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~` Of.-' , - GENERAL ELECTION. TO THE GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, AND FREEHOLD- FRS OF THE Cul:IN rY OF MIDDLESEX IN returning you my sincerest Thaokt for the high' y lettering and dot uguithed manner in which • n ham nein elected etc one of your Iteptesentatives, I t mat may be poritinsed to remark, teat had I, in the final!, id, grave, deviated leo mat independent cud unconnected round epee winch I AM offered mysetf to tour notice, it would have tendered me totally unworthy of your choice COMItiOUS of mr own rectitude, 1 daupso.l the attacks of my enemies. I ',Weed nit cause in your ILIA% and you have not only aciu.:te I me, hut have proved jr the world, that you will not permit Use character of an intt..eat man to be et lilted. for the purpose of inoriosins the pnpaLtrity of another Candidate. An ardent and seelout attention to the duties of the situa tion Its which you have paced my, will, I hope, entitle me to a contingence of that support which I have hitherto so gene rowdy received in tut you, and prove that I have a proper sen , c of the /isnow tt u have conferred upon ine. With every sen timent of gratitude and attachment, I have the honour to be, :Gentlemen. Your most faithful and devoted humble servant, 8 , 241 hill Park, %lay 19, IBC?. W. NIELI.LSH. ; rn MIDDLESEX ELECTION. LL Persons who have any Demands on the Friends of Mr. MIN.LISI4, who undertook to provide • for rhos eonre.3oce of the freeholders in his iutrreat, • ...ui:.,sted to 'and in their Accounts intree finely. to Mr. No. 14, (keit Warner-street Culd Bath•fields, in net they may be examined and 'ceded. May *Bth. 180 T. MR. WILBERFORCE'S ELecriuN. CORIWIITIR arr.'s'. CROWN AND ANTRIM TA•11110, M•T 88. THE COMMI ITEE for condueting Mr. Wit bethwer's Elealen, d em it incumbent sr, these to repel the irms calumnies vitskil hare been industri only osculated be the Ft/PII.II and Panama, or Lord Millers, to the p ►udice tat Mr. VVilberfores Lord %triton's Friends have affirmed, us one D•Odt pogit.vo rnanqrr, toe existence of a Ces;ition between lAA goad-mon and Mr. Layettes; a Coalition which I.lr. ,iist only uniformly docLiined, but which Lord Maine's who have *eels the irtstauutents of circu lone& the celia:•.ey, wow? Not TO txtrt. 01 , 44 , 11C1 DI 1..41 t.nurvrrotablo arts which have been wnployed r.*. the &really., 1.. e so:Arenas StAlstillint may suf fice &Tom the Pll cnarrrnenc.d, it VAA ApreM between the Curam•cita. of Mr. Wilberforce and Mn. La.:elks, that tne Leiner Gentlennui shrial,l oer half flee expense of abet est Mr. raters, as veinal.* giro Nts. Mlbeiturett their ..econd a, so lois; only as Mr. WilSar(oree ahoul.i deem it ceases t o bit secant) to do so. Lord ?silicon's Corontittee, on lie onset would not content to any arrangement with Mr. W.lberioiees Onsimitter, unless Cu; latter would bind t'.. 41(I; V+ to continuo to pay nal( the onsente of bringing on the wintry who should poll for butt, until the contest alinuld finelly terminate. Mr. Wilbe . nitee's Cotnriflitee refused to assent to this pro. posit, no the neve.: . t ut as the same terms must in, (rimers have berm granted to Mr Lase Iles, anerpensedou b!e 'fiat of -niter of the other Cabdidatims might be entailed on Mr Wilberf o rce, even though his maioritY shod 1 become ‘o large, at an eus!si penal of the P ill. as to render his Re-err two setture. Mr. WiMerforce's Committee, however, com ma nested so Lord Milton% Conseinttee another Resolutiou, by wh.ch they voluntenly bound themselves to pay (until Mr . Wilberfteee's Merlin:l 'hated oe secure), half the miswrite of all stn la steers, is the interest of Lore villiltran, as should vac Mr. W lbf,rf , iree their second yeses, prtasefir in the way in ern;n ll they had proceeded with respect to Mr. Lase:elks' vets re. Lvd Milton's Committee published the Resolution by whirl their Frrt proposal bad been rejeu:ed , and insidiously con• near; Ibis refusal with the agreement which had been en listed into with Mr Lueelles' Coairuittew„ drew from it the inference, thee Mr. Wilier:fetes sod Mr. Lasceiles had co. ale-eel. They suppressed, at the saute base, and have pee. weed in suppressing, the Resolution of Mr. Wilberforce's Commitee, whereby Lord Milton woe placed precisely on the tame fooling with Mr. Lancet , . By this artful proiedure, Lord Milton obtained many .Plu npr.va on the first days of the Po'l, who had previously en; ~11.1 their seeond votes lA. Mr. WO.berforce, but who were inft..en. d, br the grits, misrepresentation in question, to re e du LOT &hot eugAgernent. Let the Frteholders of Yoekshire hereby learn, not in ru shes to sufer their judgmer-t to be iciluenced by groundleis ourribiss s and aiiful insinuations. SIEGA OF D4Y7ZICK. Continuation of the Joomil of the Note of Dlltaizik • Night leteetis she :21 4642314 f April. Ast,ek of ftont of the right demi plats d'ormet, we pushed four zigz tgs. whie:t enabled us to gabs 1/3 fathoms toward the third parallel. The enemy's life, which the mnon-light permitted them to dire& •.: precision, prevented our advancing so far by the kh d'aenser. The balls carried away the **bias: as fast as they were laid. Obliged to proceed a la sappe Flute, as long as the moonlight Lasted ; then continued the work a la tape,• volante. During the day, completed the works of the rig': t, And made some causeways. dutch of lii,silperz.—Completed the works be gun for the p-Gten:on of the battery of Stottemberg, of seven pieces of cannon. The enemy Sled much. isenlo and Pnonsida.—A new battery wao eoss•rodted on the left bark. .drriaer.o.—D:pn to arm and provision nil the ba , ter;et, to commenca firing the folllwing taght. Night &tweet. ihr 23d aad 24:A.—Pushed on in front of CI.: right duii plate d'armer, a floe dodo& to the sop. reiwat. A I.tde soetie of the enemy for • ,me urns disturbed the worknsen. Stren,;theneti the zigzags in ft&at of tin 1.4 t &nos p.,•r ?erase', ten fathoms. A.riQcey.—At one o'clock in the r..0..-r.inz opened a fire from the two: cars and howitzers. At day light all the batteries fired ; the enemy returned the Ere with great vivacity, but at n .on our; became superior. Our gu n ners made a great number of holes in the embrasures, many of which the enemy filled np. The place took fire several times. V.'s liaJ two pieces of cannon dismoun:cd, and one car riage renJesed unserviceable. 11441 Gattv.ci Ike 14t5 and 2.54. Attack of We- Aclabrag.—Took from the enemy 93 fathccns cf the development of the trench, which advanced our trenches on the left QO fathoms nearer to the toms. The Captain of Engineers, Blanc, d:resleil this svorls. We could Dot gain so metch ground to the right, on which the enemy kept up a vary brisk fife of oloskso7, fromeleven et nixhi till daybreak. 4detillcry.....l: has alrea44 produce,! grc.tt efFr t. The eilnmy was engaged all night in repairing his embrasures, which facilitated Our operations on the lett. The deserters agree in their accounts, that the bombs and howitzers have dole much damage to the city. The enemy slackened his fire during the day, and masked a great part of his enibra- ,Wes. of,Wavk of Blieholi lwrg.—The enemy's bombs did some mischief to our redoubts and batteries at Stotzemberg, whirls, were repaired. Lower Vistmlo and Pemintola.-•••Contintte3 the ga biased* of the lett hank, and completed the pall sading of the redoubt No. G. The enemy kept up a fire of howitzers against this redoubt. At I I at night. a ship sailed from the fort of Weichselmande, with some armed men, to attempt to reach Dantzick. She was attacked opposite to our redoubts, by two French barks which General Gardanne had ordered to be brought into the Vis tula. where a small harbour has been made for them. After a fire of musketry had been kept op for some minutes, the enemy's vessel was taken, together with her crew, except a few men who threw themselves into the water, and almost all of whom were wounded. Marine.—A brig of 4 guns, under English colours, anchored at the jetties of the port. The 25th, at three in the afternoon, M. le Mare chal Lefebvre, ordered the firing to case. and sent the Adjutant Commandant Ayme, to summon Ge neral Keikreuth to surrender; but he refused to listen to any terms, till a practicable breach should he made. N irk lishown tko 23:6 ea .2C/h. Arnie& of N•gheu berg.—Made the appioaclies of the third parallel. A sally of the enemy was briskly rt•pulsed. .eirtalere.—Our bomb. set the town on fire. The couflagration was very great ; at uoou the fire was not extinguished. Night betacen the V. 616 and 27M. "Vlach of Xa• he/,Berg.—Continued the works of the third parallel, and pushed eight branches of communication to the right to join the parallel. The firing on either side was very brisk on the till seven at night when the enemy's fire entirely ceased. This silence seemed to indicate a sortie. The Marshal made his dispo.itions ; he gave orders to suffer the enemy to reach the unfinished trenches, and afterwards to attack him briskly on both flanks, in order to cut off the head of the column ; which orders were executed with complete success. At ten at night, the flit!_ post placed in front, mitre e tare, fell back. and ant.ounced that the enemy was advancing in column, by divisions, with bayonets fixed; six hundred grenadiers were followed by two hundred lahourcri, * with inylemerits. Our labourers retired, end our troops instantly rushed from the trenches, attacking . t he en-my with the baynuet, but without firing ; the ettern7 was repulsed cad driven back in disorder ca the reserve of his covered way, where the fi. ing commenced Our guards returned in good order to the trene; 11. During this time the bead of the enerri; :-in. which had been cut of, dies► to the left, where it was made pri soner. The enemy had 140 men killed; we had It kil led and 29 wounded. The Marshal mentions with eommendation, Messrs. Perrin, as Staff Officer; Ti avers, Aid•de-camp to General Menard ; Capt. Darsel ; Louis and L. fferides, chasieurs in the 12th Regiment of Light lnfarliry ; Vernon and Geoffroy, Serjeanu of Miners ; and.the Miner Laigh, who killed an Officer with the bayonet. General Kalkreuth having demanded a suspension of arms to bury the dead, Marshal Lefebvre grant ed him from three to five o'clock in the morning. W. availed ourselves of this opportunity to recon noitre new positions fur batteries, a ricochets, and the trenches that are to join them to our parallels. We measured the distance between the parallel and the cuvered way ; it is 23 fathoms from the pali sades. Attack eßiseAdrih z .—Coonefted by a trench the left of the two batterisa of Btotzemberg. Lowtr rianie and Pexiass le.--Gained possession of i'ne neck of land at the extremity of the island, formed by the Canal and the Vistula. Separated it by an entrenchment, to prevent the enemy from driving us from it, and thus rendtred the commu nication between the two shores more immediate. Sabatier, Chief of' Division of the Engineers, ably direfted this operation. Constructed a bridge of rafts on the canal ano ther is in he laid across the Vistula. This bridge will possess e.,e inestimable advantage of establish ing a very speedy communication between the two shores, whereas, at present there is no communica tion, but by a circuit of more than eight leagues. A,:. ry —Arrived six 24-pounders. Began a new battery. Armed the second battery of Stot xemberg Placed is the redoubt, No. 2, a battery of '2 4 - pounders against iiiichoffsberg, %%Lich greatly an now our batteries of Stotz,-mberg. Mounted four 24-pounders instead of 4 twelves whic: %sere in the first parallel. Conitrusini; thiee batteries direelei against the half moon andfi+scs.bcs of the frt•nt of attack ; the artillery had an of& er wounded daring the day, and two gun:Trs and a seij?at,t killed. Casrille, Captain of Artillery, was wounded. Night between the 2716 and 2siii.—.llota , 4 on ►fn. iclehrtg.—Prolonged the third parallel to the right and left, for about 120 fathoms, and cnished the communication of the right. The ewqny kept tip a very brisk fire. • A weak sortie was immediately repulsed. Lew Fistula and Faissusula.—Three times yes. sets attempted to pass from the fort of Weithsel• munde to Dantzick ; they were invariably repulsed. A French bark. from the right bank, went to re connoitre the post in front of the left bank, and re mained some time in observation. Aridlsra.—fhe enemy fired incelsantly on the batteries of Stotzernberg. 2nd on the redoubts Nos. I and 2. Ha direas a numerous artillery against the..? batteries. A bomb set fire to a barrack, contaihing hiss i,z en. Captain Loge and two gunners Jan to the barrack, and temovud the howitzt r-chests. Geof .roy, Lieutenant of Pontonniers, was wounded, as were two serjeants of the artillery, and two gun ners. One 21—pounder was rendered unservicable. We tired 1400 balls on the 26th, and 1900 on the 27th. AVit h lane,' tie 2814 aad 2)16. Attack of Ha• lehberz.—Prolonged the right of the third parallel twenty fathoms ; enlarged some communications ; likewise prolonged one of the branches from the right eirmt-place d'armusouwardb the place fixed for a ■ew battezy. At ten At night, the enemy made a sortie on the third parallel ; he begun his stuck on our left. Two companies of the 19th regiment of the line put him to the rout, and pursued him to the palisades of the covered way, inter which stems of our brave fellows had the imprudence to leap. A battalion of grenadiers, tv.li:h presented itself to the centre, repulsed our two companies, two hattilinns tined them by our right. The enemy penetrated to the communications of our third parallel, *hen he was vigorously attacked byour reserve, who went to the assistance of the guards of the trench. The enemy retired in the utmost confusion. Thrice he re. tuned to the charge, and thrice was he repulsed. His loss amounts to 70 men killed, a great number wounded, and 200 prisoners. We had IS wounded. and eight of the 19ill regiment killed. The 19th Battalion choduaed itself with great intrepidity. General Puthod commanded the trench, and General Michaud the reserve. The Marshal particularly meatioes Meows. tha t Baron de Stockbcrn. a Major in the service of, Baden, and Mijor.General of the trench ; C. p:ain of Voltigeurs of the 19th, thrice taken and retaken ; Quentieus; Auriliac, Captain ; Dumont, !Met and Duni°, Serjeant•Majors of the 19th. who entered the coveted way with the enemy, and killed six men and two Oaken ; Teinturier, Voltigeur of the !nth segimmt, n.r) twice rescued Captain Musin from the haz..l.: of the enemy, killing two or three men each time ; Hetzler, corporal of the regi ment of the Hered:tary Grand Duke of Baden, who nobly defended his post, and, with his detachment, killed a great number of the enemy. The ma of Marshal Lefebvre rushed upon the enemy at the head of the c9lumn. Lawsr Visiaaa •nd Prkinsula. Clnt;nued the works begun, without being disturbed by the enemy. thstllery. Arrived twelve £&.pounders, 6900 '24.pound balls, 13J0 bombs, 123,0(X) pounds of powder, and various articles of provision. Three thousand of rite enemy's balls were picked up. He is daily atumenting his batteries on the Bischoffs berg. A patrole of Cossacs was met by ten men of the 4th Polish regiment, who killed an officer and two Cossacs. The others could not be pursue], on ac count of the inundrion of the water. Nirit hoeueen Me '2)t4 and 30,6. Aftark of H.. he! leel. Prepared the parapet of the third parallel to receive tirailkurs. Bordered it with earth-bags. Enlarged the third parallll, and formed causeways with fascines. dliack of ili4ehoinderg. Prolonged toward the right the trenches which cover the beteries of Stasi emberg. Arii/itry. Fired 1700 halls on the 30th. The fire of the redoubt, Nu. I. greatly incommodes the enemy, who has direSed more than 20 pieces of cannon to that point. Placed a mortar battery in the second parallel, and another in 'tont of that parallel. Pbecel three pounders at the extremities of the third parallel, to (Link it against sorties. Cfmstrueled two batteries at the extremities of the drmi-parri d'armes, between the second and third parallel, to sweep the branches of the covered ways of the half-moon. and to batter the entrench ment& of timber. which are in the retreating pieces. d'or (Aiontomr./ ted future .......,....-7,....,••••11,.....p.m.....,•-••..... . _ . - --.... _._... _ TILE BRITISII pR , E s , LuNnoN, rival ienhtahveent,h,wein'apsl:opfa:AurY::4) aAnvnnujEn.t,chariiihvxedeirt:f.t the extra ship Bombay, horn whimee she sailed in the lat er r . of December. On her passage she touched er isle i C r 7. -- :i i ft a arri ved rrh. at No St li,t . slitellZila t s h h e ip " set e ar : : : stare Ois I h il r: Alen t n i .2,plapmitreurvriiero.auns tos . , tph e fdreoprnartßue:egoafl Bath TeS'e the passengers by which reported that all was pea laid 1 cert, Wes able in the Upper Pr ov i nces , and in ~,,T y, p Gym cielig of India, when they I‘ ft the Ga nges, which the 1 on the 30th of Decembe r l ast , i n con Gni sequence . unite which, Lord LATE, the C omman i et-in•Chief, h rneo arrived at Calcutta, wh ere h e was ec,sen,d to invit f et main till the annual review of the troop, at . with Upper Cantonments. rnnu 'fl•e troops rapt-Elea at nergal, from Prince this Wales's island, friar, which we re l anded there from tf lien Clii.ia 011 ; 4, had arrived at Bengal 'before the d flteg parture of the American ship from thence, gall, --...._- Itnn We never gave any credit to the report oft then capture of Danrzic, an event stated in some of ti, T Papers, a. having taken plac e on t h e 9th invea• Wet Accounts were received yesterday from that City mon dated the 13th instant, at which time there was hu:e apprehension of its surrender ; an d tie Gams.Lidconi were considered filly adeqoate to its defence, . H determined to hold out to the l a s: e xtrem i ty. R ut a,a! same acclunts a.'d, that the allied Russian a.• Ai , Derr Prussian army ii in cz•elleut condition, and az.z.tat the i to upwirds of 180,000 men. .its Pa. .....,__ tr,..e M. Ds Er is A.:v.:sr, the Swedish Minist•r, reoiri Bite on Wednesday, very tmexpeet e dly,f rom I lie Seat we 1 . MA.MT v, an order for his retirrn, and he will le; Her WI this cou:.try without delay. The cause has -, era trenspired, but the cif:imamate is relied upon, a Ma strengthening the opinion 4 those who think ' ' Fa S'veden is negociatireg a peace svith trance. s.re —..—.... the The new Constitutinn of Hayti is given in .- con C last page. It was proclaimed in February, .. left was in full edivity in the beitinrag of April,. sue date of the last accounts from that Island. I • • We hate extrafted from the Meniiesr of the If sari pare of the journal of the Siege of Daatxic. I.c I Government. we understand: kayo lit reed to an accouni of the escape of a 34113.8 d: deft= .6 • ' anstated in some of the Papers. ing rat:, ' Admiral DUCICWOUTIi and Mr. Ace !Sot . p ia ing both returned to England, the late o ceed . at Constantinople will probably be inqui . inte enc The friends of the late Minister, assert at t.• orders were not obeyed. The list of . Noblenacn handed about in t • - the nigterial Circles, as intended to represent the I eat' - en} Peerage in the New Parlits:w•nr, . ands as foil.' 0 genie-- . Aberdeen, Aber ne, Balearras, C.ittines.i, Dalt 11 ITIr Glai.gew, Haddingta• Hume, Kelly, Selkiet, Stfath Lords—Cateheart, Forks, Napier, Salteww, Sinclair. ini The Candidates who are understood to be in: -, al.. opposition interest are, The Earls of Elgin, /Untie*, and Stair ; with Leda R , • di. Elphinsten, Bleriryre, and Kineaird. w i Government have received dispatches from L , si7 CAL I. ISO WOOD, dated the 18th instant. His Lis thi ship had not at that time received any account . " the capture of the Sen.aur , e frigate. The . lit Horse sailed from Gibraltar on the 4th of A. DC but not with any convoy, nor had she any moss, ,e on board, as has been erroneously stated in sere: se of the Papers. Ai Lord Howicx and Mr. Fox ate the only F • .. in Secretaries who never pensoncd,t heir Under-Sec en ries in the Office. And yet, strange to tell, the - or Ministers ate the constant subje.d of animadversi , . vi in the Treasury Papers, for their use of patronage Pi that very Office. V 'the P. l OCf r, of la grins, has captured a Frets privateer, the .forap4ias. of 14 guns, a very I ' T sailer, and calculated to do much mischief 1 0 C a trade. The Plows has arrived at Plymouth.. di brought in with her a neutral Fast indiarnam. fir sv the Isle of France, with a valuable cargo on bra? eh said to he for Hamburgh. I Tho following are the passengers on board ' tit Eifkriment, recently arrived from Bombay : Is] Mrs.and Miss Wilson, Mrs Grisdsll, Mts. see Kip Hs ri's Miss Dick ; I. done! Sprye, His Ma j esty's 77511 P. f : resentresentt Captain Storey. His !Majesty's 65th Reline , t ; I. • L tenant Avaing, His Majvi i 's 77th Regiment; LW!' . is Mavis MiDessaln, and Campbell ; Fame &swift ‘ l ' ''' in in t , Mums;eur Franeis Jerinsin, and Jaren Henlock, Esi * It is a question of considerable moment, bow ' o the issue of money from the Exchequer, for sert • tl 1. to which it is not positively appropnate. l by an , 4 ei of the Legislature, is legal or not t Ds'• ?tri this difficulty so forcibly, that, when he divol l v 0 el Path im.mt, in 1784, he took particular pains :o o duce the sums so issued to the least possible alTrI lei consistent with the ordinary service of thr 11 vernment. The state of w ace favonred his vivo and his extreme caution,in this resp•e,together . ' n the known accession of styngth which he had gal ' d in the House of Commons, prevented the :Kit. I of the question. Mr. PITT, with a complete c: el :nand of the majonty of both Houses, was con. ', V with that silent acquiescence, in this alarming ' 0 tpeheiiim.wenst.,•toarsiedc.uirfehheiisncenutdr,e, he ed bad n t a d t he guile Cl virtue not to simßion the pre 1. from Parliament any resolution which shou ld • ' e ti ted future Ministers iu rerarticg to it. 'I 11 imm eor° t i :a lt . ,: t a l• .