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GENERAL .E:,E::TION. TO THE WORTHY ELECTORS OF WESTMIN. sTER. , • GZNTL7MZN, T TRUST I shall not be deemed presumptuous in offering my Services to . the City of Westrninster upon the present Occasion. li I should be so fortunate as to be distinguished !ay your favour, I shall be anxious on every u ccasion to evince my gratitude to y ou by an upright and independent Conduct in Parliament, and by continuing to devote my best faculties to the Service of my Country. My health is not sufficiently re-established, to adn3it of my soliciting your Support by a personal Canvass; but I am confident this involimtary omission will not be permitted to opefate,to my -prejudice- I have no doubt of being able to make my appearance fhe Hustings on the day of Elec.. lion, and/here to assure you,: in perton, 'of my attachment to your Service. - 1 have the honour to remain, C. a wr LEMEN, - With the grcat , :st truth, Your most obedient and n e faithful humble Servant, Wimpple-street, Oct 27, 0306. SAMUEL HOOD. WESTMINXSTER ELECTION. HE COMMITTEE for concluding the ELEC-. lON of,Sir SAMUEL HOOD, Hart. Knight of the Bath, - sit ,latly at Fisher's• Rooms, King-street, Covent-gar den, to consider the best Means of securing that Gallant Of flzer's Return for the City and Liberty of Westminster. WESTMINSTER ELECTI')N. QIR . SAMUEL HOOD requests the WORTHY 1-3 ELECTORS of 'W E STM IN ST ER, who honour him with their Support, wili,sive their Vote and Interest to Mr. . • • Hall, South Shields, Nov. 5 , , 0306. AT a MEETING of FREEHOLDERS, MER CHANTS, and , SULP OWNERS, of this Town, North Smeids, and Neighbaurhood, held in pursuance of public nonce, for the purpose °fan:11(10K proper arrange ments for NOminatiag and Supporting' ROW LAND BUR - DON, ESli. at the ensuing Elettion for the County of Durham : • jo,stitlitiLsEa, Esq. in the Chair, • kesolve.i Unanimously, Thatthe'grateful Thanks of this Meeting he given to ivtr. Bullion for the - great benefit which the Trade of' this Port; and the County' of Durham, has received by his un. wearied assiduity, both in and out ot,Parliament, fur the last sixteen years. 'IL That,. notwithstanding Mr. Burdon (in consequence of the unmerited, and alinost unexampled, misfortunes wino') • haVe befalh:n him, and which we must deeply lament) is extremely "desirous tia retire. :rum Public Lite, yet it is most essentially necessary, for tiie Prosperity of the Comnieree of _this Kat and County, that he should be required• to continue our Representative in Parliament. 111. That William Russell, Esq. I, whei eame'forward in so diking'uisheda manner at the last Eleetton for the County, to - nominate Mr. Burdon) be requested . to come forward-in 'like manner on this' occasion. • IV. Tnat the Chairmen do write to Mr. Russell, and re quest he will nominate Mr. Suidon as a Candidate at the Eiectivn for this County on Monday next, the loth instant, and that lie send Mr. Russell a Copy of these Resolutions. V. 'That the Chairman do' also transitut a Copy of these Resolutions to Mr. Burdon. VI. That the:4: Resolutions be printed, and inserted in Tug - . Su N and Newcastle Papers of Saturday next. JOSEPH BULMER, Chairman. Resolved UnanimouslY, That•the Thanks of the Meeting be given to the Chairman for calling the same, and for his proper Conduct in the Chair. TO SIR FRANCIS BUIDETT, BART. The following Letter from Mr. WHITBREAD to Sir Fa AN CIS,BOR ourr is particularly entitled to the attention of our\Readers. We tear, however, that the person to whom it is addressed is too much imbued with, l A COAT !!: r 5 M to derive the least advantage trom the.solid arguments and constitutional sentiments which it cOntains, and which must excite the tipprohation of every man anxious for the' security of regular Goverqments, and the tranquillity of Mankind. DEA4 SIR, • I have received a circular Letter bearing your sigh nature, and accoillpat*4 by an Address to the Free holders of Nrid(!leseii. ; upon the grounds contained in which alone you ask my support at the present Election for that'Connty. I am sorry to tell you, that, upon those grounds, I tel it itppgisible to comply with your request. Having tqice had the honour to poll for you at Brentford hp,ving anticipated the pleasure of see ing you re, : eleavi .without opp,:sition, or of using _my utmost 6ertions iu your t-woUr, and having a rent personal respol , tor you, , I cannot conceal the mortitkati.no t feel at b-ein conivvlled to adopt this line of condo& ; nor eau I refrain from point 'ol:t. to you ,sotne of those pa,sages of the Address make it incunibent on me to with... ht,id the sqport I have hitherto been happy to af- • You assume tlo,it two Parties in the State have joined—not for .the purpose of bettering the condi; non of the people, but with, a base and scandalous intention of pillaging those whom they are called to, rule, and are bound to protect. It would have been well if you, who have called for details, bad pointed Out the pm ticular instances which justify such an a;sertion to ycinr mind, in order that persons, as in dependent of the present, and every other Admini stration, as yourselt, trii4ht have had an opportunity ,of mare cOrrectly judging how far they had been dr..- .as to the past, and what precautions they ought to take for tho future: I have supported Tthe present Administration from,a conviction that they Were united noon principles of real public utility,. and for the purpose of carrying into execution plans of great national iniprovenient, both in our, foreign and domestic , cireumstances ; and I cannot abandon fiem; because in a situation more difficult than that in which any their predecessors' have ever: stood, they have itut been able to etfea, what I .1 3 qieve to have been nearest. the hearts of them all-4. mean a Peace with France—seeing such a Peace could not have been obtained upon terms con ,,:nt ith national honour, and becau , .e tine has not sufficed to mature and execute the schemes of in ternal improvement which they have manifested their determination to pursue. You assume, that whenever. the .Leaders of con tending Parties in a State unite, that it never is in favour of the people ; and that the history of the warld bears evidence of 'the truth of ,yptu - assertion. It appears to me that the doarine you - maintain— that the political animosities of honest men must be irreconcilable—is most fatal to the existence of a popular •Governmen . and if carried to the ex treme, must tend to tue s&jugation . of the Coun try, or to the abandonment of Liberty, in order to pbtain ,secnrity from foreign Conquest ; and to his tory I reter you for, the fad, that if the Heads of discordant Parties could riot tie united in . the cause of the people,, the Aevolution of 1689, in which we glory, could not have been btonght • about. You assert that a double imposture is pow at tempted upon the: People ; and you ascribe to each Of trso . )ar 4t;b a watch word, neither of which I have found to be in u*, have no hesitation, however, in saying., -that attached as I am , by pre ,ferenco to the more popular parts of our Constitu tion, I consider the Throne as indispensably neces sary to the perpetuity of our liberties, by preventing ,any usurpation upon them by individuals, either of the Aristociaticalor Democratieal Estate : but how- _ ever a Sovereign ruling these Kingdoms may be per sonally beloved; his name, cannot be brought in , question, nor his virtues, however eminent, stated, in order to give strength to the Ministers he may have appointed, without a violation ofthedignity of all the Constitutional Powers, and I am not aware that such has been the praaice now. Neither do I know that the other, watch-word, as you term it, has been used for any sinister purpose. If the friends and admirers of the late Mr. Fox have, upon every occasion, both public and private, spoken of his transcendant merits in the most forcible language! their imaginations could supply, I will venture to say, they have in no one instance been able to adequately express their sense of his worth, or the poignancy of their grief, for the irreparable loss which has been sustained. The term, " ,the beSt of Patriots," is, in my estimation, of right pre-eminently his ; and if you would.condescend to refer to the particulars of his glorious and active life, you would *ld that, for near tbrty years, lie was .the most assiduous and dis interested servant any Country ever possessed; that he withstood every encroachinent attempted upon public liberty ; that he proposed innumerable mea ' sures for the relief and , prosperity of the people that he obtained some, and endeavoured to obtain many more, diminutions of restraint upon civil and religious freedom ; that he did his utmost, and was capable of doing far more than any other individual, by his . own personal exertions, could ever do, to prevent wars, .which he thought neither just nor necessary, and to obtain or preserve peace, when he thought it could be either achieved or continued with security and honour ; that in the pursuit of the great objeas he had in view, he i.vaOnsensible to ail that could intimidate, all that could tempt, all that could. persuade -minds of an ordinary stamp; and that, in the cause of the People, which he had espoused, and he was prqof against the allurenlents of ambition, wealth, pOwer, popularity, and friend ' ship itself. In the paths of his political wisdom and integrity I desire to walk.; and if you are not only not alive to Lis merits as the best of patriots, but propose to your self means of rescuing your country from the ditficul 7 ties of its present 'situation, totally different from those which 'Mr. Fox would have pursued, had he lived to counsel us in this hour of 'trial, you must pardon me for 'saying, that such an avowal d,ecido use against giving you my vote. I do riot perceive in your present Address any al lusion to an opinion promulgated by you on the late 41edion for Westminster, which is, " That a persqu holding an office under t he Crown, however other. 7 " wise estimable, cannot at any time become the fit Representati%T'e of a free, uncorrupt, and indepen, dent people;'.' if such opiniou be loprided in truth, which I utterly deny, a law ought to be passed to exclude all the Executive Servants of Government frOm seats in either House of Parliament. I have not heard that it was iu the contemplation of any one to propose such 4 measure, and if proposed, I am sqre,it would meet with resistance from all de scriptions of persons, who have tl;e power or the will to_ reason upon its consequences. The people, by the acceptance of your dodrine, would reduce them selves to the hard necessity of being governed by the worst of mankind; for if they absurdly brand every man with disgrace the moment he becomes the official Servant of His Majesty; they will render ; that service disreputable, and, of course, disgusting to every ho nest manand independent mind. Then, only, can a public man be said to-have forfeited his honour or independence, when he shall have accepted or re tained a place at the expellee of public principle, or fora dereliction of public duCy. • These radical differences render it impossible for me to assist you in becoming a Member of Parlia, ment. Itespeclive opinions, may be maintained con sistensly with mutual and entire personal respea ; such I Unfeignedly profess towards' you. The 'determination you have taken to avoid the ekpence , of conveyance and decorations, SO conspi cuous at your former elections, - does you honour, and I wish such an example could be followed by all otlfer Candidates.' The freedom of your Letter an.d Address pre cludes the necessity of any apology for the openness and *tail of my observations ; I have therefore only to add, that . ' I am, Dear Si;', Your very Obedient humble Servant, SAMUEL WHITBREAD. Soutltill, Nov. 5, 1806. Your printed Letter and Address reached me, only to -day.% MAILS. ARRIVER-r-I Dublin, 2 ‘Vattribrd. DUE—I Gotteaburgb, a Wee-I -fun!. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - - 61 I Omni= -, . . 41 *** Matty Complaints have been sent to ,us from Ireland, re. spewing the charge of Postage for this raper : This Charge has when merely from misconception on the part tl the Yo masters in that Country ; we are assured that it will be duly reaified upon an application, and the Money he returNed. THE SUN. SOLESI QUIS DICERS FALSUM AVDZAT? L 0 ND .0 N, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1806: IT is with the utmost satisfaaion that we lay be. fore our Readers the following Statement of the operationi of the Sinking Fund, up to, rqv. 1, 1 806 : Redeemed by Annual Million • 4 61,668068 Ditto by the t per Cent. per Ann, upon all j,oans 52,156,410 Ditto by Land Tax ' 22,645,280 Ditto by per Cent. per Ann. on Imperial Loan - 719,016 Total The Sum tp by expended in the ens. ing Quar - - ter, 2,267,1711. 75. dificzences between the Americans and the Spaniards, respe&ing -the boundaries in Louisiana,'. are' by no means in a state likely to be adjusted, as our Readers will see in the Extra&s which we bave made from American Papers to the 14th ult. They will see also that the destrualion of the French Ship Impetiteur, of 74 guus j by the boats of the Melam pus, has been the subjea of complaint, as,a violation of Neutral Rights. Indeed the French Consul at Norfolk will not acknowledge her crew to be Pri soners of War, 'upon the plea, that she was taken within the boundaries of the United States. So far, indeed, had the disputes' between the Americans and Spaniards proceeded . , that 3000 of the latter had passed the Red River: . and the former were pre paring for a vigorous resistance. SEVpIAL private Letters were yesterday received by a Vessel which arrived in the 'lliver from Hath burgh., They of. course contain a number of re-' ports ; but iq the present unfortunate state of fairs upon the Continent it is impossible to ascer tain, and ditlictilt even to guess, what degree 9f era. dit is due to them, It is said, that the Corps un der the command of the Dukes oftlausswicK OELS and WEINArt have etTe4ed their retreat to.the Oder. Another account states them to have been repulsed in the attempt to force their passage. It was strongly reported at HaMburgh, when the Vessel sailed, that the ,French had taken possession of 4rertien'; and the following intelligence, which we received this morning:, renders the report highly probable:— f‘ The Efambrq' „P(.440, Capt. §Titom4x, arrived at Leith on the 4th inst. from Varell, and reports, that the Dutch Troops were within four miles of that place on Friday, the gist tilt. A Gun-brig was sent in by the gtlicers on that station to: bring the 1-4 hr o' Packet and other Vesels •out of the Weser. Her Cargo, though at hand, the Master wa§ not al , '1 lowed time to take in." There aremany rumours on the Continent of tbe, defeat of the Prussian Army having b,een occasioned' by treachery ; ; and the more we consider the subjea, the more we are inclined to believe that they are founded., In early times, we read of whole • armies being destroyed iu a single battle; but sine the adoptiou,of the modern system of Wiles, though great and decisive, victories have been obtained, we have never known an instance of a well-,disciplined army having beep so completely routed, and, as it were, • ~ broken to pieces,- as the Prussian Army is repre sented to have been, unlesS it were betrayed 'by its . commanders. We do not meta to thrbw out any insinuations _against the Vetetan generals who , fought and conquered under - Fit EDRRICK the GREAT, and whose personal honour is as unques tionable as their militaty skill; but in a general . A6ion much depends upon subordinate. Com manders, and if they are treacherous, they can at all times render abortive, the skill of the General in Chief, and , the courage and discipline of the S6l-. diets. We have heard some statements upon this sttbjea, which we do not think it right to publish until we receive them in a more authentic shape. We know that there are Letters from the Continent, which mention the name of a Priassiangeneral;Who is stated to have beep Conviaed of treachery in the Bat tle of the 14th, and to have been shot at the head ofhis Regiment. But it is not only against some' of :the Military that the charge of Treachery has_ been prefered ; some of the Councillors of the KING of Piussta are openly accused on the Continent of having betrayed their Master. ft,,is impossible that we should be in possession of faas to enable us to decide one way or other upon this subjea, but it is a • circumstance well worthy of observation - , that fl in the French Bulletins, written previous :to the Battle of Auerstadt, BCINAPARTE appears to have been fully informed of all the proceedings of the Prussian Cabinet-'-,he speaks of the uncertain ty which prevailed in their Councils, with a degree of confi dence that seemed to indicate that he received his information from very good authority., , Her Royal Highness the Ducugss or YORK left town yesterday evening, for her seat at Oatl; rb. His Royal Highness I)t.ilst;of CI'MBEKLAZ4D is expeaed in town the beginning of next week, from Winchester. _ • YeSterCiaLcielleral FITZPATRICK arrived in town from a visit to Lord ROBERT SPENCER, at his COun try. seat at Chislehurst, , in the County of Sussex Yesterday Lord GRENVILLE, Lord Ho vtcx, Lard HOLLAND, and all the other Cabinet Ministers in town, were entertained to dinner by Earl SPEN.CER. Mr. MILLS is appointed Chief JUdge of the South Wales Circuit, in the room of Mr. LLOYD, deceased. Capt: Hilv4En is appointed to the Me/ampus, at Halifax ; and Capt. POYUTZ is come home in the comman of the Tartar, from that,station. • The great popularity of.Mr, WILBENTORCE in Yorkshire, is, a striking proof that his Parliamentary condu6l has been generally approved. In all the chief manilfaeturing towns of that populous county, and even in .the villages, he was received, on his canvass, with such demonstrations of esteem and a ff e alon as have rarely attended even the greatest favourites of the people and the determination to s ipport his re-ele&ion was very nearly unanimous in every district he canvassed. The horses were t ken from his carriage by the people, and Ni as drawn by them for sevccal miles. Th.e Elediun is . , fixed for pext Thursday. NER/ PARLTAMEA MENISERS RETURNED. .Norzwion—Robert Fe-Howes, Esq. Nt terson, Esq. ! WooToN BASSI:TT—Robert Williams, Esq. Knight, Esq. NEWTON (HaNTs)—Sir Robert Barclay; Bight Hon. George Canning. STAFF,o—R.. H. Phillips, Esq. EDINBURG,4I-..,Sir Patrick Murray. LISKEAED.HOII. William Elliott; 'William H.:us,- kisson, Esq. GEAMPOUND-^•,H. Fawcett, Esq. • WORCESTER--Hon. Wm. Beauchamp Lygon Hon. Wna.-Henry Littleton. - WENLOCK—CociI Forrester, Esq. ; Hon. John Simpson . . EssEx-Colonel John' Bullock ; Admiral Harvey.' LoNnos—Aiderman Cocmbe!; the Lord Mayor; Alderman Price!; Alderman etvtis. KNA.EltsßottouGn. , —Yesterday.--f.For . Lord ton, read,•,Lord Ossulston. • • • CONTESrSD ELECTIONS. State of Poll. FR/DAY. tocirEsTau—Calcraft - • ' Barnett - Sir S. Smith 57 - 3 9`:- ) - • 379 TI-LU RSDAY LIVER PooL--:General Gascoyo9 . General Tar Mon ! Ir. Roscoe Final close of t4p Poll for tine University of O ford on 'kiln rsd Right. Hon. Sir Wm. Scott 1037 890 837 r PSI Right Hon. Charles Abbot R. Heber, 4sci, - - WESTMINSTLE ELECTION.—State QI the Poll at one o'clock to-day : Sir S. How:, Mr. PAULL Mr. SULKIDAN - 404 275 qgso 2603 raSTMLVSTER ,ELECTION. Yesterday the friends of Sir SAPIVEL Hoop at 4 Mr. SHERIDAN [nada very signal and effeaive exy ertions, to advance their interests-upon tho poll, and, bygeneral junEtion of their votrs, were eminently soucessful. A very considerable number of the Westminster VOlUnteers, brealclasted • togetherat. the ShakspeaTe Tavern, Covent Garden Piazza, and proceeded from thence to the Hit'stings to give Mr. SHERIDAN their S'lppQrt. .4bo,lit Po of the friencis of Sir SAMUEL ,HDOD were splendidly entertained at breakfast by Mr. Ipms, Wine Merchant, at his house on the Adelphi Terrace, for the purpose of proceeding ,to the Hustings to vote for the gallant Admiral. They were addressed from.the Balcony ; in an eloge,ent speech, by Mr. ADOLI'HIJS, wilt* strongly urged the propriety of a junaion of lute, refit between the frte44s of Sir Showrt. 400 n and, those of Mr. SHERIDAN, in order to secure their eleaion against Mr. PAtiLL ; and to this_ pur pose lie earnestly 'recommended that those Gen denten who intended to vote for the gallant Admi, ral, instead of plumpers, 'should give their second votes to Mr. SHERIDAN, as he was fully convinced that Mr. SnEatu,AN's friends would cheerfully con- ! tribute their reciprocal support to Sit- SAMUEL Hoot/. The party then set out in procession for the hus tings, preceded by a splendid naval pageant. It was a Cutter mounted upon wheels, manned with British. tars, under the command of a Lietitenant;and bean : ing the British Jack and the Bag of the Naval Candi- ! date. They were accompanied by fifes and. drums playing " Pule Britannia," and " Hearts of Oak ; ' the jovial crew cheering ail the way, had a very animating etied upon the multitude. Mr. 'SHERIDAN, too, had his share of the vox popu/i. The clamour and tumult throughout the Poll greatly exceeded those of the precediag cloy, but the business terminated peaceably ; and on the close of the business, Sir SANUEL HOOD changed pl,:cea With Mr. Nutt., by very considerably heading the Poll ; and Mr. SHERIDAN brought up great part of, his lee-ivay. The numbers fur the Candici4tes. !'espaaively Stood thus : ' Sir SAMUEL HOOD VAULL 111 C. SHi.kiDAN 2 7 2 3 2517 2054 _The votes of this day for Mr. Nutt. were chiefly plumpers, white those of the other Candidates were mo4tly for bdt,h. On dosing the hooks,: Mr. BairrqN advanced and addressed the people: He sincerely congratulated them on the success 'of their exertions this day, in favour of the gallant Officer, Sir Samuel Hood, and-Mr. Sheridan, and ;he complete triumph they 4ould speedily obtain,, by their perseverance, over Mr. Paull. The me mory or those splendid talents, by which, their great City had been represented for above twenty-five years, in the person of that lamented patriot, the late Mr. Fox, demanded at - their hands a successor worthy of his great chara6ter.'' That successor was now presented for their choice, in the person of Mr. Sheridan, the b,osom friend and compatriot of their late glorious Representative. 'For six and 'twenty years they had witnessed' his brilliant abili ties, his unshaken, consistency, and indefatigable exertions in support. of the constitutional rights and liberties of his fellow-subjects. ` Could it be possible, then, that the Eleelors of Westminster should reject him, and choose Mr. Paull, a stranger, of whom they knew nothing ? He ilad no objec tion to Mr. Paull on any other ground, as, for aught Le knew, he might be a very proper man, and an' eligible Member of ParliaMent ; Out he shoUid ever oppose him for the Representation of Westminster, in preference to . such a man as Mr. Sheridan, to whom, so long as he lived, he should give his sup port 5 and he Sincerely hoped, that the result of to morrow's Poll would completelyen,ure Mr. PETER MOORE congratulated the independent Eleaors of Wostaliuster upon the triumplr.un sue