The National Register.
London, England, 1821-07-02 00:00:00

COMMON HALL.

ELECTION 0? SHERIFFS.—Monday last being Mid.
ttttt itirr-day, a Cot ttttt un Hall was held, according to
custom, for the election of Sheriffs and other officers for
the year g. The Hall was most numerously
Attended. .

The Hall was ripened by Alderman Wood in state,
attended by the City Officers and the Court of Aldermen,
of whom Alderman Rothwell and Alderman Garratt,
am' the Recorder, were received with peculiar marks of
thr•nr displeasure
The Common Crier read a document from the Lord
Alayor appointing Alderman Wood his /ocular knew, in
Ids absence On acemilit of bodily indisposition, to hold
Common Hills, Courts of Aldermen, Stc.
Toe Recorder in presenting himself to state to the
lla!I the purposes for which they were convened, was
assailed with ..'roans and hisses, and cries of •• No asso-
ciation's, &m•. ke."
The Court of Aldermen having withdrew, the Com-
mon Sergeant read the list of persons put in nomination
as candidates for the (Alice of Slieliff. They were as

John Garrett, Esq. Alderman and Goldsmith.
Veualiles, Esq. Alderman and Stationer.
Humphrey Martin, Esq Citizen and Couk.
William Ke), EN. Citizen and Cook.
William Sutton, Esq. ditto, ditto.
John Woolley, Esq. Citizen and Glover.
Rich.ird Butler, Fsq. Citizcu read Dutcher,
.tiro4 Clements, Esq. Citizen and Merchant Tailor.
Aichdate Palmer, Citizen and Wirer.
lid d Waiter Rundell, Esq. Citizen and Goldsmith.
Miles Su Jove, Esq. Citizen and Merchant
lieitjamin Cale, Esq. Citizen and Draper.
Thomas Kelly, Esq. Citizen and Plasterer.
Enos Durant, EN. Citizen and Weaver.
.10,eph Putty, l q. Cstizon and Waschandler. and
William Crook, EN Citizen and Merchant Tailor.
Mr. Scant-1.2 z, after the names had been read, came
forward to address the Hall. They were, he said, con-
vened to exercise one of their most important duties, in
the election of officers who, in the discharge of their
functions, were superior even to Peers themselves. They
were about to elect conservators of the peace, who of
their own authority, might apprehend and commit to
prisms all misdoers. When they considered the high
power and extensive jurisdiction of these officers, o:
whom they bad the appointment, it became highly im-
portant that they should eltet none but men of integrity
and firmness, who would soder neither their own righ.s
as high officers, nor those of their fellow citizens, to 1x
invaded. It became still more necessary that they should
elect such men, when they saw the constituted authori-
ties invaded, and their powers usurped by a self-elected
junta, who had associated and were formed (in the very
centre of the jurisdiction of the officers whom they were
about to appo:nt) for the purpose of intimidating the
pre-s, and oppressing the uttfortimate, for differences of
opinion. Should the powers of the regular authorities
be allowed to he usurped by a set of informers t (Loud
applause.) He hoped never to see a conclave exist in this
country, such as did at the time of Nero, the Roman
Eutpetor, and who were, in the reign of his successor,
Torus, ordered to be publicly whipped through the
forum ; and then they were led through the amphithe-
atre as wild beasts, and afterwards sold as slaves. lo the
proscrip ,during the second triumvirate caused by the
inforuiers, the names of the proscribed were inscribed our
tablets hung up iu the public view. Toe prosecuted
had then some chance, and might see what was placed
against then. There was anoWer feature peculiar to
that associa;ion, which was, that no priests hail ally
share in tine proceedings. After some further o:isett
thous to the Same effect, he exhorted the Hall to ire stre-
nuous m their opposition of such measures, as their po-
litical arid religious liberties were all at stake. lie
tlt.t it vas for the purpose of putting forward r person
who would assist, as far as in
proscriptive invasion of replar within ity, which lie said
had r. moldy taken place, that he recommended to their
no•ice the name of r. Crook.

Nll. ('ativist Cline forward add slated, that it was not
his ink:1,6.11.n Wye obtrodvil lilinself, hut that he wished
eorriet snin.tatiiva which h d liven said of hint that
t;y ellisraCier 1)0C1Or Slop.—
Tne Ihtctor had said Win 'lle (NIP*. Crook) was a Sheriff's
h:uker, therefore Doi a lit person to serve ihe oilier
ut 7i It ;AI. Ile de“ is II that he eit tier was or eve' hail
been a Stu:rift; broker. In fact, there was now tat
sorts in exist, nee. It had beet' atiolished
• Ken)on. 11. (.\ir. Crook) had certainly sold in
his eapacit.v as a hruker, wider several S. ribs writs ;
She Jr.:moonlit of the tirtiker lay with the plaintili
in the action, or h s :Lem, and it was under sod* att-
rition id Iltai acwil.
'l;ie 11l ii.e seri ral cmirlidates in nomination
w, I. then show of hands taken ; when the
• deelared tile tuition to hose laden tin ‘Viiliant
VCII.I' Stst,inticr, and J.tmrs Clut?k,
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