The Sun.
London, England, 1802-07-27 00:00:00

bURHAM COUNTY MEETING, JULY 23.

-eSTERDAY morning the Freeholders of this
vOunty flocked. into Durham in great numbers; to be.
Present at the nomination of-Sir R. MtLBANicS andßutntik, Esq. fur Members of Parliament
Zepreset!r the County. At twelve,o'clock the PON-
fel' the City was adjourned 4-or 'an hour, to give
every Gentlenian who was s-Freeholder--(and might
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en'gaged in the hall) an oppotturiity toa t he Pi'ace Green, near the Cathedral, was first pro-
Peqedfor their Meeting, there being no building in the
City Which could contain. half- the number that wish_
to be present, as it had occasioned great- interest
to hear Mr. BURDbN'account for the conduit he had
for Wine time adopted. They at length adjourned
the Court under the Cloisters. -
Sir H. WlLLiAlvisoN, the High Sheriff of the
7,°ll"tv, opened the business ofithe day, and Sir R.
i'lLBANxe was put in nomination by Sir JOHN
'arid 'sum-de& by ',Mr. BAKER,. of Elimore
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he ‘)IrIt:.II4iLUANKE then came forward; and said,
teas prone! of the honour of being
most
in .tiontitiition for a -Representative- of ,that
-'ost respectable County; as it was an indis-
Eitat?le proof. of their approbation of his, conduit.
ecalled to their recollection his invariable conduet
is the War, the accumulation of TsxeS;
his constant endeaiibtits to bring about the
. blessings of Peace, which in bile could not fail to
,restore to this Country,all those advantages *hid)
she had:lost by the War.
Mr. 14IRDON next observed that he did not come
there as a Candidate, but in obedience to the request
of many of the most respectable Freeholders of the
.him,
; and he therefore thought it incumbent on
411111, to attend. It rn;g!it be thought by many a--
strange errand-; but he conceived it was the. duty of
every Candidate-to conform to the: wishes of his Con.--
6tituents, although they should be at variance with
his own. He had done his duty in Parliament for the
• last twelve:years, though he had aded on•different
principles from those which had been followed and
•acknowledged by Sir R. MILBANKE. In the most
Prying War ever experienced, he had given his sup-
Port to the Constitution of the Country, which he
hoped had someshare in bringing the Nation into the.
proud situation in which it stood relative to other
:"‘tngdoms. It' would be fresh in the memory of the
...teeholders how much he had laboured, during his
rarlianientary duty, to benefit the commercial part
of ithe world, in which' in u great measure he had
succeeded. Sortie 'time ago he intimated his inten.•
tlon to retire from public duty, to enjoy the re-
nainder of•his life with his family ; that certainly
31,..as his wish; but he had carefully examined
Ns heart, and: he felt that he' ought to comply
wih the wishes. 'of the County: He appealed to
,the Freeholders, that in -all he had done he had
been ,constantly guided by their• interests, arid
Tr-at the gratification of his own personal ambition
never catered his mind. He conceived that. his
-conduO.called for an explanation ; and. he was now
w.,_llling,to throw himself into their hands, and either
retire to the bosom of his family, or to terve them
again an Parliament—his Constituents' gootropinion,

was. to him a treasure which he would value to iiis
dying day'. ,
' Mr. BURDON, was proposed by Mr. WILLIAM
RUSSELL, and seconded by Mr. ORDE.

The High Sheriff here asked 11 any one present
had'any _other Ge.ntleman to propose, as a_Canl;;late
for the. County, when it was supposed a, anipriiry,
of voices would call out for Sir H. V. TEMP EST, .at'ld,
they would suPport him; but Sir 'HARRY'S mind
having been made up on the sublet:, no one
thought proper to propose 'him: The thanks' of:
the Meeting were, then moved to the High Sheriff,
for his condutt on the occasion, coupled with Sir
HARRY VANE TEMPEST'S name; for having,, by his
gentleman-like condutt, restored peace to the. County;
but on. Mr. RUSSELL'S repeating the vo4Ot tbsanks,
he left out Sir HARRY'S name; which 'occasioned
great dissaiisfattion among the Freeholder 4,: when
it was fairly understood. Sir H. V. TEMPEST has
Certainly gained great popularity here by not dis-
turbing the County.