The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-07 00:00:00

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If my former Address was as " poor and spiritless" as it
has been characterized, I can only assure you that it en-
tirety belied my. feelings at the time : and now chosen, as I
have been, by your favourable reception, I should he woe-
begone," indeed, if I could not pluck up spirit sufficient to
bear my part, in again resisting that dictation which yOu
have twice before defeated. However, Gentlemen, if tem-
perate and constitutional language he tanienessif any avoid-
ance cf asperity be " poor mid spiritless"—if to treat me op-
ponents with civility and candour—and to expect as much
from them, is to be " woe begone," I willingly adoPr these
epithets, and am resolved to entitle myiell to no other dur-
ing the Contest.

I hare the hotlour,to he,

Gentlemen',
Your obliged 'md faithful humble &Trak,'
Whitehall, March G, 1820. •
'G. LAMB.

TO THE FREEHOLDEII': T 1.17; COUN OF

SUSSEX.

GENTLEMEN;
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slave broken the peace of a- large :and po
• yulpusS:ozirity •:- -

serious and momentiips that you are entitled.fo an 4.pology
for the step Which`l have taken, in having offered myself to
you 'as a Candidate for your Suffrages at the ensuing Elec.-
tint): The following Advertiseinelit of 'the Hon. Baronet,
lately the Eastern Representative of the County of Sussex,
now my Opponent, is, my excuse and apology .
"To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and 'Freeholders of the

" County ofSusseX;.-It has pleased Heaven to release from
" the "state of ;!uffei iw our late eenerahle and excellent Mo-
. 'lle pr'e'settt Parliaiderit must, 'therefore, he dis-
▪ solved within a prescribed time, if not before. To nits whe.
" ther the Dissolutioa,lve, immediate:or deferred is matter of
" little moon nt. Conscious_ of hliving discharged my duty in'
" Parliament (as I conceive) on Constitutional Principles, to
" which I stood pledged, I shall present myself before you,
" whenever called upon by a new Election, not without
" anxiety, but certainly without fear. It has been ever to me
" a source oftnidv airy Self-congratulation that, no period of
• time, (hOwere'r short) 'Conid find me unprepared or •un-
" Willing to meet my Constituents, to submit my conduct to
" their lodgment, to abide their answer, or receive a renewal
"of their confidence as a splendid reward. It is impossible.
" not to advert to those measures of Government which were
"carried in the late short and eventful Meeting of Parlia-
" InCiii—meastires which could never have been carried had
"6 not the credulity of the cbufiding been skilfully and insi
" dionsly dealt with..—The return of the Country to peace
• sod Order, which we must all rejoice at, is attributed, by
" the Supporters of the Measures to which I have alluded, to
" their operation. But as I donut believe, this tranquillity
" to have been brought about by the terror of these new
" Laws, Iseinsider such an assumption to be as false and
" gratuitous as the Laws themselves are arbitrary, uncalled
" for,- and a most ill-timed and dangerous innovation of
" the Constitution.'—lt would inexpressibly_ grie,ve me to
" (Ind that your opinion did not agree with my own on this
" important matter; but fur my part I shall et er reflect with
" pride ,and satisfaction that I was one of the 111inority '. in
" the hard sfruEgle for the Cause of Liberty, during the pro-
" gress theottgh Parliament of those despotic Bills, from
hieh, however, by
.tbc jealous care and indefatißible
" tention ftf tlwse.wlio so auxiously watched their course,
" much of the poison was extracted, though, the sharpness of
the, fangs rtmailied.—Since writing the abovel'aur inform--
" ed that an. Opposition is likely to take place; ; but for that
," circumstance I probably should not so soon have addressed
" you. It is, however, only oeccisary to observe, that no in-
" ducement of arickind shall I,ad me to withhold et- tei
"draw from this Cutest, (if it occur) su long as one Free-
" holler of the County shall be found ei Ming to give his
" -Saffrage,—l hate the_ honour to he, Gentlemen, wit Is great
" respect, yi,ur 'very faithtul and dcvnt.,4l I,,:mhle Servant,
" Battel:Abbey, Felt. 1820. " GODFREY WEBSTER.%

" larch.

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This, Advertisement is the cause of the Contest. The pro-
priety or impropriety of these new Law; is the point .on
which we have. joined issue. The Parliament- 'of Great
Britaio has said they were nece;sary—to you, the Freeholders
of Sussex, the appeal is made by both Of us. A
pulous, indep-endent, and uninfluenced County, is to sit
in 'judi.;Utent. Every Treoludder in EnglUnd will hare his
'eves intent on the re:nit of- this momentous Contest, and by
ti;e event- the,opiniOn cf the People of Great Brit-..in will in
-great degrVe be demonstratetL h great !deference and
respect, I Im:for, yoor.vcr.liet.in.my favour,,and thus 110
throw down the ...;aontlet, and-chaltenge tiim to the II ustiligt:.
-1 have the honour to hi,
Gentletneo,
.. tine respect,
Totir most obedient and humble Set rant,
Windmill-Hilli'Feb. 29, - EDW. JEN. CUUTEIS,
I tiU.