The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-09-27 00:00:00

Yesterday, the adjourned meeting of the Eleltors of the City of Westmtnsrmwas held, at one o'elock,. at the Crown and AnchofTavern, in the Strand, for the purpose of considering the Report of the Committee appointed for the nomination of a pin per person to represent this City in Parliament, in the room of the ever-to-be-lamented Mr. Fox. After some observations from Mr. CI a SONS, upon the propriety of the former Chairman being called to the chair, and tbe.absolute necessity of a Chair man before the meeting could proceed to business ; Mr. Wishart (the former Chairman) not answering the summons. Henry Maddocks, Esq. Sen. was unanimously called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN, having acknowledged, in band. some terms, the ho'nour which had been conferred upon him, and expressed a hope of filling the duties of his situation with satisfaOion to the Meeting, re capitulated the Resolutions agreed to upon the former meeting, and then called upon the Chair man, or some of the Members of the Committee, at that time appointed, to declare the result of their deliberations in nominating a person to represent the City of Westminster in Parliament. Mr. Paint, said, that it was highly necessary for *el Committee, who had betrayed their trust, and violated the privileges of the Eleetors of Westminster, to come forward and declare the reasons why they had nominated Earl Percy, who had already been declared an unfit and improper person to represent the city of Westminster in Parliament. After some observations from Mr. Faosr, on the point of order, and the Chairman's declaration of the necessity of some of the Committee coming for ward to explxin their condaft, Mr. Gissom, one of the Committee, rose, and declared, that it had never been his intention to May snore than a trivial part in the present conh-st, but 'be now felt himself imperiously called upon to give some explanation on this subjea. The real obj.dt 'of the Elettors of 'Westminster had been Irmo aced by the Committee they had appointed, and it was highly distressing to him, to state, that a most for. voidable coalition had been formed against the tights and , privileges of the Eleaors of West minster s and as a person forming one cf that Committee. an obloquy fell upon him, which it was necessary to explain. Upon the first meeting, of the Committee, at the Rainbow Coffee-house. it was resolved, that Mr. Whitbread should be solicited to some forward. as a proper person to advocate the City of Westminster in Parliament, accompan i ed with yds •!rang sentiment. '• that they r.. vrr would be made the souls of rank and power." To this, Mr. Whitbread returned for answer, that being returned three several times by his t onstiment•, and from othei privates motives, he mint decline the honour. • To the man rime, he said, he had received a Icier `from Mr. Hei ry Maddocks. Jun. dei lain% his in .tension of standing forward as a Candidate, to stem the torrent of power, and assert the tights and privileges of dr- Eleet•ds of Westminster. At the next meeting, it was agreed, that Sir Francis Bur dett should be waited upon, to request he would come forward upon this critical occasion, and the Gendemea of the Committee, who were deputed to wait on him, reported, that the worthy Baronet was inaccessible, being in the country; and had direaed, that no letters whatever should be forwarded to )im. Mr. Gibbons called at his house the next • day, and with the utmost readiness was informed. that Sir Francis was only thirty miles horn town. and any communication would be forwarded to him immediately. The next step of this Committee was to consult with the friends of Mr. Sheridan, and adopt his recommendatii n to bury all contention, and declare Earl Percy a fit and proper person to represent the sty of Westminster. Against these, and some other proceedings of this Committee, Mr. Gibbous, and a few others, protested. He con sidered it an infringement upon the rights and . privileges of the Elators—an abuse of the trust reposed in them, and a plan to cajole the EleCtors out of their free representation. Against the wlh of these proceedings he had entered his pretest ; and feeling, that, in some respect, an odium had been cast upon him, as one who composed a part of that Committee, he felt it his duty to lay the whole of the circumstances before the meeting, submitting to their superior judgment. lie further added, that he had received (as one cf that Committee) a letter from Mr. Henry 'Maddock:, of Liaculn's Inn, va• pressire of thatgentleman's intention of offeringhim welt a Candidate few Westminster, in case no more eligible pawn could be limn& who would have the spit it Ansi indereptience to stem the torrent of ,rawer and • ort se i nen, and assert the igilependence of the Bledors rf Westminster. Mt. Hamer MADDOCES, SUM then rose, and, in a speech of some length, to the course of which he displayed great laarnirg, a thorough knowledge of tile constitution of the country, the rights and pri vfleges of the sublet, and every other topic which could relate to the representation of a free and in dependent people in Parliament, and the dtuy of a senator and legislator ; stated his wish to become a cantiiiiate,ien the reseed occasion, merely to stimm Lte the people of Westmainster to assert tioldty and sesslotely their rights and privileges, against the powerful insetee; of family connections ; and half time taken a general survey of the persona who com posed His Majesty'. Council, at this moment, he asked, could it be expelled, that men, guided by such principles as actuated a Glenville. a Sid mouth, a Howick. a Petty, and an Erskine, cooed , k be supposed, that such an Administraties would interfere in the present contest, whose principles bad ever been the free and indepeedero representa tion of the people in Parliament ? With respeet to election ecTion of Earl Percy, he cautioned the Eleflors against the appointment of any man, who would or might increase the power and influence of the House of feels in the Comments. Earl Fem.,' had already been eleled Member for Buckingham; and ?es fa ther, before that time, had the power of sending five Members to Parliament. The influence of the Lords and the l'reasurv, already amounted to 424 Member , . and could the Electors of Westminster, pat their hands so their hearts, and say, they will give op their freedom independence, and send one to Parliament, oo whom they cannot depend Haring again adverted to the principles which had ever guided his judgment, and Jitetted his mind, and having explained what he considered the ditty of the klectots, on the present occasion, he de- ...a retire. while HOssourahle, , who had been the i .of mak ing delincitsency a subjea - consider ation of an Euglish House of Commons, should propose to nominate some person, whom he well knew to be worthy their consideration, as a proper person to represent them, at the present awful and momentous crisis. Mr. PAULL said, it was his intention to propose a person fur their nomination, %shorn he was certain would meet with their unanimous approbation; and 'if he declined the contest, he should then propose • another and another, as long as they would hear him. The first person he alluded to was Sir Fran cis Burdett, (load and reiterated applause), whom, ab ore all other, he considered the most calculated to n defend their rights and independence; but it he sh. d uld feel himself so bound to his constituents of • 111 diesex, as to decline their suffrages, he would she propose a gentleman who had ever followed the steps of that revered man, Mr. Fox, and who was willing to sacrifice, his lite on the scaffold with that great man ; who suffered with him in the cause of liberty and independence, in obscurity, and re joiced with him in his restoration to those honours and power he so well merited. He meant the Right Honourable John Phiipot Curran. After some further observations upon the merits of those gentlemen, and a comparative view of the me: its aid pretensions of Earl Percy, tie Hon. Gentleman propoeed a Resolution, recapitulating the proceed. ings of the former sleeting, the almost unanimous reselion of Earl Percy, and the appointment of a Committee, to deliberatte and report upon a proper rnon to repres fit the City of Westminster in Parliament. This Resolution further went to censure the.conaluft of that Committee, us the strong est and most severe terms. This Resolution being seconded, and the question upon it being put by the Chair, was carried unani mously. The that.ks of the Meeting were then voted, in the handsomest manner, to Mr Gionons, and the other Gentleman of the Committee, who had opposed the proceedings before-me mined. Mr PAULI, thenagdin adthessel the Meeting, and said, he would not suffer the Crown itself to trample upon tee tights and oidependence of the Eleflors of Wes.m nster. He wet. not one of those who would join • faCtion against tlic Government of the Coun try. but he would assert its independence ; ass:, as he loved, revered, and adored t le memory and pejo ciples of Mr. Fox, he wou.ci deltoid the Constitution of this s. ountry trim all inroads, whether Regal, Ai istoci aticat, or Dertsiciatical He wash Foxite in principle, and from toe conuubt of th se who calool thems Ives Whigs, upon the present occasion, lie thoosto they had forfeited or ahu•ed that ti le, and th 'she teat extends of the coostitution should rally under the name of Fax es. and the appellation of Wing - should be east irto bole on. He declared himself the friend of &Coon, not against ,he Go vernount, but Against the how% of Greliville ; which, fur twenty-live ye.sts., was the supporter of Mrs Pitt, and his measures, cod the calumniator of Mr. Fox. first political step of Earl Pe. cy, disqtia:ified him from representing Westminster, and rendered his repri•sentutiOsi of that city, wnich was the cradie of liberty and independence, ahor 7 use. Lord Grenville gave him tee BOT,IUgh of Ruckir.ghara, fa. lonly considerations. It wis not sufficient for the Luke of N othumaerland to send five Members to Parliament, influenced by his rank and Neer. It. therefore, the Lleelors had a rcveience and resist& for the memory of Mr. Fla, they would show it, by re turning a Foxite only. Sir Francis Burdett, therefore, was the only man, after Mr. Fox, who was capable of guarditig their rights, and pre sei ring their independence. He, therefore. pro posed, that a committee should be appointed to wait on Sir Francis Bottlett, to know his wish: s, and in case he declined, to after the:; xuffraigeS to Mr. Curran. Ho concluded by observing, that un less they should elea some independent man, the City Of %Veen:Meer would become a close Borough, Earl Percy would now be returned,* Earl Temple would be elected the nest day, and that adieu to the independence of Westininst..o; • Mr. F.wti NG, a young Gentleman, then address ed the • Meetiag, in a speech replete :with more ene•gy, eloquence, and argument, than we gene rally Witness tipnn such r ccasions. We regret our limits will np, rrmit us to go into detail. Having adverted - to the Meeting ar kildlis's Rooms, be ora. served upoa that part of the speech of Mr. ‘Vhithread, in • which he declared the place of Mr. Fox rru;t ever remain a vacuum. How, he asked,. would the Corsican Tyrant, and his arch-projectors feel at such a declaration from an Englishman, Was Britannia to weep for ever for the loss of that great man, like the Indian fe- Mali over her dead warrior ? Or was it not rather her duty to seize the arms and shield of the deceased, and attack, with double energy, the stflor. ;n ad verting to the page of history, he found that the great objeft of the Percys wa; pr.vate aggrandise ment ; when the present young Earl's father, the sow Duke of Northumberland, having te en long the ripporter of Mr. Pitt, war refused by that Mi nisttr the Lord Lietiteuantcy of Middlesex, he no minally turned a Foxite ; yet this was the person whose Ancestors were to be extolled to the skies ; rehis was theperson proposed to be the representative of the Free Elenors or Westminster. He thought the I.leaors insulted said degraded by such a nomi nation ; but when this float, youth came to address the Meeting, his language was that of an ideot, and his delivery wart im .ecile. If he were elect ed, the free City of Westminster would becOme a family borough. " If, therefore (he continued), we are to die, let us die nobly." Bir Francis Bur dett, from the manner in which lot stood pledged to the ficaeri of MidezreX, could • of possibly accept their suffrages. hut he wonll name a gentleman, who, in the lap of corruption, and plenitude of power, withstood the torrent of temptation, and returned from India, pomessrdsof that honesty and integrity which ever guided his conduit w:io had the spirit to expose peculation and oppression in the face of a rich anti powerful adversary, hacked by a m,•re powerful Ministry. fie concluded by pro posing Mr. Nati as the most fit and proper person to sustain the rights and independence of West minstar, and put down pee station. The resolutions in favour of So . Francis Burden and Mr. Curran, were then a rried umsaimously. 111 1 111111".11.11111111111111111111111111111111.1111111111111111111111.111111111111 _ . . . WESTMINSTER ELECTION. elated he should retire, %tilde a most Honour Gentleman, who had been the instrument of I —,.....,-- V•mtprdar. the adjourned meeting of the Eleltors ing India delinqt,ency La subjea for tyt yntlne the eons i . .t o.s 01 Mr. Cies° w s vpoved the thanks of the Meeting to Mr. Henry Maddocks, Jun. for his hold,tMt modest offer of standing forward as a candidate, in cue ne other Gentleman should be fo•aud to oppose Lord Percy, which was carried imanimously. Mr. SMITH, one of the former Committee, then rose for the purpose of declaring that he, with Mr. Gibbons, had protested against the proceedings of that Commit:ee ; when A strange Gentleman, whom it was general:y supposed was not an EleEtor, rose, and proceeded with some violent and persona: observeioos, which obliged the Chairman irequlntly to i!.Nrfere; but although the majority of tic Nleetius were adverse to hearing him, yet he pers;sted in endeayouring to gain their attention, until the whale ass.mbly were put into the utmost contusion. After near an hour had elapsed, trying the question, whether or not he should be hoard. tranquility was restored. A r vote of thanks to the Chairman, was carried unanimously, and the Meeting was adjourned until Tuesday, the 2d of Olober. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONE ON; " SATURDAY, "-Seer cra sax 27. The Funds yesterday maintained their ground. The ['wash left off at 651, .oarcuoe at 7i. This improved state of tlwrifin 'ippoviti in to the uniform tenor of the Conticent4 pews, and the warlike symptoms at home, evinced by the sailing of the Sicilian expedition, from Plymouth, appears to he the result of an expenation of peace. now gene rally entertained in the city. the precise founda tion of that expectation, we do not pretend to know. It certaiply.is not warranted lsy we gene ral aspen of :41445, and we still coutiouc that th:i. Lail of LAUDERDALE.% negotiation come to nothing. We could not learn, at a late hour last night, that any &spa:chef had been received fr.•m his Lordship. Mr. BA:it:co, how ever, was hourly doe:lPd. The Expedition for Siady has at length sailed from Plymouth. On Wechizsday miming. the transports, amounting to 60 in number, got under weigh, under convoy of the Royal George. of 110 Stns, Rear-Admiral DUCKWORTH. At five in the afternoon they were between the Ram head and Qadman, and were expefle.d to be clear of the Channel on Thursday morning. The force, as we stated in a former Paper, is 4,103 men, all healthy. and in high spirits. They were to ba jrioed off Falmouth by the sq•sadron of Admiral Loot. •• The 6th, 7th, and Bth battalions of the King's German Legion, sshich were on their passage fur Cork, hare returned to Portsmouth, in consequence of the counter-orders which we noticed yesterday. Ten sail of transports, which sailed on Sunday last trove tie Isle of Wight, have alto put ind troops from the interior continue to proceed to Portsmouth. Yestertiay the yth Dragoons marched through Lewes, og their way to that port, there to embark for forei,;n service. They halted last night At Brighton, and were to proceed upon their maffh this morning. _ _ It was reported, yesterday, that: Lord MORIZTH was to set out immediately for Berlin, for the pur pose of ildjusrii , g the differences with Prussia. It is reported, that the/la-I/Woe, from Demerara, and another of the Agamemnon's convoy, have foundered at sea. The ItUwe cartel arrived at Dartmouth, on Wed oelay, irons Mgrlajx, with 2: English prisoners, all women. Capt. WAltr, of the American ship Tim. Sa,b (which ship was I.ttely lost near Liverpool), spoke, on the 10th August, in lat. 35.40, long. 6910, the French squadron, under command of Admiral Gurt.t.ouats; and, on the 27th, in lat. 42.16, long. 44:31, spoke the squadron under command of Sir .1. B. Waimea. ' Thel.eander., of 50 guns, which arrived lately from Halifax, is ordered into harbour at Ports mouth. Captain Warr sy, who commanded her on the American station, is waiting there is expeCta. lion of having a Court Martial held on him fur his conduit on that station. Captains Wipsir and this wa, of the navy, and Lieutenants COWAS and Lawatec a, who came from that station, to be wit nesses on the Inquiry. are also waiting at Ports. month. Captain %Vatter WAS not on board the Leander when the shot was fired that killed Psalms, the American seaman. Tie Glasgow Courier, of the 23d instant, contains the following article, dated Greenock, September '23d Arrived, on Sunday. the Atihre/, MATIMIL. WA:;E, from Li.bon; left the Earl of St. Viisernr, with six sail of the line. and a frigate. His Lordship was living on chore at a seat near Bellum Castle. It is not true, as stated in some of the English Papers, that he bad draws out the Portuguese men of . war; and Was rigging them; one Portuguese ship of the line, however, had sailed a few days before tl.e Ade and eowerta for Algiers General Mortartu, under tlsd.' cha. raper of a West India planter, an Aid-dc-Camp and servant, landed at Lisbon on the 13th or lith of last menth. To the Captain of the ship (a British Tes'el) that bro.:ght htru there, he repeatedly said, during the passage, that the reign of Bou•e•wra would not he of long duration." The sailors of the IVareasso. whir came to town with the treasures brought from Buenos Apes, have so entirely rua-a-gr sand in the article of money, since they have been here, that they have left themselves without means to return to their ship. Several of them were at the Admiralty, yesterday, applying foe money to defray the evince of ret.trning on board. and were referred to the Regulating Captain, who A will 144 cue to hare them curtseyed to the ship. THE ArRE. covestr-us ;nes. • Mr. Moist[[, a new performer. made Isis flay nppearance here, - latt tight, in the chatrafters Go:taster, in the Comedy of !ankh when yea Cr, and Aliehail, in the Farce of Ihe Adopted f'it ; !, 4. Mr MELVIN has been for some time a great 1 4 , vourite at the York Theatre, in the class of ping usually filed by Mr. Lewitt. This Gentleman had , attained a degree of p.ovincial celebrity, susli:ientt.) excite much expeCtation, but it WAS 111;1111,E:y say- passed by his performance. When he first Icy , tented himself, his fears betrayed hex extrem? Wiry but, cheered by the planditi. of a Lt:rrier; and elegant audience, he soon came into posses,..,, of his powers, and displayed uncommon ease, viv.. city, and comic liu 'tour. The report ;hot prece,., him was flatturing, and yet we were surprise; find to Ettle had.been said of so much racrit. t.••. Met.viN is a young man of a person, light, and alive, and possessing all that 'winning e.!. which completes the delusion of the scene, by pr. sentims a cbaradcr pet-fatty natural. But, with. 4 a competent voice, ease and judgment are of Lull value, .ind in voice Mr. M LEVIN particularly et- cell. It is flexible, clear, well ton c.. 1, aad tut vane y. It is exatlly such as, cemhir.ed issith hit ease and possession of his poweri, ahr. 1,.1 5 t h e pod. mise of a man competes( to through the while extent of the comic department, in alt its shapes. tt is erillly that combination whits, when the course of nature shall deprive us of Its. Lewis, ITI . AV console us for his loss. The 14. ception of Is t fr. fvl eosin was such as he deserved, and a liberal audience were called upon to be. stow. We never heard greater or more us. qiutliW applause. Ilia Melted, in the Farces was well calculated to shew the versatility of lils talents. It is essentially distinct and different fir* Gaisasser. The audience not be persaada that it was the identical lively Q. row, trams formed into the old weathersb'eaten sailor.— The narrative of the findit.,4 of the rektfr4 child, and the des;li of the ItUro4, its father, was giVen with a truth and delicacy of feeling, that[ deSead every fair cheek in the house with the teat 9f sensibility. The Farce, thus supported, net off with such eclat, the house rim: with acclamat:oni upon its atmouncement for future representation.— At the commencement of the Play, when Mr. Bs. sent sr came on in the part rif Sat?t/v, for which Mt, FAWCETT had been annou-ced in • the bills, much disapprobation Was expreised by the audience, and k a cry of •r Fa CI Ti 1 . k . AWCET rt" was re-echoed from every part of the house. Mr. Ct. stetson came forward, and said, that Mr. Fawcett' had got a disorder in his eyes, which prevented hifs from seeing.. Upti Mr. Bevs.enntr's• re-appen• ance, the tumfll% increased, when, with much pts priety and manly feeling, he addresses' the beam to t h e tattooing effeet " Lad.es and Gentlen:rn-1 aari east—mei? stowy to lent your druppr..bation, when 1 attended rrilleioulon ter'," I Alock the day, I fearop.l that Mr. F 4611.0101 WAS a Lable, ftwl tu p.alurrri the part of Masi , . 1 eralenteerzd, a, I hasa otter. clone before, w . prevent army disamointinent to tot or the INLn..geni (ban app!ause). TO-11.;bt. I c.rtfess, lau plotoularly ..nxious„ as there was a new 1 .. .former to apore ( cod applua. ,, ) I should hope, that when you Consider nit s toll time I have had to ftudy, and the ditadvalluge I is rt in plating a part altar Mr. Fawcett, you vial favour n.e your indulgence." This was received with reiterated plaudits, a-.I Mr. Brvest.sy paoceeded in the part of Samba, v;6l great stic,:ess. lemomi..• 7 00•110• Earl Patton was at Covent-garden Theatre La night. A new Pastoral Opera, in two a4le, called, Thr Fertmee was yesterday rehearsed At Drtltf• lane Theatre. The mine, of which report speas.l highly, is compost. cl by REEVES. 'Viscount and Viscountess DursovenoN ire ex petted, in a few days, at their house in Edwarj• street, Portman-square, from their seat a: Esher, in Surrey. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bei a are er • pe4ed, in a few days, from Longleat, near "iia . • minster, Wilts. Viscount Fia SILSTOW I left Longford Castle, terday, for the Grange, near Alrestord. C. Lterse, Esq. left his boUse, in Devonshire place, yesterday, for Brighton. • 'l'. E. Fumes. mr:, Esq. arrived, yesterday, at Lit house, io Harley street, from Morton I nma:ln Glou cestershire. The Duke of NewcasTLa will leave town, tLi day, for Nottinghamshire. The Earl and Countess of CARDIGAN, and La:'' Ca soils eWA I. EON AVE, left town, yesterdays Richmond. The Earl aid Countess of DA IP4 Ev are expeeted in a few days from Ireland. His Lordship has cr dered new liveries for all his servants. A fine marble monument, with R proptiate rm• blems, has been ereard in the new c•tv of "^,'" ington, to the memory of General Mos:Toone tt. who tell in the plants of Quebec. The inscriptier.i . concluded with this couplet : StairgomeiS fell—let no fund breast rep;all; T h e fate of Wolfe, IlluenUmas Ch.ef, was tl.in.!" The venerable Lord CLIIRMUNT lies dangeroir , e ill at his seat, which he has denominated Blue and Buff, near Brighton. The Last arrivals at Buxton are— airs Royal Hugh .ess rive Prince of Wales, Duke of Clarence Earl and Countess of Aylesbury, Dean of .iir rumba' end Lady Fletcher, Sir Alexander and Lady Kinlock, Lire. tenaut.Coronel Peie,er, Rev. T. S. Sm.. tl., Re•. Mr and NT °ow?' Mr. E Poees, Rey. Mr Eltis. Rev. Mr Losord, Rev. Mr. and Mn. Dalton, two Nita,' !Tilton, and Mr. 14.- . and Moe E• 1111%. tee siafcmatifu Cerem o nies' t Among the Nobility who honoured tbe Niast;r o , B ara s est l" , t ab l e " F m .sr; g ar A n t r e c..un ! bead,l4r4 Keith, and tan Misses Elphiniitorie, Oa C o nd.' , of Kinnoul, Lady Hay, Mn. M a nners Sutton, and daiTtiteri rwelre,: off T f scan- Lord 1. hewn:Wk. LonrA. Gordon, Colo net Stopford, Color, t Ariusereng, Larly Befidore, M. !lynx, the lion , Mrs Multi.: M": italhinvas Mn. and Mum Ginn, and Mis.'lown : e. The merry dance commenced to the tune 0. Lea Mardsiteld's Reel: Lord F. BcAeot sac-led cr Lady M. Hay ; Lord A:(;eenepe, the Hon. Mrs Paluxxsase and the bi woos, M . Wet.cisLar. 4t c 0 \4t ' ' .7,.. : : ".' , A . 4 4.,... N . 1,70 -4 I ...._ i ig.. Yo nir t .~i•~ It