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td Jry the 5Cd v Dpt the :a 111 trictal - ,"'t• tie vas accompamei y severa. unt arrived 'comparatively in a private wanner. -or did his adherents, who ,seemed to be little known to the populace', attraEt much notice as they Pats along. The Worthy Baronet came without parade.—The. Misting's were ere led on an stye. commodi • 1 • • ous plan '•• the space in front, how ever, wa s excessively crowded, and horsemen were suffered to blend with the speaators on foOt. 'From the intense heat of the day, the situation must have been rendered still more disagreeable.—No serious accident, as 'we could learn, occurred, , . A little'after ten O'clock,-all the Candidates, With their Friends, and the Sheriffs, arrived ,uplop liustings. • The usual - Proclamation was then ,- made , by, -Abe L i nde Sheriff' for lkolding the EleCtion ; and the Freeholders were desired to choose two fit and pro- Per. persons to represent them in Parliament: Air. TUFFNELL, on the partof Mr. Byng - , came for ard,and requested the attention of the Freeholders, Just to remind them, that a in very short time indeed,- only a few otitß; 'had elapsed since he had the bottom-Of proposing his HonotOable Friend, as a fit person to represent them in Parliament. On that occasion they•had given the most unequivocal proofs. 1 , 4 f the high esteem which they entertained for him . . As he had pursued the same line of COlldtla since, Lis last election, which invariably distinguished his Ivhole political life, of which they had always teSti - 7:jed rhea' approbation, it. would not be .necessary, therefoie, for him to detain them longer; ;had not the diitsolution of Parliament, and the extraordinary. - eircunistance conne6ted with that event, made some explanation indispensable. The change which took Mate ; and the means by which it, was accomplished cialined their most serious consideration, because involved the dearest interests of the people. Mr.'. Tuffnell then entered into a history - of the_ Catholic Bill, and the circumstances which preceded the late changeof Administration. He was •ceitain ttetledors must be convinced it was not the -ifl °rouglit in by Lord Ho wick which was the real ci , Ase 'of the dismissal of Ministers. Their removal aad been some time before fixed on by those syto lants %silo infest Courts, and often destroy Empires. - '-'hey could pot bear to see those honest and honour able servants of the Crown performing what they had often prof-ssed, without any intention of FningY; it ,was natural therefore that the whole host of peculators should feefalarmed at the attempt Made to cleanse the Augean Stable, in order to save COuntry. They had also some powerful asso ciates—he meant the Contraffirs and public robbers 'lf every department in the State; who were all dis fiayed 'At the institution of Committees of Inquiry. e :Chus terrified, they formed the resolution of turn 'lig those upright Ministers out of Office, in °'f - der that they thernselves may profit by abuses ". 11 (1 corruption. It is now, well knowii, con tinued Mr. Tutiliell; that the intriguers, did get access to 10 Majesty; and With the venom of ser- Pents instilled into his Majesty's ears a ilispidion•rez Peaing - those men; whose .ancestors had shed their Mood for the Proteitatit Establishment. But find titg that plain fasts were offensive to the contrac-• tors and plunderers; he said he would be merciful, `and relieve them from thiS part of the -Subjea, by bringing it to the recolleetion of the Elettors, that the person whom he retommended.had not changed sides, of abandoned his principl es , whenever the tay.i of pOwei shone . part thii or that Minister: - He bad rieVer a&ed the part of a shuttle-cock pad- , c ian, but had maintained a steadiness which must ain for . him the support of the Ele.)Stor.S of Mid dlesex, and secure 'the resped and esteem of •the country. The Honourable Qentleman concluded tithproposing Mr. Bytigo=4-le was seconded by ,t i-tr. BAKER. •,• • •. Colonel C LITHERow nex t addressedthe Free olders, and in requesting their,kind consideration, 4 wa s his wish to be as brief as .possible.,,..Ho ?Fish e d not to follow the Hon. Gentretban wljo prc2-, Posed the first Candidate, throughont d iversified speech ; he should content liimsetf : ,witli ProPosini Mr. Mellish as an honest, fit; and inde- Pendent Candidate for the free and hOnourable lAffrages of the•Cbunty of Middlesex, and to court tlit support of the enlightened Ele&ors. Colonel. Ginfloks seconded this nomination. He - Qs that his worthy friend, wh o h a d p rove d ls claims to .the sUP port of the Ele&orsof Middle thex, had not an ,a bier advocate. Of this fata he was confident, that he could not have a more sincere Parliament, Mr. Mellish had exhibited true indepeudence. He directed his opinion, and governed his decision; by a consideration of mea 311res and not of men. His vote on the Measure of t he Slave Trade would endear bin), and the Ad tninistration which supported it; to every generous 4n d humane mind; Nor could he speak with Less Praise of the =lna of Mr. Mellish upon that l'. l eStion which brought the Ministers and His Ma testy at issue: Comparing the claims of Mr. Mel fHsh with those of Sir Christopher Baynes, the leehad certainly the preference, becau se h e h a d ueen a t r i e d ma n, and faithfully red eeme d every V9ige lie had hitherto made. Mr.,Bytig has 'also t e en tried ; he has been weighed inihe scale ) , and s - been found wanting. , MI% Alderman CURTIS next stepped forward, to l antate Sir Christopher Baynes, f o r the hi g h h o - . 11° Iir. Of representing the County of Middlesex., He as sorry it had not fallen to the lOt of some person sore abl e an d o f mo r e we i g h t , t h an hi mse lf _ to: that duty: He had to recommend a•• man of t o c ' u n i d independence, high integrity, and gen u i ne 1, -Ya itY. He might be asked how he. knew it ? and w 4 •lvotild say, that if he was not so convinced, .hp euld .he the last man in, the Countrto intrude on rattention of the _l'reeholders. He valued the b e ,Oive right too sincerely not to exert it honour- WY. With respect to the late question between u ,, is Majesty and his Ministers, political creed. th q_s_not to - support men who either trenched upon ri e l just prerogAti ves of the Crown, or thu!. admitted •, 4 !1 'ts of the People. He could riot approve,pen forlo. thrust the King into a corner, with the intent of tai ling the Royal - C onsc i ence, and forwarded, cer z4 ReitAuti ons as the result of a Cabinet Connell, t h_!s-ing to consu l t a l most one h a lt of t h ose of 'whom that Cabinet was composed. The dotlrines which afterwards advanced, and the measures founAed be tote th e h 9se ooz:trines, went to bring His Majc,sty,be t,..,,,the bar of his Subjects, a principle or praelice s . lich he would never even listen. In the qual.i 4unns necessary for a Cndidat for a lap , - en- t ik • ttkki County, such as a -Middle e sex, ther44 was also • vanting. independent of political fitinness,. urba. nity of mannerS,, anc.l a promptitude of subscribing-li iperally to the various and important charitable insti tutions of that extensive county Such a man Sir C. Baynes Was ; and th e refor e he proposed him,to their cfioice, a choice which lie trusted they never repent Sir Ha= POPHAM seconded the nomination (ir Sir C. Baynes, with the most cordial approbatiOn, His high and distinguished charatier in private life Was the surest criterion by' which to calculate hi public and political purity ; indeed, was he not t 1 it honest and honourable charaEter, he was convinced . that his respeoled friend, who, on so many oc ca s i ons , - ha ct served his country ; would never have proposed bin). Much had been said by the proposer of Mr. Bync , on the causes which led to the diSsolution of the late Parliathent. On that subjea he would not deltiy4he Electors ;- the question - had been already canvassed and discussed in every part of the King dom. He had heard much of popular delusion arising, as it were, from a cry 'of . the two words, No Popery."—What a libel on the Country, to suppose it capable of being deluded. by these two words ; and how particularly calumniating on that Administration whom we once supposed to , possess all the talents . of the Empire, .thici who are now said to have been totally overturned by this sense less and unmeaning clam Our ? ' No mail more respeEted the Honourable' Gentleman who . was first proposed; and .no man would be more . happy to see him returned to Parliament to support the cause of IndePendence, with the same silent vote which he has exhibited for .the last fifteen years. From what he knew of him heshould,Wish that half the Members of the House of Commons were equal ly discreet. The gallant Officer Conclud i ed by strong ly recommending the private charader and numerous Virtues of Sit C. Baynes to their consideration and support. Mr. BYNG said, the anxious day had now arrived when it fell to his lot to address the Freeheiders of Middlesex for the fifth time, and' ask for their suf frages. Of all the Parliaments to which he had been returned by them, there was not One of which he was so proud as the last, short as it was in its ca reer. In that Parliament a system of Finance had been devised, by which no - fresh burthens were im posed on the People—a Committee had been appoint ed to' inquire into and reform the flagrant abuses that existed with regard to the PUblic Money, and for re gulating the Publit Expellees: The Ministers even brOught forward a Bill to prevent themselves or their successors from granting Plac e s i n r evers i on ..— HoWever - salutary these regulations might have been, they passed one A6l which would immortalize their' names to 'the latest posterity-- , he meant the A& for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, which be. himself had supported.—(4 voice cried out, " Did you speak upon it'? - -He answered; that he had supported every motion' for the abolition of that trade during the seventben years he was in Parlias ment ; and during all that time he aCted for the good of his Constituents, and not his own. He ever trod in the footsteps of his father, who had served that County. For forty years, no roan belonging to hiS fans ily ever gave an interested or a fataious This condu& had drawn dOwn uponthem the en mity of those who loved not the popular part of the Constitution. Had he possessed greater ability' than he did be Shoult% have had greater power to serve them ; and its that case the enmity against him would hive bee' still greater. He s h ould not, how ever, fear the strong - .arm of power. His defence and his charader were in the hands of an enlighten ed people, and therefore he was not fearful' for the issue of 'the contest. Mr. AlELListi 'observed, ,that it appeared to be the fashion for Gentlemento make long speeches — his hoWever should be short, and he craved the at tention of the Freeholders while_ he delivered it. He th?tiked them for the warm manner in which they had received his nomination. He was not asto nished to find the Honourable Gentleman who op imSea Mr:Byng, a little irritated, for a near rela tion of his had been Just thrown out of a situation tivtiich'he held. He would not make any proreS- Sious the Freeholders already knew what he had dotle.-4it disclaimed all idea Of a C oa l i tio n , as had beenin'sinhated. He assured ° the Freeholders that ca forward aS an independent :man, - wholly un conneaed 'either with Mr. Byng or Sir C. Baynes. Could he Sayan). thing more than this? he waspohy pocrite. If; attet this declaration, they should ever catch him in supporting one or other of those Can didates, be begged they would openly reproach him with so doing. He trusted the Freeholders would grant him the satil hdlikr they had done before. "" • fie embarked in tlibir vessel, and he hoped they would carry him sate into porL Sir CUROTOPIICR BAYNEs told the Freeholders, that he was not tbnd of long 'speeches, and would put in hia plea for their suffrages in a few words. Fie stood completely alone. He disclaimed all Coalitidn. He came forward solely upon his clia;. rafter, and if they thought it such a s would jus-: tify thorn,ii returning him to Parliament, he should ever be proud of dila high distinclion. He • field in the Utmost veneration Our gtiod and patriot King, and he' would support to the last droll of 'his blood the glorious Conkitution of this Cotintry iii Church and State. The p e opl e were told, that the cry of "No Popery" had come from hint. He asked if it did not originate with the opposite party: He felt no greater ambition than to represent the County in ,Parliament ; but if the Freeholders thok;ht any other man better qualified than him, let thew give that man their votes : but if there . waS 'any thing in, either of the others which they dis- Pproved, he begged that they would honour him 4'ith their support, and he should serve them faith fully. He would trespass no longer upon their time, but - submit himself to their consideration. 'A show of 'hands' being then taken, the Sheriffs - ctechre4,t6t of a majority with respe& fp! Mr. Byng there was no doubt. They then desired a show of !lands. 'for . the two other Candidates, - which they deerned•'iti'favour of Sir Christopher Baynes: ATOII was then detnanded in behalf of Mr. Mel ' lish; and when the books Were closed at four O'clock -the nuwbers were declared, as follows—. For IVILL2 AM Met. tstt, Esq. —42 j C mitt IItNG, ES(i. - - 4 1 / 4 : , 3• ,Sir CHRISTOrIiER IiAYNZS, lit. tot) sdveral Candidates then shortly addressed the Elea-loys, . Sir CintisTor.alt BAYNES.— , ", Gentlemen Frde holders, iiiiholigh I am 4t tZn bettom uf axe list,. am still gratified with the state of.this. I did not expea, that .my friends would haye..made any extraordinary eefort for me this day but lam confident they wilt collie in great nurntlers•on the subsequent days ,to•: vote for ine, to re:- mind you that I come forward here on the sponta r . peons suppoil of 'a large and respeAabl.body of freeholders. And if I did not statid",dn Such' prig= ciples,. I should not wish - for yonr:suptyort-at I come forward on open, constitutional,:-and.rude- : pendent principles', not supported by llnkeorlords, or great, men. And I will esteem the support of the Freeholders of the most enlightened Count , world as the highest honour they call- eoliter upon, m ELECTION DIALOGUE. SCENE, BRENTFORD. ttAt,t.—" Youi private charaaer and worth ttand high, " It is a truth I owe'yotr, SFr." Ily NG .--" From the assertion you've let fly,. " 'Tis plain you do not know me, SIEGE OF DANTZIC. An Official .Report of the Operations of the - Siege of Dantzic,. the 19th of April, signed by the Saxon General Vox CERRINI; gives the' following parti culars • " . In the night between the lOth and 11th of April, theX.rench and Saxon troops stormed a redoUbt ated on an eminence before the Oliva Gate, which might hive prevented the advance of the trenches. This redoubt was the next night restored with still greater care by the garrison. In the night of the 12th it was again taken, and the troops which de fended it were made prisoners. Early the following morning the garrison made a sortie; and .drove the Saxon troops from the redoubt. Marshal LEFEBVRE: hastened in person to the support of the 'latter the redoubt was instantly retaken, together with 112 prisoners: Amid such a heavy tire of musketry and artillery, the loss on both sides could not tail 'of be ing, considerable. • The communication bet Ween the city -and the month of the Vistula being yet open; the besiegers . resolved to throw up a fort between them /it the jun&ion of the canal of Laake with the river. Not withstanding the danger of the enterprise, it Was executed by the combined troaps, in the night be-• .tween the 15th and tOth, :and not only a covered way of 400 pa::es was thrown up, but likewisea redoubt. About nine in the morning of the- 16th, the garrison of Dantzic made an attack, with 1000 Russian troops, on these works. They were defend ed by 250 French, Saxon, and Polish troops, with cannon, under the command of General GAR DANNE, who attacked the' Russians with such spirit with the bayonet, that they were totally routed.— A reinforcement of l 2 or 1500 Prussians from the city .covered the Russians, who were totally dis persed, and renewed the attack 'This conflia, which lasted till four o'clock, was one of the - Most obstinate of any that have occurred during the siege; but notwithstanding the uncommonly heavy fire, the-fort was maintained. The loss of the-Prussians and Russians, on this occasion, is computed at 4.00 Redoubts are now erected otiy both banks;of the ViStula,_ which can mutually support-each other; and render the passage impradicable. On the 17th, a three-masted vessel entered the VistUla, under all sail, and opened a tremenclOus . fire on the new re doubt, but the heavy fire'from it obliged her as Weil as another vessel to sheer off the same day. The friends of Lord. COCHRANE yesterday assem 7 bled, to the number of about two hundred, and had a dinner at WlLLts's Rooms. Lord COCHRANE was in the chair. The dinner was excellent, but took place so long after the expecaed time, that politics and patriotism gave way to the eagerness of appetite. After the cloth was removed, and nobie Domine had b een sung with great effea, the usual loyal and constitutional toasts were giveli, and warmly re ceived, Lord- CocHRANE, 011 his health being drank, addressed the company, and thanked them for the honour they had done him in being present. Mr. Wit LOCK also spoke, and paid many high comph meats to the Navy. Glees and songs enlivened the day, which passed in great festivity. The FIRST LORD of the TREASURY has given notice to the. Gentlemen who mean to bid for the ensuing Lottery, to send hi their biddings to-mor row/ and' that he will be i•eady to see the parties upon the business on thursday. The gross amount of all the prizes is 200,1:0dl.' The number of Tickets will be only 20,001. There was no Conti , of Aldermen held to-day.— The LORD MAYOR; after inspe6ting the returns of the Mealweighers, ordered the price of Bread to be 'raised : id.. per peck : - ' to take place on Th urs day. On Wednesday last information was received in Dublin of the death of the Earl of SHANNON, after a tedious illness, at his seat near Castle-Martyr. By thifl event, the contest for Cork will be less severe than . Was expeaed, 'the Noble Earl's son, Lord Bovt.t . ; One of the Caadidates,,succeeding father iii the. Nera'ge. Miss lju the, Aaress; is much better. She Was at one time A) ill that there was little hope of her recovery. CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE OF A SAILOR,—Last Week a Sailor, soniewhat groggy, fell from the rigging pia Ship in the .harbour of Aberdeen, and was taketi. up in a, state Of insensibility. A sedan chair was,sOon procured, when he was put into it in order to lie carried to the liOspitat When they had got the length-of the School-hill, the chairmen were, suddenly - ,alarmed with their lUdess patient breaking the windows of the chair, and bawling out your eyes and limbs where are you carrying me ?" Itt an instant he burst open the door and made ott leaving the chairmen in astonishment,— They wanted to detain him to make him pay tRe china e, btit in vain—'' d—n you and the chair too, let_ them pay you that employed you." Greenwich Park,!noiwithstanding tie TleCtion Sportsat Branford anti!Covent Garden, waS yester- dav tolerably well attended by the role',] poled mid holiday tribes. TwolLtictit:J•ctin for a prize chetitisi?. The .viaoi' was a jail- iineo'f the !thine 61'801M Peg, wild instantly put it dtvag a .trophy; - -and Marched off the field in triumph, arnidstAhd-'shouts-"of th6id miria& ' " • POREI6Ar rip r• - kniv s , 4' - MAY 9.-- - --Tivlitoniteur of this clay con; thins thirteen ii , Av_.D . teaes - , 'given:at the, 4tweri : :ll Camp of O telridde, on 'th: , 26th, 27th, at;tl ‘2Bth df Marcli.,.•eimi;lsti , -,or of tnilitiny brOnlotins rmide'v - hiS• Majesty'. Am6ilg3i . thest... is ihnt of ;I.' onal3iNskY . , .COlonel the first regirnent, of Po:tsh infantry, at . Naples; 2 -is 'ppuieited . G`enen.l,l of Brigad - a - ;„ 'anti tire ..pp.ninatiop (Jt a great miniber of Officers for the first T on Of thelKorth.; with distinXc ., n se veral diplomati.c And: who. has been for .some years44.te'c of tbeDil.• isiun of Archives in he I~linistr3'_ fir` , - 4ft;iirs.vite'd on the etli of this -month. - - • The. Minister. Plenipotentiary from hi s 31ztjesty the EmPeror Nir.oi.coN to 111e . Courj ,of Denm a rk, tin - oukb. Brussels ,orithe . 4th of thi s mo nth; orr the way to the place o f his destination. Virito.fr - oni:../I.ix-la-cliapelle, that the Pre feel-Gaeral hay anhoUrieed to the . Consultative Chambers of that:Department, that all Fn fish chandize has been prohibited throughout till the Ot 7 totnan Empire. ,This measure, by excluding the English manutitEtures fro'rnthe commerce o f the Levailf,.. prevents any diingerous competition with out manufatStures, and . secures to them the ad} an tage of .supplying alone the Turkish ProVinces.— Thus: . .the threats and violenee exercised by the English' Government towarcN the Porte, to free it into, the' 'Coalition, and, ruin the comm‘erce of France; has ended'ouly in arawing closer the bonds which unite those two P6wers, to secure to the pro-, duas 'of our industt y an important issue, and to shut, against the English Merchants all . the ports of a Empire. CoNSTANTINOPLE, AI,IiICII 9, 5 . —The Grand Vi zier sets out on "the 30th of this month, The Army which he commands in person consists of more than 60,600 men. He is going to the Danube." The English Squadron has suffered g;reatiy iv passing . otit through the Dardanelles. 'The English Adroirars Ship ,had her main-mast cut tin - 0LL.411 : Rear-Admiral Lou is and Vice -Admiral Duckwolll,Ll : were, dangerouslli - 'wounded'. The Isle of Tenedos has been attacked by the Rtisians ; bin hitherto the efforts of the Russian. Soadron, and the t r oo l i s " on b oa rd it; hare bovii . without 'etre6t. • Two English Couriers have been arrested with tl►e Correspondence of the English—Minister, .Mr. Att- BUTHN(t.T, :with his Drag Oman, and with. Eng 7 lish Dragoman who resides at Bucharet.--,lne annexed :Extracts from these Letters sh6v, the bad situation of the Russian Army ; and, the Piece sub-, joined, 'the ,gbod disposition Which animates the Porte. [Long Extrals nre added from these intercepted I.etters, signed SUMIVRtER, aud dated BucLares:, the kith, zoth, and zest of February.] The Pieces subjoined are orders isstted by the. Torte to the.PaChas' and Governors of the different Provinces, Islands, and Cities of the Empire, gotify ing the war with ..Eligland, and prohibiting thy trade with the Engligh. M. MEcunv., the French Consul at th e ,D art l a -' nelles, writes word; that 'the forts are in the best, state of defence. That tile English SqUadron, on its return to - Malta, was it et' at Tenedos by the Russian _Squadroa, and , that disputes-had arisen be tween the Commanders 'Of the tWo Squadrons. The English appeared very dissatisfitd with ihe quarrel in which they had 'engaged with the Tusks on ac- Count of the Russians. " 'Had you net," said they, " invaded Moldavia thid Wallachia, every thing would have been adjusted, 'and you would not have given nuotbu ppwerfUl ally to France." 'rn aleiter'ot . I.ll6''.(2btk 15f March, M. MneuTS'SayS, that two Captains' Of i'').`ustrian vessels assured him, that Admiral..Lotm; was, dead of hi s w ou nd s; t h a t consideralileieinfOrcements had arrived at Terit'Ls that English . sqUadron his suffered' terribly ; that Vice-Admiral Ducxwoirrn is severely wound-: ed in the hand ; that it was a _large ball of marble that cut through the mast .of the Royal Ge 0 r, 4 ,,, which, however, continued standing till the Snip arrived - at Tenedos, but there fell ; and that tl,e- Russ:ans haVe eight Ships of War belbre Tenedos. RusSia his' failed in her neg ot i a tio ns f or a separate peace with the 'Porte and Persia. M. DLIPRL, the French Consul at Erzernm, with JUSSUF PActlA:' writes word; that the SCMAH has refused to conclude any kind of treaty.—(Moniteur.) CONSTINT'INOPLE MARCH 28.—We learn her, with ' certainty, that a great misunderstanding pret Bails among the Chiefs of the 'Expedition, which which has failed against this ,capital ; Sir Siptccy SMITH and Rear-Admiral Louis have accused Ad miral DUCKWORTH, to their Government, of ha v i n g humiliated and disgraced the English name, &..foie . Constantinople; and having, by his misconduct and mistakes, occasioned between England and th e Porte, a rupture, which leaVes no mode of. accum modation. The Turkish Fleet has received orders to enter the Black Sea, to seek and attack three Russian ShipS of the Line, which are there. NAPLES, APRIL o. 7 —The Royal George lost 40 men by a ball of:warble which Was fired from one of the castles. This intelligence was brought to Messina by : an English, brig. • FliNl3vltk4a, Artni. 30.—We feel the greatest impatience here to know what etfe.al the late es cuts in Pomerania will , produce on the mind o f th e Ki ng of Sweden, and en the policy of his counsel S.. It iq already - .sown, that the Armistice concluded by Baron EssgN hasheen ratified by his Sovereign ; and it is not doubted that it will be prolonged for .more important negotiations.— , :(Gazeqe de France.) FRANKFORT, MAY q.---The divisions of GerlerAS MOLITOR and •RonDeT, which have arri ve d in 11149 vicinity of Augsburg!), received orders, the latter end of the month of April, to march without delay for Leipsic and Halle. .According to accounts .from Blida, his Majesty the, ENtrEaoa. has decreed, that all the stibjci6ts of the House of Austria, as well as the Hungarians, from 1.7 to 4.0 years of age, shall belong to the army, without exception of rank. They are to be Rrovid:.d with arms and uniforms, and taught their•exereise .; and in this manner a National Guard is to' be form ed, which is to be called out in case of necessit,'. • The States of Hungary .have agreed to support lii MAJESTY .with power. A regular guard . 4f '5OOO men is fo bp @med. and supported at the pub lic expence,:3o: in time of wnrthey are to l ei ce - ni coalman with other re;ituents.