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l'-:- 4:SI 141 . G:;11 -e" e Yesterday another Common 13.01 was held for
dt,he
nof a sheriff'. Incl summons stated that a
t 1 q
,e— el', , 4, tS I , r A "nlinon Hall would be held, for the election of a fit
``•A :34 . 1 and able person to he one of the sheriffs of this City,
.
I and, together with John Carter, Es.q. and alderman,
1 sheriff of the county of Middlesex for the year ensu-
iog, in the room of John Hulbert, El., who has
refused and neglected to give bond to take upon him
the said (face: Notwithstanding all that has been
said in both courts of the corporation in reprobation
of the Ion? existing mode of returning gentlemen to
fill the effice, it was the impression amongst those who
know'anything of the Guildhall manmuvring that the
present election did not form an exception to the
practice.
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oldrerthmeendiatyndaiSebeerrsiff, Sheriffs
havingwift
at-
tendedsn
n ;
hleediyn f
were
hreertechuaegs customary
rapt:osys:: form.2ib,
ht
tae:
Th!, RECORDER announced to the few persons who
al,hdoldtoingexu,rpcitsleietihrehiranadns.,
tieut prescriptive end moat undoubted -right of elect-
T—Soi,Aiciiraouag,h.?n
)t,heretawbsetnhceenoafmtebse
(Com-
mon Sergeant (from illness
gentlemenStfovtehrosalenameB
was thupoant of the
i‘,r. B
list,i and
rslidin ,itLaarid
dditiieorn,
Dctgeoedred by Mr. Bennoch, asy
'who was nominated b
jmunr..,lcvi.tisv.nila4nl
ed, iti:nodn ins oe
a fit and proper person to fill the office for the ensuing
year.
Mr. Deputy HALE stood forward to propose Mr.
Chandler, jun., whom he described as a gentleman of
excellent character, extensive fortune, liberal educa-
tion, and abounding with the other indispensable
qualifications of a candidate for an office of such im-
portance. While one gentleman refused to take upon
himself the office btatuse his business engagements
could not be tampered with, and another rejected it
under any circumstances whatever, Mr. Chandler had
expressed his willingness to serve the office.—(Hear.)
The gentlemen be alluded to had, he understood, paid
the several penalties attached to noncompliance ;
but the livery must know that these penalties
were handed over to the orphan sceool for the
children of City freemen, and constituted no portion
of profit to the Corporation, and it was right that those
who neglected to pay in service should be compelled
to pay in the only other way reconcilable to the
public interest. - Under these circumstances, and be-
lievieg that"t.o,o,l*ctioo of Mr. Ch ,andler, jum.oribo - - -
was as'the Soh of Mr. Chandler of St. Paul's Church-
yard, would give great public satisfaction, he proposed
that gentlemen.—(Loud chef ring.)
Mr. BENNOCH (of the Common Council) seconded
the nomination of Mr. Chandler, jun. He seriously
disapproved of the practice
.of nominating gentlemen
whose engagements made it impossible for them to
devote their time to the office merely for file purpose
of dragging money out of their pockets, find he con-
lenaned the system upon which some under-sheriffs
acted on such election occasions, and by which they
confounded in the odium which should have been
confined to thPmselvt s the characters of professional
under could
gentlemen who w-re wholly incapable of the di-re-
putable course ascribed to them. At all events it
not be beezpidlimofenAtirt.oCthhranidoblebre,rjyun,ahi,teh that be was
bad been
so frequently carried on it/ the Guildhall,
as he was
wholly independent of the under-sheriffs who were
here and there to be found in the Corporation.—
(Laughter.) By electing him the city of London
1 .
self. d
confer a dignity upon him and an honour upon
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[PRICE SD.

A Mr. FINLEY here stood forwardr upon the bust-
llp
:rigs. He said he hoped tovfiinvtedrytraheenoftheirCommon
orivileges. The members of that b
whatever to do with the livery, and e
allowed to interfere with the proceedings
tinnot to be
ought
yhhad nothing
point
aof
htbet
livery, who bad beaten them Upon one
poi
itne ago, and would do so again. Much bad sbeern
said about the holding up of dirty hands in sheriff-
m eking,
were and
the thoseßhostrongly
hadresorted to it
opposed that
Ulan very who
ersomnet
persons
open all occasions.—(Leughter.) Now, be would
be glad to know who was the worse—the thief or the
receiver ?—(Laughter.) Now, he hoped to be able
to propose a resolution which would check the dis-
graceful practice of calling upon persons who were
unable or unwilling to serve, when candidates could
be found who entertained no objection to perform the
duties.—(Hear, hear.) He would propose that a
committee of liverymen be formed to superintend
matters connected with the sbrievalty, and that
2001. a year be granted from the City lords to dis-
T,barge the expenses of that committee.— (On, oh, and
leughter.) The members of the Court of Common,
Council bad spoken of the charitable appropriation
of the fines which were inflicted for refusal to
the orphans of the City freemen. He did not think
,hat donations arising fe OM such a source could be of
any benefit to the concern they professed to benefit,
although the City authorities were certainly building
1 magnificent place for the diffusion of the charity.
Wi-h respect to the election of Mr. Chandler, jun., to
the office, why that election was done b•fore the pre-
sent meetioz assembled in that hall.—(Laughter, and
a cry of "No doubt of that.")
Mr. Deputy LoTT seconded the motion of Mr.
Finley. He did nor, he confessed, atogether relish
Ihe resolution; but he would be glad to see a change
in the disgrac:ful transacions of sheriff-making
under any circumstances.—(Cheers.) The deputy
included in the list of those he denounced some mem-
bers of the legal profession, to which he belonged
.iinself, who he knew cared not one straw for the
livery of London, but merely looked to the advan-
tages arising to themselves from the manufacture. He
altogether repudiated the idea of fining gentlemen
whose names were thrust forward for the purpose of
carrying out the system he condemned, for he
looked upon it as nothing but robbery to take their
money. Upon a recent occasion Alderman Carter,
who was junior to Alderman Wire, had been elected.
Now, it mieht be reasonably asked, why had not
Alderman Wire, who was in every respect eligible,
been elected upon that occasion.—(Hear, hear, and a
cry of " Because Wire didn't want to be sheriff till it
would suit him.") Somebody bad observed that
there was want of management in these matters. It
was no such thing. There was too much manage-
ment.—(Laughter, and cries of "No doubt.") Let
the livery lock to the election of Mr. Grissell and
Mr. Moore, and consider that they were both obliged
to pay the penalties. Let them then look to the fact
the. Alderman Wire was excused w.thout the fine of
one farthing.—(Loud laughter.) Was there no ma-
nagement in that ? (Increased laughter.) "Gentlemen
of the livery," added Deputy Lott, o it is ne0:58117
something should be done to meet this intolerable
evil ; and I therefore second the resolution, in the hope
that a change which cannot be but for the better will
arise in some way or oter out of it."
The names of the persons on the list were then put
up on the hoard, end almost all the hands in the hall
Mr. Chandler,
were held up the moment the name of
complete
appeared to be
jun., was elevated ;
while
so
oevalty upon the occae
,he " management" of the sri
ion, that not half-a-dozeni bands were exhibited for
any of the oilier eara''' athone h
most of them were
respected by the livery of London.
The few which were
well known to and
eld up were observed to be
quite clean.
h was announced with shouts of
The triumph
laughter.
sh iff, then proceeded to the Court of Alder.
The --er'n the return.
men to giveulty
Des
HARRISON stepped forward upon the
ltir• nfOr the purpose of opposing the proposition
beatings
Mr.
Finley, who, he said, bad shown the
wade D
ranxiety to transfer the rights and privileges
greatestof hip fellow-len to a mere committee.—(Loud
,TArm
cries of " Hear, hear.) They surely would not be
guilty of such a gross abandonment of duty as to
leave the valuable possession of thousands at the
mercy of a few—they could not think of anything
so monstrous. If they for a moment .-
contemplated
so extravagant a proposition, they would deserve
lose the independence of which they had
so much
reaßnn to be proud—(Cheers and laughter -
hte )
Mr. FINLEY begged that his brother liverymen
would not allow Mr. Deputy Harrison t
in their eyes, and he called upon them
too t h
s rhow dust
agreeing to his resolution, that they
h ow,
by
were t e respect-
ab'e and independent la dy they were always known
to be.—(Loud laughter and cheers 1
e
The resolution having been put, the meeting*
it
almost unanimously negatived • . amidst laughter and
applause.
The RECORDER ti
len announced that the office of
Sheriff of London
andjoint-sheriff of Middlesex had
fallen upon Mr, Bee:
e main Chandler the younger.
The hall was then dissolved.

ca.
nDyra.473.raadn_ya has been indisposedfor a
DR. BRADY, AI.P.
extr.oralnary r ; .4t,gue be has underpme dating. b.a
owns treatmtnt of Surgeon Connio
arrival.i inclement
cle m e
ni in
Under the pith-
contest in Leitrim.
whose sympathy
9otheractdtl Poafiltibcde
a fhe:a aoyfs.cfraormnetkhe.
on-Shannon, he is now convalescent, and will pro-
eeedhis fewianmiaahle
and
kind-beaded b
ek
istnordteodul
atLondon,h.dye
s even s lneet
nhtehre
Crriek. She is equallY
f,r the poor exopet'a aI i bdaatiyii:
channel. She has, by her purse and ir.flnence, esta-
blish(d a charitable institution in London,. at which she
„son of winter, distributing fot:d to the poor Irish who
spends hours during
_the.
fl -ek there in great numbire. She heartily illsympathises
with It eland.—Ros"rwn Messengfr.
[We ro-joke to fti e that the popular Member for
tLioertrutilloays entirely recovered from tho illness men-
e—a, n attack of tzonehitia. The learned and
oetd gentluna9 rail his amiable lady arrived yes-
terday in . •_, Dub tit Telegraph.
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