As there was no other candidate, it was reſolved, at the fame time, that the election of the ſixteenth was a void election.
The Freeholders ſtill continued to think that no other man was fit to repreſent them, and on the ſixteenth of March elected him once more. Their reſolution was now ſo well known, that no opponent ventured to appear.
The Commons began to find, that power without materials for operation can produce no effect. They might make the election void for ever, but if no other candidate could be found, their determination could only be negative. They, however, made void the laſt election, and ordered a new writ.
On the thirteenth of April was a new election, at which Mr. Lutterel, and others, offered themſelves candidates. Every me-
