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

COUNTY OF SOUI HAMPTON.

The following Spet eh of Sir G. W. GutvNJt o,
Bart. on Tropos.ing W. CARTwat_Gar, Esq.
the late-Member, to tie returned tor' County,
is well entitled to the notice of our Readets. The
result we have-alrea4 mentioned.:— • '
" Sir EC),103,E pegin by observing, that tht'
circutOslancei under which he addreSsed- that
Meeting might -prove sow . excuse for his havi;ig
undertaken to nominate a Candidate for the Coun-
ty, as he had 'not to propose a name unknown
to them, or a character óf which they had no a."
perience ; he bad only to urge them to return into
the hands -of Mr. Cartwright the great- and im-
portant trust he had -held for° the last .one - end'
twenty veers,- and of, which he had 'not rendered'
himself unworthy. -George dwelt with nutt-11
satisfaction on the, recollection that be hathfirst•
offered Mr. C. to the County
_in the year J 7fl,
and, from the general marks of approbation he
had since that time met with, he could now with
increased confidence again propose him as the
object, of its choice. He enlared-upon the qua-
lifications of a Member of Parliament, which lie
said Mr. Cartwright amply possessed, and stated,.
that lie had Cake,' a most conscientious line of
piilitics, by 'supporting measures which had sated'
the Country 'from difficulties which could not,
three years ago, have been looked at without
alarm, or even despair, and had rescued the rest
of Europe 'from the grasp of its most merciless
and .inveterate enemy. The view he had taken
of our internal policy equally entitled him to the
approbation of all-who had at heart the true and
vital interests of the
_Empire ; for: be had ever.
;stood forward in opposition to the designs of
.wicked and desperate men, who, under the mask
Of wild, visionary, and impracticable schemes of
reform, had endeavoured to demoralize the peo-
ple and undermine all that is valuable in•our Con.
rstitutiem;' In addition to these public -grounds,
upon which 'Sir
.George called for support to Mr.
Cartwright, lie urged' his attention to the busi-
ness of the county, his activity as a MagiStrare,
his zeal in promoting that invaluable estribliih-
'went (the Yeinanry) ; and he took- this oppor-
tunity'of giving his testimony to the qualities
v.hich adorn his private' character, which long
habits of friendship enabled, him well to alTre-
iare,.annwhich, in his opinion, formed our best
Security against political' profligacy. thillianc
talents might command
.ottr atimiration—wit
eloquence might bias, perhaps mislead, our judg-
ment,---but unless talents were at.companicd by
honesty, and eloqeepce by truth, there was not
one amongst us who would not prefer that the
qualifications of his.genresentatiVeshould be 1,0-
'flour, Integrity and 'independence. He concludui
by proposing Mr.. Cartwright as one of the Can-
didate's to represent' thlt 'County in Parliainent at
the ensuingllectioh,"

Previous to the close of the books at the dee.
tion for Nottingham, a scrutiny was demanded hy'
Mr. SMITH, which was refused by the .Sheriffs:
In consequen& of this, Mr. SMITH declared his
intuition of petitioning the House of Commous
against the return.