The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-30 00:00:00

ELGIN.

We have been requested to insert the following
communication from Elgin '
It is a curious. fact, that with all the alleged
plots and counter-plots in the good town of El-
gin, there is only one Candidate for the suffrages
of this district of Burghs, who has publicly pre-.
sented himself to' their notice. The gallant Ge-
neral who thus came forward soon after the dis--
colurion of.tbe late Parliament (the brother of a
very popular Peer, of large possessions in the
North of Scotland), obtained the instant assur-
ances of the support of two of the Burghs, and
his pretensions were' received by a considerable
number of the Town Council of Elgin, with the
greatest favour. This alarmed the manager of
ano-
ther noble family, who mustered into his presence
a certain Junto of the Council, supposed to be un-
der his influence ; and could he have retained a ma-
jority of the,body within a certain hospitable man-
sion till a delegate had been appointed, the manager
would have proposed his anonymous candidate in
due time ; but; finding that some of the Coun4l-
- talked 'loudly of rebelling against his Sove-
reign wilVand pleasure, another plan was devis-
ed, which, bad it not been counteracted, would
have
.been: a political master-piece. It was ar-
.•ranged'th:at the Bailie (to whom the Sheriff's pre-
cept bad Wen delivered) should leave the town,
along with a Councillor, and, by admirable
management, apparently implicating in this de-
parture certain of the Council, who were held
to be in ,the 'interest of the declared popular
candidate thus fondly hoping that the want:
of the precept, or at any rate the want of a
majority of. a Council would prevent the election
of a delegate, by which the election of the Repre-
sentative in Parliament would be secured in favour
of the anonymous candidate, frofi the returning-
Burgh being in the Manager's interest. • But, to
the confusion of this plot and counterplot, it bas
been, discovered that the precept had been left be-
hind with the. town clerk ; so that the late ap-
pointment of a delegate for Elgin, though by a
minority of the Council, must be held completely
'valid, in consequence of the conspiracy before al-
luded to.

" It is said, that a judicial inquiry is now on
font, relative to the alleged tumulta-in Elgin and
the irruption of the Claws ; but it is believed it
will be found that, the first was only a public ex-
pression of joy demonstrated by this respectable
community in favour of the gallant General,
though the mountaineers would have caused a
serious affray, had it not been for the steady eon-
duct'of the principal inhabitants and of the neigh-
bouring tenants , tinder the excellent management
of the Judge' Ordinary. —(Ediftburgh Courtott,
March 27')

MELANCHOLY EVENT.-Yesterday sse'unight,
at Snaith, a' man and his wife, of the name' of
Coates, who had been married only about ten
days, were both found suspended by the neck—
one in the stable, the other in the dwelling-
house. The former,,when foUnd, though his feet
touched the ground, was dead; the latter had-
taken a'more eligible station, but when cut down,
the • spaik of life was not gone—she is likely to
live. The wile states that they lived comfortably
,luring the lust -week; they then began toqoar-
rel, and so comintted until the aboye-dreadfol
.
event took Lunacy."---(Rock-
ingham Paper.)