The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-23 00:00:00

WEsTAI I NSTER ELECTION.

FOITRTII DAY.

The Poll commenced yesterday at the usual
bon'. and Aloodav beiog the day on which the
Frit nos of Sir F. IttraDETT lead promised to make
their great effort, ari unusual degree of bustlck
prevailed in Covent-Garden, and the Horr;---15a-• •
roller was considerably advanced in the course. or
the d,y. CaolAio MAxwELL. appeared in the
course of the Inornlng, was, 7ronoured with the
.usual. ii blise, tvhicii• tae received with pet feet goo.ci
bunt .or, profoundly host log to those .who were I
most insolent. At eleven Sir It Wilson arrived in
an open I a nelati, decorated with his own colours,
and was loudly cheered by the mob ; he stood up
without his tat, although it rained heavily, and
having alighted limn his carriage, gaye a plumper
for Sir Francis Burdett. He afterwards drove
throng!' the crowd, andsilaped his course through
hiog-street. - Tie next object of attraction out-
able the hustings was one of a novel description--
it was the exhibition of the portrait of an
Ouraog Mitang, holding in his paws a green bag,
'sealed, and underneath the Avoids. " Ourang
Outing, a Candidate for IVesttninster," This
'teas meant to apply to Sir Murray Maxwell, who
it will he recollectttlbrought home in his ship an
animal of this. description. In _the afternoon a
large green bag was carried on a polc—a cat-of
ntne-Cails was displayed, and one lutlian exhibited
his bare shoulder's, and accused the pilaw Cap-
tain of having inflicted on him certain lishes,
which he bad most probably received at the (Jul
Bailey. For this show a drunken litien•draper is
reporte i to h.tye given the fellow a one-pound
flute. At four o'clock, the same linen-diaper
was exalted on the backs and shoulders of some of
the mob, for the purpose of addressing Captain
-Maxwell. much preparation lie told Sir
Murray, " that as an officer be loved him much,
hut he thought he had no business on those lins-
tings us a Candidate for the representation of
Westminster." 'lbis he repeated eight or ten
times, but could get no fan titer. Another person,
who was also intoxicated, was e\alted in a simi-
lar manlier, hut it was impossible to hear a word
be said. His object seemed to he to „eta place
on the hustings, that he might be sheltered trout
the rain, which was then falling very fast ; but
in this Attempt lie was foiled by the constable,.
At four the Poll closed, and the numbers, when
announced, were as iollows

Sir Samtml Rotnily ! Sir Francis Burdett ....1263
Sir Murray Maxtven....l7.2s Mr. Hunt
The otob were still more outrageous on this
than on the former days. Several stones were
thrown, and one hit Mr. Lee, the High Con-
stable, in the face, and produced blood. Many
handfuls of mud were sent to the hustings, and a
shower of spittle .covered Sir Murray Maxwell,
and all who were near him, with the marks of
despicable rudeness, and insolent spite. At the
time the board with the numbers was about to be
pot up, a handful of mod nearly covered the gal-
lant Captain's face. The manner in which Sir
N. Max well bore '' the pelting of the pitiless
storm" will secure for hint more votes than all
the ribands in Spit al field a could procure.
Sir MURRAY MaxwELL then addressed the
crowd with all his wonted good humso:r. He re-
gretted that they had been so long exposed to the
inclemency of the weather, and should have felt
even more for them, had he not, from a shower of
another desetiption,'•been ;compelled to think a,
little of himself. The present was, he believed,
the first time that ever a Candidate had been ass
saulted as he had been, and he hoped it would be
the last, for he was sure when they coolly re-
flected on the subject, they would be sorry that
any man who stood there contending for the ho-
nour of representing .the City of Westminster
should have been covered with mod and spittle.—
He had, on a former day, considered the conduct
of the crowd, when in some respects similar, to
be the mere exuberance of popular feeling .and
good humour, and he still remained of the saute
opinion, and took the same view of the passing
scene. It was only with their hands and their
mouths that they opposed hint. lit their hearts
they. were Englishmen, and it was the nature of
Englisbnien when they saw an individual assailed
by a multitude to rush forward to rescue and con-
sole him, as he doubted nun the Electors would
do on the present occasion. Before he came
there, he had read a letter front the Gentleman
who had, with much honour •to himself, repre-
sented the City of ‘Vestminster in Parliament.—
Els observations went to press upon them the
necessity of, for a considerable period, preserving
the freedom of election. Ile would press the
same point, for unless freedom of election were
preserved, it was useless for hint or any man to
offer himself for that or for any other place. The
writer of that letter had not recommended it to
them to treat those who might present themselves
as Candidates in the way he had been treated.— 1
He, however, doubted not their conduct would
be much altered in the couyse of the election.—
Every thing at present favoured his hopes, and
he should never have offered himself, had he not
been confident of being returned.—Some disorder
having occurred on the opposite side, he called to
the crowd to remember that some of the fair sex
were there. There were none on the hustings
from which he addressed them, and there lie hoped
all their shot would,lie directed. [A fight occur-
red at this moment in one of the galleries oppo-
site.] He saw their attention was attracted else-
where, and should now take his leave, requesting
them to hear the other Candidates.
Mr. M..Maxwect. then retired with his friends.
Mr. BRUCE then appeared. He entreated that
they would do no injury to the cause of Sir F.
Burdett, by committing any excess. He congra-
tulated them on the glorious efforts they had made
that day. , Another such would secure their
triumph, and place England's pride and West-
minster's hope at the head of the poll. He would
not trouble them with a speech of his own, hut
read the answer of Sir F. Burdett to a requisition
from some of the Electors. Mr. Bruce then read
the letter, in which Sir Francis declined to com-
ply with the wishes of the Committee and appear
on the Lusting, conceiving. that such a course
would strip him of his personal consideration, and
be a sacrifice of self-respect and public principles

"a`Uar of eNpe4liency. *if these eloquent
words of their frie,ul were not enough to io-
spire zeal, it wmuld
,be vain fur hin► to nt-
tempt it. Would they send into Parliament
a Court Candidate, who, it he sncceeded, would.
be only the .Representatice.of beadles, of tax-
gatherers, of parish officers. and the sweepings
of all the public offices ? wished to expose
same of the tricks of their adversaries,__Dey
brought an army of tax-collectors upon the post-
lugs, anti while the votes of the Court Candidate
were yeseivy-d,,,-those- of Sir F. Burdett were ob.
ejected to. There were many who had not paid
their rates, and they were remitted, to •eoable
the4t9o poll, while the proud aristocrat of the
country threatened to deprive those with whom
he dealt of 'his custom, unless they voted for Sir
M. Maxwell. The friends of Sir F. Burdett were
still 'vigorous and undaunted. To-morrow they
would poll such a number as would confound
their enemies. 'lbis was their battle, and not
that of Sir F. Burdett. Every man should now
consider himself as the centre of his own circle,
and the feeling in favour of the good cause would
then soon extend itself through all Weittninster..
Mr. ‘Visitatur returned thanks on the part• of
Sir S. Roletilly. The Electors of- Westminster
Ihail conferred honour on themselves by placing
him at the head of the poll.

Mr.CLEA.tty said he had before ptophesied.what
the result of this contest would be. The friends
of Sir Francis Bnytlett • had gone through -every
quarter of West Minster, and they found the feel-
logs of all orders strongly in favour of the man of
the people. But this was not enough. They
should not relax,. The tax-gatherers were against
them, and their dints ought nut to cease until
they phced Sir F. Burdett at the head of the poll.
Sir S. Rowilly might he tespectable, but he was.
not so dear to them as Sir F. Burdett. Lord Ca-
tlereagh gave a plumper to Sir M. Maxwell. The 1
friends of Sir F. Burdett ought to act in the same
manner until they saw him out of all danger.
Mr. HuNT came forth atnidst shouts and hisses,
mixed with the usual questions about his wife.
What had been done for Sit F. Burdett, upon that
day, proved that the spirit of Westminster was
not yet extinct. It was very much to be regretted
that the friends of liberty bad sutlered Sir M.
Maxwell to get so high upon the poll. They en-
deavoured to bring Sir F. Burdett front limb by
a letter.—(( ries of No ! no ! It won't do Hunt.)
What could Sir F. Burdett fear among.them ?--
(Cries of Off ! off !)--As to the services of that
lion. Baronet, had he spoken a word about the
standing army Let what will happen, they should
not be enslaved while he (Mr. Hunt) was alive.—
(A loud laugh.)—Hunt endeavoured to proceed
further in his oration, but he was hissed off.
Mr. PITT said, Sir F. Burdett was prevented
from coming forward by motives of public purity.
His friends had taken the business into their own
hands, as they saw that it was neglected by the
Committee.

Mr. GALE 3roxEs made a long harangue in fa-
vour of Hunt, whose friends, he said, wished to
unite with those. of Sir.F. Burdett, but they were
rejected with scorn. He regretted that Wat
Tyler had been so treacherously slain by the
Mayor of London, and that his own speeches
were not given more at length in the newspapers.
The business of the day then ended—the whole
of Sir M. Maxwell's colours having previously
been stolen from tire booths on which they were
displayed.

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.
We mentioned yesterday that Mr. BARCLAY
had declined any further contest for South-
wark. A letter to this.effect froM his. Committee
was read in the course of the morning upon the
Hostings, and, after the usual formalties, the
ig,h Bailiff declared the election 'to have fallen
on Charles Calvert. Esq.'and Sir Robert Wilson,
Bart. The successful Candidates• then addressed
the Electors, amid loud acclamations. They will
be chait ed on Thursday.

BIZISTOL, 21.—Our poll closed on Satur-
day Mr. DAVIS, our Blue Member, has been
returned by the most triumphaut Majority ever
known in Bristol, for our good old Church and
King. .PaoTuttaos has gained his Election ;
but the party is divided, and had the Blues put
up two Members, there is no doubt bnt that
they would have returned them. The poll at the
close stood as under :

•
Davis, 3377.—Protheroe, 2:s9.—Baillie, 1681.

The Grand Duke Alicttagt. and suite went yes-
terday morning to Battersea, to view the Manu-
factory for making shoes with nails, &v. with
which his Imperial HighneSs appeared much
amused: his brother, the Emperor of RUSSIA,
took much interest. in this manufactory when in
England. In the evening his imperial Highness
went to Covent-Garden Theatre.
FIRE AT TEMPLE BAR.—We are gratified in
finding that though Mr. DQWNRS has suffered
much by the fire at Temple Bar, in the destrnc-,
tion of much furniture, paper, and many valuable
books, that no injury has happened to his printing
materials—that part of his business having been
carried on in separate premises.
COMPLETION OP THE FRANKLIN MANUSCRIPTS.
—We are requested to state that the third and last
volume, in quarto, of the '' Memoirs of the Life
and Writings of Dr. FRANKLIN," will be pub-
lished on Thutoday next.. • This concluding
volumels calculated to excite, if 'possible, a still
greater interest than the two preceding, as it con-
tains a vast number of political, philosophical, and
miscellaneous papers, never before published.
By Act of Parliament, the Books will be open
at Eight o'Clock To-Morrow (Wednesday) Morn-
ings and will not close until Eight in the Evening;
and on Thursday they will continue open till
12 o'Clock at Night, as the Drawing begins at
Nine o'Clock on Friday Morning, when the
Sixth Prize above 1,0001. must be 40,0001., or
23,0001.—and all the 44 Capitals, including Two
of 20,0001., &c. must be drawn, as the Lottery
finishes on Friday. Tickets and Shares are Sel-
ling by HAZARD and Co. the Contractors, at their
very Old Office, Royal Exchange.

SIXTH PRIZE A 13OVE kJ 0000 MUST BE £.40,000 Olt
;,000. 44 c.,prr.‘ LS. TWO OF ,C.MOOO, &c. ALL
MUST BE DRAWN NEXT FRIDAY---LOTI'LRY FI-
NISHES.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We are obliged to postpone the lATERABY Rrstr.w and other
Articles, some of which shall a,suredly appear To-inomow.

• 'THEATRICAL REGISTER..
Performed Lust
THEATRE RnYAL, biCurtY-LANti.—Machetb. Macbeth, Mr.
Kean; Lady Nlaidrethi, Miss Macauivy. After which, The
Sleeping Draught.

TitF,►rrt: HOVAL, CoI7tNT•GARDEI.—The Gamester• Bever-
Icy, Mr. YouilA-; Mrs. Beverley, Miss O'Neill. After
flarlequilt
Ti.F.ATRE ROYAL, ENGLfiti OPERA, STRAND.--A Billet Di-
vertiscaleat. after which, Love iu a Village. To which
was, voided, Is He Jeahms ?