The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-02-14 00:00:00

I y tEs BLECTION. Yesterday, at !melee o'clock, the h u stings of St. Paul's (....Isureh, Covent-;;:arlen, as well as the Market -place hefive tl.ern, were as much crowded as ever was remembered oil any former occasion for the purpose of re-eleni•.g Mr. Fox for West rioter. He arrived thnrtly after. with Mr. Byng, Member for Middlesex, on his right hand, and Mr. 11ishara, on kis left. The usual proclamation being made, and the pre rept read by Mr. Browning, the High Bailiff of W..strninster, Mr. BvNo addressed the surrounding multitude. In standing forward to propose his Rt. Hon. Friend to their choice, he a .nu ref t :tern he should not presume to have done so, if he were not firmly convinced, tha he was the fittest man in the kingdom to he their Representative. He had, for the last five and twenty yearsof his life, met with their uniform support, and had constantly proved himself worthy of their eonfilence. In the same prnpnition that they ma nifestrd their ardour in his support, in the same pinportion would be their mortification and die ' a ppnintmett, if he had net .been consistent in the a.sertinn of those principles which endeared him sn justly to his constituents and the public. By ac reptire a high official situation in His Majesty's Cauncils, he was not aeltuated by personal motives, or by any int-rested purposes. In the present ar durus and momentous crisis, hi; obje& was to serve, and, if /inlaid°, to save both them and his cnnntry. lie was not a man who ever would de ceive or desert them ; such as he ever was, he remained still the same and it was by their nip port, and that rf the people, that his Right Heeeuranle Friend, and his colleagues, might Lone to make this nation safe and happy at home, and glorious and respectable abroad. He possessed all the prudence and wisdom, as well as the spirit, energy, and talents, which could alone serve to extricue die conntry from the perilous and arduous situation in which it had been plunged by the mincondect and mismanagement of is:bets. His Right Hon. Friend was not the man who would raise groundless alarms its the country ; but would do all that human capacity was capable of, to thew that Engliahmen did not want terror or alarm to escite them to the performance of their duty. The hopes of the country were founded en the charaChes of those who now composed the councils of the nation ; and the same energy which Mr. For pos sessed himself. he woul I use his best endeavuurs to excite and diffuse through the breasts of his coun termen. The more he refire - led on the talents and principles of his Right tionnut able Friend, the more consolation had he iii contemplating him as a member of a wise and well-arranged cabinet. could not disappoint their fervent eine-danon ; for to merit their approbation, esteem, and cor.6- dence, was the study cf his life; he was certain, that ha Illustrious Fs iend could never survive their hatred or riisrpprnbation. He would not, he said, de tain them with arty mare ehw vations, but cone ode with prnpnsi .g the Right Honourable C. J. Fcz, to be their represine.tis t. in Parliament. Ibis short, but animated ch, was received with reiterated bursts of applaunn Mr. Wise • Pr, in seconding Mr. Brig, declared, that the greatest satisfantion of his life, was derived from the part he tank in giving his support to that great patriot and statesm in, whose past life was nit noire how ini able to Is.nswlf than his country, from his so crier talents, t is priority of knowledge, and his teeliitide ; whose opinions, if they hid been a r • tended te, what profusion of blond, what domestic evils, what cnntiuenial anarchy and confusion might have he-.ii prevented t that cyst• m which has levelled this country to its present melancholy situation, would liayer Seen wholly abancliined ; that ill.advised, ill-cnn.lueled, and cntrupt i'.rninistration, whose tnerisutes had swelled the national ebt, had heaped rational burthens on the people, and broke down those privileges which our tore-fathers i ad spilt their best blond to maintain, would he nn more. As to himself, it there were one thing of which he Ir%; more proud of than another, it was, being an irnasbitant ot Westminster, upon the present CCCa• sion. He did not mean to ge at large into the at. t ailments and talents of his illustrious Friend; his pa.t life and principles could better testily them titan any etalogiein he could bestow. He was lads. find the Eleftors would agree with him, that that able Statesman, and his Noble Friends. had taken ripen themselves the conduit of the public affairs of t;..s country, at a most awful and alarming crisis, at the heels of an imbecile Ministry, and exhausted 7re:sure ; and be hoped and trusted that the people would give him and them that indulgence they required, and snspertd their opinions until they shoeld•have a fain trial. He was fully confident the result would Ile either an honourable and petma win peace. or a vigorous and well-cnndunied war. He asked perrnissinn to cer nratulare the people in, a glnrous victory over a secret and cor rupt confederacy, who aimed at the destruc tion rf the chief support of the Constitution ; Who endeavoured to ovetnirn the lust rights of the stshiecr t and whose trans: poisannus breath broke threugh nll ties rf tie nearest and dearest connee tieing. They had a right to expect the present M'. nistry weffild do t eh. datv - he was satisfied they would not be disappointed; and he well knew that the ti"" oliect of his illestiousfriend's Ile, the first great wish of his heart, was to restos. the empire to that store of prosper ity. tranquillity, and happiness among the people, to that sting of rank and influ ence aiming the nations of Europe, which she I or tren in held. From his past life. from the princi ples he had ever weisiiiiy maintained, from his great A impoitent services to his country. his memory • be 'cient tted to the latest posterity ; not by I ..inements ot marble, raised by human art s or in ton:Penns to his virtnes and talents, but by a mom,- Ment more durable, engraven en the hearts of the Irnple. The show c.f bends being tie animnuely in favour 'lf Mr. Fox. he addressed the tlenters to the fol -1 owing effed " Gs,. rtes .w—One of the most salutary laws ever eatablished in this country, has provided. that every Reneesteitarive. should, On his at centiug a •irowi ws in His Majesty ' s Councils, be sent back to enable his ennstinsertre eeprets vane sense of his comial. The 'snarling of this law was, to eive an rstspnretinity in those who rtsftd `.inn to manned thitir &pinion of the proriortand T 1" • -eelitude of his conduct. It is in complis,nee hat wise and beneficial law tliat I now staild b foie as .s enadidate for your suffrages. If you ,ti"k, by accepting an office in the Sate, I aro a different man from what you knew me hetetofore; r will be your duty to rejeet me. lf, on the other - rand, you think me to he the same man, and uni :Sternly governed by those principles which you so ueque itly approved, it is net, I trust, the acceptance of office, that eau dismiss me from your support aad confidence. lam perfeetly aware of the awful rod perilous crisis to which the country is exposed ; and, I believe, that it was a due sense of that peril and that crisis, which introduced me and my Friends into the Councils of His Majesty. I could have little personal inducement to obtain his situation, at a period when there was, I apprehend, more reason to fear disappointment, than any prospeet of success. Looking at the inter nal state of the country, I can see little mire than sufferings; and it we looked at our carer , 41 ations, which will come more direetly ttodrt the de partment to which I am now a.tached, I find that there is very little consolation, and much less ti hope for. One splendid exception to this is to be found i the high reputation of the British Navy, se:ltch, in the death of the rraliant Hero or •rrafal;;ar, has sustained a loss for wtich it will be difficult to compensate. Under all thus cir cumstances, I, and those with whom I -eet, thoo- A ht it our duty to employ our "est exertions for the ;dery of the country. As to my general Inhitics, it does not become my time of lite, or the long connection %%Inch has subsist,. ! between us, for me to waste vow time in making any pro:eisions. As I am. y u know me, and he as,ured that, whether in or on. office, I shall ever prove myself the s one friend to liberty, an enemy , corruption, anti t,:er d .werter of the just weight the people should have in the °•glance of the Constitutioa " Alter tumults of arilause and acclamations, the High Bailiff declared the Right Hnn. C. J. Fox duly elecied. Mr. GRAHAM. then came fotwar ;. an.: in ad dressing the assembly, said, that !tr. was n ot a.tuated to come forward upon the ;•re..eit occa sion, from any ainliziat.., views, nor 4 : ear..d tn. any party motives, hut ..idled to offer .his ,Pnti ments, as an independent and useful member of sociery. 'No man had a higher resin: for the Navy of Cleat Britain than hims ilf ; he catt•cl not. however, but regret, that a British Admiral should be placed it, a situation where h e aid n 4 du his duty to his comitry. He conge4tated he El-c -tors of Wes"ninster, upon the present oce.einn, and expresse.l a wk!: that ha could se.: the names of Fox and S•ieridan, united as their re. presentative' in Par:arrient ; but, the partiality ever s'iewn to the 14 iv- I;entlernao, by the pe, ;sir of Stafford, must pre nt in, through gratitude to to tbem, from ever ise..ommg a candid AtC for th.rr suffragos ; however, he its a son, Mt. Thomas Sheri tan, who inherited ail the talirnu, spirit, and fire of his fath:r, whom tie begged leave to recom mend ro their notice, as a fit and proper person to represen. them m Pati,ament, in the event of a fu elvaion A. soon as Mr. Fox wes ele.aed, he got into Cie chair, prepared for him, witch was crimson damask, richly gilt, covered •vith laurels. He was chaire round Covent-garden. amidst the laud acclamation. of the poeul Whet; he quitted the chair, he - went into riudson's Hotel, C iven,-g4rden; twitnstant he got nut of the chair, the populace tore the laurels off, and carried i. in triarnpn. usatl practice of puning down the Hustings, commeti-ed the id sum Mr. Fox filtered use etLe.. began in demolish theni from the foundation ; Irma the rent came down with a great crash, and buried near 20 under its ruins ; there ware, out of tr•itt six very much hurt ; arid two of thew, we %mace ' stand, Jangerousiy. CROWN AND A NCIfOR LIVERY. CELF BRATION OF Mft. FOX'S IV. ELECT! PN, Yesterday, at five o'clock. pursuant to adverti,r meat, the Eieaors f Westminster, to the number of between three and four hundred persn .1, AS sembled to dinner, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in :he Strand. %ix o'clock Mr. Fox entered the room, ac companied by Mr. hyng. Mr. Sheridan, Mr Wsshart. Mr. Aldrrrnan C9ombe, Sir William Mal n-r, Lord Robert Spenc and a number of dis tinguished persons, And todk the Chair. The lira toast givm wit, " Th. Kwg."—', Which was drank with rut =U. Is:nsm The next, " The Prince aiNeles times three ) . The next, giien from the Chair, was amdent EleetAs of Westrninver.”—t 'Kith ens, time, three ) Mr. SHEN IDA N then addressed the meeting very shortly. Fie observed, that if he were to add a sin gle %void in preface to the toast which he meant to give, be should br, bnt f r so much longer, in terrupting the pleasure with which they were all ready to receive it— 1, The h-alth of the Alight Hon. C. J. Fox. thew It epee eentahe WAicit was thank with thee, tone , . three, and (.allowed ►y loud and long continued acclamatema.) Mr. Fuz then very briefly observed, that he must be highly thankful for the proof they nosv aforded him of their constant partiality, and grAtetul for the services they bad done him ; in return for which he should now content hinssell with drinking the hralths of the company. ss Earl St. Voicsrnt, and success to his cusomand."—.;Threte time. three.) " The Doke of Berlfnel, and sweets to his Gsvcroment of eland.'—{Three toter three.) Mr. Fos then that in consequence of some alarming reports of very serious accidents having occurred in the removal of the Hustings, this day, from Covent-garden, he WAS happy to announce to them. the receipt of a letter, direetcd to the Ch sir man of the Meeting, from Mr. Browning, the High Bailiff of Westminster, in the following terms: TM ITigh Lad of Westminster presests his erampErnmsts to the Cbatrtnan and Frirmii of Mr. FOX, WWII asscnibleil at the Crown an.l Ancnor, scd, in or.ter to ['trireme any Imp isier satereseinn being made en the pubic naiad, as to the unf man Irba rree•rei a.n ist; art to-day, at the t.me of the he•tiags being ez:r•... he t, ream lib* liberty of assur , og the Geatlteaa et the Meows, teat the Iraq" to i13j11114111 ••••••• • Anne, ale N I.l”!••t•lia.taiils. a&a pyiet of St. !rg , rwt's, W-o,n now, wn. , os ..lortout!cly (.1 hamtlf, Rural. • ! u, by which rgr.n. ).• remetred an ;N• ~ b% the rah at tha roof of tl:e I:viting4 Neveithri,w, Ow If it hum hay.fit 'PI , I tbz c , lll•taY4., and the ...emu wh. hitch& him', ha..i t.* roF he i 4 u, no .Roper. P.aszi, Ceftz-hou•r, Th ly cie;ock. This communicattinn ap i )e4red to Affotd the high tit SiltiSrialOtt. He then rose again, aril 0 - icervei, that if he Were to propose to ti . .im 4 vote of . thanks to any of his present colleaguts, h mig't be construes; As an a: tempt to pry a compliment to that airministration. of which he 114-1 the honour bey member ; but it wits a pleasure to him to refUt, thst there at least, one exception the case • and he m.sde 11J dOlibt of their unanimous accord . when he proposed to them the toast of " fee present Loot Chancellor of Great Brain, and the Tn.d to d u fy.s• vac followed by three times three. Ile then said, as necessary avocations must pre vent 'Um from remaining longer amongst them, he couli n,t think of departing, withou , of to them the toast which they were accustomed to drink, at Al their former meetings— Tn, c • .sce ..f Liberty all lee: the World." with t . ir..- times three ) Immediately after this, Mr. Fox retired, and was followed by Mt. She•i I.in and some others, when Ir. Alderman Coombe was unanimously called upon to snpply his place in the Chair. .1110 ALDERMAN then slid, th it though be, as well AS At. Fox, belonged to a populist society (the 07hrg Chits). in whi& it s had not been cu;tornary to _hank the healths of siose persons who hail 6eon for some time in administration. yet it bad ever been !hrr wish, that his Right Hon. Friend might one day be tr , fqrtn a part of an administration. com isox I of man W!..ne opinions melt be in conformity with his own princi les. The pre.ent crisis, and the perils which no -vthrea•ened thecountry, had,a: length, enable.! their Right Hon Representative, crbashin hie i.is awn exalted talents with persons of the first r.nt, abiloy, and influence in the country, to form en Ad ntnist►ation on the broadest possible basis. Having accomplished that cod, the present Admi aisttation being so formed as LO meet the general approbation o th' eouitur, he, for one, %VAS deter. mined, both in and tint of •Parliament, to give it all the support in his power On these grounds, lie us :de on doubt of being secouJei by the cernpany, when he pi 000sed to them. " fir• health of L'ad Gren•Al•. and sneers+ to the present Ariort.su tratiqn."—( lipee tiases Mew.) Mr CLIFFORD gave— "Tito health of ktr. 11,9 , ,r:nan Ormsmite, and the inde;vano - Livel of L .ndun, who in,/ported the raiment Admii l i ttt a, rro. a .at true Whig prifbeliges.—jhree tunas thief, aad tea terat- d appla.ases.) Mr. Alderman Coo.tse returned thanks for the honour that was now done him. fle had often the happiness of having similar testimonies of approba tion conferred soon him by popular Societies; arid he assured them, that he was insatiably .:etcrinine.l to a.there to those principles, the estailishinent of whicti, he doubted nut, would be best secured, by Mr. F.,x's being appointed, a Member of the Ad ministiatian. Tnaat.—.." Sir W. Milner, and t". t o deper t a s ot El ec t or s of Yak." Sit - rrlt.tlkSt Mftlsin shortly returned his thanks for the attention which was shewn him. He ex pressed his homy and expelations, te:ing now em ployed in the councils of his Sovereign, that he would he enabled to retrieve the sisferings,which the coun try had v, long lsboured under. He then excused him elf from making any further observations, on account of his being, at the moment, considerably indisposed The Chairman then expressed a wish that any gentleman, who was 133 disposed, or qualified, woull favour the company, as a volunteer, wish a song. No ether w.itlemin having complied with this invitation for some time, Mr. Barnes sang, amidst heal interrtiptirms of ap plause, the favourite old song of—" Blow 40,, Il.so /ow " Tosq— R ••ng, tile sitting 'Wombs..., Sir F. 49, is Ru t , 4.41, .. I the Isaleisenste,it Frueboiders of Stittiseseic '— ‘ "l lite* is owls The next toast given teas— .".lr. Sheridan." Then C.llowei •' Mr. Wl.;threvl " Dignue) " Deem cm Liberty." received will urliversal and most enthusiastic ap planse. The Chairman then gave— " The Earl of Liu ler tale, an I the Friends of Fit...does in Scotland.'" Phis toast was drank with most enthu►iastic ap pl. ii..e. S .nr— Mr Divans). The Duke of Norfolk ass theta Tara. Emig --( Mr Dirium). After this, m dppropriate toasts were given. and the mect.ng was broke up with the greatest harmony and cordiality. It is but justice to add, that the dinner was Rood; and the wines. exeeilent in their several kinds. When the porntl ice were yesterday chairing Mr. Foa round Covent-GArden market, his ntontenus surporters were so noisy and turbulent, that the ea pression may fairly he Applied to them, which Mr. Burke used towards Wilkes, on a similar occasion •' N umerisq fett er 1.. 1 , w...,~... The eagerness .hewn by the people to put their shoulders to the work in hand, proved the jay they felt in witr.essing his elevation. The gallant Sir Edmund Nagle eras amongst the spe=ators, on a platform opposite the hust ings, and must, of course, have been much gran led with the enlogiums bestowed no the Heroes t. Trafalgar. Mr. - Fox was dressed in his usual reettnite of hlu and but Amongst the company who appeared c. the hustings, besides those already menriirnei, wet Mr. Aldermen Coombe, Dr. Lawrence, Sit Franc: llursktt (whose appearance strongly indicated tt.. remains of kis late illness), &c. &c. Mr. 'f itrne: was also present, but took his .ration I L e j ‘4 , srossi. 7!qr iNnla. 23NtIlly Cut. Aug 43, ria:r. Oa Wednesday L. arrive:l the IlLip Fare Kiin, I Ma,lornoier.l, Commander, from • on Mocha. in seveitreen day , ; passe, r fit ilrims. By this opp)rtuttity we learn, t! at the -reatest slum has Lately berm excited along the %Ist of Arabia, in consecptence of preparation-. naking by the Sheereef of Aba Arish, for the subjn• l arion the I eharne, The Dohs of Mocha x )efted the place to be besieged, and WAS making pre parations for its defence. In the move of last season there had been seven or eisg:it American ships, And one Portuguese, at Yovia: TO,• competition frr coffee had been bil great, as to v.tisethe /nice of that article ' yon d an/ thing hitherto known, being op to sf; dollars per hale, and as the Wahabee war had obstructed conveyance of it to the coast, very little was pro. curable even at that rate ; is consequence of which. several of the Americans had gone away w e ds only )ne third of a eat; i. indeed. Lad the Province Yemen produced twice the citic:itity of e lag. u 44 capat-de of doing, i; would a . ..t have sau,ttelthe mind this seasor. LORD NELSON. The following article is curetted from that very interesiing herNock's Memoirs el Lord Vis count Nebo:. The Editor alluded to is Nfr John Debrett. late of theca&lle, then engaged very , ex tensively in .the husieess ot a Bouktelier, an.l weose subseTient failure in trade is the subje.'t of getiesal regret : " The Editor of a new edition of The Re Peerazr, having, on the suggestion of a learreed friend, taken the liberty of writing to hit Lordship, then cruising in the Mediterranean, transmuted him the following remark on the origia of his this. When the King of the I wo Sicilies conferred the additional the or 8: ante upo t that gallant Lori, as a reward for the protedloo which his Beet afford e I to his dnminians, he, perhaps, was not aware of its appropriate moaning. It is the Grrek weed for :leader. Tile name al the individual Cyclops, in poetic fable, is describes as forgi ig the Maude. of lueiter, was 13ronte. Flis read /KR waft of cosine. at :liana, in the island of ' "To this intirrecion, his Lot dship, with his asnal affability and attention, immediately rstsrfami the folio wing polite ar,swer : " SIR, " Vidor: at Sea. OM 11, 111 04. .• Imu isr.tureri truth your kite, ue Pittston Si. foot ob Re e.sticm, With r 4.0 t to toe 01:..11 of Stoma, I take !,, be loett;•:•ii ju,t 1 cannot, tterreetes, hate'sne -cm- to v. wt mak., %lust use n: tt Pots pr.ipme. 1 wul not rat anrin. S the t;“4•10 to g-tete. as the fir.,t eintertu nit, ; awl t .. 0 h.:Uwe we tlta3kfal fbe Tour ktot whit..., I re...am t,r must Wo.ta,alt hombre servant, hit J. loettrett. •• "titt.t"tt .I^J ATIONTE." " The paper alluded to in the gallant Noleman's letter, near The t...a.'7utter Gerseete Ezireeti.di.ter; of February 27, 1803, cootainina the trech of the Marquis Wellesley, in the Cisllege of Fort William, in Bengal, on distributing the Aria medals and he., norary rewards to those young gentlemen whohad ',yelled in Oriental learning. It was seldressed to the very learned society at the Da Prepa,:erdf Fele, at Rom-, who have enriched the world welt many valueele Oriental works. Thu preceding, correspondence wonli, rerhaps, be utinteresting in the life of any other person, hut the case is mate. rially different with saved to so great a eharainer as that of Lord Netsots. Indeed, its no instance whatever, was affability ever shewn more insanely eorittined with other qualities to complete the thee rafter of a great men." The Quarterly Meeting of the Society for true Suppresiinn of Nrce, way held at :he Cro.nn and Rolls Rooms, on Monday last, Ca • ties, E.g. in the Chair, when the minutes of last Meeting were confirmed, and the R-p rt of the Committee read. sestina the progress they had made is fur therinp . :be oi•:ens of the Society since the last General Meeting. The Committee reported, among other things that the Eight Conferrers appointed by tl4 Genera Meettag in August last, tour by the Me-tieg. tine fear by the Committee, had met to deci4e the q tes tion agitated at the former General Meeim g. ate ther toe use of artifice were at any time pistie •i: deteeing vice? and had come to a &tern inicteo that in no case s'esuld artifice or falsehood be lisle by the agents of the society. and that they had g Sc: their 4g_este instrudlions ace's , dirgly. On Monday last. Sir. Gi crepe Witson, o Whi by, %Adler, in g..intr to visit a r. Lott n, u. - in; about twelve miles up the country. fell a VtC:IM the severity of the weather. I lis not return; g th e time had appointed, excited a suspicion tilt some mistortune had befallen hint, vil..isli confirmation. when i• was found, upon twoiry.tha he had never reaetted his relation's reside..ce. search being made, his body was foistsl about tw from tle place to which he w s going. 1 Ippeared, that being unacquainted with sortie pa.i or the roal. he had procured .s guide, w,.ci acron vied him about three nide., until they came wit:.i view of the house, at the distance of less than mile. On the latter gu:tting him, it is supposed. h bad missed his way, in consequence of the won snow showers which fell at that time. on Tuesday last, Joys Cron rime re a wel known character in Holderness , formerly of P tringtnn. hut now resident near Hull, exposed h witipr :ere, in the masker at that place. dressed full style, with a halter round her waist ; and so) her for tweet!s esieees, to a person named Hous. Dias, who had lcdgcd with them for several year The hatband. after he hail disposed of his faithle eb, and received the money, expressed the deepe regret, and wished to rescind the barg.in ; hut a purchaser appeared so well plea•ed w—h the inn( .ie had bought, that he shewed no inclina.ion to r store her. Titian DAT.—The Ticket No. 14.594. and N 1t t ,067, drawn Plitt* of i1:21. each, were both V 3 one Quarter. tole Eighth, and ter: Sixteen: hares. at Brsn's truly /intimate Offices, 4, Con •iil. and 9, Charing Cress; where N 4637. a cm: 1,0221. and N. 1,62% a prize of 5)1'1. le ' -411 in Shares the first day of the pretest Lotter atsday next will he the E. - omo, Day, and the fir .iuraTicket art:',. be ernided to 20.0221. at the lea st Inv Tickets remaio, Muses may be tisk: die above Oiliceu an ms the V.St nat. gton, IT 1, 1/11.. ,Dce ;mall flnetS an/ ,TOM, , in a Tom r the WWI A um iri