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1'6!:10 ENT I, lEN, CLERGY.an3. I : RtETIOLDIRS • rt the COUNTY of SUSSEX. . . . THE C ~ F very small Majority which appeared in Invonr or Mr. l U E. L . F. it, on the final close of the Poll yesterday, and the certainty that considerable numbers of bad Votes had polled for him, induced me to apply to the High Sheriff for a Scrutiny, who, having postponed his answer until this morning, has thought proper to refuse it. u tir. littlest confidence, however, of having a great Ma— jor: tv of legal Votes over Mr: Fuller, and on the advice of my Friends, it is my intention to Petition Ow House of Commons for Redress. It - 111 vosstole tor any language to express to you the very hir,h sense of gratitude' I feel for the free and independent Exertions Nv it h have been manifested in may behalf during the whole of the late Contest. I can only assure you, that if I am ()laced by that Tribunal, to which I mean to appeal, in the distinguished situation of one of your Representatives, it shall be my constant study to prove myself not undeserv ing it, by a diligent Lty.l laitllful discharge of my Duty in Par- Lament. - • •• ' • I have the Honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your most obliged Arid faithful humble Servant, WARDEN SER6ISON, Cuafield Place, May 29, 1807. • • • - Tke Numbers at the final Close of the Poll were: Mr. Wyndham •- 4333 111 r. Ftiller - - - 2 53 0 Col. Sergison - 2473 SUSSEX. COLONEL SERGJSON's ELECTION. MANY respe&able 'FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of SUSSEX feeling Col. SERGISON's ELECTION as'involving the Independence of the County, and impressed with a cOnvidiOn that he has a Majority of _legal Votes over Mr. Fuller, are desirous'of Opening a S U 13.. SCRIPTIUN for elefraying the Expences of preparing and/ supporting a Petition to Parliament, for redress against the return of Mr. Fuller made by the Sheriff. Subscriptions - will be received at the following Banking- Houses London—Sir lames Esdaile and Co. and Messrs. Drum monds. Chichester—Messrs. Diggins and Co. and Messrs. Grif fiths, Drew, and Co. Arundel—Messrs. Bushby and Co. and Messrs. Oliver, and Co. Petworth —Messrs. Upton and Co. Horsham—Messrs. G unsted and Lanham. Brighton—Messrs Rice and Co. Messrs. Wygney and Co. and Messrs Brown, Hall, and Co. Lewes— Messrs. Whitfield andCo.andi‘lessrs. Wood and Co. East Grinstead—Messrs. gun and Co. ' Ilatings =Messrs. Tilden , Sampson, and Co. Rye—Messrs. Citifies and Co. Petersfield—Messrs. Hettor and Co. To the CENTL EM E CLE RC IT, and FRE El4O LDERS of the COUNTY of 15URFIAM. GZNTLEMFN, ' NATITH the most lively Feelings of Gratitude V alluVa aid to express toy Thanks for the independent manner in which you have been pleased to elea me one of your Representaliv , fs in Parliament. I beg to assure you that I shall ever feel - indebted fur so distinguished a mark of 3 our Confidence, and that it shall he my most sedulous en deavour to promote the Welfare of the United Kingdom, -and the Commercial and Lauded Interests of this County in ticnlar. • - -1 remain, Gentlemen, - With the greatest esteem and regard, • Your - obliged and faithful Servant, Durham, May •15, iSo7. H. V. TEMPEST. MAILS. ARRIVED—I Tonningen, t Dublin. DUE—I Gottenburgh, t Lisbon, i Dublin. z Waterford. PRICE OF '6 - FUCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCY,',. 63 Red. Anr,. 62f, Ouinium Cons'•?s - - THE SUN. SOLEM QUI3 DICERI lALSUM AUDIAT? L 0 1V D 0 N, SATURDAY, MAY 30, ISO 7. Ttits morning a Mail ,arrived from Tonningen.— The accounts which it brings respeaing the state of bantzic are rather contradiaory ; but we are happy to be able to state, upon unquestionable authority, , that intelligence has been received from that City of as late a date as the 16th inst. at which time no appre hension was entertained that the Enemy would be able to make any serious impression upon it. We understand that a considerable Russian force teas succeeded in gaining possession of the Frische, very narrow Island at the Mouth of the Vistula, Which will effeBnally prevent the Enemy from cutting off supplies coining to Dantzic from the sea. "We feel great pleasure in being able to• add, that a very considerable naval force has arrived in the Gulf of Dantzic, which was dispatched by the present board of Admiralty, and which we have no doubt Will afford considerable assistance to the besieged. A report is in circulation, that a battle was fought on the igth, but it does not appear entitled to much credit. The details brought by this Mail are as follow : VIENNA, MAY I.3.—We are here positively as sured that France and Russia have accepted the me .diatio❑ of our Court, under ,the consideration, how ever, that there shall be no Armistice during the course oldie Negotiations. The Court Gazette of this day contains the' fol lowing intelligence from Turkey : Admiral SINIAVIN is still cruizing before the en trance of the Dardanelles with his Fleet, which con sists of 8 Ships of the Line, 2 fifty Gun Ships, and several Brigs; the troops they disembarked took tenectos by assault, on the 21st of March. This conquezt is of the greatest importance, not only on account of the position of the Island, but because it _facilitates the provisioning of the Russian Squadron. The Turkish garrison was sent into Natolia, on the Bth of April. The Captain Paella sailed from the eanal. into the Sea of .I‘larrnora, with deckers', 5 two deckers, 9 Frigates and Corvettes, a irig," and a Fire Ship, probably to give battle to the RuSsians. • 06, the 3d of April the bead of the Marine (Def terdar) was' expoied as a public spedaele .on the inner gate of the Seoglie. His sentence assigned as the cause of his execution his having negle&ed the" preparations for the defence of the 'pard?,.nelles, i n Ccnsequence of which .ACtrltlal DUCKWORTH found it so easy to fcrce the passage of .frie 4 1 trait. On the same day the Defterdar of the 4rtpy c..rand Visier was deposed, and• TscliAstuum k , 'F7 FENDI appointed to his plaf.e. BERLIN, MAY 19. (From, the Telegraph.)—Ac cording to official accounts, of the 15th of May, the French Imperial Head-quarters still continued at Finekenstein. The passage of FrencS troops on their march to the Army stillcontinues without interruption. Some times three or four Couriers arrive here from the Grand Army in a day. BRESLAW, MAX 16.—Our Gazette has to r -day published a Supplement Extraordinary, containing the following intelligence : " The enemy having been driven from Canth on the 14th, by the column commanded by ,General DumoNeY, after suffering considerable loss, effeel ed his retreat by the side of the mountains. Gene-, ral LEFEBVRE pursued him, and came up with him near Kivolsdorf. Not to mention the number of the killed, he took 700 prisoners, among whom were 30 Officers, and three pieces of cannon. We do not yet know all the results of this brilliant day, on which our brave allies performed prodigies of valour." WARSAW, MAY 13.-r--011r Gazettes contain the following intelligence, dated Halensburgh, near Dantzic, from the Ist to the - sth May. Private Letters, which we do not say are official, but which have some pretensions to public con& dence, as they are written by Officers of credit, from the camp' at Dantzic, all agree in asserting, not only that the surrender of that unfortunate city is no longer doubtful, but that it is very near. The last parallel, which is now completing, is at most Go paces distant from the place. Besides the WO pieces of heavy artillery already employed, 40 others, of the largest calibre, have arrived. The bombardment, which from compassion to the un happy inhabitants, was' somewhat intermitted, has begun again with greater vigour, and will not ,cease till a praEticable breach shall be made. An assault will then be undertaken, which, notwith standing the obstinate defence of Gen. KALKREUTH, and the united exertions of the Prussians and Rus sians, will in a few hours put our warriors in pos session of the city. I)antzic, it is said, is half destroyed ; few houses remain undamaged, and our bombs and musketry reach the interior of the town, and kill many of the soldiers and inhabitants, though the latter, from t want of dwellings, lodge in cellars and the vaults of he churches. The Prussians had brought upon the Walls great beams, with chains fastened to them, 'proba bly to destroy our soldiers when they should mount to the assault. , Our artillery, however, broke all those chains, and the beams probably fell back upon those who had invented this insecure mode of defence. We have learned from deserters, that in the night of the Ist of May, our bombs killed a General of Artillery, a Major, and an Adjutant. We understand that the besiegers have taken the mouth of the Vistula, one of the most important positions near Dantzic. The Russians who defended it, lost above 400 men killed, and 000 Ihm taken prisoners. BAYREUTH, MAY 14.—Dispatches brought to Dresden, by a Courier, on the Gth, occasioned a great Ministerial Conference, to which the King re paired, from Pilnitz. BANKS OF THE MAINE, MAY 16.—According to tha latest account from Vienna, say the Public Jour nals, proposals for Peace between the Belligerent Powers have already reached Vienna and Buda ; im mediately after their arrival a Courier was sent off to London with these proposals, to invite the Eng lish Government to accede to them. Many persons, however, doubt whether these Negotiations will have a successful issue. On the I oth of May died at Winnenthal, in her 79th year, SOPHIA ALBERTINA, of Wurtemburgh, widow of the late Duke of Wurtemburgh, the Uncle of his Majesty. The same day died at Wielburgh, Prince CHAIILES of Nassau, brother of the Sovereign Prince of NASSAU, in the 32d year Of his age. Private Letters from Hamburg!), under date of the 22d, state, that a report had reached that City, of a very dreadful battle having taken place between the Russians and French, in the neighbourhood of Dantzic, in which the latter lost 30,000 men, and the former remained masters of the field. The siege Of Dantzic was consequently raised. These letters add, that it is confidently asserted that the King of SWEDEN has not only refused to ratify the armistice, but has aaually re-commenced hostilities. The Hamtztrgh Correspanc4enieq of the 23d May contains no news of importance. It is stated in a Letter from Brussels, of the ibth of May, that several corps of French troops are marching through • the town, 'on their way to Wesel, where they are to halt until farther Orders. General MOLITOR is ar- rived at Masidebiargh with his division, on his march from hal' , to the Grand Army in Poland: ~,.~.~ CA7ETTrS. COPENHAGEN, M Y 1.8..-.7A report was yesterday in circulation, that pantzic, on the 9th - inst. had been ,taken by. assault, but *anted little credit, as it r eould not be traced to any respe6table source. Be- Sides, several Danish Ships are lying in the Fahrwas ser, near Dantzic, bound for that place, which would probably have returned with their cargoes, if the above important event had already taken place. On the contrary, it seems certain that Dantzic still holds out. This morning arrived a Ship from Stettin, which left that place on the tOth instant ; the mas ter states, that, on his departure from Stettin, no in telligence had been received there of the surrender of Dantzic. The Garrison of Colberg is said to have made a successful sortie. The Dutchess of \VLTRTEMBURGH OELs arrived on the 17th inst. at Wyburgh, from Korfar. It appears by letters from St. Thomas's, that in the month of March so great a drought prevailed in that island, that it became necessary to im port water from St. Croix, to relieve the wants of the inhabitants with regard to that indispensible article. 1t appears by letters from Philadelphia of the 3d of March, that the prohibition to trade to certain ports of St. Domingo, issued last year by the Ame rican Congress, has been extended by an Act of the .2 5t h of February of this year to all the ports of that island which are pot occupied by the French. A letter from Philadelphia f the gth of March states, that from and after the 30th of December of the present yeir, it shall not be lawful to import Slaves into any port of the United States, and tha t the Slave Trade in general shall then be entirely abolished in that country. General BERESFORD arrived in town Yesterday.— Previous to his escape, the Spaniards had violated the terms of the Capitulation with him, and were about to siege his Papers, and send him up the Country. He entered a solemn protest against this breach of faith, and in a few days after effe6ted his escape to Monte Video.. He represents the Natives as being very favourably disposed towards the Eng lish, and had no doubt of the success of the Expedi tion against Buenos Ayres. Mr. WARD has for some days past been the ob ject of abuse in the Opposition Papers, but it must afford the Friends of that Gentleman satisfaftion, to find that he is not accused of want of ability or in tegrity to execute the duties of the high office which he holds. The only charge that can be brought against him is, that when he was the Under Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, a Bulletin was published, representing the termination of the bat tle of Austerlitz as being in favour of the Allies. It is undoubtedly true, that an erroneous account of that battle did reach this country, but it came through such a respectable channel, that Government were certainly excusable for giving considerable credit to it. But if it be an unpardonable fault for an Under Secretary of State to be deceived by false accounts from the Continent, what is to be said of the - Se cretary of State who suffers himself to bt im posed upon by unfounded rumours? If Mr. WARD be culpable for having issued a Bulletin re speding the Battle of Austerlitz, which after wards turned out not to' be founded in faCt, What epithet ought to be applied to Lord HONVICK, for issuing a Bulletin respe&ing a battle that never was foUght at all ? What will those who so severely censure Mr. WARD, say to the author of the follow ing Bulletin • " January 24, 1807. " Lord HowtrAc has just received intelligence, " of the truth of which he has not the least doub-t, " that an action has been fought between the Rus " sians and the French on the 27th December " last, which continued three successive darks, and that on the last of which the French re " treated, with the loss of FORTY THOUSAND " SLAIN, and Eighty Pieces of Cannon. The " scene of a&ion was at Ostrolenka, sixty or seventy " miles from Warsaw. The Enemy made .their " retreat to within eight miles of that place, and " were also entrenching themselves at Magdeburgh." A Letter appeared in a respeetable Morning Paper of this day, signed Jack Belford, relative to the dis pute between SirFRANCIS BURDETT and Mr. PAULL. We know not whether the signature of Jack Belford, which has something of a Novel aspe6t, be fiaitious or not, but the Letter itself contains such a fair state ment of faEts, and the inferences are so just, that the friends.of Sir F. BURDETT will find it a very difficult matter to answer it. By this Letter it plainly appears that Mr. PAULL took no more freedom with Sir FRANCIS BURDETT than was perfeolly allowable between sach intimate friends, and men whose po litical notions were so entirely coincident. It ap.. pears also in the same Letter, beyond dispute, that Sir FRANCIS gave Mr. PAULL, privately, his full consent to make farther use of his name, in the manner which the former had adopted, thaugh the ir3ronet afterw rar . roro his brother tie reprobate the measure publicly, in a way that was as mysterious as it was inconsistent, and repugnant to the_ engagements. and intimacy which subsiste I between Sir FRANCIS and Mr. PAULL. Finally, it appears that Mr. Num, has been the 'victim of treachery; and whatever may be thought of his character altogether, he will stand much higher in the estimation Of all thinking men than it is possible for his adversary to do, unless a complete refutation should be given to the Letter in question. It is probable that the friends of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT will shield themselves under the pretext, that, as this Letter seems to bear a fielitious signature, it is un . , worthy of their notice; but the fa&s and the rea soning- are of so cogent a nature, that they merit particular attention themselves, from whatever quar ter they may come ; and if Sir FRANCIS BURDETT remains silent, his credit will be as low in private as it certainly is in political estimation, except among those who madly suppose that they could elevate themselves upon the ruins of their Country. Yesterday morning the King's Own Stafford Ali-, litia was reviewed by General FrrzttoY in Windsor Little Park, before Windsor Castle. Their MAJrs- TIES and Paillouses were at their windows, and pp peared highly amused with the appearance of the re giment; after which his MAJESTY, Princesses Au- GUSTA, ,SOPHIA, and AMELIA, took an airing in a phzton, attended by Miss EGERTON, Lord RIVERS, &c. &c. Yesterday the Russian Ambassador, several Fu. reign Ministers, and other persons of distiicalion, suet at the St. Aiban's Tavern, and celebrated the anniversary of General BENNIGSEN'S birth-day. An order has been issued by the G overnor o f t h e Cape of Good Hope, prohibiting British Officers and soldiers:from marrying in Dutch families. This re gulation is a grievous disappointment to the fair vrows of the Settlement, who had hoped ? in their turn, to subdde their conquerors. 1 On the' arrival of General CaAuFtran's Expedi tion at the Cape, the Governor wished to lay an ' embargo on all vessels there, in order to keep the Expedition as secret as possible; but the Admiral told him there was no occasion, as he was certain no one knew any thing of our destination but him self and one other individual. INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday a Court of Direetorz was held at the East India HoUse,' when Lieut.- General HAT MACDOWALL was appointed COM.- . rn'ander in Chief at Fort St. George, vice Gen. Sir 'J: CRADOCK..—The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till Wednesday nest. _ . DUBLIN', MAY 22.—A1l the trades-p e opl e h ere are in it - bustle for the Drawing-Room on Thursday, previous - to his MAJESTY'S birth-day, which is ex.; pealed to be very splendid. The Duke of RICH MOND is much liked ; he is extremely affable, and has gone to every party to which he has been in= vited, and has carried his condescension farther, by joining the merry throng, where his Excellency was not expeated. There was a very pleasant party at Lady ASGILL'S, a few nights since, and his Grace took out Miss STEPHENSON, daughter of the cele brated Dr. of Music, a very pretty little girl, and danced. with her. The houses of several of our old Nobility are painting ,and beautifying, which in- . duces us to think, th a t a ft er th e s h ort S ess i on, t hey will visit Dublin. Lord REDESDALE'S beautiful place at Kilmacud, on which his Lordship expended SG many thousand pounds, has been sold to Mr. DUMALLINS, who keeps a Boarding-school, at St . Stephen's-green, for 20001. and ten guineas per acre. Encampments' have been talked of. I find, ,how ever; that none will take place, except one of a small brigade of infantry, in the Phiznix Park, near the Vice-regal residence. The Ele:_tion far theo County of Dublin will be warmly contested. MAY 26.-00 Tuesday last came 011 the Elealicl;l Qf a. Burgess to represent the Borough of bown• Patrick in Parliament, before Mr. 'Luxus WEST, Seneschal. EDWAED S. RUTHVEN, Esq. was proposed by Mr. BRETT, and seconded by Mr._HAstwas; and joett, Wu.sor cROKER, Esq. was proposed by Mr. HQUWITON, and seconded by Mr. Pusos. After a shew of hands on each side, a poll was demanded; and after four days polling, on Friday evening, the total numbers were--?. POI hi M r r . . E. C u ro t k il e v r e , n, - 851 Majority for Mr. Croker, 2 $ On SatnrOay last the Election for the County of Rpsconatuon wai held in that town, when the for- Mei Members, the H on . STEPHEN MAHON and AR+ Tkftrit FRENcx, Esq. were elected without opposi tion. State of the second day's Poll at Limerick For Colonel ODELL, 117 ; Hon. W. QUINN, 117 ; Mr. MONSELL, 73 ; of those ti I polled singly fK Mr. MONSELL. Frida) •?;nnight, the day appointed to hold thq Eleaion tor a Member to servo in Parliament for the town of Mallow, DzbatAbt JEPHSON, Esq. wag unanimously re-ele6ted. Monday week came on the Elektion of two Knights of the Shire, to represent the County of Galway in the Imperial Parliament; when, after the usual formalities had been gone through, the. Right Hon. D. B. DALY was proposed by Sir THOS . : BURKE,. Bart. seconded by CHRISTOPHER D. BEL . LEW, Of 'Mount Bellew, Esq. ; and R. MARTIN, Esq. by AgidEliT FRENCH, of Rahasane, and second= ed by JOHN BURKE, of Glynsk, Esqrs. Mr. EYRE. having declined. the contest, the above Gentlemen were unanimously elea - ted. WATERpORD, MAY 23.—This day our Eleeliol for this City commenced, when HENRY ALCOCK Esq. of Wilton, in a few words, proposed CORNE LIUS BOLTON, Esq. Rev. USHER LEE, Dean of Wa terford, seconded in a neat and appropriate speech, in which he entered into the past services of Mr. BOLTON and his Father. SAMUEL KING, Esq. Al derman, proposed Sir JOHN NEWPORT, with a brief recapitulation of his merits; THOMAS WYSE, Esq. seconded. The Election for the County also took place, when J. C. BERESFORD, Esq. and Mr. POWER, were re-eleCteci without opposition, Mr. .Las having de clined thy contest.