The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-26 00:00:00

I:l"(guards sad Robbers; but 'the followers of
•u
'lrl4 ffi
r, with very few exceptions, are Ruans
;.' •,Ileli"st desperate and sanguinary description.
:11'e there that, the insolence and impudence of
I'l
1114, ~r) all E!ecrions, appeared before
•
"lugs while Howl. was the favourite of the
Iv:1' 4 141 e, though, indeed, some brutal Miscreants,
t,iir) could not be true-born Englishmen, assault-
rilie gallant Naval Candidate, who had often
hict life in the service of. the Country
i;) whe" the Burdettites saw that their Iflol was
f:"lgee losing in the contest, they rushed
with the most determined violence, resort-
dieto all the means that a Jacobin spirit could
:
at
arid that corruption could stimulate
tie tis
these pretended Enemies to corruption car-
rind
basest venality into immediate practice,
uy bribery and intinzidation contrived to raise
err favotwte on the PoII.—HUNT and his gang
1114'14
h3"►fell before them, and the only consola-
fr
li which that gang felt on the occasion ose
°lll the hope that, as the spirit of rioting was
ia
gttlented by the fury of the Burdettites, there was
increased opening for them in the practice of
14n4
bile the others were employed in as-
;liinotion. At first no houses were opened for
e Ilatonet, and hence his followers were lan-
ttilitl and cold, but when Electioneering Hospitality
:4 Place on the one hand, and bribery on the
4lter, the tide soon turned in his favour. Peace-
, I'l loyal, well-disposed Electors, were afraid to
*1114"elt, dreading the fate which Captain MAX..
'ILL had suffered, and perhaps a still worse fate,
tlotheY could not have an equal body of friends
I)4flect them. We repeat our firm conviction
14,144 t if the Burdettites bad taken the field, when
rt
CASTIARRAGH, with a fit inness that has al-
-Ihl3distinguished his character, ventured through
to gise his vote to the gallant Captain,,
11‘e"ttld certainly have been trampled to death
tlitlhe Baronet's sanguinary supporters To
ICI tile desperate character of the Burdettite
111,"Ilnes and their contagious influence, even
ttr''lll men'f education, arid, as might be supposed,
Or "' feelings and habits, one of the Baronet's
ItiCihra Out Only reviled Lord CASTLEREAGH
t(11 -ge
grossest terms on the Hustings, but
tej~teti Will out as a proper victim far Irish
Iss,terlee, lotimating his hope that he 'nigh:
1)e sufferer; to return to this country! . .
4'47; here sorry to mention a part of the Con.
theil:t Sir itogpirr WILSON on the very clay when
141- tkierbPt was literally made to murder Sir Mya-
tt' si.„.4lwat.t., by trampling him tinder the feet
tIo leal?fkltiAttd band of Burdettites. Sir ROBERT,
of a,l .i
414. ti i 111 e Hastings, was followed by a mots
,tossi"s along the Strand, towards Charing
ie 4• 141 finding that he had such an audience,
Ittfogliught Proper to make a stand at the Hun-
tees is‘;
e• qee-hotise, ss here one of the Commit-
\lt 1;1. S• ir MURRAY MAXWELL was then sitting.
lett addressed them in a strong declamation
t et /girthe gallant officer. It might be thought
c°rt'hioir courtesy would have prevented
tiltii‘hight from cloning such a spot, be-
trihe the consideration that he might have
44tv,(1 th• e Unthinking rabble to the most
tui,t 4,4 excesses against the House which
the Captaio's Committee. But the
slid "f Diirty can injure the best characters,
It'4l,lll(hiee them to act in. a manner which they
;:jisdlin on other occasions. As to HUNT
./tle 4;1% gang, they are stink too low to he capa-
-11"tt-shby thing but turbulence and robbery.
110 by libelling the characters of those
4etil: ye
their votes. to any other Candidates,
4et '4' Ilte of being court Hirelings, Palace
urtis
wlt
tti'it,lll44 eft oil one occasion attempting to cast
ij the most execrable kind on a voter
I,lla
_1
titver
I y unknown to him, and whom he
t,vtrt of „ teen before, roused,
the contempt
lk"le ►‘"e lowest rabble, and has never been
44 ftlioteglib their favour.—To him then, and
etl'
we leave disappointment, despair,
1111tet
• These
ttf4,43 I 'and return to the Burdettites.
l'itt the are, indeed, to he feared, for nothing
we.l:' ire subversion of the present order of
;4111,4. serve their turn. Who does not see
l
lik4l:otoluct the return of the rein of the
t%vr, :11.11 th g
‘v l
e ROBESPIERR ES ? And as they have
wt "PoSition to assassinate Captain MAX-
'N thaY be assured that, in the progress of
'1(1 tk,ke i"Y would be ready to murder en mass,
`'Yol
abet thorter road to the destructino of all
the
trdi Leo men, who possess property, than
tar ()ha , °its
‘formality of the Guillotine. &RC-
,.
dre y
of
Ih WesTNIINSTER, be warned by the His-
(itt "e PRRNCH REVOLUTION, the most
Y. en, that ever betel civilized So-
t for
baleful tifects were not confiued
eeue, of fetter which marked its ear-
the destruction of snit/ions of the
'
4cludiug a
and
but virtuous Monarch,
and his
4bY of the most amiable of the
(ii„,
4'4 mil "",ed principles which shook the
Governments !! ! Such,