Star.
London, England, 1807-05-02 00:00:00

MR. PAULL'S DINNER.

Mr. Pautt.'s friends, to the number of between
two and three hundred, met at the Crown and An-
chor Tavern yeßerday, and dined together.—Mr.
PAULL in the Chair.
‘g The Health of the King, Lords and Commons,"
were drank with duce times three.
Shortly after dinner, Mr. PAULL mentioned that
Mr. Jots ES BURDETT withed to make Gone explanation
to the meeting on the part of Sir F. Bumps-yr.
Mr. Jort ss Bosom then came forward and
Rated, that his brother was anxious to have the ap-
parent inconfißency in his conduit explained. The
fad was, that he had never given the flightell autho-
rity to have his name ufed upon the Winds of this
elation, as would appear by the two following !ems
from Sir F. BURDETT, the one to Mr. PAULL, and
the other to the Eledtors of Weliminfter:

To the Elecrtors of Wellminfter, affembled at the Crown and

Anchor Tavern.
" [NT LWM EN••••1 am exceedingly diftreffed by the difagreeahle
neceffity impofed upon mc to eantradid thus publicly the implied
import of the two advertifements by which you are called together
this day. They were both infected without any communication
with me ; anti never should have bed inferted, if any means had
been afforded me of preventing it. As loon as I knew of the fiat
Advertifement, placing mc in the Chair, I wrote the following
Letter to Mr. Paull."

TO Mr PAULL.
MAI PAULL, Wimbtedon, April 29.
" Y ur Letter this morning oecafioned me great fury ize, and
to (peak the truth, lonic difpkafu re. I mull fay, that to have my
name publified for meetings (like " Such a day is to be ken the
great Caterfelto!') without my previous cor.fent, or any applica-
tion to me, is a circumstance I Ihould really, from any one elfe,
regard as an itAilt. You were acquainted with my fentiments
and detrinination not to do any thirg, even for my own Elec-
tion; ant I should have tht,u6ht matt have been ctolfequently
aware of th! impofliiiiiity of my coming forward iu any body's
elfe, I yielded to yoar d, the that I (twat noaduate you. although
I fluted much rather 41V,..1.1 eVI.II that; but as I highly approve
your cundu: la, not obits& to Ord one act, a- a public testimony
of fuels approli.e.lon, in EA; you think It (which I do nut) of any
importance—Lut to •hat tin,ac ad I mutt unitive tnyfelf, or be es-
poled to be reproached and jattly, with incontiftency and Icily. I
(hall pay the greatett attention to Cobbett's promifed letter; but
my own mind is quite made up ; the Ccuntry cannot be ferved by
taking a part, and therei,y aiding, to the didufion. Yuar's. not
vvittittznding, veryTuder..ly, " FRANCIS IsURDET
" The advertifement 44f this day is dill more idle:dive to me
it might, if not thus contradizted by me, lead many perfons to fuf-
peel th.it I had a difrenthled with to be elected Into Parliament,
notwithflanding my public declarations to the contrary. I beg
you, Gentlemen, to acecpt till, explanation from me, as an adt
of
iairnefs towars you, whild it is one of aria duty towards myklf.
With every with for the happinefs and profperity of the Eli:,:turs
of Weftminfter, I beg leave to lubfcribe myfelf,
" Your iuuch obliged and Esitbful humble fervam.
" May r, 18::.7. • "F. BURDE:I 'F."
Mr. ADAM (tared, that in confequenCe of a repre-
fentation made early in. the week, propoting to incite
Sir Francis Burdett to become a Candidate, a deputa-
tion had been lent to Sir Francis, to retina him to
come forward for Wellmln(ler ; ha had intimated
that he would not decline (landing a Candidate, but
he would not fptind one guinea ; and that whether
he was eleeed for Middlefex, Weilminder, or Old
Sarum, he would confclentioufly do his duty, as a
faithful Reward to the public.
The bufinefs of the Meeting then commenced, and,

after the fir ft Ref()lotion was propofed.
M. PAULI. rofe, and addteffed the Eledlors to the
following purport :—" Gentlemen, When I was first
pi-en:Poled in this place by Sir Francis Burdett, not tiz
months ago, I would have flood appalled, had I not
too fanguinely, and fondly, conceived, that if I had
been elated, I fhould have had to battle in the Houfe
of Commons, by the fide of one man at least of
fpotlefs integrity. With .efpe.l to the other Can.
&dates, I (hall be very short. I would alk you, on
what grounds can Colonel Elliot come forward, at-
ter the many objeAions which ezitted againtt Mr)
Sheridan ? He fays he has lived twenty years among
you, and that his opinions and principles mutt be
known. lam forty to fay that they are too well
known for him to fucceed ; and too well known for
us to troll him—(loud applauji). Th. fe who are of
opinion that Sir Francis Burdett is a proper perfun
for their choice, molt be of opinion that Colonel El.
lint is the molt improper. What du we know of Mr.
Elliot ? we have ken him a warm partizan of Mr.
Pitt—we have ken him the warm partizan of Mr.
Addington—we have ken him the fupporter of Lord
Grenville, and in CVO); cafe cringing for fuppott—

toad approbation). I (peak of him merely as a pub-
ic man, and not in his private capacity. In my
judgment, Colonel Elliot mutt evidently pull one
way, and we another. With Tetpea to the other
Candidate, I mull fiy, that I have the honour. of
knowing him well, and a more amiable young man,
as a ftilor, and one of a more excellent heart,
could not find ; hut 1 do fay, that every one of you
who voted against Sir Samuel Hood, mull, upon the
fame principles, vote ag,aiatt Lord Cochrane, and
mull decls re him moll unfit and improper to repre-
fent your City of Weflininfter—(bud app/aufis).—
I, upon a former occafion, told you, that the moil
foul cunfpiracy that ever had been entered into,
exilted againft your liberties. I was oppofed by
bribery and corruption, and every fpecies of means
was ufed to overfet my pretenfions to your favours.
The evidence adduced urn the petition prefented to
the Houfe of Commons, has proved that affertion.
The Preis, too, has been completely (hut againft me,
in regard to the proceedings thereupon —( Here Mr.
Paul! entered into a fiatement of the evidence of bribery and
Minifierial influence, which, he Paid, had come out before
the Committee, upon the laid Petition). " I know," con-
tinued he, " perfeelly well, that all the influence of
the urefent Miniflers will be exerted againll me, on
account of my independent principles. Day after
day has paired on, and nothing has been done in re-
gard to the further profecution of the Mat quit Wel-
lefley ; but I (ball ftill perfevere in my endeavours
againit him ; fhould I be returned by your fuffrage*,