Star.
London, England, 1806-11-20 00:00:00

GEI L 1241. ELECTION:

MIDDLESRX—NINTH DAY.
At the dole of the poll :at three o'clock yefierday,
the numbers were—
William Mena. 3.,17
George nyng, Efq. ipso
Sir Prone@ borellett • ; 365
Mr. Brno made his bow, anttetired.
Sir Emelt, Bogner Roped' forward, amidli
the iseelantatinlis of the populace, NMI addreffed the
Meeting. He confeffed, that if the Honourable Gets.
tleman near him had been Rending for the honour
Of being defied to the office of a Privy Councillor,
oe Prime Miniller to tome Prince, the qualification
of which he had (hewn him(elf fo truly fentible—ta
titmoity—ought to operate as a grand feature in
pis favour. Standing. however, as the Candidate,
for a populous sad independent county, ern, man
in which had a right to know the tentiments, quali-_
icatiubs, and pretenfions of the perfun who folicited
his fupport, the Worthy Baronet could not forbear
from thinking, and from expreffiug his opinion, that
filence or a difiaclination to exprets the feelings of
his heart, could,foro no part of the zecoramendation
of fuch a Candidate. He nulled, Iherefore, the
Honourable Gentleman would at length declare his
fentiments, and appi ire the Eleftors in what his me•
sits confined. He (the Honourable Basonst) had
declared his principles with explichnefs, candour,
and openeefs. The trick, however, too common on
(Lich occafions, had been relented to, to infpire con-
trary opinions regarding his finceriry, into the minds.
of the people. Finding their former watch words of
4. the beg of Kings," and the belt of Patriots,"
exhautled, his calumniators had chorea a new term.
4. the bell of Confiitutions," to which, equally with
the other two, they would reprefent him as inimical.
Their condoft in this rept& reminded him of a fable
be had read, of a City poirelied of a watchful dug;
who gave the inhabitants timely notice of the ap-
proach of a number of thieves by whom their neigh.
bourhood was infelled. The thieves, how:ver, who
were more cunning than the inhabitants of the city,
contrived to imprefs them with an idea that the dog
was of no real ore, but only difiurbed their night's
tell, by the noire which he occafionally railed. The
inhabitants, reduced by this reprefentatien, killed
their dog, and the thieves loon after effelted their
potpie. Such, be had no doubt, was the nature of
the attempt of the coalition againfl him (Sir Fran-
cis) ; but he had too much confidence in the good
Itch of the inhabitants of this county, and of the
kingdom in gourd' to hippie for a moment that
their attempts at undermining him, who had always
been their Mead, i 6 the eflimatiem of the public,
coati fucceed. He had never difguifed his fentiments
on contlitutional points, and he now meant to repeat
ahem. He was a friend, and a Rrenuous friend, to
the fair, jull, and equitable influence of the Crown ;
and he was an equally zealous fupporter of the fair,
equal, and independent Reprefentetion of the People
in Parliament. He did not with to fee the King re-
duced to a thing of fbreds and patches—to a man of
grew. He wilued to fee him exercifing, and at
li-
baesy W *smite, his inn prerogatives for the benefit
of his people—not that he lhould be !eked upon and
fhould become the property of an infamous coaition
who lkould aft in bit name, and uforp his autlotrity.
Tire people, on the other hand, he was of opiaion,
illiossislimee their ennflitutional privileges ally—shat,
they Ihtessithave the poster of chooling their own
Beprefeniatives who might ferve to them as
Weld in time eedanger. He did not defirc to pot a
tweed into the hand of the people, but to puffers then)
of a Afield to prove& themfelves at any time, or at
all times when their liberties were likeiy to be in-
fringed on. This could only be dialed by an equal
attnefentation in Pediment. Such he profelTed
himfelf eager to obtain—hut Dill, agreeably to the,
idea of the Conflitution, he writhed that the influence
of the Crown, and the Ihield granted to the l‘•uple,
Ihoold be proportioned to each other. In the mani I
fano of the etralefeed panics, handed to him (for he
could confider Mr. Whitbread's letter in no other
light), he (Sir Francis) was charged with not enter-
ing futficiently into particulars. The particular
saute, of complaint which he had to urge, in which
the exhaulted refources • f the country were proni-
toed to the fupport tit fume family or political influ..
tote, were fo numerous. and of fo aggravated a
kind, that the time which the Meeting had to spare
on fuch an inquiry was infinitely ton little to mention
an hundredth part of them, our could they all be
comprehended within any realonable fpaee. He
thould, however, mention a few. He complained,
in the firth plat:.. of the profligate expenditure of
many thoufand pounds annually of the public
money on an office held by the Marquis of Bucking
ham, as Teller of the Exchequer--..an office declared
by theKiog. Lords and Cammonr, to be unttecetrary,
and the continuance of which, therefine, could only
ueconfidered as the drat of undue Minilierial influ-
ence, being, as it clearly was, a goofs and kandalous'
telifapplicatinn of money, extracted from the bowels
of the people. He. again, complained that another
office of great emolument, and of no labour ( Atoy-
tor of the Exchequer) was held by the 'Noble Mlir-
qttis's brother. Lend Grenville ; the duties of which
rsight be ditcharged more to the advantage of the
poolle, lot fewer hundreds than the Noble Lord hid
thoulito.'s for his ;mortice difcharge of it. He
c,smplained that the trifling duties even which this
Ofli.e required has bet is to gn,lily negletted by the
Noble 1.04, that, us confeqttenct isi an omifficm of
his, a g• eon public delincrent, Mr. Afktt, of the
Bane, had been hollered to elegy. This be did not
now date fur she firti time. He had lrimfelf publicly
complained in Parliament again!. the Noble Load
for 1.6 imps /per tondo& in this particular ; bat Pat-
n.t only ,:id not think him deferving of gen.
f ire, bur even paled an Aft. liberating lion from any
refpurilibolisy in time coming. He complained. alto,
that timing she esilletce of she peefeni Minittry, an
AA had been patted, antherifing this lame Lord
Mensal/ to hold two • See-, the fair and due execs-
-11..11 of which were incompatible with each other.—
Ile had been authothed to hold the office of Fit II
.Lord of the 'fleafuty, while, at the fame time. lie
c' ntlnued to retain the mote lucrative Rewire of
Auditor of hie uwa Accounts. There wens tome of
we particulars which he c. uld have Hated ; many
I It I, h. we eer. equally goitrous. remained behind.
in this one family there WAS CihibileJ wok,
la-
vilh, unbecoming and ionneceffery so expenditure and
walk it the /unit Money. as is the relent exhault-1

ea, and almoh ruined Rate of the dignity, called for
suvelligation and miters. lithe loans, fo improperly
lavithed on this individual family could be recalled ;
if the farther paymenti of fuck difgraceful Denham
were to be di:Continued ; and if to there were to be
added the interea of the variiins fums of which _the
labouring part -of the community were fo fcandalundy
robbed, not only would confiderable alleviation, of
our butthens be immediately felt, but • fund would
be capable of being ellablifhed for producing a Rill
more effeanal and 4eedy diminution of thole web
which bear In heavy on the country. After again
thanking the Freeholders for their independent fup-
port, the Worthy Baronet retired, amida the univer-
fal acclamations of the perfons of every deferiptioni
upon and in front of the Luilings.
Mr. Mistiest begged leave to thank the Eleflors
for the additional honour they had done Lim this day.
The fpeeches of the Worthy Baronet were fo extra-
, ordinary, it was very difficult to underhand them.
From this moment another word which Mr. Mel
UM uttered could not be heard, in confequence of the
billing and hooting which affailed him at every hand.
The Meeting then adjourned.

wtsTbliNsTlirt. NOV. 19. • •:..
Tlita1111•Tt011 OF VII 101.41. •
Nrahing could check or 'reprefs the curiolit7 of the
Public this day, in order to 'afetrialn'oll which for.
tunate Candidates the choice of the Elate*, of WO
mintier would fie. 'l'he inceffant rain otatdefpoled,
the prod wad difregarded, and the lowering afpeel of
the weather in 'general was fee at nought. At an
early hour in the forenoon, a number oithe intrepid,
dames of Wefitninflet braved the wind and rain, and
with Afoot/ Amazonian fortitude, took poffetion of
the various.feaffc Idt in front of the Hollings, Atte
they remained without &netting till three o'clock, the
.poll in the mean time going on pretty frnartly, and
enlivened oceafionally by the (bouts or bilks of the'
friends of the refpettiie 'Candidate', as the voters
pulled for either. A few minutes before three, Mr.
Sheridan cone forward, ond briefly addreffed his
friends, thanking them molt lnwely for their sea-
loos exertions in his behalf, by which his Majority
waa now decifively above Mr. Paoli'. numbers.
Preeifely at three the Poll finally clolid, 'and very
(non after, Mr. Wilfon, the Crier,.made proclama-
(ion in the name of Arthur Morris, Efq. the High
Bailiff, declaring Sir Samuel Hood, K. B. and the
Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, duly eletted as Mem-
bers to terve in Parliament for the City of Weft-
" Miler. Mr. Paull, we underliand, on this, di-
esel), demanded a fcrutiny of Mr. Sheridan's and
his own votes; which the High Bailiff refuted. The
mob ioflantly, and according to ancient cuflom, at-
tacked, demoli(hed, and run away with the 'Jottings
info fummary a manner, that the High Bailiff's al-
liflants had not an opportunity of caning up the
numbers for each Candidate. In Ore entitle of the
evening, however, the following Hate of the poll at
its final clofe came out :
For gar S. Mood . 347$
Mr Sheridan - 4718
Mr Paull -443 g
Leavirg Mr.: beriJan a majority over Mr. Paull
of 277.-4 M of the 4481 polled for Mr. PAWL
3077 have been plumper' ; of Mr. Sheridan's 4758,
Ito. plt wipers were 955; and of Sir Samuel Hood's
5478, the pi:snipers were 1033.
Sir S. Hood and Mr. Sheridan were conduced.
by their friends, and placed in a newly invented
C trrusge. It was about twelve feet in length, with a
gallery around. The King's Arms, with trophies.
were painted upon the bark, with the words' George
Rel.' A platform was railed at the upper end of it,
in which were placed two chairs fur the twa fucceil
tut candidates. They were coveted with crimfon
velvet, tichly gilt. The carriage was drawn by fix
forces, decorated with orange and blue ribbons ;
each hotfe was led by a man at his head.
The carriage was nverfhadowed with lofty laurel
branches, in form of a curved arch, riling from be-
hind. The rob, however, was by this time lo heavy,
and the laurels fo wet, that large drops fell on both
the Candidates, to their great apparent annoyance
*ad (Wean:figure. The machine was elegantly ador n-
od with the !ribbons of the two newly ekBed Mem-
bers, and the proceflion let out from the end of
Hew ietta-tlreet, eallward, in the following order :
A fall band of Marrowbones and Cleavers
QOM men m horftbak, friend. of the Members, two and two,
their barges forehead, ftuddsd with broad cockades, oaf
the bridles tancrully Occorated ulth ribbons.
A ftroug dctacbment of !tailors, dreffed in gibbous of the
Members.
Marrowbones and Cleavers.
Statkdard bearers. with Llags, " Hood an.! the Navy," and
Sherid it and the Comlitution "
The X. w Members in the Machine Ix fore Ot feribe.!. accompankd
by Lord narryniore, Lard W. Rufli'l. Mr. Whithread,
Mr .1' Moore, M r. r.abtriden, and 041,e%. els. Is nun .
Bulls of Nelfou and Fuz,coversd with Lords.
Conftables on each fide.
Standards as before.
A long train of private Carriages brought up the rear.
There was Come delay in arranging the order of
the protelTion.occati,med principally by the iromen(e
protium of the ctowd. The windows, nay the tops
of the hooka, were crowded by fpeEtators. The pro-
celficui turned our of Great Ruffsll.llreet, don't'
Brytlgcs greet sod Catheriee-fireet tp the Stran4
wheeled to the right, proceeded to Clawing Crofs, fo'
Ithe front. of 11,e -Admiralty. where the welkin aphi
rung with the applaufe of the crowd. by this time
much fwelleJ Sy great.Occelbno of numbers.
Mr. Sheridan gave the (isnot for the terve' cheers.
The firli was given at Carkon-houik : a guars ref wine
' was handed to him, when be proclaimed the Prince's
health, &c he. Not at Lady le-uila Manuerars,
where Mrs. T. Sheridan was, three cheers to Lady
LI-mita, her lovely daughters, the Dodges of St. Al•
ban's and 4...ady Heathente, and the Female Patriots
of England. Neat the Marquis of Buckingham.—
Lind Grenville then followed. Oppotite the New
Ordnance Office, late the Union Clob-houfe, the
Earl of Moira saddle Ordnance (loud fhnuts). This
'Ores fucceeded by a halt hefote St. James's Palace,
where 0 God Cava the King," was played by the
hand. and choruffed by the forrounding multitude.
Previous to the paraffin proceeding, that were
three cheers given to the Duke of Bedford and the
Noble Houle of Ruffen. The nest halt, et the hot.
' tom of St. Jame:, Place. cheered for End Spencer.
' The colon. now preceded die immenfe multitode,
to the "ream gat. of Devonfltrit Houk ; but pre-
vious to their entry, three cheers were given, at the
bottom of Stratton.flreet, to Vilinont Howick. At
I, the top of tho.ffight of Ilep', the Noble Duke receiv-
i eil the palsiotit cavalcade. Three times three for the

Dubs of Devemain, ea* MO ilpsitereavis.
dilh, I olloued by acels.lolllllo that mot the sir.-4-
The lafl halt was at the bottoiadDover-trect, where
Mr. Whitbread lives.
The procelkos sow proceeded to the Thatched
Houle, St. James's-fir/et. where a dinner for a party
of particular friends of both Members bed been or
dered.
Mr. Paint.. after demanding a fcrutiny, as we
hive before Rated, repaired to Hudfon's Hotel, fol-
lowed by the people in great numbers. He prefently
fhewed himfelf at one of the windows, and addrefTed
them. He expreffed his fineere gratitude to them for
their independent, generous, and unbisfred fupporr.
He frid he had experienced a partial defeat through
trick and undue influence, which he was much afraid
had been exelcifed over tha High Bailiff, though that
officer was a moil re(peaslde said honourable 111741/......•
When he liteuld have made the nccettsry enquiry, he
fhould inflitutc dm& proceeding' it became hies an 4
his eaufe to adopt, which was a petition to the Houle
ofContraoos, upon the nseetiog of Parliament, againit
the return of Mr. Sheridan, upon thefit end tuber",
grouncts, which be was confident be Ihould fully pi ove.
Mr. .P • 1,1 1.4, secoenpanie4 by three gentlemen, then'
entered his landau, and ware dragged to the Crown
'and Anchor by the populace, where be, with A seq
numcruus party. dined.
MR. PMILL% AND ela D. BURDISTI'S DINNER.

Yeflerday Mr. PAULL and Sir Fiume's &mover,
with feveral of their Friends, dined at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern. After dinner, the health of,'
" Melting" was drank. Nest —Tha virluoul Lingorri
of Wehotinfirr,"—three times three.
Major Caarwit tour, who was•in the Chair, then
gave—" The health of Mr. Paull,"—which mil /rank
with three times three, and loud hbzsas.
Mr. Pauca. then rote, and addreffed the company
in a fptech of tome length ;he went over f I
of the topics, which he had urged on former occa•
fious, at the Hollings ; loch as the frandtileht and
fcandalous means adopted by his adverfaries to gain
a majority over him ; but he hoped hereafter to be
able to bring all thefe infamous (cents to light; and
of the ultimate fucccfs of himfelf he had no rotte-
ner of doebt whatever. It ass his intention on that
day to have demanded a firotiny of the High Bailiff,
but he have
fuch a ferutiny as ire required could not
be completed within the time when that Officer mull
return the writ, and therefore he thought it better to
make bis complaint by petition to the Hook of
Commons, when Parliament fhoold meet. That Rep
he was reared on, he intended to demand a SCftl•
tiny, and he had no doubt of joiltee being done him.
He intended to have flitted his intention tbat day,
and lhould have done Cu at the Hollings, were it not
for the difgraceful feene which sock place, (caufed
no doubt by his adverfaries), of the populace having
attacked the place to pull it to pieces, before the hu-
finelit was aerially fittilhed: He obferved, that in
this flruggle of his for preferving the liberty and
independence of the Eleflurs of Wellminfler, he had
incurred great and enormous 'silences; and he hoped
that the people, if they wifhed to be independent,
would enable him to proceed in this comet}, by com
tributing to the expences he (hould incur.—(41-
Amin )—His fortune was not large ; and no indiv
dual's fortune was fufficient to contend againit loch
a powerful combination as he had to oppofe. It
• was a quellion which concerned the public at
large, and not himfelf as an individual. After force
other obfervations, Mr. Paoli (aid, he thought it
neceffary to fay fornehing concerning an expteffion
ufed by him on a former occafion, which Tome of the
Papers had fince frequently dwelt upon. He had, in
declaring his attachment to Sir Francis Burdett, laid,
that he would follow him even to the !enfold. A mi/Ilt
improper and tulle conftruetion had been put upon
this. He never could be luppofed, in laying Co, to
entertain any notions hollile to the Conftitution of
hi, country. His reafon for cling the exprelton was
a rumour which went abroad, that it was the inten.
Lion of Minifiers to fufpend the Haled, Corpse. AEI, in
order to adopt tome fitting meafures againfl thel
liberty of the people ; and a determination on the part
of himfelf and his ft iends, to refill, either in or out of
Parliament, In tyrannical a meafure, even fhould it
c• 11 them their lives. Under loch circumtlances, if
the life of the Baronet was to be unjultly taken awny
for his Oruggle in fo glorious a cause, he (Mr. Paull)
' would be a partaker of his danger, and be ready to
nrunt the fame ladder, and buffer death along wi'h
hum.—(f einflbeter of a/pickle !)—Affer various other
obicrvations, Mr. Paull gave the following wall :
o The Fleeces of Liverpool who exonerated hear CI PM!.
the celebrated Rafe*, on whok Earthen Banner was lofcrikt/v.
" N. S T rack ,"--s fpkodid proof that among Enntilhme•
Reformation la favour of Liberty, whatever be the prejudices sad
fell interrft by which opprelGon may have been upheld, will fishy
troumpb, fo long as our counte7 fhall furnio, champions of ado.
tdi tied chars/or and true wikkan."
'nth was drank with enthufialin.
Major Caarwatoor propefed certain Rel•lu:inosi
which were agreed to. Some of them went to point
out the place where Mr. Paull's Friends were to fend
information as to bad votes given for Mr. Sheridan.
He alto iimpreffed upon the meeting the neceffity of
a Subfeription being railed ; not fo much fdr the fake
M Mr. Paull, as for the fupport of their Own rights
And independence.
Mr. Patna. raid, the idea of a fubfeription did
use originate with him; but as his fortune was not
(efficient to bear the expences of a (crudity, be would
gladly accept of fuch af llance.
gle following toaß was alto given—
• air FIAKCIS Duseeri—whom Knaves bate, and Heeta
Men WlMASA"...ikasi soilb 1,, Omer el. to.

7 Sir FILINCIS Bvausrr iiturned—thanks in a few
words, and gate as a mall—
.. Our milliard brethren, the lUlltn People of the Cautluent ."

Whole unhappy condign° Proves, that in 'a
Mercenary Stending
Army, fupported by Taxes extorted front the People to pay them,
and which is the bane& defence upon right prineipka, neither Na-
tions net' Thrones can find arty proteCtion."
This tuall—" Defence upon right Principles," was
alfo drank.
Mr. CLIFFORD rote to give a torta ; but Sri! he
(herald call their attention to force eireumflances that
belonged to it, and oblerved, that for many years
Mrs Sheridan had been re.urned Member for Staf-
foid. It had alwqs been the pride of the Eledors of
that town, to return a Gentleman who had to long
and fo ably fought againft con uption. But their minds
were very snitch changed of late as to the condua of
Mr. Sheridan himfelf. Some time before the Eledion,
Mr. Thomas Sheridan, his fon, went thither, and had
the bells rung to call a Meeting of the Corporation,
, to town thanks to his father.Whea the timing took

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a perfon to re found to make the motion. After.
wards, when the Elation came on, Mr. Sberidan aad
hie friends amide iequiry concerning the circles.
fiances of Mr. Mantel Phillips, oast of the Casa
dates. They found that a friend of that Gentleman
owed a bill of 3001 to a Tailor, and was is danger of
being reduced to great difficulty, and that Me. Phillips
had pallid his word for the payment of it, and fared
his friend from a gaol. Mr. Phillips being thus rei
ponfible foe the money, they caufed a writ to be fent
from London, and had Mr. Phillips rarefied upon it.
The writ was brought down by Major Dowries, the
Patent Coffin maker, and cemented, and a Mr. per.
gets, Domenic Attorney to Mr. Sheridan, was she
Agent for carrying it into effect. Mr. Phillip how.
ever, was bailed by foie of his Friends. Still the
Party of Sheridan found out another demand againft
him, and cavfed'hins to be strolled at the fait of Mr.
Harvey Combs, the Slower, for soak for beer Fey
nillsed to a poor publican, for whosialfo Mr. Phillips
had humanely palled hir word. and Mr. Cocker, an
intimate Friend of Mr. Sheridan, and an Attorney
of the Whig Club, was the Agent employed on that
occafton. This Mr. Clifford cor.fidered a prat ice
the omit dangerous that could poffibly take place to
the Liberties u( the People. and this Rights ciEtes•
don. It might be (aid that all this was done-by the
Agents or Fr iends of Mr. Sheridan, without his know.
ledge t but he .null have bad a (efficient power and
controuloaer them,andhe mull be refponfible for their
ads. tiotseithaandieg all tbek attempts, the Party'
isf Sheridan was unable to fuccced—the voters, rat
Stafford were no more than 60-6, and out of there Mr.
Thomas Sheridan bad 165. He concluded by pro.
poling as a toatt,
" The Independent TV dors of &Aka*"
which was draot with three times three. _

Major CA•TWRIGHT then gave as a toad,
• The Farbogers of kftststicfes. who Ind throw %Jar loikpeas
s• dear by Voting for Sir Francis Minket."
This was drank alto with three times three.
The health of Mr. Cobbett being drank,
Mr Co , after returning thanks, adverted to
the letter of Mr. Stevenfon, which had appeared he
The 4Vvritiog dironde, in anfwer to the fiatement
which he (Mr. Cobbett) had made. He had *steel
that Mr. Sheridan bad, on the huffing., called the
Doke of Northumberland " an old cripple, and a
dotard." This had been told in two papers only, the
Pen hairial totally fuppreffed the Hatement. Mr.
Shea idea, however, had not denied this fad, and this,
therefore, they might confider as confirmed. The
other fa& was, that the Duke of Northumberland had
mitten a letter to the Churchwardens of the patiLk
Of &. Margaret's and St. John's, Rating in fubttaeree,
Slat he had no objellion to his fan's flandiag with
any hooch man, bat that he could not allow him to
Rand with loch a perfon as Mr. S. It appeared now
that the letter was not written to the Churchwardens,
Sat to a perfon eontiefted with the parifbas. That,
however, was a mailer of little confequence. Mr.
Stevenfon, the Veßry Clef k, (aid, that it was not true
that any thing was fide% that letter relative to the
Treafilrer of t& Nov. He had mentinneJ Mr. Sheri-
an, and Mr. Sheridan was the Trealurer of the Newt
—ln that this was nothing better than one of the
Jefuitieal Hicks for which the Sheridan, were re-
inaikable. When he made the flatement he had
forgot that he was, at the time when Mr. Stevenfon
reed the minute of the letter, accompanied by Mr.
Clarke, who was now in the room, and on whom be
called en fay what he knew of the matter.
Mr. tutees then rote and Paid, that what be was
sow shoat to date, might be afterwards founded in
his errs, but he would declare the truth. Mr. Cob-
bett had Rated the fubßanee, and alma the very
words of the letter in quenion.
Mr. Cobol?? in continuation Paid, that he hoped
they would now believe that what he had Dared was
correft. But in addition to thi, he had the authority
of Mr. Potter, the chief Churchwarden, who had de=
elated that the NA was elltaly as reported. He denied
that the communication was confidential, as be had
alked Mr. Stevenfon whether :t might be mentioned,
and he had laid that the Duke of Northumberland had
allowed it to be told to any whom it might concern.
This affertion of the communicat ion being confidential,
was the lilt refource of the Sheridans, and inc of their
tricks. With regard to Mr. Paull's advertilement in
the Morale Chronicle, lie had fallen into a milteke,
from the eircumllance of having taken the receipt of
the Morniq PV, which had charged eight guinea', for
that of the Moraing Chronicle. It had been brought as
a charge :spiral Gift, that he bad laid that what was
called the liberty of the prefs lhould be deltroyed.--
The Morning Papers were decidedly againfl them, In
only one had the letter of Major Cart wright, in at-
leer to Mr. Whitbread. appeared, though it had been
fent to them all. The IMO ?rife (he believed there
wawa paper of that name) had charged ten guineas for
infesting it. Wash wonderful, then, if be had laid,
that what they called the liberty of the prefs fhould
be deßroyed l He then adverted to the exprellon of
Mr. 'l'. Sheridan, who had- Paid, that he was not
fore whether be would give Mr. Paull Come confider-
ation in fociety, by kickirg him out of it. What
pretentious this Mr. T. Sheridan bad, to any thing
that was refpeft able or good, he was at a lots to
knows he had never heard of him but as a Gambler
and a Bond-tireet Lounger, till about twelve months
ago, when he got fume appointment about the Prince
of Wales's Regiment, and all at one., without any
knowledge, as far as was known, of military taffies,
became an Aid de Camp tea that moll fenfible and
valorous man, Lord Moira. But as the talents
of the Sheridan, were wonderfully verfatile, Mu.
Thomas Sheridan not finding the fword fu profitabls.
au affair as he willed for, he threw it down and tool/
up the pen. He became Muller Mailer, and began
to put down gobs a Aoher, and then a dulls—and then
job§ altike—an employment that ought to have been
given to Tome veteran worn out in the fervice of his
country, and for this he bad zoool. a yen_ front the
taxes. The Sheridan. were a fort of State paupers
—you mull keep them, and it figniged little AS to the
manner. Like the durdy vagabond, who infified that
he mould be maintained, or that be fltould Come on
the parilb, the Sheridan. mug have placer, or they
mutt be maintained by penfions. They had been
comparetto leeches, and every creature remarkable
for lucking blood. For his part he would rather com-
pare them with the foreft fiy, which fought refuge
in the nnftril, in the mouth, is the eye, and in fhorr,
there was no part fo foul as to be prorated from its
e het oachments—(a rear ipasehier dad ajllanfe). He
had laid this as their attacks were levelled at their

II

bad. een knelled at bindelL • .
baildn.'‘enivroen and Major CARTWRIGHT !pellet
nem the Hate of the Middlefct Eledion, and dwelt
dpseithe swan, of making gent ennions, (new
*GAM WAIIIIIIitaIif Elation was over) in fawn*
of Sir Francis Borden, who might Rill gain his 40
dad a ainft Mr. Byugs!t - • It. L• ~,
ns Ma or Caen-erne/A health was thetfavank, nut
dist, areas, after returning theakei,dalled flie
ntalnglost of the company to a plan of Arilitny de.,
freusworbidi-ke-had pobliflsed ; the plan 'of trrhkh had
id ta.grase part been tided upon by Mr. Addington's
Akbpiallintfing, than which there was no ether et
foritetalmnams of defending a country, and which,
bad.lt Awes adopted on the Continent, the Armies of
Napoleon might as well have attempted to leak the
Moon.at to conquer the Kingdom of Pruffia.
.:Mr. Penn. makle a (bort ipeech, 'and llien retired
end M loud applaufes I after which, a Banned with
NO name in lessen• of gold, was difplayed in chi
Room, while thellandplayed 41 Rule, Britonsie," and
" Coo SOW iki AtiHf."
Mr. Cognate. took °maim again to addtefs the
meeting. He ...binned, that among the reflations
thrown ant againft his friend Mr. Paull, was that of his
being the fon of a Tailor. Thee* appeared to be an
mutecountable propenfiry in one daft of people so
reproach othete with the meannifs of their origin,
without ever looking batk to their own. Whofe
fon was Mr. Sheridan t The fon of a flrolling Stage.
player, one of thole who, by the good laws of Eng-
land, were denominated Vagabonds I.Now the Tailors
formed one of the mon ancient and refpedaltle Cot- i
potations in the City of London—(the Merchants
Tailors' Company).—The belt of our Kings, thofe'
who fought and conquered the French, were mem-
bers of it ; but nobody ever heard that any of them
were members of the Car ratios of Vagabonds,
called Players—Variant semi oflarghter.)—lt was
not until modern woes, at the Princes of this
Country kept company with Playas and Mink,—
(Clapping ross I iboutiac) But the diftindion which
tbefe Ariflecratic Gentlemen drew between different
trades was very curious. Of the two perfons who
propaed and feconded Mr. Paull on the Huflings,
one sre is called, in a flippant Paper, tke Gilman, and
another the Featberwass. He fuppofed that, whenever
he (Mt. Cobbett) went into the cowry, they ought
to call him a, Ploughman. Sir Samuel Hood war
propofed on the Hulling, by Lord William Ruffen,
and feconded by a perfon who. was an Undertaker.
Ira other voids, he was propofed by the. Plots Avatar.
and feclnded by the Death Assurer. (Lad Laughter )
It was a common refloflion with the Ariflocracy
to fay, that fuels nud loch men forting from mean
origin ion, • wealth nod importance, and then they
negleiled their diereffed relatives. But what
did they thenefelres do ? Did they oat call away
their neneft relations from them I Did not the
eldeft Cons take the whole of thofe Oates which
BscittLi be emsallr divided among all the children,
and drive their brothers and fillers into poverty
Or, by means of corruption and frattd, eaufed them
to be provided for out of the public mules by getting
sines and peofsons for them ? He would mention one
indance c—the yosingelt daughter of the Earl of Us
kridige was now in the receipt of apuifion of 01. a
year from the public pone. Why then Ibould the
Ariflocracy reproach men with the meannefs of their
origin, and with their trades ? Mr. Hewlin was a
fewhermau, Mr. Gibbons an oilman, and Mr. Whit.
bread, one of thefe important 'Unlacing, was a brewer
—and fo was Mr. Harvey Coombe. Theta Atilt°.
crats threat the fill none, and it was fair that it fhould
be returned.—The Company then retired.
MR. SHERIDAN'S AND SIR S. HOOD'S DINNER.
Yellerday, their, joint friends dined together at
Willies. Lord WILLIAM Ru s. took the Chair.
The tnaßs were—
. The Klux—The Queen, and the tell of the Royal Family.
The Prince of Warn.
The Immortal Memory of Mr Fos.
The Ceded' Freedom all over the World.
The Free and Independent Medlars of Weftesinfter.
I..nr•! WILLIAM R using then gave
Tbe Health of Mr. Sheridan and Sir S Hood—with tkow.
.navel-three.—(zaterata Paso.)
' Mr. SHIRMIAII role to return thanks, and apolo.
gifed for doing fo in a very few words. He had little
pew to offer, for his principles, he trufledt were not
*new In that meeting, neither, he hoped, did they
Band in need of explanation, or apology. Indeed,
when he (poke of his principles or his feelings, he mull
need-261y fall into repetition. Whatever were the
frailties of his nature (and he was free to c-rdefs
they were many,i yet he ventured to believe he was
' free from one, e fouleft indeed of all, ingratitude.
.He had experienced Inch a fupport, and fuck a zeal
Of affeftion from his friends in this conten, which no
power of expreffion on his part could' attempt to re-
'pay. Not only did they not (pare their labours
and their exertions in his caufe, bet he verily
'believed they were ready to flied their blood in
vindication of' it. But he had not the vanity to call
it his caufc. The great and powerful motives which
animated them was not what individually concetned
him or Sir S. Hood. bin the maintenance of the
Throne and the Conflitution, which if their cattle had
failed, would he threatened with an ovetthrow. In
thanking th .fe friends itf rank and hitch who had fo
confpiconufly flood forward in his fuppmt, he mull
silo mention thofe naval officers, the friends of the
;gallant Commodore near him, oho, after a (hors on-
'happy mifunderflanding had been explained away,
. had fo ftrenuoutly exerted themfelves in his favour.
.Theft exertions entitled them to his eternal gratitude.
He had always been the devoted friend and se:slitter
of the Britilli Navy ; and to them was the canary
chiefly to look for the defence t.f all the bleffings
which we hold moll dear with confidence and grati-
tude. As to his i pponent, Mr. Paull, lie hoped the
meting would give him credit for fume tulle and
gond fenfe, if he refrained from laying any thing of
that Gentleman. If he diJ, it Ilvolld only he a part-
ing word. He was abed a little ago, wily lie had not
publifhed before to day the folfome pariet4yric pro-
nounced upon him by Mr. Paull? The rtafon was, he
was alhamed of fueh raife, and indignant at the
idea of giving currency to the libels it contained
upon the houfe of Percy. Mr. Paoll's declaration
of the Goth of September contained the grafted in.
ruin to the Duke of Northumberland; it expreffed
his indignation that Lord Percy fhould prefume to
virile into, competition with me; yet, while he had
A the audacity thus to difperage the pretenfinns of Earl
I Peicy, hebas had dm mWly to think hisnfelf worthy

LONDON.

THURSDAY. NOYEMBIRso.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONEO'CLOCK
Cordols, for morey,6ifi--for Now. 61/ —Doinium 414.
Exchequer bulb, par 10 pi. prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

Bask &set stell India Bonds 411.51.pftes.
3 per Cent. Red Ann. 64 6.7. i `lmp 3 per Cant f9+
3 per Cent. Coal. 64: e Farb. Hilts. lOW as. pr.
4 per Cent. 79:11 (intniuns 4}4 prem.
3 per Cent. Navy 901 EnglAlt Tickets •-•
Lung Ann 17 7-16 Cori, for atc.litii

The CHAIGIR 'gtio brig is arrived at Torbay from
Bengal, which the left the 4th July lin : on her palrage
the touched at the Cape of Good Hope. from whence
the failed for England on the aBtb ..,f September.—
Her difpatchet are expeEled to be at the Eati India
Houle in the cootie of the night.

Lieutenant• Colonel MACI;ONALD, and Doior
IAtCHIN, Phylician to the Forces, and His Ma•
Fifcal General at the Cape, arrived from the
Cape in the Meteor tranfport. She had but two
months paiage. The force fent from the Cape to the
River Plata, confined of four troops of the roth dra•
goons ; the 38th regiment ; the 471 h, which had re-
cently arrived frcm England { two companies of the
54th, and a detachment of artillery. •I•his torce vat
not difpatched to reinforce Bligadier General Be.
LISFORD immediately : it was in the fiill inftence to
attack Monte Video, which was expeded to be an
eafy congtiell ; and having accomplifhed that fervice,
to proceed, it was 1-Uppored, to Buenos Ayres.

The report is eircaiated of a battle having been
fought between the French and combined Pruffiets
and Raffia's army, but few are inclined to give it

any credit.

Another report has got into circulation, which is

*se obi 104 1440.
1114414iiiik , .
swag& , i• 1 .: a • •• .
d JellalliWallowed io balers ealllftiwtd %iv •b M. it ar-
Weetafterday from Lillincthat the Spanifh Go.
.• -
,11110cnt is indefatigable 'in its endeavours to in,
In* the military force. The requifitions which
as have before mentioned, are exalted with an ear•
wanes and rigour which indicate that the Court
either apprehends, or i 4 preparing for fome great
mien. The capre of Saxons Aytes was known at
Madrid, but it did not produce that fenlation there
which might have been expelled. The Spaniards,
confoled thensfelves vtith the idea that the transfer
of the Colony was only a temporary alienation, and
that it w,,uld be reload whenever peace &mild be
re eftablifked.

The letter. from Gibraltar by this occafion con-
tain Come unpleafing intelligence refpetling the ex
pedition which failed from Plymouth on the 24th
of September, under convoy of Sir Jotra Duce
ROIRTN, in the RATAL GInItGE, and which wasgene-
Aappyrca to be deflined for Sicily. The con.
coy waartaafortunste enough to encounter feveral
violets* 'gales of wind, by which the tranfports, and
revere, merchant Tads that failed in company,
were difperfetf, and Come of the latter fell into pot
fel:Gon of the enemy. The firft gale happened on the
I3d of Otiober, a few day after leaving port. When
the weather abated, the whole of the Chips were not
enabled to join. On the 13th they experienced a
Rill more dreadful aorta, during which the troops
fuffered much from (lanes. The Swift and federal
other velfels parted convoy on this occafion, and the
former was loon after captured by a Spanifh privateer,
and carried into Algefiras on the r Bth. Another veffel
was taken into the fame port the following days and
it is feared that others, of the fleet have 'bared the
fame fate. A letter of the acth of 041ober, from
Gibraltar, mentions, that fhme firaggling veffels
belonging to the convoy had reached that place,
and gave a very unfavourable account cf their com.
panions, and the tremendous weather they had met
with. Among the firagglers arrived at Gibraltar
were fome tranfports, having a number of the Guarc's
on board.
By a veffel that left Gibraltar on the 19th of
Oflober, we learn, that the bulk of the fleet was at
the month of the Gut on the 3oth. It was expelled,
that the troops would be landed at Gibraltar, for the
put-pole of giving them an opportunity of recruiting
their health.

Yellerday at twelve o'clock, his &fitssrr came
to town, for the fira time thefe three weeks. At two
o'clock his MAIISTY held a private Levee at the
Qeen'e Palace, which was atteaded by
. -

The Lord Chancellor.
The Lord Prefident of the Council.

The Lord Privy Seal
The Firtl Lord of the Trrafury.
The Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Hogue Dep art
cents.
The Hit Lord of the Admiralty.
The Mailer General of the Ordnance.
The Lord Chamberiain.
The Marquis of Douglas.
Loirds-.Hutchinfon wati
Anftruther, W. Freer, and J Maid.
General Harcourt. Mg Fairetener. and the Recorder of Loathes.
The following bed the honour of being profaned
his IsisissTv :
Lord HOT.CIIINSON. by tlifeaant Howiek, upon his being an-
ointed to a million to the head quarters of the Prufftan Army.
Sir Witttaai Faas 111, by Earl Spencer. upon his being created
Baronet.

_
The Marquis of Doocuts. by Weever Howlett, upon hi■
brine created an Filial Peer, by the ink of Baron Dutton. The
Noble Marquis Hkewife took leave of Ms Majay, previous to
retailed upon his Etta:ally to Rtida.
Sir JAM Its SilliALD, by Earl Spencer, •pea big bring created •
&Met.

After the Levee, his kfayarry hell a Privy Coun-
cil. at which Sir Jaw., As lITI VTIf tit MU introduced
and (worn in a Member, and took his feat at the
Board accordingly.
The Recorder of London attended the Council,
and made the following teport of the convias capi-
tally convißed at the two halt &l 1 ous at the Oki
Bailey :
Hannah Warty. for Realtor roods privately ha a atop.
Hawkins, far a highway robbery.
John Gore. Mantua Carter, and Joan O'Doncl, for dealing bank
notes In a dwelling !mac..

Flisaketli Lloyd, for burglary.
Samuel 'Wilton, for a like offence.
Mary Wootton. for tinhorn in a dwelling houfe.
Mary Ballard, for a like offence.
Robe, t Harrlfon, alias Broom, for a like offence.
Jane Raw,. alias Holden, for uttering countcrieit coin.
bavid Drew. for bode fleeting.
Alexander M•Yensia, Jakob Weftwood, and Charles Languls,
for forgery.

Joh; ll:tuley, alias Howell, and John Heaney, for returning
from trinfportation.
Janus Vaughan, and Jofeph Knight, for taking • falfe oath to
obtain letters of a4mlotfiration to receive certain pay and prize
money.

WsWarn Aflrew, for burglary.
Margaret R tee, for (leafing goods In a dwelling !weir.
liannalk Railtoo, and Mary Dalai, for Itialing goads privately is
a (bop.

Ann Clemente. for Reeling in a dwelling houre ; and
George Grearfon, for a WI e olknce.

When Charles Letaii Languis, Julepla Wellwond,
Alex. M'Kenzie, Julan Bealley, and Jarnes Vaughan,
were ordered for execution on Wednelday next, ti.:
26,h nt Niaventber.

'File others were refpited during pleafiire.
At (lie o'clnck his MA/ FiTY /et off for Windfor.
The Earl 01 Motaa, after attending his Mai FSTY,
yeflerdas, went to the Duke of Yoft IC. at his Office
in the Finite Guards, upon time military arrange-
ments. The Noble Earl, after dinner, fel off for

Yekiday, annther Meeting of C.nersl Officers
took place at the Commander in Chirt 's Office in
the Hnlfe Guard,, which t. 31 Attended by thous Royal
Hightlefrcs the Dukes of Yoe k NT, CA NI Mt IDG lo
&C. &C k.:,

Lord Kansan has lately been invetied by tt.e I.mrd
Lieutenant of Ireland, *ids the Nee Ribbon, recent
by the death Of Lad CidAPV)BI4I%

NAUTICAL INTELL !CENCI!.

MAIL% 1
Dul•

IS DAY.

All. a•t.
Dublin notter,hdlvh o
Watorani I s Hambursk • s
Labs(' f o

TOR3A4I, NOVVIIIIIII tS.
This afternoun artived the Hun. E.;tl India Crma-
pany's gun Wig Charger, Lientenstr Pots, Lt. toted
mander ; the !eft Bengal the 4111 July 1.411, hopped
at the Cape of Cood H upe, from stl.4.ch place the
['Ailed on the 18th of Sepember.