The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-06 00:00:00

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Yesterday, at one o'clock. pow= to public
requisition, a Common Hall of the Livery of Lon-
don, was coovened at Guildhall. for the purpose
of electing an additional Sheriff for 'London aad
Middles, xi In the room of the Gentleman elides at,
the WI CollilliOn Hall, who has since declined to
wee the Ofko. mit* the•esaal hea,for his es-
law.
'I he Issollami of &Mali bevietbeseopened with
. t.zoinal formalitios. the slums of the following
r m were read. as put Is notaistation for the
liege of the Livery—
r Romerak --1 Soo" borirmamfor ; J. Hunter, merchant
Wet; J. Priem" skim, a 3. filevitor. stationer; J. P. Hitt-
bey, —.... a arrareada, owirraw; tte embroiderer; Peac-
oats, glownj filmiew, bridle's' a Wane, glover ; Clark,
••••• 11..11 Matiamar g sad jos. Ilrarmemeb, dyer.

Mr. Whites he thee addressed the Livery, and
expeilleed his hope, that the objet for which they
weak Ailed forward this day was the choice of a
Sheriff for the City of Lemke. who should be really
avema.llo Nam the duties of that important of.
floss and ceeititest to discharge those duties with
llisfailts tOlikeeelf, and dignity to so highly respeet-
Ail a tastiest la the metropolis of the British Em-
- There was one of the gentlemen whose names
' • boss just now read to the assembly, and who
, lknessid.to stand at the head of those condi-
ment likely to be the objets of their seleCtion,
~n.=llllr. Symonds. But he could assure the
, from communications now in his posses-
41110,11ptid particularly from a letter received from
Ser. Symmeades physician, that, so dangerous and
peorerious was his state of health at this moment, as
iertMeder him utterly unable to assume the duties of
4he i station, should he be honoured by
chin fhdoe of his fellow citizens, and therefore in. 1
delgehy leave to deediee the eleigion. The fag no* 1
111010fillod would have been stated in the more regu-
ttfarm of a petition to the Common Council. but
Aire was no meeting of that Assembly since
„In* Commen-Hall day, when Mr. Symonds
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nomination. He trusted, therefore, the
of the 'Livery would consider the
kalisatiorn he now gave oa the part of Mr. Sy-
mcesda.'as 'full and timely notice, to prove to diem
that be was totally incapacitated, from ill health. ,
mamma the duties of so important an office ; and
deandemshe relied, that the Livery would now think
.• it idigla time, after so much money had been ceme-
nt, %Me 4 somber of Gentlemen (Ilium arvegbnif
'!Ai iisieraly) who were chosen. although it was
known they wield not server to proceed now to the
iehrdlion of a Gentlemen willing, ahle. and eligible
' to mime and to discharge the dative of so ins.
• peiuint • situation. Such a Gendemmi be would
i 'now nave the honour of proposing to their choice ;
. a man well !Lawn, he believed, to many of them,
.and whom. be was sure they would admit to be a
manweligible. from respileability, and competent,
,frrp hie well-known good understanding, to dis-
dm fiuseions of that department with honour
-en . aid to the choice of his fellovocitizens.—
He easebadad, by proposing Mr. Richard Phillips,
,Ikaaioaer.
'lre I //most notwithstanding the very warm
• with "skids the last 'peeler had proposed
a Gentleman of whom, however, ke
km; ambiag, st, ba trusted, the assembly would
dolga lb/ favour of following his own though a
verfiffilkisist counsel from that of the bandanas
who spoke last spoke. and. in so doing, consult the
• Mk" Of chair own good sense. The Honourable
twises bad thought proper to charge the Livery
with eleitiog Gentlemen to the office of Sheriff, for
• the mere rimer of extorting mosey from them.
' • Smelt an imputation. he thought, not only indeco-
- teas it. the extreme, but also totally unfounded ;
: sad iamb an insinuation, as, be trusted they would
not sow suffer to sway them into the precipitate
choke of a person, who, he would not say, might
. sot be very respectable, and very competent to dis-
' char the duties of the office, for he knew little or
i, about him, but who certainly had no claim
precedence to so many respeitable Gentlemen, in
, • nomination before him ; his name having been
proposed this moment fee the firmeime. He
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quested. therefore, the whole list might be fairly
through, in order that a fair seleition might be
• e, and every man have the opportunity of vet-
for die person he should think most worthy of
t'ifi
the** If that choice should fall upon the
#nt mentioned (Mr:Symonds). he was
11 . ler=sim the representation now made by the
' Gendessis who spells lint. if urged in the proper
plooltellinselr, WWI doe 'Comma Council. would
1 have its due weight, its exempting him from the ser-
e viva, without any replace; and that it would not
appear, there was any wish on the part of those woo
proposed him, to have bins elated, merely for the
. purpose. as had been generally charged by the
Hominoid* Gentleman, of extorting from him a
(Sae.
Mr. WasTawat:r in explanation. repeated his
i. . former meatiest ; and said, be =old not conceive
for what other purpose, except extortion, gentle-
-crwere *gist. eat foe skein to the office of
whew in health, avocations, or distant re-
. slams, it wee known would asetlnde them from
service. Ml* City. of Leo* wanted money, it
should be raised sn nine other way, than by
elating gentlemen to ofillem, against their will. in
which they were =wallet or unable to serve, and
thee asslaiog them in large fines, for declining the
earosee. The office of Sheriff was one whisk ow
gaited some time for previous arrangement with'
the panda chosen to El it, as was evident from the
length of time which usually elapsed between the
elettion and the entrance upon its duties. But if the
Livery shohld follow the advice of the Hon. Gen-
tleman who last spoke, in proceeding through the
whole list, and continuing to cleft, day aster day,
and week after week, gentlemen whom they knew
would not serve, merely for the purpose of obtain-
ing fines from them, the consequence must be, that
on the commencement of the next official year, the
city of London would still be in want otla Sherif.
Mr. TATLOCK expressed some so, pile it the
proposition brought forward by has friend Mr.
Waitnman, for the eleition of Mr. Phillips (a Gen-
tl.man whose respedability, competence, and eligi-
bility to the office, he by no means qitestioned)
wrier, upon the last day of Eleift,on, he had seemed
to support :Le claims of Mr. liranscomb, in whose
loom" also the slicw of hands, on that eetasioot ap-