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

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No. aoo.—Tke Italian fastoral't-L-S. Wcl6nroknit, R. A".
' Elect.

Though this Artist possesses great merit as a-Por-,
trait Painter, yet his talents are exercised with chief
success in -poetiCal and historkal subjects, such as
the work before us. The present subjeCl is derived
from one Of Horace's OdeS, and the Artist has en-
tered, into the Poet's thoughts with congenial spirit:.
The figure of the woman is beautifully finished,
and that of her lover is finely conceived in manly
contrast. The attitude of each is easy, the tale is
plainly told, the landscape is. piauresque and in,:
teresting, and the whole is worthy of any Cabinet
this country; as an admirable specimen of the Bri-
tish School, founded upon nature, as v..,41 as on th 6,
models of art.

.Yesterday, about haif-past two
.o"clock, a.young
man, respectably dressed, was obServed to get m-er-
the rails .in the Birdcage-walk,, St. James's-park,
nearly opposite Queen-square ; be walked to
side of the canal, when he pulled cuff leis great coat
and hat, and plunged into . the water. 1 ins horn id
attra&ed . several persons to both) sides .• of
.the,
canal ; but too late, to prevent him frOm sinking, •
and no person 'appeared inclined toga into the water
to endeavour to get him ottt, till,a Serjeant in ,the
Guards obserVed, as a stimulus, that two guineas
were allowed by. the Humane society for getting a
drowning person out of the water, which induced- it
young man to.strip and •go in ; he found the man,
but had not strength to move him ;, another
_young-
Man immediately. .went to his assistance, and they
pulled him.to the shore by th Bair. A number of
men carried him to a public-house, in Queen,.
square, where two medical •Gentlernen immed!ately
attended, and tried to etfe& the restoration of life,
for iseveralL hours, in vain ;. although he was only
under water about a quarter of an hour. He is sup-
posed to-have been .one'of the bind of the 24th
Regiment. . He was..reCognized by the son of the,
landlord of the Rose and Crown public-house, in,
Chelsea, who said he had dined at his lather's house
.about.an hour previous to his committing the horrid
deed ; he then appeared much distressed in his
mind, saying, he had absented himself,. for three
days from his regiment, and bad
.committed a crime;
on Tuesday night, for which he should, be hanged
if he was discovered.

An extraordinary circumstance occurred on Satur-
day se'nnight, in the island of Jersey. A soldiers
named Hales, of the 34th.regiment, having,been sen-
tenced to death for felony, was taken to the place of
execution, where, after. evincing great contrition, the
rope was put round his neck, and he was turned olf
the scatfold. Alter hanging .about a minute and a
half, the executioner suspended himself to his body,
by whose additional weight the rope extended in such
a manner, that the feet of the criminal touched the
ground. The executioner then pulled him side-
ways, in order to strangle him, and being unable to
effect this, got upon his shoulders, when, to the no
small surprise of the spedators, the criminal rose
streight upon his feet, -with the ,hangman upun his
shoulders, and loosened the rope from his throat with
his lingers. The Sheriff ordered another rope to be
prepared, but the speelators interfered, and at length
it was agreed to defer the execution till the will of
the Magistrates should be known;'. It was subse.
quently determined that the whole case should be
transmitted to his Majesty, and the execution of the
sentence was deferred till his Majesty's pleasure
should be known.
n Friday evening, about eight o'clock, an awful
thunder storm came on in the neighbourhood of
,Newcastle, which. produced some unhappy cense-
Auences. The electric fluid struck the house of
marble-cutter,• in . Pilgrim-street,, and
did considerable injury to several rooms, and to se-
veral pieces of furniture. At Hebburn a stable,' in
which wero three horses, was also struck, which
killed one of them..

Un Monday se'ntnght a serious affily,took place
in the streets of Morpeth. The commanding Offi -
cer of the Inniskillen Dragoons, for some petty of-
•face, having ordere.‘done of the privates to gaol, was
assaulted by the popUlace : he, however, 'procured
• AUrther,reinforcementS, who dispersed the mob with
their sabres. _
Married, on the'2oth nit, at Gretna Green, Wit.-

1, lAA NI grotgx, Esq. Pro&oi, of Doctors' Coannottb,
'to Miss, MAR Y littrwsTEß, eldest daughter of JOHN
! littEwirm of Brandon, Suffolk.

The tollowing singularfavoursof good fortune to

the Adventurers at the Olf.ce of J. BKALSSBOMB.and
Co. is an incontrovertible tad, namely, the First and
Only 20,0301. prize ever sold, No. 24,305, drawn on
the 23d of last month, 'was partaken Of by 78 indi-
, viduals, as follows t one Half to a Lottery Society
of 40 members, in Oxford-street, one Quarter among
'2.4 members of ,a Lottery Society at ,Norwich, one

Sixteenth between it 3 members in a Club at Thatne,
an Eighth to a Family at Salisbury, and the remain-
ing Sixteenth to one of Qur brave Defenders on

board the Barfieur, off Plymouth. Likewise the
,
First 30,0001. ever shared, o. •was sold ;
,end the First Blank, :is first-drawn, ever entitled to
f.m,0001. No. 37,247, was sold in shares. Also the
First and Only 30001. ever shared, No. 37,991, was
sold; and where the 'Last 25,0001. shared, No.
12,719, was, together. with Five Prizes .of 20,0001.
and upwards, with one Of 10,0001. several 5,0001.
and 20001. sold in the Lotteries for 1805 and'lBo(4
iu more than 1;07 different Shares, and were paid on
demand.

Where likewise Tickets rind, Shares ark,

now selling, warranted undrawn, in the present
Lottery, ,and the First-drawn on Tuesday, the 12th
cutiticd W axed may be

GUILDI72I L L.

CITY ELECTION,

•
Yesterday, some time previoui Elecaian, a
hand-bill was circulated,- stating that Mr. Alderman
lIATEY could !tot be present, on account of sudden
illnes ; but that Mr. LUSIIINqTOti would nominate
.11;m the Hustings,
About one t:he• Loun-MATor. and Sheriffs
-came upca the hustings, and were soon after follow-
td by the different Candidates, who -were received,
as they prLisented themselves, with various degrees of
applause or disapprobation.
The usual forms being gone through, Sir Wits-,
Ciirms. shortly addressed the. Livery,_ observ-
ing, that his Majesty had thought tit to appeal to the
sense, of his people, and that he again offered him-
-self to their acceptance, after havii!g 'served them
fin- more than twenty years. During all that period,
he. had been a faithful servant, anti should they again
rlea him. to be one of their Representatives, he
would continue to 'display the same attachment
to our glorious Konstitution in Church and. State,
and attention to the interests' of the City of LondOn.
He t.,ld them, a year an.o, that our Constitution.
• would stand, in' spite of all the etior-ts of our, ene-
mies, and, he trusted, it would last for ever.
Mr. Alderman COMBE then-addressed the'Livery,
observing; that it was 'now near t 7 years sincedie
11,1 d entered upon their servide, and during :ail that
period, the only reward he had lool;:ed for was their
approbation. lie trusted that nothing had lately
taken place which could induce them to withdraW
that suppport, on whi;ll he prided himself.
could boldly say, that he had never in .his life given_
a vote in Parliament from any, corrupt or sordid mo-
tive. He had not one spark of disloyalty in his na-
ture or his opinions.: and he now asked their fa-
vour on public grounds, and on the principles which
had satiated his past condua. Shahespeare, in one
'of his plays, had said that " if two men ride a horse,
one of them most ride behind," but he hoped he
should not be behind any of the other Candidates for
• their favours.

Sir C. PRIM trusted that nothing in his conditEt
since the last Election had forfeited the good opinion
of his fellow citizens. '. He was biassed byto party,
and should ever do his duty in the House of Coal-
teteihs, particularly by supporting ate interests of the
commerce. •of this great city. He thee; .alluded to
the measure .of the .Income Tax, which - bore so
bard in its operation on the rnidd!e classes of society.
lie was among the first to oppose its descending so
low as 501. per annum, in which he-was -joined by
that great. man, Mr. Wilberforce. He had witnessed
tire distress produced by this tax in many-instances ;
and he pledged himself that he would never- lose
itfght of it, but would bring it before the considera-
tion of Parliament, if again ele6ted. He trusted
that his past condu& Would satisfy them. with re-
gard to the course he should pursue in future.
Mr. SHAW came forward, amidst unbounded.ap•
plause, and
_addressed the crowd as folloWs
" Gentlemen of the Lii.;ery, I have the honour to
present myself beforeyon, a second time, to solicit
the high and distinguished honour of being -eleaed
one of your RepresentatiVes in the great Council
of the Nation. The last time 4 stood here, you
did me the honour, when I bad retired from the
Chair,- of sending rue to Parliament, as a reward for
my Public cond'.i&. Gentlemen, since that time,
the short period of five months has elapsed, and 1
am not aware that I have done any thing to forfeit
your good opinion. I therefore present myself
humbly, yet with the most lively .hope of being
again placed in the proud , situation of- one of your
Representatives. I never have' been the man of
professions ; I think them unworthy of-a Candidate.
"What I wish is, to be judged by you, front my for-
mer uetions,- not by any piofessions may make.
You sent me to Parliament in November last, and
since that time, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, in
Council assembled, haVe beerf pleased to rLcord their
,sentiments of me, in a way too flattering forme to
'touch upon here. 1 shall only add, that my con-
dutt, up
_to the present time, has ever consisted of
• the most ardent love' of the country, .the most un-
.feigned loyalty to my good, my gracious,- and re-
ligious Sovereign, and the strongest attachment to
our glorious Constitution ; the wisest system of
Government which • the .wisdom of man hai
ever fortned for -the happiness of Society. Gen-
tlemen, I appeal to your own hearts, whether, in the'
course of my public life, during the last year, I have
not tearlessly and mane 11y -proteeied the rights. and •
liberties, of your City of London and whether I
have not gone the length of preserving, in the face
of power, the authority of the Chief Magistracy ? I
natter myself, and I even feel confident, you 1,611
,return nee. I can assure yogi-, that the utmost exer-
tions shall be used on my part. • Gentlernen, we
live in dangerous and difficult-times : they are tiitles
When it is necessary !Or every good and loyal than
to stand up for his King and Country. Should times
yet more awful appear, when-every man would be
required to .stand forward apinst a foreign Despot,
my life shall be devoted to the service of my coun-

try, and in support of your rights and liberties." •
' Alderman PRINSZP would not detain his Fellow-
citizens inkny minutes from hearing the advocate
of his most naive and meritorious friend (Mr.
Hankey), whose illness he sincerely lamented ; but
having already twice presumed to attract their at-
tention to the offer of his humble services in 'Parlia-
ment, he hoped to be excused taking this,oCeasion
of repeating .the assurance, that, he was still ambi-
titms of attaining that distinguished honour, on the
first vacancy that should 'occur. He had already,
the'Aldermen said, sat in the British Parliament ;
he might venture to add, not-as a silent or inaotive.
Member. He had had the good fortune to acquire
the approbation of his Fellow-citizens, while in that
character. All he should, fir .the present, solicit,
was, that' they would be pleased to .watch oven his
future condo;:; whether-as a Legislator or .as a Ma-

gistrate, until another opportunity should occur of
'tendering his services as one of their Representatives ;
while he took the opportunity of paying those per-
sonal attmtions- which he .had been hitherto pre-7
. vented from doing-to the individual Members of the
.cornmunity. It there needed any other stimulus
'upon his mind than that of the great national in-
terests cerrimitted, to the charge of.a Member of
Parliament, that of proteaing the rights and privi-