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GENERAL ELECTION. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. THE Committee for condueting the Elation of Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, requeft the Attendance of his Friends. at Hyde park Corner, on MONDAY MoawrNo, the i Bth inftant, at Half Taft Seven o'clock, to accompany him to the Hutting,. To the INDEPENDENT ELEC FORS of WESTMINSTER. Garsimissas, Pledge my word of honour, that I have-not joined, neither will I join any of 'the Candidates. I confider this ab folutely neceffary to the freedom of Eledlion. I have only to en treat, that your zeal and exertions in the carfe of Loyalty and Independence, may be unreneitted; and that you will give ;10 credit to unfounded and malicious reports. I have the honour to be. Gentlemen, With the greateft refpedt, Your much obliged and faithful fervant, Richprdfon's Hotel, COCHRANE. Covent Garden, May t 6, 18;7. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. LORD COCHRANE'S Friends are recriefied to Dine, on Monday next, the 18th init. at Willis's Rooms, King•ftrect, St. James's, at five o'Cloek. Tickets las. 6d. each, to be had at the Bar of the Thatched Houle Tavern, St. Jams s- Arca. and at the feveral Committee Rooms. Lord COCHRANE in the Chair. STEWARDS. Sir Alei. M'Kenzie, Bart. John Willoek. Efq. Licut. Col. Tyler Peter Rtehardfon, Efq. Lieut. C. 4. Cochrane James Hehden , Efq. Captain King. R. N. Thomas Maude, iq. Captain Marlhall. R N. Thomas Denman, Efq. Captain W.,lton, R. N. Wm. Holmes, Efq. WESTMINSTER ELEC I.ION. Fiends of LORD COCHRANE are re -IL fpeelfully informed that Ilia Lottlfhip will attend, next Monday the 18 , h intl ant, at the BRITISH Correa Houtz, CockfpurArert at Ten o'Ch , ck in the Morning, when thofe Gen tiemett kireto:s who ere fu kind as to honour him with their fup. port, are earntilly requited to affemble, in order to proceed in a body to the Rifling.. Richarae. Hotel, Covent Garden, May t 6. TO THE (31' NTLEMFN, CLERGY, AND FREEHOLDERS OF THE ( MINTY OF SUnS: X, lit and about LONDON. GENTLEMEN, YOUR Voice and intr.ell are eatneflly requefted for Cologel SERGISON, whole Committees will be daily fitting, at the lionfts of Mr fleatkcote, Bouverie-ftreet, Fleet lit. et ; and Mr Gwynne, Lewes. 'I he Poll will continue oral every day, from Ten In the morn lr, till Five in the afternoon. STKIE of the POLL, at its clote on Friday-4th DAr's POLL. For Colon I SERGISON 778 I For Mr. FULLER. 11 Mr. WYNDHAM 1303 THE EVENING . STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, MAY t 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Confols, for money. 6344—f0r ace. 63}}—Omnium t Exchequer Bills. par to t s dif. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock Imp. 3 per Cent.`6l44 3 p. Ct. Red Ann. dxl4 Imp. Ann. 7 946th} 3 per C. Conf. t kids S per Cer t 4 per Cent. R AA Exch. Bills, ts.dif. is. preen. 5 per Cent. Navy. 971 98 974 Omnium 14 Long. Ann. i 7 13-16 the Lottery Tickets. 191 at. India Bonds gs a 3s. prem. I Confols for etc.:Soli French Papers to the Bth infiant, and three Mails from Tonningen arrived lag night. The French Offi:ial Paper contains the Addrefs of the Senate to BONAPAATE, on his meffage relating to the confcription. It is of the Ramp and quality that !Itch addr (fres generally are. The Senate re echo the words of the meffage, and praife the moderation of their Mailer, which is the fame at Berlin as in the palace of the Thuilleries, and at Eylau as in the capital of FREDERICK the Great. They anticipate the total rout and deft:al:on of the Ruffians, by one of thole grand manoeuvres which BONAPARTY alone is capable of conceiving and executing, and fpeculate upon the conqueft of Ruffian Poland, as fcon as the weather (hall allow the French trocps to be put in motizn. This Adchefs is by no means In pacific as the Bulletins of the Grand Army, which we gave yeflerc!ay. The other Journals, though not in an official shape, prefent Come interefling information refpating the Allied and the French army. The preparations of both for the approaching contcll are much of the fame call and charaler. The main armies of each party ate laid to be divided into three principal corps Thofe of the Allies are to be refpalively commanded by the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, his PRUSSIAN MAJESTY, and the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, counfelled and al:filled by Generals BENNIGSEN, RUCHEL, BLUCHER, and others who have diftingnifhed themfelves during the campaign. Both armies, it is faid, only wait the return of fay.iurable weather to re-commence holtilities. The prupofitions of BONAPARTE to the Courts of Ruflia and Prutlia a.e Rated to have met with a pofitive reja i n. Intelligence to this effed had before reached us ; but we did not weft to find it fo fully con - Ow:rated and confirmed by an admit. lion in Journals under the controul of NAPOLEON. We learn by our private letters from the Lower Elbe, that a great popular clamour has been mired againti the Biitifh for not fending troops to the affill ance of the Allies. When the Swedes had repulfed the Dutch that were left before S:ralfund, It was there believed that the Englifh troops were embarked, and would loon join them. The difatler the Swedes fuf taincd afterwards, may account for the readinefs with which the populace, infiigared, perhaps, by French emifraries, endeavour to blacken our charafter. The affair at Conliantinople has alto been converted into a theme for ccnfure. In ihort, the Bririfh force fhould only have (hewn itfelf in the Baltic ! Reports of Negociations for peace, have been as current in the North As they have beep in London. It was even reported, that the Emperor of Ruffia bad been a t NaroLa ow's bead quitters, and that the two Mo. narchs had a conference whichilaned two hours ; but the rumour reds on no authority whatever. PRIVATE LETTER. 64 LOWER ELEA, MAY 5. —We are here in almoft entire ignorance of the real courfe of things, fo great are the pains taken' to conceal every thing ibat can give umbrage to our plefent mailers. We do not even know, for inftance, whether the King.ef Swe• den has approved of the Armiaice of not. We have , indeed accounts from many quarters that he has note and that General Von Ellin Is difgraced. •4 Since Saturday we have had advice: from Leipzic and Vienna by private letters, that the combined Engla and Ruffian fquadrons have re ) patted the Dardanelles, and Come lettdrs even add, that Peace is figned between Ruffia and England, and Turkey ; and this was even inferted in the "'Mona Gazette and the Mercury of yeaerday ; you will fee, however, by the letters from Berlin, &c. very dif ferent accounts. " We have alto private advises, that the Au(lrian Court has refuted a farther paffage through IRria to the French troops intended for Dalmatia, in confe quence of very puffing remonftrances from Ruffia. Many reports are fpread, which wuuld Teem to indi cate an approaching rupture between France and Außria. That 35,000 men from the army collated in 'aria, &c. as was fuppofed for the purpofe of pene trating into Turkey, are coming by f.rced marches to Germany, is a remarkable circumftance, and gives rife to many conjatures. " A paper of the Empire, received here on Satur day, affirms, that Bonaparte has removed his quarters from Finkenaein to Canitz, ten German miles on this fide of the Viaula. " The kt letters from Berlin bring no advice about Bonaparte or his head quarters. The long inaetivity in Poland is need by we-informed pet lons to proceed from two caufes ; fir 11, the badnefs of the weather and of the roads, the know I) ing only three or four weeks ago fix feet deep in the neigh bourhood of Dantzic ; fecondly, as intelligent per. tons juft returned from Leipzic have related, on the authority of wounded French Officers there, the lois of the French, - in men, has been enormous which makes Bonaparte unwilling to begin ofienfive opera tions as yet. He has, however. fortified himfelf fo flrongly, that it would 'be very dangerous for the Ruffians to attack him. The want of provi(ions in the French army is, however, fa great, that iris fup. poled the Ruffians hope that they will fhortly be obliged to retire of themfelves, and at leaf's that they will not venture to advance while Graudentz, Dant zic, and Colberg hold out." ANOTHER PRIVATE LETTER. g g HAMISUIRGH, Max 05.—Our papers, in want of any thing better, are filled with long reports of in figntficant aCtions, and of letters from Contlantinorle, reprefenting the formidable preparations making by the Turks, and of the lots fullained by the Engin in repaffing the Dardanelles ; a (hip of the line is (hated to have funk on the 4th, off Penedos. Sixty theufand men, it is laid, are lately art ived from Alia, and be fore the end of May, 200,000 Eden will be :rambled on the Danube. " All commerce being flapped, ft om the Entine by the Ruffians, and from the Mediterranean by the Englifh, the want of provifions began already to be felt in Contlantinople. Letters from Vienna, of the zed Apia, contain no thing particular, but that the F uflians have aban doned the liege of Giungewo, after an unfucceisful affault, and that the Servians have not only coPeCted their whole force, but have fommoned all men cape ble of bearing atms, from twenty to forty years of age, married as well as unmarried, to 3ppear when i called upon." FROM THE HUSUM MAILS. VIENNA, APRIL 29. Yetlerday arrived a Royal Pruflian Courier fro-zo the Rotllan head quarters at Bartenftein, fix and a half German miles from Koningflnrg, who Rated, that no important movements, nor any action, have lately taken place in Poland, on account of the extreme heavinels of the roads.—Hamburg/ Correlp. May 9. Our Court Gazette contains use following article from Turkey : " After the return of the Engliffi fl2et from Con flantinople, it was reinforced off Tenedos by a numerous Ru ffi an fleet under the i command of Admiral Slniavln, which blockades the ftreight of Con- Rantinopir. An attempt made by the Ruffians to take the eagle of Tenedos by dank, failed of fuecefs. 1111 " On the 24th of March the janizaries received, as ufual, three months pay, and on the 3oth March the Grand Vizier proceeded with Mabomet's holy ftandard to the camp which is to be formed near Adrianople. " He flopped till the tft of April at Daud, and received the fare well compliments of the Foreign Ministers. Muffs. , Pacha of Salonichi, is appointed Cairnacan during the Vizier's abfence , and was clothed on the icth of March with the caltomary robe of honour. " On the t 6th of March the new Captain Paths returned with his fquadron from the Sea of Marmora ; difembarked the crews at Gallipoli, and caft anchor off the Summer Palace. Bzfchiktalck The Sublime Porte has appointed Prince Alexander Hagler!' Hofpoder of Moldavia, inftead of Prince Callimachi. The young Prince Alexander Suzzo 411 owed him in his office of Interpreter to the Porte. Czerny George has taken poffeffion of the Raja of Zwornik, blockades the rowels on the rock of that name, and threatens St reik), the capital of Bolide. Tifchlebi Aga, Seyrnan Balch', diftinguifhed for bis activity in magas the populace at Conftentinople, particularly In Pifa, is named Governor of the forts and troops on the European fide of the Canal, with the rank of Pacha of Three Tails ; and on the Afiatic fide, Bekir Paths, Beglerbeg of Keutahji, and under bim Ciarkagdi, All Puha, late Alan of Magncfia, and Kara Orman Oglu of Smyrna, which city is liaewife threatened by the Ruffians. " The Turks Rill continue to ftrengthen the Dardanelles As loon as they are completed neutral veffels will again be permitted to enti the Channel, the Sea of Marmon, and the Black Sea. " The Rate of affairs in Moldavia and Wallachia has not expe rienced any change. General Micheifon has taken up a more concentrated pofition, and in two forties made by the garriron lfmael and Guirgewo, the Turks have been repulfed with confider' able las.' The exportation of all forts of provifions from the Aigiriaa dominions is prohibiteci.--Wassbargh Corrd. 1111 47 8 ;have this moment received intelligence by way of Copenhar n. that the King of Sweden has not ratified the celretion of arms concluded between Ge neral 17,!'n Effen and Marfkal Monier, that Von Efren is difgraced, and that 15,000 more Swedifh troops will be embarked for StrAlfund. By a veal they have received the news at Copenhagen that Dantsic has been taken by [torn), which is certainly without , foundation. COPENHAGEN, MAY s. The mafter of a veal, which left Dantzic on the 24th of laft month, and arrived here the day before yefterday, Rates, that the bombardment of D•int zic is carried on with great vigour. A corps, of 4.00 French troops bas taken pofreffion of Swinemunde. According to the moft recent accounts fromDant. zic, that place was not taken on the t a of this month, General Kalkreuth has pofitively declared, that he will not furtender that fortrets on any condition whatever ; but it is laid, that the want of provifions will probably accelerate its reduaion. Letters from Koningfberg advife, that the direc tors and clerks of the Royal Pruffian Bank are re turned thither horn Memel.—Hambrargh CorrePonel. May 9. According to letters from Konnin gfberg, the Prince of Benevento is laid to have had a conference with the Emperor of RuClia, not far from l3runfberg ; the day and place is not mentioned. The French have taken poffeffion of the iflinds of Ufedom,and Wallin, in purfuance of the artniftice, which the King of Sweden has not ratified. The Swedifb troops in Pomerania receive confider• able reinforcements. Marshal Mortier was on the 28th April at Stettin, whence a throng body of ttoops marched to Anclam. The Swedifh General Engelhrecht is arrived at Konningtherg, with difpatches from his Swedifh Majesty. The Rofilan troops, which have reinforced the garrifon of Darazig, are commaqed by Prince Sjer hallow. Three Englifh Chips of the line are lying near Dant zic. • Since the beginning. of March, the Ruffian army under the order the orders of General Bennigfon, has been reinforced with 85,000 men.—From the Glen. hagen Gazette of the sth May. THORN, APRIL 26. The nigl , t before tafl, the Perllan Ambaffador ar rived here from Warfaw, and yefterday purfued his journey to the Imperial head quarters.—Hambur,o Cornyil. May 8. BRESLAU, MAY 8. ---___ • _ Camp before Mitre, May a. This morning, at three o'clock, the Wirtembargh troops who form the liege of Neiffe, attacked the blockhoufe, two mills, and the Prince's garden, which are alt outworks of the fortrefs, with fixed bayonets, carried them, and took five pieces of can non, and rO3 prifoners, among whom are three offi cers.-.-Hamb. Gar. May 8. STUTGARD, APRIL 27. Official accounts from Silefia, hate the prefect potation of the Wurtemburg troops, and the events that have taken place once the loth initant, as fol low :—the body regiment of light horfe, and the in• fantry regiment's of Scckendorf and Romig, are at prefent unconneCted with that corps. The dellina tion of the former, appears to be to form a junetion with the grand army ' • that of the other to be em ployed at the liege of Colberg, for which place it has already marched. The regiment of horfe chaffeurs, Duke . Louis, and the fecond battalion of foot chaf feurs, with two pieces of cannon, and abut as many Bavarian troops, are polled in the vicinity of Glatz, as an army of obfervation. The tett of the Wur temburg troopc, thofe in garrifon in the Silefian for trellis excepted, befiege Neje. On the 13t4 inllant in the evening, the befieging artillery had arrived in the morning, was placed in the batteries, and on the tfith the bombardment began, with fo much elf:41; that by the &It difcharge, a der& of ammunition with 2 officers and to gunners v. ere blown up. A few hours alto wards leveral houfes were in flatnts, and as the fi:e was not extinguithed for ten hours, a number of houfes and fever al buildings were laid is allies. Sir JOHN CARR. is about to gratify the public with an•account of his late Tour through Holland and along the Rhine, to Mentz and Darmlladt. Si; T. LIDDELL is fecuring a teat in Parliament at a fdture vacancy, for the County of Durham, by Ideating his friends from flatly promifes. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT WAS lo much recovered as to be take the air yelierday in his carriage MIDDLESEX M. ETING..--Yeilerday a Isleetinrr of Sir C. BAYNES' friends was held at the Freemafon's Tavtrn, when Sir W. GIBBnN took tht Chair, and propofed the Baronet as a fit perfon to reprerent the County in Parliament. Several refolutions were moved by Mr. BOW LES, and carried unanimoufly. Sir C. BAYNES, in a thort fpeech, thanked the Freeholders for the honour done him, and was happy to inform them, that during his canvafs he had met with fuch ruppott, that he could not ettertain a doubt of fuccers. After the thanks of the meeting had been given to the Chairman, the meeting adj turned. The Free holders prefent were numerous and refpeaable. This morning about half patt fix o'clock the back part of fume Chambers in the South Well corner of Lincoln's Inn, which look into Serle-ltreet, fell into the greet with a great crath. Fortunately, how. ever, no perfon was palling at the time, and no other damage was done except block:ag up the greet for a fhort time. The Chambers were very old and ruinous, and a fcaffolding had been conttrufted for repairing them. TI e workmen have been bufily employed all day in fhering up the adjaccnt cham bers, which are in a very hazardous gate. _ . Captain Blooms, of the Alexander, from the South Seas, arrived in the River, Ipoke an American vefrtl, the CF. , ain of which intormei him that he failed from the Ifle of France on the roth of January. at which time there were lying there two frigates, of 44 guns each, and the following prizes, viz. the Mleon, Fame, two Country (hips, (names unknown) and the Olive. The, latter was captured in the Red Sea. The Cyrus, P ►wLHAM ; Charlotte, WEST ; and the Perfeverance, STATERS, from London for the South Seas; the Crefcent, Hopes& ; and the William Fen fling, from the South Seas for London, were off Cape Horn on the i4.th of December la NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MAY 13. Arrived the HUMBER armed (hip, from a era;z z . Wind S. W. PORTSMOUTH. MAY is: Arrive] the FURY bomb, with a convoy from the aeons. Sailed the ALERT fchooner,on a cruize. DE AI., MAY is. Sailed the Toast:marry gun brig. on a cruise., Came down from the River feveral light tranfports, and remain in the Downs with the reit of the Slip : as per 'att.—Wind S. W. fine weather. GMAT/LUND. MAT I.s.—Paffed by the Sophia. Shinneth ; and the Elianore, Nightingale, from Norway ; Namely, fro m Waterford ; Draper, M'Donnell ; Fador, Conway ; Wit. hams; and Cunningham, Boyle, from Belfalt. Sailed the Queen, Clements, foe Gibraltar; Fame, Crowds, for Riga; Levant,Stse. - ton ; and the Ant :aura, Grids, for Tonningen. ARRIVED. In Standsate Creek, the Friendthip, Anderfon, from Smyra. for London—At Cowes, Pocohastes. Howland, from Charkfts, —At Falmouth, Century, Dale, from Chuteßon At Liverpoci, Albion, Grdg; and the Peggy, Rowe, from St. Michael's. In our Yarmouth lettir, in the STAR of Thurfday. it was Rated that the EXCILL2NT man of war h a d got on the Whiting Sand in her way to join the IST , )rtt. Sea fleet, and received fome damage. It gives as much pleafure to be able to (late that no fuch aces. I dent took place. The Exca t.t.Eu 1. has not been from the Noro, LAIV INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY ta. calFrirna, ATTORNEY, v. nt.ana. This was an adion of Dander. It appeared that the f'Lsintiff was an Attorney of this Court, refitting at Newport, in the Ifle of Wight, where he followed his profetlion with credit and refpedability, haying previoufly foaled his Clerkfhip in the refpeftable Office of Meffrs. Warton and Co. in the Temple.— He was - employed by a Mr. Philip George Dodd, in his profeffional capacity, refpcding a difpute betweea him and a tenant of the Defendant, about a mill. comic', and having met upon the fu!Jjed, Mr. Dodd told him be could no longer employ him, as the Defendant, Mr. James Ruffin Blake, had• told him that he was incompetent, the words charged in the declaration being, " Why do you go to fuch a petty. flging fellow as that ?" (meaning the plaintiff); 4t Why don't you go employ fome refpedable man, who knoo-s his battlers ; as to him he knows no thing about Winer. ?" The Learned Counfel for the Plaintiff here obferved, that there was a cafe is the honk', where an Attorney of the Court obtained a verdia againft a perfnn who called him a daffy down-dilly, the Count conceiving that this epithet meant to convey fomething injurious to the Plaintiff's charader, but the phrafe of petty.fogger did not re quire any tranflation, being already well known to the world in general. In confequence of there ob. fervations of the Defendant, Mr. Dodd entitely with. drew his bufinefs from thy management of the Plain• tiff, to his confiderable lots and injury, and this adioa was brought to recover compenfation, The ATTORWAY GENERAL, on the part of the Defendant, (when the Plaintiff had proved his cafe) obferved, that no man refpated the charader of an Attorney more than be did, but the fad in this cafe was, that Mr. Dodd was the real Plaintiff, and nut Mr. Griffiths. Dalt had had a difoute with a miller, a tenant of the defendant, about cutting down a mill bank, which was a great lots to the poor miller, and , Mr. Blake wanted Mr. Dodd to give up a leafe he had of their: premifes over the miller, in order to pre vent further difputes or difagreements, but this he do, and in revenge determined to throw r m ef r n . fe ß d la to keu upon the Attorney, by imputing, theft expreftions to him. If, he cohtinned, any one of the Gentlemen of the Jury, wh• !elided in the City of Lo 'don, and whore mercantile tranfadiong were folely confined to the metropolis, bad been afperfed and calumniated, it would he thought a molt ridi culous thing were he to ptilifh a vindication of I,is cl'arafler in Yolkfhire, in order to clear himfelf from inch imputations in the eyes of the pe , ,ple of York. So it was in the prefent cafe, for the Plaintiff; wholly unknown in this city, had braoght his aftioi here, when he fhould have tried it in Hampfhire, where he and all the other parties were known, and to which place the whole of his profeffional pradice was confined. The faa, however, was, that the venue was originally laid in Hampfhire, and the Plaiatiff difcontinued that adion, and commenced the prefent one in. Middlefex. Under all the circumftances, he nulled the Jury would be fatbfied it was not a cafe which called for more than nominal damages. Lord ELLENBOROUGH obferved, that the words being aOionab!e, and proved to have been fpoken by the Defendant, the queflion was ' whether, in confe quence of there words In fpuken, Dodd did withdraw his bufinefs from the Plaintiff, who thereby fuftained a fpecific tors ? But if the Jury believed that Dodd, being irritated agaitift Blake, did thus put him in the hands of his attorney, and that be had fullained no lofs by this constellation, then could negative the fpecial damages, and give fuch as they thought him entitled to.--The Jury found a verdict for the Plain• tiff, one !billing damages. MAY 16.--LLOYD 9. LAME. This was an aslion brought by the Plaintiff, s bookfeller, in Harley•ltreet, against the Defendant, a medical man in the fame neishb-urhond, for 33 nights hire of a trinsferable ticket to Diury.lanc Theatre, at the rate of four (billings each night; together with the value of the Myer ticket, effimated at 31. 6s. It appeared, that the Ddendani hired two tickets on the 26th of November fall, and only fent one back the next morning. The omiflion was not dircovered till 33 nights after, when the Plaintiff de manded his ticket. Tile Defendant fail it had beta ltopped at the . Theatre; hut, on enquiry, that not appearing to be the fad, the prefent adion wto brought. The Defendant called a. Mrs. Afiley to prove that it had been (topped •at the Theatre; bet the croved, that the went en the Bth of December with a Mr. Allen, at wl<ich period it was ItoPPedf and net on the evening of the 26th of November. Lord ELLENBALOUGh laid the cafe was Cometrhat confuted ; but fo much was clear, that the ticket wail hired on the 26th of November, and that the Bth of De.-ember. the Defendant ufed it ; fit that he had la right, at leaft, to pay for the interval.—The jury , however, after consulting together for fome time , found a verdid for the Plaintiff for 33 nights, and the value of the ticket, as it had not been returned , up to that period ; amoun;irt altogether to 71. tic