The Sun. — London, England, 1816-10-03 00:00:00

COUitT OF COMMON COUNCIL; Yesterday n Court of Common Council tris held ar Guildhall, whiCh mils most numerously attended. ADDRESS TO-THE PIUNCE'REGENT. , After strove routine busilsesi bad been ' riisposed of, the Lonn MAYoa•observed, be,hal to call :he attention of the Court to the subject of the Ad dress to the Prince • Regent; totilgratulating his licsyttl Highness on .our snceessei , before Algiers„ The Sheriffs had waited' on theTrince Regent to . know when his Royal Highness would -be ple . ased to receive the, Address. His - Royal Highness had appointed this Orly' (Wednesday).. The inforpta tient on this . .subject (141 pot remelt .bitn I.'!iesday night, and he.imutediat,ely caused, notice , to he .St nt r4MIld to every otein,her of the Court. Ar. , senile of these notices might oor have eeiiched their destiudtion till thii morning, . however, he consiiiered this expktnation. neeessiiry, lest it be supposed he had been wanting in respect nvea!ds Oentletnen in - not giving them earlier in form Hon. D:Eow‘va-s far Irons imputing buy dis re9eet. tuk , ,ardii the Coot on the put of his ',tad :he ,submitted it would be proper. to.in• gairo,bow it happened his Lordship had not had earlier. infOrmation. The Loan Mayait observed, he, could give the worthy . geiniernun the information lid itt - I;rtil. MOIRIteY wlts - the day ttante4 by tiie Prince fur re .ceiviog the Sher:tfs, and appointig.g . a day When he would receive the zoldros. Accordingly .the Sheriffs, when.they went down to Westminster to be preseired,, directed that 'their carriages should wait for them at Westtninster•bridge; Il f tey ac cordthgly !•:o : but whilst in the - Cunrt of Ex cheipwr', he received 'a letter front the Secretary of State, informing him, that his Royal Highness 11 4ving j ( tstlcayned:Alooday wits a great public dty is lift the Sheriffs, was tnovilling to interfere with fhein ; hti would theiefore excuse their at tendance on that day, rind appointed Tnesday. This Mark' orattention on the part of his Royal Highness could not tail to be gratifying to -Hie' Court ; but he must be allowed t..).say,:snhoever gate hit Lordship such infottuittion had 'acted, however well sucaningly,. otOst,titlicionsly. The Sheriffs, therefore, were not received! ,till Tuesday byhis'Royal Highness, ati'd it',*t . #pt till Tuesday evening it was known his R4Ol. Aighness would Appoila tite following..day for receiving the address. THE NEW SIIETtIFFS. It was then ordered, on the rhoOin) a Mr. Gtiflitits, t hat Kirby, t.,14til , one. of the ttew S4erid's, though not au AldettiAtriVhould take his seat on the bench. ROBBERIES ON TUE RIVER THAMES , ae Loan AlAYolt obterveitlohaLfor some time past the robberies committed nightly on the River Thames between London and lilackfriars bridget, a' Part of tht.river in the jurisdiction of theiCiry, bad been numerous and alarming ; and Conisequitice of their increasing 'nightly, .be considered it was become highly necessary . to csiablisft something in-the; 'ileum: of:a police on the river. hie was far from desiring to put the city to a:iyAirtnecesSary expeure, and he was per, stuoled it the Conti would grant a sum of 100/..he could make it answer nit present porposes: be bad, it .iii cOntettrplatiow to: employ several watermen of known honesty as a .nightly river pat role. This Menattre, he NVYIN 1%0E6 . 1150 td would effectually do away the evil complained of. • • - Mr. DRINKALD was.persualle&the evil to which . ttis Lordship had ended had been greatly in creased tiy - 11 measure recently adopted .by the Se cretary of State, who, at a time when the Navy was reduced, and the men being paiil.off, had re duied the eitablishment, of the Thames .Palice nearly one half. Tie LORD MAYOR observed, th at it would be better, in his opinion, to refrain from.diseussinz the inhject now : he was convinced lie shotild Mare the assistance of the worthy gentleman on a future oecaslon: kuttion was then put and agreed to, that the Lord Mayor be requested to take such steps for putting au end to the depredations committed nightly on the river Thames should think tiecesortry ; and further, that' its Lordship should be leg:tested to have a confereuce with the Se- Ere t ail of State far the Home Department on the subject, The Comrt then proceeded with the Address, was not SO numcroustyoritiiinded as usual, on account 'of the shortness of etVettifitice. • CITY Al3D1t1113: When they arrived nt Carlton-house, the Ad. diess was read by the Recorder; as follows Te his. Royal Highness the Prince of Wat,Esi Regent of the 'United liingdoni of Great Britain and Ireland. The humble, dutiful, and loyal Address of the Lord Mayor, Alderaten, and Commons of the City of Lon 'don; in Common Council assembled. May it please your Royal Ifighnvss, We, his Majesiy's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, KO Commons of the City of London, •in Cam Mon Connellaseetubled, most humbly approach your Royal Highness for the purpose of tendering our heartfelt - .Congratulations on occasion of the recent victory obtained by the fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Viscount Ex mouth before Algiers, and ninon the consegnent conclusion if a Treaty dictated by yimr Royal Highness, and manifesting a disinterested generosity peculiarly worthy of a British Primer.. Accustomed to contemplate and admire the vigour of Councils,, and the . ..victorious efforts of British heroism, in aid of the cause of justice and humanity; and of late years estiledto these reflections by the splendour of Juilitaly triumpliPtwe hail with the highest ii,icisfaction the late con vincing proof that the spirit which animated a Howe, a St. Vincent, a Driuian, :and a Islelsoo hatt:tieseended to 'their 'successors ; and 'that' to her ilavy;--the . pecriliur defence of 'Britain—she andcr Providenee, t o%dife the protection 16. 'of licr'rigihti, and the avengetiient Of her wrongs. • In conl;,rrotillating your Royal Highness oh this great.and glorious eretit, we, with the Nohl 'e,Corontatole of the Ellie . - 41ition, desire to giro the glory. where it it pre-Cali:lei/6Y; due and while we r aticipzite in the general joy occasioried'hi the It 1;01444 to reason a ferocious Gituifistount, and destruyit4 fQr ever, the horrid systen; of 4htistiattlil4vety," to.honour Lint sad his computions iu arras, sts iti . 6iitituents . ht effecting; Use gracious ptittiosri of 'that I s 'torer who hath taught their, ",ihoid, to {VFW, And" their "fingers to fight:" We highly appreciate t!►e justice of your Royal fi*hrtes4 in the promptitude %vitt, which you have conferred lid's:oar:l4le distinctions un , the Noble Commander; sand several of the Officer: engaged in this most arduous service: in efilidtict so hononralde to yOur Royal Highness, and In further tew.rd ing such distinguished merit, your Royal :lighness the . Legislature will, we are peistiaded,be fulfilling the wishes of a loyal and grateful peOPle. That under your Royal Highness and your deliendanti the blessings of our happy Constitution may, to Ilia lateq poste. rity, be continued to t • is Kiogdoot, 'is the earnest prayer of his Majesty's faithful citizens of London. Signed by order Qf Coot* WOODTIIOAPE. To :which Address his Royal Highness was gra ciously pleasid to return the followingAtiswer return you my manliest thanks fur you! congratulations on, the signal and deLisire SUCCeiS which has attended the ope rations of the fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Vis count Exmouth befoio Algiers: • • In no instance have tliejudgment and bet o;sm of a Br'iti , h Commander, and the undaunted spit it awl determination of British officers, seamen, and warints, been more eminently displayed, • %ictory with which it. pleased GO.l zthnighty to bless then exertions, and the conditions of the Treat/ of Peace to which It instantly led, tould not fall to he peculiarly grate ful to the feelings of u bravo, humane, and free, peuplo. I have experienced the highest satisfaction In manifesting the just and deep sense which I entertain Of the sorvices ren: dered, not to this country only, but to all the Christian po tions of the world on this ever memorable occaition. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. Milling - went oit yesteiday at Guildhall with ins much spirit amid as much noise as on, the for Mer days. At three o'cl►ock, when,t he Poll,,bitoks were closed, the numbers stood as follows : For the Lord Mayor ‘4,. 1,555 Alderman, Conthe. 4 i t 1 5 707 Alderman Smith b43 Alderman Atliiiis 5 Alderman Go'odbeliere 3 Thr fixing up of-the names nod ntrtnhers npon the board wojeh announced the state of the poll was followed by the same tlttntlitlloll4 expression . , of popular feeliugs as we had occasion to notice' yesterday. Mr. Wuti.z then came forward and toldressed. the Livery o►► the success of the thy: .I.l&regret -ted exceedingly, the absence of the worthy Alder man. (Smith), as he entertained a hope that the sight of cite hoird now posted up would have in duced him to forego his claim, and retire from the contest. In such a determination he wculd be se 7 comic(' by the ,wishes ev(Ji` of his own friends, Who. saw it'was for his interest that he should now retire, and come forward another year.-7-. stating that some of his: friends' were of, this opinion, be dill not - proceed npon pro bable ,reasoning or vague conjecture, for he had hetud it expressed by themselves. liestlvised the Livery, however, not to rely too confidently on the hope that the worthy Alderinan would either follow this wise cupric of his own accord, or be prevailed upon to adopt it at the solicitatioo of ids friends, nor to relaxio their exertions to eon• . _ tlntae to their present Chieirgistrate the ho 'tour he to v ell deservero He hoped for the indulgence of ;he Livery while hi sold a few words about hiinsell, and the conduct he had pur sued. At first when they proposed the Lord Mayor as the most fit person to fill the Civic chair another year, he had abjureolll party feelings; all political predilections, in the measure, which he re commended; but he could not say-the some of ttte junta at the London Tavern, They seemed damned by the most violent party spirit, and had resorted to party mancgovees for success. He mentioned yester day a hand-hill, with the names of Sir P. Burdett, Lord Cochrane, and the Lord Mayor. 'lt was dated from his house, and intended by the parties who resorted to this trick to convey the' impres sion that he acted 'front political motives. He hoped the Livery of London would not be led away by such a gross delusion, or believe hint capable of being the author of such a foolish action as sending forth the inscription in ques tion ; and lie would not trouble them further with disclaiming it. He would tOttch lightly on some otfier points. The course of rotation bad been strongly insisted upon by .the friends of Alderman Smith, end his .-claim to the chair on that ground often and loudly urged. Tuffs claim upon'auch a ground appeared to lain (Mr. White) to be Absolute nonsense.' The Livery of London tvere called at Michaelmas .to a Coutrudn to elect -a Lord Mayor; but what could be more absurd than t 6 meet for, such a Ptirpotle, if their choice was previously fixed by a law of ro tation-I This argument of the course of rotation, 'though even stronger than it was in hymnr of the claim of Alderman Smith, ,came with a peculiarly :bad grace front himself and. kis friends in the COurt of Aldermen. What becameof th:a rotation, and why did they not observe it, when that worthy man, Alderman Combe, was twice deprived of his election, although he was the next in urdqr ? Why was not the argument as strung then as now Tire reason was evident. They found in Alderman Combe a friend of the people, a supporter of cOn stittitional liberty ; and he was . not therefor e"to the taste of these loyal anti legitimate Gentlemen. There was another point on, which b e wish e d to touch. -The supporters of Alderniao Striith were ruled, not by:their own sentiments, - hot- by . the party at the LoinlonTaVern, Theretias no slavery so gross as this ; tor if he Were io hest slave, he slrodid choose least of all to be rine to Mr: Aid. Christopher Smith and MI company, at the City of Londots . tavern.---(Loud applatiSe, grorinsi, .shouts, and . hisses.)-;--Let the Livery not l e deCeivedby.the arta Of the: party, 4 -1 letter luiti -- -beeit - ..reekived front Alderman Combe, declining the bnuourthat might be conferred on lint ; -anti this letter the - friends at Alderman Smith had carried about in their bills, -as if it would answer their p44i o op html %vim was so dull as not to sie, that irtha:worthfAidermao. (Combe) teas sent to " COura;-:, tnen,•, and declined, the office after 'beibg ed; as would-be; that:the:.Ciiiiiir wotail then p 1 a Ctict ,in." cleft :stiettl; and umt their" choice could fall on no other but the present Lord- :~ .. N,layor ? ' thus _ what the party of the London Tavern hrdog ‘ ht forward as._'ti sohject of triumph, was re:::llrwit of defeat and humiliation ;. and he was glad to tee them in such a dilemma. He-vvould,„ of again state the meri:s of the Lord Mayor--- they were saflicien i tly koowo to all the Livery. An affeeting iattante of his meritorious servites hail occured to-ilay. Three uteit appeared in the Hall whom he had rescued from the blood-hoands" of destruction. Would Alderman Smith haveilave' d these poor Irishmen ? be ,vould nouattempt t ad.. dress the feelings of the Livery upon the su bj ect.: Let them continue their exertions, and show thi`e they had still feelings of right and wrong, and were not to be guided by the tools of corruption. He concluded by saying, that s he intended to have asl.ed Alderman Smith a question it he had been pre s ent, which he would now fleCillW IlielltiolliOg, as lie trished to take no unfair advantage b 1 iiio, man, or to state any charge behind his 041 . he s.orild - therefore wait till to-norrow; when he . would pot his question, and if it did not receive' a satisfactory answer, a &awning one it would be. Mr. STEveNs then stepped forward to addreis the meeting, and obtained 'A hearing by calling out''' . Wood," the candidate for sv hour he hi tended to speak. l'lre ,present Lard Mayor, 14-- observed, had shoi.vn no regard to politics in his puhlic conduct, and had tints laid another claim to the support of the ,Livery... His Lordship, was supported, not because be was - a party mall, but hectorie he was a wise magistrate, 'anti .a public benefactor. Alderman Smith would, 'be rejected, not became - he belonged to al arty, 'but because he had iostated those whose.su. rages he now solicited, by calling them the offscourings of the. earth: '`This was.. the reason. why he was not a fit person to be thief Magistrate of the City ; but be would, tell where ,he was a fit person for being chief magistrate :_ he had depended, not on the lopport of the COM 7 mon Hall, hot on the ell o rts of the London Tavern Committee. Here was a party man.-- Would the Lord Mayor,: if he had been teceived,' have called a meeting'of his friends at the London' Javerti, earl base attempted to' procure- his eke , tion by their means ? The merits' and services.of the Present Chief Magistrate,need not here hetold; No one could walk the streets of . boadon witb4ut, being sensible of the bene fi ts of his adininiSitratian„ His plans were great for the polite and 4/06( the City; but they were not yet completed, anii n i 1 year was too short for, carrying them•into exe ,t tints : he should therefore be elected another year, to- realize Jlrent. The Livery were calied'upon to support tile Lord Mayor, not because he Tris,..ris, : party man, but beeinse he. was nn,aetivv, a vig4,q4i, and upright magistrate; they were called utionitt reject the other candidate, not on account I: ;7 i. 4 polities, but becanse . he pad, imitated a i d' con temned them. Ile Enre-,ht 't - t aii4 b 6 Lord MaYor .:. in his own private junta at the Lonjo;`f Tavern,' andireat the , Livery as a set of ruthless rag.;a tnotEtri. The wort - hy Alderman' had. 'sititt: atntl promised every thing on 'the resent oceashi'4l that Could be agreeable, while he bad never , on any former: Occasitm shown the-teat ti.ference. to the %I ishes or opinions of. the klail.•: ‘liis ton . - duct put the.orator in mind of a sailor in a .storm, who prayed earnestly forAeliverance, and used as a plea for,grauting his petition, that he had never been trot.blesome with Itisprayers before., The worthy Alderman now condeAcended to'lolieit t;r the firSt time,,but he ,Ito r ked the Livery would oat be cons inced that his tespect for thent had io- . creased. The present Chief Magistrate Might; out of gratitude, and from a regard to the poblie goodi to be re-elected, Ile had begun great and beneficial works, and should have anotho year to complete them. , : . - Mr, WILLIAM! after thiS stepped forward and obtained a hearing for a sentence or two, by ii i dt. inn not " Wood." He began by stating, that he would allow the merits of Alderman Wood to-he as great as his friend represented them, bet still he thought it his duty to support, the claims of the other Candidate, Alderman Strath. Here the worthy Gentleman was completely overpow.ergd.by hiises, groans, howls, and 'every species !Aeon temptuous clamour. He attempted agaio..F, eh. ta i n , a hearing, by calling out ":Wood ;" hol,fle among the crowd remarked that they were , out ,c, he taken under false colours, and the clamour con thmea, ,llc..wris heard- to sari-that the friends of Altlerman.Stnith meant to continue the poll;' and atAast his Voice was so ,crimpletely drowned - in, groans, shouts, and hisses, that lie was obliged' to_ retire, which ()edit!, waving-.his hat, antLualllng out ". Smith, Smith !" - • . . - -.,1:7 a4.,,.-. crrY ECECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN. Sta,- 7 As a Liver Yawn of the Qity of ',Oudot), prevented •by the clamour of the multitude from expressing . my sentiments at : the .Comutnn-Hall, feel MySelf bound to ap peal to . my brother Liverymen, calling upon them for their immediate_ assistance in apposing a dangerous' 'attempt now making to vkiry,', v thunt any ostensible cause,,flte course usually adopted-in the election of ‘a'Chief Magistrate'ol this city for the year ensuing, and which variation may, I feat, serve as a precedent : fur every corporate tc>wn , in England. Such tin innovation must Appear dangerous to the mind of every candid iersed' . in history, Vain recollects that Statei and Empires have been brought to 'ruin by the frtquent election of' a fa vourite and popular candilate, wbo, l:ke a spoiled ch,ild, 114 d raltvred the tone of his character by the immoderate praises of • If further proof of this be necessary, I have only to refer to the unfortunate pntitic • I the Continent for, the i Est 25 yens, which hope will be alwa y s remembered by the People of this C9unfry, and - serve as a warning not to act in a similar manner.—l have the honour to be, Sir, 'Your most obedient Servinb Landon, Oct' :3 1 1816. A LIVERYMAN. MAILS. Gottentrorgli, 1 Dublin. WateiroVcr. Itz—i Yrat. e, I kiplkitid, 2 Hauiliurgli► P 11.1 CE 0 STOCKS Tlit4 DAY AT rweisr. Gct.o'ct. . • • Bank Stotk,.. . '...stut Imperial 3 pert:eat. And. G3l ,rer Ceut. act!. 'i shut huhu Stocii, lBli id 4per Cent. Cons. . tit iii India liututs,. 49, ;i e pr. 4 per Cruts shut 1 Exch. hi 11. ,....... Or. :19. pr, Atil coil. N. Ana. 9-214 11 vs I Cults. lur e l c ccuut,... Gl* 6 2 i Aillik L. Arku strut' _.__.• :-.-. r • • . BIG"! WATER AT r.,ON )c)N I.)G 'IN.).1‘10111t0 IV. Nturising, 53minute r a after 12. f Evenitig, Irl minutes after 1%. TIIE SUN. DIC11111: FALSUM AUDEAT r ~. LONDON, I'HU#SDAY, OCTOBER'3, 181 G. I EXPECT SU. 4RAlVAiki.tir loaD 111.49 HIS SQUAI)RON. PLYMOUTH, OCT ! 1.--Caille in the I‘latine • sloop of war fromAiibralt.ir Jailed the 15tH in company with the Squadron niftier the „com mand of Lord ExMouiH, • - •and piled from hint „ off Lisbon 'Oil thi tliicli weatiter. -w Wind W. . . . Three days' French nipers areliow doe, owing , ice suppose , tp the ultra-w i nds which t h ee e quv, !untied times hav,e priidneed. One of the secrets of the pieient titi contest, which we paitijr let out yeSterclay, is; that the a t ° • • tempt to continue M P r. not Sir, ;11.arrnsw « s oon in the Mansiou4Tousc for another year iS A Sher electioneering trick of the FactiOn. . 1 4" P i 4 ds•ott, in the event of an Election for a Member ,r represent the C.iii?,.iii-Parliatnent,Canex ON° iskii eight lauititqci . votes-L— . ptutive anti tilbs disregarded in tits election struggle. Otte of the 'Orators wilio addressed the Hail yes. terday told then, th a t th e C our t. o f Alderrudi it, a cleft stick by , toe it turc► cu , e j Oleits of Aleir.l.l . SrooD and Comae, beettiw: 83 ittttei couldnot serve . they compellett to elect the' fortiter. (hirer •ttrortis,•titr 11'4 agistracy . London would be insulted wi ll ' Hobson's choice of " This or none," thougli " a . „ . :according twit - attest Hobson's rule, w*,,icit tre" C . o %fccoi ' • • I.Ji biervjee and regular 'rotgii °ll i t>sti tlia City - Ctraher gi'ves - the C°L at rlklernieti another sort -of choice, 'videlicet, a choice of Ate d o pot it tt 105 • Illeßied to. f , i. l i:selt thui joCkiail pr i tyty 1..;t de cute: '1.4 the firialeiie which,. as a body., .helangs.. to No 1 - the Co'Art of AlcierM'ett say, and ly . say, c let us have two totrimeni Candidolei ' to decide whiCit.'we shall ratse t.i, thiCintle, at'd tlot, GentieMen of she LOyta otr,,'. t ill r' of Wood and auother of Straw. We enaPoi;' llu ours.elrcs to be •trepanneti iii thi-; way foto. In! ro nullities in the election of a Chief :t.l.loati ate. %%retake it trii- granted that they will 1 1 " 5 over Mr. Conr oe Co Be who puo IL has ' ricelarc(l his inability to trve, and deckle between 11 / . 0 d 1 , ) ad 4 §.tyrtt, the other Canali,lates at the top of rite , One of the eatell-poptiltiity expedients root io by the lilobtlenites y e steßla y, L:cIS • to the three Irishmen released (tom and.much indebted-to Mr. \Woo for hi.: ex e' in, their behalf. We wish to withhold rom hint on this account, or any other tvbere this meritoriously discharged hi s dut i es , lint would praise hitn More, w e r e there no t st.. ) C/111:"' ' tatious a parade of his well doing. The puifi* tem 'whichlitts prevailed Ihriingh" his :Nlai . ' l/7 ' l , ti f has been very disgusting, and though niTeo is. now apf;arent,it ilerraeted agood from the'credit to which his exertions as a l, .3./!Igl irate otherwise - entitled him. It is a vwr that requires. to be,,upheld by so.nittcla quackery` two T h! in s o e r c n: v in t , g tr :s e ) L i c ? it r , i , l r s n o w t' the afy L A , tiß.vUl~vie~t' Ott 1-- order- to witness 44. - expeament. of a I _4.l.ilita.ry Operations, devised I)y Wi' Llik? ' le CoNosEvr, who seem 'to be indefat i g ab whatever tend; in th3t l.esPeci to "prOmote Lord . did "' it •it ("ow pony the, excursion, bat remained at' his the Admiralty. YesterdAy the I'RANS.:B RItgENT bell a t i s- --......- fo . e the purpose of receivin4 floe City 01; ...gleen in tmother part or' our Ipfper. A ' " y r Ad' Presentation of the City -DepotatiettP, It'''''' ; Inirat Sir DAVID Altt.Na was introduced, al 1.1 0 ;, , vested. in the usual manner, w ith rite insig w i l3 , o 4 .ii , Kiti mm gist Commander of the Ilath. ni° l'l ' k - ,,1 !..`, at;ert% arils gate audi tmee , s ( 0 p oo l I,lA'l l P' - ' VlSCottillS SIDMOUTII tiild A.IB.I.VILLE. ~att Yesterday ruoroing tfi u e Duke et CO lon `-'3'h-,),, kind Hit autiience`,of 144' P .RINC B lizol“syr t ton-honse. Ado 1 . 414 , The Doke of GLOtiCBSTPII 11A3 reCe dress, on his inurriagc, front gitig's 1.4 0, i' ' trial 311 county of Norfolk.