The National Register.
London, England, 1817-10-13 00:00:00

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rights ; 4nd whether as their Magistrate sir the Representa-
tiva in Parlianient, he pledged himaelltto adhere-steadily to
theme principles which he had hitherto maintained, never oil
any pretenee to abandon his post, and at all times prepared to
render them an account of his imeninet, satisfied with the re-
flection, that they would reward him according to his merits.
With regard hl his worthy successor, he felt it a•diny to de-
clare, that the disappointment which lie had probably ex-
-1 perienced in not being Fleeted for the pact year, had never
appeared to create in his norm.' any sentiment of personal
pique or animosity-. On the contrary, lie had always mani-
fested the inmost alacrity in contributing to the due discharge
off the magiatetial thnies of the great metropolis, rendering
to him, in his arduous situation, all the assistance in his ironer.
He doubted not, therefore, that they would find reason to
congratulate themselves upon the consequences of their
choice.—( Applause.)
Mr. Alderman Gooulbehere then presented himself to the
attention of the Livery. Understanding that Mr. Alderman
Atkins did not on the present occasion intend to come for-
ward, •he could not retrain f offering a few observations,
as tinder thecirciintetances, lie might otherwise be considered
deficient. in his fluty. There was scarcely any. one present
who was less acquainted than himself, with the original mo,
lives of his humble name being bronglit before the Livery as
a candidate for the uttice of Chief Magistrate. But *ben he
considered the privileges of (tire city, and the possibility
that his humble efforts might advance the cause of fieedune
lie felt that it was of little consequence in what manner his
name might Inv disposed of'. He emisidertal the Livery of
London as his master ; if they had any thiug to demand of
him, that respectable body•of men might when, and where
they pleased, call upon him to pellet/it whatever his mental
and bodily powers allowed bloc to execute (applause). With
respect to the result of the election, he rejoiced in the
decision; for reason% which he would now declare. If he had
been placed at the head of the pull, lie shouldsnot have been
able, with all the elaniestie care *lnch oppressed his mind,
to have filled the office of Chief Magistrate, or to have-exe-
cuted the duties eif it. with satisfaction to himself, as nothing
but repose and re tit timid could r estop: the health of Ms
nearest and dearest 'elation iu life. lint lie had willingly
allowed himself to be pieced in nomination, because
a duty to perform to his know-cite/A us; and it shield not he
imputed to him, that wearine the Alderman's gown he had at-
tempted to interfere with the lights or tic: city, or prevent a
1101, fair, and complete election. The Livery were thent•
selves the proper jetelgea Irlpecting the prolific ty,,or impro-
priety of trice king through tile custom cif rotation. Ile haul
atwitter great satisfartion in vi ithessitig .the decision of the
gentlemen of the Livery, as they had sr w esercised their
elective franchiee, lead been able to express their real emit ion,
and hail made choice of that man whom they ceinsidere.l the
beat qualified to preserve 'the dignity and c..aracter of the
e ty. He assured the Derry, that whatever opinion 'Mein
be entertained by the public of the characters and merits of
the Aldermen of the.city of London, yet among themselves
they were most friendly, and each was ansione to contribute
to the happiness and comfort of the other. 'No petty feeling
of hatred or melte% there existed, Seat all was harmony and
concord. fie should, however, be among the first to ceon•
tend, that if the connote of rotation were iiniformiy adhered
to, if there were no variation, and the Alderman were Ahmed
to ascend the civic chair regularly one after the other, as
matter of course, that thee the rights of the city iiiii stbe en-
dangered. It; at any tittle, an exception should be made to
the genera! rule, it sheitild therefore be, when the necessities
of the country woe such, a, loudly to call tonic. After hay-
iug expressed his regret that lie had been the cause of imich
fatigue to his mune. Aldermen who haul appeared day alter
day upon the hustings, and lets Mg commented 'upon the
imminence of their civic rights, he 011111hed to the conduct lit
a geutleirian filling a high office in the eity ; and he rice-used
that Alagistrate of en deaveitiriug to raise himself in the es
timetion Of his fellow-citizens by irregular mad itticandel
means. Such pramiees, he said, had been iesorted to; :old,
on smother occasion, I 01.1,0001. had been hOlrowed from the
City Chamber to assist Ministers to carry on an tiseles
and expensive war. These were facts widen' liresown know
ledge, because they had happened iii the eutirse.ol lii• ex
perience ; and lie earnestly ieconummtled 1;m Livery to.look
atter their own interests, to guard their rights with a watch-
till eye, and to pardon .no ticks or dislionotitable come
s:ulcer. die pet loony concerted in what had Callen from the
Chief Magistrate with retro et In the chaeacter of the gentle-
man who had now been elected to that high and iiniien taut
station, and had little doubt but that tie would discharge the
duties of it with skill and assiduity. In colichieliug, lie re-
turned thanks for the preference which had been shown to
his name berme his smiler Aldermen.
A gentleman of the name of Waller moved the thanks of
the Hall to the late Slitrids, Messrs. Bry dges and Kirby. It
was seconded by Mr. Reeves, and etlrrii.,l unanimously.
;gr.tlitcbiur CAM follt-illll to explain the cumluct he hell
pursued during the cositest• lie diseleinierl the ,ideu ul
having thrust himself into notice fur pri vine motives, and as-
serted that his only object had been as a friend, to the freedom
of electimi to support the indepeedenee of •the city. He
could not help regretting that a Chief liittisti ate had been
choseu out of the camp of the enemy, because lie was known
to be the supporter of the uliquitions system punned les the
present Nlinisteis. He, how CVO', billeflt-ly wished, that as lie
now " bore the binrhiug borrows thick 11p1/111111/1"11eNould
dis-
charge the duties of the °ibex with honeur to himself and to
the city.
Mr. %tin/anis said a few words in exidenation of the part
he had taken in the elm-hon. Ile expressed Ins surprise that
Nick characters as till/Se who had lately spoken flour these
boards Weft &Howe.' to address eu iespectubl'r a body as the
Livery, and to stand tin as the champions of the Clete! 1.1-
gisttate of the City.
Mr. Woollcr said, he should not have stepped forward on
the present occasion, had not the last gentleman who 'puke
obhged him to say a few words. It Maul ARV dyB been his
Wlllll to hear all cute+, for it was of the greatest advaiiiaige
to the Callse lit 1114111011110 ithUa its 01111011 CW aan °ppm unity
of showing the weakness of their arguments. His cause
stood upon the tirm rock of the I'Oll4MllllOll ; 1111 d, MithOllgh
it aright provoke laughter to hese 115 opponents attempt to
Justify themselves, yet sonic pity ought to tie shown for the
110101d0Ce of tlllllte agents Of a destructive spicier who acne
ally imagined their arguments were convincitig. He molded
to the stratagem practised in a former day., and redeemed the
pretensions of Mt. WlNiatios.te the civic etair. Ile, himself.
had 11101041 fOrWardlim the preserit ()eremite Derail, im oluly
leader had Ifebellllll 111111/4-11. He 11411 tOllll.l 0.111 dllllle. 111
11.111111 Aires, stet no generals to cemenand them. It public
011101011 kept Its 10111', II Well were lisle to themselves,
then Government might Fropose %hal 1111`.1,11reS 1111. y pleased
they WOlllll hose 110 (ACT! ; hilt tithe present system were to
be estoblished and supported, he had lather bit its victim than
its slave, The Hall was then disolv ed.

L. 1 11.

BUILDINGS IN TIIE REGENT'S PARK.
TO THE EIATOR OF. TOE NATION' %I. REGISTER.

Ste.—lf it be true, that the! wisdom Is the best, which is
most dearly purehaSed, then must (Mr. Nash be the wisest
man of his profession, which this, or any other country has
produced ; for certain I ain, that no other surveyor orsirchi-
teet has, troll' his purse, so often paid the forfeit of his follies.
The public have accused him of want of•ftiresielit, want of
taste, and want of management ; hut, he bi tug thins ponisheil
through his pocket, it may be asked, what have Ihe public to
do with his failings? Yes, Sir, they have lunch to do with
them ; they have to deplore the disfiguring of their streets,
and squares, anti highisays ; and in one.ittstance, which I am
about to mention, they hose to regret that the purse of the
crown is made to pay for the thoughtlessness of its silt-
s ever,
It is pretty generally known, that as preliminary steps to
the cot s-en imig of Mary-le.bonne fields into a park, some ar-
rangements were made between the Crown and the Doke of
I'm timid, by which, his Grace consented to open out the
north endof Portland-place, and thereby give a free corn-
mituication between the new park and tte town, in the direct
line of the grand Waterloo street. One of the equivalents
fur this favour, was, that the Crown should not build in such
a situation in the park, as to block up the north end of Har-
ley-street, whiclris his Grace's properly.
Among other improsetnents projected in the park, it was
intend( d that a untidier of villas should be built, each Ilan..
ing an allotment of Brea one to three act es of land. Mr,
Barton was the first who emliaiked in this building specula-
tion. lie built as very handsome house on the edge of the
Circular-reed, on the high ground of the park, which, I be-
lieve, lie disposed of to goon advantage. Encouraged by this
areress, he agteed with Mr. Nash,, surrey or to the Board of
-Woods and Forests, for another pint of ground whereon to
erect another house. Any man would imagine, that as lint
six or seven years have elapsed since the arrangement was
made with the Duke of Portland, and as Ntr.Niv.sli front his
situation must have the whole business con:stoutly snider his
eve, be would have recoil. cted that he haul no power to
block up the end of Dal ley-.sheet; set the esiraorilinary fact
is, that either front total foigelfulness of his ow .act, or front
a vs anion disregard of it, he granted to Mr. Boutin: u plot of
ground precisely 1111 the spot on which he hail, on the part of
the Crown, engaged nut to build !
Mr. Burton, allogetner igtun ant of the agreement exieting
between the Crown soil the Duke of Poi iland, ire..,er doubt-
ed for a moment the ability of 11r. Nash to grant lion a plot
of ground in whatever part of the park he ilimight lit, and
lot thwith proceeded in ahe buil !Mg of his Icon-e, and with
such dispatch did he proceed, that it had reached the second
story before the Doke of Portland was made acquainted
with this direct violation of the ape:einem. ..1s any man
would do nosier similar mretimstant es, Isis tierce illicit-creel,
and insisted ou •the vaildity of the art aiigemeid of the ism-
pruvruiruts. It I%.tS iii 14111 to reaar, for g cwlaniun on the
part of the Crow ii would junto v a V 1144111111 on the part of die
Duke, and tie had it in his power to shot ai, tile end of Port-
land-place, and render of nu avail, all 11:41 bond 1)Cel/ done its
the pack. The mils alteinative mereture was to kuil
house down, and at tois moment se vet al toe a Are busily em-
ployed upon this work of desti action !
What most di.: Suard tit W tools and Forests, with so re-
spectable and ilitelligent a 111411141 Mr. fh skuisuu at its bead,
think of this disgraceful transactiuui 1, a nut itieunibeia
upon it to ileent, thy mar., the proceeding by its cm/stile, itad
by making Sir. Nash sustain the whole loss, give 14111 one
inure practical lesson on the necessity of " Luukiug belOre
lie leaps."
Your., VIATOR.
We insert the above, without pledging oarAelves for the
arcuracy of all the statemeilts is tech it contains. To a pout
we can speak ft our own observation, a house has been
built iu the prik opposite the end of Ilatley.etrect, auil
workmen are 11041 r employed in ',idling it down. It there .1
color iu the statement of Violor, sum,: of our Outtesputt•
dents wol probably set I iiii

OFFICERS ON HALF-MlN.—The &hotting off.;ial
communication respecting the powtr of FL.if-pay otti-
vers of the British army, to hold offiect or places of
emolument under their own or any foreign Govern-
ment, together with their half-pay, has been just a.-
dressed from the War Office, to the several army
agents.:—
ORCULAR.
War Office, Sept. 30, 1817.
" SIR-4t having been determined that the regulation by
tvkieli Officers ate precluded front receiving halt' pay, while
huNlinit daecs Or employments of pi tint tinder his Itlnjesty,
shall emend to Officers un halt' pay holding similar offices
or with, under other tiovei 'tlents, nine.", t%itli
perimsigiton his Royal Higline*s the Pe Met! Regent, I :nu
to acquaint yua, for toe inturmation of the halts pay Offi-
cers. to %them you are agent, that this exit ii•itni uls the regu-
lation wile accordingly take etivet tiuip Ilse ,llectmil)et
next Mellon% e._

" lam to add, that all application% front thiiceri for per.
mis%ion to hold others or employments under other (io% e rir
mulls., to4eiller wait their hall pay, are to be ail:tressed
to. the stri etar3 at War, tOr Ins 'Liu) al coast-
dei atiou.

4. I am, Sir,
Tow• moat obedient humble Servant,
PALNIEtiSION,"

Jose mi 111.0NAPA RTE....ZiIe Philadelphia Tram
inky:con gives some information respecting the loan.
ncr of living of Joseph Buonapartc :
•• Joseph INluu.yar to resides at pieseiit tan a farm, owned
by huuse.f, b. mown u) the mime of Pinot itree-ce, situate on
Ilse river Delaware, near to Bortlesilown, and about thirty
holes i 1111111: lie abalones hut title ot Count de
Sets ion is, is is. winos la ihiti COMM: Kid. NollOt of the fami-
lies in his sieigilloimilouil, 'et:Elves visits nine the ladies and
gentlemen whit oceasionall) resort to Ituldrutovut, sunietiencs
givescntertaunutuls, and scrota dL.pused 10 nuAe himself
agrcuah:e to 011, by ilecoolinotintiOn I iiiii Melt. In the Republican
..aborts ut the cuuntiy. lie 64, rxio.isticti a coosiderable
sum in the improvement oh his Lout, and 1171, added to the
rat ocanty of the situation. Ills residence last whit. r
w.., Philadelphia, and we Iloilo-stand that the house 'diet),
ucilipied lay 51.de Kantatiw, the Swedish Alisiister, Dimmed
At the soinii tart coiner of High and Tuultili-strt.cts. is now
fitting up fur his reception dotal; the Jpprudctiing wanct."

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NEW POLICE REPORT.

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(Confirm Wren our last.)

`MOND REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE