The Sun.
London, England, 1819-02-20 00:00:00

• SIXTH DAY.

The contest between Mr. ilorinotisß and Mr.
LAMB was yesterday less vigorously cat rigid on than
on some of the preceding days. In the course of
the afternoon a ludicrous ►luestion was raised on
the hustings as to the propriety of admitting the
votes of performers from Drury-lane Theatre..—
Mr. Robltouse's friends were of opinion that
certain - persons in this situation who presenittd
themselves ought not to be admitted, on account
of their being the King's servants. The i)bjec,
tion was stoutly opposed, and in the end 'over,
ruled.—The State of the Poll was declared at the
usual hour, when the numbers were as follow
For the Hon. Mr. Lamb .. ' "1542
Mr. Hobhouse lOl6
Major Cartwright 36

The Pull was announced amidst 'the cheers' of
the people, and the cries of " No Rump ! No
Rump !" re-echoed through the Hustings.

Mr. Hotuouss addressed the Electors. He
observed that the Poll of that day proved that the
enemies of their independence were not so suc-
cessful that day as they were yesterday. Yester-,
day they had a majority of nearly four hundred,
That day it had fallen to 145—[Hear, hear ! from
the yellers•].--Perhaps he could account for the
deficiency. Yesterday a public breakfast was
given to the- Electors at Devonshire-House—
[much disapprobation—" Ttie Duke of Devon-
.shire is on the Continent," from the crowd].—
That clay no breakfast was given, and the
I.37hig majority was diminished.- The Whigs at this
Election had been obliged to. resort to those arti-
fices which were formerly the monopoly of the.
Court. Candidate. They had no other hold to en,
able them to stand their ground. Fornterly'they
Were looked upon as a better description of pub-
lic men than the Tories. That very poor suite-
tiority they. had now abandoned. Every.thing
that rank and 'influence and station could effect,
was put in action to destroy the independence of
that enlightened city. They introduced them-
selves in couples with the Court, and intimi-
dated every Elector over whom they had in-
fluence' into an acquiescence with' their coni-:
mantis. Noblemen, and the stewards of Noble,.
men, went together to obtain these unworthy
advantages. The orders Of the public offices
were imperatiVe. The SeCretarieaof State issued
their canvassing commands to exercise the ma-
jority of the Whig Candidate. - The Whig Can-,
dilate will tell them, that he cannot help the ad-
herents of Government fihurioting for him. He
will probably hereafter tell :them, that he could
not help their giving him. a, place. What he
looked for now was perhaps an object more de-
sired—it was the return of. a' Whig for Westmin-.
ster, because such. a result . must give a certain
consideration to his forlorn, party. His op,
poneut had yesterday charged him with being
a jesterhe 'Was described' as a second Joe
Miller. It was hard, that do what he would,
he could ~not please, the Whigs.—(A laugh, and
cry of hear, hear !)—So that be was blamed,
firsrfor not being- witty, and now the accusation
was, that he was too jocose. His opponent was,
howver,.eminent in that line, He bad yesterday
tried his talent on a very respectable Elector, to
whom l►e applied the line of at► old song, " The
spruce Mr. Clark."—(A loud laugh from the
crowd.)-1t was evident,. indeed, .that Mr. Lamb
was the wit of his party.—(" True, true," from
the crowd.)—His opponent yesterday 'described
himself as, the friend of the. glorious Revolution of
1688. It was curious to see that Whigs and To-
ries professed an attachment .to the same object..
Whets the Tories opposed Catholic Emancipation,
they grounded. their opposition on their attach-
ment also to the principles-of the Revolotion.—.
Attachment to. that .Revolution was formerly the,
successful watch-word of faction. The 'people
were now too enlightened for such delusions.—
The Candidate proceeded to animadvert on the
answer of Mr. Lamb to Mr. Samuel Clark, and
endeavoured to prove, that the man who had ac-
knowledged that he had not studied the consii-.
tution•of the Borough system, could not be an
efficient, or a sincere Reformer. Would the Whig
say, he was for as extended a Reform as lie was ?
if he says be is for Annual Parliathents, so was
he (Mr. H.)—(" Any thing, every thing," from
the crowd.)
Mr. LAMB offered himself to the attention of
the Electors, amidst cries of " Lamb for ever !"
but he had scarely commenced to speak, when the
organised interruption from the Rump yellers was
in full action. He asked if it was the pleasure of
his opponent's allies to bear him As lie was
much exhausted, he would retire, unless they
should be inclined to permit him to address them.
The state of the poll was, however. the unan-
swerable argument.—(Hear!)--Starting as he did
from the post, he had now a majority of 526 votes
above his opponent on the whole poll.—(Bravo,
bravo !)—The poll had certainly not proceeded
that day with the activity of the day before.. That
was to be attributed, however, to the wetness of
the Morning, and perhaps to the over-sanguine
expectations of his numerous friends, many of
whom thought their exertions- were not wanted.
He begged then), however,' not to allow such a'
feeling. to influence them ; for with the fairest
prospects of success be assured them they would
have a tough battle to fight—[Right, Lamb ; you
are no Munchausen.l—He felt that nothing he
could say could obtain from the affected friends of
freedoma patient hearing. He, however, assured his
friends, that the time was not far distant when even
those who interrupted him would be most forward
to attend. His opponent had that day said that he
could never please him (Mr. Lamb). He assured
that Honourable Gentleman he was wholly mis-
taken. He had pleased him much, anti every
speech he uttered he pleased him more—[Bravo 1]
His worthy opponent talked of Whigs, as being
a body little better than the Tories. With that
designation he was satisfied—on that character he
stood. He (Mr. Lamb) could take credit for ap-
pearing in no disguise. He told them unequivo-
cally his principles. But_ his opponent found
fault. with him because some of the Electors
attended a public breakfast. Why, at all events,
if it were so, there was more solid satisfac-
tion in that, than in. the effort to care) a
few straggling Voters by bands of *music and

. .
gaudy array Ofecoloers.—(Applause.)—Butsthen
chine the charge ofeNoblemen intimidating the
Electors. : Did his opponent think, that such ran-
dom insinuations could have any effect on any
intelligent man ? Was be .prepared.ttesays and to •
that conclusion his.stetement went, that the inde-
pendent and enlightened Electors: of eliar great
City were to be intimidated by any set of men, be
their rank oreinfluence what they may ?s--(Ap-
•plause, with groans from the Rump.) ,e-The allies
of, his opponent,. lie perceived, Yeeetved.their in-
terruption. e-They ; have the advantage of the
ground, and endeavoured .to press down pews .
.those who have the liberality to listen to every
Candidate. One-observation of , his Honourable .
Opponent he was anxious to correct, and then he
should conclude. He did not say that: Mr. Hob-
house, in his flashes of wit, had..already reached
the excellence of Joe Miller ; what he said was,
that he was likely to attain that
.eminence im a
little time.— (Bravo, bravo.)
Mr. HUNT . appeared on the stage,. amid the
most discordant yells, to which he listened with
the utmost unconcern. He stated, that he was •
determined to be heard before any other person
addressed them, if he stayed till midnight. 111 r.
Starch and Mr. IVishart, the two most respectable
Members of the Rump, had quitted it in (Usenet,
and left Sir 1,4'. Burdett at the tag end of it.—That
fellow had fallen•down as low as Lucifer had ever
fallen; and though he hod once been placed on the.
highest pinnacle of popularity, had no sunk to the
loWest pitch of public hatred. '' Have pityon him.
Gentlemenefor once,'.', said the Orator, " quietly
hear him speak ; for the more he speaks the more
he will commit himself. You hate heard much
Of a coalition between the Whigs. hod the Tories
from Mr. Hoishouse—he is neither one nor the
other, but an 'indescribable something between
the two, and, to a certain( y e het ween. both he will
fall to the ground." He thee irveielieil against
the.Baronet's,nonsetteudance is Parliament, and
asked him where he hail been the preceding even-
: lag, during the debate on Mr. fierenet's motion,
and where, on a former evening, when the Chim.
eiey-sweepers' Bill was brought into the House of
,Commons. He afterwards repeated his assertion
that he (Mr. Hunt) had abandoned. Sir F. Burdett,
because Sir F. Burdett had abandoned the people.
--(Loud disapprobation.)---As the orator found
that the reperitioti•of this declaration-was not re- •
ceieed with the same laughter and applause as at
the time of its being first made, and as he also
saw that I4e was not likely to gain a quiet audi-
ence from the mob around him, he took his leave
of them by telling them, that esSirfretscießur- ,
dett was very fond of making lotig speeches, he
Would no longer detaiu them, but would allow
them to feast their ears with the honied_words 41
which that arch humbug would address them.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then came forward; but
for some time could not he heard, amidst the ap-
plauSes of his friends and the opposition of a vast
body on the other side. He began his address by
expressing his high•satisfaction at the state of the
Poll, on which he felt it was his duty to congra-
tulate them, peptise, notwithstanding all the ex-
ettions of their 'epponents to bring up' the off.
seonrings of the Public Offices, and to dreg their
victims, he was -disposed to have the utmost
confidence in their final success ; and he had
no doubt the .people ,of Westminster would
chew, that' the springs of liberty were by no
means 'exhausted, but would, on the present
occasion,. biliSt: forth, and overwhelm their ene-
mies, and tlie 'tools of corruption. There was
not the slightest grimed for despair ; hut quite
the contrary, as the cause they had now to de-
fend was noq whether Iris friend Mr. Hobhouse or
the Whig Cendlire. s'•ou'd be returned, but the
real qties!ion was theelti•e of liberty,which, thank
God,was vet net tine e to be desuaired of. Much had
:been said in the veers' press about the ass having
brayed the lien from the field; hut the allies of
corruption world find it was a more difficult task
'to rouse the lion than the hare. Now the Lion
of Westminster began to rouse himself and to be
warm, and where was the malt who raid(() dare to
stop him ?--The puny efforts of an Aristor:rati-
cal. Conle.leracy would be found --unavailing
at last, though that Aristocracy was supported
by Whigs and Tories, and by the monstrous ad-
dition of a' third party ; but fte people of West-
minster would see that Coalition defeated,. sup-
ported as it might be, and was at present, by all
the arts of malignity and wickedness. •The cause
of truth reqnired only to be heard, in order•to its
final triumph. Notwithstanding all the sneers
' which had beenehrown out against a respectable
1 Elector yesterday, in consequence of his being a
bather, which occupation, by the bye, gained him
' the enmity of the Whigs-, he (Sir F.) must still
say, that the barber had shaved the Lamb's bead
very closely, and he should not he surprised if the
ears were not soon .cut off. The great question
was, not whether the ‘Vhigs or Tories should
succeed, but whether the cause of Radical Reform
should prosper or not ? 'Mr. Lamb had declared
himself totally ignorant,. or, at least, he had
said" he had not sufficiently studied the Borough.
monger system.
Mr. LAMB stepped forward.—" I never used
such expressions, Sir Francis Burdett. When
Mr. Clark put a question to me, relative to the
local circumstances of /certain Boroughs, in the .
particulars of which I find now that be was mise
taken, I answered, that I was not then prepared
to enter on the minor details, hut that the prin..
ciple ought to lre,corrected." This open and face
to face denial made a strong impression on the
multitude, and shouts of " Lamb, Lamb, for
ever !" resounded thlough thecrowd.

Sir FRANCIS • proceeded.—Unquestionably the
plan of reform proposed by Mr. Lamb waatmin-
telligible, while that- of his Friend Mr. Hoblionse
eras capable of being ttuderstood by the meanest
capacity. He hoped the Electors would not
spew themselves such as they were described by
the daily venal press, but would prove to the
world that they were consistent in every respect,
for it was wetly impossible to rend the papers
without seeing the falsehoods with which they
abounded. The Morning Chronicle of this morn-
ing, as usual, was of mis-statements,
tated by party feeling and malignity. Among
other things it had saidobat the advertisement,
relative to the car being sold, was founded its
,fact, as the car bad been previously,prepared for
the chairing. Such, he ums instructed to soy, was

0,,t the case, no such thing having ever been
dune.—{Here much confusion took place from
the applause of the Baronet's friends, and the
hisses of the other side. The Honourable Baro-
net attempted- several times to speak, but in
vain, as his voice was drowned in the cries of
" off, off; no turncoat, &el—Silence being to
it tolerable extent restored, he said, he trusted
the Electors
,would 'Mew their independence and
attachment to their old friends, notwithstanding
the sneers of one party, or the assumed and pre-
tended compassion of the other. An Evening
Paper, in an unusual display of piety, bad la-
mented the allusion he had made to the Constitu-
tion bring crucified between two thieves, and bad
stivitatised this an effusion of blasph'emy, for-
getting that behind quoted thus from the historian
Ralph. •The -Hon. Baronet concluded, amidst
much confusion and uproar, by expressing his
confidence, that while he continued to act as he
had done, he would secure their esteem and sup-
port, as well as that of the country at large.
Air. ARMSTRONG addressed the Meeting, de-
daring that he had fought under the banners of
the immortal Wm. i'itr, and would cleave to Sir
Francis Burdett to the last, He made several at-
tacks on Mr. Hunt as a speaker, whom he consi-
dered not worthy of being listened to for a mo-
ment.

Air GALE JONES next came forward,- and made
some observations on the conduct of the Baronet.
Ile was not in the least surprised at the clamour
which was raised, not against'him "as a humble
citizen, but to prevent the truth front being dis-
closed ; but then' ought to reci4lect that it would
go through the country that they had attempted,
by voc,feration 'and uproar, to prevent their de-
lnsiot►s and hands fron► being disclosed.;—(Ap-
plause.)
At six o'clock the crowd, which was greater
than we have ever seen in that place, retired in
good order.

LONDON JOURNALS.

YRONI THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

[Morning Chronicle.]

A Gentleman who arrived from Paris on Tues•

day last, says, that serious apprehensions were
entertained by the Pllsicians of Louis XVIII.
that he was threatened with mortification in the
legs. Symptoms of the kind have manifested them-
selves, and all their efforts were employed to avert
the imminent danger.

[The Times.!

Captain Barney, of the Nelson, of London,
bound to the South Seas, put into Bona Vista on
the 4th December. The day before a piratical
ship, of 16 guns, and 90 men, put in there, plun-
det.ed all the ships there, landed and robbed the
Custom-house and inhabitants, murdered several,
and then made oft.

All the Morning Papers mis-stated the division
on Thursday night in the House of Commons
orinn M. Rennet's motion. It was, for the mo-
tion,

Ayes
Noes.

139 (not 113)

[New Ti►nes.]

There has lately been embarked at New York for
Ilavre-de-cirace, a large Diamond, for the purpose
of being sold on the Continent. It is valued at
80,000 dollars. We are informed that it heloags
to Joseph Buonaparte.

[Morning Herald.)
THE ARCHBISHOP OF JERUSALEM.

The Syrian Archbishop of Jerusalem, Gregorio
Pietro Giarve, has lately arrived hi this country,
a►►d has taken up his residence in Frith-street, Soho.
Be is in the dress of the Apostle St. James, with
the blue turban, a loose robe, &c. His long beard,
and venerable and apostolic appearance. attract
great notice, and excite much curiosity. NVe learn;
that the Archbishop's object in visiting EngliOrd
is to solicit assistance, and obtain some of the
machinery, to establisd► a printing press at Mount
Lebanon, for the purpose of preparing, and
there distributing, correct editions of the Sacred
Scriptures in the Syriac Language. Although
Mount Lebanon is under the dominion of a
Christian Prince, nearly all the rest of Syria is
governed by, and composed of Turks. Not a few
of these have lately become Christians, for the
fanatic fury of their faith seems to be every day
abating. To gain many, very many, from Maho-
metanism over to Christianity, little more seems
wanting, than to distribute copies of the Bible
amongst the Syrian Turks, in their own language ;
but to prepare such winks has beets found here-
tofore generally impracticable. The editions
of the Bible printed in this country, for most
parts of the Bast, have, from their total in-
accuracy, beet► utterly useless. We believe, we
may venture ,to say, willoart any offence to
the' learned, that Dune but a ,native ought
to attempt to be the corrector of a Syriac Press.
single mistake in tl►e placing of a point,
may make the saute word convey a meaning the
most ludicrous, for what the author intended to
be of a precisely opposite character. As the Arch-
bishop undertakes to be himself the corrector
of the press about to be established ; and as the
learned Prelate has travelled far, retying on the
liberality and Christian feeling of England, we
sincerely trust, that the stranger's reception here
snay be such as his sacred mission and ch►►racter
eminently deserve.

A beautiful Black Tyger, .iticd an immense Ser-
pent, originally intended for the King of the Ne-
sherlands, has just been presented by a Gentle-
man to Mr. CROSS, Proprietor of the Royal Me-
nagerie, Exeter 'Change, as a great mark of
esteem for his unremitting exertions in procuring
(regardless of expence), every living productionof
foreign climes. Such a continual source of in-
struction to the rising generation, as well as to
Artists, a►s is afforded by this truly grand Deptit,
far outrivals every establishment of the kind upon
earth, and justly deserves every patronage that a
great uatiou is capable of bestowing.

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Wednesday last. The following are extracts :

" CHAMBER OF DKPUTIES.

" SITTING OF TUL3DAY, FEB. 16.

" The discussion vas partly resumed .on the
projet respecting the financial year, and again

closed.

" The projet was, on a scrutiny, agreed to by
e majority of 132 to 100.

"The opening of the discussion on the'projet
respecting gunpowder and saltpetre, was post-
poned till to-morrow.
" PARIS, FEB. 17.—Yesterday, after Mass,
which the King heard in his apartments, his Ma-
jesty withdrew into an inner Chamber, and.trans-
acted business during a part of the day.

" The Prince de Poix, Peer of France, Gover-
nor of Versailles, died last night.
" M. Beanpoil de St. Aulaire was killed yes-
terday morning in a duel with an officer of the
Royal Guards.

'• A person named Membran, a native of Mo.
rocco, died a few days since at Amsterdam,
aged 105.

" The Grand alive Michael quitted Florence
the 2d inst. to proceed to Rome.

FIVE PER CENTS.

Tuesday

701,-c.

DRFPKRED STUCK.
Of the 22d March, 1817, ll3 f. S&c.
22d Sept. 1817, 81f. 85 e.•
24d March, 1818, 79 f.
22i1 Sept. 1818, 77 f. 50 c.

CARLsRUHE, Fes. 10.—Thee Ilanovellan Diet
has resumed ith Sittings. The MiniAry will sub-
mit to it the New Constitntion.

" BERLIN, FED 2.—The projet relative to the
reduction of our army is indefinitely postponed ;
the infantry will not even be diminished, although
the contrary has been positively asserted.
" Zoutcu, FEB. B.—One of the greatest com-
mercial houses at Bale has stopped payment."

• The Report of the Committee 'of the House of
,Commons, respecting the WINDIOR ESTABLISH-
AUNT, which will be found in our first page, must
be satisfactory to the People at large, on the
grOund of economy, though we confess that, if
the circumstances of the Country would have
admitted of its remaining on the same footing,
our veneration for our beloved Monarch would
have induced us to wish that nothing should be
retrenched that would testify the esteem, affec-
tion, and gratitude, in which he must be held by
his loyal Subjects. The expence to each
individual throughout the Empire is too in-
.
significant to notice. But as the pressure of
the public burthens demands all practicable
retrenchment, and as it is by no Means likely
that his MAJESTY will ever be sensible of
the diminution, this consideration ought, of
course, to have weight in the question. We con-
fess, however, that we should have been glad if li
the Committee had not deemed it necessary to
discontinue wholly the salaries of some of the in-
ferior Officers, and to reduce the number of menial
servants, who, having been attendants on the
Monarch, might reasonably expect some provision
for life, and who perhaps may have no other sup-
port. But we trust, that the liberality, and we
may say, the humanity of the Legislature, will
interfere on the occasion, as indeed it is in no
slight degree, connected with the dignity of the
National Character.

As we have given a Report of the Election
Proceedings of yesterday in another place, it is
not necessary for us to son meat on the white t.

We may, however, notice.ti►e extraordinary intre-
pidity of Mr. Hoattotise in saying, because a
simple breakfast was given by the friends of Mr.
LAME, that it was a violation ofhhe Treating Act.
Surely it required more than common courage to
make this remark, but at the same time it betrayed
more than common folly. Was it not publicly
proclaimed, that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT at first
had subscribed a thousand pounds for Mr. Hon-
HOUSE—was it for treating or bribery—were
not houses opened in Westminster for the
entertainment of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S Election
Mob on former occasions ?--4herefore it was
egregious folly in Mr. HOBHOUSE to speak of this
breakfast after such entertainments on the part of
the Baronet, and in his presence also. But
the Baronet wisely avoided that topic., and
contented himself with silly jokes upon Mr.
LAME and his name. Among all the attacks on
Mr. LAMB, though it is said that he has the sup-
port of Whigs and Tories, it has never been said
that he had the support of Ministers, which, in-
deed, after the epithet he applied to them, he could
not expect. Well, then, he has the support of
the great body of Electors, including some of the
most distinguished families, justly alarmed lest
the tioatrouss Party should bring nothing but
anarchy and massacre on the Country.

STATE OT THE 'POLL AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY.
The lion. G. LANis - 1,708
J.C. HOEHOUSE, ESQ. s 1,121
Major CARTwKIGHT 36