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

ItigirtErOßD COUNTY ELECTION.

Satufday came on the. EleEtion of two Mem-
bf7rs H- the County of Hereford. A little before
clev, • J. G. COTTERELI:, Bart. one of the Can-
didate.i, was. el;corted• into the city, preceded by the
cioiouri,ot the real ea Guilds, and the bands of
the LeninitNter and Britnyard Volunteers, of whom
Sir John is colonel, and attended by a very nume-
rbus' and .re.socaahle caralca;!. •

SomEREET DAVIES, Esq. the High, Sheriff, hating
opened the business of the' Meeting at the Town-
' hall, RICHARD 'PAYNE K,/4IGHT, Esq. proposed Sir
QEORGECORNEW ALL,Eart. in an able speech, where-
in he recited the many virtues; of that Baronet, both
public and private, particularly his independence:lnd
fidelity, manifested in a long Parliamentary Service.;•
he likewise pointed out.the awUl situation of our
National affitirs. The nomination, was seconded by
Colonel MATTHEWS, who stated; that private worth
- was the best basis on Which to build a public cha-
racter, and its pretensions to popular,fayour ; and
that his own situation had enabled him,--during the
last' foUr Sessions of Parliament, corre6tiy-teappre7.
ciate the merits of his, late Colleague. liaying en-
larged upon. this point, he briefly recapitulated the
reasons which induced him to retire to a- private
station, •
Sir GnorzoE CORENVALL thanked the Freehold-
ers for the favours repeatedly conferred upon ;
he rejoiced that, from the renewed testimony of ap-
probation given to him in the course of his recent
canvass, he was sureef ultimate success to his past
conduct he referred, as the safest test of his princi-
ples and politiCal consistency, and he would not re-
peat those profeSsions.which. he: had, :ever realized.
Colonel MATTnEws rose a second time, and,
after apologizing ,for again, presenting hiniself to the
Freeholders, stated, that his own feelings Urged him
to haard- the appearance of irregularity, that he
'might propose Sir John Goers Cotterell, Bart whose
patriotic military services hepaintedin glowing 'co-
lours : he adverted to the. manner in which the
wishes of the Freeholders had been defeated; 'and
appealed to them to support, their own rights.
The Revs Dr. YATE, Prebendary of Hereford,-
seconded the nomination.

Sir J. Q. COTTERELL rose, and, in a Manly and
affeaionate address, stated his pretensions to repre;-
sent his native county, and lamented: the .circum-
stance which had, for a season, interrupted the pos:-
session of that distinguished honour : 'his zeal in
their. service was unabated and he pledged. himself
to support the local interests of the County, and to
discharge, with the striaest independence; that trust
which he now solicited at their hands.•

The Rev. Dr. ROBERTS, of Marcie, conceiving
personal allusions to have been made to his own con;-
dud, made a long and animated defence of it+ with
respe6l to the petition which' occasione,d the for=
feiture of Sir J. G; Cotterell's Seat. -
- The last-mentioned Baronet and Dr. Irate felt
themselves called upon, and made suitable-replies:
. -

The Rev,. Dr. MoRGN,A Canon Residentiary;
moved the Thanks of the County to CoL-Matthews;
for his condu& in Parliament, and for the hand-
some manner in which he retired froM the repre-
sentation of it. This motion having bepn seconded
by Thomas Greenly, Esq. of Titley,. 'was carried
with acclamation:

The Court then adjourned, according to ancient
usage, to
_the Widemarsh, to give any:other Candi-
date an opportunity •of demanding, and• entering
upon, a poll. After the cultomary tune -had
.iiired; and the usual-forms had been observed, the
writ was filled up in the Shire-hall, and the Candi-
dates were invested with the•sword •having• made
appropriate addresses of gratitude for the elevated
distin&ion conferred upon them, they were respec-
tively chaired through the "principal streets of • the
I--city, amidst the acclamations of the populace.

110 E 13E1117.-On Wednesday se'nnight, as a person
named S. Clark was returning from Chelmsford fair
tohis residenCe at South Hanningtield, Suffolk, at
about half past eight o'clock is the evening, he was
met; in his -Way to Great Baddow by.thur soldiers, in
their full regimentals, with blue or dark facings.
One of them, being a few paces before the others,
as soon as he came alongside Clark, struck' him a
violent- WOW in the face, but did not,knock him
down. Clark observing a -light the farm-house
of Mr. Wall, at a short distance, iminediat'ely Made
across the field towards it ; but being closely pur-
sued by the four ruffians, one .of them caught him
by the coat, and pulled him backwards. They all
then attacked him, and •heat him in a most-brutal
manner. Apprehensive that his life was in danger,.
he told them he would give,them his money without
resistance ; but that did not .satisfy them, they con-
tinued to., exercise their cruelty upon. him, and rob-
bed him of his purse, containing two half-guineas,
two seven-shilling pieces, two shillings," and some
halfpence. The poor man, miserably bruised and
wounded, with groat difficulty reached Baddow,
without his hat, and with only one shoe, where a
surgeon dressed his wounds, and by whose atten-
tion,• there 'is reason to believe, his life was preserved,
as one of the arteries near the temple was severed,by
a cut, suppoSed by a bayonet.
A few days ago a countryman died suddenly, in
the neighbourhood of North Shields, and his body
was carried- for interment to the' church-yard there.
.Just as the burial service was over, the congregation
was not a little surprised, on seeing a man . (the
sweat dropping from his face,. and rage depicted in
his corintenance) advance hastily to the spot where
the eq.* was, and knocking his staff violently on
the pavement, swore the body should not be
terred till he was paid 355. which the deceased was
indebted to him; and broadly insinuated. that the
man had died on purpose to defraud him, as he had
not been informed of it till the funeral was 'on the
road 'The indignation of every person present was
so great against him, that he became quite calm,
and received a scare reprimand from the officiating
Clergyman for his strange conduct .