The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-07 00:00:00

Teges of i,i3 re'lle)w,4lr;t er§, ancl
probation,. wanicl ht..ever nppertilost hi his mind.

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Mr. LIiSHINGTON-L" Getltterelen, it is impossi-
ble that.l should present mYstlf to your attention,
1 without feeling a grateful recolleaion of your past
' favours towards me. I can assure you that finothing
but my ill state, of health has prevented me from
"continuing that connexion at the present period. I
,appear before yOu, not in my own' behalf, but ti do
.- that of Mr. Alderman tjan'-:ey. I am sure every
man who hears me will lameat; With tile, that he
himself is not present, in order to-give that validity
to his claims,- which his known aaivity,and liOwers
of mind, ethpower him to-dos in a manner far be-
yond any thing I can aim at. The other 'Can-
didates jiaVe severally rendered an am;,:int of
their past condu&,. and haVe bespoke your layout%
Gentlemen, I have,to. announce to you the merits of
a new man, but one who is Well known in every
part of your City, and by all die Merchants. They
have already handed down a charaBer of him, which
I am convinced he will justify, if not improve. the
more .he is tried. I have to sate to you; that he
has been so indefatigably is his exertions to See every
individual of the Livery of London, that he has ac-
tually exhausted, or injured, his state of health,.
although in .other respeas healthy. I have certifi-
. cares of his indisposition in my pocket. The du-
ties of a Representative in Parliament are, first of
all, to proteEt, sacred and inviolate, the Constitu-
tion which our .ancestors have left. to us ; and
next, to resist, by. all :exertions and tufans in his
power, any attempt .to break dowL those publie
principles upon which the great establish-then,-
of our Constitution rests. I trust, that for these two
requisites, my valuaole friend is as completely qua-
lified as any body could be. He has
,been
_bred to
the mercantile line, and is versant in the principles
of commercial economy. He has naturally a strong
Mind, and has had praaice, which confirms his
knowledge. . The peculiar features of the present
mprnent have created a new interest in public
affairs. No man would go further. than 'myself to
uphold the war, or give a larger proportion of in-
come to suppOrt its:expences ; but, under the
of severe taxation, Noe must look narrowly into
the conduit of public men. Perhaps it -has not
occurid to many whom I now address; that while
that weighty taxation exists, an 'opportunity is af-
forded to those who esouse-, the cause of the landed
propzietors, to throw tob large a proportion of
it upon the commercial community. I' one
of those who decidedly condemned that :system of
taxation which tended to continue those taxes,
pledged upon the • public faith as taxes that were to
continue only to the conclusion of the War. A pro-
position was made to the House of Commons to
continue those taxes' beyond that period ; but which '
has been in a great degree done away bythe present
Ministers. In violation of the original syStem; I say,
that an attempt. was' made to throw the whole
burden of the landed interest, and to lay it upon the
cornmerc:al part of the community. These are
faas which ought to strike every commercial man
in the City of London, upon all occasions ; •hut
the most especially, when ' they find that an at-
tempt has also been made to oppress the ship-
ping interest, and even to perpetuate that oppres-
sio-n. It has been attempted to continue the taxes
upon the exports of this Country. I know that my
' Hon. friend, while he himself willingly pays his
proportion, does not approve of this mode of re-
lieving the landed interest of the country. He will
not sit calmly, and see any attempt of that kind
made to break in upon those eminent principles of
our prosperity. What would be the consequence,
were the export trade of the City of London to di-'
minish by such u.tjust attempts ? Our very exist-
ence would be at stake. We could not combat with
other markets. I have-only to add, Gentlemen, that
lam exceedingly :sorry Mr. Hankey is not pre-
sent, because he would , have given you a -speci- '
Men of his public talents, which would'not -onlY do
himself credit, but would shew that he is one who ;
'is likely td be of advantage to the city of London.
Even his hereditary pretensions will, I doubt not,'
have their due weight.' He entertains no hostility
to present mere; but he humbly solicits your endea-
yours to support him in his laudable intentions to
exert himself for the public, good; andreles upon
ultimate success, in, being,retnened by yoUr Suffrages."
The Common Crier having commanded Silence,
read fiver-the list of Aldermen, commencing' with
- the Lord Mayor, and put the question upon each,
whether the Livery should choose- him ter one of
their Representatives in Parliament -?.' The • appro-
bation or dissent of the tiverf was signified' in the
usual way, by Shew.of hands, applause, murmurs
and hisses; and,
.alter a 'short ctensultation, the
Sheriffs declared the sheW of hands tQ be id favour
of the following Candidates, in the following4r-
der: , .

Mr. Alderman llankey, Mr, Alderman Comb; Mr. Al-
derman Shaw, and Sir Charles Price, Bart.
A. Pon was then demanded; on the part of Sir
William Curtis,. which commenced •at a quarter
after three o'clock, and was closed at a quarter
past, our, when the numbers` appeared as follow
Sir Charles Price
Sir William Curtis
Alderman Flankey
A Elernum Shaw
A klcinian Comhe

- - 171
• - J 67
- 154
-
- 124

Many persons coldly calculate on arriving at
wealth and independence in a certain number Of
years ; but the warmer imaginations of Lottery Ad-
venturers aim at the completion of their wishes in a
few week; nay, in a few days are many•of them
likely to be greeted with gifts of independency, since,
on Tuesday next, another 20,ppoL will be obtained
from the first-drawn Number; and Most probably
several of the large floating Capitals will then be
forthcoming, as not one of them has hitherto turn-
ed. up.'

On Monday a Gentleman took- a. boat-at; Black-
friars Stairs, and went to Chelsea, got, 111eie. about
one o'clock, -and went. to the Swap, where,he took
a glass of wine, and then went on the middle of the
bridge and jumped into the Thames s, he was picked
up three hours afterwards ; with nn elegant gold
watch, many bank notes, and a receipt for the pur-
chase of an estate for i cool. Letters,. were found
about him, by which it appears he comes from Tru-
ro, in Cornwall.