The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-29 00:00:00

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SUCTION Or LOAD MAYOR OF LONDON.
(THIS DAY.)

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This morning the Lord Mayor Sheriff; Aide"-
men, and ether members of the norPoration of Leedom
sampled to the pompom of eleetieg a Lied Mager erg Low
am for the man year, in the room al Alderman Warne
formes Hale, whose year of ogles will expire on the Bth of
November Rut.
The membees of the eerponitice proceeded is sate is the
Ind imams to the church of St. Lemmas Jewry, where
sum were said and a memos preached by the Rev. Dr.
jodiesr, late heed master of the City of Leedom School.
Ne teak for his text the advice et Jethro to his een.in.law,
xceso—... Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the
pop'. ;ale men, sea as fear God, sue of lath, hating !
.needesess, sad place mob over teem to be rulers of
iiiessands, and rulers of hundreds, riders of fifties, and
Myer of tem." Dr. Mortimer began by remarking that
the pimp Is one cl deep alma to us, if, as Lord Baooa
(semen authority) swam, Alfred took from it the idea
d the old Saxon ecestitnttie of sheriffs in mandies,
lardeedees or amalgam in hued:oda, and demurs in
gulags, who WIN to be the head men of their
ropostive divisions and to decide the salts and quer
tires which arose within them. It lays down distinc-
tively the requisites for office--ability, the fear of
Owl, the love of truth, and devotion to the public
wawa regardless of self interest. For the first of the..
cdalitistiens the bathing and commerce of London is a
.0,4 edges, sad be who has risen to wealth by his own
;;coNatui efforts it generally toned to be a men of ability.
The smog equate, the am of God, is Rosemary to give
debility to the character sad in maim* threegh good cc
ova repeat, the steady remit of what is felt to be duty.
Tie love, of tretk the third requisite, is the prima*,
eleaseat is the judged mad. It includes candour. bos-
om from prejudice. sod • desire to look fairly at both
Me el every q When the fourth aped.
site, disinterested camear the public good. is added,
the Melt is • theracler to which the rale et this great city
rzitsestairly Gemmed. The prowler then spoke of the
of amid* institutions gemrally, as nurseries of
Eddy end Maim schools for its right development end
am Be observed that in oceetrise where they did not
lA* changes me for the meet part sodden, violent, end
revelaticeery ; where they do eclat there is a teed to
lick deceitiess, sad to make Magee only after
des del tam Hence the march of improvement, though
elm, is ceaseless, and it is oaly by looking beak from time to
time upon the put that we ammo aware of the real
puss that that we are making. He maintained that Ws -law
al degree is the right cm, for it is the law by which God
verb all develmensat al the hamar being, in the erode,-
tire of the pleat, the flower, and the trait, in the silent
male ci all things that ere mending to nature. Be oce-
staid with a eked surrey of the position of the (lily of
Imam with regard to the other municipalities of Zealand,
the cesesquet duty which devolves upon its magistrates
eel Mimes of being foremost in the promotion of every.
thing whist is right amid useful.
Alkr & We Lateral, the Lord Mayor and aid/wimp pro-
emial beta Maims at the eastern mid of the Guildhall,
Mee the eirelpelected sheriffs, in virtue of their ogles,
presided OM the Motion of the future chief civic ma-
debate.
Shortly ef tamer& the runes of those aldermen who have
Are the office of sheriff, sad who alone ere eligible to fill
the Aloe of Lord Mayor, had here annoinced„ the Lord
Mayor and samosa retired, so that the freedom ol Me-
ths might not be laddered with.
The livery retuned Mr. Phillips and Mr. Allee, two
Mame below the their, and their games were woman'.
feted to the Coed of Alderney oho. in the mime of a few
imbues reentered tie hall, declaim; that their election
hid fallen ea Alderman Phillips.
The anacaniesmeat wee received with cheers, end the
Lord Mayor elect briefly thanked the Mims for the amour
they bad cenfernidoe

NAURITIIT3 LAND CREDIT AND AGENCY
(mmiteD).-7(r6ls DAY.)

A general meeting of this company was held
tals day. at the offices, 25, Feaoharch-strest ; ILejor-
Newel Bumf in the chair. The report, which showed
that the net profile of the oreepany to 30th Jane was
3,502/.16a. 11d., or !warty 15 per ere& far the nine month,
precedies and which rsooseneedel a alvlind of 10 per
sot., was adopled, sad the dividend daciated aeooadingly.

RUSSIAN IRON wozara COMPANY.-(THIS DAY)

Thin day, at an extraordioary general meeting of
ahareholdere, the resolulim pawed at the meeting of the
Ilith of September was manned. The object of the reso-
lution WIN to rescind Article 26 of the articles of emanation,
to which eome objection was made, and to substitute soother
to lies thereof. The chair was occiapini by Mr. MONNADD,
who stated that the last accounts received from the works
were very satisfactory.