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ST. THOMAYS DAY. FARRINGDON WITHOUT. - • ' Ye.teraity, according to annual custom, a Meeting was convened of the inhabitant Householders of the Ward of Farringdon Without, at the Church of St. Andrew, in Holborn, for the purpose of electing six teen Common Councilmen for the ensuing year. The Meeting was extremely numerous, and the galleries of the Church were crowded with Ladies. Alder Man WAIIIIMAs took the Chair at about one o'clock. Having opened the prliieedings in the usual form, he alluded to a Resolution which had,, subsequently to the ':ast Wat Meeting, been passed by a seleCt Meeting, Mr. John Blades being in the Chair. That Resolution not only cast the grossest imputations upon himself for partiality, but was highly calumnious to the whole Ward : it stated, that one man (himself, as he presumed), with two or three satellites, governed the wholeWard,comprisikg a fifth art of the City of London. If the supporters of this Resolution had any real cause of complaint against him, he should be most happy to hear it ; but he would not suffer them to scull: into corners and vilify the whole Ward by such unwarrantable assertions. The Resolution also adverted to the blasphemous publications which had of late teemed from the Press, avid called upon every loyal man to protect the Throne and the Altar of GOD. Neither the Throne ncr the Altar, he thought, needed such protection. The four Candidates who resigned, Mr. PONTIFEX, Mr. SMITH, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. HER R! NG, then pre- . _ . rented themselves—the two former in person, :the tiro latter by deputy—and returned thanks to their fellow-citizens for having so . long honoured them with their confidence. The four new Candidates who proposed to supply the places of those who retired, were Mr. VINCENT FIGGINS, Mr. GEORGE TURNER, Mr. T, C. I-lANsAnn, and Mr. THOMAS HARPER. The latter being of the Ultra-loyal party, it was proposed to supply his place by Mr. ALEXANDER k , lALLOWAY. Mr. TATUM commented in strong language upon the manner in which the signatures for the Loyal Address to his Majesty had been obtained. Some of those who had signed it, he knew, were neither resi dents of the Ward nor even of the Metropolis; many of them were boys, and one of them kept a booth for the sale of various commodities. This was a sample of the high respectability of the signatures. Mr. THWPSON then rose to propose a Resolution ieclaratory of the opinion of the Meeting upon the Resolution passed at the Select Lo al Meeting. It was formerly a boast, that fourteen out if the sixteen Members of the Common Council rearmed for this Ward weie true men, and firmly attached to the cause of liberty. He then observed that those four teen men might be compared, in strength and fide lity, to a mastiff dog, with two tin kettles tied to his tail—(.4 Liugh ).—lt was not until last year that the last tin kettle was cut off, and now it was proposed, by the loyal party, to tie again this tin kettle to the tail of the mastiff, by adding Mr. Thomas Harper to the list. He then proceeded to enumerate the demerits of Mr. Harper, as a Representative of the Ward. He had declared that he had sometimes voted contrary to his opinion and his conscience, from compulsion : it was notorious that he had pro tected and encouraged his son for issuing that in flammatory placard headed—" Go it, my boys—Spa Fields row." He was one of the supporters of the Resolution passed at the Select Loyal Meeting ; and, to sum up his character, he was a professed enemy to the Queen: he had refused to assist in delivering a helpless and persecuted woman from the tyranny and oppression of her enemies. He (Mr. Thompson) i.len alluded to the Loyal Address which had been isne..l in the name of the Ward of Farringdon Without, and called the attention of the Meeting to 1.!:e gross and insulting language contained in it to the whole of the Citizens of London. These mock- loyal men supposed that they alone were loyal, and that the rest of their fellow-citizens were traitors and blasphemers. Loyalty, as he understood the word, was a just and due regard to the laws and the Constitution. This -was the loyalty he professed; but the loyalty of the other party was a firm attach ment to the Ministers in power, and to their mea- - sures, however conducive they might be to the de struction of that Constitution which he respected and revered—(Applasse).—After some further nbser cations, he concluded by moving a Resolution, de claring that this Meeting viewed, with the utmost contempt, the assumption of loyalty by a set of in dividuals Who themselves had acted in such a way as to produce those evils which they hypocritically pretended to deplore. The Meeting, therefore, con-1 sidered their proceeding to be illiberal, unwarract able, and disgraceful. Mr. COATE& seconded the motion, and remarked' upon the motives by which these loyal men were' actuated. }laving failed in putting down their law ful Queen, they now directed all their efforts to put down the People. They endeavoured to monopolize everything; and their monopoly of loyalty was the worst of all monopolies. Their loyalty was indeed of i'peculiar nature; it was a loyalty of pounds, and pence; a loyalty by which they might be enriched'at the expense of their starving neigh bours. If to advocate the system of spies and in formers—if to encourage Ministerial extravagance to persecute injured innocence—was loyalty, he would rather be called a traitor than a loyalist— ( Loud applause).—lle opposed the election of Mr. Harper, because healid not think that his public cha racter rendered him worthy of their support. He had no quarrel, however, with Mr. Harper, as an individual. Nu man, he believed, was more esti taable or more honourable in private life. Mr. HONE said he felt desirous that the loud ca lumnies v.hich, particularly for the last three years, kad been heaped upon his head, might not be in creased, and to strew that he was yet capable of yin diceing himself from the malignant aspersions of his enemies. He conceived that a portion of the Loyal Resolution which had been adverted to, in some, degree affected him.; and he was particularly anxious to demonstrate to the Meeting, that those who cast their calumnies upon him were not themselves on -1 le alluded particularly to the expressions in the Loyal Resolution relative to blasphemous parodies and publications. He was very ready to admit that some publications of this nature had been printed, which were objectionable; but it was a curious circumstance that the very man whir was taus iicldius himself up as the pattern of morality to the nation, kit! been &it) , a that enorOty which he so vehemently condeninea in others • Ife-(Mr; Hone) held in his handi'Wvirk, entitled 4 •llficOnitlt' tution of - Freemasont*t to which is added; a';` tette= Lion of 'Masonic Songs, am.' revised, corrected, and' improved, with additions from the original of the late Lawrence Dermott, Esq. by Thomas Harper, Deputy 'Grand Master." The date of this work was 1801.—N1r. Hone was interrupted several times by a party in the Church in the course of reading this parody, and the Chairman was compelled three times to interfere. Mr. Hone was at length obliged 'to close the book, contenting himself with reading only a few verses. The tumult, having in some measure subsided, Mr. Hone observed, that the song he had partly read was too infamous even for the loyal party to hear. It was, indeed, the most blaiphemous pro duction he had ever heard--(Applause). Mr. Harper was a brother parodist, and an. elder brother paro dist ; and he hoped he . Would not be ashamed of his title—(Applause).—With respect to the assertion contained in the Resolution, that the Throne and the Altar were endangered, he would say nothing ; that part of it had already been answered. He would only add, that the loyalty of these Gentlemen meant only the enforcement of the doctrine of passive obe dience, and the payment of tithe to the amount of 2s. 9d. in the pound. Mr. Russel. defended the Loyal Resolution, which he was not ashamed to declare he supported. He should be the last man to attack the private charac ter of any individual, and he hoped he 41ould not in dulge in any species of invective on the present occa sion. He regretted very much that some - Gentlemen had thought proper to attack the private character of Mr. Harper—(Cries of " no"). Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said, in his hearing the priiate character of no man had been attacked. If he had heard it, he should have thought proper to call that individual to order. _ Mr. RUSSEL was much surprised to hear Gentle men complain of the Loyal Resolution, as it was termed. He was very certain that none otthe names of the present party were mentioned, but he had no objection, if the cap fitted, to let them wear it (Partial applause). ' He complained of the unfair manner in which this subject had been treated by some of the speakers, and particularly by the worthy Mover of the Resolution. The word " liberty" had been used for the purpose of inflaming the minds of the People; and although more true liberty Was now enjoyed by British subjects than any nation since the creation had ever been blessed with, it was still a constant subject of complaint that the People were deprived of their dearest rights. He defied the worthy Mover to produce a single instance among the European nations where more true liberty Was enjoyed. After some further observations, chiefly relative to the private virtues of Mr. Harper, he con eluded by opposing the Resolution just moved. Mr. THOMPSON, in reply, observed that he was not at the present period prepared to enter into a disqui sition upon the history of nations since the creation .of the world. He would content himself with simply denying the assertion. There was one fact, however, which he wished to communicate to the Meeting. While Mr. Hone was reading the parody, and during•. the interruptions he experienced from the party over the way, Mr. Butterworth, that well-known friend to morality, had kindly advised Mr. Hone not to read the parody, lest it should injure the morals of the People. This was the opinion of Mr. Butterworth, one of Mr. Harper's own friends, with respect to this blasphemous publication. Mr.MARRIOTT spoke in defence of the private vir tues of Mr. Harper, and adverted to the vigilance and assiduity of that Gentleman in performing the local duties of his office. While he (Mr. Marriott) and Mr: Quin were together in office, he was sorry to say, that the local business of the Parish would have been wholly neglected, had. it not been for the arduous exertions of Mr. Harper. It should be recollected, that although there were important public duties to be performed, yet that the private exertions of this individual ought not to be forgotten, however he might . differ from his constituents in political opinions. The question was then put 'upon the Resolution, and it was carried in the affirmative, with a few dis sentient voices. ............. ....__... The names of the twelve Candidates who were in office last year were then read, together with the names of Mr. Figgins, Mr. Turner, Mr. Hansard, and Mr. Harper, as new Candidates. Mr. TnomissoN then proposed the name of Mr. Alexander Galloway, as a Candidate for the office of Common Councilman, for the ensuing year, and ac companied the motion with a few appropriate remarks. The motion having been seconded, the name of Mr. Alexander Galloway was read as one of the Candidates. Mr. THOMPSON then rose, for the purpose of exer cising a privilege which had been long acknowledged, and frequently put in practice on these occasions. He wished to ask Mr. Harper a few questions-"-- (Loud hisses from one corner of the Chaerch).—He still persisted in putting the question, and was loudly applauded by the majority of the Meeting. The 1 question was, whether Mr. Harper would pledge himself to support, in the Common Council, any motion for a Reform in the Commons House of I Parliament? Mr. HARPER then came forward, and was received with considerable applause. He declined giving any pledge ; but said he would vote according to the best of his judgment, and support such measures as he thought conducive to the best interests of the country. The same question was put to the next Candidate, Mr. FIGGINS. That Gentleman came forward, and, in the course of a speech of some length, pledged himself to support any motion for-Reform in Parlia ment : he was in his heart a Reformer ' and he felt a pride in declaring it; but he was still more proud in saying, that no man could be more truly loyal than himself--(Applayse). Mr.TURNER, Mr. HANSA RD, and MT.GALLOWAY, afterwards addressed the Meeting, and all of them professed their attachment to the principles of free dom, and also pledged themselves to promote, by every means in their power, a Reform in Parliament. The other Candidates, most of whom are old, and all of them tried and faithful Members of the Court of Common Council, afterwards seriatim addressed the Meeting, and met with much applause from their Constituents. In the result, the names of the seventeen Candi. dates, including those of Mr. Harper and Mr, Gal , loway, were put itt nomination, and the AIDERNAV, 'tpon a shew of hands , .declatethe election to have fallen upon the 16 paid, exckisive of Mr . Harper. This declaration *4 retiiired with appteo . A pOll - atilagrEnediatilidernando for Mr. Harper, and the boolci'Were opened' at a limier before six, and closed at a qvatter past . six tticick. FARItINODON WITHIN. Before the regular Wardmote business commenced, Mr. He..aarzto stepped forward, .and said, that it became incumbent upon the Ward to allude to a se cret Addieis . Which had lately'been promulgated, as if from that Ward —( Applause )—and he held in his hand some Resolutions, which hethOught were called for, in consequence of the secret.act of the duals to whom he had alluded. He cbncluded by, proposing three Resolutions, which had for their ob ject the censure of the proceeding respecting what was called 41 The Loyal Address," and the defence of the Ward from any imputation upon the loyalty of the inhabitants. • Mr. GRAY seconded the proposition of these Ite- Mr. OLDHAM stated, that he concurred in every word contained in the Resolutions now proposed to the Wardmote. He yielded to no man in the land in sentiments of loyalty; and, as the father of a nu merous family, it was - ever his strenuous practice to inculcate the pure precepts of religion and morality. How came it, then, that he, a resident in the Ward, and one of its Representatives in the Common Colin.' cil, was not invited to sign " The Loyal Address?" flow came it - that their worthy Alderman had not been invited to attend the Meeting at which it was adopted ? The reason was, he thought, obvious— that the object was not free discussion : it was not to . promote the real cause of religion Ind morals; nor was it to invite the inhabitants -of the Ward gene rally, as it ought to have been, to an y such ex pression of sentiment—(Hear, hear!). — T he inhabi tants were not invited, because the framers of 4 , The Loyal Address" knew well ,that they would. have dis covered how the Loyal Declaration" was con cocted, and that it was meant to imply a sort of ap probation of the King's Ministers, and more espe cially of their recent most unjustifiable proceedings against the Queen—(Hear, hear!).—lt was because they knew the ' 4 Loyal Addressers' would be detected, that what passed took place in a close room, to the exclusion of some of the inhabitants who hrad applied• for admission—[Here several Gentlemen exclaimed, that they had M vain applied for admission at the London Coffee-housed.—Such secret conduct upon a public question was, he thought, well calculated to throw suspicion upon the acts of the addressers ; be sides, they went actually out of the Ward, for the London Coffee-house was out of the Ward, to con- coct the Address,„which they pretended to publish as issuing from the Ward—( Hear, heard).—He then drew the attention of the Ward tort similar hurried proceeding in the Court of Aldermen, where Alder man Birch, on a sudden, and without notice, pro posed an Address of the same purport, and barely carried it by two votes. They could not forget that one of the eight . Aldermen who voted on that occa sion for the Address, had but just come out of the lusoigent. Deateird Gant, with Al place under in ,vetnme.nt,„l4oo ' *, maid not toucht.:4l , Was a shame kg . ; A ldermen to retain' 'Such a Mettiber 2 hit -. uch was the man in . which the'lk "Adii - ^were got up. '1 Ward had lately Nei in the public papers the refusal of the High Sheriff of Gloacester•to cnnvene a Mme ing,, requested by anunaber of Noblemen and Gt", i demen of that County.' He (Mr . Oldham ) had signed !that Requisition, which the Sheriff had thought - pro' per to characterize as having for its object an illegal and unconstitutional purpose---(1/ear, said laughter). He had thought fit to set up his own simple opinion against the principal Gentlemen of the County :—hey a Gentleman now residing in Temple-place, and con strained to move within the boundaries of • a given distance !—(Applause).—Mr. Oldham next adverted to the infamous proceedings against the Queen,. the' promulgation of which had, throughout the country, done more to sap the moral principles of society than any other thing which had occurred in modern times. Was it for seat an act, and for all the incalculable mischief which had and must still flow from it, that Ministers were to be thanked by "loyal addressers?" He would tell these self-called and self-constituted " loyal" Gentlemen, that they would have done more service to themselves and the -country, if they had come forward, with other classes of his Majesty's sub jects, and petitioned the King to dismiss from his Councils .men who had promoted a measure which went to impair ;he dignity of the Crown, and to sap the moral feelings of the Peoplet--(Appkuse).—He con cluded by expressing his hearty concurrence in the Resolutions now submitted to the Ward--(Appiatese). Mr. Wasrwoort declared his coincidence in every thing that had fallen from the Gentleman who had preceded 'him ; and merely wished a Declaration which he held in his hand could be annexed to the Resolution. Mr. JENNINGS (%%110 was the author of the Declara tion which the last speaker had in his hand) expressed the desire he had to see unanimity pervade the Ward, and to have a document emanate from it which car ried their universal assent. Mr: HARTLEY also condemned the secret conduct of the " Loyal Addressers," who met at the London 1 Coffee-house, to put vigether a patched-up Address., Such conchict, he thought, called for the adoption of the Resolutions now proposed, and which had his cor dial assent. He did not yield to any of the " loyal' addressers in a devoted attachment to his King and Constitution, though he could . not but condemn the conduct pursued by the Gentlemen who hid met at the London Coffee-house. The Resolutions were then put and carried—there being a very large number for them, and only six. hands held up against them. Mr. HERRING then said that he had an Address to propose; but as he was anxious for unanimity, he withdrew it, to make room for the Declaration al luded to by Mr. Westwood, This Declaration was now read, and 4,compre hended, nearly in the sdmr words,. she whole of the Loyal Address agreed tout the Landau — Coffee-house, with the addition merely of the &awn* paragraph: . , . " But we cannot suffer the present opportunity to pass, with out expressing oar greet and unfeigned joy at the abantionniout of the Bill of rains end l'imal9” instituted against her Majesty, such er begird. prdct vita's'. ' Uhl incensilcent with the "sta . at our stations Coostftntioni *rd:calculated to a bbtorrottlatotoorarra- • . This Address, after sosne eo.4v,ersation,lusss agreed to unanimously, with the omission of the thin' para graph (from the Loyal Address), which imputed the prevalence of a desire to overthrow the institutions of the country. MEMBERS TO BERV -E !H THE COMMON COUNCIL. The. Members to refireiertt• the Ward in the Cam , . mon Council were then : narketl, andthose for the past year were re-elected to serve in the future one. They severally returned thanits.—The Ward-Officers were then sworn in, and the Wardmote adjourned. WARD OF CRIPPLROATE At twelve o'clock, AldermanWoon took theeliair, and stated the object of the Meeting. •- - Mr. ALCOCK and Mr. FIELD were then promd, and on a she* of hands, the Chairman declaref it seven of the present Members and Mr, ) Field 14 0 4 . majority. On Mr. KIDDER'S name (whit is one of the present Mentheis) being proposed, a-Gentleman -liked him; why he had not, during thelast year, cousented-to . call a Ward Meeting inelt replied r bec ? nite he was no politician, and he 'Aought the business . which 'they wanted to meet'was befOrie- the proper Tribimal.This answer ivas teCtivethby the Meeting: - with great' isapprobation, and there werehut mast hands held up for Mr. Kidder. He:then one of his friends, to demand a 1;01 for.him, .but ins friend declined. At length, a - poll was demanded: - '- kn T. , • n/ • - "send Candldatei 'ten made their acknost-' • ledginentiiii the Meeting . . -*-- Mr. EiCici, who had been re-elected by a large,. majority, moved a Protest against the Declaration that had been lately signed by.some persons in that:.,_ Ward, who called it a loyal Declaration. He said, should indeed lament to see loyalty at so low an ebb; : " . • as to be obliged to hide itself in holes and corners,' which had been the case with those who signed the Declaration, who were afraid to propose their object at any Public Meeting ; but the truth was, those who signed it did not want to shew their attachment to his Majesty, but to his weak and unpopular Ministers. —He then read his Protest, which stated very fully the reasons for dissenting from what was called the 4 , Loyal Declaration," and which was adopted by the Meeting, with only a single hand held up against it. Alderman WooD expressed his regret that the persons signing . the loyal Declaration had not applied to him to call a Wardmote, and declared, that, how- ever he might differ from thnse Gentlemen in his in terpretation of genuine loyalty, yet, unless their pro ceedings were actually treasonable, which he was satisfied was not the case, he would have called a Meeting, and presided as readily as he would have done for persons in whose political opinions he en tirely agreed. BISHOPSGATE WARD. A very numerous Meeting of the Inhabitants of : - this Ward took place, in the London Workhouse, Sir R. C. GI,YN 14 in the Chair. The Ward reit - xi/12,y. foutteen 'Common Councilmen. Five 'retired; liid sir new Candidates• started. When Mr. PeArtMiti-:: was proposed, a person in thi.oromed etied out—"-inz.z. Mr. Paoftsow qualified ?"-.c , ! ti . •.:. •. - • - ....z.::-. • Alsierman Sir R. C..P.s.stEft" I inn nothingt9,.. the, contrary;" . . '.."!: _ - ,an • Mr. PEA a 4 1 iin iioatiiied,,aridAill ansiOr ".". y question tipba that Or any oftiff sub** th4Moc: . pan Iny time for irddressing the Meeringarri.k es.l.d!L litt‘ Wens, in oaring his serviips, saki . ' liiipublic..,.. psinciple*, remained michikugefl., in shonift 4o llis utmost in the cause of..Reforisi. , in the stri c t sehis Or : the' wor d . ....; _ 0 tivrt .. , :vn.z. t -...!. ~t.tw: . NW Jimiirsoir 4413'04 'slicfnicr illsiritfeteep item: standard of Retail-61u eider. ' • .-. _ • 1 - . , .- -..‘: lt '7;; r:6 0 Mr. STEVZlKSPrecOrriarteßde4 io the e Algetir Ykit e, men who were tried men, rather than iitosit,, w. h. . they had no expeifenCe, for words were not to WiliC ° pended upon. rorinirlY ail the ualifitatibriilrii." quired of a Member of the Commtm Council 'were,' that he should be fat, or play a good game at cards. Some had sung themselves into the Court, and some had eaten themselves into seats. He hoped that men of sound understanding would in future be choeeni By such as now stood up agaivt an unpopular Mi. nistry, the cause of the People'snust be benefitted. - . Mr. PEARSON said, that when first he stood for ward as a Candidate to represent the Ward, he had . made promises which he would defy any man to say be had ever broken—(Applause).—He had beigs asked whether he was qualified? to which he should reply, without fear of contradiction, in the affirma— tive, and that be ever should be qualified to repre sent. the Ward, which' was the. .birth-place of his , political principles. When he entered the Ward, - hie business produced him between £'2,000 and £4,06: i l year. Thi , dreadful affair at Manchester induced' -hire to go-there, and the determination to attetkips • • the, redress of .:the wrongs -of the People, was .at.. . tended with the loss. of a great part of Ns : ** ness 7 (U,egr).-7-Sterne said,, that when misforfunps ' 'come upon a man, he was endued with the Pdiref . of distinguishing his friends from his enemies. - Sad • he-ever shrunk from his duty at the menace of daft• ger, and had he not received , the honoorgtikwonods of an injured fortune and broken ' hopes itrilii'str vice of the country he had voWed r toNuepiforl'ivltli:Eft hi s heart, and all his sonl?—(Loustelteitsitont all *eft titAe room). It was amongst thegreatevt - 01-hie.AP9 l solations that he had received, three Votes qf ; l:',l . la,uto from the Common klall, one from . Micidlesex,:and thirty-three from different pares' a the cailittry , (Applause). . He concluded by assuring the Meeting that he should continue their honest;and efficient Rep. presentativ e--(Applause). . • . The CHAIRMAN then. declared .that the stew of hands was against Mr. Hoare,,Mo l lnrslti, yia Mr. Benjamin \% indus. A poll was demanded—.See'riet,in the neitpage. CORN Excnance,.Maar-tawt, Dtcartata 9c.—Owing to eon.. trary winds we have had no fresh supply of Wheat or Auger since Monday, of which articles there Was but little of fine qua.. lity at market this morning, but what few samples appeared sold on full as good terms-as ot. Monday, but the ordinary de seriptions.were extremely heavy sale, and rather che:aper. Cats are ls. per curter lower than on Monday, as well as they Boos, having a large quantity of each, and bat little demand. la Brun and other articles there is no alteration. • Satrrunato MARKS+, Deo. 22.—Beer, U. to 4r. 10d. per stone of Sibs.; Mutton, Ss 6d. to 0. 10d. Vint!, 4s. 6d. to sa. 04. Pork, 43.6 d. to 55.10 d. 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