The Sun. — London, England, 1802-07-14 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX ELECTION I>RENTFORD: . , . THE three Candidates for Middlesex, Mr. Mist ar la AR INC, Mr. BYNG, and Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Set off from Town at an early hour yesterday morn ing, attended by their several friends in Procession, decorated with ribbons, those of Mr. NlAtaiwAatald light blue, Mr. BYNG blue and orange, and Sir . FRANCIS BURDETT dark blue. Two Flags were borne before Sir FRANCIS BURDETT's Carriage, having on them the inscription, " No Bastile," with which Sir Francis's Friends, the Rabble, were highly delighted. The Candidates arrived at Brent ford within a few minutes of each other, between ten and eleven o'clock, where their horses were taken from their carriages, which were drawn to I the Hustings by the Populace. A numerous and re -1 apedable body of Mr. MAINWARING's friends at. I tended on the occasion, as also those of Mr. By NG ; the friends of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT were at least 1 humerouS and vociferous, and if Noise could carry an Eledion, Sir FRANCIs would doubtless have been triumphant. About eleven o'clock the Sheriff proceded to open t the Business of the Eledion in due form, upon the Hustings erected for that purpose. Mr. PERRY addressed the Freeholders in a short speech, and took the liberty of proposing as a fit person to represent them in Parliament, WILLIAM IVIAINwARING,; Esq. He said he was fully sen sible of the merits of that Gentleman, as were also the Freeholders'of this respeCtable County, for he had now ftr many years manifested them by his conduct in Parliament, 'which was that of a true Friend to his Country in general, and that of an aaive Ma gistrate, and diligent Representative of the County of Middlesex in particular. He could wish, with regard to himself, that his own abilities were equal to his zeal, to point out to advantage, the merits of • his ttied'and most respectable friend; but as he was sensible he was unequal to that task, his address to the Freeholders should be short. Mr. Mat NWAR 15IG needed no mare to recommend him to the choice Of the Electors of this intelligent County, than a • mere' recolleCtion of his past condud, which was I)erfeltly respedable. Without further preface, he begged leave to propose, " That WM. MAIrWA.R.. I NG, Esq. be one of the Representatives of this County in Parliament." This nomination was seconded by Mr. Eat tor, who agreed entirely in sentiments with the respe.d. able Gentleman who preceded. him. Mr. Alderman SxtaINER. begged leave to recom . loend to the Freeholders, as one of their Represen tatives, and a person highly worthy of that distinc tion; GEORGE ByNO, Esq. The worthy Alder-. :Tian expatiated on the merits of Mr. BYNG, and ? .. PProved entirely of his Parliamentary ccanduCt, as being, in every respell, entirely Constitutional, and actuated by sentiments such as this Country, in 'its most glorious times, was proud to cherish. The 1 worthy Alderman proceeded to notice the conduit i of Mr. lava° at some length, but from the weak- Hess of his voice, and the noise chat prevailed, we i . were unable to coiled, distindly, all he said; he cittcluded with proposing, " That GEORGE ByNG, Esti: be chosen one the Representatives of this •. - County in Parliament." This nomination was seconded by Mr. BACON, t 'who said, that Mr. BYNG was a Gentleman of fltaiwn abilities, tried integrity, unblemished chi. i tatter, and Constitutional Politics. In a word, he ''.'as born, he was bred, and he had lived, among i., 11 . Eledors of the County of Middlesex. They had tried him long, they knew him well, and he be t ii6'ad they approved entirely of his conduct. ; • Mr; Alderman Coma a observed that there had been already proposed two Gentlemen for the re.. resentation of the County; but he apprehended the -f-!allors would not think there was any impropriety in his proposing for their a pprobation a third Can -1 ( ~.I ; date for that great and important Trust. Two a aantletnen had been already nominated ; with one 1 of Which h e acco rded, but with the other he could alOt. The Gentleman who was second on the l fl, orniriation, was known to the Freeholders, and, by his public conduit, he apprehended he was as fri en d s to the county, as he was 'esteemed by his ,riencis for his virtue. Of the third Candidate whom , 4 e v‘ras about to propose to the Eiedors fbr their choice, he would say, that if a fortune large enough 1 0 bestow independence, could bestow independence, t he Hon. Baronet whom he should propose, possess_ d that fortune ..' this was only one of the requi. s ites for a Representative of this great and opulent ` 4 onty, distinguished as it was, by the intelligence of its Freeholdats and inhabitants ; but what was • • 4 ,n°aa to the. satisfaction of the Hon. Baronet him t!lf; and what might be more to the interest of the I - tie/tors of Middlesex, lie derived from Nature, and 1 he had cultivated by etitication, an understanding i an ua mind that led !rim to embrace sentiments of i a t•nclependence. His conduct in Parliament could not 1 be unknown to the Freeholders of the . County of a l •rduldlese x a,— t h e y had Oen it—they had observed 12 Pon it, and they were well qualified to judge of l I ts and they woind judge whether he did or did !lot give it a proper ascription, when he said ' t displayed a love of independence, a love of vira t tie • a and above all a love of humanity: For these . .faaSons he proposed to the EleCtors " that Sir Fitmla era Btaitaavr, Bart: be chosen one of the Members to re . ptesent this. County in Patliiment." Mr. Bat.roat seconded this nomination, and among other things observed, that Sir FkANcts Freehold ers was well known by his conduct, to the of the County of Middlesex. Upon . _ this Point- the worthy Gentleman who preceded him had s p o k en most a bl y . H e s ho u ld take the and of going a little farther—among the few, a nd he mainta i ne d t h ere were now ve r y f e w ; p o i nts o k a n which E ng li s h men m i g h t b e sa id to en j o y Liber- VI the right of chasing Representatives in Parlia ment remained as it had for many years been.— o a_ though t , i t wou ld b e i ncons i stent i n t he Free. LI klers to chase a person whose conduct was at Aariance with the principles of Liberty. He utight the condua of Mr. MAINWARING wron g . ij , hn .t he. was glad of the opportunity of de , N eying 1 • 1 in. sentiments upon the subjeda as that Gentleman at na was present and might answer for him- Re had no diavulty in saying, he dissented totally from the condua of that Gentleman in Par . - liatrient, as that Gentleman had alirays been the adVocate of Ministry; under whose Influence had aeted a ParliaMent, which %OS \ tiolV aeftind, and it was therefore not irregular in him to all it that cursed Parliament:—(Here there 'there great mur murs, and much of the s, eech of th;sGentleinan was lost in the tumult :)--_we collected, however, that he maintained a right of canvassing the cOnduei . of public mail, and more especially of those who re presented the County of which he was a Freeholder. He objeCted to Mr: MAINWARING becauSe he had been the uniform supporter of an Administration which, he said, had brought us to the brink of ruin. trusted, that a majority of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex felt as he did, and that they would aft upon that feeling. He proceeded to censure the condua of Mr. MAIN WAIt I NG, and endeavoured to attach to it the condua of Governor ARTS, &c. in consequence of which a gteat tumult arose, which at length compelled him to silence. Mr. MAI NW AR ING then addressed the Meeting ; but there appeared in the crowd a disposition to prevent his being heard in any thing he had to say.— He appeared however to be colleded and to speak with confidence, and with some warmth. To jus tify his condua entirely ; to maintain the reCti tude of his political sentiments, and to profess an attachment to the true. principles of our Constitu tion—he disclaimed the right which any indivi dual had to catechise him on the points of his Par liamentary condu6l.—lt was before the . Public at large, and they would judge of it.—The Electors of Middlesex were intimately acquainted with it, and therefore to their good sense and unbiassed judg ment he appealed.----r It was scarcely possible to col leS a (ward of (what he said, as there was a de. termined disposition on the part of the Mob to pre vent his being heard.) Mr. BYNG then addressed the Freeholder in a snort speech, the substance of which, as we collthed it, was to thank them for past favours, and to hope for their future confidence ; he grounded his claims to their future trust upon his past condu6t ; for, said he, by no vote of mine have your burthens been increased ;—by no vote of mine have your liberties been infringed. 74 shall persevere in that line of conducl which first recommended me to your notice, and in those sentiments in which I have lived, and in which I hope I shall die, as my fa ther has done. Sir FRANC IS BURDETT then proceeded to ad dress the Freeholders : he claimed the privilege of speaking freely what he thought, without any ornament or studied softness of expression. He then entered at some length on the condua of Mr. IVIA/NWARING. He accused him with an intimacy with Governor AK is of the Cold Bath Fields Prison, which he denominated the Bastile : he ad verted to falls, which, he said, were well authen ticated concerning this Prison, ' with the manage ment of which, he accused Mr. MAINWARING of having muds too close a connelion.--He knew nothing of the private charaeter of Mr. MAI NWAR- I :VG to his discredit, hut he spoke of his public charaaer, in which he maintained that Mr. MAIN. ViARING had made a very tyrannical use of his power. He alledged, that he had proof, not only of every thing he had formerly asserted against Governor Axis upon this subjet, but also such as implicated Mr. MAI NW AR ING in the management of many of them.—He assured the Freeholders, that if he had the good fortune (of which he had no doubt,) to become one of their Representatives in Parliament, he should persevere in that course of condul which he hai hitherto observed in general, and which he reflected upon with pride, particularly thaft part of it which related to the Prison, which he was pleased to call the Bastile, the wickedness of the conduct of which he said, it should be his par ticular study to expose. He assured the Freeholders that he reviewed his past life without regret : he said he was conscious of having performed his duty accord ing to the best sense that he entertained of that duty. He pledged himself to the same line of condua in fu ture as he had already pursued. If he should have the good fortune to become an objea of choice with the Freeholders of this great, this opulent, )his in telligent, thig independent County, he should al ways be alive to the interests of the Conimunity in which we live; according to the best understanding he had of such interests, and with particular care for the immediate interests of the County of Mid dlesex He then proceeded to take another view of the circumstances alledged to belong to the Cold Bath Fields Prison, and he alledged Concerning it a number of enormities, which, he said; could be proved by a ; prison then upon the Hustings. He expatiated Upon this topic until his auditors appeared to be tired of it at laSt the question was put by the Sherif, on the nomination of each of the three Candidates by sheW of hands ;,on which it was deterMineti; by the Sheriff; that the Election, as it appeared by the SheW of hands, had fallen on GE.thiciE BYNG Esti. and Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Bart. A Poll was demanded by Mr. MAINWAR r NG, and the Sheriff gave notice that it should con. tinut until four o'clock in the afternoon. The Poll then edditrienced immediately; and at its conclusion the numbers were : For GEORGE BY NG, Esq. t 303 WILLIAM MA I NW-Vit I I\tG, Esq. 1097 Sir FgANCIS BURDETT', Barr. 699 The several Candidates then very briefly ad dressed the Eleaors, aftei which the Poll was ad journed to this day. LONDON ELECTION; TyE Poll which had been only kept open firo forma since Thursday last, finally closed yesterday, when Mr. Aldernian Co tvfa Mr. Alderman PRICE, Mr. Alderman CURTI'S, and Sit' JOHN WiLLIAM Baronet, were declared duly eleaed. WESTMINSTER ELECTIGW; Ix the forenoon of yes'terday Mr. GR AltA DX ad_ dressed the Mob' from the Hustings, and wAs pro ceeding to complain of some grievances, when the High Bailiff very properly interposed, and told him it was extremely irregular to interrupt the Poll : if he had any observations to make, the proper time would be when the Poll for the day was over. Mr. GRA HAM then sallied forth into the front of the Hustings, and having mounted Upon a beer barrel, commenced a Speech againSt the Pitblicans' Paper, foc some Mistake it contained ; he was received with such tumultuous applause, that we could not distintly, hear the oration. He ,Concluded with saying, th:it " they were a nest of hornets ; and he despised them to a man." Whethei this observa tion was direcled against the Publicans; or against the *Gentlemen he was addressing, we could not dis - - cover. Shortly before the numbers were announced, a very grotesque and ragged citizen was Mounted Upon the shoulders of the - Mob; and made a very pathetic speech upon the inconvenience of Prisons, which seemed to accord very much with the feel ings of the auditory. At the conclusion of the Poll the numbers true tleclated as follows : For the lion. CHA. JAMES Fox • 2256 The Right Hon. Lord GARDNER 2100 JOHN GRAHAM, Esq. - 488 On the numbers being announced, • Mr. Fox came forward and expressed his regret at being under the necessity of acquainting his audience, that he was the last on that day's Poll, a circumstance which he rarely had occasion to state from that Hustings. He observed, that he was in some respells particularly circumstanced with regard to the other Candidates, whose second votes, notwithstanding their professions in his fa vour, were rarely given to hiM. He asserted, that he had coalesced with nobody : he had originally wished the contest had never begun, and his uniform wish was that it should end as soon as possible.—The declarations which he had made in his public advertisement he fervently adhered to; his ambition was not so much for a seat in Parliament, as to retain the good wishes, the approbation, and the Suffrages of the Electors of .Westminster. —He concluded with adjuring those who wished well to the cause which it was the pride and the happiness of his: life to support, to stand forward with firmness on the present occasion ; and from the circumstance, which he had occasion to advert to in the beginning of his Address, he had to request his Supporters would do him the honour to make some greater exertions in his favour to-morrow.• Lord GARDNER'then endeavoured to address the Assembly, but , the outrageous clamours of the Mob, assetnlrled without the Hustings, were such as pre vented a single word from being heard. Mr. GRAHAM then came fiirward, and had but little ty in obtaining a hearing from his sup porters without. He :yoke of the purity of his own sentiments, from which interesting topic lie proceeded to reprobate the condo, of some of the Public Prints with resped to the accounts given of the proceedings of the Eledion as they regarded himself. [We, however, cannot accuse outselves' with dwelling, at any time, on this part of the business.] The worthy Candida•e adverted to the Oracle, and we believe the Times, but he particu larly Listened upon the Morning Advertiser, which he seemed to charge with misrepresenting the speech of a Gentleman who spoke yesterday, by making him conclude with saying that " every In dependent Rieder will vote for Fox and GARDNER." This, Mr. GRAHAM asserted the Gentleman did not say, but that he recommended Fox and GRAHAM. The Papers, however, he said, were all bought up to support Admiral Lord GARDNER.-It was true that the Noble Admiral had polled more than him this day, and that he had polled eight more than Mr. Fox ; the difference he knew was trifling, but he hoped his friends would continue their exer tions—he wished them to stand forward—he was determined to stand the event of to-morrow. When Mr. GRAHAM had concluded, another person on the Hustings volurycered a speech in his favour; from the style of which we were induced to believe that it proceeded from the Citizen who before spoke in front of the Hustings ! but as we did not see the Orator, we cannot assert it as a The Candidates then retired from the Hustings. Lord GARDNER was accompanied by his friends, and a strong posse of Peace Officers; which, we are grieved to say, the brUtal turbulence of those who are generally most darnormis in behalf of the third Candidate; rendered necessary . . On his retiring yesterday; We. were in a Considerable de gree of apprehension for his personal safety: . Mr. Foi shortly followed; environed by a tiumber of his adherents; and, lastly; the worthy third Cari didate follol:iled; and was clamorously applauded by a numerous party of the Mob; Who at length took him on their shoulders into his hotel, the Gar/ides Head, Bow street. We observed, how_ ever, that almost instantaneously after the admis sion of the precious burthen, the doors of the Hotel were shut; apparently for the purpose of preventing the further ingress of the respeCtable escott. At twelve o'clock this day the following was the state of the Poll : For the Hon. CHARLES JAMES Fox 1.356 The Right Hon. Lord GARDNER 2191 JOHN GRAHAM, Esq. 1524 • Yesterday, between twelve and one o'clock; the LORD MAYOt was waited on by the Master and Wardens of the Company of Bakers at the Mansion.: House; to set the Assite of - Bread and it, appearing by the Mealweighers' reports that between the 28th of June and 3d inst. 8323 quarters,of *Wheat sold at the Corn Eichange from 535: to 78q. per quarter, and from` the 3d to the gth inst. 20,053 sacks of Flotir sold at the same place from 455. to 565. per sack, forming averages upon the whole quantities of 675. 7d. per quarter Wheat, and 545. 9d. per sack Flour, which being only cd. in the quartec dearer than theii last returns, whereupon his Lordship or dered the Price of BreAd to continue the same as l'ast week, vii. tbe Quartern Loaf Wheaten Lod. and Household 81d. As a duty of 9s. cd. per cwt. will shortly take place on Caioli'na Rice, Schoolniasters and others, who arc large consumers of the article, will do well to make immediate purchakesi if they wish to that great advance,' PARIS, JULY 10. In the Distria of Autitt.r, c-Hzens 11 31: CI . a right to vote, of whom to, cSo voted foi; perpetuating the Consulship of BoNAP.iriTE, .with the power of nominating his B..iccessor., There were Only two negative Votes inscribed to this pro position. NAPLES, JUNE 5. —Two thousnd of our troops will shortly embark: on board ten or twelve Polacres, to be transported to Malta, for the purpose of re placing the English TrOops, who are; ready to cva: cuate the Island. CORFU, API:11. IS.-The English S4uadrol which was in our Port, .lhas set sasl for Mal:a; having on board the Troops which were embarked here for the purpose of reinstating the ancient Government. There only remains in tiii port one Ship of the Line, the Agit.Li - oz:rt._ We ex! ped every Moment the arrival of the Russians.; LIGURIAN REPUBLIC. GENOA; JUNE 30.—Ligliria having had for long time only a provisory organi.;,ation, has con secrated the first m9ments of Peace to thc rnation of a Definitive Com:titution:, Colle&ing from its ancielin LaWs, from modern Constittitions; and frorri its oWn.experierice those ideas which appeared to be best adapted to its situ.: ation; Liguria wished to give to this Work astaL bility which could not be guaranteed to a system entirely new. _ The title of Thge Which it has an.; nexed to.the Chief Magistrate; recalls to memory honourable- events: It was thotight a duty tcl borrow from the ItalitM Reptiblic, the idea ofet couraging pubic worship, commerce; and learning; It has been deter Mined, from the situation of Li guria, to pay particular attention to its Marine, and it Will be seen by the measures taken to ensure the sage discUssion of law4prooosed to simplify the Administration of Justice„anc - to organize a Cen_ turate against Ads and Atithorities iiihnical to the Constitution; how Many precautions have been taken to preserve the work. • , . The new Ligurian Constitution was proclairrietl on the zgth of May, and the MeMbers of the Pro.: visory Govh - nmentdeliveied up their powers.intO the hands of the new Senate, which assembled undei the Presidency of CitiZen CELESI. • The enate, in which resides the authority of Government, has divided itself into five .Magistta.. tures. It named in its first Sitting the Presidents of the four inferior Magisiratnres. These were, the CitiienS Moßctuo tor the MagiStiatur,e of Le. gislation, • MAGLIONE for that • of the Interior, Siffitik for that of Waynd the for that of the Finances. The" four Presidents of theSe Four Magistratures form at the. same time.a part of the Stiprenie Magistrature, which must be composed of eight Members ; and to omplete this number the Senate have elet - led in its own body the Citizens Jost li Fi Avyi., the present Minister Plenipotentiary to the FrenC . .ll Republic, MOncu- Ei.LA, Minister of Police; WAO, Banker, and LirSsi, Minister Plenipotentiary in France. The choice Made by the Senate, is founded upon popular opiniOn. The personal con,ideration en joyed by the Members of the Supreme. MagisttaL cure, arising from their talents and the Services they have rendered to their Country; cannot fail to at tach the Ligurians still more to :fn order of things, from which may be expected their prosperity and tranquillity., The Doge; who is to be plaeea at the head of Supreme Magisirattire, is not yet .named ; but the wrsdom which has presided over the ku:mer appnint ments; gives every reason to . believe that this im- 4 p,orta'nr choic'd will equally merit the suffrages oli Parties. • . The ftinAions of Doge are provisorily filled by Citizen Moßcuio, Preldent of the IVlagistraturit of Legislation. CONSTITUTION of the LI GURIAN REPIJI3LI C. TITLE I. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. Art. t. Liberty, Equality, and National Re presentation, are the three grand bases of the Con stitution of the Ligurian Reptiblic. i. The Constittitioti determines the Organiia_ tion of the different Powers; and the principles of the Organic Laws. , . .The Organic, Laws shall not be changed for five years after their establishMent. The proposed mo difications shall then be submitted to the forms usect for Laws. 3. The Laws determine the objets relative .to the Civil, ,Criminal, and Commercial Codes; the Imporn; the alienation of National Property, the tevies7of Forces for the land or sea service, and the Coining of Money; they are, submitted by the Senate to the sanlion of the Peopla'represented by the National Considta: 4. The general dispositions founded on the Laws,. and tending to their execution; are the objeft of the Deeieei of the Senate: urgent and Unforegten cases, and; above all, if the public tranquillity is in danger, the Benate may, by the vote of two;thirds of its Members, carry provisotily into execution the projta of a Law. The ithpositions are alone excep;ed• from this dis position. s. The Ordonnances and Arretes relative to Laws and Decrees . , the superintendance of Agents, the direAion of the Arnied Force are placed under tyre charge of the Supieme Magistrature, chosen by the Senate out of itself. 6. The application of the Latv to crimes against Society lielongs td the Judiciary arder. (to be continued.) . . On Thuitclay last was married it Letton, in the County of Hereford, the Rev. JOHN LILLY, Rec tor of Stoke Lacy, in that County, to MISSYR E MAN, eldest Daughter of JOHN F FalsirAN, of Let; ton, Esq.