The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-07 00:00:00

IPESTIIIINSTEI? ELLTI7OIIr.

Yesterday, being the fourth thy of the We tmitt-
ster Eledlion, the,coalition formed on the preced-
ing evening between the friends of Sir SAMUEL
HOOD and Mr. SHERIDAN, produced a very active -
poll indeed an behalf of those ,Gentlemen. Large
parties of Electors came up to the, hustings in.
different bodies, froM varitins parishes, led on by
Naval Officers, bearing the banners!of Sir SAMUEL
HOOD, accompanied by parties of Seamen wearing
Sir SAMUEL'S cockades, and,bearing laurel branches
in their hands, vociferating-Hoodfor ever!, and pre,
ceded by fifes and drnms, playing "Hearts of Oak,"-r-
and " Rule Britannia :" whilst, at the other end: of -
the scene, parties -of Mr. SHERIDAN'S friends were
preceded by a posse of Hibernians from the pur-
liens of St. Giles's, armed with cudgels, roaring
Sheridan fir ever ! and speedily clearing their way
through the multitude, who fled on all sides to evoid
the a&ive operation of their weapons. Nor
was pageantry wanting to give stage effect to the
performance ; forethe last mentioned escqrt usher-,
ed before the hustings a banner-bearer, carry-
ing at the top of •a long pole a' cabbage, surmount- •
ed by a smoothing iron,. such as, is ,generally used
by tailors. Next followed a man dressed in the
character of an ape, borne upon a board, and..
sira-rounded by the professional implements of .
a tailor ; and, lastly; came a man attired in the
revolutionary costume of •French democracy, wear-
ing a huge hat, ludicrously adorned with the
cockades and inscriptiOns of Mr. Paull ; bearing in
one hand a truncheon, inscribed " Liberty, protec-
tion, and peace ;" waving, with the other, one of •
Mr. Paull's printed bills; praaising attitudes of.
conciliation and complaisance to the multitude in
his front, , while at his back he bore all the emblems
of cunning, cruelty, and tyranny.
The crowd was much more numerous, end the
'tumult much greater, than on any day since the
Election commenced ; at one time, indeed, there
were strong apprehensions of a general riot.
On the close of the Poll, at four o'clock, the
numbers for the Candidates stood thus
For Mr. PAULL 2i43
Sir SAMUEL Hoop, 1957
- SPLARIDAN 1332
Mr. PETER Moose, on .behalf of his Right Han,
Friend, Mr. Sheridan, was the first to address the
people. He said, the issue of this day's poll had
gone a great way to verify his prediaions of yestern
day, and to prove that the spirit and good sense of
the respectable and independent inhabitants of
Westminster was not extinguished. 'The exertions
of this day had coesiderably, dimmed the short-
lived lustre of the satellite of Sir Francis Burdett ;
another day of similar energy, would, he hoped,
entirely put out his light. What, did Mr. Vann him,.
self tell the Eleaors yesterday ? Why;that any Por-
ter in Westminster, who should become a Candi-
date for its representation, might command 3000
votes, if he would but give porter enough to the
rabble. From his success hitherto, it would appear,
that he had tried the experiment. His porter, how-
ever, was not yet exhausted ; but by the time he had
expended that, and polled his 30Q0 votes, it would
be seen with what' degree of probability 'ale
was likely to succeed in the 'contest. 'Two days
ago the little Candidate came to the Hustings, ac-
companied by his Aid-de-Camp, Colonel Fullerton,
who, he expe&ed, would materially aid his cause,
by calumniating the gallant Admiral with whorn
he contended. But what was now become of Fel-.
larton After trying two days, in ,vain, to propa-
gate his calumnies, he was sequted by the voice
of popular indignatiOn. Mr. Paull found it ne-
cessary to disclaim his acquaintance ; and the mo.!
meat he was disclaimed, he vanished, to appear no
more. This was the first day in which the' zeal cf
his supporters was really manifesed for his "tight
Hon. Friend. Tt was never before in a state of
activity; and the result now proved, that the ma
liance he had hitherto expressed was fully jiastified:
Yesterday Mr. Paull polled two for his one :
day. his Right lion. Friend polled as many as hiS
antagonist. To-morrow he hoped to double his
numbers ; and when alt the Gentleman's porter was
exhaused, the little Satellite would find his light
completely extinguished. Mr. Moore conducied
by returning sincere thanks to the Electors, in the
name of his Right Hon. Friend; intreating them to
redouble their exertions in his cause, and expressing
his hope, that before the close of the Week the cm-
- test would be decided.
Sir SAMUEL HOOD again begged leave to express
his sincere thanks to the Electors, for the very
handsome manner in which they had, this day;
continued to honour him with their support ; and
he expressed his confidence, that by a continuance
of the same energies for a day or "two longer, the
Poll would be decided in his t7.lvoer. The Elec-,
tors must be mindful of the calUmnies attempt-
ed against him, in order to prejudice their minds.
Those calumnies were attempted by a man who
came forward as the friend of Mr. Paull. This day,
however, Mr. Paull had, in addition to his declare,
tion of yesterday, personally disclaimed to him all
connexion with Colonel Fullerton and, therefore,
he must acquit Mr. Paull of any privity to so base a
purpose. He declined trespassing farther on the at-
tention of his friends, than' to request from them an
aetive perseverance in the zeal they had this day so
generously evinced for his support.
Mr. PAULL was so overpowered by the clamours
of the populace, that we could scarcely hear a word,
He said, the success of this day would have been
complete, if
.it had not been for what he called the
abominable and infamous Coalition between Mr.
Sheridan and Sir S. Hood, We should be happy to
detail the Candidate's• speech, but as he was ha- ,
ranguing at one end of the Hustings, and Mr. Shaw
at the other, with the mob, vociferating in,front, it
was impossible to collect the substance of what he
said. He censtired Mr. Sheridan for having em-
ployed professed Bruizers to deter theEleaors, and.
remarked, that his opponents had exhibited the first
eels of Robin Hood and the Forty Thieves. He ex-
pressed his certainty of defeating the schemes of Go-
vernment to deprive the Electors, of the object of
their free choice.

The Countess of BtSBOROUGH was canvassing for
Mr. SHERIPAN yesterday. • ,
Mr. JonnsToNc, of Drury-lane Theatre, received
jeirerday an anonymous letter, stating that he should
be murdered'if he made his appea.rance on the hust-!
ingg this day. •