The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-12 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

The arrangements yeSteiday, particularly with re-
gard to Mr. Sheridan, appeared to be more rnetho-
cliCally 'settled than on any former day, in conser
(*lice of which the poll proceeded. with scarcely
any of the embarrassments or disputatious by u hid)
it had been heretofore obstilated.

About two o'clock Mr. Sheridan, accompanied
by a number of his friends, appeared on the hustings,
and was saluted with shouts of applause, interrUpt-.
ed, however, by- some cries of " fault for ever."
Mr. Sheridan conversed very good humouredly with
the orators of the mob, who seemed quite recon-
ciled to him. After :a good deal of conversation, Mr.
Sheridan manifested a disposition to retire, which
the Mob peroeiving, a number of voices exclaimed,
" D—n it, Sherry, don't leave us, you are a goon.
fellow—though we oppose, you, we don't dislike
you, old 'boy.". During the stay of NTT. Sheridan
-upon the hustings, the progress of the poll was pe-
.culiarly 'flattering, and the voters seemed gratified to
see him in good health and spirits. About three
o'clock Mr. 'Sheridan retired, and promised to at-.
tend the hustings, to-morrow. • •
The total numbers were, -at the close of the poll
Cif SAhtUEL HOOD 4029
Mr. PAULIj 34" •
INIr. SHERIDAN 3ZS4
• After the state of the poll was declared,

Mr. WHITBREAD stood 'forward; and
.his appear-
ance was greeted by all with marked approbation.
When, however, it was understood by the crowd
that Mr. Whitbread was the opponent of. Mr. Paull,
some outcry was raised among the friends of that
Candidate. As soon as the outcry subsided, Mr;
Whitbread' addressed the Meeting._ He began 'by
stating, that aS_ an independent EleEtor of West-
, minster, he was warranted in claiming from such
among the' crowd as were really independtut a fair
hearing. (A cry of hear • hear !) In the name of
Mr. Sheridan—in the name, of his numerous and
respedable friends—in the name of the country and
of rational freedom., he begged to thank those to
whose support his 'illustrious Friend . was indebted
for his present advantageous situation upon the poll--
(app/auses). Among those who were most anxious
to hear him, he perceived many of the most anxious
friends of Mr. Paull, and: he thanked them ,for; the
disposition they manifested: No one of the people'.
at .England more sincerely respeded than he did
the right of an Englishman to ad as he pleased, and
to speak as he thought, particularly Upon an occa..
sion like
,the present. In such. a contest; however,
too many were apt to ' think themselves absolved
from the necessity of attending to the rules'of con-
mon 'propriety. He had' witnessed a good deal of
irregularity ; but he . could - not ascribe it to the
Eledors : no ; for as far as their opinion was to be
oolleded from the result of the poll, it was decidedly
in favour of Mr. Sheridan. This result, however,.
he was not disposed to attribute so much to the par-'
tialitytenerally entertained for Mr. Sheridan, as to
the' difference very naturally ascribed in' the public
tnind-, by the' contrast, to the principles avowed by Mr.
Paull, and those of the other Candidates-1-(app/auses).
The present bad no doubt been a hard4ought con-
test, but he had no doubt that ultimate victory
would be with his distinguished- friend, Mr. Sheri-
dan. Such was his ardent 'wish, and that wish he
had expresSed' by his vote. With regard to ,the
objections urged' against his Right Hon. Friend, on
the grounds that he held a place, and that there.
fore he ought not to have obtruded his presensious
upon the Ele&ors of Westminster; but ought -to
sneak into Parliament through some rotten BO-
rough—ho deprecated the dodrine. It was a proof
of .the honesty, of his Right Hon. Friend's case, that
he submitted himself to the judgment 'of so large a
proportion_ of, hiS Countrymen—and if rie had ap-
pealed mall the People of England, it would have
been a .still stronger evidence of his cbtiscious•rce,ti-
tude. .:.To such an appeal, particularly upon the
Igrotu4ls which. his opponent advanced a,.,:ahist him,
jilt:, was. sera., his eight Hon. Yriend could have ,no

-(-;blcilion, but wOolici-ial'hei• 'Urge Iti:With "alacrity.
is claims and Charaaer were now before the tri-
4tual the most numerous class of. Electors in
the British Empire,...and lie had no doubt that the
decision would be. in his...favour, After (livening
upon the absurdity of the proposition, that.,,a 111;111
should be proscribed by the people because he ac-
cepted a , situation which enabled him to,reuder
them
.effeetual service, the Honourable
expressed his conviaion that the majority iv0:..,41•13'p
decidedly in faKoui of Sir Samuel Hood ara.Mr.
Sheridan.

Sir SAMUEL HOOD observed upon the advantage'
which his friends bad obtained over his. adversary.
since yesterday. This advantage the Honourable
Admiral was glad to .consider :g-s an evidence that
the friends of the Constitution were too formidable.
to be overcome by, its
,enemies—and he begged to
present his thanks, which he did most cordially, to
those Eledors who had favoured Mr. Sheridan add
himself with.. their support. He requested them
to persevere in their . exertions, and he bad. no
doubt the result. would be favourahle to their:
wishes.

Mr. PAULL said, he addressed the Eleflors for
the eighth time, with much more confidence as to
the issue of the contest than he had yet felt. Not-
withstanding the assurances which on Friday last
the
,Meeting had heard from the place-hunting
Member for. Coventry, that he would have been
quite broken down before now—notwithstanding
the influence and threats of the Minister of the
Court, and of the Heir Apparent of the Throne, .
his opponent, the Treasurer of the Navy, had no
other resource than to be draggedhlong reluanotly
and slowly by the, yellow Admiral---(applause; and
hisse.9, But how the yellow admiral himself was
tible to furnish this aid the Electors must be curious
to know. He could assure them that it was the re-
sult of a fraud of the foulest and most scandalous
, nature—(plaudits and hisses). • He wosild explain to
this Meeting what he meant by the'fraull. 'For the
first four or five days of the p,et'Stion the yellow
Admiral had tanvassed in the Parishes of St. John',
and St. Margaret's, and assured the Voters that
he had not, nor ever would have, any connexion
whatever with the Treasurer-of the Navy. To this
he pledged the honour of a British Admiral ;' but yet,
as soon as he had. obtained the votes under this un-
derstanding, 'he forgot his pledge, and forfeited the
promise which ought to be held inviolate. The 4
did the yellow Admiral, covered with these marks
of honour with which his Sovereign had favopred
him, tarnish the credit and charaefer of the British
Navy.---4 Fie, Fie ! exclaimed several Gentlemen, the
whole is false— a mere election artifice.):---For when
he bad polled the yoters with whom lie made the
compea, he-set the compact at nought, and formed
the coalition, which was equally the subject of pub- I,
lie surprise and indignation. What added to his
confidence in the result of this Election, the Hon.
Gentleman stated to be the, declarations of Mr.
Whitbread to-day. That Gentleman, whoM he
should wish to respe&, had come fbrward to class
himself with the place-hunting Member for Coven-'
..try, who did not' dare .to 'show his thee upon, the
hustings for some days back, by making -confident
predictions as to the future. But Mr. Whitbread,
would soon find his prediaions untbunded; and
would not again appear before the people to repeat
any thing of the kind. Per himself lie could not
but feel, that notwithstanding all the resistance he
had met with, he was in a situation as proud as any
-individual in Westminster had ever occupied, as
upon the close of the Bth day's poll in the cele-
brated contest between Mr. Fox and Sir Cecil Wray,
theformer, supported as he was by all the Aristo-
cracy, by the influence and the purses of no less
'than ten Dukes, was only 45 above his opponent ;
whereaS he, opposed by the Court; -the Heir Ali-%
parent, and all the Aristocracy, and Supported only
by the People, stood, at the same period, in a much
higher situation.—(App/Chtses and hisses.)=.-To the
People and his prineiples alone he trusted.;:--througli-
them he'hoped for 'iriaorye They might rely on it
that he would, by perseverance, afford them every
oPportunily for exertion. Upon the fifteenth day of
„the poll they Might depend on seeine- him there,
stauding undaunted, whatever the result might be.
He might. be defeated, but lie could, not be dis-
e braced.—(App/auses.)—lf he was defeated, how-
ever, he begged the people to reflea-, that it would
invOlVe the defeat of English liberty; foi' whirl alone
he con tended.against the basest coAiticrn • that, per-
haps, ever was formed: Of such a coatitiOti he Was
..sorry to see Mr. Whithread'a Member, but he could
hardly be surprised' at any thing on the part oi that:
Gentlernan, after what he had heard from him this
morning, after he had given the aid of his influence
to raise against hith (Mr. Paull) the cry of jacohin-
ism. But fie despised the calumniator as much-as
lie detested the Calumny.- In considering, however,
the charaaer of the calumniator, the evidence of
Whitbread at O'Conner's trial, in Maid-
stone, naturally occurred to his recolleaion. And
what did Mr. Whitbread ,depose on that occasion?'
Why, that he,considered O'Connor as a man of the
highest honour, and that his sentiments were' his
own.—(" !that! are you Burdett's friend!" exclaim-.
ed several of the crvwd---" Jf Ilk. Whitbread was
culpable:on that business, your friend, Sir Francis
Burdett, was more so. How do, you contrive to liar-
' ness your 4o'rses together vn this ?natter?")—Mr.
Paull resumed, and statpd, that upon the rectitude
of his principles lie relied for the prmervatioe, -cf
his character against that calumny, the power: of
Which, whether applied to:his private or- public eha-
raaer, he entirely disdained ; lie. was fully confident
that when the reputation_and..consequence of Mr.
Whitbrehd should, sink into place, his. character
'would, whatever might be the; event of the present.
contest, seamd well in the estimation of 'the -;lectors
of Westminster, and of his Country.

B R rouTobry !No v. t 0 .—Th is day , at three (Idea,
the trial of speed, in a distance of one hundred yards,
took place between tbe•Hcirsharn Champion and t..h
e
Boot-Ooseri for one hundred guineas ;. not on the
Prince's. ground, as .at first determined, but -on the
The odds; which had lx.en in flvour
Ut the forimr a, to changed in .tin,our of the
latter (4,0 tr.) I, satue'time previous to thiair starting.
The Boot-closet was the winner by between •two
and three yards. The knowing ones, it seefili, weye
this 'lnstance. Muchmoney was
wortand lost. • --- • ,

`to tii7IB'EtECTO.FIS OF';VE,S7-411-NST.k.A.

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CITIZENS, i•
The high opinion I,hai conceived 'Of yoUr'gdoct
seris.e; and your regard for the libtint(t of Westrhin-;
stet, is likely to be fully warranted by the eVent.
You Must be deeply sensible of the mischief which
would ensue if such men as Sir FRANCis BURDETT
could obtain an ascendancy in this happy, 'and, I
,trust, never to be subdued, Country. By the princif...-
pies of such Men, France, after a vain siruggle for 11-
lierty, has fallen into the most degrading .bontrne
under the greatest despot that ever appeared on the
earth. Sir FRANCIS BLIRDETT has told youthat Bo=
NAPARTE, with five hundred thousanA mercenariess
would be less dangerous than one hundred merce,-
naries in the House of C6mmons. •Bitt,tiny Fellow=
Citizens, this is a libellous anticipation of the future
House ofCommons ; and even admitting the,,possiL
bility that it, may contain one hundred mercenaries,
would they constitute thdwhble of the representa,
five body ? The rest of the Memberswould be fully
able to destroy 'the- influence of those inercenarie4
and maintain the hollow' bf Parliament. But, as fat
as we hay venture to judge, the peiiple have return,
ed, or are likely'to send, such Representatives to the
great National' Council as wilt suppott our interests
and our honour. But if Sir FRANCIS conceives that

there is less danger in one hundred mercenary Sena-
tors than in five litindred thounnd Gallic ruffians,
headed by a man. who is the most deadly enemy
Great Britain; and w'otild- rejoice in seeing ie reduced
to ashes, it is evident tliNt Sir Fa.isc4,;• would be
more ready to promote the arrival of sucti trementh

ous hordes, than to support such a Pin-Ha:bent as
he has piatured to his itnaginatidn:'And..iyhatwould
become of such a man as Sir FSANGIS I no t.TT; if
the plundering . savagest of France cOuid 'etfeat the
conquest of our .Empii'e? He,bas no talents; no
acquirements, that would render hiM *tisinl to the

invader;. and be Would most Irobably be'ticstroyed
as an enemy to hi.; Country; even by the very man
who would owe his triumph over t he British'kmpire
to, such principles, as the followers of Sir FRANCIS
endeavour to support by the most turbulent excesses.
Sir FRANCIS has often said; that the Country was
not iyorth,defenifing ;"+ and hence it must be con-
eluded, that,if the invaders *ere to•approach; they •
would meet with no,resistanCe so far as he is ' •
cerned. Thui, then, my:fellow Citizens, you haVe
a compete portrait of the political •tharacier of
FaANcts nimnoi-r, as drawn by himself, and no-
body will dispose his Merits as an artist in this repe4.--:.
Now, then,:'My friends, turn your eyes upon Mr.
Faun„ who declares he is the Papa tit Sir •EttAismas*
BURDETT, and would follow his steps if they were ' -
to lead to the gallows. But though' Mr. 'PAULL IS.-
a Man 'of no abiiitirs that entitle him tote high :"
station and dignified chat-after- bra Representative for
the venerable City of Westriiihster, the place where
the national councils arc held,' and the abaci:: of
-royalty, Mr. PAO.r. is by46Mer.ths such an ideot
he would fain' make you believe. ,Tii.truth is, that
he poSsesses

" That i&v.,-c:enning which in Ads supplies,
" And amply too, the want of being wise; • '
.• " Which Nature. kiiictintlulgent• Parent, gave
To qualify the Blockbead'for a er nave." •
Re is making- a mere cat's paw of Sir FRANCIS Bus-
DETT j and when he no longer Wanted the aid of
his dupe, would cast hiM off without the least cere-
mony.
Sir FRANCIS has not sense enough to see \;
• this use that is made Of him, thoegh he had a strik. •
ino• lesson in the conduct ofMr. PAULL towards
Marquis WELLESLEV. When .he wanted the pa«
trinage of that Noble Lord, he .courted him with'
the most abject servility ; rind long after he must; •
have made up his mind as ,to , the condu& of the
Noble Loi-d in the Goverarment;of our Eastern Pos-
sessions, wanting more favours from his Lordship, .
• he wrote repeated Letters to the Noble Lord, full of
the most abject praises : but when the Noble Lord,
was at length so well aware of 'lr, •P4uLL's charac. ',
ter and views, as no longer to cpuntenarice his' selfish
ends, Mr. PAULL then became his determined-ene
my, lipdendeavOured all .
..
na 11
he could to brincr-ruin prid ..
disgrace:u.pon the: very .man to whoe was in-'.:
debted for all the property be . possesses. It 'is not ,
possible to :suppose that such a man could have .
gained.so many
.numbers on the.poll if his charader ''
had•been . properly understoOd by any honest and in.:
dependent NeOpr. .I have no, doubt that many.
who have voted -for him, 'by' :this time bitterly
.re-
k. .
- pent: their
.Cond4.o, and are heartily ashained
,of hay-
ing so far contributed to degrade the City of WeSt.
,' rninster. The tide, borveyer, i$ obvionsly turning ;
thd,iespettabie, Ele6fOrs Nl' ho feel for the honour of
their City are zealOnsly cot-11111.-g forward to rescue it
from. the disgrace that ,over-liutigit. , Mr: SHERI..
'DAN is a man who has been fisiiii in the support of his,
Trinciples. . No.. man can accuse him of being a
..
traitor to his Party. The popularity die possesses has
-been acquired by an uniform consistency of Charac..
.. ter.. He was incapable of_ge.tting int 9 power'hY a
desertion of his friends-. IfOu will, therefore, I
- ddubt not, - proe. your . attachrhent ' to long-tried
worth, end, give your. decided support to him, in-
dignantly reje&ipg those who espouse principles that
would not only bring disgrace upon your City, but
ruin upon your Country-.
The union which has taken place between the
friends of Sir 'SAMUEL Hoop . and Mr. SHERIDAN
promiSes such a representation for your City as it
deserves. In the one, we see a man who has often
ekposed his life, and has essentially suffered in the
Service of his Country. In the other, you behold a
:man whose abilities enable him to defend your rights
.at honia; and who,.'you- cannot doubt, would be.
equally resolute in hazarding his life for the national
1 safety ,and. honour. . By 'returning them you will
Itherefore -ilossess a Hero, arid an Orator, animated
by true,.p.ubli spirit, and who, by their united qua-
lities, . would have done honour to any State at any.
time. .

• 's

PUBLICUS.

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'THE THEATitE:" The Haunted Tower, in which,
BRAHAU SII(I.MLS; MotrzrrAis' sung admirably, was
followed-last night at Drpry-la'nelheatre, by Three
Weeks After which MisibuNtAN, for
theThrst (.4-o;;p•eiforined Lady Racket. We are sorry
that we cunot cowptimcut her on her suecess.--,
fierm.mht.r Ni' as marlted throagbout by elnidish--af—
fetiati-oo . LiSTOI\T was best 'in the. veherneitt. .
sav4 of Sir cbarley " Rackei. In -all the rest he want-
ed‘ acid e.tre. DowTON (whose Baron cfOak-
.
land ckli.l-ved IlatlO praise) was very diverting. in •
.I)i•Uaet..