The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-03 00:00:00

CITY OF NORWICII.-

Mr. WILSON moved for a Rule to shew cattsr,
.why an Inibrmation, in,the nature of .a Quo 11 ar-
ranlo, §.4ould,not, be granted, requiring. Mr. Samuel
Mitchell to, show by what authority
.he claimed to
exercise the Office of one of the . Common .Cciencil.
of the City,of Norwich. The Corporation of thiS
City is composed of a Mayor,. Aldermen, Sheritis,
Common Council, and several Freemen.. The Cotp•
mon Council areleJeCted from the four great Wards;,.
and by the 9th George I. the Freenien who vote for
them take a certainixith. By a subsequent Act of.
the 3d Geo. 11. the. Freemen were to swear, that
they had been Freemen twelVe calendar months pre-
vious to such'Eledion, and for, the last six months
had been inhabitants. It further provided, that
three persons:yere to be, ele6ted
.by the majority of.
the votes 'of the Freemen, as Common Council for
each Ward, and these three were to 'fill up the re-,
maining vacancies. On the 18th of March last, then
Eledion came on for the Common. Cotincilmen/
for the Great Ward of Winar, in the 'course of
which, four persons offered to vote, and were 0t37.
jeaed 'to, but ,afterwards admitted by the 111:iyorl
The question, therefore, was, whether those ht'.raciis
were legal voters according to. the Statute'? They
•were all Subsitutes serving in the Norfollc.
and had been at Head-quarters with_ the Regiment
upwards of six months. It appeared, that, althouo
they themselves were absent,_ yet their wives 0;4
families resided there all the Mlle.-. The point. they
Was, whether the words " resident" and “" inhabl7
tan(' bore the same or different meanings ?
Lord ELLgNBOROUGH--",ls residence rey;iiekl
by the Charter ?" 0•
Mr. Wit.soN--" I believe, my Lord, the word
is inhabitants.' I don't recollect . that the wor4
resident' Occurs, throughout the Charter.
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there. never was known an instance. of. a .I\lo4i:ilium,
under such circumstances, being allowed to vote." •
COURT—" Take your rule, .to. shew. canoe.",

Mr. HORNE TOOKE's SECOND P_q, itPfILET.

We make the following Extra:` from Mr.-Honsr.
TOOKF:S -Pamphlet, just published, entitled, "
Warning to the.Ele6tors of
.Westunnster :"
" After what has passed, I know not whether you
wiji, or will not, be surprised to learns that your late
njeeted candidate, Mr. Paull, ineditatos another as-
sassination of your present representative, Sir Fran-
tis,Burdett. But such as.,,uredly-appears to he shis
intention. Duel, I think, lie \Olll never have again
with any Gentleman in- his senses. But there is
answering for tastes ; and if Mr. Paull should-prefer
Newgate to the King's Bench, and hanging to starV-
ing, he may yet cimuallt a murder. -

His conduet since the,late duel 'has.been such as
was foreseen and foretold,, and will serve to prove
how touch safer it is to do even injuries 1,0 a good
loan, than Evotirs• to a bad one.

To prevent his meditated mischief, if possible,
or at least to give ‘Varning:Of it before the .commi-
sion, and thuS to strip it of all future false colouring,.
is my only motive for presenting you with his pellicle
it the following letters :

To Sir FRANCIS BURDEIT.

6' My DEAR SIT( FRANCIS.

May S.

Our enemies are circulating every where that
we are at mortal strife: Have you any obje6tion to
say publicly how fahe is the assertion.?
" Your's, as.ever, " JAS. PAULL.",

being of opinion tlrit perfe4 tranquill.ti is essenCal
•
to his recovery,
me.to be, dear ir,
Your faithful humble Servant,
CLINk%."
" Linccln's Inn Fields, May 12, 1E07."

From the 2d of May (continues Horne toOke),
when he'was ,i,nunded, 'up to the I s,th of (the
eigh;li day of the , poll).. Sir Francis Burdett never
Newspaper;
saw nor heard a- single had not even a
sinspThion that any poll was going Ott for hitn• in
Wesimin,ter ; ' nor had•any comniunication of news
or hosiness of any kind made 'to hintby any,person ;
his friends being excluded frOm visiting hint for that
very .purpose. SO that. the- new game which Mr.
Paull meant to play, of a fresh intercourse with Sir
Francis. Burdett, 'and thereon to contrive to fasten a-
fr&sh c'ptarrel, Was entirely obstruMed by an excln.
sion.Of ali access bp. -to' the 25th of when Sir
Francis, 'Published hi'S Address to the Eledors of
Westmin.,l

" Or that very day Mr. Paull recommenced, his
siege," and prevailed iipon " 'Copt. Wolseley to con,
vey•the. fallowing letthr to Mr. JOnes'Burdett,.who,
Witii much 'reluctanee, consented at length to carry
it to his. brother.

MR. I'AULL's LETTER TO SIR F. BURDETT.
ciR Charle•.street, May 2.5..

" Whatever may be the,..state of your mind to-
wards me, and youropinion as tothepast occurrences
between its, I shall commence this letter by assuring,
you, that personally towards yourself I entertain no
-animosity, nosensation..of'envy, no feeling of regret,
that by. the efirts of fraud, falsehood, and hypo-
crisy' (to which I ferventlyhok you: have been "no,
party) you have triumphed, and I have been de,-
privec: of the•representation of. Westminster
Throughout life, valuing reputation to- beyond
any thing in this world, and seeing arts that .k,•ere
used, to -blacken -my public and private chara(ter,,
during the first days_of
.the elealion, feeling, con 7
Scieutipuily, forcibly, and sincerely, that the rvcon-
ciliatibu between you and me did not consist in wog. Js
only, I -wrote a note to your, brother, a subsequent
one. to my surgeon, Mr. I-lot-Ile, for the perusal of
Mr.:Clime, stating the arts that were used, the faise-
hoed.; that were asserted,..the calumnies that.were
propagated, and the injuries ,that, I was receiving, not
only repugnant to my priyate feelings, derogatory to
my honeur as a Gentleman, but tending totally 'to
destroy, (as. they have destroyed) those claims that,
in consequence of my past„sere ices and. exertions
(and which in happier days no person was more
ready to admit, than yourself ), entitled ;rueT.:to the
Representation of Westminster. ~.
It was in your
_power only
,to contradia and
to counterad the effect of, such atrocious proceedings ;
but the plea of health was used as an excuse for
keeping_the
,purport of those letters from.);oU, as.
al so „of a message to the same effe4,. conveyed by
Mr.:Clifford : to:that plea I have nothing Jo urge
the consequences.haye tal, en place that Iforetold, and
what •is
,pastTremedy must be past Teed. Mr.
Wolselpy,
,who i the,Ojend of us boili, .1-416 under-.
taken to convey this letter.to you_ through the hands
of, your brOther„ and asyouhaVe seen several private
friends, and publicly addressed the Eledors. West-
minster„ the same excuseof heallb cannot be urged
for withholding thi.leiter from you. • ~.
When
.in the carriage returning, from Combe.
Wood, fR sOlemn,pledge was exchanged between us,
that the notes that had passed, and which led to the,:
unfortunate affair at that, .place, should be mutually
d-estroyed ; in the presence of two of my friends my
part of th'e:piedge s i 'performed, as every 'Oefgb
had ei'er given you hadbeen, and it'remains:foe 706
to explain, by what tneanS, What medium,'ana what
manncr, Mr. Horne Tooke became possessed of thy
letter written to you at Kingston, and from Which'
lie has made a iniist-partial; • unfair,'and uncandid
ex,tra.L-I, whilst the whole letter, if fairly given, would
, .
have been highly to my credit=*. .
• —•
* See the Postscript.

"The obtaining the information how Mr. 'Tooke
got a perusal of docuthehts that were to destroy 7
ed, is not the obj.o.l'ofthis
" Of the whole circumstances connetted- With this
unhappy atiair, it becomes a dUty' ineumbeUt upon
me to give a plain and unadorned account to The
Public, and to those friends who. are still inte-
rested in my welfare, ,especially., after the' ietter to
Mr..Toblke

.
"Having destroyed (With the e%ception, of the
challenge, a copy of. which was left Sealed by me,
on the night of the i'st of May,' and deposited with
a,.frieod in,Westminster) all the notes, and copies
of notes, that had passed between you and me,
'fromthe 28th of .z\pril; ineludino-that written at
.Kingston 'on the' morning of the (.47d of May, and
front WilieliMr:Tooke has madeextra&s; I trust von
can have oo pcssible•ObjeEtion in allowing me copies
of such notes as are still in yourpossessiOn relative
~to this am impelled impelled M make this, froth
_the purest: motives,, and feel deep . regret; in 'the
,present state of my own health and your's, to be
under the painful necessity of Making such 'applica-
tion. Understanding you are going to be removed
to•Wimbledon,ls an additional motive for my doing
so. " I am; Sir
, . .

"Your most obedient bumble Servant,
" JAMES PAULL."

You will be pleased to take notice, that the
, foregoing 'letter frbrn Mr. Paull is the' fiat that
'reached to.the'knoyledge of Sir :Franeis Burdett ;
that he was an absolute stranger to all that had been
passing in Westminster, ekeept the:final result'; .to
all thG advertiSements of Mr. Patill ; to all the ad-
yertisementS and iiieasures of thf-. Gentlemen who
cotidued the -EleCtion in his favour; to my former
Letter to 'Editor ditheTinieS; and is now to-
tally unacquainted with this Warning which InoW
address' to you. '
In this situation, as soon.as, he had read the
foregoing leiter of Mr. Paull, Sir Francis direacd
his brother to return the following. answer to Mr.
''Wolseley :""

Mr. rOtES BURDETT's NOTE to Mr. WOLSELEY.
Sitt-7After all that has passed, my brother begs
leave la decline any further coinpunication: with
M

1 w 7' ~ i

Mr, WOI.SELEY's RI Mfr. ;;LUDETT.
" SIR--I am desired by Nll-„Pan'.l, to say, that yQ,',..lt
brother is pei:lealy iib'erty,fo.- the. p eseV,,to
clitte comp;ying with the rt.:(i,!e Mr. Pauli's
letter of.. tldi .tnoroing, whicTh I conceive vas but
reasonable and proper, and nthiling Inure thin. be
cduld have expeaeil. I am, Sir;
. ".Yhur most. obc:dienf Servant,
" i'day 25th." - " C. WO' LSRLEY."'

" I iitriyade, Gentlenfc.n, that
_there is
not ti wail in Kingdom WhOWill not approv;e,the
resointion Francis Burdett, to have, no• future
discu,,sion nor,cornmunreation•of any kind with Mr:
Paull.

"i Mr. Paull has had his mple opportunitp(to
which he. was not'enti!led by any reasonable rules of
honour) of wreakin, his causeless revenge upon. Sir.
Francis Burdett; and it is not owing' to Mr. -Paull's
want of inanation.,,but to the error of his two shots,
which he leveile.l for the purpoS,-, in4t he ;did. not
extinguish the 1 n of:his gen-.:rous benefador.
After this, it would tnerely a despicable folly.
tgrcemnmence any correspondence with Mr, Paull.
FrOrn persons of his des.:ription„Snakspeare bas
truly told us, that

", A H ow.safgty ii remotion ; apci.our defence, absence...".
` Gentlemen, your tw,4:itnbedint Servant, ,
wioit;leaun, mAy,zs, 1.. 110 itNE TOUK.k..."