The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-27 00:00:00

A SPEECH,

Intended to have been spoken at Chelmsford, at the Election
for the Connty of Essex, but nit *livered, in consequence
of the very unexpected clo!te of the Poll.

"Mr.SitaatFa, and,Freeholders of the County of
Essex-LAs the assertion of atomprOmise between
the friends of Mr. HonaLoN and Mr. WESTERN
continues to be repeated,' the friends of, the 'for-.
Iner think it incumbent upon them, again and
again, to
-declare, th:at- tilev have not made, nor
wish to make;-. a compromise with any of the
friends of the latter-. •
In the first place, we 'disclaim and disdain all
compromise with the handful oVhigs, who sup-
ported Mr. BURGOYNE in the late conte,t with Mr.
protractina; the'poll to the •las( hour,
for the avowed purpose of NOT SUFFERING A TORY
CANDIDATE TO N.VAL'j. OVER THE COURSE, and by .
that means kept. the .County,of Essex unrepre-
sented for fourteen- days, in the midst of a most
important Sessions of Parliament.. These may,
-for aught I know, be modern principles,, Out
they arc as unlike to-those of '1(0 as darkness is
to light, and as inferior. To these few Whig
• (and much we are bound to thank theta for it),
we are already indebted for one election of fifteen
days duration ; and to thein we may impute the
present, Which it is probable may last as long, for
the mutual benefit and eornfoit of Tories and.
Whigs. •
With,these Gentlemen- we have not, nor ever
will, stoop to have any thing to do ; nor are we
'inclined to compromise with the great and nume-
rous body of Mr. WESTERN'S friends, who nobly
scorned to take ,a part in that *miserable bUsiness :
they,,We know, where they. have
,the power, con-
finethe votes.etitirely to him, and where they have
iniluenc," exert it to the saute effect.- Still less-
are wedisnose.d to compromise with those of his-
friends or age.ntsai know not which to call them,
who plaister up placards against the walls of pub-
lic houses, and solicit votes under fallacious acid
false pretences : I have a copy of one of them in
my hand ; the- -original is in my.-pocket, it Was
stuck up at the Compasses, in I.Testingthorpe,.and
• any one -4vho wishes to peruse such precious pieces I
of pentnatilhip-May see both original and
,copy.
Such measures the friends and agents of Mr.
Houlia.oN will 'never condescend to pursue : we
are moat. anxious for his election, -and will carry it
• - if we'can,b,y honourable means, but by no other :
he deserves out warmest support,tor we have had,
during three Sessions, coostant and convincing'
proofs of his loyalty, independence, integrity, at-,
taament to tie Constitution, and unwearied at-
tention to the business of the County., and the ge-
neral prosperity of the empire. In doing justice,
howa;yer, to Mr. HdutmoN, it is far from my in-
tention to be unjust to Mr. WESTERN ; no one of
his friends -has a higher opinion of his private
- character, nor of his independence, integrity, and
abilities,
,as a Senator, but I cannot admire the
language which, in and out of the House, he has
been in the habit of applying to the Hanoverian
troops in our service, whom, driven from their
own country, Government has employed to assist
in fighting the battles of this, and-to spare its po-
pulation, not too ample to supply the .continual
drains upon it for the army and navy. The odious._
terms—." hirelings" and "mercenaries---may be
grammatically _correct, and are just as. properly
, applied to the Germans as to our own sailors and
soldiers ; or as, in private life, they might be to
-physicians, lawyers, or other professional men,
engaged and paid for their services. , If Mr. WF,s-
'TERN is raised to the honour of representing the
County,. I, trust' that he will give up his 'situation
of delegate to the Freemason's Tavern, and no:
patronize any plan of refprin'that fritters away the
elective rights of my brother freeholders and m-
self amongst lease-holders, copy-holders, and.
house-holders, a species. of voters hitherto un-
known to the Constitution. .
Of-the third Candidateal have nothing to fay,
except thati.think hint a much mistaken and much
injured man, brought forward to answer a tempo-
,ary purpose, and now neglected,. deserted, and
1 id upon the shelf;- and I am sorry to see him
4,ersocre in a Contest, in whijh it is impossible
that he can succeeeL

AN ESSEX FP.F.ZHOLDKR.

.on.Pitusdayinight fast three French prisoners,
eluding the notice of the guard, .sWani train, the
"San Nic;holas to a lump -dor mooring bare, nut
very distant, and going on board, with long
knives, threatened the life of the-barge-keeper, if
he did not instantly furnish them with the sails
belonging n a boat alongside. The barge-keeper
professed his readiness. to comply with their de-
mand, and prOCceded to go towards'the hold for
for thot purpose, but instead of procuring sails, he
seized a handspike, and slipping up the fore hatch-
fway, got-out on the davit, in which situation he
kept the disappointed. Frtnchmeu at bay, until his
repeated culls for help had brought a boat w his
*ssistance.