The Sun. — London, England, 1812-10-14 00:00:00

NEW pialLrm‘rtt4r. aNigINIBE4S El' (3 ANE 1).. Chia:church, Right Hon. G. Rose, W. E. Tomlin, Esqr§. County Hof Southampton, W. Chute, T. F. Heath- cote, tsq Anglesea, lion. Berkeley Paget. Suffolk, Sir W. Rowley, Bart. T. S. Gooch ) Esq. without opposition. Newcastle-upoil 7 Ty ne, Matthew W. Ridley, Cuth- bent Ellison, Esqrs. without opposition. Kent, Sir E. Ktiatclull, , Sir Win. Geary, Barb. without opposition.- isruntingdonMin:, Lord Vis. liinchingbroke, V. H. Fellowes, Esq. Stafi'ordshiie, Lord G. L. Gower, E. J. Littleton, 0 • AldbGrough, IL Dawkins, H. Vynes,Esqrs. Sh,Orehina, Sir C. M. Burrell, Bart. T. Shelley, Esq. without opposition. Tregony:W ,Holmes; A.. Grant, Esqrs. Knoresborough, Lord J. Townseud,Lord Ossulton. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. SUIIREY ELECTION. At the close of Monday's Poll, the numbers Were :-- • • Sir Thomas Sutton .. 400 Six T. Turton Mr. Stu:ki10 . . ~ EESEX—SECOND DAY. Houbloll Westein Cell , PENRYN.—Ocr. 10. 45 1-fiovlcins 40 Hobart.. 13ERKSHIRE.—Ocr."12, 236 I Hallett.... 183 Dundac I:eviile Smith . ltaticliCf NOTTINGHAM.--Oct. 1099 j Arkwright . 811 OXFO:tD, OcT. 13. ... 34 ~s 554; 72 Wright . 757 1 Eden . Lockhart 745 (Mere are from 15 to 1,600 Freemen-41381 polleth) SHREWSBURY.—OcT 12. Hon. H. Grey Bennett 724 l Benj. Benyon, Esq.,.. aeo Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. Hill 512 1 WORCESTER.—OcT. 13. Abraham Robarts ....1248 Lord -lliethurst ~, WM. Gordon • 939 : . ' Declined. - •, , Elected. , .- • , . . . . .. . BRISTOL, OCT. 12.--Half-past Three. ' •Davis , 2264 I Romilly 1.139 Protheroe 1976 I tin*. 377 . . LIVLRPOOL.—Ocr. 12 Canning Brougliain 1407 Freesaeu polled. - WORCESTER. , • Theye has not been so 'severe a contest for the • Representation of the city of Worcester, since the memorable one between' Sir W. Lewes and Mr. Rouse; the most determined measures are pursd ing by both parties, and the side to which victory will ultimately ibeline,must be left to thefinal close of the roll, as the friends of, each party.are sang• guine of success. Many of Lord Deerhurst's friends having previously engaged their, votes, he stands in a great measure deprived of his natural interest in the city. The struggle lay between Lord Deerhurst and Mr. Gordon, the former being supported by the powerful connections of the Co. ventry, Beauchamp,,Folcy, and Somers Eimilies, in conjunction with the leading Members of the Corporation ; and the latter by what is generally .ealled the old independent interest, uninfluenced by any particular system of politici. The absence of Mr. Gordon, who is in Spain, was, of course, no inconsiderable advantage to Lord Deerhurst, was ably supplied by the personal exertions of his - father-in-law, Sir George Comma, Col. Mur phy, Mr. Quin, and the indefatigable zeal of his numerous friends in Worcester. This contest de rives additional interest from the , character and sthility it has developed in Lord Deerkurst.• In his first address, he observed that he could not torget that he was opposing au absent rival, to whose merits . be bore the amplest testimony; and on speaking of his own pretensions, he paid an eloquent tribute to his iliustrions ancestor .Lord Keeper Coventry,' mentioned with so' much veneration and respect in Lord Clarendon's History ; and in referring to later years, he very aptly and feelingly 7directed the eyes of his hearers to the picture of the late Earl, now before them. Could the origi`rial be re-animated, said his Lordship, how would he now rejoice at the sight of his descendant, stand,- ing tOttic.at - this critical and momentous period, in defenee.of their free ,sulfra s ges, and concluded an animated speech, by recommending the most vigorous exertions to . place him in a situation which it was 'his aMbition to fill, and assured theM his determination to stand the contest as long as a vote could be obtained. Tice uuthbers, at the close of the Poll, wcie,, for IC4B 1 .tYrdDeerburst . 855 iiorcion ~ .. J 39 I Ne&rly 1,800 inaitidaals polled on the occasion. ABINGDON, OCT. 12.—This day the election for the county of Bells commenced. The Candidates were, the late Member, Charles Dundas, Esq.; the 1-Ion: Mr.. Neville, (eldest .son of Lord Bray brooke); and W. Hallett, Esq. Each Candidate. pledged himself , severally to support economy and reform as necessary in the, present condition of the country. All parties were unanimous in their with to bave.Mr. aundas returned again to Par. liament. The contest, it is expected, be be tween the two new Candidates, Mr. / Neville and Mr. Hallett.--- he ftillowing Was tire state of the Poll at the close this evening : Duadm 36 F 3 Hallett-450 ALDB6IIOI:6H, SUFFOLK.--A very warm and spirited contest has taken place for the' repre= Sentation of this town, in which no opposition to the interest possessed by the Crespigny family has occttrred . for'nearly 40 years. This town was incorporated by a charter ,of Edward VI. in the second year, of his reign, when the ,King's tenants and the inhabitants took the corporate designation of the Bailiffs and .Burgesses-of; Aldbui•gh 5 and- the, inhabitants- -were ern powered annuatly to choose two Bailiffs': The . first return of'iqembers- of - Parliament . toOk place in the lath 'of Elizabeth; and nine saccessive-re ...... titer that Charter. This corporatism afterwara received from Jame the First; in, the fourth year of his reign, a Charter, confirming the fon:tier one, and granting thein further privilegeSl and these,tharters were further confirmed by Charles the First, in the 13th year of his reign. The last decision of the House of Commons, in the year 1709, declared the right of voting in -this place to be in the Bailiffs Burgesses, .and Freemen not receiving < aims. The late Mr. Philip Crespigny created and maintained a superior, parliamentary interest in this burgh, by introduc- , ing 'as honorary freemen a.large number of his friends from various parts of the United King dom. This systeM has been continued by his sons; who, as it is stated; excluded almost every inhabi tant of the town from this important privilege. . The simple question . in, the present contest is, whether the inhabitants, under their first. charter, be or be not Burgesses ; and, a§ Burgesses, whe ther they have not a right to excercise the elec-, tive franchise,. which. seems to have existed in and to have been exercised by thew, and by them only, in the first nine returns of Members to Par iiathent, under' their first charter Of incorporation. The Election commenced last Friday morning, when James Cranborne Strode, Esq. and Justician Casamajor, Esq; were nominated by the town party, and Lord Dufferin iand Andro.w Strahan; . ESq.hy Mr. Crespigny. Upon a'sbetv of hands, the returning officers declared the majority to, be in favour of Mr. Strode and Mr. Casamajor ;. upon which a poll was demanded by Mr. Crespig , ;y, for the absent. candidates, Lord Thifferin and' Mr. Straban. Mr. Casaida addressed the Meeting, and expressed the determinationof himself and.his bro ther candidate, to support, the imepen;!ence of the inhabitants, and to recover; if possible, their long suspended The poll closed on Friday at five o'clock, after .a very, few votes had been polled. The greater part of Saturday was employed by the Bailiffs and capital Burgessts iii hering the arguments of Counsel in support of, and in oppo sition,to, the claim of the inliabi:iants to be en. ; ,rolled as Burgesses, which was rejected by that Court. Mr Common Serjeapt was retained ,on the, part of the town candidates Mr: •AldersOn Oti the part of Mr, Crespigny. -On Saturday evening, . about five o'clock, the poll was again opened, and continued till ten night, when the Returning Officers, upon the recmninen dation of the Assessor, adniitttd the tender olthe party on the poll-book, but rejected the vote, thus leaving the question of right in the Burgesies open 69 future . discussion before a Committee of the House of Commons, should the parties be inclined to make such an ap peal. The poll was then ajourned to ;Monday _ morning at eleven o'clock. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, Probably you have not heard of - a smuggled Meeting that was held at Loughborough a month or six weeks wzo, composed pr ocipally of dis senting Ministers, and a few of tie dissatisfied Dpeople of the adjoining counties, out mostly from Derby, assisted b, idle noted MaioiCARTWRIGHT and, however strange it may was held with the knowledge of Mr. ‘VIIITn READ, with whom the Derby Patriots lead leen in corre7.: spondence. The.oiijeTt of this . (which few heard-of till icwas °rel.) was_ to produce the form of a. Petition to. the PRINCE A.e..3esn- and the two Houses of Parliaintuit. for Peace; Which form these enlightened Patrios intetyLd is a pat tern for the whote kingdo,n .ri and Which they,have modestly recoueneu.lat-to every town. - .By way of beginning, as they hoped, . wAii the sanction of the Cons. it uted Authorities, the Mayor of this place was applied to with a Requisition to, call a 'Meeting of -the town, sighed by fifteen of the inhanitant, respectable in point o situation, which was no sooner known than a counter requiAtion was presented to him, signed by forty one of the inhabitants, desiring that he. would not call any. such - Meeting. The Maybr, with the , unanimous concurrence of the Magistrates of the Borough, I efused . to call such a Meeting, andin consequence .sonte.of the fifteen (for several with Arm their names), joined by about onehundred and eighty others, many of whom were allured by the word " PEACE," in the abstract, and very many' whose names were not known, called a Meeting themselves, to be held in the open Market place, in consequence of their having been' refused the use of the Toiva Haii by the Borough Magistrates, and an unsaceessful, application for the county Hall. The Meeting was composed of a motley crew, certainly not fine hundred in number, in einding those who went Irvin curiosity, though the population of this place is very little short of 14,000 ! Dr. FORRESTLR, a Magistrate, of the County, was called to the Chair, of whom I shall how only say, that his politics are well Jtnown here, and that he is, in more, respects than one, related to " .the Pride, of Wcstminseer*" After • , several high-flown speeches (Where 4 . ‘ more 'is meant than meets the ear,") all on one side, for not a word was uttered in opposition (except when one of the Orators said " he would hold out his hand to 800 N APART E, " a person in the ! crowd exclaimed " What a vagabond !" and much abuse of the Mayor,' without saying a word of the other Magistrates, the counter-requisitwa, or Their u; :successful application j or the County .fall, they voted such resolutions as you would expect, and adopted ,the Pattern-card Petition produced :at . Loughboeouga. In the Nutt/AO/ma . Revieao, the Meeting is stated to have consisted of 4000 per sons„ and they wanted to put the same words in . the Derby paper, but the Liken hat; the good sense and fortitude to rehire the insertion of such' a barefaced misrepresentation, or any other ac count, except signed by some oldie party. Ncw-;. Sir, as many at a distance Iron' this peace may be imposed upon by the Misrepresentations which havebeen.pubiished, and forin unfavourable opi nions of the inhabitants of this tOWn, I send you the above statement fOr - general-information,. through the means of your extensive circulation,. should you think these Patriots . ' worth exposing in their true colours. • `,"- VERAX. Prhy t _Qct. 10, 1812. POETRY A D E S S, I: , ;TENDED'I , OR THE OPENING OF DEURY-LANE THEATRE. (PRESENTED TO TEL COMMITTEE) Written by T,yi Ecg_ Once more the SCENIC Musa telioldq a dione Rais'd on the spot so long her tav'rite Where GEN; s clay „her hontoned trophies•iear c . And WIT and SATIRE in her train appear; Wit that can Folly awe; and Vice appal, Satire with piiirit•d shafts; but free from gall, Homotin, who now - his broad luxuriance tries, . Now slyly lairks„in Irony's disguise TERROR that proudest. Guilt must shudd'ring Lear, And sacred MA*, with her chast' wing tear : All ; all, a lib'ral shelter here may find, Since att but aim to melioratemankind. Hail! mighty shade of him whose poW'r could scan The lowest deeps and noblest heights of Man, Whow workshi , 3 genuine chat acter shall traCe, 'dill the vast whole clissolres its empty space ; Ohl may thy spirit o'er the dome preside— Be'thon the Guardian Genius and the 'Guide, SU may th'.achniring world with rapture see Each drama realiz'd as form'd by thee, So may embody'd v.onders of thy page Inspire new Bards with emulative rage, So rifiASON may in PLEAsu Res gar]) beguile, Alike en7 --, l,ling - ev'ry tear and smile: • • Them shall THE STAGE', mild Supplement to LAw,, The hart to :just and kind affections dra*; Then Truth With Taste' and Fany shall combine, ,The Passions to controul, exalt, refine, 'Till they del,ghted bend at Virtue's halletv'd shrine: RUSSIA. St. Petersburgh is 'distant from Moscoti/ 500 English miles, The first town of any importance on the road to it froM lAlocow is Tver, situated on-the banks of the river Volga. It is' a place of considerable commerce, being situated near the conflux of the rivers Volga and Tvertza ; along which rivers are conveyed all the goods and trade sent by water fro!n Siberia and the southern provinces, towards St. Petersburgh. By means of the Tvertza, a communication is made. between the Caspian and Itic seas, (a distance of 2000 miles). The averago number of barges which pass by Tver every year is about 2550. The. country about it, produces a great abundance of wheat, rye, bar - ley, oats, hemp, flax, arittall sorts of vegetables. . Another impOrtant town on the rcute •to St. Petersburgh is the '° Imperial village" of Vishnei , Voloshosk, remarkable for the canal, which, by uniting the iTvert2a and the ' . .Masta rivers, con nects the inland tiavig - atiOn between the - Caspian and Baltic. Stipposing • that" the RUssians could place no consicierahle•army on the road from Moscow, the French might occupy both 'Ever and Vishnei \To loshosk without much difficulty and it is none cessarV to poiiit ont . the injury Which they might do, by thuis intercepting - the Commercial and in land cOnmiunicationbetween the maritime capital and many- of the richest and most valuable pro vinces of the Russian Empire. Along, this route, dso, innumerable herdSof oxenpass to St. Peters buruh for the supply of that capital. It is a cu z-- • , rious fact:that most of these cattle are brought from the Ukraine, at least distant 800 miles from the metropolis.. The' only remaining place of consequence on this route is Novogorod; about 120 miles from St. Petersburgh; and 380, from Moscow, NoVogo : rod was formerly a city of great extent and im portance, next in consider ttion to 'Moscow ; and though now greatly declined, is still a place of great celebrity, and of reverence in the eyes of the Russians, . It has a Kremlin, a fortress (some thing similar to that of Moscow), which contains the ancient and venerable cathedral of St. Sophia, built about the year, 1050, . • The road, however, to St. Petersbitrgh, will present many obstacles-to the Frea.ch., if`the inha bitants. adopt . early . measures for breaking it up. It is almost a straight line, cut through endless • tracts of wood. only broken by villa es, round which, to a small distance, the pounds are open . and cultivated._ The road is mace of trunks of trees laid transversely in rows parallel to each other, and are'bOund dOWn in the centre and at each extremity by long, poles, or beams, fastened into the ground with Wooden pegs ; these. trunks are covered, with 'layers of boughs, and the whole:is strewed over with sand or earth. When the road :is new, it is , very good ; but as the trunks decay 6r sink into the groditd, and as the earth is wash ( 'awa y , the roaci is broken into numberless' holes, and may-be rendered quite impassable by the in . - kkabitauts... Tun Kitr..t.it.m•—• This place is built upon the principle of the imperial Palace of the Greek EM-' perors at Byzantium (whose representatives the Czars, or " Caisars,' of Russia profess themselves to be), now well known as the Seraglio at Con stantinople. The Kremlin stands within the in terior cir , :le,Of the city of Moscow, : nearly in the centre ; it contains within .its antique and massy c2iceinte, the:olcl Imperial Palace, the pleasure or banquetting-house, the Imperial mews, a tietual ling-house, the palace of the Patriarch, a eathe dral, :;four parish churches, five convents, the arsenar; with the public colleges and other offices. Ad, the churches have beautiful spires, richly gilt; the architecture is a mixture of .the Grecian and .Gothic;_ the insides are superbly decorated, and the images of the Saints are - ornamented with gold; silver, and precious Stones. The habili ments anal decorations of the image of the Virgin, together with- the other gorgeous images in the Kremlin Cathedt al,' were considered as equalling in value those once to be seen in the fatuous Santa Casa at Loretto. Saturday four troops of the Royal Horse Guards, under th command of Colonel Sir ROBERT HILL, brothof Lieutenant-Genprat_ Sir,'Rot~•- LA:t'n kirrired at Portsmouth to embark for 'T• 1 FROX THE LONDON GAETTE, OCTOBEit.I3 At the. Court - at Carlton irons.!, the 13th of 0e- tuber, 18i2. Pre;:ent, his Royal . Highness the Prince Regent Ifl Council. Vlhereas; in consequence or information hav ing been received of a Declaration of War by the Government of 'the United States of America againtt his Majesty, and of the 'issue of Letters of Marque and Reprisal by the said GoVernment against his Majesty and his subjects, an Order in Council, bearing date the 3lst of July last, was issued, directing that American ships and goods slsculd be brought in and detained till further ora tiers . , and whereas his Royal Highness the Yriuce Regent, actincr, in the name and on 'the behalf of his Majesty, forbore at that time to - ditect Let ters of Marque Reprisal to he issued against the ships, goods., and citizens of he said United States of America, under the expectation that the said Goversonent would; upon the notification of the Order in Council of the '23d of Julie .ast, forthwith recall and annul the said Declaration of War against his Majesty, and also annul tile said Letters of Marque and Reprisal : And whereas the said Government of the United States of America, upon due notification to them of the said Order in Council ot the 23d of June last, did not think fit to recall the said Declara tion of War and Letters of Marque and Reprisal,. but have proceeded to condemn awl persisted in condemning the ships and property of his Ma jesty's subjects as prize of war, and have refused to ratify a . suspension of arms 'agreed upon be tween Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, his Majesty's Governor-6snetal of Canada, and General Dearborn, commanding the A inericAll forces in the •Northern Provinces or the United States, and have directed hostilities to be recono mensed in that quarter His Royal HighnesS the Prince Regent, acting in the - name and on behalf of his .sijesiy, and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, is hereby pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that general reih•isals be granted against the ships, gothic, and citizens of the United, States of Ame rica, and others inhabiting within the territories thereof <save and except any. vessels to which his Majesty's license has been granted, or which have been, direesed to hesreleased from the embargo, and have not terminated the original voyage on svhieh they were detained and released), so that as well 11.3 Majesty's fleets and ships, as alto all Other shins and • vessels that shall be comniis sionated uy Letters of Marqae or General • Re prisals, or otherwise,- by his Majeaty's e Cona , miisioners for executing the office of . Lord High Admiral. ot Great Britain, shall and may lawfully seize all ships, vessels, and goods- he longing to the Government of the United Isitates,of -America, oethee.tizens thereof, or others inhabiting within the territories thereof, and bring the same to judgment in any of the Courts of Admiralty within his Majesty's dominions ; and to that end. his Majesty's Advocate 7 General,.wiih the Advocate of the Admiralty, are forthwith to prepare the draught of a commission, and present the same to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent at - this Board, authorising the . Consmissionera for exe cuting the. office: of 'Lord High Admiral, or any person or persons by them empowered and ap pointed, to issue forth and grant Letters of Martine -and Reprisals to any of his Majesty's sub jects, or others whom the said Commissioners shall deem fitly ciuelified in that behalf, for the apprehending, seizing, and taking the ships, ves sels; and goods, beltinging to the.Govermnent cif the United. States of America, or the citizens thereof, or.others inhabiting within the countries, territories, or dominions - thereof (except . as afore said) and that such powers and clauses, be insert ed in the said Commission as have been usual e and are according to former precedents ; and his Ma jesty's Advocate s Geaeral, with the Advocate of the Admiralty, are alSo ;forthwith to prepare the draught of a Commission., and ,present the same to his Royal Highaess the - Prince Regent at this Board, autliorising the said Commissioners for executing the (hike of Loed/Hieb Admiral to' win and require the High ,Courtof Adin:ralty of Great Britain, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the said Court, his Surrogate or Surrogates, as also the several Courts of Admiralty within his Majesty's dominions, to take cognisance of, and judicially proceed upon, all and ail manner of captaises, sei zures, prizes,. and reprisals of all ships and gy_ods that are or shall be taken, and to wear and de termine the same ; and according-to tree course of Admiralty, and the laws-of nations, to anyidge and condemn all such snips, vessels, and goods as shall beloag to the Governmea. of tue Gaited States of America, or the citizens thereof, or to others inbabitiag within the countries, territories, and dominions thereof (except as aforesaid); mid that such powers and aises ye inserted in the said Couraiission as have" s Cn usual, and ire ac cording to former precedents .5 and they are like• wise to prepare and lay before his Ro!,al iitgh .ess the Prince Regent, at this Board, a draught of • such instructions as may he proper to be sent to the Courts of, Admiralty in his Aiajesiv's Foreign Governments and Plantations, for then guidance herein, as also another draught of in ' structionslor such ships as shall be cominission• ed for the purposed above-mentioned. His Royal Highness the Prince Keg - eat is tie. Nertheless pleased hereby to declare, in the n e m: and on the behalf of his Majesty, that notiiiiie tt this order contained shall tie understood to re 'all or affect the Declai•ation.which his Majesty's Nes val Commander on the American station his titer authorised to make to' the Goverumeat of tlii United States of America—namely, that his faset Highness, animated by a sincere desire to gar , rest the calamities of scar s has authorise:l the :3-tit Coniinander to sign a Convention, recalling nu, aanulling, from a day to be named, all. hostas orders issued by the respective Governments, witl a view of restoring without deity the relation , ) amity and Commerce between his Majesty and du United States of America. From the Court at f.j:arlt,on-horse, the 13th o October, 1812. • . . CASTLEREAG Li , LivEraoaL N: VANsYriAa'r, BA .14 i_ll.-e.z.SF, CHARLES LONG, 113