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677ILDHALL. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at C uildhall, at which were present the LORD MAYOR, fifteen Aldermen, Rscottota, and SHERI, rs. The Court ordered the Bread to be raised half an assize; the price of the quartern-loaf, wheaten, will then be one shilling and a farthing, and household ten-pence three-farihings. The Court ordered 7,9001. Orphan Stock, to be said offend annihilated, and six months notice to be given to the Proprietors thereof. The usual precepts for Lord Mayor's Day next were ordered to be issued. The Court appointed the Eleaion for Searchers and Sealer of Leather, for Leadenhall.market, to tale: place at the next Court. ELECTION OF A LORD MAYOR. Yesterday. according to adjournment, the She riffs attended the Common Hall, at one o'clock, in order to announce to the Livery the two Aldermen who had the majority of votes for a LORD MAYOR, fir the year ensuing. The usual proclamation Laving been made; he COMMON StRJRAHT (Mr. Knowlys) came hire - aril, and informed the Livery, that the Sheriff. declared the votes given for the several Aldermen put in nomination fer the office of LORD MAYOR, for the year ensuing, were as follow : Fur Mr. Mieratan Perchard sass Shaw Moue CS7 and they were therefore of opinion, that the choice of the Livery had fallen on Peter Perchard, Esq. and James Shaw, Esq. as the two to be returned to the Lotto M von and Aldermen, for their choice of one of them as LORD MAYOR for the ensuing year. The Sheriffs proceeded accordingly to the Court of Aldermen to make the return; and in about half an hour they came back to the Hustings, attended by the LORD MAYOR, with Mr. Alderman Perchard on his left hand, as LORD MAYOR clef followed by several Aldermen in their gowns. After the usual ceremony of severally saluting the Livery: The !temente came forward on the Hustings and said, that in pursuance of the numbers which bad been declared to them by the Common Serjeant, the Sheriffs had proceeded to the Court of Alder men, and returned Peter Perchard, Esq. Alderman and goldsmith, and James Shaw, Esq. Alderman and scrivener, for their choice of one of them ; and theelation of the Loan MA Yon and Aldermen had fallen on Peter Perchard, Esq. Alderman and gold smith, to serve the office of LORD MA for the ensuing year.—( Lead and genera/ plasids., Mr. Alderman PERCHARD then cam- forward, and being invested by the proper officers with the gold chain, and other insignia of office, he addressed the Livery, saying, that being very little used to speak in public, and especially before so numerme. and awful an assembly, he found his feelings in such a state of anxiety and agitation, that he feared it would not be in his power to express hirosi If distioelly. IL' hoped. therefore, the Livery wiitild be so fee indulgent to his weakors as to permit him tot-rad what he wished to say to them. Phis being granted by loud ai.d universal applause, he pro ceeded to read to the foliowing puree): t ; " Gentlemen of the livery—Duty and inclina tion both prompt me to come forward and address you on the present occasion, in a style divested of any ornament, being assured, that the language of a grateful heart will ever be most acceptable to the worthy Livery of London. I beg leave, Gentlemen, to return you my warmest and most sincere thanks, for the great honour you have conferred on me by this your nomination. anclmy consequent eleolinn to the high and imps's:nut n ice of First Magistrate of the City of London. At the very advanced period of life to which I have now arrived, I feel very con scious that I may be wanting in those numerous Abi lities requisite to the discharge of so awful and mo mentous a duty, and I shall, therefore, enter on it with the greatest anxiety. At the same time I feel infinite consolation from your well-known lil,erahry, and assure myself you will not fail to make every reasonable allowance, and not expec greater efforts and exertions from me than the advanced period of ray age will allow me to perform. I have, in look ing around me, a still further consolation to see so many gentlemen of great and eckeowledged abili ties, who heve filled the Office of Chief Magistrate with so much hotiOur to themselves and advantage to the public, who will be ever ready to give me every aid and assistance in the execution of my ar duous undertaking; and if it should please Divine Providence to spare me to the termination of that oilier which I am called on this day to fill. you may rely on it, I will never cease to use my best endea vours to render myself worthy the high honour you have thus conferred oa me.— (I!priverial applause.) "It was late in life, Gentlemen, before I was called on to represent the Ward over which I have the honour to preside, and in which I have lived in frieedship and good fellowship for nearly half a .elitury. About six years ago, you raised me to the Magistracy. and I was then most highly grati tied by the flattering manner in which I was cleeted, and though it was late in life, yet I never repined thereet ; because, I was always of opinion that you "err the best judges, when any man becomes en titled to your favour, which 1 shall ever hold in chlul and grateful remembrance; and I hope, :at a self-ape roving c mscience will impel and ena'ule me to do every thing which my ditty re quires; for, it may be said, " that we cease to live, when we cease to be of any use to the public." Gentlemen, I once more request your acceptance of my best thanks, and cannot omit the occasion of ' expressing here my warm and zealous attachment to oar glorious Constitution, and my love and loyalty to the best of Kings. Our excellent code of laws, too, it shell ever be my study to support, and to put into execution, c n all occasions. for the pub lic welfare, by fostering and protecting the real and industrious' poor, and prose,. utiag end punish ing the idle, the disorderly, and those who hseak nr fly in tee face of the I tae. Would CO God it were in my power to do any particular Goo our to , the official garb I now WO.Ir ; b !t as it is nu;, I Cl.l only assure you that 1 will nree r do any Onne r •se ace it. Gentlemen, my AI prayer is t. at Peace and prosperity may eves .e.t.tid you and this our beloved cite." This speech was receive I ss ith loud and univers aPPleute ; etel ehe Cow.: seas immediately adjourn rid sta. iii K•: r ;- It I 1. I I; as ,Atli ~ /I,**- trct TA I his Le:- at. • f.•. lA. :• 1 , • 1 1. • at si• CAR MARTHEN ELECTION. Yesterday se'nnight the eleaion of a Mayor for the Borough of Carmarthen took place. A canvas had been tarred on for several weeks past, and the exer tions and aCtivity of the friends of each candidate were as great as if the contest had been for a re presentative in Parliament, votes having been brought down from distant parts of the kingdom. The poll did not commence until six o'clock in the evening, the other business of the day having been previously gone through. Mr. Edward Daveds was proposed ':y Lord Dy,revor, and seconded by Wm. Lewis, Esq. of Llysnewidd. Mr. William Morgan was proposed by Jelin Williams Hughes, Esq. r.f Tregib, and seconded by John Morgan, jun. Esq. On the final close of the poll, the numbers stood thus : For Mr.NVilliam Morgan 152 Mr. lA. Ma.urity in 'Avow of Mr. Morgan We are happy to learn that no riot or serious dis turbance took place ; nor was there any clamour but what may be considered incidental to ,all popular eleclions. The poll was suspended for a short time owing to the appearance i.f a voter for Mr. David against whom a hill of indictment was preferred, and found a true one by the Grand Jury of the county of Cat marthen, at the Great Session% in the year 1 "!Hi, ftir s!u•ep-stealing ; but who since that period had secreted himsclf at Merthyr-;*ydvil. l'he accused per.on sr.is ap!•reliendcd an taken to gaol.; and now have to answer fir the trim, imputed to him. The Sheriffs ek k dwi re, John ‘Vilson and John Evans, Gent!ernen ; Mr. Daniel Williams is continued Chamber:al,' ; and th,l striates for the year ensuing are, John Geiarge Piii lipps, Esq. John Morgan, sen. It binurne, Esq. David ..iohn Edwardes, Esq. John jun. Esq. and Jahn Brown, EA. POLICE. P1251.1(' OFFICE. 110 M-STREET. Yesterday Ile//r, Peehri, alit. Paul, tali4s Brinell. alias Brown, alias Smyth, &c. OL. was Nought before Nicitox Bon), Esq. .....I Sit WILLIAM PA Ri,lt4ll, the sitting Nl.s.t;harate-, • .- charged with &frau:ling the l Cian2ndon and several other persons of varion . -um; of money. The circumstances .1 - tmainA , his Lord,!,ip's c :se we fu ly stated on a form:a' occasion. Nothing par ticular that vras new occulted yesterday. The kr ter •„ and other doctuteats respeding his Lot dship's tse Ist-ng extremely voluntinottc, is %%IS agreed trtat. h:s Lorsi;hip's Solicitor, '.lr. Staffird, the principal Clerk, and Adkins, the Officer who seized tb' letters when he apprehended the Prisoner, should meet t gether, and sclea those parts that would be dectued evidence. His Lnrdship and the parties were th-n bound over to give evidence upon four indiarrpnts in ele City id London, and one in the County of Mid- Mrs. To:itell, of Grati's I , n-Line, attended ; and, from a variety of circumstances, pi byes! her hart :h receive. six letters from the Prisoner, under the feigned name of Ibrriet Grant, and dirett idg answers to be sent to the Post o.Tice at Hatlowe, in Essex, to which . place she inclosed a two poui:d Bank Note. The first letter was exaCtly in the same style as that sent by the pri soner to the Earl of Clarendon, the particulars of which we staited on his first examination. The let ters were in very distressing language, in cnnsz qiience of the necessities arising from a Upon this charge he was committed for further W. mination, till rest Tuesday. Major Gieme, of Dean's-House, near Alresford, Hampshire, said he was in London last June, and, about the 16th of that month, lie received a letter from the prisoner, representing himself to be in a very distressed state, and soliciting one pound, to enable him to go to Bristol—and, at the same time, the Major received a letter, signed tt Brown," con firming the prisoner's case. The Major was induced, from the distressing statement of the case, in the most liberal manner to send a 5L note to Mr. Can non's, in Leather-lane, Holborn, for the prisoner, as direeted. In a short time after, Major Creme received a letter, soliciting relief, tram a distressed Clergyman, of the name of Bennett; hut, from the style of the writing, he had strong suspicion it came from his old friend,' Perfeet ; and, upon enquiry, it proved to be the fat. Mr. Cannon, at whose house Major Greme left the 51. note for the prisoner, attended, and said, he knew nothing of the Prisoner, except his being a customer at hi, shop, and his having letters direded far him at his house, and always went by the name of Mr. Henry to him, and said 1111 was a particular friend of Mr. PetfeCes, and used to take letters di reaed to him. This charge being sufficiently made out, to the satisfaCtion of the Magistrates, he was committed far trial upon it. William Robinson, Esq. of Totteaham, said, a short time since he received a letter at Mari; ire, signed T. R. Smith, representing himself to be it distressed clergyman, and under such circumstances as induced Mr. It. to send a 21. note to the Post Office, at Hounslow, as du-eat:J. On the Prisoner's lodgings being searched, the letter inclosing the 21. now seas found, and, from a variety of o: her circum stances, there was no doubt but the Prisoner was she man who had i.np•ned upon Mr. R. Thu parties were therefore bound over to prosecute. The three men who have been in custody tar some time, trt suspicion of having broke open a house near I.itchfield, were brought up for re-examinatlon, when it appearing, from • late.. from Tama orth, siLrned by the Town Clerk, that no proof could be adduced against them, they were discharged. Mr. BOND informed them, hr knew well their mode of living, and should have thought them all pi cp./ suhjeas to be sent on board the ('ender ; but t:•try having been imprisoned a' , ove a tort iii ; hl, he ti.eught it would be unfair and unhandsome, were he ts. Jo it. The otiw writ fo the eleCtion of a ‘Yem!ier gerve in Parli.ime t for the h 'rough of 11..11Jiarn, i, in poi,ession of the Bailiff. The eleetion will b.: to-morrinc. %ellen it is .:xpea. J, that Mr. HA i_on of Lord M‘siassult.Y, will be chasm Uitltuu: opposition. COUNTY' OF SURREY. ADJOURNED SESSIONS. SESSIONS NOOSE, HORSEMONORI-LANE, TUESDAY. OCT. 9. Before the Chairman. THOMAS EVANCE. Esq. and Me Jusri CES of the PEACE jar that County. THE BLIND SAILOR. Robert Howell was indicted for stealing a bundle, containing wearing apparel ; and also a sum of mo ney, amounting to 71. and upwards, the property of Francis Cooke, the b!:nd sailor, of whose exami nation, before the Magistrate, we gave some parti culars in our paper of Friday last. Mr. Moms, in a most impressive and animated manner, shortly stated the case, on the part of the prosecution. The prosecutor being permitted by the Court to tell his story in his owls way, related it nearly as fol lows : " Please your Worship, my name is Frank Cooke : I have served His Majesty for many years, and have seen some hard service before now ; you see that mark (pointing to a mark uver his right eye). About five years ago we en gaged with a French frigate, and when she had struck we went to board her; but, like a treache rous enemy, as she always was, when we got on deck, they attacked us, and in the fight I was struck just there (poiroi , :g) with a boarding pike : it etitered my head, and I fell overboard. On bring taken up, seven splinters mixed with pieces of my hot, were taken out of my skull, and I im mediately lost the sight of that eye ; the loss of the other soon followed, and I became blind, but still remained on hoard as Captain's Mate. The Prisoner. Robert Howell, I had known for several years ; we wee messmates together, and intimately acquaint ed ; when I was about to be discharged from the hospital-ship, at Sheerness ; the Eloaor, knowing we were old friends, appointed Bob Howell to be my guide and assistant as far as Bri.tol, avheoce we were going to our friends; we left the ship in a boat, and were landed somewhere in London, but I could not tell where. We had not gone far through the streets, when we came to a gate-way, at the corner of the street, and he took my stick from 'TIC, tore my pocket, where I had my money sewed up, off my jacket, and ran away with my bundle of cloaths. After remaining on the spot for near two hours, I made my way as well as I could. As I went along, I fell foul of a poor woman's tea table, at the corner of a street, and had Ike to throw the poor crea ure's tea-things all abow. but, I thatik leave;:, I did her no mischief; however. I t 41.1 her my lamentable story, and she eh ied me ; a Four little ragged boy came and slic begged of him to condu.l me to Row -street; the poor dear fellow led me along. and when I told him my story. the goodaratured soul pot a pennypiece into my hand; we went along until I. found myself co Bow-street Mice steps. " Here the place you will be sure to g:t redress," said the boy. There was no one at the office then, so I asked for the next public house, and he brought me to one just oppo site. " I must now leave you," says he. 1 was sorry for it ; btu, do you know, he soon came back again; and the dear generous fellow pat another penny piece into my band, and bid me go o d by e Poor fellow ! , shall never forget bit generosity. I then got some porter with the money he gave me, and loon after was brought to the office, where I told my story. I have lived like a Prince ever Si ace. His bundle was then produced, and being asked, Could he identity his clothes? ho answered, st Let me see, I will soon sheer you." Then taking a blue spotted handkerchief, he telt the several corners if it, and holding it up, " See there, Gentlemen, there's a darn I made with my own hands, with white thread, its a clumsy thing." He was then given a pair of pantaloons, and observed, a Yes, yes, these are my pantaloons, 1 know them; when I was Captain's Mate I used to wear them ; they were too long for me, and I cut them shors ; with the pieces I cut off, I strengthened the inside of the thighs : see here they are, and my own clumsy work." His trowsers were then produced. a Sow. I know these, they are my dirty trowsers I, threw off the day I left the ship, and having turned them inside out. I folded them up stoc king - fashion to prevent their dirtying my other clothes; if you'll look, you'll see !"' When the Prisoner was would he ask him any question, he answered in the negative, and tite blind man immediately exclaimed, "That's he, that's his voice! I know it well! He a British sailor ! Oh, no ! not he, indced !" The other witnesses proved that on the 233 of September last, the Prisoner went to the White Lion Inn, in Tooley-street, in the Borough, and brought with him a hag containing wearing apparel : he gave the landlord a five pound note, two of one pound each, and same change, to ke.p for him. When he was apprehended about a week afterwards by the Bow-street o.ficeili, ite acknowl.-dgel he had left the hospital ship in company with a blind sailor, who parted from him at the corner of a street, and he did not see him afterwards. This was the 'eft soner'i &fem.. Tee CUAIRU AN said, he would not trouble the Jury with summing up the• evidence, it was per. f.: 1y clear an! circumstantial, and they were luny competent to judge t I •he fags. Wit Lout any hcf.hatitiii, the Jury four, I Ole Pi ismer Cut'/y. The CHAIRM la, in pas.tug sentence, obse-Ted, that it was a case of the most aggravated nature that e...er came before a Court; he could not ex pre...s the sensations he felt at the inhuman and abomirtoble condua of the Prisoner ; nor could any observations of his impress it stronger on the Court, th An the evidence of the Illind Sailor himself.— The Prisoner was then sentenced to seven years transportation, and in the mean time to be confined to hard labour in the House of Correetion, at New ington. TILE B ‘RPEIt BEWITCHED. This was a case et. some nntnriety. The Pri soner, Dar::, a penny barber by trade, stood indiaesl for an assault upon Miss Cat:rarine S idler, the daughter of a resp•c - table elderly gen tleman, retailing a: a place call.J du Fully, near Dock-head. Proszentrix, Miss SaJler, was a remarkably pretty girl, about sixteen years of Age, with fine, toll, expressive dark eves, fair complexion anJ ani mateJ couateaamce ; tier stature, above the midsge Z size, was elegant and graceful, and her deportment in Court bespoke propriety, modesty, and good . breeding.—The Prisoner was about five and twenty,' rather under size, his features were coarse and un meaning, and his complexion nearly that of an African, h:s person mean, his dress shabby, and his manners vulgar and uncouth. The young lady stated, that on Sunday. the 3d of June last, as she was returning from chnrch, with a female friend, about five o'clock in the after noon, the Prisoner (who was well known by the nick name of A v e) crossed the street from his own house, and, seizing her in a most •iolent manner, with one hand round her neck, and the other round her %Vdlit, attempted to kiss her. She immediately shrieked aloud; a Mr. Newman came up to her assistance, and extricated her from the rough em br ices of the Prisoner ; her clothes were much abused and soiled by him, he being all over filth and dirt : a crowd of people then assembled about hir and the Prisoner called out to them, •r Leave her alooe, she's my lawful wife, and I'll do what I Please with h-r t" and he still persisted in continu ing with her. He said, he had had his nativity cast, and she certainly was to be his lawful wife. Ile lard been pursuing this sort of conduct for near five ye.iri, continually persecuting bet-. and fie qirently making use of opprobrious words, ail./ in decent expressions. On her cross-examination by Mr. No au, she de. nird having any intercourse or acquaintance wide the Prisoner, further than c.:rving bim, as she would the other customers a t h er f at h er ' s shop, and thanking him as he wenbaway, in the usual ?inner.; he lived a few doors iiofn her father's; but as tie extent of his praCtice in shaving, she knew sodong about it. Miss Lacy, the young lady who had aectost.‘ nied her from church, and Mr. Newman, wbo res cued her, both corroborated her testimOny as for as related to the assault. . . M:. Sadie:, the f a ther, wh o ca ll e d- t h e Ja,ra, stated the various and repeated *thuds= by the Prisoner to his daughter, bet forbore to repeat the indecent language he had made the of. On his cross-examination, as to a sum of 1001. as a portion with his daughter, he was so initriguant. that his passion made lass answers unintellizble. M-. NoLAN. h a very poetical and five addeem, entered into the defence the Prisoner. 'Pbsslos 'coved he was a poor penay barber, who had smitten by the resplendent charms of Miss Jades I her eyes to him, poor fellotp, had proved tbarper than his own ra:ors, and in s p i t e o f a ll hi s attentions, and in defiance of his long and unalterable attack. meet, she had the cruelty at last to leave hint in the :add : as had been stated, his nativity was caw, and what between lore and witchcraft, the lady and the fortune-tellcr, he hati been in some Wm', deprived of intellea. Lov e , dire love,sba ca: :3e 3C of his-lolly, and his residence was prime with his present state of mind.= had its sweets and its thorns, and what was to the I.t.iy an inconvenience, was, to his poor client a dreAful misfor.une ; for, instead of the soft . atici silken chains rt . Hymen, which be sought..be.dsit with tar different ones in the loot where he luid been confined for fourteen days, not having bens able to procure bail. Upon the whole 'of the he submitted, it was such a oneas the lory weld feel Oemsclves justifitble in acquitting tee prisoner, but should they think otherwise, he trasteePin the lenity of the court. The Jury found the Prisoner atilt!, p the Cain observing, that no p e rson, of the appearana of the Prosecutrix, should be persecuted by the is sults of a person of tbr... Prisoner's desceiptioo. He was sentenced to one fortnight's imprisonment. and to find security for his future good behaviour. ' ars=rissm o ssmi sm . ROWING MITCH. On Monday last, George Courage. ant‘ tame ' Cannon, two boatmen. rowed from Chatligni Wkagf e IV.:llwich, to the Horse Ferry in Burry,. Alcamo . of eleven miles, for a bet of ten g *picks was wm by Canron. There were nappy de pending, and the knowing ones, it is said, w tn. Yesterday another match to o k pl a y :r7V I O pair of oat., from Blackwell to the nesse Tony. Ratclitr, for two guineas, when Joilsrallam and !Os partner were declared victors. Thodistance, which is three miles, was rowed, in still wan. in thirty4ve micutes. A Correspondent writes from Paris tinder the 26:h ult. 'last immediately after the report of the GoVernor of the Is1:1 de France, General Dios's, Loncerning LlNollei conduit in his engegentent with the Lnglish China fieet, had been laid before B . , at Ais-la-Chapelle, and be bad given his permission for its insertion iu the Maairevir* he Or. dered the Minister of the Maine Department, Dz. ! • to write to Gen. Du: AIM, not only to suspend and deprive LINOIS of his command, but to arrest him, and send hint home a prisoner with the first sat:. trripartturity. An American ship is saidlo have been already hired to carry out these orders; and, as soon as LINQIS arrives in France, he is to be tried by a Naval Military Commission. Of fate, little doubt remains, particularly as the ship, which car ried to France I.k.c stsi's• dispatclies, brought one httn.:red th. , tis.t.id dollars belonging to tie which have r...-en lorrowed by the imperial Treasury. 1.1 t s's own report is to serve as evidence against him, :ma it, therefore, not published; but it is said to contain severe complaints againatthe Beta. vian Admiral, HAI! MINK, fur not co.operatim with him, and Against the D utc h G overnors o f t 4 Cape of t;ood live, and of Batavia. AlendAy morning dispatches were received from : Admiral ltessst., off the Teach, st..ting his an ival there in the Africuitic frigate for the purp ose o f taking the command of th e ships on that station, in constquence of the ill state of health of Admiral 'Fisonsisomoutot, who arrived in the Aifrsearee, at Y Aral. ,utis, on Sunday a!ternoon. A child was suffocated on Monday. at the sign of the Cnc.hire Cher in Suiry-sweet, Strand the father having tuf lied up the bed on which it lad e , not kaowiui; that it was there. It was 18 mouth, Yesterday rimming, as Mr. Miamian, of d ie Stamp °dice, 91.1 S At breakfast at his 'Wan l y.' Kniestsbridge, be fell from Min Cnair asid expired. It slop not appal': he hod 4041 presjous rk.._ I L... Itit;•, t:. 1 LI ti I 1.. s is • t ❑c I. •