The Sun. — London, England, 1804-07-24 00:00:00

ESE crio4i • .AT about half past ten o'clock yesterdays tloPti after the arrival of G. B. Mmartaimt INC, E sq. . at Brcntford , the b us i ness was opened i n the uitfal form. • Mr. P. MOORE, in,propo , ,ing Sir FRANCIs BUR_ WITT, addressed the 'Freeholders from the -Huitings. • , This Was not the firtit bccaaion on which it had been his fortune t o , nom in at e a Candidate who was to se ' cure the'Freedom and Independence of the People, and to maintain the Constitution of England in its purity. This, the Freeholders of Middlesex would • recollefl, was not a question between two persons erely ; the queititin was not solely whether one andidate or another' should be successful.—lt de. pended upon the issue of this contest, whether the County of Middlesex was to be free and irlapendent, as it ought to be, or whether it was to be a rotten 'rind corrupt Borough, subjeCt to.the will of a court, and deprived of the priVilege of asserting its own fights. It depended upon the issue of this contest, whether the County of Middlesex'was to he tree and independent, or whether it was to be.subjed to the . Will and caprice of a nefarious combination of jobbers and Contradors, and completely lose the pride and glory of its unbiassed franchise. The Opponents,. of Candidate whom he bad the honour to • nominate, proceeded upon the very principle Of jobbera,. and Contradors, for here, a combination Was formed in order to thwart him who defended • the I n d epen d ence and Freedom of this County; by "crebiiirg fur a Candid a te. A cco rdi ng to this .„latlneiple a Candid a t e wa s found . and bargained, for. This was . no misrepresentation. It was thing openly avowed by themselves in their. Ad. vertisements in the Newspapers, which, no.doubt, the Freeholders had seen. There the whole of the • proceedings of this nefarious combination was openly avowed in the face Of the Poblic. He called upon the Freeholders of the County, as they shook]. answer to God and rn their own consciences, Cony. pcfrt the Candidate *of Independence,- and deliver the County from the Jaws of this oll,devouring combina. tion, of johbers and Contractors. It was neet•slarY for this purpos e that there should be a long and a strong pull, a n d a pull altogether. As the second point for their consideration, he.would entreat of them to consider the diff:_rent situations of the .•two Candidates that n v w appeared tor their favour. They. were . not to judge of the Hen. Baronet by Ilia clamours that on some occasions had been raised against him —they were to judge from his aEtioris they knew. what his public conduCt had been since the last Elettion. 'He himself had, during that rime, tat in Pitliament with the Hon. }latonet—iie had laitnessed his public conduct, which hild been, high. iy praise -worthy. Night- and day lie and his Hon.. Friend had laboured to bring about an Ad tn i o i s t ra _ tion that s h oul d he agreeable‘to the Country, foeind ed upon that btoad basis which would be the surest pled ge of a gun, active, and, at the same time, a Constitutional and Patriotic Government. At the time of the last Eleetion, he was scarcely acquainted with the Hots. B.tronet. He then, however, sup. ported hi m , upon j ust and independent principles, totally uneontteded with any .personal attaclunent. Since that time he had an opportunity of observing Lis Hon. Friend in private as well as in publiClifc. He had found him an excellent son, a most afrec. 4 tionate husband; and a kii , cl father, and conduding himself upon the same liberal principles which re. Rotated his Tiublic behaviour.' He had stood for. ward on this occasion certainly not with a view to his own private advantage, as most of those who heard him well knew ;but to absert the Independence of this County, and to rescue it front the nefarious • cOmbination which has been formed for the purpuse t • 'of rendering it subservient to the nod of a Minister. He called upon his enemies, if so excellent a shame. ter could have enemies, fur he, very much doubted *tether his Opponents could be his enemie s in their beans, to contraliA his assertions if they could do it. Whet had been ur g ed ~g 4 . 1 0 ,/ him on the..•cca. lion of a late event, %:41 a most nefarious fiber.— ' The Hon. Baronet had never attacked the CoristitU• • tint) of the Country, though he ts had always endea.' votired t o support the inter es of Independence ag4ii.st Ministerial . intrigue.' This he hoped would b e to them no objedion, and therefore, he proposed fur their acceptance Sir FRANOs BURDETT. A.s soon as Mr. Mootte had ended -with putting Sri PRANt Is BURDETT in nominatio n , the proposi. lion was sa second e d b y Mr. K, t i d , he thought i t unnecessary tti detain the Eleflori, after the able speech that had been delivered bhis Hon.' Frie n d.y- • ;. Sir WILLIAM LEIGHTOWS Clerk then inquired 4 any other Candidate had been proposed ; on which G. B,NIAItiwARING, Esq. attended by his advanced to the front of the Hustings, When Sir Wm. R CuTI, i m media t ely rnerrioned the name this „ • t s Candidate , and was proceeding. to ad. dress the Eietiors in his behalf, when a loud rode. cent etartinUr •. „ interrupted. the worthy anti ho nour. . (4 1)( 3' s e in ft g ' , 1 . e h T ,".'" fth which Mr. Slieriii:SH w . s, , 'oter were seru m ' 1 '4; 4 "( 1 the 'multitude. He said, they -and i n , n td this day to exercise a ver valuable t I • g th er country of the —spOrta nt • pilifltege, which was en joyed . in no the Win . 11 • it Was nothing ht uf Electing an In dividual to hold a less- than place in the .great of the Nation, as4l on the dis. aed gree t fzeteise of this immunity, the Public Liberty He hoped essentially & F etid th at Ge , erly and :Happiness. ' t ar -, , nfleMen would give to the Friends o f each tom. r e a fair opportunity to express their sen. afterit id which, would be or the Elec. • t°l4 tt Wll 0 was most deserving of their xhuiee, Sir W. ca Cuter didy subseri >e, t ta 'ben proceeded Gentlemen,' ofnSirlo the justice of the enumeration F -F . —URDETT'S rival* charatter, made by • the Hanourable Gentleinan who proposed him. I revere them as much as any man. His domestic t ilartlEler is not the point in question.. I trust ton ,that you, G entlemen,rtvere will believe me,-to respect, to and , and to b e as tenacious of your Civil Rights, Constitution a l Privileges, as any ot h er man in 1 ; the community. I have already declared my opinio n of the .Honourable Baronet, and regret that my Public Duty requires that I should op.Eois,e, him. In opp us i ng hi m , Gentlemen, I , ant 1 Y to come Lewarti and to introduce tO the ree. holders of Middl esex , s -f F • •n-1 Mr. . I le on o my tie , - Cs B • At/meats° ; a young man not yet • known in public - life i but, Gentlethen, I knot, Ma wo?th, I know his talents, his virtues, and his pub. lic spirit. I know the 'seeds of public virtue to have been early implanted in his breast : I know him to have been timely reared and ed9cated sound, constitutional principles. I present to you a than whose private and public charafter are pure and unsullied. I do not propose to you a man who has ever said that " Englishmen had no. thing to fight fur." I allude to the Meeting at Hackney, and request the- Freeholders to recollea that on a Motion of mine, Sir FRANCIS was precluded from attending the Sheriffs ,'and Mr. By:co, the . other Member for Middlesex, with an Address to. His MAJESTY ; certainly. : because the Freeholders of Middlesex did not then think him a fit and proper person to appear before our beloved Sovereign. If Sir FRANCIS was so considered at that time, which undoubtedly he was, can any one tell what he had done since to retrieve his charatter I—He had not retrieved his character by disqualifying the father of the Hon. Gentleman of his right,'merely because he suffered some of the roast beef of Old England, with a little brown stout, to be preiented to his friends from home. No, he has not yet cleAred up his Charatter. He has not yet answered my call on him 'at Hackney, and therefore I think myself justified in proposing to you as the best, by far the best of the two, G. B. MAINWAR. INC, Esq. to represent this great County in Parlia. men'." Captain WOOD (son of Col. Wool)) in second. ing the n miss titm of Mr. MAtsw.te NG. said,' " Gantleinen, my worthy Friend has so clearly de. tailed the Ohjeet of this contest to you, that it will not be necessary for me to trespass king on your attention ; yet I trust I shall meet with your indul. gence in expressing my sentiments on the occasion. Gentlemen, the County of Middlesex has been for two Sessions of Parliament most shamefully mitre. presented. A colourable (najority, obtained by unjustifiable means, prevented the father of my worthy triend from being returnel as your Repre. sentative.. When it was found impossible by fair means to defeat his claims .to represent you, recotirse has been had to means the most illiberal to disqoa. lilt him from becoming in this instance a Candidate. for the honour of ',representing you. This, Gim. tlemen, is the first rime I ever heard that,the exer. cise of the old English hospitality disqualified for a .seat in Parliament. (Loud and general plaudits). I must say, Gentlemen, that the lather of 'my Wor, thy friend his been treated shamifullTiond berally ; he has been linked with persons with whom he has no connexion, and, unwarrantable means have been taken to vilify and traduce him. Gentlemen, I beg pardon for haring trespassed so long on your' attention, and shall conclude by recommending to you to commence 'an aftive and spirited Poll, by which you shall place Mr. MAINWARING at the head of the. Poll, and prevent the County of Kid. dlesex from being hereafter disburbed by a similar contest." , .Sir FtAxcts BUILDETT then addressed the Elec. tors. He had seen some disposition in the Gentle— men who had just spoken, during the short manage. tent of the cause they had undertaken, to disclaim their hien& in the-last contest. He had the satis faCtion to say, that he had no reason to. resign his own, and was happy to observe, that they had as little inclination to dese,t and he was encou. raged to expect their unequivocal support at the present Moment. It was rather ungrateful in them. thus to cootiat themselves, and he hoped they would think better of it. Mr. AIM, however, was among their fast friends ; he canvassed for the Fa. ther, his very useful. associate, Mr. Justice .vlAtN WAßtNG,andlie certainly did not charge Mr. Au is with the same species of ingratitude if he now de voted his willing services to the San. Nothing . seems to be more, natural than that Mr. ARts, the sailor, should be endeavouring to support the offspring of his proteaur ; bur it -would appear rather extraor ciinary that he, whose business it war to prevent robbers by confinetnent from tut t her plunder, should himself attempt to plunder- the Electors of their rights and independence. The . worthy Alderman (tor so he must call him) has talked in a way that was readilLexpetierl from city - habits, about hospi. tality, attl beef and ale ; tor an attention to these things was no small partof his Magisterial duties; bdt those he addressed, had to. much good sense about them to barter' their Freedom for a mess of pottage. Gentlemen were apprized the last Election • was succeeded by a Scrutiny ; his Aniagonist - had in. deed a very, very small. Majority, after his Voters had been examined,. and before the opposite side had undergone the same minute research ; yet, after all the 'vigilance that Party Spirit.eotial inspire, he had the. pleasure of seeing nearly zoo° Voters, the ad vo.. cates of his cause. With this flattering view, after such a decisive proof of integrity antl- Independence of the EleCtors, he should think he , both deserted them and the County, if he did not offer himself on this o,:casiori. Gentlemen knew the grois and mon. serous charges which were made by the ottset- p art y ,against limit the lait EleCtlon ; not one of these had been proved ; 'and' the only matter that had been established, had ended in the disqualification of his opponent. It had been said that one of the Candidates was purchaied. They were .all aware how illegal it was to buy Voters, and they would not think it was less an, perhaps, to buy Can didates. in both cases the manifest object was to destroy Independence, and their solicitude should he direCted to defeat this nefarious design. Gentlemen would, probably, hear of legal opinions in the course of this Election, and these might be extended both to Voters and Candidates. A recent camisole, how. ever, was afforded us'in the person of His Majesty's Attorney General, which would tend to spew that these law authorities were not infallible. Gentle. men would be persuaded that this new:-.contest was both disgraceful to:him and to thenialmt with their alive assistance he expected it would be-soon ter. minatcd.' He would riot attain them at this time by a tong and laboured harangue ; it would be more respectful to them, arid moreconvenient to himself, to invite their immediate exertions at the Poll. When 'Mr. G. B. Ivia'rtswAß ING addressed the Meeting, the clamour of the rabble was so great, that he could with difficulty be heard, even by those who were near him, although he spike with great energy and firmness. We could, however, coiled the sub. stance of his speech. which Ise began by cosign tu. Wing the Freeholders Upon the opPortuoit' : , now of. feted themOf:deciding upon the merits of his oppo nent. At tilt lasr.eleaion, the Hon: Baronet Made many promises: hid he perform :4 one of them ? He rl:en . stood forwiird as the chitry„: , lon , of the.ol).. pressed. He promiSed to Open the pilion doors ; but he ha's sat two years in:Parliament, withOtminstitut_ ing a single inquiry into the many supposed griev ' ances which he pledged himself' to redress. The truth was, that those grieranCes had beetifithricated, • -for the purpose of raising a pre judiee against his much.vilifiett,Father, who had displayed (as. he thought) soo -MLA forbearance, and had horric 4 ltis facultiestB6Aletly." But he was dettrmined not to aa in Matisairrter; he was nor to*be intimidated: Although the Horkßart. had the effroniery again to . stand on ground - which had been polluted by crimes and perjuries at thelast Eleelion, he (Mr. M.) was deterniined to oppose him, foot to foot, and band to hand, until he ; should he the fortunate instrument . of his expulsion from the County, ' He cared not for Clamour, but trusted to the support Of goott sub. stantial votes,. being 'persuaded, that she Freeholders of Middlesex could not, return his opponent, since, by so doing, they would identify themselves with the eulogist of Traitors. Mr. SheriffSHAws in vain again interfcmd ; the disturbince augmented ; and . the attempt to speak was the signal of riot. The two Candidates were then proposed by the Sheri . fs, when the shew, of hands was declared, to be in favour of Sir FRANC is litianEit, on which a Poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. MAINWARING, by sie WILLIAM CURTIS, which being seconded, was imMediately acceded to. The qualification of Mr. MAI/WARING was then required, which was accordingly delivered in, and the iittati+n 'of the property stated to be in the parishes of Edtnonton and Enfield. In consequence of these causes of de. lay, the Poll did nut commence until twelve o'clock.' At theiteginning of the Poll, the Peace-sheers, who were most numerously assembled, were unable to prevent riot, Until Sheriff SHAw E, with becoming spirit, leaped over the barriers of the hut:ings, and seized two of the rioters, whom he committed to custody. In consequence, some degree of order was preserved while' the Poll went on till aye o'clock, when the Sheriffi proceeded"tnenuMeratethe votes. At near six, the number, were declared to stand as follow : For Sr i i'RANCis BLIRDETT, 6111 • For Mr. MA'rsw.kalso, • . • 518 Majority for the former - Sa Sir FRANC IS BurtneiT addressed the Meetin4. He said, he should.detairk them but for-a few . mt. ,notes, in expressing the satisfatlioo he felt on that re. suit which, under the favour of,their exertions, had this' day mtrked their • opinion 'and approbation of his condua frOm . the 'day he' had before been h 0.." noured with their support, anti which had again in. (loud him to meet them for th.: purpose of soliciting. a repetition of that support; He trusted that the same cootie& which first recomsnended him to their favobr would again procute him their support. They would, he hopet4 be aware that ihcpitsent was riot merely a contest between two jpaiv idttali fut a seat In Parlia. ment, because, if thatkrire the ini?eviljed of his ambition, it might have been secured fo' tituself and tl his family for ever, fur less than ..tt) - nth _of the trouble it had already cost him. The present coutest,. on the contrary, was one in' Which he hoped they would feel he had engaged'solely . with a view to res.: cue the independence of the-great and ,respetable County of Middlesex from the corrupt grasp of a combination of distillers, of brewers, of publicans, of contraftors, of tax,gatherets, anti other perons of similar description, tu complete, under the tilluence of His Majesty's Ministers, or other untierst rappers, a junto. of trading Justices, who could scarcely be thought to exercise any will of their own. It was a zealous wish to free the County from their grasp, that induced him *to come forward on the present occasion; and so far was he from regretting the exertions. he had already made,, that he was proud of the opportunity which the tesUlt afforded him, of appealing once more to the opinion's of his Consti. tutors, and resting his hopes of their future favour on his contiod for , the past. Mist .gratefully con. vinced by the result of this do's Poll that he had not lost that, he rusted those friends who had this day supported him, would persevere in their exer. lions in endeavouring to bring the contest to a speedy issue. He disclaimed'all personal animosity t o his opponents, and declared that their condat excited in. him 11:3 other sentiments than those of sorrow and pity. Mr. MILL isit shortly addressed the Meeting, and observed; that notwithitan.ling the eemporaty and trifling superiority of the lion. Baronet, he had no hesitation in pledging himself that he would ultic. inately lose the Eledion, Mr, WAI NW AR ING then rose to address the M e eting, but was not suffered to speak a single sentence that could he distindly understood ; and such was the torrent of noise and insult,.that it was impossible to collect any thing that fell from him At half past six the Poll was adjourned. • The concourse. of people attending the .EleCtion yesterday at Brentford, and along the road, was immense, beyond all former example. No 'serious mischief, as we have yet heard, took place. Seve. ral attacks, hlwever, were made on Mr. G. B. MAINVIARII46, the Candidate, and' large gravel stones were thrown into his carriage,. but without doing any material injury.—Mr. MAIZIWAR.Iim S Senior,• was soon, after attacked by a large body of T pffilria at the White Horse public.house, near Ull. land House. A large stone was thrown at him, which hit him on the face, and which was followed by several handfuls of gray . el... Mr. MAI NWAR G jumped out of his carriage and seized one of the ruffians, who yvaa l , spot% rescued out °fills hands ; two constiabhcatne up after the ,transaftion, but too late to :afford any assistance: and it must be observed that no constables were placed on the road between Tomball' Gieen and Holland lieu e. Wese constables placed on the toads as watchman are in the streets at night, it would have the best erre& • A child fell out of a windinv two pair Of stairs high, yesterday evening, at Kensington. The poor infant was riot killed on the spot k but was tqcilica to survive only a. very short time. !OR:A j .; JULY 4, . denerai PLOD, • Coinniandent of the Distrito cif MUnster; arrived last night at Sir Eat Cowie's . ' and this day took place, perhaps one of the Most minute military inspeaions ever remembered ; tine General, before nine o'clock, examined particularly all the hOrses, kc. of the 18th Dragoons, the men, tre. being in their watering jackets: At two q'clock, he bad the whole garrison, cnosistint of part of the rBth Dragoons, the tph and 96th Re giMents of the Line, the Oueen's County and Tip. perary - Militia, in the Dyke Field, whEre was as handsome a review as ever we witnessed. This day the General .dines with Brigadier Ge. neral the , Earl of CORK, and to.mortow goes for Fermoy. Our Noble countrymen the Lords SHANNON and LoNotrx‘rll:l.2 are both at their country seata, the one at. Castle Martyr, the other at Castle Mary. The improvements making at our Forts are truly worthy Of 'Sir CHARLES HOLLOWAY, who is chi Engineer there. resident. KIMBLE, who is now playing to crowded houses in Dublin, is expeded here in the beginning of next months FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARks, JULY to.—They write from Rome, that the Pots E intends to renew the demand of the Pal_ frey, which he used to receive from the KING of NAPLES as a yearly tribute. Government h.is retrained froth exatling from Ge., neral MOREAU the expenses of the proceedings his trial. HAGUE, Jrn. 14, , --Aceounts from Paris state, that the Este ettott will go to the C oast immediately after the Celebration of 'the 'tit!), and also visit tit l Gallo.Batavian Camp )tear Zcyst. This Camp is to compri2e 18,odti ttitn, but there are only io,ooo assembled as yet, these being a want of tents, ata not wells enough dug for the troops and their horses. Our 'Ambassador at Paris, Citizen ScHtsusm.. CFNNtNC (who is said to' be destined to filf some high situation), having delivered his new credentialsi we expdt the - French Ambassador, Mons. SatzOn"; vitAlt, will do the tiatne shortly. Ihron D'YvoY and Mr. VAN FAl244.,have quitted this capital, the: indemnities for the ,Prince of Oil Ge; on account.of his private domains within our Republic, having been finally adjusted. Tile. amounkis stated at six millions of florins, to be paid by instaltifents. , ?isa,TERDAM, JULY' 4. —The two Lieutenants, LANDS/ITE/ and STEFFENS, who had 'not condueted themselves ploperly •dtiting the passageof the first Division of our Flotilla from Flushing to Ostend, have been brought [rum Ostend, to be tried by a Court Martial at the 1-lagine. . • • The Dispatch at Lieut.:COL lIAT"EM.B.IJRO, of his premature surrender of Surinam, is arrived [trim Nramarihu L it is,dated the ustlh of Wiy, but our Guvernrnent have not yet published i*, AU was well at Curq..a io the middle: of April: • COPENTHACION, JULY 14.—Their SWEDISII MA.. 'MIES are not expetted home next winter ; it is thought at Stockholm :that they wilt spend a part of the winter at Stralsund. The following Circular Lltter may be used in. formation to the Mercantile .World 4i 5 t . 1 ,, , . Emblem, yutp 6, do 4. .g We have the honour to confirm our Circular Letter of the rst or March ; and • can today state with certainty, that the French Consul) , commissioned to ad at Me.ppeti Seto. re called by his Government, and set out on his 'departure ore Sunday .last-, after having taken a polite and friendly leave of the Magistracy here. " The following advice from Meptienolated . the T.cl inst. has alio been received here by an express . • Thu French Commandant has received orders to (cave this town, and the whole territory of rolOcrg, tii, day affix to-morrow. All goods may now pass tree, except warlike stores, the Conveyance of which continues forbidden by the Government here.' . " This intelligence has caused the most pleasing sin 5. - aions heret and we can farther add, that ha other french Conant will come hither; but that the conveyance by Aleppera will in future be as unmolested fis.it was befific rite occupying of that place by the French Tr . ;ops, i " 'rhiS favoirrable change niincts us to hope that yout consignments to Gerinaily will greatly increase; and we oval t ourselves of this opportunity again to o:KI you pur services, L assioring you, that we sh4ll-alwa)'s Tivl the greatest pleasure in being able to give you proof of trot sincere denied to serve you. We remain, with flu: greatest esteem, 4, VAN SPAN K Sz Co." • Tnt Altts..—Suss has nearly fioiblted his Poi., trait of Mrs. Bit.t,titoroN. It is an , atinVirab l ie Likeness of this incomparable Singer, and paintea with great force,' grace and beauty., or course come into the hands of the Engraver. Mr.'COLIVIAN'S season is so successful that he means, it is said, .ro reserve his new' Comedy f o r Covint.Garden Theatre. -We hope it will prove another . 161. , n Mrs; SIDDONs is with h,er daughter at South. arnpron. The , latter, we are hOff 'CO heAt, is i n Very indifferent,heidElt. Mr. SioDO:A, who is still at Barh, is soon to join 1;;;.41.' Mr. iloimAN, a few days ago, was thrown from his horse .tt. Citeltenhatn, by which accident he dis.. lOcated his right shoOlder. _ _ _ The new Entertainment of Foul Deeds will Rise keeps its ground, and is so well supported by the Aaors, that it has now nothing to (car from the storms of criticism, ortictdarly as the Music is reaily . good. - Bowes has been presenting a Petition to the House of Lords on the suhjett of som e pee 4 mlary claims'upon the Earl Of StRA.THMOItk. It !Us been thought thst.Mr. Bow Et intended to avail himself of an Insolvent Ad, but such a supposition is absurd indeed, as he is a man of considerable property.— The Duke of No uiroit presented t e Petition. If this measure should occasion a Debate, it will be one of a very interesting*ind to the lovers of fa. mily anrcdoten. An unfortunate accident occurred yesterday n e ar Hyde Park Corner, As a post.chaise full of Sir FR ANC ti BUROPTT'S voters, WAS driving in full galled towards Brentford, 'it cone in sudden con. i‘d wilt a Gentleman's carriage, and the Coach. man was in an instant thrown.frnm his box. One of his thighs and an arm were completely broken, and h e was carried to an hospital with very liitle hopes of recovery.