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London, England, 1808-02-18 00:00:00

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Enureit,
A§ you arc iLi general a.v;gilant olslrrec of public
transakAions, and ;la in your eikleavolirs `to exhobe
inconA,itency of conduit in ,those who submit them-
selves to Titiblie notice )1) •p,Aitical atThirs, I am stn.-
prised I t4l you slioul,l have pissed over 'in silence
the OareordinailT Proceedine ihst within* a tew
months have taken piaec in the city of -Lincoln,

I am' the= more surprised at your silence in thjs re-
speft&, beimuse the Subjeii has beep brought forward
by Mr:' itrottes.n Yoiu who, in his Political
Review, has placed it in animpartial light, awl trem-
ed•it- with. his 'usual spirit, vigour and ability. It
must be wdl rwtembered by those who attend to
public affairs& that when his-Majesty thought pro-
per to dismiss his late Ministers, the Mayor and
Corporation of Lineolif'deemed it their duty to ap,
roach the Throne with a loyal Addryss, expressive
of their 'gratitude to ourloOd King for his fatherly
care of" the Civil and Religious Establishments of
the Country, as settled a; the glorious ReA,olntion,"
and " for the signal instatiee of his unceasing vigi-
lance,: constitutional and conscientious regard for
those invaluable blessings,, manifested by hit lirin
and determinate resistance to a: ineisure 'recently
brOught.‘forward by his late Ministers." BUt this
is not-all, for the Address teStitied " the deep and
serious concern of the subscribers in havim observed
that a invieatte, introduced at first with much restric-
tion, but, even So restricted, grtiatly alarming to his
Diait,sq mind, and repugnant to his sense of cloy,
should have been extended without clue explanation
to his Majesly, to suCli'a length as to eridan,..ver' Ike
fundamental j'inciples of the COlatilkiioll, both in
Church and' State." The',Mayor and Chrp6ration
prjpeided'aiso in the Address alluded to, to express
their'' strung disapprobltion oath, condaa of those
persous who
,pioposed that treasure, upon the al-
ledeci plea that it.. vowt aidkppl)scibly tieceSsary f6r
the tranquillity and safety of the liaripiri yet, when
his 'Majesty's bellSe ,01 sacrtal and bounden duty
prevented its adoption, abandoned he 'ineasure,.`but
still persevered to retain ,their station of Minister 4,
and,propmed, conditions unwarrantable, unconstiiik•
tionril,,and insulting to their itoyal i'vlaNtar, tending
to make themselves parties against their SoVereign,
aud to render unfavourable in 'the eyes of the people

a just eiercise of the undoubted prerogative of the
Crown, which a perepulotas .regard to his. Coro-
' nation Oath compelled his Maros, to resort to.
After these observslions, d Mayor and Corpora-
tion naturally and jimily deelne, that the Preroga-
tive in question, which they truly gay had " ever
been exercised by his Musty most favourably to
the liberty of the Subject," and theraffirtri, that
" it has never been exerted. more necessarily, more
Wisely, or more acceptably to the people than in
the present instance."
Surely,, Mr. Editor, after so grave and so solemn
* declaration of their re mpat and gratitude to his
Majesty, for his vigilant attention and decisive sup-
port of the true interests of the Constitution, and
after such a marked' condemnation of the cumin&
of the late Ministers, a greater regard to consistency
of character ;night have been expeaed front the
Mayor and Corporation of the ancient and respeet-
:able City of Lincoln. Yet instead of eleCtin:' a
Candidate of manly character and independent prin-
cipki, g man who had often risked his life, and
had achieved glory in the service of his Country,
Colenel 1-LtacounT, thil Mayor and Corporation
thought proper to
,ehuse Lunt ME7OO/WUCH, a
candidate known to be attached to those very Mi-
nisters whom they had previously 'expressed their
gratitude to his Majesty tot having dismissed, be-
' seause „they had proposed a measure that threatened
danger to the Itindamentill priliciples of the Con-
stitution' in Church and State l Ab it would be dif-
ficult itioeed td point out any qualification hi Lord
tinxsorcouon that entitled, him to pretend to the
honour of representing the City of Lincoln in pre-
ference to Colonel HAttcouier, whose services W
his, Coin, try are well known, the inference must be
wrongly against the poblic spirit, the consistency
o, 'character, and the common sense of this Mayor
and Corporation

But it would be highly improper to involve 'the
charatier of the people ot ...1,10e41n in general, with
those who have:B6oin such aiatnetrical opposition
to their own:recorded sett ti MVP tip cl proceedings.
',witted iris wept known that the re'speCtable.body.of
tlic inhabitants were .heartily-in the cause of. Col.
Has cowry, and a striking proof of this attachment
is observable in what is stated 'by Mr. IU
tric:An Yortrca in the following %worts, 4, Notting
" east mote f•orcibly demonstrate the high sense
which the, respeoable voters • entertained of his
" (Uolonel.•KkacounT's) merits'and qualikations
44 than tote plain fad that one hundred AO teat of
" his supporters dined together On the day previous
" to the Llettion, inanyot wliom, by'their rank and
" property, were themselves qualified to represent
4'4 the city. .The whole Clergy, with the exception
44 of two or three Gentlemen, who had previously
,
engaged their.votes, were decidedly on his side;
" ht:ros the Chavpion of All the Talents muster-
" .cd only eighty persons in the same tir„,";- the
" largeSt party he was• able to assemble during the

".contest, and the, most respatable Man %slum
. " they could select to sit on his, Lord4np's right
44 hand, ‘t:as 11.14 tiOn-111-bW'S. rook."
As Mr. YURKX'S Mple and spirited animadver-
.: Sions on this business have not had a doe circulation
through Lincoln, however popular his work may be
in the Metropolis, I have thought it necessary to
trouble you on the occasion, and shall moitrOba•
Wkly resume the subjcd, congratulating try country;
men most heartily, at present, that such Coaduel has
not been thought vicinity of imitation in any other
corporation atrotigpout the 'latish Einpire.

On Monday a very melancholy accident happened
lit Wakefield :—.:TWo young men; Clerks to Mr.
(;o4vAlti), place, wcre. going out on [isi.:
tiesg-, and al' on,: •of them WAS depobiting a loaded.
,
ii‘PftCll in the ruler's pocket, it 1.1111(4 innately went
oil, 'bud the contents were lo:lged in the face of the
elder, 4 Mro! PICE.Aio), by which his nose WAS most
terribly Kiliittdred, and his right eye it ;eft:area is
irretrievably g w e.

cram tale LONDONq,IZETPE, Feb. 16, 1803.

R 4NIRUPTCY `SUPERSE,9
John Wilkins.m and 'i'hotnaa• Lacey, of 13,tsii)gliall-tArt:et,
Londonl factors,
BANKRUPTS,
john Richards, of Colchester, draper, to surrender March
3,4, and 29, at.eleveLt, at the Gran Jun, CO:110:i .
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"s'e . ,
tt's;inies, hir-Sargeant, Colchester ;.,or Messrs. Hanson
and Birch, Chancery:lane.
john Harvey, ,of Tpringffelit, Essex; bricklayer, Feb. 23,
M'arch 5, and'29, at ten, at Guildhall: Attornies, Mr.
higg, Ilatton.Gardoi ; or Mr. Copland, Chelmsford.
Alexander and Nathan Davis, of Little Carter.lane, Doctors'
Commons, warehousenten, Feb. 20, 27, and March. 29,
at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Sudlow, Alonu-
ment-yard. ,
Richard Harley, of Epsom, pork.butcher, Feb. 23, at ele.
• ven, March 2, at twelve, and 2,9, atone, at Guildhall. At.
torney,, Mr. Guy,' Epatn.
Peter, Jarman,, 01 Llsailtangel Brympabean' and Tkomat,
j'isrman, late of Llinatangel Bryttipabean, Brecon, wool.
dealers, March 8,
.9; and 29, at ten, at the Swan 1
Brecon. Attoruies, Mr. Evan Evans, Rhayader,Radnur, ;
or Messrs. Meredith and Robins, G ray's. I tin.
Joshua Tanks Lay, of Mansthester, cotton•martufaCturer,
Feb. 23, March t, and 29, at eleven, at the Bsitfacwater
Arms, Manchester. Attornies,.Mr. Fliilip Hurd, Knig's.
Bench. walk 4, Temple; or Messrs. R., R. and C. I a‘kson,
Manchester.
Georo Sim pson.late of Copthall.Chambers, merchant, Feb.
2", 27, and March 29, at ten, at GUi1411;111. , AttOrnleS,
Messrs. Holines and Lewis, Mark-lane.
William Ainsworth, late of Stockport, totton.spinner, fel).
20, 2s, at eleven, and March sg, at four, at the Bridge.
water Arms, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Huxley, Pimp-
court, Temple; or Mr. DiCas, Stockport.
John Merreti:ld„, of GranthaM, money-scrivener,- March
5, 1 16, and 29, at eleven,' at the George inn, G rantham.
Attorkies, Mr. George White, Grantham; or Mr. jolur
Whishaw, of 'Lamb's Conduit•streef.
(ohn Martin, of Louth, Lincoln, ship•carpenter, March 2,
3, arid 2), at eleven, at the George ltin, Kingston-upon-
Hull. Attornies,' Mr. Ralph Ellis, Cursitur•strect ; or
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Mr. Robert Gallant, Kingston-upon-Hull.
Dinah Heaton, widow, Michael Heaton, John liearon, and
k•leaton, of Springliead, York, ctitton-iwist•spill-
ners, March a, 3, and 29, at eleven,' at the Devonshire
Arra, York. Attornies, Messrs. Caton and lire.
melt, Alttersgate.street ; or Mr. Thomas Delalare, Kigh-.
ley. . •
I'ID NDS . •
'March 12; William Nixon' Dawson, of Tabernacle-square,
Finsbury, draper.
March 12. Belitsix Barnard Levin, late of Great Alle.street,
merchant.
March /g. Eliiabeth Lowcock,'of Skipton,York, innkeeper.
March ;5. Robert Sharp, of tiptua-place, Stratford,
builder.
March 14. foseilli Obinent, late of Yeovil, Somersetshire,
victualler.
April z. Gemgc Grimes, of Great Warner;street, Coldbath.
linen.draper. •
March 16. Robert Thomas, late of Cowbridge,Glamorgan,
shopkeeper.'
March 8. Archibald Meckean, late of ‘Vinchester-street,
merchant.
March ta. lohn Lewis Pasteur, late of S toney . Stratford,
grocer. • . .
March S. Richard Langston and Michael COl:ex, of Man-
chester and Loudon, cotton-merchants. ►•
March 12. William List, late of Ceteaton-street, ware.
houseman.

CERTIFICArEs.
hlpcli E. lolm and William Wilson, of Dean's-court, St.
Nlanin's- le-Grand, warehqusemen.
lonn Alfrey, jun. pt Carslialton„ Surrey, carpentet.
Richard Elides and Guy Knowtes, of liinnin4hatn,
siiver-
piaters.

, PilittAllißstllPS Di 5562.1,140. .
Level Pennell, Richard Pennell, loins Henry Pennell, and
Andrew Tucker Yollett, of Winchester-street.
James Owen and John Walton, of Hardshaw-within.-Windie,
Lancashire, shoemakers. -
Simon Hutchinson and Son, Helinsley, York, linen-manu-

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fadurers: ' .. -
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Christopher James Hayes and Christopher, Daniel Hayes, of
Fencligrch-street,. floor-cloth-rnamilaeturers. . .
John Law, Samuel Proud, Thomas Adarna, and James '
Wiiitchcad, aTigton, eoal-rnastera. , 1

On Thursday the 4flt inst. a party of French
soners-, the creA's of two Privateers, were marched
into Peterboro', on their road to Norman Cross Pri-
son, under an escort of the 77th regiment of foot,
and were confined in a stable at the Angel Inn, in
Peterboro', for that night. About seven o'clock in
the -evening, Aries Simons, . one of the Prisoners,
endeavouring to make 'his escape, was called to by
the Sentinel on. duty, but making no answer, and
having jumped upon the railing which separates the
inn yard from the adjoining one, the Sentinelu•after
having called to hint again, fired at and wounded
him so that he died about go minutes afterwards.
The ball entered at, the bick, passed through the
lungs, fraCtured four of the ribs, and came out at
the collar-bone. On the following morning an In-
quest was held upon the body,. Ity JOHN ATKINSON,
Cent. Coroner for the Hundred. of', Nessaburgh,
when, after a close investigation of nearly lour
hours, the Jury t which was a highly respeEtable
one) returned a Verdict of Justifiable Homicide.
And on Monday afternoon last another Inquest
was taken before the same Coroner, on view of
,the
body of Richard AndrewS, -a Prisoner in the Howie.
of Cerreelion at Peterborough. It appeared that '
th& poor fellow, abOut ten months since,
into the. Royal Marines, and was sent un board a
Ship at Chatham; whence .he shortly afterwards
made his escape, and returned to the neighbourhood
of \Vhittlesey, where he was enlisted : having t.ea- •
son, however, to imagine ha was suspeCled of being
a deserter, he wandered about nearly three weeks,
'sometimes passing the nights in barns, and Some-
times behind hay-stacks, until .at last he was appre-
hended. • The Corporal who took him, perceiving
that his legi aud feet were in a very bad state, from
having beep c:ipoSed to the cold, did not covey
him to prison, butt hand-cuffed him, and placed a
Sentinel' over. him. AndreWs, however, found
means to elude the vigilance of his guard during tite
night, and crept out of the house to a neighbouring
yard, 'where he lay concealed three days and three
nights in the late inclement -weather. On :the
fourth day; when found and taken, he was almost
starved to death, having several of his toes nearly
frozen Mt On being taken to prison at Peterbo--
rough, Captain MORRICE, of “re Marines, very'
humanely procured Mecticeassistaoce for him, but
he died on Monday morning. Verditl—Diedfrum
a MortificatiOn brought on by intense cold.

At eight o'clock, on . the night of Thursday the
4ith inst. SAMUEL CARLTON, from Woodburn, in
the County of Northrunberland, was attackycl by
two footpads, about half a mile to the South of Max-
wellieugh, on the road leading from Kelso to Min-
drirn and Wm)ler, and rollbed of an old black leather
pocket-book, eon mining 1461. in Bank Notes, among
which were fifteen notes of 51. each, mostly of the
Newcastle Banks, the- rest were '11; Notes, The
robbers were of the middle size ; one of them wore
a dark-eoleured long coat, the other a dark-coloured
j:icket and trowsers.

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