The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-24 00:00:00

. .. 1 % -7 5 - 4 1 g4illa tj A It — 4 7ur * * Jrk, try I V,' • ' . • Ef iN*‘ -ja THE N. ,TIONAL BLecriori OF COMMON COUNCILMEN. =me Friday being St. Thomas's Day, the election of. Cons. mon Councilmen fur the yeir ensuing was rruceeded on by doe respective Wards of the City. 'the Lird Maven., besides presiding at the Wardinote held .for Vintry Ward, of which he is the alderman, presided also at she Wardinoirs of Parringdon Broad-street, and Laughourne. in place of their respec tive aldermen, who were einem fr different causes. At one o'clock his lordship arrived in his state coast*, attended by all the officers of his household in full cos. tome, at Cutlers' Hall e "where he Om! the IVardinine r for Viiitry, and the present members of the C moo Council fur the Ward, were 11111a1111110iIsly, !Cele(' lor Me ensuing year. The members severally moulted thanks to the eleciors, and made the usual professions of at• tachtnent, fidelity, hcc. Alter the eketioti of C mon Couuc l uen, the election of Ward Constables and In quest took place; and thanks being voted to, the Lord Mayor for his dignified continct in the chair, the W ard mote dissolved. The Lord Mayor, at 'ten o'clock, proceeded in the same state to Christ's Hospital. iii the dining hall of which the Wardinote for Farringdon. Within was held. Mr. Pearsall having tention of resigaing, too new candefates were proposed to supply the vs - coney. Mr. Charles Woodward and SI r. bligition, the sew candidates, and all the preseut mem. ben (except Mr. Pearsall) addressed the electors, and *. appeared very desirous of propitiating their favour. Mr. fildhatti . Oeclared that it was ti l every Ward he would consider it an bottom to repres-ut ; but the Ward of larrinitilon-within was so artily imlerendent tit their principles, and had given him so mail profits of their confidence and -kindness, that he must deem it a very high honour to he placed as their represeitiative in the Common Council, where he might have an oppor unify.of evincing his gratitude by. Ins zeal in _sliest ser- lice. Mr. Crowder said, that;lnstead of a long speech, he P. q otild refer them yo his long services. He had thine doted them indenEndently and faithfully in the Com mon Council for 20 years past, and if it should please' Providence. and his worthy con eons, lie was per fectly willing to represent them for 20 years to come. The show of hands in Mr. Crowder's favour loosed that his commitments are well satisfied with his secs ices. The other Candidates addressed the electors in speeches —.which, besides containing all the usual declarations, in general possessed the high weir of bents brief. On casting up the nuoniers, it appeafid, that all the present utembers who were cmtdidves_were elected, and that Mr. Eagl,eion was elected to supply the vacancy caused by Mr. Pearsall's resignation. A poll wastlemailded on the part Of Mr. Woodward, and proceeded 011 immediately. On Monday it is to close finally. The i, Lord Mayor next proceeded to Drapers' Hall, where Broad-street W..rdiliote was held. No new can didate for the Co son Council was p.upoved, and the present members were- Ulla aa i aaa ously re-decied. Thanks being voted to the bird Mayor, the Wardmote dis solved. The Lord Mayor at two o'clock opened the Wardmote for Lanfhourite Ward. at the church in Penchurch street. Mr. Willoughby hul declared lits intention to retie, and two new candidates were proposed, Mr. T. Wpght and Mr. W. Rice. On taking the numbers by a skew of hands, Mr. Ayres appeared to be the lowest on the list—a poll, was demanded for him, and co aaaaaa cocci. The result will not be declared before Monday. FARRINGDON WARD WITHOUT. On Friday the annual meetiaxof this Ward took place in the chords of St. Dunstan, Fleet-s• reet. The Wardmote haviog been duly opened, Mr. Alderman Waitionaii 'Wormed the meeting that they hid Mit toexercise an important right, and en larged on the necessity of their selecting such persons as would fulfil the various duties, whether of a political or a local nature, with lidelti t y and industry. Mr. Alderman Wittthnfin then read :he list of names stunned by the several Prcelilelf that of Mr. %V illiams called forth ' marks of disapproba . He next read • letter from Mr. Rowe, declining to beconie a candidate. Having asked if there were any new candidates to pro- • M • MI M► Mr. MAW ....... 4 '' Mr. Gibson Mairesley Mr. Crocker Mr. Bridge 4 Mr. Oldham Mr. Hayward 26 Mr. Crowder. Deputy Mr. Daw 24 Mr. Prichard. Blacktriars 24 Mr. Scateherd 24 Mr. Winter 24 Mr. Westwood Mr. Dunnett I.ANGE This Ward recut Mr. Wiltshire ,- Mr. Thompson stepped forward. He dwelt on the imponauee of the Common Council, as it was almost the only. body that could address the Sovereign. 'To 4 have any idea of what that court was, and what it is, they had only to recollect what was its corrupt state when their worthy alderman first entered the court.— .. *1 o talk of monuments, indeed, he thought that their alderman was unit( desert oh a monument tor what he had done in that court. Coder such cite iiiii shames, it became them to prevent the court Irons ing a hat It hid been.—(Hear.) What lie ?rated was, out 311 0114:11 and wanly party, Lisa a sort 01 0 . 1/I'ef:PnCedia par y, woo had the cant sit Ihigiou on their lips, but sot: ething very dillereitt in then hearts. it was that caisistig„ sinecure party, that party who wood do any thing fur those ni power, *Melt he wished then; to guard again. What could be it gist of those Melt ill power, since atter seven years peace there was inure distress 01 the country than ever? He had intended to say something about Mr. Williams. but understanding such pClsllll was ill, he slid lilt like to speak of au ab fent patient , but when Mr. Willman' had said that his ttttt ciples were near those of Sir F. linutett, and when he calico taunt Castlereagh a " cum-bloodett Minister; he certainty was a little siaprised at the course which Mr. W. hart p u rsued. (Cheers, and cries ot Turn hint out.) It that wrrr whit licit (oily bt Came a magistrate, but had Lord Sid ■ lti at Wilda& t Slll/4111 they not exclaim, "Wr amen a rat, *e smell II rat!" (Cheers.) At all events, a litilelleCted 111411 WAS 1101 ti in be their le..deleisiallife. said, nothing but suspicion had been Directed aisasuai Mr. Williams. Toe only charge that • •r i 4 had been distinctly made was, that Mr. %V Miami had beeri-dppointegi a magistrate. rivites were then sieerally putt The shoWihraf hands foMir. Williyirh was sawn ; that for Mr. Rowe was also small ; but that for Mr. Galloway was COSbi. demi*. folowed by warm applause. Mr. Alderman IVaithinati announced the result, which declared Mr. Williams to hare been re T eleeted, Mr. Galloway to liJvetweit elected. and Mr. Rowe re. jette.l. Thus the list Rinds Is it was last year. The reveral members then returned thanks, no poll being &stranded. ALDERSGATF. WARD. R. A. Cos, Esq. Alderman. Tun Ward returns eight members. Mr. Turner, the late Deputy, resigned, when Mr. C. `Corbould was put in nontivauon by two very respectable 11'11Am:iglu. Mr. Corbould then .a4dressed the meeting at great lendir gond with enticli force, stating that he offered art hif•Pis reandidate (or their suffrages as a friend of inoderate'reform, but not of revolution; as a friend to reform width might. he •Nmewited, be obtained by the distratichisement of rotten tat Wis. Alter some forther observations, in which, hr set form his preferisiVris as one who had resided in the Ward all his life, and served all the offices of ii. he concluded by expressing his con fidence in the issue. if his friends Come forward, as they had promised. when he was requested by them to ask the suffrages of thg,,Ward. At four o'clock the numbers were...? This Ward returns Eight Members. Mr. Fisher ...... 33 Mr. Paxton • Mr. Diggens 53 Mr. Lakin 44 Mr. ...... Sit Mr. Widely 42 Mr. Matthews ....... Li • Mr. Corbould 17 Mr. FOSSIL BASSISHAW WARD. Sir C. S. HPNTEA. Alderman. This Ward ritupis lour frienibers: there were five candidates. At the close oh the poll the numbers were— , • Mr. 'Leicester • Mr. Hughes.. ... 13 I • Mr. Britton Mr. Frisby BREAD STREET WARD. Alderman AnstEr. This Ward returns IV usetouerso there were 19 can didates. At the close of the poll the 1111iIIIKIS were— Mr. Hayward Mr. Burrs .--- 5 • Mr. Bidets » 4 • Mr. Webb 5 • Mr. De Gun Mr. Mashie ` Mr Hatch Ir. Fultrinu 44 • Mr. Witte 4O O4 it • Mr. Bruckfield ...... • Mr. Corbett Mr. Thomas ......... LIME STREET WARD. Alderman BRIDGES. This Ward returns four members—there were fire candidates. At the close of the poll the numbers wire— • Mr. Price 45 Mr. Sbearman.. ...... 111 Mr. Bptrr • Mr. Prince j 1 Mr. Adcock. resigned. CRIPPLEGA"E WITHIN. M. WooD. Esq. Alderman. The present members were unanimously returned. The thanks of the Ward were also voted to Alderman Wood. fur his magnanimous conduct in defence of the Queen ; to Alderman Waldman. fur his MIGUEL in de. mute of the citizens against the military; and to Mr. Hume. for his endeavours to procure retrenchment in the public expenditure. PORTSOKEN WARD. i Sir Jarins SHAW, Alderman. Mr. Cundell was proposed as a new candidate —det the eloie of the poll the nweitwr, wer.,-- Mr. Edward Colebarch ... 39 I Mr. Thomas Parker Mr. Hubert Carter 37 Mr. John Smith Mr. Peter Perry 33 • Mr. Caudell l9 VARRINGDON wiTHIN. This Ward rs. ns 17 Members. Mr. Howell 23 Mr. Mprcott Mr. Pritchard. Netvgate-st. 23 Mr. Hogard Mr. Gilbertson Mr. Plummer 22 Mr. Hartley et • Mr. Woodward • Mr. Eagleton )URNE. s Ten Members. • Mr. Haswell • Rice - --- Dixon . Malloy ... 6I Joyce . 5 Apes 7 Gibson Stubbing Elliott Carter WALBROOK. 1 his Ward returns Eight Members. Mr. Deptry Williams Pearce 9 Woodward 5 Gibbs 8 I Hale Cope • Watkins 8 DO%V6ATR. This Ward returns Eight Members. Mr. J. E. Saunders . . 24 I Mr. D. Price . ; . . 14 James Saunders . . 14 • William Wright . 16 • Bennett . . . . 16 • Nesbitt • Mortimer . . . . 16 Forster • J. H. Coombs . . 15 Vandereom . . • J. Anson . . . . Is • W. C. Wryghte . Those marked thus • are fresh Candidates. An action of relief has been raised at Edinburgh, by Mr. Duncan Stevenson against John Nimmo, who appeared. or was brought forward for a time, as Editor of the Beacon. The new farthiti,;s are so like sovereigns by can dle-light, that on Thursday evening an attempt was made in a grocer's shop in Newcastle, to pass one of them off in payment ; and the person had nearly succeeded in ob sitting llb. of sugar and change. ~~ E ,4. I , ~ ~ .. ~• t i • s I i I ! 11 1 111 i ( 1 1 1 , A ''' i 1 1 i 1 fi ii ii ~..... . .. 46 AV .;,4rot , 1 .4 ' 41, DISTIMBANGES IN INELAIp, l • 4' • • a. the Cork Adver 4fr• toss Dar. 111.—On Saturday a notice was posted at Metheha, a sinecure parish of Ismiscanon, near Cork.' cautioning the persons in that neighbourho od to pay hot , one-third of their rents, and no tythet or taxes ; threat- ening destruction to any who should take down that notice. On Thursday. about noon, as Mr. I mns ' a Methodist Preacher, was proceeding f Mallow to Cork, a 01411 coming along the road stepped up, and carefully survey. ing his person, went off. Air. Imos had proceeded but a short way on his journey, whets he observed six or seven men. On passing them, they coecked tblgit fire arms ; and he heard some of them say, " It is her and others, " it is not he," and turning weed, he observed .several muskets, and a brass blunderbuss pointed 21 him, but they did not fire, and he reached Cork its safety. (From Ike Cork :Vermin Intelligeocer.) 'Thursday morning, between t h e hours of one and two o'clock, the house of C. M'Cartity, of ICnuckatie, she parish of Drimuleague, about six miles Irons Dun. manway, was attacked by several melt. seven of whom v wyr et ; with their faces blackened, and demanded fire.. arms amd as aaaaa unitiou. M'Carthy gave thitu a pistol, the only firearms he had ; they theti asked for the keys of his chests, which he gave them. They then proceed ed to scarab every chest in his house, in one of which ' they found between one 3101 two Ilas. of , powder, Which .he had - tor blasting a quarry, and which. Ise thinks, they must have known lie hod; with Mess they departed. without demanditig money 01 any thing else. The Dublin Evening Post ul Saturday contains the fol. lowing : " Just as we wore going to Press, We received the following corinnomcatton front respectable atoll •s. Approhenssins eon Armed /lard.—Ott Wednesday !att. twelve men, who were apprehended in the coun:y of Linierick on the previous itigitt, all armed, were Cl• cone:Ohio the city of Limerick, chained to each other, and lotlged, ill gaol. Seven others taken the same night, were also t o 11111 l Uteri. The gaol is full of prisoners." Thursday night, the stores of Wins. Pdsworth, near Mullingsarevith a considerable quantity of goods, were buried • talthe ground. It is feared the fire was ocea► a al by incendiaries. MlLL.Sritsitir, Con/grit or Coat.—A great body of meh proceeded to the village of Donoutehmore, anti attacked the house of the clasgyinata, who had deposited with him tor safety moat of the arms of the parish, amounting to 66 stadia; they set fire to his house, and obliged hms to give them up, and then helped to ratio. guish the fire, as they only wanted the arms. 'they *ere so ttttt nerous as to say they would march to Kau turk (the military post of the neighbourhood) and give battle to the military if they opposed rheas. 'their mutst bers are stated a. 100 men. The Cork Papers of Thursday do not mention this, last circumstance, which renders it improbable. Toe Freeman's Jotsriout of Monday says, that Mr. Goulbourit was expected in Dublin on the following day, and that the Marquis Wellesley was expected to arrive on Friday or Saturday at the latest. The following are additional particular respectigg the murder of Mr. Wiley. As Henry Wiley and William Wiley were returning on Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock from the fair of Longwood, to their father's house at Collestreagh, they observed a body of men, about twenty in bomber, standing at a litttle distance before them upon the road, anti upon coning nearer, two of the attest advanced out of the crowd and passed the two Wiley's, who bade them good night, but received no answer. The Wile's then passed through the main b body, but had not pro. seeded far, when the men began to whistle with their fingers, and inst tidy pursued them. Henry Wiley ob served to his brother, " there is sotnettsing in this."— "Do you take the fields." William answered. " and I'll keep the road; whatever Cildllft 1 have, rho have nune." They accordingly parted, and William was lotsuil next moriong with his head literally severed f llls tautly by a razor he had in his on it pocket, and which Ise lead that day bought in the fair. A simnel was also found near the body broke in several pieced ' and with which his head had been split in two. A most respectable jury, its the presence of Major O'Dotiougleue, bound it Murder agaivt Michael Paine and others." — Paine has been apprehended, and is now c ttttt nutted by the coroner to abide his trial. A younger bristlier of the Wiley, was a witness in the case of Mr. Cruises murder (Fives Sour:den', News Lcher.) 'fwerity counties in Ireland are tranquil. Those par tially di bed are seven—Carlow, Galway, Kilkeiniy, Meath, Roscommon, Waterford, and Westmeath.-- Insubordination and crime dis a race, to a wide extent, the remaining fire—Clare, Kerry, Cork, Limerick mod Tipperary. SPECIAL COMMISSION. LII4IRICK, I.s.—Yesterday, at two o'clock, tits Host. Baron and the lion. Justice Moore. arrived in this city from Dublin. They were met near Bird Hill, county Tipperary, by the city High Sheriffs, accompanied by their bailiffs, Mr. Drought's police, and a party of cavalry, and by the county High Sheriff and his bailiffs, and a detachment of Maj. Wilcock's poliec. from whence they were accompanied to their lodgings its George's-street. This nun tt ittg at 11 o'clock, both the Judges entered the Oniony Court, and after the Lord Lieutenant's di rection to hold a commission for the trial of such persons as were in custody for offences recently committed against the intblic peace was read, the county Limerick Grand v ie , / were sworn in. I Ihe learned Baron M Clelland addressed ,the Grand Jury. lie took a review of the datige;ous assoctatiosts letzten disgrace the county, an d a he first of these fur t w h a e s sl p lP aste Prcu d pit . when it was enacted, " That any number of .ous a.soetaung together under lointithoel acts frame's ~► 4 • 01, ,;; I I ( . i' ~, I ~~, a .F • ) ~~ o‘ A-!