The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-10 00:00:00

LONDON, AUGUST Jo, 1804.

We again most sincerely congratulate the Friends. •
of the lititish Constitution on the result of the
Eleetion for the County of Middlesex. It is the
triumph of order, of decency, ',and of Constitutional
Liberty, over perjury, .sedition, and anarchy.--
W.e were perfealy convinced, during the whole of
the EleCtion, that a very large majority of theleal
Freeholders of Middlesex Were, decidedly hostile to
theprinciples of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT; but We
Conies' we did entertain .some apprehensions that
he would still succeed in °Weaning a colourable ma.
jority, at the close of the Poll, and our apprehen.
sions were founded upon a knowledge of the despe.
tate and scandalous prodices that were resorted
to by some of his friends, for the purpose of
procuring votes. Intimidation, bribery, and per.
jury, were cemsidered by some of. the Casuists
of that Party, as justiti.ible means to produce so
glorious an enel as the return of Sir FRANCis
to Parliament. That intimidation has been in
many cases successful we have no doubt. Many per.
sons were absolutely deterred from going to Brent.
ford to vote for Mr. MAINwARING, from the
apprehension of personal violence from the hired
tufa tns who daily surrounded the Hus'tings. The
Law has vary widely provided that' tlte Military shall
not be present where assy Elettion is held, in order
that there may be no restraito upon its fieedow ;' but'
it ought also to afford the means of preventing
desperate hired rabble (who are .not Freehold,:ri,
and who claim no right of voting), from interfer.
ing with the freedom of Eleetion much more iff7:c.,
tually titan the presence of the Military could pos-
sibly do.
One of the .most barefaced tricks which the
friends of Sir -FRANC'S BURDETT had recourse to
doting the Elettinn, was (conscious of their own
want of respeCtability) that of boldly limiting of
the names of persons' of rank and cltiiraaer, and as.
setting that they were favourable to the cause of
Sir FRANC is. This was the case with the Duke of
VOltrittrtsttlittLAND, the Murchioeess of SALis:.
BURY, and many others. The names of Gentlemen
were pot LioAi; as Stewatds at Dinners,
.who never
gave tlieir consent, or were even spoken to on the
suhj it. The name of Mr. BYNG was used, with
she most persevering and unblushing impudence,
not od it hstanditig„his public declaration of neutrality.
His Colours were displayed until the very last day
of :lie El ether, when he was publicly demos seal
the Crown and Anchor, amidst the loud acclama.
tions of a large party of Sit FRANC is':. Friends.
in die anguish of disappointment, the defeated'
Party threaten a Petition to the House of Com.
jn iris We hope they will keeps their word, because
we are convinced th.st a stria investigation will
very much augment the M.frity c I Mr. MAIN.
wisalsol..l In the mean time, we hope that a
List of the Voters will be published, together
with each man's assessment to the Land Tax, which,
we are convinced, will Spew that the proportion of
property in favour 'of Mr. MAINWARING is at
least five to one.

With regard to Sir FRANCIS himself, we are by
no means willing to impute to *him a participation
in, or even a knowledge of, many of the shameful
prodiees of those who call themselves his Friends ;
We consider him as an objed rather of compassion
s than (It resentment, and cannot but lament that his
weakness and vanity should have made him so easy
a dupe to men, who are really as great enemies to
him, as they are to the Constitution of their Court'.
try.

Yesterday morning His MAI err?, and the PR TX.
CESSES SOiht.llA and Amet.ra, with their usual At.
Tendants, took an 'airing on horseback in Winslsar
Great Park. 11,2 R MAJtiTY and the other PR<IN•
CESs Rs took an :taring to Frognore.
MAIII4TIES and the 17KINCISS'ES, it is
said, will visit, in a few days, the 141artiuis and
Marchioness of STaTiroßti, at their elegant seat,
Trenthatn.4llll, Staffordshire,
Yesterday, at two o'clock, the Neapolitan Am.
Instatiur anti Lord 11AligOWBY had an interview
uihNlr,Purr,

List night the Queen's and Knightsbridge Vo.
lunteers acre under arms till a late hour,
The Board of Ordnance have directed a Magazine
to be inithettiately meted at Wotton, near Glouces.
ter tti whit.ll pine, as soon as completed, the de.
Cu putviter. and Military Stores, at present
lodAtti in trot City) will be removed.