Star.
London, England, 1803-03-17 00:00:00

NOTTINGHAM ELECAN COMMITTEE.

The Chairman of this Committee having mule
hitreport to the linure of Commons, we feel our.
(elves at liberty to prefent our Readers with a briet
and grneral outline of the extraordinary occur.
rences which dillingtithed the la.e eleetion :

The King's writ having bten knot* Mr. Allan, tbc Sheffiff.
that Cnntlesion, in concert with Its advikes, appointed the
6th of July to prom d to the Exchange-ball, In order to ct tire
Iwo loco:Me ; he wait there at film m the morning, untitled
by Mr. Mandan, the Mayor, Mr. Enficid, his under Sheriff
and the friends of the candidates who were Intended to tie put
in nowsinatisan. The only candidates who appeared were. Sir
John &dare Warren, and Daniel Parker Coke, IN. and of
caw* both theft Gentlemen oonliskred thentfelvcs entitled to
be returned spun a Stew of hands; it was however thought
advgable to pan a few yam, merely to anrcz 1., the raven of
the writ. In the mean time, it had been Ts:mound about at
tem, that a Mr. Canben, Mr. tiara, and Mr. Kilburn had
gam in fora of a new candidate; and about halt an hour
before the Wangle commenced. it had been ohkeved, that a
chalk aed/our, with thole pagans In it, had driven into the
town. Mr. Sheri f Abe., while the rote., were taking, re-
peatedly procleimed. with • loud voice, " 0011kMell. it you
de eat prepare foam other candidate. I Mith Mk the pelt.
aot•reame Sir Pak. Wsma and Mr. Cabe." ln the leen.

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u.r•! '...• ,e.•ry nu:xis att..lopporlunr (77,:1; C. 477 ftnr• of
the this i, 1..11 ors, ,I t 7:11 the rekt
,in .':'tlilt a. pro! Lcath nth, h: :Li I St. the inrrkrt.
pro:tn:r..l:l lira, conshat,al t'y
Nfre i iti .it and he. colLiagi:•:s, extreni-ly avrrf: :
k-ttl,ty t,t Eh, :711•1";11 tri d,toty part cf
7 cristaitis, the L, nth he w•is ver,
...1 w. '1 h, 1.. at noon hug the
•. •n, aid :or an h 1,... rt,i—nd..t.,,:cy of
the wit ev:dently in f vq.a of :tit- John W.. en
and Y.:- Chia',i • .4 writ! I L..v cotl,.r.ett
10, but for th..fe svors oor will tag ti's,:
I vg to .'.. we molt troth hr City .1 It w..s
ma. 0:,:t unit the nt.ih war, to n r ..f Ir. Fire •
aid j 7 w.• 1.•, liry wet 1.7.,;71
ter: arcerd n a r-; .r handini
po..i-bootb, at, I 0mr.4.1 iiti ii. tip co. it, in
' wig it dif.tiscr in 'ar. tit "itt: nail"; 3 -:-
117e,..t.ty:y v•.ted.
thriiikly,r the tcl. at.ipht and, oteer•ing
a r tt,r:••l..r ,4 ini•b nano., ..1 ad the'e
iv. ii t,a voted f ...fr. C. ke.. 'I lei v .sold have been ern ue•
n,•..a• t tatoft float!, if the rrmanci.4l,iii iisr been arrtmdeit
with certain circuir.o..nct:,, prodtieive of no (mall of
inconvenience to thole who h d jolt t•ollrd for the utip.iirilar
The they perceive.! a r,ri,fl COM' tr me me
Ir nth, who had voted forMr they tY. daimt • . Coke
a Coke! Do fain! Inns! Damn ht.:: .
spencer him!' Theft: wards wart no fooner uttered, duo •hs
unfoitunate voter was letard by the mots, and in au it ttattit
the dirts of his coat were torn off truly to his wait. and
thrown up into the mr, amidlt rciterateid plaudits. was
nor :al; the vidtim was (Mown down on the ground, hit arms
and leg; pulled different ways, and be was kicked and beat till
he was adua lay fenfelrfs. Several perfons I terally experienced
this trtatinent, and particularly a gentleman of the name of
(.owe, who, after heingfpeneered (as it was technically called),
that Ls, had tile flaps of his coat eat off, was tided in a wanner
abfolutely barbarous and inhuman. One of the witreffes, who
(poke to the fad, after mentioning the various bridles he had
received in the dfferent parts of his hody, R red, that his thies
was kicked all to ;deers. It is non-- ,I*.ty to recapitulate the
names of the &Matot perfotis st 100 wet, thus I. "urcd, loin.: in a
greater, and lam., it, a Ids dc3r..c it to fay, that they
were eatremcly numerous, an.: v:ould have been much more
fo, but that many had the good fort tax, by Sight and Itratagema
I and by quitting the poll-booth in a body, to avoid the injuries
intended them by the populace. The fury of the moo did
not ftitp hoes they proceeded to tree. Mr. Coke, the relpedt-
blc Candidate who had rcprefentcd the town between twenty
and thirty year., with the molt Tit kt d i.,tdiminy and Infult.
One fellow fufpended an hempen halter from the top of the
booth, anether brought a halter into th, booth, and (hook it in
Mr. Coke's tare, accompanying the inforent adt with the molt
opprobrious expreffinns. But words wend geltures were net
the whole of what Mr. Coke had to fubmit to; In his way
to and from the booth be was affaulted by the mob; and
on one occafion appeared on the bulling* with the blood
Ilreaming down Lis face, in confe‘uenee of a violent blow front
a Itonc. It was at bit the evident intention of the populace to
have dellroyed him, bad he not fortunately made Ms efcape
into the houfe of a friend. Even here he would not have been
Rowe, had not the military been fast for, to e(cort bins to his
inn. He threw Model( into the armour Major Teeldale, who
difperfed the mob with bb troops, and thus fared Mr. Cokes
life. It was finally the doterminadon of his friends, that with-
out =damming his setenal fafety, he could Do longer remain
In the town ; and atcerdlagy he was obliged to retire. There
were other leer= of not. WM= Lion inn, In which Mr.
Coke's Committee firs was attacked by a body of two et 300
of the populace. They um paved the area, is ceder to aired
the hook with Rona, which they threw at random, apparently
relished to exterminate every individual In it. The erste for
Mr. Coke, who were in a room eitpoted to the populace, coli-
leaed their papers and retired to an opper bed-chamber and
throwing thantelves along the door, between the bed and tMt
wall adjdining the window, the feather-bed over them,
and remained ht that a nt lituadoo foe upwards of bolt
an havar.every moment =pain, to be put to death by the is-
brined rabble. They were at length redeved by the dirt:barge
of fire-arms, whieh happily they found bad been nfed by
,the
landlord and his friends in rep ling the Wallas=
The military at that inflow poured into the town, and feat.
tried the mob In all diredkions : all =de (canes of dot, tumult,
and bloodfbed itappeoed In the immediate pretence of Mr. Al,
tan the Sheriff, Mr. Davit= the Mayor, Mr. Collude tits
Town Clerk, Mefrs. Oldknow, the Aldermen, and mat tut
the Magill:aces of the Corporation, who witltthe ondterinif-
nal fepinaarfs adopted no ob. ellleie;tt anisfare to cheek es sre-
vent them. It appeared the* once or twice, daring the aka.
dons the poll booth was eland, at which time the votes no
in favour of Mr. Coke. The mob, however, Do Sneer hood
their favourite candidate was loan ground, than the leader of
them forced his wry Mee the booth and exclaimed, s 0 path
no, Birth, tame ervyas 731 wow d♦• You wW loft
your elc,filoo !We mud moan!' Accordingly tbey did mount
the booth, and returned to their °Wyk= of pulp ng out Mr,
Coke's voters, aiouting out, " There be gees! a Ciskei the*
fellow In Meek ! That fat man ! Damn Min, do him ! dub
him ! Spencer him r The Igoe! rum* tower made,
it was obeyed, and the *btu of the voters' coots were a=
off, and thrown op Into the the Saturday after
the poU commenced. Mr. libel arrived at Nottingham nom
Live pool ; his pretenlises were immediately fopported by
• the Mayor and the *erne Tints tlte whole election woe In
the hands of 'he mob, sod as Mr. Coke% voters were prevented
from exercifing their franehifes, Mr. Birch was foes at the
h -ad of the poll. It is, however, but joilict to by, that as far
at refpedted the perfeend °ended of Mr. Birch, none of the en.
relies that difgraeed thb deaf= Wen attributable to him; cm
the contrary, whatever Intervals of pace and y they.
were, were owing to bin aterdens and influence. dutch was the
general fear of the cafe, as laid before the Committee en the
part of eh-Petitioning Candidate.

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It wan further Rated, that at the dole of the Elodflan, theta
Ins a proceilion upon the Model of dude which Mite charm.
tensed the celebration of different epochs of thithitory of the
French Republic, and that it was accompanied by Republieas
fonp,tri-coloured fhiam and cocks**, and attended by i 4 wan.
tons immcdeftly drared, preceded by a woman arrayed, to re-
po:fent the Goddefa d Rehm Tliisdecript ion, however. sp•
pared to have bona belghttwed by party seal I and If the wit"
neffes fur the Defendant were corral, it was altogether apocrpr
phaL It Is impolible is this (ketch even to refer to a thons
landth an of the 'incidents that filled up this Median. Sill left
can we attempt to dcfcribc the eloquent fpecches made hr
the couftia on both fades. The Camera for the Mayor,
Sherifrs, and htsgiitra:es, attempted to }unify them on tba
ground that the Livil Power was unequal to the fupprefficrr or
the mob, and that they had done dl they meld to prevent
the tumult,, but in vain. Mr. Birch's Counfel Milted that
Mr. Coke had blmfelf been the means or keeping the PoS
open, by originally requiring the Sheriff to take a leo Votes,
when there via* no rival Candidate.—We omitted in mention •
in in proper pace, that many of the eledon who voted fee
Mr.Colte were diradened with "'soli:" thLets 3 term well-
known at Notch:sham, and tignifiv that the perfon againS
whom the peach in di otnincell evil l have inthe Injury done hint
in :he night, fuels as having his Look or barns fet lire to, or ha
:attic maimed or bill d

This hally account is rather calculatcd to elate aridity to
know more of this veer curious cafethao to canary my dittint?
Information; it !low, ver prei,nts agener.ilkles of the fabled,
and we trait will not be unacceptable to our readers to the she
tem of that detailed account which has bum orders** 1M
primal by the Hasid el Comics.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, MARCH Ty.
PRICE OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :

3 per C Conf. mone7, 654, 6.7, 64i4.1, 65,t.
Itivo, for April acc. 66, 651 t. 6.514. 66.
0:d c per Cent. Ann. 994.--Otnnium 1:4 dif.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY:
Bank Stock 178 1774 op. I imp. Ann. ro 13-1669
3 per C. Cont. 6.ti 43 hi Eseb. to 61. if.
per ('. Ant,. 97 9:+ini: 01.1:Mmt 145 14 14.5 dii.
iodic Stn soS for opg Enttiill3 Tickets 171. tBs.
Imp. 3 per C. 61. Cenf. for Ap. Ac. 6316455 64

We mentioned yefterday, a report very preva-
lent, that on board a large French veffel, Branded
down the Channel, there had been found a num-
ber of Fire Arms and Standards, which were fop-
pofed to be intended for Ireland, in the hopes of a
new Rebclhon being brought about in that Coun-
try. The fat% however, turns out to be, that
French National brig called le Volcan, bound from
Dankirk to New Orleans, was (handed near Shore-
ham, fo far back as the 26th of IA December; that
the had on board many cafes of mufacts, of which
feveral were preferved ; that the crew until very
lately did not abandon her ; and that until the
prefcnt preparations for the alternative of War or
Peace, the efcaped all inveftigation of a minute
nature. In confequence of the alarm railed by
the aetivity of Government in the adoption of
metfures for the fecurity of the Country, an en-
quiry was fet on foot with refpeft to le Vulcan,
and Come boxes were found, which being forward-
ed to the Admiralty, became yefterday the fubjed
of infpeaion. There were indeed colours, but
none other than thole which the was warranted
in keeping on board. So far back as the ill of
January, the ftranding of this veffel was announced
in the London Gazette.

Reports of new arrangements in the Cabinet are
flill in circulation. It is very confidently aflerted
that Earl ST. VINCENT retires from the Admiral-
ty, where he is to be fucceeded by Lord MszviLts;
and that Sir THOMAS TROWBRIDGE and Captain
MAIRRAM are alto to quit the Admiralty. The
report alfo gains ground, that the Earl of Monte
is to be Maller•General of the Ordnance, and the
Earl of CHATHAM to be Lord Privy Seal. Some
of thefe arrangements will probably be announced
in the Gazette on Saturday next.
The Stocks experienced fome rife before the
dole of the market yellerday. The 3 per Cents.
were at 66. It was reported that the difpatches
which arrived from France, on Tuefday, had
brought affurances that the FIRST Concur. had no
willies to provoke hoffilities ; and that the French
Ambaffadorhadyeaerday received difpatches from
his Government, announcing that M. TALL sr.
anus has been removed from the office of Minifler
for Foreign Affairs, and that M. Orro, the amia.
ble pacificator, had been appointed his fucceffor.
Thefe reports gained the more credit from Ge-
neral AnDLIOSSI having been at the Levee yeller-
day, from which it was inferred that the French
Government was defirous of conciliating our Ca-
binet, and of preferring peace ; fince if the Film.
Consul. were indignant and difpofed (or war, he
would have ordered his Ambalrador to fufpend his
vifits to Court. This, however, is an argument
of no weight ; for nothing is more common than
for Ambaffadors to maintain the moll decorous
civility even when they know that hoftilities are
unavoidable.

Mr. COURTOISIPR, the Mellinger, returned from
Paris this morning with difpatches from Lord
WHITWORTH.

As to the real Rate of the negotiations, nothing
has atftually tranfpired, but if we may credit in-
formation which has come to us through a re•
fpatable channel, the cants of the alarm into
*ich w•e have been thrown, has very little rela-
tion to Malta, though undoubtedly it will be
made as prominent a feature as poffible in the
ground of quarrel, &mild France infift on our
quitting it without a proper guarantee. We fay,
that this will be the chief ground of argument,
but if our information be coffee, it is not the
only or the real ground of the quarrel. Our rea-
ders will perfectly underhand our meaning when
we inform them that Government have been on.
der confiderable alarm bylearning that France is in
Treaty at this time with the Dutch Government,
topurchafe the Sovereignt y of Batavia and the other
Dutch poffeffions in the Mild of Java, and in Ti-
mor, Celebes, Amboyna, and Malacca. In (bort,
to buy all the Dutch poffeffions in the Eaft Indies.
Should this turn out to be not t ‘e oflenfible, but
the real ground of quarrel on the part of our Go-
♦ernment, we doubt much, whether the country
at large would confider this a jug tante for our
entering into a war; for forcly the French have
as good a right to is!, EaR India territory arum its
relent proprietots, as any other popes toPae uric„
tt /y force without paying for it at all.
We (hall not infift upon this at prcfent, but con-
tent ou►fclves with expreffing a hope, that fuch an
enquiry may be fet on foot by di, to who hold in
their hands the National Parte, as may remove
every furpicion or ambiguity as to the matters
really in difpute, before the Nation commits itrelf.
The Slams of War are eafily kindled, but the es•
tent of the deflag►ation cannot be calculated.