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 declar'd the adjournment unnecessary, and that it was occa- sion'd by bad advice, but had since obtain'd the best counsel, and that he thought himself oblig'd in honour as well as duty to return Sir Miles Stapylton and Mr. Turner. Upon which declaration Sir Rowland Winn immediatly and indeed very abruptly left the court. Mr. Turner did not appear. Sir Miles's success is certainly to be attributed to Mr. Wortley as acting in conjunction with him. Mr. Wortley is vastly carest by the gentlemen. My Lord Malton has been impos'd upon by his agents ; his lordship was made to believe that he we'd have 1500 voters, but the number did not answer the calculation. His lordship had only about 400.

[George Phipps.]

June ir, 1734. My noble Lord,



Mr. Wortley went from York to Newcastle, and he is not returned, but I expect him in a week or less. Sir Miles was att Leeds Races, and was upon a scaffold, and gentlemen crowding upon itt the scaffold shott an end, but going gradually down no person was hurt except two men that was below.

Lord Malton went to Malton, and his Lady, on Friday after the poll ended ; and returned on Thursday morning, when the Sheriff declared Sir Miles and Turner. I think

Lord M gott home the ist inst., or night before ; but I

think Lady M never stoped in York in their way from

Malton, or att least if she did she never appeared, that I cou'd see ; as I wrote before, Lord Malton was in town but never appear'd att the windows as usuall in the great room att the George Inn. If Rowland and Turner had carried their point there was to have been fine balls, and venison to be sent from Woodhouse ; and then have tooke a tour to Scarborough. There was one or two of their creatures had patched up little equipages for that purpose, but we spoiled

their dancing, &c. and at last Sir Ro or Lord M, or

both are to pay the piper without dancing, for as I am told,

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