The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-03 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTIO

Tuts morning the Ele6tion commenced. Mr.
PALILL., Sir FRANCIS BifRDETT"; and :their
were the first that\• arrived at the, nustings, and
'seemed to wish to .commence. the ;proceedings be-
t-or-tithe arrival of the other Candidates.. . .
Mr:, SHERIDAN, and Sir S. HOOD having arrived,
the proceedings commenced about half past ten:
Mt.' P. MOORE proposed Mr. SHERIDAN as a-Candi:7.
date. Mr. SHERIDAN then ,addressed..the Eleetors-,.
but
.the clamour was so great that he could-not be,
. .
heard. . . .
Mr. PAOLI. made an application to the High. Bailiff
to cause the bludgeons to. be taken from a. ntinrier` '
of men who were-in front of the' Hustings..
noise, became more violent, and an altercati, 1,1)k
place between Mr. SHERIDAN. and .Mr... ..;..iONS,
and Mt. PETER "MOO RE
this scene L. d' WM, RUSSELL R' :s aadrosing the
l4ors, for the purpose 'of. pr'oposing Sir S. Hoop'
assn roper pet to represent the City of West
.
ms et in Parliament:
S. HOOD said -a few. words, but we could not
On,aCcount of the tumult.
Sir F.
WilibETT then came forwara, and "the tn--.
!milt subsided. He began by stating, that he had to
complain of the delay occasioned by the othet.can=
didate4. 'With respe6t, to the gallant. Officer, if
.he.earee• there only to' claim professional honours,
he would not oppose him, because he was fully.en-_
titled to-them. -.But it:was impossible,for the gal-1
lant Officer to attempt to perform the 'duties 'of. a
Representative 'in -Parliament:. Having said thus
much, he would add boldly, that-theTreastarer of the
Navy was not a proper person to receive their suffrages.
The only one Of- the Candidates who claimed. their
'vales' upon constitutional grounds was his friend Mr.,.
.PAut.t. ; his merits and his. qualifications were,
known to the. BleEtors,.and it was for them:to judge,
whether integrity and inflexible perseverance de-
manded
their support. 'He had been the opposer of
,crimes. and peculattons, and therefore was peculiarly.:
a fit; man to be chosen at the present crisis..:. The
dangier to which this Country was exposed. arose,
frorri not having such persons in the House of Com=
,rnon's. One hundred mercenaries in the House Of
ciimmons are much more dangercius te..your liberr
ties than 500,000 mercenaries headed by BONAPARTE..
He concluded with saying, that he-strongly recom-
meaded Mr. PAULL to their notice;' and he trusted
that the general cry would be " PAULL and the city,.
1 of Westminster." • _

Mr. 'GrimNs seconded the proposition.
Mr. PAULL then addressed the mob in front of the
Hustings, who received him with the' loudest plan-
irit4. He told them they were engaged in a contest
to flefend their 'rights against the proscription of an
arrogant Minister. He professed' his' love of the
ki,tg and the People of Great Britain, and pledged
hikiself to support their Rights and Independence.
He avowed that his principles were the same as
those of Sir F. BURDETT, and pronounced.' a panet;'
gyric upon the worthy . Baronet. He. concluded
with saying, that he would not enter into an inVesti;
gation of the merits.of the other Candidates.
S.iituirmN then attempted to speak, but the cla=,
rtiour was so great that Wecould only hear a small.part
of what he said. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT had said, that
100 Mercenaries were more dangerous' than 500,000
Frenchmen. He, had. been 26 years in Parliament ;
did Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, ever know him to. he one
of those mercenaries ? Did he
_mean to say, that
for the sake of
,retaining a ,place he would be one
Of those mercenaries ? He also wished- to ask the
' Hon. Baronet, as, a man of trutli,. wht:ther he. (Mr.
SI-IERZDAN) was not the only minin in the House of
(omtnons who stood by him on-the question of the
Prisons ? concluded by declaring, that- if . they
idktled him, they would chits• a man decidedly ,at-
tattled to their rights, and who would never, under
my circumstances, abandon them.
Sir S. Hoovlien shortly addressed the Ele&ors.
The show of hands was then taken, which. was in
:favour (f Sir S. Hopi), and'Mr. PAum....Mr. SHERI-
DAN then demanded a Poll,. which was granted, and
it immediately cPintnenced: