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~ . 4, GENERAL ELECTION. OF THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD. TO TIM GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, AND FREEHOLD- US, or THE COUNTY OF SUCKS. G xxxxx sun, AS the Circumstances, under which, en the 9th Instant, you nreleitied me one of your Representa tives, continue the same, I have no hesitatien in again offering myself to sour noti:e; and I hope I may feel a well-grounded confidence, that, in soliciting a repetition of that distinguished honour, which so lately you unanimously conferred upon me, I comply crit't, what I believe to be, the general wi>h to pre. Same the Peace and Independence of the County ; and that you will honour me with your V , rtes and Interest, on the day of Election. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, With the greatest respect, Your most obedient and most humble Servant, L,n,ii.ii, April 29th, 1807. SCOTT TITCHTIELD. TO THE GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, AND FREE• HOLDERS OF TUE COUNTY OF SURREY. GE H IS Majesty's Ministers having thought fit to advise a Dissolution of Pzliiment, I beg leave 004:11 NOM to toliCit most earnestly the favour of your attendance in say behalf on the dry of Vearon. The unenutvocal prow I have experienced, within the short period of six month., that the c , nfulence you have .o long anti so ki.tdly reposed in no remains uni,hp.i,el, forbids soy troubling you at this tint:, any forth, than to assure you of the tunfeignstel gratitude and respect with wh:cii I have the honour to he, Gentlemen, Your oblige , : and devoted Servant, London, April 114, ISO?. WILLIAM RUSSELL. TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS °view/mut, THE King's hfinisten have rashly advised His Masesty Y direolve the Parliament, which was first assembled for the dlstech of bus west on the 15th of D,•eem• her /sit its duration has been short, bat its carat has been cnereoraole. The asaidvity with which all public businesi hat been dis patched, is without priicedvut. The wok which it has per frwroed, and those in which it was engaged at the moment of tessiissolution, will be 'worded to its honour In consequence of judicious arrangements, the EleOloti Petitions, which have usealty occupied the time ant attention of the !louse of 01111111111111 S during two or three years, would all have been de. e:ded in the course of one Searon. After wars so protracted sad expensive as you know those in which we are unhappily engaged, to have been, a plan of finance was devised and arier.d, notwittistandol the opposition of the persons now in power, adequate to the exigences of the State, without im,rosing any fiats bunkers on the people. A Committee was appointed to controul and ',duee the public expenditure, srd to diminish the amount of salaries. A Ball was brought in, under the saiittioli of that Committee, for prohib.: ng the rent of paces in meversion. A plan for the reformation of the poor houses, and bettering ibe condition of the lalsourirg glasses of soi - iety, was under consideration. Measures foe the Improvement of the Courts of Justice in Scotland, were in pro geese through the House of Lords. The Slave Trade, after a ettegele of twenty years, was abolii.hed. At the moment the Commons were precipitately summoned to attend His M-nexty's Crmsaiviiien for the prorrigation of the Parliament, preparatory to its dissolution, there was actualy et their Bar a Special Report from the Committee above men- Slimed, stating the discovery of some gross abuses in the di , pittinent of the Pat-Moster-General, which was thereby stopped. The Bill to prohibit the Grant of Places in Rever sion, is lost. More than 100 Private Bills, carried to admitted stages, at great expense to the parties interested in them, drop, and the improverneot of the Country is impeded. At the same moment, the Scotch Judges were in attendance in the House of Lords, with their answers to certain questions relative to the Administration of Justice in Scotland, for which purpose they had been expressly called to Loadon, to the Interruption of the ordinary duties of their important offices. The usual AA of Appropriation of the roods toted by P. , liament, has not been passed. Voles these circumstances, the King has been advised to d•.u.lve ibe Parliament, and in the Speech delivered by the Lad chancellor, i i i His Majesty's Namet the assertion if made, that no material interruption of the point.: business will take place. Is that Speech sstiitaition is expressed at the admitted, of those financial mea.ures which exempt the people from the ►uiden of ad litional taxes, but which the King's present Mini.ters would have penuadcd the House of Commons to or sect, and the completion of which has been prevented by their conduct. It is proposed to inculcate • spirit of Union, har mony, and grad-wilt, amongst all classes and descriptions of the people ; when, at the same time, the only appearances of diKeid have been exerted by the attempt ideas of His Ma jesty's Ministers, to sow the seeds of religious animosity in the neighbouring County of No:thanspton, upon a ground which his Colleagues have not avowed ; and against his principles that particular many of them have been heretofore solemnly ple•lged. In a situatina so alarming, and when thei Council► of the bi iag air guided by such persons, I have thought It neces►ary to 'slake ahme exposition to yo s, my earliest, best, and eou,t an t Wriest& I have treated with freedom the Acts of Govern. meet, and she Speeei delivered by the Lord Chancellor, is the King's Name, becarse I abhor and deny the poritioa lately weged in Parliament, and in which (sa it appears to me) roan- Offlll.Ce is given is the tenor of that Speech, that the Xing can ever act witheataradviser. If that position be admitted, the people may be without redress, or the Sovereign without secu rity; by the Constitution, bath arc inipnesitee. . -• Uf ay owls conduct, dining the nu:intonate interval which has elapsed since I lAA addremed you, I say nothing ; because it hat been se public that it cannot have escaped your notice. I court your I/snotty, and if you are unlined with the result of it, I hope fee your litotes at the present F.laction you do sae lire honeur again to retire me, I eball indeed be proud a a, and I will again endeavour to do my duty. I have the honour to be, th , litleroes, With every eanitiment of attachment and moat, "inor grateful and obedient Servant, rtaver.atts.t, April tiS. SAMUEL WHITBREAD. GENERAL ELEMON. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. LORD COCHRANE, presenting his atost ►e. @pecan! Compliments to those Friends who are dierrstsi to cnu,.tenance hies in his endeavours to obtain die Suffrages of the Independent Eledors of Westminster, and is his brother (Akers in particular, requests the iSTOUt of their at. tendanee at the St. Alban's Tavern, St. Alban's.street, Fell- Mall, on FRIDAY, the Ist of May, at One siClocE, to CUn• cert Measures for insuring his Election. Harley-Meet, April 29. 11107. TO THR WORTHY LIVERY ()1 , LUNDUN. Gayeties*. 111 HE sudden Dissolution of Parliament makes 'I it necessary for me again to solicit the honour of your Votes and Interest to be reinitated in the distinguished 1114114. tioa of one of your Representatives. in taking a retrospect of the very fLttering manse, with which say solicitations have bereft hitherto received, I feel the wannest sentiments of gratitude and pridc, which induce me to hope that I have not forfeited the confidence you so lately reposed in rne. It is, I trust, unnecessary I'm me to rmeat tn. you that the sincercst attschnsent to my King and Country has been the invariable ru'e of my conduct, in every sitmiti.in I have had the honour to hod in somety ; and as it has been, so it ever shall be, the ruling principle of my actions. As a Commercial Man, I consider the present moment to require a very particular sit ntieo so the Toadi. g Interests it general, and the Shipping more espec;ally, whi a cann.:t, in my opinion, be perfectly established without recurring and afhiving nom strictly to the Itarigation and Colonial Sy , teni, by which tia.s Empire has arisen to its present unrivalled state of Nlatitinie and Commercial Power; and which can alone be preser►e.l by such measures as may prevent th^ interference of any other nation in our Carrying Trade. To this point I shall ever keep a watchful eye, if I shall have the honour again to be a iteprAentative of this greet and opullot City. I ha►e the honour to be. Galati...WS, With Site greatest re.pert, Tour most °bobcat. and faiteful humble Servant, Bedford paste, Aprilll. 1847. CHARLES PRICE. THE COMMIT TEE for cominding Sir CHARLES PRICE'S ELECTIf met every Dey at the Haute, tote the Nero Head. C.reosa..trovt, ro o►Ser to roasts* the Co ntnuniestions of his fri.vidt, and to arrange the geserat liatisess rtlatinz to hi. El-et:on T HE Worthy and Independent Livery, in the Interest of Sir CHARLES PAR:E. are particularly requested to meet at the House, late the Paul's Head, Cat. eatos.etreet, TO-MURRoW, the tat of May, at It n•clock, vonsieor of the best resew of securing that Gentleman% re strains' &sone of the Represontati.” fur this City. TO THE GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, AND FREEHOLD ERS OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND G an, N EAR the conclusion of the first Session of a Parliament, in which there a:e depending a number •i Private bills, altogether unexampkd, the greatest part advanced to their last stages, and the chief expense of the whole already incurred, whilst ouch public business 101 remains tu be coin eluded, and almost the rest of the Bills necessary ti give toil effect toe Plan of Finance, having for its object the relief of the people from increasing taxation.--the gills for tl:e better Maintenance and Education of the Pooossithe BM to prevent the future Grant of Reversions—the Bill for Reforming the acknowledged imperfections of the Scotch Judicator', and extending to oar fellow subjects in the Northern parts of the Island, the benefit of Ted by lury—.whiliit the Finance mimes was act.vely employed in tracing out abeeet, end wee so far advanced in one of the objects of its inquiry, as to be ready at the Bar to report to the House a cam of meat apparent delinquency--bedore the trials depending in the Election Co.m minas were yet concluded, et it was known M what Members the Home of Commons was legally corriposed-sibeem an Art of Appropriation, without which, no Mann voted for the Public Service can he legally applied, had yet Aces passed-- in such a state of things, and in the midst of w musk import ant business, both public and private, the Ministers have advised an abrupt Dissolution of the Parliament, venturing to assert, tha the affeiis of the Country may be suspended with out material intonvenierice, and with the obvious, I should almost say, the avowed purpose, of taking advantage of a try excited and encec•agod by the basest arts of salrosay Bud nit rapriseatat.m. This Kvaut,Centlemen, calls noon you once more to exer cise your important privilege of choosing your Representative" The dangers of the present moment, increased as they are ►y the spirit this manifested by the Ministers of the C r.n , impm rinealy aqui., that this choke should be mad, with the gnat. est care and deliberation—that yua should reek to: men who will st...idi:y maintain the principles of the Constitution amidst the storms which may be approaching, and of . clause firmness and intleratilenC• hf character pan have had stiffacium Freak IS justify your confidants. Of my owe litalifications for such a trust, at so difficult a anis, it is not for me to speak. What they may be, you must, after more than twenty yeatv experience of them, have bett:r grounds Lir j.alging than any profusion, whli : h 1 might mike. I can only offer myself to you upon the same pr.ncia pl.:, on wbreh I here hereto( ire solicited your support, arid which I have been equally desirous of maintaining, whether in or out of •ffce. These principles mint make me the declared eriemy of the present Adininiatration, who have come into power under an implied pledge, utterly incompatible with a free d: , eharge of their duty ; whose first acts prove that they have carried intu amernatritt the same faLtirma spirit which so strosig'y marked their preceerlings it: Opposition; who, with an hypoeritical recommendatriii to union on their lips, are endeavouring, by the foulest feline, to excite political and religious anunosities lii aft pert. of tits kingdom, and whit, when their own personal interest is in sic,, bare sheen thetas...lye& squally regardless of the repose of their Sovereign, and of the welfare and tranquillity of their 0.1.111,,y I have the hallow tu be. Ger.tl-men, Your 11111Kii obliged and moat devotal humhle Ser...nt. Stsattowitteet, April gel. 110%ViCIL. GENERAL ELECTION. TO THE WORTHY INtiRPENDENTIIVERY OF LONDON. GeNriswitN, W H ATEVER of public or of prelate hyena. lenience may arise from so sudden • Diamititiors of railisment„ it gives to me personally no regret, because ht binge (thought temporarily) into prActice, a principle long settled in my mind,, that the appeals et this Repramitatires to their Canwituents should be more frequent, than by law they are. In the last three Parliaments you have been pleased le ho- nour me with your confidence; during that time, it has been me fortune to have been sometimes the Ovpourr, and some. times the Supporter of Ministers; but, in neither case have I ever f.. t any dread of their power, or benefit ham their favour. The public interest has been the only motive that ever actu. aced my conduct, and a continuance of your confidence the only recompence I looked to. throw myseßagain apes your cons;deration, and in soli citing loose earnestly, as I do, the &veto of your Votes to re. tura me as cue of your Representatives in the next Parlia ment, / repeat to you my assurances of an unalierable at tachment to the Qoestisution of our Country, and *i; promise . you a continuance of that independence which 1 trait has hitheri+ msnifavted itself in my public conduct. With great reapect, I have the honour to b►, Gentlemen, Your much inaliged and faithful humble Servant, •rpl Rustell.streirt, April 27, 1807. II C. COMB,. 'II I HE Independent Livery oftondan, in the In. a wrote Mr. Alderman Cumbe, are requested to omit at the N•v London Tavern, in Cheap.;!•, TO-MORROW, at Seven o'Clock, to consider the beet means le r securing that Gentlemur% illection.-4pril 27, E;i7. TO - THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDEN r LIVLRY OF LONDON. GiNTLF.4III4 T HE I) ssolation of Parliament i n d uces me aga i n to solicit your favour and protection to replace me in the slistiqguisherl and honourable situation of one of your Re presentatives. The importance of this sacred charge, in the d: fence of your rignts, laws, and liberties, both civil and reli gious, as it should constantly aiiinse:e their seal and ezertioUs, ought equally to induce thero vigilantly to geoid and promote • :be geoeral welfare and prosperity of theta kingd ims. Ac tuated by the same constitutional principles which have hitherto invariably governed my conduct, I shall, on the pro. sent occasi,n, humbly hops for y..ur suffrages and support, which will be adding to the many obligations already eon -fermi on, 'VOW devoted, faithful, Old Beath, Sea-House, Animas obesPent Servant, April 27, 1807. wai. COATIS. ' .~ SIR WILLIAM CURTIS. THE FRIENDS o f Si r WM. CURTIS are earnestly requested to meet his Committee un FRIDAY NEXT, let of May, at Six o'Clock In the tug, at the Latrine Tavern, ilishoosgate-strett, (or tl , - ru-pose of con .oderiny the most effectual Means of se.-ring that Gentleman's El•ction. Th" Chair to be taken at Seven o'Clock precis.ly. Aim! QI , 1107 . TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF THE CITY OF LONDON. - Gaurseraan, -rHE prevalent Rep ol i of an in rnebitta DIS SOLUTION of PARLIAMENT, authoriaes ass to make you a respectful offer of my Service', as one of your Re. prasentatives, set cultsof such an event. Descended tom a Family Ion: conn:cted with th's Re-at City, I shall, et all times, be anxious to promote its tinnte:- chit Interests, anal to measure the ft.ght: and trivil.get of my Fellow•citizens; and being actaato.l Ly ass ardent seal fla the C nstittition of sad County, anal fur the Indeeend,nce of the Witith Err.pire, I trust I shall be favoured with the aettve sup port of the Livery of London. I have the honour to remain, With the goatee' tsspect, Gentlemen, your faithful Servant, J. P. HANKEY. The Committee in the Iriterest• of Mr. Alderman Hankey sit daily at the Alderman's House, in Mincing-lane, where any information and assistance will be thankfully received. Mincing lane, April 17„ 1/107. A T a most numerous and highly retpea4ble Meeting of the Friends of Mr. Al.lermin HANLEY, held at the London Tavern, this day, April 29, 1807 ; MA. Alderman BiITDEL,L, in the Chair ; The following Resolutions ware incted by Sir Francis Si. ring, Bart. serianded by Geo. Clark, Esq. late Alderman of Basishaw %Vara, anJ cat.itid Linaniniquay I. That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that the pros persy of the Bsitish Empire being founded on commerce, and the metropolis being the Emporium, ii is peculiarly im portant, that b e Itepreeentatives in Parliament be well ac quainted with the Cemencicial Interests of the Natirsn, more especially at this critical period, when the 010%5 of en enemy are applied almost missive!, to accomplish the ruin of the &dish Trade. 2. That it is the opining% of this Meeting, that Mr. Alderman idANICEY„-by birth and edentlon, a Chtten of London, and who hat, for many years, Men 'lively engird in extensive eommereul eOIICMS, whose character and condo 9 are irre proachable in all his various I nereantile transactions. Is a fit and proper person to represent the Citr of Loudon in Pailiameut. That it is the ppinieet of ttti. Afeetinig, that Mr. Alderman flaukoy, as (Mussel el the Ninth R. (linens of Loyal Loudon Volunteers, has a peculiar e/alio upon the esteem of his Eel low Citizens, for the exi.elient di-cipline he ettelliiiiied in the Regiment, by this means giside eficacy and credit to that inoit runstitutiiinal defence, the Volunteer Voice. 4. That it es the opinion of this Sleeting, that Mr. ',Merman Haiiitey, by takiiig upon him the o.fice of one of the M trate; of this City, has serinczd an honourable design to pro mote its welfare and procirnity, emulating the example of hi, ancutors, and most especially Sir John Bustard. of whose eitsinentierstert, in Sewn Parliaments, this Ci t- a tl retains the inciiit ganef ul remembrance. D. That the Meeting, iodiridually and collectively, will use the lyrist stnentteus exertion' to promote the Llehtimi of Mr. Alderman Maiik,", as one of die 11..preseratatites to Padla• want, iy proC!edirig in the 'list srtiv• canvass nimble. JttllY t3OVI/E1..1,, CnAtexan. The Ch. linen having I.ft tn.. Chair, it was resolv.d, Cat thr Tnatikr ot this Malt•ng Ix miiitiled to INA kg pit and d.ignlbod eesidiiet. .. .~ ..i't. - 17 GENERAL ELECT! ON. TO THE WORTHY ANID INDEPENDENT UVCw OF LONDON. Gatorcresaw, . 11' the Dissolutio n o f P et li tment, you erer.allr; u p s , 'ace more, to resume the exercise of your Rim t,,, Franchise; and it is is lib gteat homylit. , aceempone i the time with th e most Itselylint,.. , resulting typ o c. pa.t kiadnesa, that I ag.itt offer my,lf t. tour notice, mom eoefeetly entreat the hottour of your Votes And Sliplet• to plaiese me a second time iu the weird aatiett of o. , of y... Representetives in the great Cuuucul of the G mei, I will oot insult you-by professions ; but I will your 'own hearts, whether my conduct, as a Man, a trate, and a Member of PsLament, has not unify,. ly ',- marked by a steady loyalty to my Kieg, love fer my C.. . and a?...100s regard for the rights and privi le ges e l of Goodie It 11111 i these principles that Rest recutornetioe • . to ; nor farmer; it is by an adberenes . to three de,ire to.stand, or fall, its yew goo.llopittiOn. I have the honour to be, Gouticanon, Yew most faithful humble Mew., JAMES SHAW, America-square,. Apr,l 28, 11107. This day is pout shed. pries 2s dd. THE DISCOVERY of t h e TR UE and NA. TURA L /ERA of MANKIND. and the Memo( c 4, quit it into Ethos Pri,tett Gar J. Johnson, St. Paul's Cherchlard, aria j Piciadiry. This day , in paali.ired. 'eT EANS Adequate la the PRESENT CRISIS IVA and FUTURE PROSPIIIRITY sad 1 1APPINNS, et , a EMI'LRE ; or, cropoces for t h e preps( 1111 . 41 .11.0e,,t rA ?tab, re Affairs, and for pro:using an unnted‘Ate, aduraugoo.t, ao:u e, and permanent Peace. . _ - - Printed hi; J. J ihosoa , St. Paul's Chunkir•li s a d j Hatt hard, Piccadilly. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, Arnic 30. I It will be F -en in our (inert News, that His YA. 4ESTY, yestc:day, signed the Proclasna'ion for Lis solving Parliament, and calling a new one, to nird on Monday, the 22i of Inne. The Eledion of ttic sixteen Peers of Scotland will take place at rood-House, on the 9th of J une.—With the exce,i -• lion that this vneascre was determine) upon at the Cabinet 'Connell on Saturday last, the various rf • counts of the proceedings of Ministers upon this 1114- jeift have been founded in error. After their determino tioa had been communicated to His MAJESTY, and they had reseived his answer from Windsor, giving his consent, they were so Ruched with their success. that, forgetting the methodical routine of Ace, tin• ordered the Proclamation for the Dissolution to be prepared, in order to receive His MAJESTY'S sir nature, on Monday. Ouvca Caosewsta. did not get rid of a Parliament more expedkiously; than Min: tees etptf.ed t 3 free themselves from the late one. The gent!emen in office, however, soon convinced them of their error, assuring them. that the Par:iament mu,t be first prorogued by the KrNn, with a Speech closing the Session. They then set to work, and prepared the Speech delivered by the Loan Cuaacsihon, as one of the fami. Commic,ioners appointed by His MAJESTY for that purpose. From this arose all the doubts and con tradietory reports respaling the precise day of dis• solution. The Proclamation could not have ap peared in Tuesday night's Gazette, unless it had been signed by the KING in Council, on Mon day, as Ministers expeeted, but which now ap pears to have been impraCticable ; and an Asiraeriliaary Gasett:, we understand, has neser been published for such a purpose. The Pi.o clantation will be posted up this afternoon a tu-morrow mornin7, at the usu.tl places, at F.:. James's Palace, iiiteitall, Palace Yard, and other P"Ptslotts and pri»ninent quarters of the City, and wilt appear in Saturday night's fi.crife. Tod Messengers were last night dispatched, by different roads, for Ireland, with a copy of it it,/ the Lot ,' LIEUTENANT. The Ministeral Prints yesterday asserted, that thr delay in dissolving Parliament was owing to thc Writs not bring made out. But surely Ministers were aware of the time necessary for that purpose. on Sa turday last,when they determined upon the Dist()li• • tion. Why then did they prorogue the Parliament o r. Monday, and thus deprive the Country of the ben fit of its services prematurely? Much business /nig! have been dispatched since Sunday last. Th Report of the Finance Committee was !yin,: upon the Bar of the House of Commons, read! to be presented at the moment when the Usher of the Black Rod made his abrupt appeal• ance, and a sudden stop was put to the public bus:• nets by the Prorogation. His Majesty's Speech. delivered upon the occasion, by the Lose Coco; CELLOS ' promises a renewal of the late stri inquiry into the public expenditure, surely the' had the Ministers permitted the report of the ii mince Committee, to have been presented, it Emil have been not only a pledge of their sincerity, but material step g.tined in the progressof this desirabi• work. The Dissolution of Parliament, as we state: yesterday, des not give an' acquittal. It culls procures a respite for the Fa - 'ties iissplis:ated in . Report, but Minister frh which h esti strived with s ame materi rime to covet marshy itfea l'ght is thro %rec., iit of Northurnl Extract ol April, 1807 news :—A fi ing soldiers oohing, Si died men tic the. robber land has gis t!,e English his compar.: teen days tl snore. On died men le tL•em togeti now in tare scat w are Some 1,1 Rotterdam King Lou anticipate seem to fee two measui Sir Fa A Eleaors of withdraw dress or lei The trie from G Wnrcester. Earl Fr for Devons Viseisuni BArns . .sp'• Viseoun Sir Joub the county Mr. FA' probably It will attended I doubt, will jeftures ; b that it wee JUT • M,. WA The He and Mr. C Ruchetter. A prcm and Corm take place a aubjea