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To the WORTHY and INDEPENDENT LIVERY of the CITY of LON DON. • G,Ef:.TLEMEN, A.,bioilition of. Parliament: having taken place, and a. Meeting. of the Livery of this Cii y, - for tilt.: Elec_ tiokt of t ht:-.lc . Representatives, bein4.a:ipointed tot W LI)N.ES DAYINIL XT, the 6th of May, permit inc must respectfully to solicit • the honour of an eiarly and numerous duct:y.l:ll,c; in Common Hall, on that occasion. I . Having', in rity public Address stated to you the principles' whiCh will iegulate toy conduti, it lam place4.l theioi port ant trust of one niyou r Representatives, I need hot here repeat declarations of my attachment to our beloved Sovereign and our tflost excellent Constitution ; .or assurances of my berng fke from every party engagement, and determined sop-. .'port .such measures. as shall most effedualty preserve that Constitution inviolate. for the privileges, commerce awl prosperity of the City of I.otaihn, L em conscious that I entertain the strongest re gard,. an,i, i trust, that the knowledge and experience, ac quired by a persevering application, througlitiut my whole late, to commercial pursuits, will obtain' for me, on these points, your full confidence. The very flattering support which I haveyeceived from mY Fellow-citizens, justifies me in presuming, that you give me .credit for the sincerity of these professions; and I can only add, that should I be the objebl of your 'choice it shall be the study of my life to fulfil "the engagement w hi c h I have so deliberately undertaken. It is My anxious wish to pay my F ersonal respeas - to every Member of the Livery and I beg them to beliei=e; that in those instances in which I may fail of so doing, it is only owing to the inaccuracy of lists, or the unintentional over eight of au extensive and hasty canvass. 1 have the Honour to be, With the greatest respect. Gentlemen, Your most faithful Servant, f. P. HANKEY. The Committee in the interest of Mr: Alderman Hankey will in future meet daily at Goldsmiths' Hall, where any information and assistance will be thankfully received. .Mincing-lane, May 1, 1807. ALDERMAN HANKEY's ANSWER to . another _CA it O. —The Committee lur conducing the Election of Alderman Hankey, having seen the Questions addressed to him in the Public Pipers, answer to the first, That Al derman Hankey did not divide in favour of Lord Howiek's Bill ;Or the admitsion of Roman,Catholics into power. The Alderman, with the majority of the Corporation, wished for the fullest information on a Question of su great magnitude, previous to she decision of the Court, and therefore voted for the postpoliernent of Mr. Deputy Birch's Motion on Thurs day the sth of March. - The second Question is so general, and Of such an unde fined nature that the Committee are of opinion that 'it d o es not admit of a precise answer; but Alderman Haukey is not a Member, nor was Ile ever at any of the Meetings of the Whig Club. To theGENTLEMEN,C ',ERG Y, and FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of BUCKS. GENTLEMEN, AS the Circumstances, under which, on the 9th instant, you re.elecied me one of your Representa tives, continue the same, I haVe no hesitation in again offer_ ing rrisclt to your notice; and 1 hope 1 may . feel a well grdundcd confirk.nce, that, in soliciting a repetition of that distinguished Honour, which so lately you unanimously con -ferred upon nrie, I comply with, what I believe to be, the general wish:to preserve the Peace and independence of the County; and that you will honour me with your Votes and Interest on the day rat Eledion. I have the Honour to be, Gentlemen, With the greatest respect, Your mosebbedient and most humble Servant, S CO - 1"p "1 . TCHFI ELI). London, April 29, dol. N.B. The High Sheriff has appointed a Special County Coutt to he held in the County Hall, at Aylesbury; on Mon day the t ith of May next, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, tor the purpose of the To the WORTHY and INDEPENDENT ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of HERTFORD. • “11;NTLP.MEN, MY warmest Thanks are due to you for the fresh mark °flour unanimous approbation which you have tms day conk, red on-rue. 11, now had' the honour to be returned as your Repre. seim in three succe:isi re Parlilinents, twice unanimousiyi mat .0!lee hy a.voy_Large ma : -- parity, 1 do indeed consider tn 3 - seL as bound to your service by the stronztist ties of grati tude, and I :rust that my future condua will shim that I am neither nninindlo! of r.,or past FavourS, nor inattentive to ;hose impoaant Duties which my Situation as your Re preSentativr, continues to imposeupoii Inc. 1 have tae honour ;o be, with great resped, Cent:emen, •. Your most obliy, , t.:l on very faithfill . Seryant,' • EDW. SPENCER COWPER. Hertford, May 4, 1807. ROCtI.F.STVR ELECTION AT a Nume.rous and RespeEtabie MEETING of . the Worthy and Independent i k E E til E N ()foie CITY of ROC HESTER, held this E at the Blostioms Inn, Lawrence-lane, a4tienthled to cguthcler of_proper Persons - ro represeiit the said aocicht City ih the ensuing Parliznent, it was . , Resolved Unanimously, That Sir TIIONIAS BOULDEN THOMPSON, Bart. and Sir THOMAS TR IM.; E, Knight of the Bath, from the 'candid, manly, and open mariner in which they (while oiler, log their Services) have decl,:red their. most unequivocal de— termination to support the best of Kings, and preserve invio late the Rights of the People, as alsoironl their well;known Charailers. for I itteOty and Ability, are proper Persons to represent the said Ct'ty.- Resolved Unanimously, ',Thar -every Freeing - 1 present do use their best exertions 'inv.rards eciiriiv.; the said Geniletriens' Elation, and that the .otAtot.t endeavours of each Freeman present. bel , xenised in an itornediate end active Canvass for so desirable a purpose. T. -MOLILDEN, Chairman. - Resolved Unanirnnutll l That the Thanks or this Me4ting be given to the Chair man, f6i- his impartial, upright, And manly Cunduti in the Alay :3, Iso7, L 0 N D 0 IV, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, Iso7. 'This morning a Gottenbureh Mail arrived, and we are sorry to say it' . brings . a confirmation of the ac counts which, had previously,re.athed us, of the De feat of the Swedes, and of the Armistice which was afterwards concluded. We cannot, however, be lieve that his SWEDISH MAJESTY will ratify this Armistice, which gives the French possession of the Islands of ITsedern and Wollin, and thereby the com mand of the navigation of-the,Odcr. . •_ No accounts 'have reached Government from Po land. There was 'an idle rumour yesterday that BOSTAPARTE had been killed in battle : it however obtained no credit. Several foreigners ilAve, we find, been - recently taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned in, plans inimical to our Government, and some of them have very properly been already sent out of the Kingdom. Among those who are retained is said to be'the Secretary of a 'foreign Military Chantaer. who lately returned frdm abroad. He may have been deceived by those in bis'confidence, but we. cannot believe that he is implioated in .any , transac. tions injurious to Great Britain and its Allies. The Gazette of la:it night contains the Official Details of the Proceedings of the . British Fleet under the Command of Admiral DUCKWORTH, from tile time it passed 'the Dardanelles until it returned to Tenedoi. These Dispatches, we are. s:44y to say, do not alter the opinion which we . had previously formed upon this subjea, We think, that th)ite Ad.ninistration ihewed a great want of judgment and f)resight in sending Admiral DUCKWORTH up . on an Expedition of such immense importance without any land forces. It is true, that troops could not have been employed with any chance of success, agairth so very populous a City as Con:- stantinople, at least not such a number as Admiral DocxwoßTH could have taken with hiM;' but they might have been of the most essential service in taking possession, of the Forts which command the Passage of the Dardanelles, and destroying them. Admiral DUCKWORTH takes great pains to shew, that he could not bring his Fleet to ad a;_:, , ainst Constan tinople until the Turks had been able to place it in a most formidable state of defence ; :Wehave not the slightest, doubt that the difficulties he;hacl,to contend against were insuperable. 'We never' fora 'moment ques - tioned the professjonal skill or the courage Oc the gallant Admiral ; 'but if the Letters atHbuted td him in the lifoniteut be correft, we think he ed great want of 'skill as a Negotiator. If a strong current and a dead calm prevented him from bring= ing his Fleet near 'Constantinople, the Turks must have been as perfeOly aware of those circumstances as be was, and, therefore his threats could not intimi date, but certainly must tend to irritate them. We are sorry to, find that, our loss 'in killed and wounded is much more considerable than we at first were led to apprehend ; but much as we lament the loss of any of our brave Seqmen, we are, we confess, more con cerned for the loss of reputation whiCh we hard sustained upon this occasion. Yesterday arrived a Mail from Lisbon, brought to Falmt uth. in twelve days by the Princess 'beth Packet. From the Madrid Gazettes, which we, have Teceived•by this occasion to the loth ult. inchisive, it appears that the Patise4 • OF PACE has delegated his powers as Admiral General, to eight - Naval Officers, who have been constituted a Su preine Council of AdMiralty. , They Were convoked, for the first time, at the Prince's Palace, on the ad ult. on which occasion he represented to them the necessity of applying all their energies to increase the maritime strength'of - Spaht Letters from Malta, received by - L',Espoir Sloop of War, mention, that the Windsor Castle had ar- . rived there with the wounded of the Fleet, and the, Gentlemen of the British Fa6tOrY, from Constanti-: •• . Lord PEMBROKE sets off on Friday for Vienna.; It is the general opinion that he goes to conduct al negociation..._ . By letters from Konigsburgh, the Emperor of RUSSIA' and King of PRUSiIA were expected there on the gth of April. The Emperor of AusparA has returned to the Diet at Buda, after his late'short but melancholy visit to Vienna. We should suppose that something more important than the routine business of the States of Hungary will be transacted at that meeting_ 4 The Mercury, DAVISON, from Memel, arrived in Leith Roads on Friday evening. She sailed from the Sound on the 21st ult, at which time no ac counts had been received of any engagement-be• tween the French and Russian armies, though - daily expecled. The Russian and Prussian army consist ed of 122,000, and the French go,ooo. The latter, was in a strong pOsition, but was afraid to . move„as the Russians were only waiting such an opportu .„ nity to make their attack Several attempts had been made by EdNAPARTE to negotiate; but they were all rejeEted. The last was adOresseel: to :her Prussian 'Majesty. The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge have published a Resolution, in which they charac terised the Catholic Bill, brought forward by the .late Ministers, " as hostile to the Established Church and Ecclesiastical Constitution of the Realm ; and ac subversive of those principles ••which placed His MAJESTY'S Family-_on the British. Throne, In consequence of this 1 i _....50.ut.0n, Lord GRENVILLE has addressed a Letter to the Secretary of. that So • ciety, in which the Noble Lord endeavours to.vindi cute the Bill in question, and his conduetin bring ing it forward. The Letter is Written with a dig nified temperance;and an elegance of style, worthy Of his Lordship's high chara&er and known talents.; his Lordship's seasoning is by no means equal to the other merits of his compOsitian, and our respect for his charaaer induces uS, to wish that he had not resumed a subject which. no reasoning can well Justify, and in which ve believe a great majority of the people entertain` sentiments wholly in opposition to those maintained -by his Lordship. Crata.--There was a Meeting yesterday of ' this Society at the Crown and Anchor. Lord KING-took the Chair. Lord ROEERT SPENCER was present. The subject of the diSmission of the late Ministers was introduced, and was of course treated as a Matter of regret by the Members of this Club. Some new Members were admitted, and , Alderman C01t.22 was nominated to the Chair on the next Meeting. . Must c.--The most charming musical fete which has been given this season, took place on Monday evening at Mr. l'it6tysoN's, iii Grosvenor-square, The concert was under the direelion of Mr.C2osoiLL, who exerted his talents on the violoncello with un rivalled excellence. YANIEWITZ led, and he per formed a concerto on the violin in a masterly style. HOLMES gave a concerto on the bassoon in an exqui- • site style. Natm, SiEoNI, and Madame BrAtictir enriched the treat by their vocal-performances. The Orchestra, though small, was occupied by the best performers., Atter the Concert a Supper was intro duced with a kind of magic celerity, and formed, in deed,. a magnificent banquet,. consisting of every thinOxcellent, and it was served up in the most splendi4.l style. , The courteous attention of Mr. and Mrs. Thom.psoN to,all the guests, was as conspicu-; pus as their hospitality, When the-supper conclud ed, Messers INCLEpoN, SIIIELP, TAYLOR, and Ma danie BtANcilf, gratified the Company with Catches sad:Glees, and . rser.coit also entertained them with theatrical IMitations, „, The PRINCE Of Wig.Es, the DLTE.E of CAIN.1111:1DOE, and a very numerous and elgant autlitory were pri:sent. GENERAL ELECTION. ALDrRNIAN SIR WILLIAM CURT/S, Batt pliE COMMITTEE for Conduaing the Re elec`li,n of Sir WI lAA AM , CURTI S, to tie one of the Itcpresentatives of this City in Parliarner;t, earnestly request the early and full kt:eAdArice of. those Gentictrito of the Li very who arc in the interest of the worthy Itaronet, ; at . T(Y-MORROW,.at .Twelve O'MA precisely, being the day appointed for the Eledion, to support his Nomina tion : they will be thankful for any COillintlliCatiOllS to promote that desirable cuct...,at ChaMbers, at ote Old. South Sea House, where the Committee sit daily to reieive them: Old South. Sea Hou . se, Mays,. air. . . To the , WORTHY INDEPENDENT LIVERY of LONDON. CENTLEIVIEN, , T HAVE occupied almost evety - hour of every day since the Prorogation of Parliament in the most as siduous Endeavours to pay 'my Itespeds personally to every Liveryman resident in the City, and if. I have not accom plished that objet, I trust that you will ascribe it to a want of sufficient Time and correct List•. • • I can , truly state, that in the course of my Canvass I have experienced the most flattering Testimony of Approbation prom my Fellow Citizens, and it is with the greatest Con fidence that 1 again tolicit your Votes and zealous Support.; I feel no' sentiments of hostility towards either .of the Candidates who are Competitors with ine for your Favour. I am -1: - ,tluenced solely by the honourable Antbitio►i to be chosen by you as one of your, own Body to represent you in P.rliament. My Pretensions are my Attachment to my King, to Tay Country, and to you. My Pledge is to serve the Public, of which you constittite'So large a portion, dili gently, iaithfully, and disinterestedly. tVith great respe,,l, I have the HonoUr to be, ' 6entlemen, 'Your.much obliged and faithful humble Servant, H. C. CONIDE. Guildhall Coftt.e-house, sth May, 1207. Mr. Aldernian Cornne's Committee will sit every day at Ten o'Clock, at the Guildhall Coffee-house, GENza A L 7,1, ECTION. To theCENTLEIVIEN,CLERI;Y.3nd FREEEOLT)ERS of the COUNTY of DURHAM. CENTLEMF.N, HE DiB3Olutinn of Parliament affords me an up-. portitnity of acknowledging the high cense I entertain of the honour conferred by the County of Durham in the trust reposed in me during the last Session : An honour S. conferred calls for every exertion of zeal and aaivity on my ! part, and encourages me to hope that I shall again receive your Slid - rages and Support at the ensiling Eleaion, I have nothing to add to the pledge I before gave you—To conscientiously to the best of my judgment for the gene. ral welfare; of the Country, and the dignity and prosperity ,of the Collnty.Of Durban). I have they Honour to be, - • , Gentlemen, Your faithful obedient humble Servant, • 1, H. Rarensworth Castle, May z, tBO7. London, ;en May, rPo7. AT a Numerous and Respe&able MEETING of the FREEHOLDERS.of the COUNTY of YORK, who are resident in London, held this Day, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand; • The Right Honourable Lord Viscount GALLWAY, in the Chair ; The following Resolutions were unanimously carried, viz. That Mr. FAWKES having declared his • Intentidn of retiring frory Parliament, it is. the Opinion of this Meeting, that the Connexions, CharaEter. and Talents of Lord All LTON, point hith out as a proper Person to repre sent the Extensive and Independent County of YORK. That 4 Committee bc apyointed to take such Steps as may hest tend to sectirJ Lord Milton's Eleairin. Thai the .Chairman be requested to sign'tliese Resolutions in the Name. of the Meeting. (Signed) ARUNDEL CA LLWAY, Chairatan. The Chairman having left the Chair, the Thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to.hintfor-his able amt. partial Conduit in the Gray's Inn Coffee-Hamse„ London, May 5, A T a Meeting of tiv4 Freeliolckrs of thv Conti) , of Durham, tesideut in and near London, held this Stir day of May, 18 for the purpose of.adopting the trust etl;:ctual measures for securing the Election of ROW LAND' BURDON, 'Esq. to - represent. for the fOurtb . time, 'he - county of Durham in Parliament; jOHN HULLOLIC, Esq. in the Glair. .Resolved Unanimously, That the several Persons prexnt at this INleeting are strongly impressed with a deep sense of gratitude for the many great and important iservices what. were rendered to the County of Durbam by Rowland don, Esq. during the , peried lie continued one of its Repe-. senzativcs in Parliament. That the Representatives of. the County of Durham, in . Parliament, at ail times, but more especially at this moinett oils 'and im'portant crisis, ought to be men distinguished is, well by a acalous and arilent attachment to the king, and genuine Principles of the : Constitution, as .by a thorough, knowledge of the - fretting and Sid ppingititerests of the Em pire'at large, and particularly those alrecting• and connectee. , with our native County. _ _ _ . , That Mr. BUR DON. having evinced, during three sueees sive Parliaments, his loyalty to his Sovereign, and a zealous attachment to the Constitution, and having, during the same period, devoted,aljnostexclusively, and to thelnaiiitest pre judice of his own.concerns, his time and talents, and most successfully too, to the promotion and advancement of the permanent interests of every class of his Constituents ; and having more especially sheivn an intimate and familiar ac. quaintance with, 'and paid an unremitting attention to, the. Trading and Shipping Interests of the County, appears to': this Meeting to be a person peculiarly fit and qualified to be one of the Representatives of the County of Durham in the, ensuing Parliament. That, influenced by these reasons, this Meeting will indi vidually and collectively use their exertions to promote and • secure the Election of Mr. Burden to be one of the Repre -sent.itives of the County of Durham in the next Parliament ; and they earnestly call upon ail their Brother Freeholders to unite their most strenuous exertions in the promotion of that . most desirable , object. That a Committee be formed, of the Gentlemen present at this Meeting, to concert such measures as may best tend to secure Mr. Burden's Election; and, that it be recommended • to our Brother f reeltolders in the County of Durham ( p form themselves forthwith into Committees in the diflterrt Wards and Towns, and to use their utmost personal exertions in pursuing an object so conducive to the interests of the County. That all communications from the County of Durham be requested to be made to Mr: iturdon's Committee, at th e Gray's Inn Cofree.house; Holborn, London. That these Resolutions be signed by the Cha ir+nan, and - published in the London.and Newcastle Papers, and printed and circulated in tile County of Dtirtiamth liN ilV6l:::nOtCoKth.le Mr. Hu t lock having quitted the Chair, it was unanimously Resolved,' 't the Thanks of this Meeting be Chairman, for his able conducl in the Chair. . • MALLS.. ARR I ED —I GOMllbUfgh. (-isbpn. Duz—z Gotteliburgli, 3 Waterfotd. PRICE oF STOCKS THTS DAY AT TtV ELI/ £ O'CLOCK. Consols - - emnium - ; - t i Pr. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS rircass FALium AunEAT? GOTT.E.N . BUAGII 11:11L. APRIL 26.—His Majesty received tilt . : day , before yesterday the following report from Baron : ESSEN, Governor-General of Pomerania. -" On the 16th in the morning, General Baron ARNFELDT reported to me, that early in the morn ing his advanced posts were attacked by the Enemy with a superior force, and that he supposed the Enemy were reconnoitring our position. A further report stated, that a strong corps advanced against the centre of his left,wing, and that, notwithstand• ing the vigorous resistance rnade by his troops, he Was obliged to fail back ; the General proceeded immediately to Great Kosenow, where "the roadi from Uckermunde and Ferdinandshoff meet. In mean time no report reached me from Colonel CAnnELL, nor was the pasS of Sarowmuhls DCCU• pied by him. mt part of the column, which was under the orders of Brigadier VEGSACK, and after he had been wounded, under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel"POSSE, continued to fall back towards Anclim and Ziethen in Swedish Pomerania, where it halted. ‘,‘ I bail in the mean time established my head gnarters at Itantzien, - -where I' received the above reports iforn 'General AitIIFELDT -Frolll AnCla.ll ! sent my MCl,de-Camp, Major BASSEWITZ, to Ad jutant-General Baron TAWAST, who commanded. (•.tlie right cOlumn, 'with orders to call in his ad eiiceet posts;' he` eft Derntriin, and took a posi tion behind the river Peene ; the troops posted at Triebseeand'Dumgarten were:also orderadlo retreat. "A further Report from .General Baron An MFELDT acquainted me that he had been necessitated to order the infantry under his orders to retreat to Rantzien, while he remained .at Ziether on the 17th in the `morning with his cavalry and two pieces of cannon. I thereupon ordered Colonel Baron STAEL VOI4 HoLs•rnrN to take the Command of the above troops ; and soon .after was informed by General Baron ARM.. VELDT, that he was wounded and had proceeded to . Stralsund. The battalion of Skaraborgh and Engol ,brecht were ordered to retreat from Ziether and Stolpe, and the right column towards Giram.. - ‘5:-J:ktween eleven and twelve o'clock in the morn ing of the 17th the battalions belonging to the left i!columns.moved from Rantziert ; part of them occu ; Tied the villages in the vicinity of Griefswald, and the rest were quartered in that city. " '• " On the 17th in the morning I sent my Aid-cte ,Camp, Baron KRASSAW, to Anc&am; to propose an arthistice• for' 24 hours, in order to gain time to re .move the sick and wounded. The same day Colo nel Gouvr, first Aid-de-Camp to General MoIITIER, arrived at Griefswald in the afternoon, with-the - Ge, neral's answer. " On the 19th, another officer arrived from Ge. neral Mon . T.ma, who proposed-a meeting with me, itt Schlatkow, half a mile from Anclarn, where I ac- Cordittly arrived at 4 o'ciock in the afternoon. The light ' column was ordered the same day to move froM 'Orlin, and occupy the villages in the neigh . bourbOod of Stralsund ; at the meeting in Schlat kow au armistice was . agreed upon, the terms of which I humbly annex to this . Report. " On the lA, I - left Grietswald, and established , . my bead-quarters in this city. " Stratsund, 4pril 20, 1807. 13. IT. VON ESSEN'." By more recent Report 01 the 22d April his jesty has been informed, that the corps of Colonel CARDELL has made good its retreat to Swinemunde, from wheiace it is ordered by the Governor-General to proceed to Wolgast, Upon the whole it appears tlint'-the loss on our side has not been by far so cow! siderahle as might have been expected. • • . The enemy's magazines taken on the 14th inst. by our troops at Anclam, have all been removed into . Swedish Pomerania. • ARMISTICE CONCLUDED BETWEEN .HIS EXCELLENCY . FARO • ESSEN-, GOVERNOR-QENEI L AND THE FRENCH GENERAL MGRTIER. Extrael from the first article. [Here are entune. rated all the titles which NAPOLEON unlawfully as— sumes, and which it would not be proper to insett -. in a Swedish . translation.] A suspension of arms' shall take place between the Swedish and French troops.' - • Art. 2. The Swedish -troops shall deliver up the Isles of Usedom and Wollin to the French, who arts to take p6ssession of them on the 20th of April. Art 3. The Rivers Peene and Frel3.tl shall form the line of demarkation between the two armies. The French,troops shall have a post on the other side of the River Peene, near the Custom-house by Anclam. Art. 4. As long as the armistice lasts, his Es cellency Baron ESSEN, Commander in Chief of the Swedish Troops, engages not to afford any assistance whatever, either direly or indirealy, to the Cities. of Dantzic and Colberg, nor to the troops of ant Power at war with France or her .011 es. Art. 5. No troops belonging to any oweyt CS C with France, to land at Stralsund, in Pomerania, - or in the Isle of Rogel, as 1 ),1g as this Armistice le mains in force, Should, however, in pursuance of