The Sun. — London, England, 1806-11-20 00:00:00

~~ ~ . , waste of the public *is 'We liresertt hansted and alinost `State of the . , l l`Antry, called for inyestigatnn ana redresi. If the Ming, so improperly lavished di.' this Wiviclual could be refilled—if the farther .payments of such disgraceful pension's were to be, disOntintietl='and if to these were to he added the - interest of the various sums of which the labouring part of the community were so *candalotisly robbed; nut :only would considerable •alleviation of our burtnens be immediately felt, but a fund wOukl '6e capable of being 'established for producing a still more effeotual and speedy diminution of those takes which bear so heavy on the Country. After again thanking the Freeholders for-their independent support, the Wor thy. Baronet retired, amidst the universal acclama tions of the persons of every description upon and in front .of the hustings. Mr. MELLISH begged leave to thank the EleEfors for. the. ',additional honour they had done him this day. The speeches of the Worthy Baronet were so extraordinary it was very difficult to understand them. From this moment another word which Mr:' Mellish uttered could not be heard, - in eodiequence of the hissing and hooting which assailed hini at every band.--The Meeting then adjourned. • • WESTMIASTE,I? 'ELECTION. tarty the day a requisition was presented by two Bettors in the interest of Mr. Paull, demanding the qualification of Sir Samuel Hood. The 'Ho nom-able Officer immediately complied with the re quisition. The state of the poi! tiuduated almost every hour in the course of the day. Mr. Paull was 'a -bead on the diy's poll twice in the. course of the morning; but on eveiy subsequent hour until'the dual termination, Air. Sheridan_ was a-head - of both the .other Candidates. At three o'clock, however, it appeared that an equal number bad polled for , each Candidate. The numbers on the final close Mood thus :-- Sir SAMUEL HOOD Mr. StizairlAri • Mr. PAULL 547! 475 8 4451 Before the poll was declared, Mr. Paull produced a paper on the hustings, which he described to be a long list of exceptionable votes which had been polled for Mr. Sheridan. How long (said a wag) will it require. to write out those which have, polled for you 4" Mr. Sheridan appeared on the hustings about a quarter before three o'clock, and was saluted by the ±Cnultitude with the most rapturous applauses, cgrting only some cries of " Paull for ever." Mr. SHERID4I4, when about to retire, congratu lated the Meetiflg upon the event of this extraor dinary contest. He thanked his friends and pitied his enemies. Mr. PAULL, who seemed to bare been informed that Mr. Snet,idan had used the phrase " silly cue• ruies , ' observed, as the Right-Hon. Gentleman was tetieng from the hustings, "I had much ratter be a silly than a depraved enemy." To this Mr. She- Yidan was about. to reply ; but, yielding to Mr. Whitbread and several others of his friends,, who exelititned, t• don't notice him, Mr. -Sheridan,"‘ the Right Honourable Gentleman took his departure, ikecompanied by Sir Samuel Hood, &c. &c. After the numbers and the names of the success ful Ca titidatesi vvereoreturned , Snd the High Bail iffr had adjourned the Court, Mr. Paull, accompanied by-Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Drown, mid other friends, ad evanced to the front of the hustings, in order, as usual, to . address the people : but, fond as they have shewn themselves of Mr. Paull's oratory, they were not willing to postpone fOr a moment the ex ercise of their privilege to destroy the hustings ; for as soon as the High Bailiff had retired. the mob set on to the work of destruction. Messrs. Paull, Cob bett, and Co. were obliged to beat a sudden retreat ; and while two boards of the hustings reinainekto, gether, or one could be had to snatch away, " Paull tor ever" was not to be heard. ...When the theatre vas destroyed, and not a wreck was left behind, the aaor sought another sage ; and, opposite to Hud 7 con,.. to son's Hotel, he co n tinued entertain the populace until 'five o'clock. Unfortunately for . the wishes of our readers, we could not heard a , word of what he said:- The immoderate and immense crowd which at tended exceeded evety thing ever knoWn before.-- Rumours of various sorts agitated the public mind all the morning : among whet's, that a• blood,thirsty ferocious mob, in the cause.of Paull; was to assiiillt the hustings, tear the poll-boOks, and end the whole in a scene of murder and confusion. These ••„ru mours, however, seemed to have very little efre6t upon Mr. Sheridan, or his gallant friends, for instead of coming up to the hustings in cavalcade, 'cdlours, marrowbones and Cleavers, and 'a strong'party, he walked up through the crowd, without a single con stable, or appearance of: proteaiOn of any sort, with a few of his spirited friends from the Shakspeare, and a very pretty girl, bedizened with colours, laid bold of his arm, and walked with him to the door of the hustings. Mr. Sheridan gave her a hearty kiss before they parted, to the great amusement and de light of the populace. N%thinri remarkable passed during the poll, but the noise and tumult of the im mense surrounding inurtitude. Mr. Sheridan came forward ten minutes before three, in blue,and buff, and with his usual good humour. and cheerfulness, wished them all joy, and recotritnended to them to shake hands with one another before they went home. Mr. Sheridan then addressed a few words to the inside of the hustings, and said, that it had ben disgusting to have witnessed so much scurrility and ill manners where it ought not to. have been 'found, and where they had not the same excuse as those on the . outsides he had, however, but one word more to add ; from the bottom of his heart he thanked his ;talons and affeationate friends, and, from the bottom of his heart, his silly and deluded enemies. (Immoderate shauts of applause, and Paull's party hanging their heads in a condition of palpable The. High Bailiff Made Proclamation that Sir Sa muel Hood, Bart. and the Right Hon. , Richard Brinsley Sheridan, had been duly elected to repre ,-sent the Ciry of Westminster in Parliament. A most elegant triumphal Car was drawn up by. six horses in front of the Hustings. It appeared some thing like as if it was lormeti from a nautical idea— s band of music played " God Save the King and Rule Br !annia," and several other national airs, as it Wtre c,n tile forecastle...a number a Geptlemen, 'Olt the fvvrn of the 'ntivtir--eh4le what might called the tt - r , :dat - (t!h . tcl) was covered with an ay. , Aing) Were laeed 'most 'superbly gill and OM:in - wilted chairs, in Members sat, alrnOst covered 'vith laurel and Other ever-greens. Immediately af ter the Car followed a barouche and four, belonging to Mr. Rayinonff, of Drury ; lane Theatre ; the horses were decotated with ()hinge and blue ribbons---iii this, besideS Mr: ilaymond, were three or foul- Naval Officers, with the cockades of Sir. Samuel and Mr. Sheridan- 7 -after' which followed a great number of carriages belonging to, and conveying personally, a tew of the Nobility, and several of the most repeetable of the Eleaurs. They moved along in tliefollowing order : Constables. Marrow-bones and Cleavers. Three 13..tnners. Sir SAMUEL HOOD's CAR. Band of Music. Gentlemen en horseback. Beadles of St. Ann's. • Banner. Parochial Committee for conduaing the Eleaion.. Beadles of St. Clement and St. Mary.le.Straud. Banner. • Committee. Beadles of fit. George, Hanover-square. Balmer. Committee. Beadles ot St. tames's. . Banner. • Committee. Beadles of St. Margaret's and St. john's. 134nner. Committee. Beadles of St. Martin in the 'Fields. , . Banner. Committee. Beadles of St. Paul and St. Martin-10-C rand. Banner. Committee. Banner —" The I'eople's Choice." Banner—" Sacred to Female Patriotism." Gentlemen on horseback two and two. Band of Music. Party of Sir Samuel 1-40,,d's Seamen. Various Banners of Mr. Sheridan'; intermixed with Sir Sa ' mini Flood's. The Busts of the most illustrious Patriot C. f. Fox, and the imMortal Hero Nelson, borne by two men on toot. The CAR , with the Members, surrounded by their Friends. ?Members' Carriages, with several of the Nobility and Gentry. After the Members` were chaired round the greater part of Covent-garden, the Procession moved down- Catharine -street, to the Strand, and from thence by Pall Mall and St. James's-street, , to Devonshire House, and from thence to the Thatched-house Tavern, St. Jam'es's-street, where a Dinner for a party of the particular friends of both Members had been ordered. At Carlson House, at St. James's Palace, at the Marquis of Buckingham's, at De vonshire House, and several other-places, the po pulace, together with the Eledors, on horseback and in carriages, made the air resound with the Most joyous acclamations. Mr. Sheridan addressed the People before he left the Car_:—He said, .that having not yet lost his voice he would endeavotir to raise it for himself and the gallant Commander, whom he was now proud . to call his colleague, to thank them.---,but sure he was that no_ words he could use could do justice to the feelings of either of them. They had, on that day, every thing on their side but the weather—and sorry he was to think that many of their friends, like themselves, were wet to the skins, but still he saw that their hearts - were, like theirs, warm, and _ their spirits utichitled. He had never heard but one word like common sense urged against the gallant Officer, 'and that was, that he might be obliged to attend his duty in his profession instead of in Parliament. His answer to this was in one word,. that if the war continued, he hoped the gallant Commodore would- be. found an absentee for the safe: y of the Country and the defeat of his enemies. He would conclude by saying, that in any. such case he would endeavour to represent him, as well as the Elekors of -.Westminster, by maintaining in Parliament' the pi inCiples of the Constitution, while his . . gallant colleague was fighting, or perhaps shedding his blood for his King and, Country—(i)zcessant aP pluuse). ;- Mr. Sheridan bowed, and, with the gal lant ,Commodore,- retired, midst general shouts of applause. CROWN AND 41TCIIOR. The friends of Sir Fa 'ANcjs Butt nßit‘ and Mr. PAULL had yesterday a dinner at this place. Ma jor cARTWHIGHr took the Chair: The first toast after dinner was " The King,"_—the next, ." The virtuous Electors of Westminster and then " The health of Mr. Paull." This toast was of course well received, and Mr. Pitur.t, in 'consequence of it addressed the Company to the C):lowing etfeelt.— After travelling over the ground which •he "trod so often upon the hustings, upon the scud:bus means which had been adopted by his adversaries to de 7 feat his hopes of representing the City of West minster, he expressed a hotie that he should ,here after be able to bring all these infamous - scenes to light, and of the ultimate success of himself he had no manner of doubt whatever. It was his inten tion on that day to.have demanded a scrutiny of the High Bailiff, but he knew. such a scrutiny as he re ,quircci could not be completed within the time when that Officer must return the Writ, and therefdre he thought 'it better'to make his complaint by Petition to the House of Com Mons, when Parliament should meet. That step he was resolved on ; he intended to demand a scrutiny, and he had no doubt of jus tice being done him. He intended to ' have stated his intention that day, and should hive' done so at the hustings, were it not for Ate disgraceful scene which , took place, (caused no doubt by his adversaries) of the populace having attacked the Place 00 pull it to pieces before the business was actually finished. He ob served, that in this struggle of his for preserving the liberty an independence of the Ele&ors of Westminster, be had incurred great and enor mous expenses; and he hoped that the people, if they wished to be independent, would enable him to proceed in'this Contest, by contributing ,to the expences he should incur. His fortune was not large ; and no individual's fortune was sufficient to contend against such a powerful combination as he had to oppose. It was a question which concerned the public at large, and not himself as an individual. After tsome other observations, Mr. PAULL'said he thought it necessary to say something coocerning expression used by hk4 on a former occasion, which some of the Papers had since frequently dwelt upon. He had, in declaring his attachment to Sir .ttit he would idllOw tuen - tp tie scen s 6l4. • A most 114'i - oper and :false CongtrUd'ion had been ttit updn this. , Fre sever could be supposed, 'sassing so, to entertain any notions Lstile to the Constitution of his cOtlntry. i is reasn for ifsing the expression was a ramousr which walt abroad, that it was theinteniion'olMi nisters to suspend the Ilateas Coyijus,ABt, •orer to adoi.t some strong measures against the Liberty of the People, and a determination on the part Of htttelf . and - friends to resist, either in er'Out - of Par liament, so tyrannical a nithstn'e,even should it cost them their lives. Under such circumstances, if the life of the Baron'elt was to be unjustly taken away for his struggle is so glorious a Cause, he (Mr. Ptur..L) would be 'a partaker of his danger, and be ready 'to wotint the same ladder, and sutler death along with hit. - --After urging many remarks of the same kind, he concluded with the following toast :-- .6 The EleaOrs' of Liverpool, who exonerated from ex pence the celebrated Ito cos,s on whose eleetion banner was inscribed—".No S4ive Trade;". a splendid proof that among Englishmen Reforinati. a in favour of Liberty, whatever be the prejudices awl si:if-interest by which oppression may hove been upheld,,'Will fina:ly triumph, so dung. as our country shall furnish champions of established character and, true wisdom." He was followed by Major CARTWRIGHT,I who earnestly recommended the intended subscription, and proposed „several Resolutions in support of ,it. Mr. PAbz.t. declared, that the idea of the,subscrip=. tiou did not originate with him, but expressed his readiness to accept it.—" Sir Francis Burdett."— " Our citiliaed brethren on the continent"—and Defence of right principles," followed as Toots. Mr. CLIFFORD then made a speech, preparatory to the Toast he intended to give, which consisted chiefly of an attack upon his. former friend,, Mr. SHERIDAN, his Son, Major DOWNES; Mr. 13UR tESS, Mr. CooKErt, and Mr. Alderman Comm. — In the course of this speech he gave an account of the Elcaion at Stafford, but said nothing of •his having assured the; Electors of that place that Mr. THOMAS SHERIDAN had obtained a seat, elsewhere, and did not intend' to, offer himself, by which means Mr. SHERIDAN was deprived _of many votes He closed his speech with the following Toast—" The Independent •Eleeiors Stafford." — The last Toast given by Major qART W RIGHT was, " The Freeholders of Middlesex, who had strewn their Independence by Voting for Sir F. Burdett." The rest of the evening was employed by differ ent Speakers ip abuse of ;MT. SHERIDAN, and the Public Prints, and the Company then enjoyed them selves as well as they could after the mortifying dis comfiture which had befallen them in the. de feat of their favourite Candidate in the result of the Westminster' Election. 111E . C4TilRY-BIRD SOCIETY. , Tlie Canary RA Fancier§ had their annual din ner •yesterday at tlie Queen's Head Inn, Gray's Inn Gate; Holborn, It was nuMerouslyattended, and premiums so high as Thirtji Gitineai' Were adjudged, even for single birds. In akertaining the value of the bird, its vocal talents are not. taken ..intich inw account. I!s shape, its plumage, its carriage, are the points is which its 'merits are •eotisidero, to consist. In order, therefore, to form an exact esti male, water :1-i procured ; and when any suSpicion is entertained of any ariificial means having been used to improve the col Our or shape of the plumage, the feather is t'iished in a peculiar ',Way that does not injure it, and at the same time deteas`the impostUre, where any IS. praeli3ed. To such a degree of nicety have these Bird-fanciers carried their 'taste and skill, that they can ascertain in a moment whether the one %yin& corresponds exaaly with the I other in the colour, number, and exaa appearance and place of the feathers. Even in the case of a featly.- lost, and an artificial one substituted in its place, no art Or ingenuity can deceive them. tt-tz IhmoNb's new Play of Adrian and Orritla oontinue3 its attraction. Miss SMITA was oppressed by a severe cold last night;but she went through her part ; with commendable - zeal. At the tommericeinent of the Play the audience clarhoured for the Prologue, but when COoKE in fanned them thai it was.laid aside, and not announced in Alie play , •bills, they were soon appeased. It is not,• however, usual for the Prologue to be omitted; till after the ninth performance of a .new Piece: 13qN MoT,—BANNISTER, adverting 'to the cause of his late disaster, observed, that whatever the, pub-. lk might think of him as an ./ig.qor, he:should i - lever -be a -auto-. His hand is in a fair way, but it: is. very far from well. , 'He haS lost the ends of the, three middle fingersohe bones of which were also' broken, and he . ,had a large wound in - the palm, at the bottom of the thumb. Peculiar delicacy as to family feelings operated to preveat us from inserting an account of a duel Which took place near Limerick on Thursday last, but one of the party having dkd on Thursday, in conse quence of the wound he , received, and an Inquest being necessary to be holden by the Right Worship ful Mayor, w-e cab no longer refrain from mention ing this unfortunatel atThir, aind would wish that the melancholy result might contribute hi some degree to prevent the horrid and detestable pra6tice of duelling. The parti6 were Captain BEEVES, of the 69th Regiment, and Captain of the 6th West India Regiment. The antagonists exchanged one shot each, and Captain BEEVES received a ball in his side, which thus proved mortal. The Coro mer's Jury were summoning when this Paper was put to Press. --(Limerick Chronicle.) We ,have authority to state, that the acbount from . Dublin, mentioning a difference having arisen be tween Lord ACLIESON and Colonel COP/3, is totally ,void of foundation. • A Letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated the Ist of Sept. says--`" We have received an account from Madras and the Mauritius, that the Warren Hastings, Capt. LARKIN, from China to London, fell in' with a 44-gun Frigate, and engaged her two hours and forty minutes, wherein she disabled her so as to prevent a pursuit. The Ikarren Hastings lost her main and wizen masts, and attempted to make off under her fore-sail, but it was no sooner set than the crippled mast fell, and she , was compelled to strike. We hear that both Ships were dismasted." Captain HEMMINGS, of the Jamaica , Packet, who is just arrived in England, speaks in ternis of the highest commendation of the efficacy of the Yellow Fever Remedy. fJar4. -a; ,es; ;mil T. . -• WE are much Cdtioeirried in annOnneing the 'deatii 'tit' this Gentier`anti,. died on the 10th inst. near Edinburgh. It May be justly said, that in die revered indivi; dual, Who has this 'closed a long and hOnotirable life, society has to bewail a loSs which not be soon 'or easily Sup'pli‘ed. Sir Wm. FOetts Was one of the distinguished few whom Providence seems to have destined to pnrposes of the higheSt dignity and'usefulness, by coMbining, station of great influence in.Seciety, the best "attributes of the un derstanding; :and the 'noblest qualities of the heart. BOrn to the inheritance of an ample fortune, and bearing one of the most ancient names in Scotland, this Gentle Man early devoted himself to the im provement of the commercial interests of his coun try, and Was the thunder, in conjundion with the late Sir - .1.4.mts HUNTER BLAIR, of the well knowti banking establishment which now bears their inu mil name. In this situation, one of the highest I:vhieh an individual in the mercantile world can hold, the views - of Sir WILLIA:sa FORTIES were ne ver. dire&ed to the considerations 'of personal advan tage; unconnected with the, welfare of the com munity.- His liberality and indulgence were un beunded in the numerous cases of mercantile trans -ea-ions which came under his view, of which his luminous and expansive mind had first ascertained that the Obje6ls were judicious and honest and amongst those who mar read this, and who now enjoy the comforts of independence, we doubr not there are knany who are conscious, that they might yet have lingered its the struggle of life, but for the confiding liberality of Sir WILLI:am horses. The support and encouragement of all publit concern's engaged much of the attention of this ge nuine patriot; and in public and priv.,te charity hit liberality was at once exemplary and unostematious: Many are the children of sorrow who bless his bounteous hand and sympathising heart, whose re lieved distresses are known only to -themselves. But it is not our purpose to enter into the history of Sie :WILLIAM FOlinheS life, nor to detail the instances of benevelence which: have uniformly marked Its course ; we wish ,to pourtray his charader, not to write his eulogium- In the intercourse of private society, and in tki-ie bosom of his family, the qualities of Sir WILLIAM VoREEs were not less amiable, than those of his pub' lie situation were honourable and useful, In hit youth he had devoted much of his - time to the study of elegant literature ; 'and, during the course of his long life, he,never lost sight of those liberal pursuits which early association had endeared to him, and which, while they relieved the pressure of his more Serious avocations, lent a distinguished grace to his character. He united, in a de. , ,ect which has sel' dom been attained, that acuteness and discrimina tion which are conferred by a kuowledre of man kind, with the information of.the scholar, and the courtly elegance of the gentleman ;---bLit in him the fascination of manner arose from-the genuine feelings of his heart : He was polite and condescending ; , because he was humane and benevolent—he was open and gracious,, because he was candid and sin cere. Sir WILLIAM FonrsEs was one of the earliest members of the . celebrated LITERA RY CLUB, which boasted, amongst its other illustrious associates, the names of JOHNSON, REYNOLDS, GARRICK, and BURKE. He survived many of these eminent men, and, we believe,. has left few of the original mem bers. behind him. The literary leisure of his latter days was devoted to the fulfilment of a task for which he was peculiarly fitted—we allude to his account of the life and writings .of his - friend Dr. BEATTIN. :Of this work we may remark, that, al though it is tie production of a man not accustom ed to write for the public, it exhibits throughout a complete knowledge of the subica, a sound and sagacious judgment, a clear and discriminating taste, and an honourable and benevolent heart.---He has now joined his early friend, we trust, in' 'a happy immortality ; and, in concluding this faint and i nn- perfed tribute of affee.lion and respea, we shall take our reverential leave of his memory in the Words which he himself used in bidding farewel to his be: :loved associate. t him to record the truth, is his best praise.!' :• Gut LDHALL.—Yesterday Edward Wright, alias My Hearty, between 70 and. 80 years of atre, was charged With stealing a piece of Silk handkerchiefs out of a shop in Barbican, and fully conitnitted. The excuse he made was,, that he wanted a shirt. He . is a very old offender, having been, tried more than •70'thites at the.ditlerent . S:2o:l3. He has been-up r wards of 50 tiiub:s 'publicly whipped, at - ill .vas once capitally conviaed. • PeaLic Of TICE, H,vvro&-GAltnr:x.—YesterOav Sophia George, who attehapted suicide a few even , . ings since in one of the lock 7 up rooms, was exa mined a second time, being charged, on suspicion, with stealing stockings, the property of a Mrs. Ni chols, 1..vh0 being unwilling to pro , iermt , .), iu conse quence.of the attempt she made on her own life, she was discharged with a Salutary advice: . , A few days since a young , Lady, of the name of en es, whose parents reside in Wilitecross-street, St. Luke's, was burnt to death in the following man ner :---As she and a young man; in the habit of visiting the family, and an admirer of Miss FOR were conversing together in the parlour, a spark from the fire flew, unperceived, on the muslin dress of the Lady, which soon kindled into a blaze.— The young man pulled off his coat to wrap round her, with a view to extinguish it ; but, before he could accomplish his intention, she ran out of the room into the street ; he followed her, and before effedual 'assistance could be procured, she was SC) dreadfully burnt, as only to survive until the fol lowing 'morning; She was about seventeen years of age, and on the eve of marriage to the Gen tleman. On Saturday ,night a daring attempt was made by the Spanish Prisoners, in Mill Bay depot, Ply mouth, to etre& their escape ; twenty-nine of them got into the Bog-house drain, from which they cut a.subterraneous passage under the prison wall, and were making their way through the hospital avenue, when They were deteded by one of the turnkeys, and their escape prevented. This is tt-e .seconcl at tempt in the course of the week which has been frustrated by the vigilance of the turnkeys. •. In con sequence of - these repeated efforts to etre& their libeation . , every possitlie precaution, we hear, hat been adopted.