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London, England, 1807-05-11 00:00:00

MAID) ToNh ALLCTION.

The eled on for this plus eloped on Saturday,
4,:mn the numbers were—
S•ria;tson
"kir. Lotiviai
Snt W 11,4 m Gosry .

396
374
332

Mr. Simpson and Mr. Longman were accord-
ingly returned as the successful Candidates. This
bas bean the severest contest, perh4ps, which the
rime Elation has produced. Mr. Simpson lied
Mr. Longman, the old Members. were opposed by
to formidably interest of sir William Geary, who
was aftively supported by the msny paw•:rful friends
who stood by him during two severe contests for
Ire eouoty of Kent.

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Wouctes, sit 'Et [CT 1:1N Election for this
(747 wollid• it was gener.illy supposed, have pro-
&iced a warm COOfett. H-sd nut Mr. AT IRSOLL
Icclieed the preceding evening, the struggle must
hoe been between that Gentleman and Mr. Ito.
1141T11. Mr Giistoori's populatity WAS irresistible ;
umber of his trends and supporters had, since
Election, inc. .-4.e.1 beyond all expectation. and
s power and influence of the Corporation woe
3pletely destroyed. When his name was declared
.11 Inc Hustings, it WAS received with universal
4 ( enthusivtic c!,cers, and his anittorablz speech
c..ittibuted, in a very material degree. in the
ui-
i tif genuine independence. The spirit and
tuitions of the Electors have finally succeeded in
the ci•ss from the slightest imputation of
; and Worcester is now aliowed to possess as
.:I•tims to the free exercise of the elective
IT litChlfroas any city or town in she United Kin-
dest
CititllT lit* risco ra has declined offering
Lah for the represemati•in of the c.nunty of Lin-
in the next Parliament. Colonel I..ctssost,
lielnher Int tint City, who, with the lion. Colonel
"i%on. was re-elefle•l without opposition on
Zits'
-Is/, is spnk-n of as the probable successor to
the bon our id representing the Cuunty ; iu which
taw, Suss s.iiran, E.q it is supposed, be
isen t the City. Pie Jar of {Nomination for
C"0141 is fixed by the Hier Bemire iur Fri-
-7 the led) use:ent.


llli STMIN'TER ELECTION.
Till RI) DAY.
The crowd assemble.' round the hurting; was,
notwith.tanding t?pi in:essant rains as gre.,t,
11:11Sy a: des ttubolent, as upon any of the fortis'''.
uLcasiops.

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At four o'clock the numbers announced stood
thus:— -•
Lor,l Cochr ate . A 76
Mr. Kai. at . , . 44;7
Sir F Rur•lett . . . 3.19
Mr. Stiervign . • . . 67
Mt. 1.411•11 . . . 45
.

Mr. liasitioros then addressed the Eleflors—
Gentlemen," said he, " at the commencement
of my speech yesterday, there was some attempt at
interruption, which, to the credit of those who
began it, soon subsided, and I am happy to observe
it does so now ; for there is nothing that becomes
freemen so much as to give a full and impartial
hearing to e-ery man who is a candidate for their
favour. Any man who throws out abuse of any
sort, or elide iv iurs to interrupt me, is not my
friend. and I disclaim him. You are assembled
here for the purpose of exercising your privilege
of Eleftion—a privilege witiah used only to occur
once in seven years ; and it is, undou'itedly, in
your power to express your sentiments in as rough
a way cs you think proper. The tides are such toe,
that it seems likely, that those who love suca turbu-
lent and noisy discussions as take place at Elections,
are likely to be indulged much oftener than they
had reason to ezpadt. I have, indeed. all my life,
been a stray and peltrdi friend to short Parlia-
ments, and to as eat ed a ught of suffrage as is
consistent with decency and order ; for, as the
pahrest wan amongst you cootrihates his propor-
tion to the public expense, as well as 01.! rich, I
have always t•aaught th at Cie law which is made to
hind all, should be assented to by all. (Approval
by the noultarde). While I say that I am a friend to
'short Parliam :ors, I must be understood to mean.
Parliaments short by the rules of the Constitution,
and no, ny t:ie rules or will of a Minister. The
day wes, when it was thought most proper that t!
MiaLter shoo' Ihe such one as should suit 1.. e
Patliament, but now it a.ipeats that the Mint ter
must be chosen first, and then a Parliament appointed
to suit the Mini tit. (Lead applause). Gentlemen,
if by any accdeut th re should be another change,
you must reasonably cap •,=.t an. ther Partamcnt,
and what is the result of this, but declaring to the
woild that it is the Ministers who choose their
Parliaments aid not the people ? Gentlemen, you
have had thrown amongst you sonic papers, on:
of which I haves •en th's morning, and which pur-
ports to bean rxt-act from a speech of mine in the
last Session of Parliament, respelling the journeymen
calico printer.. That speech has not been circulat-
ed by me, but the sentiments contained in it arc
what are n-arest to my heart. What I said in Par•
liarnent I may again repeat here; I said that I
thought I should he sacrificing my princH*3 in
paitical life, if, wneit within its walla, the weak
'haute' not in me hive a friend to assist them
against the wrong. I did say, geutlemen, what that
Paper repine me to have said, that sa long as I
cmli raise my voice, I would never submit to see
the poor and the lab rinse class of the commu-
nity insulted or oppressed by those who rai•el
luxu:ious fartuncs by their toil. • ( I oud hells of
applause.) Gentlemen, oad this been the last day
of the kaleflion. I shoulci have claim d the privilege
of beiag the last to speak, and then I should have
bad the advantage of commenting on what the
other Candidates migisr be pleased to state to
you. I have, as y t, heard not.ang horn any of
them, that I can disprove. Some of the comments
of the Noble fend s ein-d indeed to shew that ne
entertains a d•fferent opinion of Earl Sr Vincent
than what I do ; and I cannot allow this opportunity
to escape, without stating my sentiments of that
illpstrious veteran's chars ter. I do 11,4 believe
thk there exists a man in the British em•
pine who deserves better of his country than
Earl St. V tuccnt.—(Sease dulproa.free.)...4 Can-
sot help other, having a different opinion, but
I must speak what I think. nitre is an expression
which has fallen from the Gentleman who has ad-
dressed you on behalf of the other Candidate, Sir
Francis Burdett. which I cannot avoid here taking
notice of It was upon the subiat of Popery. 1
congratulate the City of Westminster, at toe good
sense, liberality, and patriotism, which have prevent-
ed Lem from taking up that abominable and niis-
chievous yell that has pervaded other parts of the
country. (Shoals and acclamation: from all qsuirt,es.)
With regard to the reforms which the Noble Lord
has alluded to, I must say, that I applaud his deter-
mination upon that subjeft. and I should be glad to
second him in his endeavours thereupon in the
House of Commons; but, at the same time, I may
say, that there never was a set of Ministers more
truly intent to ratify abuses, and really anxious to
produce seform, and to hunt out and punish Pecu-
lators, than the last Administration. (Cieerin,y, ap-
plaud:alb and shouting.) Gentlemen, you have this
opinion from a man who abhors, as much as any one,
those who plunder the public, and those contra tors,
who, by abusing the power afforded them by their
contrafts, da not scruple to live by adding to the
poverty and misery of the people. I consider them
as men who thrive on the calamities, woes, and mi-
sery of their country, who feed and fatten on

The poor man's labour, And the hras. MAII.II blood "
( !It ;tended sAoarts.) As to the state of the
poll, Gentlemen, you will, no doubt, observe, that
there has been a great slackness, at yet, upon all
sides ; but I hope, that upon Monday, being Saint
Monday, my friends will then be induced to come
forward, as they will be, upon that day, more at
leisure. If I can believe the assurances of my
numerous friends, who have ffartcred me with the
promises of their support (and I have no reason to
disbelieve them), I trust I shall make a very dii-
ferent appearance upon th it board (pointing to the
board announcing the numbers) than what I do this

" e The Hon. Member stirs, that I are abetting Coatbonati lit
among the working d.day the c;harge..-1 am no F,,en4
to Combination ; but 1 ant el oa.lv an easiny to Com'Anatio.i
am•.ng Matters as among Jourii•-yenen ; and, Sir,
contradiet the wale prioice of me political life, and bel,e
ev-ty pabltc ;.rsmiple I neat! ever piolered, if I feared to cht-
eLsre, that, whole 1 Mee a teat +/abut these wah, the weak
shall have A Fna,.<l Kenos the strong , nor wi.l 1 seer sutan.t
that the sadettnous .nd laborieus class of the community ar.a.:
be insulted er *Keened by Owe who miss hiatuses. Isclune.
Mai tisk toil."

day. I shall conclude, Gentlemen, with again
curing you, that I hive no kind of animosity to..
wards any of the other Candidates; on the eon--
gary, whatever may be the res i!t of my endear'
-fours, and whatever may be the result of theirs.
I shall moot cord/iffy s±sake hands with them."
Mr. Sheridan'supeech, as usual, was followed by
shouts, acclamations, and narks of approbation,
from she surrounding multitude."
'ord COCHRAN? dltelt U;!0/1 the great benefit to
be derived from having Naval Officers in Faille.
meat, and upon the alleged abuses in the
A system of tyranny and oppression, ha slid, had
been aged upon for five or sift years past, so exces-
sive, thot Officers have not d.red to complain. and
their vessels have gone down imri perished with all
their hands. " I shall only." sad his Lordship,
" at present instance two cases: the tgelite sloop
of war was ordered out to sea, I remonstrated, as I
considered it my duty ; I said that she was totally.
unfit to keep the sea. This, however, was nit
attended to, and the vessel, when off Rochefort,
went to the d—l. (Loughiag, hissing, and h.oi.
i.g). The i'brosix schooner is another instance,
which I might state to you fully. but I shall only
mention, that by her being kept too long out,
she sunk, and all hands reished, except_one."—
liis concluded ky observing. that he
thought the. late Administration, notwithstanding
Ali their boasts, bad done nothing towards realty.
ing ahusei and curtailing places and pensions.
Much had been said about the Committees of En-
quiry, but, nutwithuanding all their discoveries,
what had miry effeaed ? Instead of merely talking,
it would hove been better, even before they had
breakfasted, to have 'crocked the Clerk of the Pelts
on the head.

Mr. JCNNIMUS then came forward on behalf of
Sir Francis Burdett, and urged his friends to make
every erertiun to insure his success.
Mr. Et ester, next endeavoured to address the
Electors, but was received with the incessant hoot-
ings tai disapprobatiot of the multitude assembled.
lie requested them to attend to the suggestion of
the Right Honoured's Candidate (Mr. heerident)
wl. r had honestly told them that the best proof
nt a good cause was to hear and impartial:y to
judge upon the languige, the principles, and the
geuer.il character of all those Will had been pre-
sented for weir choice. ( Fhe clamour became so
universal, and the sheets of the multitude, expres-
sive of their dislike of the speaker, so frequent,
that the worthy Cdadidate judged it most advisable
to withdraw.)
Mr. Gluttons next offered himself to the notice
of the multitude, and acquainted them with his
determination to make some few retnerks on the
respective Candidates, who were then soliciting the
high bonnur of representing the city of Westmin-
ster. 'l' he Noble Lord (Cnchraue) dealt libe-
rally in his professions of independence, and had
adverted with some aerial° ,y to the conduct of
those who were the returned Meanbsrs fur rotten
boroughs. Did the Noble Lord conceive, that he
or his fellow Eke; ars could .forget, that the
Noble Candidate, (C,rehtane,) was the r,p,r-
'emotive, in the fete Par'iamear, of one cf test
most corrupt, the most vestal, and ...ertalitle
the most ackowledged rotten borough in the
united kingdom t Indeed, when he said, that the
Noble Candidate had oten the represmattve of
the borough of Honitnn, t e gave the best answer to
Ids pledges and the sures.: guide to the decision of
the Electors. (Loud and repeated apploas4 kits would
next advert to the claims of Mr. Elliot. Hs if
gone" erred one, "be has cut and Pea.") "He is
gone," I find, said Mr. Gi aeons, " and I will not
take advantage of his absence. But one
fact it is my duty to state, that his friends
have been canvassing under the introdudhon
and interest of Sir .James Pulteney. the Secretary
at War." (Hear that ! hear that ! ) After some
other observations, Mr. Gibbons concluded with
(I-elating his convietion, that though the enemy to
Mr. Sheridan, as the Treasurer of the Navy, yet he
was free to acknowledge, that the public conduS
of that Right Honourable Gentleman was, through.
out the great number of years in which he sat in
Pariiatieen, truly consistent. (Great spplasss.)

The friends of LordCOCHNANc dined, on Satur-
day, at Ws WS'S Rooms. The comp toy amounted
to from 70 to 100; a great proportion of whom
were ty4v.tl officers. The dinner wrs splendid, and
the evening passed is great mirth and go vl•liusnour
The worthy and enlightened Bishop of L
has been voted the Gold Medal, by the Board of
Agriculture, fur his new and extensive plantations
on the bank of the Derwent water Lake, in Cumb.:r-
land.

To-morrow will be a day again big with For-
tune's dispensations to her persevering votaries. It
was perseverapce that lately gained the club in
Oxford-street so large a portion of a 20,0001. Prise;
bat an increase of interest now renders perseverance
in adventure more forcibly expedient; since, (feria.
sive of the 20,0001. Prise to the first drawn number
te-morrow morning, it is highly probabie that seve-
ral of the Kreuter floating Capitals (not one of them
being yet drawn), will come up in the course of the
day.
I'he following singulir favours of good fortune to
the adventurers at the Office of J. Baas:scow' and
Co. is an incontrneertible tadt, namely, till first and
only 20,0301. Prize ever sold, No. 24,505, drawn
on the 2341 of last month, wis partaken of by 78
individuals, as follow : —Ono-half to a Lotery
Society, of 40 Members, in Oxford-street One-
quarter, among 24 Members of a Lottery Society,
at Norwich; One•sixteentq, between 12 Members,
in a Club at Theme ; an Eighth to a family at Se-
lisbury ; and the remaining Sixteenth, to one'of oar
brava Defenders, on board the liarleur. off Ply-
mouth ; likewise, the first 30,00 J;. ever shared,
N 0.24,206, was sold, and the first blank, as first
drawn, ever eotitkd to 20,0008 No. 37.247, was
sold in shares; also, the tirst and only 90001. ever
shared, No. 37.991, was sold, and where the last
4.1,0001. shared, No. 12,719, was, together with
five Prizes of 40.0001. 'and upwards. with o.re
10.0001. several 50001. and 40001. sold in the Lot-
tette' for 1305, and 1606, in more than 267 Jlf-
(ergot share,, and were paid on demand ; where
Tickets and Shares are now belling, warranted un-
drawn, in the present Lotter, ; and the first drawn
on Tuesday. the 12:11 instant, will be eoutleci to
20,0001. awl say bo to 30,0041.

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PROM LITTIIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

Desurnrstrat. May 9. 1817
A Dispatch, of which the i“ciosed is a copy, has
been received this day at the Office of Viscou t
Castlereagh, one of His Majesty's Principal sere c-
ries of Stare, from Majot-Geneval Fr is-r, dated
Aserandria, the 25th of March, 1107, addressed te
the Right Heaourable William Windham :
'retook ie, 614re1l 2i, 1607
Sts—lt is w:th much satisfaction I have the he-
noar to inform yon, that, in the attarrionn et the
10th current, the town and fortresses of Alezan..
dria. with two Tarkish frigates and a corvcue, sur-
rendered to Hia Majesty's arms by cepicualationa
and that 'they were taken possession of on the me.
movable m.sinkg of the 41st, by the troops under
my command.

You are already apprised of my having been de.
teched on this service, with a body of troops fr on
Messina, by his lisceilency Gcneral Vox, under con-
voy of his Majesty's ships "Tigre and Apollo; and
the Wizard sloop was sent ferivaed by Caatain Hal-
lowell, to get intelligence from Maj sr Misset, vr•orm
I had been, by my instroctiens. directed to consult as
to the best plan r.l operations for effecting the pur-
poses of the expedition.
I have now to acquaint you, that in the &viol of
the 7th inst. (the day after we sailed,) the Apollo:
frigate, with nineteen traosports out of thirty three.
which conveyed the troops, parted company, and
that the other nettle in, with the Tigre, cam- to an
abchor to the westward of Alexandria, on the 16'h.
On our getting near the land we saw the Wizard,
and Captain Palmer immediately brought me the
intelligence he had received from Major Misset.
• together with a letter from him, stating that he had
Deleon). off himself, thinking his presence in Alex-
andria absolutely necessary to counteract the in-
trigues of the French Consul, who was endeavour-
ieg to prevail upon the Governor to admit a body
of Albanians, from Rosetta, to assist in the defence
of the place.
He earnestly recommended me to rand the troops
immediately, as the inhabitant; were well affecfee
towards us. and that he had sanguine hopes we
should he able to get peuession of it without firing a
shot.
Before I determined, however, upon this mea-
sure. I deemed it prudent to acquaint M.jnr Kurt
with the very diminished state of my force, and
I therefore sent is my Aid-de-Carep, Caet..in
A'Court, of the .31st ittgime..t. wit . a file of
truce AO him, with a duelled account of it. and at
the same time. a Manifesto to the Governor and
Inhabitants, (a Copy of which I inch-se,) which had
not the desired effect, but. on the contrary, was
treated by the Governor w th contempt.
The Major, however, in reply, strongly urged my
immediately landing ; still repeating that we shouid
not meet with any resistance, and that my d sing so
would he the only means of preventing' the garrison
being reinforced by the Albanian's, who had actually
been sent for, and migu be expccted in tho course,
of twenty four hones.
These considerations 14 me to follow his ad.
vice and accordingly I landed that evening (tEe
17th) as many troops as our small un.• 1
of boats could convey, a few miles to the ea •
ward of Marabnut, wi hoot opposition, th nips
I could only take tip a p oitim for the night; as
befate the next landing co .1,1 be effereed, such a
surf had arisen on the bc4c ~ as totally to prevent
the second division from ao,noacheng the shore.
The nest morning. however, with infinite &S-
-cotty and • risk they were landed ; but finting my
situation now. from ehe increased height of the
surf and appearance of the weather. to be very pre-
carious, both with respell to getting provisions cr
stores on shore, or having any communications with
the transports, I determined at all hazards to force
my way to the western side, where I could receive
supplies from Aboukir Bay, at the same time re-
io!ving to attempt (in passing) to get into the town.
even with the small force I had, arid push my way,
if possible, into the forts thy commanded it. a mat-
ter I had reason to believe from Major Misset
and others, would slot be very difficult to ACODUI•
plish.
I therefore moved forward about eigist o'clock
in the cycling of the I Sth, and in our way forced a
plllisadoed intrenchment, with a deep ditch in front
of (that had been thrown up by the 'lurks, as a
defence against the Marnelukes and Arabs on the
western side) stretclsnig horn Fort des Being to
Lake Mucous, strengthened by three batteries,
mounting eight guns, exclusive tit Fort des Rains on
its right fl ink, mounting thi: teen guns.
This we effetffed with very little los% though un-
der a heavy fire of cannon and musketry, and nro-
ceeded within a tew yard: of Pompey's Gate, where
lwe found the garriion prceared to receive us, the
Gate barricasked, and (Le walls lined with troops
and armed inhabitants: this, added to the small-
ness of my force. (not exceeding one thousand men
of all sleacription%) led me to think the risk tco
great, and I determined to proceed to the westward,
as I had originally intended, where I arrived is the
morning of the 9th, and took up ray position on
the ground the British troops occupied in the adtton
of the 41st, immediately rending detachments to
take possession of Aboukir Castle. end the Cut be-
tween the Lakes Mudie and Mareotis, by which
communication the reisdoveement of Albanians was
etpefled in Alexandlia ; in both these attempt, we
succeeded.
The next &yob* 2fath, I sent in (by a friendly
Arab that had stolen out of town, and joined us) a
Manifesto, addressed to the inhabitants, warning
theta of the danger of implicating friends and foes
in the-event of taking the place by assault, and tugs
ing them to force the Governor to capitulate. Thin
had the desired effect, a flog of truce was sent out,
and a Capitulation. (of which I herewith inclose a
copy) was agreed to And signed.

Although Chit service has fortunately not hen of
long duration ; yet. from the scantiness of our num-
bers, and tile scarcity of selsorf s el supplies. as well
military stored as provisions, (which the boistetuus
s:ata o; the weather c•tmpletety prevented our re-
ceiving) our situation Was, for some time, Tither eri•
beat ; and I am hVelf ar►have it in my power to
hear tsetsmony v. tL•e patience and cheat tuln►ts with
which tor: troops bore every privation, and t' e
ardour add spirit tory ahem ed in the attack of the
eiseasy's works, as will as the sactioAticia sad wish


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