The Sun.
London, England, 1802-07-23 00:00:00

LEICESTER ELECTION.

WHEN an Anonymous. Writer undertakes' to eon_
tradia the statement of another, and to apply the
term " gross imposition," his objea should be di_
reeled to the establishment of truth, and not guided
by any personal prejudice ; or his motives and ef-
frontery become alike the subjeas of contempt and
corredion.

This is precisely the case with the Writer of a
paragraph in the SuN of
,Tuesday last respeCting
the Leicester EleCtion, who, in denying the state-
!tient of aformer account, substitutes declamation
for fat!, and invidiousness for candour,
The ,failure of Mr. M'CARTHY'S eleftion is con-
sidered by a numerous class of Freemen at Leices-
ter, to be wholly attributable to the lateness of his
declaring himself. The contest was deemed sharp,
notwithstanding the ultimate disproportion of num-
bers, because a host of them was polled by his ad-
, versaries before he was generally known as a Can-
didate, and from his appearance on the hustings to
the close of the first day's Poll, lie aetually gained,
in votes, upon Mr. SMITH.
The- approbation
_expressed of the 'manner in
Which Mr. M'CARTHY concluded the Contest, was
NIVEItSAL and UNQUALIVIED ; and the charge of
recantation is as unfounded, as it is inconsistent and
illiberal—r•his opposition from am first being pro.
fisted& tO PII.MCIPLES, and not to PERSONS.
It was for his adversaries to resort to scurrility
and personal abuse, as it is now for their ill-advised
Panegyrists to fabrication and falsehood.
With resped to Mr. BAsincroN's expressions
'bf approbation, it is well known to every person
present, that• they were not confined to any personal
fespeft paid to him by Mr. M'CARTHY in his Coo-
elUding address, but embraced the 'whole of hisconduft,
which had obtained his thanks at an earlier stage, by
interposition with the Public to preserve the
reace ; a c-ondtift which had equally met the appro.
ba tion of the Magistrates, who 'coincided with Mx.
its iNGTO N in offering Mr. 1111'CARTHY every per-
sonal attention and civility.

The Cotintess or BIICKIi4CHAMSIIIRE was the
("Lief Performer in a Theatrical piece that was repre_
ented on Monday evening at Lord CHOLmoNDE-
LEY's, and all the audience acknowledged that she
Was. a very great aarest.
The Pic-Aric Performers, if they have not the
art of pleasing the Public, have at least that of
gratifying each other. They should, however,
Spare each others ..iiodestf, and not compliment
theniSelves 'before—the autlinc.e.. M. SINI'd).-c, it
~,eerns, spoke a Prologue, in Which he told Lady
45trCKINCHAMtlibiE and Major DoYie,- that they
revive Mrs. CLIVE and MOODY, (thei latter of
*horn, by the way is not dead,) ; and, of course,
1.15 a mere return of gratitude, Lady BUCKINGHAM_
EIRE and Major DOYLE must speak an E.pilogue,
and tell Mr. SimoNs that he .refoi•ves GAKR lc K.

VPWYER iS to be the great comic prop-of Drury-
ane Thetre next season. It must be acknowledged
rat noAaor on the Luldon Stage, hardly•except-
-711,g LEwrs, has. equal animation. His Chin Jes, in
he School for Scandal, is said to be a very spirited
and admirable pieceof :uting. - • • •
i.Mr. MALONE is at present occupied upon a Life
4381-IAKSPEARE. From all that has. yet transpired,
ti.'
Cl°.cte seems to he a paucity of materials for a proper
bgraphical Account of our great dramatic Puet,
tut We may rely ,on Mr. MALONE'S perseverance' in
:Plorjeft, ing whatever can be obtained on 'so interesting
-44 as well as .op'his fidelity.in.reporting it.
, The marriages which took place in Paris on the
.4th of July, recall to our recolleaion those which
Yre celebrated there on the marriage of the Count
ARTors. Portions were given on that occasion
1 his Royal Highness to twelve young maidens in
114rriage. Those damsels who wished to take this
.°PPortunity of becoming wives, were direaed to
It'otak application to M. *DE MERCIER ; among
, hers a very beautiful young Orphan applied to
tii M. M. DE MERCIER havin taken down her
tameg
•
inquired the narne 'of her intended husband.
I haire none," replied she. " How then can
You be married ?" "-I thought," replied she,
that ,we 'were to be provided with every thing."
Madame
DE MERCIER, who happened to be pre-
rnt, was pleased with her innocence ; she procured
Icr an honest man' for a husband, and they are now
'live and well.
bThe Members of the Departmental Dire }ion in
1011 and, no longer use the term Citizen or Monsieur,
Ut that of Aleester.

„ Of all the impudent Falsehoods daily advanced in
`„Ile Jacobin Post,,the most impudent was the asser-
t” of Tuesday, that Government has adively in.
terfered wherever it has any influence. Nothing
can be more foreign from the Truth. Had this been
the case, unquestionably the Eleetions in,-several
Places would have taken a very different turn from
bat which they have taken.
The dinner that was prepared for Sir F. Btlx.
4/Tr at the Crown and Anchor, on Wednesday,
II probably be served up cold, to comfort him for
t'le Loss of his EleEtion.,
WILLIRFORCE BittiAtear.hrpon the Hustings at
L.°l'entry, are allowed to be, the only proof whieh
.!' former Constituents ever witnessed of his since_ ' I They had not the least doubt of his being
ji fly sorry that he had lost his Eleetion—and
7'; a great boy, he 6/:446eted at being frjged with
'44' which he had prepied fa his 014101111111 to