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i I7EW' P;fRLIA~ITAT. • • MEMBERS 'ELECTED. S TAMFORD—GeneraI Leland ; General Bertie. Httsivr.--Sir John St.',Aubyn, Bart. ; Richard Richards, E q. BEVERLEY—Captain 'W. Howard Vyse; John H. .W.harton,- Esq. KENT—Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. ; Wm. Ho- ney wood, Esq. SHROPSHIRE—John Kynaston Powell, Esq.; John Esq. NT) rET H Ord, Esq. Honourable Wm, Howard: • 'NEV C AST I-UP Ott-TYNE—Sir Matthew White Rid- • ley, Bart,. ; Charles John Brandling, Esq. MAiTow—Lord Headley ; Honourable Dun. • das. , k o rEF n A ca•-•.;Lord Pollington ; R. P. Milnes, Esq. NltiNTGOMEßY—Whitslied Keene, Esq. DENBIGH COUNTY—Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart. HORIA M —Sir Samuel Romilly, Knt. ; Love Parry Jones Parry, Esq. SURREY—J. H. Sumner, Esq. ; Samuel Thornton; Esq.. LANCASTER COUNTY—.-Tholnas Stanley, Esq. ; John Blackburn, Esq. PATERI3OIIO6GH—Wth.. Elliot, Esq.; French Lawr rence, Esq. Utzwlcx.--.Sir Alex. Macdonald Lockhart, Bart. Lieut.-Colonel Allen. . . EIIR Ks—Charles Dundas, Esq.; G, Vansittart, Esq, 4 'LlkottnEizoi.q.-anies Brogden, Esq. ; Earl Percy. NEWPORT, CORNWALL—WiIIiam Norther, Esq. ; Edward Morris, Esq. SHREWsnutty—State of the Poll. Hon. W. kill - - - 298 T. Jones, Esq. - 4 196 Hon. G. Bennett - - 188 LivEßoot- ,- -State or the Poll. Gen. Tarleton - - •1447 Gen. Gascoyne - .6 1263 Roscoe, Esq. - = 381. Den nison ,Esq. of Lon don, a new Candidate - 36 : tiEDFoßoslitßE.—State of the Polk, Pym, Esq. - - - 949 Gen, Fitzpatrick - - 862, Osborn, Esq. - - 842, WEsrsuNsTER Y....tatcitoN.---State of this day's. Poll at one o'clock--=. Sir F. Burdett - - - 119 Lord Cochrane - - 83 Mr. Elliot , - - tis Mr. Sheridan - - - - 20 Mr. Paull inSTMINS7'EIt ELECTION. SIXTH DAY.: AT the CIO3C of the Poll yesterday tla; nulithers We re __ Ear Sir F. ButtrIEtT Lord COCHRANE Mr. ELLIOT Mr. SHERIDAN - - 3 06 Mr. PAULL Mr. SIiERIDAN . came forward, - and said, that he felt confident that they would continue to hear the Candidates, as they had hitherto done, which was honourable to than, and nothing but justice to the . Candidates. He observed' that they were delighted With the state of the Poll, and it vms net in insna ture, when he saw a great body of the people happy, tot to partake in their pleasure. So nrany voters Were-still unpolled, that he could not despair of an alteration in the poll ' • but if he had his wishes on the subjeEt, It'Should be such au alteration'as should not be displeasing to. them... Those who had given Ptomises to others he could not obtain ; and he scorned to ask any man to break hii promise. If. the Candidates, however, would a6t with so much magnanimity as to release the Ele&ors who had en gaged to vote for them, from their promises, he Would be very much obliged to them, But . n6 such thing as chivalry was to be expeaed,at a contested election. ' In the days of chivalry and romance, When a Knight had got possession, by any accident, of his antagonist's sword-, he restored ;it again ; but the age of chivalry was now paSt, and he could not hope that the exailtple would be followed at a con tested Elektion. • He had - heard a great deal about . the abuses in the I\Tavy. It would be an:insult to their understandings to remind them' how warm a '.friend he was to that service. There was one abuse, ' a clong Others, which he intended to have brought in a Bill to reEtify, W hen he was Treasurer* the Navy . . -- a•situation which some :had considered as so ob- J ef -liOnable.; • but he confessed that, in his circum • s tgOces, the, house and salary attached ' to the si... Nation was no inconvenience. The abuse which ha, • intended to reify was that abominable pra6lice of diScharging persons who were brought before police -'-, l ‘,lagiStrates, even when there could be no doubt of `!"eireriminality, upon, condition of their serving in t he Navy. The charaaer. of the true British sea man ought to be sound as the oak which formed „ best planks of his vessel.. To this praelice was wing the disposition to mutiny, which, in some r are instances, had manifested itself-- , for true seamen abhorred any machinations against their king or coUntry. Instead of saying that such: men as he had adverted to were fit for the Navy, he would► they . were fit for officers of the Customs or of toe Excise. That they were . fit to be Treasury . i t i l l erks, or Gentle Men Ushers, or even Justices of Peace, or any thing rather than British seamen. • 1 ! 1 \ Oble Lord said, yesterday, that he bad made a f ~e c etious speech ; his forte,. however ) be hoped did at consist in his powers to entertain them, and !here ''e he would ptoCeed to make a few very serious . 1 ) , ) 'ervatiahs. He gave the 'Noble Lord credit for a :lief i n t h e truth of' what he . stated, but he. would Thmit to him, whether it was . 'consistent with mag 7 r2:llitnity to accuse a person in his absence. He was „ , 1 ;, 7 )t competent to speak t o the-suoject to wnica tne. Lord referred of his own knowled - e but he as ormed t in . some cir his statements at least the . - . . . . , . {itnra had stated tint the Atalinte sloop rid goti~ .`down froth being unfit to .11e_at sea, and that the whole, crew velithed. He: was infertile& that; she went down from a different cause s , and that the crew was saved. In* the oarliament before I.Ht an inquiry into the condu& of the peraOn alluded to livid been required even by his friends under the Admi nistration-of Mr: Pitt, and that ingaitywasnOt ene into. He advised the Noble Lord tO consider that these statements appeared in the Papers;•and • went on board the fleets, and he was sure the Noble Loiel could not mean to injure the discipline of the Navy. • The abstaining from these statements at this time, k when there was nobody to answer them, he was crin fident, would do no injury. to his Lordships cause. He concluded by declaring his determination to sUp a port the Noble Lord when in Parliament in his in quiries into abuses. Lord COCHRANE maintained, that his statements . were in every instance perfeally corre6t. He had stated that when he'was ordered to ~ provision the Atalante sloop he saw that she was making twenty inches of waten-ahe had said, that her masts and yards had• sprung, and that she had gone to the bottom, but he had .pot said that the crew had perished. He had„,hoWever, said, that the crew of the Felix schooner had perished, except one man, and he himself had carried out to that vessel one of the ablest men in the service, who had also perish ed. His reason for entering into these details was to convince the Electors that there.ought to be men in the House of Commons to bring these and other abuses to light. He said that there ought to be men of all callings in the House, and a House thus composed would be 'much better informed, than one consisting of persons who could devote the whole of their time 'to the business of Parliament. With regard to the Borough with which his name had been connected, he might have returned two Members for it if he had pleased. He had .been.at sea for some time-ahe had read the History of this and other Countries—he had learnt what the Con stitution really was, but he had no idea till of late of the corruption that ptevailed in these Boroughs. He thought the late Ministers ought to have began by restoring the Law which excluded Placemen and Pensioners from the House, who voted for Ministers right or wrong. He desired , those who were advocates for Placemen and :Pensioners to- hiss on. He said if the -House had been.purified, its condu& Would have been different from What it had been, and many of those burthens. and • taxes might have been spared that now crushed the people .to the dust.' The only way to purify it was for the Candiclgtes to give a pledge that they would accept of ,no sinecure place or pension. He never would accept of a place.to which positive duty was not at tached. As a Captain in the ,Navy he had. 1331. a Year, and it was impossible to imagine that for, that sum he would swerve from his duty. He had said • that the Clerkship of the: Pens ought to have been abolished. But the late Ministers had not thought of that, though they had suffered a Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet to reside here in London, deriving a revenue from the bloed. and the' exer tions of the Servants of the Navy. This was mak ing the appointment a mere Clerkship of the Pells, which might he filled by a child, or by a Whatever might be the state of the health of the Commander in Chief—and he had not heard that even ill health was ailedged as an excuse—this ought not to have been. He did not accuse this •man of not employing Admirals under him for the sake of profit to himself, but he did say that Captains, who had never before been. heard, of, had - been appointed to the command of seven Sail of the Line, and as many Frigates, B,:c. &c. A s i t w a s l ong before he could be an Admiral, he might have ex peCted to derive benefit from this practice, but he scorned to derive benefit from the abuses in the sera s ice. if any relation of his should accept of a sine cure place, he would cut that man, and never speak to him more. He abhorred those who, with great estates, acceptedasinecure places and pensions, when the poor .ought rather to be relieved of so much of their taxes. If they - had any spark of public spirit, they would serve the State for nothing : yet to the very man whom he had alluded the Itianks of the Commons Were voted at twelve o'clock at night with .a very thin attendance.: He Concluded by declaring his. determination to oppose abuses of every kind, and - his resolution to answer no more questions of a person who had been questioning 'him before, as he wlis totally unworthy of his notice, and a very unfit representative Ot the man he appeared for. • ' 'Mr. JENNINOS came forward and observed, that he had no occasion to trouble them long—it was his pleasing task again to desire th em. to l oo k at t h e poll. They saw the. effe& of their courage and their perseverance. .The present state of the poll was the best proof that Sir Francis Burdett might ' l 6e:useful in Parliament ; and, , if he shoUld be re . turned, there would be ground for hope, that cor ruption would soon destroy the means of corruption. This would give, confidence to their advocates in Parliament. But they ought not to abate their exer tions, nor. forget- that the viaory-might possibly be still snatched out of their hands. The promises for to-rnorow, however, 'were so flattering, that he begged of the voters to come early, for the - numbers -were so great, than otherwise-they would not be able to pull them. Mr. ELLIOT came forward and said, that he had no place or pension, and it was very improbable he ever should.. The age of chivalry was not past, for _ be would absolve his Electors from their, promises, if they would vote for Mr. Sheridan. [The hissing and uproar became so loud and unremitting that no thing further could' lee heard.] • . _ • Mr. GIBBONS then advanced, and alluded to the gentlemanly condnal of the Noble Lord the other day. But he would still ask whether the 'Noble Lord had not resorted to abominable bribery and corruption at Honiton ?. But in order to tavoid • replying to sueli'disagreeable questions, the Noble Lord had said ,he Would answer no nuestions put to him. The Ministers might send the Noble Lord, if he shoilld be ieleaed, to sea, but he had now sent him to Coventry (tor Lord C. lei& retired), Mr. GIBBONS then proceeded to advert to a pare graph_ respeaing him, which appeared in a Paper cir -celated by-the friends of Sir Francis Burdett, and ;read a letter from Mr. Paull contradicting' the state anent. , A great uproar succeeded.; het we under,- _stood...him to say that..Mr..2a lialigiyea up the contest.- . . , • .t.A.7t OP LONDOh...--Y7.:Bic;i:c", o:CtoCk., Ptilltitta.:iyelo,,ed.. To the ;act a . few of the Liverypofled fog ti ?r,rdrt.hy AldennAn who dietroil the 'Chit; of Ther':followlilk i tate of the Was annouttec4, And the four first. were con cleelAred duly eldeted Af :e'rmaii Price teriei:T Curtis A I,terinxii Shaw• 3117 Alderman Combe - aill. 3 0 Alderman tiankey - tz6 286- of the Candidates then addressed a few. Words to the Ereaors..:, Alderman CutTts. observed, that .*ben he ad dressed the Liveiy last Novemii:tr, he t'acil them that his condo& would be agreeable, to the Mnu 'ei had • now shewn that he was right,, ar:Al he thanked tlivm heartily for the support they given him. He - repeated his pl'otei3lon of attachment to the Consti taiony and proptised to continue the same line of conduit a that - which had been already pursued by him. - I Mr. Aldernian.tomßE,after most sincerely thank ing the Livery for the support which they had given him, again assured them that it was now, as it ever had been, his fixed determination to support the rights and privileges of his Fellow-citizens, and to SI in ,strip obedience to the advice of his Con stituents, whenever they should think proper to, de clare their sentiments for that purpoSe. He had most conscientiously and most independently given his support to most of the public ads of the late Ministers, because, from his heart, he believed them to be the most upright and efficient st of men that could possibly bp united nigether for the management of our public affairs. In the retrenchment of public expense, and the detection of abuses in the depart ment of finance, be promised - to persevere upon his return to the ensuing'Parliament. He again returned thanks, and assured the Livery of his .most invariable attachment to their interests. " Alderman PRICE declared, that he was never more likthly gratified at any period of his life than when he looked at the very flattering situation in which he ,was then . placed ,by the sinfrages,, of so large a. body of the Livery. He expressed his attachment to the ,Protestant interest; and assured the Livery that, it was his determination to support 'to the ut, most orliis abilitie‘s the Commercial Interest of the 'City.of London.. Alderman SHAW also thanked the Livery for the distinguiShedlionour which had been done It was With.soine difficulty that he was, able to pro ceed, with his speech; he stated that he laboured under some indisposition. He assured the Livery, that he had the highest esteem for them personalty; and the utmost attachment and veneration for our most gracious Sovereign:=-The c'Ourt then ad= jourued sine die. , . BEDFORD COU.N7'Y ELECTIOAr. Monday last began the contest - for the County of Bedford, which is now carrying- on with the most ardent zeal and aaiyity by. Colonel Osborn, in be balfol the independency. of. the County. ColOnel Osborn against FranCis Pym, Esq. and General Fitz: patrick.—And for this purpose, at ten o'clock yes terday morning, Sir George. Osborn and Colonel Osborn assembled. their party together, and entered the town of Bedford with six hundred Noble and Independent Freeholders of the cpunty of Bedford. At the head of this grand procession marched the Duke of York's Band ; next followed four V.olun teers from Colonel Osborn's late company, in full uniform, carrying two beautiful _flags, with appro priate inscriptions. After them came Sir George and Colonel Osborn on horseback; next folldwed Sir George's coach and carriages, with numberless others of the Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the. County of Bedford. ' DUBLIN, MAY 9. Colonet'ODEL, the Hon. WINDUAM RU IN, and WM. THOMA'S'SIONSELL, Esq. have declared them selves Candidates for , the County of Limerick. The Sheriff have appointed the I.sth inst. to hold the Eleaion for the City of Limerick. . Colonel V4REKEN has offered himsella Candidate to represent the City of . 'Limerick at ' the ensuing Eleation. 1. Sir EDWARD O'BRIEN:, the Hon. FRANCIS N. BURTON, and FRANCIS INPNAIKARA, of Morisk, Esq. have declared' themselvescandidates for the County of Clare. The Candidates for the County of Antrim are, the Hon. Join O'NIEL, Mr. M e NAGHTEN, and the Hon. Colonel PARENH.IIII.---Those' for Armagh,. the Hon. H:CAULEIRLD, Mr. BROWNLOW, and Mr. lincnitanso.N.--Those for Derry; Lord G. BERES FORD, the - Hon. General STEWNET, and the Hon. Colonel PONSONBY. EDINBURGH, MAy e. . . . . A most melancholy accident happened at Arbroath on the morning - of the 3d inat.:--Some irregiilar and dis Solute young men, who had Most - likely been drinking great part of the night, went out'ahout four o'CloCk on Sunday.thorning to a house nearly a mile out of town, made some disturbance abOut the dOor, and it is said insulted the' proprietor with.opprOb . rious language, which put him into suCh,a parox,ism of passiOn, that he arose, came to town, ,borroWed a musket, and followed the aggressors to the pier -head, when he levelled the musket at the breast of one of the . young men, and shot him through the heart.= A precognition was yesterday taken before the -She riff of the County, when the faet was fully established against the Unhappy man, both by his own confes sion, and,the testimony of witnesses. He now lies committed for further trial. The following notice wa3 posted at LLOYD'S Cof. fee-house yesterday : ",It having been stated to the Committee of this house, that a prosecution has been opened aga:nst certain pei sons both Underwriters and Brokers, for having si g ned, a n t i c aus ed to be made, certain insurances upir,i sliOs of paper, by which they have incurred the penalty of Five Hundred Pounds each :7- " The Committee takit* the same into their considera tion, recominend such ContraCts should be immediAtely le. galized, and that no slips or books be used in future." We understand that the penalty has been paid. The. Eliza, from Bristol, for Btienoi Ayres, Was lall,.welLou.thd. February, iu 14t 50. 2U. S. long. • - • .411...-1-101.11,4 7 Z-:ZOOKE A NLIMIC. , P 1 - IAviNO- given to our Readers ail Eitra6t Pa . t; Iphict 'against Mr. PALI:4.; .• . in which the former diPaiims all intimacy with the latter, and strongly insinuates that them was thing in -the . manner Of Mr..P.1:1-1., v.,:iik•h, from hiz stind or experience; he never:Could bring hiMselftO like; it is but- justice, to M r . Nord.. to insert the following Letters front Mr. ..tionNt Toottt, shots that heis dither too apt to forget his evinimisi, or too much disposed to diSguise them. a DEAR 'SIR, , ". You will give me geat pleasure by yoi3t. Cttri pany on Sunday. ; and at all other(times,l shall ac•L knowledge it as a favOur.' MT.CURR AN. Slr FRANCIS BURDETT, -and the Public, have obligations to you for your ,conduet ; but you Will never be forgotten by any of the fions who by turns pillage the Country. Sir FRANCIS BURVETT has an engage ment of long standing at Weyhill Fair, for this and the following week; otherwise I am sure he would have been happy to ride from Berkshire and to joist our ',arty. on Sunday ; but I trust he will, do ho on some other opportunity, betbr e IVtr. Cu ttitAN quits England; for, I mild) long . to see you all three tor ther. " I am, dear_Sir, " Your obliged humb!e Servant, • "Wimtleclon - , Oa. 9, 1806. "J. tiOlt NE TOORE." " MT, DEAR SIR, '" It is great mortification tti me to be under the-- necessity of declining your agreeable party on Friday next— But I am precluded from .all parties, except at my own house, from fills - time till :May next,. when I hope again - to be able to quit my dormouse state. In the interval, I trust to the compassion of my friends, whose health permits them, in 'cold weather, to travel so far as •to Wimbledon : and in., that, number, I mean, of friends and-healthy friends,, hope for your long continuance.' • • Being, very truly your most obedient servant, " 061,16, fdOti. • " d. HORNE TOOKE:',i " MY DEAR SIR; " I give you joy of rt most excellent cotninence4 meet. Your Advertisetnek is excellent, r au;< yesterday's Besolutions most excellent. I Wish .yófi not to cast a thought about me. If I was not de. crepid, I would canyass, through the streets for yoti. I understand, from good authority;that-Sheridan" is sorely alarmed,. " Concerning the .H.ustings, you need not, and ought not, to come:under any engagement. You are not .bound „to pay, a, farthing for them. The firs time thue I stood for. Westminster I deposited in the Pe.; puty High Bailiff's hand four hundred..peundS, viously to the day of Election, because he told me that Mr. Fox and Lord Hoop had , done: ne: 'Ant learned afterwards they had not done so: After . the 4'letaion he gave me a bill - of his expenditure. The greater part .of 'his, charges were for dinnerS, &c. for himself and. Clerks. This WaS in 1791... The 'se- , cond time I stood. : for Westminster - was in f 70. I than deposited in the Depuiy High Bailiff's hand (without any necessity for it), I believe about a bun . . dyed. and fifty pounds ; and I did so,•becauie th a t would be about one-thir of the eicpence of the Hus tings, and L had determined in my mind not to pay for the dinners, &c. of the Deputy a nd his Clerks.—.. When the polling had advanced about a - week, he demanded of me two hundred and fifty more; Which I refused. ? There is a special modern A& of Parliament, compelling Candidates for Counties - to pay'.the Sheriff's expences ; but it is confined to Counties', and the Candidates foi Boroughs need not' pay a far. thin; nor should they, in my . opinion,. and least of all in Niestminster. .The High - Bailiff's office is a very lucratiye one . ; it is purchased openly of the Dean and Chapter: they htive - great emoluments,' and the holding-of the Elea lop is one of their priti ileges, and the burden goes With the privilege, and rests upon them. -Their merest. will not be with'you,' and I would not pay them for. their 'malevolence. My firstEleaion.cost me between three and four thou sand pounds, when I . polled about 1700 real Elec tors; tortwent in person after Wards to their houses, where I found: aII; my voters, except one, to. return them thanks, though I had not previously solicited a single vote, nor given them a moment's notice: .I 'merely attended at the Hustings alone, and nominat ed myself: • „ . - AffY second Eleetion-cost me only Gao pounds, and yet polled double the fortner nurnber,• and , more real. Eleaors than 'either of my adversaries. " Your Letter to Lord FOLKESTONE is, ill my mind, not only justifiable, but meritorious.. I write in great haste. . At all events keep your temper very cool, and do not spend too much money-1 understand young SHLRIDAN will lose. Stafford, . and if you throw : the Manager, out of. Westminster, you will deserve to, be canonized,•for you will.assuredly knock. up this Co alition-Administration.• They totter already. I am, with every good wish for your success,- ' " Most truly your's • October 31, 1806. r• "J. HORNE TOOKE'." The Cyrus, PINKHAM ; Charlotte, WEST ; .and the Perseverance, STAYERS, from London., for the South Seas ; the Crescent, HOPPER ; and the Wil liam Fening,-----.; from the South Seas, for Lon don, were all well, off. Cape Horn,:on the 14th of December last. The London, Tvonzn, from London, for Que bec, was captured on Ihe 29th ult..by the Alert, French Privateer. - The 41,d, Capt. FltyrotrtrtsoN, of. Hull, from London to Plymouth, in the dreadful gal e o f t h e 18th. February, was driven out of the Downs,and atler losing her maSts, anchors, and cables, was carried upon the French coast, near Dieppe, and.. taken possession of, together with about twenty.. six Sail more, by twenty armed boats. The Crews were marched ,from Dieppe on the Ist of March, for Arras, where they . had arrived all well. AMong them were a Capt. NESBITT, of Loudon ; Capt. Laws, of Sunderland; and Capt. MURPHY, of Greenock. They were very well treated but all communication with this cootifry, by letter, was forbidden. They expeacd to be ma rchui to Ver dun. Provisions were the, so that they lived.