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Mr. P. Wpm!,
Mr. VV Hilt. . .
Mr H. C. Montivaery
Mr. M. Shaore

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COLCFMMY'LIt, MAY 5.
At the elm" uftoe first day's Poll, the numbers etre,
r. DiCel . . . . . fill
Mr Thornton
Colonel Tufnell 93
Mr. Davies is rho popular Candidee, and, no doubt, •ill be
:onsideraoly a-head on the Hose of the Poll.

ROCIIISTeit-..4TATt Of Tlfe POLL.
I Cale:aft, F.il . . . . . 144
SU T. B Thompson . . . . 137
Sir Thomas Trigga . . • . 119
gum' aosouglit-411IST D•T.
John Irt.pe, Eso . . . . . 22
The 14. n. G. Valiant . . . . 19
T. P. Chichester, Rag. . . . .
This Elwin. it likely to be the longest ever known, owing
to the necessary afßiasits to be taken, m wormed by Colonel
Clitehester The Voters ire 172 in number, and on ail former
occasions used to be polled in one day.
IfstetCli--TUCSD Y, VISIT D•lr•
Si, Home Popham . . . . 226
Crickett 224
Mr. Richard W Noe . . . . 155
Capt. B•nuet . . . . . 154

SOD DU t V.

Sir J C. Hipp*%ley .
Cape %gar, of the Guards
5. ph flips Wit.t,
Jolla P., tents, E q . .
Aral ►l►rted

. . 460
. . 4,9
. . 14i
. 174

SUWIDES.

Yesterday, about half-past two o'clock, a ',mina
man, .s.pea•bly dressed, was observed to g• t
over tl rsils in the Bird cage Walk. St.
James .-
park, nearly opposite Q leen's-scioate ; he walked
to the st:le of the canal, w'tea he polled off his gt eat
coat and hat, and plunged mot the water. Chip
horrid as atsraaed s•vetal persons to both
sides of the canal: but too late to prevent
him from sicking, and no person apneattd in•
dined to go into the orate: t's endeavour to get
him out, till a Serpant in the Guards observed,
as a stimulus, that am gun vas were allowed by the
Humane Society ftr g thing a drowning per
son out of the watt-t. w dch indu• el a rm• g
man to strip and go in ; he f6und the man,
but had not strength to move him ; another young
man immediately went to his assistance, and they
pulled him to :lie shore by the hair A number of
men carried ban to a public-house in Queen-
square, where two medical gentlemen immediately
attended, and tried to eff a the restoratton of life,
for several hours, in vat ; although be was cr I)
ander waver *bunt a /caner of an hour. Hels sup
posts! to have been one of the band of the ett.h
regiment. He was recegnised by the son of the
landlord of the Rose and Crown public house, in
Chelsea; who said he had dined at his father's house
about an hone previous to his committing the hot-
rid deed ; he then appeared mach distressed in I is
mind, saying he had absented himsel to three
days from his regiment, and had' committed •
crime, on Tuesday night, for which he should be
hanged, if he was discovered.
On Monday, about twelve o'clock. a man, vary
genteelly dressed, jumped from BA tersea•br idge itcu
the ['flames ; he was observed by the Toll-gate.
keeper, who instantly gave an alarm, and a number
of hosts, with drags, dec. went off with all passible
speed. hat were oat able to Lod him till five o'clock,
when the bud y was taken to the Swan tartan to be
owned.

The two Candidates wee., Mr.
Pilate, the Banker. and the Right Dt.o Lev
NORTH. The numbers, at the close of the poll,
were, 9 and 9 ; of course there is a double return, '
and it is doubtful whether the Mayor cao give a
casting vote.
At the elettion for Norwich, an attempt was
made to put down Mr. Wa. SMITH, by the cry of
" No Popery !" but it recoiled upon those who
had rais.:d it, and Mr Suter preyed successful.
The Hamburg!) ship transeatics arrived at Plymouth
on Monday from Lima, whence she sailed on the
I3th of December last. The Master reports, that
the Viceroy having heard of an English armament
being destined against that place. had ordered all
the soldiers to march from the camps and mountains
to reinforce the town, irc. Their total force was
estimated at about 10,000 men. They seemed.
however, to entertain but little apprehension of
being adually visited, at such a distance, by a force
from Europe.
'rho following singular favours of good fortune to
the adventurers at the Office of J Beanscu:ss and
Co. is an incontrovertible fad, namely, the first and
only 20,030'.. Prize ever sold, No. 24,903, drawn
on the £3d of last month, was partaken of by 78
individuals, as follow : —One-half to a Lottery
Society, ut 40 Mernhere, in Oxford-street ; One-
quarter, amonz 24 MenViers of a Lottery Society,
at Norwich; One sixteenth, between 12 Members,
in a Club at Thame ; an Eighth to a family at Sa-
lisbury ; and the remaining Sixteenth, to one of our
brave Defenders, on board the ►irrflerr, off Ply-
mouth ; likewise, the first 30,0001. ever shared,
No. %4,206, was sold, and the first blank, as first
drawn, ever et.titled to 20,0001. No. 37,247, was
NM in shares; also, the first and only 50001. ever
abased, No. 37,991, was sold, and where the last
*Iwo& shared. No. 12,719, was, together with
live Prizes of 20,6001. and upwards, with on.
10.6001. several 30001. sod 10001. sold in the Lot-
teries for 1805, and 1806, in more than 267 dif-
ferent shares, and were paid on demand ; where
Tickets and Shares are now selling, warranted un-
drawn. in the present Lotter, ; and the tint driers
on Tuesday. the 18th instant, will be mitttled to
*OOOl. and may be to 30,0001.

300TRITIRE ELECTION.

TBIRU DAY.
At the close of the Nil, the High Bailiff declared
the numbers, this day, to be—.

Tucvm

. . 1322

Mr T..ornten
Mr C Calvert

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. 10i2

Mr. TIVJRN Tom then came forward, he had not
much, he s. id, to boast of this day. His s.iperi-
ority over Mr Calvert, which bad before (teen ge-
nerally Increaong, being this day less, by twelve,
than yesterday ; And Sir Thomas foram having
Rained a croisid ruble advantage over him. Mr.
Calvert's comparative success, on this day, seemed
to arise from a poll in St. John's parish. which had
been more favourable on this thy, by 40, than the
antecedent poll of the same parish; and from a
poll in St. George's parish, which was more fa•
vouraole to Mr. Calvert, by ab •ut 80 than before.
Nir. Ile:tent= thought it doe to himselt to throw as
much light as he could on the causes of this
comparative prosperity of Mr. Calvert. He found
that Mr. Shepley, who, a few days Ago, hid coed
for Sowhwark, but seemed to have uecithed in fa
your ot ,lr. cAlvert, had opened his house, in St.
John's, in order to treat the voters of hi, substitute.
Mr. Shepley had a little misled Mr. Thornton, by
an advertisement, posted every where. in the 8..-
rough,in which he touched on thieWahjea.
there said—" I shall steadily adhere to support the
piinciples of the treating Ad, by whir,' strong pal-
ladium ot she British Cassini:nacos tlinown we-wove
enabled first of all to return the Right Honourable
George Tierney to be our Representative in Par-
liament ; and one of the greatest pleasures of my
life, is my having been the foundation of the
good that arose to my Country from that trans-
, adios." (Stifled), 0 Richard Shepiey, April el."—
Another paper piloted yesterday ill toe Borough
was in the toiiiwing terms t---° The Friends ur
Mr. Calve' t are reresred to meet this evening, at
eight o'cio.k, to sup with Mr. Shepley, at his house
is St. Jolir.'s. Careen for ever I" the vote,' or
Mr. C had also, AS Mr. Thornton understood, peen
entertained by Mr. Shepley on their passage be
tween theta residence ant tne place of poll. In the
parish ot St. 4.icorge, wl.ete .sir. Calvet t ha
also triumphed, th. erince of Wales publ:c-house,
no elite' place of rendezvous, had been open for
the reception of his voters, from individual autho-
rity. Mr. Thornton then observed, that his own
situation was somewhat nard in this re,peet : he
saw no harm in giving necessary or reasodatne te-
tre,nrnent to his voters on their way to poll.—
He could wish to give it. They well deserved a
little attention of this kind. But he had asked the
upon toon of the legality of such a pro -lice, in a
place circumstanced like Southwark, from an ex -
perieaceo Counsel, woo had declared that it would
endanger me eledion. What then was to be his
course ?--Oug it tie to do that privately and indt.
redly, which might vacate his seat, if distindly
June. He ptotessed himself a constitutional man,
zealous for the maintenance of the Laws, as well
as Liberties of 1114 country. He might toot, it was
true, some votes by his wbstinence. but it seemed to
b. his duty to lose .hem. He believed, however,
that many votes would not thus be lost ; for though
a put of sound constitutional p,rter, a. it had been
coiled. aught quicker, the se., sr, :wee faedors,
and bring them forward sl day earlier to the Must.
togs, he would not pay the Borough so bad a corn-
olimenr, as t suppo.e that it would purchase a
t.auchis• He begged not to be understood as par.
tietala,' , utansiag Mr. C. for tne pradice which had
:AK .. place, and waten wa. eat: noon itself, as he
4.isaISTSIOOd, to other public-houses an bit interest.—
it was a common praa.ce, and it was but too nata-
-1 ral for Nli.C. in ofsang himself for Southwark, to
fall into the usual course. Still, howevelosince Mr.
C. was a Whlg, and not merely a Whig, but a man
acceptable to those very zeal-us reformats in the
Borough, who deemed Mr. Tournton's n /Lions of
reform rind of political purity extremely inadequate,
it outgo' perhaps have been ezpeded that twin tie
and Mr. Sheptey vrou.a set an example U. Ara:. less
in this respect. It was, however, the senurneut 4.4
some returners, that they would make great re- •
forms in Parliament, out that they need not oegin
while they were out of it. Mr C. he doubted not
would make a very good reformer, when he should
have arrived in the House of Commons, and would
perhaps be ready to reproach Mr. Thornton
Any support given to the present corrupt Amino-
mitten ; he begg of, however, to assure mat Geo-
tleman, that he ( sir. T.) was an uoitorm opponent
to every species of corruption ; And that he valued
a seat in Parliament chiefly as a (Wails of pro-
moting plain, honest, radical reform; though
not the mcaely theoretic purity, which was some-
times held up to the view ot the people.—Mr.
l'hornten observed also, that arrangements had
been signed by the agents of the inlet Candidates,
by which they agreed, neither to employ bands ot
music, nor to give ribbands, daring the Liechon.
He had not been lager for this agreement, but had
merely consented to it. He found, howevei. a largel.l
band of music. with the ribbands of Mr. calireitte
continually playing on his ears, while be and Sift
l'homes Turton had deemed themselves precluded,.
by the agreement, from owning over the borough
the same pleasant sounds. Mr. 'thorntou con-
cluded by saying, that be trusted his competitor
would, tor his own sake, contra& the poll; since,
in case of ..n early termination of this contest, he
might be its time to offer himself in a variety of
other places, where the same stria principle of con.
formity to the laws which bad come into fashion ill
the Borough of Southwark, might not perhaps pr ea
wail ; where open houses, and a free use of other
merely questionable means, might have a mach
more con.idetable died. A relation of his own,
on the grounds of a few objedions of this class, had
declined an invitation to a boa targh, which possibly
might still be open, if Mr. Calvert would lose no
time in repairing thither. Let him, however, for-
bear from carrying on the Southwark contest, by
the use of weapons. which his adversaries fotebore
to employ ; and which tended to relax, and might
finally °veal:stow, a system of purity in elections,
which It is necessary to guard with so much care
411.1 which; to the honour of the Borough, had now
been so virtuously established. He was no enemy
to reasooable and pettedly legal expenses; he
trusted. hewn'', that there was no one honest con-
sonant; who would blame She freedom with which

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he had sr.iken, or the worst whit'. he 6icret/s4il • -,
it his 'iity to patine. . • ...;
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ff,r Commas "Correa. then -a - - ' at. _ si, •'"
aid ..bserved, that e had Ile '-, ' . ' ' : '4l • . -•-
.....usti.usros to convert h. tat • .:* . • - 4
majority. of 290; and •th;tt •..z- P . , ...,...t eft .t:7
opetiorined bis wish Aflu,i ng • , •',( L,c lit w' rah
Mt Thornton had obtained. tinn. . 494' .t. 4a
attics Wendt* toeicasoliti )it of t.l-. -1 i I.:ve r Ades
h • iipressed his risfn io..ted abbortev.., ef that
traffic, which it was:tl grea. 6.11,1VA$ 04 to
.10 to
.ttlk that Le had done his ut m.o. envie belied3mA
,t 1 Parli•rnent to abolish. l-i- ennets led valth pro-
e...iog his d•terinination to aft ..n indapen vitt ;Yet
in Parliament ; and, though generaily tars...to:a
to tie p-. sent Administrati.in, to support went in
.i ) m..ature which should he adv. tie to the public
kind. •
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MC CAI.VIRT chiefiy cor,f,necl himself todrlc-
ng the Eteaori for the support they had itt vats
ntrn ; and entreating their farther aid.. in bringing
the eonte4, in wh cti he wat engaged. to an ho-
.tnitrable termln.ti•ei :.1. I...tnrimn, he oberred.
:Jad alladtd to min, .-, •11, . ...-cc of ins speech. but
had not c%arged him, as 1... y,;:.,... :i -I, Atth haa-
t.g done any thing wrong. Nn having heard dis-
tenaly what that G.tatlevnan haJ said, he should
not endeavour to reply to rt.
• 7 CITY OF Li J I)O.NtL 4 :EC7IOI4P
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~' A !Lull . atumaralea .11,Setaser of the • Lied.? of
-tonctnn, took .lace yesterday. at twelve o'clock. at . •
Guildhall, fir tote purpdse of staffing freer Repre- •
sentattv.s for the City, is the eustatog Pasha.. 1!

:rent
At one o'clock, the Lord Mayor and Aldvaners
ma ie ttei: appear inee in the Hall and the Cosadio
dates, as trey approached, sevetally made their
bows to Lne !ilea re, /midst rosteeitted cheers.
Poriclaora of oilence oi ig mode. toe Al of
Parliament, and the Writ, autonitsing the Elan's.
were read, and it was also proclaimed, that all per-
sons, not being Liverymen, -oboist(' withdraw, en-
der pain of imposonrisenf.
Sir Wit.i.fsia Courts was the first °ldle Cab-
dictate, woo presented nonself to the notice of the
rnultitud! He addressed them with a funs and
au..!ible voice, in the following words:—
" Gentlemen of the Livery, as the King has aria
Oozed in your hands one of your ancient and Most
valuable privilege'. that ot meeting together for the
purpose of tie:bog four Representatives for this City.
into the great Sen Ate of the Nation, f have corns
before you again, to solicit your support, without
having any compunttion upon my mind, on account
of the manner in which l tilled ih it situation. for
four successive Parliaments. (.loplasses). If I
bad been convinced, that I had not faithfully and
honourably fulfilled my duty, after having been so
treepiently chosen by you, who are the (.ttiaens of
London I cats assure you. that I should not have
preeumed to make my bow to you this clay.—
/ Bangs of applaturb This. Gentlensen, is an ex-
traordinary epoch. Yon all know the circum-
stances under which His Majesty has thought it pro-
per to appeal to the people. for the approbation of
Ma condu&. Gentlemen, I profess myself to nave
been a faithful servant to the Lint. ( Lmod sAspohl
eJ ahorobation.k I nava done Ala in my pilaw so
uphold and maintain, in its utmost purity. Use
glorious Conuitution of our ancestors; Ant. ectuig
under such a convitlion, I again veiture to stoics'
the honour of being returned once more your
presentative into Inc ensuing P.iiiiameot Lunt
this OCCASICEI, GerljetTlen, I .hail follow His Ma-
jesty's advice, and not go into inveßive ; l shall
only further add, that what 1 nave already done.
shall yet persevere in doing. I shall again main.
rain the Constitution, both in Church and Stew ;
glorious as it is, and as it has long stood. while
every other has been shaken. It is a Constitution
which, like the British wink, the longer it grows,
the stronger it becomes, and the longer it will
stand. I pride myself in being able to say, upon
this occasion, that my minscieuce tells me, I bare
door faith (lily by you ; and when I see those smil.
ing countenances around me, I can entertain little
aoubt. that you will support roe, in pe . log in
my laudable exertions on your behalf. (Great so-
p/soars 'spud I
Mr. Comas next presented himself, but on ac-
count of the excessive marks of approbation, ant re-
iterated shouts, which they took place, a considera-
ble tone elapsed before he could procure a hearing.
At length he addressed them thus :—" Gentlemen
of the Livery, although for many years past I have
been in the habit of presenting myself to you, at no
moment have I dune so woh tunic anxiety, but at
the some time with more pleasure, than I do upon
this present occasion. It is now near avenue"'
years ago that I loot entered into your service. My
views in doing so were, in order that I might ate
my share iu attending to your Illterellt, and in bene-
fiting my country, without tee or reward to myself.
( More ezprestigos of approbuitott.) Citetatlemeth it
has been my good fortune, in discnarging thoee du-
ties to which your choice appointed me, that my
endeavours have been exercisL,d to your ;attraction,
that is the best reward I can receive, and the on:y
reward I shall ever look for. You are called on
now to return to Parliament. as your Reweaving.
fives, such persons as you may coishde in. L trust
have dune nothing that will induce you to withdraw
from me that confidence arid support L have hi he-
m experienced and received at your nands. Oise
dors of appease, interfotia grade • few ease. Get -
Jensen. it is well known, that woerever there is a
multitude of parsons, t:iere must necessarily be a
variety of opinions; but I defy any person, cot.
liar y to whose opiuiou I may ;lave giveu a vote, to
say, fist it was given from any sordid, corru;st, or
in:crested motive. (Lead (headset of ep05...1310.
wig clapping f heeds./ Atter the length i.f time
that has elapsed since you knew my preteiseions, ao
make any professions (slimy loyalty, would be ridi.
culous. 1 would take it to be highly absord, and
truly ridiculous indeed, were any candidate to come
before you, it he were disloyal. A seat,„„in
Parlu-
meat has been of no advantage to me. tut .ir onto
the satisfaaton it affords me, in having been the
°blies% of your layout ; that again as my inlay wart
• your c )nfidence is my only desire. It has 'see.. •roo
served by the am costal Shatsprare, Out wht.e
two men get upon horseback, one othem must lit •
beriind Aud, upon Bps oecasioo, I may be al-
- to observe, that whet lie Candidate. sPiteetea.

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four mate, one of them mast fall to the ground.
trust that I shall not be that one. I address
myself to no man in particular I address you
all upon public principles, and can only repeat. that
it is my intention to do my duty to the public. I
cling to no man's strength. nor do I aim at any
man's weakness. If you choose me. I shall serve
you diligently, faithfully, and disinterestedly."—
(Mr. Cans&e's speech was fatiawed v'i' i :aeessant op-
tions, asphalt Ise *sip/welded aims, If.)
Sir C. Puttee then came forward—" Gentlemen
of the Livery," said he, " having very lately, upon
this same ground upon which I now stand, made
en application to you for your favour. I shall not
now take up much of your time, by recapitulating
my condua in-Parliament. I have tilted as a good
steward, in that situation to which you were pleased
to elea me. Of this you have formerly shewn your
conviaion, and I trust that nothing has made you
alter your good opinion of me. Gentlemen, I am
conscious, undoubtedly, of many imperfeaions and
errors ; but this I am bold to affirm, that I was al-
ways aauated by honest and pure intentions, unbi-
assed by any. prejudice whatever, determined to do
my duty to my constituents; and to prove to you that
I am what I profess to be, a friendto the Commerce of
this great city, I am glad in being able to inform
you, that *I have sun only received the thanks of the
shipping interest of London, bur of Bremen, and
other commercial ports. I am determined to pur.
sue a similar line of condita, so as to justify the
probation I have already obtained. and to make
yet further exertionsifor the shipping interest of 3 our
great city, provided you are pleased to repose the
same confidence in me. Every one of us feel in
common the oittation• in which the public are
placed, with respea to the property tax. I have
nitched its progress through the House, and can
with truth say to you, that I have endeavoured to
relieve a greet part of the community, whose small
incomes were made liable to, although little able
to bear, the fora! extent of thot tax. I was the fir,!
person who asked the late Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, in the House of Commons, whether incomes f
fifty pounds a-year were to be made liable to the
101. per rent. duty? In this I was supported by that
great philanthropist, Mr. Wilberforce. The House
divided against us ; but the matter is not to finish
here. I have received representations from many
co that humane set of men, called Quoket s, whose
numerous virtues render them examples and oraa-
tunas to society, stating, in glowing colours, the
numerous hardships iufliaed by the inequality of
this tax, upon a peculiar etas of the people. I have
had communitations irons the Commissioners of
Appeal, stating the situations of many of those who
came to them for redress, but which they had not
the poorer to grant. I have pledged myself to per.
severe yet further iu my eaertions. and I here renew
that pledge to do so. If I return to Parliament, I
shall Lever lose sight of the *ea. (Laud aptlasust.)
—1 have felt the gredt-st concern, that owing to
the stite el my health, J. have been prevented from
personally attending upon every individuol here.
It was my with to have done so. had it been in my
power ; but I hope teat that seeming rieglea will
not operate, so as to Induce you to alt contrary to
my views upon this occasion. When 1 look at you,
I do it with saistaftton, because I have already ex-
perienced the candour with which you judge of
your Representatives. In now asking for your suf-
frages, I have no motive but that of being the
guardian of your rights and privileges, and the sup-
porter of the King And Constitution, as conoeacil
with Church and State."
Mr. SHAW came forward, amidst unbounded
applause, and addressed the closed as follows :
" Gentlemen of the Livery, I have the honour to
present myself before you, a second time, to
solicit the high and distinguished honour of being
eleOed one of roar Ri resentaives in the great
Council of the Nation. "Ihe last time I stood lure,
you did me the honour, when 1 had retired from
the Chair, of sending me to Parliament, as a reward
for my public con.lua. Gentlemen. since that time,
the abort period of five months has elapsed, and I
am not SWII e that I have done any thing to forfeit
your good opinion. I therefore present myself
humbly, yet with the most lively hope of being
again pieced in the proui situation of one of your
Representatives. I never bare been the man of
professions; I think them unworthy of a Candidate.
What I wish is, to he judged by you. from my for-
int!' aftions ( Loud appeaser, interraysii by woe Jolim7
emu, *ratios out • • Al Breapril i") " ova," coati-
sued Mr. MAW. not by any professions I may
make. You sent me to Pahoment in No-
vember last, and since that time, the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen, in Council assembled,
have been pleased to reccod dicir sentiments of
me, in . a way too flattering for me to touch
upon here. I shall only add, that my condofl, up
to the present time, has ever consisted of the most
ardent love of the country, the moo unfeigned
loyalty, to my good, my gracious, and religious
Sovereign (iserisreetriao) ; and the strongest at.
tachnsent to our glorious Constitution ; the wisest
system of Government which the wisdom of HUH
has eves formed for the bappioires of society. Gen-
tlemen, I appeal to your own hearts, whether, in
the course of my public life, during the last year. I
have not fearlessly and manfully profiled the rights
and liberties of your City of London? and whe-
ther I have net gone the length of preserving, in
the face of power, the authority of the Chief Magi-
stracy? I Ratter myself, and I even feel confident,
you will return me. I can assure you, that the ut-
most exertions shall be used on my part. Grade-
men, we live in dangerous and difficult times : they
are times when it is necessary for every yoiod and
loyal man to stand up tor his King and Country.
Should times yet mote awful appear, when every
man would be required to stand forward against a
foreign despot, my life shall be devoted to the ser-
vice of my count! y, and in support of you: rights
and liberties." (Shoats srj applause).
Alderman Pa Mt P would not detain his Fellow
Citizens many minutes from hearing the advocate
of his most salve and meritorious hiend (Mr.
Mlkey), whose illness he sincerely lamented ; but
having already twice ptesurned to attract their at-
tention to the offer of his humble services in Parli-
ament, he hoped to lee excused taking this occa
of repeating the assurance, that he wax still Ambi-
tious of attaining that distinguished honour, On the
first vacancy that should occur. He bed already.
the Alderman said, sat in the British Parliament;

he might venture to add, not as %silent or inactive.
Member. He had bad the good fortune to acquire
the approbation of his Feline...citizens, while in that
charmer. All he should, for the present, solicit, was.
that they would be pleased to watch over his future
condul, whether as a Legislator or as a Magistrate,
until another opportunity should occur, of tendering
his services as one of their Representatives ; white he
took the opportunity of paying those personal at-
tentions which he had been hitherto prevented from
doing, to the individual Members of the com-
munity. If these needed any other stimulus upon
his mind, than that of the great national interests
committed to the charge of a Member of Parlia.
meet, that of proteamg the rights and privileges
of his Fellow-citizens, and obtaining their appro.
batien, would be ever uppermost in his mind.
Mr. Lvsniisores—" Gentlemen, it is impossible
that I should preseot myself to your wtention,
without feeling a grateful recollettion of your past
favours towards me. I can assure you that nothing
but my ill state of health has prevented ale from
continuing that conneraion at the present period.
I appear before you. not in my own behalf, but
upon that of Mr. Alderman Hankey. lam sure
every man who hears me, will lament with me,
that he himself is not present. in order to give that
validity to his claims, which his known aftivity and
power of mind, empower him to d; its a manner
tar tweak any thing I can ann at. .1 he other
Candidates have severally rendered an account of
their past conduft, and have bespoke pour favour.
Gentlemen, L have to announce to you the smiths of
a new man, but one who .is well known iq i ver y
part of your city, and by all the merchants They
have already handed down a charaaer of him, which
I am convinced he will justify, if not improve, the
more he is tried. 1 have to state to you. that he
has been so indefatigable in his exertions to see
esery individual of the Livery of London, that he
has adlually exhausted, or injured, his state of
health, although in other tespeas healthy. I
have certificates of his indisposition in my pocket.
Ile duties of a Represeitative in Parliament
are, first of all, to prole& sacred and itivio•
late, the Constitution which our ancestors have
left to us; and next, to resist, by all exertions and
means in his power. any attempt to break down
thisses public principles, upon winch the great es. J.
blishment of our Constitution tests. I trust, that for
these two reqcfrotes, my rentable friend is as corn.
'stately qualified as any body could be. He has
been bred to the mercantile line, and is versant in
the principles of commercial economy. He has
naturally a strung mind. and has had rest-lice,
which confirms his knowledge. The peculiar t. A•
tures of the present moment, have created a new
interest in public Alai's. /No man would go fur-
ther than await to uphold the war, or give a
larger proportion of income to support its expenses;
but under the pressure of severe taxation, we m .st
look narrowly into the condo& of puolic men.
Perhaps it has not occurred to many witom I ~caw
address, that while that weighty taxation /lists, an
opportunity is afforded to three wno espouse toe
cause of the landed proprietors, to throw too .aige
a proportion of it upon the commercial community.
was one of those who decidedly condemned mat
system of taxation, which tended to continue thu..e
taxes, pledged upon the public faith as taxes that
were to continue only to the concission of tne war.
A proposition was made to the House of Commons
to continue those taxes beyond that period; but
which has been in a great degree dune away by the
present Ministers. In violation et the original sys-
tem, I say, that an attempt was made to throw tne
whole burden off the lauded interest, and to lay it
upon the commercial part of the community.
'1 hese arc faits which ought to strike every corn-
rnercial man in the City cf London, upon all occa-
sions; but the most especially, when tli y and that
an attempt has also been made to oppress the ship.
ping interest, and even to perpetuate that oppres-
sion. It has been attempted to continuejle taxes
upon the exports s.& this country. L know mat my
Hon. Friend, while he himself willingly pals his
proportion, does not approve of this usode of its
living the landed iutesesc of the country. He will
i not sit calmly, and see any attempt of that kind
made to break in upon those eminent principles of
our prosperity. What would be the consequence,
were the export trade of the City of London to di-
minish by such unjust Attempts? Our very exist-
ence would he at stake. We could not combat with
other markets. I have only to add, Gentlemen, that
1 am exceedingly sorry Mr. Hatikey is not pre-
sent, because he would have given yvu a speci-
men of his public talents, which would not only do
himself credit, but would shew that he is one who
is likely to be of advantage to the city of London.
Even his hereditary pretensions will. I doabt not,
have their due weight. He entertains no hostility
to present men ; bus be humbly solicits your tiniest.
yours to support him in his laudable uacetutuas to
exert himself fur the public good, and relies
upon ultimate success, in being returned by your
suffrages."
The Common Crier having commanded silence,
lead ono the list of Aldermen, onossnesteieg with
the Lord Mayor, and put the qoestien upon each,
whether the Livery should choose him for out of
their Representatives in Parliameni ? The appro.
bairns or dissent of the Livery was signified in the
usual way, by shew of hands, applause., murmurs
and hisses; sated, after a short consultation. the
Sheriff, declared the thew of bands to be in favour
of the following Candidates, in the following un-
der:

Mr. Aldvman Pfa:,'.cy, Mr A'derman Camtite, Mr. Alder'
Mall Shaw, and £:r Char.csCr, Sart.

A poll WAS then demanded, on the part of Sir
William Curtis, whic.. outurnenced at a quarter
after three o'clock. and was closed at a quarter
past fuur, when the 'winners appeared as 10110W1-•
S.r 1 hides Pat. . . • 171
S.r W:lltsm Curtis . , . 367
A'.:e•rarn Nankai . • • 1,4
.'...1., nat. Shay . I 44
• •
Alleruwil Coati)* . • l'44
The poll will be again opened at nine o'clock
10-monow morning, (this day), and close at three.

Mr. Wieoriti.o declines offering himself again
fir Bodmin. Ulu new Candidate, Sir WILLIAM
Oci.ailoan, a relative of Lady Da DUKSTAM.
MLR. comes forward on the tame interest as Mr.
Davits GIDDY. No ofpubitiun is expetird.

NAVAL INTI!LLIdENCE.
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PORTAMOVTII, MAY 4.
N.,thing arrived or sailed this day.—Wind
PLY MOUTH, MAY 5
Came in the Santa Margarita frigate, and. Mu line
►lon;', from the Westward ; flatiseoia, Jana, from
Lima ; and C4arlotte, Andrews, from Tranquebar,
detained by the Betty cutter privateer and• the
Zatitia, Flowland, from Philadelphia, captured by
the Lavinia French privateer, and retaken by the
Enirrald frigate.
Sailed the tit3rallar man of war, for the Channel
&et, and Nile cutter.—Wind S.E.

DIAL, MAY 5.

The Fary bomb did sot s iil frum the I)nwns
with the outward-bound, &c. as stated yesterday ;
several ♦essels went withnut v env iy.

Sailed for Ramsgate Pier, several transports, to
take troops on bond.
Easly this morning, the 13th and WA Regi•
meets marched from the South Barracks at this
place to Ramsgate, for embarkation.—Wind E.

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