The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-11 00:00:00

THE GEN.EIAL ELECTION.

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WE, have waited until aitnost-.1111 The-, Returrii
;b4re b' en receive 4, before we. made 01k- ob-stortioll
` open ihe,general result of the. Ekffions. On: the
Di;SOltatioti of the last ParliamCht' vi'e Stated our
conviction,
,that. the Friends of Mi. AtiontOTON
and Mr. PITT Would be successful, from the Very
f, gene‘r a. 1 1 y prevailing sentiment in their favour: Our
'Predietions on this point have been Completely ii.eri-
. fied. Confidingin the fairness of his 'cause; Mr:
AobitNoTo.pr hasentitely trusted the'issue of the
Elections to the Unbiassed will of the People through-
out the Country. Undue influence we know biM
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incapable of exerting; but if WT. ate rightly inform
ed, the expression V,erl of lankvish on the
,part 'Of
Government, in somq few, 4,1140 where ,the friends
of Opposition have prevailed, would have decided
the'questron 'very difr:rently. . -
Satisfied then that the present House Of Commons
will spek.the sentiments of the People" at large as
fully as the last-;- and satisfied that those sentiments
will be productive of Qrder and good. Government,
we see without any concern, the pretended triumph
of the Opposition Papers upon the effect of this Ap-
peal to the sense of 'the Nation. We read one day
in the course
,of the Election, that the Opposition
had gained Twenty MeMbers of Parliament—and
soon after. the Publid was congratulated that this
Twenty had grown to Thiry._What are' the prin-
ciples of Jacobin Arithmetic we do:not know, but -
reckoning all they have gained; and without de-
du.C7ing any they have lost, (and upon some such
principle we suppose they count), they will find
some difficulty in proving that they have procured
any'advantage whatever by the New Election.
" But," say
,the Jacobin Writers, " the result of
the Middiese..7e E/ethon,is the test of the public opi-
nion
throughout the,country."7-This is Jacobin
Logic—lt first assumes, that the Return Of, the
Whig-Club Skerils eXpresses the sense of the
of Middlesex (a pretty bold Assumption !) and
then it inkrs, that-the sense of the County of Mid_
dlesex must be the sense of the whole Empire.--
Whether Sir FRANCIS 13LIRDTT had a Majority of .
,he Eledors of -Middlesex in his .favour, the House
yf Commons will tell him soon after they meet—
We shall not apticipate.their decision—liut that ,he
had the Mob of Middlesex with him, nobody will
doubt—That he who evert-day railed at Prisons
and their -Keepers,wshouldArme all those for his
Supporters who, lately, camel out of Gaol, or who
now deserve to he confined &ere, is not at all stir-.
peiiing-:--NO man ever entit;ed himself so well to
the support of such a Rabble.; but. that this Rabble
either expressed the sense of the County of Middle-
sex, or of the' Empire at large, with all due defer-
ence to Jacobin Authority, we begleave to.presome i
to-doubt.

And yet the whole of this riotous proceeding has
filled the Jacobin Newspapers with exultation—ln--
stead of expressing shame at the miserable trick .by
which the- ShOriffs were induced to return Sir 'F.
BURDETT, we see them triumphing, in what they
are pleased to-term kis Majority :—Let them con,
rinue so to do; till that Majority is properly redu-
ced but let them not insult the Common sense of
the. People; by asserting, that' the late General Elec-
tion has proved any thing except the. utter detesta-
tion of the Pablic for Jacobin Principles, :and the
greatest respell and veneration for those who, ,in
the arduous Contest in which we were lately involv-
ed by France, preserved. to us, by their firmness
and perseverance; our Honour, our Independence,
otir Liberty, and our Laws..

Mrs. jortoArt has been playing at Richmond with
her usual attratlion. 411 *the Beauty and Fashion
in the neighbourhood nightly attend her.
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Miss D!xoN is performing at • ITYrnOtith with
great applause and success.--Shc has several rela.
tiOos in that neighbourhood.' I`..
It is now said, that the affairs of Drury-Lane
Theatre are to be,,,ur,4gritil Board of Management
Consisting of fiver jay,omeinfpur of whom are Sir
RICHARD FORD, GRAHAM the Magistrate,
Mr. WILSON, Skte'rnyilib 'the Lord d:ancellor,-
and. Mr. IVloßtus,—thefaarrister,author, of some{
highly esteemed Dramatic Piece S.. Pownt,L,
the Aaor, 'is to be ,Manakebjn. the absence of
Mr. KEIVIBLP.

Mrs: INcHBALD's Drama, founded on the French
Play, from which The roice of Nature was takens
is to be one of the early Novelties, on the opening
of Covent Garden Theatre. The Fair Writer has
given her Work the title of The TEgyptiatt Boy:
The Piece is to be brought forward--vith magnifi-
cent Scenery, which, .indeed, is the case with the
Translation, represented at the Haymarket Theatre.
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The violence of the Partisans in the Scots E!ec.
Lions, who carry off* the voters by force,- reminds
us of a manoeuvre which waS•pratlised many years
ago at a contested Eleftion for Huntingdonshire.
Sir ROBERT BERNARD had kePt 'back''a - reserve
of votes for the last ci,ly of the Poll, Who were
to come in from a particular part of the county;
but Lord SANDWICH, who had opposed' his Son
to him, opened a booth on the road by Which
they were to come in, under the Colours of Sir Ro.s
BERT. Here he had placed several-of his friends,•who
insisted upon the Elcaors coming in an'i drinking
success to their favourite Candidate, a challenge
which was willingly accepted. Here they were so
well supplied with wine and punch, with an info_
sion of laudanum, that they were soon put to rest
and the Noble Lord .actually . luld them laid our on'
straw in piles by the side of the road, • where they
waked at last ; hut the booth had disappeared, with
the host and all his merryipmpanions. •
A short time since was ranted in the Bishop's
Court of WincheSter, a' iiiillity of marriage to H.
HARTLEY, .Esq. arid CEUTA ANN CRCrWCHER, his
wife, who having contratted the said marriage with..
out the consent of her father, and being under age,'
was proved by the Bishop to be null and void. The
Lady has a genteel annuity for life settled on her.
Wednesday afternoon, as three servants; in a
state of intoxication, belonging to J. DI,CICE ri§oN,
Esq. of Bowden-hill-house, were exercising four
yoUng horseS in a machine, they took-fright, and
overturned the vehicle, by which two of the men
were killed on the spot, and the other died in a few
hours.

CLER 11 IP 0 5 P 7S:
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Tn. fi ‘tecent-aN)ortiltnent. of ii,iNCiTO
Son to this Unice, the cir-umwa,nees
it, havin-g.beseii uie the, retliarks;“)r.,."
what intidious one or of tht
cue have thought it our duty to °Liu:iti-,t;2. ii'—
formation We could, and to.atate the (mac., ey.aaly
as it is; to tile Public: -

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, The Office itself,
,as aPy'icars by the Reports of the
COmilikSioners of ' Accounts and ' Other P,nori--i
tritide to the Honse6l):. Ciannions, is. nierely 7.17;;/;'::
iteried.;aißl ilecordin g to the Con-Stitution oF the
Exchcquer, and the terMsofeVery grant or il:c Ot.
flee, it may. Le exercised 4y.' De/iity. Of this deci-ii,-
, tion there are many
.Sinecure officeT: in tl4 t'ate;
ind in the Courts 91 Law, ' which have b-e.f„ii-wit
considered as State Pensions.,
\anci applietitiiiii s::lch
for the reward of Petson's who, have etaitiallbena.-
selves Co the Publie,Gratitude ,by Piiiiiic SetOCes ;..
and have been, granted accordingly, by the:Cinin-
: either to the Persons themselves or ::"O tneii- Fanil.:
lies ; :or the power of granting thedi, Eris 'been fin::
npied,' by ithrhemorial usage; ro ccriain high Sitna..
tions, Political and Judicial. The fintion'age of the -
Lord Charice;llOr With respeet to theSe MiniSterial
Officer, exercisable by Deputy; is very •consider,
able ; the Chancellor of We Exchequer has, several'
in his: gift; the Chief justices appoint to Many;
Which are very lucrative; and, from the tenure of
.these grants, Persons under age ate adjudged com-
petent to hold them. The Fellowships of the Ex_
chequer have been frecitic:“lv so granted in posses-
sion or reversion. L'ird ii,i.xrdv.•lCKEi, Lord Noit-rFt.
INGTON, 1...(?ra CAMDEN, and LOrd BtiTtItTIIST, as
holding the Great Seal; and Mr. GEORG GREN-
viLLE, as chancellor of the Exchequer, obtained
grants of these. Offices for .their Sons respeaively ; •
and the Very Office of Clerk of the'Pelis vlias grant-
ed by sir ROBERT WM. POL E to his se:Conti Son, -
when under age. . The'Cleikship .of the Pell& irf-
Ireland, if we are not misinformed, was also lit kl
by Mr. Fox when a Minor ; add the state. Of -Mr.
BA3RE, for the latter years of his lite, i• proof-
enough,- that the perS6rial execution. of any of the
duties of thiS Office, by the CAetk hirriself; has.beed .
whdiff:oUi of the question.
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•Upon this plain StateMent it is clear; tnat; on
sistently: with -the most :dignified independence -
of:Mind, Mr. ADDINGTON was perfctdly, ju,tified-
ingranting this alive to his son, linite's,, hoW,
ever, we are Mild]. misinformed,' he did not torn his--
thoughts to his "own familY, until he h 4 rliade. a '''
most earnest, though unsuccessful offer of if; to-that
distinguished Person, w4Ose great Nanie add ,Set--:
'likes will ever live in the gratitude of hi's Country,'
Men. Nor 'was this. the only proof given by
,the
Minister of his desire too reward the Seivic of, '..
others, before he was induced, at length; to think of:.
those who were perstMally near to him. • :
'But that which Law and' Usage Wonld .haVe so
fully warranted in the instance ofaby Minister, Wtsti
in'the case of Mr. ADDINGTON, fit and ' ptoner to ...
be done, upon.'separa tegrounds of Public-Justice anti-,
Public Ec'onOmy. Having been four ti.aes eleaed
Speaker (three limes unaffint.-insly), and haying serif_..
ed-twelveyears in, that hit7h• Office, with Oft most
distinguished and unqualified' ;Ipprobation, it is not
too .much to suppose that Rirliarnent,,won4i have-
been willing (according to form ~ i precedents);
Upon any es ent which had occasioned his removal,-:.
to concur -in granting an honorary' provision for.,
hiM, or ',for'
.his 'fimily : and; in • that vies the-
Appoinfment
_Which Int been made, may be said to.:
haVe relieved the
_Pnblic Iron' in eventual charge;'.
unles4 it-should be cthirended •(whiCb we are con
vinced Nill not he the 'ciiie), that. Mr. AD.DfNGTOM.:
forf7ited t: ose, fair pretensions: by the unexampled
sacrifice which 'he Made last year; to an oVer.ruling.,
sense of Public 'DIET, or'lliat instead of adding :of
his former- Claims, he • has alually ctiicell'ed then*
by his condun AO/linister:. . . .

CORN EXCHAAGE

, ,u fist
ha‘ie but few fresh Arrivalg of Wlveitiro-dayi,
and rather short of Buyers 'for that itficrlts;:rnosi.
Simples were sold ii..lower.; the supplyftlfB:tile,'• is,
short, and sells. nearly_ as. before; Malt, gpes Off
heavily ; Pose and. Beans are :a dull gale; Ry.e, is
dheartn;: there' is plenty of Oats; ,which are also
somewhat -lower-; Flour a great supply, ankfe\y,
Buyers. ,

• Wheat 45s a 55s a, 6is od I Beans -
,32s a 353 6d
Fine,do, -63 s a .6.4 ccl Tiek ditto 28.3 a 31s od
Malt -46 s a sos a 53s ad f ().tts - Lis a .13. C 2IS od
rtim ditto -54 s aso ucl.t. 22s a 23s m,l
Barley - 3os a 34's 6d Rape Seed 3;1 ,Lll per I:,s!'
Rye -32 i. a ..553 oa Fiitu.F lour 5,- a 53, per saelt
White Pease 385 a 42s 0,1 'Second •cto.'4ss a 505 kftCl tic).

SUR RLY ASSIZES,

FIRST DAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 10.
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Fel;,r Brown, a mulatto niao, was tried
assau,lt-With an intent to commit a rape on theTotty
of E. a:roes, his fellow Gr ant. .°
The parties were' both in the serviet of Mi-.
Walker, a respeaable C.-)untryG(mtionan; their
were kft at home togethr; arid cittoniitanees 'very
atrocious indeed, on the part of the Prisoner, haiT_
peried. to the Prosecutri.*,, which we forbear to

Mr. GURNEY, for the Defendant,, exerted hiincelf
Very ingeniously, and- endeavoured by aigurnent to
countmia the effzet the'eVidenee' might have on the
Jury, and called, ovo witnesses,
Mr. SI LVEs4.ett, in a very able reply, comment-
ed on the evidence additeed for the Prcisectrtion, and
also the deknce attempted. to be .9“ tip,,,a-lJp,int-
ed out to the Jury the mild,,gvitle, a9cititini.:l9st dev
ineahour of the Plaintiff,• the quickness yf.iti,which
She had made the assaoltknown to•het..eriacitter and a
female friend, and the circumstance of her shrieking
for near tin-et:qua:leis of:an hour having alarmed the
neighbours.

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' HOTHAV! f:horily charged the jury; who in
a !hot/lent found him guihy, and ire z*.•
ceived sentence of ithprisoiiment for six ininthsi .

Though our Aldermen and',City Merchants are
all goi•ged with Turtle and Venison, yet they prick
up their ears whenever they hear that Turley isis it
be cut ut. • -

" But what is somewhat extraordinary, though
These Beaux are so disgustingly negligent in their
appearance, they seem to be animated by an in..
crea,ed '.pirit of Gallantry, and nothing can exceed
their freedom in addressing a female whom they never
saw before, with whatever party she may be Pro-
t .fted.—lf one of these Slouching, nasty, im-
pudent Gallants happens tolv struck with the per-
son of a Lady, in any Public Place, he addresses her
immediately with the utmost familiarity, tells her
she is an Angel, that he h desperately in love with
her,'and if she is an English woman, expresses his
surprize that so much beauty should be permitted to
quit her• Country. his in vain for the Lady or her
friends tO2expostulate, or attempt to repel his auda.
ciotls obtrusion. He will persevere till he has
obliged the party to leave the Theatre, rather than
haiird a quarrel.
" I have here given you a faithful sketch of what
I have observed in PARIS, but if -I were to give it
a proper co-Luring, and draw it more in detail, you
would perhaps think I had presented to you the.
distorted produce of my own imagination, and a
gross caricature of a People, who in point of
genius, knowledge, and politeness, fancy themselves
entitled to• look with contempt on every other
State."

At an early hour on Friday evening a fellow got
over the garden wall of a Mr. Smellie, in East Place,
Lambeth, and stole some clothes which hung in the
garden. He was observed by a woman in the house,
who ran out and enElcivoured to secure him as
he was making his escape ; he, however, knocked
her down, as well as a man who came'to her assist-
ance ; he then climbed over the wall, but the alarm
being raised, he was pursued and taken.
Saturday evening, in consequence of a dispute
with some girls of the town, a seafaring man was
murdered in St. Catherine's-lane; East Smithfield.
He received no less than six different wounds in
his breast, from the blade of a clap knife, one 'of
which proved mortal.

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