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NEW PARLIAMENT. -....-- MEMBER 4 ELECTED. Vimount Fit:llan is ; Charles Moore, fel uir.i4:lln.sersitta•Sir Williain Sc-its; Right Hon. Charles libOie Ihcat....Rabllle Holt Leigh; John Hodson Relitora•Riehard Esq ilorfsrd-rC.ion 1 Svnaunds ; Richard Scurlamme, Esq. -.Ord tie age Throne; Lora Guerrisez wo .b e taa...Str F. Fletcher Vane, But toorCalterley F 69. Jo - .n Niehn9 ; the Earl of Ciancar'y. Gwvi.#ol—lfon. T. C °neon ; I lon e Aes" ~.tan—Lord Charles fientio..k ; W ilter Pall:, Esq. t.t. , h ,;,4_..r; Anton, Esq.; C. G V Vernon, Esq. Deems, Esq,; Tnomai Godfrey, Eaq C...1e Riint`..rho Honouranle Charles Barn; Richard Sharpe, F.". Cline, Esq General -Robint..n. Lu G-.nstroi— Sir Nathaniel Hol land, liar[.; Charles Rose Em d.,iclos.rikdrniral Rainier and Mr. Jorikirison. etria , It Uniurfairt•es.Vireount Roston, and Su Vicary Gibbs' gerrtey-sretovral Vitae, and Mr. W Isaras•-•Mr. Fidel,. and Mr W. A Msdo.lm. G and Mr C Simpson, arid Mr. Letl g "11.1. 114 Thompson and Mr. Caicraft. s.talsiel,--Alintral Ramie, an I Mr. JatiltinAni. hnn 9t lidmo ieal.ord C. F .sr.or a id Lord Toropletorm. .artioark-..Mr. Thornton and itr r Tinton. Thetiord.4.ofd Was. Fataruy and ,Creeper, Esq. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. LIYARPOOLM•Y 7,7 11 ST BAY. Tattetua 2'39 Gomm! (•ascuyne 2.59 • 11•. [(mews 1 11 511REW5IDIZY—)sAY 7, 711E1' DAY. The lion. Wm. Hell . . . 62 Hon. H. G 11 , mnett . . 40 '1 , 10,. J 'ties, Erq. . 39 • • INIVICAST LIL, ST Al/0110111111hTIRST DAY. E W•lb.ll.otte, Etq. 111 James M'Dos.•l , l, Esq. . . . 106 J. V. N. F•etelirr, Foul. it Jossph %I•net, Eq. 46 • CnYtISTIT-YrlUltT/I DAY. ]ir. W. Wit . . . . . Mr. Y. %1a re . . . Mt. 11. C. Moot t rmety Mr. M. Shar e DAY. 3.,,t e h !funs. P.q. . Hon .1 C. Villiers . T. I. C.ite.l-.ter, F.KI . • EYISIIADt —FIRST DAY. W,':i.im . . . . . Sit Mass ID•rn I. 'pea . . PRI% I ow---rtarr DAY. 11.,rt,cks, Es. l . . . /07 Lo ISt 1111.7 . . . . . 95 C • ow H+u tin 74 CniPP , NMt4 ti.ll2TiON—••sA TWID4 Yr MAY 9. 11,1 f %fillalll4 • 54 Mr. IL • Mr. Maim • %fr. solte's Candidate) 46 V.1.11611111tT TLICTIONLAST DAY. 11. r Grerge Nsign•st . . 567 ILA •,. C.. C•111111 , tiall • • 490 Mr. Wi11:1103S . . • • 413 110Sfr)N ILLETION—LAST DAY. MR IPA I 2:39 Mr INIA. A • trl•teS Hurl Peter Burr 11 . . • . 160 ejoarttoua umaveasistr. SATURDAY —LAST DAY. Wiwnws Euston . . 324 Soo 1r lidobs 312 • Vie ,rnt Valmendon . . . 314 L^Al lfentv Petty . . . . 262 srviissiv erscrioN, FRIDAY —LAST DAY. (11,ityis: V* it 904 Mr. Wlsa , tOn 669 21.10 r stapler 270 •CP , e IC CITY. PAID* Y--TIRST DAY. Si. •SI Sykes 284 Su Wars Vletriet 747 Flum. L. Dttlii.as • 171 • Srt M. Sv tits made a dash for the first day, bat the two old blembers, it is supposed, will beat him ia the long run, being very superior in bottom. 603 SW 463 464 b4l C•NTLI:2I7IIT.—SAYIJAD•Y. MAY 9. Eakt.i. 409 • • • Tailor 357 • • • Lushington . 341 . . F.vivlbat 311 . . We undetrani that a great number of Freemen w-r.. in attend Inc.., to vote fir Messrs. Lu Sll•sat um /4%1 FARQCHA•, but t.se Poll WAS closed Sllliellly tid the thl. MAID) ToNh ALLCTION. The eled on for this plus eloped on Saturday, 4,: m n the numbers were— S•ria;tson "kir. Lotiviai Snt W 11,4 m Gosry . 396 374 332 Mr. Simpson and Mr. Longman were accord ingly returned as the successful Candidates. This bas bean the severest contest, perh4ps, which the r ime Elation has produced. Mr. Simpson lied Mr. Longman, the old Members. were opposed by to formidably interest of sir William Geary, who was aftively supported by the msny paw•:rful friends who stood by him during two severe contests for Ire eouoty of Kent. • . Wouctes , sit 'Et [CT 1:1N Election for this (74 7 wollid• it was gener.illy supposed, have pro &iced a warm COOfett. H-sd nut Mr. AT IRSOLL Icclieed the preceding evening, the struggle must hoe been between that Gentleman and Mr. Ito. 114 1T11. Mr Giistoori's populatity WAS irresistible ; umber of his trends and supporters had, since Election, inc. .-4.e.1 beyond all expectation. and s power and influence of the Corporation woe 3pletely destroyed. When his name was declared .11 Inc Hustings, it WAS received with universal 4 ( enthusivtic c!,cers, and his anittorablz speech c..ittibuted, in a very material degree. in the ui i tif genuine independence. The spirit and tuitions of the Electors have finally succeeded in the ci•ss from the slightest imputation of ; and Worcester is now aliowed to possess as .:I•tims to the free exercise of the elective IT litChlfroas any city or town in she United Kin dest CititllT lit* risco ra has declined offering La h for the represemati•in of the c.nunty of Lin in the next Parliament. Colonel I..ctssost, lielnher Int tint City, who, with the lion. Colonel "i%on. was re - e l e fl e• l wit h out opposition on Zi ts' - I s/, is spnk-n of as the probable successor to the bon our id representing the Cuunty ; iu which taw, Suss s.iiran, E.q it is supposed, be isen t the City. P ie J ar o f {Nomination for C " 01 41 is fixed by the Hier Bemire iur Fri -7 the led) use:ent. llli STMIN'TER ELECTION. Till RI) DAY. The crowd assemble.' round the hurting; was, notwith.tanding t?pi in:essant rain s as gre.,t, 11:11Sy a: d es ttubolent, as upon any of the fortis'''. uLcasiops. .................. At four o'clock the numbers announced stood thus:— -• Lor , l Cochr ate . A 76 Mr. Kai. at . , . 44;7 Sir F Rur•lett . . . 3.19 Mr. Stiervign . • . . 67 Mt. 1 . 411•11 . . . 45 . Mr. liasitioros then addressed the Eleflors— Gentlemen," said he, " at the commencement of my speech yesterday, there was some attempt at interruption, which, to the credit of those who began it, soon subsided, and I am happy to observe it does so now ; for there is nothing that becomes freemen so much as to give a full and impartial hearing to e-ery man who is a candidate for their favour. Any man who throws out abuse of any sort, or elide iv iurs to interrupt me, is not my friend. and I disclaim him. You are assembled here for the purpose of exercising your privilege of Eleftion—a privilege witiah used only to occur once in seven years ; and it is, undou'itedly, in your power to express your sentiments in as rough a way cs you think proper. The tides are such toe, that it seems likely, that those who love suca turbu lent and noisy discussions as take place at Elections, are likely to be indulged much oftener than they had reason to ezpadt. I have, indeed. all my life, been a stray and p e ltrdi friend to short Parlia ments, and to as eat ed a ught of suffrage as is consistent with decency and order ; for, as the pahrest wan amongst you cootrihates his propor tion to the public expense, as well as 01.! rich, I have always t•aaught th at Cie law which is made to hind all, should be assented to by all. (Approval by the noultarde). While I say that I am a friend to 'short Parliam :ors, I must be understood to mean. Parliaments short by the rules of the Constitution, and no , ny t:ie rules or will of a Minister. The day wes, when it was thought most proper that t! MiaLter shoo' Ihe such one as should suit 1.. e Patliament, but now it a.ipeats that the Mint ter must be chosen first, and then a Parliament appointed to suit the Mini tit. (Lead applause). Gentlemen, if by any accdeut th re should be another change, you must reasonably cap •,=.t an. ther Partamcnt, and what is the result of this, but declaring to the woild that it is the Ministers who choose their Parliaments aid not the people ? Gentlemen, you have had thrown amongst you sonic papers, on: of which I haves •en th's morning, and which pur ports to bean rxt-act from a speech of mine in the last Session of Parliament, respelling the journeymen calico printer.. That speech has not been circulat ed by me, but the sentiments contained in it arc what are n-arest to my heart. What I said in Par• liarnent I may again repeat here; I said that I thought I should he sacrificing my princH*3 in paitical life, if, wneit within its walla, the weak 'haute' not in me hive a friend to assist them against the wrong. I did say, geutlemen, what that Paper repine me to have said, that sa long as I cmli raise my voice, I would never submit to see the poor and the lab rinse class of the commu nity insulted or oppressed by those who rai•el luxu:ious fartuncs by their toil. • ( I oud hells of applause.) Gentlemen, oad this been the last day of the kaleflion. I shoulci have claim d the privilege of beiag the last to speak, and then I should have bad the advantage of commenting on what the other Candidates migisr be pleased to state to you. I have, as y t, heard not . ang horn any of them, that I can disprove. Some of the comments of the Noble fend s ein-d indeed to shew that ne entertains a d•fferent opinion of Earl Sr Vincent than what I do ; and I cannot allow this opportunity to escape, without stating my sentiments of that illpstrious veteran's chars ter. I do 11 , 4 believe thk there exists a man in the British em• pine who deserves better of his country than Earl St. V tuccnt.—(Sease dulproa.free.)...4 Can sot help other, having a different opinion, but I must speak what I think. nitre is an expression which has fallen from the Gentleman who has ad dressed you on behalf of the other Candidate, Sir Francis Burdett. which I cannot avoid here taking notice of It was upon the subiat of Popery. 1 congratulate the City of Westminster, at toe good sense, liberality, and patriotism, which have prevent ed Lem from taking up that abominable and niis chievous yell that has pervaded other parts of the country. (Shoals and acclamation: from all qsuirt,es.) With regard to the reforms which the Noble Lord has alluded to, I must say, that I applaud his deter mination upon that subjeft. and I should be glad to second him in his endeavours thereupon in the House of Commons; but, at the same time, I may say, that there never was a set of Ministers more truly intent to ratify abuses, and really anxious to produce seform, and to hunt out and punish Pecu lators, than the last Administration. (Cieerin,y, ap plaud:alb and shouting.) Gentlemen, you have this opinion from a man who abhors, as much as any one, those who plunder the public, and those contra tors, who, by abusing the power afforded them by their contrafts, da not scruple to live by adding to the poverty and misery of the people. I consider them as men who thrive on the calamities, woes, and mi sery of their country, who feed and fatten on The poor man's labour, And the hras. MAII . II blood " ( !It ;tended sAoarts.) As to the state of the poll, Gentlemen, you will, no doubt, observe, that there has been a great slackness, at yet, upon all sides ; but I hope, that upon Monday, being Saint Monday, my friends will then be induced to come forward, as they will be, upon that day, more at leisure. If I can believe the assurances of my numerous friends, who have ffartcred me with the promises of their support (and I have no reason to disbelieve them), I trust I shall make a very dii ferent appearance upon th it board (pointing to the board announcing the numbers) than what I do this " e The Hon. Member stirs, that I are abetting Coatbonati lit among the working d.day the c;harge..-1 am no F,, en 4 to Combination ; but 1 ant el oa.lv an easiny to Com'Anatio.i am•.ng Matters as among Jourii•-yenen ; and, Sir, contradiet the wale prioice of me political life, and bel,e ev-ty pabltc ;.rsmiple I neat! ever piolered, if I feared to cht eLsre, that, whole 1 Mee a teat +/abut these wah, the weak shall have A Fna,.<l Kenos the strong , nor wi.l 1 seer sutan.t that the sadettnous .nd laborieus class of the community ar.a.: be insulted er *Keened by Owe who miss hiatuses. Isclune. Mai tisk toil." day. I shall conclude, Gentlemen, with again curing you, that I hive no kind of animosity to.. wards any of the other Candidates; on the eon- - gary, whatever may be the res i!t of my endear' -fours, and whatever may be the result of theirs. I shall moot cord/iffy s±sake hands with them." Mr. Sheridan'supeech, as usual, was followed by shouts, acclamations, and narks of approbation, from she surrounding multitude." 'ord COCHRAN? dltelt U;!0/1 the great benefit to be derived from having Naval Officers in Faille. meat, and upon the alleged abuses in the A system of tyranny and oppression, ha slid, had been aged upon for five or sift years past, so exces sive, thot Officers have not d.red to complain. and their vessels have gone down imri perished with all their hands. " I shall only." sad his Lordship, " at present instance two cases: the tgelite sloop of war was ordered out to sea, I remonstrated, as I considered it my duty ; I said that she was totally. unfit to keep the sea. This, however, was nit attended to, and the vessel, when off Rochefort, went to the d—l. (Loughiag, hissing, and h.oi. i.g). The i'brosix schooner is another instance, which I might state to you fully. but I shall only mention, that by her being kept too long out, she sunk, and all hands reished, except_one."— liis concluded ky observing. that he thought the. late Administration, notwithstanding Ali their boasts, bad done nothing towards realty. ing ahusei and curtailing places and pensions. Much had been said about the Committees of En quiry, but, nutwithuanding all their discoveries, what had miry effeaed ? Instead of merely talking, it would hove been better, even before they had breakfasted, to have 'crocked the Clerk of the Pelts on the head. Mr. JCNNIMUS then came forward on behalf of Sir Francis Burdett, and urged his friends to make every erertiun to insure his success. Mr. Et ester, next endeavoured to address the Electors, but was received with the incessant hoot ings tai disapprobatiot of the multitude assembled. lie requested them to attend to the suggestion of the Right Honoured's Candidate (Mr. heerident) wl. r had honestly told them that the best proof nt a good cause was to hear and impartial:y to judge upon the languige, the principles, and the geuer.il character of all those Will had been pre sented for weir choice. ( Fhe clamour became so universal, and the sheets of the multitude, expres sive of their dislike of the speaker, so frequent, that the worthy Cdadidate judged it most advisable to withdraw.) Mr. Gluttons next offered himself to the notice of the multitude, and acquainted them with his determination to make some few retnerks on the respective Candidates, who were then soliciting the high bonnur of representing the city of Westmin ster. 'l' h e Noble Lord (Cnchraue) dealt libe rally in his professions of independence, and had adverted with some aerial° ,y to the conduct of those who were the returned Meanbsrs fur rotten boroughs. Did the Noble Lord conceive, that he or his fellow Eke; ars could .forget, that the Noble Candidate, (C , rehtane,) was the r,p,r 'emotive, in the fete Par'iamear, of one cf test most corrupt, the most vestal, and ...ertalitle the most ackowledged rotten borough in the united kingdom t Indeed, when he said, that the Noble Candidate had oten the represmattve of the borough of Honitnn, t e gave the best answer to Ids pledges and the sures.: guide to the decision of the Electors. (Loud and repeated apploas4 kits would next advert to the claims of Mr. Elliot. Hs if gone" erred one, "be has cut and Pea.") "He is gone," I find, said Mr. Gi aeons, " and I will not take advantage of his absence. But one fact it is my duty to state, that his friends have been canvassing under the introdudhon and interest of Sir .James Pulteney. the Secretary at War." (Hear that ! hear that ! ) After some other observations, Mr. Gibbons concluded with (I-elating his convietion, that though the enemy to Mr. Sheridan, as the Treasurer of the Navy, yet he was free to acknowledge, that the public conduS of that Right Honourable Gentleman was, through. out the great number of years in which he sat in Pariiatieen, truly consistent. (Great spplasss.) The friends of LordCOCHNANc dined, on Satur day, at Ws WS'S Rooms. The comp toy amounted to from 70 to 100; a great proportion of whom were ty4v.tl officers. The dinner wrs splendid, and the evening passed is great mirth and go vl•liusnour The worthy and enlightened Bishop of L has been voted the Gold Medal, by the Board of Agriculture, fur his new and extensive plantations on the bank of the Derwent water Lake, in Cumb.:r land. To-morrow will be a day again big with For tune's dispensations to her persevering votaries. It was perseverapce that lately gained the club in Oxford-street so large a portion of a 20,0001. Prise; bat an increase of interest now renders perseverance in adventure more forcibly expedient; since, (feria. sive of the 20,0001. Prise to the first drawn number te-morrow morning, it is highly probabie that seve ral of the Kreuter floating Capitals (not one of them being yet drawn), will come up in the course of the day. I'he following singulir favours of good fortune to the adventurers at the Office of J. Baas:scow' and Co. is an incontrneertible tadt, namely, till first and only 20,0301. Prize ever sold, No. 24,505, drawn on the 2341 of last month, wis partaken of by 78 individuals, as follow : —Ono-half to a Lotery Society, of 40 Members, in Oxford-street One quarter, among 24 Members of a Lottery Society, at Norwich; One•sixteentq, between 12 Members, in a Club at Theme ; an Eighth to a family at Se lisbury ; and the remaining Sixteenth, to one'of oar brava Defenders, on board the liarleur. off Ply mouth ; likewise, the first 30,00 J;. ever shared, N 0.24,206, was sold, and the first blank, as first drawn, ever eotitkd to 20,0008 No. 37.247, was sold in shares; also, the tirst and only 90001. ever shared, No. 37.991, was sold, and where the last 4.1,0001. shared, No. 12,719, was, together with five Prizes of 40.0001. 'and upwards. with o.re 10.0001. several 50001. and 40001. sold in the Lot tette' for 1305, and 1606, in more than 267 Jlf (ergot share,, and were paid on demand ; where Tickets and Shares are now belling, warranted un drawn, in the present Lotter, ; and the first drawn on Tuesday. the 12:11 instant, will be eoutleci to 20,0001. awl say bo to 30,0041. ~,: Y; PROM LITTIIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Desurnrstrat. May 9. 1817 A Dispatch, of which the i“ci o sed is a c o py, h a s been received this day at the Office of Viscou t Castlereagh, one of His Majesty's Principal sere c ries of Stare, from Majot-Geneval Fr is-r, dated Aserandria, the 25th of March, 1107, addressed te the Right Heaourable William Windham : 'retook ie, 614re1l 2i, 1607 Sts—lt is w:th much satisfaction I have the he noar to inform yon, that, in the attarrionn et the 10th current, the town and fortresses of Alezan.. dria. with two Tarkish frigates and a corvcue, sur rendered to Hia Majesty's arms by cepicualationa and that 'they were taken possession of on the me. movable m.sinkg of the 41st, by t h e troops under my command. You are already apprised of my having been de. teched on this service, with a body of troops fr on Messina, by his lisceilency Gcneral Vox, under con voy of his Majesty's ships "Tigre and Apollo; and the Wizard sloop was sent ferivaed by Caatain Hal lowell, to get intelligence from Maj sr Misset, vr•orm I had been, by my instroctiens. directed to consult as to the best plan r.l operations for effecting the pur poses of the expedition. I have now to acquaint you, that in the &viol of the 7th inst. (the day after we sailed,) the Apollo: frigate, with nineteen traosports out of thirty three. which conveyed the troops, parted company, and that the other nettle in, with the Tigre, cam- to an abchor to the westward of Alexandria, on the 16'h. On our getting near the land we saw the Wizard, and Captain Palmer immediately brought me the intelligence he had received from Major Mi s set. • together with a letter from him, stating that he had Deleon). off himself, thinking his presence in Alex andria absolutely necessary to counteract the in trigues of the French Consul, who was endeavour ieg to prevail upon the Governor to admit a body of Albanians, from Rosetta, to assist in the defence of the place. He earnestly recommended me to rand the troops immediately, as the inhabitant; were well affecfee towards us. and that he had sanguine hopes we should he able to get peuession of it without firing a shot. Before I determined, however, upon this mea sure. I deemed it prudent to acquaint M.jnr Kurt with the very diminished state of my force, and I therefore sent is my Aid-de-Carep, Caet..in A'Court, of the .31st ittgime..t. wit . a file of truce AO him, with a duelled account of it. and at the same time. a Manifesto to the Governor and Inhabitants, (a Copy of which I inch-se,) which had not the desired effect, but. on the contrary, was treated by the Governor w th contempt. The Major, however, in reply, strongly urged my immediately landing ; still repeating that we shouid not meet with any resistance, and that my d sing so would he the only means of preventing' the garrison being reinforced by the Albanian's, who had actually been sent for, and migu be expccted in tho course, of twenty four hones. These considerations 14 me to follow his ad. vice and accordingly I landed that evening (tEe 17th) as many troops as our small un.• 1 of boats could convey, a few miles to the ea • ward of Marabnut, wi hoot opposition, th nips I could only take tip a p oitim for the night; as befate the next landing co .1,1 be effereed, such a surf had arisen on the bc4c ~ as totally to prevent the second division from ao,noacheng the shore. The nest morning. however, with infinite &S -cotty and • risk they were landed ; but finting my situation now. from ehe increased height of the surf and appearance of the weather. to be very pre carious, both with respell to getting provisions cr stores on shore, or having any communications with the transports, I determined at all hazards to force my way to the western side, where I could receive supplies from Aboukir Bay, at the same time re io!ving to attempt (in passing) to get into the town. even with the small force I had, arid push my way, if possible, into the forts thy commanded it. a mat ter I had reason to believe from Major Misset and others, would slot be very difficult to ACODUI• plish. I therefore moved forward about eigist o'clock in the cycling of the I Sth, and in our way forced a plllisadoed intrenchment, with a deep ditch in front of (that had been thrown up by the 'lurks, as a defence against the Marnelukes and Arabs on the western side) stretclsnig horn Fort des Being to Lake Mucous, strengthened by three batteries, mounting eight guns, exclusive tit Fort des Rains on its right fl ink, mounting thi: teen guns. This we effetffed with very little los% though un der a heavy fire of cannon and musketry, and nro ceeded within a tew yard: of Pompey's Gate, w h er e lwe found the garriion prceared to receive us, the Gate barricasked, and (Le walls lined with troops and armed inhabitants: this, added to the small ness of my force. (not exceeding one thousand men of all sleacription%) led me to think the risk tco great, and I determined to proceed to the westward, as I had originally intended, where I arrived is the morning of the 9th, and took up ray position on the ground the British troops occupied in the adtton of the 41st, immediately rending detachments to take possession of Aboukir Castle. end the Cut be tween the Lakes Mudie and Mareotis, by which communication the reisdoveement of Albanians was etpefled in Alexandlia ; in both these attempt, we succeeded. The next &yob* 2fath, I sent in (by a friendly Arab that had stolen out of town, and joined us) a Manifesto, addressed to the inhabitants, warning theta of the danger of implicating friends and foes in the-event of taking the place by assault, and tugs ing them to force the Governor to capitulate. Thin had the desired effect, a flog of truce was sent out, and a Capitulation. (of which I herewith inclose a copy) was agreed to And signed. Although Chit service has fortunately not hen of long duration ; yet. from the scantiness of our num bers, and tile scarcity of selsorf s el supplies. as well military stored as provisions, (which the boistetuus s:ata o; the weather c•tmpletety prevented our re ceiving) our situation Was, for some time, Tither eri• beat ; and I am hVelf ar►have it in my power to hear tsetsmony v. tL•e patience and cheat tuln►ts with which tor: troops bore every privation, and t' e ardour add spirit tory ahem ed in the attack of the eiseasy's works, as will as the sactioAticia sad wish I • • • 1 • • :•