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called upon to offer himself once more fl them by a numerous party of Gentlemen le longing td their body. - But for the cbmpli mem thus paid to hint, he would have retire.' from public life, happy in the coosciOusness that he had faithfully served them so long as his fellow-citizens thou ; :ht that they had occasion for his servic , s. The result of the last election had made hilt determine not tO come forward again, but called triton as he had been, he could nor refuse to appear betoie them once more as a Candidate for the high honour of tepresentiug that great city in Parliament. With his . p rat conduct, those to whont he addressed himself could not but be well acrptainted. He was still animated by Ibe same ptiuci'ples which, he had formerly avowed, find, it again returoed to l'arliatiienr, he would honestly serve theth; hut, at the saute time, he would continue to act on his orvit Opinions, and in conformity with .thitse which he had - uniformly maintained. Ott occasijrns like the present, it a mart bad a hole in his coat, it was sore to be discovered. At the time of a contested Elec tion, all must eotne out. To this he half no sort of objection, and indeed could have none,.if those opposed hint world be contest( to say no more than the troth. But this would not txacily suit their purpose, and the aid of fic,ion was resorted to, to strengthen their bars ii They had all heard a " tale of a. tub'' about the Orphans" Fund, and statements had beau sent forth, which, by an artful contrivance, 'el:resented hint to have constaotly itninense balances - in his hands -belong ing 40 that Food. That which had thus been cir culated was wholly - untrue.- The real state of the case neigh , be known to all the world, as the tie' coatis relative io the Orplians' 'Fund had been printed by order of the House Of Commons. From the printed documents it wituld be seen how grossly be• had been calumutiated, and !hese he wished to see laid before the Public. The Haut. Baronet here handed to ore of the Gently men coottected with the Press several printed accounts of the parnerits made into the Chamberlain's Cfßee on account of tire Olphans' Fond, with a statentelit of the balances remaining in the hands of the Treasurer - after each payment, front 1812 to the s:h April, 'Sig 1 :he last of these papers •wesobihin Account of the Payments made monthly into the Chamber lain's Office, on account of the Orphans' Fund, 'for Dot) received on Coals;—from 311 t March, 1817, to 511 t April ISIS; with a Statement of each payment. Payments to Mr. CHAMBER- LAIN. 1817. Apr. 30, paid from sto 31 Jan. 2,633 10 91 Ally 31 .. 28 Feb. 3,440 3 t) June3o 31 N1ar.4,169 1 111 July 31 .. 30 Apr. 3, - 92 0 1(. , .Ang.3o .31 May 4,0:i3. 19 0 Sept.:4o . 5 .Inly 3,779 2. 0 Ott. 31 31 July 3,=i92 4 7 31 Ang.4,060 2 0 .. 30 5ept.4,224 5 2 k. a. d 1819. • ' Jan. 31 .. 31 Oct. 4,838 3 Fri).2B 31) Nov. 4,333 3 ISIS. l‘lar .. 5 Jan. 5,300 01l Ale Balances remaining after lialances remaining in hands of the Receiver after each respective tibile Ur payment. ,ISI7 s. Balance 31 Mat • 9,6( 1 0 3 4 I.‘pril 30 Du., ...10,747 4 0 Nia y 31. .)) —10,389 17 8 ,June ,3 14 10 July 31. .1)c).....10,210 0 9 tug. 31..1)0-- 9,714 13 4 (•;,•pt. 30..1)0.....10,797 "3 8 Oct. 81.. 1i0.....12,160 9 9 Nov. 30..1)u.....11,471 7 7 iDee. :11..1)0.....1-2,880 15 3 1818. Jan. 31.. Do.. ...11,992 5 4 Feb. 23.. D0......11,070 18 0 Mar. 31—D0.....10,490 12 11 The Same :—frotu 31st March, 1818, to sth April. 1819. 1518. 4 S. n. ISIS. s. d. Apr. 30, paid from 14,dance 31 Mar. 10,490 11 sto Jail. 3,658 9 pril3o.. 1 0....10,627 10 6 Nlay 30 .. 2S Frb. 3,!382 o - 2 ~ I ,ty 30..1)0.-11,042 5 8 done 30.. 3! Alia. 4,425 7 4 Jun,. 30..D0.... 11,506 4 10 Jill, 31 30 Apr. 3,750 19 1 July 31.. Do. —.11,789 16 Aug.:3l.. 31 May 4,534 3 2 lug. 31.. D 0.... 12,031 13 11 Sept. 30 .., 5 July 4.764 19 8 Sept. 30.. D 0.... 10,592 19 5 Oct, 31 31 July 3,246 13 3 Oct. 31.. D 0.... 11,094 10 4 Tor. 30 .. 31 'Aug. 4117 19 7 Nov. 30.. Do. ... 12,605 2 Dec. :3 .. 30 5ept.4,035 1 2 Dee. 31..1)0.... 12,646 17 1 1839. 1819. . D 0.... 12,330 12 1 Feb. 27.. D0....10,937 11 5 JAtt. 31 Oct. 4,399 12 4 Feu. 27 .. 30 N0v.4,361 5 4 1819. Mar. 31 .. 5 Jad. 5,336 19 4I War. 31.. Do:. 9,919 5 9 Lombard-street, 2Gtti March, 1819. WM. Cli11:11S. Sir W. CURTIS then proceeded to animadvert wri!lf some.warmth on the injurious misreprreen tadous which bad gone forth on this subject, but from the noise that prevailed it was impossible to 101 ,w him through his explanation. We under stood him to describe the' situation of Treasurer to he one of considerable responsibility, and but moderate emolument, the holding of which had calised Lis .predecessor to sustain a loss of 80001. [Here the tumult •became greater than ever, and the soire of the speaker was wholly lost. A va riety of calls were made ott the Hon. Baronet, one person inquired it he bad nut voted for " The Fire Clergy Bill "3 Sir WILLIAM CU tells resumed. He taid be had supported till Bill for the ,Relief of the Poor Clergy. He had thought it his duty to do so, and he ever would, when opportunity offered, support the poor. The Lively had 'heard a great deal of his mal-perfotmances, but they had been told nothing of any good that he might have done. L was well known to his friends that he had most strenuously opposed the Corn Bill. Doing this, he was directly opposed to Ministers ; but though the fact was well known, there were persons,who had the audacity to sny that - he had never voted against Ministers in the whole course of his lite. . lie would now ask, what he had done with re spect to the Property Tax; when the Minister proposed to renew it in time of peace? On that occasion he.had opposed the present Government, and rite point was carried against them. He con cluded by declaring it to be his determination to support the rightS and privileges of the City as he bad hitherto done, anti it those. who approved of the sentiments be had avowed should honour him• with their support, he had no doubt of ultimate succesc —(Applause and hisses.) Alderman Woon—Gentlemen of the Li very, you are now assembledtoperformone of the most iacred duties which an Englishman is called to perform—namely, to chose four fit and pioper persour to represenr this Metropolis in Parliament. 1r is for you, and for you alone, to say who arc or are not deserving of-that important trust. — For myself, I have no claim whatever on you, except such as sprititS front my having, to the ot.ilost of my ahili'ty, done every thing con sistent with my duty. • My conduct has long been before you; it is for you now to say whe ther it has been such as to justify me in hoping it wilt mret 'your approbation. This is the time - 1 now tints publicly appear before yau, Bud I should he doing injustice to you as well as to my oo 41 feelings were i not to express my grateful sense of the Spontarteous exertions you made in my behalf. Should I again have the ho nour of being returned, 1 need hardly assure you that I shall be as anxious as ever to do my duty. The high situation in which you placed me at the. heal of the poll, was a more than adequate re ward for any thing I have done, and I hope your kind efforts will place me again as I then was. You all are aware of my politics. I kit aw there are many who do not agree with me in thee, but it was peculiarly gratifying• to me, in the course of my canvass, that all parties received toe with the utmost urbanity and kind ness. Bull may be allowed to say that neither the smiles - nor frowns of aty . shall induce me to change my principle's. Early and late I at tended the House of Commons, anxious that no .dereliction of duty on my part should take place; for I am with the people, and ever shall be the friend of the people. Nothing is more common titan to profess attachment to the Constitution on occasions similar to the present ; but without going into these, or detaining you longer, I shall only pledge myself that if again selected by you, as otce of your Members, appointed to watch over the local rights of the City, I shall studiously ex ert myself to' protect those rights, as well as to guard the property, liberty, and lives of ;he peo ple from any attack a hick the ruthless hand of an assailant may attempt to make. Mr. Alderman Inoue, in again offering himself to the Livery, observed, .that few as his preten sions were to talents, still he had the strongest encouragement to present himself, from the gene roes support he had met at the last Election ; a suppoft which, he was well aware, was not given to him alone, but to the principles which the Livery had so nobly advocated on so (natty occa sions. flic Worthy Alderman, then, in a ve-y able speech, stated his Pat liamentary'condnet, and the principles lie had mainteined, to which he would always adhere. He strongly reprobated the Bills lately passed by Administration, and assured the Livery, that should) he again be suc cessful, he would devote himself to, their service more tlc n ever. Mr. Alderman tVarrumsN, after some prefatory observations on the nature of the duty they had now to perform observed, that this day was one of solemn examination into the character and conduct of their Representatives, -and .as one of these, he declared himself ready to submit to any inquiry, or to answer aoy charge that might be made. He assured the Livery, •that it was only by themselves, acting as independent men, that they could possibly secure Members of the sante kind. He called on them, therefore, in justice to themselves and the country, to examine the preten sions of the Candidates, and to elect such only as would be amenable to them fur their conduct inPat - liameut. Calumnies of the must nefounded na, ore bad been revived against hist), but this only stewed, that when his enemies were ohliged to go back 20 years fur such stories, their•cause - was - hopeless, and that they hail not the means' Of -attacking his public conduct. When he last appeared before them, lie did so on the general prineiple,-that the traders of London who were necesserily,,Freemen, and of course subjected to all the burden and ex pi-nce of office, should have access to the highest honours of the City, without being branded as . unfit to discharge 'these. On this point he rested, and on this the Livery had triumphed: He asked them now to support their own independence, and not to permit themselves to be dictated to by any person whatever. To pretend to be a free man, and yet to be subject to controul, was a solemn mockery of freedom. Ile had opposed the in crease of the standing stilly,. the late very ob noxious Bills, and the 3,000,0001. of taxes, and if, in doing so, he had satisfied them, then he asked for their support. Mr. 1 / 1 1.sost said, that when he reflected on his being lately a perfect stranger to the Livery, h e could not but feel increased confidence from the support he had received, es well as the encourage ment he had met with. He had endeavoured to pay every attention to their 'mercantile interests, and had indeed been task to do very little to improve these, but he had been open to the solicitation of all parties on that subject. He had to own, that he was rather attached to the Government of the country titan to the Opposition,' but_ his conduct had been independent, and every vote had been given with a sincere conviction, that he was thua dicing the best for the country. If he did not please all, he at least tried to serve all. The Town Crier then proceeded to submit to the Livery the names of the several Candidates.— With them, the names of the Aldermen who had not avowed themselves as Candidates were ac cording to ancient custom exhibited, and the Livery' were called upon, pro forma, to hold up their hands for each. This ceremony caused much laughter in the Hall. On the name of. Alderman Atkins being displayed to the view of the multi tude, there was aloud cry off` fire !" " murder!" Ste. Many hands were held .up for the Lord Mayor, but there was a much larger show for Sir W. Curtis. After a short c onsultation, the Sheriffs decided that the show of hands appeared in favour of the following Gentlemen.:— • Mr. Alderman Wood Mr. Alderman Waithman Alderman Thorp And 'l'. Wilson, Esq. Mr. Sheriff ROTH WELL then annouocen that a Poll had been demanded on the part of Sir W. Curtis and the Loft! Mayor. The Hall, at a quarter to three, was adjourned till three o'clock, at which hour the Poll com menced, and fur a short time the contest was kept up with great spirit, but flag g ed considerably for the last half hour. At four o 'clock 7 the Poll closed for the day, when the following numbers were exhibited : Alderman Wood •• • Mr. Wilson Alderman Thorp Aldcrntan Wait human Sir William Curtis The Lord Mayor • Alderman Wood, Mr. Wilson, Alderman Thorp, Alderman Waithman, and the Lord Mayor, seve rally returned thanks; as did Mr. T. Curtis, (son of the worthy Baronet), in the name of his much : esteemed father. The business of the day then concluded; The horses were taken from the Lord Mayor's carriage, and Messrs. Wilson and Thorp ieceited considerable applattie on leaving Gutidhall. ....108 ....105 ....103 .. t 0 MIDDLESEX ELECIION. A Meeting was called yesterday of the Free holders of Middlesex, who were disposed to sup port the return of SAMUEL C. WHITBREAD, Esq. for this County. The Meeting was advertised for 12 o'clock, and shortly after that hour the great room in the Freemason's-hall was nearly filled with Electors. They appeared, for the most part, men of a plain but substantial character— farmers and traders, whose votes do not always command, though they may tend to influence the issue of a severe contest. A considerable delay in taking the Chair oc curred, owing to the absence of several Gentle men who had been expected. About half past one, Sir Francis Burdett entered the room, and was loudly cheered, and immediately after the Chair was taken by Mr. Martin, of Lincoln's-Inn. The CHAIRMAN observed, that he supposed it necessary, before .proceeding to the business for which the Meeting was assembled, to have the Requisition presented to Mr. Whitbread, and his Answer to it read. But it appeal iug that no copy of these documents was in the room, the Chairman said, that as they had bren abundantly circulated, he would not presume that any person present was unacquainted with them. The Requisition stated the opinion of the Freeholders, whose names were sunscribed to it, that Mr. Whitbread Was a proper person to be one of their Representatives in Par liament, and the Answer to it signified the inten tion of that Gentleman to come forward in com pliance. ‘sirls the invitation given him. The Chair man exoreised his hope that a patient hearing world be given to every person who wished to , address them. . Mr Newman then read and proposed the first Resolution. It was seconded, and having been reml from the Chair, was unanimously agreed to. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT rose, and proposed the second Resolution. It was many years since he had met an assembly of the Freeholders of Mid dlesex, but tie supposed they had no; yet forgotten the severe struggle in vr hich he and they had been formerly enraged.—(Applause.) —They wool(' also bear in titled, t ha , at that time—at the tail, as lie might say, of a long and hard-fought con test, one of their present Representatives (Mr. Mellish) was forced upon the County by Minis terial influence. They were now met to oppose the return of that Gentleman, and to disengage the county from the unnatural ties by which it was fettered; to assert their own principles, or at least to get rid of a Member who showed himself the c o n stant a nd uniform supporter of that system, and of those measures, which.the County, or to speak more correctly, a large majority of the County, tisapproved and deplored. It was only this mornieg that he had been written to and re quested to attend this meeting, and, to give his support to the Gentleman who would be proposed to them. 'Of that Gentleman be had -no per ional knowledge, and indeed if he bad, it was not possible to speak of him or of any man who was so young. It was' sufficient, however, for this assembly to have - from him a pledge that he would follow the footsteps .of his late lamented fattier. Such a poblic avowal as this of the principles by which his future conduct would be guided, was enough, to justify their su pp or t o f him, and le:, would have been suffi cient to urge them to oppose Mr. Mellish. To that Gentleman he (Sir F. B ) bad no kind of ill-will, other than that public political which he owed to his political principles. He considered him as one of the enemies of the peo ple in the pursuit of their rights, and in their ex ertions to assume that station which they had for merly. maintained.—[The Baronet then indulged in the usual latitude of party declamation, abuse of Government, condemnation of the late war, complaints that the Right of Election was con fined, and all the hackneyed topics which have so often formed the essential subject of his public speeches. He concluded with moving the second Resolution.] . Mr. WHITBREAD then entered the room, and pro ceeded to address the Meetiog. He felt so sen sible of the honour which they 'had that day conferred upon him, that he could not avoid en tertaining some apprehension lest he should give but inefficient utterance to the sentiments with which 'he was actuated. He assured them, how ever, that no circumstance could efface front his I memory the recollection of their kindness ; and whether they were successful or not, he should consider their approbation as his best reward, and content himself by so honourable art attestation to his conduct. The motives which had induced them to proceed with this contest were honourable in the highest degree to themselves. It sprung from no paltry, from no mercenary consideration. They merely wished to place a man by the side of one of their Representatives who would endeavour as far as in him 'lay to oppose those inroads which his Majesty's Ministers were of late too success fully engaged in making upon the Constitution. — They were desirous of having for their representa tive one who cherished the principles which placed the House of Brunswick upon the Throne of these ,Realms They had done honour to him by conceiving that his exertions would be found favourable in such a cause,anditheir last resolution had alluded tohis fa mily in such a m inner as must cause him to feel greatly indebted to them. With respect to the ques tion of Reform, it might be expected that he should enter into an explicit statement of his opinion upon that subject, since upon it depended not only the welfare but the existence of the country. One thing then was certain, and in that the friends of Reform agreed, that no matter what was the mode proposed for improvement, it was at least certain that improvement was necessary. He con cluded amidst very general applause, by thanking them for the patience with which they had heard him. A letter was read from Lord John Russell, en closing 501; to. the Chairman of the Committee, as his subscription towards the retain of Mr. Whitbread. A second letter was read fram a Gentleman of the name of Robson, intimating that he should proceed with ten voters to Brenttord, free of ex pense, and also stating that he should be willing to contribute five guineas to the return of Mr: Whitbread, when applied by to the proper au thority —A Vote of Thanks was pa , sed to the Chairman, after which the Meeting separated. SOU I HIVARK ELECTION. FIRST DAY. The Election for two Members of Parliament to represent this . Borough, came r ou'lestei - dal morning, at twelve o'clock. At eleven o'clock Sir R. WILSON, with Lord DONOUGHM*Iie at la, side, ,seated in an open fend er was soon afterwards followed by Sir the new and unexpected Candidate. Sir -Routtnr was greeted with cries of " No Pottely 1" alai Sir THOMAS with exclamations of•" No littifsortecs of ignorance !" There was aiso,a plentiful . shower of handbills, containing the litter's speech in Parliament, where he said, that teaching the " lower orders" to read would not make the= better : that '' they would get reeding the newsy papers, and other inflammatory publications. which would prove highly injurious to them'!"" These caused the uproar to be greatly increased, as well as the suddenness of Sir T. Turtous's starting, it not being generally known in floe Borough till ten o'clock on Monday night that any such intention existed. Bands of music, the parading of colours, &c. before the hustings, to gether with the contests with the crowd, calling out in support of the merits of their se.veini fa vourites, occupied the time and the attention till the commencement of the Election. Mr. S. DAVIS proposed C. Calvert, Esq.---• (Applause.) %VaTHERSTON named Sir IL Wilson."" (Applause.) This was followed by cries of " No - inore Cars didates ;" but Mr. SHUTER proposed Sir T. Turton, 1,7/Lich was received with immense uproar and conftision., Mr. FRINSEP having named the several partite, Mr. S. I)Avls appeared to speak in support ;of his nomination. Ile was glad to find that theta was to be an opposition—it would make their' triumph the more -glorious; be bad been afrail that they were to take the field with Out laving:as enemy. Lie certainly was surprised at the name of their unexpected opponent--but Sir Thomas "furton was well known—('' Yes, and we wasatt to know-no more of Lawyer Strut !") When Sir Thomas first appeared, be came on the hacits of the Aristocrats, alias the Rats of the Constitu tion ; then turning on the pivot on which h censtantly moved, he became a baWling Whig; but now he had taken up the calling of a reaper~ table order-loving Tory —(Laughter and twzzas Sir T. TUBTON I really don't hear - what SEild-1 must hear." This interruption created immense uproar, the crowd throwing copies 01 his .speech at him ; but Sit T. left his station; and proceeded nearer to Mr. DAVIS, who resumed.' Lie asked whether they had not enough of . Sir Thomas? Did the/ want any more of his lessons on educating the lower orders 3 Could they not teach him a better lesson I They could—they could reject him ; ; - arrsil he was stir: they would not support • (Cries *of " Yes," and hniias.)—Their Jilts Candidates, particularly C. Calvert, Esq., Wholes he was proud to have an. opportunity of nOmi owing, had served them .well-,-better did -not present themselves.—(Applause.) Mr. Josh ELLIS seconded this nomination., Mr G. WET H LISTON proposed, and Mr, lIITCOI-. COCK seconded, the nomination of Sir R. 'WM"- Mr. T. A. SHL nominated, and Mr. HEp-GEs seconded, the nomination of the third Candidate, Sir T. Turton and when they stepped torwarti for this purpose, the etimpletest uproar re-assumed its s:vity. Sir T. TURTON declared that ie should demall4l a poll, and the Office's were busily preparing 1 0 gut the Poll-book, Clerks, &c ready. The crowd outside the hustings was not vet! large, but it was uncommonly noisy. The Dandy banners amongst these spectators were, bolndt fronted with Sir T. Turton's speech and one 01 the Electors made his way through the crotall and handed Sir Thomas a large letter et,py of hit speech, desiring him to answer it. He receivea i t, an d rep li e d, h e would, if they would not call him B a rrow'-knight." Sir Tuositts TURTON nor his friends could tom' tarn a hearing. It was then put to the show of bands, when the lIIGH litmee declared the !bolt to be in favour of Alr, Calvert and Sir Robert Wit' son. A poll was then demanded by Sir T. Tort-olio At the close of the Poll the numbers were Mr. Calvert. B4 Sir It. Wilson .92 Sir T. Turton 3G The several Candidates returned thanks, 10 4 the polling was adjourned to to-morrow (tbis day) at nine o'clock. FIRE.-At half-past nine last night, a &CIAO fire broke out in Great Wilsted-street, Souse s Town, in Bethel Chapel. ' It raged with gr ew= fury for about three quarters of an hour, before the engines arrived. A great number of engint however, did arrive, and the communication °' the fire to the adjoining houses wai I,appily I' vented. Both the chapel and the school-rooM the side of it were burnt down. SUICIDE.-Yesterday an inquest was 'held the Coach and Horses, in Avery-row, Bond•st before Mr. RIGGS, Coroner, on the body of Josef' Field, who bad put an end to his existence hanging himself. The deceased was coschru s2 to the Marchioness of Downshire, and was single man, about forty years of age.—Verdi ct ' " insanity." BIRTH. • On the 7th instant, at his house in Argyle-street, the of George Baker, Esq. of a son. NIARRIEI). • - On the 29th of February, at Bouuington, Latianshir e ! Charles Macdonald Lockhart,Bart. of Lee, to Emilia 0 1 $ n % daughter of the late General Sir Charles Ross, Bart. of nagown, and niece to the Duke of Leinster. , of infant daugine• .. . DIED. -_J On Saturday, at Ramsgate, Jane, the Chevalier Ruspini, of Pall-Mall. he r ' Yesterday, in Beaumont-stroet, at the house of his fit o f the infant sun of W. H. Roberts, Esq. of an intiarninati o 0 the chest. 51 ' On Monday last, at the house of the Lord Bishop 0 Asaph, in Gloucester-place, Mrs. Luxinore. - _ - LONDON: Printed by.). B. CARS'PAIRS,.of No. 299 e Ormond-street, Queen-square; and published hi ' SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, at THE leo) Odice, No. 114, Strand ; where Adveitisentents, Lows, (post-paial) must be addressed.