The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-06 00:00:00

COUNTY OF LEICESTER.

It Is with much regret we find that the Eke-
tion,for this County has been attended with, cit.,
cumstauces even more disgraceful, if possible,
than those, which'hAve marked the contest for t Lie
Cities. of .CoTentry and ‘Vestminster. We shall
subjoin the accout ;of these proceedings as they
are stated in,• The Leicester Journal, a very
_loyal
•and respectable ,Paper... Not only our Readers.,
hut- our Countrymen in %general, will 1114101 f, as
BRITONS, that such shocking insults Should have
been offered to the noble bonie of gLITLAND, in
the person ot- Lord. Runt .MANNER., an Cltitio•
ment to that house, and to his cionitry, whose
battles. he has fought, and Who- has shewri.hiin-
self worthy of being ;related to the heroic GRANBY,
a name which Ihr ever b distingui-ihed .the
military annals of this count •Bui it iss, not
only in tier -field in which Lora ROBERT MANNERS
nets ~lisvl t~ t: his talents, his -patriotism, and, his
regard for the interest and gluryof the Country,
for his conduct as a Member of Parliament tai
been consistent, manly, and independent. Yet
this highly respected, and truly respectable Noble-
man was assailed by the fury of a senseless
rabble, and in the excesses of their brutal ferocity
even his life might have been the sacrifice. Shame
and punishment attend such infamous confine( !
,Yet, to complete the merit of the Noble Lord's
character, he bore the outrages, insults, and in-
juties which he sntfered with the serenity which
always marks a d.gnified and heroic mind, as he
must be convinced that all but the rabble would feel
the deepest regret that such disgraceful proceed-
ings should have stained the character of Britons,
and from. the liberality of his nature he might
hope that the very miscteants who assailed him,
would, if they are capable of reflectiotr, feel the
hitter:Hess of self-reproach. The following is the
account taken from The Leicester Journal

" The Contest lot the County so unexpectedly
begun, mer as tinexpecred anti rapid a clos-e.-7-on.
Saturday night the most determined perseverance
was manifested by all parties.—". Sunday" was
by no means " a day of rest," the several :Com-
mittees sat in close council, and numerons,emis-
saties'were dispatched in,all directions, to' bring
Yiirwaril as formidable a number of Electors as
could be'colleeted for the enitt;ini day. Early "on
. ,
'Monday morning large pat tie's' on horseback in
line, began to arrive with their respeetiV:: colourS
from the different Hundreds of the County. Car-
-riages of every description, irons the elegant ba-
rouche to time humble dung-tart, were put in re-
quisition, and came rattling in frown all quarters ;
but during the night it had been concluded, that
Mr. Babington should withdraw Irons the con-
test, and a hand-bill announcing the fact was cir-
d early on Monday morning. At the ap'•
l+ointed time Lord' Robert Manners and Mr.
Pitillipps,. with their several friends, attended at
the hustings, and after the polling of a few votes,
the books remaining open the necessary time, and
the sever al legal forums having been gone through,
Lord Robert Manners and Mr. PhiHipps were de-
clared duly eleCted. . _ _

" Atter the coneln•4on of the business of the
hustings, a scene worthy the days of Ithbesperian
tyranny ensueit- The populace appe rid to be
seized with a fit of revolutionary pbrenzy, and
upon Lord 'Hobert Manners •appearing in the
Chair, 'eommeneed a most brutal attack upon his
person, by •It discharge of almost every species of
inisitle, accompanied with the most furious ges-
ture's and diabolical language. His Lordship bore
the whole with the istinust dignity and compla-
eency,'atmost constantly bowing to the populace,
and at intervals standing up in his chair. At
length a stone, or some other dangerobs
took effect 'by the side of his Lordship's cheek,.
and blood began to flow freely; at this time his
Lordship's face was also' much 'disfigured with
mud,and filch : another large stone. aimed at his
tii,rdship's right temple was most providentially:
caught by hint. Further in his progress, an heavy
missle struck his LordshiP'on his left 'temple,
eAusingaivioletit 'cotitnsion, 'and by the time he
reached his Committee Room. :he was nearly ex..
!misted, but though smarting nndet,thu pain of
these 'serious inlitriett,'and his face streaming With
blood, 'the' gallant Soldier never made a single
complaint. ' ' . • _ : •

His Lordship addressed the,:people from.the
Crown's Witidtki, thanking the Cottitty for the'
honour it 'had etinferred-upon him, anti his deter-
: initiation tb serve: it to tire utmost: of his power;
-atitl.his Wept!, Sir Frederick: Fowite (After his
LOrdship had retired from the,window), caution-
against 'the repetitiOi6 o a line of
,procteeding as destructive of ttue-liberty• as of so-
'cial.order, -
." 01 Leicester, what a disgraceful scene 111 s,
passed '‘vithin thy ancient walls. -Language de-I
tkies;lier aid to attempt tleserintion.,-;acit6)bation-
the most uttqual,fied sinks into:Rftssiye tuditfer7,
ence in ler etforts tcf stigmatize it sufficiently"!!
,Methinks we still hear the veils of 'the inforiat'etr
Monsters.--the threitifi—ortlle'tsuilandish,savag,e‘s,
:and the inittliing tautni 'or die infkilllo6s.
tyis-
.creahts hy:theit;•&ontitictl*6l Monday, have,-1
disgraced our Comity; andiarnished her fair fatn'e.!
inethinks we still see thein assaulting'
gallant'HerniiPlib'hati4 futigh't anil 'bled ro pre
serve the libetties his 'Tiatieti Whose
brow was eucii ctrtlttvhli the laincelSOf.WateflOo
in whorl the Mint' anti' 'unassti
„ . a
log manners' adorned the splendourr opatrician.
The I,;orti's- tea'rles's
.'depOrtinent'
kinder the savage and ilitPrOvtikirl :tient Which.
Wrecei ved; for eililiaPhiM`tii•all. Who
ba.i'licei• Otte' poi-oad' of iii.44Nli',feelin-g in their
iisottY-7 yt s the' Cotinq rotig rente'intie,r-
itle-difsclUct• of the NOttle'Delieendant.Of die brave'
„4rftilby on the late disgract:fiir -Ocettiron
the county picture to herself that Immortal Hero

[ParcE S.EVI,7NPENriE,

bending from his exalted station and surveying
the scene or 'Monday—let her pre to! to herself
the Hero .ot Germany beholding his gaikni
pi-
nit shining, tor,ii resplendent losire in the
sterson of his Nobte Gritutls,n, and bidtling.de-
fiance .to the votaries of analchy and ! !
Leicestershire.t look. on, -Ilse (direr
thac gallant spirit tre,i eel i,i your
principal town") with ignominy and a
merciless. talibiel this. part ot the s.to.rject
.is too painful to dwell upon ; we see, however,
the airy tioge• sparkling' high-. in .be chs,tka 'of
your sons—we mee..the tidings ot resentment
its the:r breat4s,.. and the. °sport unify will
n01....;10 long delayed twhich si4ll thew the
means of retrieving ..thy•eharaetei l—We indeed.
indulge. a:most earnest hope that tee lion ill seet.es
, of Monday will eNe_utoally, prodstee great to neflt,
. by Insilutg all good men of • every iearty into a
phalanx for.tbe proteeLitnibrOtirorry and safety
against the desires-44:andit4i ininsical to both.
If this be the case (wilicie antici-
pate),,LOrtlitobrt Manners. 'Will' hive at !tiered
as -gratt-sit triitlitrlt tit home 'as he 'and tits
brave comrades did abroad, .rind Will have fought
the battle of English Freedom on !
...We cannot sopprise that Mr. Phillip cOo6-
tenaiteed or provoked the eisecrable and cut artily
outrages we have been detailing ; it would be
a libel upon Whig principles to ,spprehend that
he did : but we must 'say we sisonld have heels
.ns he die
tar better pleased .t li ll
violent treatment of Lord Robert ~cities in his
hiil of Alonday evening, and talked alittle I:ss ot
the indep-ndence by %%bleb he had beeO t opport
The term " Independence" is but too fregiten,
catch-Word, it is a term as mach at thk. F• e;r-e
of a Demagogue ar. a. consissent Witte. Ivcwhy
nut means intend to insinuate th it Mr. P' iilipps
used the term its any obTeetionable srose, alit .tie
sincerely trust that lie still act sp iples
which he has professed. Thai he
it the, printer perioch—rti4dmottAuffeitilriti %lAsigisni
to degenerate
.iteo aosiocraty !—%V hay, no
doubt Mr. Pitillipps.and his friends would. he g 144
,of au
.opportuttiFy:toetistress .their detestation (it
the scene 'it Monday, anti we IsOpe that the
County will mark its ilblsorrence:Hor ,a Isystisit
which was,' not fostered British .soli l 17—‘Ve
have spoke thus' candidly be-
cause we
.tlo.not make it pi practicet,b,astily,to at,-
tribute improper tnorives to any matt ; atio we
si,icerely.hope- he will not•iose-Siglif of 1688, Or
of the Rievolution he
.peofessts so,mttch to ad-
mite. At the same time :se mast retain:oin- own
sentiments, and ever w,aee.the...Strisnlarsi.ot-,Titse
Blue over the dingy Banner (It Porple and V.%,"l'it e !
"'We cannot elose oifr retts rta t4)titi;ilreColluty
Election wit,Lotit ,dra%Fing tile, pirticii!ar 41,1, lir
lion of our Readers to a qiiestion at -ail ?Imes im-
portant, but in. the it*senr.ruilltr veetiiiat
we mean the, Roman Catholic
,Question.
(\eves.
was the effect of a vote'in kit, as that -whieli Mr!
liabington, in a moment of con,cjeitko,4s,.. bist
mistaken candottr, gave for the admi-sion of the
Roman CaVrtilics into Parliament, anthitito places
of trust sintl.con.scTience,.-rEvery.one k,iows that
if private Wort h—SetittiOns tretct iOn to raliainetit
ary duty--and the inot.POpr.igbt -pritielpt:ea, ever
concentrated in one man, they did so in ,''Jr Ba-
bington; and he will carry with him into plivitta
life the respect of, all,whatever distordititi.opi-t
may exist as to the proprie, y o rails.
mentary conduct with respect to. tie„ Hornkth
tholic claims. 'lime question was very properly
not publicly agitated tinder the' Peculiar i'acittn-
stances of the
,Election, and: no,greater
could hays been paid to Mr. liabingiots than this ;`
as it spewed 'that% lioWeiet the,.ooUnty silenth.ctis
approved of his conduct, his private.worth pre-.
Vented it being publicly brought' tot ..var'd to his.
pi eituli, e., Lie may however test that his
repeated votes in favour of Mr, Gratrnn's too ions,
(and particularly his vote tlie••St.siliti of ISi 3)'
prevented , niany. a coill,9illntinsis nisi, ,ot
„e.i(d),
party giving him his support ; and we ,i-tist that
this!.will,be•recolleetesVq .who loave:brett
recently returned to represent this Lova!, Protes-
tant, and linlepertaeilt Yraric't-rf.'the.. kiii'g•dom itst
Parli_atnent.-7!‘Ve are a?t enetn:i.,es to • tolerati,ott
it is incrits,,istent with Plote'istant piiiicilues to he
So ; -we venerate; the,cotridi'entiotrs Dirm,,nter, anti
would.tridy hip.) on.,a quest
sent; it is qiiestitin'44 much ofeetink:hieA.;,;bri
of lies Chapel .as,flteAl4fir ut•oor cunrcli,.l
,and,tir
uniting with hitn to keels out a C.Mitlt<iit Enemy,
we isotild hug the Liberty of ':istir Coutiery to our
breasts,.aud the Banner of Con.siititioust.
Freedom as our Pano`plY!. ' With tespeiii.',tOLord
Robert , Mariners, he., has, olreadylaliewti, by his
Parliamentary conduct, that, he will not stipport
the RoMan Cat lioliCS'a elicii-entie;;Vniiiti.to
cure any furtlie,rcAtension vf,tlie.ir power
~annits,
ltluence; i;titl PhillipPs has declared himself
':a- warn) arfuther-Orthellevollitiotr.ot 1688, an&
,has publicly pledged, himself to tegtllate tai. Par-
condlict'hy'r"heprinCiiiki u f that Re-
st,oltstion.; ;wit dirspe'that.,,he pledge,
Irotecti the ti!,e the l'rotristant succes-
, n , tn, ,
,sion.-'-tire ;toed Itte-sithjecir,—the• riOit of pe...!
j.lee tplertstion of conilictine
froin Etonian Catholic attar ks and
!Foreign .
During the Election a statement of facts
. ,
',Was 'issued; ar4iiiitig- Ptitt.t.irrs, wi.o was re-'
.14),14 119.13,t,tuTN.14NNE.115,•01 verycilsin-
genuotis 'conduct, in professing a rtatliness
'on theOrereniiims of Mr.-. Kate.,.
01' whileti4 appears that.npasto es were taken ors
- •
the'pariofhis.(3.lr.Pnit.iii4,'g)friesids ro pioettre
Itis!,pstea/e,ctiort ! ! -.lEilityjtaltepent vv s signed by,
three respectable Gentlemen of the County, anti
hitters (cool. Mr:. Pi4tet.lPYS, maniiestina big
friendly tlilpositiontorartib,lNlr. KECK i but Air.
PHILUPPS 'did' not think proper to take muti.A. of.
his statement in him speech trout the Hustingi!!

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•{' For thr CnUNTY of Lticrsmtt ELEcnos, see the First
Page; and the Proceedings of WEsTMINsTmt ELEcTIoN,
and Chairing of Sir S. Itommix, see the Last Page.

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THE SUN.

soLum guts DICEItk; FALSIYAI AtITAAT

LONDON,
310.VD.1Y, JULY 6, 1818.

We received a Letter from Paris this day, to

which we have given the precedence of the other

w hicli follows it, on account of the importance o

-its contents, and we have received from another

quarter a corroboration of its truth.—A dreadfu

Plot has been discovered in Paris, and it has

been hinted, but we cannot give any credit to tha

part of the statement, that even some of the Roya

Family assisted to form and organize it. The Plot, as

appears horn the letter which we this day publish,

and from another, received also this day, whic

supports its contents, was to induce the KING to go

to PoNTAINELEAU, 211(1 there to make him ABDICATE

the THRONE'. The Count D'AttTots was then to be

placed on the vacant Seat. All the Ministers

were to be imprisoned in the Castle of Vincennes,

except the Minister of Police, who was to be

HANGED ISIMEnIATSLY. A new Ministry was no

minated, and, as the other Letter says, " yournay
judge of its composition from the infamous Coward

DOWNADIBU having been named as the MINISTER

At WAR." If our Readers will refer to our Path

Letter inserted on Saturday last, they will see

trot D wNNADIEE.7 had been sent to Et;ion for the

rurp( se of inspecting two Swiss Regiments, bu

more probably of corrupting them.

'This

horrible Plot was discovered by M. DEC.SE,

Min:ster of Police, the intended victim. We con

Sider it as a most fortunate circumstance that this

horrible Plot WAS deVCI OW at the present critica

period, xvhen it h reported that the Al Sove-

reigns were about to meetosith the intention, as sup

posed, of witildr(min4 their respective tioops from

the Frcnch territo, y.

We have all along stre-

nuouslv endeavoured to demonstrate the danger

of such a measure in the present state of France,

contrary to the avowed and reputed opinion of

our regular Correspondent in Pari3, whose senti-

rnentz, we conceive, will be effectually altered by

this discovery, a discovery of the utmost import-

ance to this Country and to all Europe.—We

presume that after this execrable attempt to

destroy the King of France, for, doubtic3s,

his death would speedily have 'succeeded hit
abdication, nobody will be hardy enough

to recommend the removal of the Allied Ar-

mies.

We repeat our distrust of that :part

of the account which appears to implicate any

members of the Royal Family in the Plot, but it is

certain that rumours to that effect are circulating

is Paris. These rumours, however, may have

been invented and promoted by the Jacobins, the

most artful as well as the most flagitious wretches
nn Earth. No doubt that a full development of

this atrocious machination will soon be pro-

niulged, but in the mean time we most solemnly

assure the Public that we have related the intelli-

Bence just as we this day received it, without the

least addition, or exaggeration. The fact,

indeed, speaks for itself in such ft manner

as /mist alarm every State in Europe, and
calls for the particula7 attntiJn 01 our Min;-

stet-I, if they could be rash elsottgb to

cline to the. proposal of I ernoving the Allic

Troop !turn France, in the unsettled contlitio

'►f "that Country, and before, indeed, all others

have recovered from the shock of the French Re

volution, and the consequent Despotism of 800

NAPARI

We received yesterday the Paris Papers of
Thursday last. Those of Friday, which were due
this morning, have not arrived.
We recently mentioned that the Ministers of
the Allied Sovereigns had issued a Circular with
reference to the intended Meeting of those Mo-
narchs at Aix-la-Chapelle. The Circular thus
alluded 'o is published in one of the Paris Jour-
nals of Tharsday, in tl►e following terms :

" MONSTEUR,—The Allied Sovereigns who signed the
Treaty with France of the 20th November, 1815, having
agreed to meet during the ensuing Autumn, in order, con-
formably to the sth Article of the said Treaty; tv take into
consideration, in concert with his most Christian Majesty,
the internal state of France, and afterwards to decide whe-
ther the military occupation of the frontier provinces of that
kingdom shall cease, or whether it ought to be continued, my
colleagues and myself have received orders from our respective
Cabinets to make known to you the motives of this meeting.
There is no doubt that the article before mentioned gives ex-
clusively to the Allied Sovereigns the right of deciding solely
and exclusively upon the important question which it involves.
Their Imperial and flOyal Majesties, however, wishing to
avoid all unfounded interpretations that may tend to give to
their meeting the character, of a Congress, and at the same
time In prevent the interference of other Princes and Cabi-
nets in the discussions, the decision of which is expressly re-
served to them, have ordered their accredited Ministers and
Envoys to make known to other Courts and States't he deter-
mination which they have adopted, to decline every overture
of a contrary description which may be addressed, to them,
and not to admit any Plenipotentiary who may be sent to the
place destined for their tnectin:t.

" In insisting upon a right exclusively reserved to them by
the Treaty of 1815, the Allied Sovereigns do not wish to in-
terfere with the negociations set on foot at. Paris, London,
and Frankfort, which way he terminated in the places where
the conferences are established, and. under the intervention
of all the parties, who, aware of their nature, are called upon
to take part in them.

" I have therefore the honour, Monsieur, to inform you of
this unanimous determination of the Allied Sovereigns, in
order that you may in the same sense. explain it every time
that the Governments-to whom you are accredited express
any intention,or desire of sending any person, or of taking
any part, directly or indirectly, in .the deliberations reserved
exclusively for the determination of the Allied Courts.

"In those cases whiire circumstances furnish an opportunity
for tbose explanations, you are icquested to make the decla-
ration of the motives of right and expediency, Which justify
the proposed measure, with all courtesy and consideration, or
that these motives may be represented in the same view, and
accompaiied by the same spirit, by Thich they have been dic-
tated."

The Duchess D'ANGOULEME arrived at St. Cloud
•
on Tursd ay last.
M. FILVEZ has appeled iu cessation a,7,ainst
the decree of the Gear Royale respecting his sen-
tence.

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After the firm, ze,tloo,, and persevering sop.
port «•hick err :ve given to Sir MURRAY MAX.,
wELL, during the contest in Westiniuster, we.

hardly need say bow much we regret the final
state of the Pull, not only because the gallant
Officer is denied the opportunity of adding to
his honour as a Sailor, hilt by his talents, pro-
bity and patriotism in Perliament.—Vet it is
rro Slight consolation to find that 480 S honest
Electors could be found to support a Can-
didate who was a stranger to them in general, and
only known by his professional excellence, and
the worth and talents that adorn his private cha-
racter. Another consolation arises iota the de-
gradation of Sir F. BUADaTT, for taking also the
number 5339 voted for Sir S. Romiu.y, who was
at the bead of the Poll too, the Bar-duet can no
longer be held forth as " Westminster's Pride,"
particularly when the Public consider the means
which were undoubtedly used to raise him on
the Poll, when be was so low on the earlier stages
of the contest. But we shall drop this subject
for the present, on account of the important intel-
ligence from France, which we this day present to
all sound and reflecting People of this and every
other Country.

The following is given as the scheme for the in-
tended chairing of Sir F. BURDETT, which is
fixed for this day week :—The Procession will be
altogether on foot ; the Baronet only excepted,
who will be elevated on a Car now building after
the Roman stile ; no carriage or horseman will,he
permitted to join the Procession, at least they will
he requested to refrain from so doing. Sir
FRANCIS will meet the cavalcade at Hyde Park-
corner, on account of the difficulty of epproaching
his house, the door being in St. James's-place;
it will then perambulate the principal, parts of
Westminster, and proceed up the Strand to the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, where dinner will
take place at eight o'clock, at which Sir FRA.NCIS
Sunpfirr will preside.