The National Register. — London, England, 1821-03-11 00:00:00

• ort No. 1,309.—V0t...X1V.] ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN FOR BRIDGE WARD. A wardmote was held on Thursday in Fishtnon gees Hall, in consequence of the resignation of Sir M. Bhutan), the late alderman of Bridge IVartl, fur the purpose of electing a successor to the gown. Toe Lord Mayor presided, accompamed by the principal city officers. Mr. Bollatul, Air.Casberd, and other council were in array to protect the interest of the candidates. The Lord Mayor opened the lit. Mess of the Jay by a prefatory exhortation to the contending pz:rties to rest tam themselves as mucti po,sittle within the bounds of moderation. Ili; lordship ...xpressed his sincere ft tett& ship for both candidate-, and hoped, that if in the course of the contest any ditlicithi-.s should arise, he should he able to decide %vitt) the impartiality twat be. carne the situation he then had the honour of holding. Mr. TILL came forward to propose Mr. Garrat as a candidate fir the vacant wivu, and in doinz so, he ape logix.vl for the null-attendance of Mr. Davison, the oldest iiihabhalit of the ward, who had intended, if he had not beets prevented by indisposition, to have come forward and put Mr. John Garrat, than whom he knew no man more distiuguislied both for his public and pri vate virtue , , its !lamination. Mr. Br:Kit:Am said, it was with the greatest pleasure that lie seconded the nomination,. Lie declared that it was not with any party sieves that Jlr. Garret came for. ward, and he was sure that when a man of such emi nent private virtue was pro forward, the goud sense of the ward would not lose tile opportniiity of avardng themselves of the oiler of iris services for their welfare, in Mr. BET to those of a strariger to the wind. M r. BET IN G ToN came for ward to propose NI r. Slier; II Williams as a candidate to fill the vacancy. He knew po man that was more fit than the worthy Sheriff was to fill the situation of a magistrate, from his great know ledge of the criminal code, his act-lit:durance whit died State of our prisons, and his general knowledge of every thing that was emniected with the weliare and good order of the citizens and city at large. Me. Pawrairts said, tnat if a good private character were the only qualification required to till the office of an alderman, or if the only interests to be protected by their representative were merely the local inierest?of the ward, there might be home difficulty in deciding upon the merits of the two candidates; but the influence of the politic 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 for public ability as for private virtue. Mr, Garrat was not known to them as a public character, and indeed Ito had always hitherto chosen rather to retire into hi, domestic circle when called upon to fill any public office, Mari io step forward Hilo those stations which inert of offfactice ancr leisure were expected to fill for the benefit or those who had not such advantages. With respect to \lr. Sheriff Williams, he bad performed every of fi ce th at he had been requested to fill, with zeal arid ability, and had given n o ire than ordinary marks of his possessing a lit. polio.' mind. his conduct had been such as to give sensible men cenfitlenoe that their hopes would not be deceived : 11 time to euine--(eries of bear, hear)--and he had every qualifications that age and ex i .erience could give hint, and they had p guarantee hum his past con duct that his future attendance to the duties of the otlii.e, if they should think proper to elect him to it, would be such as to insure the inmost (treasure of iheir appruba. *ion. The speaker concluded by seconding the :manna tion of James William:, EN. Mr. Cron RAT then said, that In coming forward as a candidate for their suffrages, to be a representative oldie Ward hi the Court of Aldermen, he should be eare.ul 0 1 snaking any pioniiseit.ari he l if (A:served dial those %vim promised largely always performed the lea.t. He offered luttisulf at the solicitations ofUfa nuthliar of the must ret respectablo inhabitama n: the Ward. 11e did eat NI himself forward, for he was tin lover of socli aituatioris, bus rather preferred ,clourestic retirennsot I but whets he found the Ward placer/ in tile situation it had been, he he thought it a cliktraao fur them to grime stranger to be their representative, and slid nut hesitate in coming fur. , ward, -,.(Cries of hear h)-With respect to the charge of Fit nut being 4 tried public Mall, he wiiuld, say, that a good private character, was art earnest ef a good puldie For himself, he really thought, that its the oleo buff pf an Alderman its politics were a minor consideration. Mut if he ware elected to the Wilco he shook! think it his dotty, as a magistrate, to honour the Kina, mid to lumen the laws. tie was no raced the Millie of poldies-..hut he would say,- that if he were chosen, he would support di the Common Coursed reform in l'aripienent, Ju tvnelusion he said, he stood tip for their proileges mid independence, and that if he were returned, he would do his duty faithfully to his Constituents. lf, on the contrary, which he would tout %Pimpled': for a nionwni, their donee should fall ua his oppoiretit, he would retire to the begun of his famili a Yid nu event tit his life After should ever ititioca him to come forward to stand either fur this Ward or ally other. Tito speaker sat down amidst fowl and col ttttt mot cheers. Mr. Site, id W us apologized m the Worriment that tic could not &chi(eo, thctu su run) as he wished, Ott ationat - 7/ : Utoitiirr+ Our Ding, ComStitution, anTi latniS. SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 4821. account of a severe indisposition under which he was then labouring. It was highly gratifying to him even to be thouollt worthy of hieing presented to the notice of a Ward so respectable as that, as it candidate for so high and serious an office. It wasgratifying also to him that no spirit of party rancour had as yet been displayed in ties contest, a spirit so odious to him, , that however he might be visited with it, he shook! never he incsoked to return it. Whatever tinAlit be the result of this con test, nothing should induce him to act otherwise than as a fair, open, and liberal Englishman, as a gentleman would du.—Hear, hear.-1f lie had any talents, they were at their best service, and he offered himself on the principles of liberality, of freedom, and the principles of the British CULIbIIIUDOO. •greet charge against him was his being what they chose to call an alien in the Ward. But in Fairiugdon Ward they found no incon venience from their Alderman, Sir C. Price, living in Bedford-square; hut if a residence among them was im portant, he would put it to them whether a gentleman who resided 10 iikiles nut of town seas much worse off than one who slept live miles out of town, and was in town during nip whole of the day, at no greater distance from one extremity of the ward to another. Ile was bran in the very street lie was then speaking in, and he pleaged himself as a MID of hOUOLif, that if lie were elected, he Would either b...coitie a resident among! his constittients, or resign his gown, which he would never retain but with the goodwill of the majority of the M- I habitants, for he despised the 111311 who would retain a place tinder ram r clic 1111 l stances. He had been brought Up in the love of freedom, which would never diminish with hint; but it did not follow on that account that he should not respect the existing atithoritics.- It would be his greatest boast hereafter, if lie gained the office, that lie had more hearts with him thug, than he hail when lie was chosen. The LORD MAYOR then put the candidates in nomi nation, wheal the choice of the Ward was declared to have Illicit on Mr. Sneritt Williams by a considerable majority. A poll was demanded for both parties witicn Weill on but slowly, as nearly tit. whole of the afternoon was taken up by lung arguments: betrk, ii the counsel the admissibility of vines. At lulu o'clock the poll closed, ;mil the numbers were. deefired a, tuilowb : For Mr. Sheila Williams 23--- , For Mi. CV-in:lllu— ' Nlajorhy At tile close of the second day's poll the numb, rs were—For Mr. Shetill . Williams 56—Mr. Garrat 48 lajority 8 At the close of the , poll on Saturtlai ;he numbers we:e, for Mr. Garteu 87—Mr. Sheriff Williams Majority b. 110.171NG ROSPIT.II, FOR SICK 4 DIS.4841:1) SiidAfF.X. _ _ Out Timis :lay a Chat fa; &letting was held at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsaatessiteer, for the repose of establi ) hing a Permanent Floating Hospital run the River thanies, fur the reception of sick and diseased seamen. (conformable to the recommendation of the Committee who were appointed in the )car 1818, fur the eche' of Distressed Seamen.) . tits Royal Highness Prince Leopold was to have taken the Chair, but in consequence of the recent afiLetitot of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clereoce, on account of the eleinit•e of their infant, Princess Elizabeth, was preteoteel attending. jn the absetsee of has Royal Ifigheitus, the Lord of Chester took the Cliair, in the Tien:pee of as no ; 111C10116. and 46 respeceable an assetindegeof persons as 'we have witnessed fur a length of time. %%great Amber of elegant females formed part of the company. The Bishop of Chester opened the proceedings in an able and lummous speech, which he regretted the ab.. settee of his Royal Highness the Prince Leupcld, under the peculiar vircuinatairecs which &tamer: hitu from the 4.ldeeting. He explained the &Oct which the hu met/ had in view. S. Cocks, k q. the Secretary to the Lutitution, shim read the Report, front wiliest it apileared that to toe year (gig, the Couhuittee of the Sovietr for the relict of distressed Seamsi Seamen. to oonsequece ta t the exhausted state of their Rinds, determined upon rc•ittodelllog their Society. and thouglst proper to discontinue the adults Sion of stamen on board the receiving ship, in order to oring the eshitalishutetit to a close. Toe total ailltilnit of the funds, at that peri o d, was 10,1ial. gs. lid. of which there remains in • the hand, of the Titionter 6141.3 a. 14. The Whole number of svaineo who have lieen objects of the Charity, is n pi, the greater part whom have been provided with emotes and scot to their own country and hotoes, of whi te n 103; nere suck. wounded. (ge. In the years iB, in ; and Al, 1985 Were adttittletl ii,lo the Itospf al, i(i3l were cured, 140 incurable or fin other travois, 2V were sent to hospitals fir dispensaries, and g 9 dial. Tile original object of the illslitttlioll was the :oho( of those bousetess and distressed seamen. who, in the wittier 01 17 and 18, were its great nunitnis in and about the metrupolit• This purpose h.nng noels accomplished. and the eXtelloolt of the trade with the North American Colunt..% haunt since bests suCh as to ;Word full employine:. , for ehle-ho,littl s‘ 4 4 l cila the . 6uocAy mu last tioilttsti PRICE Oid• months, confined itself to the relief of such as were labouring under disease of a temporary nature ; and his Nlajesty'sGovernment have, with a view of enabling , the Society to contione such relief, presented them with a commodious two-decked vessel, called the Grampus, well adapted for the purpose of an hospital ship. y6O seamen have been admitted. and 874 were discharged perfectly cured, and have been enabled to resume their callings, in consequence of the Medical aid and com forts afforded by the Society. Thirty have died, and 65 have been sent to their homes, or otherwise provided for. Another melancholy fact was mentioned, that there are annually, in the port of London, Irons 700 to 800 sick and diseased seameo, destitute of ine&cal or surgical aid; but through the means of the society (the report men- Mint d) could be restored at the annual expence of 30001. \l r. Wilberinrce, in proposing rue first resolution ;or the establishment of a permanent hospital on the River Thames, for diseased seamen, expressed much pleasure in the performance of the duty which had devolved upon hint to lend his feeble aid in promotion of the object the Society had in view. When he considered the number of distressed seamen who were repotted to have obtained relief from the Society, he found some difficulty iti bringing himself to lacheve in the correcuiess of the report, the means of the society were an exceedingly circumscribed. The diffidence of .a sailor, akd which was peculiar to his profession, prevented him, when on shore, making-that application which might be necessary fur the relief of his wants ; and he therefore rentaine I without that aid he Was entitled to, and which a grateful country would never refuse. The loons of most nisi!. tutions are 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 au hospital, the least likely to derive benefit hoot their admission into it—such was the inherent modesty of their character. The right boo. 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, Lsq. M. P. who said that, from au early acquaintance with the habits of sailors, and a knowledge of their cha ricter, .here were no men, in his opinion, more worthy of support, a sailor generally thought less of himself than lie did of any body else, and there was about him hatiirJl Iceliwg, which caused hue to he asisaused to solicit a favour. The resolution was agreed to. Alter SOllle observations from 'l. Murray, Esq. M. P. and other gentlemen, Tae Chairman rose, and expressed great satisfaction in c tttttttt unicating that his Majesty had graciously con descended to become the patron of the Society; and he fit utuch pleasure in adding. that his Nlajrsty 'had lent. 501. awl read become an annual wbscrilx:r to Wolf. attiltttll t, . . . . . . Load Darnley moved as t resolution, that the thanks of the meeting should be gi% en to his NlAje4ty, which, wa► seconded by Cart. W.,liliwave. A considerable collection was made, the thanks of the nteetitig voted to tile Chairman, &c. att.l tha business terminated. Letters from - Proicitce, received on Tu.:idly, state, that considerable di,satisfaction had already manifested itself among the Austrian troops. A panic was prevalent, that they were going4tpon a war of assassination, into a country famous for the opportunities it gave to ambuscade, and for all the secret modes of murder. Inured as they are to Implicit obedience, and acting in general like auto matons, they are extremely superstitious ; aoed the alarm of the stiletto and of poison, though dreadful to think of and totally unfounded, may become so general, us to make their commanders hesitate as to , their aavalice. _ _ _ A letter from St. Thomas's, dated January 18, says,--'" Until the beginning of the present month there has been touch activity in our markets, caused by the shipments me.litated for Terra Firma, which was vonsidered u favourable (nova far trade in ge. neral, but vontrary to expectations. the movements were then suspended. Accenting to the best ac counts front the Main, we learn that the arrival of the Spanish squadron of three tri , ates, v,ith some smaller vessels of war, having the Commissioners from the Cortes on board, has destroyed the confi deuee of the two parties to so great a degree. as to render tloubtful the continuance of armiAlec, and the opinion here that it will he broken b e . taro the expiration of the tern. This opinion has been strengthened by the verbal report of the Cap tain of a vesnl which arrived yesterday Irma Porto Cabellt;, with a cargo ut' mules, who says that all parties the Spaniards, the creole'', and the patriots are in a state of disunion, and r e gard each other with extreme jealousy." A revolution bus been effected wt Teneriffi, .aa.ilae to that which has Lady taken pla,.e in I/br it...4'i and Madeira. . l - • t • • : I Al • , 2 ~/