The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-03 00:00:00

CI-MULES lIUSSEY.

MAIDSTONE, Saturday Evening.--The brother,
sisters, and other friends and relations of Hussey,
were this day suffered to visit him about two
o'clock. The scene was deeply affecting. He
appeared rather dejected, still however persisting
in his declaration of being innocent. He parted
with his friends by making the following empha-
tic declaration :—" May God bless and preserie
you ! He knows my innocence, and I trust you
will believe in it also. I never yet have imbrued
my hands in the blood of a fellow creature ! No,
thank Heaven, from that stain I am freel The
Almighty, I trust, will soon bring to light the
real murderer of the unfortunate Mr. Bird and
his servant." The Rev. Mr. Rudge and other
religious characters are with him. It seems to
have been the wish of a great many of the inha-
bitants of Greenwich that the execution should
take place before the house of the late Mr. Bird,
but as no application was made to the Court no
order was issurd upon the subject. The sentence
of the law will thr etore take place at one o'clock
this day (Monday) on Pennington Heath, the
usual place of execution.

ExECuTios.—Saturday morning, soon after
eight o'clock, Jolla Biddlecomb, aged 25 years ;
Nathaniel Carter, 21; and James Williams, 28,
were taken from the gaol of Winchester to the
place of execution, wail-re, having joined with the
Chaplain in prayer, about nine o'clock they were
lainichod into eternity.
SUICIDE —Saturday afternoon an Inquest. was
held at the sign of the Triumphant Chariot, Pem-
broke \lews, Grosvenor-place, before Mon
',Eters, Esq. Coroner, on the body of William
Gibbons, aged 53, late porter to his Grace the
Duke of Bedford, who died in St. George's Htis-
pital, in consequence of his cutting his throat
on Tuesday last, at his Grace's- mansion, in
Hamilton-Mace, Piccadilly.— It appeared, on
the evidence of William Kerrison, that the de-
ceased tri:quently became low-spirited and me-
lancholy, complaining that he was getting old
and infirm,,atid was tearful of losing his situ ion,
and that he and his family should come to want,
although at the same time he was by no means in
an embarrassed state. On Tuesday morning one
of the female servants discovered the deceased
in the beer cellar, sitting on one of the beer
barrels, with his throat cut dreadfully, and
covert(' all over With blood. His Grace
was informed of the circumstance, and a surgeon
was immediately sent for, who came and
washed•the wound, and after sewing it tip and
dressing it, he ordered him to be taken to Saint
George's Hospital, where he died --Mr. Kitch-
ing, rite hous,-stageon, said, the deceased came
to the Hospital without hope of recovery, and
the woitrid on the throat caused death on Friday
last.--4 The razor, which was found in the cellar,
was produced, covered with blood. Verdict—
.' p,ed by his own act in cutting his throat in a
state of insanity." •
DOGGETT'S CT,AT AND 13AFGE.—Saturday the
annual prize for the Coat and Badge, was rowed
for by six watermen, whose apprenticeship ex-
pired last year. 'they varied at five o'clock from
London Bridge, to row against tide. to the-Swan
at Chelsea. The comest lay between Nichols, of
Greenwich, Mailett, of the 'Temple, and Dean.,
of Horselydown, in which order they came in.—
The first was entitled to the Coat anti Batlge, the
second to 41 7a. 6rl. and the last to 21. 12s. 60.
Howell, of Westminster, gave up at Blackfriars
Bridge. ,Being Saturday, very few boats were on
the water. •

The Bank having unexpectedly declined to is-
sue any more Sovereigns, they are now becoming
as difficult of access as the august personages they
represent ; bui G CARttot.t, respecttolly acquaints
the Public, that, ho,r ever scarce they may be, he
is fully provident to meet his promise to those who
honour him with their commands at No. 7, Corn-
hill, or '26, Oxford-street, to pay 2000 Sove-
reigns To-Morritow, when they may be drawn,
with the two Prizes of 30,0001 &c &c. as all the
Prizes are floating in Ibis Lottpry ; and in ad
dition to the Gold, the choicest Claret, Port, and
Madeira, may be selected by the Holders of the
Prizes themselves.

The present Lottery, which begins drawing
To Moßttow, contains Two Money Prizes of
30,0001. ; and whenever the Schemes possess
larger Prizes than usual, then Bisn's Offices have
a greater share of patronage, as. the Public are
aware he geuerallysells the large Capi;als, for i is
no doubt in theirreeollection that he soldthe First
50,0001. the Last 50.0001 the Two Last 40,0001.
Nine out of the Last Thirteen Mon. y l'rizts or
30.000/. Two Prizes of 30,000/ in the last Lot-
tery which contained Prize ~f amount The
Last 25,000/. the Last 23,0001. lwo Laat 30001.
&c. &c.

CAITHNESS ELECTION. ,

[From " The Inverness Journal," July 24.]

THURSO, JULY 14.-The happy news of Mr.
SINCLAIR'S* election for this County was receiv-
ed, by express, from Wick ; but, anticipating
the result, BAILIE PATERSON, and a respectable
number of Gentlemen of the town and neighb mr-
hood, and previously assembled at Stewart's Inn, to
drink Mr. SINCLAIR'S health, and success to the
family of Ulhster. In the cour,e of the even,ng
a variety of loml and appropriate toasts were
drank, and the jovial company (lid trot separate till
an early hour this day. The town was much
elated during the evening ; men carrying colours,
with music, paraded the streets Iron) eight o'clock

last night till two this morning, followed by a
great nomber of persons, who were ifientifuliy
supplied with porter by the Gentleman in the Inn,
and testified their joy by many loud cheers. There

were several bonfires both iothe town and neigh-
Inlorhood, and-, upon the whole, such 'general
happiness and rejoicing have seldom been wii-
nesse(' here.

We have been favoured with some further par.
ticulars of the Caithness election :—lt was tinder-
stood that some opposition was intended, but it
was found not eligible to push it, as some Free-
holders had arrived from Edinburgh, and eveßtrotn
London, to counteract it. On the day of election,
after the agitation noticed in our last had sub,ided,
Mr. HORNE, of Longwell, seconded by Mr.
GORDON, of Swilley, proposed that GEORGE SIN..
CLAIR, Esq. jun—of Ulbster, should be returned
to represent the County ; and the unanimous ap-
probation of the meeting having been announced,
Mr. SINCLAIR rose, and, with much animation and
feeling, addressed the Freeholders nearly in the
following terms :

Seven years, Gentlemen, have now elapsed since you were
last called upon to exercise your elective right. On that oc-
casion, as well as on the present, you were pleased to confer
upon me the enviable distinction of representing this County
in Parliament. I have thus twice obtained, through your suf-
frages, the highest honour which a British Commoner can
either receive ur bestow. How then shall I express the feel- •
ings of myheart, or convey to you, in adequate terms, the sense
I entertain of the confidence so kindly reposed in me ?
I know not whether in the former or in the present in-
stance you have conferred on me the greater. obligation.—
You must, then, bate been chiefly influenced be the recollec-
tion of the eminent services which the revered relative, who
preceded me, had rendered to his country, or! may say to man-
hind. You listened to the voice of private regard, which
pleaded in your own breasts, on my behalf: and you were
willing to place a flattering reliance on my professions of in-
tegrity and independence. On this occasion, Gentlemen, I
perhaps may venture to hope, that, in addition to these
friendly tnotives,youhave been swayed by another considera-
tion. Although the period was very short, during which I
had the honour to represent you, it enabled my constithents to
judge of my sincerity, by the unerring test of my conduct; and
it afforded me an opportunity of endeavouring to redeem
every pledge I had given, and to perform every promise I had
mask. I have now become, for a second time, the object of
your unanimous choice; may I not infer, without presump-
tion, that my public conduct was conformable to your expec-
tations ?

To he numbered .among the Independent Representatires'of
a Fees. People, has been, and will ever continue, the chief ob-
ject of my Parliamentary career. I!clo not, however, mean to
content myself with a mere general expression, which may be
variously understood, or even wilfully misconstrued; but shall
proceed to state the meaning which I attach to the name I so
fondly aspire to.
There are many who identify opposition with indepen-
dence—who erect their own principles into an infallible
standard of orthodoxy, and tax all those who differ front
them with sycophancy, blindness, and servility. Tins, Gen-
tlemen, I have always considered to be the gee Fins ultra
of p,ditical intolerance. 'risme are others who •e thank
God thlit they ar4 nes n, other men are."—that they
never voted in favour either of a war, or of a tax: forgetting
that a war may ofte❑ be unavoidable, and a tax indispen:libly
necessary ;—others again pride themselves upon a resolution
never to become members of ally administration. Now, I
have always thought, that any independent Senator May con-
scientiously accept of office under the Crown, if his opinions
essentially accord with the system which the Government
pursues, and it he would rather resign his situation than
support any measure he condemns. Illy own opinion is, that
any public man, who acts from dispassionate conviction, and
without
.being biassed by any selfish motive, is an indepenclent •
Member of Parliament, be his politics what they may • and
I chiefly claim that honourable title, because I have been
chosen on independent principles, by independent Free
holders, over none of 'whom I possess, or covet any influence,
but that of their own esteem, and because the sentiments'
which I entertain, and shall concisely bring under your view,
are the result of deliberate reflection.

Whoever impartially investigates the present situation of.
this cutrotry, must, 1 think • (however reluctantly), admit
that we have still many difficulties to content! with, and that-
the general distress, though considerably diminished, is by
no means entirely at an end. We way indeed hope, that'
(through the mercy of Divine Providence) the worst season
of trial is past ; hut it would be not less dangerous to over-
rate the progress of our returning prosperity, than it was-
cruel and impolitic, during the more gloomy period of adver-
sity, to aggravate, by, exaggerated statements, the despon-
dency of a. suft'ering popuhition. The embarrassed state of
our finances, the excess of our national debt, and the amount'
of our annual expenditure, demand the most serious atten-
tion, and render it the imperative duty, both of Parliament
and of Ministers, to persevere in a well regulated system of,
economy. lam not, however, an advocate for carrying even-
a zeal for retrenchment to excess, or for dismissing with pre-
cipitation all the il and military servants who can possibly
be dispensed with. 1 ask, whether it would be either grate-
ful or equitable to turn adrift at once into the wide win ld a
great multitude of deserving individuals, who in the useful,
though humble walks of life, have devoted many years to the
service, and have no other resource than their hard-earned
salaries for maintaining themselves and their families ? The
Naval and Military Heroes who hare fought the battles of
their country—the civil servants who have drudged in the
public offices—onght surely to be treated with indulgence, or
rather with justice. If their number he annually decreased,
they will find, with less difficulty, employment in other chan-
nels : but if any great proportion were at once reduced (as
some Statesmen seem to wish), how maily would remain on-
provided for, and, after having long continued bothisitf ul
and respectable, would be involved in distress, or errs ruin !
I therefore trust that a gradual and permanent sistein of re-
trenchment will be acted upon by the Government, arid
steadily adhered to.
With respect to the granting of offices in reversion, and
thus anticipating the patronage of the Crown, it is a practice
which cannot he too strongly condemned ; and it must be
gratifying to the people of Great Britian, that, although
their expectations may have been frustrated elsewhere, the
House of Commons, in regard to reversions and sinecures.
were not found wanting in their duty.'
The ,enormous expenditure of the country requires, of
course, that the circulating medium should be proportionally
ext,nsive. I cannot but think (though I speak with great
diffidence), that were the Bank compelled to resume cash
payments, and its issues consequently diminished as much as
its' own safety would require; if it were exposed to every de-
signing, or capricious call for gold, the present taxes could not
be.paid, nor the transactions of private life carried on with
equal convenience. I hope th:st this important measure,
when considered during the ensuing session, will be discussed
temperately, and decided wisely.
. There is another subject, connected with the internal state
of the country, which 1 consider to be of paramount import-
ance. Who can reflect, without admiration and light,
upon the lain ors of those benevolent Institutions, which are
actively employed in disseminating among the lower orders
the inestimable blessings of religions aid moral improve-
ment? ‘‘ ho but must a •,ticipate resti:ts. the [float r,.ehil and
interesting to humanity, from the general establishment of
Schools, on a system nut less cheap run • edie.ent, as well
from the universal ditlnsion of the Scriptures amongst the
needy classes of the Comatunit ? Whether as t hristians
we appeal to our hearts, or .ms politicians con-tilt our Mider-
_

The son of Sir.loHN SINCLAIR. Bart. whose life has been
employed in un,.easine 'efforts io Aroma. . rhe welfare of in-
dit idnals and th, foppitivss ur ut a•d ahicr is rewarded
in a son so well calculated to gratify all the commeudaUle pride
of parental affection.

* ,
Itithdi,ll:ol6Wl;4'?:,r;.: 0.0,141 T We stn conlem;Aale, arvi, hoW
re;afini.:o,, the success of,thesf; S3liitar.y ohjeetkt
tS gat to, great foe the iihilantlirupy of that
-cmlig;,t,ored (.\ Ir. Brougham) w!mi has stood tore-
nurft a, • 'te'c hampion education, and whose exertions in
behalf 61' the poor have Merin eq talir disinterested and no-
iratittutg Who has employed his industry in detecting, his
eloquence in ex; osing..and his ingeniiity in endeavouring
'to rectify the gross abuses which have too generally pre-
vailed in the mana,tement of the sacred fund. bequest bed .for
the Ilse of the destitute.? itli.pletstireoun, We may witness
the t tfotts of the benevolent Romiliy, for mitigating the ri-
gour ..1 the venal Eng,land ; and the indelatigade
Zeal ,if another distinguished Senat,ir, (the Hon; H. G. Ben-
net •, has pin sued vice Cy, o into it obscurest haunts—
,t,(l abuses, the least to engage the
attention. of the great, or to at' alien the feelings of the opn-
'rot -7and who hots proved himself to be " of every Itiend-
less name the trirtid," I aostain from every allusion to
fltu p01(tIc
_principles of'.Bede emit:cut individuals; but
when lbeepi.eturral discussions of our oWn times: are for-
rottetioind the mutual violence of parties subsides in the
silence of the tomb, their hash's will be consecrated by the
benedictions of the poor. and Itlimiitaottsly cherished by
I,osteriiy o.ie of• the most pleasi.ig preiogatives which
l'cionz, to Ilse high honour have this day received, is
the power •.4 giving (IV humble support to such measures,
and of actii.g. ou these great subjects, in concert with such

men.
taut, Gentlemen, to' this brig-ht picture there it unfortu-
nately reverse. The cheering prospects I have: described
are oh-seined hr mattv threateoing clouds. Activity and per-
severance 'are notpectiliar to the virtuous, nor is a zeal for
the proreoleation of • their principles confine& to the wise
There is a baneful source of national daneer, %Innen
etninnt he teweieilantlyeenarded against, or too chisely
in-
veitigatcd. flow levy vent how daring are the 'endea-
vours of inceediaries in Valet-laird, to nlisseminate tar and wide
amongst the people an inordinate thirst fur extravagant civil
innoiation, and an aversion. to the ecclesiastical establish-
nien6 of the country! Mae active are the venders of mora
Poison, io dispersing throughout the kingdom their perai
tome nostrorns of pin'aileurss and sedition! flow noun-roes
are the public writers whose winks have a tendency to un-
dermine the found:dime; of social order and of private hap-
Ititlyt'S- and wl7r, laltour with a mischievens assiduity to bring-
he Gaveinment of their country and of eveny (Aber State into
contempt ! Who employ the keenest weapons of satire, and
leyel the most deadly shafts of malice and misrepresentation,
against the character and person of their Sovereign, as well
at against the meastireS and intentions of his advisers! A
fair and constitutional ooposiiion is equally necessary and re-
spectable; and, thimeli I am resolved to give all the support
I coascientiiiiisle can to those M.llO at thie aElittOtti crisis
preside over public affairs, yet, so often as a sense of duty
compels me to biller from them. I shall du so with- firmness
and candour, though without either virulence or animosity.
But those who Wantonly assault the Throne itself, Will offer
insolts to their Sovereign, which they themselves conld not
put up with, and striveto render him odious and contemptible
in the eves of his people—those who brand bis Ministers
with every epithet that can outrage, and accuse them of being
at:lt:Med by every motive that cat degrade—those, in short,
where writings or liaraticnes inflame the worst. .passions of
the moll, arid, by an indiscriminate otiose of puhlic men, who
HAVF. served or DO serve the Crow'', excite their followers to
hate sod despise whatever is great, good, or respectable—are,
in Ow opinion, the most (lane, inns art! the most inveterate
enemies-to the peace and prosperity of this country. That
there Aire, abieres to rectify, I nut only admit, but contend;
tied shall uheerfully concur in supporting arty rational mea-
sure for the redress of any, public grievance. But even the
thirst.gluing of these abuses are preferable to any reinely,
originated in external violence, orextorted by revolutionary
iotinrid ition, and arc ler fess alarming I ban 1 he chimerical,
projects of those who, iet a State compose 4 of beings indivi-
dimity fallible and corrupt, think It ever would be possible to
realize a system of Utopian ;perfection,. To a moderate reform
in Parliament, however, 1 shall always be a steady friend;
hat annual elections and miller;,! suffrage will find a deter-
mined eneiny in me. To di4fracchise, at a lair price,. de-
cayed or non-existing borelis, ant thus lessen the overween-
ing influence which gives to a few individuals unconstitu-
tienal cootioril over the Ministers as well as the people—to
put an end to the elisgracefil tumults, and diminish the
vititee's expellee, which contested elections -now occasion in
Eeenand, by establisinng the system of voting in parishes,
as well as by other regulatiiins, and afterwards restore to the
nnors a triennial check over the proceedings of their Re-
presentatives—are measures which I cin dially approve
There are also m:eiy serious nitic:6,ms to the ereeeol siste-to
•.'•1.1, I,e winch the'Elective privi-
lege is chiefly confintot to the untitled aristocracy of the coun-
try. The grievance muter to!lich this goonty lainmrsoif lieine
only represented io every alternate narti intent, ought not t,
pass nnrorticrd,.or miredressial. The Yalu ieneaCcordi og to
which the right of voting is regulated ill counties, Ims become
e)lesrnete throneh the lapse of time, and constant floctuation
in the real value of property: The separ afoot,' too, of the
Dome:mai meet:rum from the nomiNtnat LC, which ori-
ginated in the ages of- feudal barbarism, is, I Honk; incon-
sistent with the spirit and iostitittions of modern times, and
seem,: liable to orally abuses. It may enable any monied man,
even from the !emotes! part of England, to acrpore an as
cendancy,in a Scottish Omni y, with a Inch he is 'otherwise
totally unconnected. I state thise sentiments with that
, fairness anvil candour which are due front a Representative to
his Conon uents ; hut I should state them with infinite
reluctance if I hereby hurt the feelings, or lessened the re-
gard, of any friend. According, however, to the preseine
laws of the country, suerottintTv, and not LAND, is the spe-
cies of property -to which the right of voting, in Scotch
Counties, is attached ; but I consider this law to he inexpe-
dient and anomalous, because 1t may be so acted upon, that
the interests of the Landed Prop' ietors would be outweighed,
and their aggregate votes oat-numbered, by those of stran-
gers ; so that they themselves might gradually he reduced to
total and irremediable insignificance. I could not, however,
a; a Freeholder, resist the enrolment even of my most deter-
mnied opponent, if he claimed upon e a proper and unques-
tionable QuAlery at of soperiority; nor could I, as it cendidate,
by oinittitig to apply for the support of any Gentleman thus
circa aist anced, be deficient in slowing that respect, which
all tare Filq: holders Oti the roll of every county have a right
indiscriminately to claim. No friend, or even candid anta-
gonist of mine, could tem et or reauire that I should legislate
instead of canvassing,, that I should draw a limo• of itIVIIIIDOS
the law does nut recognize, and which, in
as far as regarded my °Yeti feelings and obligatioos, would he
utterly repuenant to every dictate of gratitude and fritorn-
ship. I world askant) Gentleman who considers superiority
votes to he the rotten part of our Constitution, whether he
would in the House of Coalitions object to the Members for
Old Sirnin or Midhurst taking their seats, or refuse to have
the nem:fit of their votes on a division I If he replies in the
negative (and he cannot do otherwise), and if all Menthe's of
Parliament, whether for Gattoo or for l'orkshite, are placed
upon a footing of entire equality, even those who are most
hostile to the present system mon admit, that, on a parity
of principle, all Freeholder, leg•iiiy coronet) mint he treated
with eyed respect. If airy interference of the Leeislat ore
should ever he .called for upon this subject, it would be in-
dispensably necessary to sraeire an ample pnenitinry indem-
nity to those who are possessed of superiorities, and so to
change the hatu re or modify the amount of the qualiiiication,
as to render the elective franchise (which is the most valtt-r
.
able birth-right of nritims) acceseihte to a larger proportion
of the respectable inhabitants of the connive. I hare been
told, that by thig.candid declaration f shall ireittre my own
political interests ; In, whether I stand or. fall; I wish to
possess no interest, but that which arises from the indepeo-
dence of my priociolea, and the unbiassed approbation of the
'County. I am tc,;(l, also, that this declaration will give to
others an advalitage over on self ; hot even If I were to believe,
what God forbid I should sospect, that any, intention is en-
tertained of ntidertninion me, I sactifiee every other consi-
dt'ration to that of ace:toe mom principle• of fairness, jos-
t and plant dealing.; 'mail I should ever forfeit, by hay
rug so acted, the pith mouton I now enjoy, fshall- retire to-
prieate life with the rood aud consolatory reflection, that I
Jr lee sit rrast etidteiviiiired to merit the confidence I have lost,
a id that my conduct, if not prudent or advantageous, has at
least been c,iisAdentio.ls and uncisguised.
• With reeard to the expediency of removing the disabilities
.which
~,atlect homan Cationic Brethren, although I believe
that the tide of popularity is now adverse to lily opinion., I
WO still a d.cided friend to coociliation and would freely
grant to the l'.titioint-Ia the unlimited they con-
tend fur, Woold it _not he a sufficient safeguard to the' Pro-
t <tau t Estalinatioreirt that ,the Sovereign on the Throne
s 'mad be Pt otrstalit, be which means one third of the Legis-
-1 aunt toe whole of the Executive Anthority, would coo-
t .irir exclusively rested in Protestant hands? A Protestant
;general Show a preference to Protestants,
avben roof-1-IM.! great offices of trust ; and the Cat holics,• if
relieved front the stigma of legal incapacity, would witness so
natural 1,1.4 i-eviler withoot indignation or surprise. , If I
were sailed it poll to reniemln r the intemperate language
the Catlionea, i -!ro'tlrl remitnt yoo, in eeter„, of pror,
cati at. 1 hev have eon-tautly t xpei ieneed, and of the hardships
t hey still undone. O indlannY Ireland ! when will
ttty isi n aro en, lie-it:lotion, instead of hying torn asunder by
lb, er I of religions factions, be permitted to
enjoy the sole-toe • 'rat ole".1"gs"f arnitY9confidence,aird peace!
Toy soos int;e ever Leen distinguished by enthusiastic and

idyalty;whicli'l,sas ila general sloo,l trite trsing test
of most grievous political ptivation3 ! Their hearts are aerrui
and gra!eful, their understandings vigorous and acute.
concessions, not clogged with _ungracious mistrust, we shall
enlist their splendid talents inure tolly into our service, and
rivet their afieciiints to our interests. We May well take
example, in political liberality, from the religion which we tax
with- intol raiser. Look at, Catholic Fraitee, where Protest-
ants are eligible to the Senate. Load, at Catholic Austria,
where illustrious Catholic Princes ate wedded to Protestant
wives. Look at Catholic Bavaria, where troth these examples
are writ ed, of enlightened- and unshackled toleration. It is
not from Catholic aggression that either national church
nerd dread any sedans danger. Our own form of worship
and system of doctrine are so congenial to the feeliugs of the
people, that the national church of Scotland seems founded
MI the solid rock of general attaclonent arid veneration. The
respectable character of our clergy, their constant and, will-
ing residence sat their parishes, :rod their conscientious dis-
charge of every dilly, most naturally endear them to their
flocks, of whiclrthev are truly the faithful shepherds. Their
frequent mcetino aisti in Presbyteries, Synods, and General
Assemblies, maintain amongst theni as feeling of cordiality ;lint
a readineSs of co-operatiou, which are eminently useful to the
best interests of tire church.' Tire tuitional church. of the Sis-
ter Kingdom may boast of possessing, both arirotrgst its pre-
lates and inferior clergy, many models of piety and wisdom.
It has far afore to 'dread front tire progress and proselytism of
Ant i tromian wildness on the one hand, and Socinian innova-
tion ran the other, atill even (if without disrespect 1 nray ven-
ture to say so) from its own internal divisions, and the want
of nnion among tire clergy themselves, than from those im-
practicable schemes of aggrandisement, which the Catholics
have long since ahatoloncil.
The change which has taken place in the state of our fo-
reign relations. since we la,t. met together in our elective
capacities, affords a pleasing theme for national exultation,
and must call birth in favour of Ministers the warmest tri-
bute both of gratitude and praise. it is to their wisdom and
perst erratic& that we are mainly indebted for the downfall of
the most dangerous and inipacable enemy lay 'whom this
country was ever assailed—whose main object it was to runt
and degrade Great Britain, or rather to annihilate our poli-
tical existence. To heconie the despotic ruler of the world
was the aim' of his gigantic ambition. knew that the pow-
erful resources and moral energy of this free nation opposed
the most formidable harrier aga'nst, the completion of iris
hopes. With all the rancour of malignity, awl all the eager-
ness of unprincipled andiitioo, he devoted his whole time
and abiliter to the accomplishment of his darling, scheme. Un-
awed, however, by the extent., of his power, as well as by the
Ant-Mimi of his success—undismayed by tire desponding, hat
confident, predictions of their opponents, our Ministers por-
sued with • undeviating steadiness that wise and energetic
system, which, under Providence, has saved this canonry
from destruction, and emancipated. Europe from subjugation
to an ignominious yoke. •
They felt that no peace with such an enemy could either be
lasting or secure. They were accused by their antagonists of
making war against an individual ; but when we consider
who that individual Was, when- we recollect that he was (if I
may so express myself) the soul which directed the whole phy-
sical force of a mighty empire, without opposition ot control
—unfettered by moral principle mill uninfluenced by public
opinion—and whose hatred of this country was equally deep-
rooted and vindictive, we. ought to aeknowledgo and admire
the sagacity and firmness of those who perseveringly resisted,
and finalty overcame hint, If success had not crowned their
exertions, how triumphantly would other StatetiMell nave ap-
pealed to their own prophetic: warnings! how . loudly would
they have taxed .Ministers with obstinacy and presotoptimi !
Let those, then, obtain the credit of the glorious results,
who, if the conflict had terminafed otherwise, would have in,
curren all the blame of mar reverses! anal let its hope, that
since all auspicious treaty has closed a long series of blood-
shed, every future veiir will be employed by our GOVOIIIIIICIIt
at !mine, as well as by every foreign power, ill gradually heal-
ing the wounds which the arduous cur,Niyt bas iullicteri ; ill
cultivating the arts Of Peace; ill temperately rectifying
abuses ; in anticipating and guarding against every coutin-
gency that could occasion a renewal of hostilities ; and in
establishing the general welfare, both of nations and indivi-
duals, upon the solid basis of freedom, justice, and
I should not hays crowed to trespais so long on your at-
tention, if I had not,thought that a detail of my political
sentiments would he expected, as well a 4 excused. 1 beg
Ace moire to repeat, that the proud recolleetion of the ho-
nour I have thi, day rec.-ived will he indelibly iinpressi•el
ulna my twart. The disioterested kindness of those Gentle-
men who have come down purposely hlOlll Edinburgh, and
s,.ar, from L ruinous io order to render my election more se-
cure, has gratifted and °bilged mu tar •e than I c,,ei ex-
press. I aria world of having obtained such a crap kof their
esteem; and only regret, that a. reciprocity of friendship anal
respect is the sole return which I have it in my power to offer,
alio which they would expect or receive. 1 never can forget
the gratitude which I OWeill those who have C
mare so siegular-a mark of their confidence, or be neglect tal
of tire duties which the acceptalrCe of sosolemna trust cojmns
ate hitinritity to rerform. .

The Freeholders, and a number of other Gen-
tlemen (upwards of forty), dined at Leith's Inn,
w here a sumptuons entertainment was served up.
A nnml) -r of toasts were given in the course of
the evening, and speeches made in consequence
of them. The health of that most useful and
indefatigable man, Sir J. Sinclair, was proposed
and drank with the applause his character so
justly deserves. Sir Hobert sod .Mr.
S6l and grandson of Lord Dundas (on their way
to the ()limey 'Election), favoured the Member
and the Freeholders with their company at dinner.
About 10 o'clock, Mr. Sinclair was chaired to his
lodgings, accompanied by a great concourse of
people. Boni-lies and other demonstrations of joy
were not omitted.

LEICESTERsiiIItE ASSIZES.*