The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-11-10 00:00:00

'( t .~ thitE§M. _ L 4 , .4e . einuameasesammmostamr.....el=emameaff e ssaiegewmetier emetaile and theeigbts, immunities, and privileges of whithi tween each, end on each side, were looking glasses,. .( 1 4-VPIILET SI.PIC . e • e_ NNING. • he ardently hopes, may long remain unimpaired." equal in site to the paintings, and which reflected the, (01,,EL1 . • • The,Ctitce BARON then addressed the new Lord entire of the company in the Hell. Oa emeriti; t h e : Yesterday the public curiosity was highly gratified EC N . 0 . ' D IPRON OUR MER Liti tOITER;S VT' Mayor as follows:- Hall there was an avenue across, with ex tattles on ; e ° CL • v . 1 . , 1.. by a most magnificent display in the grand public „ , npplirations for me. ry terlouelee as the poor " Mir Loan Memos,- By the voice of your fed - each aids, leading to the etete going In the Court or steer„..', free infe . et hptif end u ". a , h .... I, the! entree of our present worthy Lord Mayor into office. low-citizens, and the concurrence of oar brethren, Kii '6 Bench t thd top of these steps, l e ' l ' e Rec - -- o - rder - f - nr - a - r u eVii; . ,be - ;tog clia - r - a - tierit - ed •-- b Y - ie - ry - The shops were all shut from Guildhall to Black- the Aldermen, your Lordship has beets selected to passage, ov er the centre door, wen a ninAt beautiful remarkelee circumstances, it is deemed proper - to friars, and the streets filled with people; the bells fill the elevated situation of Lord Mayor of the City •eranspatency of his present Majegry, rented in his . particularise. commenced ringing a merry peal. of London ; and having, in the Guildhall of that coronation robes with his sceptre in his hati.l. This . • About 12 o'clock the present Lord Mayor, the City, • , of . i . given a solemn pledge for the sl oe execution transparency is the lirst object that attracts the eye The day of execut i o n was fised for iireritieelay, the Illth of July : and on Monday, the 2lth, Mr. late Lord Mayor the Sheriffs, several. Aldermen, this o ffi ce, your Lordship is now called on to renew , oh entering the Hill. &c. Stc. etc. arrive d in their carriages at Guildhall, before this Court, that sacred obligation. perbly ornamented with ile triumphant tle ‘ ar ei. c.h 4 e . s, "l6 ii s e t iel s a il l .- and Mrs. Turner prepirel to tisit Elisabeth Peening sod assembled in the Grand Council Chamber, 66 Long acquainted with the City of London, and lions, • 1 • temples , military and naval trophiei, bouquets al Neulgiese. A “"lifiPl"111 who is well known In ' mist the grand procession was arranging in thepublic life, an rinitirlit !Wernher of the sesptetable with the duties of an Alderman an d a M ag i s trate , of flowers,' &c. &c. and illuminated wi t h a vait limn- socieir a Flie,,ds, and who had not seen her; ie. • ! strPet. you must necessarily feel the . inipot tatter of the dig- her of cavilefithrtis. . At tri o'clock a herald announced that the process • • , I eeotleseled M. Intl Mos. Tutu. lin their het Id due nified station which jou are called on to fill-in 'the • THE Count OF ICI VG ' , DENICIt . poor creatuie'll cell: • Ile had endeavoured tu prevail Sion was formed, and the Lord Meyor was con- accurate discharge of which, the public welfare is so Was illuminated with several devices in smalelempt. ducted from the Council Chamber by the Sheriffs, deeply interested.. The regular performance of your At the extreme end, on inch side of the King's arms. ti ," iii,s friend altti banker; tile. Corbyn Lloyd, ofe accompanied by his Chaplain, and preceded by the Lordship's duties, Hatt Alderman, the Learned Re- tees a "G. R." in brilliant lamps. The large gothic isomearteettreie; OaOliell said WOO lilies lie had MOIL Seord mod Mace Bearers, his train borne up, foI.OM her,. Id gii with theta • ; but Mr. Islosd pretorted corder has stated, to be one of the great causes which door was bordered round w i t h chains of small lainps,• lowed by the City Purse Bearer. - The late Lord . has induced your fellow-citizens•to confer on you so and the three windows were likewise edged • with staitirecet 4: coffee-iruse until the return of till witnessed this • high an honour-nor is it without reason that he has smelt lamps, and n similar bordering on the app trite Alsynr followed, with his train borne up. Meta freak- Pileivaater After busing e ,nterst ~ . e .._. - t h e two r • erosecutois and the Pa - The Hall was very full of Ladies and other spec. d we lt on the zea l an d ability which you have diss• sideewall, to correspondesith the windows. l ater ,, umween tents, although the preparations for the grand en- p l aye d in carrying into execution the laudable teams Till'. COU.NCIL CHAldelift • sonet. etriad an sestreerditiary address of the girl to tei taiiimesit were rapidly. going on, an avenue being th at h ave b een propose d f or t h e i m p roveme nt o f g a ols, I Having also undergone a thorough repair, itt the end her usistress, Mt. Cerbya Litiyd's friend quitted Ilia Turned itesaijohidd Lee formed from the entrance across the Hill leading to ..„... ; and the result of their r. ors and for the erection of places of confinement, for behind the'Lord Mayor's seat is erected a tine full lereoce, its conseqmetce of the scene it Nesigate, the steps going up to the different Courts. i those who are not entirely abandoned. length Marble statue of his present Majosty, and on was, that Mr. Llold should siait on the Iteborder, As soon as the company entered their carriages, 1 the right side is a bust of the Duke or Wellington, 66 The keeping of this great metrepolis, now tom- and solicit a Sleet retpile for Elitsbeth Feinting. the procession commenced. " mitted to your charge, in peace and tranquillity, by !on a pedestal, with ;wither bust of the immortal ph _.. .. • _ x e lotto as tng aiet tee from Mr. Cos he ri fenyd to Mr. Th e s treets were nearly impassable-the windows a firm execution of the laws against any person who Nelson. Opposite, on the left, all the pictures of were crowded, from the first floor to the top, with our great wartime, both by sea and laud, that grace James Lievel's another of the S " IPI Y .61. trilind4 * may attempt to disturb them, must ever be die great relates what took place betweett The . itemirder eel beauty and fashion, the bells ringing, and the most object of your Lordship's labours and moleasoars, this Chamber, are new cleaned and gilt, and put 'up heartfelt cheers from the spectators as it moved alongMr -LI d : to mere advantage. When the company alighted . • JO' . . in the progress of the arduous office to which yore Niokstreet, Cheapside, round St. Pasil's Church- this I r from their carriages, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, (CoPY.I, have been called, until its conclusion. By teasseratteet, Aug. 11, HIM yard, Ludgate-street, Ludgate-hill, and Bridge. ' means you will, at the termination of your Mayoral. , Great Officers of State, and Foreign Ambassadors,' 46 SIR,- fa the ieteivie* J had ,whe the Recorder stre et, where they arrived about five minutes past ty, receive the approbation and applause of ell good . retired to the Grand Council Chamber, cud when the. Monday peening previous to' the eservtion of .• o ne o'clock-there they came out of their carriages, ; c i tizens ; and, above all, that which is th e best re- ! dinner was announced, the band, which sat in the Elizabeth Feisniiig, I meted to hint,. that a friend of and the new said old Lord Mayors, the Court of . war d , the approve of your own conscience.” ; Music Gallery, over the entrance door, struck op mine, who knew the 'Turner family,. and had- beet Aldermen, and City Officers, embarked on board' Ne d that morning in asgete, " M Y LATE LORD 51 eYoit a -The time has now The Roast Beef of Old England, they rose Up and with the unfortunate A i the City State Barge. The Fishmongers, Drapers, arrived at which your Lordship is to be relieved from walked in procession to the Lord Mayor's tables, did particularly wish that her execution might be eellmongers, Goldsmiths, Merchant Taylors, Needle- . t h e laborious duties of that most important situation, ' none being permitted. to enter before they were all suspended a short time, es there lied vet been tie makers, and Stationers' Companies barges, with their : w hich y o u have been called on to discharge, up to : seated. We understand that about 900 persons sat proof of her poigierilie the ilunirliiigs, as it wai respective Companies on board, each superbly urns- , the present day. down in the Great Hall, and 200 in the Court of possible soine.otheriiimate of the blouse might have teemed with flags and colours, a band of music on i 66 At your entrance into the oilice of Lord Mayor, King's Bench. The tattles groaned under a profit- mixed the poises] at it. , time she happetied to leave board of each, and each rowed by nine pair of oars, . every man acquainted with your Lordship, or with Sion of delicacies of every thing in ..season, with the kitchen. The It corder then . sore, ' th a t he the watermen or rowers, dressed in their respective , your character, Mt convinced, from your Lord- wines and fruits of the finest devour ; and the old was surprizel e that any individual should pre om •to uniforms. were in waiting-it took twenty minutes ship's general conduct, that the share in the mine- Hall [sever rung with louder peals of mireethan on offer en °peewee contrary to that of I'2 Jury men, to embark, and they started nearly about half - east Distration of justice which belongs to the Chief Ma- this occasion. and•two or three Judges ; and that myself and my one o'clock, on a signal gun being fired from the' &trate, and that the various duties connected w ith The Ladies retired. about nine o'clock to the grand friend had done a .great deal of .harm by interesting opposite wharf. Tice different lands struck up , the office, would, if intrusted to you, be faithfully Council Chamber , appr o p ria t e d for the Ball. ' ourselses abOut the g irl, as it caused he r to persist its God save the King, Rule Britannia, &c. It was ! executed. This confidence has not been misplaced. The Ball was opened by his Royal Highness the denying her guilt ; and the reasop we .felt so much about low water, and they rowed up the ricer against Your Lordship's conduct has bees correct and Duke of Gloucester and Miss Wood, who danced a interest about her was only because she eras a pretty wind and tide, saluted with minute gene from the / exemplary-and your multifarions duties hate, been minuet with the most graceful ease. After which the woman ; arid he felt so perfectly sells of her opposite shore, and greeted by thousands of spec- ' discharged with the utmost promptitude and ability... Hall was cleared for country dances. I guilt (there never being a clearer case ,that he tutors along both sides of the river and the three ' I 6 ' Your Lordship has had the gratification of he- The following are the names of a few of the prin. knew no p ossi ble reason for dellying tisssexecution.4 bridges. holding, in the course of your Mayoralty, s,secoud cipal persons who were present i-- I " I am, Your's truly, About twenty minutes past two the cavalcade ; downfall of the dirturber of the repose of the world, Hie Kuril Highness the flake of Kest, his Royal Highness 1 4 .., . " Waal( N LOYD. landed at Palsce.yard stairs, and went in the usual ' and the restoration of legitimate power aud gesieral the t Duke of Sows, his Royal Highoein the Duke of illou• ' .r. James &von., '- procession on foot to the Court of Exchequer. tranquillity, accomplished by the skill and energy of ces er. AND assennas-Frentb and Haenverian. • 14, Ors) k late urea. . • Having arrived at the bar, the RECORDER said- our illustrious Commander. You now deliver the Loa.os-tiohaial, Amherst and Eriltine. Without questioning the Recorder's legal propel*. 46 I have the honoesr of presenting, at your Lord.: Cit yof London to the care of your successor, in a ' Lie of C hanc ellor , eer7 he out erilDr nt. the Frcheeues A i re ties, the meld is at a loss to determine -hoer the Re pshis' bar, Matthew Wood, Eq. Alderman and Fish.' state of perfect peace and tranquillity -and when Lard (IiZI Bayou, IL ) r ' oo Ritha n td , . Justice Dall.ts, M r. tie r - i corder, considered as an impartial and virtuous monger, who has been, by the selection of the Court • your Lordship returns to the calm repose of private leant llositoquet,tke Attorney-General, the Mit.ter of tbe . Rolls, : . .ludge, could venture to surmise such motives as he of Aldermen, called to the elevated situation of Lord ; lee, my fervent wish is, that you may long enjoy the Recorder, Ike Common Selena', the Chy Chamberlain, the Solicitor - General , the City C.aincil, Sir William Scott, Sir S. , expressed for the interference of a most respectable Mayor of the metropolis of this United Kingdom.- I health, peace, and happiness." .eorsineema Major Cartwright. , individual in behalf of theitelpless being under see- The unwearied attention with which this Gentleman! The Cu KSITOR BARON then administered the usual • 4 LDSRMEN-Ain«lie„ Curti«, Flower, Blonhatn, C. Smith,. • has devoted himself to the multifarious and important , Atkins, Cox fluodriOtere He ate M« tut Lei hoe Wm« te oath to the New Lord Mayor-and the customary - ' • ' 31 ' g• 1 g ' i I n 'ice of death. • Icy, Hunter, Douiville, Ac. Mr. Corbyn Lloyd's interview, the Recorder's municipal concerns of this great city, which he has 'formula.. , respecting the issues and profits of the office MESSRS.-Wilde. Farquhar. Watson, White, Arabia * -Os' r• timidness for a display of the high authorities of the discharger) a itti zeal and ability-sad the useful as- o f L or d M a y or , d ur i n g 'the year commencing with borne, Morris, Cooke nod Halifax. .01d Bailey Sessienet Court was not for the first tie sisialic• which he has a ff orded in the Court of Alder- ' the Bth of November, 1811, and eliding with the 9th ' The Coffee - room was opened at ten o'cloik, With e ' ex .. . . mistiest. be • _letter of the Recorder's written men, audits Comniittees of the Common Council -- o f N i p lien ,b or , igto. " me gone t h roe gh. splendid display of refreshments, and the dancirj ... , airese.woo -- ' ' - 1 --•--- -raluss.A•i... - : 0-- - - have lent/ given him a high degree of celebrity in the' The present and the Ex-Mayor, together with the wis continued with spirit till a late hour elife the City of London. Tice knowledge which he has thus Sheriffs and City Officers then went to the other ing. The Ladies were most superbly . dreesest acquired of the peculiar rights and privileges, by Courts of Record in Westminster Hall, paid their there was a grand display of jewels and fee custom and charter, 'which the City possesses, will, respects to the Judges, and' invited them to dinner his fellow-citizens are confident, render him, at all i n t h e City. • They then returned by water its the tines, their steady protector and assentor. , same order, with bands of music playing several mar. " That very laudable and beneficial object, now dial and patriotic airs, and richly ornamented stand els ost completed, of removing unfortunate debtors arils dying. On landing they mitered their carriages, from the company and conversation of criminals- cud the procession formed again. At the Obelisk, and also (be erecting a )lease of Correction, for at the end of New Bridge-street, the procession was those offenders w hose reformation may still be hoped joined by the carriages of Foreign Ambassadors, the for-found, in this worthy Magistrate, • constant Nobility, the Judges, and other persons of distine. and cordial supporter. thin, invited to the grand civic entertainment given " Raised by his fellew.citizetis to this dignified at Guildhall. The procession was very much inv alid important office, in the prime and vigour of life, , peeled by the crowd, end the great number of other they are convinced that he will fulfil all its arduous carriages that joined. In Ludgate - street, the duties, in the true character of a British Magistrate. horses w ere taken from the carriage of the Lord That he will display loyalty to his Sovereign-vene. Mayor, as well as from that of the late Lord Marine ration for the Constitution of his country-watchful. • It woe about twenty minutes to five o'clock wheo ness in preserving the peace and tranquillity of this the procession reached great city-end a constant attention to the impartial i GUILDHALL, admi•tistration of justice. • I Which, having undergone a thorough repair, ap. " From the success which has attended this Gen- peered in every respect unlike what it formerly was. tleman in his private concerns, and from his known' There were two entrance doors for the carriages liberality, they are fully assured, that that splendour ' one for the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen and which should always attired this lofty situation in the their Ladies, the Foreign Ambassadors, Ministers of eye o f the public-anti that hospitality for which State, &c.; stud the other for the visitors. These this greet city has ewer been renowned, and of which two doors opened into a small saloon lined with the Allied Sovereigns of Europe hale been approving scarlet cloth, and between that cud the grand (fall eitnesses-will find no diminution during his May- was another small Hall for waiting, with closet, on orally. And when the period to which his duty as each side for the Officers in Waiting. Chief Magistrate is restricted, shell have expired, no THE HALL doubt Can he entertained, hut that he will receive the Was entirely illuminated with gas ; not a single lamp rewa r d which is most grateful to an honourable of oil was seen ; all round the lofty cornice, at the mind-the approval of his fellow-citizens. top, ran a gas pipe, about two inches in diameter, at " My Lords, Samuel Birch, Esq. the late Lord every ten inches distance there was a small gas pipe, packet, Mayor, appears before you, to render to our Sove- of about an inch in length, which formed a chain of in a state o. nee Lord the King an account of the issues and light all round the top. From the lofty ceiling were ' and the' only is., Profits of his office, during the past year. fin speak. suspended, sixteen cut drop glass chandeliers, th r e e ' te e th ) " was the Ituc' ing of hi s c on duct i n the situation of Lord Mayor, at each end, and five on each side of the Hall, they ! Pate. A small army of 6. it is admitted by all, that it was distinguished by vi- were each suspended by a scarlet rope, its the centre that vicinity. , !titmice, activity, and the utmost anxiety to promote of which was concealed a copper tube that conduct. I Accounts from email"' to the the particular interests of the City of London, and ed the gas to the lamps; there was no lamp in the ; state, that the entire crop of wine; had te to afford a praiseworthy pattern of peace and pros- centre as usual; the appearance was far more spien. 1 annual produce is about 25,000 pipes, of whic t . peaty to the kingdom at large. did, though net half so dazzling to th e eye, as I are consumed as the beverage of the Wane, a, 66 The success which has attended the arrangement there were none of those' chains of variegated lamps ' 5000 more 'redistilled to convert them into brandy. vie of last year, to procure a more frequent assembling we were so much accustomed to. The two painted The whole produce this year does not exceed 3000 Recharra. of the Court of Aldermen, and a more numerous at. windows looked remarkably striking, being Mune- I pipes, and to add to the distresses of the Settlement, tendance of Its Members, for the discharge of their nated on the outside,. and covered over with boards, the crop of bacilli .is not one third its usual qteantity. i duties, which has been productive of the utmost be. had the advantage of showing the. paintings to gre a t Privateletters from Pariestate 0 --"' nefit, is owing, in a great neiasuse, to the exertions effect-oe the window at the west end there was I -Lt.-. ' of the late Lord Mayor. During the period of his a brilliant transparency of .an Imperial Coronet, May "salty, he witnessed a fresh meMorial of the lighted behind with gas, and the Prince's Plume me loyalty id his (cHoW-citizens, in the erection of a the eastern window, lighted iu like manner. On VitUP 111 the Council Chamber of Guildhall, which each side of this, in the corners, stood on lofty pit. is highly estimable as a specimen of art ; the inscrip. tars, our two old friends, Gog and Magog, dressed ie • ti "" la ehirh, embracing a summary of those p ublic s p lendid attire. v and private airtues that adore our Sovereign, arid The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Great Officers 4, %skid! will he the admiration of all future ages, was State, sat at six tables at the west end of the Hall futioilett by him. that end of the Hall, as high as the witidaw, was " With the well-earned - approbation of his own hung round with crimson cloth, ornamented at top ectistience, and the appiniole or the public, he retires with a festooned drapery of the same ; the full in at vole, in private life, his b •st efforts, for the be s length likeness of the King end Queen, two superb befit of the Great City over 'which be has presided- paiutiogs ornamented this sad of the Hall; an d be, LORD MAYOR'S DAY. and of Gaol DP le that place etswesitoted of the n. , I LIC4St 1114 of all the law eethorkies in the kingdom s--the twelve Judges of Englaud, and thq whole II•13. a• gi tracy of the City, besides other greet is ' more , TIIE ROCHESTER PEDESTRIAN..,:*ebIe names therein." Rut ales f reothing is more , . {lmposing than names', and nothing more delusive V•ait TENTH DAY. I Mr. Recorder's !items? employment of them ; see- Thursday morning, between two and three o'clock tog that this boasted Commission, so nominally con , stituted of all Baker commenced his 10th day's journey, and after the highJegat authorities of the king. m, was, tars the trial of /113. walking five miles stopped to take refreshment, and dom ' and City to aid the zabeth Fann ing, so dwindled down, as then actually dosed for half an hour ;• at 20 minutes before eight to amount to no more than Mr. Recorder, sad oats he went to breakfast, after completing 194 mites; Alderman in silence beside him. Betide', it is one shortly after eight he pursued his task, and includ- thing for a man to talk of high legal authorities, sod ing stoppages during the morning, accomplished 30 another for him to prove himself behest or worse by miiea about half-past one, and retired to the Cossack their precedent, example, or instruction. Without having personally witnessed the unfortunate Eliza to dinner; in less than an hoor he started again, and birth Fetitiing's prettiness, as Mr. Recorder waves. at tea time made ap 42 miles ; he finally continued tionably did when she was personally on her trial till nine o'clock, and completed 50 miles 168 rods, before him, it cannot be expected that those who are in most excellent spirits. • sincerely earnest itt the exercise of their judgment It has rained during the greater pert of Wednesday her case should no ti think with the Recorder, that uon oth ing hot a woman's prettiness could be a me night and Thursday, which made the ground unpin for humanity towards her i• and it is not from any sant at starting, but this was soon removed by strew. thing favourable in Elizabetp. Fetiniog's person that ing coal-ashes across the walk. Baker is greatly re- those gentlemen, ,who, like 'Mr. Corhyn Lloyd, covered from his bodily illness. Bet Ween four and never saw her, have integested themselves in her five o'clock be completed 500 miles, having 21 hours , case. to walk before half the given time is elapsed ;on On Monday evening, before the execution, a verSation took place at Mr. J. M. Richardson s, completing half his task he went to tea, amidst•the Cornhill, between a Mr. Blackwelle and another loud acclamations of his friends. gentleman, wherein the circomstances hereafter men tioned were stated by Mr. 11., with his persuasion if the innocence of thegirl. r. Richardson finding that no steps were taken to make these circemstances properly known ; and though, until then, wholly ignorant of the case, thought it his duty to write im mediately to the Secretary of Stale, the Sheriffs, arid the Recorder, briefly stating the facts; and the next escaping, Tuesday. Mr. Richardson addressed a let. ter to Mr. Basil Montagu, Wresting that gentleman instantly to ieterfite with the Recorder on behalf of the aiihappy girl, *hose ezecution t was find for oho neat 'buildup The atrooggroogd of that - ence, and the Recorder's- answer to Me. Montage ,will appear from that geutietnares idler to Mi. Richardson. (COPY.) " am to apologize for my apparent inst. tention to your letter respecting Elizabeth Fencing by stating; that the instant I receieed it I wait. upon the Recorder, and informed him of the com munication you had kindly made to me ; and, as was .:holly ignorant- of the merits of the rose, I re. quested the Recorder. to inform me, • whether any alteratfcm ennld be formed in the opinion respecting the propriety of her execution, if sati-factory eti. dente were addeced that there was an pers , e in the boosts, who had declared !bet 1-. 0 would poison the family,' as it appeared by yt'ur letter that such evidence could he prodec.ed. Recorder assured me that the production of sot ci evidence world be wholly useless. I therefore se. A Brazil Mail has reached town by the.Rolla packet, after a voyage of 47 days. The Court was l in a state of almost total inactivity at Rio Janeiro, 1 a a d the only object which seemed to excite it. at. tendon was the fluctuation of party on the Riser I Plate. A small army of observation weiimployed in that vicinity. . i ir Accounts from Tenet' e to the sth of October, state, that the entire crop of wine; had failedi The {annual produce is about 25,000 pipes, of .1110 8000 I are consumed as the beverage of the Leland, and ' 5000 more are distilled to convert them into brandy. The whole produce this year does noteseeed 3000 pipes, and to add to the dirtresses of the Settlement, the crop of bacilli .is not one third its usual qseantity. I Private letters from Pariistate , that the forced loans which have been exacted of the bankers, merchants, and ostseri in Paris and in the Dvariments, to answer immediate purposes, are to be, in future, wholly dis reerirsued, and that the contributions, as well as the I regular expences of the Government, ate to be here, after defrayed by a general system of t a r ts /ion., us i s t e d be such other etpedients,.in the way of Royal Bonds and Loans, as the condition of the pehlic credit may render discreet and practicable. The fonds are 1411.0, *Ad the exchange on London-was reduced to 22-9‘). Robert Rouson is committed to Stafford Gael, for the wilful murder of • Attu Dukes, -forcing her into an empty lime-kiln ) at trtterater, of the depth of eight yards. . d * nis' y ta;611111 • ; 4 w ~..~; , • • NT •„1 1 0 74 0 , 1 414 will'. 1-~ 1.,. r Rica jk it • 6' oo dies ; out° gell . k 1 gi 111)111