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POLICE.

UNION-11AI L.
Johan Coops was brought up on a chain e of fe.
loniously stealing from the house of the Earl of
Athlone, a quantity of plate, and numerous ankles
of wearing apparel. In the coarse of the examina-
tion, it appeared that the Ent of Athlone, during
his residence in Holland, had taken under his protec-
tic-a shin young man, who was of decent demeanour,
and of decent and respeftable parents. The Noble
Earl having resided for some time in Sloane-slreet,
invited a select party of friends to dine with him ;
when they retired the plate was given into the
charge of the prisoner, who so abused his ttust as to
convert it to improper purposes. When the loss
was made known, the officers of the different Po.

lice-offices exerted themselves to deteet the of-
fenders : in that part the officers of Union-Hall suc-
ceeded ; and took the offender, after pledging a part
of the stolen plate, viz. 94 ounces for 91. in the ael
of endeavouring to purchase a watch 'and ring.—
The Earl of Athlone and Lord Aughlim attended
the exanfnatinn, and the prisoner *as rally com-
mitted for trial.

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CV 13 R ATION

Of
ASR. TIER NP ri EEECTiIik

Saturday last was the day set apart by did friends
aid supporters of Mr. Tierney, for the celahration
of his ye:tory over Sir Thomas Turton. Every pre-
paration was made, In order to give a degree of
eclat and splendour to the ceremony of chairing the
fortunate candidate.
The day was ushered in with rejoicing, and the
fineness of the morning promised to add to the
brilliancy of the scene that was about to take place.
The Procession set out from St. Margeret'sthill,
about twelve o'clock, in the following order :-
1. Several persons riding on horses, decorated with blue
ribbands.
2. Several tarn 011 font.
4. Mr. Tierney, sei-omranied by Mr. alleock, in an open
Landau, drawn by sit horses.
4. Ifor,emen' foll=ovcd by Are or 'ix Lawla.is, in one "f
w
which et Mrs. Tiera7, accompanied by ,:lveral
In the other Landaus were several Gentlemen, the
friends of Mr. Tierney. There were several other
carriages. A band of music accompanied the pro-
cession. The horsemen who led the process:on
carried flags, beating the following inscriptions:-
1 Freedom and Peace
2. Th., tea, El.!:tors t.l the Parish of St. Gl.orge.
CS. Tierney, and the Wooden Wals of Old England.
4 Tierney and Freedom of El.-Chun.
L. Tierney and tile Navy fur ever.
The procession having advanced as far as West-
square, on its way to the Horns at Kennington, where
a cold collation was prepared, encountered a disaster
as unforeseeit as it Was unpropitious. The sky, which
had been usually serene the former part of the
morning, suddenly became ohscured—lark clouds,
the presage of a storm, gathered mind the tops of
the Surry Hills—the wind rose with terrific mur
n.urs, and a torrent of rein, accompanied with
loud claps of thunder arid flashes, of lightning, dis-
persed the procession, and forced every one to
take refine where he could. In a short time the
storm increased with redoubled fury. The heavens
appeared on fire, the lightning rent the clouds—
the thunder rolled without intermission, and the rain
overflowed every part—while those who had formed
the procession svere the viairns of the elements. A
differcat scene was exhibited at the place of their
ultimate destination. The tables had been spread
for near 700 persons, in a temporary booth ereactl
on the bowling-gicen at the Horns. The fragile
structure yielded to the tempest, and the rain pour-
ed in and washed away the plates, table-cloths,
and all the paraphernalia of the feast.—
These were, however, soon replaced by the industry
of Mr. Townsend—the storm ceased, and the com-
pany arrived—the Son again burst forth and gilded
the verdent scenery, and its rays imparted their
brilliant splendour to the transparent drops suspend-
ed from the foliage of the trees. This break of new
day recompensed every me for his former sufferings,
and the appearance of Mr. Tierney, and his friends,
imparted joy to every bosom. He was hailed with
loud and repeated acclamations I Th 4 Company,
consisting of at last 700 persons, sat down to a cold
but plentiful dinner. Mr. Alleock presided at the
festive board. 1 he storm seemed only to have had
the effea of increasing the apeetites of the happy
Eleaors and their Representative. They did
ample justice to what WNS set before them, and
drowned the remembrance of the interruptieus
they had met with in copious lihatione of the real
Falernian juice—When tae •dinner was over and
the table cleared, the following toasts were drank :
" The King,. with 'three time; three."
" The Quire, with thneelintes three."
" The Prince of Wales, with three tunes three."
Mr. Atteciet said, he begged leave to give a
toast, which he persuaded wes nearest the hearts of
the Electors of Southwark—it was the health of
their worthy Representative,the Right Hon. George
'ricrac y.
This torn was drank amidet peals of approba-
tion—it Was some time before the •plaittlits ceased.
Mr. TIERNEY rose, and, the plaudits and cla-
mours having subsided, addressesl.•the Eleaors
nearly in these words : " Gentlemen, I ecru sure you
will have the goodness to give me a feW moments ,
attention. Wirth a very grateful heart. I acknow-
ledge your unbounded goodness to me, and. this,
when i speak it, is not an ordinary phrase, buf it is
one which will bear examination, because it is
founded in truth. Yes, your kindness to me has
been unbounded and unlimited. We have fought
together, and been foiled—we have fought to-
gether, and been successful. In every situation of
Advantage and disadvantage, I have found in you a
firm friend. In the hour of defeat, you have com-
forted me ; in the hour of success, you have cheered
me. Out of office, I had your good opinion ; in
office, I am proud to enjoy it (a burst of applaute).
I own that I state this with no ordinary degree of
exultation. In political situations it has been the
lot of many men to have had the support of this or
that party. Those -vho have steered a conscientious
condth2 in opposition to Government, have found a
steady support in a particular set of men. These
who have as conscientiously supported Government,
have found in return a steady support front another
party. I stand here as one who has received equal
support In both situations .(vontiourd plaider inter-
rtred the Orator). It was by yea ,I was enabled to
withstand all that calumny of which I was the ob-
jea, for what some were pleased to call Jacobinism.
, It was by you I was enabled to withstand that
calumny which would have made mo out a mere
pleceman. The only inlet ence I would draw, is
one which, God knows, is to me a proud' inference.
It is this : that in either situation, whether In office
or out of office, you have uniformly done me the
justice to believe me an honest -man (bravo ! admi-
rable exclaiv:d hoard of vo4et). Candidates and
Members of Parliament are too apt to deal in gene-
ral professions; I shall confine all I have to say of
myself to that one point, that I will endeavour, in
every situation,'to conduet myself as an honest man.
Whether occasionally I may go a little farther to
the right or to the left, as long as my general princi-
ples and my conclua entitle me to your esteem under
every change of fortune, I am sensible I shall possess
it. I feel that I shall have a title to your esteem
just so long as I face you as an honest man. This
I believe is the eighth time we have met together so
celebrate vise cause in which weshave been engaged.
I know that is unreasonable in me to expedt, that
after such a day's fatigue you should employ, in at-
tending to me-any part of that time which ought to
be devoted to convivial purposes. My only reason
for demising you is. that I feel it a dory imposed
upon me to avail myself of this opportunity to tit'

dress you upah Lete or two points. (PhafiNior
sons tints prevented Mg proeceding.) Gentlemen, I per-
ceive you do not tl4lek we stand in need ore speech.
.1 am of opinion with you, our triumph is so corns
p!ete, that it requires not one word to sit it off. It
is for those who have been defeated to indulge in
long hest:Rive, but you having nothing to find fault
with. except Sir Thomas Turton, whom you justly
hold in contempt, are desirous, I should divert your
attention from the subject of our meeting but for a
short time. It was my misfortune never to have
read the Resolutions of Sir Thomas Turton and his
party, when my friend, who sits by me, lent me a
number of a newspaper containing them, I had heard.
Weed, there was something which had appeared
in the columns of the Morning Chronicle that revis-
ed my perusal. Having perused the Morning
Chronicle, I do lament I should have lost any part
of my dinner in reading the contemptible contents
of that paper. In point of feet, more ill-judged,
more s etic, or more unjustifiable nonsense, it
never v misfortune to read (loud aeclamat:onr.)
I make' teat allowance for disappointed andsition.
I know, that when a man has set his mind upon en-
lightening his country as a legislator, and fails in
Iris endeavours to do so, that his disappointment,
and perhaps the :egret, he may feel at the loss his
country has sustained, in being deprived of his te-
leets, may urge him to launch out into those invec-
ti ses in which Sir 'llomas Turton has indulged. I
do not know what sort of answer to give him,
—The assertions contained in the Resolution,
as far as they ate assertions, are not entitled to
the least degree of credit; and the expressions,
as far as they relate to myself, are not cloathed
in language of gentleman-like civility. He says,
he would not connect himself with me. I know
comparisons are odious ; hut, in this case, it
is impossible for our principles to be compared
with each other—we must first know what his are.
It has ticrer been my good fortune to enable myself
to kilo* Sir Thomas Turton's principles : —what
my principles are, I need not repeat—they have
been known to you for many years. *1 hey require
no defence, for they have received your approba-
tion :—what Sir Thomas Turton's are, I am alto-
gether ht the dark. He is a person who is uni-
formly a good friend to Government, when Govere-
tnent likes him ; but when Government does not
like him, then he is no friend to Government. So
much, at least, appears to me to be the result of the
scurrilous contents of the Morning Chronicle of
yesterday. I have no means of ascertaining what
Sir l'homits is driving at : lie is very sore at being
defeated, and he makes ample promises of future
success. 'fliere is one word in the Resolutions
which I should not have thought it necessary to
have noticed, had the Resolutions been signed by
Sir Thomas Turton himself, but they are signed by
Mr. Preston. The word I allude to is, that by
which we are considered as enemies of the country. ,
I should have hoped that none would have been
called enemies but those who were hostile to the
constitution of the country. • I am sure, that face
to face, they never would have dared to have made
such an assertion. I hope that on better reflection,
they will change the word " Enemies" for' the term
" Friends." As to the .promises of Sir Thomas
Turton, he has himself proved how little they are
to be depended upon. He promised you at the
Towo-Hell, that he would have a majority at the
beginning of the contest—he had it not. He pro-
mised you he would have it towards the middle—
he had it not. He then said he would have it at the
end of .she pull`--he had it nut. We understand by
the end of the poll, that he meant at the end of
four days, the usual period ; but when the four days
were expired, he was rather more behind than at the
beginning. He went on to the sth, tith, 7th, Bth,
and oats days, when, netwithstanding his promises
every day repeated, he found himself so much worse
than he was :sefore, that at length he gave it up.
He then changed his ground, and said, " as there
is no making any thing of the poll, I will have a
scrutiny, and then I shall succeed." He prevailed
oil the High Bailiff to grant him a scrutiny, upon
the ground that the pal had not been taken with
suffizient accuracy. It it was not taken accurately,
it was the fault of Sir Thomas Turton, and no on:
' else ; because in the first instance, I requested that
there might be the same assessor for both. I desired
that Mr. Serjeant Runniagton might be called upon
to approve the votes, which would have been a secu-
rity for their being properly taken ; but if this had
been consented to by Sir Thomas Turton, you would
not have had the promise, I shall call number 10,
that the scrutiny would be successful. He demand-
ed- the scrutiny, which the High Baih:F, I think,
very improperly granted, and alter having unneces-
sarily us for se4reral drays, he gave it up.
After ten promises, every one failing, if- you chuse
to believe him again, I only request you will not de-
sire use to be of the party. The last promise he has
made, appears tome the most prudent, because its
fallacy cannot be 13retight to light for twelve months.
He has petitioned the liouse of Commons, and pro-
mised that his petition shell be attended with suc-
cess. This promise will 'sere him at all his public
tin:tiers, to ring the changes, upon for twelve
months to come, without any person having
an oppoistunity of contradisling him ; the only ad-
vantage lie has gained in nineteen days is, that of
being able to make a promise, which no one can
contradia. Now allow me to make a promise, or
rather to give my opinion upon this subjet —it is
this, that Sir Thomas Turton never will try the me-
rits of that petition. Not being, perhaps, so great
a lawyer as Sir Thomas, my opinion may not have
the same weight ; but I will venture to say, that his
petition, though it may have the effeft of letting
him easily down, will never help him to get up
again. He advertizes for a subscription, but it
must be very different in its extent from the last one;
it must not only enable him to go on, but to secure
his retreat, for I am persuaded, that if he tries his
petitiOn, he will not only have to pay his own costs,
but mine also. I have not the leait hesitation in
stating, that in a Committte of the House of Com-
mons, where he says he is sure of having a fair
hearing, the result will be, the Petition of Sir
Thomas `Parton will be voted frivolous andvexa-
tious. I mention this, particularly, that you may
not be under any apprehension las to she fate of
' his petition, and that those who are to subscribe
may isnow what they are about. It is like raisseg•
money by false pretences, and therefore, I thin).
am only patting hit subscribers on their guardab
much for Sir Thomas. Turton; and SCiWlit Net
palish, in the Atonal's Chronicle, what he "haws ;
aad Ist his Committee put oat as strong sessintions
a ahoy please. It is the pastioalar privilege tithe

ante/mina% and Pod forbid I should deprive them
of it, to rail at those who are more successful tiers
themselves. I only hope they vrill keep within a
certain decency of language, and then they may be
assured I shall never Make them any kind of re-
turn, bat treat them as persons as much below my
notice as they are of yours. I now stand here as
your Representative, cleated at a time the most
trying for the'counte'f. I stated originally, that I
would not have offered myself as a Candidate to
serve you in Parliament, except with your corona
approbation. It I had felt that I had forfeited any
part of your confidence, I should have thought et
the best return I could have made for past favours,
to haee left you at liberty to have looked for Another
candidate, who had not forfeited it. Feeling, upon
enquiry, that I had not lost your good opinion, but
that you was as steadfastly attached to me as
I am proud to day I was to you, I ethould
have thought it an exceeding gross derelialion
of my duty to have de;erted your cause from any
apprehension of the trouble in which I might in-
volve myself by a Borough contest. That I have
had trouble which has pressed upon me beyond pre-
cedent you all know, for you have been sharers in
it; but in proportion to the difficulties I have had
to sustain, I feel additional pride at the situation in
which you have placed me. It pleased Sir 'I homes
Tinton from day to day to inform you, that I ought
to accept a Pocket-Borough—a Pocket•Baretigh
may suit him ; but till I have foifeited your esteem,
it will not do for me. In many compeni a I have
found those who composed them actii t'ed by a
most misteked idea, that a Member of Parliament
who accepted an official situation ind..t- Govern-
ment, incapacitated himself from represeeeing the
place for which he had before served. I have al-
ways said, that if the man was not ashamed of the
manner in which he had accepted the employment,
he need not far to face his constituents. I have al-
ways contended, that when the m itter came fairly
to vial, it would be found that those who uphold a
control doctrine were wrong. J, alio, in st:;rmy
times, have represented the first B;rougli in the
kingdom, am, perhaps, in my present situation, the
best proof how right my opinion has been. It 11.4
pleased many, and particularly Sir Thomas 'lUrton,
to state, that those who supported me were hostile
to the Government—that it was not merely iheanen
in office they disliked, but that they were adverse
to the structure of the Government, and influenced
by an unwillingness towards the King on the
Throne. Here is the answer I give to such a foul
calumny. Shew me the list of ail the voters in
England.—Go to the corporations cf all the Bur-
gesses of the United Empire, and shew me a body of
Members of the State who have been more cordially
attached or more sincere to their King and C•itetry
than the people of the Borough of Soutiiwark (r-iter-
Net I exclamations). This is the situation in which you
now stand, and I do think it is a proud one for yon,
not because you have supported an insignificant in-
dividual, but because you have given an answer
to all those calumnies which prevailed with regard
to their being but one portion of his Majesty's sub-
jects who ought to be trusted,. namely, those xlio
had particular offices. You have shown t!..tt you
hive opposed a Government because it w.,, ,sot
worthy of support, but that when von apprpled of
it, no men are more anxious to give it that support • •
• t ,
which is most important tai ieteeettilityeaahe ilappe!t
of honest men, without which, God. forbid . this • .
AT any other Government shcr:ld be. maintailet
Gentlemen, I have been your Representative in
trying times—the country is now at a Crisis. I
beiiove unuaealleled in its history.—lt is not '
to
be concealed, and those who mawage the reins
of Government do nit wish to conceal it, that
we are in a situation of danger, because we
ar,, without allies to wage war against a power
which has declared we are not able to meet it single
handed. In the House of Commo.:s lam not cast
down as to the part I shall ael, Iv.lt I shall be cast
down if I have not you to support nu, should a pa-
nic seize me. In the hour of aliculty, I have come
to vou, and have been comforted on ail occasions.
I knew that it' I came to the Borough of Southwark,
I should find partizans not only for myself butforthe
King and Constitution (Act:sant applarv). I know
that great attempts will be made by Government, •
, and that there will be additional call; upon ilia zeal
of the loyal part of the Country.---Some of those
who think they have an exclusive charter to set
themselves up as King's friends, will attempt to un-
dermine your zeal by constitutional representations,
or rather misrepresentations, founded upon the
weight and pressure of the taxes. I think I may
with truth say, that I have never shewn myself ne-
gligent on the subjea of taxation. I have never
suffered any measure of taxation to pass unop-
posed that I thought bore hard upon the Public ;
but in the present situation of public affairs, I
solemnly declare to you, that if' I was out of orrice, .
and sat on the opposition bench, I should follow the
honourable example of every real patriot an friend
to his country, namely, of cheerfully submitting to
• the pressure of the taxes, and finding as little fault
with them as possible. lt is in my opinion a credit-
able thing to all pat-Lies in Parliament, then no oppo-
sition has been shewn against the cperations of Go-
vernment with respect to the taxes. It is somewhat
remarkable, that when Parliament has been unanie
mous in submitting to those barthens necessary far •
the preservation of the country, the only in/laminae..
tory hand-bills, the ouly attempts to exci:e ahs: urb-
ance, should have proceeded tram cite admirer, of
Sir 'homas Turton and his Committee. 'shat
these base attempts svill be continuedis highly pro- . .
bable, but I trait you will treat them as they de- ,
serve. If they have lost their effects, which men's•
minds were heated and agitated by ;hose passions
whichare excited during an election, I am sure they
. will have no weight in the sober houreof reflection.
Whatever We possess, Or lives, our money, it is
now the time to offer, not in the common language of
' addresses, but substantially to Oovernment, if you
think it well adeninisteted. If yotHlrit not think it is
well administered, it is your duty to opionia it and try
.another. But you havohad am* proollor the condo&
of those at the headofit, and I am eure*ott will sup-
' port theme against their adversarias,ataltett those
who so* discontents, which can only be +Misted by •
the honest inclinations or;itich minds
err . ni* ~: :‘ 1 '
am well persuaded, /roma* charaaert MS
Cs
jesty's Ministers, that no tax is laid vase e .
tonness ; and whatever may be the of e
the present syStreiri of taxation, it: upon ' I
the rich in a greater proporticet it does
upon the poor, It operates withaboble force upon 1
the rich, and throughout endeavours to spare the
pose, Tat That sudi lasts as tlea asoleitiat it the

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