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yet despair of success—(Cheers). He remembered the last election with feelings of gratitude and Of pride. L those independent Gentlemen who then supported Lim, -Wopld now come forward to poll, he would soon be placed in a different situation.. He would only add, that if he should have the hbnour of their rapport, and be raised to the situation of their . Representative, he would sacrifice life, interest, and every • other consideration to the discharge of his duties--(Great a ppLuse). . . Mr. Alderman Warrmtas advanced amidst very general appliiase. nitwithstanding, he said, the po sition in which his name stood upon the poll, the re sult of that day had fully justified the observations which he made yesterday. He t‘id yesterday ex horted them immediately to com. 2. forward ; and although, at the close of this day, there appeared to have been 700 fewer polled than there had been, in the s.tme interval, during the last Election, yet he had himself increased, on this day's poll, 150 more thAn he had polled on the fifth day of the former contest—(l, , m el cheering). It was well known to Lem all, that Saturday was a day upon which per sons conne:ted with trade, and all the industrious classes of the community, were so entirely engaged, t!iat it was always the worst one for those Candidates who stood upon the independent interest. Monday was, on the contrary, the day they were more in the habit of sparing, and he looked with confidence to the result of the next day's poll—( Applause ). stood forward as a trader, as the Representative of Vie trading interest, and it was on that groand that he last received their suffrages. To that class owed his elevation, and upon them he must now de- pend for his suppOrt—(Cheers). In making these observations, he by no means meant to cast any odium upon the banking or mercantile interests, many of whom had _honoured him with their support. He knew that they formed parts of the general interests, all gravitating towards the general good. But the classes to which he alluded ought not to force a Re. presentative altogether their own on the whole body of the Livery, so as to make such a number depen dent on their will—(Flear, hear). So far as respected himself, the result was of little consence; if suc cessful, it would not, as far as his private ease was considered, beef any moment to him ; but he•thought it would be of much moment to their own interests, to support that independence and consequence they had gained. He hoped his friends would make an early effort to come to the poll on Monday. They had it yet in their power to secure success, and he trusted tliey would secure it. Ile implored them not to neu tralize their votes, as had been punned out, by giving one Candidate a split vote, and his opponent the re mainder. The worthy alderman then alluded to the private attacks which had been made upon hien by some persons in the interest of his opponents, which he dared them publicly to avow. Ile had been a trader in London for the last thirty years, and he dareij, any man to come forward to his face, and charge him with the commission of any act which need make an honest man ashamed—(Loud ap- 1 planet). Indeed, this mode of attack was the best proof that could be shewn of the efficacy of his pub lic services, when there was no other mode left for his opponents than to calumniate his character. He concluded by entreating them to persevere and•assert their rights. The Election was then adjourned until this day, and the crowd in the Hall separated, after giving three cheers. The LORD MAYOR was drawn home in his carriage by the populace. The Lord Mayor of Dublin was on the hustings at the close of the day. MR. ALDERMAN WOOD. Extract from the Address of Sir Jong Simms, Bart. the Recorder of London, to the Court of Exchequer, and from the Reply of the Lord Chief Baron THOMPSON, on the pre sentation of Mr. Alderman WOOO, on his Second Election as Lord Mayor. "My LORDS—I have the honour of presenting at your Lordships' Bar, Matthew Wood, Esq. Alder man and Fishmonger, who has been elected by a great majority of the Livery of London, and by the sanction of the Court of Aldermen, has again been appointed to fill, during the year ensuing, the high ttad dignified situation of Chief Magistrate for the lirst metropolis of the British Empire. The citizens • of London. by choosing this Gentleman in.the fair and full exercise of their chartered rights, to preside over the Magistracy—to fill the high office—and to discharge the duties of Mayoralty for two successive years, have bestowed upon him a distinction which. has not been conferred upon any other Chief Magi strate for a period of more than four centuries. My Lords, you cannot but be awa:e, that the important duties of this great public trust, must demand from the person invested with it, an entire devotion of his time and talents, and that to uphold the due splen dour of his high office and dignity, as well as the consequence of this great City over which he pre sides, a large expenditure of his private fortune must be required. Under these considerations, the laws of the City of London have declared, that no man who is honoured by a second election shall be com pellable again to serve the office of Lord Mayor.— 'Aly Lords, in grateful return, however, for the gra r:fying testimony he has received of the affection of Lis fellow-citizens, and with an ardent desire to ren ter himself still more useful, this respectable Magi ! :rate has waived the exemption which would have applied to him, and has submitted himself to the anxious responsibility of this high office, and again undertakes to fulfil the duties attached to it, attea.ed by the cordial wishes of the citizens of London, that he may execute his trust during his second Mayoralty, as he has done in his first, in all its important bear ings, for the welfare of the whole Empire, and for the particular interests of the City of London; and, by so doing, to entitle himself to a still more exten sive claim on the gratitude and approbation of his fellow citizens. An ample and gratifying scene would therefore present itself, in speaking of his con duct during his past Mayoralty ; but his election for the succeeding year speaks more fully and effectually than I can express, how amply and signally he has merited the approbation of his fellow-citizens." Lonu CHIEF-BARON—" MY LORD MAIOR—The circumstances under which we now receive your Lordship at this Bar, call for more than ordinary. congratulation to the Chief Magistrate of the City of London on his elevation to that situation ; for in your Lordship's re-election, we have the strongest test imony of the very high sense your 1 ellow-citi- tics littott zit; your meritorious services already rendered in tit discharge of the important trust, the usual petiod of which has now expired ; and it being I I }inderstood no tracessan be found during the long period the Iticorder: has stated, of any othei Chief Magistrate receiving the hcmour, two successive years, which has attended your Lordship, that cir- I cutnstance would alone bear testimony to the una bated zeal and attention with which your fellow-citi zens consider you to haVe discharged every part of your laborious and public ditties. Your exertions have, indeed, been eminently conspicuous to the Pub- i lic at large; and they cannot be beheld without the highest gratification to the feelings of every one who • can rightly appreciate such services. In a word, it appears that you have been the father of the poor, the friend and vindicator of the oppressed, and the cause which you knew not, you searched out. The past conduct of your Lordship will afford to your fellow-citizens a certain assurance of what they may expect in future. A steady perseverance, an inflexible and impartial course of justice, we have miry rea-, son to suppose, will not be wanting on your part ; and by such conduct, when you retire from the weight and cares of this arduous office, you will have the well-earned praises of your fellow-citizens, and, what will be the best testimony, the consolation of your own approving conscience." WESTMINSTER ELECTION. The polling. proceeded on Saturday with rather ,greater alacrity than on either of the two preceding :days. At four o'clock the following was announced to be the State of the Poll : sir OCRDLIZ 1026 Mr, IlormousE - 911 Mr. LAMB 607 When these numbers were exhibited, the majority in favour of the two first-mentioned Cafididates was hailed by the crowd -with loud acclamations. Mr. JONES BURDETT then stepped forward, and said that he was sorry to be under the tecessity of announcing to the EleCtors the indisposition of Sir Francis Burdett. His cold was so extremely bad, that, if lie were present, it would have been impos, Bible for him to make himself audible. His absence, therefore, he trusted, would be attributed -to the only cause which could have withheld him from appear ing on the hustings (Cheers). He desired, on his own account, to be permitted to congratulate the I Electors on the situation of the poll. The advantage' they ha.] gained that thy, he trusted, would enable them to bring the contest to a successful and trium-i pliant result. He could not let this opportunity pass without offering his humble, but warm and sincere i thanks, to Mr. flobhouse, who had so zealously ad vocated the cause of general freedom, •in resisting that monstrous power of arbitrary imprisonment which had been claimed by the House of Commons (Cheers). He wished it were within his means to serve him more essentially than he could, but they might rust a,sured that every exertion in his power should be made to secure his success. The horrid and unconstitutional power of arbitrary imprisonment to which he had alluded, he would represent to them in the language of truth—not in his own language, but in that of Mr. Burke, who said, " that a large' and liberal construction in ascertaining offences, and a discretionary power in punishing them, was a cri minal Court of Equity, which was a monster in jurisprudence." To the truth of this observation, he was sure- that all to whom he addressed him self would bear the strongest testimony. The Ho nourable Gentleman concluded by adverting to the Scriptural story of the man who had fallen among thieves, and who, though passed by the Levites and priests, was relieved by the good Samaritan, who re freshed him, and poured oil into his wounds. He trusted the Electors of Westminster would prove the good Samaritan to Mr. Hobhouse, bind up his wounds, and pour oil upon them, by returning him as their Representative in Parliament (Cheers). Mr. LAMB next presented himself to the Electors; and was received with strong marks of disapproba tion. He returned thanks to the opposite party for the courtesy they had exercised, in requesting for him a patient hearing; hilt even if they were disposed to attend to this recommendation, he would not oc cupy their attention fur any great length of time.— lie could not but regret the absence of the worthy Baronet, whose indisposition had been announced, for he confessed that he had seine satisfaction in speaking after him (Cries of Bravo!) There was a pleasure in hearing his speeches, because he met his opponent fairly, and grappled with his arguments in an open, candid, and honourable manner; he took no mean advantage of what might have been said, and fairly represented the observations to which he might feel himself called upon to reply. But with regard to Mr. Hobhonse, he was not prepared to make the same declaration, and therefore he should be per fectly contented to let his speech of the preceding evening go uncommented upon—(Groans and hisses) at least those parts in which there was a difference between them. There were points, however, in which lie entirely concurred, and to which he listened with great satisfaction. With respect to the numbers which bad polled, lie begged to assure the Electors that he was as much undismayed as ever. lie still retained the same confidence as to the result of this contest—(One of the crowd exclaimed, " Then you have a cursed deal 1 assurance !") He admitted that he had ; and he believed it was very necessary on those hustings—(Bravo ! and laughter)—and he also believed that it was not confined to him alone— (Laughter). Mr. Hobhouse had told them on a for-, rner day to let his (Mr. Lamb's) canvassers go about with this question :—Will you vote for a man who says that the House of Commons is the constitutional Representative of the People—or for a man who holds a contrary doctrine ?" He readily met Mr. ilobhouse on that point. He was willing that hio. canvassers should put this question, for he was ready to stand or fall with the Constitution, such as it was. He was ready to stand by the Constitution with all its defects, rather than he would-concur with the illegal attempts which were made out of doors to effect a Reform which was calculated rather to destroy it altogether than to amend it.—(Applause). lie would consent to no Reform but such as was brought about by legal and constitutional means— ( Loud disapprobation was here expressed by an indi vidual in the crowd, when a person who stood near Alr. Lamb, exclaimed, " want no Cato-street con spiracies :" this created considerable uproar and hisses). 11r..Lamb, -in continuation, begged; to ask, if the •,Mouse of Commons were the infamous and corrupt body which the Hcmourable Baronet (Sir EBurdett) had desca ibed, how it came to pass that . both himself and Mr. Hobhouse were so anxious to obtain a seat in such an assembly? (Cries of " &cause they mean , to Reform it")—Did they indulge the Quixotic hope' that their eloquence would enable them to persuade that corrupt House to reform itself? And this too, after they had told them, day after day, iliac it never would reform itself? If the House would not - refortn itself, where was the consistency of their wishing to sit in it? If Mr. Hobhouse had any consistency, it was not in the House that he should seek to relOrm it, but oet of it, at the head of those Gentlemen who were. to effect Reform by pulling the ears of its Mem-' hers (niches, and some cric.7 of " all fah ' '). It was hardly,to he expected that those who would incite, or rather recommend t h e people to insult the Mem bers of the House of Cornmonl, would be themselves anxious to obtain a seat in an assembly which they had•characterised as deserving those insults (hisses). .For himself-he could only repeat, that he was for a Reform in the Constitution—by constitutional and legal means—and if it could not be reformed in this way, he hoped it would never he reformed at all (Some opt!ausc, awl cries of " Of, Off " ). In conclu sion, Mr. Lamb repeated his confidence as to the ul timate issue of the Election. Mr. IlonoousE now presented himself to the El2c tors, and was received with the loudest acclamations.. He rail he was pleased to find that the lion. Gen tleman who had just addressed them should teel sen sible of the courtesy which haol been exercised towards him in the request Which had been made, that he might be allowed a hearing—but he was sorry to say that he had not exercised a similar court.e.y in return. He had told them that he felt pleasine -in answering Sir Francis Burdett; but while he passed this compliment on the worthy Baronet, h r thought it necessary to add, that he (Mr. Hobhouse) had taken mean and captious objections to his speech. Mr. LAMS denied that he meant to apply those epithets to Mr. Hobhouse. What he said was, that Sir Francis Burdett had not taken mean advantages of what had fallen from him. _ Mr. HOIMOUSE said, that the inference to be drawn from this language was plain and intelligible—it was in terms saying, that although Sir Francis Burdett did not take mean advantages, that he (Mr. Hob house) did—nevertheless, as the Hon. Gentleman had furnished, with his usual ingenuity, a new glossary to his own words, he should make no further allu sion to the subject. He could not help saying, how ever, that when Mr. Lamb complained of being misrepresented, it. would have been but candid to have stated in what respect the misrepresentation had taken place. Mr. Hobhouse then proceeded with great ingenuity and eloquence, to rerly to the differ ent topics of Mr. Lamb's speech, and to observe that his motive for desiring a seat in the blouse of Com mons was precisely the same as that which had been declared by Mr. Fax and Lord Grey, when asked a similar question, namely, the hope that by the speeches delivered in Parliament, an effect would be produced out of doors, whic'n would ultimately con vince the People of the necessity of Reform, and finally lead to a beneficial result in the House itself —( Loud cheers).— After some remarks on what he called the double face which Mr. Lamb had'assumed in his private letter of solicitation, and in his public advertisement, he concluded by quoting this distich— " Vile Neuters, in middle way steering, " Are neither rish, nor flesh; nor good red herring!" (Loud cheers). THE EVE SING STAR: LONDON. MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1820. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 - CLCCK . 3 per Cent. Consols 68% • 5 per Cent. Navy 103% 'Vs lndiaßonds 14s. pr. Exchequer Bills (2d.) Is. 2s. dis. Consols for Account 68A. Bank Stock', 3 per Cents. Reduced, 3i per Cents. 4 per Cents. Bank Long Auns. and India Stock, all shut. The proposed increase of the Civil List, has pro duced a considerable sensation in the public mind.— Some say the demand will not be satisfied with much less than Two Millions. The Tina's of this morning combats the principle which we stated on Saturday as to the Hereditary Re ienues of the Crown being as much the lawful right of the possessor as the estates of the Duke of DEVON smut; are of his Grace. We have often admired the constitutional doctrines of that Journal ; but, in this case, we feel well assured that it is in error. What ever part of the ancient Royal Prerogative was not explicitly withheld by Bill 'and Statute from King NVILLIA NI, was granted to him. Nothing was said in the agreement with that Prince respecting the He reditary Revenues ; and, therefore, we contend, that he succeeded to all that his predecessors enjoyed. Besides, his In esent MAJESTY does not claim his en joyment of the Throne either as heir of the STUA RTS, or as successor to WILLIAm, bat in virtue of Queen ANNE'S Act of Settlement; and nothing is said 43 that Act about the Civil List or Hereditary Revenues. Therefore, we again Contend, that his 'AIAJEsTv'§, right to the- lleveditary Revenues stands precisely on the footing it would have donchad he been the lineal heir of the banished dynasty. The Times says, that "his MAJESTY possesses his income by a title much more honourable, and we trust no less' secure, the constitutional assignment of a flee people." This sounds well, and is in part true; but it will be recollected, that our Government is one of law and usage. It is regulated altogether by expedients, suitable tO the exigencies of the cur rent time—ancl, what is law for one is law for another. Long may it so continue ! We shall not refer to the Duke of DEVONSIInteS case, because it might q pear invidious : his Grace's vast estates having been chiefly obtained by acquisitions subsequent to that period when the lands of the realm were given to public officers in trust for the Nation. But those estates in the North of Scotland, to which all eyes'are directed " to see the burning," affords a case fn . priint. By what better right than that by which the KIM:* is entitled to hold his hereditary revenues, do Lady STAFFORD, and Mr. MuNno, of Novar, possess their lands? And yet we see Sheriffs, and chariots and cat men, and horsemen and soldiers, called, in the name of the law, to turn out the tenants whose ancestors have posses , ed those lands from time immemorial, aye some of them before the days even of the Mar chioness of STAFFORD'S ancestors ?—Now we say, if the law protects the possession of property, merely from u age and wont and ex;lediency, «e should be glad to know why the same la'.v shall not protect those rights which, by usage and wont and expo. diency, the Crown has ever enjoyed ? But while we contend for this principle, let us not be misunderstood ; we do not approve of the pre servation of any such rude and tyrannous custom Of savage antiquity ; nor do we think his present MA s..STI" could grant a 'greater boon to his subjects, to characterise the opening of his reign, than by uniting with Parliament to abolish for ever all the be ' rcLiizary immlnities of the Crown, whether connected with land, or revenues, or droits of Admiralty, or any other source. 01 - . e thing we beg leave to observe, that, on Sa tuvday, in speaking of the droits of the Crown, we included the four and a half per cent. duty on the Customs, which was originally granted to defray the expense of forming the Colony of Barbadoes, Esc. This for some time was appropriated to that service ; afterwards, it Was seized by the Crown; then the Nation recovered it; and some time arter the Crown again got possession of it"; and, we believe, enjoyed it till the close of GEORGE the SECOND'S reign. This is now the most productive branch or all the here ditary revenues of the Crown, and it is that to which the impending contest in Parliament will chiefly have reference. A very foolish argument is raised against the Crown in this case, namely—lf all the h. reditary revenues are taken, then the Crown should maintain the Army, &c. Those who urge this do not seem to know that it was not from its hereditary revenues that the Crown'ef old maintained the Army. The historical fact is, that the Army was raised and chiefly maintained by the possessors of the land; and it would now be just as wise to reinforce all the tenures of the Doomsday Book, as to require the Crown to act . more Contrary to the spirit of the age and the Constitution than any other of the great proprietors Of the disturbances in Ross-shire, no farther parti culars have reached us than arc contained in the an nexed letter. We sincerely hope reflection on the one side,• with temper and concession on the other, will put - an end to this most unhappy affair, without the farther interference of military. ENTRACT OF A LETXER FROM ROSS-SHIRE, MARCH?. " We have all bete agitated by a most unpleasant business, which took place yesterday. The scene toek place on a part of Mr. Monro's property, of Novar, called Cuirain, near Glado. field. The object of the Sheriff going; was to see the Officers perform their duty of executing the summons which was to warn the peo s ple from their farms. As thty had before resi►te r. the Sheriff was Obliged to take with him a considerable force. Its order to carry the business into effect. About-at Special Con stables were sworn in, and a party of about 21 Militiamen at.- companh:d them. This force proved very inadequate; and a scene took place truly horrible, in which thirteen of the Sheriff's party were wounded, and of these one had his skull fractured by a stone, which hit him on the forehead. " The Sheriff was in imminent danger; be was bit by three stones, one of which cut his bat. He went ambupt the people, thinking to soften th-ni by reasoning; but it was all in vain.-- They called out to Lim, that he used to be on the side of mercy ; that they thought he would protect them, but that be new came, to oppress them like the rest. The mob appeared as if raving mad ; and those who first attacked seemed furious, and were chiefly women. The men were drawn up on a height, and had taken quite a military position behind a wall, with shelf fire arms in readiness. There were about 200 armed. The force with the Sheriff could rot attempt much ; but the Militiamen were ordered (in hopes of frightening them) to charge with bayo nets, when the women, instead of running away, as expected, literally rnshfd among the bayonets, crying otit—' The must die, any way; better to die here in ,imerica, or at the Caps of Cwaii 114pe ; t e cicit't corelar our lives !'—We fear it will be impossip ble to remove these people without bloodshed." The Paris Papers of Thursday arrived in the course of yesterday. On. Wednesday, the discussion on the Project of Law respecting Individual Liberty, was again re sumed. In the.prcsent rapid diTusion of light throughout Europe, the..-e can tcarcely be a good idea promo'.• gated in one country, without its being taken up and applied ilk another. I . t. Serjeant Cori,Ey having aaiused the linglith Public with his defence of re straints on the right of printing, by die analogy of the law of ALFRED, has been followed, if not equal• led, by M. do J3oNAI.D, who, having proved to the •Chamber of Deputies the•legitimacy and the Laces ' sity of the project - 1 - or allowing all persons who are s uspected by the rrenk.h Ministers, to be - imprisoned dku int; pleasure, supported it also by the customs, not only of the middle ages, but of the ancient Gauls. Ile only lamented the insufficiency of thOmeasure. M. LArAYETTE terminated a speech against the Project in a striking manner :—" Gentlemen, it is know three and thirty years since I first demanded, of SI of je 5i re .t 1 tic re ir to n 1 1 ( SI ti tl lh t.J 4 21 t t •?. 1 I • .14