The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-01 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BRIGHTON RAGES, TUESDAI2, JULY 30.
Tbe Town Plate of 701. for all ages.—Two mile heats.
Ld Eeemont's gr. c. Midas, 3 yrs old - - 1 2 1
Mr. Brown's gr. f. Gift, 4 vrs old - 5 1 2
Mr. 'Walker's gr. c. Legal Tender, 4 yrs old - 2 dr
Mr. Dockray's Paint-brush, i. yrs old - - 3 dr3

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CHELMSFORD RACES (IsT DAY), TUESDAY, JULY 30.
The Oatland Stakes of 30gs each, 20gs ft.—Two miles and a
half, starting at the bottom of the Old Course, and to go
once round.
Mr. Harrison's b. g. Quibble, by Selim, 6 yrs, Bst. 41b. I
Marquis of Exeter's b. f. Tipsy, 4 yrs, Bst. - - 2
Sir Eliab Harvey named Potemkin, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b. - 3
Mr. Heathcote's brother to Antelope, 4 yrs, Bst - - 4
Won easy.
His Majesty's Plate of lOOgs, by mares of all ages ; three-yr 1
olds, 7st. ; four, Bst. .51b. ; five, ast 111 b. ; six and aged,
9st. 21b.—Two:.mile heats, starting at a post allotted for the
purpose, between the Distance Post and Stand.
Mr. Batson's b. m. buss, 5 yrs 1 2 1
Ld Clarendon's b. m. Antiope 2 1 2
One of the finest races ever run ; at starting, even betting :
after the first heat, 6 to 4on Luss ; after the second, 5 to 4 on
Antiope ; Ist heat won by half a neck; 2d, by half a head ;
3d, by half a length—both working every heat, and at their
utmost.
WEDNESDAY.—(SEcoNn DAY).
The Gold Cup, value 100 gs, by Subscribers of lOgs each ; three
yrs old, 7st.; four, fist. 41b. ; five, Bst. 121 b. ; six, 9st. 21b.
The winner to be sold for 500 gs if demanded. Three miles.
Mr. Rush's Romp, aged - - . - 1
Mr. A. Wright, named Luss, syrs old - - - '2
Mr. Harrison's b. g. Quibble, 6 yrs old - - - 3
Ld Clarendon's b. tn. Antiope - - - - - 4
Even on Loss, and any odds agst the winner. •

QUEEN II ITH E REGATTA.
Yesterday the Anniversary of the Grand Aquatic Regatta of
the inhabitants of Queenhithe took place, according to annual
custom, when a handsome wherry and other minor prizes were
contested for by six of the free watermen belonging to those
Stairs. In the centre of the river a handsome barge was moored,
gaily dressed up, "proudly riding o'er the azure realm," with
convenient accommodation for the subscribers to the Regatta;
a band of music was also on board, and the company were en-
tertained with a variety of delightful airs, &c.

The following Epitaph to the memory of a fa-
vourite Actor of the Norwich Company, is in the Church-yard
of Gillingham, Norfolk:—" Sacred to the memory of Thomas
Jackson, comedian, who was engaged December 21, 1741,
to play a comic cast of characters in this great theatre, the
world, for many of which he was prompted by nature to ex-
cel. The season being ended—his benefit over—the charges
all paid—and his account closed, he made his exit in the tra-
gedy of death on the 17th of March, 1798, in the full assurance
of being called once more to rehearsal, when he hopes to find
his forfeits all cleared—his cast of parts beftered-i-and his situ-
ation made agreeable by Him who paid the great stock-debt
for the love he bore to performers in general."
INQUEST AT TUNBRIDGE.—On Monday an In-
quest was taken before Dudley, Esq. coroner, on the body
of Miss Sarah Hugford, who died about 7 o'clock on Saturday
evening. It appeared in evidence, that the deceased, who was on
a visit to the Misses de St. Croix, at Tunbridge, had complained
of having had the toothache the night before, and sent a ser-
vant to the druggist's for a bottle containing half an ounce of
laudanum. At about nine o'clock on Sunday morning, the
deceased rang her hell, and requested that another bottle of
laudanum might be fetched, which was also taken to her
in her bedroom. The servant asked if she should bathe
her face for her • deceased said " No, put it down, I will
do it myself." She apprised her mistress of what had been
done, and it was soon after discovered that the deceased had
taken the contents of both bottles. Miss de St. Croix then
applied to the chymist for something to counteract the effects
of the poison, for which purpose he gave her a powder, and
recommended calling in surgical aid. Mr. Morris, sur-
geon, was immediately sent for, who administered such
medicines as he thought right, but without effect, as she
expired about 5 minutes before 7 o'clock. A servant of the de-
ceased, who lived with her and her sister in Montague-street,
Portman-square, deposed, that during the last two years de-
ceased had been subject to fits of insanity, and had been
confined ten months under Dr. Monroe, and about four months
under Mrs. Thelford, at Clapton—that she accompanied de-
ceased to Tunbridge, and left her on the following day ; on
being asked by one, of the Misses de St: Croix, of the deceas-
ed's previous state of mind, she said no—the sister of the deceas-
ed told her not to mention a word about it, telling her that those
ladies had been apprised of every thing that it was necessary they
should know. The Jury then sent fdr Miss de St. Croix to know
if she had been apprised of the deceased's state of mind; Miss
de St. Croix stated, that no intimation had been given her of
any previous symptoms of insanity ; she was informed that a
long illnesS had much weakened Miss Hugford, and left a
nervous affection which it was hoped change of air and
of place might tend to wear off. The Jury here express-
ed themselves in strong terms at the conduct of the sister of
the deceased, in thus sending her away, and leaving her with-
! out that proper protection so necessary to a person in her deli-
cate state of mind. The Jury, after some consultation, re-
turned a verdict of Insanity,

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Your, JULY 29.

CONTEZTED ELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR TUE
BOROUGH OF ALDBOROUGH IN PARLIAMENT.

ADDY V. CASS.
Mr. SCARLETT stated the plaintiff's case?.—Mr. Robert
Addy, a freeman of Aldborough, brought this action against the
defendant, who was returning officer for the election of Mem-
bers of Parliament for Aldborough, to recover a compensation
in damages for having corruptly conspired to deprive the
plaintiff of his vote. The fact of corrupt motive would be
established from the declarations of 'the defendant, that he
would do all he could to return such Candidate as should be
nominated to the Duke of Newcastle, and leaving no doubt
that he meant to reject the plaintiff's vote, with that of others,
in order that he might secure his object. It became necessary
to state, that on a previous question, with respect to the right
of voting for a Member of Parliament for this borough, the mat-
ter had been referred to a Committee of the Rouse of Commons.
It having been set up by interested intlividuals that none but
burgesses were entitled to vote, it was finally settled by an
Act of Parliament, known by the name of the Grenville Act,
that every person who occupied a tenement, and paid scot and
lot—whatever that tenement might be—within the township or
borough of Aldborough, should be entitled to vote.—To
this an obstacle was again interposed, it being determined
that none should be entitled to vote who did not possess aright
of common. That pretext being beaten down by another Act
of Parliament, the next encroachment upon the popular right
of vote in such as paid scot and lot, was a pretence by this de-
fendant of " ancient usage." • The fact was, that Aldborough
having been an ancient Roman military station, had been
surrounded by high walls, of • which no trace. could be now
fbund except the foundation, which was under ground.—
This the defendant pretended to distinguish as the limits of the
borough, so as to exclude the defendant's right of vote because
he happened to reside a few yards beyond this. ancient wall.—
But prior to this the defendant had rejeCted the plaintiff's vote
on the pretence that he had not paid his poor-rates, which
happened from his having tendered a 101. note, in payment, for
which he could not then get change. This objection was re-
moved by his saying, "I am ready to pay it now." It was
then only that this formidable objection was made, namely,
that the right of vote must be confined within the township,
and of which the limits were bounded by this Roman wall.
The first pretence they set up was that none could.vote with-
out they possessed a right of common ; this the !loose of Com-
mons beat down • and now to serve the interest of tfie Duke
of Newcastle, the defendant set up this 'ancient Roman wall,
which the Learned Counsel hoped the Jury would also knock

down.
Thomas Jackson, parish clerk, produced the rate-book, by
which it appeared, Mr. Addy, the plaintiff, rented a tenement
91. per annum, assessment 9s.
Cross-examined by Mr. RAlNE—could not tell whither
Mr. Addy's house was situate within the township of 'Aid-

borough, or not.
Thomas Addy examined by Mr. TINDALL.—(a sprightly
young man), is a linen-drawer near the Boroughbridge; no
relation of the Plaintiff. Before the last election took place, ,
witness was going about the town with Mr. Briant, one of the
candidates, and Mr. Addy's son ; they called on Mr. Cass, the
Defendant, whom they found at the gate of his fide yard ;
Mr. Briant asked him for his will and interest ; Cass replied, he
had no vote, being the returning officer. Mr. Briant made a
speech in these words :—" I am going to unfurl the standard
of independence.V—(Laughter.)
Mr.-RAlNE.—Proceed, Mr. Addy.
Witness proceeded—" And I hope you will rally beneath it
with your support and invigorating influence."
Mr. RAINE.—" Your invigorating influence," vastly fine !

proceed Mr. Addy.
Chief .1 UST ICE.—Were these the expressions used by Mr.
Briant ?—Yes, my Lord, the very expressions.
Mr. Cass replied, he was in the interest of the Duke of New-
castle ; that he had 'a good take under his Grace, and he would
support his Grace. Mr. Briant then said, " Will you go all
lengths with him and for him ?" Mr. Casa said he would. Mr.
Briant said, " Will you go through thick and thin for him ?"
Mr. Cass said he would.--(Laughter.)—After we lent Mr. Cass, .
Mr. Briant said to me—." There's a pretty specimen!'-
(Laughter.)—After this I observed Mr. Cass with the Duke's
favours; emblems and colours, a purple card, with the Duke's
nominees upon it.
Who were the Duke's nominees ?--Mr. Antrobus and Mr.
Fines.
Mr. RAINE.--Very fine. Now for Mr. Briant's speech.—
This took place at the defendant'sfule yard ?-17us.
Mr. RAlNE.—Whatdo you mean by yus, can', ycu soy yes?
—(Laughter.)—When was it ? A fu' days before the election.
Mr. ItaisE.—He speaks so very fine. Did you say afoo
days ?—Yns.—(Laughter.)
Mr. RAINE.—You have a remarkably fine face and fine ad-.
dress. Was this your own address or Mr. Briant's ?—I merely
recited his address.
Mr. RAIN E.—Pray recite it over again.
[Here the witness repeated the same, laying great stress on
the words " Your invigorating influence."--(Much laughter.)
—What Mr. Cass meant by a good take under the Duke was,
I undertood, that he is his Grace's tenant.
Mr. RAINE.—You have such a fine voice and " invitariting
influence" with you ! You remember how well you counter-
feited Mr. Sedgwick the surgeon's voice, in going to the house
of a lady, a Mrs. Williams, and saying you was Mr. Sedg-
wick ?—I? I did not counterfeit.—(Laughter.)
Did you not make an apology to Mr. Sedgwick for having
gone to this lady's house, pretending you was Mr. Sedgwick
—I submit I made no ap;ktgy. I made an explanation, but no
apology.—(Continued laughter.)—Witness proceeded :—lt was
" leat," I looked up at the window ; the lady says, " Who is
there ?" I said, perhaps it might be Mr. Sedgwick the surgeon.
CniEF-JUSTICE—Don't you know that you are not Mr.
Sedgwick ? —Yus, my Lord.
Then how came you to say you might be him ?
Mr. RAI NE
Witness—The cause of my journey to the lady would rot
detract from my character. The lady came down stairs 'and
said, I think this is not Mr. Sedgwick's face; I said no; my
name is Addy.
How came you to use the surgeon's name; i.l Sedgwick a
better name than Addy ?—Eh ? •
•
Mr. RAINE—Eh !
Witness.—lt had been circulated, at least it came to my ear,
that I was said to have circulated some reports against her cha-
racter, and I went to make an explanation—no apology.
Mr. RAINE.—You say it was light in the evening thelady
then must have seen your face out of the window ?—I meant it
was feat not light. •
Mr. SCARLET T.—You understand Yorkshire.
Mr. RAlNE.—Yorkshire !—why Yorkshire would not own
such mincing of words as these.
Witness proceeded—Report had said something against the
lady's character, and I went to set things reet. • Mr. Sedge-
wick attended her professionally. It was between ten and
eleven at night: and the lady admitted me when I said my
name was Sedgwick.
Mr. SCARLET T.—You acquitted yourself to her satisfaction,
I hope ?—Yus.—(Muc'a laughter.)
Mr. Cobley, another witnesa, corroborated the former with
respect to the dialogue between Mr. Briant and thedefendant,
with this difference, that the defendant, instead of saying, he'
would support the Duke through thick and thin, nodded assent.
Mr. Briant. observed, " a pretty specimen you have given !"
Joseph Linfoot lived at Aldborough seventeen years past,
had a vote, and has been present at elections. Did not know
why people carrie to vote, but they all voted. He did-not
know nothing about a common right ; did not know nobody that
did not vote, because they had not got a common right. Never
had nobody to think about but himself. Did not know nothing
about the walls ; nothing more could be seen of them only be-
neath the ground. Witness does not know whether Butcher-
close, where the Plaintiff lived, had a vote or no, but witness
voted last election for Pringle and Briant, and lived there.
William Pybus, 70 years of' age, was constable of Aldbo-
rough; never heard any distinction made as to the Township
being within or without 4ie walls. He mentioned several
names of those who lived at Butcher-close that had. voted,
Thomas Blackburn, John Harrison, John D'Acre' arid several
others. The practice was to vote by the house-roll; those who
had no right of common were not rejected.
Mr. Richard Seruteu.—Believes no one was permitted to
vote, who had not a right of common at elections. The Vicar
of the place had no right of common and therefore did not vote;
previous to 1320, did not know of any man voting who had not
a right of common, and the rule was, that no one could have a
vote, unless he lived within the limits of the old Roman wall.
'Zile foundation of the wall was under ground, nothing could
be seen of it above ground ; witness has searched for It, and
seen the whole ; he dug the stones from it to pave the town of
Borougbridge; it has 4 sides, which still remain under pound,
and it encloses the whole township of Aldborough ; witness's
house is partly built upon it; Addy's house is one entirely out-
side the.avall; witness spoke of what had been considered the
limits 40r is borough for 50 years. -
Chief stice ABBOTT was of opinion, that witness being
called for the plaintiff, had put the case out of Court, by prov-
ing that for 50 years the llepits of this borough had been con-
fined within these walls.
The plaintiff was non-anited.

We are happy to learn that the rumoured indisposition of Mr.
Baron Woon has been greatly exaefated, and that no inta-
ruption of the business of the Circuits apprehended from that
causer as has been reported.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

irrnAcTs FROM TIH 13,4111 Y. IWAIMING .PAVEAS,

August 1, 1822.

[MORNING. POST.]
The House of Commons having finished all its
business, adjourned last night to Monday next.;
:end on Tuesday, or-Wednesday at farthest (as
we Stated yesterday) Parliament will be pro-
rogued by his Majesty in person. 'On the clues-
'tion of adjournment being put, Mr. I3ennet and
Mr. Hume made their farewell speeches.
,The
former Gentleman expects for every Petition
presented this ye'r, that ten will be produced in
the ensuing Session ; the latter looks forward to
a further reduction of expenditure of from seven to
tel millions ! Mr. Martin remarked it was matter
of astonishment that Mr. Hume had not suggested
such reductions as he now considers to be necessary,
"While he sat among the friends of Ministers. The
Honourable Member for Aberdeen did not answer
this,-either by declaring that he had offered snch
hints before he ratted, or by explaining how he
came to see 'things so wonderful-1y clear after
turning his coat, which had wholly escaped his
observatiOn before. Some edifying reflections
'might be made on the circumstances which form
a patriot, and on the means by which popularity
and plate can be most easily obtained. These
we .may indulge in on a future occasion. At pre-
sent we shall only remark, that in the east of
Mr. Hume it is seen, as in many, others, thht an
unregarded retainer of Ministers, who has not
talent enough even to make Itis name known or
apostacy remarkable, will,pass for a very great
man in the ranks of an OppoSition like the pre-
sent. .

[MORNING CIIRONICLE.I

The business of the Session having been gone
through, the House of Commons 'adjourned last
night to Monday next ; Mr. Bennet, in what
may be called a valedictory address, said, " be-
fore this SesSion the Ilouse had not attended in
'the slightest degree to the Petitions of tlie Peo-
ple, but they had now in some degree listened
to their complaints, complied with their requests,
lessened -the expenditure, and lowered taxes."
Mr. Ilume seemed, however, to think that his
honourable Friend had given to the House what
belonged properly to Lord Londonderry, who
was alone entitled to thanks for any remis-
sion of taxes that had tak'en place, though he
himself should have been more grateful had the
redfictiOn of expenditure corresponded to the
remission of taxes. We cannot help thinking that
the House shewed themselves much more obe-
dient to the call of his Lordship than the wishes
of their Constituents, voting, as they did, against
all reduction one day, and for it the next, with-
out any change of circumstances to justify the
contradiction. The country, as Mr. Hume ob-
served, owe nothing to the House,,and the Ap-
pendices to the Report on the returns of Mem-
bers holding places, partly explain the reason
_why the House and , the Country have so little
sympathy with each other. Mr. Hume said he
had no hesitation in declaring his belief, that be-
fore the end of the next Session a.reduction of
7,000,0001. would be effected in the public ex-
penditure.

. . _ .
[BRITISH PRESS.]
Last night the attention of the House of Com-
mons was called, and very properly called, by
Dr. Lushington, to the debts due to •the credi-
tors of her; late Majesty. The Hon. and. Learned
Gentleman stated, "that it appeared from the ac-
counts at present, that between the assets left

by her Majesty and the grant of Parliament,

there would be only, 29,0001. to meet a demand
of 44,0001.,. which was the amount of her Ma-
jesty's debts, both gnglish and foreign. Now
this sum twill not be divided equally amongst all
the creditors, as strict justice would require,
but, according to one of -the resolutions in the
Bill, the parliamentary grant is to be confined
to liquidate the debts of English tradesmen
solely. As far as feeling is concerned, one cannot
help rejoicing that the poor English tradesman
shall suffer no loss ; but it is not only a reflection
. •
on the Government, but a national disgrace, that
the just and lawful debts of an English, Queen

should xemain unsatisfied—debts too not origk-
nating in any wanton or unnecessary extrava-
gance,. but created by an imperious and over-
'ruling- necessity, partly arising too from a mis-
underitanding, if not a deceit, practised on her
by the Government. Far better would it be for
his Majesty's Ministers to abstain from any act

which can tend to awaken the. recollection of

events which they perhaps would "be the most
anxious (as they have the best reason) should be
forgotten. The sum is trilling, the country
would willingly consent to it, and the disgrace of
leaving 'these debts unpaid would be perpetual.

1 .

[NEW TIMES. 3
We yesterday received, by express, letters and
papers from Parrs to a late hour on Sunday even-
ing. They leave the recent news from Spain
still in cousiderable obscurity ; and the opinions
of the writers on it are much divided. The
Courier Prang. ais, a paper exactly corresponding.
in revolutionary sentiments with The Times,
treats the whole story as The Tunes did, as-
serting it to be a gross falsehood. The Consti-
tutionnel, Which bears about the. same relation
to The Coul'ier Franguir as The illprning Chro-
nicle does to:. The Times, attempts to discredit
the news by argument, but des not go so far as
to give it a poSitive denial. The Royalist Papers
content themselves, with observing, that, as the
-nr:rs by thp",:.regular
.courier from Madrid came
down onty,to,the 18th, it could. neither confirm•
nor disprok- that which was said to have been
brought by a. special courier "on Saturday; except
sd far..aS the occurrences up to the 18th might
afford,a`prnbable.inference Of further movements.

;" [THE ,rtmEs..]
We. take:.-the opportunity which the arrival of.
French -.Papers affords us to notice, that an at-
tempt; a.s..bangling and absurd in its contrivance
as it thasrliave been odious- and disgraceful, in
its purpose,. was yesterday playa off in the City:
to mislead the public mind on the subject of Spa-
wish affairs.. About two o'clockiti.the afternoon,

after the Evening Papers hail obtained their
usual supply of intelligence,.and exhausted their
usual means of inquiry, a pretended despatch was
rectived by a respectable Coffee-house in the
City, enclosing three documents in two different
languages. The,first was a soi-disant letter from
Paris, dated .10. o'clock on Monday night, men-
tioning only the arrival of a courier from Madrid
in four days, and referring to an enclosure for
news ; the second was an incoherent farrago of
undated nonsense,. purporting to be the account
of a battle in Madrid, which ended in favour of
the Liberals, after the slaughter of 6,000 men ;
and the third a pretended kind of ultra-liberal
song of triumph (in the shape of a proclamation,)
without date or signature, over a battle without
probability or details. It would be superfluous to
enter fartherinto the circumstances of a hoax which
did not for a moment mislead or to attempt to
destroy the 'ci-"e-ra-Tiibrication which died in
the moment of its -bieih: Ridicule and contempt
will be the only punishment which we would in-
flict on 'sueh silly ill-contrived inventions, Were
we. not convinced that they had their origin
in fraudulent and disreputable motives. The
approach of settling day in ,Spanish Stock''
will at once explain this pretended victory
of the Liberals after an extensive carnage,
and the foolish counter-revolution of the Dra-
per" Blanc without. a battle. Truly, if the
Serviles in Spain bring no greater talent and dex-
terity to the service of Ferdinand and absolute
power, than their friends north of the Pyrennees
to the invention of plausible falsehoods, the Spa-
nish Constitution is in no more danger of being
overpowered, than English good sense of being
over-reached.

[-MORNING HEKALII.
COMMITTEE: FOR THE DISTRELED IRISH.

Extract of tt Letter from Castlebar, JIIIN 20 :
" I beg to inform the Committee, that in conse-
quence of the very severe distress which has
generally prevailed in this district; the females
are peculiarly deserving of protection, a great
portion of them having been discharged from
employment, with Out a residence to go to, or
without means to procure the common neces-
saries of life, and have' actually been under
the painful necessity of selling, their clothes
to procure sustenance, and a great portion of
them are at this present time almost in a state of
nudity ; and I much fear, if clothing is not pro-
vided for them, many may be sacrificed by
the inclemency of the winter. It is the
anxious desire of the factory to purchase
wool, and to have it manufactured into cloth-
ing. However, the fund applicable to the
factory is not adequate to such an under-
taking. By desire I annex an estimate of the
probable expence of clothing each female, and,
should the idea meet the countenance of your
Committee, aided as they must be by the bene-
volent females of Great Britain, I shall esteem it
a mark of attention if they Avill communicate to
me their opinimr and determination thereon. I
shall only add, I consider clothing for a female
almost as requisite as, food."

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

(Frain the Bury Gazette, July 31.)

The Suffolk Pitt Club is about to hold its second Anniver-
sary ; and if the county be still what it has always been con-
sidered, a wise, religious, and loyal county, there cannot be a
doubt that the occasion will concentrate such an assemblage of
the estimable portion of society, as will convince the advocates
of anarchy that their undertakirw is not quite so easy as they
at present flatter themselves. It there ever lived a Statesman
whose memory deserved to be made immortal by the grati-
tude of his country, that man was WILLIAM PITT. His
mighty mind created resources, in the hour of peril, of
such wondrous magnitude as the imagination of man had never
before conceived : his potent genius directed these resources
in every part of the warring world, for the salvation of ,Bri-
tain and the succour of surrounding nations. He struggled
with and overcame a domestic faction of most appalling force.
Ile preserved to his country the.blessing of internal tran-
quillity, whilst all around was blood, and homicide, and ruin.
He trained a band of patriots, who, pursuing his precepts,
crushed the power that had deluged Europe with blood ; and,
with the wealth of empires in his reach, died in honourable po-
verty l—a victim to the services he had rendered his beloved
country. Such was the man,whose name hallowed in the grateful
recollections of a free, brave,_ and loyal people, serves as -a rally-'
ing point for the friends of the Constitution in Church and State,
as delivered to us by our ancestors, and by law established.
'And the aspect of the times threatening the very existence of
all those time-honoured institutions on which, we believe, our
happiness on earth and hope of heaven depend, Tenders it an
imperative duty on all whose example may be of import to
those around, and who would preserve the Throne from thral-
dom,
.the Law from violation, and the Altar from pollution, to
assemble beneath the banner inscribed with the immortal name
of WILLIAM PITT.