The Sun. — London, England, 1819-02-24 00:00:00

el * descriP i s hot!, `No ev" °: eason !odor' ° re a It of t hc 4r to tbs 1, which es eor r of the ye 10// ,', SiotlAy , et ese re. reAt v erdl 0 1 . fral' i o nd Of 11 ,r 1. : ),reCI ut narid 1 " I T lir etn e rc Aire ( )111 Co too „f ere re I ` 3 ►f ill' 9- , ilso at or I►yc1 ►yc or of : e jOi ll 1 5 11,4,11 ..~i 23. r• (It , Af t,e. if Ll' o tii. 0 [lli , - Fkloriel trect !l e iirgga" OP per (ISt Artyl Car l°" 1 00 ,4. Ii II 'f°• 1, fos ,cO O4l fter g• of , oge lek ,f lb : 00 1 D eli tile i tb" C Llo r ties It ~f ~ f ~~ ~~~~~ ~ s~~t t ber e Arti'll. WESTNI INSTER ELECTION. C ARTWRIGHT 7. 51 wig' ►ue (33i!1 Radi ai ei ( me itevolutionist, a ilopeiare herd of Who *Ant to destroy THE CONSTI "I" r° ''ant:l branch, which the true Whigs are an xious to sht."' rt• Sir FRANCIS lAL7RDETT has t*tallY "n d for ever destroyed his political repo tali"ln d "efting Major CARTWRIGHT, and e.:l3°ll°.ing the e au t e o f Mr. llontiousE. The aronet does not even pret e nd th a t t h e M a jor has ibandoned his. principl es , t h ose pr i nc i p l es w hi c h " l ice(' their for mer friendshi and co-operation, or p his own pr i nc i ples now differ from those of e M ajor. Wh at possi b le plea then can he urge Or attaching himself to Mr. Iloauousa, a young p an wholly un k nown to the world, except by a °oi imputed to him, in which he manifests sen timents exactly correspondent with those of the vlecrable wretches who spread honor and carnage tl°er Prance, consternation and misery over all tlf °Pe, and, conseq uent ly, a ll w h o p ro f ess s uc h lri nitnen ts Would rejoice in acting the same dread r° teens in this Countr y. 41.41 8 OP THE POLL AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. The non. G. LAME - 2,537 J • C. Ilostiouss, ESQ. - - 2,132 37 tlajor CARTW RIGHT "TATI; OP THE POLL AT ITS CLOSE THIS DkY. LAMB - - 2658 lloßtiousE - - 2296 Jtle PROTESTANTS throughout the. British Bin teGill r(joice to.bear that the daring confidence Mlle PAPisTs.in Ireland, and the impolitic con nee in their views of the Protestants of that 4 : "I tY, have at length roused a spirit of resist ce which promises a fortunate result. We may ventur e to take no slight degree of credit "tselves on this occasioo, as THE SUN has ) 411 'he only English Journal which has partieti- I Y devoted its co l umns to t h e support o f our ur )l lt i b lishment i n Ch urc h an d St a t e , a ga inst the ) ti t Ambition of POPERY. Such, at least, to have been the impression which our 'Per h as made on the Protestants of Ircland, as t 1 1 41. Readers may infer front an Advertisement tl ur First Page, which we yesterday re lt,ived front Dublin for insertion in our Paper.— ) and respectable names by which it is sup- A ltte d, mast naturally operate powerfully in eon -1: mastllll 4 the opinions of those Irish Protestants titlt„ Nssess too much good sense to join with •1 11. ‘"v'eak or pusillanimous brethren in support of : 14 " Catholic Claims to Legislative Power, 11 d c m ay induce the latter to reflect on the folly 11-(le nger of their conduct. We shall persevere belle saute cour,e, and we again call oil the Mein :ll of our National Church for a strennoos co il'4ation with us in support of our Constitution it " °Lir Religion, against the undermining at -lIIPts of Popish Ambition. FEB. 24.—We have had no -, e3ll arrivals since Monday, yet the Sales of all : 1'441 wer e excee di ng l y h eavy at t h at d ay ' s pr i ces , atticularly Barley, for which there was no de .441-1(1, 'althon ,, h offered on lower terms ; Oats ate all° Oft in abundant supply, and scarce a buyer ) . 4 " hit article in Peas and Beans there is but ,ittle doing, and prices nominal. htnTHR THRATRR.—The Dttenna letet night pre- , i 4 C l ed Mr. FARREN hi Don Jerome, and Mr. HUNT Carlos, at Covent-Garden; and both acquitted , 4 " I st:lves to t h e sat i s f act i on o f a very numerous C l ; die nce• Miss STErn ENS warbled delightfully in t a ar a• 'fh e a t terp i ece was • Gattatcti.'s pleasant ', l " e e of kon Ton. F AR REN ' S Si r J o h n Tragey was 1 )4 j acte 'istio and homorons, and EMERY equally i'“) Davy. The f a rc e we ll d eset y es rev i va l, an d to become popular. 1 TRH DUKE AND DUrHESS oe CLATENCF,.—WE it 1111) that his Royal Ilighitiss the Duke of Cla leoce will leave this city at the end of this 1(1 ' the be inning of th r, g e next, and ret ur n t o En g - I ,g l• to await tue deliv er y of her Royal % Highness ne uchess, his Consult. The Duke of Cain ridge will g i ve a grand Fete on the 24th lost. honour of the Birth-div of his Royal Brother, before his departure.— (Hanover, Feb. 1 I . ) Vestecday th e P RINCE REGENT held a Privy C ouncil at 1 3rig1iton, for the purpose of correct ing and makin g some alterat ions in the late prick tl list of Sheriffs for the year ensuing. Advice Was yesterday received of the failure of to tevv-er than eleven houses at Manchester. ;t BeRR ANTI-MotiopoLY lklßETlNG.—Ye3teraay Meetin g took pldce at t h e Crown and Anchor l'avern in the Strand, to consider bow the pre ' sent Candidates for IVestminster stood affected i;ith ses respect in the Licensing Sy stem as t o P u bli c by s c'tt Mr. Fioblionse attended, accom p an i e d • • Sir polo Burdett, bail Mr. L am b sent a l etter o f !gy, and Mr, BARBER B EA u NtoNT took the After Mr. lioblionse and Sir F. Burdett 1 2:,(I declared that they would do their utmost to a ' f i r e ' e e t t . the object ot the Anti-Monopolists, the Riste! n f se P"ted. 11-. Lamb's letter was re " !Patter of course ; but thanks were k r ~F 1 o ) Si' . . B ur d ett hl , and it was agree d t h at 11 1 4 , 1 „ if ti I°"se should ultimately be placed at the vete Poll. Douglas Kittnaird spoke in se . -- ' S of rePrObtltiuti to the present system. SIMI NEWS. The Victory, 131tAITH vt* MTH, passed tbrongh the Downs yesteiday, from Bombay for London. 11Itt.ijOarr, Fse. 22.—The Providence, RostN SONi from Cork to Bristol, was driven on shore and' sunk in Hubberstone. FAtmouTti, Fll2. 21.—1 t has blown a tremen dous gale all this day from W. to W. N. W. so as to prevent any communication with the shipping in the ['toads, which appear tO ride easy. Seve. rat have yard and top-masts struck, and their se. cunt! anchors down. HULL, FRB. 22 —The brie Isabella, of Sunder land, coal laden, came on shore at the Sporn Point, on the sea side, at two o'clock on Sunday morning, and there is not much hope of getting her off. ItamsGATE, FE8.23 —Came in the New Singers, NB WTON, 11.0111 London to Naples, with loss of an anchor and cable ; and veral others, for shelter. BttlytnAm, Fos. - 22.—We had last night a most violent gale of wind at W. N. W. ; a brig, name unknown, 'parted from both her anchors and drove to sea ; no other vessel suffered. This morning the wind came from the North, and all the outward-bound have sailed. DEAL, FEB. 23.—1 t has blown hard all this morning from W.N.%V., and many of the out ward bound are coming back. At 3 P.M. the wind shifted suddenly to the Northward, and, blowing strong►, the ships are again proceeding down Chan nel.—Five P.M. a brig has just cut from both her anchors, and gone down Channel ; name un known. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 23.—1 t has blown 8 Leavy gale all day from S. %V. to IV. N. W., hut the outward bound ships appear to ride in safety. Several of the outward bound float sailed yesterday have put back, but from the state of the weather it has been impossible to communicate with th em . The Hoop and Fortune, Ditch East Indiaman, sailed from St. Helens this day for Amsterdam. CoBK, Fra. I6.—Many rumours have been in circulation through this city for these some days past, concerning the Berwickshire Packet, which sailed from Bristol nearly a month ago—some as serting that she has been lost, and others the con trary. We are,sorry to say that the former is the pre vailing opinion at present.—Lieut.-Col. Armit of the 35th, with his wife and four children, were passengers on board the vessel. It was said that Colonel Carnie was also on board ; but a Gen tlemen from Bristol positively asserts, that to his knowledge Lieutenant-Colonel Armit would not suffer the Captain to take any other passengers but himself and fam;ly, such having been his agreement. It is, therefore, highly probable. that the Colonel did not sail in the Berwickshire.— The report of the removal of Major• General Fyers from the command of the Royal Engineers, in this country, is confirmed. IMPOSITION.--A most impudent fraud was at tempted to be committed upon Sir HENRY CARR and his Lady, relict of the late Mr. PBRCEVAL.— lie received a letter, purporting to be written by a poor Clergyman, of the name of Raven!croft, who described himself as having a wife and large family, who were in vet y distressed circum stances. In addition to that affliction, his mi sery was increased by an accident, having had the clisfort tine to be thrown off the ()inside of the Ilford coach, in consequence of the coach break ing down. One of his legs, he said, was broken. Ile concluded his statement with soliciting their chariiy. In confirmation of his case he enclosed a letter he had received from Lord BINNING, desiring his acceptance of an enclosed Bank note. —The letter was sealed with the arms of Lord BINNING. Sir HEINRY and Lady CARR directed their agent to make inquiries, and to relieve the distressed abject ; which, on being done, the agent was of opinion he was an impostor ; and, in consequence, Sir HENRY, and Lady, CARR made application to Mr. Blasts, who ordered fist t her inquiries to be made, when it was ascer tained that the Ilford coach had not broken down, as the impostor had described, mcr had Lord BtiThTING enclosed a Bank note to hint, nor did he know any thing of the impostor ; and his Lordship is completely at a loss even to giress how he could ha►e obtained the impression of his seal. CoßoNrß's INQUF.ST —Yesterday afternoon an Inquisition was taken in the Committee-loom, Bridewell, before Mr. GELL, Coroner for Westminster, on the body of Close Sleeker, a prisoner, who died on Monday. lie was a well known mendietlll about the west end of the town, and was committed on Friday last under the Va grant Act.---The Jury, after mature deliberation, returned their Verdict--" Nattnal Death." Yesterday Morning, between three and four o'clock, an alarming tire broke out in the house of Nir. Reed, publican, sign of the Turk's Head, New Gravel-lane, Ratcliffe-highway, which in a shott time consumed the interior, leaving only the walls standing. Some adjoining houses were also damaged. (hi, the at rival of engines, and good supply of water, further damage was pre vented. We ate happy to bear no liTtS WIC lust, We did not hear bow it originattn„ itEGi 3TEI'Z OF FASth3N; . , Tsr: MARCIIIGNESS OF SiiIIVIORY'S dis tingnished Lady in the fashionable world gave her first grand card party and assembly on Monday evening, at her elegant mansion in Arlington street, which was attended bY nearly 300 persons of the first rink and fashion; including his Impe rial Highness the Archduke Maximilian, the Doke and Du chess de San Carlos, and most of the other Foreign Ambas sadors and their Ladies. The four principal drawing4noms were thrown open un the occasion : fheY were brilliantly illu minated. The company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock. . - The Duke of MontNiS t e will give a grand dinner on S'atnr - - day next to the Duke of IVellingtun and all the Ministers, at his residence in Grosverttir-square. The Ambassador from the Netherlands' intended grand entertainment to-morrow, to the Archduke Maximilian, is postponed till Tuesday mitt. The Earl of Powis arrived on N ondap evening-, at his house in Berkeley-square, from his seat, Walcot, Salop. Her Ladyship is expected in a few days. The Earl and Countess of Vernkm and 'family arrived yes :erday for the season, at Omit house in Groivenor-square, 'root their seat, Gorhambory, Herts. Sir Philip acrd Lady Hales and fail - lily arrived yesterday, at heir house in Charles street, Berkeley-square, from their seat, l%ryniore,•Bridgewater. Arrivals at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street—Colonel White; from a tour; Colonel and Captain Pepper, from Paris; Jos. Beete, Esq. irom a tour. Arrival at Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street—Colonel Bailey and family, from Brighton. Arrivals at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street—The Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond f►one a tour; and Lord and Lady Itiversdale, ditto. De?artures from ditto—Sir Wm. and Lady Jame Holston, to their seat in Sussex; and Sir John Davie, Bart. to Oxford. 'l'l►e !entail's of the Countess of THANRT were removed on Monday morning troin her late sent, Hothfield Park, for interment in the family vault at Itninhntn, near Sevenoaks. The Duke of SAN CARLOS' banq'iet, on Mon. day evening, was given in the same style of mag nificence as on the day when the PRINCE RE GENT honoured his Excellency with his presence. The company sat down at half•past seven, and b r oke up at eleven, when the grea er proportion proceeded to sthe Marchioness of SALIASURY'S pa r► y . The Reverend Jakas THOMAS Hot.LowAv, late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, has been col lated to the endowed Vicarage of S►anton-uhon- Hine Heath, on the presentation of the Rev. R. Hill. The Rev. Mascie Doraville Taylor, NI.A. Rector of Langton, in the county of York, has been instituted, on the presentation of Sit Andrew Cor bett, Baronet, to tne Rectory of Moreton Corbet, in this county, void by the death of the Rev. George Dieken. SPARRING.—There %vas a benefit at the Fives- Court yesterday for Neate, but it was not well attended, the general opinion being that Neale was not entitled to a benefit, as he received lOW. for beating Oliver by s chance blow, and refused to fieht again. Mr. MATURIN —We are requested to state. that the next Number of the NEW MONTHLY MAGA ZINE Will contain, among many oilier articles, a very interesting Memoir (accompanied by a striking Likeness) at the Rev. C. IL MATuatN, the celebrated author of Bertram. Manuel, &c.— The Public are requested to ob•lerve that this Number is the second of a New Volume, and a s, in consequence of the increased ►temand 16r this %Vol k, disappointments have unavoidably occurred, those who wish to commence with, the present volume are advised to transmit their orders intme tliately to their respective pre ceding Number is accompanied by a eharacleristic Portrait and Nlemoir of the Poet Wordsworth. Yesterday some Officers arrived in town from Sandhurst, in Kent, in quest of a man named John Goodwin, for whose apprehension a re , s art! has been offered, charged with attempting to murder two constables a short tit4ie ago at that place, named John Ctuttenden and William Vaughan. Goodwin resided before he abscond ed in the.parish of Benenden, in Kent. lie had frequently threatened to be revenged upon Crut tenden and Vaughan, because they, in the exe cution of their duty, had imponoded his horse and cart; and on one occasion he was heard to say, " 1 should die comfortably upon the gal lows, if I could hut be revenged on those tworas cali." On the next night bur one, as Crotteoctep, and Vaughan were walking along the road side, in the patish of Sandhurst, some person fired at them from the opposite side of the hedge, and both were desperately wounded, Cruttentko dan gerously, a grea,t number of shot having entered his back. Vart4han had forty-eight shot taken out of his back, and several from his arms and legs. Sunday night the dwelling-house of Mrs. Jen kins, a widow, residing in ilaye r streer, Beth nal-green,, wat broke open, Wy..wr'enching the . street door. The villains rifled the drawers of linen, wearing .apparel, &c. and likewise took from a box between 201. and 301. in coppers, tied up in 5 . 3. papers. The thieves got off undiscover ed, leaving a crow-bar, and a box of phosphorus behind them. At en early hour no Sunday morning, some vil lains entered the dwelling-house of Mr. Joseph Ankh), No. 7, \Vest-place, West-squat e, Ken nington, by means of false keys, and stole pro perty (chiefly consisting of clothing) to the value of 150/..and upwards. The house of Mr. Monk, No. 13, Marlborough place, Borough, was robbed on Saturday evening by some villains, who got . over the parapet of an adjoining empty house, and descended by the trap-door on the roof of Mr. Monk's prc• mises. They succeeded in carrying of consider able property. The previous another bowie in the same place was robbed by similar means. NVettnestlay last, R. Stephens, Eq. of South- cute, while coursing on his estate, alter a sha►p rue►, killed a hare, which, upon being opened, was found to contain the extraordinary number of seren young ones ! This circumstance determin ed Mr. Stephens to re:inquish coursing for the present season ; and no doubt every sportsm3o o ► recling this will come to the same Xercury WE3TMINSTERIANA. EXPE,NCE Or WESTMINSTER CONTESTS. At .a moment, when the axiom, propounded on Saturday last UpOn the hustings by Mr. Hois t-1668a (a prophet who does not die in Isis speech'), vie. that a 51. note is still better than a breakfast'—when this election aphorism appears, horn Mr. tionnovia'a merry pull for the last two days, to have had ample Verificationwhen, upon the Other hand, the election tactics of Mr. Fox are so faithfully followed by Mr. GEORGE LAMB ; and the Whig ManageMent of former West minster contests is so ably revived by Mr. GEORGE LAME'S supporters ; it may be, not with.mt in. serest, to look back at the expcnceS of Mr. Fox's contests—those expences being the tritest mirror fut reflecting the system upon which the contests were conducted. A Westminster Election is capable of being either the Most expensive, or the least SO, of any part of the empire. A NOble Commoner, some weeks since, questioned the writer of these ar ticte,-:;-. whether in his op in ion 50001. would afford to Westminster a fair ilia! for redeeming itself' from Jacobin usurpation upon the present va. cancy ?' that question the .answer w as i n these Words :—` Taking ail the circumstances of the present crisis into Consideration, I do not know' how 50001. could be honestly spent.' Thou the opinion alluded to ‘vas given iu private, the giver bolds himself as responsible for its sound ness and probity as if delivered in the presence of a million of men. Upon some of the data on which that opinion was founded, the reader shall for himself br enabled to judge—first premising, that there have been two contests for Westmiu ster of so peculiar a character as not to fall within the pale of any election comparisons, namely, those of 1784 and 1798. In a future, possibly a final, number of these essays, reasons will he offtred why tho s e two contests (of 84 and 88) should be deemed suorum generum. No such con tests ever took place before—or since--- ; or probably will—to the end of time. Without touching here, upon the two conflicts referred to, abundance of illustration upon the subject of expence is fur nished by the . tither \Vesttniuster contests of Mr. Fox. Those expences were as follow expences of the contest of 1780 fell short of 16001. Lest the omission of a nought in the figures should he supposed, the suits shall be stated in words. Mr. Fox's first election for West minster fell short of sixteen hundred pounds ! The 15 days' contest of 1790 (while the prodigal ha bits of 84 and 88 still Adhered to some of the Foxites) cost bet weer' 4 and 50001.—between four and five thousand pounds ! ! including some tainted demands which ought not to have been mitteil. For the contest of 1796, a little pllrSe W t ti made very little exceeding 30001.—very little_ exceeding three thousand pounds!!! —anti when this contest, also of 15 days, bad been far. ad vanced, the late Noble and excellent Duke of Nor thumberland sent a spontaneous aid of 5001.-- : fle; hundred pounds. Of this handsoMe co-operation, only a part was wanted for the election ; and the proposition of returning to the Doke his overplus was sanctioned by the advice of Mr. Fox. A Com mon friend, however, of the Duke and of Mr, Fox flushed his belief that the Duke would be ,offended' at the return of the residue. How fan tastical this thought was,. the reader will pre sently see; but the driving of a pig by the tail through et ball-room, without uisconcei ling the dancers, would have been about as facile a task as subduing the titterer of that strange fancy out of the wrong side of any opinion (on the right he had been known to waver), though, neverthkiess, l it would not he easy to point out a better-tem tiered or more ingenious man, even in the first 'form of intellect, than the Gentleman alluded to— now no more. To that Gentleman's closer inter course with Northumberland House all differences yielded ; and the remainder of the Duke's gift ex tinguished the suspected claims above mentioned —an election policy which will generally he round to be, by its example, like cutting off the hydra's bead, We 'are now arrived at the contest of Ma— The expence of this contest was so extraordinary, as to need a detail, which the reader, if he lovts a curiosity, will possibly excuse. In June 1892, a few days before the di:solution of Parliament, the Lords THANET, LAUDERDALE, and ROBERT SPENOLR, went from; Londouro meet poor General F:TZPATRICK 0110 came from his ,place at SOunihg Hill), at a dinner at St. Ann's Hill, with Mr Fox ; nearer to the heart and con fidence of whom tour persons could not be named than were the four above mentioned. On the re turn to Lonthin, at night, of the Once ;Noble Lords, the deterniinstion of Mr. Fox to retire from public lite (an intention which had been rumoured for a .considerable time before) was announced at BuooKs's ; and on the next day Mr. SIIERIDAN began a canvass for the RepresentatiOn of Westminster—the Dissolution of Parliament .being presently expected. A person, upon whose authority all these facts are stated, meeting Mr. the,next day, upon his canvass, at one of the Bartking-houses in Pall-mall, advised him to desist ; and after a little wrangling SHERIDAN did so. The person alluded to repaired; straight ways, to St. Ann's Hill.' On the day - after ar rival at S.. Ann's, the present Duke of BEDFORD, then upon a visit to his late Noble father•in-law, Lord TORRINGTON, in Windsor Forest, rode over to St. Ann's, to consult about Ms. Fox's wishes upon the approaching Dissolution of Parliament. His Grace found Mr. Fox and the person al luded to' in full atgutnent respecting the retreat front public life. To the object of the. Duke's visit, Mr. Fox replied—that 'solar, at all events, he ngreed with------ (naming the per,ou), it must be Westminster or no place.' The Dulce departed, leaving Mr. Fox and ' the person ' exactly as he taund thew, in Mr. Fox's book-room. That must reasoning intellect which perhaps GOD ever gave to nian was the most susceptible to reason Rea4'ning with all and nerer in the wrong,' was part of a poetical character of Mr. Fox, drawn by one who knew him well. Before • the person' left St. Anne's Hill, be entirely won Mr. Fox trom his intended dereliction of public ; aid it was a condition of the victory that • the persOn alluded to' should undertake for Wc)t•