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DINNER OP TUE FRIENDS OF MR. THORP. Yesterday a numerous and ninst respectable !fleeting of the Citizens of London celvbrated. be * public distort. at the London Tavern. the elec tion or M. Alderman THORP, as one of the %pre stlittitthrsos Tor the City iii I'arliam►nt. Sion, •Tier six o'cloek his feu el Highness the Duke rif Sugars entered the room. areetripanierl 6e Lnrei liot.t.siso. Mr. Swett (~f Middlesex). Mr. WAVIIIVIA M. Mr. FAVELL, NIA resent oth-r f :efitlemesi of the independent interest of the City of London. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sossax stated, that he we called upon 'nest unexpectedly to fill the Choir, omit g to a very melancholy circuits stance—the death of Mr. Harvey Comb, r an lung Their faithful Representative, whose brother was to have pre.pled on the present occasion. This flintily catastrophe made a new arrangement neces-ery, mod )e (the &lel Doke) regretted that the earnest entreaties of utlwrs induced him to undertake an Wier a. President of the Meeting, which would have been more suitably and constitutionally eget- Voted by the individual for whom the honour was bi.t intended. The company then fat down to a memptuour "'honer. The. woad health, of the Royal Family were wren from she Chair—. The King." God save the Wag" S' The Priory Ritmo. awl *ay be sever forget the !e isw tildes width arsitril the Noose of lhawawiek ow the Threat" —three HOMO three...Meese orwat.J Air--" Hall Star of Browny .•• 1 " The green awl Royal eaesity."—rApperariel Thw Roe" t. CNAIRNAII thee thei b reh re he 'called the ettesstmes of tbe'peeseut ewe y to the particular !minims die dey. - he would first propooe...- " The City of Londe., sad *runty Mils Cosnineree~ A bixi #### sly alive as he felt fur the commetwe and in depesideoce of the City, he moll use snow this Inert to be put wittiest the pediesimuy expression of Isis warm approbatiors..—f4pletme./ The toast was given with throe theses three. The HOY A I. CH AIRS. AN. in rising to particularise Inure ediatrly the buineiis of the diy. regretted In a poignant sense the absence of the worthy • 7liairinen, who was prevented by • domestic efffic- Vino rum perf.rming the duty allotted to rod the peculiar predicament in which he (the Loyal Chairman) was placed to the injury of that cause, of which he declared himself so sincere ass advocate. —((:rest applerse.)—His Rayed High er's stated, that he come to the Meeting on public kmlllllll4 and merely as an individual, milieus to 'congratulate his worthy Friend. Mr. Aldermen Thorp, ote the success of his cause.— (Applause.) He inteisded to have been !present merely es an indi htleal participating in the sentiments to which the %evasion gave birth ; but accident had, on this ne- Casio% throen him into a more prominent situation, said lie could assure the Meeting that no anon more deeply felt for the interests of the country at large than he did, or more cordially rejoiced in the tri umph of that great question on which they had pro. stitinieed so 'cutistltutionol and effective ass opinion.— wu a man of few words, though one who generally rellected so those which tell from him before their utteritice. lie had entered, so far as his jidgmeut guided him, deep into, the interests and welfare of his Country. They lead been of late times let vital int im/Neer, mod such es well deserked the fair end un biassed opinion of the people of the country ; io- Ileed doy . were of that nature that it became a mat. eer of impoitance, say, of Ail.; rov lib holiest man 1.. pronounce his opinion upon thkin."?Apjitaitre.) This was as. occasion in Which • man would, 'generally speaking, be inkliised to sit down as his triumph, and not revert to the political measures thst were so needy connected with it. He wootd not enter ie.° the details of the acts of the lust Went ; but as a man issisious, end entitled. at bait; lb lament the multi of these acts that had arisen frnill a long and protracted war, on the merits or delierits hf which he would not now touch. But the coun try knew and felt thee after a long and ardivoiis Waggle. when the Ministers., by their own de- Climbing hid trieespNed—when the country had condoCted t its War toile tortellisien id en unpaml: Ivied expense, and whed.ell the maili pledges of economy had been left unrulfilled—when in time of peace • standing army was maintained. and 'ti ititetienel reduction resisted—whets every eftrt was Lindy made for a reduction of taxation, and when ell the promised results of the war had failed in the hands of the promoter. of it, it was high time that the people should look at the conduct of those who supported the war, sod at that of those who opposed it. It was then from • review of the acts of their Le gislators, the duty of the people, whets die hoot Of the coustitutional exercise of their pewee cense, to examine specifically the claims of thk Caodidatri fur their support. The Chilies" of Landow hod, in his opinion, made a wise elettien, -end he now most heartily eongmtulated them bpi* 11—(Ap pause. )—ele Would not, by a retrospect of tee cusinees of their Blectiou, touch upon the deed.— ( Lagghter)—he would not unnecessarily enter upon invidious comparisons. No mon more loved freedom than he did. yet be would not 61111,11cithed. illy interfere in the choice et an Election—di a Peer it would he unconstitutional. Now. however, that the thictiou was over, he *es free to say, that as he had heard many votes had been sole r.ted for on the ground of private friendship, he begged, on this account, to declare hie epusiose lie hail his private friendships and his predilectiotue Lot he would most positively declare, that on no grounds of private friendship, unaecompeuied by a public claim. should his vote, if hie had one, be given.— Grum applisase. j—The confidence and disposal of public purser constituted a different trust from that of private frieudship; where the rem union of the claims of With was apparent, then the task was as easy m it was grateful—where the claims were merely of a private nature, sod op posed to public principle, then in vain would the doings of friendship be pleaded to him—public duty should hen parestunitit swey.—/feerst op. /dowse. —lie emignitulated them on this good feel tug in the late Elaidias. They had Cheerio, oolong other iudepeodeist men, a worthy A 141111116.1 (Thotp), shone his Royal Highness had known ei.ce the time of his Shtievalty, and whose kind eiel-t tuft he had often f end in the muse 0 . A s . city sod lettProleure —((;rent app/ease.)—He bed atm given pledges of ha future public conduct th o se, nutesak were weessory, when they ma *Wired that the worthy Alderman'. father bud bee n the constant fairnd of 11w revered Charles Fox.— (App/am'.)—The Royal Chairman concluded by pnnming-- " Tler health of Mr. Atacama Tleaep, sat may he Wog live in the olfewahato of his fellow-eithava."--D.uak with three titan there, tool great applase. Mr. Aldermen Tans, roar and expressed him eelf its the highest degree sensible of the favours that ha d been conferred upon him.— Were he fur a moment to conceive they had been personelle applied to him, he shonl4l 111 vans seek powers of utterance to express the weight of the obligation hr fell • but hr knew that the compli ment was confern:(l en public `rounds; hr knew it was the cisti-e of independence, and not the hum ble individual who had been the means of bringing it into action, that called forth their mryouhation. He therefore *ills pride acknowledged the favours they had dune him. There were miters who could give better effect to their cause. lout lie kart ,rd when he saw that villaiic spitit ass olive, and only wanted a direction to receive proper Jct. Their opponents had indeed Illiewu strong Wing, reshape one of isoliwation, for they had poncareitly lamented the fate of their friend, and in such a manner as to rep eree a regret that the people had the power to change those who were, or ought to be, their Representative.._ (Applarse.)—Tlwy ba.l laird from the Royal Chairman of the drools of Mr. I larvey Cumlw, whose consistent, honourah,le, and faitlaltal public life, furnished his best ruloginist.—((:rear applanse.)— To imam Ow career of such • man would - he his moot strenuous effort. Its had given solemn pledges, end he would faithfully redeem tlwm— he pledged himself to continue she firm ad versity of the Interests of the City, the Era. haus guardian of the riglia and liberties of the pimple, and the most uncompremisittg opponent of any suspension of those rights whirl' acre sa credly consigned to them by the free Cutotnution of their eountry.-.-.(iirplaage.) The worthy Alderman, after the applause sub sided, begged to propose the health of their Royal Choienten. lie (the Alderman.) had to p tttttt ise whet he RIPIIIII to do but ilw Ronal Chairman had slimily performed --(Great upguote.)—Ting illustrious Doke bad hang sheen that he was the uneocurnatui.isog friend or the liberties of mankind, and more particularly of the freedom of F:stglish. men—and I ist, not Iron, the steady protector or those clarifies which formed at once the honour and solar, of British huisiateity.—(4ppbacie.) The health of the Illustrious Duke was drank with great applause. The ROYAL ( . 11AIRMAK Mid, that be would not display so much lad taste as to meta upon the toast which hadjust received horn them such flat tering masks of appruhattion. His politics were dictated by his cortacienet*-tlwy a err at least honest, if they were not ellicitist.—(Applutste.)— As to his efforts iu the cause of chanty, he only blared diem with alder and snore efficient men. and exercised them, as lie was bound to 4141, for the benefit of the community at large. Ile had no par Isneal psofesnour to intake to any public meet ing ; lie would only say. that Ire umlerstuod and appreciated the prim•iples which placed the Honor of Bounswick no the Throw.. They were principles of (*mellow, the maintenance of which were alike inaperatire eel the Crown and the people. —(Applustse.) The next tout from the Chair was— " Refutes in Parhareeet. end lint its speedy 0144181,W integre the people i• Abe tejmymiesil 14 elicit eumititeii 111 l al eights nttd liberliem."--(three limits three ■nd veal sp pliiiiiie.") The ROYAL CHAIRS. Att then rwe to propose the health of Lord Holland, uoo w hoin his Relit! Highness pronounced an elatiartst unit kited eulogium. Hr load its early life ktioatu hie Noble Friend abroad. stool that acquaintance had n subsequently mattered awl cemented by the wikenest recipti*ity of feeling on general pultilcal Orations.— begged leave to 'no pose the health of— Lewd Willaad, the adeneste of Civil as iteliitious and Ilse timeworn; opim.fr Ike sn,pen of Min Ana arbitte frivlll the treat balnark of the British This toast, hit Royal Highness observed, needed no tOmment—lib the Meeting to give it with three times 'hive. Lord 1101 J-sew MK' timid loud and friterattd h.heers. Ile thanked Sleeting for the flattering Mannerist iii11:11 they had b. en pleased to d►ihk his hhalth, and model , the e 44444 titms w Inch t he OM p !intent ricked be felt it diniehlt to express his iel ttttt lents. He felt, however, that the rohophoured ass isdt pro. poised to him as an M 111,61081, but as the descend ant of filet great man (Mr. Pos), v.huse principles had so klurtuusly triumphed in the late Electibli for the City, viltush ptsuciples had endeared & K a land to Europe Mod the woad, ailid which, if ful. hawed up a. Mr. Vox imentlid, would have beau operaiire id the only way in whirls the kind heart that greet dud good man would have wished hes principles to have been realited, namely, in the improved hdppineell tit Iris fellow-creature%, and the stability of their belt loiterksts.—/(.reef upplutive.) —lt sits fur a &Torture f those wise prin ciples this Eurbpe, anti the intbecile Missis ten of England; had td trace the miseries of the people over whom they ruled.—(..lppinese.) He felt howvineetl that he Geed 1111.4 kind notice to his relationship with that ulluttnods end revered personage whose whole life had bees, devoted to the promotion Of the liberties and huppidess of Royal Chairman lied expressed the regret he felt at the absence of the Gentlthum who was to have taken the Chair. Ilis Royal Highness took care. as he usually did on all public occasions, to supply die place of the intrud ed Closirstutoo (when accident prevented his Nursed cure) so well, that he was floe only individual in the room who was displeased at tl.e telrery of his presiding care.—/(,rout applunse.)—The absence of the intended Chairman was, Ituaever, connected with circumstances whirls is was Bible oat to dwell •pou—the etrath of his relativr. Mr. Harvey Coombe, was a •udanchuly recut which o ,l freemaucould brae of without Ili* mina huigeaut feral. its the course of a long and steady public career the late finery Combe had breu the wally supporter of that hue Euglbh art, w which em- r • 1 A V ► ; 11111111111111111111111 i........... r• • , S. • • lioolieff the prissciplet on which the resent Royal Family were placed on the Throne. The natural feeling and eaeltatiou which the triumph of those principles had new raised, moot nrersearily be damped by the l a m e ntable death of a worthy patriot who bad struggled for their proper tie vatiow—he was a oT great integrity. of sterling 'mind Engll,h setto!., who felt at heart the cause of freedom and the lieityle.— The Citit-us of London, in whose eriv,oce he had spent a long life, had known him sell, end doubtless appreciated he cotenancy aitol his firni tirsv.—(Applaase.)- The late Mr. Combe had had his reward he bad lived to see the triumph of his principles ; aye, and sof those principles on which the Itappihese of the people at large mainly de petal.—/(:rests sepplecml—lle led lived to see the triumph of his long-avosed and maintained !Princi ples in the election of the eight Represeutatives who may be said to be returned within the metropolis. The acts of these indelwoodent Electors held the mirror up to Moisters, end rttlectid the heincout owes of their crimes and extent of their misdeeds.— (4pplarese.)—As a Peer, be could tint constitution oily them on the SUCetPS of their Eke film ; but, as a man, who held Isberty deer, he re joked that tlwy had triumplord.—(Applussm)-.- Aliosisters, past amid to come, would learn a useful and salutary le.s qi from the events s hick followed the laic dissolution. They had rucked themselves into a sort of sleeping safely, after illeicurnelerds had not only appalled the learnt of Ilse people, bin shaken asunder best foondainift of their li berties. Ile congratulated the people on that re turning sense 441 diameter and &chug which re toverird the rigida of the country, and firmly 4 .6- tablistied a principle not alone of partial good, but of that sort of universal efficacy on which the hap ilium' of the community at large wee mainly oleprii dant. The people did out look at the acts of those Alutistess with " greets-eyed jealousy," but with greex-bag jealousy.--(Load hoschter.).— The first moment of ft flection, they turned to ward upon Monsters, fur the purpose of exposing the ditkil T and absurd pretexts on whit It they hail suallended the Ctossitilliiol—(eipplentse.) —The Elvttions had sliewit the olonocr 461 that feeling much yes proclaimed by The people, iii the hour of is ial, 11441 shewn them. Solves to be the Iwo supporters of the Thfolle, by upholding the basis oil, %hick it was tiled ; the people liel set e great rsaiople to the Nubility ; end the ointment tlw iwos•le seemed tenni onus of the equyittetst of rational Wert), that unuitieut their lihrttihs would be at *so curl.—( Luau uppletate.)— The cal imputation of disloyalty U.S the part of the people, was hue practically rebutted by tie experience of their iliishalten attachment to the soundest and lest switiciples of the Constiiiitiont.— (elpplaiose )—lie coticludal by warmly congratu lating the Meeting on the triumph they loot suet to celebrate.—(Applanse.) The ROY AI. CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Mr. Alderman iVoud. which was received with great spplative. The ItoTAi. CH AIRMAN next proposed the health of Mr. George Ilyng, who lied tOr twenty-eight years been the sterdy supporter of the right of the people. Mr. IllYan returned thanks in • most impressive manner for the honour they had done him.— He disclaimed on public grounds soy feeling on the present oreasion, but that %Inch arose from his sense of the iejustice dune to the people by and the departure of the latter from the principles of the Revolution. The privileges of the people sod the interest, of the Crown acre one and the wine—one could not be attacked with out the other suffering—they were both by the Constitution chwely interwoven. Tin se were the early principles lie had imbibed by his father', fire side, and lie hoped, that as Alderman Thorp had also derived them from a paternal bower, they would both transom' them to their de,eenclants, strength turd, not iinpaieed.—(Applutire.) Ike ROYAL CHAIRMAN then proposed .•••• The Arabi. of Mr. Replica Millman, and thanks to his fur Nis scrviees in the cause of lintrpcsalriire."—llure hints Wei.. Mr. WeityrtimsN, in tieing to return thinks, was received with hind plaudits. Ilia tffurts were, lie band, p pted by a senile of public duty, wail he bad invariably and dsiotereet►dly used them to a••ert the beet privilege' of Engli•hmen. The hoe Election lireeriited one of the girairst triumphs in tl►e memory of man—it skewed that where the people *ere trite to themselves their civae must triiimpli.—(Applawte.)—lle was one of those who had been over and Int r sKaiu charged with die. key:illy. The charge was flung upon him iii cons. with the Livery ; but lie petir,eied his course, with the aid of the Erupts., tiltim itchy teiumpli td. lie half new no pmlr►eious to make—what lie had been lee would endeavour to continue to be.— (Great upplurcee The ROYAL CHAMMAN then proposed the health of Mr. Ellitc, thee new Member for Coveutry. Iles It..ysl highness said, that when the Meeting knew Mr. Ellice was the brother-in-14w of Earl (hey, and of the late much-lamented 51r. Samuel Whitbread, they need nut be informed of the tenor of his political sentimegte.—(Appluase.) Mr. Et.i.tch rose and said, that he was, by the kind feeling of the people of Coventry, drawls Irons retiressieut to throw his aid into the popular scale—lie yielded to the application, and received, unsolicited sod uubought, the seiitiments of his constituents. The accidental circumstance of his relationship to distinguished characters had been mentiourd. Much as he revered and respected the examples of the high characters alluded to. he could assure the Alerting that his eyes should be turned to measures not men, and that lie would ever be found among the rooks of the independent supporters of his country.—((,reef epplaise.)— The Electors should, however, recollect, that the great victory they now celebrated was achieved by thruways., and must fall if the spirit which dic tated it shall fail in giving the support which the country expects at its hands. The friends of the people in Parliament would, he trusted, assert their independence, and make that sort of firm stand, against the reaction of which the Minister could not rally_.—(Appluese ) The KOVAL CNA tam•ll then proposed the health of Alderman J. J. Sunth, who returned thanks. Several other health* were given, and at about twelve o'clock the Meeting separated. -1 S r, I 4 •• N C ~. • : • tilltAcr 1110111 A fIIIIIIATE ILLITIEII. 1.11118, JULY 1. - - Ile political haricot' seemed to be clearing up, and iny last letters breathed only the wainscots of general security; un a asides • cloud has overshadowed the capital--sinivtvr projects and criminal attempts are the only subjects of con seressimi—Oits formed by same military leaders, aot only against the Ministers, but against the person of the King himself. It is rem asserted that the Conspirators had plotted to carry off his Majesty, force him to abdii ate, and place Moushoir (the Count d'Artois) on the Throne, in the hope that that Priace would dystroy the Charter, and ri4ive with absolute power ail the abuses and inja,tiec whit!' pre. pared the Revolution. Whether it is that the Ministers held this Conspiracy in contempt, which, to every sensible person at all acquainted wills the state of public feeling in France, was as ridicolons as it was criminal, or whether the Alinistersi deemed it proper to envelope their operations in the profoundest m)s icry, certain it is, that they have taken no ostensible mea sure, Aare testified no alarm. Affairs have gone on a% usual. The armed force has not been augmented, and the Govern• bent has remained in apparent security. I have gone throngli l'aris—l haVe touversed with men of all tiartirs— not use bad remarked the slightest disposition of Aliiii,ters to protect themselves against the impending storm. However, the reamers are accompanied with P o many eiieumatiatill details, persons are mimed wins are so well known for their ill-will to Govertimeut, that I cannot (Mold the exi►tence of the project, even to the full extent assigned to it. Admittinz it to be so, it is evidest that nothiag could be inure senseless; it isa real corapiraey of Ultras, and possesses all the eharacteriatics of it—vain boasting in sperelore, weakness in the means, fully is the execution, and want of foresight in the result. 1 kuuw well that if we were to listen to theta. Gentlemen we might aeon discover 11win capable of may ILiOR of the kind. Bullies in crime, they have adopted Ilse language of their predecessors the Jrcubins, aho.e conduct they imitate as far as they dare ; but happily their cuwardlie is equal to their insolence. If words and looks could kill, Frisbee "amid be one vast acne. tery, fur ly any would lie permitted to survive. Rave those worthies •ha, in March, 1918, so roundly and so lsdyally swore to spill the last drop of their blood in defence of Ilse l'lirsitie; yet abets It came to the point, not one, out even usie dared to book the Usurper in ilw face, though any one of do m could have ridded the enrtb of the great Disturber of Europe's Peace; and those heroes who boasted thvinselves the descendants of the Bayards, the Duzueselins, is, either tamely bowed before the 'maimed and unattend ed Usurper, or gloriously ran away to Ghent. Thus such nay can scarcely be feared; fur a battalion of grenadiers would put to the rout Ilk *hole of this party in Feistier, were They all collected id a single p.sint—they are, iu truth, only strong in iutrigue ; Ohl have nothing of the lion, bit every quality of the fux, with one said to be pe culiar to the ostrich, that of hiding its head in the reeds, sad faucying its whole body out of sight. Let us look only al their viaduct on the present occasion. AAer speaking of one of the woiSt of crimes with all the vehemence of so many little Calabar', we see them quietly sheik to their Isomers, and forget in rearward sleep the rrrereel of the day. This isisok-nt bullying of pride Sad hatred, attended with so notch weakens, Foyers them With ridicule in the eyes of even the Most abject classes of society ; and this ridicule of course tb.devs the party still weaker. Be it as it may, latillr are we to aectiiiht fur the King re. twining such remiss amongst his servants—bow can lee per. mit those traitors, at heart, and known to be suck, to ap proach him, and guard the Throne? Can we make the Throne respected by placing on the steps person, who con spire its ruin, and du nut even deign to conceal their exe crable designs and criminal hopes? It is not enough for them to declore themselves to the people as the enemies of their King, they even dare in their speeches make of his successor ■ cowardly Usurper, and tread under foot kgilirstary, of ulsieli they vaunt themselves the may suppuiters. What more odious or more abominable cuuW the Jacobins or the Regicides themselves have dune? THE BRITI S H PRES S. LONDON, TUESDAY. JULY 7, me. Nothing in the moment of defeat more keenly wounds the feelings than the rude expression of triumph, and the proud exultation of victory ; jet at this delightful motorist, when the spirit of nide prudence has buoyed up .4 the triumphant ark of Bri tish likerty"—when a city great iu commerce, rich in wealth, has proved she neither valuer nor esteems her tidies and her greatness, if deprived of free dom, the heart is thrilled with the genuine glow of British feeling, and this joy is indeed heightened by the consciousness that troth and integrity are re warded —rye( and ambition disappointed. But far be it from us to wound the feelings of individuals—for though the pour hirelings of faction may 1,091 r their torrent of abuse On those whose only crime it is t 3 differ from them, the patriot must regret his purest thoughts are branded with infamy, used that malignant jealousy stamps them with the vilest ionises. The Ministerial Press has, during the last week, exhibited a sad spectacle of the abuse of that power which should be the guardian of our liberties, the protectress of our rights—nor should freedom of expression become the venal tool of cor ruption, nor prostitute its purity. Should the page be stained by heaping scurrility on a man who, if he differ in the wide field of politics, is beloved by all who know him, adored in the private walks of life, esteemed by those who regret he differs from them ? Sir FRANCIS BURDETT 11•1 boldly stepped forward to prove abuses which justice should cor rect—has raised a voice against corruption—and is the r e ward of his truth (even should his cause be bed) to be denied ?—nay, are all Iris private feelings to be forgotten, and every epithtt ohich malice .- 4.• , 4 roul,l suggest, nod wickedness invent. be heaped upon hint ? If these are your boasted privileges, if these are the proofs of freedom, soon will your enjoy. Invite vanish. and despotism will be at your gates. If once 111'2 Press shall bend its submissive neck to power, Und the assertors of our rights be darkened by the foul libels of corruption—then farewell our once-loved England, and the once " free shores that girt thee in !" The defeat sustained by the Ministers in Wist minster has confounded them and their partisan.. so that it is quite amusing to observe the very awkward attempts made by the Treasury Prints to conceal the impression it has crested. They affect to believe, that the real sense of the Electors of WeAmitister lies not been expressed, because, for sooth, all the votes iu this extensive City had not been polled ; but they will not deny, after their own repeated and solemn assertions, that the friends of the Ministers had equal facilities of approaching the hustings as they enjoyed who supported the pi,. pular Candidates, and if any persons having vat,• had not thought proper to exercise them, the na tural inference is, that they were fully satisfied with the manlier in which the contest was pro ceeding. We know, indeed, that several hund►ed Electors, whii . lied determined to vote fur Sir SAMUEL ROIIIILLY and Sir Fasects BURDEtT, declined exerc•s ng their franchise, uCting tinder the very dangerous and repreheniible notion, that their votes individually were not necessary fur en suring the triumph of independence. The Courier, however, in its sorrows seeks to find sonic consola tion, from the circumstance that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT was not first on the poll. This gratifies lion, trifling as it is, and we cannot well imagine in what it consists, is gathered from the indiscreet vanity of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S Committee, who professed that nothing was achieved unless their favourite rose far above the heads of all Isis compe titors. ‘Ve can hardly accuse the Ministeriali.ts of weakness in urging this point of triumph, havioe; seen the professed friends of independence so neatly sacrificing the common object to the ardent pursuit of a childish vanity. The next point of congratulation is not quite so excusable, fur it exposes somewhat too plainly the maitre of the late contest. The Courier conceives it little short of a triumph that nearly five thou sand persons should have " rallied round a man," who was, till the moment of his appearing on the hustings. "quite unknown to them." How ex , : tremely virtuous and disinterested these " five thousand men" must have been to give their support to a man till that moment quite un known to them, and to intrust the care of their dearen and most valuable rights to a matt with whose principles, it appears, they were totally unacquainted, of whose qualities they were ignorant, and of whom, in short, they knew nothing, but that he was a puppet set op by the Ministers !! Had he appeared as a Candidate for IVestminster, with no recommendation but that of his personal characterz-.had no Minister taken him by the hand—had no Secretary of State appearcil at the hustings to vote for him—how many Elec tors of IVestiniiistev does The Courier believe would lustre "rallied around • man wholly un known to them ?" In such a case he might possibly have rivalled Mr. HUNT'S seven dozen. But we do not think even that very probabl., fun Mr. HUNT at least promised something, which most have had great charms fur men of denier/ft fortunii and abandoned characters; but we be lieve that Sir MURRAY Itlaxwatt has too much sense, and too high a feeling of honour, to setk fur elevation by flattering the worst passions of the lowest rabble. Obedience to Courts and Mi nisters is always glossed over with some chasm to captivate the senses and to lay the conscience asleep, hut servility to a mob is slavery in its naked deformity, and is uniformly accompanied by circumstance* at which an intelligent and gene rous mind must ever revolt. Preparations are making for chairing Sir F. BURDETT on Monday next. It will be a splendid ►pectacle. The ceremony will be followed by a grand dinner. An advertisement in front of our Paper state*, that the dinner to celebrate Sir SA SIU FL Itoutt.t.x's return, is deferred to a more convenient season. In the late contest for West minster, about 2,300 plumpers were given for Sir F. Burma-re, and nearly a like number voted for Sir M. MAXWELL—whiIe the plumper. fur Sir S. Itostit.LY did not. we understand, exceed 400. Ilia great character for public and private worth, dins appears to have given him friends in both parties, and by an happy union of discrimina tion and independence, placed him at the head of the poll. We copy from the Sum of last night, • letter from Pans, containing •n account of a couspirsey to dethrone - Ilse King of FRANCZ. A Flanders Mail has arrived, bringing paper and letters, from which we have made the follow ing extracts:- 2. His Highness the Hereditary Prince ,pf is and her Royal Highness the Princess Eliaatr, tl arrived in this city last night, from Calais,' Hotel de Belle Vac. Amoug the persons Baron O'Nsibtra, the Prince's Aide-dc-asp, tuosne, JULY 2 . 'Herat Humisoutl. tatreib, M. convrt. pul : 4 alto G a t ft: h sei