The Sun. — London, England, 1802-06-25 00:00:00

THE CENTRAL ELECTION. THE Intelligence oh which we can pretty well depend, with respeti to Seats in the next Parliament, is as follows : In the County of Lincoln, a contest---but Mr. CHAPLIer certain of success•. • In Essex a contest ; and Mr. MONiAGU BUR- COYNE, who, not ten days ago,.declared in his 'public advertisement, that he had no intention of offering himselle—certain of failure. 'At Pontefraa, Mr. WRIGHTSTON has withdrawn 'his 'opposition, which was principally dire&ed against,its very respettable Representative, Mr. SMYTH. The Right Hon. C.' LONG will he One of the new Members for Wendover = the other we have not heard. Mr. H. ADDINGTON and Mr. CAN , NI NO retire - . At Arande/, we understand, that Mr. ATKINS, a respedable Merchant in the City, will be brought in. A Mr. SWAI NE is• his opponent. . In Kent, we tare sorry to hear that the peace of the County is likely 'to be disturbed by Mr. F. HONEYWOOD again offering himself in opposition to the two personal friends of the Minister, Sir WILLIAMGEARY and Sir EDWARD KNATCH BULL. Sir JOHN HONEY WOOD has' sticcessfully canvassed Roniton, with the good wishes of Government.' Mr. HusxtsSori. offers himself for Dover, from Which Mr. Piius withdraws. Lord HAW KESBURY, and, we believe, Mr. LAMB, will be returned for Rye. .Mr. N. VANSITTART and Mr. GUNNING come in for Hastings. We have not heard the names of the Gentlemen whom Lord LOWTHER brings in for Cockermouth and Has/emere. The latter Borough is not sold to Mr. SAVILLE. Mr. R. P. CAREW, one of the Auditors, comes in for Fa.wey. . Sir CHARLES POLE for Newark. Mr. PORTMAN. and IVI4j01" ALLEN for Aldborough. Sir F. EDEN .for Bristol. The Right Hon. THomits STEELE for Wecbly. The Candidates for Krrinouth are, Mr. JE RV is, Sir THomAs TacostuDGE, General Lonus, Mr. JODDRELL, and Sir HENRY TR.OLLOPE. The contest promises to be a severe one. GeneralStmcoE offers himself for Plymouth, in the - room of Mr. GLANVILLE, and, we understand, with, the good Wishes of Government. Mr. ROBSON secures his defeat at Bishop's Castle' by canvassing it in person. In Westritinster all promises to be quiet, unless . . some Blockhead should uneicpeaedly start, up. YVe rejoice to find that Lord GARDNER; whose tharaaer and eminent services ensure him unani. City, has declared himself. ", shall give further Eldlioneering intelligence as it comes to our knowledge, and cats be de pended on. STATUE OF MR. PITT. Or the zst inst. a Meeting of the Merchant House, Glasgow, was held in their Hall, when a Motion was made, " That House think it pro per that some public mark of resped , be paid to the Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT." This Motion receiving the approbation of the Meeting, it was ieferred•to a Committee, who, - on the Bth, gaim in their report; froth which we take the following extraa " Your CoMmittee, deePly impressed with sen timents respecting that illustrious Statesman; per fealy coinciding with a late decision of the House of Commons, are of opinion, that it Would be super 4uuus to add any thing to. these elogiithis on his public services, so recently; so eloquently; and so truly proclaimed to the World as the voice of the Nation, by which it has been incontrovertibly established, that the firmness, the talents, and the magnanimity of that most distinguished and Upright Patriot haVe, under Provisience, and with the aid of his Colleagues in Administration, preserved this Country from experiencing any of those revoltition ary horrors with which a great part of Europe has, for ten years past, been afiliaed. • " Under these impressions, and with a vie* of affording to the numerous friends of Mt. PITT, in the City of Glasgow and its vicinity, an opportuni ty of manifesting their high regard and attachment to his public and private character, your Committee beg leave to propose to the House the adoption of the following Resoltitions : " That a Subscription be immediately opened for the purpose of eteaing, without delay, a Statue of the Right -Hon. WILLIAM PITT in the City of Glasgow. " That the House, in its individual capocity, will lend every assistance towards promoting the Subscription. " The question , being put; Aar the foregoing re port he approven of, was agreed to, with only two 'disnsentient voices." They also tesolvred, is That a Copy of the Re_ solutions be transmitted to the Right Hon. Wu- LIAM PITT, with a request that he will honour the City of Glasgow by giving an Artist the opportuni ty of fulfilling the intention . of the friends of this measure." • SUMMER CIRCUITS: Northern—Lord ELLENsoxotycit and Mr. Justite Norfaa—Lord A LVANLE y and Mr. Justice GRost. Kome--•Lokv CHtzP BARON and Mr. Baron Flo . riinEt. Midland-- Mr. Justice HEATH and Mr. Ba'ron Thomson. Ire.ftern—Mr: Justice ROONE and Mr. Baron GRAHAM. Oxford—Mr. Justice L ANVENCX and Mr. Justice LE Br, Nc. NEW S , JUTH WALE 3. WE arc informed by Lieut. GRANT, who is late ly attired from Neiv South Wales, of the fiouridiiiig state of that Colony.: left ' , Port Jackson in Nov. last, Whedthe crops were. very luxuriant and beginning to be cut down, wilhout having suffered that year from the floods of the Hawkashury. Governor KI NG had opened a communication with Otaheite, for the purpose of supplying the Colony 'with pork, in which he had been siAgularly suc cessful, His Majesty's Armed Ship Porpoise 'having made one trip, an:t the No,:fo/k Brig having sailed on the same employ previous td Mr. GRANT'S leaving Sydney. • The most friendly understanding exists between the Natives of Otaheite and the Settlement of New South Wales. 'Wecare happy to hear that the latter Country is no longer in want of a staple commodity, the article of Coals, of an excellent kind, being found -in abundance in Hunter's River, together with plenty of Wood, well qualified for' the =sting of shipping. Mr. GRANT made his passage to the Cape of Good Hope, round Cape Horn, in the Brig Auna josepha, loaded with Spars for MAsts, and Coals, which latter sold immediately at the Cape at 36 Rix Dollars per zoo (nearly 61.. sterling).— The above vessel's top-masts,, top-gallant -masts, and yards; were of the wood cut in Hunter's River, and answered remarkably - well. Mr. GRANT had thus an opportunity of being an eye witness of its quality.; and that was more particularly proved from the very heavy weather always met with in those seas. Softie speciniens of this wood he has brought with biaL Governor Ktiic had formed a small Settlement at Hunter's River, fel- the purpose of working the coal, which is of the same nature - with that of Newcastle. Mr. GR.A.kt entered this river in the Lady Na irn!, in ordei to obtain the survey of it. He pene.. „ crated in hi s b oats neady seventy Miles up the same, accompanied by Lieut. Coi. PATERSON, without being able, at that time to diScover its source.— A wood resembling; Fustick had' also been found.. Mi. GRANT, in his passage from England to Port Jackson, in the Lady Nelson, a vessel of only 6D tons burthen, with three sliding keels, and built on Capt. SCHANCIes construction, was. the first that passed through the Straits which separated Van-Dieman's Land froM New Holland, and sailed along a great extent of coast to the westward of - any l + before seen by those who had, visited that Country, going into no higher_ latitude than 39. 30. South, and observes, .that the South cape of New Holland lies in 39. 1. South. He found the shore- he sailed along bold; with very deep water, wherever he attempted to land: and, in general, he had, with a very moderate (Ming, from so to 4s, and 3o fathom's water; fine sand, and sometimes shells. LIBR ARY AT P THE Public Library at Paris is one cf the fncs Coltedious of Books in the world—perhaps the finestand is rendered of real service, frcm the facility with• which .every one' may procure the workS lie may have' occasion to consult. Strangers are greatly surprised to find the tables appropriated to the Public, 'surrounded. by Students of all ages, and of bath sexes—of all' descriptions, and of all ranks :- Fathers teaching their children ; Professors of Law poring over the hidden treasures of the ancient Jurisconsults ; Historians quoting authori ties '; and Divines establishing the proofs of tniracles. There are - .more than three hundred thousand voluMes of printed books, colleded - since the time of CirAit'LEs.V.: mere than four hundred years ago, which occupy three sides olthe building, ad e: , 4ent of about fifteen hundred toiSes. In one of the Galleries is the French .Parnassus;" or -representation, in bronze, of the famous Moun tain ; upon the sides of which are the figures of the most celebrated Authors : Racine, Corneille, Bus. suet, Voltaire, .Rousseau, &C,S.:c. are conspicuous. A Temple is placed at the top of the Mount; the Muses, and other emblematical figures, are near it, and Pegasus upon. its summir.• There are two enormous Globes placed in one of the apartments, which were made by the Jesuit Coronelli, fur the Cardinafd'Estrees, in 1683., The Gallery Of Manuscripts contains about thirty thousand, „the greatest part of which are written upon the History of France, .and particularly since the Reign of Ltwis Xt. • Twenty-live thousand'a ttr4e 11Ttouscript5, are in, foreign languages. .• There are five rooms•upon the secoid floor, which .contain Titles and Genealogies in about five thou. sand boxes and porifilios.. The Cabinets Of, Medals and. of Antiques are beyond measure rich and interesting :• the latter were chiefly colletled ,by the celebrated Caylus. There are . about five thousand volnines of En. gravings, divided into twelve classes. The Portrait of King Jon s is tolerably well preserved, and she wty as the first example. of Painting in• France. CORN EXCII.4 E, • Jude 2S. THERE • are a ,few fresh arrivals o f Wheat at Marker to-day, wlsich having a ready sale, best Samples went oil - rather drearer : we see. little alteration in Malt and , Barrey ; B,eans• but fete . on sale,. and are a trifle higher ; t h er e a r e large qnan. tities of Oats,—finp Samples keep up their priC'es, and inferior sorts very low ; in Flour there . is no variation. Wheat- - 485 a 58s 4 68s od Beans - . - - 30 : a 35s od Fine do. - 695 a 705 od Tick ditto - 275 a 30s od Mint - 455 a 47 # 49s od (I.rts . _ 12s a isc a 19i .-cl Fine ditto '- jos -a sis 6,1. Poland do. zos -a 24$ 6d Barley - 275 a 315 6d Rape Seed 311 a 341 per last Rye - - 3os a 34S oti t ine Flour sos a 535 per sack White Pease „335 a 37510 d Second do. 455 a sos pc; do. _ Mr. SHERIDAN comes in for Stajfarei without a contest. Strong application . was made to Govern- . ment to support a mercenary opposition to him ; but much to the honour of Mr. ADIANGTON'S libe. ratity, he not only refused all countenance to the t pPlication, but • distindly declared, that he should regret, as a public man, to see Mr. SHERIDAN Out of Parliament, or even disturbed in his Seat for a plice which he had represented honourably and in. dependently for four successive Parliaments. Mr. GABRIEL STEWARD and Sir JAMES PULTE NEY MURRAY will .certainly be returned for Wey ' mouth. . . It is not true, as has been reported in several Daily Papers, that Col. WOOD has withdrawn himself from canvassing the town of Shaftesbury. Sir JOHN PAYN E, It is expeaed, will be the IVlember for Bedford, in the room of Mr. Cot,- Hou N ; and should he be joined by another Gentle man of the same political opinion, Mr. WHITBREAD Will be. hard run. • Oa 14 4 riday last Mr. HAMMiT, M. P. for Taun ton, arrived at that Town, and has received the most unanimous support from his friends on the can vass. Sir MATrti•Ew BLoxAM and General DELATCEY are canvassing Maidstone, where a third Candidate is expeded. _ l \ll*. - JollEs is determined, it seems, to oppOse ' l r. Fox for Westminster—we aro certain that he wilLoutbeltow him on the Hustings. Mr. LAMBTON has been received in the most ,pattering manner" by his Constituents at Dur- Hii carriage was . drawn through the streets by the populace, from hearty. heal, not like the Op_ position Oraiors in London, by a hired Mob. ' ANNESLEY; who has represented the Bo_ rough .of Reading for thirty years, comes in -again oppositien. We can with truth assert s that no man has attended his parliamentary duty .:More constantly than he has done. Lord GARDNER'S Address to the Eleflors of li\'estminster is of a piece with his whole character and condo 1, manly and dignified. Sir TuOMAS OSRORNE has addressed tWe Eleftors of the County of Waterford, advising them to chuse two. Evlishmen as theil -Representatives. tRUR Y-LANE.—Last night this Theatre closed for the season. After the Play, Mr. KEMB LE came forward, and in the name of the Proprietors, returned thanks to the Audience and to the. Public, for the patronage with which they Chad been honoured ; and in the name of Himself and the Performers, for the testimonies of favour and indulgence they had .ex. Ferienced. Mr. and Mrs. H. Jon NsToN are engaged to per form at Edinburgh during the race week, as is Mrs. Powp.Lt., •The late Mr. Jo L L Tres Wilt has just been proved. It is accompanied by six Codicils,. all of which, ex .cepc the last, together with the Will, are written by himself upon loose half sheets of paper, or the backs of letters. He has left the bulk of his fortune to his eldest son, HYLTON JOLLIFFE, Esq. and to,oool. to hi s youngest, WILLIAM JOHN JOLLIFFE, and 3 0 ol.'for the ereetion of a Mausoleum. His eldest Son is his sole Executor. The last Codicil was made after his accident-.—he was only able to sign it with his mark, which was for the purpose of adding SOOOI. to a fornwr - legacy of the same amount to his oun .4,e , t sgno ABBE SECHANT.—As the Earl of SUFFOLK has . thought proper to mention the Abbe SECHANT in the House of Lords, and to place him in a point of view calculated to interest pUblic, humanity, it may be proper to say something bout the said Abbe, in order to vindicate his . Grace the Duke of PORT LAND, for having occasioned the removal of such a man from this, Country. The Abbe was a man of talents, and well acquainted with the world ; but he was a man who, in a moral and religious point of view, was entitled to nothing like respeet from the Public. He resided in this Country many years, partly, by teaching the French language, and partly by means that were wholly inexplicable. He was Chaplain to the late Dutchess of KINGSTON,', when she made a voy age to Russia, but the Abbe was of too intriguing a spirit even for that Lady,' and he wag ditinissed from her service. He was an intimate friend of the Rev. Mr. JACKSON, who was conviaed of T reaso n in Ireland. The Abbe was' a decided Republican, and a determined enemy of the Bourbon Famiiy. He did not scruple to avoW himself, upon all occa sions, an ardent admirer of the French Revoln. tion, and to inculcate Republican-Principles. He was an Enthusiastic Prophet, respelling the progress of the French system and the French arms, and the triumph of Democracy was. the favourite subjed of his conversation. We defy any body who knew the Abbe SECHANT, and he was known to many in - this Country, to contradia this account of him. As to the hardship of removing him from England, it may be a subjed of Parliamentary pathos ; but we can confidently affirm, that if any reliance could be placed. on the Abbe's, own declara tions, he was heartily tired of what he termed the despotism of England, and imiged to breathe the air - of Republican France.. ,He was much advanced in life, and was certainly .well acquainted with the world, but in point of virtue or accomplishments there was nothing in his charader that entitled him to the esteem of a British Peer, or to the sympathi zing pity of ale" English Nation. We understand. when Monsieur GAII.I.TER I IsT takes his aerial fligbt, accompanied by Col. GR EV ILL E, that after he has gotten ten thousand, feet high, he will take leave of the Colonel, who will remain to enjoy a Pic-Nic iu Nubibur. It is well known that when Count ZAMBECCARI and Admiral VERNONIIIIOUnted into the regions of the air, there was something in the machinery which required them. to descend. 'As soon as,the Balloon . had reached the earth, . the Count jumped out, and instantly the Admiral shot up aloft, to the utter astonishment of the Count,' who, never considered the effed of lightening the Balloon by a zoo or 150 pound weight., We apprehend _that when M. GARNEkI,N bids adieu to the Colonel at to,ooo feet high, the latter will instantly-,ascend xo,ooo feet higher towards Heaven, which.catinot fail to have a most pleasing - effed. The City Barges, we hear, are to be applied for, for the Regatta on Monday. The Pic-Nits have got the start of Parliament— they are already dissolved. A profound poliiician informs us, that the CHIEF CoNsur.,„ jealous of what might happen at Memel, has sent one of his ildjutants " to assist at the Con ferences." It is to he sure very probable that an Emperor and'a King, in' a cOnfidential interview, would endeavour to enlighten their discussions by the assistance of a bench Adjutait ti -By order of GoVerner Krx,c, he returned'-into those Straits;, and obtained the survey of the coast from Wilson's ProMontory to Western Port, with the .survey of :that harbour; which is well sheltered, and capable of containing many sail of shipping. There, is abundance •of wood easily to be got, and plenty of water; though Ike latter is rather difficult to be procured., on account of the distance, and from several shoals laying in the way, Which render it necessary to take advantage of tide. Mr. GRANT gives a very favourable re port of that part of the country. The different surveys obtained in the Lady Mho?: were executed by Ensign BAT:RE miAri, of the Niew South Wales Corps, who accompanied him for that purpose., Mr. GRANT bears strong testimony to the many good qualities of the Lady Nelson, and vessels bUilt on that coostrnaion, as .being particul a rly calcu lated for the busine ss of Discovery.—Thr flatness of bottom enables them to approach. nearer the shore even in bad weather; from which circumstance there is less liability to be blown off a Coast.—. They can stand into shoaler water than sharp built vessels can ; and the great adyantage of the keels, which Makes them stay and wear quicker Jess room, and of more easy steerage ; from all' these proper ties lessening the. many dangers to which such "voyages are subjed., We hope Mr. GRANT will favour the Public with some farther information on this subjea. The present fashion among,s s t but Fair Country women of leaving the Shoulders and part of the neck uncovered, if it have no other sanction has at least antiquity for its. origin, and was first in troduced by ISABELLA, Queen of Bavaria, a Lady as remarkable •for her gailantrj, as fur the fairness of her complexion, which this fashion was intended to' display. Some of the Roman Ladies; however,' introduced, a Fashion, the very reverse- of that of ISABELLA. and our modern Belles : TACITUS re. marks, of POPPEA the Queen of NERO, that she " concealed a part of her fnee:" , to; the end, that the imagination having fuller play, by irritating curiosity, persons might think more highly of her beauty, than if the ' , whole of-her face bad bre,: e.i.pated. • Ir is said that the FAlntr.ss of RossiA and the QUEEN Of PRUSSIA will attend their husbands in the expected into, view at 'Memel. Hence some sa, tirists have inferred, that -as cve , r)es are tO be pre sent,' the excursion must really be . a matterof husi nets, as.it cannot be a itirty of pleasure. Since the commencement of the French Rem lution, there has been a very prevalent gout in . France for English Malt Liquor ; we therefore hole, should any Commercial arrangementsk.take place between the two Countries, that this circumstance will not be forgotten. There are - Agricultural. Societies established in every Department of France ; the SoCiety of the Department of the Seine is_ very respectable for the number, charatierS, and talents of its- Members but it cannot be puf on any competition with the English Board of Agriculture. _ . _ The French' ha . ve no separate bureau for Com mercial Affairs ; whatever falls .under this consi deration, is referred to an Office immediately•und er the control of the Minister of the Interior. The best fresh butter sells at Exeter at TO. and at Weymouth at rod. per lb. of r 8 oz: The. following extra s tt from a Bill now before Parliament, is very i►►teresting to the Commanders of Ships froui the West Indies, .while in the West_ India docks at , Blackwall.---4'.And „be it further enaLaed, ;hat the. Master or Commander of every. ship or vessel, which shall or may ,unload in any of ,the said docks, basons, , or" butts, or in, case, of his death, disability, or incapacity, the-next Officer in command employed on board of such ship Or vessel, Who shall neglea or refuse to sg;erintend, aid, and assist in the unloadiag and discharging of the same, shall, for every, such offence, iorfe►t and pay any sum not exceeding 501. nor less than- 201." On Tuesday morning last, a genteel well-dressed young man went into the Angel Inn. at Hayes, in Middlesex, and having calleki for tea, requested a bed might he•ptepared for him, as he fdt himself fatigued. In the morning the chamber maid wept to-his room, and, shocking to relate ! found the mar') with his throat cur fr .n..ear to c a r. A s he was a stranger in. the . Town; his -person has no; - yet been recognized, nor is the cause that led to this unfonuriate ad yer known. Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, the. work shop oflylr. HUNTER, coat:limaker, in Little Port. land -street, Oxford-market, suddenly gave way, and, in its fall the'crash was so loud as to be beard at a considerable distance. • Fortunately . no person was in the inside ; but several carriages, which stood there for sale or repair, have received con. siderable damage. Wednesday eight bakers, summoned . a t the i n _ stance of the Master and Wardens of the takers' Compqny, attended at the Police Office, White. chapel, to answer a complaint, on an information against them, for having alum in their bake-houSes, f.r the manufad.ure of bread, which is considered to be very pernicious to the health of the consumers, particularly infiints. They were fined 201. each, amounting in the'whole to. 1621. besides costs. On Monday se'nnight an inquest was held be fore Mr. MILNE, Coroner for' Lancashire, and his Jury, on the 'hal) , of a person killed by Wrestling, or rather what is termed .trial of strength, a prac tice too common in Manchester. The jury brought in a verdict of Manslaughter against the survivor, , who was consequently committed to Lancaster gaol for trial. The, following is an extra& of, letter from a 'Gentleman in Kilrea to his friend in Beljart, which communicates some particulars of the riot that hap pened there on the 7th.inst. being the fair day :••-• I , About six o'clock,in the evening, after the,greatest part of the people were supposed to have gone home, a large mob, calling themselves Freemasons, and headed Uy the Ma,ter.of the VoW 'Lodge as.. sembleol in a very tumultuous thanner,, armed with Large Sticks or quarter-poles, and calling out for any Orangeman or Protestant.• The Orangemen (who had all gone. to their homes except about 17), took every .affront without 'returning the lea st i n _ jury, arid at length,. after being severely, beaten, .they took refuge,in a house where they secured theMselves as well, as they could ; 'but the mob ;:t. tacked them there also, and broke • the window with large stones ;• at last the Orangem en were obliged to have recourse to wha: arms they ha,d, and at fiest fired only piwder, which served, but to make the mob more furious ; they were then ob liged in their own defence, to fire bull, which soon dispersed them; but not till two men were killed and several badly wounded. Two of the' rioters have been since taken and sent to Derry, and seve ral have fled,"