The National Register. — London, England, 1817-10-13 00:00:00

FLECTIO3 . I FOR 4 LORD 3/.41011. This lleetion, the most reutarkal4e within our remem aoce. closed on !Ittliday with a result k% hick must have been aniietp.ited troth the first eommeneetneut of the poll, Mr. Alderman Smith being at the top of the list iq a most trium phant majority. The natitheti CS exhibited on the final close we! e. Smith, 427* Wood ff 27 I Atkin*. 1',87 tiooditehere A few mutates after the poll board had been exhibited, Mr. Smith came forward Anil endeavoured to address the nu merous assemblage in the Hall, but, as on every preceding day, the gang of ragged, dirty wretches who had possession of the ground immediately in front of the hustings rendered every word inaudible. Mr. Sheriff Alderson endeavoured to obtein a hearing thr hint, but without effect. Mr. Aldermen Atkins succeeded rather better. He dis elaiesed all idea of standing before the livery on the principle of rotation, only, for he allowed the propriety of passing over • tiosi•e whist were not qualified to fill die high office to which lie aspired, but at the same time, he saw no reason for breaking in u po n the regular routine, unless there was some specific Haw in the character of the person whose torn it was to be the Chief Magistrate of Ilse City. After this, all became confusion ; Mr. Williams, the sup porter of Xlr. Smith, attempted to speak, but his voice was di - evened in the cry of" Winder, Woofer." Mr. Hutchins and Mr. Wender successively presented them eel% es. hut they were equally inaudible, the friends of • the seceeseful candidate beiuig tesulved that thefts* should not be nll on nor side. 'rite Sheriffs seeing that there were not the slightest chance of tranquility being restored, declared the poll to be at an end, and ordered the Livery to disperse. There was a strong disposition on the pa t of Mr. Woofer's ftrends,that he should address the Meeting in defiance of' the Sheriffs. 'Flue City Marshall went to the Sheriffs to know their pleasure, and nit his return summoned the constables, mid dettemiced his inten tion of arresting any one who should violate the,privileges of the Corporation. Mr. Hitchins seemed disposed to throw the ganntlet of de fiance, boot a more temperete friend of Mr. Winder begged him not to commit himself, at the same time giving it as his opinion, that the persisting to address the Meeting would he In about half an hour the Hall began to he cleared of its inmates, and the patriot orators, with their patriot friends, smothering their disappoi ;;;; nent, sullenly withdrew. Out Wednesday the Lord Mayor proceeded in state to Guildhall, where a Court of Aldermen was held by adjourn' intent to receive the report Of' the Sheriffs respectieg the elec tion of Lord Mayor for the year ensuing, vs heti the Slietiffs reported the choice of the Livery to have fallen on Christo pher Smith, Esq. Alderman and Draper, and John Atlas's, r,sq. Alderman and Merchant-1400r. The Court then imme diately proceeded to the se, tiny, alien Mr. Alderman Smith was elected. At one o'clock the Lord Mayor, followed by Aldermen Mr. C. Smith, Sir W. Curtis,Sir J. Slaw, Mr. At. kips, Mr. Goodbehere, the presen t and late Sheriffs, ascended • the hustings. The Recorder then advanced, mud annotinced that the majority of votes aeon the late poll having proved to be in favour of 111 r. C. Smith anti Mr. Atkins for filling the office of Lord Mayor tor the year ensuing, the choke of the Court of Aldermen had fallen upon the former gentleman (Amolatise.) Mr. Alderman Smith came forward, anti was invested with a geld chain, the principal ensign of the civic chair. He ad dressed the Lively in a short and perspicuous speech. After emu , ASillg his gratitude for the hono ur rtilltrirrti upon 'lila, Ise begged t o assure than, that no evertions which lie could make should be wanting to deserve their approbation_ and to guard against the risk of appeal ing fn disgrace their stoffragex. With meant to the late tassatest, he had lint • wish to ex press, end it was, that ottillte feelipgi to which it might have giteen list! SllOlllll lre fin :gotten and forgiven. As to the future he had only to renew his pledge of a sincere desire to defend and tir 1111 l ote the interests of the city of London. The not thy Alderman withdrew amidst general testimonies of appro bation. Aril Mayor nbserved, that lie naturally felt 511111 P any ioty ill CC/Millet' his fellow citizens, that he hail, shoring the emitinitance of the late rimiest, acted in conformity vs till ihme principles by which his public conduit had aluay • been re pedaled. What he wished to establish in his mantic ca p a city 4• die reputation of a consistent man. His re-cent nomina tion a Willi tilile to set ye the annual office of laird Mayor had taken place without his knowledge or instigation. So far from entertaining any ambition for the continued enjoyment of such an emmistence, he felt that it was incompatible with a due attention to his pi ivate bushier.% awl his domestic c . forts. He had on various occasions, not wily in the circles of his present aciptaintance, but openly is the presence of the gentlemen of his own WWII, declared, that it was not in his contemplation, if elected, to enter a third time upon the functioue of the Chief Magistrate. lie turd heard it said, that he might have made liitinselfa most popular mom, by withdran. lug his ranee limn the list a. candidates at the esuinleneetnrnt of the poll. For popularity so obtained, be could assure them, be hail no taste. The popularity he aimed at was the good opinioo of his electors, thirty acquired by an honest and un remitting real in their service. l'he principle upon which lie bad endeavoured to entitle himself' to their good opinion, was - *'determined spirit of supporting, against all encrogel lots, that rights, their pi ivilegee, and their franchises. For these lie had exerted himself to support in every sitnation to which they had dalle hint flue 'armour to appoint Von, whether in the exereisc of his akdirs as a Magistrate and: the guendium of the peace of the inetropolie, ie •his place indite House of Coin n;oos,m his eontirences wilt the Ministers of the ('roan. In this lAA Mentioned situntion lie had been called upon to de fend s us of their meet importing and ancient privileges—the rsOit of electing the Sheriffs for London and Middlesex. It lead bet to deem ibed to him as a mere feather, but heregnrded it as a sehetantiid right, will worth the preeery Ong at all times sod under all circumstances. With reterence to the principle upon which he hash permitted his name to ennti tttt e in the poll books. lie would no tely athlete to the ease of that excel lent man and inflexible patriot Alderman !Atelier in the year nna. When reunited with Alderman Couul,e, in opposition to Alderman Staines, a second time, he did not decline serv leg till the favourable result of the election a as made known. lle, on the contrary, as he load already intimated, had very generally •lenifierl his intesotiou not to undertake the duties of this si , iiii•i tttt a 3d time, evert thou b called upon to do so by the wishes of his fellow eitizeits. If he was asked, wits he had pubroely deleted his determination to the assembled la ses) he until,' answer, Cita: his object, like Alarms:no Skill- W.I. Its give them an opportunity of showing, that they rowel! the light of electios ny exercising it. His 011.ilTi *an le please the Livery, by doing his duty,in protective; their TIONAL THR rights ; 4nd whether as their Magistrate sir the Representa tiva in Parlianient, he pledged himaelltto adhere-steadily to theme principles which he had hitherto maintained, never oil any pretenee to abandon his post, and at all times prepared to render them an account of his imeninet, satisfied with the re flection, that they would reward him according to his merits. With regard hl his worthy successor, he felt it a•diny to de clare, that the disappointment which lie had probably ex -1 perienced in not being Fleeted for the pact year, had never appeared to create in his norm.' any sentiment of personal pique or animosity - . On the contrary, lie had always mani fested the inmost alacrity in contributing to the due discharge off the magiatetial thnies of the great metropolis, rendering to him, in his arduous situation, all the assistance in his ironer. He doubted not, therefore, that they would find reason to congratulate themselves upon the consequences of their choice.—( Applause.) Mr. Alderman Gooulbehere then presented himself to the attention of the Livery. Understanding that Mr. Alderman Atkins did not on the present occasion intend to come for ward, •he could not retrain f offering a few observations, as tinder thecirciintetances, lie might otherwise be considered deficient. in his fluty. There was scarcely any . one present who was less acquainted than himself, with the original mo, lives of his humble name being bronglit before the Livery as a candidate for the uttice of Chief Magistrate. But *ben he considered the privileges of (tire city, and the possibility that his humble efforts might advance the cause of fieedune lie felt that it was of little consequence in what manner his name might Inv disposed of'. He emisidertal the Livery of London as his master ; if they had any thiug to demand of him, that respectable body•of men might when, and where they pleased, call upon him to pellet/it whatever his mental and bodily powers allowed bloc to execute (applause). With respect to the result of the election, he rejoiced in the decision; for reason% which he would now declare. If he had been placed at the head of the pull, lie shouldsnot have been able, with all the elaniestie care *lnch oppressed his mind, to have filled the office of Chief Magistrate, or to have-exe cuted the duties eif it. with satisfaction to himself, as nothing but repose and re tit timid could r estop: the health of Ms nearest and dearest 'elation iu life. lint lie had willingly allowed himself to be pieced in nominati o n, because a duty to perform to his know-cite/A us; and it shield not he imputed to him, that wearine the Alderman's gown he had at tempted to interfere with the lights or tic: city, or prevent a 1101, fair, and complete election. The Livery were thent• selves the proper jetelgea Irl p ecting the prolific ty, , or impro priety of trice king through tile custom cif rotation. Ile haul atwitter great satisfartion in vi ithessitig .the decision of the gentlemen of the Livery, as they had sr w esercised their elective franchiee, lead been able to express their real emit ion, and hail made choice of that man whom they ceinsidere.l the beat qualified to preserve 'the dignity and c..aracter of the e ty. He assured the Derry, that whatever opinion 'Mein be entertained by the public of the characters and merits of the Aldermen of the.city of London, yet among themselves they were most friendly, and each was ansione to contribute to the happiness and comfort of the other. 'No petty feeling of hatred or melte% there existed, Seat all was harmony and concord. fie should, however, be among the first to ceon• tend, that if the connote of rotation were iiniformiy adhered to, if there were no variation, and the Alderman were Ahmed to ascend the civic chair regularly one after the other, as matter of course, that thee the rights of the city iiiii stbe en dangered. It; at any tittle, an exception should be made to the genera! rule, it sheitild therefore be, when the necessities of the country woe such, a, loudly to call tonic. After hay iug expressed his regret that lie had been the cause of imich fatigue to his mune . Aldermen who haul appeared day alter day upon the hustings, and lets Mg commented 'upon the imminence of their civic rights, he 011111hed to the conduct lit a geutleirian filling a high office in the eity ; and he rice-used that Alagistrate of en deaveitiriug to raise himself in the es timetion Of his fellow-citizens by irregular mad itticandel means. Such pramiees, he said, had been iesorted to; : o ld, on smother occasion, I 01.1,0001. had been hOlrowed from the City Chamber to assist Ministers to carry on an tiseles and expensive war. These were facts widen' liresown know ledge, because they had happened iii the eutirse.ol lii• ex perience ; and lie earnestly ieconummtled 1;m Livery to.look atter their own interests, to guard their rights with a watch till eye, and to pardon .no ticks or dislionotitable come s:ulcer. die pet loony concerted in what had Callen from the Chief Magistrate with retro et In the chaeacter of the gentle man who had now been elected to that high and iiniien taut station, and had little doubt but that tie would discharge the duties of it with skill and assiduity. In colichieliug, lie re turned thanks for the preference which had been shown to his name berme his smiler Aldermen. A gentleman of the name of Waller moved the thanks of the Hall to the late Slitrids, Messrs. Bry dges and Kirby. It was seconded by Mr. Reeves, and etlrrii ., l unanimously. ;gr.tlitcbiur CAM follt - illll to explain the cumluct he hell pursued during the cositest• lie diseleinierl the ,ideu ul having thrust himself into notice fur pri vine motives, and as serted that his only object had been as a friend, to the freedom of electimi to support the indepeedenee of •the city. He could not help regretting that a Chief liittisti ate had been choseu out of the camp of the enemy, because lie was known to be the supporter of the uliquitions system punned les the present Nlinisteis. He, how CVO', billeflt - ly wished, that as lie now " bore the binrhiug borrows thick 11p1/111111/1"11eNould dis charge the duties of the °ibex with honeur to himself and to the city. Mr. %tin/anis said a few words in exidenation of the part he had taken in the elm-hon. Ile expressed Ins surprise that Nick characters as till/Se who had lately spoken flour these boards Weft &Howe.' to address eu iespectubl'r a body as the Livery, and to stand tin as the champions of the Clete! 1.1- gisttate of the City. Mr. Woollcr said, he should not have stepped forward on the present occasion, had not the last gentleman who 'puke obhged him to say a few words. It Maul ARV d yB been his Wlllll to hear all cute+, for it was of the greatest advaiiiaige to the Callse lit 1114111011110 ithUa its 01111011 CW aan °ppm unity of showing the weakness of their arguments. His cause stood upon the tirm rock of the I'Oll4MllllOll ; 1111 d, MithOllgh it aright provoke laughter to hese 115 opponents a ttempt t o Justify themselves, yet sonic pity ought to tie shown for the 110101d0Ce of tlllllte agents Of a destructive spicier who acne ally imagined their arguments were convincitig. He molded to the stratagem practised in a former day., and redeemed the pretensions of Mt. WlNiatios.te the civic etair. Ile, himself. had 11101041 fOrWardlim the preserit ()eremite Derai l , i m oluly leader had Ifebellllll 111111/4-11. He 11411 tOllll.l 0.111 dllllle. 111 11.111111 Aires, stet no generals to cemenand them. It public 011101011 kept Its 10111', II Well were lisle to themselves, then Government might Fropose %hal 1111`.1 , 11reS 1111. y pleased they WOlllll hose 110 (ACT! ; hilt tithe present system were to be estoblished and supported, he had lather bit its victim than its slave, The Hall was then disolv ed. L . 1 11. BUILDINGS IN TIIE REGENT'S PARK. TO THE EIATOR OF. TOE NATION' %I. REGISTER. Ste.—lf it be true, that the! wisdom Is the best, which is most dearly purehaSed, then must (Mr. Nash be the wisest man of his profession, which this, or any other country has produced ; for certain I ain, that no other surveyor orsirchi teet has, troll' his purse, so often paid the forfeit of his follies. The public have accused him of want of•ftiresielit, want of taste, and want of management ; hut, he bi tug thins ponisheil through his pocket, it may be asked, what have Ihe public to do with his failings? Yes, Sir, they have lunch to do with them ; they have to deplore the disfiguring of their streets, and squares, anti highisays ; and in one.ittstance, which I am about to mention, they hose to regret that the purse of the crown is made to pay for the thoughtlessness of its silt s ever, It is pretty generally known, that as preliminary steps to the cot s-en imig of Mary-le.bonne fields into a park, some ar rangements were made between the Crown and the Doke of I'm timid, by which, his Grace consented to open out the north endof Portland-place, and thereby give a free corn mituication between the new park and tte town, in the direct line of the grand Waterloo street. One of the equivalents fur this favour, was, that the Crown should not build in such a situation in the park, as to block up the north end of Har ley-street, whiclris his Grace's properly. Among other improsetnents projected in the park, it was intend( d that a untidier of villas should be built, each Ilan.. ing an allotment of Brea one to three act es of land. Mr, Barton was the first who emliaiked in this building specula tion. lie built as very handsome house on the edge of the Circular-reed, on the high ground of the park, which, I be lieve, lie disposed of to goon advantage. Encouraged by this areress, he agteed with Mr. Nash,, surrey or to the Board of -Woods and Forests, for another pint of ground whereon to erect another house. Any man would imagine, that as lint six or seven years have elapsed since the arrangement was made with the Duke of Portland, and as Ntr.Niv.sli front his situation must have the whole business con:stoutly snider his eve, be would have recoil. cted that he haul no power to block up the end of Dal ley-.sheet; set the esiraorilinary fact is, that either front total foigelfulness of his ow .act, or front a vs anion disregard of it, he granted to Mr. Boutin: u plot of ground precisely 1111 the spot on which he hail, on the part of the Crown, engaged nut to build ! Mr. Burton, allogetner igtun ant of the agreement exieting between the Crown soil the Duke of Poi iland, ire.. , er doubt ed for a moment the ability of 11r. Nash to grant lion a plot of ground in whatever part of the park he ilimight lit, and lot thwith proceeded in ahe buil !Mg of his Icon-e, and with such dispatch did he proceed, that it had reached the second story before the Doke of Portland was made acquainted with this direct violation of the ape:einem. ..1s any man would do nosier similar mretimstant es, Isis tierce illicit - creel, and insisted ou •the vaildity of the art aiigemeid of the ism pruvruiruts. It I%.tS iii 14111 to reaar, for g c wlaniun on the part of the Crow ii would junto v a V 1144111111 on the part of die Duke, and tie had it in his power to shot ai, tile end of Port land-place, and render of nu avail, all 11:41 bond 1)Cel/ done its the pack. The mils alteinative mereture was to kuil house down, and at tois moment se vet al toe a Are busily em ployed upon this work of desti action ! What most di.: Suard tit W tools and Forests, with so re spectable and ilitelligent a 111411141 Mr. fh skuisuu at its bead, think of this disgraceful transactiuui 1, a nut itieunibeia upon it to ileent, thy mar., the proceeding by its cm/stile, itad by making Sir. Nash sustain the whole loss, give 14111 one inure practical lesson on the necessity of " Luukiug belOre lie leaps." Your., VIATOR. We insert the above, without pledging oarAelves for the arcuracy of all the statemeilts is tech it contains. To a pout we can speak ft our own observation, a house has been built iu the prik opposite the end of Ilatley.etrect, auil workmen are 11041 r employed in ',idling it down. It there .1 color iu the statement of Violor, sum,: of our Outtesputt• dents wol probably set I iiii OFFICERS ON HALF-MlN.—The &hotting off.;ial communication respecting the powtr of FL.if-pay otti vers of the British army, to hold offiect or places of emolument under their own or any foreign Govern ment, together with their half-pay, has been just a.- dressed from the War Office, to the several army agents.:— ORCULAR. War Office, Sept. 30, 1817. " SIR-4t having been determined that the regulation by tvkieli Officers ate precluded front receiving halt' pay, while huNlinit daecs Or employments of pi tint tinder his Itlnjesty, shall emend to Officers un halt' pay holding similar offices or with, under other tiovei 'tlents, nine." , t%itli perimsigiton his Royal Higline*s the Pe Met! Regent, I :nu to acquaint yua, for toe inturmation of the halt s pay Offi cers. to %them you are agent, that this exit ii•itni uls the regu lation wile accordingly take etivet tiuip Ilse ,llectmil)et next Mellon% e._ " lam to add, that all application% front thiiceri for per. mis%ion to hold others or employments under other (io% e rir mulls., to 4 eiller wait their hall pay, are to be ail:tressed to. the stri etar3 at War, tOr Ins 'Liu) al coast dei atiou. 4. I am , Sir, Tow• moat obedient humble Servant, PALNIEtiSION," Jose mi 111 . 0NAPA RTE....ZiIe Philadelphia Tram inky:con gives some information respecting the loan. ncr of living of Joseph Buonapartc : •• Joseph INluu.yar to resides at pieseiit tan a farm, owned by huuse.f, b. mown u) the mime of Pinot itree - ce, situate on Ilse river Delaware, near to Bortlesilown, and about thirty holes i 1111111: lie abalones hut title ot Count de Sets ion is, is is. winos la ihiti COMM: Kid. NollOt of the fami lies in his sieigilloimilouil, 'et:Elves visits nine the ladies and gentlemen whit oceasionall) resort to Ituldrutovut , sunietiencs givescntertaunutuls, and scrota dL.pused 10 nuAe himself agrcuah:e to 011, by ilecoolinotintiOn I iiiii Melt . In the Republican ..aborts ut the cuuntiy. lie 64, rxio . isticti a coosiderable sum in the improvement oh his Lout, and 1171, added to the rat ocanty of the situation. Ills residence last whit. r w.., Philadelphia, and we Iloilo - stand that the house 'diet) , ucilipied lay 51.de Kantatiw, the Swedish Alisiister, Dimmed At the soinii tart coiner of High and Tuultili-strt.cts. is now fitting up fur his reception dotal; the Jpprudctiing wanct."