The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-27 00:00:00

CROWN AND ANCIIOR.

• THe Supporters Of Sir FRANcts Butioter had
apir,ner yesterday at tilts place, for the purpose of
giving animation to his cause. Between, five and
Btx "'cluck, Lord WM. RUSSILL took the Chair.
it i, with
pleasure we find, that though a list of
Stevvards was held out to the Public, consisting of
several persons who ought not to be contieded with
,stl,clitt set of men, none bat the lowest of that list
Ivn`leti• The Chairman, when the Cloth was IC.
,mi'vetl, gave " The independent Freeholders of
V..'d:lle'ex and in chusing -a Representative in
: 01.1fttent, may they consult their own
,dig-
, "")'.."--3 TO,ht to which we hope the Free.
"")'cps ~x
attend i
IY not elltlSt r 4 for then they will certain.
-It mere instrument of a ferocious
1.!:',114.i(ti , who want to overthrow the British
I,olt,t,t,tittitlon.',.
The next Toast was given by Mr.
. ..'11) that mild amiable no, who, after hay.
zng.'l4,cin for ..
}seal in enmity with • . .
Iv,:mte_ to be one
of
the
managers nn his Dull.
A lie to
,even
by this !neck, pacific, 'beneficent
1:4" wPs, Sir FRANC Is Buovarr, as the warm
,
'rienti of fitutiattity, as the indignant resistor of Op-
' ' 11""i°11, and the peady assessor of English Übe!'
)I',''' It was 'evident, by the manner in which this
~, QaSt Iv at first received, that Entish Liberty
~4:, 43.0 tn the liberty wanted by the company at large.
unweves, the, more subtle pan, thought it best to
naive lirpearanees, and therefore gave the tone to the
: . 111'i }thy, arid the Toast passed with applause- .This
oPplaust. drew up Sir IN ANcri, the hero and the dupe
- ' °t 111 e (iv. He expressed much satiifaetion at the
testitn,tny
of Cateeill which he received from so re,
; tyee.fistile a company. He asserted, that not the
clu'acitee
ilea of his own ambition, but the intleP!"-
of ce of the County of IVlilllesex, was the obica
his exertions. Fle r . 1 • ntempt for Inc
t .
.40 esSet Contempt ~ nnireptesent4itions of fits enemies, and very na.
I 'wally represented his opponent as an unfit Repre-
' 4,lll4tive for the County.
'1 and te Af some common"
, •
ti ecntrattons of patriotismter, disinterestedne4h.
t.
' . Pthilic spirit, he eithterted to the ()Neel of
the Meeting then present, which was to give
4'41 to; thc C.lnvass. lit advised every G7ntle-
mit► ti, ,
it -1 -- 4.°rin a plan of cat.o,,..is ,ing, and to pursue
. ~, ,
, ... MU OWil way, , inliS tUle, we must ObStf Ve,
~,,,2
~ '' iLlid [WM prt-,bably be adop,ed in plans for gcicrii.•
, t, ,

;,,s, the awnity, if his Party were triumphant, and
the ,consequence would of course be confusion,
anarchy, massacre, and desolation. In conclusion,
he professed to look forward to the happiness of
the People and a free C*nititution. It is needless
to say that this harangue was well received by
those who heard ir. Sir FRANCIS then gave
" A retrosped to Magna Charm, and the Bill of
Rights, and attention to the fragments which re.
main." The mention of fragment: cast a gloom
over the lower part of the company, who, though
they had picked the hones at dinner, seemed hardly
satisfied with their occasional repast.
• Mr. HARR TOWNSEND, the son of the late Mr.
Alderman TOWNSEND, then felt an oratorical sti.
mulus, and in a dull, laboured, hesitating manner,
made a. speech which nearly set the company asleep.
Among other observations of equal weight, the,
orator most absurdly remarked, that the conduft of
one of the Candidates was more fitting the purlieus
of Jacob's Well than the Hustings at Brentford.—
As nothing can be more proper than the conduel of
Mr. MAINWARING, Whom the rabble in the op.
posite interest will not suffer to speak, this remark
can only apply. to Sir FRANCIS, whg is the idol of
that rabble, and animates their proceedings. Mr.
TOWNSEND concluded with " May Englishmen
have one mind, one heart, one soul, in support of
Public Men, ading on principles of constitutional
integrity."

A Mr. CLITFORD then addressed the Meeting,
with even less eloquence than Mr. TOWNStND,
though he is said to be a Member of the Bar.
This person entered into a dull comparative state-
ment of the Poll in 1802 and at present, and con- .
eluded with advising the Company individually to
bring up to the Poll at least one Freeholder every
day. The health of Citizen Fox was then given,
and drank with applause. The Noble Chairman
then seemed to conceive that something was expea-
ed from him. He pronounced a panegyric on Sir
FRANCIS, and attempted to palliate what the latter
had said on a former occasion, when he declared
that.the Country ought nut to be defended in a crisis
of difficulty and danger. The Chairman was evi-
dently embarrassed on this point, because the
words of Sir FRANCIS arc upon record, and the
Baronet himself had not courage enough to rise
and give countenance to what. the Chairman
said, by disavowing the sentiments of which the
latter laboured to acquit him. 'bird -WILLIAM, at
length tired with the disgusting scene before him,
left the Chair, which was then taken by Mr. Wu-
Lt Aim Smtru. Sir FRANCIS, instead of adverting
to the subjett of the Chairman's unlucky attempt at
vindication, wisely proposed the health of the
Pa INCE of WALEs,by way of palliating his free com-
ments on the Civil List, and the expenditure of the
Princes of the Blood. The Meeting soon after became
so turbulent, that all decent people withdrew, anti the
refuse that remained drank themselves into such a
state, that it would have been impossible for them
to discriminate the interests of either Candidate.
The street before the Crown and Anchor was.full
of drunken rabble, shouting and bellowing in piaise
of their favourite Candidate.