The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-15 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION.

wE§+miN§TEß.—This nionithg the Carpenters
and other Workmen have been aCtivety employed
in erecting the Hustirig Coiient Garden fur
the approaChing Election.
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Sir WALTER STIRLING and (Mir. BTEPHIINS will
certainly he 'returned for St.
Lord MiLl,ol: Ilas contradicted the 'repOrt that
lie means to retire froM Parliament.
Mr. GRAHAM, von of Sit' JAMES of
Ne.therhy, stands for,,t-lul!.
, At Lincoln an active canvass is proceeding,
The Candidates are, Mr.. BEtiN,it., from London,
Mr. SMITH, and Col. SiritioltP.
Lord HENNIKER takes lea've of his Constituent
at Sinniford ; Mr. Foirt.ite'S arso wlihdral.vs. Lord
TitotitA'S CECIL, and the 1-l On. Mr. PieaREPOIVT,
the brother and brother-in-iaW of the Marquis ot
EXE'reA, Hie expected to succeed theta..
Mr. ELLis (the _pink and &hire, or C&lioratioti
CatididAte), Mr. Burutet.r. (the, orange Mei»her),
and Mir. MAboclts (the old Mite Representative),
are all eitaged in All alai.lolo Struggle at Boston.
Mr. C. TENizgi,sotir, S. P. GRANT, EST,
J. N. FAtt'Atteat.i-, Esq., are alert on the field at
CripiShy.

M. ,1-IANS EfAMit.i.oN, Colonel TAttojr., arid
Colo'n'e). Ilittiiir; are Cendltleiei for the County
of D.iblin.

Mr.LATbuerie, Major CLEI4RI(ITS, Arid LUKE
WHITE, Esq., offer for the County of Leitrim.
RICHARD MARTIN, Eiti. stints fur Gakvay se-
'cure of success.

Lord BELFAST is betid!dare for Carricks,
ferhuns. -
, The tatuli(lates are the Right
iqAbniCE PIi'i"GERALD, Culonet CROSS'S, anti
Mr. E. DENNY..

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Sir ULYSSES BURGH means to trintend for the
County Carlow,
The lion. H. PA'cl(a.tqiiiiii, and Gu:7;rAvire
Es 4., meet no opposition in the
Couni'y of Westmeth, and will there be returned.
WI11.1;61 CHUTE And THOMAS FREEMAN UtEATII:.
Esqrs. have again offered themselves to re;•
present the County of Southampton ih Parlietheni.
No opposition is at Vresent eitpecteth

EtEctION FitAcAS.SattiblaY morning the ean;•
bassing friends of two of the Candidates to repre:.,.
sent the City of Westminster in Parliament hap-
pened accidentally to tileei•tit the Same !inse in
Parliament-stree't, the one I;artY being attended
by, a man wearing a gold-laced hat. Each party
solicited the favour of Seeing
.the master of tie
house, Whb instantly appeared, and was as `coiek-
ly assailed by the cativasSel*, whb crammed into
his hand cards soliciting his vote and interest for
particular intiividaal3. The Gentleman, after 'va-
rious attempts, contri'ved to put a question, as toi
certaM'princililei entertained by One of the 'per--
i'ons Whose pretenSion were so vigoi'ouslY sup-- •
tiorted. This led tO eti ansiVer, whieb prodiicell
not atone is Conipartson of claims, but an
rbent on both sides so warm, that from words the
wranglers got in pushing, and from .pushing t(i
aetnal blOwS. The .6outeSt is finally, we Under,-
stand, to be decided upon the celebrated arena
Sit Westminster-hall over which Lord Ellenborougli
usually

SHAksiEaatt..--;—A new 'french it e;,..
Volks of our immortal Bard is, we find,,
notinced in fairs. Prom the Prospectus t'ii cif
We have 'fetid it seems likely to be far superior
all former attempts to convey the beauties of the
first- of dramatic Pciet§ into a foreign language,
The following is an extract from the French ac-,
.couni of the projected translation %--" In order_
tti he certain Ofeotirpleting our task We have avail
ell ourselves of the assistance of a countryman oC
SHAKSPEAEE; who has acquired a merited repata-
tion anniiig the Literati of Great Britain; anur
Kho iSetioally well acquainted with the language
and literature Of France, Sir J. 01.114 BYERLEY
has agreed to devote his attehtien toss correct re-
vision of the new translation; and Co a selection
'of the belt, Enlist'. eintimentaries; historical and
critical; Which will aectithpany the work. The
co-operation 'of an 'enlightened English Scholar,
doubtlesS, appear as a sufficient .guarantee
of the &feat), of the translator with regard to tiler
text and Meaning of the original."
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—Mr. ELARB, the
Master Of a respectable Seminary, at -Hallwood;
near ltilmeorn, Cheshire, with his assistant
teatheis, a'ceotiipanicd hit pupils 'VS be had
variably done whet) hiS boys went to bathe) on
Thurailay last; from his house to a situation otl
the bahlfS of the liver Mersey, *Were it &was in-
tended they should bathe; It beihg the place
where MC. BLAKE had always previthiSly taken. '
his beyi, when they were disposed to enjoy their
recreation. It would appear; that since the last
spring tides; a flat had been heaped, 'Or had drift.,
ed to that very spot, and had formedpreeipiee
there of about tour feet. One of the boys, soon
after he had gone into the river, slipped into the
vacuum that bad been I:natte, and was copse-
ritieritlY beyond his depth ; immediately Subse-
quent to whiCb; three Of his school-telloWS, Id
attempting to rescue hint, Were Placed in the
same perilous situation. Mr. BLAKE (who cannot
swim) instantly phinged into the water, though
he was not undi'esied, and used every exertion its
his power to save theib, but withoOt effect. A boat •
arrived at the fatal spot ,A fewthrtirtes after the
four unfortunate boys had sunk. A boy of the
'taint of WookiAta,,,ati excellent swimmer; tised
eVery th6asure lie could devise to save his unhip-
PYetimPattions ; but his efforts prover!
Tli6 bodies were foiind soon after the thellitreholy
and heart-rending nbetirrenee had taken place,
and the hest iiieans Were used to produce resusci
tation brit the *it'd spark had fied.---The

ing are the names of the titifortnliate sulftrets t
ThotnaS tardley, aged 15 ; jOeph Schofirld,
aged 14.; Peter Jackson, iige'd 14, all boarderi
and T. Nixon, aged 15, tl4.iCholar.
Mr. Pni,g, of the Bi•iBtbl Custom htifise, hai
now ih the Press ih 6iiiirely new Ediiimi; being;
the Fourth, tit `i 'ilk Practical 41.1iridgelbetit 'of
Laws Las of Cititoms and Excise." It contajos; we
undeiitatitl; it vast aeeessidh of ValtiablOhiseella.;

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nexus Matters, applicirbl€ fel file rift4Ctit crate of
lkitialt Commerce vi,ith all fifirti of the Work?,
especially the. America!) ISlavigatioh Lawi acid
Tariff, cotttcttti to the Fircient time;

T: a E COLON I ES.

LOWER CANADA.

Tbc Provincial Legislature of this Colony halv-
ing gone through the business which had been
briniJit before theist, and having taken upon
thrlD'elves to provide supnlies front their own re-
sources for Expeudirtire of tire Pro-
h's Excellency terminated the Session by
the following Speech. It :of‘st be a high grafi-
ficaiiiin to the Public to .know that ibis flourish-
iag Colony is able to sustain ifs own expellees
svi•liotit introsing airy further butthens On its
tdrabitAnts, for no additional or new durits•were
iwposel in the course of the last Session.