The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-08 00:00:00

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iISLE ELECTION.

VAU
CA.R.I,ISLE,NDAY, AUG. 6.—On. Sa-
turday last the friends of Colonel .Lushington
announced that 416-as the Gallant. Colonel's- in-
tention to Spay ins respects personally to the
freemen this morning. Consequently both- par-
ties were upoiktite qui wive all the forenoon, and,
numbers of ingifferent persons, attracted merely
tailwriosity;.wera, also, abroad, keeping holiday,
'welcome Cw„aar," as much so, probably, as
did theidle :nob of Rome, the motive being the
same in. the majority‘ of all assemblages of this
I must,- however, admit that party spirit
runs very high in this place, and therefore that
the class who really take an interest in the elec-
tion form- a very large proportion of the in-
habitants.
About one o'clock the band in the service of
the- Blue party issued from their quarters, and
began to.parade the principal streets, to show
pluck, as they said, upon the occasion.
This. day, also, a second address was issued
by Mr. Lawson, professedly in consequence of
the very decided and general assurances of the
freemen in his favour, which now induce him to
declare freely to them his sentiments,: He, there-
fore, desires them to observe, that he shall ever
cherish the principles which establish the rights
of'the people to equal and impartial government ;
that he sees occasion for reform in the state of
the representation ; and that he should vote fOr
every practical system or economy in the finances,
and retrenchment of the expenditure. If, upon
these principles, they are willing to elect hitn,j
they may rely upon having his honest, and faith-j
ful services, to the best of his ability. He does!,
not think it necessary or proper to canvass the
electors individually, but he promises to appear
at the hustings on the day of election, and to
stand the result of a poll.
Several of the customary squibs were put out
in the course of the forenoon. In this species
of wit I think the Yellow party have hitherto
excelled, though none of them are very bright or
original. The words - « Who is . James Law
Lushington ..P!' appear on one placard, and a re-
' ward of 100 rupees is offered on another to any
person who shall be so kind as to inform the
freemen any-thing about him:

A little before two o'clock the gentleman ar-
rived to answer for himself. He came more
privately than had been expected, as it was said
that he was coming in procession, and it. was
known that a splendid yellow flag had been
made for the occasion. The, Colonel drove up
to the Bush with Lord Lowther, in a private
carriage. His flag, bearing the inscription,
"Lushington, Constitution, and Commerce,"
was displayed from the centre window, and four
other banners were displayed from the side win-
dows ; and he commenced his speech before it
was generally known that he had arrived.--
Amidst the din of the crowd, he was only heard
a intervals, and he spoke only for a few minutes.
As well as we could understand him, he said
that he was come to solicit the support of those'
who thought as he did, that the country stood
in need of able and consistent men ; and a sys-
tem-of policy more decidedly English than that
which characterised his Majesty's present,couli-
cils; a line of policy which would preserve. the
Constitution in Church and State, and secure
the interests of our widely extended commerce.
The Blue party, headed. by James Brougharn,
Esrf.; M. P. and other respectable Blue citizens,
several times paraded before the Bush, each time
cheering their rivals. Upun these occasions the'
Colonel always appeared at the window. - He is
now upon a canvass along with his friend.

BRUTAL CONDUCT.—As Mr. Hall, o.
Chapel' Walks, a member of the Society of
Friends, was returning to town on horseback, on •
the evening of the Ist instant, near the bridge at'`'
Colbhurst,:he observed two men in a gig (the
driver of which gave as his name, we hope un-
truly,
that of a respectable- inhabitant of Middle-
ton) coming along-at full gallop. Mr. Hall was
on the left hand" side of the road, close by the
hedge, but observing that the persons in the gig ,
intended to run him down; he crossed the road
—they did the' same: He then made his horse
spring forward, with a view to leap upon .the
hedge back, but at that moment the shaft of the
gig struck his horse on the shoulder, and both
horse and gig went over them. Being much
bruised by the fall, it was some time before Mr.
Hall could recover his feet, when he saw both
the men laid in the road, oue of them apparently
dead. Mr. Hall assisted in raising him up, and
in 'a little time he came round so far as to be
able to pour out a volley of oaths on the person
whom he had so much injured, and who was
then rendering him assistance. In a little time
they were both so far recovered as to be able to
walk,. when the second man, who had declined
giving his name,- addressing the first who had
been driving, said, " Now I told you what would
be the consequence, but you would do it." To
which the latter replied, " He may do what he
likes'; I'll Otitswear &the Quakers in the king-
dom," and away they both went towards Middle-"
• ton ; their horse had continued his course and
was then Out of sight.—Manchester Mercury.
On Monday evening the family of Mr. Da-
venport,
a respectable tradesman residing in Tot-
tenham-court-road, was thrown into the utmost •
consternation, in consequence of the discovery
that the eldest daughter (Amelia), a remarkably
fine young girl,- about 17 years of age, had taken
poison. It appears that the young lady was a
short time back about to be married to a gentle-!
man holding a situation in one of the public•,
offices. Within two or three days of the cere-
mony taking place, her intended husband called
at her father's hoUse, and informed her, with ap-
parent. deep regret, that he was compelled to •'
visit Ireland itt consequence of the alarming ill-
ness of _his father, who, with the rest of his fa.
mily, , resided there. After-many professions of
unalterable attachment, he left the house, saying',
that he was going that night. by the Holyhead t
mail. About five week's after he had left Lon-;
don; as was supposed, a friend of Miss Daven-
port called on her, and very incautiously mformed I
her that the object of. her attachment had been
married a few days previous, at St. Andrew s:
Church, Holborn, to a young lady named Mort...!
lake. The shock was too greatfor her nerves to
bear, and she fainted away. .SinCe the above!
period, which is• three weeks ago, she has sufH
fered acutely, her spirits being so much. broken
that the united efibrts of her relatives, could not'
,ally•them. On Monday afternoon she went out,'
as she said, to a visit a friend, but returned again
in about half an hour, saying that she felt very!
itarittid wished to go to bed. Soon after she'
had retire4:to her bed-room, the. servant went in'
to see how .he felt herself; when she was shocked
at finding her Y4:llng- mistress lying on the bed,'
with her clothes.. 'and writhing in the greatest
agony. The f• l`:: being alarmed, .a medical
gentleman was sen dr.', On. his •arriVal,- it was
his opinion that the 'untiappy girl had swallowed
poison :,!ind he immediately, administered some
powerful antidotes. . _