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

SOUTIIVARIC tr.Ecnohl• MAI' 4.

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Soon alp-rAweive piduck, M. TONtri4SIIEND,
piny,
.111ji.iff,,, 01-ade -his, ,aiips...:iratice in. front of the
h:ivsing; as usnal, Read; the= rn
e= Procjaa..
tion ani.Preo.:p!, the Candidates; • r. H. ".r.itoßti-
TON, ,S...tr T. Tuti-rn:it. and Mr. CALVERT; stepped
fiyr‘yarl„ surrounded by-a great number of -1-iends.

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Mr.,:l'uoaNTUN then Oroposed by inp SHAW,
.andseconded-by Mr. YoUNO ; after which be said,
he felt great latisfa4tion, 'in .having to address
constituent4on..t.he, present, occaSien, frona a
conviClion that helm& .dis Charged his duty in Par-..:
;NO rwn., could h'e ,niOre sensible of, the
-iniPbreant task which be had tideriaken.than he
was, and therefore he constantly felt the.necessity of
clireeling his mind to it, Whe were, to judge of the
opinion of his
.Constituents yeSpeding his , public
condud, froth his success in canVassing, the testi-
mony of appi.ohatiou was most flattering. He re-
- turned to
.the Eleaots With -those principles which
had heretofore gained their, support and. interest.
He stilt 'C'dntirtueci a frieid to the wholesome Pre-
rogative of.'-the CroWn, and a su.pporter of the
Aristocracy to, that extent which would riot exclude
,the democratießranch of the Constitution from pos•
sessing its .due.weight.
.Re was surprised when
he heard of the- vexatious opposition which was
to be made: at , this Eleetiorr by a Gentleman, (Mr.
QAtt'EitT) to whorn he had no personal dislike;
but be was confident that the Ele6tors would carry
-him through the contest with flying eolourS: He
• had been always a friend to the refotrri of abuses,
and 'a persevering supporter of economy', With re-
sped to the change of Administration, he had
only to obs;rve, that his principles led him to sup-
pottt hose I:;Ancles of the Constitution which cer-
tain concc,:::ictl.,. aiightliave endan!Yered. He did
not wish to intioduce. the Catholic Question at an
Eleaion ; it was
.a subject of great delicacy, and
should not be discussed on •such an occasion ; he
should refrain therefore fiom making any further
comments. He had, thus .briefly avowed his public
principles, and -should, with. certainty of success,
commit hiniself to the determination of the Eledors.
The Hon. Gentlernali then • withdrew amidst ap-
plauses and hisses. .

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Sir TuomAs TURTON (proposed by Mr. DONcAN,
aud'seconded by Mr. PaEsToo., nest addressed the
Eletlors, and reminded them that they had returned
him by a greater majority than any former Member
could boast•ol, He.trusteol that his condtift in Par-
liament-justified the',high opinion .which his Con-
stituents evinced that they had entertained of him.
He was sorry that circumstances ,made it necessary
for them to exercise their elective franchise so soon
for their own sakes;; but as to himself, he felt the
highest satisfsEtion in recurring to them for their
opinion respeaing the mode in which he had dis-
charged the serious trust confided to him. He ap-
pealed,tOthern,,as an honest, independent man, un-
influenced by any consideration ; but. he had not
supported the lite Ministers, ntg should he vote
with the present, unless he approved of their mea-
sures: While he maintained these principles, he
was sure of meriting,and receiving the free suffrages
of the independent Eice!;tors of Southwark.

Mr: CALyEaT, haying been preposed by Mr.
FAVELL, and seconded by Mr. SOLOMON DAVIS,
came forward and stated, that his pretensions to the
'votes and. support of the Electors of Southwark in
in general,.arose from his having been solicited by
hundreds among them to offer himself as a Candi-
date. This being a favour of too great importance
to be rejected, he did therefore yield to their wishes,
and now solicited the :suffrages of those who regard-
ed the. rights and privileges of the people. The pre-
sent time was pregnant_ with great events the Em-
pire stood in need of honest and independent men.
Prerogative and corruption, peculation and oppres-
sion, were menacing the very existence of the coun-
try. The only security for our salvation was a fair
and honest representation of the people. He felt it
his duty to come forward at the call of his Fellow
Citizens, in order to contribute, as their organ, to
the salvation of the State, should he have the honour
of :being chosen ; but, if he should be even disap-
pointed ;a the hope of being their, Representative,
he Would have the consolation ofrefieding that he.
gave the Eledors an opportunity of marking their
opinion of the late change of Administration by sup-
porting him, who was the determined enemy of the
present Ministers. He had the highest resped for the
Prerogative of the King, when constitutionally exer-
cised; he esteemed the Aristrocecy ; but these were
only parts he loVed the whole. Though he had
not commenced his canvass More than eight and
forty hours, yet
.he was led to entertain most san-
guine hopes of .success.—The Htgh Bailiff having
.them put the Candidates in nomination, declared the
show of hands to he decidedly in favour of Sir T.
TUATON and Mr. CA v tirr . In consequence ,of
which the friends of Mr. Too ANTON" demanded a
poll, which was granted. Votes continued to be
taken till.four o'clock, when on the casting up of the
books, the nuMbers were
, . • For.Alr.-Thernion . t3s
Sir T. Turt:At ' its
Mr. Calvert . 9!) .
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The Candidates then severally atl.iressed the mul-
titude, and recotnrnended their friends to use every
exertion for securing 4 heir eleCti6n..- _