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Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties therein; and of the Election of a Member to serv

           TheGAZETTEwarnedtheelectorsofEatanswillthattheeyesnotonlyofEngland,butofthewholecivilisedworld,wereuponthem;andtheINDEPENDENTimperativelydemandedtoknow,whethertheconstituencyofEatanswillwerethegrandfellowstheyhadalwaystakenthemfor,orbaseandserviletools,undeservingalikeofthenameofEnglishmenandtheblessingsoffreedom.Neverhadsuchacommotionagitatedthetownbefore.

           ItwaslateintheeveningwhenMr.Pickwickandhiscompanions,assistedbySam,dismountedfromtheroofoftheEatanswillcoach.LargebluesilkflagswereflyingfromthewindowsoftheTownArmsInn,andbillswerepostedineverysash,intimating,ingiganticletters,thattheHonourableSamuelSlumkey’scommitteesattheredaily.Acrowdofidlerswereassembledintheroad,lookingatahoarsemaninthebalcony,whowasapparentlytalkinghimselfveryredinthefaceinMr.Slumkey’sbehalf;buttheforceandpointofwhoseargumentsweresomewhatimpairedbytheperpetualbeatingoffourlargedrumswhichMr.Fizkin’scommitteehadstationedatthestreetcorner.Therewasabusylittlemanbesidehim,though,whotookoffhishatatintervalsandmotionedtothepeopletocheer,whichtheyregularlydid,mostenthusiastically;andasthered-facedgentlemanwentontalkingtillhewasredderinthefacethanever,itseemedtoanswerhispurposequiteaswellasifanybodyhadheardhim.

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