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CONtESTED BLECTIOI4B. LONDON=—FIFV-1 DAY: • • State of the poll at the :i sing of the books yes terday at three' o'clock : Combo 4052'Atkins 2911 Curtis 3615 1 V aithman 1979 Shaw 3231 V% ood IB3G Mr. Alderman COMBO thanked the .Liverymen for the support he had received from them, and wished his abilities were equal to his wishes tribe of service to his country ; And be , lged a continu ance of those ' favours which hail already ,re ceived. Sir W. CURTIS, Sir JAMES Snaw, and Aldet- Inn), ATKINS, also came forv, - ard, and el , ;press, 0 their gratitude for the support thy had met With, mfr. WAITHMAiNi came forward tc. speak, but the elarnoue was so groat that he could not obtain a bearing f o r some time. The huzzas, hisses; and cries of qfr,. off, continued so long, that at last Mr. NV% stepped forward, and mounted:one of the desks placed for the poll clerks. Being still terrttpted by the uproar, he said that he was in no hurry:, and that there::ore the .more he was inter • rqted, the longer should his harangue be 'con tinned: Atiast, when the noise had in some de gree ceased, Mr. Waithindn proceeded to say, that Le , could. only attribute the interruption he had tact with to-two causes ; namely, that there were too much truth in what he was goiag to say, or that his abilities -appeared to his opponents',too transcendant to make it safe for them to allow Lista to speak. He professed his principles to be those of a tine old Whig, and yet he had been de terted by the Whig Club: lie was happy to have an opportunity of thus _declaring Isis sentiments ; and he felt it to be his duty to keep the poll open to the last hour. •Alderinan Woim was glad to see the people. so . earn.c_.st in their own cause as to give, him 1300 votes, who had never . solicited a smgie NA r hether he should be successful in the present contest or not, he would alwayS feel happy to think that there were still so many advocates for liherty.and independence as had already come .for -Iyard of their own accord to vote in his favour. 7 — . ' , '-in(r• convinced that it was but doing justice to b the frien& of freedoni to give them q.l opportuni tp to record their principles, he was resolved .to continue the contest to the last. SOUTHWARK-FIFTH DAY. The`number of persons polled this .day were l'ery Ifew hat the spirit of party increases .at the else of the Poll tie numbers wcre--- 7 .Calvert. , 2GW I Burdett' Thornton 16:97, :qr. THORNTON and Mr. CALVERT Severally re turned thanks; and observed, that the question respecting the right of the -inhabitants of the ,Clink and Christ Church Parish to rote, they had left entirely'to the decision of the worthy High Sir. W. Lewes, and were 'fully confident t!le. 1-c.stilt Would be tO give them a greater maio tity t Tianthey had even npw. Mr. KEIVIMISH also addressed the 4.leeting, acid deelared‘the ±eadiuess of BL , RFETT ' s Crim7 Nittee to 'abide by the decision of . the . , g ti .tai tiff. rile Poll then adjourned to this ,day, when the High Bailiff will- give his decision respect the right to vote in the Christ, Church Pa &c. • - LEICESTER.—LAST DAY. vs Mr.,ltoscoE has (reclined. the contest for this liorolig . b. The numbers at the close of the , poll Zeiere.:-- : ~ r. S. Smith • •• . 1116 (Roscoe -- 41/ 'ir. Babiligtaii.:.:..... 93C • sitßEwsDußy..--rmsrr DAY. • , Hon. H: Grey Bennett 62 1. Lieut.-. Gen. Sir R. Hill 49 tenj ..Benyon, 'Esq. .62 j < • . . BRISTOL—OcT. 9. . State of the poll at .ten minutes before foor:-. 7 - itomilly . 602 1 Davis Protheroe 667 I Hunt • ,202 COLCHESTEII ELECTION--TEIMD DAY. !!orrtton 593 I Davis - :•arvey 593 SOUTLIAMPTO:sI.—SECOND DAY. 4 therl dose cY 340 1 C4amberfavne r' • 273 I • •. • • 110STON.—FIRST DAY. Nr re u 4iatidock„ 146 ,' „ • NORWICH—THURSDAY. Willia m 1., Smith. J ~ 1507 Patteson 1202 "4.itrvev . l3lB . STAFFORD. State 40f the poll at its close : . li e , V"" n AB2 1 S li uridan. 255 zison. " . 347 I MA IDSTONE.—FIRST DAY. Zi t . .Bryd,c,-tts , , ;:ropsop, _ _ _ CANVEI2..I3IJIIY.—.SECOND DAY. 111thington . ' ''Qt.-: ' 404 • •• - SHRENVSBUII.Y.—SECOND DAY. • H. Grey.Ber.nr.t..2lB Lieut.-Gen. Sit It. Hill 141. - enj..l3,anyon, E5ti.....148 ~. NOTITI`; ( .2:-FIAIII.-9 ECOND DAY. '• "`;: Smith ." '•• ' ' • ' 172 I LOrd'Rancliffe • 7l AI. Ar1iwrit.;ht...:........ 73 R. Crompton.,. s JQS.. Birch . s—resigned.. . ... .........., I .SOUTHWARK ELECTION. (Sixth Day)—The I ` . 4 te of the Poll for the Borough of Southwark. at 4 °'Clock this day, was as follows : (Ma rlelCalvert, Esq. 2697 H f 11TV Thorutdn, Esq J. E: 'Burdett, Esq. - 488 • ELECTION.—This. day, at twelve o'clock, state of the poll for the City was as follows: , ( ‘olllbe 4371 Atkins, 1167 •;917 Waithmau. 2 ,108 , 9'06 Wood . 1969 1 1 ,The di s t r ib u ti on o f t h e 'N ava l portion of, the f ..yitlch er e n or. Scheldt ,Booty is a ga i n. suspended c i !: the complete adjustment of the claim 'ifoni IL u klenwich Ho s pit a l, w hi c h may b e expected in t'± course of another week.-, when payment will Ztotifted. SIEGE -OF CAI)IZ. The follot,vitig Letter from Cadit, dated .:Selst: 10, furnishes some interesting information regard to the immense efforts of. the enemy for 'the reduction of that city very early in the Morning of the 25th of August,-several of the works which the ..French had constructed along the lines were observed to be on fire ; TheSe lines reached from Conilby Torte-hernieja, Ohiclana, Puerto Real, and Puerto 1 de Sta. Maria, to Rota, ari . extent in the wlole 'of about eight leagues. Dnring the . thirly-one months of blockade, which con;menccd on the sth of February, 1810, the enemy nevet ceased la bOuring with the greatest activity on the con struction of an immense number of redoubts and batteries, which at last Contained abOut 500 pieces of cannon, of the .largest: calibre. They had also formed in their lines .parks of artillery, maga zines, and foundries, calculated to support and increase thevigour of the entcrprize, certainly one of the most 'extensive in ita outline recorded in the history of modern wars. 'To, these prodigious means of attack the enemy had added the fiona, consisting of about .30-gon-boats. " ,As the impregnable defences of the isle of Leon kit not the most distant hope of successful ly attacking Cadiz on that poi :t, they early di - - rected their atten:.:ion . :and their labours to that quarter of•the bay where'the small isthmus, called . the Trocudero, is situated. It appears, that their - plan was to multiply 'their fires on that point in such away as to silence, those of the• castle of PuntaleS.and of the adjacent batteries ; in conse quence of which they expected it would be prac ticable to effect a landing which might. enable them to form a lodgment _between the grand bat tery of, St. Ferdinand, and -the land porty from. Whence with mortars alone they could reduce to ashes the city of Cadiz. This: plan, though, a bold one, and of very difficult execution, espe cially because they could . not Batter themselves with becoming 'masters of the .sea, was generally acknowledged to be the only one that _held out :the prospect of a successful result. In' cpnse qnence,'bn the whole extent of: the, Trocadero, including. Fort Louis, the enemy had mounted about 200 pieces of artillery, Many, of them mor tars of the largest and most augiliented calibre, which kept up a; tremendous, 'though ineffectual fire upon.Puntales and the adjacent batteries; which was alWays returned withredoubled vigour.' " The enemy, even; from the first despairing of the effect of all these fires npon.Cadiz, next ap- plied himself to the discovery of • the means of throwiag projectiles th t might effectually. da mage the city. All the 'science of the corps of: French .drtillery, and .of a Spanish traitor called Domingo Vengoa, formerly a Colonel of artil lery, was put in requisition, for the purpose of casting :cannon of a new construction, whose range might - reach Cadiz. On the 15th .of De :ember, 18 LO, they made ; their .first experiment with apiece of from eight to•ninefeet in length, in the shape of a, cannon, but with the chamber ,and the capacity of a nineinch howitzer. The grenades thrown by this were partly. filled with lead, and could not burst..: Their range was a'hout 6000 yards, and 'they fell considerably beyond the . centre of the city ; but .without producing any other effect than that of a descending from the same elevation: "'However;. the enemy were animated to new attempts by the result of this experiment, and . flattered 'themselves that, by multiplying their, trials, they, might at h.-igth succeed in throwing a: number ,of. projectiles, calculated to annoy the population of Cadiz to such a degree, gs'tO pro-. (lute disturbances, and from the effects of discori sent and confuSion, the place might surrender. — Time haS.. demOnStrated, that these - hopes were ridieUlotts ; •for the enemy having constructed the . two batteries' of Cabezuela .aml Angulo in the Most advanced part of. the Trocadero towards Ca diz, placed in them fourteen pieces of the new ,construction ; • and. from the 24th of June, l'ci,l2 ) they began throwing sornelhirty projectiles daily ) . which mostly fell within the city, but without producing greater.elfect than - -in the first experi ments. it appears that the enemy did-not increase the'number-Of their firings, from a well4ounded tear lest their plebes should burst from the shock of an impulse so extraordinary, and also from their immense consumption of gunpowder, every charge, it is said, requiring-3Mbs. The Government, with the officers of the various pnblic departments, al , thongh they were within range of the French fires, .and were exposed, to continual danger, and inconvenience, never abandoned their posts. After this sort of bombardment for, two . months, which caused very little damage, - and to whiCh the population became at last habituated, they had the satisfaction of Witnessing one of greatest results of the _Memorable. victory of Sa , - lamanea, Which has immortalized the -Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo. The whole of the 25th of Au gust .the enemy were abandoning their lines) hay', ing destroyed some -of their batteries, and ren dered useless a part of their artillery. On the same day the Spaniards took. possession of their Where there was found an immense quan tity of gun-carriages, carts,.balls, bombs, gun powder, br; , f: , ,age, arms, and stores of provision. Of the 50Q, pieces of artillery, many were found in a serviceable state, the enemy not. having ,had , tinieJo destroy . them frOm the precipitation with which be retired. All these amount in value to many millionS„ but there_ has not yet been time to take an inventory of them, and we have been chiefly employed in, destroying the works, and in' bringing the artillery and stores into Cadiz and the Isle of Leon. Sikh has been the issue.of the. ',incessant lalvurs,of the enemy against Cadiz,—,' labours' which harts been often blazoned in the French reports as models_ of their kind, and as, like the works ,Of the Romans,: calculated to ex- cite-the admiration of the.world.- . " Two thousand men were immediately set to work upon the prOjected Cut, which is to convert the Trocadero•into an island, and to, render it,, .like the other approaches, impregnable. Were the , enemy, therefore, to approach even a month hence Ayith any amount of force, bis fire eou;d .not.teaCh Cadiz, nor even its Bay. In this man ner the Most, important- point of Spain will re main _perfectly,secure, •and it be impossible. for. the enemy even -to possess, in tranquility, the Test of Andalusia." . . •. SPAIN: - . . . .. The follmvivig is given as a statement of the e:,-..1 - npai•ati . ve strength of the Alirc..d Aralies, and of those of France in the Peninsula.' I.—THE BRITISH. Ranl7and file effeptirc. British,wider Lord WellinglOn and Gen. Hilt _40,000 --, under Gen'.Maillaiid ..6,000 Garrisons of Ca . c 4 .12 and Carthagena 6,000 Total effective Eritish.....s2poQ Portuguese,- Total Effectives. •44,000 Total divo'sabh! British and PurtuitiesO 76A00 , ARMIES The Ist Army is stationed in Catalonia, under the general command of - General . Lacy. 3 Army amounts to 17,000 men ; of which number 6,0Q0 are in the garrisons of Montserrat, Vich, Manresa, Cardona, and- at some other posts of less importance. The disposable Army.; amount ing to 11,000 men, is thus distributed : Uticidizev's inimediate * command 3030 3.000 !tiar.ifeld Rocira, the Corqueror of Figueras 2J 3 • . 7 11,000 • The 2cl Army.ig that of Valencia; the 3d Arrhy is theArniy of Murcia. Both of these were nnder the command of O'Donnel, who was lately de feated by . Gencral Harispe, at Castella. They are noW under the' orders of Elio, the late Viceroy at . Monte..V . ldeo Roches diViBion. These t:yo armies amount to 18.,000 men;' of whicit num.- her 11,000 are disposable and, elfective.' The 4th Army is that of 11;:dalw:.i . a, and is corn duanded by Ba.i.lesterUs. It - amounts to 23,000 men, 'of which Ballesteros has 0000 ; there Lire 14,000. men at the Isle de Leo. , at TiiriTa.,. and at. The sth army is in D,3tremaduta, and is com manded ninsalud, an old i t )a,nish officer, and Captain General of the province. Under him are th e COB de de PertneViilenntr,and Downie; and. the total farce,' including the garrison of BadajOF,, where, the head-quarters, - are, and where General Monsalud is stationed,. is 7000 men. The (i':h .Army is the 'Army of Galicia, and amounts to. 12,000 "efFectives. This ineludeS the force under Porlier and Santocildes, and is under the general dir ec ti o n o f G enera l, C asta nos. . There is also the corps under the command of •Don Carlos D'Espana, which cannot certainly exceed 4000imen. The 7th Army is that of Asturias, and is com manded by Mendizubal ; having under-him' Rao vales. - This force does not, it is believed, exc'ved 3000 effecctives. • ABSTRACT, INCLUDING GARRISONS. Ist Army 17,000 Catalonia I acy, Commander. 2d and 3d.. - "18,000 Murci.a.r.Valencia,Eiio, 4th Army . 23,000 Andallisid - Ilialasi - erns, .sth Army i ...,„ 7,00- E.trenu,dura Itionsalut!, 6th Army.. ~ —12,000 - Galli,da ' Ca:btanos, 7th Army ' :.;,003 AS oi: Li l'ia.F - . 2,leudizabd, Corns under ) , . . . J . 4,0,.10 riladrlJ, I:spaca • .T0ta1....84,00b To this let us add the Guerilla partie-- Mina ..... ... 3090 in Navarre. Duran Mon ija (a Grandee) .... 9500 Valencia. Vilacanipa .The Empt , 'cipz-tdo Martinez B'Assecourt Don Julian Sanchez 1500 • • .Total ?0,003 The detached parties.s;6oo} • Add re:calar troops. 34,000 Total t - zpatish regulars Sz. irregulars 2:4,00 Add the. British and Portuguese.... 76,000 Total Allied Arwies. ~... 180,000 111. TILE F.RENCH. Ist, The Army of Souit - . ,45„000 Effective, sd, The Armyof Suchet, amounts to _26,00 Sucliet's corps is thus divided :---, _ - In VAereta ' 9,000 Upper Arragon‘ 6,000 Lower Arragon New Arragon T0ta1....26,000 Of this force 10,000 men are stationed in the dif ferent garrisons of Tarrgona, Tortosa, and Me quinenza, in New Arragon ; those of Saragossa, Huessea, BarhaStro, Benavane, Monson, Be naschi, Jaca, and the Chico in Upper Ar ragon ; the garrison of Valencia (POO men only),, and the, garrisons of Calatayud, Darica, Alcaniz, Caspe, Morella, and Teruel, in Lower Arragon. The French, in the towns of Saragossa, and of Valencia, have deniolished the works of the towns, and conned theiliselves to the citadels, which they have strengthened by ditches and other works ; and which they are thus enabled to maintain with a small force. The 'disposahle force under Suchet is, therefore, 16,000 men. . • 3d. The army of Catalonia, under General De caen, amounts to 20,000 men, of which 13,000 are in the garrisons of Figneras, Bas Cara, Olot, Rosas, Ocrona, Lshishal, -Palamos, Hostalrich, and Barcelona. But.from these;garri , ons Decaen can, and does, When necessary, withdraw 40.00 am, 'so that his disposable force may be 11,000 men. 4t1.1. The army in Navarre, which is a separate command, amounts to 9000 men, of which 3000 are in the garrison of Pampelu e na, and other posts. , sth. The Army of the North, under amounts to f),000 men, of which 7,0`j0 are efectiveS. Gth. The remains of MArrnont's army amount to 30,000, pi' which, 25,000 are d;-pu:',,',3le, and the remainder form the garrisons of Burgos, Pan combo, Vittoria and other posts. 7th. The army under Joseph, lately called that of the " Centre, - is certainly 10,030 men, and is commanded by Marshal Jourdan. ABSTRACT. I • Sonlt .. . f South of Spain,Gre-I 45,0°0 '' 1 nada at present f , Sachet' V•elencia 26,900 Deeaen ..... Catalonia .. . 20,000 . Navarre ....Pampelnna 9,000 Caffarelli . Iraq of the North Marmont... . Burgos f .iosepli Valencia. • 10;000 Tntal .139,009 Of Ivhich there are in garrri:•ons :32,009, . . . Taal 107,000 .. ~ . . . Tile French d4posable• force may certainly . be estimated at 100;000 inch: An opinion, to which we ply great respect, has ilyluctd us to,lplievc, that So,ult w:11 not now think of return:cg to Ziadrid. ; ,„ ' lt - C., - ~• • • • 'f• .12 .17 .i 2 .11 - C" 7 r:lin at POETRY. IMPROMPTU, INSCE.II3En TO S. 1 1 .7:---; ZSQ. ins,Annylpgs To THE ELECTORS,OF THE BOROUGH OF TL?O THE DISSOLVTION OF PARLIAMENT. " True, Tyriftsve, mild 'null() disciimire.habete.-r." If the Drury . Addreses crlr Poets compose, Prove:as heaVi in rhyme, as you're tedious in prase, •To Parnassian fame since they Cantnt aspire; Peythee, thiow them, along with prr own, in the fire, - Cr else We Shall yawn, both the Hovse and the Nation, And fall fast asleep a'er such Represwattaion! AN OUT PATIEXT. .Wircnson, OCT. BL-The Town Hal',last even ing bOasted one of the moit splendid and nume rous assemblages of rank, beauty and fathion, ever witnessed in that room—Lair anxious to pay that tribute of respect due to their worthy Repre sentives, EDWARD DLSBROWE and JOHN 'RAMS BOTD;:vi, Esqrs. on their re-election The Ball was opened by the latter, ,and the 'accomplished Miss TUNicADINE., with the Prince Regent's' and Russian Dances; as appropriate to the moment.--; The unanimity andgood order iv•hich prevailed throughout the whole of this Election, 11:t been. of !2 - eeat,est'comfort and exultation to thein haVitants• Windsor. The colours and, flags of both Menthe- , ~,? .re displayed at the heicrof the, rn—joy was den - .lt4,'d on' every countenance. The ,crs of the Ro7:"11 Regimen , : of . 11c;rse and thoSe of 29 , h, contribatcd much to the fe, scene.. The band of the latter pi-formed twrtial airs at intervals ; the - music for' ,vat: the ICEit, Gow B••.:!. The com!jan;7 tripped it on " the I:ght fantast;c toe," unt-ii Phtvbus Lad taken his station in the El6t----when all If“ , 111 %, dei;fitited, and lifippy at the one of 'the most peaceable Elections ever kno\va at Wi,ldsor. LIVERPOOL, OCT, 7.-Mr. .Canning's carriage has broken down three times on his way front Devonshire, which, together, with the difficulty of procuring post-horses, has retarded his arrival here. Mr, Litt, a merchant of London, but for inerlyTtq: this town, was With him at Birmingham when his carriage broke dawn there, and advised bun to remain a fey:- hours there, and take some rest, and Mr. Litt proceedA OD here in a chaise and,iour, with all poSsihle sp ee d, an d arrived j us t tth ae time the procession was to begin to move with Mr. 'Canning to ina'ke his public. entry. The. Committeee of the Right Hon. Gentleman determined, as every thing_wasarranged, the pro- CesF:ion should proceed,..although Mr. 'Canning. had not arrived, and it accordingly did in the fol lo'wing,order An ruzli , .ll Ensigri: Fifteen eiegitnt Colours, three a-breast. Various Tradesinen who are free. Twelve Colonrs, three a-breast. various other Trail esrugo Twelve Colours; three a-breast The Leather Trade frnming . their own procession. The full Band of the 43 Light Dralroons withontregimentals. Two beautifui..ilk 'Colours, with a'proi;rTare General ,Ache z, follev•ed by twenty-f Our Captains and forty- Lientualits, who wili'corrduct the:Election underthe A Colour with Mr. Ginning's Coat of Ar The Memberi of tho't.:orinnitt,:e. . • • A carriage. ' , Two Silk,Colours. Gentlemen, ten a-laeast. Colours, six a , hreat: • '- There were .t4veral Bands .of Drums and Fifes. The procession passed through Seymour-street, Russell -street, Clarence -street, Slater-street; Bold street, Lord- !:treet, Castle -street, where Mr. Glad stone, a merchant, and Mr. Litt, addressed the Multitude from the top of a. coach but the - , noise and confusion was so great, that it Was impossible hear what they said, except those who were close to the carriage. After they had finished, Mr. Ca sey and Mr. Clarke spoke in 'favour of Mr. Brough am and Mr. Creevey, from Mr. Ros'aoe's Bank.-- ;The concourse of people assembled on the occasion was equal, if not superior, to those assenabled on . Mr. Brouglram's ea try. The windows of the hotises were crowded with beautiful females, waving Mr. Canning's scarlet ribbons. The Ist Garrison Battalion, commanded 1A- Lieutenant-C}olonel Alexander, stationed at Cork upwards of two years, haVe aarchi:d for Bantry, to relieve tho3d Garrison Battalion. GRANp SHIP LAUNCFI.7—The. Marquis of Cana-. den, ,Indianian; Wes launched at Northl'lcet, on Tuesday-last. This noble spectacle took place a quarter before two o'Clock.A.ll. at PitChei's yard. Upwards of one hundred persons of the first con- sequence were entertained in the model-rdoni.— GoW's . band:played dUring dinner : after Non 7/9/:)13 DORtilte, God Slue the Xing, R74.1e tannin, and The Prince :and Old England, were sung and chorussed by the hand and comnanv.-L Dignnirl The Great A . r,•tioi - t, and Fill gleas again, and he was well supported by Ali. Collier, a' beautiful`counter-tenor, and Mr. R. Clark,..nephew to Mr. Sale. The glees of Fair Flora deck the faL ., Nt Flower, You Gentlemen of .England . and Life's , : a Bumper, were' admirably sung. We are sorry Mr. Larkins, the owner of the ship, was- absent front iliness.—The dancing com.need about sixo'clock nc- and lasted till eleven. ME TE OROLOGICIL ! . JOLTIZ NAL BY R. BANKS, PI-ITLOSOPII/CAT., INSTRUMENT MAILER, 6TRAND. Therru. 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