The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-27 00:00:00

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MEMBERS RETURNED.
MINTY of BANFF—Rt. Hon. Sir 'Wm. Grant.
COUNT*I o2•FoRrAR—Hon. Win. Maule.
COUNTY OF WATERFOE.D—JOIIII C. Beresford,
Esq. ; Richard Power, Esq.
Dx.TND4I.K.O.49hp. Metze, Esq.
Cotiii'rY OP LIIMICK-HOn. Windham Quint
Lieut. Col. 013:11.

COUNTY OP ktutiao.Lord Robert S. Fitzge.,
raid ; Robert Latoucho, Bsq-.
COUNTY OF LEITRIM—HOO. Henry J. Clementi;
Hon. Lieut. Col. Wm. Gore.
YOUGHALL—Lord Viscount Bernard.

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
BERWICK—Sir John Callender - los
Dr. 'rowers - - -
Sir Alex. M. Lockhart - 69
Lieut. Col. Allan - - r 5

LONDONII.ERRY—CIOSe of the Poll on the Ist day,

Lord Geo. Ifereaford -
Gen. Stewart - GO
Col. Ponsonby - - 48
Sam. Lyle, Esq. - - - 44

COUNTY OF DusLlN—Friday there were palled--

For Mr. Hamilton - LOS
Mr. Falkiuer - 86
Mr. White - 513
Gross Poll—Mr. Hamilto4
Mr. Falkiner -
Mr. White

183

147
- 115

MIDDLESEX ELECTION,

At the close of the Poll yesterday the numbers.
were--

For Mr. HELLISH
Mr. BYNG -
Sir F. BURIDIETT

3029
- 2243

Mr. BYNG thanked the Eleecors and retired.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then stepped forward and
addressed the Meeting to the following effete :
" gentlemen, after the disapprobation expressed
yesterday by certain persons on some of the topics
I then addressed to you, it will be difficult:indeed
for me to speak at all on the present situation of the
Country so as not to give offence to those Gentle-
men. We all know how delicate a thing it. is to
handle a tender point—how difficult to touch a sore
without causing uneasiness to those suffering under
it. However much those Gentlemen may feel hurta,
or may be pleased to express their displeasure, I,
notwithstanding, shall not be afraid to allude to
such subje6ts as seem to me to require refortiornim
The displemere of such persons, on the astral",
pleases me much. , It is a proof of the.COftSeilllASe
ness of those very persons beat these are points pp+.
culiarly- deserving of notice, and of an inquiry.
whith they will not bear. The disapprobation of
those Gentlemen, however, was not confined to this
place, but they. seem to have carried their resent.
anent home with them, and to have retailed it
out to the Public in the form of a letter or adver-,
tis4ment in a Paper of to-day, under the signature
of a f` Freeholder. General as this signature may
be, the letter itself carries along withit so strong
marks of its Author, that no person can be at It..
loss to discover him. Ittlaust be the produ&ion either
of the hired libeller, Mr. Bowles, or of the hired
informer, Redhead 4?ork---.(Soine cries of shame
fie ! &c.) Some Gentlemen try out " shame,"
. but yet they esteem it no shame to put into print
• the most infamous libels. against Me.—They think
it no shame ;to put in pratitice againsti me the rnosg
scandalous calumnies,—to accuse me of jacobinisra.
And of every thing which, in their mind, may ex-
, pose me to public reprobation. This is the can"
dour, of these Gentlemen, acct it 1;...& by np rneanl,
unlike the Advertisement to, which I am about
to call your attention. , The Gentleman who is
the Author of it says, that the objedt of dal%
EleCtion, on the part of his friends, is,' to preserve
the County against a faction, whose obieort. is, to etre.
cleavour to subvert its principles and independence.
As to the idea of the Freeholders who poll for me
being a faction, I should like to have it pointed oi:.
in what that faCtion cooiists ; and also, what are the
principles on Which the anthur of this advertise-
ment proceeds, and which he supposes to be the
principles of the County. As to faction, do we vet,
know that nonesuch can exist, unless formed against
the -public good, for the individual advantage of those
who compose it. You will judge who are here the
ieterestei parties ; and who, on the other hand,
have declared their principles, on all occasions, to
be friendly to the public cause. The author or au-.
thors of this letter affix to me, and to my sup-
porters, the term faction, as they have done the
term jacobinism, without being able to define the
meaning of either. I, however, affix to thOse very
persons the term " faction," because they link to-
gether for their own emolument against the public
interest. We all know, that, where self-interest
may be promoted, there faction will be found.
That where the carcase is, there will the vultures be
gathered together. On such persons, therefore, as
the authors of the advertisement in question, I feel
myself warranted in retorting the charge of fac-
tion. You know that I have always atted an in-
dependent part. On that principle I have ever
held your support ?- and knowing that the conduit
of my opponents hag been oti,erwise, I cannot
help considering them as imased a faCtion, dance
gerous and pernicious to 401 Conaty. The prim«
ciples—if principles they scan be called--of those
persons who alt against me, and to whom I haus.,
already alluded, are, at the best, unknown....-
'Those on which I stand are the same on. which I
have. all along acted. In this advertisement it is
however said, that Mr. Mellish must learn if .his
conduct be not the same with his professions, that
he most never again expect to be the Member for
t Middlesex. Where the writer of this advertise*
ment learnt the principles of Mr. Mellish, it is im-
possible forme to conjecture; unquestionably it wag
not froth any professions made' by him in the course
of the present Election, for professions he made none.
It could, therefore, only be from some intuitive no*
tion of the sentiments of Mr. Mellish that he could
have hazarded such a conjecture. With a similar,
or rather with a greater, degree of effrontery, the
authors of this advertisement presume to say, that I
1 ant swelling up my poll by every possible exertion l

Hoiv this -can justly he alleAged, at'a Ibis to
conceive. I did see yesterday 'certain SignS.of de-
clining favour, which induced me, at least, to
gine that Mr. Mellish's interest was nearly exhaust-
ed. I saw Mr. Mainwaring, the Magistrate; and
Mr. Hindley, the Clerk, come forward and vote.
I expeeted to have seen Mr. Arjs, the hilor, also.
Perhaps, however, as he came neither yesterday nor
to-day, he may be looked_ for to-morrow. I am
still of opinion rhere,,are a sufficient number of vowr,
unpolled to carry the election in my favour, and
I once more inform you that an exertion to this
effect is of far greater consequence to yourselves than
to me."

Mr. MELLISH.—" Gentlemen, Ifeel'much oblig-
ed to you for the honour you have done me this
day.'—The Meeting then adjourned.

LONDON TAI'ERN.

A consid3rable number of the friends of Mr.
TIERNEY assembled yesterday at this place, and had
a magnificent dinner in honour of that Gentleman,
who was of course present. The Chair was taken
by Mr. SOLOMON DAVIES. When the cloth was
removed, the following toasts were given and dfank
with great zeal : '
The King—the Queen and Farnili—the Prince of Wales:—i
the Cause of rational Liberty al; over thq:Worldthe Inde-
pendent Eledtors of Southwark.
•
Mr. NEWTON, Chairman of Mr. TIER*Ey'S Elec-
tianCommittee, then read an Address to Mr. Tfitt-
ifEv, to the following purporu—
,‘ Sir—We, the Independent Electors of SoUth-
*ark, do hereby assure yc,u, that we highlyaPprove.
-of your conduct during the Whole period you-have
iepresented our Borough, and also during the time
you last stood a Candidate. We not only apoaud
your integrity, but -the, attention, you have paid to
'ourfOcal Interests; and it is a pleasure to us to re-
fleet, that we, as individual Eleaors, have 'not been
instrumental in depriving the Borough of such an
able'atid upright RepresentatiVe. We are convinced
that 'the welfare of our Country is your sole.objed
and, 'therefore, in whatever pursuit you may be en-
gaged; we'do, in tht Most cordial and sincere man-
gier, pray tirr your prosperil and welfare."
This Address was frequently interrupted with
loud applaaes-, and received, on its conclusion, .the
warmest approbation from the Company. It was
signed by a great number of the Eledtors of South-
*ark.

The Chairman then proposed the health of Mr.
TIERNEY which w-s \ received with unanimous
applause, and in mediately alter Mr. TIERNEY
addressed the Ccinpany in the following man-
ner : —He began wita observing, • that if he
found a difficulty on his first "addressing the Elec-
tors of Southw a -k, -whew' he'was • a stranger, un-
tried; and with s Jot claims to hope for the ho-
nour of representing that-G.l,e 'found that he 'had
now a much More elttiLtult task to perform; in takina-
leave of those frientrr--who had.so long honoured
him with their sul-/porr: He should now address
them with perfed good burnour,:but not•witlrlhat
sort of good burnout' which proceeded from cold in-
difference to the events which were passing. —He
believed that no Candidate in England had ever
come into Parliament as -he had done ; and he be-
lieved few had ever been honoured, at their retreat,.
?ay such a number. of respetStable' friends as•cotp==.
posed the present company. He felt it a tritamph,
to be so honoured, after-having been tried for.thany •
years as their Representative, beeatise: it shewed.
that his condo( had Wen
,approved of by such a
number of the most residetal?l:9 .lecclC•l's. He felt
proud of the support he' had received, and did tit
rise for the purpose of rnakina-any
He believed almoSt'''6liy other candidate 'would
have had better Chance' 'of supporting the
.inde-,
pendent interest, 'as from his official situation it-
was • absolutely impossible for him to pay his,
personal respects to the different Eledors. He had
stated that at the outset, and had' eXpresgeds a Wish
that some other Candidate should be .seleCt'ed. As
long, however, as the Borough wished him, to be
their Representative, it eras I,onotir that he could-.
not decline soliciting. He haaleen much surprised
at an address published in ;the lattel.-Clays of the
Poll by Mr. Thornton,`in which. that Ventleman
bad been pleased to assign'. reasons why he (Mr.,
Tierney) lost the -Ele6lion. It would haye been
just as well if he would haVe assigned .the reasons
why lie (Mr. Thornton)j gained the eleaion (loud
applauses). He (Mr.' TborntOn) lad said.thathb
bad made professions of independence at the out-
set, which were not justified by the result. Thin
address did not appear. till near the .close, of the
poll, and then only in„ one Paper: he had not,
therefore, time to examine it.. He never had,
in the warmest moments Of conviviality, pro-
fessed that he never would, under any circum-
stances, accept a place. He never could under-
stand the doarine, that public men should not ac-
cept of public situations;, nor ever could he allow,
that the moment a man accepted of a place, he
-forfeited his independence. He would wish that
Mr. Thornton could prove, that every man who did
not .acceprt a place was necessarily independent
.
He did 'not mean, however, by that observation to
attribtiteany impreper motives to Mr. Thornton :
be only stood there to vindicate himself. A sort
of popular •elarpour had been set -up, by._ the
Patriots ;of the new school, that 'no man" could de
cept of a place under Gaernment without forfeit-
ing every claim to' independence or public charac-
ter ; but he did not think it belefiged,to Mr; Thorn-
ton's gravity
,and experience to lend himself to
such an idle clam&r. 'For his part, 116 -did not
know who was fit •16-be trusted; if that man Could
not be trusted whOse public conduLk was not only
,pproved of by flit' 'Sovereign, but by 'the inhabi-
ants of a populous place.' His doetrlue• itaf 'al-
ways the reverse : he'thought it "the
,best praeticar
answer which could be 'given to the enemies of the
Constitution, when the people appeared' to 'corlfirtn
the choice which had been. made by the SoVereign:
This was the language he had held at the time be
was again ele&ed after having accepted the office of
Treasurer of the Navy. He did not think it a •great
,merit for a man who was 'fit for office to abstain
front it, but he was convinced that there would be
I 'ways plenty of Candidates to be found who would
-promise not to accept of places. In accepting of a
p :ice he had not violated any promise whiCh lie
had ever made to. the EleEtors but he should
always remember, that, whatever he was, the Elec-'
tors of_Southwark had tnadelim, or at least put

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.111 -hi VI 'a tit6tibil beitt vas at-
tacked for giving up his 'independence, tii. would say.
thit 'no than had refused more pPl,3es tha'n he bad,
and 'that he bad resigned his place of Tt'casurer of
the Navy as soon as he thought. Mat be. could
not constitutionally hold it. There was -another
point in which be felt it absolutely rieeessary to.
vindicate himself. It had been said, that ,be had
s:letl.a-tnost unconstitutional influence on Ifie part
ip,f tke Government to carry his Eledion. It hap-
-pens, Nowever, somewhat extraordinarily, that,
notwithstanding be retained all his old friend's; and
bad this influence besides,. yet he was weaker than
he Was' upon the last Ele6tion. 'The fa& was, that.
although he might have done like other pertiOnS in
office, and asked the votes of those connthed with
Government, yet he defied.any,body to. prove:` ikiat,
he had ever used any improper influence of Gover'n7.
Ment, nor. never :'did he know of any body being
„threatened with the loss of their places for voting
againSt him. It would be naturally supposed that
his ',interest might: be.very considerable at the India.
'HotiSe; but the fa& was, that most of the persons
conneded..with that establishment voted against
hip; and it would not be said:that any person. had
either been threatened or
.molested for, any,. Such
vote. He would :take to himself some credit. for
having done some service to the cause of rio-.
pular Elections ;;.• and he was 'glad to see the
example, 'first set in, the 'Borough of South-
'wark, followed all over the kingdom. In finally
taking leave of them" [No,'' No,' froth several] he
must allow that they had. for their:Representatives
one: (Sir Thomas Turton) who possesSed great abi-
lities, and the other had been long tried, and his
condu& was (as it appeared) approved of by the
Eledors, Mr. Tierney, after'expres'sing his sorrow
'to part from theM, health, "-The'lnde
pendent Ele&ors of Southwark." I

This speech Was received with enthusiastic ap-
plause. The health of the Chairman being given,
he •returned Thanks in a short sp,2ech. The day was
enlivened by loyal and patriotic Songs, and. passed
Off with the most-cordial festivity.