The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-20 00:00:00

CROWN AND 41TCIIOR.

The friends of Sir Fa 'ANcjs Butt nßit‘ and Mr.
PAULL had yesterday a dinner at this place. Ma-
jor cARTWHIGHr took the Chair: The first toast
after dinner was " The King,"_—the next, ." The
virtuous Electors of Westminster and then " The
health of Mr. Paull." This toast was of course
well received, and Mr. Pitur.t, in 'consequence of it
addressed the Company to the C):lowing etfeelt.—
After travelling over the ground which •he "trod so
often upon the hustings, upon the scud:bus means
which had been adopted by his adversaries to de7
feat his hopes of representing the City of West-
minster, he expressed a hotie that he should ,here-
after be able to bring all these infamous- scenes to
light, and of the ultimate success of himself he had
no manner of doubt whatever. It was his inten-
tion on that day to.have demanded a scrutiny of the
High Bailiff, but he knew. such a scrutiny as he re-
,quircci could not be completed within the time when
that Officer must return the Writ, and therefdre he
thought 'it better'to make his complaint by Petition
to the House of Com Mons, when Parliament should
meet. That step he was resolved on ; he intended
to demand a scrutiny, and he had no doubt of jus-
tice being done him. He intended to ' have stated
his intention that day, and should hive' done so at the
hustings, were it not for Ate disgraceful scene which
, took place, (caused no doubt by his adversaries) of the

populace having attacked the Place 00 pull it to pieces
before the business was actually finished. He ob-
served, that in this struggle of his for preserving
the liberty an independence of the Ele&ors of
Westminster, be had incurred great and enor-
mous expenses; and he hoped that the people, if
they wished to be independent, would enable him
to proceed in'this Contest, by contributing ,to the
expences he should incur. His fortune was not
large ; and no individual's fortune was sufficient to
contend against such a powerful combination as he
had to oppose. It was a question which concerned
the public at large, and not himself as an individual.
After tsome other observations, Mr. PAULL'said he

thought it necessary to say something coocerning
expression used by hk4 on a former occasion, which
some of the Papers had since frequently dwelt
upon. He had, in declaring his attachment to Sir

.ttit he would idllOw
tuen -tp tie scens6l4. • A most 114'i-oper and :false
CongtrUd'ion had been ttit updn this., Fre sever
could be supposed, 'sassing so, to entertain any
notions Lstile to the Constitution of his cOtlntry.
i is reasn for ifsing the expression was a ramousr
which walt abroad, that it was theinteniion'olMi-
nisters to suspend the Ilateas Coyijus,ABt, •orer
to adoi.t some strong measures against the Liberty
of the People, and a determination on the part Of
htttelf. and-friends to resist, either in er'Out -of Par-
liament, so tyrannical a nithstn'e,even should it cost
them their lives. Under such circumstances, if the
life of the Baron'elt was to be unjustly taken away
for his struggle is so glorious a Cause, he (Mr.
Ptur..L) would be 'a partaker of his danger, and be
ready 'to wotint the same ladder, and sutler death
along with hit.---After urging many remarks of
the same kind, he concluded with the following
toast :--

.6 The EleaOrs' of Liverpool, who exonerated from ex-
pence the celebrated Ito cos,s on whose eleetion banner was
inscribed—".No S4ive Trade;". a splendid proof that among
Englishmen Reforinati. a in favour of Liberty, whatever be
the prejudices awl si:if-interest by which oppression may
hove been upheld,,'Will fina:ly triumph, so dung. as our
country shall furnish champions of established character
and, true wisdom."

He was followed by Major CARTWRIGHT,I who
earnestly recommended the intended subscription,
and proposed „several Resolutions in support of
,it.
Mr. PAbz.t. declared, that the idea of the,subscrip=.
tiou did not originate with him, but expressed his
readiness to accept it.—" Sir Francis Burdett."—
" Our citiliaed brethren on the continent"—and
Defence of right principles," followed as Toots.
Mr. CLIFFORD then made a speech, preparatory
to the Toast he intended to give, which consisted
chiefly of an attack upon his. former friend,, Mr.
SHERIDAN, his Son, Major DOWNES; Mr. 13UR-
tESS, Mr. CooKErt, and Mr. Alderman Comm.—
In the course of this speech he gave an account of
the Elcaion at Stafford, but said nothing of •his
having assured the; Electors of that place that Mr.
THOMAS SHERIDAN had obtained a seat, elsewhere,
and did not intend' to, offer himself, by which
means Mr. SHERIDAN was deprived
_of many
votes He closed his speech with the following
Toast—" The Independent •Eleeiors Stafford."—
The last Toast given by Major qARTWRIGHT was,

" The Freeholders of Middlesex, who had strewn their
Independence by Voting for Sir F. Burdett."

The rest of the evening was employed by differ-
ent Speakers ip abuse of ;MT. SHERIDAN, and the
Public Prints, and the Company then enjoyed them-
selves as well as they could after the mortifying dis-
comfiture which had befallen them in the. de-
feat of their favourite Candidate in the result of
the Westminster' Election.