The Sun. — London, England, 1806-11-15 00:00:00

T✓ THE WORTHY ELECTORS OF WEST- MINSTER. I am a plain man, and have pasted a long time in this metropolis.—l- have witnessed every contest for popnlar favour,from the days of Wilkes down to the present time.--Among 'the many candidates, who, during that period, offered theinselyes to represent this great city in Parliament, some were of the most distinguished abilities, several were of high profession al fame, and a few were exceptionable ; but all of them were persons well known. There was no ambi guity of character those who presented them selves to our choice ; we estimated men from their actions, and the tenor of their lives, and we decreed palm to the most worthy. In the present day a person has started up and claimed the highest distinction you have the power to bestow, who, till within the last year, was never heard of in this 'city—:qn absolute stranger ; one un lpown to Fame, at to the inhabitants of this Metro 7 polls, and who, amidst' the clamour whik:h he has :-wised, carefully avoids informing us what-is his his tory, whence he came, or what other pretensions he as to our favour than m - ise from his gr,i;,s.ly'abusing, and groundlessly accusing, every, august, high, and honourable Character in this kinodorn • I need hardly add, that the Candidate I allude -to is Mr. Jamea Paull, who' opPeses with most outrage-. pus virulence two competitors—nien of whom this nation may be justly proud ; one the support of P,ritaip'S glory ;, the other (whatever may be his private foibles) undoubtedly among the (post distin guished orators of the age. Who is this Mr. Paull ? I am credibly informed, FleElorS,' that he is the son of a,' tailor in Perth, in no great line of business ; and that the son served part of his time to his father's trade : yet far -be it rom Me, who am in trade myself, to decry a useful and honest occupation :',but I confess I feel a decent pride, an honourable ambitiOn; to beirepresented, and to have this great City represented, by persons Who, from - their 'birth - arid abilities, are worthy of that honour; the defenders of their country, the • guardians of OurlAws, statesmen and orators of tried and acknowledged talents ; such are, in my mind, titter to represent Westminster than a tailor. Every person is respeEtable in proportion as.he evinces me rit in his proper sphere. Mr. Paull Might, among tailors and salesmen, be entitled/to regard ; bht, as the Representative of the greatest City in the',Vni verse, his pretensions are really as absurd and con v..-mptible as would be considered. these of a ,barber, a blacksCriith, or achimney-sweeper. I have an extensive acquaintance in Leadenliall-' street, and nnmber among my friends" many gen tlemen who held distinguished offices in India ; and from their concurrent testimony, I do not learn that this Paull is a harinleSs, misguided, and -• judging man, who 'only mistakes his •talent,' and means vell, though he aCta otherwise. I have made fliligent 'inquiry lespeCting him, - and I find that he iw not only a low and ignorant upstart; but' that he. has violated the most important moral obligation ! that,tements society, and wbich,all good men held sacred ; that he, is destitute of gratitude, and falsely r , traduces the most dignified chara6ters in this coun try, with a view to create some "character for him , self ; Vat I trust that the people of England will not allow 'them selves to be made the dupes of such a worthless fellow. Let us stop a moment to ex amine what is known of his history, the outlines of which will suffice to give a pretty accurate idea of the finished piece. Mr. Paull - descended from his father's board about thirteen or fourteen years ago, and went to India to mend his fortune : soon after his arrival in Bengal, , a Gentleman, who resided at Lucknow, in the Company's Civil Service, gave him encouragement, took him' into his employment, and :found hint useful. Mr. Paull, iis that sitaation, acquired some money, and . then set up business ,for himself.— Early in the year 1801 he returned to England with the gains - Which he had got ; and, 'although - the m0,.,t - important trausaCtions of Marquis Wellesley's Administration had taken place previous to Mr. Paull's - departure from India—such- as the Treaty with thv Nizam, the subjugation ,of Tippoo, the ruin of the French interests iuthe .t)ecan and My sore, the arrangement of the Carnatic, and the nec,.;sion to Surat—notwithstanding all these trans naions were then recent, and' as well known to I\ll. Paull and to the world as they are at this day— yet Mr. Paull, at that time, took no steps what ever, to divulge the criminality, *hich it seems he has only discovered since 1w last came home. Mr. Pauli teen looked on these ads in a very different point or view from what he professes to ao at pre sent. His mercantile cencerns occupied more of leis attention than politics—in the prosecution. of which, havingprocured an assortment of guns, china; gkiss-ware, and trinkets, ..he solicited and outaioed letters of recommendation to Marquis WellesleY ; and in the year 1802 again embarked for Bengal, without having once breathed a• cen sure 'on the Administration of the Noble Governor, or discovered any criminality in those aEts, which he eau , a Iserts, that he watched, reprpbatedi and con tlepitt,d, front. so early a period as the year 1195.--; :Yet, tolhis very Governor, Whom he so Watched condemned, did he, in the year 1802, humbly t' the letters he' had procured, and humbly aoheit permission' to-return to Lucknow ;- and of his Governor-general, whom he' now so grossly al - uses, did he crave intercession with the Nabob of 1 suffer him to return and reside at Liick ttow, on a solemn promise to ollserve good conduct, ;ni.l desist irons dirty intrigues and 'knavish'spectila iionli; and., the Governor-general, prompted by4-his ,: • ;: . :tural benevolence, did intercede, with' the 'Nabob of Oude; and obtaihed permission for •Mr" Paull - to reside at Lt....Cl:now, Mr: Paull accordingly proceed , est thither, and, enhis,arriyal, was received by Colo- Scott,' theßritisfi MiniSter et the Nabob's couri, ',With every mark of 'friendly attention'; and Mr. Rahn iipm'ct in the Iwuse, and at the table, of Coldriel .;lcott, and by that'dis , tinguisl7;eil Pfficer was Cherisli ed and protected. What sort of return Mr.'Patlll' Made for such' kindne'ss will appear in the •sequel. a Paull, during the time that he last resided at .LuLtnow, that is, .during" of .1802, and the whole of 1803, (the twO years SufasequOt : to •.t,he treaty of Le, aknoW) wrote letters, expressing,in the Lirongest langttage of tieknowledgment,' the high entertained of the favoffslconfared on Lill . . by Marquis Wellesley of these letters tne has made its way to the table of the House of Commons, dated at Luctiow, sth December, 1802,* t;.early a year after - the final. arrangement of °Ude, and -in this- Jetter Mr. Paull, the o n .on the spot where the oppres sion is. said in have: been cottimitted, and twelve months after it bad taken' place, thus addresses the Marquis Wellesley : !` Although incessantly' engaged in the affiiirs of a most mighty Empite, 1 am, however, Well aware, that the con cerns of an humble individual are not beneatli.your Excel lency's notice: . That .excessive wise, liberal, and enlighten ed policy that malics• ei/ety att of . the ,Administration of your Lordshiy, to whom no wan ever complained in vain that complained. with justice. . an indelible sense of past - obligation s , with great . consideration, and the highest re speEt, &c. (Sived) " !AMES PAULL." Aeaders, tedors, judge of this man from his own mouth :...what is now become of that excessive wise, lzlei al, anddnlightened ? .Mr. Paull can•• not plead ignorance ; he, was on the scene where the transaaioni4oOk place; and twelye montlis had elapsed bet Ween the cession of terrifp — ry and the dqte of Mr. Paull's letter.' Yet he now accuses of the Most atrocious oppression him N whom no man, who cimplained„with justice ever coniplained in vain The . indelible gratitude of this Paull proVes to be the niost envenomed rancour. Him whom he one • • day, avowed to he the most j ust of men, the next day ho denounces as the most cruel ! Which of his allegatipns are we To believe ? Why, that which he is able to prove--Oertainly pot that 'which he only asserts. Mr. Paull, well aware that . the House of Com;- mons would require other evidence of faas than his mere declaration, summoned oral evidence to the bar of the House; to prove the Charge which he had laid on the table respeding Oude; for this purpose he called the most unexceptionable witnesses, name ly, Lord Teigtunouth, late Governor-General 'of In dia ; 'Mr. Cowper, late a Supreme CounUlor in Bengal i Sir A. Clarke, late Commander in Chi,ef, and temporary Governor-General ; Sir James Craig, Major Ouseley, who was Aid -de-Camp and the colt- fidential friend of the Nabob of . Oude at the very time the transaaions alluded tb, took place--:-when, strange to tell, every one oe rite before . - : MentiOned witnesses, as well as several others, instead of sub stantiating the whole or any part of the charge pre ferred by 1) f lr. Paull, gave a ,flat contradiOion to every fa& that he had asserted ; and furnished the House with a body of evidence, such as, I believe, never was before adduced, in any Court by an ac cuser., In ninetY-eight folio pages, entitled, Mi nutes of E r vidence on the Oude Charge, there is not only:no criminality proved,against Lord Wellesley) but almost every page flatly falsifies Mr. Paull: - -=•-- It would be a tedious task, brother Ele&ors, were I to enumerate the several instances of falsehood which Mr. Paull leas proved against himself: both the Charge and the . Y.vidence are printed, and in the hands of every Member of the House of •Commons : read them, and , then say what sort of a man this is who aspires to be our Ilepre- ! , sentative. • But, as if the full measure o of turpitude was yet incomplete, the papers produced by Mr. Paull sup ply another instance of this Gentleman's contempt of that fame which -the world usually prizes, such as I think can hardly be paralleled in the records of human depravity. Colonel Scott, the British Resi dent at Lucknow, who had served his Country abroad for more than thirty years, Mr. Paull's Friend, Patron, Host, and Protector, died in the discharge of a-most arduous duty, and left a repti tati6n tor•talents and integrity that will lonk° be re membered with. honour—yet the memory of this good and eminent man, as if the contrast of cha racter to leis own excited Mr. Paull's indignation, is foully and falsely traduced, iu,the Charge preferred against the 'Noble Marquis. Forgetful of every , past obligation, regardless ,of -the reverence due to the dead, Mr.. Paull attempts to stigmatize the de ceased Colonel;''by accusing him with being the ab je& tool of oppression--r-the unworthy instrument _of another's tyranny. Happily there was in the House of Commons A. 'Gentleman well-acquainted with the merits of Colonel' Scott, who called on Mr. Paull's own Witnesses to verify the charaaer given by Mr. Paull.' Read, and attend'to the following answers : Question to Lord Teignrnouth—Your Lordillip A , I belie've, was acquainted with Colonel Scott ? Answer—l had the honour of knowing him well. State to the Committee your Opinion of his cha raeter. his public chara&er, and his charaaer as an Officer, I do not mean simply a' military officer, but an Officer of Government, I bad the highest opinion If his integrity and ability. I can so far speak the opinion of Lord Cornwallis of his merit : when I re turned to Bengal, in 1793, r recoiled Lord Corn wallis telling me he regretted he had not been sooner so well acquainted with the merit of Colonel Scott as he was at that time." Johnstone.—" I had not the good fortune to know Colonel Scott very intimately, but every thing I have heard of him lea 6 me to concur in the opi nion which his been stated. I am disposed to be lieve he Was a titan of very high honour and very high integrity." Mr. Cowper, first Member of the ! Supreme Council., Q.." Did you know Colonel Scott ?" A. I the honour of knowing Colonel Scott, and a. better man, a man- more beloved and respeOed than . , Colonel Scott, I am sure, never wept to India, nor flied in - India. Perhaps, on the subjea of 'Colonel Scott's Charaler, I can mention a circumstance which will be of more importance to it than any thing I could say on the subje&. On anoccasionof the mention of that Gentleman in. 'the presence of Lord :Cornwallis, then Governor- General, his L:-;rdship,expressed to rue the highest respea and esteem for that G-entlernan's charac ter !" It i , ould be superfluous to quota any farther tes timoniala—Colonel Scutt is:•iti;• the •-peaceful tomb, and his 'fame will be-honourably transmitted to pos fel-4 by the very;e4idence which bigaccuser 'll adduced, and whose •atrocibus attempt seises only to perpetuate his own diSgrace. EleaorS of Westminster ! Is this.a man deerv'iticr out' patronage,jan(l. worthy to representus in Tar liament ? .The only credit that he arrogates to bite ;elf is, that,liv... the accmc; orMarquis but, if to accuse is merit, what dignified charaeter will not be traduCed ? What rascal will not create for kitpself a claim ? Even admitting that we are to judge of - the Marquis's actions by the evidence only - .which Mr. Paull has produced, no man can de serve the gratitude of his Country more highly than that Nobleman ; and no person ever merited more justly the indignation of all good Subjeb'is than his accuser. You see in hit a bold, base 7 born man,- ' with small talents, and no scruples, driving head long a ,demagogue course, that leads to anarchy and public ruin, in - order that he may be a conspicuous aaorqn the stage, and derl4'e advantage from the go twral wreck. ' For the sake therefore of all we hold . dear, I:et'us not be accessary to violence and injus tice, at once so . butpiliating tq ouirgelves and injuri `pus to the community .;--6-let us, my friends; calmly 'dismiss Mr. Paull, and tell him, that we must know him better, and that what we do know of him must 4 , e dffterent, before we eleet him our Representative. 'I dcts not mention as Matter of reproach his being a Tailor; but when ignoble birth and a depraved mind. are united in a mm who aspires to tile.meed of eminent virtne and dignified rank, I should i“, 14 Myself highly criminal were I to support such a person in his unwarrantable pretensions I therefore am deter mined, and I earnestly exhort my Brother EleCiorS of Westminster; to vote ag&inst Mr. PAULL. • AN OLD INHABITANT OF WESTMINSTER. MAILS. ARRIVED- . T Dublin, 2 Weed Dint—t ITamburgh, Cottenburgh, I Dublin, WaterfOni. ' • PRIG oF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TIVELVE o'cLocx. Con4s - 6i F 1 Pmnium - - THI S U:,N. SOLS,MII QUIS DICER& FALSUM AUDZAT LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1806. IT would give us the utmost satisfaCtion to be enabled to confirm the account from Leith which we yesterday laid before our Readers, respecting the ViCtory to have been obtained'by th 6 Prus- , sians over the French on the banks of the Oder ; but we fear there is no fonndation for ,the state= Inept. The captain who brought the intelligence left Dantzic on the 27th ult.. and as it would take two or three days at least for the news of a battle fought on the banks of the Oder to arrive at Dant- . • zic, this battle must have been fought on the 24th or 2,5 th ult. We know, however, both from the French Bulletins and the qerMan Papers, that the French were not near the Oder at that time; for the advanced guard of the French did not enter Berlin till the 24th. Besides, notwithstanding the' inter-' ruption of the posts, it is hardly possible to suppose, that if a' decisive battle had•been fought on the 24th or 25th of Oelober, some account of it would not have reached iHamburgh by the sth of November ; and the Correspondenten of that day contains no ac count of.apy such battlo.. ON Thursday last the Expedition under the command of Brigadier-General CRAUFT,TRQ sailed from Falmouth. The Troops embarked were a Detachment of Artillery, the 6th Dragoon Guards, the gth Light Dragoons, and the sth, 36th, 45th, 88th, and 95th, Foot, amounting altogether to 4 or 5000 men. They sailed tinder convoy of the Spencer, Ganges,Theseus, Hope, and Captain, of 74-guns each, besides Frigates and Sloops. The destination of this Expedition is of course diatter of conjedture, but it is generally supposed to be South America. Yesterday a- Cabinet Council was heLl at the Fo reign Office, at which the following Members as Sisted. Lord GRENVILLE, Lord HowicK, Earl SPENCER, Lord HENRY PETTY, the Right Hon. THOMAS GREN'VILLE, Earl MOIRA, Lord HOLLAND, and Lord SIDMOUTII. Their deliberations lasted from two till half after 4:o'clock. Last night a servant of Mr.STUART, Charge d'Af faires at St.'Petersburgh, was sent off with Dispatche . s for that Capital. He is the 'same person who lately brought Dispatches from Mr. STUART. • • Admiral Lord GARDNER'S British Peerage has passed the Patent Office. , . , His Royal Highness -the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE left town yesterday morning for Windsor, on a visit to TLIEIR MAJESTIES for a few days. Yesterday a Court of Dire6tors was held at the India House, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of theit' r:!speaive VIZ, Captain W. W. Farrer, of the Cumberland, for Madras and China ; and Captain 'lames Hay, •ot the Retreat, for The plea upon which BONAPARTE resolves to de prive the Duke of BRUNswlcic. of his territories, is, that being a General - in the Prussian service, he can not be deemed an independent Sovereign. Upon this principle, as it has been justly observed, his own minion, the Mike Of BERG, has not even that right to his usurped dominions which has been con ferred on him by the French Emperor, under whom he serves in. a military capacity. But what is con sistency to such a man as BONAPARTE, who has no principle of action but his-own will and pleasure! ! SEBASTIAN GRANDI, who has been committed to risen for'Being concerned in the murder of WIL;. LIAWBIWAD, in Long-Acre, has been many years in this country; and is well known to our Artists, to whom he, has been' a sitter for figures in histo- . rical pictures. This man lately obtained a prize from the'Sdelefy for the Encouragement of Arts, &c.. for having discovered a mode of preparing celonm for painterz whicib never fade upon the ta4Vi • ~ATAP4L N E IF FALMOUTH, Nov. 13:—Sailed this day His Ma jesty's Ship Spencer, of 74 guns, Hoi.r. Capt. STOP FORD,'On 56a'rd of which is. Gen. CRAPPUO ; also the following Men of War, with about thirty-five, Sail of Transports - under convoy, with a fine breeze at N. Oangcs, 74 guns, Capt. 1,./Ar.KETT, The seus, 74, HOPE, Captain, 74, COCKBURN, Nereide, 40, CORBETT, Lauely, 40, MACKINLEY, Paulina, 16, LUMLEY, Haughty and Insolent Gun-briga, .and Crane, Jackdazi), and Whiting Schooners. The ,Transebrfs - 'have on board the gth Light Dragoons for. BuenOs Ayres ; and sth, 360, 45th, - and 95th Foot, and Gth Dragoons, supposed fgr Vera Cruz. Remain His Majesty's Ships Princes, Royal, of 98 guns, , Conqueror, 7'4, and Saraten, with Dis patches for the Cape of Good Hope., PLYYIQUTH, N9v. 13.—Arrived the(Glary, of 98 guns, from the Channel Fleet.; and the Lubec Brig Mercurius, MUSELER, laden with brandy and wine, from Bourdehux, detained by the QueentorougA Privateer. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Arrived, detained by the Pluto Sloop of War, the 2ndrolzacki, from' Bourdeaux, laopod to Tonningen, laden with wine and the Antigua Transport, from the Downs. SHEERNESS, NOV. 13.—Went out of Harbour to the Nore the .Projea Mortar-boat, Lieut. LEGGAZ Adm.. ROWLEY, COMMiSSiOrler CT.INNWGHAM,COM., MOdolo ONyEN, and Mr. CONGREVE, of the Elabora , tory at Woolwich, went out in her, in order to try • her sailing, anct'the effe& on her of her mortars, s when fired, aftir which she returned into Harbour_ The Star Sloop of War went into Dock to be ex amined, and came out next tide. DEAL, Nov. 14.—Came down from Sheernes last night 'the Emerald Frigate, and sailed this morn ing for Portsmouth ; and Shannon Frigate and Archer Gun-brio - on a cruiie. ' Arrived the Furious Gun-brig from a cruize. _ _ _ Came down from the River the - Devapies; AnDERLY, for Madras' and Bombay ; Lady John ston, 1 4 'ORI1ESTON; for Jamaica; and several other outward-bound Vessels, and remain it the Downs with the rest of His Majesty's Ships outward-bond as per last. - • • • • - I TO LADY BUNBURY, ON THE SUFFOLK ELECTION. r.polish'd manners, tinti, but gentle mind, And soft address, that Pleases all mankind, When BuNn Y as k s our suffrage and support, , He wants no aid froni Party - or the Court : &)n his own worth's superior strength he stands, And wins our 'willing VOtes, - oUt hearts and hand's, Whene'er he speaks with dignity aful'ease, His voice, his sentiments, his language, Please ; With joy our favourite Candidate We gteet, And eight times plaee hirh in the County Seat, Full many a year found faithful to hiS 'mast, True to his Sovereignto hii Cduntry May no event our happy Union sever, Long may he keep his Seat—" Si r CaA x L is for ever ;* Long live with you, of every bless possess, And you supply the greatest . and the hest. Colchester, Nov. t 3. T. EXTRACT A LETTER,.DATED pALMOUTII, NOY. IQ. " For several days past we have been expeEting to sail every minute; every thing has been in the utmost readiness, but the wind has been foul, and blowing hard. Considering the length of time the troops have been on board, it is a matter of surprise to every one that soti t ie infetious fever has not broken out amongst theM, The Officers' Ladies are packed off, and there are little more than half-a dozen married Ladies now left . in the Fleet. Gen. CRAWPURD has done all he can to convince the mar ried Officers of the propriety of the order, but in vain. The General, who is a married man himself, led them the example first, by leaving his own Lady behind. Nothing can equal the 'dim essing scenes - which took place here Pt the parting of the Like the condemned at the place of execution, they had still hopes of a reprieve, and tarried behind until all hopes of accompanying their Lords were gone nothing was•then left , them but the liberty of bid ding a long and sad adieu. "There are six Line-of-battle Ships now here,fonr of which' are to accompany the Expedition, and two Frigates. The Nereicle is' certainly one—the other will be either the Iris or the Lively. The Fleet wilt rendezvous, most likely; at one of the West India Islands, where the troops will be formed into Bri gades, and other arrangements made for their dis position, wherever they may ad. The 9th Light Dragoons, being commanded by an Officer senior in rank.to the General, are intended, it is thought, for the Cape, in room of the 20th, which is gone to re inforce the army at Buenos Ayres. , The General is still on shore. - He. will sail in the Spencer, of 74 guns; the Hon. Captain STOPPORD, the senior naval 'Officer now here. The wind-is still from the S.W. and likely to continue so for some time." An English Drummer having been taken prisenef at the siege of Louisbourgh, the French desired hint to beat a retreat. •" That I cannot do," said he, " for it is never beaten in our army—but you can teach me." As Mr. JOS. PODEVIN, keeper of the King's Head Inn, Dover, about eight o'clock, on l'hursday night, was going to Maidstone. in company with three other persons, and his horse going full speed down a little hill, two miles from Ospringe, the animal ran against a post-chaise which was coming up, the. pole of Which 'entered the horse's chest, and • immediately killed it. Mr. PODEVIN was thrown down, and re ceived so much injury as to occasion his death in less than half an hour afterwards. He has left a wife and two Children to bewail his loss.