Star. — London, England, 1820-03-09 00:00:00

• m roura t hem, rad , : i t eva, or bo t. me mad( or th mean at th stint' not Furs' sure had publ rode' for t dern Hon bee: and to d( way tude was sinn with ing the vity ( 04 g day 'Vote Was still to tl thei his had flak all rig! '1 grA pla. tuh bcr it hell ces! tha wh the gal tha SCC the 11111 Tic net any the by sin If th 4 u. thi (L Sc' an he th pl th dc F ti( st V. ti e F U b 3 1 • ig me"—(Lw‘d cheering, and ct ie.; of " Who is the kg,uard !"I.—The worthy Alderman then turned. ;:nd to - the Livery, and commenced his address to em, by declaring how much he felt indebted to : m, for the exertions which they had that day ;de in his behalf. He had stated yesterday, that was no. matter whether he was returned at the top bottom of the poll, as in either case, if he was re anted, he should continue to perform his duty. It • made no itiffei ence to him whether he was the first the last of their Representatives. All that he had leant to say was, that if he should again be placed • the head of the poll, it would form an additional imulus (though he could assure them that he did not want any stimulus at all) to his continuing to eirsue that line of conduct which had already en.; wed him their approbation, and to devote, as he td hitherto devoted, the whore of his time to the ,üblic service—(Cheers).—He felt himself greatly idebted to his late worthy colleague, Mr. Wilson,' the high terms in which be had spoken of his (Al. !tartan Wood's) services. Such a compliment as his tonoura!ele Friend had just paid him was hardly to expected from a person standing in his situation ; ad the desire which he (Mr. Wilson) had exhibited do him (Mr. Wood) honour, was such as would al ways be remembered by him with the utmost grati ide—(Loud cheering).—The state of that day's poll its net likely to have much influence on the conchs ;ion of it; the 'Livery had not yet come forward pith their usual spirit; indeed, it was quite astonish lg to behold how great their inactivity had been on ie present occasion, when compared with the acti ity which they had exhibited on former occasions— Cheers). —They would recollect, that in the last two lays of the last Election, he had himself polled 2000 iotes; and at present the highest number on the poll was 666. There were, therefore, 7000 Liverymen till anpolled; and in the appeal which he had made to them, he had -called upon them not to give him their votes unless they were satisfied that he had done his duty—(Cheers).—lf they were satisfied that he iad done it, they would again give him their suf . - :rages, and he would repay that gift by bestowing all his time and attention .to the promoting of their eights and interests--(Load theming). The LORD MAYOR came forward to express his gratitude for the situation in which his friends had ,laced him on the poll. He could not help congra .ulating them on the spirit of good humour and li icrality which at present prevailed among them : a was so grateful to his feelings, that he could not lelp hailing it with the utmost pleasure. -The suc :ess which had that day attended him was not more than he. expected,. from the promises of .support which he had received upon his canvass, and from the numerous Gentlemen who were now actively en gaged in his behalf. It was, however, only right that his friends should recollect that they had not :can more of the contest than its commencement ; ley ought not, therefOre, to relax in their efforts, under the idea' that they had already achieved the victory. They ought to remember, that their oppo nents were possessed of great skill, great judgment, and great industry, in election matters ; they ought, therefore, to persist in their exertions to the end, lest, by lulling themselves into a false security, they should afterwards experience the ignominy of defeat. If they did so persevere in their exertions, he had not the slightest doubt that his wishes would. be ulti. 'newly crowned with more complete success than the warmest of his friends could now anticipate— (Loud cheering). Mr. Alderman Tworte was welcomed by the as semblage with the most enthusiastic shouts of applause and attachment. When they had partially subsided, he commenced his address to the Livery, by observing, that though so me Gentlemen and himself had chaoged places on the poll since the last time he had enjoyed the honour of addressing them, he must ever feel grateful for the unbought spontaneous support which had that day been afforded him. When he consi dered the exertions which had been employed to oduce the difference on the poll which he had just noticed—when he considered the numerous offers of support which he had received during his canvass-- when he considered that nine-tenths of the Livery were yet unpolled, and that the spirit which had al ways animated the Citizens of London, when their rights were endangered, was not yet, by any means, extinct—he could not, for a single moment, prevail upon himself to doubt regarding the result of the present contest. Indeed, he had no hesitation in saying, that in his opinion the state of the poll would be changed again to-morrow, and that he should be. replaced on it in the same relative situation which Le had occupied yesterday—(Cries of " You shall you shall !') He trusted most implicitly to their kindness : he relied most strongly on their public spirit ; and, as they had previously approved his principles, expected to see both their kindness and their public spirit exerted in his behalf. if he was replaced in the honourable situation of their Repre sentative, he would shew them, by his future con : duct, that he was not insensible to the high disinc- - tlon conferred upon him—(Great applause). Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN was not audible for some time, from the noise of cheers and hisses in the Hall. He assured the Gentlemen of the Livery, that notwithstanding the,triumphant appeal that had.been made to them on the state of the poll by the Candi; dates who had previously addressed them, still he appeared before them with complete confidence of Lltimate success. So far, indeed, from being in the slightest . degree surprised at the situation he held on that day s poll, he was only surprised that his adver saries had not succeeded better, and that they did not stand higher—(Cheers). On some interruption oc carting on the hustings, he said, he hoped that he should not be interrupted by Gentlemen in future ; if such interruption were continued, he should move that ..trangers be excluded from the hustings. It was matter to him of great regret that every Candidate was not allowed to obtain a fair hearing. It was true that public feeling could not always be controuled ; but • when it was considered that the hustings were tilled with the friends of the different Candidates, they above all others ought to suppress their feelings, and carefully to guard against any interruption pro- ceeding from them—( Cheering). As he was now allowed to proceed, he would repeat, that the only subject of surprise to him was, that his adversaries did not stand coosiderably higher. He knew his friends, considering the situation which he held yes terday, were holding back upon the supposition—an erroncom supposition—that he was in . a state of se- entity. On the last Election, a reserve of one thou sand voters had held back till the two lastikeys, and the Gentlemen of the Livery knew what an advan tageous turn that reserve had given to that ElectiOn and to the cause of Freedom. . Hebad many toladp, vise with, who knew the manner in which.an Eke- tion ought to be conducted ; and as the management of the reserve was cdnfided to his Committee, his friends ought to trust to them, and to push forward without taking any Rodeo of what might be wanted at the close of the poll. He had the best. support he could wish for, and such as 'gave him no reason to despair of ultimate success. Ills frieadi attended from public principle, and were not influenced_by ist-, terested motives. Their chief anxiety was to give him their suffrages in the manner best calculated to serve his cause. He found this to be the case upon [his canvass, and upon the occasion when he was so triumphantly returned at the Common Hall; and he knew that nothing was now wanting but the.zeal and activity of his friends in voting for him as early as possible. He had the fullest cokfidence of success; for he did not recollect any instance in which the poll had been filled up so slowly as oa the present occasion. -They had seen a great number of voters pressed forward by their adversaries that day, who, if they had possessed any confidence in their strength, would have been kept back for some days longer.— When he saw these persons. pushed forward .at so early a period— when he. considered that the sup porters of his adversaries were pressed men, and that his own . were all volunteers—his confidence of ulti mate.success was increased. He had one suggestion toisropose to his fl lends : it was, that they . should, immediately on leaving the Hall, meet together in their respective districts, and encourage each other to come forward as early as possible to give their suffrages. All that he should now do would be to thank them for the support they had already given him, and to encourage them not to relax in their ei ertions, which was all that was necessary to make their triumph complete and effectual. ' The Meeting then dispersed. Aldermen WOOD and THORPE, on leaving the Hall, were recognized, and loudly cheered by the populace, who, on their getting into Alderman Wog:till's carriage, took out the horses, and proceeded to draw the two Candidates to their respective homes. STATE OF THE POLL THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mr. Witsow - Alderman Cram ......... Wogs I - 1136 Alderman %mini - 928 - 1034 -- THORP - 101 - 992 ---..-•• W•lrintAX 749 STATE OF POLLS. SOUT II WA RK ELECTION. State of the Poll this day at One o'Clock. Mr. CALVERT - - 862 Sir ROBERT WILSON - 787 Sir THOMAS TERTON - 347 OXEOZD, MARCH 8.--(Second Day). - - 463 I General St. John - - - 405 BRISTOL, MARCH 7. - - 574 I Bai hie - - - - 564 SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 7.—(First Day). De Crespigny - - 57 Dottin - - - Chamberlayne - 54 1 NOTTINGHAM, MARCH 7.--(Second Day), Smith - . - - 248 Birch - - I Rolleston - - 248 Denman • - • NIIIRTHAMITON, MARCH 7.{Fret Day). Sir G. Robinson - . 108 I Lord Compton - Capt. Maberly - - 185 ST. ALBAN'S. 223 I Sir H. W. Wilson - Wetherali Lockbart Bright Davis C. Smith W. T. Robarts - 176 This Borough is strongly contested ; seven coaches and four left the Castle, in King-street, Cheapside, this morning, in the interest of Mr. Robarts, one of the partners in the firm of Sir William Curtis and Co. CITY or CANTIIMILY, MAWR 8. A t the close of the poll this day, the numbers were— Mr. Lushingtea 595 1 ,4 14 r. Foot 85 Lord Clifton 556 At an early part of the day, r. Foot sent in a letter, signi fying his desire to withdraw from the contest. The two success ful Members were chaired in the evening ; and every thing was conducted with the greatest possible harmony and good-nature. Irswicu, MAI:CH B.—Second Day. Mr. LESSARD - 332 I Mr. CRICKET: Mr. HALDIKAND - 332 Mr. ROUND COVENTRY, MARCH 8. 81 I Moons - 681 75 CLosr - £8 ARUNDILL, MARCH 8.--Third Day. Mr. BLAIR - 185 Mr. J. Btase - 15 7 I Lord BURY - - 174 Mr. ATIIIALT - 157 Thstior's CASTLR.—Yesterday the Election commenced, when Mr. Douglas Kinnaird, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Knight, were put in nomination. At half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, each Candidate had polled an equal number of 'votes. The town was then in a riotous state, when our inform ant came away. WzoLocc.—Tuesday, the Election for the Borough of Wenlock commenced, when the following Gentlemen were offered as Candidates:—dlr. Forrester, Mr. Child, and Mr. Lawley.— At the dose of the poll, the numbers were-T. FORRESTER. CHILD LAWLEY CORBETT ELLICE It is somewhat remarkable, that for upwards of a century then'has been no contest for this Borough. MEMBERS RETURNED. Ainvcnow —John Maberley, Esq. CIRENCF.STER—Lord Apsley and Joseph Cripps, Esq. estsvzinsuav—Lord Clifton, and Mr. Lushington. lloacnastas—Robt. Williams, Esq. and Hon. Charles Warren. Dimmest, Ix Survni.x—Michael Bame and George Henry Cherry, Esqrs. • G RYA? BEDWIN—Rt; Hoch Sir J. Nicholl and J. J. Buxton, Esq. Hu:mnnow—John Calvert, Ell and Lord Ancram. Heawscst—Right Honourables N. Vansittart and C. Bathurst. HiNnos—Hon. F. G. Calthorpe and John Plumber, Esq. Illarrosn—Viseount Cranborne and N. Calvert, sq. Homvost—The Hon. P. F. Cust and Samuel Crawley, Esq. Lysturarop—Sir H. B. Neale, Bart. and Geo. Finch, Esq. LEtcvsTaa—John Mansfield and Thomas Pares, jun. Esqrs. Ma mow—Owen Williarm and T. Powis Williams, Esqrs. PETERDODODGH—Sir 11.. Heron and James Scarlett, Fsq. SUDDURY—WiIIiam Heygate and Charles Augustus Tulk, Esqrs. SANDWICH—Jos. Marryat, Esq. and Sir Geo. Warrender, Bart. wELLs—J. P. Tudway and C. W. Taylor, Esqrs. Ws! tnlcroan—Wm. Lewis Hughes and G. J. Roberts, Esqrs. Woonstour—John Gladstone and J. H. Langstone, Esqrs. The Hon. Major-General Derr, the brother of the Earl of FIFE, has declared himself a Candidate for the Banff District of Burghs ; and we understand that the Magistrates and Councils of Banff and In vetury have already expressed their unanimous de termination to support the General at the Election. It is believed that the Hon. WILLIAM MAUL! will be returned for the County of Forfar without op position. Saturday, Peter alma*, residing near the Aqueduct, Glasgow, was apprehended on a charge of purchasing a nurnbv : of pikes. This man was one of those who were formerly imprisoned in ktitt.b ..r gh Cagle on Treasonable-Charges. . . WESTMINSTER ELECTION. , •_. The'lllectian. for the City of Westminster came on this day in Covent-Garden. A little before ten o'clOck the High Bailiff arrived, and soon after the three Candidates, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, the Hon. Mr. LAMS, and Mr. Hosuouse arrived ; and, except the Whig Candidate, were received with shouts of applause. The Clerk then proceeded to read the Bribery Acts, after which, the High Bailiff was sworn in to the due performance of his duty by Mr. BIRNIE, who exhorted him to keep the peace. - The thou BAILIFF having declared the Election I to have begun, . Mr. STWICH then stood forward to nominate Sir FRANCIS BURDETT as a fit and roper Candidate to 257 237 represent the City of Westminster in Parliament. He took a review of the conduct of Sir FRANCS, and said, that they Would all agree with him, that those persons only who advocated a real Reform, were worthy to Represent Westminster: The motion being seconded, . Sir FRANcis BURDETT stood forward and said, this was one of the most gratifying situations ih whiCh he had ever been placed. To have his conduct ap proved by the Electors of Westminster, Was to him a sufficient reparation for the calumnies of all his enemies. 'hie w-rthy Baronet entered into a long detail of the abuses of Government, and of the cor ruption in the House of Commons, which, he said, could only be-remedied by an effectual Reform in the Commons House. of Parliament. It had been said by some, that there was danger in the assem- blage of such large crowds ; but he always thought that freedom of discussion was most favourable to the liberty of the subject (Immense applause). — The worthy Baronet proceeded to animadvert on the Parliamentary conduct of his late colleague, and declared, that he had not received that support from him which he certainly expected. The Honourable GEORGE LAMB was then, amidst hisses and groans, proposed. Ms. LAMB came forward, and, after having with some difficulty obtained a hearing, made a very warm and spirited reply to the imputations of the Honour able Baronet. He met with a very unfavourable re► ception from the crowd, who were impatient for Mr. HOBHOUSE to make his appearance. Mr. HOBHOUSE being nominated by Mr. CLARK, of Middlesex, came forward amid shouts of applause. He presented himself to the• Electors from a convic- tion that Mr. LAMB had not, at the last Election, been returned by a real majority of the Freeholders of Westminster, and that if fair play had been given, he (Mr. HouuousE) would have been the returned Member.. The rest of Mr. HOB HO USE'S speech con sistea aliie6y of a very smart criticism of Mr. Lamb's speech on Parliamentary Reform in the House of Commons, from which he endeavoured to deduce that Mr. Lamb was not at heart a friend to such a Reform as the people wanted. Towards the conclusion of this harangue, a Gentleman on the hustings handed him. a letter, which Mr. Hosuousx announced to be from Mr. LAMB to an Elector, soliciting his vote. —The exhibition of this letter produced a great deal of uproar. It was at length read by Mr. HOISHONSE- It stated in substance, that Mr. LAMB would have considered his return certain, as there was no Minis terial Candidate, bad not Mr. HoittousE been sent to Newgate by the House of Commons—a circum stance which was calculated to raise him in the favour of the lower classes ; and that the active exer tions of Mr. LAMB'S friends were, therefore, particu larly required. The reading of this letter called forth strong marks of execration The HMI . BAILIFF then came forward, and called for a shew of hands for each of the Nominees. For Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, the shew was unani mous; for Mr. LAMB there were not more than twenty hands held up ; and for Mr. Hoatrouse, the numbers weie nearly as great as for Sir FRANCIS. The thou BAILIFF then declared the election to be in favour of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. and John Cam Hobhouse, Esq. A Poll- was ,then'demanded by the friends of Mr. LAMB, and preparations for proceeding in it were imMedlitely commenced. SO9 304 The Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday have arrived just as we are going to Press. They contain nothing of importance ; arrd'from Spain, in particu l lar, no accounts of which our Readers are not already in possession.—Five per Cents. Saturday, 74 f. 70 c. The Marquis of WELLESLEY arrived in town yes terday, at the Secretary of State's Office for the Home Department, a few minutes before three o'clock. The Noble Marquis came to London from Richmond, in his travelling post chariot and four. He remained at the Secretary of State's Office an hour, when he returned to Richmond. ORATORIO, DRUItt-LANE.—Last night's perform ance was, in point of selection, the best of the season. It commenced with a scene from Israel in Egypt. This was followed by a concerto on the violoncello, played by LINDLEY. The second act consisted of a fragment of The Seasons, by HAYDN ; a Cavatina; spiritedly sung by 'Madame BELLOCIII ; and wpm's glee of The Curfew, delightfully chaunted by BRAHAM, Pyre, and Tlioinv ; with an obliiato harp accompaniment by Miss SHARP. This was - encored. The r emainder was miscellaneous, and re ceived with great gratification. The pressure of other matters prevents our. saying more of this ex cellent selection. . 4.. . % a t 4 . w... NAVAL :" ' The 'United States frigate Macedonia, lay at Valparaiso on the 234 of October : -she had been previously cruising on the Coat, was to sail for Umi In the course of a fess , days, and*Was ex pected to cruize along tha coast of Peru and .. Quito. Lord Common? and' his fleet has sailed from ValpirsOio on an expedi- • tion, supposed against iiMa.4—Ariterican Myer." The Augusta, FtAacThr, from St. John's, New Brunswick, for Duinfries, was abandoned by the ,crew (22 in nuniber)'on* the 26th of January, in lat. 51. long. 20. 30. water-logged. They. were picked up on the 9th of February (having been thirteen days in the boat, during which five men died) by the •Vmer ttorpe, from Glasgbw for St. Kitt's; and, on the 22d of 'Fe bruary, in lat. 49. 30. long. 27. were put on board the •Fama, from Charleston, for Liverpool, which vessel put the Mate and seven men on board the Amity, arrived at Livtrpcol, frcm New York. The Margaret, Lsrsvaz, from St. Andrew's, North Bri tain for Liverpool, got on a reef of rocks near the Light, at Quoddy: Head, the 30th January, and it was feared she Would be hst. • FALMOUTH, MARCH B.+ - Arrived the Fly, SAWYER, from New port for London. PLYMOUTH,ISfiacst 7:—Put b a c kthe Triton, BAR: wry, bornd to Antwerp, with loss of fore-yard, and her sails split. Wind PORTSMOUTH, MARCH B.—Arrived the Waterloo, LOTTO., from London, for Madras and Bengal; and Duke of York, Come 'Esc, from London, and sailed again fur India.—Sailed the Prince Regent, leNzs, for India; and Phoenix, Smarr, for the South Seas.—:Wind E. • DLLs, Molten B.—Came down from the River and sailed, the Waterloo, Lovu. ; a:4 Golconda, Rovemtps, for Bengal ; St. Mary, BuILTON, for Jamaica ; Endeavour, Bcoourtrua, for Leg horn ; 'Heart of Oak, REED, for Jamaica ; Britannia, Stray, for Grenada; Sirene, FAILLANT ' for Calais; and Does, WRIGHT, for Africa . — Rem ain in the Downs the' Sitysam frigate, and a ship, name unknown.—Wind N. E HARWICH, ble.acn B.—Wind S.W.—The Victoria, Tamura, from Finland for Lisbon, bas been brought in here by five 'salvage smacks , with loss of main and foremasts and rud der, having been an shore upon the Long Sand on Sunday last. Sailed a number of vessels which put' in here from the North- Ward during the late gales. Sailed the Lady Nepean packet, for Holland; and Henry Fretting packet, for Cuxhaven, both with Mails. • Livsnroor., blAncn 7.--Arrived the Pocahontas, Ilowtswn, from Charleston, sailed 3d February; Glide, AnAus, from ditto, sailed Bth February; Portia, Bsit-Ev, and Kitty, FoLsost, from Savannah; Scipio, Dartisto.Pr, from Virginia; Laforey, Vovcr, from Cuba; Eliza, Muir., from Pernambuco; Amity, 11Isswakt., from New York, sailed etli February ; Rebecca, SHAW, from Lisbon; Snowdrop, llAL.t.s:r, from Terceira; and Ilarlingen, Sumo; from Ostend. • • BURNING OF THE EXETER THEATRE.—The Theatre at Exeter was destroyed by Ere ou Monday night, with the scenery and. wardrobe, on which a consi derable sum of money had. recently been expended. The tire is supposed to have been caused by the wad ding of some muskets discharged in the melo-drama of The Falls of Clyde, which was the Afterpiece on Monday night. RIOT IN ROSS.3IIIIRE.-- 7 IVVERNESII MARCH 3. The mail just arrived from 'the North has brought the disagreeable intelligence of a serious riot which occurred yesterday, near Culrain, in. Ross-shire. We understand that on occasion of carrying into effect the legal measures for removing the tenants on the estate of Culrain, for which purpose, on account of previous resistance,. it became necessary to deploy the whole Civil Power of the County, headed by the Magistrates, together with the Militia Staff: a.nutnbcr of men and women assembled at the March-dike, and resisted the execution of the legal proce ss , by over powering the Civil and Military force. it is said a number of the rioters, as well as of the'officeis of justice and militia; were seriously hurt ; thit.Sheriff- Depute, who was present, is said to have,iveit per sonally hurt, and he'and the other Magistrates had their 'carriages broten. - p An. express arrived in town . yestet , the • - ai l . m . particulars of the above, very nnpleasaiiteaffair. It is added, that The rioters have been joineil4sy a num ber of discharged military, and that they are acting under a regular organized plan. They are said to amount to 9ne thousand in all, and are-divided 'into four parties, ,which act, in concert by signal, and to the sound of The bugle. Bow-STRERT.—En consequence of what has trans , pired during the investigation of the witnesses to- he produced against the gang of assassins taken in Cato street, on the memorable night of Wednesday,. the . 22d of, February, it_ was deemed nece's'sary to search 'the residence of Davidson, the man cicolour, in Wel lington-cottages, near the Alpha-cottages, in. the New-road, and Ruthven, the Officer, was dispatched there at an early hour yesterday morning.; but after a very diligent search, nothing of importance, tending to criminate him in treasonable transactions; could be found :*soine trifling articles, which are to be used in evidence, were seized.—During the examination of the five Patrol who were at Cato-street s assisting in the apprehension of the gang of assassins assembled there, it came out,. that, in addition to Ruthven and Ellis seeing Arthur Thistlewood stab the lateSrnithers, and Westcott in the stable, seeing him coins' dowel the ladderleading to the loft, and afterwards take an aim and fire a pistol at him, two of the Patrol iden tified him to be on the spot about two hours previous to the detection. and dispersion of the gang. These Patrol had been selected because they had been re• scently appointed, and of course their persons were not known. They attended in Cato-street-and its neigh b'ourhoOtt at the early hour of six o'clock, to watch thesons resorting to, orgeing in and out of the statein Cato-street; they recognized several, after they were taken, as . those whom they had seen go in. —loaiidson took in several sacks, which were filled, and supposed to contain the fire arms, swords, &c. with 'which the pgang were armed.. Davidson .and Thistlewood were. frequently upon the 100k -out, to see if there were any observers of their movements, or that they knew any persons who might be waiting about near the premises. Thistlewood stopped twice 'to look at the two young patrols, and the second time he turned.round and looked full in their faces ; one of the Patrols reproved him for his rudeness ; Thistle- Wood m4de no apology, but passed suddenly and sullenlfdn.2ASThistlewood had so closely inspected their personi andfooes; even to gross rudeness, they 'ere afraid of being discovered to be watchers, and berefare.prcceeded on into Molineux-street for some ti me, ansi entered intoconversation with some females, drat, it might appear that they lived in that neigh- Thesanie two young Patrols were at the 10ffite on the Thursday morning after the apprehen sion.of the gang, when lavender, Bishop, Salmon, and others arriyedovith Thistlewood in their custody, after having.apprehendeci him at - Norris' s house, in White-street, Little Moorfields, when the two young Patrols,. as seen . as they saw ThistlewOod, instantly recognised 4iip. ; as. the, man who .had ,passed them i twice in Cato-strert,• bepveen six and seven o'clock in : the evening. 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