The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-16 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.

This morninw the LORD MAYoR, Sheriffs, and
Niter City (Meets, attended at Guildhall, and
having ascended the Hustings, the proper Officer
Proceeded to open the bneiness for declaring the
tiurnbers, and making the ,return of the four fit
lied discreet persons elected to represent the City
°f London in Parliatnent. The following names,
with the numbers attached to them, were then
tailed over :

- .
Matthew Wood, Esq. Alderman and Fishmonger 5370
l'homas Wilson, Esq. Citizen and Spectacle-maker 535S
Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. Alderman and Draper
uno. Georg: Bridges, Lord Mayor, Alderman

and Whe.elsvi ight
nobert h man, Esq . Citizen, Alderman :Ind Frame-

wollt-ItHitter .
4ohn Thomas4119
Thorp, Esq. City Alderman and Draper 3921

The SHRRIFFS then declared the Election to
hare fallen on the four Gentlemen whose names
had been called over,. they having a majority of
i()les on the poll. The Candidates then severally
returned thanks ; the Sheriff's received the thloks
of lhe Livery for their conduct, and the Hall was

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.—STATE OF THE POLLS.
Ginning LIVERP(iOL, MARCH i 3.
1405 I 0'0911)120

iaSeoyne

1297 I Leylaittl

122

DURHAM COUNTY. MARCH 13.
Larllbton
Pu*lett I
89 ,
. .
Ellice COVENTRY, MARCH 15.
1474 1 ColiWtt
-NlO •' }
Elected
ore
~.. 1422
__

BERWICK, NlAncil 13.
.. 3z16
14)td Ossulton 1 40 I St. Paul
Sir ti. j. Elected 373
Milne..
CoLctiLsTEa, MAticii 15.
liar ., 702 Russell
Wily. " • t.. Elected ' ' ..... I 497
( i

.an .. 6r;:3 i
•
(hi
—lll (Elected)
MARCH 14.
m
131 I West
Lewis . CAkDIFF, MAncit 14.
246 I Ludlow
L-ti
.I.lrch
t,rnan NOTTINGH ' ANI MARCH 14.
1586 (Smith
1535 Rolle,:lot,
-4, BEDFORDSHIRE, NIARCH, 13. .
A ayistoc k
17111
203 I •
i•ord n CHESTER, MARCH 14.
S. oe,igrave -51 I Geheral Grosvenor .... 519
"- G Egerton -26 E. V. Townshend
(,2.,, ABINGDON, NIABCH 15.
Charles 6
iou nnait
'Neville

Nee RADNOR, MARCH 14.
152 1 Lewis
llorrooks PREsToN, AlAitcti 1-1.
Iturnby • .634 1 Wit Flaws..
6.27 11. Hunt.,.
Itionck .1 READING.
ea Iwet'1wet' &
Elected • •'• 41 8 I Vey laud
•••• 093

620
391

MENIBERS 11.E'PURNED.. •
.)).Irierset—Witi. Dickenson, Esq. and Sir T. B. Lethbridge:
t'ocashire—Lord Stanley and John Blaeliburne, Esq.
lienett, and J. D. Astley, Esqrs.
dinlotrgliC.otitity=—Sir George 'Clerk; Bart.
''ltwicksltirt —Sir Charles Mordannt and D. S. thigdale, Esq.
V.afrordshire—S.ir John 13ougliey'and E. Littleton, Esq.
dal'xloreton Pitt, and E. B. I:ortinatt, Esqrs.
I,—Sir .1. Kvnastoa Powell and John Cotes, Esq.
iilirilarvonsitire•—Sir.ltohert Willrams.•
c:,rwick—LordOssulton and Sir David Milne.
kntry—.— Ellice, and Peter Moore, Esqrs.
it'lehester—D. W. Harvey, and James 13. Wildman, Esqrs.
Denbigh—J.
B. Mouck, and C. Fyshe Paltuer,
'"uigh—J, W. Griffith.

COVENTRY ELECTION.
vA
4Y, i Wednesday, close of tlsth Mahe Poll,rch. 1820: at the end of the 7t6
•
(o,,,n,!tarn,vDoitttt.s.peled
I Ellice. Moore. Sedition.
141 141 109
ti,
, -rentry Ditto
f

1I 74

1422

517
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Numbers polled the 7th Day 5l 45
Total Number pulled
Majority for Ellice .

Mpjority for Moore
•

DURHAM COUNTY ELECTION.
PuRHANI, MARCH 13,—About half-nest ten
morning the Candidates to represent this
z'olltlty ill Parliament appeared on the Hustings,'
Ale. . the Hon. Mr. POWLETT and Mr. LAMBTON ;
tv_
lute
•• HARTON being unfortunately confined to
"I loom.by severe indisposition, of course could
144 take lii;) place. Mr. 13.ttsit, of Elemore, pro-
posed Mr. LAMBTON, and • was seconded by Si!
Wlo . RIDLEY, Bart; Colonel .SLEIGH, of
"Otto!), proposed Alr. WHARTON, and was se-
A:°Nled by Mr. GiteAvss, of Ord House; and the
°ll. Mr. PowLE'eT was proposed by General
11144 ER, and seeotitied by Mr. CHATER, of Whit.
e" 4th Castle. As was to be expected, the Woig
ndate let off a terrible tirade against State
it`'orrtiption, Clerical Interference,
,Taxation, &c.
very much, to the arun,,ement of the mobility,
humbers of whom were in attendance round the,
VyTings• It was truly unfortunate that, Mr..
lead
al
ARTON hiing ahscut, no coutiter-replique was
Li e• Had this worthy Caudiddre appeared in
t's Place.the shafts of wit would hive assumed a
h tr4ry_direeiioil—the laughers, in tact, would
h:.v.L'heett the klughed at. It is true the LAMBTON
prey are acute in their electioneering tactics, anti „....A
the."" to be sanguine of the ultimate success of
t,r" hero ; those who think soundly on the mat-
lilloWeVer, speak with the greatest confidence
the ivJ.lVllAturotsr. The following is the State if
' "il ou its closing this day
or .Loot George Lambton, Esq. - Is 2
Tile !lon, William Powlett. - 89
Esq. - 53
4,141 „, of Durham is in the greatest bustle,
00reehulders are rapidly pouring in from all
tertel mso:}l the County. It is needless to add, that
ptttedy he severest contests ever litiumi is ex-

11 N T.

LEEDS, Maitca 14, IS2O.

HUNT has just made his entr•e into this town,
on his way from Presto!' ro York. About a mile
frot the town he Was met by a concourse of boys
and rabble, who took out the horses, and dragged
amiat the cheers of an immense mob to the
Bull and Month Inn*. Brig-gate (the principal
street in the town, in which the Bull and Mouth
is situated) was filled from top to bottom with
rnen, women, and children, eager to get a sight of
this Prince of. Demagogues. They were of the
very lowest class, precisely the same rabble who
insolted Mr. WORTLEY nit 6aturday week. After
an interval of a few minutes, lie appeared at one
of the windows, and returned thanks for the high
honour with which he had been received, and- apo-
logized for having detained them so long, which
he attributed to his being tillable to procure hors's.
He had been for the last five or six days he said)
standing a contested election at Preston with some
of the Boronehmongers, and. was now on. his way
to York, to be tried, it was said, for a supposed
offence ; but in reality to bring those to trial who
had been guilty of the bloody tutu ders' at Mall*
chester. They had heard of the charges which
had been trumped up against him--charges how
which he anticipated a verdict of acquittal from
an honest Yorkshire Jury : which verdict, not-
only in their eyes, but in the eyes of the whole
world—a verdict of guilty against those who bad
been guilty of the atrocities at Manchester on the
16th of August.—(One in the crowd here called
out, " What have. you done with Cu). Wthuams's
wife ?")—Sonse of my companions in misfortune
have been through here to-day, and you have
seen, some good and true men pass through in
the shape of witnesses. He then expressed his
hope that they would suffer hitt) to retire, as it
was necessary, on account of the great public duty
he had to perform, nut only to them, but the
whole-world, that he should not exhaust himself
by talking to them. Mr. JOHNSON, of Manches-
ter, with their leave, would address a few words
to them ; and he begged leave to wish them good-
night. Before he retired, he read the state of the
poll at Preston, by which it appeared that he was
only a few behind ; and, ‘` You see, my lads,"
he continued, " that the Radical runs them neck
and neck ; he is only getting a little wind, and
will soon pass them in a canter."
He retired from the window a few minutes,
and then appeared again, saying, Mr. JOHNSON
was afraid of addressing them lest what he said
should be construed into something* illegal, though
nothing could be illegal in addressing Englit.h.
meth As a particular favour, he requested every
man would return to his home. He should leave
Leeds for York next morning, at 9 o'clock, where
he hoped to arrive time enough to face their and
his enemies the next day. He again wished them
good-night, and shut down the window,

The Crowd dispersed peaceably, and the town
is now quiet. 1 much regret that the Magistrates
shorild have suffered the town to be disgraced,.by
the assethbliug of the mob to receive this fellow
with such tumult, to the disgust and terror of all
peaceable men.

This is the inn where Wooler, Dickenson, and Lord Mil
ton, take up their abode when they visit Leeds. " Birds of a
feather," they say, " duck together."

IRELAND

(From .The Datum CoTr—e-.ywalext, March 13.)
THE RIBI3ONNIEN.

The following Notice has been issued by Ma-
jor tVarbotrton, at Ennis :—" Owing to the dis-
turbed state of thecounty, and the necessity of hay•
it% continued pat roles of Military and Police in
every direction during the night, the peaceable and
well-disposed -inhabitants are earnestly ream's-
mended to remain within their houses,from 9 o'clock
until day-light,.- and to abstain from appearing in
any assembly whatever, lest any accident tnay occur
from the rigorous measures which must be used
against those persons who disturb the public peace;
And it is also strongly recommended to all persons
having arms in their possession, and who may not
have the ',Omer of
,prorecting them, to send them
in to some neighbouring Migistrate, who will
pl.ice them in safety until the county is happily
restored to order."

At the Assizes of Enni3, on Thursday last,
Patrick Tynne, the Captain& of the Ribbonmen,
who, with nine others were taken by the Gentle-
men of Corrofin, at night, (as mentioned in
former Paper,) was. put. upon his trial about 12
o'clock. His companions were permitted to give
evidence for the Crown, and, .in a short time,
he was convicted of administering illegal oaths,
and received sentence of transportation for
life. The approvers were ordered by the Court
to be then discharged front the dock, and, in
putting thtna out, some contusion occurred in
calling over the names, which the convict
taking advantage of, he endeavoured to escape, by
crawling over the side bar; but baring beak' ob..
served by a Gentleman, be was instantly seemed,
and then ordered to be taken from the dock to the
nearest seaport, Cork, and from thence to' be
conveyed to Botany Bay. At tour o'clock, he
was brought into Limerick by a party of the
Police ; and, on Friday morniug, was forwarded
to his •destinatiOn. This prompt punishment, it
is hard, will be a Watery warning.

EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN T. MANNION.

GALWAY, MARCH 1 1 .-On. Wiidnesday last,
about the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon,'
this leader was executed at Birchgrove, in the
county of Rosrommon, near Ballinaslne, pursuant
to his senteace„ in presence of an immense multi-
tude of spectators. Before he was turned off, the
and Rev. Dr. Trench, with hat humanity
for which be is ever conspicuous, lode amongst
the crowd, and granted permission to the friends
and relatives of that unfortunate Mall to take
their i.n.t-farewell of him. He appeared perfectly
resigned to his fat.e, admitted fully the justice of
his sentence, and admonished the multitude to
return to their,allttgiance, and give themselves up
to peace, order, and. industry. The loss of his
own life he was indifferent to, compared to the
misfortunes he bad brought 111/011 ethers, whom
be had seduced from the paths of virtue and
loyalty—eight of whom lie stated to have been
transported for life out of the duck of RoKotn-
Inca, entirely on Lis account.

Port THE SUN.

REFORMEIt.—No. I.

A REFOIIIII lrr , PARLIANIuNT.—These 'are the
magical wotds which more or. less affect the mind
of every Briton, at the present day. They are,
rherefore, highly worthy of consideration. To
this object the present Essays ate meant to be ex-
clusively directed ; to develop, if possible, the
true bearing of a very complex question upon the
generll interests of the community ; and to shew
bow far the object itself really accotds with the
views and willies of our different parties.
By Reform in Parliament, no more in general is
meant, ti►an an alteration in the mode of electing
Members into the House of Cotnmons; without
regard to any other brand► of the Legislature; the
object being to.make the Members of that House
more truly the free choice of their electors, and
less exp,sed to the,. inEhence of the Crown or its
Ministers.

The plans for - effecting • this purpose are al-
most as numerous as the persons who agree in
desiring it ; but in one tioilit they all appear to
concur, in reprobating, and wishing to atroli.,h
what are called the rotten Boroughs. Next to this,
is the wish to check or prevent the local influence
of property in other Boroughs not absolutely call-
ed rotten. - •

It has indeed been argued, and certainly not
without reason, that the evil of these liOroughs is
more apparent than real ; that far front giving
an exclusive influence to any administration,
they, are balanced, great. measure,. on the
opposite sides of the House. 'ln the very
last Parliament, , for instance, of GEORGE the
THIRD, in the House so recently dissolved, it is
notorious, that some of the most violent of the
Opposition Members were sent to their seats by
Borougns as rotten as rottenness itself could
make them. Nor can there he a doubt, that in
tlie,Honse now forming many instances of the
same kind will be renewed. It mg be argued
too, and 1 should be strongly inclined to support
the argument, that no Boroughs are, in fact, so
rotten, as those in which the elective franchise
descends belotv.the usual senle of property;. Where
the return is principally made by men who have
no responsible stake in' Society, who bate neither
property nor character to lose, no'r any possible
means of comprehending the real-interests of the
Country ; where the calumny of a demagogue has.
more Weight than the arguments of the wisest of
men ; where reason, in short, is never beard, but
clamour, violence, and prejudice, conduct, and
generally carry, the Election. This, Sir, is the
very worst kind of rottenness, and most subver-
sive of the Constitntion.

But though all this be perfectly true, and though
much more might with entire justice he said, and
often has been said,• in defence of our Consti!o-
tion, as it has stood since its settlement under'
WILLIAM the THIRD, yet such has been the effect of
popular %%Firings and harangues upon tl►e subject
of tl►e espousing of the same topics by party rue►t
at the first eminence, merely to distress the Go,-
vernment, so long as they did not themselves con-
duct •it ; such the nature of the question itself,
whichcompels the defenders of the Constitution
apparently to defend corruption, a thing in itself
undoubtedly odious and abort►inable, that perhaps
few persons can he found who do not wish for•
some change.; to remove these causes ot reproach,
and to quiet, if possible, the minds that have been
so long disturbed.

Shot11(1 1 he able to throw any light upon Ihe
means of doing this, you will grant, I trust, iliac
the present Essays may be useful.