The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-28 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

The election for_ the-county of Dumbarton took
plaCe on the 20th of this month. The Lord Ad-
vocate of Scotland was unanimously elected. Af-
ter the election he addressed -the electors nearly as
follows :
" It is with heartfelt gratitude that I rise So
return you thanks for the honour which yon,hay.
this day conferred upon me, by , again retnrnitw,
me .your Representative in Parliament. Since
last addressed ydwon• a similar occasion, about
two year's ago; Much of deep it has taken
place both at home and abioad. During those
two eventful years we have witnessed our beloved
and respected Sovereign who had long reigned in
the hearts of hiSpeolide, by the awful visitation of
PrOvidence, deprived of the power of :admini,ter-
ing the **fairs of Government. We have beheld
his'son the Prince Regent, from a sense of filial
• piety,,and frOrn'the conviction of sound patriotism,
purSuirig the same public measures which had been
adOpted'and followed • by' our revered Alonarch,
and placing round the throne the Counsellors of
his father. We have-seen the Minister of the,Bri-
tish Empire, Who, by his private virtues and hi,:
amiable manners, had endeared himself to all who
had in private life thehappiiress of being acquaint-
ed with him; and who, by his ability and inte-
grity as a statesman, had obtained the confidence
of his country,fand commanded the respect or his
political opponents, at the time when, by his me.
nit being better known, and his character more
generally understood, he seemed as it were to be
placed on the seat of permanent power----;we have
seen him torn from us in a moment by the act of
an insane assassin.
" Abroad, at the commencement of the perivd

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to which thieve all the-armies of France *ere
advancing-With haughty: and..confident steps to
drive the -British- troops crotnAhe..Peninstila..,--.
-6;4)fident of success, and eertaiu of rendering Un-
availing all those exertions, Which eve bail made for
giving liberty and independence to two oppreiseil
natiOns,they advanced to the combat; but British •
yalour, discipline, and skillprevailed, and the. ve-
teran soldiers of France were compelled toseck for
aafety in retreat and-in flight. Another campaign
has followit4, and that,-'.great General, of whose
merited 'praise- langnAge does not enable tne to
express whati would-lyillingly utter, has obtained
. &decisive victory;:the remembrance of which will:
live for evorand has afforded to the Spanish
tinn an. opportimityof aching still more important
exertions to those Which, with invincible perse-:
yerance„ they have made in the midst of defeat,-'
disaster, and calamity. But whatev.cr maybe their
fate, or whatever May be the Tate of the Penin-
aula; the advantages which have h'een gained to
the British Empire aresticha;i could-hot Italie been
purchased at toO,liig4-..a. prieeL--for_ we have made
it known to our enecties -We haventade it known
to the world.:—/and .we-have left not a' doubt `upon
our minds—that it is not Merely on that element
which is peculiarly our own that British valour is
pre-eminent, but-that the soldiers of the British
Empire, in equal numbers; and in the fair field of
battle, are-superiof to the soldieri of France. The
invasion of these islandS; which some years ago
was contemplated with aPprelicusiOn, should it
now, therefore, by possibility exist, we are cone--
dent Would only produce, as its result to our ene-
mies, defeat and disaster,.
" Whilst the situation of the Peninsula was, at
the contmencement of the period to which I have
referred, such as I havedeseribcd, the rest of: the -
continent of Europe at'that tune was sunk in ab-
ject '.and servile subjection to the Ruler of France.
Prussia had been annihilated, Austria had forged.,
her own chains, and-Russia-wastaately acquiescing
in the general-submission 4, bitt:•in- the course, of.
these two years; the imoliahle• and_ encroaching
ambition, arrogant' and niusnititig tyranny, have
provoked indignation,‘. bate
_tuade, danger mani-
fest, and have produced dr.feasive resistance. The
events which have followed and we have recently
contemplated, have reflected lustre on the Russian
name and charaCter, and- have: done -honour to
hutnan nature. We have beheld—l refer not to
it for example=-for, were the case our own, I
trust in God we would require no example—but
we have beheld With admiration, a great people,
making property the sacrifice, making life the
price, willing to wade through- blood and desola-
tion, in the gloriousstruggle for the maintenance
of national indepentlencel4or.the preservation of
the important,. the dignified; the, valuable bless-
ings which national indepeadence can bestow.----
May it be our prayer to GO that he will inspire
them with unappalled perseverance, and will crown
their patriotic exertions with success.
" Upon-other political questions which - at pre-
sent interest,' agitate, "and divide the public mind,
lam happy-to .have reason to believe and to know
that my sentiments on those public questions have
hitherto accorded and do now accord with your
own. Nor need I add, that, in what particularly
rev arils the county Dumbarton„ I cannot .fail
to have an anxious.desire to promote the welfare
and prosperity of this 'county, in which we all
have acommon interett." - • •