Star.
London, England, 1820-03-09 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

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The'lllectian. for the City of Westminster came on
this day in Covent-Garden. A little before ten
o'clOck the High Bailiff arrived, and soon after the
three Candidates, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, the Hon.

Mr. LAMS, and Mr. Hosuouse arrived ; and, except

the Whig Candidate, were received with shouts of
applause.
The Clerk then proceeded to read the Bribery
Acts, after which, the High Bailiff was sworn in to
the due performance of his duty by Mr. BIRNIE,
who exhorted him to keep the peace. -
The thou BAILIFF having declared the Election
Ito have begun, .
Mr. STWICH then stood forward to nominate Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT as a fit and roper Candidate to

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represent the City of Westminster in Parliament. He
took a review of the conduct of Sir FRANCS, and
said, that they Would all agree with him, that those

persons only who advocated a real Reform, were
worthy to Represent Westminster:
The motion being seconded, .
Sir FRANcis BURDETT stood forward and said, this
was one of the most gratifying situations ih whiCh

he had ever been placed. To have his conduct ap-
proved by the Electors of Westminster, Was to him
a sufficient reparation for the calumnies of all his
enemies. 'hie w-rthy Baronet entered into a long
detail of the abuses of Government, and of the cor-
ruption in the House of Commons, which, he said,
could only be-remedied by an effectual Reform in
the Commons House. of Parliament. It had been
said by some, that there was danger in the assem-

blage of such large crowds ; but he always thought
that freedom of discussion was most favourable
to the liberty of the subject (Immense applause).—
The worthy Baronet proceeded to animadvert on
the Parliamentary conduct of his late colleague, and
declared, that he had not received that support from
him which he certainly expected.
The Honourable GEORGE LAMB was then, amidst
hisses and groans, proposed.
Ms. LAMB came forward, and, after having with
some difficulty obtained a hearing, made a very warm
and spirited reply to the imputations of the Honour-
able Baronet. He met with a very unfavourable re►
ception from the crowd, who were impatient for Mr.
HOBHOUSE to make his appearance.
Mr. HOBHOUSE being nominated by Mr. CLARK,
of Middlesex, came forward amid shouts of applause.
He presented himself to the• Electors from a convic-

tion that Mr. LAMB had not, at the last Election, been
returned by a real majority of the Freeholders of
Westminster, and that if fair play had been given, he
(Mr. HouuousE) would have been the returned

Member.. The rest of Mr. HOB HO USE'S speech con
sistea aliie6y of a very smart criticism of Mr. Lamb's
speech on Parliamentary Reform in the House of
Commons, from which he endeavoured to deduce
that Mr. Lamb was not at heart a friend to such a
Reform as the people wanted. Towards the conclusion
of this harangue, a Gentleman on the hustings handed
him. a letter, which Mr. Hosuousx announced to
be from Mr. LAMB to an Elector, soliciting his vote.
—The exhibition of this letter produced a great deal
of uproar. It was at length read by Mr. HOISHONSE-
It stated in substance, that Mr. LAMB would have
considered his return certain, as there was no Minis-
terial Candidate, bad not Mr. HoittousE been sent
to Newgate by the House of Commons—a circum-
stance which was calculated to raise him in the
favour of the lower classes ; and that the active exer-
tions of Mr. LAMB'S friends were, therefore, particu-
larly required.
The reading of this letter called forth strong marks
of execration
The HMI. BAILIFF then came forward, and called
for a shew of hands for each of the Nominees.
For Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, the shew was unani-
mous; for Mr. LAMB there were not more than twenty
hands held up ; and for Mr. Hoatrouse, the numbers
weie nearly as great as for Sir FRANCIS.
The thou BAILIFF then declared the election to
be in favour of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. and John
Cam Hobhouse, Esq.
A Poll- was ,then'demanded by the friends of Mr.
LAMB, and preparations for proceeding in it were
imMedlitely commenced.

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The Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday have
arrived just as we are going to Press. They contain
nothing of importance ; arrd'from Spain, in particul
lar, no accounts of which our Readers are not already
in possession.—Five per Cents. Saturday, 74 f. 70 c.
The Marquis of WELLESLEY arrived in town yes-
terday, at the Secretary of State's Office for the Home
Department, a few minutes before three o'clock. The
Noble Marquis came to London from Richmond, in
his travelling post chariot and four. He remained
at the Secretary of State's Office an hour, when he
returned to Richmond.
ORATORIO, DRUItt-LANE.—Last night's perform-
ance was, in point of selection, the best of the season.
It commenced with a scene from Israel in Egypt.
This was followed by a concerto on the violoncello,
played by LINDLEY. The second act consisted of a
fragment of The Seasons, by HAYDN ; a Cavatina;
spiritedly sung by 'Madame BELLOCIII ; and
wpm's glee of The Curfew, delightfully chaunted
by BRAHAM, Pyre, and Tlioinv ; with an obliiato
harp accompaniment by Miss SHARP. This was
-encored. The remainder was miscellaneous, and re-
ceived with great gratification. The pressure of
other matters prevents our. saying more of this ex-
cellent selection. .

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' The 'United States frigate Macedonia, lay at Valparaiso on the
234 of October : -she had been previously cruising on the Coat,
was to sail for Umi In the course of a fess, days, and*Was ex-
pected to cruize along tha coast of Peru and
..Quito. Lord
Common? and' his fleet has sailed fromValpirsOio on an expedi- •
tion, supposed against iiMa.4—Ariterican Myer."
The Augusta, FtAacThr, from St. John's, New Brunswick, for
Duinfries, was abandoned by the ,crew (22 in nuniber)'on* the
26th of January, in lat. 51. long. 20. 30. water-logged. They.
were picked up on the 9th of February (having been thirteen
days in the boat, during which five men died) by the •Vmer-
ttorpe, from Glasgbw for St. Kitt's; and, on the 22d of 'Fe-
bruary, in lat. 49. 30. long. 27. were put on board the •Fama,
from Charleston, for Liverpool, which vessel put the Mate
and seven men on board the Amity, arrived at Livtrpcol, frcm
New York.
The Margaret, Lsrsvaz, from St. Andrew's, North Bri-
tain for Liverpool, got on a reef of rocks near the Light, at
Quoddy: Head, the 30th January, and it was feared she Would
be hst. •
FALMOUTH, MARCH B.+-Arrived the Fly, SAWYER, from New-
port for London.
PLYMOUTH,ISfiacst 7:—Put backthe Triton, BAR: wry, bornd
to Antwerp, with loss of fore-yard, and her sails split. Wind
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH B.—Arrived the Waterloo, LOTTO., from
London, for Madras and Bengal; and Duke of York, Come-
'Esc, from London, and sailed again fur India.—Sailed the
Prince Regent, leNzs, for India; and Phoenix, Smarr, for the
South Seas.—:Wind E. •
DLLs, Molten B.—Came down from the River and sailed, the
Waterloo, Lovu. ; a:4 Golconda, Rovemtps, for Bengal ; St.
Mary, BuILTON, for Jamaica ; Endeavour, Bcoourtrua, for Leg-
horn ; 'Heart of Oak, REED, for Jamaica ; Britannia, Stray, for
Grenada; Sirene, FAILLANT' for Calais; and Does, WRIGHT,
for Africa.—Remain in the Downs the' Sitysam frigate, and a
ship, name unknown.—Wind N. E
HARWICH, ble.acn B.—Wind S.W.—The Victoria, Tamura,
from Finland for Lisbon, bas been brought in here by five
'salvage smacks, with loss of main and foremasts and rud-
der, having been an shore upon the Long Sand on Sunday last.
Sailed a number of vessels which put' in here from the North-
Ward during the late gales. Sailed the Lady Nepean packet,
for Holland; and Henry Fretting packet, for Cuxhaven, both
with Mails. •

Livsnroor., blAncn 7.--Arrived the Pocahontas, Ilowtswn,
from Charleston, sailed 3d February; Glide, AnAus, from ditto,
sailed Bth February; Portia, Bsit-Ev, and Kitty, FoLsost,
from Savannah; Scipio, Dartisto.Pr, from Virginia; Laforey,
Vovcr, from Cuba; Eliza, Muir., from Pernambuco; Amity,
11Isswakt., from New York, sailed etli February ; Rebecca,
SHAW, from Lisbon; Snowdrop, llAL.t.s:r, from Terceira; and
Ilarlingen, Sumo; from Ostend. • •

BURNING OF THE EXETER THEATRE.—The Theatre
at Exeter was destroyed by Ere ou Monday night,
with the scenery and. wardrobe, on which a consi-
derable sum of money had. recently been expended.
The tire is supposed to have been caused by the wad-
ding of some muskets discharged in the melo-drama
of The Falls of Clyde, which was the Afterpiece on
Monday night.
RIOT IN ROSS.3IIIIRE.--7IVVERNESII MARCH 3.
The mail just arrived from 'the North has brought
the disagreeable intelligence of a serious riot which
occurred yesterday, near Culrain, in. Ross-shire. We
understand that on occasion of carrying into effect
the legal measures for removing the tenants on the
estate of Culrain, for which purpose, on account of
previous resistance,. it became necessary to deploy
the whole Civil Power of the County, headed by the
Magistrates, together with the Militia Staff: a.nutnbcr
of men and women assembled at the March-dike, and
resisted the execution of the legal process, by over-
powering the Civil and Military force. it is said a
number of the rioters, as well as of the'officeis of
justice and militia; were seriously hurt ; thit.Sheriff-
Depute, who was present, is said to have,iveit per-
sonally hurt, and he'and the other Magistrates had
their 'carriages broten. - p
An. express arrived in town . yestet , the
• -ail . m.
particulars of the above, very nnpleasaiiteaffair. It is
added, that The rioters have been joineil4sy a num-
ber of discharged military, and that they are acting
under a regular organized plan. They are said to
amount to 9ne thousand in all, and are-divided 'into
four parties, ,which act, in concert by signal, and to
the sound of The bugle.
Bow-STRERT.—En consequence of what has trans,
pired during the investigation of the witnesses to- he
produced against the gang of assassins taken in Cato-
street, on the memorable night of Wednesday,. the
.22d of, February, it_ was deemed nece's'sary to search
'the residence of Davidson, the man cicolour, in Wel-
lington-cottages, near the Alpha-cottages, in. the
New-road, and Ruthven, the Officer, was dispatched
there at an early hour yesterday morning.; but after
a very diligent search, nothing of importance, tending
to criminate him in treasonable transactions; could be
found :*soine trifling articles, which are to be used in
evidence, were seized.—During the examination of
the five Patrol who were at Cato-streets assisting in
the apprehension of the gang of assassins assembled
there, it came out,. that, in addition to Ruthven and
Ellis seeing Arthur Thistlewood stab the lateSrnithers,
and Westcott in the stable, seeing him coins' dowel
the ladderleading to the loft, and afterwards take an
aim and fire a pistol at him, two of the Patrol iden-
tified him to be on the spot about two hours previous
to the detection. and dispersion of the gang. These
Patrol had been selected because they had been re•
scently appointed, and of course their persons were not
known. They attended in Cato-street-and its neigh-
b'ourhoOtt at the early hour of six o'clock, to watch
thesons resorting to, orgeing in and out of the
statein Cato-street; they recognized several, after
they were taken, as.those whom they had seen go in.
—loaiidson took in several sacks, which were filled,
and supposed to contain the fire arms, swords, &c.
with 'which the pgang were armed.. Davidson .and
Thistlewood were. frequently upon the 100k-out, to
see if there were any observers of their movements,
or that they knew any persons who might be waiting
about near the premises. Thistlewood stopped twice
'to look at the two young patrols, and the second time
he turned.round and looked full in their faces ; one
of the Patrols reproved him for his rudeness ; Thistle-
Wood m4de no apology, but passed suddenly and
sullenlfdn.2ASThistlewood had so closely inspected
their personi andfooes; even to gross rudeness, they
'ere afraid of being discovered to be watchers, and
berefare.prcceeded on into Molineux-street for some
ti me, ansi entered intoconversation with some females,
drat, it might appear that they lived in that neigh-
Thesanie two young Patrols were at the
10ffite on the Thursday morning after the apprehen-
sion.of the gang, when lavender, Bishop, Salmon,
and others arriyedovith Thistlewood in their custody,
after having.apprehendeci him at- Norris' s house, in
White-street, Little Moorfields, when the two young
Patrols,. as seen. as they saw ThistlewOod, instantly
recognised 4iip. ;as. the, man who .had ,passed them
itwice in Cato-strert,• bepveen six and seven o'clock in
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STATR OF THE rot". WRDNESDAY, MARCH s.
SECOND DAY.
Mr. Gamma