The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-17 00:00:00

ELECTIONS.

CHICHESTER ELECTION.
The following was the State of the Poll, at
a quarter-past four on Saturday last, being the
sth day 4--
Poyatz, Esq. - - 245
Sir G. Webster

THE LIVERPOOL ELECTION.

FIRST DAY--FRIDAY, FEB. 14.
STATE OF THE POLL.
Mr. liuskisson - 164
Lord 1.10 23
Dr. Crompton - 0
On the numbers being declared, Mr. livsxts-
.
sow came lo'rward on the Hustings, and thus ad-
dressed the Electors
44 GENTLEMEN FREl:saw—The proceedings of this day
being now close ll allow me, according to the custom which has
at all times prevailed in elections, to state, first, the numbers
On the poll as they now stand. Gentlemen, you are aware,
that there were three candidates put in nomination ; and there
is this singularity attending the state of the poll, that one can-
didate, of very substantial flesh and blood, who has made his
appearance here, who ham been proposed and seconded, and
who introduced Into his addrass to the freemen a. great deal of
very learned matter, and directed many very important ob-
servations to them, has not bad the good fortune to obtain a
single vote.—(Cheers.)--Dr. Crompton, found a mover' and a
seconder; but such was the effect of his eloquence on the se.
conger, that he found it impossible to give a vote to 116 own
candidate, and has actually polled fur Iris opponent, Lord Itlo-
Iyneux.-2(Loud laughter.)
" Gentlemen, the next singularity is, that we have an un-
substantial candidate, one who did 'not offer Himself to the fre-
men, or state any wish to beput in nomination, and who, al-
though he resides in this neighbourhood, does not think it worth
his while to appear before you. This unaubstantialtandidate,
Gentlemen, has acquircsi a majority of 23 over the substantial
candidate who addressed you so much at length in support
of his own claims ; the numbers being, for Dr. Crompton, NOT
°NE ;....(loud laughter)--for Lord Molyneux, 23.—Renewed
laughter.)—My own numbers; Gentlemen, by your kind exer.
dons, are 164.-;7;(Applauae.)
" Gentlemen, if you recollect former elections in Liverpool,
I need not state to you how different is the present poll from
those at some late contests; at which the candidates opposed
to the principles which I advocate have been able to bring to
the poll a sufficient number of freemen on the first day of -the
election, as to keep pace with the tallies of their opponents.—
But, Gentlemen, far different is their condition on the present
occasion. illy present majority leaves us no.room to doubt as
to the issue of the .struggle.-(Applause.)--Por, ' Gentlemen,
never, I believe, did it occur, in the whole tour:6 of your ex-
perience, that, on the very first.day, the candidate who doesnot
think it worth while to appear obtains a few,votirs only, and
the other candidate, who is here to solicit your support, obtains
no votes at Laughter.)
" Gentlemen, the evening is so wet and so unpropitious, and
the hour white, that I will not detain you longei, except to
thank you for your zeal this day, and request you to renew
your exertions on the morrow, when, I have no doubt, by your
support, we shall put an end ton contest which can only end in
the discomfiture or those who have commenced it with no chance
or hope of final success.--(Loud cheers.)
•
SECOND AN!) LAST DAY.
LtrE aroot., SATURDAY, FEB. Ili.--lialltpast 12 with.'
The ElectiOn has just terminated by the
drawing of the two opposition Candidates ; and
Mr. lluskisson has been returned. The numbers
stood,'at the close of the poll--
llusitisson • .21111
Lord Mulyneaux . , 31
'Dr. Crompton 0
Nothing could exceed the good humour which
has prevailed. My. Iluskissou has confirmed
the admiration and attachment of his friendil
and has conciliated the good will of his oppoi.
vents, who, .it must be acknowledged, have
acted with great fairness .curl liberality.

MILMLESEI SEM ONS.--This morning the
General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex commenced at Hicks's
Clerkenwell, before FRANCIS CONS; Esq., the
Chairman, and a very full Bench of Magistrates.
The. Court having been assembled, the. 011013111111
made oneor two observations to the Grand Jury on
the business to be placed before them. The Grand
Jury having been sworn, retired to commence
their arduous duties. The Petit Jury were toed-
pied during the morning in trying trivia t cases of
assault. The calendar is not heavy for the Old
Bailey Sessions.

ROYAL NAVY.

PO itTEIMO UTIf) FEB. 16.—!-Ou Thursday the
Pembroke, round-stern 74, was taken oat of doek, having had
a thorough repair ; the Valiant,. 74, was taken into, dock,
for a like purpose. The ships hefts..noticed as wino-
ing for Commission, ate yet proceeding with only in an or-
dinary course of expedition. The statements we yet perceive
in some of the Papers, of the Dock-yard 'Gates being closed, to
keep secret the preparations going on there., are all idle lubri-
cations.
The Pandora, 18, (,apt William Gordon, sailed on Wed-
nesday, fur Sheerness to bring thence newly-raised seamen for
the Briton, and other ships fitting out in the harbour.
The Ringdove,_lo, Capt. G. F. Rich, went out of harbour on
Thureday, fitted for the purpose of joining the squadron in the
West Indies, under Sir Edward Owen. It wee intended she
should join the Seringapatam and Redwing, but these ships
having been detained throughout the week at St. Helen's; by
strong S. W. gales, were yesterday ordered.not to sail for the
present, but to continue in a state of readiness to proceed-
They came up to Spithead this afternoon.
The Brazen, 20,Capt. G. 'Wales, fitting at Plymouth for the
South Americah station, will receive her final orders at this port.
The following ships arrived and sailed from 'Jamaica, be-
tween the Ist and 12th December, for different dettinations,
viz.:—Sybille, Tamar, Carnation, Niemen, and Kangaroo. The
Falmouth arrived 26th November, from Bermuda .1 the Hype-
rion, from the Havannah. The .Delight arrived at Rio 9th Nov.
front England, and sailed the 13th for the Cape. The DeLeon
arrived at 11Iadelra the 15th December, and sailed next day for
Barbadoes,
The Conway, 24, Captain Basil Hall, sailed on the 26th of
November, from Rio Janeiro, for Bahia and, England, with
large quer:nit), of specie on board.
The .Active, 42, Capt. A. King, %ailed from Jamaica on the
12th Dec. for Vera Cruz and thsvannib.
Letters front his Mejesty's ship C Capt. Pertly Grate,
dated Cape Coast, state, that she hie,itsk two prizos--orre
with 181 slaves, and another with 81. The Cyrene was to run
down the whole coast; all the officers and men ware in excel.
lent health.
The Parthian, 10, is ordered to be commissioned for Chrome)
service. The Elephant, razoe .58, is to be put in a forward state
for commission.
Two steam men of war Are building at Deptford.
Capt. S. Roberts, C.B. is appointed to the Egeira, fitting at
Plymouth fbr Newfoundland.
His Majesty's ship Ganges, of 84 guns, a new teak built
ship, recently arrived from the East Indies, is said to be pre-
paring for commission, for the purpose of being fitted for the
fisg of the Commander-in-Chief in the Alediterranean. Rear-
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, K.C.8., it
,is said will re-
lieve Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Moore in the command on that
station.
The Lady Campbell, Betham, for the Cape of Good Hope,
Madras, and Bengal, is expected at Spitheed, from the Downs,
the first favourable wind, to embarkpassengers; among whom
arc, Major-General Sir T. Pritzler, K.C.B. for Madras, and a
Board of Commissioners, to investigate the public departtrienta
at the Cape;of Good Hope, and report thereon, with a view to
make such reductions as his Majesty's Ministent may deem con.
sistent with the safety of that colony.
Captain Win. Mackenzie Godfrey, R.N. arrived in London
a few days ago froro the West Indica, bringing disatches front
Reer-Attiniral Sir CHARLES HOWLEY, K.C.B. ain Jas.
Lillicrap, of the Hyperion frigate, employed on that station,
has beet) obliged to invalid on account of ill health. CAPtairl
W.'Roberts, of the Thracian, is promoted to the rank of
Post-Captain, and appointed to the command of the Hyperion
in a room.
A recent regulation of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad.
miralty directs that the officers of the Royal Alarine Corps who
compose what is called the Permanent Half-pay List, are to be
called into active service, so soon us the whole of the officere
who have been reduced on the Peace Establishment shall have
been called in.

Captain Matthews, of the Icarus sloop of war, is appointed
to command the Tamar frigate, at Jamaica, in the room of
Capt. Theed, deceased; and Lieut. 11.111dmay, of the Syhille
frigate, to command the Icarus.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

tIC~T%ACTS F11:0* TILE DAILY 'MORNING PAPERS,
'February .17, 18'23,

[MORNING' POST.]
e have never perused a speech in Parliament
*kb appeared to us to demand more unqualified
Approbation from the community than that of
gr. Secretary Canning °on• ,Fridtty, in reply to
the observations on the subject of Agricultural
istress. That the actual depression of the
Agricultural Interest is severe, is a fact which
cact►ot be disputed ; that this Interest is entitled
to the very highest degree of attention from
the Legislature is equally unquestionable ; but
It the causes of suffering are 'pally, as we be-
lieve them, quite beyond the reach of legisla-
live power, it is a much wiser, as well as a more
straight forward and manly course, to proclaim at
once that they are to, than by the excitement of
false hopes and the encouragement of unfounded
calculations, to aggravate and prolong the cala-
mity. Yet, although from the very nature of
things no effectual remedy to the distress can be
presented in the shape of positive enactment, other
and more secure grounds of hope and consolation
force themselves upon the attention, to admi-
nister patience under present suffering, and to
forbid any gloomy forebodings of the future.—
We are persuaded that the landed interest
is composed generally of awn much too
high-spirited and intelligent to despond, when
they look around them, and see a general
prosperity, although the situation of their
own valuable and important class forms at the
present moment a solitary exception to it. The
least reflection will convince them that the
marked contrast between their condition, and
that of all the other productive classes of the
community, is a state of things which cannot pos-
sibly.be permanent. In general prosperity
they cannot fail to see► an unequivocal indication,
that the resources and energies of the country are
pot only unimpaired,but progressively and rapidly
encreasing,,nor to derive from it the firm assurance
that the foundations of their own eventual and
lasting welfare are deeply and securely laid.

[THE r! Es.]
We have received by express Madrid Papers
to the 6th and 7th instant, announcing the re•
ceipt of the King of France's Speech to the
chambers, and the effect produced by it on the
Aublic mind of Spain. It will be felt with a
Mixture of pride and joy by the people of this
tree country, how the courage of the Spaniards
risef wth the imminence of their danger, and how
their efforts multiply with the occasions which
Oil for them. The French speech was cormnu-
tkated to the Cortes on the sth instant by a
Royal Mesiage, end to the Message were sub-
joined a series of propositions, having for their
object to accelerate and extend the preparations
of the military service. On the 6th, a project
of decree wits discussed for giving efficacy" to
the 'Ministerial derriands of the day preceding.
The- eager patriotism of more than one of jilt..
Deptities outstripped the demands ofthe (lovern-
rhents for supplies, and led them to recommend
re scale of enlistment even more liberal than the
Ministers required. The existing trHablishment
of the Army being about 87,000 men, the first
articie, of the decree proposes an immediate ad-
dition of 29,973 men, to be drawn as before,
(ions $ll the provinces of Spain, according to
Breit population. Young men who have corn-
pletAd, their 17th year may be admitted as
dubstitutes, or as volunteers. Soldiers who
have already served mai be re-enlisted by
the Government ; and ia hat is well worthy,
of notice, this proviion is by the 9th article
Of the decree made' to extend.tO foreigners. The
coincidence of this'Spenish chicle with the un-
derstood repeal of our Foreigu Enlistment Bill,
ought not to he passed over unobserved. Fo-
reigners, " in whom coulidence is, placed," may
likewise he enlisted us private soldiers, though
without having previously served. rr he Militia
34 to be rendered disposable, The importatiou
of'arms) arriinurtitioti, &e is to be authorized ;
•X)9,gun-boms to. be fitted out and manned, for
the defence of coasts and harbours. The active
Militia was calculated by Senor Rauteiro at
5E090 men.

NEW TIMER.]
Very favourable anticipations are entertained
o the Financial Stattlnent %chick Will, b.t. laid-
before Parliament by tin' new Chancellor of the
Exchequer. If it were not for thevivere-losses
which have recently been, sustained. by eminent
individuals on the Stock Exchange, thete is no
doubt but that the value of funded property
would. ere this have risen. considerably. The firm
neutral position of the country, the daily improve-
ment in our national. resources, and the.conflent
persuasion that :riettiing will happen to drag us
into a Continental war—are, all circumArtuces,
which, had it not lwen for the fa lures above: ad-
verted, for would have contributed to give the
Funds an effectual improvement. As it Is, how
aver,_ acme time must, elapse before the money
markqt can recover (1.011'). its !,1100c: Consols for
Account left off on Saturday at ;.7,4,; and they
*mat be expected to ri,4.ffiuch above' that price
for some weeks.

expressed in the Pavilion Marsan at the late
failure of Bessieres' plan to surprise Madrid, and
carry oil the person of the King, an operation
that alone had cost them 80,000 doubloons, and on
the success of which they had built their hopes. In
the mean time, however, the Ultra party and their
champion, Pozzi di Borgo, are unceasing in their
intrigues, and a new field- has been opened for
their exertions. One of the earn► Spanish loans,
it will be remembered, was negociated in Paris,
and in it some of Influence in their own
country were concerned. It hai been thought
they might become instrumental in obtaining
some modifications in the Constitution, by which
moans the plea for a war would be removed, and
their pecuniary operations thus rendered- more
secure. Hence,' for the last week, rumours have
boon afloat of a change of Ministers in Madrid,
and speculations on a disposition there to make
concessions in favour of peace, both of which
points we totally discredit.

[MORNING 11ERAI.D1
Next Thursday a Meeting is to be held at the
Mansion House, to take into consideration the
Act of Parliament which was made for the relief
of Insolvent Debtors. We see by the Advertise-
ment that none but the most respectable Bankers,
Merchants, Wholesale Traders, and Retail
Traders, will(be present, of course such as cannot
expect to beome at any period of their lives In-
solvent Debtors, and shut up in a prison away
from their wives, their children, their fathers and
mothers, their brothers, their sisters,or any of their
relations, their friends, or such other part of human
nature as might be disposed to pity them in
the situation of being imprisoned for the crime of
getting into debt, and the still greater crime, at
least in the estimation of their creditors, of not
being able to pay their debts. In the whole list
of names affixed to the calling of the Meeting, we
cannot see one who is likely to become an Insol-
vent Debtor. We would, therefore, recommend
it to the good sense, if not to the good feeling of
the callers of this Meeting, to order a few of the
prison doors to be opened " pro tempore," or to
raise a subscription for such a purpose, and allow
some of those poor miserable debtors to be pre-
sent at this Meeting, so that there might be, at
all events, what in England is called fair play in
the way of argument, otherwise we are greatly
afraid that the creditor class of the nation may
have it all their own way in the framing of the
Petition, &c., and that, as heretofore, the ere-
ditor class may be making laws in favour of them-
selves merely.

[BRIT'S* ,PRESS..).
When the question was put by Mr. Hume
whether the pension of Sir Benjamin Bloomfield,
who was appointed Ambassador to Stockholm,
was to merge in the salary of this appointment,
Mr. Canning replied ie the negative, giving it as his
opinion that it would be hard indeed if, on tak-
ing a public appointment, an allowance of this
description Were to be discontinued. The debate
on this head went no farther ; but We are sur-
prised that this negative should have been met
:with any thing like acquiescence. Whatever
may be the opinion of the Lisbon Ambassador
as to the hardship of putting a pension imabep
(Ince, we really do not see on what ground
this lavish distribution of the public money is to
be justified. A pension, in almost every instance
in which R is granted, is granted undeservedly.
The public official servants of the country should
be paid liberally for their services. To this no ob-
jection ever yet was made; on the contrary, it ac-
cords with the wishes ofevery one. But it accords
with no man's sense of right, nor with any sentiment
of justice:, that the selary of his services should be
continued to him in the shape of a pension when
those services have ceased, and when, which
makes. the abuse still more preposterous, the suc-
cessor to the pensioner thus saddled on the public
becomes it new rent charge, and the single duty
is doubly paid for.

FOR THE SUN.

Mu. Envrok—Whetl Mr. ANvrEY published

his humorous Bath Guide, the Minister of the day
said in a speech in Parliament, that the prospe-
rity of the country depended on a quick circu-
lation. This speech Mr. ANstvt adroitly pot,
into the mouth of a gambler, who says, that he
and his acquaintance are the best friends of the
,conntry, as they proupte a quick circulation.—

The cause of the present Agricultural Distress
is the Want of a quick circulation; because it is
acknowledged that there is a deficiency of forty
millions or circulating medium ; one half of this
will HO doubt he supplied by the increasing
ecanoutree,, of the countiy the other half can be
obtained by the boltLmeasure which appeared in
your Newspaper of• March 16, 18,2%, " To lend
twen.ty, Nnillians stlerling, without interest for five
years to. tho landholders on mortgage on the
lattd,whether entailed oe otherwise, so that the
sum lent should not exceed the, tenth of the
value of the laud. The landholders can then
afford to remit a portion of their rents to their
'tenants ; the character* of whom they know."-
lAt the expiration of the five years ti mortgages
Ito bear, an interpst of 5 per cent. As the Con•

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 15.

At the Court at Brighton, the 13th of Feb. 1623.

His Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver the
custody of the Seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lan..
caster to the Right lion. Nicholas Vansittart, the oath of
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was this day, by his
Majesty's command, administered to him accordingly.