Artist: James Gillray. Published: Hannah Humphrey. A wildly burlesqued rendering of the Middlesex candidates and their supporters. In the foreground (left) a group from Westminster heads the procession. Sheridan and Hood ride a galloping dray-horse with blinkers and flying chains; Sheridan holds the rein, waving his hat (with a favour inscribed 'Hood') and straddling across a pannier filled with coins and labelled: 'Subscription Malt & Hops from ye Whitbread Brewery'; from his coat-pocket projects a pamphlet: 'Neck or Nothing a New Coalition'. Hood sits behind him in naval uniform, with sword and top-hoots; he waves his cocked hat triumphantly; its favour is 'Sheridan for Ever' [both favours are blue and buff]. The horse's hind-legs kick the chest of a donkey from which Paull (Burdett's outrider) falls backwards, dropping shears, cucumbers, goose (iron), and a paper: 'Impeachment . . . Marquiss Wellesley'. He is dressed as a tailor. A savage dog, the collar inscribed 'P. Moore', barks at him. The dray-horse gallops over prostrate members of Burdett's mob, a fat woman, prostrate and ragged, who drops an almost naked infant, and a sheaf of ballads: 'Paul & Plumper[s]'. Next her a butcher lies on his back, dropping marrow-bone and cleaver; his hat, with wig inside it, is on the ground. Four other butchers, still erect, are about to be ridden down. All their cleavers are inscribed 'Burdett for ever', the favours in their hats are 'Burdett'. On the extreme left a hideous ragged crone and a small girl bawl from the ballads they hold: 'Burdett is the Man for ye Ladies'. Their hats have 'Burdett' favours. Behind the Westminster group is an overladen country cart dragged by both four sorry donkeys. In front sits Burdett, tall and fashionable, holding up both arms, his hat in the right hand. From his coat-pocket projects a 'Life of Oliver Cromwell'. Behind him sit Tooke and Bosville, both severely impassive. Tooke holds up in both hands a pole on which is a placard : 'Liberty and Equality!!! - No Placemen in Parliament! No Property Taxes! No Bastilles!! Liberty for Ever." Bosville holds Tooke's left arm; he has a pamphlet: 'Rights of Man by [Tom Paine]'. These three wear tricolour favours inscribed 'Liberty'. At the back of the cart Cobbett stands full face beating a drum decorated with a bonnet rouge; he holds up as drumsticks two rolls of paper: 'Political Register' and 'Inflammatory Letters'. The (tricolour) favours in his hat are 'Paul' and 'Burdett'. The cart passes through a muddy pool, pushed along by four little chimney-sweepers, holding brush and shovel. Behind them, a fat publican cheers wildly, holding up his hat and a frothing tankard inscribed 'Orator Broadface Swallow Street'. Napoleon sits postilion on the near leader, holding a sweep's brush and flourishing heavy whip with a long vicious lash. In his feathered bicorne is a 'Burdett' favour. Parallel with this foreground procession and forming a background to it are the coaches of Burdett's opponents. In front (and behind the dray-horse etc) is that of Mellish, drawn by four spanking horses, the leader's heads being just cut off by the left. margin. The coachman is Grenville, flicking the leaders with an expert whip; from his seat fall showers of coins. He registers complacency; in his hat is a large (blue) favour inscribed 'Loyalty'. Standing behind as footmen are his brother, Buckingham, wearing spectacles and his Garter ribbon, and his fat nephew, Lord Temple; their favours are Mellish. Behind them is Castlereagh (unrecognizable). All three wave their hats. Through the window 'Mellish' is seen bowing low and very elegant, holding a cocked hat, his left hand on his breast. A Union flag (tattered) flies from the coach inscribed 'Loyalty and Independence for Ever.' On the coach panels: 'Rule Britannia and the Bank for Ever! and Integrity & ye Monied Interest.' There are also two bills on the coach: 'State of the Poll - Mell[ish], Byng, Burdett' and 'Independence for Ever! - no Mob Laws'. In Buckingham's left hand are reins by which he leads the pair of wretched hacks harnessed to the shabby chaise or coupé of Byng (right). On a chest on the front wheels, inscribed 'The Good Old Wig Block', stands a wig-block with the head (in profile) of Fox. Through the window the candidate is seen bowing, holding his cocked hat in both hands. On the door-panel: 'Old Wigs for Ever. . . '. There is also a bill: 'The good Old Whig Interest for Ever'. Between this chaise and Burdett's turn-out is part of Burdett's mob, vigorously cheering, their backs to Byng. Behind Byng's chaise is a mob frantically waving their wigs. Mellish's coach also has its cheering mob. Description from the British Museum.