The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-02 00:00:00

ELECTION BRIBERY, &c.

, W. WY NNE rose to state the objea of a Bill,
which he now proposed to move tin leave to bring
in. It was not his intention to occupy for any time
the attention of the House, as he was aware of the
important question • which was this night to 'come
forward. He granted that there at present existed
sufficient punishment for bribery (4; d corruption 'in
the election of Menibers, but there still remained a
difficulty in proving it. It was his ohjed to repeal
the provisions of George the Second on this subject,
and to substitute in their place the two 'following :
First, that if any person before an Election Commit-
tee should discover an at of bribery, he should be
indemnified for it; and second, that an Eledion
Committee should have a power of examining any
person, if so accused. He therefore moved for
leave to bring in a Bill for altering and rendering
mere efieduai the laws for the prevention of bribery
and cot ruption 'in the eiedion of Members of Par-
liament. " •

' Mr. JonNsoN protested against the introduction
of the Bill for the present, be gave notice that he
would oppose it in a future stage.
Mr. BARtNo postponed the second reading of the
line Insurance Bill tilt Tuesday.

CATLIOLIC-QUESTION.—AMOURNED DEBATE.
M. HUTCHINSON moved the Order of the Day
for resuming the Debate, on the motion for referring
the Vatholic claims to a Committee. The Order
was accordingly read; upon which Mr. Hutchinson
comiLenced a speech of some length, in the course
Of which he condemned the Popery laws as unwise
and unjust, shutting out as they did such a portion
it f the talents of the Empire from the avenues of ho-
iw, cicyatioui, Rnd reward. He denied that the
tebelllon of 1798 was of Catholio origin, and said

CELEBRATION OF

XX PITS BIRTH-DAY: I

LIVERPOOL.

On Monday last one of, the most numerous and
respeetable companies ever assembled (n 1 any public
occasion in this town, met at Lillyrnan's Hotel to
comniemoi ate the d-# which gave birth to this most.
illustrious StateSman. Three hundred and eight
tickets at a guinea each were issued, which were all
taken befoie twelve o'clock, and_ in the afternoon

numerous applications were refused, though dotibl.e
the price was offered.

At five o'clock a sumptuous dinner was served up,
and after the cloth wai removed the following toasts
and sentiments were given

" His Majesty the King, the Duke of Lancaster, God bless
him," with three times tiiree,—enthusiastie applause.
• Song—" God save the King,"
,sung by the whole of the
.company.
" I he Prince of Wales,"
" The Queen, Princess of %Vales, and the rest of the Royal
Family."
The immortal Memory of that illustrious Statesman the
late, Right-Hon. William Pitt, and may we cherish his prin-
ciples whilst. we deplore Ins loss." Drank in silence.

" The Pilot that weather'd the Storm," was re-
cited by the Rev. J. VAUSE.
" Our glorious Constitution in Church and Stz..te, the
pride of Britons, the envy of the world."
Song—" Rule liritx.nia."

. " The Mother of all loyal Englishmen."
" The third Estate of the United Kingdom the House of
CoMmons, who have secured our Privileges by inaintwitiing
their own," with three tunes Once—loud and continued
plaudits.

Song—" The Pilot that weathered the Stoirn," composed
by Sherbrooke.
" The Army and Navy."
Song—" Britons strike Home."
The House di Brunswick, and the Principles which
seated it on the Throne of these Realms."

• The Mayor having left the chair, his health was
proposed and drank wiih the highest applause. In
returning thanks to the company, the worthy Ma-
gistrate observed, that he telt himself highly flatterrd
in being called to fill, the chair on an occasion which
had collected vi numerous and respectable a com-
pany, and more particularly as they had expressed
their approbation of his cu►,dut on a recent occasion
iu so full and gratifying a manner.
What we possess and Buonaparte covets—Ships, Colo-
nies, and Conutieue."

" Success to our Arms by Land and Sea, and may glorious
struggle ever be crowned by an honourable Peace."
" May the energies of tiie .pritisli Empire never be affeEted
by, nor its elicinies derive encouragement from, the fattious,"
with three times three.
" Mr. Neilson," three times three.-

Mr.. Nctesw..; rose and thanked the company for
the honoUr they had done him. If any exertions
on his part had contributed to prorrtte the wi'::hes
of the Meeting, he felt particularly gratified; but
the' merit was principally du% to the Committee,
whose atteniions• had been tinahating. He felt the
most lively sitistattion in the enthusiastic loyalty
so feelingly displayed by the Ineeting,.and he trust-
ed that though this was the first public commemo-
ration of the birth-day of the illustrious statesman
whose principles they revered and cherished, it
cluld become an annual observance in. Liverpool,
and that every. succeeding anniversary would be
honoured by a company as numerous and as highly
respectable as that which he had now the pleasure
to see assembled, an_d narked by as striking an ex-
pression of .their generation itm their King and Con-
stitution.

" Whe just prerogative of the Crown, the Privileges of
Parliament and the Rights and Liberties of the People,"
Song —" Ye Gentlemen of England."
•' fhe Memories of the ever lamented Admiral Lord Nel•
son, anti Sir R. A bercronibie."

tiong—" Peace to the Souls of the Heroes." •
" The Land we live in."
`•Prusperity to the Covnty of Lancaster."
" The good old loyal gown of Liverpool."
Mr. Neilson, by permission of the chair', then gate—
" -The 2,Mz honest men who have declared themselves the
Champions of rational Freedom. and the Foes of Anarchy
and Disaffection, three tunes three. Thi:'; toast was received
wir ti the loudest applause. .

The heJltn of Mr... Lit was then proposed by Mr.
Dawson,, and drank. witlythree tunes three. •

Mr. LIT said, that if his endeavours had been the
means of calling fotth that spirit of loyalty which
the assembly had that evening exhibited, -he felt he
had but done his duty; and it gave him peculiar. sa-
tisfaction. The principles at Mr. Pitt were the prin-
ciples of-the Constittii ion ; they had preserved the
nation from danger, • and they conducted it to glory.
He was happy to find that warm sentiments of
loyalty, and sound constitutional principles continu7
.ed'to distinguish the town,of Liverpool. This was a
time in Winch they ought to be expressed in the
most public manner, and he tbonlit it his duty, not
only to maintain them himself, but to cherish and
support them in others..' Ile 'hoped that the• Birt-
hday of Mr. Pitt would be annually celebrated in Li-
verpool.-
.4 King, Lords, and Commons," three‘ times three.
" All the real Friends ot Mr. Pitt, who are this day as-
sembled to commemorate his Virtues and maintain his Prins
cip les." .
" Song—" The Statesman whose Genius."
British Valour and British. Beauty."
" General Champagne and Stall;" three times three.
• " Ltigland'sbest Bulwarks—her Wooden Walls."
" 1 he Chancellor ot the Duchy of Lancaster."
" H )nest john Watkins of Ditton," was then proposed,
with three times three, and tollowedby the loudest plauktits.
" Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain," three
times three. •

•• Lord Melville," three times three, great applause.
" Alderman Christopher Smith, and ihe independent
Liverymen of London, wno, by their patrtotie Declaration,
gaVe a noble example to their loyal Countrymen."
Song,-" Here's a Health to honest John Bull."
" The Right Hon. George Canning," three times three,
•• The Marquis Wellesley," three times three.
" Mr. Alderman Aspinall," three times three.
" May his Majesty's Government ever, find Support in the
Attedion of the People."
-•• The First Lord of the Admiralty." .
66 The Landed and Commercial interest of Great Britain
and Ireland."

' The Right.Honourable George Rose."
" The Lancashire Witches." - ,
" The Earl of LiVerpool."
" Our gallant Countryman Lord Wellington, and his brave
Army in Spain and Portugal."
" Lord Castlereagh."
Mr. Cartwright, the Member for Northamptonshire."
" Mr. Wilbraham Bootle."
" Sir Robert Peele." •

" The virtuous alid upright Members of the House of
Commons who disdained to purchase popularity at the ex-
,
pence ot. Patriotism:"

The utmost conviviality prevailed during the
evening, and the whole company appeared to vie
with each other in the rno,t lively expressions of
loyalty to the Sovereign, and value for the Consti-
tution.

A very respeelable party of loyal and warm friends
of the Constitution, (Jeans' Penny, Esq, in the
chair) diimed together at the Olympic Tavern, to
Celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the Right
Hon. William Pitt

Another party of Gentlemen met on the same
occasion at the York Hotel, and spent the evening
in must convivial manner. A great number of loyal
and appr6priate toasts and sentiments were drank,
Mt. James Hornby in the,chair.

A two-and-sixpenny dinner was-prepared by the
Burdettitesia this town, under the pretence of cele-
brating the birth-day of Mr. Pitt. A great number
of per,ons mere collealed on the occasion : th 6 4:.)asts
were principally selected' from thp early speeches of
that statesman.--(Liverpool Courier.)

MAI LS.
Aansvgu—s Dublin. DuE—sGottenburgh, s Liss-1f
Dublin, Waterford.

PRICE Ot STOCKS.
THIS DAY AT TivaLva O'CLOCA.
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SCILSIIf QUIS DICER& ?ALBUM AUDZAT ?

LONDON,

SATURDAYS JUNE 2, 1810.

The following Bulletin was issued this morning
respe&ing his Royal-Highness the Duke of CuM'
BERLA ND •

" His Royal Highness the Puke of CumazaLAND. VCIS
very restless the- forepart of the night, and afterwards ba'i
broken sleep ; is' free from fever, and. as well this•mornid
as there was reason to wiped.
Ten o'Clock. " EVERARD HOME.'I

The latest accounts from Lisbon continue to re-

present the Portuguese troops as. in the highest state
of discipline, ardent in the cause of their country"!
and in perfect harmony with .the British forces,
Lord WELLINGTON was constantly on the alert,
prepared to take advantage of any favourable event
that might occur, but equally prepared against any
snare into which the enemy might attempt to drays'
him. It was confidently rumoured that he WO
about to remove his head-quartets from Almeida
into Spain,•but no certain intelligence had been re-

cefved that that event had taken place. It was
said that JONOT, after taking possession of Astorga,
had direaed his forces . towards the frontier*
of Portugal, and that LOISON and he had ac.
tually united their powers for an attack on tOt-
country. There was also a report at Lisbon, that-'
in a contest between the advanced posts of both
armies, three hundred of the enemy and a Colonel
bad been taken prisoners. They were in the most
necessitous condition, with hardly any covering,
which . they 'accounted for by the interception of
convoys.

It was known that a number of Fiench spies
had spread .theinselves over Portugal, and two had
been taken up in women's attire at Lisbon.

According to recent accounts from the South of
France, MASSENA, at the head of 75,000 men, werc
in full march toward, Spain, of which he had pr
mised to effed the entire subjugation ; but tbis
no doubt, to be considered as French exaggeration,
fur if so many troops had entered Spain as-the French
Journals have stated, there must already be a pro-
digious French army in that country, or they mLI
have snffered a dreadfill devastation, which they $O.
by no means disposed to acknowledge. -

A letter received 'this morning from Liverpool'
of date 31st ult. states that the Miranda, from Bris-
tol, arrived at Boston in March, and had penDissfori
'to enter at. the Custom-House. When hall Per
cargo was discharged, an order Came from the Awe.
rican Government to seize ship and cargo, 'aDcion
the gth of April they remained under seizure.

The Debate upon the Catholic Question tenni'
nated in ,the House of Commons this morning at
four o'clock, when Mr. GRATTAN'S motion was ne-
gatived by a very large majority.

The Bulletin respeating me. wiNDlimes health
this morning-th as tdlows
Mr. Wz ND HAM has had a I:ss restless night than!"
two preceding, and is,in the same situation as yesterday.'

at
It is with much satisfaaion we add, from the - h
authority, that since the aboveteport was given, lbe
appearances are not quite so b.:d as yesterday, and
that the possibility, at least, of his recovery is &U
proved, though in a very slight degree.
• The KING, QUEEN, and -PRINCESSES, came t°
town 'yesterday, ; and, as might be expected,. were
most minute in their inquiries, and evinced the tit'
most solicitde ih regard to the state of the -Duke
of CUMBERLAND.

Advices have been received in England so latesf
the 4th of January, Itoin Sir H. Job/as, our Minis'
ter at the Court of Tahran. Sir H. was residing at
Tauris, the capit.tl of Azarbaigan,. with the Prince
Royal of Persia, ABBAS MuitzA, who had obtained
permission of his father that the An)oissador and
Suite should spend the winter at his court. Tbc
power of the Euglish interest has been' so strength-
ened in Persia, by the consumr.aste ability of the
Envoy,. that no French influence will be able to erea
itself again in Persia.

Letters were yesterday received from
.Corunna, to
the date of the 18th ult. Some of them mention
that the 'F►ench had withdrawn f;om Castropol, at
the North Western extremity of Asturias, and re-
treated to Oviedo, to which place they were pursued
by the' Patriots. Another letter has. ►he tollowing
paragraph, which, it correct, as to what it onserves
of the South-eastern provinces, %sill expose the
falsehood of the details in the Afoniteurs, of the
state of the war in that direclion.

" COR UNN A, MAY_ 17.-111 e French do not ven-
ture to appear in Galltcia, and seem d;sposed to con-
tinue at Astorga and in its neighbourodo By a
coasting vessel, which has made a voyage-from Cadiz
in eight days, we have letters with advices frolli Va-
lencia and Murcia. . Nothing of impertanoe Lead yd..-
curred in those provinces, where all., however , seem-
ed to go on well."

It was reported yesterday that Lgrd SIDMOUTO
was about to join the present Adiniiiistrati,,o, mid
that he was to be appointed Lord President of the
Council.

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