Star. — London, England, 1821-10-01 00:00:00

He would not make a long speecb,hut would proceed to remark upon the hoe or two points on which the par -611 disapprobation was expressed. He proceeded from hontessziew the funeral of Honey and Francis, from' motives Of curiosity, as he wished to ascertain whether the public feeling was opposed to it, or sympathetic.— For his own part he was pleased that a public time. ral had taken place, but that was no matter. Two British Juries had investigated the circumstances which led to the death of the unfortunate men, and on the case of one they had written " Slaughter," and on that of the other " Murder ;" and it therefore became a British Public to interest itself in their fate. He (Mr. Cooper) proceeded with the funeral to Ham mersmith, he entered a stage-coach on the way, and -on the return, at Knightsbridge Barracks, he saw the Sheriff, and observed at the same time five or six horsemen rushing furiously from the Barracks, and in that peculiar way as if Alderman Waithmanilone was the person whom they meant to attack—(Here a few hisses were heard, followed by loud cheers.) — Ile (Mr. Cooper) was speaking facts which were not to be controverted. He looked out of the window of the coach, and a friend with him also looked out, and said to him, " Let us get oat, for it looks as if Mr. Waithman would be killed." At that moment he (Mr. Cooper) had his body protruded half way out of the coach-window, wishing to identify the persons who assaulted the Sheriff. He saw a soldier on the right hand make a desperate blow at him, which some one warded of; but he could not recog nise some other persons who ought to have been there as conservators of the peace of the metropolis— ( Cheers, and some hisses).—He had something more to state, but should be very short. It had been re presented that Mr. Alderman Waithman's situation arose from his not having the command of his horse; the direct contrary was the fact. He saw several soldiers who wished to push him off, while his atti tude was that of imploring them not to strike the people. He would ask them, if this was not conduct on the part of the worthy Sheriff which merited their thanks and admiration ? He had now performed the duty for which he presented himself before them. On no ordinary occasion would he have thus come forward ; he had no ambition to distinguish himself in that way ; he knew he was not cut out for a public speaker. He might be charged as a fool or an empty beaded orator, but he cared not ; lie would never lose an opportunity of vindicating an injured and calum-. niated man—( Loud cheering, and bravo.) The Resolution was then put, and on a spew of hands it was carried by a vast majority, only about ten or twelve being held up against it: The Resolution of Thanks to Mr. Sheriff Williams was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. WAITHMAN then presented himself amidst loud cheering, wavii:g of bats, and every demonstra tion of the respect of the great and respectable body of his fellow-citizens collected in the Hall. He said, that every person who had the happiness of being elected into the office which he had lately served, might, by ordinary attention to its duties, naturally expect a compliment at the termination, similar to that with which he had just been honoured. He re ceived it with much gratitude and thanks, and under ordinary circumstances should content himself with simply making his acknowledgment for such a testi mony of their approbation, but there were some things of so peculiar a nature as would induce him to re quest their attention for a few moments. The office of Sheriff had been peculiarly arduous during the last year. There were no less than 39 executions, which the Sheriffs had the painful task of witnessing— (Muraturs).—They could judge a little of the anxious labours connected with such duties, and the investi gation and attention necessary on account of the ap plications from friends of the unfortunate sufferers. There were other circumstances which rendered the office arduous ; in some respects there might be a difference of opinion, but it would occur to them all, that no individual could wish unnecessarily to place himself in an' arduous situation, and in one of great personal risk and danger. If an individual, in what he conceived to be the execution of his duty, put his life to hazard, even if his view was erroneous, he thought it deserving of being considered as something better than a joke. Aker an attempt at assassination (sonic hising, overpoweredby cheers), bethought some thing better might he done than to make it the signal for the assassination of his character--(Lota cheertng). With respect to the manner in which he had dis charged his duty, the people, his fellow-citizens, and posterity would do him justice; but an attempt was made to degrade the office of Sheriff, and reduce it to a mere pageantry and appendage of the Chief Ma gistrate, and only to give it an active existence in furnishing a proporticai of the civic feasting—(Laugh ter and cheering). Ile had done with the office, and after its labour and anxieties, he naturally looked for a little rest. The insult had been offered to them more than to himself, and if anything was suffered by it, upon them it must fall. He did not like to re late anything personal of himself, but when he was made the object of systematic personal attack daily and hourly, they might think him unworthy of ap, rearing before them, and deprived of every claim to their confidence, if he any longer continued silent. If the slanders which had so virulently poared out upon him were as true as they were foul and false, he should indeed be no longer worthy of their attention. Ile knew he had treated those attacks with contempt, and chewed, perhaps, too much unconcern respecting them. Of attack on bis public character he never did complain, the Public were the best judges of that, it was open to them, and they could form their own opinions Lyon it, but it was different in regard to private character. He thought, that after having discharged the duties of various offices for 35 years, in which he was an inhabitant of the Ward to which he now belonged, during which time no person had the manliness to come forward openly and charge him with any one discreditable act, he thought that a character of that kind might be a sufficient answer to his calumniators; but having failed to hurt him; on the score of public conduct in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, it could not hat be observed that there was a regular and systematic plan of the basest slan der that human malice could devise to destroy his private character, and thereby destroy the interests and happiness of all those who were dependent upon him. He held no place at the pleasure of the Crown, and he could not be made to suffer in the same way that Sir Robert Wilson or Sir It. Baker did—(Cheers). jie could only live, like other honest men in his sta. tion of life, by his fair fame in business: it was that which enabled him to bring up, as he did, a nume rous family, who were altogether dependent upon him; and the most unmanly attempts were made, not only to wound his feelings, but to destroy his fa mily—(Cheers).—lt was his duty to tell those who now heard him, that there was no action of his life, as a tradesman, which he would not openly defend, if his accuser would only appear—(Loud applause).— It might, however, be impossible to get at the-ano nymous slanderer—at the dark and cowardly assassin ss ho came to stab the peace of families, in dastardly concealment. But there was a period when forbear ance became a crime—when it became a duty to en deavour to drag into day the ruffian who plied his atrocious occupation in secret. That period had ar rived. The accumulation of infamous calumnies, ori ginating in a source al polluted as it was studiously concealed, compelled him, in defence of himself and his family, to resort to legal advice—(Cheers, and Bravo!). —He would have let that rest, but he was afraid lest his silence might be taken as equivalent to pleading guilty to the charges made against him.— There were many who knew him well, who differed with him in politics; but he believed there was but one opinion entertained of him by all honest men of every political opinion, who were acquainted with his private character—(Cheers). —ln harrowing up his private affairs, and loading them with detraction, the slanderers had gone back fifty years, even more than that, for they had attacked the memory of his father, who was more than fifty years in his grave, and a more honest man than whom never lived—(Hear). The inference was plain, they were determined to destroy his fair fame, and they cared not by what means; he appealed to all who knew him, whether there ever was a man more ready to meet openly any charges whatever, if his accuser would only have the manliness to shew his face? no man had ever been more infamously calumniated, but his enemies were as cowardly as they were venomous. Ile wished now, for one moment, to advert to the business of the day.—(Here some tumult arose in the body of the Hall, and it was said that a person was coming forward to make some charge against the worthy Alderman, some cried out, " it is one of the B: idge street Gang." Mr. \Vaithman, after a pause, said, if anybody is coming forward to make any charge against me, for GOD% sake let him come, and let us hear what he has to say ;" but whether the matter originated in mistake or not, we cannot tell, but certain it is, that no person appeared). Mr.Waith man proceeded', and said, that in reverting to the business of the day, he thanked them for the honour which they had done him most sincerely; he had not sought that honour, but he was aware that the Livery of London, in exercising their right of election, by returning him to the Board of Aldermen as one of the two persons to fill the office of Chief Magistrate, did not only a generous and kind act, but proved that they were determined to do justice to an injured individual, and to express that confidence towards one who had suffered in their cause, which the'Livery of London would ever be proud to shew. The worthy Alderman sat down amid general and long-con tinned acclamations. Mr. Sheriff WILLIAMS next came forward, and was received with approbation mixed with some hiss ing.—He said, he appeared before the Livery to re sign into their hands the office which they had last year honoured him with. In discharging its duties, he hoped that he had met with the approbation of the ma ; jority—(Some applause, mixed with cries " No, no.)—When' elected into the office of Sheriff, he felt himself bound to consider the particular duties at tached thereto. He considered that, from his known habits, his fellow-citizens expected of him, when they entrusted him with that office, that he should attend to the prisoners in his custody, as far as was consistent with the proper discharge of his duty : he could now look them in the face and say, that he had devoted all his time and talents to such duties, and had the plea.ing satisfaction of retiring from office, after having contributed much to the comfort of persons confined for debt, as well as on criminal charges. He knew he had not satisfied all on political questions, but he defied any man to say that he had ever bar tered away his principles, or was actuated in any public act by a consideration which he could not proudly avow. He considered it quite enough for him to act usefully to the Public in his office, with out beiag a prominent politician at one side or the other. He did, therefore, request of his worthy Col league to let him attend to the duties more congenial to his disposition, and as he (Mr.Waithman) was more conversant with political matters, it was better that he should engage more in them when they came within the line of his duty. He (Mr. Williams) had fulfilled his task, and it was one both arduous and painful, by, taking cognizance of prison matters, and endeavouring to render the situation of prisoners as comfortable as was consistent with the efficacy of the laws and the welfare of the community. He now retired from office with a confidence that he had merited their approbation, as far as lay in his power, and that of all his fellow-citizens; he could say that he had the approbation also of his own mind, and he begged leave to return them his sincere thanks— (Applause, and some murmurs). Mr. Alderman WAMIMAN again came forward, and said, that as the Correspondence which had been, spoken of related not to himself individually, butts the Sheriff of Middlesex, he thought it right to lay it be fore the Livery, that if they thought proper it might be entered on the Journals. The Correspondence was that which had taken place between Lord Bathurst and himself, and he added to it a Report which had been drawn up by a Gentleman who attended him from the Sheriffs Office. The Papers were then given in, 'and their titles read, and, on the motion of Mr. FAVELL, were or dered to be entered on the Journals. A Resolution of Thanks to the LORD MAYOR was then read, and agreed to una wee, amid general ac clamations. The LORD MAYOR came forward to return thanks, and was received with the liveliest demonstrations of respect. He said, that if he felt gratified on that day' last year, when they made him the object of their choice for the high honour of filling the office of Chief Magistrate, he was still more gratified now, when the duties of that office were drawing to a close, to find that he had obtained their good-will, and that his ser vices had been acceptable to his fellow-citizens (Loud cheers).—He was aware, when he undertook the office, that it was one of high responsibility, and 'that-it required the highest degree of vigilance and ' attention he had made every exertion to deserve the highest reward that he coull receive, and now he found it in their approbation—(Agause).—They were pleased to express their good opinion of his con duct in not having employed tie military, and for having placed proper reliance on the civil power— (Cheers).—He never found nor thought it necessary to call in the soldiery, and he believed that body of men agreed with him, that they were bestemployed against the enemies of their country—(Load cheers). He knew that the confidence which lie had placed in the civil power, and in the peaceable intentions of his fellow-citizens, was not misplaced, and he trusted that the result would be a proof to all future Chief Magistrates, that there was no necessity for military interference--(Applause).—He had the deepest sense of the great honour which they had done him, and should feel it to the last moment of his life.—His Liirdship retired amidst great acclamation. The Resolutions were then ordered to be advertised in the usual Morning and Evening Papers, and the Hall was adjourned in the usual form. After the Election of Lord Mayor, a Court of Al dermen was held for the purpose of transacting pub lic business. The CHAMBERLAIN laid before the Court an account of the produce of the Orphans' Fund, for the half year ending Nlichaelmas t and the Court directed the sum of £18,400 to be paid off the debt. The thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, for his Sermon preached previous to the Election, and he was re quested to print the same, and send a copy thereof to every Member of the Court. TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON. Gzsermint, HAVING this day acquiesced in the decision of the Common Hall, in conformity with the general wish of all parties that a contest might he avoided, under the circum stances of the case, and from the difference of feeling which exists on the claim of rotation ; I have only to express my hope, that this determination may be satisfactory to my fellow-citizens in general, and conducive to that harmony which is so desirable in the administration of the municipal concerns of this City. In the following year, when on that subject,at least there can be no difference of opinion, my name will in the ordinary course, and in the first instance, be offered to the attention of the Li very, and I shall with confidence appeal to their suffrages, con scious of having uniformly discharged the public duties which have devolved upon me to the utmost of my power. I beg to return my best thanks to my Friends for their as surances of support had it been required, and especially to those of them who were able to attend at the Common Hall. I remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient Servant, Chatham-place, Sept. 29, 1821. Wdl. HEYGATE. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1821. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Consols 76% 1 / 4 5 per Cent. 109 3 / 4 3 / 4 —lndia Bonds 625. pre. Exch. Bills par, Is. pr.—Do. Small 15.55. pr. Cons. for Acct. 76% 3 / 4 %. We have received to-day New York Papers to the 9th ult. They are filled with distressing details of the ravages committed by a dreadful hurricane, which swept acrcss the greater part of the United States on the 2d, 3d, and 4th of September. The leading par- titulars will be found among the estracts subjoined : NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 4. TR rmExoous GALE.—From Saturday morning till four o'clock yesterday afternoon, we were visited with repeated and copious showers of rain, accompanied by some loud peals of thunder and lightning, and an extreme dense atmosphere; the wind during the time veered and shifted to almost every point of the com pass, when about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon it came out from about East, with all the violence and fury of a hurricane, and continued until about half-past eight o'clock last evening, throwing down chimnies, unroofing buildings, and prostrating trees in various directions. When the gale was at its height, it presented a most awful spectacle. The falling of slate from the roofs of the buildings, and broken glass from the windows, made it unsafe for any one to venture into the streets. The tide, although low water when the gale commenced, rose to an un usual height, overflowing all the wharfs, and filling the cellars of all the stores on the margin of the East and North rivers. Great quantities of lumber, and other property on the wharfs, have either been floated off or been damaged. The following are all the par ticulars we have been able to collect of the disasters and destruction to property in this city and its neigh , bourhood JERSEY CITY, SEPTEMBER 4. The gale at this place was most awful and tre mendous. Our wharfs, docks, piers, &c. were all swept away. Schooner Enterprize, schooner Eliza, pettiauger Rosamond, are complete wrecks. Four or five small craft are stove to pieces. Some roofs and chimnies blown down, one or two houses overturned, and the docks washed away. A large topsail schooner ashore in the Cove, high and dry. At Hoboken, more or less damage is done ; the wharfs washed away. PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 4. Much rain fell in this city last afternoon.- It was accompanied with violent gusts. Many trees and fences were blown down. We have not heard of any damage having been done at our wharfs. A boat, in which were a number of coloured people, returning from a camp meeting, near Woodbury (New Jersey), was overset, and five of the people drowned. The steam-boat which came down the Delaware this morning, passed three market-boats, bottom up. We apprehend there has been much injury sustained and many lives lost on our rivers. Several pannels of the sides, and a considerable part of the roof of the upper ferry-bridge have been blown down. The bridge itself has not, as we learn, beep injured. A 'brat, in which were some vrbite peop'e, sunk eF Kensington. It is said three white men were dron e i The north-east corner of Christ church, sustailli some injury. A new house, in Second above Nobl e . street, in which there were no windows, bad the A hl t end blown down on a•small frame baker's shop. Th e shop was crushed to pieces, and the baker, who tee in it, severely wounded, but not killed. FROM TIIE NORFOLK (LT. S.) BEACON , SEPT. 4. Yesterday, between the hours of ten, A. M. and ore o'clock, P.M. our town was visited by re a hu rr i can; accompanied with torrents of rain, commencing from N.E. and terminating at N.N.W. which, for viol ence and extent of damage, we are informed by many of our oldest residents, has no parallel in their Teter lections. So general and wide-spread is the dev a , ta . ' tion, that it would be impossible, from the Alortti:a_ that has elapsed since its fury was stayed, r a z i r , even from hearsay, anything like a detail of its acia consequences. Very few housekeepers have escap injury, either in their inclosures or houses, lild nearly all of the most highly improved lots in the 13nroii . , have been despoiled of their attractions, by th pr 3. stration of their walls or fences, the uprooting c i trees, or the partial destruction of gardens. Among the edifices which have sustained the gre:!!.. est damage is the Episcopal Church, part of the fts,:n t of which, above the cornice, beio . r; blown i n , the or:;Al was entirely demolished, and much other darnar,t done to the interior ; the Court House was alto pan!! unroofed, and one of the chimnies blown d own , Tire new stone-bridge, in Granby-street, was muc4 injured by the dtifting of heavy timber against i: ; and the-bridge in Catherine-street was swept aw.ty by the torrent. The ground stories of all the warehouses on ti e wharfs, and as high up as Wide Water -street, we re elatirely overflowed ; and we learn that the dama ge sustained in sugar, flour, and salt, is very gre a r, t l t amount of which, as of other damage inflicted LT this awful visitation, it is impossible at this time to form even a conjecture. The drawbridge across Eli. aabeth laver, next to Norfolk, was entirely swept away in the early part of the hurricane, and will requi r e considerable time and expense to replace it. The damage sustained among the shipping is iro• manse. Our sister town, Portsmouth, we hear, ha s participated largely in the destructive effects of this unwelcome visitant. The United States fiigatesCot. gress and Guerriere parted from their moorin gs , an d went ashore a little above the Navy Yind, on theep posite side of the river. We have understood the several lives were lost on this occasion, though noa is mentioned by name but a negro woman, name/ Phebe, the property of Mrs. king, in coming frro on board a vessel at the wharf, was struck by a piee of plank that fell from the top of a warehouse, and died immediately. FROM TUE DAILY 'ADVERTISER. Among the multiplied disasters caused by thehsr• ricane on Monday, the following is one of the not distressing that has hitherto reached us. The stab ment was made to us by Captain James Robinson, who alone was saved of the crews of four vessels wrecked near Rockaway. Captain Robinson ra Master of the schooner Glory-Ann, of and from Quag, loaded with wood, and bound to New York:— About; seven o'clock P.M. on Monday, off Rock. away, the gale became dreadful, the sails were tors to pieces in a moment, and the schooner overset, when all hands were thrown into the water amorg the wood which was also afloat. Captain Robinson had presence of mind enoughto seize a stick of light wood which he secured under one of his arms, and by the aid of that reached the shore about two miles west of Cornell's, after having been an hour in the water. His vessel drifted on shore a perfect wreck Every person on board but himself perished. NEWHAVEN, SEPTEMBER 4. A gale commenced here last evening at six o'dock which from eight to ten increased to a violent top nado. Much damage was done. Chimnies, trees, sir, fences, &c. are scattered in all directions. Neatly all the vessels in the harbour were driven by the wind, and are more or less damaged. Fortunate!l it was low water at the height of the gale, else nest a vessel would have been left seaworthy, One packs in particular drove against one of the bridges on the pier, carsied away half the bridge, broke her nag, and raked her in almost every past. No lives bore been lost, or we know of none lost as yet. BRIDGEPORT, SEPTEMBER 4. The storm at this place lasted until nearly elm° o'clock at night. Several buildings have been blows down and unroofed—chimnies and windows demo. lished—the largest trees torn up by the roots—fences destroyed, and the roads rendered totally impassabl e in many places by the trunks and branches 0 1 1 1 * strate trees. The spire . of the steeple to the Presb? terian Meeting-house, together with the lightning rod, vane, and ball, were blown down, and the Waft fronting the Churches is strewed with the Jiattelei branches of the trees which surrounded it. On the water ; the scene of desolation is yet more appalling. Almost all the vessels in this port parted their fasts ings, and were driven, some on the Flats, where thel• grounded, without sustaining much injury; otbe ll went on the Graving Banks, and one sloop drifted against the Bridge, where she remains a wreck. lbe Bridge itself was considerably injured. No vessel° • our harbour has been totally destroyed, but very for have escaped free from some damage. We are 901 to learn, that the Light-home at Black Rock is k tar wt ;.. fot th; th; be La vire