The Sun. — London, England, 1807-05-07 00:00:00

SEVERAL of the Public Prints have endeavoured . to attach great importance and much ruystery.to the recent apprehension, of a few Aliens, and have hint ed at the whole having been conneaed in some des perate plOt against the State. The fa& is ; that there, js no connexion among these people ; - and two of them only, we believe, are suspected of offences any thing like political : the moral condua of the others has been such, that the sending them out of this kingioin, while it proves the necessity of the Alien ACI, does credit to thoie entrusted with the enforce nient of its regulations. The story of a French General having been among those lately taken into custody is wholly unfounded, and is a most unwarrantable attempt to injure the aaracler and honour of a man who, during a long rc:,idence iu- this country, ;has conducted himself with the greatest propriety, `and deservedly obtained t.e respeEt of many high chara&ers. That an Of, fiver, employed about the person of the General, is row in Cold Bath Fields Prison, is very true :—it may justly be considered a misfortune for a Gentle min and a Soldier, feeling for his own honour, and venerating the Government under which he has found proteCtion, to have had a man, whose condut 14'3 open to suspicion, about his person; but it is consolatory to him to know, that he is free from • suspicion. The under-named are the Aliens who have lately teen taken into custody, under warrants from' the Secretary of State: Le chevalier DE BLIEN, Aid-de-Camp to the Ge , • neral before alluded to, a.lci now• in Cold Bath Fields Prison. ETIENNE MARTELL!, formerly a boot-seller, we belieie in Hamburg!), and who a r the time of the inhuman murder of PALM, by ,the order fl'f Bon•A -PARTE, fled, as he then stated, to this country, to avoid a similar fate. This man is in.the €aine, Pri son with the former. Baron DI IMBER ; BARTHELIMI, his Secretary., with two others conne&ed with him, who have all been sent out Of the kingdom, by the way of Har wich. Baron.DE MouLts, and Count DE PAGowtzu, are now in the custody of the Messengers, and are or= tiered to quit the country.. The . latter is a native of Austrian ,Poland, and has been much about Windsor. t THE more' We refle& upon the late attempt upon Constantinople, the more'We are convinced that the force employed .was 'inadequate, and We are [moil misinformed if the force with' which Sir J. Ducal d... WORTH aually passed e tre -Dardanelles was not, greater than that which Government- origin - ally des , tined for the Eitpedition. But the great error ap pears to us to:tie, that of sending a Squadron upon 'such a service -without any'land forces. It is said that troops could have been of no use, because, though they might have taken the Castles' of the Darda nelle4, they could not have kept them, as these Cas tles are not in a State to stand an attack upon the land side. We do not pretend to' know exactly what state of defence these Castles were in,but we think it not very probable that they were forti fied only on one side. Whether they could have been defended or not we are unable to, decide, hut certainly they Might have been destroyed : and the de.- , stru&ion . of them would have secured to 'the 13ri -fish .Fleet the free passage of the Dardanelles—an objea undoubtedly Of the , highest importance.—it was,the danger of having his retreat cut off that forced Admiral .DuckWoartz to basted to ;re 'pass the Dardanelles, befosre the Fortifications were placed in such a state as to render his retreat' impraeticable. If those Fortifications 'had either been in the - possession of British trOOps, or if they had been destroyed,, Admiral DUCXWORTH might safely h4ve renuincd in the. sea of Marmon as long as the wind would permit him, because' he had nothing to apprehend from an' attack of the TurkiSh Fleet. With respea to' the adequacy of the Force em ployed upon this- occasion, webelieve. that 'the Squadron originally placed under the Command of Admiral Dticx.wowrn consisted only of .five Sail of the Line, and that he was afterwards reinforced by three more by Lord Col,LigoWoon. This Foice does_._not appear to us by any Means adequate to-a n attempt upon the Capital of the Turkish taw*, de fended by an iMmen se population, by Most formidable. Batteries, and by a very considerable Squadron..__. It is however stated, that gg the whole attempt 'must have succeeded by a coup-de-iiiain, ä r it could not succeed at all." This is perhaps true ; but still the force employed, even in a. coup.-dc-main, siuid be proportioned to the = obstacles -which are to 'be ci l z coun-tered. It; however, it was intended _Merely to attempt a coup-de-main, it is the more difficUltlo ac count ferthe protracted negotiation which took place. It appears, indeed,. from the Admiral's account, that 'be could not bring hi 3 Fleet near — enough CG coin - ,mence any operations . against Constantinople, ex cept on one day, and then he declined making the attempt,' as Mr. ARIWT H NOT wished to wait for an answer to a letter. ' With resre to the:Cor respondence, we have already given our opi-f nion upon it ; whether it is to ,be attributed to Admiral DUCKWORTIT or to Mr. ARBUTH NOT, it appears to us to have been h;ghly im politic, because it contains threats which it was obvious could not 'be carried into executioh, and' which therefore, for the honour of the British'.l, , 7avy, ought nut to have-been made use of. •• • '''• Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, Fizs MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. 'At two o'clock fits MAJESTY held a private Levee, which was attended by The First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, t!) lu,lge. Advocate, the - Loid Chamberlain, the Dukes of Bectlord and Montrose, Earl of Aylesturel, Lords Heathlield and Arden, Sir P. Hale and R. Wigram, Admirals Bertie and Sir C. Cotton, and Captain Gordon. The following had the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY : • His Grace the Duke of Bedford, upon his return from Ire:: land. ' .. • Admiral Perri; upon his hoisting his flag on . board,the Food royaot Sir Robert Wigram, upon his accession to his title. Captain Gordon, of the Royal Navy, upon his proirintion. Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, upon his return from the Channel Fleet. His MAJESTY gave audiences to the :DiAeA:9l. BEDFORD Mad PORTLAND, Lerds HAWKEsBUCY-and CASTLEREAtiI ; and Mr. BOND, who laid het4e His MAJESTY the Proceedings tit several Courts Martial. His MAJEsTY set Off on his return to Windsor at five o'clock. It is reported, but we hope without founllat that the hcuse belonging to Mr. Rescue, at ,Liver pool, hai t een burnt to the ground, in const./iteioe of the support which that Gentleman gave to th e Catholic bill in the House of Cuninions. IVEIP AdRLI-4MEI'T. MEMBERS ELECTED. Uutr.—John Staniforth, Esq. ; Lord 'Mahon. • ILCIIESTER-Right Hon. R.B. Sheridan;,. Michael , Angelo Taylor, Esq. Ntv.vArtx—Lieut. Gen. Stapleton Cotton ; Henry - - MARLBoitouGH.--Lord Viscount Stopford ; Lord Bruce. CHRISTCHURCII--Geo. Rose, Esq. ; ,W. S. Bourne. IPswica—Sir. Home Popham ; 11. A. Criekett, Esq. MALDEN—Charles C. Western, Esq. • TEWEIESBURY..-.C. Coddington, Esq. . AMERSIIAM—Thomas D. T. Drake, Esq. ; Thomas T. Drake, Esq. LYNN—:—Lord Walpole; _Sir Martin B. Folkes, Kt. , BEDFORD—SamueI Whitbread, Esq. ; William Lee Antonie, Esq. Lt,rnoEß SH ALL—Thomas Everett, Esq., ; MagenS Dorien Na4,reni, Esq. DEVIZES—Joshua Smith, Esq. ; T.G.,Esteourt, Esq. - 4IDGEWATER-....W1T1. Thornton; Esq. ; George - Po,. cock, Esq. WORCESTER—Abraham Robarts, Esq. ; William Gordon,. Esq„ • COLCHESTER Thornton, Esq. ; —Davies, 'Esq. EXETER—Sir C.W. Bampfylde James Buller, Esq. HUNTINGDON-401U1 Calvert, Esq.; Wm. M. Far mer, Esq. LlNCOLN—Honourable Colonel William Monson'; Richard Ellison, Esq. CIRENCESTER—Micha6I H. teach, Esq.; Joieph Cripps, Esq. , • STEYNING—J. M. Lloyi;kici. ; Robert Hurst, Esq. • . , BRAMBER—John Irving, Esq. ; Henry • Joddrell, Esq. SALISBURY—WiIIiam Hussey, Esq.; Lord I'olke- stone. , WESTBURY—The HOn. Edward Lasedles, (SOD of of Lord Harewood) ; Glynn Wynn, of Lincoln's- Inn, Esq. Dovut.—State of the Poll— Jenkinson - - ; : Pierrepont Jackson 46 GUILDFORD—At the close of the Poll, 2d day, the numbers were as follow Colonel Onslow - 94 General 'Norton - - 50. • Home Sumner, Esq. - 4S ROCHESTER ELECTION. SECOND DAY. • THE poll this day commenced withaut ainy address from either Candidate, and proceeded with particular, decorum during the day, the bands of music attach ed to the separate Candidates parading the streets in perfea harmony, arid the lovely women greeting their favourites and their favourites' friends with enthusiastic cheers of admiration and heartfelt wishes f6r their success.—lt will he seen by the stare of this day's poll that Sir T. 8. - TrIOMPSON is the fa vourite Candidate, and th.r, Sir,THOMAS TRIGG I _ is Only twenty-one below Mc. CALCRAFT, the late popular Member ; and we are well assured that the loyal subjeCts of the ancient City of Rbohester will be among the first to evince the sense they enter rain of His Majesty's appeal to his people, by reit:&- ing Mr. CALCRAFT upon the principle of such ap peal alone, for, otherwise, that Gentlemen is, as far as we can learn, an unexceptionable charaEter. Close of the second day : Sir T. B: THOMPSON, Bart. '302 • Sir T. TRIGQE, K. U. - 256 JOHN CALCRAFT, Esq. 2 77 ‘• Total polled-50s. _ _ The address of General Sir THOMAS TRIGGE, Which he delivered ort his -nomination to represent the Freemen of Rochester in Parliament, was at once a complete, piece of reasoning --sound sense,. anct can dour--and which did infinite honour to his head and heart. GENERAL ELECTION. ALDERMAN lIANKEY, Hall, Si% o'Clock, Wednesday, May 6. . I "t'fiE.Connnittee for concluding the Eledion of A klerruar, lialikey have the painl'ul task of announcing Iti's Di ,sol u tion. They return to the Worthy and independent Liver, - their most heartfelt thanks for, the zealous and.de ,c;at„-d support wit. which his return was attended this'day th y most sine rely condole with their Fellow-citibcns tin the melancholy event winclyhas dt:prived them of a Re ,presetv hive, who, with a sound and well cultivated under s ranslitiz, a . .most,exteitsivesoninicrcial knowledge, an in. ,ltexible integrity, and a P tirtti . and Well regulated attachment to the Laws and,Crinstitution of his Country,. would have thelighest lustre •on that dignified and exalted sta ion. lOSIAH BOYDELL, Chairman. To the WOR:I.:HY•and , INDEPENpENT LIVERY of LONDON.. •cyNTLimeN% • JIIE very kind support given me this,day, in the Common Hall, at the` Nomination of fit 'Per so ns t o ;Represent you in the. ensuing Parliament, d•Nrianels my war finest acknowledgments. I have nothing more 'to offer :t oh; testirr.ony of my•gratitude, than a , reference to my .general conduct, in support of my King and Country, and tac pledge-of a faithful heart, devoted to the rights and vileges of my Fellow-citiiens. On this gtound, I most eiir pest y cut: - eat the favour of your early attendance at the Poll, to replace me, tbr the filth time, in the distinguished situa tiou Representatives. • I have the Honour to be, Gentlemen, Vv'ith the greatest gratitude and ResPeet,. Your tattlituf and devoted humble Servant. WM. CURTIS. State Of the Poll an Wednesday, May 6. Curtis • - 167 I - Shaw - • 171 Conitie flankey 554 • - 148 - 124 SJJAVILLIANI cuittis. 1 -7 1-1 E COMMITTEE for Conducing the Elec 4, ton' 91 Alderman Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, meet every day, at the Ohi South Sea House ; and the early at mdance of hi's Friends to Poll, at Guildhall, will confer an additional ol)ligation. - • T„ the (; EN itEM EN, CLERGY, YEOMANRY, and INDEPENDENV •FREELIOLPERSofthq COUNTY of GLOUCESTER. • • ' • • GLNTLEMEN, AN immediate Dissolution of -,Parliament ing taken place, 1 have the honour again to address you in Behalf of my Uncle • Vice_ Admiral ! - I3erkeley, to nest• the favour of your Support and Interest for him on Ihe day of E lectim for the County of C loucesrer, whetiver that 111:1y take place. The very numerous appearmnceoi his Friends, and their expressions of his conduct in 'Parliament, on a tOrmer Dissolution, gives me the flattering hopes of his being again thought worthy to represent you on the present occasion. • I have the Honour to be, • , . Geuttemen, Your most obliged and obedient humble Servant, DURSLEY. Springy; Gardens, April 29. „ To tile GENTLEMEN, CLERGY,and FRF.EHOLDERS vs the COUNTY of KHAN'. GENTLEMEN-, MI-1E Dissolution of Parliament affords me an Opportunity which I and most .happy to embrace, - of acknowledging the high sense. I entertain of the Honour conferred. by' the — County of Durham, by Trust reposed in ine during the last Session.—Ann Honour so conferred calls for every exertion of zeal and aztivity on my part, and en courages me to hope, tliJt I shall again receive y,iur Solfrages tnd Support at the ensuing'Fleciion. I once That more repeat, at I . shall ever at to the best of my judgment, conscientiously and independently', for the general welfare of the Country, and fur the dignity and prosperity of the County or Durhain.• ', I have the tionuut to he, Gentlemen, Your very faithful humble Servant, Ravenswortlt Castle, T.ll. LIDDELL. May c, ISo7. DURHAM COUNTY EL4CTION, Mly 6, tBo7. E COMNIITTEE for promoting the Eli ion or Mr. 1t.1.)0N meet daily at the (ray's Inn Cot fee house, Holborn, at Three o'Ciock precisely. l is re quested that all communica nuns tending to that desitsble ob ject may be addressed to the Committee, at the Gray's-Inn Ccalte-nouse, London. • • THE - FRIENDS of Lord COCHRANE are re citx.„..kt to Dille at Willis's Rooms, King,streer, St. lames's, S LJ RIIA V, the 9th lust. at Five o'Clock ; JOHN WILLOLK,'Esq'. in the - Chair. Tickets, izs each, to be had at the Thatched. House Tavern, St.. I • street ; arid it is particularly requested, that tlentlemeia. will aopiy for 'Pickets befire I'o-motrow Night, that it may be k'howit how many to provide tor, MAI LS. A iv ED -2 Waterford. DoE.—t Gottenlour&li, I Dublin, z Wawrford. fj S U i~t. SOLRM guls DICERS VALS'JM AtIOZAT? L 0 N D ON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1807. IVESTIWNSTER ELECTION. , This morning between nine and ten o'clock the High Bailiff• of the City of Westminster, and his Deputy; and Other Officers, assembled on the Hus , tings in Cdvent Garden. Colonel ,Ewor, first arrived, and soon after Lord Coctt RANE, and his friends. About ten o'cloCk,- Mr. GRAHAM, once a Candi date for thfs,city, stood forward ,and proposed Mr. SHcaID.AV, in praise of whorn he went into consider able length, lie .spoke highly •in favour of Mr. SHEUDAN'S talents, the uniform consistency of his political conduct, the manly and patriotic efforts which he had made in times of great and avthil' interest to the . country, and the disinterested ness of his public charmer through the whole of his political career. Much of this address was well received by the crowd before the bust- 7 ings, and much also excited great .disapprobation. He concluded with nominating Mr. SHERIDAN as ,a proper Candidate for the representation of thiS great City. •• • Sir FBANcts BURDETT was then proposed byMr. Gr..Ossor,.,who was!seconded by Mr. ADAM 4. Lord COCHRANE was next put in nomination„ by Mr. iNViii.OcK, the Magistrate, who made an appropriate speech on the occasion. He paid a due tribute to the professional chara6ter of the Candidate, to his gallantry, his public Services, and the Independence of his prin ciplcs.• Such men, Mr: WlLLocit observed; ouht to *be favourites with the Public, because 'they are thembers of that profesiion to which we are chiefly indebted for the honour and securiti of they British Empire. Naval subjcets are often introduced into parliamentary discussion, and upon such occa sions the - opinions of professional men must be the' best guides for legislative measures. But Lord COCHRANE'S abilities were not merely confined to his profession ; he possessed talents that enabled him to form a judgment upon enlarged princi ples of policy, and he was able to deliver the refleCtions of his mind, and the cliaates of his experience, in a style of manly unaffeLied eloquence, that cam e home to the heart. He was beside s In the. priMe of lif e , an d he, trusted that the gallant Officer would live longto support the Independence of the City of. Westminster, and to add to the Naval glories,of his Country.. This Speech was very well received by the . more respeaable part of the Auditors, particularly by those on the hustings. Mr. Mirr.Locx.'s nomi nation teas seconded by Mr. PETE R RICHARDSON / who in a short and expressive speech,`strongly re cominended the Noble Candidate to the favour of the EleEtors, Lord- COCURANE then came for*ard; and ad= , . dressed the people at large. Re entered into a full declaration of his political. principles,- avowed him self to be a firm and unalterable friend to the British Constitution. He professed himself 'to be wholly . independent in his views. He . said .he was not ac- , quainted with any Member of the pre sent Adminis (ration, nor was he conne6fed with any Party in op position to. Government. He offered himself upon the broad basis of public principle, and if he should have the good fortune to be honoured with the choice ! of the Ele6tors of Westminster, he, might confi dently say, that they wonid chits& one who would always state his opinions in Parliament with honest freedom, and give his vote with a conscientious sense of what was 'due to the great and essential interests • of the people. This speech was delivered with a.firrn manly tone., and evidently made a strong impression on 'his hear ers. He conclnded with a declaration that be could_ speak for hours on a subjeEt so interesting to his feel ings,,but .that he had too much regard for thosC whose support he solicited to detain them any ion-, ger in a heavy rain. , COL ROBERTSON then nominated Col. ELLIOT, in a short but pertinent speech. Col. ROBERTSON oh served, that his friend Col. ELttox's military cha raCler was too well known for him to require any compliment on the present occasion, but be could confidently add, that his private charaaer was not, less entitled to the respea of those who knew him. concluded with saying, that if he were not per^te' suaded that Col. ELLIOT would justify the Choice ofthe leators by the integrity of his political con dat, be should not presume to stand forward and nominate him as a Candidate for the honour of re presenting so Tespeetable a part of the People of Great Britain. This nomination was seconded by Major BrAv- FOY. Colonel ELLIOT then came forward, and made very strong declaration of his political principles:—• Ile. stated, Olaf he was perfealy independent ; and ' his Parliamentary conduai, if heshould.'aave the good' fortune to obtain thesqffrages of the Ele&ors of We* minster, would be governed by no other motive than a love of that Constitution under which this Country :had enjoyed so much happiness, and risen to such. prosperity`—a Constitution which his:education had afforded him an opportunity to • study' and to. ado. mire. This speech tvas delivered in a firm and manly manner, but met with frequent-interruptions from the mob in the front of the Hustings-. Previous to the opening of the buSiness, Mr. GIBBON'S, the Broker, who distinguished himself so much last Election as an advocate of Mr. PAuLL, attempted to address the mob, and to vindicate the conduet of Mr. PAULL from the aspersions of the friends of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. Mr. GlIt• Boss was proceeding to treat Sir FRANCIS with very little ceremony, or rather, to speak of him in very • harsh terms, when he was interrupted and informed that he must reserve his observations till after the nomination had taken place. After Col., 'ELLIOT had concluded his speech, Mr. Gamma . again ,came forward, and we believe made an at• tempt to propose Mr. PAULL as a Candidate. Tha noise, however, was so great, that we could not dir• tinaly hear what he said; bat he did not, when afterwards called upon by the High Bailiff, persist ill his nomination. . The High Bailiff declared the .shew of hands to be in favour of Lord Coctta . sg and Col. ELLioT but the other Candidates demanded a pa, which was of course granted, and alter . a short adjourn', ment the Poll cornmPnced. Two Gentlemen lod entered into recognizance for Mr. SfiIERIDAN, but afterwards withdrew then in consequence of which no hook was opened for: that Gentleman. The Poll did not- commence til l just one o'clock, and the first account of the state of the Poll was not expected to be given till too late a period for us to wait fur it.