The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-18 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE ELECTIO:c

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YV..4enidy a Sete& compiny of the friends' cif Mr.,
I.?AscELLEs- dined too-ether at the British
i, •
hoqSP; Cockspur-street tot,.?_) Celebrate the.triuril:p!',i
his
~;return for Yorkshire, but tp' state and.Com-
trientor'itte 'the grounds upon which .&Ir. t came for
ward as a Candid:ite to represent that.great.county.
Mr. STEWART I,I7;OI(TLEi took the Chair, a: :d vas
surrounded by:- many of the most rev-ea:able Cha-
raCters of the United Kingdoni ; among whom we
noticed l-TurirLEY, Lords LOIA-TEIER, His-
CH“03120/ZE, HAREIA'O6D, LovAIN'E, DA"LKEITH,
NAWARK, PALMERSTON, CLONMELL, KILDRONSIE,
&C.,&C.;. the Solicitor General, Mr.T.,Cuot.m6NoA-
tzt,.;Mr..Wrr4ouGnny, Mr. GEORGE JOHNSTONE,.
Mr; MILNEIS,` Mr'. G. V. THELLUSSON; IVtr. Eo7
WARD LASCELLES, the Hon. W. GORDON, the Hon.
R. RYDER, COl, PHIPPS, &C. &C.,

As soon, as the cloth was,rernoved, the fnllowing
Toasts. were given front the Chair, with three times
three, ail& received with enthusiastic applause

The-KingThe Queen and the Royal Family•—The Prince
of Wales —Mv.His Majesty ever meet with the Support of
his People, when `he has occasion to resort to their Sense on
Constitutional Princiiries. r
•

The Chairman then rose, and:,after setting forth,
in a very well-turned Complitnent; thelknown cha-
•,
ratler; priticipleS,, and services of the !Gentlethan
Who had lately represented Yorkshire with so much
zeal, assjdUity, and ability, and to support Whose
cause was the objed of the present meeting, con-
cluded with proposing the health of

The Hcm.- Henry La'scelles, and thanks to him tar the ser-
vices he has rendered Yorkshire. —( Gc/eral applause.)
Mr., LASCELLES then rose, aird returned thanks
to the company in a very interesting speech, of
which the following_ is the substanc:..

Mr..LASCELI:ES .flattered hiMself that the com-
pany would give him credit for the glowing grati-
tude with ,which he received the very kind Mark of
approbation they had, just, bestowed upon him in
drinking his health in duty howeVer to them and
to the .public, he .thought hiniself bound not simply
to thank:them, but to enter into some explanation
of the grounds on which he had aded, and-of the
circumstances that attended the proceedings of the
:late Eleetion. 'On his arrival in -Yorkshire after the
:Dissolution of the Parliament, he found himselfagain
.so,urgently called upon to offer ,himselfas a Candi-
date,. that he felt- he had no option in obeying so ge-
neral a.requisition ; and he accordingly acquiesced in
'it
:from a sense of public duty. In the progress of
hiS'eanyass he had ample and unequivocal: proofs of
the sincerity of .that•rquisition, and he entertained
not theslighte'st doubt-of Ultimate success, even
though anew Candidate had started opposition
to him ; for in the very districts which were sup-
pdsed most inimiCal to him, he had. one hundred
to twenty 'in his filv.bur ; but• in the intermedi-
ate time between tile opening of his canvass and
.the time of the Election, Wjlen nothing could have
occurred in his condo& to justify • such a. change,
many of the 'promises trade him were withdrawn,
a eirctimstance,which. he would now.impute only to
the_ infirmity of, human nature, 'especially when
,worked upon' by influences which it could not be,
well expetied to with Stand; In: Short, certain pre-
judices were known powerfully to operate to -his-
: disadvantage,
,wjiich he
,felt anxious very briefly to
,explain.—These, prejudices chiefly existed among
two classeS of persons, the Clothiers and. the
Workmen. With respect to the former, the- ten-
dency- of their wishes would be to limit and restrain
the use of .capital• to that point, beyond .which their
own: means could not extend, thus' adopting.a prin-
ciple in this wealthy and commercial County,•whicb
wouldoecesSarily have produced, the: most, ruinous
elfeias to our staple manufacture, by driving capi-
, talists into those countries where they might ex-
pand their command of inpney, without molestation
or controill, and were. they ',would naturally meet
with the' most flattering enconragetbent ; the pro-
bable result of-which •would be, to deprive us of
that trade,, Which, notwithstanding every. effort to
prevent 'still finds' its way into foreign markets.
The next topic on' which' the. :Hon.. Gentleman
dwelt WAS' the enforcing the statute' of Elizabeth,'
reSpieaingapprentices. It did not appear that such
a tileisuye could now be necessary, inasmuch as :at
the ..tidd 'when that' stattit 'Was enaaed, every
brariCh of trade was carried on b' hands, while at
present the facilities afforded by machinery rendered
a seven years apprenticeship not -so' necessary as at
-the time the Act referred to had passed. Indeed,
the Itegulations.Of th'e Trustees of the Cloth Hall
at Leeds, seemed to confirm this idea, since they
have abridged the term of seven years into that
of five, in one of the. Halls ; while in the Others,
all persons, without respect to terms of apprentice-
ship, arc allowed' t.n expose their goods for sale.--•
Now as to-the workinen, their Obied obviously is
to put down all machinery which tends to diminish
• their manual labour, not considering that'by 'such a
-.Conduta the 'enemies andrivals,of this country would
be left in_possession of all the results of our inge-
nuity improvements, and in the full enjoyment
of them, wliich would preclude our own countrymen
from the advantages which furnished them with the
means of underselling; 'other .countries, and which
supplied an aliment to British trade, that made.it
thrive and 'flourish amidst all the.national difficulties
with which it, might have.to contend. .By. adqpting
the other mode, we might run the risk of losing the
trade itself altogether ; and thus' the very persons
who are now dissatistied,..must, if their wishes are
complied. 'with, .he , brought to misery .aad. runi.—
Where ,would such a principle end.? Are all im-
provements in the cotton, in the iron, and other
trades,
.to be:relinquished in order, to prevent the
diminution of manaal labour ? Mr. Lascelles ac-
knowledged that such were his opinions.upon these
matters, and that Whatever unpopularity they might.
for a moment draw upon him, he was satisfied must
soon be done away ; indeed it was only within these
very few days that any ,one asserted that his opinions
Were ,wrong ; but he should see if they would at-
tempt. to Make the same assertion in Parliament.. It
might be iislied,,wb4 would be his future proceed.:
ings with respe& to the result of the Ele&ion ?.
Rumours had certainly reached him from many
quarters, which, if they were well founded, would en-
able him easily to do away the small majority of 4 87
against him, :The mode of proceeding might, be dif-
ficult toclioose. A scrutiny .could not be thought of,
the time and expellee it would involve made it,
possible to be resorted to: Neither would he
_thitllt;
of availing himself of treating against his opponent,

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SCilS;Lije 05-. Le
vtil;,,e;.! in th.".1.0.'n-f.e. charge.. It ‘c....r;-
that illegal 0-a6.tices ha4.he,en:resprted to ciurin:;;
Elea''.,n,.and ab-cve :fir, that of late it 1.v:.;)
that thse triumph. of his opi-ouent, was,
of the principles which were protesed
Nabfe Lord. Cer7ain he Was- that such Woillitrnt
be' •-• • la a ;tivAl. e►ii' ;• •.a fair. of tht.
of:Yorkshire would therefore hat- C,),l;ity
viddicateita-own eharae.ter, anct imanitest
the true, light in which it must he anxious to ap;)e.l7.,
Stich an endeavour he would be ready and
to co-operate in.

This speech was received throughout with. the
most triarked applause. , •

The Chairman then gave the following toast; :

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May the manufaduring distrids of York learn to kn-svz
their errors, and di“:oxer the HIM by whom they werJ
guided.
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Toast-*-- rhe Majority of 2626, in the nine Wapentalc,.-3 out.
of -the thirteen, who voted f‘r Mr. Laselles.
Toast--'Tie,tandcd and COTIMICECiiiI Intersrs.cf the
County of York. .

Toast---May the hitepresentatives of Yorkshire always da
theircluty, like /dr. Lascelle.i, ever, at the expence of pope:larity.

Toast—Thq 10,9g0 rotes giveiallor•Alr
T. east--The incipendept and disc,roi4atinf .pitylty,fat
those.'djstrkiswhere a majority misrepres
sentatiOn 3nd . • , • ••
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- Toasf—The Gentlemtn who composed. Mr. ascencs's
Committee..

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Taa,:t--.The Ik/ternary lot tih'i. Right Hon. Wm. Pitt. '
Toast—The Army and Navy or G rear Britain.'
Toa4t —Lord HarewOod, .and the Mayor and Corporation
of Leeds.-

Lord HAuwoon said alew words, in return far -
the honour-done him.
Toast—The Hon. !Award La§eelles.
Toast—Mr. Leicester, and the Independent Freehol&rs of
Cyaven

Toast—The t 0,993 wives 'and sweethearts of the vree.
holders'of the County 'of York, who voted for Mr. Liseelici
Toast—The old, sod v,oier,ible Archbishop of York
Toast—" Those Frecihulders whose hearts- were with us, but
Whose:votes were against us.

At o'clock the. company rsepai:ate4.

The friends of Mr. H. TuonNTOti had a 'dinner at
the Horns, Kennington, in order to celebrate the re-
turn of that Gentleman to Parliatnent for the 13,,rough
of Southwark. Colonel GAITSKELL took 'the Chan;
After 'the health=ofTHis MAJESTY, the QuErq,'th,.....
Prince of WALE 3, 3114 other
,I4al and Fiat iutic
toasts were given, Mr. Triort.:ToN's health wa:: pro-
posed,' and that Gentled-On addressed the comonny
on the occasion. Made a brief pr )fts,ion of iris
political creed; after- tiL“:4l;ed the th.taTi4's for
having conferred on. hitn, :f027 .012. se' 'enth rime, the
high honour of being their Representative, he
made sonte i>ertitient comments- nn 'the cOndtid of
those .who 'sYstetnatically oppose the. treasures' of
Government,-:disclaiming'all p:lrty conneKions, and
avowed his,-hearty attachment to the Constitution.
The speech, Which was. marked throughout by good
sense,: and delivettd with Manly firmness, was
warmly applauded, :aud- the: remainder .of: the day
was devoted to good Inimonr and conviviality.
TFI;
PREDICTION.—An" itinerant Preacher,
in the vicinity of Kensington, told his ecm&gation
on Sunday last, that f‘ all the. great nuns of heave'n
were charged up'to their muzzles, z'ittd %.vouldShorav
be fired Off by the -Angel GriTid, ngizibst the Devds
NAPOLEOti;l36NApAlife.""fhe old La.
'dies.Present, it is ort•hearing this iretnends
denunciatioh, fainted away in agonieS of ,aiiprehen-
sion and horror, and the whole of file cone,rot!ort
suddenly' departed, in a bewildered- staw of con-
sternation and.dismaY!' • • • -2

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During the Just tfortnihl sit en coDviTh
escaped from op' bi).3o HWks zit Wool .v c;),
arming them was the. potolious•lioinic.l.-,: whq
cons it.d at. the last Surrey for rollbits
slcveraf tGentlemen iii :Vau.xhal! G•;:r_iens, On the
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night of'the P,i-inCe p 1 Walefs h-;rth-d.,4y.

On: Ti hi4t six arable,farms- in tl]e neigh-
bourboocl o nlisley,- I.?lotigillg. to -the .11,Warqui3.9f
ABERcoßN,..extclidipg t0.491.i acres, lately!.rented !a t
Lis3l. weye,lett,, by pthlic.roup, .a.t 19091; .and the
tarn) of Brownside, belonging to the "I‘Lirquis, about
two . miles south .from
.Paisley, .ppwiistiog of about
72 acres Qf.low ground, and. AGO acres ofi hill :.pas-
Ante, rented at 1501. was lett at 4061.

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• MA),;t6s-1--IcifsE.—Yesferday the Reverend-f3en-
jamin Garrens, formerly Curate 'of the Parisli' of
St. 'Catherine, Coleman, in Fetichureh-stre(lt; was
charged'. before; jlie*:Lord .Mayor;, with having, on
the 6th 'of May; Wilfully fired a pistol at and wound-
ed a persoro)f the name of Jones, a porter, 'Whose
lifewas, despaired of. The Prisoner has been con-
fined ever since, I:ithout 'being examined; till Jones
Wa'S'd6.clared out of danger by the Surgeons of Bar-
tholornew's Hospital. This atfair was' 'formerly
mentions* but very incorre&ly, It wasstated; that
Mr. Garretis list' wounded a Sheriff's Officer, wlio
was going to serve a writ against him. This, how-
ever, was not the fa&. There was no writ against
the Prisoner ; but James Barber, a Sheriff's Officer,
had a writ against a Mr. Grand, and had sent the
porter. with a letter to- gain admission to the lafinse.
It likewise appeared that the Prisoner was disordered
in his senses, but. that he 'was a very honest man,
and not indebted to any person a guinea. Fro ii the
absence of a material witness, after a long-. privke
examination the Prisoner was remanded for Monday
next. -

• SINn.ULSR SUICkDE.—Last week on Robert
- ,Dickenson,. aFarmer, near Allandale, in ••North-
umberland, took the desperate resolution of
away with himself, which he efft-i.90 in the -
log mim-rier:. He procured a gun-barrel, he
had loaded, with poWder: and shot; and having placed
the stock end.in the fire,.-he leaned- with his beily
against the other; in this -position he awaited the
dreadful- mornetil:;' -Whet .the barrel became hot an
exploSion tdollrpl4-ce,-byWhich he was shot through
the body. He had for sometime before been in-the
habit of ecessive drinking., which had impaired his
intelleas,...antr probably produced a .deratig,imint,
which led' to the commission of the abOve horrid
deed.

CORN EXCHA-NOR, JUNE 18.—The market to-day
is well supplied with Wheat,-nut not many samples
of first quality/and-sales io this trade are hea•.•;ly
efreEted at a small declension 'in price ; the prices of.
Barley and Malt wary but little ; scarce any White
ll
or Grey Pease, -Which are rather ;her.; the two
description of Beans full as dear ; pititough Oats. are
in large supply., the late demand causes the last
prices to
.ContinUe.). • and Flour .lialb:spppot.is the
last quoted.-prices.

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Li IP 1-11.7 PORT.

COURT OF CHANCERY..Jv'x.r.,I7

THE ARCIIBiS:TO? OF YORK V. THE MAYOR AND COR-

r.nA110,..1 OF THE CITY'. OF YORE"

In this case the Archbishop filed his Bill for an
Injuntti. n a4ainst the De.teociants,to.restrain them
fro n detnoli.hing or pulling down the gates of the.
City. of York, by which the' Plaintiff apprehended
he would sustain injury or loss of property. The.
Plaintitf claimed a prescriptive right to the toll .of a
_great annual fair; called 'Lammas .Fair, in which A
great ;lumber of cattle were sold, in the city of York.
It was the usage fur the-Mayor, from . time ',imme-
morial, on each fair day, to deliver up to the Arch-,
bishop the keys and gates of the city fOr the day, in
order themore advantageomly to cone& the toll, and
prevent the cattle from :passing without payment of.
such toll ; he aliedged by his Bill,, that he would
stiffer lo6s and inconvenience by 'the want of the
gates. and would find difficulty in.coneding:the toll,
which would not be-So produ&ive to hitn, if the
ateswere taken down, as tile Defendants intended,
and -had adually commenced such pulling down, at
one of the gates, previous to the Bill being filed last
year, when the Plainti& obtained an-injunction.—
This Itijim&ion was this day, after being in force
seven months-, moved to be dissolved,t he-parties con 7
senthig to try the right by a feigned issue. This issue'
was found difficult to be framed, as the terms•of it,
when made some time back, were,- that the De=
fendants had broken "down the posts of one of
the gates, by which the Plaintiff had sustained loss
or injury.; but, -on consideration, it was found that
such an issue could not be proved in any .manner,
being in fad a falsehood, fur that .no fair had been.
held there since the trespass was commenced, nor
could any be held before the next AsS'izes. It was
much urged upon the Court to di,sblVe the-Injunc
lion upon the terms offered by the Defendants ; but
the CILANCitiLOA stated that. be could. Jit:coMply
with the motion, nor dissolve the Injunaion,:on, the.
-grodndionted he, however, a ;wish that
the parties might agree-upon Some.tean.s a-an issue,
and desired, at some future tune, to see whit issue
could be framed for this Iran pose.
At the' rising of the Court, it was sUggested to his
Lordship, that the Mayor and Corporation' were
willing to agree to the terms of al,y issue ;' but the
Counsel of. the Plaintiff said,,nothitig on thiS.occa-
si.m". Thus the matter seems now to rest as Unsettled

as ever.

GREY V. THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.

The Plaintiff in this case filed his Bill for an in-
juntlion to restrain the Defelidant,fiorn searching
.for or digging coals upon the Plaittitt's estate at
Backward, in the',lVlartor of TynemoUth,.,in the
County. of Northamberland. the Doke claimed a
prescriptive right to enter upon, search.tor„ and dig
coals upbn the Defendant's estate, a well as. on se-
veral other denominations,- to.o‘ns, and lank' in the
Mdtior of Tynemouth, of which his. Grace is the
Lord,•alledging, that no:copyholder bad ever before
denied- or reJisted such an usage, on being
paid for the trespass. committed .or' done to the
soil only. " Air. Grey did not wish to see • his
copyhold estate convened into a colliery," said
Sir SAMUEL R 031.4.04 and although his (;race's

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answer, which. came in ,ionly two days ago, was
taken upon Lis honour, it did not appear positively
-- stated in it, that .he had such a clear prescriptive
right as was cnntende4 Our, if ..such. right had in

:'fat existed in the plat:4 •in question, his grace
'"o•iivonld t.ot-, 'as adlitittesl by answer, give any
'coinpetialiOtt 'to any tenant, `for the damage done
to the soil ;' f*br the right to-the mines or- minerals,
if prescriptive-or undpubteo,would, of necessity,Carry
alon th 1t the. libel:ly of damaging the . soil, in.
working,the Mine's, or in: searching for such
Tak.'.'.';;l:n addition to. this faCt, it.wasstatecf, that no
.sucbjetite'ral right existed - in. she Mapor .of,Tpre..
:rnonticii—and.e%en.ifsuch,a right-11;d existed,. it bad
• mot .ext ondect. to the, town: of Backward, .the 'focus in
quo of this trespassivand.ifit was a. well-founded
it,would hace.been earlier resorted to and as-
serted: learned CohnSel 'contended; :that -the
issue before tried
.in this-cause; 'N'Olic.-asti6 in
180,
.was rendered impro'Rer, by the persons con-
cerned for,. the Defendant, and 04'4. was
imputable
.to them i.as also the impossibility' of put....
ting ti) any proper replication to the Defendant's
. issue at law, which was tried an'd
.found for the
-Defendant, being. an, immaterial issue, 'and a case
not triable by any issue..,
,It was mentioned, that
. the. land in question was in the:possession of Sir
Alatthew. White Ridley, who -was foreman of the
jury who tiled the -issue. The Court of King's
Bench, upon a motion for a new trial, retnseil.to
set aside the verdict ; and it appeared, that stables,

afid other- apparatus for the Colliery, • had. been
ereded on the Plaintiff's land ; m
and. his Counsel suc-
cessfully argued, that phis-motion for'dissolvin the
injunction upon "his grace's answer, must _bee -re-
fused-5 as, at a!1 events, the injunction must Stand,
on. account of the- stables.and other eredions.-

I•he Lox') CHANIcELLutt said, he well knew. both
parties, and was very sorry that they could "not
agree upon this matter. The • injunctiou stands•tu
force against his Grace, and the works must,sbe dis-
continued.

For liis Grace it w-as'.stated, that his' reason for

not sooner exercising this right, was his not sooner
,having wanted to cm.encl the collieries tu.that•quar-
ter. .

CCU RT OF KING'; B N Cli, W. iesTurNsrait, Ttitar. 17.

WELSPOUD V. TODD.

This was -a question_ between- the. Excise Office
and Horse-keepers, to decide the question whether
saddle horses let out to hire for the day,, or,to :go to
a certain stipulated place and back, Were liable to.
the duty Upon post-horses ? The action was brought
(as we. have stated-in former Papers) by the:fartner-
of the 'Post*orse Duties for the Distria of bath,
aoainsta stable7lceeper, for• duty upon ct•Vo horses, •
let out by. the latter for the' One to go from
Bath to Erandforct, .a.„5,06:4. about-seven
the other from Bath to Hinton Bruit, Vi miles
distant. The ljetendant - contended, ' that 'these%
hiring; did not come ‘Vithin the meaning Of the '2 sth
and 44th of the King, commonly called the -Post-
horse Duty Ads.

The Court gave foal judgment this day,
an-d their LordjiipS were unanunoutly of opinion,
that whatever doubts had arisen in the caret of the
King v. 'rooky, and, the King r. Swift, which- were
cited in the worse of the arguMent, were fully
excluded by the provision 4 of the',subsequent Sta-
tnte,of the 44th of the King,- in 'Vvhich the 'words
" travcilim; post" had been omitted. heir Lord
ships therefore thought, that the Plaintiff was en-
titled .to recover the duties upon the last count in.
the, Declaration, respeding the journey to Brand-'
ford.--4udgment was accordingly entered for the
The ATTOP.N.EY-GENERAL made. the xiSnal mo-
tion upon the last day of Term„for all persons under
rcoignizance.to_the Court, to appear &e.