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being, of course, the only things I took any pains with, 

 will be put in the paper, and you'll see them. As to 

 any proceeding of a more violent nature, our party 

 had so much the possession of the town, after the first 

 day, that there was no facing us; some scuffles occurred 

 afterwards, but except a throwing of stones (in which 

 young Eoscoe and I had narrow escapes), we never 

 were in any danger : some few accidents happened, 

 two or three men being killed, and others severely cut 

 and wounded, but all who knew Liverpool formerly 

 say nothing was ever seen so quiet at an election there. 

 The enemy had a disposition to row me personally, 

 and set a broken slave captain on me, who acted at 

 Canning's bar, but he found it would not do, and re- 

 treated. A man of more respectable description was 

 also set on me, and in consequence of my treating him 

 loudly on the hustings, sent me a letter which reached 

 me just as I was beginning my speech ; but having a 

 friend who had joined me here for the purpose, I sent 

 him to say I did not seek a quarrel, but I had not the 

 least wish to avoid one, which produced an ample 

 written apology. These things are, of course, between 

 ourselves, especially the last, as the man is in the 

 Customs, and I should not wish to injure him, believ- 

 ing him to have been set on. 



" So now you have as accurate an idea of the hu- 

 mours of the election as if you had seen them, and at 

 a small cost. The zeal of our friends is inconceivable, 

 and in some cases melancholy ; one has been in con- 

 finement, having actually gone mad ; several others 

 have ruined themselves; and they have already formed 

 a committee, &c., for bringing me in next vacancy, but 

 we expect no opposition. 



