The National Register. — London, England, 1821-03-12 00:00:00

1 , 4117 99, /so • • ' Z ' '; * 7 "! NOt Oat° n tLt itans. 6 our sing, tonoutution, anti Rawls. No. 1,309.—V0L. XIV.] ELECTION OF N 11) ERMAN FOR BRIDGE WARD. A wardinote was held nit Thursday in Pisloom) gem Hall, it) consequence of the resigitatum of Sir M. Bloxam, the late alderman of Bridge Ward, for the porpose of electing a successor to the gown. lie Lord It favor presided, accomoaired by the principal city officers. Mr Holland, Mr.Casberd, and other council were in array to protect the interest of the candidates. The Lord las or opene I the business of the clay by a prefatory exhortation to the comendiog parties to rest Pam themselves as much as possible within the bounds of .-noderation. His lordship expressed his sincere fi lend snip for both candidates, and hoped. that if in the course of the contest any difficulties should arise, he should lie able to decide with the impartiality ilia' be came the situation he then had the honour of holding. Mr. TILL came forward to propose Mr. Garrat as a candidate for the vacant gown, and in doing so, he apo logiz-d for the non-atteinlavce of \I r. Davison, the oldest inhabitant of the ward, who had intended, if he hail not heels prevented by indisposition, to have come forward and put Mr. John G trrat, than whom he knew no man more distinguished both fur his public and pri vate virtues, in nommation. Mr. BERTRAM Said, it war with the greatest pleasure that he seconded the nomination. He declared that it was not with any party views that :Mr. Garrat came for ward, and he was ante that when a man of such emi nent private virtue was pot forward, the good sense of the ward %%stolid not lose the opportunity of availing themselves of toe offer of his services for their welfare, its preference to those of a stranger to the ward. Mr. I:LYING - Tex came forward to propose Mr. Sheriff Williams as a candidate in fill the vacancy. lie knew no man that was more fit than the worthy Sheriff was to fill the situation of a magistrate, front his great know ledge of the cliuunul code, his acquaintance with the state of our prisons, and his general knowledge of every thing that was curinected with the welfare and good order of the citizens and city at large. Mr. PEWTERIS said, tl.at if a i..,00d private character were the only qualification required to till the otlice of an alcletitiall, or if the only interests to be protected by their wpresentative were tnerely the local interests of the wand, num might be some difficulty in deciding upon the merits of the two candidates; but the influence of the piddle character of an alderman not only extended over the whole of the city, but over the whole of the kingdom; it was therefore of vast importance that their representative should be equally distinguished fur public ability as inr private virtue. Mr. Garrat was not known to them a, a public character, and indeed he had always hitherto chosen rather to retire into his domestic circle when called upon to till any public office, that) to step forward into those stations which melt of affluence atm leisure were expected to till for the benefit to those iv ho had not such advantages. With respect to Mr. Sheriff Williams, he had performed every office that he had been requested to till, with zeal and ability, and had given more than ordinary marks of his possessing a su perior 'Mod. His conduct had been such as to give sensible men confidence that their hopes would not be deceived :is tune to conie—(cries of Heir, hear)—.and he had every qualification that age and experience could give him, and they had a guarantee from iris pint con dile' that his future attendance to the ditties of the if they should this k proper to elect hint to it, would be such as lu insure the utmost measure of their approba tion. The speaker concholed by seconding the nomina tion of James Williams, Esq. GARItAr then said, that in coming forward as a candid:tie torsheir suffrages, to be a represAttative oldie Ward in the Court of Aldtrittets, he should be careiul 01 snaking any ptootises, as lie had observed t those wilt) tttt ised largely always performed the least. He offered himself at the solicitaiums of a number of die most res retipeetalde iiihabnatus u: the Ward, He did riot put himself forward. for lie Was iso lover of such situations, out rather preferred .domestie retaremeut ; but whets lie found the Ward placed in the situation it had beets, he he thought it a disgrace for them to goloa stranger to he their representative, and did lon hesitate in coming for ward,—(Cries on hear l)--.With respect to the charge of his not being a tried public min, lie would, say, that a good private character, was an earliest of a good puiilic our. For himself, lie really thought, that in toe elee. • ul All Alderman his polities were a minor consideration. But if he were elected to the office he should think it his duty, 113 a niagistrate, to borrow the 101 g, and to Support the laws. He was no polsticiati—he hatod the name of politics—Lon he would say, that if lie were chosen, he would supliort it, the Commou Council retinal in Parliament. In COOCIOSiOII he said, he stood up fur their privileges and independence, and that if he were returned, lie would du his duty aithfully to his constituents. If, on the contrary, which he would not contemplate for a moment, their choice should tall o.p his opponent, he would retire to the bosom of Ma family, and nu event in his life after should ever induce him to come forward to stand either for this Ward ur any other. Toe speaker sat down amidst loud and coutitiord cheers. Mr. Siterili 1$: tt. t. isms apologized ;o the W animate that he cuutd nut adult:lslam ati lolly as he wished, on MONDAY, MARCH le, 1821. accouA of a severe indisposition under which he was • then labouring. It was highly gratifying to hint even to he thought worthy of being presented to the notice of a Ward so respectable as that, as a candidate for so high and serious an office. It wasgratifying also to hint t h a t no spirit of party rancour had as yet been displayed in this contest, a spirit so odious to him, that however he might be visited with it, he should never be prosoked to return it. Whatever might he the result of thus con test, notlving should induce him to act otherwise than as a fair, open, and liberal Englishman, as a gentleman would do.—Hear, hear.—lf he hod any talents, they were at their hest service, and lie ollifred himself on the principles of liberality, of freedom, and the principles of the. British constittitiou. The great charge against him was his being what they chose to call an allen in the Ward. But in Fatrinedon Ward they found no intrtu venieuce from their Alderman, Sir C. Piice, living in Bedford-square; but if a residence among them was tin ' portant, he would put it to them whether a gentleman who resided It) miles out of town was much worse oft • than one who slept five miles out of town, and was in town during the whole of the day, at no greater distance front one extremity of the ward to another. Ile was born in the very street lie was th-ii speaking in, and he plenged himself as a ratan of 110:100 r, that if he were elected, he would either become a resident amongl, huts constimems, or resign his gown, which he would never retain but with the goodwill of tote majority of the in ‘ii.ibitants lbr he despised the man who would retain a place tinder other circumstances. lie had been brought up in the love of freedom, which would never diminish with him ; but it tiid not follow on that occonnt that he should not respect the existing authorities. It would be Ins greatest boast hereafter, if he pitied the office, that he bail more hearts with I hen, than he had when he sva: chosen, . I lie LOKI) MAYOR then put the candidates in 'mini uatioll, when nie choice of the Wald wt•a.s declared to have fallen on Mr. Siterill \Villion's by a considerable majority. A poll was demanded for both parties which went on but slowly, as nearly the whole of die alternoun was taken tap by long arguments between the counsel the admissibility of vides. At four o'clock the poll closed, and the numbers were declared as follows: For AI r. Shea afi lVtlliatus 23—For Mr. Gorrat io— 4 At the close of the second day's poll the numbers were—For Mr. Sheriff Williems 56—Mr. Garrat 48— Majority 8 At the close of ihe poll on Slitirday the numbers were, for Mr Garratt 87—Mr. Sherift Williams NI-- Majority 6. FLOATING HOSPITAL FOR SICK s t DISABLED SEAMEN. On Thursday a General Meeting vi(,)s held at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgale-street, for the purpose of establishing a Permanent Floating Hospital on the River Thames, for the reception of sick and diseased seamen, (coutortriable to the recommendation of the who were appoitated in the year 1818, for the relief of Distressed Seamen.) His Royal Highness Prince Leopold was to have taken the Chair, but in coostiptenec of tile recent affliction of their Royal Hightulses the I)uke and Duchess of Clarence, on account or the demise of their infant, Princess Elizabeth, was prevented attending. In the atkeitce of his Royal Highiwss, the Lord Bishop of Chester took the Chair, in the presence of as nu merous, and as respeceable an assemblage of persons as we have witnessed for a length of tone. A great tiumber of elegant females formed part of the conaratiy. The Itsitop of Chester opened the proceedings in an able an 11 . initatoons speech, iu which he regret:en the ale since of his Royal Highness the Prince Leopold, under the peculiar circumstances which detained him from the Meeting. He caplaincil the object which the So ciety had in view. S. Cocks, t. q. the Secretary to the I.l'li:wino, then read the Report ! Iron) whin i it appeared mai m die year 1819, the Committee ot the Society our the relief of distressed Seattavia, in consequence of the exhausted state of their funds, determined upon re-modelling their Society, and thought proper to iliscontiour the admis sion of seamen on board the recen tog ship, in order to uring the establishment to a closv. Tue total amount of the funds, at that period, was 10,1161. 9s. 6(1. of which there remains in the nand: of the Tleasuer (k 3s. Id. Tue whole number of seamen who have been objects of the Charity, is 39 929, the greater part whom have been provided with conlies and Sent to their own country and homes, of which 1934 were sick, wounded, &c. In the years 18. 19, and 20. 198.5 were admitted into the hospi al, 1081 were cured, 140 incurable or hot other reasons, 72 were sent to hospitals or dispensaries, and 9:e died. Tile original object of the institution was the -chef taithose houseless and distressed seamen. who, in the winter of 17 and tB, were in great ben its and about tile metropolis. This purpose havtng heel, accomplished, and the extrusion of the trade with the Nunh American Colonies having since treat such as to aliord lull ensployineitt for able-hodied seamen, the Sudety hatc, dlagini, OW last eighteen •-,, Paws 9P. mouths, confined itself to the relief of such as were labouring under disease of a temporary nature ; and his Nlajesty'sGovertiment have, with a view of enabling the Society to coniiime such relief, presented them with a commodious two-decked vessel, called the Grampus, well adapted for the purpose of an hospital ship. 9&) seamen have been admitted, and 874 were discharged perlectly cured, sod have bees eseited le MM. their callings, in consequence of the Medical aid and cola forts afforded by the Society. Thirty have died, and 6b have been seat to their homes, or otherwise provided for. Another melancholy fact was mentioned, that there are annually, in the port of London, from 700 to 800 sick and diseased seamen, destitute of medical or surgical aid; but through the means of the society (the report men tioned) could he restored at the annual expence of 30001. Mr. %V ilbertince, in proposing the first resolution ior the establishment of a permanent hospital on the River Thames, for diseased seamen, expressed much pleasure in the perforinaucc of the duty which hat devolved upon hint to lend his feeale aid iii promotion of the object the Society had in view. Wheu he considered the number of distressed seamen who were reported to have obtained relief from the Society, be found sonic difficulty in bringing himself to believe in the correctness of the 'report, the means of the society were so exceedingly circumscribed. The diffidence of a sailor, and which was peculiar to his profession, prevented him, when on shore, making that application watch might be necessary fur the relief of his waists ; and he therefore remained without that aid he was entitled to, and which a grateful country would never refuse. The forms of most insti tutions act.• so tedious in their process of granting relief, that sailors above all others were the least likely to profit by them, and if they entered an hospital, the least likely to derive benefit front their admission into it—such was the inherent modesty of their character. The right hon. gent. proceeded in the same strain at considerable length, and was loudly applauded. He concluded with moving the first resolution, which was carried unanimously. The second resolution was proposed by T. Wilson, Esq. M. P. who said that, from an early acquaintance with the habits of sailors, and a knowledge of their cha racter, there were no men, in his opinion, more worthy of support, a sailor generally thought less of himself than he (lid of any body else, and there was about him a natural feeling, which caused him to be ashamed to solicit a favour. The resolution was agreed to. After some observations front T. Murray, Esq. M. P. and other gentlemen, Tae Chairman rose, and expressed great satisfaction in communicating that his Majesty had graciously con descended to become the patron of the Society; and he It It much pleasure in adding, that his Majesty had sent 501. and nod become an annual subscriber to that amount. • Lord Darnley i t ..., al as a resolution, that the thanks of the meeting should be given to his Majesty, which was seconded by Capt. Waldegrave. A considerable collection was made, the thanks of the meetiog, voted to the Chairman, &c. and the business ttrmitiats.:(l. -- Letters from Florence, received on Tuesday. state, that considerable dissatisfaction had already manifested itself among the Austrian troops. A panic was prevalent, that they were going upon a war of assassination, into a country famous for the opportunities it gave to ambuscade, and fur all the secret modes of murder. Inured as they are to implicit obedience, and acting in general like auto matons, they are extremely superstitious ; and the alarm of the stiletto and of poison, though dreadful to think of and totally unfounded, may become so general, as to make their commanders hesitate as to their advance. A letter from St. Thomas's, dated January 18, says,—" Until the beginning of the present month there has been much activity in our markets, caused by the shipments meditated for Terra Firma, which was considered a favourable omen for trade iu ge neral. but contrary to expectations. the movements were then suspended. According to the best ac counts front the Main, we learn that the arrival of the Spanish squadron of three frigates, with some smaller vessels of war, having the Commissioners from the Cortes on board, has destroyed the confi dence of the two parties to so great a degree. as to render doubtful the continuance of the armistice, and the opinion here is, that it will be broken be fore the expiration of the term. Thii opinion has ' • been strengthened by the verbal report of the Cap. , taiu of a vessel which arrived yesterday from Porto , • Cabello, with a cargo of mules, who says that all' parties—the Spaniards, the creoles, and the patriots ".• -- '- are in a state of disunion, and regard each atMly e. 3 , with extreme jealousy." - N A revolution has been effected at Teneriffe; similar to that which has lately taken place in For. tugal and Madeira. -• 111‘ ■