The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-27 00:00:00

COVI,:\ I II? ELEC fiON.

'Thursday, the 25th June, Mr. BUTTLII'.',"ORTE's
agent signified to the SherifiS. that Mr. litrrtEtt-
v..ouTit did not, under the CIVCIIIIIStIinCei the
EleCtion, intend to continue at the poll-booth any
longer, but reserving to himself the right to take
such ulterior measures us be might be advised ;
so that it was expected that the Freemen would
cease polling, slid that the Election would con-
clude last Wight.
This Election, we undeist an I lAnsIAns 1A , een Con-
ducted by a system of violence, on the poi of Mr
BUTTERWORTIC, opponents, SOnieThdt similar to
tie contest at Westminster.

The opponents of Mr. BUTTP.RWORTU seem to
have been determined, by a system of terror
;and timault, to oppose his Election. The She-
riffs had directed the booths to be so built as
to afford the Voters on each side an opportunity
of coming up and tendering their suffrages ; for
this purpose velys!rong posts told rails were fixed
at each end of the booth, and lanes were made
for the easy access of the voters ; but Mr. BuT-
TvßwoliTtes ornments, seeing that this arrange-
ment would affonl his friends an equal opportu-
nity of coming tip with theirs, determined on the
destruction of these lanes. On the fit st day of the
Poll, therefore, a tremendous tool) made an at-
t.:auk, tore op the 'mos and railing, with an evi-
dent lotto inn of intimidatiog Mr. lluTTF.tovotyrn
and his friends, and driving them from the booth
by main force ; however they stood firm, lowest-
int; against such lawless proceed:tugs, and called
tip,)n the Nlagistratus to protect them by the civil
power. Several warrants Were issued, and per-
sons taken into custody. philtculatly one man,
who had been very active with au axe, Cutting
away and destroying the lanes 'leading to the
booth.

The Sheriffs adjourned the poll HI the next dav,
when, very early in the morning, the opposite
party, having a strong mob, possessed themselves
of the booth on every side, so as to prevent, it
possible, any of Mr. BUTTE IL WORT Ws. Voters front
apptoaching, and this they continued to do every
day during the Election.
"Clue Sheriffs had wished that one side of the
booth shoad b taken by one party, and the other
side by the opposing par: y ; but this would nut
do for the mob, for they would have both sides of
the booth. The Sheriffs directed the poll to be
taken alternately on different sides of the booth,
and by this means a few of Mr. BurrettwoitTa's
fliends pushed up and polled, but many of them
were most violewly heaien, and others had their
clothes torn, in cousequeoce of giving their votes.
Many were torn front the booth, and not allowed
to poll at all. For seven days the poll was kept
open upon these unequal terms, when Mr. BUT-
T4AtWoUTII retired from the contest. •

_
The democratic party at this Election raised
violent clamour against Mr. BulTEßwoitTil, be-
cause, as an independent Alember, he had fre-
quently supported the measures of Government.
The suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act rased
the cry of " No Halms Copus," and the violence,
falsehoods, and injustice of this Election, together
with the inflammatory harangues of two of the
Candidates, brought to the recollection of sober-
winded spectators the early days of the french
Revolution.

At the close of the Pull, on Wednesday night,
the numbers were, fur

:tlr. Peter Moore 1103
INIr. Ether.
Butterworth
UrVard3 of ft thousand Voters in Coventry
were then unpollect, bcsittes many Out-voters.

COUNTY OF KENT.
ifiz/V4t9ne, June eG, Half-past 2f
The State of the Poll for this County (at the
close this evening) is as f0110%%s :---
F:nateltlntll. Ilonywood. Geary.
3-252. 904.

Sir IVOhaw Geury is determined to persevere
throughout to-Trim-row,. and has declared, thm if
the Freeholders do not come forward in his favour
he will decline the contest. The novelty is over,
and the litistiugs cease to boast of the presence
of tlim.e genteel parties which gave a glow of
wArnith and respectability to the bustle which
appeared yesterday.

LivtAtroot., JUNE 25.-1 am happy to con-
gratulate ymn on the termination of this temperate
and well• CO nduct ed contest. Our opponents g-ive
in about one o'clock to-day, and you have the
final state of the Poll enclosed. Mr. CANNING
had a reserve of .500 votes which were not polled,
out of delicacy to the opposite party. Their
names are, however, all upon record. The chair-
ing takes place to-morrow at eleven o'clock.

PF.muttoKs.—LSir JoviN OwEtc, Bart. the late
Member for the County of Pembroke, has been
re-cleet.:d without opposition; the worthy Ba-
ronet was chaired at Ilaverfordwest on Wed-
nesday last.

CARMARTHEN.—The contest for Carmarthen,
between Mr. JONES and the 800. Mr. CAMPBELL,
turns out to be a sharp one, the polling, after
three days, being on Tuesday niizht e(pt4l,
Mr. Juno. Mr. camplieil.
54 .... Firct Day .
:t3 St•cmid Day
4P .... Day

CIIOICF, OF ELECTORS.—It is very seldom that
we can safely take any thing relatit4; to political
matters from The Dublin Evening Post, but the
following passage in it letter which appeared in
that Paper is well entiiled to the atteniinn of the
Elective Body throughout the United Kitigdom
" The first requisite in the character of a M"•rnber of 'Par-
liament is Independence in every respect. if your Repre-
sentatives he mean in Spirit anti poor in Purse, what can you
expect? Is it not itll unavoidable result, that they should
barter your Rights to replenish their Stores ? ('an you anti-
cipate any thing else from such, stet► than the open Sale of
your Country in tl:e great Mart of Corruption ? Cali you
blame the Minister for gaining over those who, in fict,tnitst
he bought, because their neceaAitics require the Price. Is it
not obvious, that a man who has squandered his own pro-
perty by folly is altogether unqualified to represent you ?
Is it nut clear, that this manifestation' of imprudence is a
positive proof of incapacity in the management of the com-
mon affairs of life, anti how• then can you imagiue that such
a man could resist the ttuiplatilms of riches and honours-
when the price was nothing mors than the sacrifice of your
Iti6lrts!"

TII EAT R I CAI. It Islit
prrf.rmnd Life
TUFATIE RoYAL, Dttl'itY-LANY...—Every One has llis :
Mr. Elli3ton; Lady Eleanor Irwin,
'Mrs. Glover. After which, Tars on Shure. To which was
Weil, Toni "Fliniol, the Great.
TiteYircE Rot SL, CuvENT-GAFIDEX.—The Stranger : the
Stratr4cr, Mr. Yount; ; Mrs. Haller, Miss O'Neill. After
which, 7 he Potty ThicVei.
TVEATIte RoYAL, laGLtstr OPERA, STRAND.— A Ballet Di-
vertieriient. After which, Love in a Village. To which
Wai added, My Uncle.

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LONDON,
s.frußn.nr, Ju,.vE 27, 1818.

The Paris Pavers of Wednesday hst, which
%vele due this morning, have not arrived.

It must now be evident CO every man who is
attached to that Constitution which has placed
this country in political fteetiom above all other
nations, that unless sortie determined stand is
made against the Spirit opacobinisna, and its sup-
porters, the Blade( tiles, that glorious Constitution
will be totally destroyed, and the country ruined
The rejection of Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, in the City
of London, is a proof of the triumph of that spi-
rit, for though he was in general a staunch friend
to Government, he was not the smile tool of
Ministers, bitt opposed tht.:tr measures on several
occasions. But another alarming fact has occur-
red in the rejection of Mr. Burreawotern
at Coventry. This Oentleman is chiefly known
for his eminence in trade, and the purity of his
character in private life. His situation in
society, as well as his sound principles, political,
moral, and religious, place him tar above Minis-
terial temptation, supposing that it should be of-
fered. He always came forward its Parliament to
aid the snfferiog Artificer, anti to mitigate the
distresses of his fellow-creatures. No charge of
subserviency could be brought against
hint, and yet he has been rejected by his former
Constituents ; and to what is this rejection to be
attributed but to the Spirit of Jucobiulsin, which
is carried into such sanguinary excesses by the
Burdettites in \Westminster. We lament that
theancieut and respectable City of Coventry
9110niti not have rescued its character front the in-
fiueoce of that ruinous spirit, by electing a loyal
subject and an honest man ; but we trust
that before there is another Election it will
reflect on its error. As Coventry consists
chiefly of Artificers and Tradesmen, it might have
been expected that Mr. BUTTER WORTH, consider-
ing his other solid pretensions, would have been
the favourite Candidate. But this is the age of
political delirium, and the Botoogh of Southwark,
in chasing Sir ItoneaT WresoN, a stranger, in
preference to their old respectable Member, is
another melancholy demonstration of the spirit of
Vacobinisno Bit if report speaks truth venality is
the ally of Jacobinism in Westreiuster, for it is
said that when cent situ Burdettites remonstrated
with their Idol on his non-appearance on the hust-
ings, an apology appeared in the Shape of 50001.
Here then is the purity of Election, if the report be
well-founded, for to what other cause can the
sudden elevation of the Idol of the Burdettitcs on
the poll be imputed, except, indeed, to the silo-
guina; y violence with which they conducted them-
selves, and kept all loyal voters away by the tear
of being murdered. A printed bill in favour of the
Baronet was sent to Tile Svc (Mice this 'Doming
by mistake, no doubt, as it must have been
in-
tended for some factious Journal, in which there
is the following passage :—" But shall all the
weight fall upon one Person Must that generous
Heart that bled to the amount of ONe Hu:wean
Tuousmeo Potoens for a Seat for Milldlese.r, sus-
tain the Expenditure of a Return for Wesaninster
also ? That, indeed, were shame indelible." Was
ever so silly, so unwary a confession '• Was it to
support the Purity of Election that such an enormous
sum was , expended, or to maintain a contest by
wholesale bribery f."' lint it is evident, that if tire
50001. was really sent, it is exhausted, and that his
venal supporters, like the thirst of the tyger when
he Ws tasted human blood, are not to be satisfied
with so pitiful a sum—he has not bled enough--
hut will have another " Ifundred Thousand
Pounds," to complete his triumph in West.
minster..L---But Westminster has not so many mer-
cenary Ruffians es the County of Middlesex,
anti, therefore, we hope, and Lope most confi-
dently, that the majority of honest Electors will
hasten to the Pull, es they can now do so win it
safety, Hud give their hearty voters for LQYALTY,

for THE CONSTIT'UTIGN, fGr true Fiti:::.Dolvl -
ELECiiON, and trill: BRITISH BRAVERY, in tile Pe'
son of Sir MURRAY MAXWELL.

Ll'e'ritpoor, has not only to 'congratulate
on the triumph of sound principles, in the retllll
of Mr. CANNING, but, as that Gentleman justil
observes, in the Speech which we insert this daY'
has set an example which cannot find " a pars
liel
for the peaceableness and good humour" %vitt;
which the Election was conducted. But, in Jus.
rice to Mr. 'CNNIIING, it is plope'r to observe►
;
that he himself forth such au example °
good humour, 'unaffected pleasantry, and fibers,
lity towards his Competitors, as could not but Lovell
powerful influence over the lowest of hisoppoheutf'
But still it is highly to the honour of the peoldc
of Liverpool that they felt the influence of tb3C
good humour and polished courtesy, and tb4
have their reward in a Member who, while be re;
sohitely maintains their immediate intcresti, %vii`,
support the interest and dignity of the Empire
'
and who, by the brilliaucy of his talents, his llte'
racy attainments, and his pow erful elov ence,
the worthy inheritor of the immortal VITT, 'nl
may well he the pride of the towil of I,vh:ch the Ii
so dktinguished a Representative.

WESIMINiTEIt ELECTION.
SIR MURIMY MAXWELL—The
etin respecting the health of this GI:WIC:IWO)
SStleil this morning 1—
" Richard.ion's Coffee-house, Saturday gorllll4l
9 o'clock, June c 7, ISIS.
16 Sir Nit'ilitcy MAXWELL has had another good iitglitr
,/
s able to leave his bed, but the complaints of his bren't
oedd are still such as to disable hint front leaving 114. ra°Pi'

"GIL. MANE,
"ii. LEIGH T1i0N.1.15,
WLEOI'
" J. WDONNELI--'

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