The National Register. — London, England, 1821-07-01 00:00:00

COMMON HALL. ELECTION OF SIIERIFFS.—MOOday last being Mid summer-day. a Common Ilall was held, according to custom, for the election of Sheriffs and other officers for the year ensuing. The Hall was most unmerously attended. The Hall Was opened by Alderman Wood in state, attended by the City Officers and the Court of Aldermen, of whom Alderman Rothwell and Alderman Garrott, and the Recorder, were received with peculiar marks of their displeasure The Commod Crier read a document from the Lord Maya appointing Alderman Wood his locum learns, in his absence on account of bodily indisposition, to hold Common halls, C is of Aldermen, &c. The Recorder in presenting himself to state to the Hall the purposes for which they were convened, was assailed with groans and hisses, and cries of " No asset ciai ions, &c. &c." The Court of Aldermen having withdrew, the Com mon Sergeant read the list of i.ersons put in nom ination as candidates fur the office of Sheriff'. They were as John Garrott, Esq. Alderman and Goldsmith. William Venable., Esq. Alderman and Stationer. Rawl t Humphrey Martin, Esq Citizen rota Cook. illiam Kr), Esq. Cutest and Cook. Simon, Esq. ditto, ditto. Jobe Woohe ) , Esq. Citizen and Gluier. Richard Butter, Esq. Citizen and Butcher. oh Clements, Esq. Citizen and Merchant Tailor. Ai clidaie Pabort, Citizen and Mercer. Edinund Wilier Rundell, Esq. Citizen and Goldsmith. Miles Stringer, Esq. Citizen and Merchant Tailor. Benjamin Esq. Citizen and Drapi r. Thomas Kelly, Esq. Citizen and Blast( rer. Enos Hiirant, Esq. Citizen and Weaver. Joseph Pull), Esq. Cstivm and Waichaudler, and William Crook, Esq Citizen and Merchant Tailor. Mr. SCHULTtz, after the names had beet' read, came forward to address the Hall. They were, he said, con vened to exercise one of their most important duties, in the election of officers who, in the. discharge of their functions, were superior even to Peers themselves. They were about to elect conservators of the peace, who of their own authority, inialn apprehend and commit to prison all misdoers. When they considered the high power and extensive jurisdiction of these officers, oi whom they had the appointment, it became highly im portant that they should elect none but men of integrity and firmness, who would Stiffer neither their own rights as high officers, nor those of their fellow citizens, to be invaded. It became still snore necessary that they should elect such men, when they saw the constituted authori ties invaded, and their powers usurped by a self-elected junta, who had associated and were formed (in the very centre of ilte jurisdiction of the officers whom they were about to appoint) for the purpose of intimidating the press, and oppressing the unfortunate, for ditkrences of opinion. Should the powers of the regular authorities be allowed to be usurped by a set of informers t (Loud eppl.•use.) He hoped never to see a conclave exist in this country, such as did at the titne of Nero, the Roman Emperi.t, and who were, in the reign of his successor, Tuns, nit cued to be publicly whipped through the forum ; and then they were led through the amphithe atre as svi:d beasts, and afterwards sold as slaves. In the proscription, during the second •irate caused by the informers, the names of the proscribed were inscribed on tablets hutht up in the public view. Toe prosecuted had then stone chance, and might see what was placed against then. There was another feature preoliar to that association, which was, that no priests had any share in the proceedings. Alter sonic further observa tions to the smite effect, he exhorted the hall to be stre nuous in their opposition of such measures, as their po litical and religious liberties were all at stake. He said, that it was for the purpose of potting forward a person ti ho would assist, as far as in him lay, in resisting the proscriptive hwastem of regular authority, which he vial had recently taken place, that he rear 11111 l ended to their notice the name of Mr. Crook. Mr. Citoox came forward and stated, that it was his intenti kkk 10 have obtruded hinisell,but that he wished to correct sonwthitig which It .d been said of him that 'miming by the well-known character Doctor Slop.— The Doctor had said that he (Nlr. Crook) was a Sheriff's broker, and therefine not a fit permit to serve the office of Sheriff. He dettiial that he either was or ever had been a Sheriffs broker. In fact, there was now no such office in exigence. It had been abolished by Lord Kenyon. lie (Mr Crook) had certainly sold in, his capacity as a broker, tinder several Sheriffs' writs ; liut the ippon 1111 l rut of the broker lay with the plaintiff in the action, or his agent, and it was under such ap pi' sit that he heel acted. The names of the several candidates in nomination were Mei, put, Kill a show of hands taken ; when the Sheriff, declared the election to have falleb on Veda' lei, Alderman and Stationer, and James Crook, Citizen and Merchant Tailor. The declaration was recvortil with much applause. Me. CitoOK came forward and said, that he would ' not demand a 1•01 for himself, b u t if he were chosen he would do the duty honourably and faithfully. He hoped 1w was untirtstood. He would nut be at one shilling expense, nor did he consider that he ought, as they had given thus opiniou in his (Kotse by so considerable a majority. A•Aliterman Garai had chosen to have a volt, he unit Alderman Venable. ought to be at the vitottice. Ile raid that he had loathing for himself to seek or as 4 for, and repeated that if chosen he would do his duty. Sneed? IVAITHSIAN said, that this being a compulsory oilice like ilia. of a Member of Parliament, he was of o i nnum that there was tio difference between the two, and that an individual was not competent to withdraw histairlf after havittg !wen elected. ; After sonic consultation with the law officers, Sheriff WAITHMAN returned, and said, that upon discussing the matter, and empiiritig what had been done On fur suet cecasions, till) sad mute to the decision that, under THE NATIONAL REGISTER tile present circumstances, nothing remained for them Inn to proceed to the poll as soon as the other business of the day was dispatched. The present Lhantherlain and Bridge Masters were re-elected. The present Aleconners were re-elected. J. Collins, citizen and lorainer, was chosen in with them. Mr. STEPHENS and Mr. GALLOWAY proposed Mr. Richardson and Mr. Wetherstone as candidates Mr the office of Auditors, in lung speeches, which they repre sented that as the office was at present executed, it was a incre sinecure ; that the Auditors signed the accounts with Out understanding theta; that it was proper that retrenchment should begin at home, and that the Livery should appoint men who would examine into every item before they passed it, and keep a sharp eye over jobs, contracts, Scc. A show of hands was then taken, and Mr. Richardson and Mr. Wetturstone, were declared duly elected by a considerable mzjority, to c,crve as Auditors with the two wlto remain in office. _ ..... Whilst the Sheriffs were e .otie to make a report of the proceedings to the Court of Aldermen, Mr. Galloway addressed the Hall, and cautioned them that the business of the election was about to commence. The circum stance of Alderman Garrat dematulnig a poll, compelled him to state who he was. lie was not a one guinea, or a two guinea, but a five guinea member of the Bridge street association. (Hem a ;bison on the hustings said the A Iderman was Mr. Galloway continued, that he would undertake to prove he was, and he would do so on the authority of the return made in the Court of King's Bench, in which he was s. t down as one of those not digit le to sere the office of Juror in a case where that society i rovecined, he being one of the prosecutors. Such being the case, he could not be a fit person to elect as an officer to return such Jury. The RECORDER, cm declaring the several candidates returned to the diderent others to be duly elected, excited much mirth, by toeing his address to the Hall with " Gentlemen of the Jury," instead of" Gentlemen of the Livery." The accounts for last year hlvin:r been read, the elec of Sher:ffs was proceeded in. A little before the coin mencen ent of tfie Hall, Alderman Garrat came forward and stated, that although be certainly had become a member of the constitutional associatum front a consci entious conviction of its utility, yet he had subsequently upon more mature reflection, withdrawn 'fiftieth from under the consideration that it was incompatible with his situation as a magistrate, there being a possibility that let might be called 1111011 to act judicially in cases of prosecution at the Instance of the association. At the close of the poll, which began at hailing three, and coded at half-past tour, the numbers were declared, amidst loud applause, to he, for—Alderman Vet a'iles, Pa—For Mr. Crook, 87—Pur Alderman Garrat, 6ti—Majority for Nit. Crook, Alderman Wks:A.Bl.Es returned thanks in an appro priase speech. AlderlOAO GARRAT said, it was natural to expect that those in the Hall would make a point of setting up their favourite as high as posstrile: He hoped that the livery at large would hare an opportunity of knowing him better than they sought the Court nor the common favour, and that it was his determination to kr ep the poll open to the latest hour, as he was ih-terniiiied to see of what materials the Livery were made 01'; and if he fonad that it appeared to be their sense that ire was unfit to serve them, he guild retire into that Fit AC life from whence he f.ad been drawn by his fellow parishioners.—Cries of •• Go now."—" No," said the worthy Alderman, " 1 have not vet made the trial 1 propose. The Court of Aldermen was afterwards held, at which Mr. Alderman Wood laid before the Court his appoint ment as locum leneno to the Lord Mayor, which was read. The summons I r lie Deputy Earl Marshal, for the attendance oldie Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, and Sherills at the ensuing coronation, was laid berme the Court and read. Mr. Alderman WOOD laid before the Court two letters the Lord Mayor hail received from the Town Clerk of Oxford, requerting, on behalf of the Mayor and Recorder id Ox hod, that they !Mali( he permittt d to accompany the Lord Mayor, &e. in the city s ate barge on the ensuing CORMADOO, attended by eight citizens of Oxford, which being read was complied with. Richard Clark, li , q. was sumo into the office of Chamberlain, and Nl,ssrs. Galabni and Thodey Imo the office of Bridge-masters. Several of the oilers of the company of watermen and lighternien were sworn. Precepts for Michaelmas-day were directed to be issued. The several officers of the Lind Ni,iyor's household attended, amid took the rise, according to tile resolution of the last Court. We understand that no less than four regiments of cavalry, in addition to the three regiments of Foot Guards, with the regiments of Horse Guards, and the Oxford Blues, are to attend the approach ing coronation ; so that this solemn religious eere -mouy will also be a grand military spectacle. The procession of his Majesty, however, from West minster Abbey to Westminster-hall, will not be a spectacle for pedestrians, as the whole of the plat form upon which the procession moves is to be lined by a double file of Foot Guards, who are to stand upon a small platfortn, which is raised about three fixt on each side. Behind those soldiers there is also to be a double file of cavalry. Lodgings in Dublin have risen full 50 per cent. since it was known that his Majesty would visit the capital of Ireland, and a royal box is preparing in the theatre, under the impression that his Ma jesty will honour it with his presence during his ,stay there! SPANISH SOUTH AMERICA. Chili Gazettes to the middle of February have reached us by the Springrove whaler, which contain some interesting details of the events in Peru, of which the following is the substance:— The Chilian troops occupied the coast a short dis tance from Callao northward, and their General, San Martin, to judge from his despatches, had his need-quarters sometimes at Hunch°, sometimes at Sune, and sometimes at fluaura. His last despwch is dated from 'testes, two leagues from Chaticay, the 4th of January. He therein commenced a despatch received from the Marquis de Torre-Tale, Govero , .r of Truxillo, by which it appears that the Governor himself had favoured a revolution fur independence. and that the whole coast from Callao to Guayaquil had declared for that cause. The desertion among the royalist troops, officers as well as men, is stated to be very great. The whole battalion of Numantia, 800 strong, in desert ing to San Martin, forced even their Spanish officers to keep up with them, in a painful march of 24 hours, without rest. Col. Arenales had been ordered by San Martin to proceed with a detachment from Pisco towards the mountainous districts, to raise ti.e country, leave officers, arm=, and ammunition, and after having described three-fourths of a circle round him, to join head-quarters on the northern coast.— This officer met with no opposition ; the few troop; he found either fled or surrendered, and the inha bitants received their visitors with open arms. After passing through Huamanges, Huscancavelia, Tarots, and Jauja, where he appointed new authorities, Lc learnt that MO men, under Brigadier O'Reilly, had been sent by the Viceroy of Lima to intercept him, and that they were strongly posted at the mine of Pasco. Though be had only 920 men, he at tacked and defeated them on the 6th of December, after a short conflict, so completely, that not a mats is supposed to have escaped ; 32 officers were seat prisoners to head quarters. Col. Campino marched as far to the northward as Huaras, where he made a detachment, under Colonel Lantano, prisoners.— Lantana afterwards took rank under San Martin. A set of letters are published, in which Lord Coch rane and Gen. San. Martin complain of the conduct of the captain of the Hyperion, for having allowtd a British vessel to break the blockade of Callao and refusing to receive a letter from Lord Cochrane, except by night. The Gazettes also give the cor. respondence between the French Admiral and the Secretary of State for Chili. The former assigns the object of the squadron's appearance in the Pacific to be the extension of hydrographic knowledge, the exercise of the seamen, and the protection of Frenth commerce, professing the most perfect neutrality. and offering to transmit to his government any com munications which the supreme director may cluioe to make. This offer is, however, declined, as the envoy in Europe is charged to acknowledge the kind expressions conveyed by the French admiral. The preparations, both in the Abbey and West minster Hail, were on Thursday inspected by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Clarence and Glou cester, the Bishop of Chester, and several of the Foreign Ambassadors; the latter were accompanied by Sir Robert Chester. Law ARRANGEMENTS.—The Middh sex sittings in the Court of Commons Pleas, after the present term, are postponed to October, in consequence of the preparations for the coronation at Westminster hall ; where alone, by law, they can be held.— This is nut the case with respect to the Court lit ' King's Bench, which may sit elsewhere. It, how ever, has made a similar arrangement. The sittings for London commence on the day after term, and continue uninteruptcdly, until the causes be dis posed of. Letters from Bourdeaux of the 10th inst. mention the receipt of very alarming accounts from S i tain, disturbances having broken out in the north of that kingdom. The latest dates front Gallicia reach down to the fish inst. but they do not notice the circumstance ; and we are therefore inclined to hope that the information received by way of Hour deaux is unfounded. At Corunna, up to the begin ning of the present month tranquillity prevailed ; and, according to some of the advices, there WAS at fair prospect that the public mind would not be dis turbed. A letter front Cadiz of the Ist inst. states, that two Commissioners had arrived there from the kingdom of Mexico, and were to proceed immediately to Madrid ; other commissioners tuin different situations in South America, where Fer dinand is still ackncwledgml, had either arr;vetl in Spain, or were on their way to that kingdom. A Spanish fleet, more numerous than any which hod had arrived in Spanish ports tbr a considerable length of time, was anxiously looked for at Cadiz, front the Havannah. As the armistice between Spain and the independents of South America has been broken, that fleet would be convoyed, as heretofore, ' by Spanish ships of war, which will transport a considerable sum in specie to Cadiz. I