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MAILS. A:taw E -r I Lublin. t Waterford. Dut—l Gottenburgh, Lishod, z Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DA,Y AT TWEA.V E {:ICLOCK. Consols . 63 I Otiiiiium - - i i pr. THE SUN. 30E,XM QUtS D:Ctaf. TALC`IV. L 0 N D 0 N, THL'EDAY, JI.Y 2!, 1807.- Ws received this morning French Papers to the 13,h, and Dutch to the 17th}. , • We have given, in a subsequent Column, the most interesting articles of intellence which they contain. Tuts morning the CHANCELLOR of Excin ia.LTEß sold the last of the four Lotteries for the year tBO6. The Bidders were TOWGOOD and Co. Sir JAMES BBANS-COMB and Co. and NESBITT and Co. when Nr.•sslTT and Co. were declared the Bnyers. The profit to Government upon the four Lotteries, amounts to near 800,0001. namely, about 600,000 l; by the sale of the Tickets, .and about 200,0001. by the Incidents, such as Postage of Letters; Stamps, Duties on Advertise Meats, Duty on Paper, &c. &c. \\THF,N we.announced yesterday the failure of the French in their attemprto take Dantzic by storm, we at the same time expressed an opinion that we ke should soon hear of their having raised the siege.. - Intelligence to that effea has not yet been received, but letters have reached town froth Rotterdam, which contain accounts from Dantzic of as late a date as - the sth instant. They do . not mention the raising of the siege, but they state that there was an evident relaxation in the,operations of the French ; and ,we entertain a confident, hope that they will soon abandon the attempfaltogether. A belief appears to be very general in Holland, that Austria is about to declare war against France, and a report has even been circulated that Austria bad - published a Declaration to that •effeet. • Al though we have very little doubt of the disposition cf Austria, we are very much inclined td doubt that she has yet made any decisive declaration against France. It is to be recolle&ed, that 'if Austria should declare War against France, and be • unsuc cessful, she would be crazed from the list of Nations : if she contends again with France, it will not be for Wrritory, for honour, or for interest; but for existence. It Z.s thererore necessary that she should a& with caution. If the War should take such a turn as would, permit Austria to come forward. with safety, we have no doubt that she'will willingly do it. NOTW/TEISTANDINM the declaration made by Mr. SHERID4N on the Hustings, that Sir FRANcts,BUR 7. DETT was informed of the progress of the Westmin ster Flexion on Friday last, We are confidently as sured that. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT is still totally ig- DOP.Qt of the waver, his . ftlends having concealed it. from biro, as well on account of the state of his health, as fronvan apprehension that he wonld're quire thereto desist from the canvass.. As a proof that Mr. SHERIDAN has been decei s et' in this point, we refer to the silence of Sir FJIANcis and of his friends on the Hustings. Surely "if the Baronet were ap- ' prized of the success which. has attended the pretensions advanced in his favour,. he would deem it his duty to make some acknowledgment in the Public Prints to the Elgtors who sup, port him, or authorize his Friends to do so on the Hustings. Such a measure would be proper in point of policy, in order to stimulate the Voters in.his fa vour, as well as in gratitude, for the support- he has already received. We have, therefore, great reason to believe that Sir FRANCIS IS, on this .occasion, as he has been on all others, the mere 'stalk ,r,g-horse of a Party who have amply profited by his property, and nearly brought him into the grave, by the great- ascendancy which' they have unfortu nately obtained over all his .principles and feelings. The ,Eieelori; are consequently kept in a state of de lusion, and votes Are given in favour of a man who despises the House of Commons, and who considers the Country as wholly unworthy of all proteEtion or concium. WF, stated some time ago our opinion that Lord HOWICK AROllld not venture upon a contest for Northumberland. That opinion appears to have been perfethly well founded, for his Lordship has declined, and Lord - lacY and Col. BEAUMONT are r,•inrned for that County. The Earl of PEMBROKE and Lord G. L. GOWER arrive:l on Sunday at Yarinouth and on Monday their Lordships embarked on board His Majesty's Ships iMrea and Sidebay, for the Continent. plan has been laid before the Bombay Govern ment of a new route for dispatches from India over in case of a rupture with Turkey and Persia. Admiral DUCKWORTH, after taking measures to Cut off the supplies of provisions from Egypt to Tur key, direded his course Northward, to prevent the Toulon ankl Barcelona fleets from coming out. • The El&..iion for Poole comes on next Monday, and it is expected to be strongly contested beo.veen Sir'B. BICKERTON, Bart. and Mr. JOSEPH GAR LAND. GIIC 4. .14.4-1.1 a J..+ • FRANC:IMR? LIMN TE E Manz, MAY B.—Yester day arrived here about 1,500 French. troops frop Mayence, And proceeded this day on their march to the Grand Army. • The greatest part of the divisions of Bon DI: T and MOLITOR have already passed through Auashurgh and its environs, for the same point or destination. . MAY I2.4—The Persian Ambassador an, rived the 26th April in the Castle • of IThckenstein. .The following day he had an audience of the Ernpe 'ror, who on the 28th shewed him twenty battalicinS of infantry of his Guards, and ordered them to make several manthuvres, which the Ambaisador .con templated with the utmost astonishmenL On 'the 29th he had another audience of his'Ma iesty, who conversed a considerable, time with him on Persian literature and antiquities. Re is a Gen tleman of much information, and assured. the iiinpe ror that there exists in Persia Memoirs of th War between, the Parthians and Romans', andalso a .His tory of Alekander, which does not agree with _ours. The Interpretors having told the Emperorthm the aboye History is foUnd in. the Library, he ordered it. 'to be translated. . - The Moniteur, :which contains the preceding,.ar tide, giveS afterwards a journal of the: Side of Dantzic, from . the 2.2 d to the 30th April. It there: by appears, as, is generally the case, that tivi works have been contiaued by the Besiegers with , rnore 'or' less success. The cannonade is kept up on both' sides with uncommon vigour, and several sorties have been made. Otkthe 25th, iu the afternoon, Marshal LE FEBVRE ordered the firing to cease, and sent his Aid-de-Camp to summon the place ; but General KALKREUTU replied, that he should :not listen to any proposals of that kind until a pr46ticable breach had been made. In - the following night the botubarlinent was kept up with great spirit, and several buildings in -the town were set on afire,. when it slackened; for some time : the garrison attempted a s.:,rtie, but 'were_ repulsed with consider4ble.los's. In the night of the 28th the besiege?' made ano ther sally, which was concluded with much skill and executed with great courage, but our Corps of Reserve at length succeeded hi repulsing the enemy. The five per cent. consolidated annuities are, in clusively of the dividend of the 22A Ntarch;‘ 4.7'4 francs 25 centitnes. BRUSSELS i MAY l 3.—The. day before yesterday her Imperial Highness the GrancrllucheSs of BERG passed through this city. Her Majesty the Empress is hoiarly expected here. - • VIENNA, APRIL 29.—1 t is confirmed that the English Admiral, Do CKWOIiTH, has landed in Eg - ypr, with a considerable body of troops He, • has made :himselfpaster of Alexandria, and • has. taken mea sures to cut off the supplies of provisions froin Egypt to'Turkey ; after which he again set sail, and di reited his course. Northward, to•prevent the Tou lon-and Barcelona Fleets from coming out.. PARIS, MAY 12.—The Swoid and Insigtia of FREDERIC& the Great, together with the Colours taken diving the last Campaign, will 'be deposited with great solemnity . , on Sunday the 17th inst. in the Church of the Invalides. AMSTERDAM, MAY 17.—A letter from R : ga. of the 23d of April, N. S. gives the following I,articu lars On the .15th inst. the ice broke in our river; The floating ice occasioned by it, Was More dao•-er .ous than it has ever been known since January, 1744; nor was the City out of danger till yester,zay: ; The water has inundated,several places. Seine , tlykes have been broken down, and all the bridges destroy;' ed; a breach has even been made in the wall near the citadel. A . number of houses have been cameil away' or destroyed, so that. the - damage done is very great. Out of five English Ships, which arrived he fore the breaking up of the ice, three were dashed to_ pieces by it, and cast on shore." Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY ar rived at the QUEEN'S Palace, froai Windsor. His . MAJESTY travelled the back road by llichinimd, in Cansequencepf the Middlesex ElyMion, and was es corted by a party of the Light For-e. At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee, which was 'attended by The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord president of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the: First Lord bt the Treasury, the Secretaries of State tin the kiotric and Colonial Depart ments, the First "...ord of the Amiralty, the Lord Chatutter. lain, the Duke of Montrose, Earl of AylesfQrd, Lord Gard ner, Captain Gardner, Nlessrs. r ierrepui tit Buller, and . Fawkncr. • • ,The following had the honour or being presented to Ms MAJESTY, upon.their several aplioititments : Lord Gardner, upon his being created a British req, and being appointed to the Command of the Chan Net Elem. Captam - Gardner, his Lordship's son, upon his being 4p pointed to a Command in the Channel Fleet under his rather. Both of them were presented by Lord Mulgrave. Mr. Pierrepoint, upon his being appointed to a .Mission ax Sweden. Mr. !antes Buller, upon his being appoin:ed a Lord of the Admiralty. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at 'which Mr. PitataErotwr was introduced, sworn uMember, and took his seat at the Honourable Board accordingly. His MAJESTY gave audiences to ,the• Duke of PORTLAND, Earl_ CAMDEN, Lords HAWKESBURY, MDLGRAVE, and CASTLEREAGn. Soon 'after five o'clock His NlAJzsry set off on his retutn to Wind- SOC. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALF: retort`cd ye3terda- afternoon to Carleton-Hnuse, fr o m hi, do, inestie visit to their Ai.iik;sTtEi and Plitcyst3 . os at Windsor. M I MBERS ELtCrEn. DORSETSH2RE-•—WID. M. Pitt, Esq. 3 E.' Port - man, Esq. HIGH NV Y comßE— . -Thomas Baring, Esq. 3 - 'Sir John Dasbwood King; Bart. Cum BER d Viscount M'orpeth; jolin then, Esq. FLINTSHIRE—Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. COUNTIES QF KINROSS AND CLACKMANNAN---WII7 Liam Adam. COUNTY OF Min LOTHIAN—Hon. Robert Dund:ls. PRESTON—At the final close of the Poll the num bers were— Lord Stanley - - - - 1619 - S. Horrocks, Esq. - - 1616 , ' J. Hanson, Esq. - - 1002 Sit REWSBURY—State of the Poll. . Hon. W. 1-1111, - - - 521 T. Jones, Esq. - - - 334 Hon. G. H. Bennett - - 312 StissEx—State of the 4'oll. Wyndham, Esq. - 3346 ---- Fuller, Els. - - 1890 Sergison, Esq. - - 1815 LINCOLN COUNTY.—State of the Poll.. • chaplain, Esq. - - 1602 _ • Pelham, Esq. - - 1t 68 Ellison, Esq. - 955 • Soz;lEßswrglizitu.—State of tire Poll. --- Dickenson, Esq. - • 3359 • Lethbridge, Esq. - 2702 Langton, Esq. - 2038 WESTMINSTER' ELECTION.—State of this day's Poll .at one o'clock- 7 - - Sir F. Burdett - - - - 168 Lord Cochrane - - 124 • Mr•. Sheridan - - 19 IFESTMLNSTER ELECTION. TWELFTH DAY The numbers at the clese of the Poll yes( erda ., Were— . . For Sir F. VURDETT - - . - -• 3817, Lord COCHRANE 2 949 Mr, F.l.Lior Mr. SHERIDAN M!. SIiERIDAN observe 4, that he. was not now supported by that Ajax-like mm, Mr, Macarthyo.vho had been so ki,id as to lend him his assistance on former days : but he was supported by his own son, who, in coming forward to aid him, was not influenced merely by filial affetaiim, but by a -conviction that he was supporting a man who had followed that course which he himself was, he knew, determinod • to pursue—namely,' a devotion to the people and their rights: After remarking upon the notice taken yesterchiy by his Noble Opponent of his-otnission to express-pleasure on the state -of the poll, the Right Hon. Gentlemah stated, that he should be happy in any State, of the poll which gave a triumph to the - people's choice; and at the same time he could not help expres4ing.his.surprise, that Mr. Elliot ,had r.lffer . .bis hopes .had failed, entirely withdrawn his name -from ,the poll. He declared, that were he . resolvedio withdraw from the contest, he would at : once take away his name altogether, for he would never ,orient to pursue a course by which mischief must be done to other Candidates, without any pos• sible , good to hiMself. But the Hon. Candidate a&ed in some degree . With consistency ; for after having so long continued to address the people with- • , out being able to obtain a hearing, he now continued to solicit their voices without any hope that they could be useful to him, The Right Hon. Gentle man, adVertingto the number of handsome well •dresSed women who daily attended the. Hustings, repeated theobserv.ition which,he took occasion to Make on the former Election, and the cause of which -gratified him most cordially—namely, that two-thirds of all the beautiful women in Westmin ster were in his. favour. His Noble Opponent had, no doubt, some favourites among the Ladie; for there was no gallant Tar who had not reason : to hope for the ;41itiles..of an English' woman. He presumed, therefore, that the Noble Lord had some who were partial to him : but this he knew, that another Candidate, lir• Fr-dicis liuniett, was a most . particular tavouriteamong the Ladies. For himself he would say, that not haling either black, brown, 'or red locks, he must be contented with any share .of female favour his fate might allot him. There• wits a topic mentioned yesterday, to Which the Right Hon. Gentleman thought it his daty again to ad vert ; he .meant ,that with regard, tp the publicans, and the prepriely of ;escuing thtm from the extra- 1 ordinary power to.which they were at present sub- 1 jest. He had.been .told- by many of his friends, that he onght to' have touched upon this topic be fore ; and wenttoned that he had a Bill in prepara tionto remove the grievance complained of, as it woliki have done' him c,a service with the Electors. His answerto the friends who had. made such remarks was this, that he did not tihnk it ne cessary to bring - forward to the Electors what he meant to do—to make professions as to what he had.in Contemplation—conceiving that the public would recolleU, and that he might stand upon what he liad 'already done. He, would ask, whether it Was rig - ht; just, or fit to be borne, that :he profes sion of a publican, which was so useful to the pub= lie, and so prod - alive to the revenue, should %be more the subjebtolrestriaive regulations than that of the mercer, the shoemaker, or any other trade Why should the, one any more than the other hold his prOlessioh and his subsistence at the discretion "of the Magistrate-4 ? If the principle were right, •he saw nn reason why it should not be extended to all . trades. But, in fad, the punciple was inexcusable : it could not be reconciled with any notion of free dom 'or-justice, that -a man who embarked his pro perty :in,the profession of a publican, should be liable;at' the mere will of the Magistrates, to have his licence withdrawn from him, without any rea son assigned, and himself and hisfainilylett to starve. He begged it to be understood, that he did not speak From surmise or from an apprehension of the evils which might arise from such a system, but from poiiti%e tact S—from what had aiqually occurred. Tne t.nost possible abilise of the power . vested in the Magistrates had already taken place. Among weer cases Of abuse of which he was in possession, was with regard to a widow in 'Lower King stating":—This pear widow, had received ;the most exemplary chat - atter for integrity and indestry. -She had paid her husband's debts, to which she, was not at all legally bound to attend ; and yet her licench was taken away from her by the Magistrates, with out even the imputation of 'improper' conduds For whet reason then', Gentlemen, said Mr. Sheridan, do you think_this 'Poor widow. was deprived of her dieence ? Why; because it was determined that her houSe , should:be taken - down, with a view to certain irriproeenients in neighbourhoOd of Westminster Abbey —se that after the Legislature, which order ed these improvements, had decreed that full com pensation ShoUld be granted tct every individual for. anY toss sustained in consequence of such improve- MentS—thoie 'Magistrates deprived the_poor widow of her licence, in order to diminish .'ier claim_ for compensation. Although these things did -not sound so lofty and great as abusesin the Nevy, yet he sub mitred that they were quite as worthy the attention Of a free, a 'great, and a wise- pee*, and even more, chesiderihg the manner in which the Noble Lord brought those abUses forward. All he would say at present; its to the case ofehe publicans, was this, that he pledged himself, whether the Representa tive for Westminster or not,. ,to bring the subjesa before Parliameet, and not to remit his endeavours until complete redress should be obtained. , With regard to the friends, or pretended friends, who Were so forward to express their, regret, thet s he_had • at all Stood forward for Westminster, as lie had, not , announced his intention earlier, he would say that ';he should never regret - having ,food forsvard-s--for although he might be beaten, he could liever C:Oast. - to recollect` what he bad 'clone. 4 The .sentiments which- he bad uttered in the cause of freedom were listened to with an attention highly gratifying- to his , ;feelings, and not less .hotiourable to thefeelings of those who heard hiM. He should • never regret that be had the opportunity of vindieating the the rataer of the late Administration from the charge of having pilfered from the public purse for the phi . - • . pose of supporting the late eleaion ; he should never regret having been enablea,.with the aid of the libe ral audience he addressed, to defeat and, put down that abominable and iniquitous cry of " No Popery," which had produced. such mischievous consequences • throughout :the_cohntry—that cry which hadamong other eVils'produCed the exclusion of Lord W. Rus sell frotii Surrey ; of. Ir. Fawkes from Yorkshire ; of that gallant (dicer and noble-minded man, Col. Graham, from , Perthshire ; andolthat highly merits-, rions- and excellent man, Mr. MISCOe, from Live!'- pool. If no other good effect resulted froth his ex ertion than that of the utter extinetion-of this war- whoop against common sense and humanity, to such a degree, indeed, that no man durst raise his voice in its favour, it was enough to recompense him for all the toils of the eledion, to make him feel•happf that he had engaged in the contest. But there were , other Causes - which would render the recolleCtion of this contest a source of pride and' pleasure to him. He had - been -able by fair and liberal 'expostulation to dissuade the Noble -Lord from persevering in -the abuse of a venerable Officer, and also to pro duce a discontinuance of that detail of naval abuses in.which the Noble Lord.had really too long indulg-, ed, and which detail at that hustings could lead Eg no possible good, while it might be produCtive of incalculable mischief in the Navy. Bet the highest pride which any occasion could furnish to hiS minds arose out of the opportunity which this EleCtioa aifbrded him of vindicating the character' of his illuStrious friend Mr. Fox. These considerations were quite enough, whatever the result might be, to render it impossible for bins to regret that he- had commenced this contest. He had before said he, would not abandon it white there was any prosee6t whatever of success, and he now pledged himself to persevere to the last moment. The Right Hoh• Gentleman took notice of hand-bills circulated to day- which reflected in the most scui-rilotis term% upon his own private characiter and that of many of friends; but he could not suppose it pussible that his Noble Adversary, or any Gentleman, could have " anything to do with such a ,produetien. For, b • part he would say, that he would disown the want and 'arrest the arm which should attempt to issue the slightest personal reflection upon the Noble Lord or any of his personal friends. The Right Hon. Gentleman assured the Meeting, that whatner might be the event of this Ele6tion, nothing could r gratify bin more than the 'opportunity of , serving ' the EleCtors of 'Westminster, either colleOively uc individually. For '27 years that he had been in public life, he had never had the means of making' an old servant a tide-waiter, excepting,for about nine' year, during which he had used his best endeavour; to evince his gratitudt towards those who had Claims upon him . I - lad his means been more a mple, he could assure his frieods, that hls dispoSi - - tion towards them si, 'eild have been fay 'proved. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded with stating , that one of the first objeEts of his ambition, was to , be one of the Representatives for Westminster, that to be the succesearof Mr. Fex'wOuld be the proudest objet of his politiCil life. . • Lord COCHRANE declared, that the independence which had been shewn by the Electors of West" minster, retlette - d :great honour upon them. He trusted, that they were then convinced that no on due influence had been exerted CAI his behalf. He could not say the same of the other Candidates, bed cause he had never known nor seer) any of theT till he met them upon the Htistinas, except that hP had seen one of themdu the House of Commoog i the only two nights be had been able to atter 4 there. He had been • confident of the Dade' pendence of the Electors of Westminster, and it Wa g upon that ground that he had presented himself to them. He had never solicited the support of G°'' vernmetu ; on the -contrary, .he had waned on on ° of his Majesty Ministers to deprecate- such terfereece, and to declare that it was unconstitution al and improper. It had been said of him, that he ea` tinned his charges against the late Admin stratio°l and he had been asked why he had not preterr e t charges against the present Ministers ? The pres e "„ Atlministration had not been longlin (dice, and tl ought to jedge of them, not by recurring to the pas.; hut by looking to what they would do. If Me la;; $ Dissolution had (lutes no other good than to fro.: t i , itadependeut Els:dors of Westminster from the Crt! iie didates that had been imposed -upon theta , `,: r a whole country would rejoice at it. They had hopes much of annual WU' triennial Parliaments, bot.a opinion was, thatsthe oftener Ida Majesty exercl)4.