nominee, o'er whole louiy fhouiders creeping Me in the C-irira-n's houfe g.iin'd tjie.piivi.lej/: of sleeping. Bciv, -1V..W, -ti onu. ELECTION SQUIB ; A Seritf-Comif Epijtle, , ADDRESSED TO ONE OF THE CAHDIDATtS FOR THfciTV TTF NO KWI CH : To which is added, a'Poftcript ; By, ANTI-JANUS. , A Penny faved is as good ar a Penny earned. So fays the Proverb, accordingly confidering the merits of the following Squib proportioned only to the merits of thofe it cele. brates, it is now offered to the Public at Two- Pence, inftead of Three-pence. ¦ ' SO then, to feed that canker— Pride, You are refolv'd again to ride Ered upon a chair; But much I dread, my noble friend, You'll find by Cocker in the end The ride Was devi'lifhdear. I grant, 'twas prudent, when you found You flood on doubtful, ticklifh ground,— Auxiliary aid to feek ; Nor care I whence you 'brought the man, Whether from Lapland, or Japan, Or D-v-l's Arfe a Pe.ake. The Norwich Prints proclaimed his name ; The London Prints would do thefame,— For ont of Newland's -Not:es ! But wherefore fhould you throw away — The Money that Wq'ald 'help to pay The Freemen for their Votes. Tho' Frere and Windjiam Hart. again, Produce us. wiftr, better men, «; -•.. And neither fhall fucceed : But they who fancy Smith and You The wifer, or the better two, Are Simpletons indeed. What's yout's., and what is .Smith'? .deiign. ? I'll tell you — juft the fame as mine, The fame too are our wifhes ; We've been for years upon the fret For fomething we could never get, — I mean.— the Loaves and Fifties. But granting, merely for the joke,- That Smith and You were lent to poke, Your Nofes 'mongft the Long.headt- When call'd to give your yea or nay, For no, you'd blunder out arr aye. And rank amongft the Wrong-heads. Or, fhould fome. grand affairs of ftate. Call Fox and Pitt into debate, Whom none can over-reach ; Fluih'd with a Patriotic glow, Perhaps you'd wifh to let 'em know, You too could make a Speech. But, as appearakces may flrike, And fome approve,. arid fome diftike, From correfponderit notions, . I'd drop a hint — (with all refped) To fhew the wonderful effed Of Attitudes and Motions. A graceful manner all approve-, ' ~ • ¦¦¦¦'-^'- But if the AudienCeyou would move To own a kindred feelwvg, One hand employ — nornatter"wrnch — The other, ftickfinto your .breech, <.•': ,¦ Arid.gaze upon the, ceiling. how then, luppofe you'd ta'en a v>eek To think on what yon meant to fpeak, And wax'd a litftje warm, — The Houfe would fit in mute furprize, .,, , Or wond'ring, upwards turn their eyes, Like Goflings in a ftorm ! No. II. OF THE NEW ELECTION BUDGE g'-gg*-'^^ ^•*3>»»M FELLOWES AND SMITH. But fuch miferable wretches, 'ti-- (hamee'en fhame to cry on, Let us turn from his jackall, and look at the Lion, Who the lofs of his banquet of carnage ftill deploring, Licks the blood from his claws, at the peace-makers roaring. Bow, «m«; Firft praife this 'Squire If m's political confiftence, Since the time when as a Statefman WE gave him his exiftence ; For confiftent you'll find him in J acobin-ltke fury , As when?' Vigour beyoad law" he advikd inftead of Jury. Bow, wow, &e. The Patron cf Americans, when Americans rebell'd, fir. With difcontented Irijh, he next communion held, fir ; Though fince his reformation, we need not be told, fir, How his new friends he jojn'd to half hang and flog his old, fir. Bow, wow, wow, &c. When the Jacobins firft in France did bear fway, fir, And lanterning and burning were the order of the day, fir, Billy W m went over — himfelf Jacobin did dub, fir, And received the fraternal embrace in their Club, fir. Bow, wow, VJOW, tziC Then with candle's ends lighted, and his cheefe- parings carving, (While for want of bread andcheefehis conftitueTnts wereflarving) With valourous De Puifaye, His noble acquifition, He concerted the bleft fcheme of the Shtiberon expedition. Bow, wow, wow, &c. Ds Puifaye ran away, follow'd by his army's curfes. Made Commander for correding Poet W m's bad French ¦m in the event half growls at and half bleiTes, ver;es ; While W- Ana counts his kill' d -off thoufands amongft Negative Succeffes. Bow, wow, wow, &c. Next fee our noble minifler, ]o&fcratch'd out of place, fir, Withfedition unexampled, wi;h treachery moft bafe, fir, See him ftrive againft his Country the treaty to wrench, fir, And new claims foggeft to toe ambition of the French, fir. Bow, wow, wow, &c. And now when Peace and Plenty are to this ifle returning, When joy fucceeds to forrow, and nations ceafe their mourning, When induftryin comfort takes his humble fare with gladneis, Where all was mifery and difeafe, and poverty and fadnefs. Bow, wow, wow, iffc. This W m and this F e, with rage the profped viewing, Each bleffing toreverfe, confpiracies are brewing, In wanton abflfe of their conftituents exult, fir, And dare to afk fupport o/ the people they infiilt, fir. Bow, wow, wow, &c. Then confider, fellow citizens, confider what you're doing, Ere you vote for the men who are plotting your ruin, Nor refolve in your bofoms thofe ferpents to cherifh, Who with *' Perifhing Commerce," care not how many perifli. Bow, wow, wow, &c. But let's fend back mafter F— e to monopolize flour, firs, Give W. m to bait Bulls the leifure, with the power, firs, Let him mix, to whet his valour, their blood in his porridge, But ne'er fhew his faceamongft the Freemen of Norwich. BOW, WOW, WOVJ; tfc, D WINDHAM AND FRERE. But wherefore ftiould I waftemy time, And fing, in never dying rhyme, Of Bobby and of'Billy ? For truft me, neither will be fent To take a Seat in Parliament, '7'ill we are mad or filly. Farewell ! — bur not a long farewell ; I've yet another tale to tell, Unlefs you tip the^o-^y: Then having nothing elfe todo, I'll have with Smith a word or two, And tickle up hit Toby. POSTSCRIPT. AS time will ftay for ne'er a man, I thought I'd better change my plan. And do it loo forthwith ; 'Tis therefore that I venture now To make my very humble bow, To Mr. William Smith. If no offence (and much I ween Not e'en a fhadowwill be feen, As that would be a pity) I'd a(k, for much I wifh to know, To whofe contrivances we owe His ftanding for the City. 'Tis faid, that He for fev'ral years Has had a feat amongfthis Peers, And Sudbury reprefented ; If then the fad be really ic — Back to his Borough let him go, And leave us here contented. We boafta Windham anda Fueuk, And want no Borough-mongers here, They're growing out of date : And were they one and all put down, 'Twould be the better for the Crown, As well as for the State. SIR, TO MR. SMITH. IN your Addrefs to the Eledors of the City of Norwich, you feem to be very much diftreffed to affign fome Motive for your coming to unfettle the Peace of this ancient, exterfive and hitherto ref- peclabL City. Permit me, Sir, upon the Principles laid down by your Affociate, Mr. Fellowes, " that the Man who can ad corruptly in a private, ought not to be honored, with a Public Truft," and upon the Face of your own Addrefs proudly* difclaiming, yet rightly difclaiming the fmalleft even Perfonal Connection with this opulent and coiim.-r- cial City, or Attachment to it, which I really believe, but from an accidental Invitation by Gentlemen unknown toyou, whom neverthelefs you declare, without Knowledge, do yield to none among us in Refpedability of every Kind,— permit me to aft you one queftion. Is not the Man undeferving of si! Confidence who, in Defiance of the Laws of his Country, in Oppofition to the Con ftitution which he pretends to defend, comes forward uron the Bafir ¦> As by your -J,d been diftinguiflied for the moft fyftematic adminiflration of political poifon, to irri tate and inflame the paffions of the people ; who from the im. tablenefs^ of a fpirit urging him on to all kinds of extremes, has, during the war, been teazing and goading the Adminiflra tion to adopt thofe violent and defperate meafures which would lead to fimilar refuks with thofe arifing from downright folly ; and who is now engaged in a ftate of open and enraged hoftilities to the ads of the Government; by which the Blefling of Peace has been bellowed upon the country, becaufe his mad advice has heen negleded, to maintain a Jyftem of warfare, which muft have involved all thofe Countries which are now refcued from being totally ruined by the vengeance of France. But the ftill bafer declaration thefe members have agreed (0 fubferibe — " that the good flnje and loyally of the City have at no time more decidedly declared themfelves in our favor," io fo noto rious and contemptible an infinuation, fo difrefpedful and indifcri- minate a refledion upon the Eledors who have opjsofed them upon the pureft and moft difinterefted principles/as well as difrefped ful to thofe who are undetermined, as is manifeftly extorted from a fpirit of revenge and dej'pair. Such attempts to inflame the fury of party require to be dif- countenanced by all candid and independent perfons, who wifh not to perpetuate that fpirit of rancor and animofity between Gentlemen, the Mafter and the' Servant, which will confume all the friendly feelings of fociety from one feflion of parliament to another; and furnifh moreover a very powerful argument, for cutting off at once all connedion with Gentlemen who are deliberately leagued in a confpiracy againft the Peace of the City, and by their politics againft the profperity of the Kingdom. A FRIEND TO PEACE AND HARMONY. WINDHAM AND FRERE To ihe Gentlemen, .Cici gy, Freauen, and Fitibotdtrs, od the. City of Norwich. 1 .-: Gent i.em ens . ' SINCE the 'date of our late addrefs, a new (hape has been given 10 the Conteft in whiih we 'are engaged, by the jun'dron with Mr. 1'em.owes of Mk. Smith, Member for Sudbury, a Gentleman well known in the political world, 'though a ;irar,(;er ro this City and County. ' Without meaning to fay anv thing pcfonally difrefpei'lfol of that Gentleman, we caninot buf confider his appearance as favour able to, our Caufe; becaufe, however' we may, either of us have had the misfortune at times to difforfr'om any of our Confti'tu- ents ; a circumftance wholly unavoidable "in the cafe of fo noiire- ious a body ; we muft believe that the general tenor of our opinion-, is more conformable to the fentiments of this City than thofe which are entertained by the Gentlemen in queftion,' and to' which, with a proper and becoming-opennefs,- he refers as the foundationof his hopes in his prefent -undertaking'.' — Of the po-' lineal fentiments of the other Gentleman oppbfed to us, as we have no meapi. of knowing thfem, othefways than as they are evin ced by the prefent jundion, it wbu'ld- be improper for us to fpeak ; ourownhave never been diffembled or difguifed ; and whatever judgement may be formed of them now, or at any future period, when the means poffibly may be afforded of comparing them with' the event, they will never, we truft, be imputed to any finifter mo tives, nor be found inconfiftent' with an anxious regard for the fafecy of the- Empire, and for the real and permanent interefts of this City. In this pcrfuafion, we throw ourfelves with confidence on the good opinion of our Conftituents, And have the honour to be, Gentlemen, With great gratitude and rtfpec.'," - Your moft obedient and faithful humble fervant', W. WINDHAM, Norwich, June 10, 1802. J. FKEIU',. TO THE ELECTORS OF NORWICH. Gentlemen, ALTHOUGH flander the moft grofs, and infinuations the moft illiberal, will refute themfelves, and failing to win over the afftntof the candid, may fcarcely merit notice ; yet tvhen the Can- To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders, of the City.cj Norivich. GfntKmen, I^HE Confidence which we exprefled in our former Avertifc- nient is fully confirmed by the Canvafs in which we have been fince engaged. Though we have traced in every part the proofs of thofe l<,w and flagitious Arts, which are now fyilematically emp!o\ ed to poifon the minds of the people, by teaching them to afcrib.' whatever evils they fuffer, to fome fault of their Government.; yet we have been happy to find, that the Impreffion thus produced, has been far from confiderable, and that the good fenfe and Loy alty of the City have at no time more decidedly declared them felves in our favor. — The numbers upon our Canvafs, as well a.=. other evidences, abundantly prove this fad, and leave no room to doubt, that whenever the Day of Eledion comes, we fhall be found to ftand not lefs well, with the loyal and well-affedecl part of our Conftituents, than we have done on any former occafion. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your moft obedient and faithful Servants, W. -WINDHAM. Norwich, July 18, 1 802. J. FRERE. THE POLITICAL HIGH METTLED RACER. A Prophecy. SEE the market is crowded, the poll is begun, Oaths, promifes, threats thro' the whole circle run ; What noife and confufion refounds far and near, Frere, Fellowes, Smith, Windham, affail the tir'd ear ; With his heart beating quick, and ereding his creft, Now glowing with hope, now with fear quite depreft -r • With dread in his heart, and with fmiles in his face, The Squire of 5*******111 now flam for a place. FELLOWES AND SMITH. didates themfelves are found to charge upon, their opponents the calumnious imputation of reforting fyilematically to " low and flagitious arts to poifon the minds of the peopir," they claim atten- ;iojr. The friends of Mr. Fellowes and Mr. Smith utterly difclaim fo^nefarious a condud, and they are fatisfied you will paufe before you give credit to fo black a charge from intcrefted individuals :— as E'tglijhmen you will call for fome fpecific inft.inces from thofe nu merous proofs on which they pretend to found fo ftiong an alle gation againft the Electors ofNanwkb. In the opinion of Mr. Windhamand Mr. Frere, itimay go beyond your right of judging to decide which is moft to your intereft War or Peace— and that to give your Vote in conformity to your ap- prehcnfion on this point is, to " afcribe whatever evils you fuffer to Jome fault of the Government." It has been a remarkable feature in the prefent contefted El.ec-, tion, that fpeculative opinions in politics have not been drawn in to notice, unlefs by the vain efforts of libellous infinuations ; — the, fad appears to be, that the rage for thefe fpeculations has given' way to the folfer and loyal wifh, that in the enjoyment of Peace, every clafs of the people may poffefs that fhare of happinefs under. oar excellent Conflitution, which it is fo well calculated to impart; and. which, far from being injured, will derive renovation and vigour from an independent and virtuous exercife of Eledion fran- chife. Mr. Windham and Mr. Frere feem difpofed to arrogate to themfelves the exclufive fupport of the '* loyal and well-aff'eiied" Eledors. The friends of Mr. Fellowes and Mr. Smith can, how ever, rejed with indignation the aflumption, that they are in any degree inferior in the pureft conrtitutional principles of loyalty. On this ground they can fubftantially appeal to fads in that fevere hour of trial ', when the pooreft Clafs, under the preflure of the utmofi diftrej's and calamity, difplayed a patience that gave not an hour's difturbance to the. Magiftrate, or their fellow citizens ; and thofe in more opulent fituations gave the beft evidence of their allegiance and loyalty by AfaithJ'ul compliance with the moft vigorous principles oflaxation. The fupporters of Mr. Fellowes and Mr. Smith look back ¦vith pride and confidence to the teftimony of their condud as good X'tbjeils and good Citizens ; and truft this is fo well known to their fellow Citizens, that the undefined afperfion of Mr. Windham and '.-At. Frere can have no pther effed than to recoil with thejeverefi ctnjure on themjelves. A FREEMAN OF NORWICH. 'WiNDHAM AND FRERE. i ' ri'ruv mm-' -CT" -*"*"- «;.» ¦¦¦¦¦— FREEMEN OF NORWICH-, HPHE Man who has fo long prided himfelf upon being one of X your Reprefentatives, and yet looked upanyour difirejfls with an unpttying eye, is now arraigned before your tribunal. He is ac cufed of having lavijhed the Treafures of your Country in an un- juft and unnecejfary War — a War, of which not one fingle objed has been attained !-r— Of having caufed the Deaths of thoufands of Fellow Citizens, Jfellow Countrymen, and Fellow Creatures \—— Of having deprived you of the.means of fupport ; and thus making you feel the horrors of want and famine ! —Of aiming at the de- firuclion of your liberty, by defending the ufe of a " vigour beyond the law," and of injamoujly denominating thofe men Jacobins whofe opinions do- ot coincide with hisown!!! FREEMEN of NORWICH!— you compofe his Jury. If yon think him innocent of thefe Charges, give him your Votes, and en courage him to renew his former condud.— If you find him guilty, refufe him your Votes ; and a difmtffal from the honourable place of Representative of this ancient City will be the punifhment of thofe adions you condemn. A FRIEND OF PEACE. Thrown out lon^ago-, he now makes his laft pufh ; From his mouth how perfu.rfion arid promifes rufh ; Bv his roundabout fpeeches, the mob's led' affray, Who cheer hU faint heart with the cry of— huzza ! Tho' wifhing fuccefs, yet by terror oppreft, Or his fate he's grown confeious, and hope quits his breaft Uprais'd by a party, with S h as his mate, The Squire of S- m once more tries his fate. Beat hollow before, and thrown out of the race, Undaunted again, he ilarts off for a place : SeeB--rn — d, and F — ft — r, his pedigree fhew, And the dangers ai»d toils of his race let us know, With his actions fo juft, which they counro'er and o'er, And found in your ears as they .flock round your door ; Whilft with countenance placid, low bow, and foft note, The Squire of S*** ***** applies for your vote. But lo 1 the poll doles — hear yon thundering fhout ! F**** and W****** are in, S**** and F******* Spite of promifes, threats, he's obliged to yield, And in madnefs^entra, c d, the Sq**re leaves the field Grown ftale and forfoolc, he's negleded as dead, By the very fame mob he not, long ago led ;¦ With confufion. difgrace, and reproach in his train, The Squire of S******** is lent home again. are otiu E are happy to acquaint the Public, that the ANIMAL which was lately advertifedas mffing, was found the next day in London, eating Roafl Beef md Plumb Pudding, with a i-reat MISSING Yefterday Afternoon, from a Gentleman's houfe, near Earlham, AN ANIMAL of the Tyger fpecies, with a head like a Fox, and ftreaked all over with red, blue, and white Sinpes. He was purchafed at a confiderable expence, at one of our Sugar and Spice Iflands, by a Society of Naturalists. The moment he was landed, he cfcaped from his keepers, and took pof- feffion of various Borough.., where he lurked for eighteen yeirs, but was at length dug out, and turned loofe upon this Ciy.— Notwith- ftanding all the kind treatment he has received, his dijlike to this Ifland and his Attachment to Strangers (partie larly Foreigners'), afe very remarkable ; and he was conftantly obfe.ved to prick up his ears and ufe ftrange geftures at the fight of a Church ! Yet there were not wanting fome Feiicwes who were bold enough to / aa him about , and even to take bun by the Paw ! He had for fome days before he made off been obferved to hang his ears, and to betray evident fymptomsof Irritation, and even of Mndnefs ; but his riifap- pearance all at once is attributed to fome Mifchievous perfons having tied, a STONE to his tail, a fpec:es of wanton Cruelty, which none but Bull-Baiters cotild have been g ;ilty of. No reward is offered to bring him batk, but if any perfon flimld find the Body of the perfecuted Animal, and will give information of the fame to the Prefident of the Royal or Linneean Societies, a handfome premium wiiliie given, — as it is iut-nded to prefent his tri-colored Skin to the Nation alMuseum at Paris. N. B. A BLUE BOAR from Sprowston isfuppofed to have accompanied him in his flight. GRAND EXHIBITION On it's way to NORWICH, as foon as Sprowfton Blue-Boat, who is goae to learn to dance, fhall return, of which timely notice will be given. FOR ONE DAY ONLY, MR, ALDERMAN IRONSIDES SC COMPANY Having been permitted the '.'fe of the Houfe known by the name or fign of the Golden Tobacco-Pipe, will once more exhil it his Wonderful Ambo, Jambo, Dexterity, and Agilitv, with <0rounti nvto iloftp CumWtng, SWINGING AND DANCING. The Alderman, being determined to do. his utmoft on the prefen^ occafion, will vault over the Majority of Votes of the parifhes of the ',reat Ward of Mancroft, and make it appear to all unprejudiced FELLOWES AND SMITH: WINDHAM' AND FRERE'. «"'".»' freemen of Norwich. Some who had never ieen him beioic; expetted to find him very ferocious, and unmanageable, but io tneir pleafure and furprife, he put out Kisjore-paw, as if he wiflied 1* u ?ands with thenl- Some uho hdti ^ad the defcription, thought he was going ..tojeize on them ; but one or two having moie courage, and feeing the Animal .quite tame, vcntmed to take hold of it, and finding him peifcctly gettdc, they became fo much pleafed with him, that they placed him at the H.-.fa of the T„bie, where he.eat and drank as naturally a,* if he had always .been ,tc-' cuftomed to civilixcd life. Some othei peiibus culling in wiflied, to have their ,new Pre fi dent removed, which being objected to on ,'accountof his PEACEABLE behaviour; it occasioned a violent difpute in the company, when the Animal evidently became uneafy , and it Was remarked, that when any dff-remc happened, he was always rejllej's and une af, but as the diTuute fubffoed, -he became quite pleajed, Jmiled, and held out hds paw to e\ el y body. We have the pleafure to allure the public, that the Freemen are lb much de lighted with thii good-natured Animal, that a ven e,-cat M.yot.itt have determined to bring htm to Norwich on the D \Y OF ELEC TION. -,..; , . / On Tuefday next, the Twenty -fecond of June, will he prefented a GRAND PANTOMIME AND EXHIBITION. The Principal Charaders. fuppo;ted by thofe celebrated Per former-, ¦g&x, S&tnDabont anil iftlr. JFr-ee*eaV. Set. r. r Will commence with fome very curious _ UNDERHAND TRICKS, BY MRf FREIi-EAR, Shewing how a man may wriggle himfelf into confequence who is in reality of no confequence at all ; and alfo how a man may provide for his Family at the Public E.cp.ncc. After which", he will Exhibit HIS NEW-IN VENTED MILL, With which he will grind a LARGE LOAF into a SMALLER ONE, to the great Amufement and Satisfadioh of the Spcda- tors. To conclude with a capital fcene (performed at Roydsn with great fuccef-) in which MR. FREE-EAR attacks a METHO DIST MEETING dijperfes the CONGREGATION, and fets ihe PARSON in the STOCKS. _, Xif\-- '¦', SfCt. 2. Will open with a Beautiful Reprefentation of THE DEATH OF COMMERCE, Which expires, furrounded by thoufands of fiarving MECHA NICS and LABOURERS ; whilft the tattered Enfigns of the Conftitution are triumphantly fupported by Three Hundred Regi ments of J INFANTRY AND CAVALRY. To conclude \yiih a fine Vitw of the Infi.de of the War-Office. Mr. WINDABOUT is quite in an ecfiajyr, he devotes himfelf to Bacchus ; is. overpowered by Wine, and falls into a profound fleep, during which he is diftu$bed by THE GHOSTS . Of innumerable Vidims who have been "KILLED OFF" fince he was War-Minifier ; he groans repeatedly, when the Ghofts of the gallant SOMBRIEUL; and other Noble Emigrants, facrificed at Quiberon, appearing, MR. WINDABOUT ftarts from his fleep, and exclaims " Thou canft not fay / did it ; *'* Do not fhake thy goary loeks at me ! Sttt 3. : Opens with a fine View of the Outfide of the War-Off ce. Mr. WINDABOUT is feen walking with his arms folded, in great agitation, Exclaiming — " Alas, Othello's occupation's gone !" He however colleds a few Tons of the Candles' ends which were E pen.ns, ,4. at till t-e hti , Lireil \- lefs than one hundred and fifty. Ij:- will inke- up the Hatchet, and throw it farther than any of tl e Tribe of Catabaw or Ch.'iol.ce'Ir.Jian.s ; and will fmoak the Pipe of Peace, together with other Tricks paft all belief, to the fur prife of the !>) -ftanders who do noi kiiow his talents. Among the entertainments of the day, will be prefented a fcene from an Operatica! Drima, called, THE IXTH'OOn TRAGEDY; Or, THE CHEATED TKNANT. The Principal Characters Iv Mr. F — /' — es and Mr. Rackham ; In which will be introduced the favorite Songs of" As I was a driving my Waggon one day," " Sure fuch a day as-this was never feen, " Ail Norwich feems to wear a univeifal grin." Bv particular defire, to Sleight of Hand Tricks, will be added,. gtocfcjaope £>ancmff.' The Alderman having .added to his Company the celebrated Mr. SMITH, from." London. MESSRS. F- L- — S and S H will Swing a Duet toge ther ; during which the BLUE BOAR will Dance upon the Tight- Rope to the tune of " -If a/1 great rogues like us were to fixing." A. '. the conc'ufion of the entertainment, will be exhibi;ed, by parti cular defire of A. B. C. and D. and fome Amateurs of French Am-uferoe,nts,'.who wifh they had been imported into this Country, A HEAL KING -roc fling upon a SPIT before a SLOW FIRE. whofe head will be cut off while alive. A' LIVING -SKELETON would have been exhibited, but Mr. BAKER, the Shctejham Schoolmafier, who was turned out of the Parifh for not voting, againft his Conference, not flarvit.g, as was expeded, cannot be ready in time. Among^ the NEW SCENES and TRANSPARENT PAINT INGS prepared for this o.cfion are: i I. A retrofpedive View of the Norfolk and Norwich Hofpital. II. The Stocks. ' III. The Drop at Newgale, and the Execution of a Criminal for felling Stock not his own, but depofited in his hands for Cha ritable purpofes. IV. Portrait of LORD KENYON, taken during the Exami nation of Wm. Sm Efq. Mr. F s' Coadjutor and Candidate for reprefenting this City, on the letters in his pofleffion-atrhe Trial of STONE for High Treafon. V- Portrait of Mr. COZENS, Secretary to the Norwich Re volution Society, together with various other remarkable Per- fonages conneded with the aforefaid fubjeds. N. B. Smoking between the Acts. • AdmittanceOne Shilling; — half to be returned in Buckle's beft Virginia. —Pig-tail and Shag on the loweft terms. A large affortmentof Promifes of Hojpitals, Infirmaries, and various other devices, together with Crackers and other Fire-works. ¦f No Connedion with Dr. Solomon or any other Shop. Beware of Counterfeits, for fuch are abroad. Buy now — dearer after the Eledion. . % Wanted, fome good Squib Makers^-- the prefent fet are turned off for Lying and Dullnefs. .. i' TO THE UNPREJUDICED. A CAUTION. A Malicious infinuation having: been circulated through the City of Norwich, that Mr. W. SMITH, the New Candidate, has, at fome former period of his political life, been TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON, foe public are- defired fo be upon their guard againft a mifreprefentation, as atrocious as it is unfounded. Mr. SMITH HIMSELF NEVER WAS PUT UPON HIS TRIAL ; it was his Friend Mr.' STONE, who, in the year: 1796, was TRIED IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH, and as Mr. SMITH was implicated in part only of the charges againft his Friend, there is no doubt that, if TRIED, they would f;OTH have been (as Mr- Stone adually was) ACQUITTED BY THE VERDICT OF A JURY. A LOVER OF TRUTH. FELLOWES AND SMITH. WINDHAM AND FRERE. T- k if the late RUMINATIONS FOR PEACE, with which he endeavors to caufe a general.confiagraiion, with the intent to deftroy all his enemies, but finding that fuch a plan would go near to unpeople all Europe; his «r/ms/Humanity determines him MAwtel!r0y Bonaparte, and a fevj thoufand- Jacobins in fKAiNCE : he therefore urges the Manager of the Theatre to en gage in another Expedition to the coaft of France, which he pru dently declines, 'and determines to let the. French,™ to the devil their own way. MR. WINDABOUT finding all hisfihemes fail, and his candles' ends a\mok extinguifhed, refolves'to amufe himfelf with the elegant and rational amufementof BULL-BAITING, Which will form a part of the next Evening's Entertainment. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WINDABOUT. On Wednefday the Twentv-third of June, will be exhibited a &ratto MUMitin%. Great Sport is expeded, and the preparations for accommodating the fpedators are in thefirft ftyle ; the Managers having fpared no ex- pence for the exhibition of this elegant and rational amufement (cal culated to produce the moft beneficial effeds on the morals and temper of the fpedators;. The Bull to be baited is called JOHN : ' ' ' He will be put to the Stake exadly at Six o'clock, when the fol lowing Staunch Dogs will attack him, viz. Mr. Windabout's fa mous Browne bitch SPIT-FIRE ; her Puppies, by Fire-Brand, are difpofed of to Mr. Free-ear, a-t five guineas each. Mr. Free-ear's Browne <%. FIRE-BRAND, one of the jtaunchefi of his kind. Alfo feveral other famous Dogs, belonging to different gentlemen • one of which willbe CHOPPED IN PIECES, while he pins the BULL to- the ground, and dies with his Teeth fixed in the Bull's Nofi. Mr. WINDABOUT will fcarjfy theBull'with z. large knife, and pour Aqua Fortis into the wounds, which will make him roar delightfully. Admittance — Gentlemen and Ladies, 6d,— Servants, 3d. . TO BE SOLD, TWO SEATS IN ST. STEPHEN'S CHAPEL, For Particular/ appii to MR. WINDABOUT AND MR." FREE-EAR, Who will fhew the Premifles. N. B. Two clever FELLOWES may have the above cheap — the prefent Poffeffors being obliged to quit. To be Sold by Audion, by MR- WINDABOUT, At the Sick and Wounded Office, 100,000 POUNDS OF HUMAN HAIR, In good prefervation. > , Ten Thousand Hog/heads of Human Teeth, Many of them very little worn, worth the attention of Dentifts. A great many belonged lo Young Men from Norivich,. arid would'do well for Ladies' Fore Teeth ; they are perfedly/iiw, and as well as the Hair, were colleded from the " killed off" on the different fields of Battle in the late Glorious War. Catalogues to be had of Mr. Windabout, and at the place of Sale. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, WAYS and MEANS to. procure 'a' Majority at' the tpfuing Elec tion- . -, . , Any ine who can produce fome UNHEARD-OF SCHEME, to .effect tuate the fume, Jhall, on the cloj'e qf the. Poll, be rewarded with all that is in (he power of Infamy Ironmonger to give', or theft Hhd- fon's Bay can furnijh, . , , . ¦ . PROJECTORS; will, pleafo to obferve— Threats have" been but wind— the fhafts of Calumny are hecome obtufe — Lies, Invented with the double fdrqe of Art and Deception, and caft from the, Foundery of St'. George,— all, all, have failed to make an im- THE Po o k Elk c ro * s of a Borough SOUTH of BURY, con^ gratulate their Norwich Brethren on the judicious folec- tion of a Candidate who, penetrated with the elixir of Liberty and Equality, difdained to exert undue Influence, and philofophically analyzing Cold and Hunger to be only imaginary evils, wifely abandoned his Conftituents to their deftiny, during the late fear- city and inclement feafons, when poor creatures, they fooliflily conceived they fuffered from the want of food and fuel, and would have been very thankful for the refufe of their Member's tea and treacle tubs,. ox even for his Chee/'e-parings and Candles' -ends — but the Bounty withheld from the Borough Paupers, is doubtlefs re- ferved to be diftributed with a liberal hand, to the Norwich Wea vers, efpecially, fhould they, ere long, chance to difcovef, that a Precipice of St o n e bars Citizen S from benefiting the Manu factory in the Commercial Treaties now under confideration. IT being reported that Mr. S***h has declined the conteft for Member of Parliament for this City ; Citizen Thomas P— -e (well acqubirited with the principles and wijbes of the Party), having fignified his intention of offering himfelf as a Candidate for fhe Votes and Intereft of thofe Citizens late in the intereft of Mr. S — h ; they are earneftly entreated not to give any further promife of- their fuffrage and fupport, until Citizen P-— £ is enabled per- fonally to foficit the honor of the fame. Thofe Friends; zealous in the caufe, are requefted to meet this evening at Seven o'Clock at the Old Affemlly Room, in the King's- Arms-Lane-;'In order to refolve themfelves into a SECRET-COM MITTEE, for the purpofe of making the neceffary arrangements previously to the propofed Canvafs. N. B. The arrival of Citizen T— -w-ll, who is faid to be on his way from Chalk-Farm, is anxioufly anticipated. — It is hoped he will reach Norwich in time to be appointed Chairman and Secretary to the Committee. THE WAR. THE FRENCH RESOLVED there fhould be a War. Thofe in FRANCE who began it are all dead., or EXECU TED for \l lay their Countrymen AS SOON AS THEY WERE UNDECEIVED. BRISSOT, the great REVOLUTIONIST, was executed in FRANCE, and loft his Life only on this account, for bringing on a War with ENGLAND, which he had PLANNED.- See the ac count of this from the French themfelves. The Succefs of this Plan was detetled and defeated by your watch ful GOVERNMENT Would you have had the French here, wbhout refitting them ?— By keeping the War abroad, your prefent Members prevented a War at HOME. You have not feen your own ftreets ftained with the Blood of your Neighbours, Families, and Relations^ — Yon have hem faj'e \ourieives. WINDHAM DEFENDED YOU.— And in return, you infult him ! you wifh to caft away your Friend,, for HIS cark of you ! Was not hisrown Property, his Life, his Liberty, at a flake as well as yours ? THE SUCCESS OF WAR IS UNCERTAIN. "Would He have flood this hazard, if it could have bfcen avoided ? His greateft Enemies allow to him Talents and underflanding too great to fuppofe this of him; The People of England are admitted to have GOOD SENSE, and Jurjgemenf, when their Paflions are not inflamed ; .but- they often re- fieii not, till there can be no remedy. THEY GROW COOL TOO LATE. ¦¦ - ; In time I afk them, whether jt is not a common thing for thofe who are in fault to lay the blame on others, in order to fave them felves ? , • Look at the adions of foe Party who are trying, to abufe, your Good Senfe ; — who. are infulting your understanding, and laughing at yov. — It was their Difcontenl-*— It was their wifh for Power — It was, they who wanted, CHANGES and REFORMS, from, which FRANCE hath Jo much fuffered. — They co'rrefponded with your an- FELLOWES AND SMITE*. WINDHAM AND FRERE preffion on the Independent -Vote Attorney Hunchback has hPf>„ ( oj Norivich, though the able fft!T'k Hl'nchhach has been Chief Engineer and Diredor, af- Jittea by that Paragon of Divinity, Redor Below, all the young fry from Brazen Doors, Bank-ftreet, Fufture's School, &c. Sec. Propofahwill be received by WILLIAM W1NDIBUS, Cornu- to-point, JOHN FREREKINS, at Morpheus' Hall, or Attorney Hunchback, Prebend's Walk. * Difpatch, or vain will be your Labour III To be Difpofed of, any time before the Eledion, Four Hundred Places-in the GREAT HOSPITAL, BISHOP'S-STREET, Apply to Patt— fon and J. H— rv— y, in Sir Benj. Wrenche' Court, who have full powers to promije, but none to perform. Any pcifonmay be treated with, in the above manner, at BARON DUCK'S, Surry-ftreet, WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN, To afpft in Cleaning St. Peter's Church : She moft be the Wife of a Freeman, who will engage his Vote for W. and F. Apply to the Churchwardens, or Alderman Fire- Brand. TO THE ELECTORS OF NORWICH. THE unjuft ASPERSIONS my Charader has long fuffered, founded upon the mere Individual Aflertions of Mr. MAT THEW RACKHAM, have at length overcome the Reludance I felt to fpeak of myfelf, and to relate Tranfadions which I am per- fuaded, but for the prefent Conteft, would never have been exhi bited as a ferious Charge againft me. It now, however, appears to be due to my own Reputation, and to the Electors whofe Suffrages I folicit, that I fhould enter into a full inveftigation of Mr. RACKHAM'S NARRATIVE, and meet his Fads, by a clear andfuccind Relation. The Circumftances which immediately relate to my fuppofiti- - tious Contrad with Mr. Rackham were fimply thefe. At a Meet ing of the Truftees for Mr. Hobart, it was propofed, that in the event of Sir John Lombe's Refufal of the whole Eftate, the Te nants fhould have liberty to apply for Particulars and to treat for their feparate Farms ; but it was exprefsly defired that Meffrs. Sewell and Blake, the Agents, fhould not, on any pretence, de liver the Price or Particulars, unl#fs there was an obvious Inten tion and a known ability to Purchafe in the perfons applying. Mr. Rackham was then made acquainted with our defign, but no promife was made to him that he fhould have the exclufive Right of Purchafe, nor was any time aftigned to receive his Determina tion ; he was only allowed the liberty to Treat. Two or three days after, Mr. Sewell acquainted Mr. Rackham that Sir John Lombe had declined the Eftate. Nine days had elapfed when, at the Requeft of Meffrs. Sewell and Blake, I met a Gentleman to treat for the entire Property. They acquainted me that two of the Tenant had declined to purchafe, and that Mr. Rackham, the third, had made no offer. This information left me at liberty to difpofe of the Intwood Farm. On treating with a Gentleman for the fale of another part of the Eftate, he was folely induced to become the Purchafer by an offer made on the inftant, by Mr. Jofeph Mufkett, to take the Tntwood Eftate, and to leave him the Manor. Of Mr. Mufkett's Intention, I had not the moft remote intimatiori ; the price offered was that fixed by the Truftees, two Gentlemen had already refafed the Eftate at that price, and I felt it my bounden duty to accept the terms as highly beneficial to Mr. Hobart. A Legal Friend recommended me, on the firft appearance of Mr. Rackham's Narrative, to apply to a Court of Juftice for redrefs, as the only Tribunal where all the bearings and evi dences of the Queftion could be fairly and freely difcuffed. Under this impreffion, I inferted the Advertifement which pledged me to fceh procedure ; but that I might not be milled by a partial con- cient Enemies, to make YOUR Country the SEAT of If, r. — The\ want to bring in one, who I, as Ittn proved, upon the Tri.il of his Friend for Hi^h Trcrcn, to havi. known of a traitorous consj ¦ ponirnce with France ivhiih he concealed from Giz-e> 'nmeni. Was fuch a perfon to be brought in as your Member, his princi ples are known, you would be marked by the charader of trie Perfon whom you fent to reprefent yon Would the Houfe of Commons liften to Him, if you fhould want a bill in Parliament, or any affiftance to promote the Trade, the Commerce, and Welfare of your Cry ? No one can think they would ! And having turned away your Friends — men of the moft approved Integrity, Talents and Con- < nedions, you might help yourfelves as you could, and then farewell to the pro/perity of NORWICH. See what you would have to fuffer- then, and perhaps without be ing ever remedied ! Windham fpoke not againft PEACE— He wifhed, if poffible, to obtain what he thought, and others thought, might be obtained, a BETTER PEACE. If he THOUGHT wrong, at lcaft his HEART was right for HIS COUNTRY. This is Plain good SenJ'e and honeft Truth.. TO ROBERT FELLOWES, ESC^. SIR, SEEING your Advertifement in the Nor wich Papers, I perfedly agree with you, " That the Man who can ad corruptly in a private, ought not to " be honored with a Public Truft;'' and as you there have promifed to anfwer any accufation brought againft you as Truftee to Mr. Hobart, — I call on you to reply to the following queftions : I. Did you not promife me the refufal of the INTWOOD ES TATE fhould it befoldfeparately? II. Did you not give Mr. Sewell, your Attorney, inftrudions to deliver to me a particular of the faid Eftate ? III. And did you not a few hours after you had given Mr. Se w- ELLfuch inftrudions, fell the INTWOOD ESTATE to Mr. Jo seph Musket t, your Tenant and Steward, who was employed to value it ? IV. And did I not, in confequence of this treatment, addrefs to yourfelf and the public, a plain, authenticated narrative of thefe nefarious fads ? V. And did you not, in your own name, and in that of Mus- kett, your fervant, advertife a folemn and unequivocal declara tion to the public, that you would feek redrefs from the Laws of your Country for that Narrative, which you therein fo inadver tently and unjuftly denominated a falfe and infamous refledion on your Charaders ? VI. And have you ever yet fulfilled that notorious pledge of juf- tification, which your Charader and the voice of the People have inceffantly called upon you to make public ? VII. And, laftly, do you not now feel it your indifpenfible duty to give an explicit anfwer, without delay, to thefe queries, that iffue from no anonymous pen, but from the injured feelings of MATTHEW RACKHAM. Intwood, June, 1802. TO THE PUBLIC. MR. FELLOWES having at length thought proper to pub lifh what he is pleafed to term afulJ Inveftigation of my former Narrative of Fads, I think it my duty, in juftice to my Charader, to refer the Public to thofe Fads, the truth of which I HAVE SOLEMNLY ATTESTED UPON OATH;— and I tru'l that by candidly comparing them with Mr. Fellowes's Relation, they will be enabled to judge how much of the Truth he has difguifed in ambiguous ExpreJJions, and how much FALSEHOOD he has invented to varnifh his laboured apology. — I am happy however in having it now in my power to ftate, in addition to thole Fad?, that in confequence of Mr. Mufkett's having agreed, foon after FELLOWES AND SMITH. — r ' im ifrrnna'iifi .WINDHAM AND FRERE, fi deration of the tranfadions, feparare Narratives ol trie Fads were drawn up by Mr. Sewell, Mr. Mm.kett, and Myfelf, and fiomitted to Mr. Serjeant Bayley. His opinion, which'l fobjoin, obliged me to forego this much to be defned examination ; but it now affords me the fatisfadion of adducing in my defence the i eltimony ot a Gentleman whofe honour is uniinpeached, whole judgemt.ni is undoubted, and whofe view could not in any way be diverted from the moft fevere confiJeration of the fubjed. THE OPINION. " I hive very attentively confi iered the Advertifement pub lished by Mr. R-ickham, and the Narrative of Mr. Fellowes, Mr. Mufkett, and Mr. Seweil, and am clear that the Court of King's Bench would not grant a Criminal Information, either againft Mr. K. or the Publifhers of the Norwich Mercury. The Adver- tilernent does not impute arjy Crime to Mr. Fellowes, or rhe Breach even of a Moral Duty, but the extent of the Charge againft him is, that after having afked Mr. R. whether he fhould like to be the Purchnfer, and after being ani'wered by Mr. R. that he fhorld, he fold the ell.ite to Mr. Mufkett without any farther com munication with Mr. R. and it is impoffibie to exped a Criminal Information upon fo flight a Charge ; but though the Court would not be difpofed to interfere upon the fubjed, I have no difficulty in faying that upon pertifing Mr. Sewell's Narrative (without adver ting either to Mr. Fellowes's or Mr. Mufkett's), I think Mr. F. exculpated from all blame. Mr. F. was a mere Truftee, not hav ing any Intereft of his own, but bound to omit no opportunity for the Benefit of thofe for whom he was concerned. On the loth of June, he intimated to Mr. R. that if Sir John Lombe did not pur chafe, he, Mr. R. would be at liberty to treat. Mr. R. was ap- prifed that Sir John had. declined, and yet he did nothing which fhewed a difpofition to purchafe. He was bound at his peri), if he meant to avail himfelf of Mr. F's intimation, to begin to treat as foon as he knew Sir John's treaty had ended. He made no propo sal however (perhaps becaufe he had not had the particular of the Farm, which was never mentioned to Mr. F.) and with this -inac tivity on Mr. R's part, an offer was made, which it was highly for the intereft of thofe for whom Mr. F. was Truftee, that Mr. F. ftfould accept: he did accept it; and I ¦ confefs it feems to me, that Mr."R. had no right to complain of him for fo doing, and that he would have been blameable by thofe for whom he was Truftee, had he fufpended accepting it until he had made another offer to Mr. R. Had Mr. R. declined fuch offer, Mr. M. might have receded from his propofal, and the Eftate might have re mained unfold." JOHN BA1LEV. Temple, Nov. 6, l&OO. Nothing more remains for me to fay, but that Mr. Mufkett, fo far from having been recommended by me to Mr. Hobart, had been employed by that Gentleman in the valuation of his Eftates, fome time previous to my acceptance of the truft. 1 feel no flight degree of pleafure in being able to conclude this' Addrefs, by a reference to the additional Evidence of Letters from Sir Thomas Beauchamp Prodor and Mr. Hobart, his fon-in- lavv, to me, which exprefs, in the moft flattering terms, their en tire approbation of the meafures adopted for the true interefts of Mr. H< bart. I have the Honor to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and moft obedient fervant, ROBERT FELLOWES. biolrjhctn, June I J, 1802. TO THE ELECTORS OF NORWICH. 'HE manly and candid declaration publifhed yefterday by Mr. FELLOWES, in Reply to the Attack made onhim by A'r. Rackham, will, I truft, convince every unprejudiced perfon — how perfedly free Mr. FELLOWES is from every imputation of bhine in that tranfaftion, Mr. Rackh:m stands alone in the Declaration he has made. Were any proof neceifary in fupport of the Charader of- a Gentle man of luch probity and honour as Mr. FELLOWES, he has the the tranladion, to fubmit his Condud to the inveftigation ot Mr. Anthony Atthill, of Thuxton, a Gentleman of found Judgement and known integrity, the following particulars were. formally related to him by Mr. Sewell, and Were, at'the time, reduced into writing by Mr. Atthill, who has now in his poflef- fion the Notes which he then took. Mr. Sewell flated, that a few days before the Eftate was fold, he and Mr. Mufkett advifed me to waive my right of purchaftng the Intwood Farm in favour of Mr. Kett, who was in treaty for the whole Eftate ; — obferving that it might be better for me to become his tenant. On the Saturday morning, Mr. Fellowes met Mr. Kett at Mr; Sewell's office, when Mr. Kett declined purchaftng the whole; but wifhed to have the refufal of the Intwood Farm, and to be allowed a day or two to look it over, which Mr. Fellowes refufed. Mr. Sewell then obferved to Mr. Fellowes, that the tenants, ACCORDING TO PROMISE, ftiould now have the refufal of their feparate Farms, as they had waived their right in favour of Mr. Kett, Who had., declined making the whole purchafe.' Mr. Fellowesifoid " by all means" and defired Mr. Sewell to fend them the particulars. Mr. Sewell accordingly made out .particulars of the different Farms, as was propofed by Mr. Fellowes, and immediately, fent that of the Kefwick Farm to Mr. Clarke, the tenant. ' The particular of my Farm he intended to bring with him in the evening, to Int wood, where he relides. In the couife of the day, a report reached Mr. Sewell that Mr. Gurney had bought the Kefwick Eftate, and Mr. Mufkett, intwood, to which he gave no credit, as Mr. Fel lowes had parted with him in , the morning, without giving the' leail intimation that he would offer, them to any other perfon than the tenant?, and had not taken with him any papers relative to the Eftate ; nor was Mr. Sewell informed that day by Mr. Fel lowes, or any other p.„-ifon, otherwife than by common report, that i.ie Eftate was fold. Mr. Sewell added, that he, could not conceive why 1-had not the offer -of the Farm, AS WAS PROPOSED ;— .that 1 OUGHT to have had the REFUSAL, and that no pan oi thebiar.ie refted with him. Mr. Sewell likewife ftated, that he had offered to provide me with what money I might want to complete the purchafe. It this relation be falfe, it will be incumbent on either Mr. Sewell or Mr. Fellowes to refute it. — Of the integrity of the former Gentleman, I have never entertained the leaft doubt; of that of the latter, 1 fhould venture to think that she Public will be able to form their judgement (ai both our narratives are now before them), without being prompted to their decifion by any profeffional Gentleman whom Mr. Fellowes might think proper to confult about it. In reply to an infinuation of my not having had any fcrious intention of purchafing the Eftate, 1 have only to obferve that, feveral days previous to the fale, I called on Capt. Smith, of Cringleford, and told him, that I was willing togive Fourteen Thousand Pounds for the Farm alone; yet it, is reported, that Mr. Muflcett purchafed it for Thirteen Thoufand, Five Hun dred found*, with the addition of Eighteen Acres of Land from Mr. Kemp' s Farm, and the perpetual Advow/on of Intwood. I have only to add, that as I have joUmnly appealed to my GOD for the truth of my former narrative, I have fome right to exped that Mr. Fellowes, if hecan, will do the fame for his. AndT truft that the Public will excufe me for having fo repeatedly claimed their attention to this fubjed, and that they will allow fomething for the warmth of my indignation towards a Man who has now added FALSEHOOD to INJURY. MATTHEW RACKHAM. , Intwood, June l2th, 1802. Si r, 10 ROBERT FELLOWES, Efq. As a plain unlettered man, I fhouW fepl a great degree of reluctance a; appearing in print upon this, or indeed, upon any other fubjed, but that I find myfelf compelled by an No. Ill OF THE NEW ECTION ^.-^•Js^fe^ FELLOWES AND SMITH. WINDHAM AND FRERE. EVIDENCE of Mr. SEWELL and Mr. MUSKEl'T, and above all the complete Approbation nf SIR THOMAS BEAUCHAMP PROCTOR and Mr. HOBART, the Parcies moft interelled in the Sale of the Intwood- Eftate. In addition to this, the teftimony of many other perfons maybe adduced, to prove from Mr. Rcukham's own Affcrtions, that he had no Inti-hiSfh bfpurt&afirtg the Eftafo at the price required, and for which it was ultimately .fold. . . , You may be allured, that when anv other Tales of Calumny and Slanffer againft Mr. FELLOWES/ or his Friend, Mr. SMITH, affume any fhape but that of an anonymous Charge, they will re ceive the fame fatisfado.-y and fair Explanation. It is clear 'fo me. thar \We Virulence and Animofity which Mr. Windham and Mr. Frere's Friends have difplayed againft the Charaders of their refpedable Opponents, are only proofs of the weainefs of their Caufe, and arife from the well-founded Appre- henfion's, that when the Dhy of Eledion arrives, it will prove the Day of Triumph to the Friends of Peace, and the Independent Eledors of Norwich. • A FREEMAN. TO thofe who affert that Mr. FELLOWES 'S Addrefs to the Elec tors of Norwich, is an evafive reply to Mr. RACKHAM'S Narrative, ''nd unfupported by any other evidence than his Own affertion. RACKHAM'S NARRATIVE: *' The formal and ferious promife of the offer of the Intwood Eftate was made to Rackham by Mr. Fellowes, in the prefence oj Meffrs. Mujkitt, Sewell, and Blake." FELLOWES'S ADDRESS : " No promife was made to him that he fhould have the exrlufive right of purchafe, nor was any time affigned to receive his determina tion ; he was only allowed the liberty to treat.' A BREACH of promife, and the confequent fale of the Intwood Eftate , appear to be the extent of the charge brought by Mr. Rackham againft Mr. Fel owes.— No one will be hardy enough to deny that Mr. Fellowes has not, in the paragraph quoted, replied to the charge. He has gone farther, he has declared that no fuch promife was made ; he has impeached a teftimony, pledged on the moft folemn adjuration we know— an oath in the prefence of Almighty God. It is indeed true, that Mr. Fellowes's affertion is oppofed to Mr. Rackham's affidavit, and were they the only evidences of the tranfaction, the world would be at liberty to weigh and to decide upon the degree of credit due to the charader of the parties. Mr. Rackham has, however, named gentlemen who, he fays, were pre fent at the interview when the difpu-.ed promife was made. Mr. Fellowes alludes to a narrative dr^wn up by thefe very gen tlemen for the perufal of Serjeant Bayley, and it was this nar rative which determined the learned Serjeant to acquit Mr. Fel lowes of the imputation. Not fatisfied with a bare acquittal, he applauds the attention of Mr. Fellowes to the inte.eft of the tiuft, and he explicitly declares, that Mr. R. could in no way have a rieht to complain. Be not deceived— Serjeant Bayley has a profeffional reputation to maintain in the opinion he has given ; he has committed him- idfto the public, and -his judgement and futurfe fortune are flaked on the iffue. Neither let it be forgotten that he foimed 'his opi nion on the narrative of the injured man (Mr. Rackham), and F innate love ol truth — by the claims of confeienct — o r.ip'-d to the public opinion, and- above ill, by the appearance of your Vague, Labored, Falfe, and Eq ,ivc,cal Address to the E'edors of Norwich, touching the treatment I received at your hands, pending the (ale of the Intwood Eftate. I fhall therefore commence your confutation, by tranferibing the whole fubftance of your introductory paragraph, which is, " That the charges now exhibited againft you, viozdd never have appeared but Jor theprcjt.it iontesr:'' — which unguarded affertion of yours, muft infallibly ircur a very difgraceful cor.tradidion by referring to the NORWICH MERCURY, bearing date Septem ber 27, 1800; wherein the charge againft you ftands ftron'jly ex hibited ; and alfo by repeated calls upon you in the SUN, COU- -RlER, and other public prints fubfequent to chat period ; — and certainly, Sir, this was with no view whatever to the prefent con teft ; for fmarting at that time under the injuries of your falla cious condud to me, I thought it impoffible, even for a man of your hardy habits, ever to appear again as a Candidate for pub lic favor. Your next paragraph ftates, " That in the event of Sir John Lombe's refufal of the whole Eftate, the Tenants would have li berty to apply for particulars," which is a conceflion fo extremely lingular and unneceffary, that it can excite nothing fhort of a fmile ; for in the name vf common fenfe, Sir, how could you fulfil your duty as an HONEST TRUSTEE, and fell the Eftate to the UTMOST ADVANTAGE (of which you have imprudently made too great a parade), unlefs all perfons who might intend to become purchafers had full liberty to apply for particulars ? And that my intention was obvious, you muft have been well convinced, as I frequently expreffed my anxious defire to purch;ife, and made you every proper acknowledgement for the promifed preference, in an interview which took place in the, prefence of Meffrs. Sewell and Blake ; and my ability to purchafe was alfo effedually afcertained at the fame time. You next proceed, to ftate, '* That nine days had elapfed, when at the requeft of Meffrs. Sewell and Blake, you met a Gentleman to treat for the entire property," during the whole of which period, I was kept in the moft cruel fufpenfe ; really believing, that purchafers for the whole Eftate might be hourly expeded, and which circumftance alone precluded the poflibility of my malcing any application for the particular during that interval ; but the firft moment I had any hope that the INTWOOD ES TATE would be fold fepafately, I applied, with the utmofi dif- patch, to Mr. Sewell for a particular (which was on the Friday- previous to the fale), who informed me, that Mr. Thomas Kett was even then negotiating the purchafe of the whole Eftate. What then, Sir, was my furprife, grief, and indignation, on hearing, the very next morning, that the INTWOOD FARM had been fold by itfelf, without any intimation to me whatever / AND SOLD TO WHOM ?— To my confidential Friend, and your confidential Agent. JOSEPH MUSKETT— to your eter nal fhame — to the general difguft of a 1 the unprejudiced part of mankind — and to uie irreparable injury of MATTHEW RACKHAM. Intwood, June 19, 1802. FELLOWES AND SMITH; WINDHAM AND FRERE. more efpecially on that of Mr. Sewell, without having regard to the fhtements of Mr. Fellowes or Mr Mufkett. The great benefits which the county and city have derived from Mr. Fellowes and his family render this queftion peculiarly interfiling and important. Let the evidence on both fides then be examined with the cool and difpaftionate view of CANDOUR. As THE Friends of Meffrs. WINDHAM and FRERE are moft earneftly requefted to perfift in declaring, that Mr. FEL- LOWES'S Anfwer to Rackham is no an/wer at all. They will do well to interfperfe their denial with any ftale joke, or far-fetched play upon words ufed in the narrative, fuch as Old Bayley evidence, fomething like an anfwer, &c. &c. and to accompany thefe very good things with oaths, winks, nods, fhrugs, or any other genteel and exprefiive gefture that the occafion may fuggeft ; fuch argu ments having been found to carry convidion to the minds of thofe who cannot, and thofe who will not think for themfelves — by far the majority of the Eledors. It is alfo recommended that converfations in the ftreet be as loud as poffible, fince many of the freemen, whofe doubts are now removed, may by this means be perplexed, till Rackham be again bamboozled into reply. It is of effential importance that no one faulters, blufhes, or hangs down his head, when queftioned about the anfwer, as many honeft gentlemen have been obferved to do, and almoft to yield to the truth. This caution is happily unneceffary to all who have been much en gaged in, Eledions, but thofe who have not learned to diveft them felves of thefe filly fenfations, had better flay at home till they go to the poll. N. B. Open houfes for all who are afraid of folitude and their own company. S very many of fhe moft ft, enuous Friends and devoted Par- tizans of Mr. FELLOWES are ftrongly of opinion, that his Anfwer to the Queries publifhed by Mr. Matthew Rackham muft operate very materially to the injury of his caufe in the pre fent conteft, they have taken infinite pains to get the whole edi tion of, that furprifing performance into their cuftody, in order thereby to effed its total fuppreffion ; but citizens of a more tem perate and difpaflionate turn of mind feel it indifpenfibly neceffary to the caufe of common juftice, to have the pith and fubftance of that work of many days, not only generally read, but gene rally underftood, and, to that end, have caufed the great defence of the great Candidate to be republifhed in as narrow a compafs as a fubjed of fuch infinite importance to his Charader would pof fibly admit of. SUBSTANCE OF MR. FELLOWES' ANSWER. To the Eledors of Norwich. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient fervant, ROBERT FELLOWES. Shotefham, June 15, 1 802. I. U TO THE WORTHY ELECTORS OF NORWICH. THE fuccefsful Canvafs lately made by Mr. FELLOWES and Mr. SMITH will, I truft, produce on the day of Eledion a glorious example of what may be expeded from the perfeverance and exertions of Independent Men ; but be affured, ere that day arrives, no promifes, no threats, no Pecuniary offers, will be fpared to allure you from the Engagements you have entered into, and to render you faithlefs to the Caufe you have efpoufed. 1 am confident thofe attempts will be vain, and that fuch unconftitutional influence will produce the effeds naturally to be expeded from thofe pro ceedings, by railing the fpirit, and awakening the indignation of every honeft and Independent Eledor. The prefent Conteft is a more imporant one than any which you have ever experienced- It is, firft, important to you as Britons; for believe me, t.-.at in confequence of the zealous and adive exer tions which have been difplayed by Mr. Wi nebcin, in oppofition to the Pence ; the eyes of the nation are direded to you. If after all vour complaints of the fufferings you have endured by the War, if after the eanieft prajersand fupplications you have made for Peace, if after the thank* you have voted t:> Government for concluding the Peace, you return Mr. Wm.thcun again to Parliament; you record your own inconfiftency, and degrade yourfelves before the Britifh Nation. It is important, fecondly, to you as Citizens of Norwich ; for if the Cpufe of the Independent Flee tors fhould in this ind;, nee be over come, it is impofiibie that any man 'hor.i'i again venture to ftand { n this city, in oppofition to the nomination of the pa ty who 'now fup port your Prefent Members. We must, li';e many Boroughs, in future be content to return to Parliament fuch perfons as we are direded, and your boafted right of choofmg your Reprefentatives is gone from you and your posterity for ever. All thofe who have oppofed the late War from principle, all thofe who approve of the condud of the prefent adminiftration, and all thofe who are anxious to avert the diftreifes and miferies of another War, muft unite in returning only thofe men to Parliament TRUTHS FROM SHOTESHAM. I HAVE always held the fame thing to be honourable or dilhonourable according to the mode by which it is ac quired." Therefore I did not form a junction with Will Smith, the grocer — I did not purchafe the Intwood Eftate for my own Steward — I did not make a private ufe of public money. II. " To be eleded for Norwich at the rifle of my fortune, health, or my feelings, is what I never will fubmit to." Therefore I will not fpend money in contefts I am already grown fat and handfome~and, as a true churchman, I will nor flatter andcringe to Quakers and Methodifts. III. "I am as happv in my prefent fituation as I ought to c. - ped to be." Therefore 1 have not endeavoured to change it at the expenceof my private charader and public principles, IV. " I know no Gentleman better qualified for a feat in Par liament than Mr. FRERE." Therefore I have not twice oppofed him with the utmoft virulence and malignity. V. "I venerate and refped the Religion and Conftitution of ray Country." Therefore I have not meanly folicited the fuffrages of Republicans, Jacobins, and Levellers, whom 1 know to be the enemies of both. VI. I leave my good and gracious King to my Colleague, the Bellows Mender : he is called a regicide, but I will not believe it till 1 fee it: and therefore I exped a juft reward for my loyal Candour and Veracity. Signed and Se ded and delivered, firft duly Stamted, in the prefence of ROBERT HARDY, & THOMAS THELWALL. R. F WANTED, Immediately after the zt):h cf this inftant, SIX STRONG ABLE MEN, Who think themfelves capable of taking upon them the care of A LUNATIC. 'HEY muft be truly attentive in their occupation : muft keep him as much in the air as poffible ; but be very particular in their walks with him, as never to go in fight of an HOSPITAL; or taki him to a place where there is STOCK ; for he has a natu- FELLQWES AND SMITH. who are-' the real Friends to Pedtie. Let us then be firmly embodied in a Caufe we equally approve, let no threats or promifes fhake pur independence, and once again, I fay, we are Conquerors. A FRIEND TO PEACE. WINDHAM AND FRERE. To the Poor Freemen, and thofe of my brethren the WEAVERS of Norivich-, in particular, zd. letter. Friends, I fhould have troubled you ere this, but haVe had a vifitor, no lefs a man than my brother, who, by fortuitous cir cumftances, is become a merchant in London, jo-d'ay he dined with a gentleman of the orange party in this City ; but'through an indignancy arifing from the. foul abufe of honeft worth, arofe from table on hearing the illiberal anddevilifh expreflions eagerly and wickedly vociferated againft Mr. Smith, particularly by two or three Clergymen who were of the party. On his taking tea with my dame and me (though heVer of the. Bull-baiting breed), he became more coo!, and faid, "Thefe drones, through idlenefs or prejudice, will not trouble themfelves t6 become acquainted with charaders of meritorious men, if funk beneath their notice by laudable purfuit of ufeful trade. There fore I am not furprized to hear fuch fupine beings, who will not judge for themfelves, parrot forth the wilful abufe infiifed into their ears through vehicles teeming with corruption ; and as a gafconading Stationer has unwittingly applied " Open to all" for' the motto of his unique prefs, who can wonder that it fhould vomit forth all the trafh that can be ranfacked from the bottom of Pandemonium, particularly, as in-this conteft, it is" influenced by none" of the principles of liberality. But'that the firft of a firm* of refpedability fhould forget himfelf and the dignity of trade fo much, as to fuffer his wife and fon to vilify a man whom they pretend to know nothing of, partakes of that condud which I call diabolical folly. Let thofe who are willing to inveftigate before they decide, accompany me to every reputable mercantile houfe in the kingdom, nay, in moft parts of the world ; and thus learn the charader of Mr. Smith. If adions are any criterion of Pro bity, they will have ample evidence of his fteady integrity and uniform uprightnefs. Where then will thefe calumniators hide their fhamelefs fronts ? Where-! " But here my dame, impatient from long filence, flopped his apoftrophe, by obferving, "If a long life, uniformly fpent in extending comfort to the.afflided ; if the moft unwearied attention to the va'rious interefts of an inftirution calculated to difpenfe ineftimable benefits to the fons and daugh ters of mifery, could not prevent the tools of malice from level- ling their poifbnous arrows againft a neighbouring Gentleman ; why are ye aftonifhed at the unmanly attacks made on the condud of a comparatively firanger ?" Anxious to weave another dozen,- 1 left my brother nodding his "affent to the remark made by the old-fafhioned wife of your friend THE WEAVER. * I dare fay he meant the Ironmonger. SCENE A CAVE- Mr. W- M -MIDNIGHT. Jo Jus. ALL other men feek light and chearful-day, But darknefs / to chafe my grief away. To thee, great Satan, for Succefs 1 cry, Oh ! grant your favourite's wifh, or elfe I die. (Btlzebub riles, ^Sj'ays^) Arife ! behold ! fent from the fhades below, I from the D — 1 come, a friend you know : Infernals never heard, he bade me fay, Such zeal as for his Jervice you difplay ; His Highnefs too joins his applaufe among The pleas'd, aftonifh'd, and admiring throng; •And to reward fuch great, fuch wond'rous merit, Declares— a SEAT in HELL you Jhall inhait. His royal word, once pafs'd, you may depend Will never alter — only when you mend. INGRATITUDE has yet untafied pleafures ; — Go on, be firm, Succefs Jhall crown your meafures. ral averfion to fuch things; nor touch upon the road leading to INTWOOD; and in converfation with him, not to be regardiefs of .their trust by mentioning the words of RACKHAM or MUSKETT. By no means fuffer him to take a knife, or any other dangerous weapon in his hand, as he is too apt to make an improper ufe of them. He has been frequently obferved to have very fevere tokens of madnefs at the fight of a Rope, though apparently much delighted with it, as he has always flriven very-hard to obtain it. — To be very careful of his falling, as his weight of confcience is very liable to bring him down. A CERTAIN GENTLEMAN of the Faculty has recommend ed for his principal diet, BAKER'S BREAD and COLLARED BRAWN, to keep his body in temperance. The Brawn to be well boiled over a Black SMITH'S fire. Should he fail of his appe tite, let it be dipped in an unjullied ftrearn, and you will find him eat of it voracioufly. Money will be deemed no objed, if they are found to ad Hon ourably in their TRUST. *#* For further particulars apply to an over-grown Alder man, at the fign of the Golde-n ToEACco-Pr pe, where (if honeft men) they will meet a hearty welcome, and the real Virginia gratis. None need apply but thofe who can be depended on for their Integrity. ' ' 3trje Hajst »tH ano ^^tament of me, WILLIAM JACOBIN, of Shotefham, in the county of Norfolk, Bellows-Mender. FIRST, I do nominate and appoint my Friend, Mr. R F S, fole Executor of this my Will, and do give and devife to my faid Executor, all my Eftates at INTWOOD, or elfe- vvhere, in truft, to be fold, for the moft money that can be gotten for the fame : — And in cafe any difpute fhould arife in the fale of my faid Eftate, between. my faid Executor and any other perfon con cerning the fame ; it is my defire, that my faid Executor fhould ftate a cafe, on one fide of the queftion only, in order to be laid before fome old Bayley Counfel ; and' it is my Will, that fuch Opinion of Counfel fhall be binding and conclufive, even againft the Oath of any other perfon. AND I do give and bequeath the fum of 500I. to the Governors of the N-rf-lkand N-rw-ch Hofpital; which fum, it is my defire, Ihould be vefted in the names of the Governors of that Charity, and not in the name of the Treafurer only. AND I do give the precious STONE, faid to have been thrown at the King whilft going to Parliament, to Mr. Wm. Sm-th, for* merly of the Boroughs of Colchefter and Sudbury, as a mark of my efteem for the firmnefs difplayed by him on the part of his Friend, during his Trial for High Treafon. AND I do give the Cap of Liberty and National Cockade, worn by me at the Execu tion of Lewis XVI. to Mr.Wm. B-rn-rd, Chairman of the Nor wich Revolution Society. AND I do give and bequeath Money fufficient to purchafe a new Waggon, to be ufed in the conveyance of the prifoners from Norwich to Thetford ; the prifoners having repeatedly complained of the offenfive fmells iffuing from the old one, fince it was mif- ufed by the Friends of Reform. — AND LASTLY, I do give all my Stock of Buckle's beft Virginia, together with my Tobacco- Box and Golden-pipe, to Mr.lRONsi des (now with the Strolling Company, of Comedians) in return for the Ami;!cment afforded me by his furprifing Feats of Adivity, Ground and Lofty Tumb ling, &c. lie. Signed and Sealed in the Prefence of THOMAS PA INK. THOMAS MUfK. N. TARDY. RESPECTABILITY, JVhere art thozi to be found '? — In my Supporters, fays Mr. Smith ! See his Advertifement.—" I have been invited to vf.'s tr,is FELLOWES AND SMlttL. THE SEQUEL TO THE W- t> ROTHER Member," ' fays W . \iiitibti am. 'and FRJERE.. -M WAR WHOOP. - m, with fapierjt fneer, Why fo woeful in look, fo oppreffed with fear?' It is true 1 love War, and the cause you may think— -¦¦--,. Others pay for the coft, while /pocket the chink ¦ So 1 11 flatter the females and wheedle the men, 1 ill dup'd by my arts, they'll elect us agajn." f*6,™.1'' e then replied, with a fuppliant bow, Tis to you that I look for Juccefs, I avow ; w[ my intereft' hovv fma11 ! a"d my name fcarcely known, When I Quixotte-like offered— to /land for the town. l.confefs, my-dear friend, that it puzzles my brain, Why they chofe me before— May I truft them again ? Implicit obedience was ever my note. And ,1 .-always comply when I'm call'd for my vote. The Scripture cothmand I with pl'eafhre- obey, And my fpeech in .the Houfe is— a foort " yea, Or nay." I concern not myfelf with Right/, Meajiir'is for Men ;— Do you think, dear colleague, they will chafe me "again ? " The talents of Fellowes are brilliant and found : As the good Man of Rofs was his Father renown 'd : By bleffings attended wherever lie' went : The fortune of both has in Norfolk been fperit. ; Thus oppos'd, 1 muft furely foliclt in vain ; The Free Men will never eled me again." O may Liberty's gifts fpread .their -influence afar, I . And let W — m retire with his Bull-dogs and War :... . . To the dark fhades of R^yd-n may F e be confign'd , And fweet Commerce and Peace be with Plenty combin'd : Then fhall Induftry fmile, andblythe Freedom remain, Nor Fellowes and Smith be eleded in. vain. •<; > - , IF ¦ Electors, Ti i T ¦ i ' '¦ yielding to none among you A Poetical .Epiftle to. a Friend in the. Country. DEAR FRIEND; " ¦ - '. • • AS you- faid in your laft you fhdtild have no objedion, If I gave fome accdunt of our N'orwich'Eledicra* I (hair juft write you word what occurr'd fince my laft, And what fceries of riot and mirth have juft paft : In the doing of Which,-' I fhall -ftill keep in view,' To inform ydii of nothing buf what's ftridly true. W'hen War and his train at a diftance were fet, And the" kill' doff" no longer could fill the Gazette ; When the PEACE which fo lately has bleffed thF Ifle, And each half- fam'ifh'd objed once more forc'd a fmile ; The People rejoic'd at the profped in view,— That their Commerce its vigour again would renew ; That thole who> before 'were great foes to each other Would now live together like bi-othet and brother; But, ah I the fcene's ehang'd. War is kindled again, And,, with Weapons like Pens, they how battle' amain. Slop — this is quite running away from my plan ; !f you pleafe then, 1 now will begin it again — Smith and Fellowes have fome time been canvaffing here , And have met of fuccefs a moft wonderful fhare. Forwherever they go, the Poor's plaudits they meet, While Windham is pelted, and drove from -the ftreet. •< SMITH and FELLOWES for ever" "s the cry through the place, Whilft Windham and Frere meet with fhameand difgrace. Squire FELLOWES you know is a friend to this town, And by all his benevolent deeds is well known ; Hi> father's good adieu are known far and near, And the lame and the blind his name long will levere : His good deeds his Son hitherto has kept in view ; He's refpe'led by all who know where 'tis due; AiforoiVlITH. I muft tell you, I thinkhhn a-n Vv ho will do ;<11 the good for the City lie cai -matt ftep,.by a large numb,.,,,, In RESPECTABILITY. ^.«;w kind.'J So thinks, I make no1 doubt, or father fays, Mr. Fellowes, for tffey are hisjupporters l.kcwife, RESPECTABILITY— Oh ! whither art thdAfioiBn P ~ Enquire at St. Andrew's ; as on Tuefday laft, June 22, about eight o'clock in the afre,rn°pn, when the healths of our TWO pre fent moft highly RESPECT ABXE Members were propofed,-iamid(r. the inceffant Acclam iticms, and the reiterated Pjaddi'ts there. Or fearch, if it could b^ traced, ip, the hanging heads and downcaft, dejpairing looks of the few Supporters ,of Meffrs.. FELLbwES, Smith , and Co. ¦ .' Look, ifyou-can, into the fecret feelings of Meffrs.- Fellowes and Smith, or into their Poft Obit. .. Mr. Spr'th, now convinced, will more fully fee the propriety .of his " Apology1' for pren'tintitig " to take the liberty to afferhirnfel'f a joint Candidate with. Mr. Fellowes" for , this infulted and dijgracti, City. (See. his Ad-vet ti/ement.) . ._ ,r,v How is the Commerce of Norwich fo be.increafed ? — How is the Trade of this City to be fupported ? Afk the Tradefmen and Manufacturers. — How are the Indigent to be, maintained and comforted ? Anfwer for the Poor and Working Hand— It can only be by the wealthy, and by RESPECTABILITY. P. S. .Much uneafinefs having been exprefled in the Hall, by one of the, new Candidates, for having loft his Seat ; Whoever can' reftore it, is defired to apply for his due reward — to Bribery and Corruption. , TO CULPRITS IN GENERAL. AS you, no doub.r, have heard of the " glorious. uncertainty of the Law," and fomething perhaps about Criminal Informa tions, and Pillories, Trials by Juries, and Acquilttd: Felons, 1 ear- neftly recommend (in all knotty points) to. all yqu, my Friends, whofe cafes are dejperate, to lqfe no time in obtaining an OldBA 1- ley OPINION ; as it has faved many poor fellows from the Stocks, ana many rich rogues from ,the Gallows — Such is the dif-. interefted Advice of one who is always at you nfijrvice. • . ¦ . ¦ , JACK KETCH. , Caftle-Hill, June 1 7, 1 802. ,N. B.|A King's Counfel' s Opirjipn is not to be taken in all cafes,- WINDHAM and. FRERE. AS an Englifhman 1 fpeak^ were it well underftqqd, — I mean not for War, buta Peace that is good: — For War, be affured, is what I deteft, I Vofe for the man whofe Condud is, beft: In fpite of what Party Fadion may fay, Meff. WINDHAM and FRERE will carry the day. Now ftand forth Mr. S — , as thfls you ihay fee, All true-hearted Democrats are plumpers for me; For my Friend, Squire F , is a very Honeft htuti,. Then fupport me, a True Democrat, whilft you can ; But let no treacherous hand our bleffings impart,* But vote for the Men who've their Country at heart. Let the ennt word of " Starvation " be fcatter'd about, And greatly 'twill add to the rabble and rout; But vftin's the delufion to "men of good fenfe ; For the men they fuppo'rt are a tower of defence. Such men and fuch motives, honeft hearts will infpire, To Vote for True Men, like WlfoD.HAM and FRERE.. A Friend to the Conftitution, Ana a Well-Wijher to the Poor. * Alluding to one who has correfp onded wfth Die Eflcmy, NO BARLEY BREAD. I ADDRESS myfelf to the POOR— to my abufed, deceived, and milled Feilow-Creatures. This is another artifice of the Party to fet you againft your FELLOWES 'AND 'SMITH; WINDHAM. AND FRERE. i hi ; u Of the ftricteft Integrity, Honor, and- Worth : — ? .r No malice, or envy, in, him can have birth; — j > ,' • Still true to his truft, tono party contin,'d> -,i ¦, ., J' . .' ¦ ¦ All his adions are, meant for the good of mankind : • W'ell known for hk\ fair and J4»t dealings jn.trade; .., u ., ... He. in fhort, the true ¦Englifornan ne'er will degrade ; -,-i ¦ But uprightnefs always his fteps will attend, And Noswich in Him wilt be fore of a Friend. But at prefent enougb, fetus turn t'other fide, . i*,.' . ,',-j.i And fee how John Frere.now comes on with his Guide-.a-.l . uioii Oh, ye Gods I what a gtoniu,- triumph was here, ,,,>.'o When a party went out to meet Windham and Frere ; ¦(}. But what moft of all this mo.k triumph furpaffes, Tbeywere drawn into Norwich, not with ho'rfes— but aflfes ; And to make it complete, like afhew of decorum, There were mulic and colours bo^ne gaily before'em. What a glorious fight, amidft men, flags, and drum,, To hear them all fhout- See our Heroes now come I To hear them all Jhout, did I fay ? — ,1 was wrong — No-— fome---dijafl'eded-- -who were in the throng, Hijs'dand £««/«/, and bawl'd out— NO WINDHAM, — NO WAR ! Which I'm fure the poor fellows could have no caufe for ; Whilft K-TT with his butchers proclaim'd far and near. They would knock down th' oppofers of Windham and Frere. Next day to their canvafs they both did repair ; But dreadful to tell — what a fall of was there 1 For the people (fo long by the taxes opprefs'd)-— Will vcre for thofe oni, who'll fee them redrefs'd ; But I muft flop my pen or the poll will away — Adieu ! exped to hear more on fome future day. , . Your's, truly, ,-v ciyis. P. S. Inclbs'd Ihave fent you what fquibs I could get, In my next I wll make up a much better fet. To /be Independent Poor Freemen of Norwicf. Third Letter. Fellow Citizens, THE crifis is arrived. Shall its termination be ignominious rjn the part of the Freemen, or the glorious iffue of a conteft for conftitutional liberty. Was Mr. Windham the candid man you are taught to believe, the ftate of his canvafs would induce him to relinquifh all further conteft. In fubmiflion to the will of the city, he would rerire con- fcious'ofhis condud being contrary to the fentiments of the. peo ple. I always fufpeded his apparent fincerity. It requires no ma thematical demonftration to afcertain the difference b- tweeri ran dom audacious declamation, and the enervated rhetoric flowing from convidion and energy of truth. Mr. Windham (or his alfociates for him) boafts much of the flattering fupport experienced, and loudly proclaims the certitude of ultimate fuccefs in his favor. Now I am confident, that in the prefent ftage of the bufinefs, he feels a difcouraging, minority ; and if he can poffibly entertain the leaft profped of being re-eleded, it is only founded on paft experience of your venality. By foffering yourfelves to be purchafed at former eleilions, yoa have brought dif- grace upon the efforts of thofe who cherifh rheir birth-right in vir tuous independence, and reduced your ancient city to the trifling infignincauce of a paltry borough. , ,By bafely accepting bribes, you, have put it into the power of two or. three demagogues to bring for ward whoever may beft fuit their fin'ifter purpofes ; and it is very well known, that thefe ingrates'of corruption will fupport fuch rnen only as undertake ta pi ovidefor them, or their extravagant progenies, who are too proud to earn their own bread, -too Indolent to call any virtuous principle into - adion, najj, whofe inanity barely foffers them to Tip the already mafticated, food.' Thefe pefts of fociety having, bought you, think themfelves enti tled to remuneration ; and will totally "negied your' nKerefb, and facrifice your privileges, in -purfuing their fche'mes. of,,aggi-andife- ment';' ,.¦,, ; „«..» . G true-Friends — The Party did not eat ba, ley Bread them elves — b - caufe, t.het wanted to, drive you toit, x\u\xyou might be iiij.ontentea, and ready to'carryon their wicked fchemes.;'; See Vaughan's. Traitorous Letter and Correfpondence, j.i.j^.. produced on the Trial of Stone .(Mr, Smith's Friend; for High Treafoh, page 115. — "They (the People of England) would be more earneft for Peace, had they' kithbr suff«hd enough, or did they ¦ think the prefent French Government fincerely difpofed -(.-¦ to Peace." Therefore the Paity endeavoured to raife a Clamour againft the Continuance of the War, which they knew could not be ended ; therefore they did not try to diminifh thefufl'erings of the People, by fubferibing- to the Soup, or by eating Barley Bread themfelves, that the Poor might be better fiipplied ; but they tried to ieL the Poor againft every thing which was done for their Relief, and againft thofe who propofed it. Your real Friends did eat Barley Bread, anrh ftrongly recom mended to all their Acquaintance to do the lame, thatjoa, thk Poor, might have the better Bread. And when no confiitutionul Methods could be devifed, to make thofe bring out their Corn who had any, Government fent every where for fupplies, and amazing quantities of Corn were imported to prevent your eating Barley Biead — More than a Million and a half of Money was laid out in Corn byGovernment, who need not have been attl-.it Expence, had there not been a Scarcity, or could they have compelled the Ow ners to bring out^t leir Corn for Sale. , Till the Eoreign Corn could arrive, which was fent for to flop the further Advance in that neceffary Article of Life, furely when Government recommended a Subftitute, to make the Corn laft out, which they could get into the Market, they did a Good Thing — they were your Friends ! , Would you have had no Bread of any Kind to eat? Barley Bread was better than abfoluteiy ftarving, when no other could be bad without uftfig a, Force, which TU.iS againft the Laws o F your. .Country — they .could not oblige People to fell their Corn, if they had it, any more than they could compel an over-rich Grocer to fell his Plumbs cheaper to you at Chriftmas, or his Tea and Sugar, which you are obliged to pay for very dearly, while the unfeeling WholeJ'ale Grocer fills His Poikets, at your Expence. — Let whateyer Tax be laid upon thefe comfortable Arti- cles'bf Life, (to keep your Enemies from you) aujuflers not. He takes, care of that, and then wants to get into Parliament Ml You cannot get White Bread enough, becaufe he feruis h the piefent moment will plead my evcufe. My pen can oft end none, but tbofe.whbfe £«/'// attnadsa pro portionate fhare of ccnjure from the rem'aiks of your friend 'THE WEAVER. - Iii Tn mi aam aa sssass J5* Warranted to Sail, in the Courje of next Month, now LYING in Port Promife, in the Province of Pretence, THE AUDACIOUS, commanded by' Capt. WM. W*****M ; And THE INTOLFRANT, commanded by Capt, ]. F**»E. THE above Two Veffels will fail (if not prevented) for the Coaft of Hefiility, with leave to touch at the Pott of Perjecution. They are loaded with Guns of all Defcriptions, Combuftibles, Gunpowder, Racks, Stocks, Thumb-screws, and every Inftrument of Torture, which are to be ufed and employed with all conve nient fpeed after their arrival. Each carries- likewife a confider- able number of Tappers, Valets, Underfetters, Toad-eaters, Eve- droppers, Lyers, Runners, Spies, Informers, Lamplighters, and old Women of both Sexes, &c. Mr. M. R— kfr — m is advanced to be Boatfwain of the Audacious for his eminent fervices.— Great fears are, however, entertained for their fafe arrival, as Two Gal lant Veffels in their Country's Service, THE INTREPID and THE PATRIOT, carrying between them upwards of Two Thou fand Men, ALL TRUE BRITONS, have lately appeared, by whom it is apprehended they will be rundown, and fcarcely heard of more. This has occafioned great Confirmation among the CREW, who are abeady grown very unruly and 'mutinous, parti cularly as the Audacious is a very ungovernable veffel, and the Intolerant a remarkably fllovj Sailor, and the rigging bf both is very old and rotten. Many of the Sailors have refufed to put to Sea, finding theyare going, on thefervice of thelNQUISITION. To quiet their difcontented fpirits, they are profnifed places of Truft and Emolument, in a greater number than can fall Vacant in A HUNDR ED YEARS! N.13. The Crew wiil be regaled with the Sight of a Methbdift Parfon hanging at the Yard-Arm, by order of the Mafter of the Intolerant ; — and the Surgeon of the faid Ship, a Gentleman of Ifieat profeftional reputation, will' receive HALF-A-CROWN for attending the Lady of the faid Commander from Fouro'clock in the Morning until Six in the Evening. RECOLLECTION- ' u ' ' ' RECOLLECT, Gentlemen, your annual' feelings, when, by the expehces of the late war, you were compelled to prefent your return of income to the prying Commiflioners, in what a degrading fituation did they often- place you. And can you wifh to undergo the feme inquifition again? If you do, vote for Winds a.m.. ». Recoiled alfo, though a few individuals might apparently gain by the late war; yet the expences are heavily 'faddled upon you and your poft< r'uy Jor ever'. Recoiled, Trade/men, to what fhjfcs you have often been driven to pay the greedy Tax-Gdiherers, and how often, you have ran. facked your tills to the laft farthing ; and at the end. of "the lbiig, year's labour, have had the mortification of finding yourfelves poorer than when you began.— You furely cannot wifh for the re newal of W/iR. Recoiled, lndufirious Poor, your pail fufferings— when your emaciated bodies too plainly told your diftreffes to the world ;— recoiled when on a Sunday, inftead of appearing decently at' hurch, you have been oblige') to lay in bed to have your linen feed, atfo wait till fome kind friend had redeemed your clothes cwa fay, I heave got but-ver^ feb Votas, and am therforjfarfol S***h wil murmer to pay me fen myjMWfea'nd jarneye': but teeft Ifhould. not git paid, will thank y&tf'to -fond by p6ft, a bill for -5-0!. for being hartily fick td^ST-AT ROBING, I will once more try my luck at one of my old trades, I'qieati jhat of Stockings feling. Ol my daer Fiend , how much 1 Wifh for- the dfofe of Michelmes Day— that is a day, the thorts of wich cut -me to the hart, and keep me fleeples nite after nite. O ! I what a fohl Was I, but I know yon pity and fhere my fprrowsi Let roe herefrom you imediatly, hut dont menficnour ieanveflfog at home,1 for I arrt asfhamed bf my own kondud. Did I not lay the bleam on Wfodham for the dare- nefs of Provifon? alas, I rongd him, for my konflons 'laft nite de- cleared it, and fixed the lode of gilt oh mine own ftiolders, fpaking in a louder voife then thofe that han't the fteps of Wind ham, repating in his hears, the cry of', no more Barly Brade. -Oh ! 1 am gilty of that crime my felf. Had Inot lends, have I not def- treffed the Tanencs, by fixen fuch prife on the Ferms, not Slewing a liven profet with out oprefing the poor? YOu-knbw 1 heav. And what if when -Mfohelmas Day fhall come, and- I heav -ft ved 20, cool, tis but to hurt man kind, and that will plunge :me tieptt iri the gulp of Hell. Lwoud I coud retreafe my fteps, I woud re main in myxoid, profafion; were I onfe held an honeft Same, arid pace of mind; alas, that never can be mine again. Say not I pofefs BJue.Davils, for beleve me, tis the languege of koufions, which never lie ,...;. j! ,:b Adue, give my refpadsto our good frend's that lemt the Franch exerfize down of fellars, when the -Franch treatend to -envade England, and telhtheraT retfare their Pattriotic' kondud. P. S. Excufe all Blunders with bed fpallen. June 18, l8oz,. Newgat»-Stret,nare the Dropp, London.. MORE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED, YES, or NO. To Robert FelUives, Ejq. Treafurer io the Norwich and Norfolk Hojpital. SlK, , - 'AN ATTACK has been made upon your Charac ter, which from your filence refpedmg it, I fhould fuppofe has hitherto efcaped your notice. How fuch a circumftance could hap pen in this ageofcuriofity is wonderful ; becaufe the Calumniator generally fixes the Sting, as well as darts it, by direding it in a channel fure to meet its objed: the Author of an attack may perhaps fhelter himfelf generally in dark hints and obfeure allu- flons ; but in that alluded to, the inuendoes and inferences, are too' plain to be miftaken. There is no occafion in fuch a cafe to Write under the fign— this is a Blue Boar ; they are as eafy of ex planation as the letters R. and T. upon a Rogue and Thief. — Nay your Friends, Alderson and Barnard, have threatened' the Poor Widow White, who fells them at her fhop in St. Andrew's at a pferinv a piece, with FINE, IMPRISONMENT, and PIL LORY. Such is the rage thefe Heroes in the Caufe of PIETY and VIRTUE, feel againft the attack upon a Charader fo immaculate, and invulnerable as yours, it is thought by them (in whichj I doubt'not, they wduld be joined by Sm ith, and his Friends, and Correfpbridents, Stone, Jackson, and the long lift of Hanged) and Unhanged Traitors) an unwarrantable abufe of the Liberty of the Prefs, which Liberty, they think, fhould be confined to the Valoiirous Chieftains in the caufe of KING-KILLING and IN FIDELITY, who, by fuch a' monopoly, could have more fuccefsr fully profecuted their Honourable Calling. Concluding then, Sir, that you have vet had noinformation con cerning the fiibjed of this attack, I fhall briefly ftate to you, that it may be found in the twelfth book of a Poem, called FRAUD, and is fuppofed to allude to a tranfadion, which paffed fome time after the laft eledion, —Had ybu, after your defeat, retired to contemplation and the groves of Shotefham, contented not to hazard a fecond rcjedion, you rnight perhaps have gradually fonk into rhe'eybfeurit'y of a little Country Juftice, and amufing your felf by puddli'rig in the mud of baftardy, or fuperintending the fucceffor o£ the Schoolrr^-fter of > our Parifh School (who was de- FELLOWES AND SMITH. fromthe pawn-brokers !— How many of you were reduced to a condition of weaknefs, and unable to work for yourfelves and fe- i? fcl:~ How many were blE not deceived. If danger threatens either Church or State, -*-» the intemperate zeal of mifapplied talents will moft affuredly add to the evil, or finally produce the dread event. You have been engaged in a moft bloody war; and though the honourable Gen tleman and his friends were only Jcratched, yet your wounds were much more than Jkin deep : and, in addition to your calamity, great part of your labour was applied in providing many of them with comfortable plaifters, at a .time your prefling neceffities dwindled away the fmall portion allotted you for bread, I have been taught to read the Bible, and place the moft implicit faith in the Teftament, a relation of fads which it is prefumed that church is built upon which the honourable Gentleman and his party would have you think fo much in danger: yet they ad as oppofite to it* precepts as the poffibility of things will admit. The book is a promulgation of Peace in every fenfe of the word ; and I defy the moft artful cafuift to produce ene folid argument from it in favour of War. How then can any reafonable being fupport fuch mconfiftent perfons, who on one hand are endeavouring to fupport a bafe, the other is inceffantly undermining. War is contrary to th& will of that Being who gave us birth : is contrary to nature, rea fon, and religion : in fhort, as whatever is founded in error cannot be right, what fhall we fay of thofe. who) forgetting whofe image they bear, dare to defend War or fupport its agents. Do they pof- fefs a particle of humanity ? No, not an atom. In the influence of Peace are all your comforts foftered, as in habitants of a manufacturing city. The duties arifing from the re lative fituationsof hufband, father, brother, and'all the tender ties of affedion, imperioufly demand your exerting at all times every nerve to fave, p oted, and enlarge your trade. In queftions of national magnitude, let not finifter motives have any weight with you. Refill the temptations which will be offered you, and publifh the name of that man, be his rank what it may, who dares prefume to fiver ve. you from your duty. If an .extrava gant price is offered for any thing, recollecf.it is done with a view of reaping proportionate advantage. If you fell your freedom, complain not of being flaves. Suffer not the. flattery of a few individuals, placed in affluence through the fweat of your anceftors brows, to cajole you ungrate fully out of vour rights. Everyone doe« right in remembering ads of kindnefs ; but he, who for an accidental opportunity of doing another fervice, wifhes to be rewarded by a facrifice of the will, ill deferves the precious name of friend. Shun abufe. Forget not, on all occafions, that you are freemen. You have been commanded by high authority to devote a day of thankfgiving and prayer in return for the ineftimable bleffings of Peace. If you joined in the grateful tafk as Chriflians were bound to dv ; hi,w, in the rame of poodnefs, can you vote for the men who endeavor, with all their might, to rekindle the flame of War ? To do lo may be of momentary advantage, may be conve nient, maypamper a little vanity, may produce you the congee of flattery and the bow of fepercilioufnels ; but if th'eie be any truth in heaven, any reliance to be placed in revelation, fuch condud approaches fo near hypocrify, not to fey blafphemy, that the idea of it is intolerable to vour old friend THE WEAVER. tp reprefent thh Lit, ; u.fefs it be under the influence of an opiniod prevalent with fome (though not^I truft, gaining ground amongft us), that reprefentation muft continue unequal, unlefs.' knaves are repfefented as well as the honeft part of the community ? A Governor of the Norfolk and Norivich Hofpital, And a Freeman of Norwich; FRAUD, A POEM IN FIFTY BOOKS« Dedicated {without permijfion) to , '- ¦ R-B-RT F-LL-W-S, Esq. " Hos ego vcrficulotfeci, tulit alter honores?' ADVERTISEMENT. A report having been indullrioufly circulated, and generally be lieved, that this poem is the produdion of Dr. Alderson's JVIufe, the Author thinks it incumbent on him to affure the pub lic, that no part of it was written by that gentleman. At the. fame time, he begs leave to return his acknowledgements for the very flattering fuccefs the former Extrad met with ; and to inform them, that the whole will fhortly be publifhed, with notes and illuftrations, in fix volumes, of the fame fize as *' The Sta tutes at large," to which it will form a kind of companion, as it will mow in what manner each of them may be tranfgrefled, not only with fafety, but with honour and profit ; and he trulls, that from the vaft body of information colleded in the text and notes, it will be found an ufeful and elegant addition, not only to the library of the Swindler, Highwayman, Blacklegs, and profeffed Pickpocket ; but alio to that of the fraudulent Executor, the knavifh Guardian, and the Truftee who wifhes to turn his Truft to his own advantage. As however, ill difpofed perfons have thought proper to affix meanings to certain initials (which could never have entered into the head of the Author), and to affert from thence, that the work is an infamous Libel, and the Author de- ferving of the pillory ; he has thought it right to fhow the whole manufcript to two Gentlemen of the firft legal abilities, whofe opinion, for the fatisfadion of his readers, he has fubjoined. THE OPIMON. We have very attentively perufed the Poem, called Fraud, and are clear, that no Court of Juftice would grant a- criminal information againft either the Author or Publifher thereof. — For, as the learned Bradon well obferves, '* De minimis non curat lex ;" which fignifieth, that "The Law doth not care what is faid about little trumpery Fellowes :" the word " minimis," in this place, being to be underftood (as those Sages of law, Glanville, 4. Hen. -6. chap. 6 Cro. Etiz. 14. chap. 9. Coke upon Littleton, &c, Sec. Sec. affirm) not of perfons little in fiature, b\si of fech as have rendered themfelves mean and contemptible by their adions. 'We have therefore no difficulty in saying, that, although the faid Poem may appear to contain certain paffajres, alluding to certain flirty tranf- adions, of certain perfons, it is neverthelefs no Libel, but rather a very excellent performance, and very creditable to its learned and judicious Author ; and as we farther think, that the circulation of the fame will be highly beneficial to the law, in exrending the pradice thereof, and augmenting the emoluments of its pradition- trs ; we do accordingly recommend it to the perufal of our brethren. Temple, June 20, 1802. AARON QUIBBLE. HUMPHREY HOCUS. Fraud. Book I. Of trufts betray'd, of knavery and deceit, And how the public, how your Iriend to cheat ; Whether 'tis better on the road to, Ileal, And earn by rapine a precarious meal, Or o'er your frauds a fpecious veil to draw, 5 And rob fecure beyond the reach of law ; How to attain, how 'fcape the gallows' tree, I fing, my F-l-w s, and I fing to thee. — Fatherof lies ! fince taught by thee, mankind For fraud, primeval innocence refignVl ; xa FELLOWES AND SMITH. No. IV WINDHAM AND FRERE. At a Meeting of Jeveral of the principal Merchants and Manufac turers of the City of Norwich, held this day at the Broken Shuttle, in St. Benedid's, il was rejolved unanimoufty, That the Jollowing ADDRESS be prejented to the Right Honourable W—LL—M W—NDH—M. WE, feveral of the moft opulent Merchants and Manufacturers of the City of Norwich, deeply impreffed with a fenfe of the innumerable advantages we derived during the period in which you field the honorable, but unprofitable, fituation of SECRETARY AT WAR, beg leave to return you our unfeigned thanks. At the fame time, we dare not but confefs, how much we deferve the opprobrious Epithet of Jacobins, which you weie pleafed to confer upon us in one of your late fpeeches in the Britifh Senate ; inafmuch as we pre- fumed, at various times during the late •' MOoT JUvT AND NE CESSARY WAR," to complain of our ujured Commerce, of the Bankruptcies of our foreign Corrtfpondents, of Our Looms fi-anding ftill , of the Difireffes of our Journeymen Weavers, and alfo of the IV eight of the Poor Rates. And being/a//)* convinced, that the RESTORATION OF PEACE will not only caufe an increaje of Happinejs to ou- j -ep ndui.a but contribute alfo to render them too independent to be acceflible a< a fu ture Eledion, either by our Threats or our Briberies ; we are re- folved to give you our utmoft fupport to renew thote delightful fcenes of CARNAGE and MISERY which will moft affuredl'y ter minate — in the Extirpation of a Ra.e oj' Biings, to wboje exertions we have hitherto been accufiomed lo look tor our fubfifience. And we truft, that under your influence, we fhall foon fee the labouring Mechanics torn from their Families, again to unfheath the Swcrd of Defolation, in Jupport of" RELIGION and ORDER againft Atheism and Anarchy," and fwell the Rivers of the Continent withy- cjh Tori ens of Human Blood. Be affured. Sir, ue are ,t all times ready co contribute, with our LIVES and FORTUNES, to the Furtherance of a Caufe Jo Chnj- tian-like; and fhould your worthy Coadjutors deem it advifeable to re-cftablifli that ieo/l optrffiv Bunhen, the INCOME TAX, we pledge ourfelves to pay the fame to the uttermoft Fa: thing. We have the honour to be, with the moft profound refped, Your faithful and very humble Servants. Signed on behalf of the Meeting by ST r-G NIGHT, Citizen, Ald-rm-n, \ CHAiRMAN. B-nk-r, and Manufadurer , J To ALL defirous of promoting the true Interefls of this City. CONTINUE, ye worthy, free, and independent ELECTORS of NORWICH, in your prefent deluded ftate, nor roufe yourfelves, till >¦ ; .n.ance will nought avail you.— Go on, and give your Votes to W- dh m ; and in future, as you pafs, receive the heart felt blef fings of every poor. old. wounded Soldier and Sailor, who begs his bread from door to door ; and when the old Veteran points to his honourable fears, bejiow not your Charity, but jmile in h.sface, and cry Long live W m ! If thefe unhappy beingc. fhould prove to be your Sons, it would be ftill more noble in you to have been HIS Supporter; because — it will be getting the better of every Feeling of Nature, and every Sentiment of Common Humanity. Go on, then, and immortalize yourfelves by voting for a man who has fhewn himfelf SO GREAT, SO TRUE a Friend to the Rights and Privilege oj Mankind ! YOUR WELL WISHER. Two Hundred and Twenty -Sixth Report of the Committee for ma naging th* Eledion of WILLIAM WINDIBUS and JOHN FRERiKINS. on the o*«^?*/;MANCEUVERING. YOUR Committee are of opinion, that the feheme of com pounding with the Oak and Pockthorpe Brewers for the amount of Twelve Months extra Duty, with a view of reducing the price of Beer and Porter i very feafible, and might have had a wondrous effed on the Swimfh Muitituae, did they not poffefs fo much of the Hog as render all attenpts to turn tnem unavailable. By the Committee, ATTORNEY HUNCHBACK, Secretary. H Thou fubtile ferpent ! pradiced to deceive, Whofe flattering wiles milled unwary Eve ; Ye fpirits ! who o'er the haunts of robbers reign, Who from the cradle to the gallows train The favour'd few, by fate forcdoom'd to fwing, '? Hafte to my fong ! for of your gifts 1 fing. — Thieves of antiquity ! whofe frauds fervive The wreck of time, and keep your names alive ; And ye ! as great in fame, of latter race, Whofe gallant adions Tyihj k n's annals grace ; so Traitors! for ye to cheats are near allied, And Fraud with Treafon ftill goes fide by fide ; South-Sea diredors ! from whofe chief in fame, Our F--L-w-s draws his talents, wealth and name. Hither your footfteps bend---thou pride of Spain, The Prince of modern knaves ! attend the drain '. Guzman of A l far ache, whofe fertile head, With wiles well ftored, made fwindling firft a trade. And, though no cheat in fame can vie with thee, E'en thou perhaps mayft learn a trick from me.—- ji» Thou too, Colquhoun ! whofe all-inllrudive page, De eds the various frauds that grace the age, Smile on my toils, whilft aided by thy clue. Thy track I with unequal fteps purfue. Nor be thou abfent, skill 'd with Gallic flang, sc To witch the wandering Jacobinic gang ! Whofe bellowing voice with equal fervor fings, French triumphs, banifh'd priefts, and flaughter'd kings ; Or tun'd to pity, fefter fools to gull, Snivels and whimpers o'er a baited bull. 40 Whatever name thy various virtues own, 'Engroffer, King-killer, or friend of Stone, For thee, whene'er the hourordain'd by fate. With axe or halter, ends thy mortal date, What honours are prepar'd---thy (hade defcends 4, To join in fhades below its once loved friends— Sn e ares, Ton t, Fitzgerald, on that gloomy fhore. Shall greet trie friend who for their Arthur fwore; Releas'd from treafon's toils, thy Jackson there, Thy mightier labours fhall with his compare ; .« Whilft old Socinus grafps his darling's hand, And Goff, without his head, fhall join the band. And all regardlefs of the driving fleet, Iscariot lend thee more than half his fheet. But to thy foul, now freed from mortal clay, y; What honours fhall not grateful Norwich pay? Within the lofty fnne, where once a week Their unknown god, Socinus' foUowers feek, V. 22] Thefe two lines having been written before the junction of Mcfirs, Sm— h and F-H---S, I hope nobody will attempt to explain thcin into a Libel. v. 24J Sir John Fellowes, an anceflor of the Candidate, arnaffed a large Fortune by the infamous South-Sea bubble, of which he was Frcfident. v. 27] This Gentleman published a Hiftory of his Life, which was imitated in Englifh, under the title of the Engliih Rogue, &c. v. 40.] SeetfrSSpeech of William Sm-h Efq. on the Bull-Baiting Bill. v. 48] See the evidence of William Sm«h, Efq. on A.-hur O'Connor's trial. v. 54] The Monkifti Legends fay, that the punilhment of Judas lfcariot is, that he ftands on the brink of a fwelling dreadful iea, with his feet below the furface of the water, as if ready to fink ; befides rhe horrid and continual apprehtnfion o;" going to the bottom : a furious ftorm of hail, rain, and wind keeps beating on the Traitor's naked head and body, fo that the fmart and agony is excefiive j but, in this dreadful torment, Judas has one great comfort ; f„, at ,. little diffance from, and fomewhat above him, is entended a meet of coane linen cloth, which ftn.lte-15 him from great part of the ftorm : Judas regales himfelf by turning fometim« one fide and fomevimes the other to this fheet, and thus half his punilhment is emit ted — " but by what ac"t," fays my Author, "could Judas deferve fo great j re lief?" " He had given the fame quantity of cloth to a poor family for iiiir;s.'V-. A certain Candidate having (as we may fii|,pofe) ve:^ chi* ftory, and thinh;r,£ it no bad way of putting money out to intereft, went imrnediau-ly ai:d ordered fonr- blankets for the poor of the parifti of Shoitfham, but on mature icrlechon, think ing that it might be a long time before r,e reaped the advanu^.e of his barca-:i .- h;i contented himfelf with having OP.DERED them, arJ rrifvd .-. futi.rir-t.cr. ot tj.i? pariihtoPAy for them. FELLOWES. AND SMITH. Bfeg^gFri-t,Hi.-,.l,TSaa J'r.-i'riu. i'.ie true reafonwhy we do not adopt this meafure is, that J.ick P ft and Joe B irrack, the propofers of this plan, cannot be entruiled with its execution. 'Fhe honefty of Jack would frus trate the intent, and the ineffable fouling countenance of Joe would four all the beer. WINDHAM -ANB 'FRERE. All holly lI/"AN7'En, VOLUNTEERS to ^uard-the War- Office. VV Gentle and Simple VOLUNTEERS, who are not 'w averfe to enter into C'tipt. Frere 's Mum Company, belonging to Col. Wiudabcut's Regiment of BRAVADOES, are hereby in formed, that, as an inducement, they may have their Freedom of tfiU City grans, by applying to Serj. R'CE, at the Sign of the Tailor and Draper, R am.pa at -Horfe- ftreet ; with the HIGHEST BOUNTY ever given. Worthy the Notice of all Boxers, Wreft- lers, Cock-fighters, Bull Baiters, £3c. whofe various interefls will be attentively itudied, and whofe claims will ever be preferred to the thin/zing and rntioisl part of mankind. On the day following, the Volunteers will be taken to the Hall in the Market for Examination ; but, let their pretenfions be ever fo diftant, they need not give themfelves the leaft concern, for the Serjeant will become their Voucher, and fwear to their birth, pa rentage, and education, even fhould they have been born in the de- farts of Arabia ; and moreover, will know every thing THEY tell him. As a farther inducement to enter, each Volunteer is to be al lowed Two Quarts per diem of Potent Cordial, extracted from Rice, preferred by the Faculty, for, Summer drink, to Two-penny Halfpenny from Pockthorpe. Each Recruit to have afresh head of Hair, and a new fet of Teeth, from the Colonel's Collection, which will enable him to g rind a^ACOJlN. N. B. The Serjeant will every year give a GRAND FEAST, on the 29th of May, at the Shakejpeare Tavern, the Place of Ren dezvous, in Commemoration of his Loyalty difplayed on that day. GOD SAVE THE, SIMPLE !!! TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, Immediately ajter the Election, as of no further Value, a capital collodion of PICTURES, BUSTS, 13c With appropriate Mottoes. As Usual the Highefi Bidder to be the Buyer. The Principal are thefe : .. I. ALD -N FOUNDERY, in Bronze—'1 The times are 'ieterifh. — O ! for a Hogfhead of Ice to cool my parched tongue." II. MR9. FOUNDERY—" My throat is as the burning ^P.tna, that from its fiery and eruptive maw doth difgorge foul iapours, whole peftilential breath affails the loj'ty Oak and ¦towering Cedar, but (pares the noxious Weed and deadly Night shade !" III. ALD N KIBE-HEEL—" Were I a female, they would take me fure for Venus de Medicis, fo lovely is my foim i but I am hot, and moft impetuous, when Intereft calls — as New." , IV. ALD N- BRAZEN DOOR— " I talk big of Honefty in Others ; but, my Corporate Brethren, can you recollect no private Fad?" V. The REV. UPHOLDER, mjmall whole length—" In the pulpit, I can whine and weep moft bitterly, fo that the "ears run down my pallia! cheeks. I am To weak and fearful, I cannot look - at man, or vjoman either ; but if you want any dirty work to be -.lone t'erretly, I am at your fervice ; for, like the Mole, I labor heft in the dark!" — O! that the Noble Lion fhould countenance -. this Dirty P if mire .'.'.' OMITTED IN THE LATE CATALOGUE OF PICTURES, &:c. OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC (being Jet rfide by Mts- . ti'ir, withjeme ttjclefs Lumber ) , 1. ./ jhort ubole length of ALD- 60 •jy * '6c Wher: P. --n's meek "0 '¦ -'• • - ¦ « Whilft Fellowes, lowly on his bended knee,1 :* • ' - ; ¦- '¦> Prefents-amazing gift! his honCfty-*— •*•'.. • • i. -7Q All fhall thy name with pious zeal invoke, %.'.-i ,'.- ... -' And Buckle's pigtail caft a grateful fmoke ;' ' '''"' • Thy Deity by Atheifts be cdnfeft, ¦' •'' '-'.''- And of the rites, be Alderson High-prieft : '' ' '•-' '-,;* Yet though fuch glories fhall thy brows entwine, . . ' ' ¦jr To me, thy flave, a. gracious ear incline, ' M' And to the forrg -difdain not to repair, Where thy lov'd Colleague has fo large a'lhare. v. 65] We have undoubted authority for faying, that the Animal, -vulgarly-called the Catton Goofe, U no Goofe but a Gander. v. 68] Qu. Erratum. For " grace," read cam. — Printer'^ Devil. The Pilot who weathered the Storm. I. THO' War now withholds his all-ruining hand, Tho' no more are our hearts fill'd with dread and affright, Tho' Peace over us waves her^magical wand, Yet fomething is wanting, we do not unite : And party's fell whirlwind ftill ruffles the deep, And the glories Of Peace ftill vile factions deform ; In fancied fecurity fhall we now fleep ? No ! — Call on the Pilot who weather'd the Storm. ' II. Let's be firm in fupport of religion and laws, With our plaudits* united, Heaven's concave fhall rino-; Revolution avaunt ! for true liberty's caufe Is this, — ftill be true to your country and king. Let party herminion exalt to the fkies, And loudly call out for a public reform ; Let all who are loyal, juft, honeft, or wife, Now vote for the Pilot who weather'd the Storm. -III. -Still firm to the truft by us in him repos'd, Uncharm'd by corruption, untainted by gold ; By malice and envy alone he's oppos'd, Who ftrike at each peifon who's honeft and bold. Not riches, or honours, or penfion, or place, Could e'er gain the power his mind to deform ; Encourag'd by truth, he lifts boldly his'head, As worthy the Pilot who weather'd the Storm. IV. Farewell to all party, confufion and wiles, We are freemen, and let us prove worthv that name : Here's Windham forever, to freedom a friend, To F***#* and S*** here's confefion and fhame. Long time our dependence, his virtues we've tried, By his conduft fo juft our opinion We form ; Be uiited, and by our choice we'll abide, Our firft choice — the Pilot who weathe^d" the Storm.. M NI'G CARD— the A FRAGMENT OF A CHAPTER WRITTEN IN THE SIX TEENTH CENTURY. N the days of the Third William, King of England, Peace was -• reftored, and the voice- of gladnefs was heard amongft the mul titude. The fatted Oxen were-killed, and cut into pieces, and the fineft FJXtOWEg ANO. -iJNUTW. WINDHAM AND FRERE. - -jtia'ij"iiw',»>'wwiiw'1 ',jj"'."!m!MaiBB»i"""y ,OUo — " 'hey do take, me oft for an old Clothes' Man; but w.ho'ccjrei ? $',m wond'iou>! Rich,'— and that one 'Utile won! can command trom-aajlard souls,, outward refped,, though all alle be wanting ! but, alas ! wheal am gone— who'll write my Epitaph? OLD SCRIP — "F.om Nothing railed to Eminence ;-- Am I wife? No: An I net learned / No; , Is my Character, efti- mafale? Ahi no : To what then do .1 owe my prefent gic-atnefs ? To fervile adulation, and low-born cunning, which prudently -keeps -juft within the bon.n.ia.iy of e^uijty." ALD -v--N SHUTTLE-COCK— ''"^V^ I am al) jg-ri^e and condefcenfion ; to-morrow imperious aod princely : li^e the Came- ,1-ion, that doth change its hue. whate'er it feeds, on.'' CAPT. JOHN THORPE—"! am a prating, yain, and empty boafter : fwel.iiiv big, like Bobadil, with words of high import, but in deeds li*w and contemptible ; .grinding by oppref- fion, the fon.s ot honeft poverty, and paying humble induftry, fajT beneath itc merit.'' SOLICITOR SCURVEY, .otS.urj)—" lam a yelping, prick- .ear'd cur, that doth annoy the heeis of the upwarjf, and efcape from my diminutive meannefe: — my Puppy however :is wjejl pre- firr'd, — but my Mate'? high in fpirit, and foarls, and bites, untoward'v- — none can tame her i" JOHN LITTLE FISH— '• My charafleris fuch thai none Btilhemploy me, but in thefe dirty tunes. i—VLy ,name's./0 vile, \t follies any deed !" WHEREAS, by public advertifement from the prefs of the Widow White, it appears that a certain Charity has;been defrauded, its purpofes perverted, and revenues grofsly abufed ; yet notwithftanding this indiffutable authority, fuch is the ftrange infatuation of the multitude, that, through an infuperable in credulity, they will not believe foe infinuadon, Though drefi in garb of pur eft rhymes, And annotations grace the lines : Therefore the Subfcribers are once more mfftrefpecrfully advifed, ami earneftly entreated, to withdraw their fepp vt frim {be NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL, In aid of &n Intended to be erected under the Sanftipn and Patronage of Messrs. Ironmonger, Wife, SC Son. Governor, WILLIAM WINDABOUT Deputy Governor, MILLER of ROYDON Treafurer, MOLL JAGGED Secretary, -BETTY BENTLEY Auditor, BISHOP of N H Chaplain, DR. TURNABOUT Sub-Chaplain,- RESIDENT -PREBEND -Divinity Ledurers, THE WHOLE CHOIR ¦¦ And Principal Reader, Mr. LIBRARIAN Admonipher of the-Young Women, RECTO'R BELOW Reformer cf the Youth,- -BILLIARD TOMRSON, Clk. ¦Profeffor of Honefty and Chaftily, Mr. MORPHEUS, the able EIu- cidator Of Evils arifing from the Wiles of Seduction ' ¦ Ledurer on Temperance and Sobriety, JEMMY' POSTATON Prilofophical Delineator of Conjrtnguinity, Ari 'titles of Kin, and Ap proximation of Bodies, JEMMY TWITCHBR, Bank-ftreet Phyficians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries, to be fupplied from the , ~J' ' ¦ -Difofanded Corps' . n ATTORNEY HUNCHBACK, Principal Porter Barrack Joe, Luke Goofe,, Gofpel Dick, and the immaculate Rochi, his Affiftants '' »j And Cloacina Purifier, the Knight of the KIDD GLOVES'. IT is neceffary to premife, the preliminary rule of this Folin- dafion is, that; as the economy and regulations of the Old Hof- ' pital engendered " Puritanical principles," no perfon of a meek, ¦' humane difpofition be admitted into this Inftitution. ''-» --And that this city may in feme degree retain the femblance of gratitude, it will be recommended, that particular preference be ft all times given to the relatives of the " killed off.'' of Flour was, made into, puddings. .Ujat the poor fn'v^Li eat ,iie:eof and be filled. ,f In, th'-fc days alfo, a rumour went forth of adiiTolution of Par liament, and the Rulers of ihc Nation were fmiuci) vv t ¦ 1 1 fear. , , Therefore the, promife pf great thirds was repeated;, but the faiihof the pepple had been fonken. and they believed them n,.,t., A fpirit of Oppofition had gone forth, and the multitude were of different opinions'. ¦ ¦ . j-i , ' ¦ Th« Reace of the Kingdom was elefioyed, and the tumult in Nor-vii.um was like the cQnfulioii of tongue-. For there carrie Two Men into the City who wanted to become Members" of Parliament, inftead of thofe who had been long chofen.. , The one, it ,was faid, .like Jacob, had pcfieffed himfelf of his Brother's birih-riohr, ar.d the oilier was denominated the King- killing Tea Dealer. And the multitude marvelled much. that thofe Men fhould throP themfelves amongft them, whofe conduct was confiJered as an abomination,- and whofe fentiments they, defpifed in their hearts, Neverthelefs they paraded the, ftreets of the City from the firft day of the week. Unto the feverith, arid at the doors of the Freemen, there was a continual knocking. For they had foe cunning of Foxites, and knew how to .tickle the vanity of all. And there was a combination amongft foe Tafk -Mafters, to compel the Foor Men to Vote as fhquld feem meet unto them felves. ! ,-ff But as the hopes qf the righteous do not always fucceed. fo,the defigns of the wicked, we find, have fornetimes failed. All Secb were in agitation, and foe meekeft amongft them was moved to admiration. The.fimpHcity of its Members was. converted into cunning, and their Yea and their Nay were no longer the fame. They had forgotten the Monarch to whom they were indebted for the privileges they enjpyed, and became promoters of men and meafures that difcredite.d their peaceable pretenfions. The Germ of Society, was broken, and they were dwindling away into nothing in the eftimatipn of the world. In the madnefs of the moment, the Prefs teemed with feurriljty, and the foibles. of nature were magnified into vices. Many things were fpoken that jvere not true, and that which was true, no one believed. Swaffbam. ¦ r f '..-['.¦ FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL, And the Brave Patriots, TOM PAYNE and STONE. AT THE BEPUBLIC AN THE A TEE, (By Particular Defire of the Levellers, Jacobins, Sec.) On June 30, will be performed the Grand Tragi-Comic-Pofitic. 1 Drama, entitled THE GALLIC HODGE PODGE. Or, FREEDOMTN CHAINS. King-Killers, MelT. S***H and STONE Honeft, Mr. F*»«***S Harlequin, Mr. B***LE-BandittI; Meflrs_B»****DS Fine Gentle-man, Mr. B«**LY Janus, Mr. J*** G****Y— Schedoni, Dr. A****«"ON. To conclude with the much-admired Farce of THE TWO DUPES. No Admittance behind the Curtain, as that has been found to in terrupt the focc<-fs of the various Deceptions and Sleight of Hand Tricks. End of Aft Firft, MeiT. B— E,"B— LY. and J. D— Y. Will repeat the KEATS of AMAZING STRENGTH: Lately exhibited at Squire Froth's Houfe at Catton, by throwing Four Hundred- HATCHETS over the THEATRE-* . -,. . Which will be found again in Shcteshais Plantations. FELLOWES AND SMITH: WINDHAM AND FRERE. The convajefcents, at the difcretion of the Governors, or Efcu- 1 apian Department, are to be initiated in Athletic and Gymnaftic Games, in order to recover that true Britifh valour, the defalca tion of which the laft nine years, fo fatally evinced in the conduft of our fleets and armies, and whofe very germ and fubftance exifts in that moft deleaable of all manly fports, BULL-BAITING. FELLOW ELECTORS, A T a time when you are called upon to execute the moft facred ¦L •*- truft repofed in you by our invaluable Conftitution ; it be hoves you to exercife it in a way that will beft tend to preferve it inviolate. It has always been my wifh to avoid entering into Electioneering Debates; but it is impoffible to behold, without horror, the me thods made ufe of in the prefent Conteft. I have attentively heard both fides of the queftion, and carefully and impartially invefti- gated the bufinefs now before the public, and am fatisfied, that it is a vile, dark, and infamous attempt to wound theCharafter of Mr. FELLOWES, merely for the bafe defign of injuring his Election. It has had fuch an effed upon my mind, that without ever being folicited by Mr. FELLOWES, or any of his Friends (perhaps be caufe I have been in the habit of Voting on the other fide), I am re- folved" to give him my utmoft Support ; for, without enmity to either of his rival candidates, or without flattery to Mr. FELLOWES, I find myfelf juftified in faying, that if a ge neral knowledge of the Public Concerns of the Britifh Empire ; if a particelar knowledge of the local intereft of Norwich j a rigid and fedulous affiduity in every thing entrufted to his care ; a fin- glenefs of heart, and unimpeached Integrity, can infure you confi dence in any man, Mr. FELLOWES'S whole life, fpent in the jer- vice of his neighbours, muft convince you as it has done me, that he NEVER wiltforjeit that Truft he has requefted you to confide in him. I am, Gentlemen. A NORWICH ELECTOR, AND A LOVER OF TRUTH. THE happy confequences of Mr. WINDHAM'S Speech in Fa vour of Bull-Baiting are evinced in the following Paragraph from the Courier and General Evening Poft1 of Thurfday the ill July, 1801 : — " TWO BULLS have lately been baited in the " Ifle of Wight; one of the poor creatures had his Horns " SAWED TO THE QUICK in order to provoke his Ferocity. " The other, when he lav down quite exhaufied, and panting for " breath, had GUNPOWDER PUT UNDER HIS EYE, the " ExploGon of which was judged to be a happy means of renovating '' his Spirits and Vigour III THE NORWICH APOSTATE, A NEW SONG. Tune — Liberty Hall. SAGE Windham for Norwich's. Ci'y the member, A chopper of logic fiom June to December, Who long unfufpected the patriot fhamm'd. Now tells his Electors their Commerce be d—mn'd. Tol de rol, t. annrem> If you dp not believe in St. 'William, the Prince of Peace, the, humane, the temperate, and immaculate, You Jhall be d—d. If you do not believe that his do&rines and precepts are divine, 2 ou ftuall be d — d. If you do not .believe in his beautiful, exalted, and incompfehen- fible Logic , ' t You Jhall bed d. If you dp not- believe that thp City of Norwich has been par ticularly ' benefitted by his pious labours, ( You Jhall be d- d. If you do not believe that arbitafy power is better calculated to promote the happinefs of a nation, than the' conftitutioh of 1688, You ft all be d d. If you do not believe that Trial by Jury, and the Habeas Cor pus, are licentious and luperfluous appendages to that conftitution, You fhdll be d d. If you do not believe me capable of abfolving you from the confequence of breaking any pledge you may have made in favour of Mr FELLOWES and Mr. SMITH, You fhall be d d. If you do* hot believe in «* Fraudulent Extrads," and that they came from the infpired pen of a Chafie Matron You pall be d- Majefty's Jufiices .of the P£acfc for the County 6f .Norfolk ; — together with the arguments of Serjeant Guitarm the .Quowananto, and the evidence of Dr, Lindus, and Alderman Quid Pro Quo.— Attorney for the Plaintiff, Bottomlefs Bog, Efq; Agent to the: Candidates, and under Sheriff to R.'Wr-n, ' Efq. one; of the Returning Officers. Taken in Short-Hand by - JOSEPH GUR.NEY. This will be followed by the Trial of Cocks, who was executed . -for dabbling- in the Funds, with. other folks mongv. MANY ignoraiit'piOple having, cavilled at th; circumftance, that an under Sheriff fhould be alfo Agent to the Candidates; it may be obferved once for all, that in their creed " the end fanctifying the means," fuch cavils muft be confidered as both vain and foolifh. IT having been ctlrlently reported,- and by iome believed, that at the clubs of MeiTrs. Fellowes and Smith, " God fave the King," " Rule Britannia,'"" Britons ftrike Home," "Hearts of Oak," and other cbnftitutiona! Strflgs are ferig ; the Freemen in that intereft are allured, that fuch reports '. are u nfuflde d, and can be propa-gated'only to injure the caufe we fupport. Vive la Republique ! POLITICAL CREED. I BELIEVE in the -liberty of France, mother of all bleffings, in a pure democratical government, the beftowers of bounties to the-people, the 'partitioner's of property, in the innocence of Robes pierre, patron of freedom, and in the pure fentiments of the prefelic 'Firft Conful of France. I believe in the facred right of infurredion, conceived in the ¦brain of one who hatdd induftry and honeft labour, I believe it defcended on the kingdom of France ; that it afcended to Great 'Britain,' Was crucified 'under Pitt and Windham, expired and was buried ; that it never rofe again, but defcended to the depths be neath, frofe thence to be recalled, on the efedton of Smith and Fellowes, to judge the rich and great. I believe in the facred paf- iion of uncontrouled freedom, in the equal participation of goods' and chattels, in the kingdom of the fovereign people, whofe favor is everlafting. I believe in the pure truth of Fellowes, and the pa- triotifm of Smith ; and I will (hut my ears to the tales of Rack ham, and believe him mad; and clofe my eyes upon the trial of StPne, and believe he never exifted. Amen. The friends of Meffrs. Fellowes 'and Smith recommend the above Creed to the Eledors of Norwich, as a means of diftin- guifhirig their real friends : if any fcruple fhould occur, they need but remember, a caufe like theirs requires every facrifice. Truth- fis fobe refpeded, if poffible ; but every thing muft fail before the" altar of liberty. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders of the City of NORWICH. Gentlemen, THE Diffolution of Parliament being now declared, and the day of Election fixed for Monday next it remains only that we folicjt a continuation of that zeal, of which we have feen hitherto fuch ftrikihg proofs, and exprefs our hopes, that no opinion of our fecurity will prevent our diftant friends from favouring us with their attendance on the day Election. — The effects of a Canvafs con tinued during a, period when we were neceifarily abfent, attending ' pur duty in Parliament, and the exertions of a Party who fcerri irefolved lo leave no means untried, make it neceffary, that equal exertions (though we truft of a different nature) fhould be employed 'on our'pa'rt. May we be permitted to fay, that the event of the conteft is hard- FELLOWES AND SMITH, , WINDHAM, AND FREr\E. ¦jjgljll I III ¦!¦»¦¦ If you do not believe, that Mr. Fe]ldwes an? "Mr.' Smith' are friends to the billow Truce, which has lately been botfhed'up be tween this Country and Frame, and that they will 'maintain and fupport Trial by Jury, and the Habeas (forpi(s\ and that they will ufe every exertion to repeal the Teft Ad', and effed the emancipa tion oj the Negroes, and that fuch exertions will be feditious/'rebeU ' ' liou;, and unconftitutional, ^ You -Jhall be d -d. And if you do not believe in all thefe things, St. WILLIAM, myself, and all his Apoftles, ' Will mofi-' affuredly be d—d. A JOVIAL SCENE. ' ;, I SAY, Brother Purfer, don't you remember what- Windham faid in the Houfe of Commons?— PERI H COMMERCE! and MAY HEAVEN AVERT PEACE I Now, for- my part I- don't agree with him in that : I am for a Broad White Peate, and Tomp- fon, all the year round ; and therefore I foall vote for FELLOWES and SMITH, and fo will all the'Purfe. HUZZA 1 To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders of the City of Norivich. GENTLEMEN, IF I take the liberty of offering to you in my own name atone, the following obferyations on the language held by your, late . Members ; it is folely becaufe I have not had the opportunity of confulting with my colleague, Mr- FELLOWES, during the - very few hours fince the appearance of their laft addrefs, and it is obvious, that the opportunity of reply is now too fhort to admit of any delay. On the Hopes of Succefs entertained by thofe Gentlemen, though certainly lefs confidently expreffed than heretofore, it is needlefs to remark, when the hour is fo foft approaching which will decide our conteft ; but there are affertions and infinuations in this Addrefs, on which 1 cannot forbear to comment. The an tagonists of Meffrs. Windham and Frere are charged with a refolu- , tion to leave no means untried to fecure fuccefs. On my own part (and I might do it equally for Mr, FELLOWES), I challenge the proof of one fingle inftance, during our canvafs, in which I have fpoken illiberally of our Antagonifts, have urged the breach of a prpmife given againft us, or have taken any unworthy method to obtain an- individual vote: thefe are means which I have left un tried. 1 hope that thofe who fo much boaft the Support.of the pro perty, confequence, loyalty, charader, and good fenfe of the city, have trufted to the fair operation of fuch powerful allies, and have equally avoided all undue means of attempting to gain a majority of fuft'rages in their favour. That We do poffefs an adual Majo rity in the City, I know is not denied : ftill however it is afferted to have been obtained by " low and flagitious arts, fyftematically pradifed to pervert the minds of the poor," and to lead them to attribute all their misfortunes to the faults of their Governors. What then are thofe misfortunes under which Norwich has fuf fered ? The Dec3y of its Manufadures almoft to annihilation,— and Scarcity, amounting, among the poor, nearly to want of fub- fiftence, notwithftanding an unexampled and moft oppreflive in- creafe of the Rates and Contributions for their Support. And are " low and flagitious arts" neceffary to make you believe, that the Decay of your Trade was occafioned by the War, and that the Evil of Scarcity was in a confiderable degree aggravated by it? I mav rather afk, could all the art' of man perfuade you of the con trary? But to reprefent that War which was conduded by the late Administration, as butthenfome and calamitous, and to cen : fu,e thofe by whom it was protraded, is ftigmatized as flagitious and difloyal: — It may alfo be patriotic and laudable to reprefent the Peace concluded by the prefent Adminiftration as ab- ford and ruinous, and to cenfure thofe by whom it was concluded ; but why. the former condud muft be infamous and the latter me- ritorious, it may be fomewhat difficult to, fhew, except indeed on the-fuppofition, that an honourable Gentleman's opinions muft be the Vandtird of politica) rectitude; in the fame manner as he con- pol Iv.n'Jy attribute , r ^e almoft exihi'ive poflcflion of every eftimable 111 .' ¦.".! i .- . .' ' j'.uwrs— m—*mwmm^«- \,f -. ... ¦¦- ly of lefs importance to. the City at lar/g;e than it is to us individual ly ? We have afferted, and we repeat it, that the great Majority of the property, confequence, loyalty, charader, and good fenfe of the City, is decidedly in our favor, , The queftion is, whether thefe are to be defeated by a Party, fupported, no doubt, by many perfons of good and loyal intentions, but guided by men of a far different defcription, arid, deriving its chief ftrength from the arts now fo well underftood and _fo fytrematically pradifed for perverting the minds of the poorer and therefore, .unfortunately, more ignorant claffesjofj the. People, That this is a political conteft, in which important principles of Church and State, are at iffue on either fide, is too obvl >us to be difputed. Could any doifo have ex- ifted, it muft by this time have been completely done away; firft, by the choice made by the Party of the Gentleman who is brought down. to head them, and latterly, by the explicit declaration of that Gentleman in his parting Addrefs to the Eledors ot udbury — what the principles are of the Party alluded to, it is unncceffary to point out-; it remains to be feen, whether they are the principles of the City of Norwich. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen Your moft obedient and faithful humble Servants, W. WINDHAM - , '¦ ' JOHN FRERE. Norivich, July I, l8oz.'' JOHN BULL TO HIS CHILDREN RESIDING IN ..' NORWICH. Dear Sons, .--.¦'. , YOU know very well that- when my family became very nu merous, and poffeffed a large ftock of money and goods, I was obliged to give up the management of its affairs, and com mitted the overfight of it's concerns to a certain number of over- feers, chofen by you, from among yourfelves, to fee every thing went right — the time is arrived, when you have an opportunity of choofing new overfeers, and I find you are divided to know whether you fhould- choofe the oid ones or appoint two others. I always made it a maxim in my family, " that all my children might ait as they -ploafe-, fo they did not hurt the good of the whole:" Thus, though I don't wifh to influence you in your choice, I would juft \ell you what I think of the fubjed you debate about. — I muft remind you of the.hiftory of what has happened to our family in the laft few years, and I need not fay to you, that it was my misfortune to be placed near very tioublefome neighbours, who feeing the induftry of my family, began to be very envious, and always did all in their power to difconcert us. — Juft as bad as any of them, and perhaps worfe, was that Lewis Francois, who never would be eafy, nor let me enjoy my pipe and tankard in quiet, till I had fo-belaboured his fhoulders with my oaken cudgel, that he could riot move an arm. — It happened that by bad management, there was a. (errible difturbance in his family fome years back, and Lewis Ipff riis: life ; when, after a great deal of buftle and confufion, in fteps an entire ftranger, and gets the whole family, with all their concerns, into his hands, juft as troublefome as Old Lewis, and fo deep and fubtle, I am obliged always to keep an eye upon him.— At the beginning of thefe troubles, the fellows that pretended to manage for this family, made a trefpafs upon my farm, and endeavoured to,perfuade fome of my children to tie me neck and heels together, and roll me down from fome cliff, foufe into the fea — however, I found out the plan in time, called up my men, and not only preferved myfelf from this violence, but, retaliated upon thefe fellows, by fending out feme of my long boats, and four times t heard the foout of Vidory over the floating remains of their broken veffels. — Well, this Jailed fome time, I was put to an enormous expfcnce through the evil difpofition of thefe quarrelforne neighbours, and got pretty well b.-uifed into the bargain ; but to my fatisfadion, I gave them in return a few clinching ftrokes.; and juft as he that manages for the family npw, was fixing his foot upon a fpot of ground, belong- No. V. FELLOWES AND SMITH. WINDHAM AND FRERE. quality to his friends of the -moment ; for the Citizens of Nor wich can hardly have forgotten, that thofe who now lie under that Gentleman's heavieft cenfure, were once, when they fepported him, the objeds of hiswarmeft praife. In one point, that the prefent is a political co-Heft, I agree .with the addrefs. In my farewell to my former Conftituentb, I have dated its importance as my reafon for preferring it. I was invited, not to head a party, but to join the friends of the Peace in oppofition to an honourable Gentleman, the friend, the fuppor ter, the protrador of the War; of whom it has been publicly and emphatically declared by the prefent Minifler, that as long as his counfels foould have been perfe^-ered in, Peace would probably have been unattainable. Do I therefore impeach that Gentleman's Honour, his Integrity, or his motives? No — 1 will not, for any temporary purpofes, condefcend to ufe thofe " low and flagitious arts" of difhoneft mifrepfefenta'tion and foul abufe, by which the anonymous Partizans of fome Gentlemen have fought to advance their caufe;— but declaring myfelf, as I have ever uniformly done, in public and in private, a decided friend on principle to the Conftitution of this Country and its prefent form of Govern ment by King, Lord9 and Commons, (though an enemy to thofe Abufes, and that Corruption by which it has been deformed and endangered), I again exprefs my perfuafion, that, in conjundion with my Colleague, I fhall be honoured with your effedual fup port on Monday next, the day of Eledion. I am, Gentlemen, Your moft obedient and verv humble Servant, WILLIAM SMITH. NO BRIBERY ! NO CORRUPTION ! Freemen of Norivich, THE moment is juft arrived, when you will be called upon to prove to the Nation — whether you a r e as you pretend to be, independent, — or whether you are fo devoid of Principle as to fuffer yourfelves to be cajoled by a POCKTHORPE BREWER, aSt. GEORGE'S BLACKSMITH, aPOTATOE CAPTAIN, or WHINING SYCOPHANTS, and relinquifo at once-— all thofe Enjoyments which you boaft you have experienced: from the PEACE, to the threats of a BAR RACK-MASTER, or the Whimpering Cant of a FREE-SCHOOL DEMAGOGUE. ,No, my Friends, I hope better things of you : feom their Threats, and dafo the proffered PURSE from their hands !---•- Be temperate, be firm, be united ; and on the DAY OF ELEC TION prefs forward in an impenetrable Phalanx -to crufh-the Serpents that would prey upon vour Vitals by renewing the Hor rors of WAR Abroad, and of MISERY and STARVATION at Home. A POOR, hut an HONEST FREEMAN. ing to one of my friends and from which he would have loped into a diftant part of my lands, I fetched him fuch a twinging blow on the leg as brought him on his knee ; after that he was very civ.l, and by the help of friends we came to an underftanding. During all this time, the overfeers you fent to watch over the concerns of our family, were very ufe fol ; they kept a clofe eye upon every movement of the troublefome family on the other fide the water, and fupported thofe meafures by which 1 kept off the ruin ilia* thefe ill-difpofed people endeavouied to biing among my corn fields and paft'ire grounds, and which wculd have been the cafe if I had not fet myfelf up againft them; and even now, I find, I mult keep afharp look out, for they are difpofed to take any ad vantage my eafy temper may lay in their way ; and though there is nothing I wifh for more than to fit down to my beef and pud ding in quiet, yet I muft always be upon my guard, left while I am enjoying myfelf after dinner, my neighbour fhould flip over my garden wall, raife a difturbance in my houfe, and ruin my crop upon my farm. From this reafon it is, that I wifh you tp fend again the men I had 'with me before ; and becaufe they look fo narrowly to my neighbour i.i Paris, that he dares not move a ^ftep againft me when he fees how he is watched. He has (aid a great deal againft one .of them ; but John knows his friends as well by the malice his enemies treat them with, as by their own fervices for his welfare. As to that Mr. Smith, I know, little ot him ; but I did not much like his writing papers, about my af fairs, without my leave, when he knew they would go to thole ill-difpofed men, that cared not what injury they did me ; fo fc-r tha.t reafon, if. you fend him, I can place no confidence in him. The Mr.- Fellowes I know ncthing of, but I heard a ftrange account of him from two or three hands, and though I know that fofpicion will attach fometimes to the beft of men ; yet I am open and honeft myfelf, and I don't care for the advice of men who ra.uft bring Counfel's opinion in their hands, to prove their honefty. Thus you have my opinion ; and if you think, that to keep my fields from being fields-of blood, and my houfes and yours from fire and deftrudion, have any claim to your favour, fend me-thtfe men again who have done fo ;'and with hearty love to your wit es and daughters, I remain, your careful Father, JOHN BULL. (jrjr The Publisher hopes he (hail be pardoned for the infertionof many papers in this Colkoton, which contain ,fo m-uch InvefStive and Spleen, that he would gladly have omitt ed them, could he have done fo with propriety : — in particular, the Poems on Fraud, and a Paper figned a Governor of the Norfolk and Norwich Hofpital,' in which the Name of Mr. LATHOM is moft unwarrantably ufed. To give the Public fome idea of this Gentleman's Senti ments, the Publifher has Authority to ftate, that Mr LathoM did not intend' to vote at this Election, but that he afterwards refolvecl to give a fingle Vote in favour of Mr. FELLOWES ; and that having voted, he pulicly declared in the Booth, that his reafon for fo doing was, that his Name had repeatedly appeared in print without his Knowledge or Approbation. '¦'¦ MY FELLOW CITIZENS, CONSIDER well what you are about in this approaching Elec tion, and refled before it is too late upon the Confluences of your Votes.— Let not the madnefs of party, the color of a riband, a private frieiidihip, the fury of ..refentment, the pride of imfc- pendence, induce you to abufe the truft that is placed in you by your Country, to promote the general welfare, to fupport the caufe of Reli gion and the Laws of your Country, to defend your King and Confti tution, to, reward meiit, to bring forth men of approved honour, ability, and integrity ; who are able to. judge, zealous to advance^ and firm to maintain, what is. for the real good oj our City, arid of the Empire at large. The Trade of Norwich has been declining long before the War. from the fluctuation of opinion, from the variety of fafhion, from. the introikidion of other Manufactures in other Cities and great Towns. —You. want then Men in Parliament, who from intereft, talents, and affiduity, can effectually afiift what may be he're.otcr .thought neceffary, to be likely to raife our City to a ifetc more flourifoing, to a fuller iapn,-ity of bettering the fituation of the Poor, and adding more to '.heir comforts. CAN MR. SM.il H DO THIS f: His connections with thofe who have be ?n dctcc'.ed in carrying oira'correfpondence w'th the Enemies of our Country, lf-ive taken away all. importance from bin, all influence in the Houfe of Commons. And wh-ri is Mr. Fellowes' ability to ferve you; Up.lcfs for the prior advantage o,f .ery ing his own Family, he f.H WINDHAM AND FRERE. with Government, and leaves the Party by w'^om In t, -now Jup- porte.i, he can have no power to do you any public good. W hat is Party but a combination to proceed by certain principles, right or' wrong, without confulting reafon ? What is now the Blue and W hite ? Not what it was oriirinaiU, an honourable di (I ind ion, when lionet men, not ho /file to Government, united to watch the proceedings of_ our Rulers, that they might not wantonly infringe upon the Conftitution. What does it point out now (excepting a few inftancesof erring upon what would, was the Public not concernefbe -otherwife an amiable principle, the attachment of private friend- thip) what, I fay, does the Blue and White point out now in genual, but an Affociation of Perfons, avowedly determined to overturn our long admired, our happy Government"? A fet of rcfilcjs dijcon- tented Men. who to promote their own vjifhes, would place you in the fituation under which the French have fuffered fo much, and groaned, wiihitit being able to relieve themfelves. Refentvnent for any kind of iil-treafment, fuppofed or real, pub lic or private, generally blinds our eyes to prudence, hurries us into unavailing mifchief, feldom, if ever' to be remedied, and often turn ing againfi ourfelves. What is independence WITHOUT SUPPORT ? Who can fupport it but the wealthy ? Who will fupport your inde pendence but the worthy ? Enquire then how your prefent Members were received at the Guild Dinner, by fuch a very numerous and refpedable'affemblage of the City and County? And then confider who can, or who arelikely fo be your beft Friends. Confider well too, if you betray the Truft that is repofed in you for the public, hot for your private advantage, that a day of accounts will come, when you muft anfwer for it. But when the public good is promoted, all private good is alfo fecure, Let us have no SMITH, or his FELLOWES to forge any Fetters for our King or Conftitution. , HONESTY, NORWICH CRIES, for Sale in the Market-place, July 5, l8oz. C* TH. A Cofmetic worth a Jew's eye, That fhall make of a ft 'ranger a friend — Here's King-bane, here's Church bane, who'll buy ? Votes for Sale. Confttutions to mend. F s. The mears be they better or worfe, Here's tp wealth an infallible gijide. — Here are promifes not worth a curfe.— Black your fhoes. Kifs your Honor's b**de. 5 th. Any work for the Tinker, hallo ! For a poor forlorn wandering S th ? ] fe fhall mend you «« hole and make two, And without vo.r leave rather than with. F- Here's "Old B,y!e\ white -wafh fo fmart, To vamp a defaced reputation ! Here's a wt-ggou inftead of a cart, To take my laft -ride- to d ran x\\ S th. The Devil's a black — Smith you know, And my worthy colleague Mr. F s, When I c;et to mv work down below. Shall lend us his fkin for our bellows. Both. O ! then what rare work will, be made ! Such as never on earth has been fold ; With a Smiiher fe good at his trade, And a bellow.- to blow hot and told. 'Jo the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders, of the City of Norwich. MR. Smith having thorghr it r.eceffary to make fome obfer- vation- on the recent Addrefs of the late Members, it may be proper to offer a few Ihort remarks on thefe obferyations of Mr. Smith'--. The Ad-.irefs never undertook t,o, affert, that to-secur-e this Eledion' no arts were left untried by Mr. Smith. ---The .Addrefs fay- (or implies) that no arts were left untried by the par/]-.. When Mr: Smith faj s therefore th-\t fome of tliefe Arts were not pradiitd by'Htm , he in /ad contradids nothing th at the Addrefs WINDHAM AND FRERE. has aliened. The Arts probahly moft alluded to in the paffage cited, were not the . new jaccA>inical -Art.-, of perverting Men's Principles and Opinions ; but foe old- Ereetioiwe ring a ptsr( happily not known in this City for many years to any thing like an equal extent) of bribing, kidpapping, cooping, making falfe pjornifejr, holding out eveiy kind of falfe afforance, &c. Proofs of thefe, it is prefumed, Mr. SMITH will not defy.his antagonifts to produce — thefe proofs, fhould tfee occafion unhappily arife to make them neceffarv, will probably be produced where they muft be verified upon oiith,. and be determined, before impartial judges^ But, other pradices fupppfed to he alluded to, in the late or fome preceding Addreffes, are,', it feems, no " low or flagitious arts"---It is no low art (we are to underftand) to afcribe to the Government or the G"iermors,all that the people have foffered - (or fuppofe themfelves fo have fuffered) by the War, and a great part of what they have foffered by the fcatcity. To fome. this may feem one of the very lowed, arr* : becaufe, before the people ought to arraign their Government for what they hare foffered by .the War, it fhould be known wltefoer that War could, have been avoided, and whether, jike numefoais. other Wars (bet probably much more than any other \yar) it wa-s not neceffery for the p»o fcrvation of the country. This-ts a -point «pon which it is appre hended that thole who clamour ngainA ihe War, are not always the moll competent judge's ; and thexe fore, in this inftasoc-as in others, to teach the people;-, to confound- their fufferirigs-witii, the faults of their Government is a low and ftagkiotis art.' Mr. Smith .has .told us, (though not tr-uely avto the extent) that the War has been the caufe of great calamities, Bnt he has net told us what was the caufe of the War. Suppofe he were to look back for a few years and. fell, us who,- was at, War, or dreaming of War, when his favourite French Revolution came to blefs the world; and whether he will fay, that, but for that happy event, there is any reafon to think that the -world would not have re mained in Peace from that time to the prefent moment Had it been true, therefore, that the hfenufadures of this City had been reduced by the War to " almoft annihilation," We fhould have to thank, not the War, but the authors and favourers of that Revolution which made the War neceffarv. -^lhit it is an incorred and exaggeiated ftatement to fay, that the Trade of this City was annihilated (or nearly annihil.ited) by the Wat. — The Chief Trade of this City - is at this moment the Indian Trade, which it has long enjoyed; and- which it happily holds indepen dent of War and Peace; for without this it is difficult to fay, what even now might be its fituation.-- Eu.t what is moft remar kable, for men profefling not to deal in unworthy arts, is, that for the trade thus enjoyed, no credit fhould be given to Mr. Windham and Mr. Frere, who by their'exertions a'iO repeated applications at the India. Houfe, contributed- in no fma'H degree to introduce this Trade1' to a much larger extent than' it1 would otherwife h.lve been, acd in a way to make it conducive to the fupport of the lower order' of people, at apart of the year when other work was likely to be wanting. As to the time and manner of terminating the War, different people have different ideas. Some would terminate it as has been done, by a Peace which mariy .think. can lead jo. mothfog- but the ruin of the Country. Some wo.ild have prolonged the War, tillthey coufohave infered a, Peace, in their, opinion, more like')' to be permanent. Some, like Mr. Smith, '(a few only i'tfis'fo be ¦ hopfc-d) would- have fought to termi-hate it by holding a cpmmu- •nication writh the eneinv, and diffuading him from 'attempting Invafion.-'.vhen rhe'aitempt was likely to prove- difaftrous to him felf. — 7'he advocates for this latter opinion are thole, who are now pi-roofed to you as Reprefentatives for this City. It is in fhi<- way, it is prefumed, that they mean to corred.the abufes i|i Church and State, which have fo long disfigured the ancient Con- ¦flftution cf the Country.-— Eu: thefe who 00 not likfe thefe cor rections, or have, a-n odd prejudice about the means which may bb p'ropof. ,' to effed 'them, who love the Conftitution, -fech as it is', and as it has been handed down to them hom the:r Anceftori*, thefe will do well to vote for their old Members-, Windbam& Frere, WINBHAM AND FRERE. w »mit>.ni.«n.-I,f, , ,-.,.„,_ TTTpn 1 ~-x~l — rr-T— ~~ -Tr_T~~ - icemg Mi . II ii.abam ujulied in the Sneett of r 0: with. ¦ H1LSF crafty knaves, with bold licentious tongues, Attach to Windham's name a thoufand wrongs ; And hireling Haves, devoid offenfe and fhame, Infnlt his perfon, and traduce his fame : Impell'd by juftice, boldly I ftand forth To vindicate the caufe of injur'd worth ; His conduct and his principles defend, And prove that WINDHAM is his Country's friend. Where is the man who by fair truth is aw'd, Will dare tax WINDHAM with Deceit or Fraud t His honeft mind no bafe difguife has known ; Fair Truth and Ca, dour mark him for their own : His condud, form'd by honour's niceft rules, Difdains the vain applaufe of knaves and fools : True to our SOVEREIGN, he'll our rights defend, And prove himlelf the PEOPLE'S firmed FRIEND. WINDHAM of War ne'er wifh'd to make a trade : He mourns the havoc which the fword hrts made. None more than WINDHAM wifh'd the War might ceafe, Could we have made an honourable Peace ; For well he knew that one patch'd Hp and lame Would brand Britannia with difgrace and fhame, Inftead of blefling, only prove a curfe, Breakout again, and make the evil worfe, But are they all for Peace, for Peace who cry ? No — their black hearts give their folfe tongues the lie : 'Tis here they wifh to point the murd'rous fword, And drench their native plains in brother's blood : Then might bold FACTION glut its favage eye With RAP-1NE, MURDER, BLOOD, and CRUELTY ; Then might rude ANARCHY at large prevail, And dying groans our frighted ears affail ; War and its horrors then would have their charms, And thofe who call for Peace would cry — to Arms ! Scenes long fince paft beaded o'er again, Our Princes maffacred, our Nobles flain ; And (horrid thought to ev'ry virtuou-- foul !) Then ROYAL BLOOD might conrmninate the whole. Let them rail on, and vilify his name : Their malice only- ferves to raife hi-- fame. They make his power fo boundlefs and fo great, They almoft deify the man they hate : Invert him with the power of a God, And hang the fate of nations on iii> nod. But we who wifh that in our happy ifle Dcmeftic peaceand haimony fhould fmile ; Who iove our KING, cur COUNTRY, and our LAWS ; Let us ftand forth, and favor WINDHAM'S caufe ! Let n proclaim, with one united voice, WINDHAM and Loyalty fhall be our choice ! WINDHAM FOR EVER I " TO BE, OR NOT TO BE ?" I^O BE, if an honeft heart is preferable to a difhoneft one — if an independent Jpirit is to be preferred to a fervile one — if in tegrity is more valuable than treachery— if the combination of a firm mind and great abilities are more refpedable than a little mind and talents not above mech-rity — if, indeed, all that high fenfe of honour which sduates the noble mind, that humanity which is ever attentive to the general happinejs of mankind, that courage which dares avow and fupport the fentiments it conceives to be juft — is more worthy eftimation than that foul which (honour and gene- rofiiy outof the queftion) poffeffes not even a fenfe oi juftice, that breaft which glows not but for its own welfare, or that cowardice which fcreens itfelf under the (too often politic ) Jmtle cf deceit ; then decifive and prophetic is the voice which fays — " lo be." That the manly WINDHAM does honour to the city he now reprefents, can be denied by thofe only who are (either from mis- take or piin i/'iij zhk'Z- the- .names of an hot. ell m.-.n, tne city of Norwich, and tie pmlperity of this Cou-tiv. One queftion -Who dares to fiy, M r. WINDHAM is an enemy to Peace? To dilapprove the term; of a Pec/c, and to be an Advo cate fox War, ace two fuch very different thing;, that corrupt ~nd contemptible muft be that heart, or pitifully wer-k that head which would wilfully reprefent , or unwittingly conceive them to be alike-. Ido not coincide w.ith Mr. WINDHAM in his fentiments on the long baited fubjed of Bull bailing ; but his opinion on that, or indeeu on any other fubjed fo trifling, when viewed through the optic tube of national jurifpru.lencc, when weighed in the uncorrttft , unbribed, and unbiaffed j'cale of reajon, muft mount aloft as a matter lighter than a feather, when put in competition with the vciighty . fterling qualities of an honeft and independent fioul. THE TRIO, A DRAMATIC PRELUDE, IN ON E ACT, As performed at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket, For One Night Only, DRAMATIS PERSONAE: Alderman Pigtail, Obadiah Prim, and Janus the Candidate. Scene I. — An Infide View of the Back Part of Pigtail's Shop, PAINTED LIKE LIFE ITSELF 111 Janus and Pigtail difcovered— the firft fitting on an Iron Kettle inftead of a Cloje St**l, and the latter rubbing fome Whity. brown Paper between the Palms of his Hands for the accom modation of his Friend. JDfelojme. Janus. It does n't fignify, my dear friend Pigtail, but this laft dofe of Dr. Rackham's has griped me fo abominably, that I could'r.t have gone a y3rd farther for the life of me. Pigtail. A mere nothing; I could fwallow ten times the quan tity and never feel it. Janus. And then there's that damn'd Hofpital Pill ; — I foali never get that down ;— one might as well fwallow a live Lobfter. Pigtail. O ! that is only to try the ftrength of your confeience; if you can manage to fwallow that you may fwallow any thing. Janus. But then I'm fo terribly tormented with the blue devils. Pigtail. The mere effeds of imagination; / never had them ; they proceed from too much thinking. — Think lefs, my friend, or do as I do, live without thinking. Janus (fighing). So I would, my dear Pigtail, but even now me thinks the Ghoits of the injured are crying aloud fof vengeance. Pigtail. Let them cry and be d d, they can't make their appearance in an Englifh Court of Juftice, and what the devil need you care ? Enter Obadiah Prim, L. H. D. Prim {holding his Nfe). Blefs me, friend Pigtail, here is furely fomething amifs ; I am afraid, if we do not mind what we are af ter, the Enemy will fmell us out at laft. Pigtail. Hufh ! hufh ! (pointing to Janus) Our friend there was fuddenly feized with the thorougb-go nimble ; and as you know I would do any thing to ferve a friend when he's hard run, I bad him make ufe of one of my Iron Kettles inftead of a Clofe St**L Prim. Friend Pigtail, I admire thy readin-efs to oblige — but not thy mode of obliging ; 'therefore when I fhall fend unto thee for a Kettle for my Cook-maid, I hope thou wilt not think of putting thy hand up ,n that. Pigtail. Not for the world ; I'll fell it under-price to one of the opp"fne party when the Eledion is over. Janus (advancing). My dear Primi I'm afraid by your look, matters have not taken the turn you expeded. How ftand we at Swaff'ham and Lynn ? Prim. Very bad indeed ! Only One out of Nine in Swaffharti, and truly he feems to l.r a flippery one. Pig/ail. But your Lynn canvafs was more favourable fure. Janus. Ave, there your ve-y name, added to thofe in the Firm, would be fefficient, no doubt, to fecure every vote. Piim (shaking his head) Alas! Friend, thy evil doings ha'd ^WINDHAM AND 'FRERR reached the town befoie me, and I was afraid even to open my mouth in thy behalf. Janus, Why damn it, Mr. Prim, the Committee are a fet of Blunderheads ; they might as well have fent an Old Woman to canvafs as you. Pigtail. Indeed, Mr. Prim, I think you have been a little too luke-warm in the bufifiefs. Prim. In truth, friend, it is not my fault that things have taken fuch a turn. anus. Turn ! Egad, I forefee I (hall be turn'd off, and that too without the benefit of Clergy (Exit O. P. in a ruge. J Prim. Verily I think our friend has departed in wrath. Pigtail. In truth, Mr. Prim, between you and I and the bed- poft, I don't think he ftands any chance. Prim. But thou knoweft, friend, in fupporting him, we weaken the intereft of the other party ; and it muft be confefs'.d Our caufe is defperate. Pigtail. So it is ; and as we are running for honour a political race, the Devil take the hindmoft, I fay. (Runs off P. S.) Prim. If fo, it certainly behoveth me to put the beft foot for ward. (Exit O. P. in Jloiv time, twirling' bis thumbs.') , N. B. Nolwithpianding the above Piece was aded only One night at the Little Theatre, Mess. Fifher and Scraggs are getting it up in high fiyle at Swaffham, and the LEADERS OF OPPOSITION are engaged at an extraordinary expence to appear in a Cherokee Dance, to the Tune ofTantara Rara, Rogues all, &c. Firft Dancer, but not the beft, DOCTOR TWIGG. WINDHAM A-ND' FrVErtE. Characters. " Look on this Pidure." WINDHAM. If it he aught towards my Country's good, Set honour in one eye-, and dejath i'the other, And I will look on both indifferently ; For let the. Gods fo fpeed me, asi love 'The name of honour more than I fear death. FRERE. Every one doth wifh You had but that opinion of yourfelf Which every noble Briton hears you. Major P — tt~~fon. Oh ! he fits high in all people's hearts ; . And that which wpuld appear offence in us, His countenance, like riches' alchymy, Will change to virtue and to worthinefs. -Captain J. H—v-y. Sir, your reafons are pleafant without fcurrility, witty without affedatibn, audacious without impudence, learned without opi nion, and ftrange without herefy. Captain Lui-ii. In war was never lion rag'd more fierce : In peace was never pentle, lamb more mild. Aid. P tr-dge. I hold the olive in my hand : my words are full of Peace as matter. Col. H-v-y. You do yourfelf much wrong, And you bate too much of your own merit. Your faults feem as the fpots of Heaven — More fiery by night's blacknefs, hereditary R.tther than purchased : whax he cannot change Than what he choofes. Ant. H-df-n, G. M-rJe, Elv-n. Your condud and behaviour Tf mat my augury deceives me not) Witnefs good bringing up, fortune and truth. . t ' c- Hr-j. Our'CUVs inftitution, and the terms For cjfu-non jultic.', you are as pregnant in As art ami pi adife has enriched any Job/ Br-ne. Nothing becomes him ill that he would well : The only foil of his fair virtue's glofs (If virtue's glofs will ftain with any foil) Is a fharp wit, match'd with too blunt a will, Whofe edge has power to cut, whofe will ftill wills It fhould fpare none that come within its power. Purple and Orange Party.— Bo\d Spirits and Loyal Hearts, " And on this." FELLOWES and SMITH. Mifchance and forrow go along with you : Heait's difcontent and four affli&ion Be play-fellows to keep you company.- --- There's two of you, the devil make your third, And three-fold vengfeande tend upon your fteps. Ye hollow.hearted men, like horfes hot at hand. Make gallant (how and promife of their mettle ; But when they fhould endure the bloody fpur, They fall their crefts, and, like deceitful jades, Sink in the conteft. F L -S. A crafty fellow does need no broker. M—SK- TT. A fly and conftant knave, not to be fhaked — ' The agent for his Fellows. J. G R Y. Judas I am, compofed and framed of treachery. Sheriff W D. He is a valiant trencher-man : he hath an excellent ftomach. T—T—LL. I've neither wit, rior words, nor worth, Adion nor utterance, nor the powers of fpeech. JONATHAN D—V—Y. For though we lay thefe honours on this man, To eafe ourfelves of diviers flanderous loads ; , He fhall but bear them as the afs bears gold, To groan and fweat under the bufinefs, Either led or driven as we point the way. ALD..L—M-N. To promife is moft courtly and fashionable : performance is a kind of will, or teftament, which argues a great ficknefs in his judgment that makes it. W—B,jun. God made him, let him therefore pafs for a man. B-C—LE. His intelled is not replenifh'd, He is only an animal, and fenfible in the duller parts. M-R-H. By flattery has he won the Commons hearts, -» And when he pleafo to make commotion, 'Tis too well fear'd they all will follow him. DR. A—D—R—ON. You fhall here find a man who is the abftrad of al! faults all men follow. ALD. C WE ' ————— He that depends Upon your favor iwims on fins of lead, And hews down oaks with, rufhes. J-N WM. y T. B—R—A-DS. Such men as thefe be never at heart eafe, Whilft they behold a greater than themfelves. They feem meek and gentle, bat their hearts Are cramm'd with arrogance and pride. 1. IV— S. His humour is lofty, his difcourfe peremptory, his tongue filed, his eye ambitious, his gait faniaftical, and his behaviour, vain, ridiculous, and theatrical. ,.,., Blue and White Party. --There's ne'er a one of you but trulls a Knave that mishtily deceives you. At the Close of the Poll, the Numbers were : For ROBERT FELLOWES, Esq. WILLIAM SMITH, Esq. - -Right Hon. WILLIAM WINDHAM -JOHN FRERE, Esq. - - . - - 1532 1439 1356 1328 Ta the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders of the City of Norivich. GENTLEMEN, WE beg leave to return you our fincere thanks for the high honour you have conferred on us, in eleding us as Repre fentatives in Parliament fora City which has long held fo diftin guiflied a rank in the fcale of the Britifh Empire, and we truft you will reft affured that we fhall endeavour to evince our gratitude by a faithful difcharge of the important duties of the ftation to which your favour has raifed us.— The reftoration of your com merce, the fecurity of your peculiar intereft, and the general prof- perity of thefe United Kingdoms, are objeds, the attainment of which may juftly derrK..... our moft ftrenuous exertions; and they are beft to be dbtained, at leaft in our opinion, by a fedulous -r,nk:Tftttir"i rrf thr arts of Peace. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and moft obedient Servants ROBERT FELLOWES. WILLIAM SMITH. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen, and Freeholders, of the City of Norivich. GENTLEMEN, WE truft it will not be thought the language of difappoint- ment, (we are fore it is not that of prefumption) if we fay, that we regret the event of the late Conteft lefs on our own account, than with a view to the effeds which it is likely to pro duce in this City, and the example which is given to the Kingdom at large. We have declared our opinion from the beginning — an opinion which our Averfaries will be the laft to diffent from — that this has been a great political Conteft ; in which, we are now compelled to add, that victory entirely refts on their fide. With a dedudion made for the effeds of money, and of thofe Arts which though pra&ifed perhaps at all times, have, in this City, rarely been feen to the fame extent, and in the fame forms, as on the late occafion. The triumph of thofe politics, which it is difficult to defcribe otherwife than by the name of Jacobin Politics, will, in few inftances, have been found to be more complete. Thofe who know the ftate of parties in this City, with the charaders of fome of the principal adors and leaders, will be at no lofs for proofs of this remark ; and thofe who judge at a dis tance will require, probably, no other proof than that which they will derive from the event itfelf. We have faid, in a former Ad drefs, (and the affertion is in no degree contradided by what has happened) that a great majority of the Property and Confequence of the City wa.s on our fide. We fear that that Confequence has fuffered itfelf to be defeated and overborne precifely by the fame means which we have feen lead to the deftrudion of great States and Empires, (we hope, from our hearts, that others may not be expofed to equal danger) by the fupinenefs of long eftablifhed power, and by the want of eftimating truly and in time the effed of thofe arts now employed fyftematically for the overthrow of eftabliftiments of every kind. fnthis view of things it would not be refped, it would be pre fumption in us, if we were to dwell on our own individual loffes, and the concern which we muft feel at being deprived of an honour, which one of us had fo long enjoyed, and which we had both fo eagerly folicited. What we may be allowed to regret, (and no terms can be too ftrong to do juftice to our feelings in that refped) is the feparation from thofe friends, whofe virtues, public and private, have long endeared our fituation to us, and who never gave ftronger proofs of thofe virtues, or did more to render feparation painful, than at the moment when it was about to take place. In one .view, we truft, we fhall not be feparated from them. We ftill hope to pre ferve the connedion of Private Friendlhip, as undoubtedly na time will ever efface from our minds the memory of what we have owed to their kindnefs. Never were perfons fupported in a caufe by more ardent, honourable, and difinterefted zeal, or by thofe of whofe fupport they might be more proud. This muft be our confolation (and a great and efficacious one it is) under our pre fent difappointment. With this impreffion upon our minds, with the livelieft fenfe of gratitude to our Friends, and with the beft wifhes for the profperity of the City of Norwich, We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your moft obedient And faithful humble Servants, W. WINDHAM. J. FRERE. Norwich, July 9, 1802. YALE UNIVERSITY ,39002 003078277b