The Sun. — London, England, 1820-03-16 00:00:00

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This morning the Polling was resumed at the lis ual hour, but it was very flat ; and it is th e general opinion, that if two Candidates of Co nstitutional principles had offered themselves, 4ither BURDETT nor his Protege, or Mr. LAMB, Would have stood any chance of sitting for West 4ilasier. At halt-past one the poll stood thus : Sir Francis Burdett 2697 Mr. Hobhouse Mr. Lamb 1791 CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. This morninw the LORD MAYoR, Sheriffs, and Niter City (Meets, attended at Guildhall, and ha ving ascended the Hustings, the proper Officer Proceed e d to open t h e bneiness for declaring the tiurnbers, and making the ,return of the four fit li ed discreet persons elected to represent the City ° f London in Parliatnent. The following names, w ith the numbers attached to them, were then tailed over : - . Matthew Wood, Esq. Alderman and Fishmonger 5370 l'homas Wilson, Esq. Citizen and Spectacle-maker 535S Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. Alderman and Draper uno. Georg: Bridges, Lord Mayor, Alderman and Whe . elsvi ight nobert h man, Esq . Citizen, Alderman :Ind Frame- w ollt-ItHitter . 4ohn Thomas 4119 Thorp, Esq. City Alderman and Draper 3921 The SHRRIFFS then declared the Election to hare fallen on the four Gentlemen whose names had been called over,. they having a majority of i() les on the poll. The Candidates then severally returned thanks ; the Sheriff's received the thloks of lhe Livery for their conduct, and the Hall was CO NTESTED ELECTIONS.—STATE OF THE POLLS. Ginning LIVERP(iOL, MARCH i 3. 1405 I 0'0911)120 iaSeoy ne 1297 I Leylaittl 122 DURHAM COUNTY. MARCH 13. Larllbton Pu *lett I 89 , . . Ellic e COVENTRY, MARCH 15. 1474 1 ColiWtt -NlO •' } Elected or e ~.. 1422 __ BERWICK, NlAncil 13. .. 3z16 14)td Ossulton 1 40 I St. Paul Si r t i. j. Elected 373 Milne.. CoLctiLsTEa, MAticii 15. liar ., 702 Russell Wily. " • t.. Elected ' ' ..... I 497 ( i .an .. 6r;:3 i • (hi — ll l (Elected) MARCH 14. m 131 I West Lewi s . CAkDIFF, MAncit 14. 246 I Ludlow L -ti .I.l rch t , rnan NOTTINGH ' ANI MARCH 14. 1586 ( Smith 1535 Rolle,:lot, - 4 , BEDFORDSHIRE, NIARCH, 13. . A ayistoc k 1 7111 203 I • i•ord n CHESTER, MARCH 14. S . oe , igrave -51 I Geheral Grosvenor .... 519 "- G E gerton -26 E. V. Townshend (,2.,, ABINGDON, NIABCH 15. Ch arles 6 iou nnait ' Ne ville Nee RADNOR, M A RCH 14. 152 1 Lewis llor r ooks PREsToN, AlAitcti 1-1. Iturnby • .634 1 Wit Flaws.. 6.27 11. Hunt.,. Itionck .1 READING. ea Iwet'1 wet' & Elected • •'• 41 8 I Vey laud •••• 093 620 391 MENIBERS 11.E'PURNED.. • .) ) . I rierset—W iti . Dickenson, Esq. and Sir T. B. Lethbridge: t' o cashire—Lord Stanley and John Blaeliburne, Esq. lienett, and J. D. Astley, Esqrs. d i nlotrgliC . otitity=—Sir George 'Clerk; Bart. '' l twicksltirt —Sir Charles Mordannt and D. S. thigdale, Esq. V .af rordshire—S.ir John 13ougliey'and E. Littleton, Esq. dal'xloreton Pitt, and E. B. I:ortinatt, Esqrs. I , —Sir .1. Kvnastoa Powell and John Cotes, Esq. ii l i ri larvonsitire•—Sir.ltohert Willrams.• c:, rw ick—LordOssulton and Sir David Milne. kntry— . — Ellice, and Peter Moore, Esqrs. it' l ehester—D. W. Harvey, and James 13. Wildman, Esqrs. De nbigh —J. B. Mouck, and C. Fyshe Paltuer, '"uigh—J, W. Griffith. COVENTRY ELECTION. v A 4Y, i Wednesday, close of t lsth Mahe Poll, rch. 1820: at the end of the 7t6 • ( o , , , n ,!t a r n , v D o i t t t t .s . peled I Ellice. Moore. Sedition. 141 141 109 ti, , - rentry Ditto f 1I 74 1422 517 .-- Numbers polled the 7th Day 5l 45 Total Number pulled Majority for Ellice . Mpjority for Moore • DURHAM COUNTY ELECTION. PuRHANI, MARCH 13,—About half-nest ten morning the Candidates to represent this z'olltlty ill Parliament appeared on the Hustings, ' Ale. . the H o n. Mr. P OWLETT a nd M r . L A M BTON ; tv_ lute •• HARTON being unfortunately con fi ned to "I l oom.by severe indisposition, of course could 144 tak e lii;) place. Mr. 13.ttsit, of Elemore, pro- pose d Mr. LAMBTON, and • was seconded by Si! Wlo . RIDLEY, Bart; Col o n e l .SLEIGH, of "Otto!), proposed Alr. WHARTON, and was se- A: ° Nled by Mr. GiteAvss, of Ord House ; an d th e °ll . Mr. P owLE 'e T was propose d b y G enera l 1 1144 ER, and seeotitied by Mr. CHATER, of Whit. e" 4th Castle. As was to be expected, the Woig n date l et off a terrible tirade against State it `' o rrtipti on , Cl er i ca l Interference, ,Taxation, &c. very much, to the arun , ,ement of the mobility, h u mber s of whom were in attendance round the , VyT in gs• It was truly unfortunate that, Mr.. lead al A RTON hiing ahscut, no coutiter-replique was L i e• Had t hi s w ort h y C au did dre appeare d i n t ' s Place.the shafts of wit would hive assumed a h tr4ry_direeiioil—the laughers, in tact, would h : . v . L 'heett the klughed at. It is true the LAMBTON p re y are acute i n their e lectioneering tactics, anti „.... A th e ."" to be sanguine of the ultimate success of t, r " hero ; th ose w h o t hi n k soun dl y on t h e mat lilloWeVer, sp ea k w i t h t h e greatest con fid ence the ivJ.lVllAturotsr. The following is the State i f ' "il ou its closing this day or .Loot George Lambton, Esq. - Is 2 Tile !lon, William Powlett. - 89 Esq. - 53 4 , 141 „, of Durham is in the greatest bustle, 0 0 reehuld ers are rapidly pouring in from all te rte l ms o : }l the County. It is needless to add, that p ttted y he severest contests ever litiumi is ex- 11 N T. LEEDS, Maitca 14, IS2O. HUNT has just made his entr•e into this town, on his way from Presto!' ro York. About a mile frot the town he Was met by a concourse of boys and rabble, who took out the horses, and dragged amiat the cheers of an immense mob to the Bull and Month Inn*. Brig -gate (the principal street in the town, in which the Bull and Mouth is situated) was filled from top to bottom with rnen, women, and children, eager to get a sight of this Prince of. Demagogues. They were of the very lowest class, precisely the same rabble who insolted Mr. WORTLEY nit 6aturday week. After an interval of a few minutes, lie appeared at one of the windows, and returned thanks for the high honour with which he had been received, and- apo logized for having detained them so long, which he attributed to his being tillable to procure hors's. He had been for the last five or six days he said) standing a contested election at Preston with some of the Boronehmongers, and. was now on. his way to York, to be tried, it was said, for a supposed offence ; but in reality to bring those to trial who h a d been guilty of the bloody tutu ders' at Mall* chester. They had heard of the charges which had been trumped up against him--charges how which he anticipated a verdict of acquittal from an honest Yorkshire Jury : which verdict, not only in their eyes, but in the eyes of the whole world—a verdict of guilty against those who bad been guilty of the atrocities at Manchester on the 16th of August.—(One in the crowd here called out, " What have. you done with Cu). Wthuams's wife ?")—Sonse of my companions in misfortune have been through here to-day, and you have seen, some good and true men pass through in the shape of witnesses. He then expressed his hope that they would suffer hitt) to retire, as it was necessary, on account of the great public duty he had to perform, nut only to them, but the whole-world, that he should not exhaust himself by talking to them. Mr. JOHNSON, of Manches ter, with their leave, would address a few words to them ; and he begged leave to wish them good night. Before he retired, he read the state of the poll at Preston, by which it appeared that he was only a few behind ; and, ‘` You see, my lads," he continued, " that the Radical runs them neck and neck ; he is only getting a little wind, and will soon pass them in a canter." He retired from the window a few minutes, and then appeared again, saying, Mr. JOHNSON was afraid of addressing them lest what he said should be construed into something * illegal, though nothing could be illegal in addressing Englit.h. meth As a particular favour, he requested every man would return to his home. He should leave Leeds for York next morning, at 9 o'clock, where he hoped to arrive time enough to face their and his enemies the next day. He again wished them good-night, and shut down the window, The Crowd dispersed peaceably, and the town is now quiet. 1 much regret that the Magistrates shorild have suffered the town to be disgraced,.by the assethbliug of the mob to receive this fellow with such tumult, to the disgust and terror of all peaceable men. This is the inn where Wooler, Dickenson, and Lord Mil ton, take up their abode when they visit Leeds. " Birds of a feather," they say, " duck together." IRELAND (From .The Datum CoTr — e - .ywalext, March 13.) THE RIBI3ONNIEN. The following Notice has been issued by Ma jor tVarbotrton, at Ennis :—" Owing to the dis turbed state of thecounty, and the necessity of hay• it% continued pat roles of Military and Police in every direction during the night, the peaceable and well-disposed -inhabitants are earnestly ream's mended to remain within their houses,from 9 o'clock until day-light,. - and to abstain from appearing in any assembly whatever, lest any accident tnay occur from the rigorous measures which must be used against those persons who disturb the public peace; And it is also strongly recommended to all persons having arms in their possession, and who may not have the ',Omer of ,prorecting them, to send them in to some neighbouring Migistrate, who will pl.ice them in safety until the county is happily restored to order." At the Assizes of Enni3, on Thursday last, Patrick Tynne, the Captain& of the Ribbonmen, who, with nine others were taken by the Gentle men of Corrofin, at night, (as mentioned in former Paper,) was. put. upon his trial about 12 o'clock. His companions were permitted to give evidence for the Crown, and, . in a short time, he was convicted of administering illegal oaths, and received sentence of transportation for life. The approvers were ordered by the Court to be then discharged front the dock, and, in putting thtna out, some contusion occurred in calling over the names, which the convict taking advantage of, he en de a v oure d to escape, by crawling over the side bar; but baring beak' ob.. served by a Gentleman, be was instantly seemed, and then ordered to be taken from the dock to the nearest seaport, Cork, and from thence to' be conveyed to Botany Bay. At tour o'clock, he was brought into Limerick by a party of the Police ; and, on Friday morniug, was forwarded to his •destinatiOn. This prompt punishment, it is hard, will be a Watery warning. EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN T. MANNION. GALWAY, MARCH 1 1 .-On. Wiidnesday last, about the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon,' this leader was executed at Birchgrove, in the county of Rosrommon, near Ballinaslne, pursuant to his senteace„ in presence of an immense multi tude of spectators. Before he was turned off, the and Rev. Dr. Trench, with hat humanity for which be is ever conspicuous, lode amongst the crowd, and granted permission to the friends and relatives of that unfortunate Mall to take their i.n.t - farewell of him. He appeared perfectly resigned to his fat.e, admitted fully the justice of his sentence, and admonished the m u ltitude to return to their,allttgiance, and give themselves up to peace, order, and. industry. The loss of his own life he was indifferent to, compared to the misfortunes he bad brought 111/011 et hers, whom be had seduced from the paths of virtue and loyalty—eight of whom lie stated to have been transported for life out of the duck of RoKotn- Inca, entirely on Lis account. Port THE SUN. REFORMEIt.—No. I. A REFOIIIII lrr , PARLIANIuNT.—These 'are the magical wotds which more or. less affect the mind of every Briton, at the present day. They are, rherefore, highly worthy of consideration. To this object the present Essays ate meant to be ex clusively directed ; to develop, if possible, the true bearing of a very complex question upon the generll interests of the community ; and to shew bow far the object itself really accotds with the views and willies of our different parties. By Reform in Parliament, no more in general is meant, ti►an an alteration in the mode of electing Members into the House of Cotnmons; without regard to any other brand► of the Legislature; the object being to . make the Members of that House more truly the free choice of their electors, and less exp,sed to the,. inEhence of the Crown or its Ministers. The plans for - effecting • this purpose are al most as numerous as the persons who agree in desiring it ; but in one tioilit they all appear to concur, in reprobating, and wishing to atroli. , h what are called the rotten Boroughs. Next to this, is the wish to check or prevent the local influence of property in other Boroughs not absolutely call ed rotten. - • It has indeed been argued, and certainly not without reason, that the evil of these liOroughs is more apparent than real ; that far front giving an exclusive influence to any administration, they, are balanced, great. measure,. on the opposite sides of the House. 'ln the very last Parliament, , for instance, of GEORGE the THIRD, in the House so recently dissolved, it is notorious, that some of the most violent of the Opposition Members were sent to their seats by Borougns as rotten as rottenness itself could make them. Nor can there he a doubt, that in tlie,Honse now forming many instances of the same kind will be renewed. It mg be argued too, and 1 should be strongly inclined to support the argument, that no Boroughs are, in fact, so rotten, as those in which the elective franchise descends belotv.the usual senle of property;. Where the return is principally made by men who have no responsible stake in' Society, who bate neither property nor character to lose, no'r any possible means of comprehending the real-interests of the Country ; where the calumny of a demagogue has . more Weight than the arguments of the wisest of men ; where reason, in short, is never beard, but clamour, violence, and prejudice, conduct, and generally carry, the Election. This, Sir, is the very worst kind of rottenness, and most subver sive of the Constitntion. But though all this be perfectly true, and though much more might with entire justice he said, and often has been said,• in defence of our Consti!o tion, as it has stood since its settlement under' WILLIAM the THIRD, yet such has been the effect of popular %%Firings and harangues upon tl►e subject of tl►e espousing of the same topics by party rue►t at the first eminence, merely to distress the Go , - vernment, so long as they did not themselves con duct •it ; such the nature of the question itself, whichcompels the defenders of the Constitution apparently to defend corruption, a thing in itself undoubtedly odious and abort►inable, that perhaps few persons can he found who do not wish for• some change.; to remove these causes ot reproach, and to quiet, if possible, the minds that have been so long disturbed. Shot11(1 1 he able to throw any light upon Ihe means of doing this, you will grant, I trust, iliac the present Essays may be useful. SHIP NEWS. HULL, MARCH r4:—The Blay(lcs, Hodgson, of Scarborough, was totally lost on the Stoney Binks on Sunday evening ; the Captain and one man drowned. NEWHAVEN, MARCH 15 -Several pieces of wreck have been washed on shore near this p!ace, supposed to be a brig or galliot, with a 20 teet beam, and fir built. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 14 —Captain Bulle3, of the Shamrock, from Lisbon, passed, on the 25th nit., in lat. 49. 10. long. 10. 50. a vessel bottom up, with her bowsprit loose, supposed to he about 150 tons, but as it blew a gale at the time could not learn further particulars. The Company's ship /Well, was in lat. 37. CQ. N. long. 15.30. W. on the 12th February, all well; she parted coriTany from the Castle Handy, in the Dight of the 17th January, in thick weather. REGISTER OF FASHION. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Archbishop of York entertained the Directors-of the Ancient.Mul'ic, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and a distinguish ed party, yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. The Earl of Harrington had a select party to dinner yes terday, at his house in the : Stable...yard, St. James's. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Lord Bagot and family are arrived at their house, in Great Curnbel laud-place, from their seat, Blithfirld ; Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess of Mayo are arrived at their house in New Norfolli-street, Parli-lane,, from a tour.- Lady and Miss Neave are arrived at their bouse . ln OW Bur lington-street, horn their seat Dagnam Park, Essex. ' Lady Ebrington is arrived at tilt Earl of Furtescuo's house, in Grosvennr-square, from a tour. Sir Joseph and Lady Banks are arrived at tkeir house in Subn square, flow their scat, Spring Grove, near Hounslo<v. The Duke of Devonshire has taken ❑p his residence at Chiswick ; the improvements tf Devonshire House nut being yet completed. APSLEY Housa.—The superb display closeg on Monday gst. The china is removing into a mag nificent cabinet of plate glass,every sheet of which cost seven guineas ; it will occupy the four sides -of an extensive room. Each plate will he mt.- ranged in order, and present a history of the ll lustrionsjiero's achievements—or,in oilier words, form a series of cabinet pictures. A vast deal of ta, , te is displqed its the woikmanship of this cab net. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR—There are Some abuses in a'rnoq every country, which, although they appear trivial to the regular Authorities of the State, become, ,at length, so fatal in their effects that the strong arm of the Law can with difficulty eradicate an evil which a very slight exercise of power might have prevented. We have had vet y satisfactory as surances lately that the Laws of our Country are not to be attacked with impunity by' bold Agita torS, ,who haz,rd their necks in their desperate and wicked entetprizes ; (Mt many of the incite ments which wound them op to a phrenzietl state of tictiou are suffered to eskt as common nui sances, which it is every man's business to le press, but which no 'Mall thinks it worth while to notice. Some years 'ago it was dangerous to attempt the removal of any nuisance, however dangerous to the health of, the complainant—at fected Gentleman and Informer were the epithete applied by the oeposing parties, and many timid men are still Willing to tolerate the most shame ful nuisances, by which their comforts are abridged, rather titan encounter the charge of bei . eg ill-natured, meddling, good-for e nothieg people.. I suppose it is to something like this ti midity that many nuisances, as dangerous to the morals as others ate to the health of the commu nity, are still suffered to exist; at least there is of. other way of accounting for the' evil. I shall not attempt to eutimerate one twentieth part of tite abuses to which a vigilant Police might di rect its atten:ion with good effect; one will be suf ficient, Measures have been taken by the Ser vants of the Crown and the Parliament to curb the licentious Press, and so secure the ignorteht 'and the weak front further seduction and tempta tion. These measures have already been attend ed with happy effects ; but there is a serious counteraction in another quarter, which not with - standiug the enormity of the mischief that it hes occasioned, is allowed to disgrace our nation it character, and influence the multitude by means more sure and pdwerfnl than all the Radical P am phlets that have been published. Ballad Singers now do that which COBBETT and WOOLELt cannot do, and whilst they favour the depreda liode of their worthy coadjutors, the pickpockets, who rob the listeners of their cash, they infuse poison into the minds of the weak, and confirm the drooping spirits of the previously disaffected. Amongst the - ballads now sung in. the public streets are four on the subject of the differences which are said to exist bet weer: his present Ma jesty and his Consort. Any thing on, this subject, however trivial in its nature, must be perniciolts iu its tendency ; but the songs in question are scandalous iu the extreme. The reported - private disagreements - of the KING anti QUEEN of the most powerful Natioli in Europe, are• here made the catchpenny theme of a hawker's ballad, and crowds of idle listeners are taught to ridicule • and abuse their Sovereign for his conduct to his Con sort, whose comfort and dignity are endanger, d by the unsolicited judgment and lipprobation of the rabble. There is sothe:hing highly disgrace ful to our Police in.this nuisance, and I inlet this notice of their negligence Will nett be ineffectual. The songs here alluded to are .of politicel na tore; • but there are others of a most indecent end immoral tendency sung publicly in the stryets 7 — Surely, Sir, these abominable abuses ought to be removed—it is the duty of Govtrnment to insist upou their suppression,' for they inflame a mid i tude to do any thine; that is wicked. The Fceuel Revolution derived its thief support Iruin the loose and seditious ballads which were sung in , the streets of Paris. The Marseillois klymn altme armed a million against the peace of the State. Alr. NECKEit felt the importance of,,crushieg this abuse, but it had gone too far. " Sire," said he to the King . " the Ballad Singers' have done more to sap the foundations of your, power, that). the Chamber of Peers can do to support it." I ant, Sir, .Your obedient Servant, G. M. 'rhe Staff of Ireland is about to undergo a con. sitlerable alteration ; all the General Officers, with the exception of Sir EDWARD PAGET, and' MU Major• Generals, are to be changed. On Saturday, the Proclamation for dissolving Parliament, and also that ordering the Peers of Scotland to meet in 1:Iolyrood•bo'tse, Edinburgh, to elect 16 of their number for the new Parlia ment, were read at the Cross by the Heralds, with the usual torn►alities. Mr. GEtATTAN, it is again reported, ,will retire from Parliament on account of his age and indif ferent state of health. Mr. BOOTH is playing with great success at the Aberdeen Theatre. Mr. HENRY HARRIS, and his - brother, Captain HARRIS, of the Royal Navy, are arrived in Dab lin ; and the former Gentleman immediately be gan to make the preparatory arrangements for opening , the Theatre under his own patent. DESTRUCTIVE Flarf.—This morning, at three o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at the house Of Mr. JIIFPIty, a potatoe-merchant, in High street, RateMl; iu a law minutes itscommuoi caterl to the next house (Mr. CoLsoN's), and in a short time both became a prey to the devouring element. Several tenements being at the back vi the house, we are sorry lo hear dim considerable damage has been sustained by the inmates, who are very poor people. Several houses in the fruit street are also much damaged. The engines at length arriving„ a stop was put to tire ravages of the fire. We are glad to hear that no lives have been lost, nor any personal injury sustained. So CIDE.-Yesterday an Inquisition was taken at the Uoop and Grapes Tavern, Queen-square, before Mr. CELL, Conan: v. for the City and Liberties of Westminster, on the body of Tnomas Roberts, Quarter-Master of the ist Battalion of the ad Regiment of Foot Guards, who put an .end to Lis esist once by cutting his throat with a razor. Verdict—lnsanity, PlocoN MATCH FOR,' 200 GuiNeAs A nit Wlali great stuns were ‘ pending, took,place on Tuesday, its the Midghain Meadows, between Mr.- Croxtord,- a mea.ber of the Midgbain Club, and a Mr. Smarten, from 7Ninlolk, who accepted the challenge, which was held otit against ail England. • The match was to shoot at et girds from a trap, at yards from the gun, with charge unlimited, and the bud to tall within 100 yards of the gun. Petting was II to 10 on Croxford.—Mt. Crasiord missed only twice out of4' the . 21 shots—Mr. Smarten missed titres: times. Yesterday a CoOrt of Directors was held,at the East India FlOtise ; when Capt. F. ADAMS, of the ship Buckingliatashire, took leave of the Court, previous to departiui for Chiria directs