The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-04 00:00:00

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ELECTION OF A SHERIFF.
Yesterday anothe-r Common Hall Was held for the
election of a sheriff. The summons stated that " a
Comnion gall would be held, for the election of a fit
and able person to be one of the sheriffs of this City,
and, together with John Cuter, Esq. and alderman,
sheriff of the county of Middlesex fur the year ensu-
ing, in the room of John Hulbert, Esq., who has
refused and neglected to give bond to take upon him
the said office." Notwithstanding all that has been
said in both courts of the corporation in reprobation
. of the lonz-existing mode of returning gentlemen to
' fill the office, irWFiS the impression amongst those who
pkrneosweatanyeltehointiogabfdtihde Gaolitildfholimill ma
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, andanc;:hxliecrveirffpints
practice.
ttexell, and several of the City Lac
exception
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dee
Co
The .RECORDEIt announced to the
e exercise
eu.ewrpr
p.,
their,
eh
resai
orvni
hns.
agwn
at-
tended in the customary form.
ho,
attended for the purpose of holding
ds,
an-
cient prescriptive and most undoubted
that they
,were again assembled to ..rigcihset
athfeiran
elect-
ing a•sheiiff—(A langh.)
The CITY SOLICITOR, in the absence of the Com-
mon Sergeant (from illness), read -the names of the
several gentlemen upon the list,. and said, in addition
to those names was that of Mr. Barjamin Chandler,
ee ensuing
year.
in asg
ye
jun., citizen and ironmonger, who was nominated by
Mr. IV: S.lialep,
Berson
tsoectiolnidtehde
obffiyeeMfra.r
B thnn
afiantand proper
Mr. Deputy Mix stood forward to propose Mr.
Chandler, jun., alb= 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
anotherengagementsrejected
ohoimalsdelafotthheeotaffimcepebreecdauwseithhis busand iness ,
it
under any circumstances whatever, Mr.Chandle4lo
eNI*4IO arill.iness. to serve the office.---/Miii.)
The gentlenTen Lie-iilluded to had, he understood, paid
the several penalties attached to non-compliance;
but the livery must know that these penalties
were handed over to the orphan school 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-
lieving that the election of Mr. Chandler, jun., who
was the son of Mr. Chandler of St. Paul's Church-
yard, would give great public satisfaction, he proposed
that gentleman.—(Loud cheering.)
Mr. BEIMOCH (of the Common Council) seconded
the nomination of Mr. Chandler, jun. He seriously
'disapproved of the practice of
impossible for them to
nominating gentlemen
whose engagements made it
devote their time to the office merely for the purpose
of dragging money out of their pockets, and he con-
demned 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 themselves the characters of professional
gentlemen who were wholly incapable of the disre-
putable course ascribed to them. At all events it
could not be said of Mr. Chandler, jun., that he was
Su:d freerqauneyn
yo m
carriedpl ime not
nt o
itah e jobberythe
Guildhall,which a
sh andeb:ea
an
wholly independent of the under-sheriffs who were
here and thereEtyoelbeect.found in the Corporation.—
(Laughter. the citr of
would comer`
er a him
andan
honour Louponn
itself.

A Mr. FINLEY here stood forwardr upon the hust-
ings. He said he hopedhistofeirowev.ehnt the Common
hovedrymhen of their
Council from depriving
privileges. The members of that
whatever to do with the livery, and onyhtad nothing
allowed to interfere with the procegedinngntantf:
livery, who bad beaten them upon one point the
heoer t
time ago, and would do so again. Much
said about the holding up of dirty hands in sheriff_
making, and those who most strongly opposed that
plan were the very persons who had resorted to it
upon all occasions.—(Laughter.) Now, he 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 shrievalty, and that
2001. a year be granted from the City funds to dis-
charge the expenses of that committee.—(oh, oh, and
laughter.) The members of the Court of Common
Council had spoken of the charitable appropriation
of the fines which were inflicted for refusal to
the orphans of thecfreemen.- He did not think
that donations arising rom such a source could be of

any benefit to the concern they professed to benefit,
although the City authorities were certainly building
a magnificent place for the diffusion of the charity.
With respect to the election of Mr. Chandler, jun., to
the office, why that election was done before the pre-
cent meeting assembled in that hall.—(Laughter, and
a cry of " No doubt of that.")
Mr. Deputy LOTT seconded the motion of Mr.
Finley. Ho did not, he confessed, &together relish
the resolution; but he would be glad to see a change
in the disgrac'ful transactions 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
himself, 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
upon it as nothing but robbery to take their
money. lookedwho
s
Upon a recent occasion Alderman Carter,
junior to Alderman Wire, had been elected.
Now, it might 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 had 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 look 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
that Alderman Wire was excused without the fine of
one farthing.—(Loud laughter.) Was there no ma-
nagement in that ? (Increased laughter.) "Gentlemen
of the livery," added Deputy Lott, " it is nwassal7
something should be done to meet this intolerable
evil; and I therefore second the resolution, in the hots_
that a change which cannot be but for the better w I
arise in some way or other out of it."
The names of the persons on
hands in the hall
up on the board, and almost
all theofame. Chandler,
.were held up the moment the name
appeared to be
jun., was elevated ; while so completesy
lt upon the
the " management" of the shrieds
were exhibited for
occa-
sion, that not half-a-dozen
most of them were
the listb were
_ then put
any of the other names, I
up were observed to be
The few which were held
quite clean. announced with shouts of
ug
The triumph was
well known to and respected by the livery of London.
laughter.
hen P"c
• the retu •
rneeded to the Court of Alder-
The
stepped forward upon the
Air. Deputye
purpose of opposing the proposition
hustings for
who, he said, had shown the
anything
at the
anxietyrnmaeldnehtbeo:ghiveeirjffilst to transfer the rights and privileges
greatest
w.
c, livery men to a mere committee.—(Loud
contemplated
so (c)frile.lsoffe,l.lllear, bear.") They surely would not be
guilty of such a gross abandonment of duty as to
w—they leave the valuable possession of thousands
so extravagant a proposition, they would deserve to
lose the independence of which they had so much
reason to be proud—(Cheers and laughter.)
tfr oau?
Mr. FINLEY begged that his brother liverymen
would not allow Mr. Deputy Harrison to throw dust
snineinrcoynso
in their eyes, and he called upon them to
agreeing to his resolution, that they were the
respect-
able and independent body they were always known
to be.—(Loud laughter and cheers.)
The resolution having been put, the meeting
almost unanimously negatived it amidst laughter and
applause.
The RECORDER then announced that the office of
Sheriff of London and joint-sheriff of Middlesex bad
fallen upon Mr. Benjamin Chandler the younger.
The hall was then dissolved.

DR. BPADY, M.P.
Dr. Brady has been indisposed for a few &gaff:: thh,e,
exticordinary fatigue ho has undergone Under the judi-
c9,nvass and, contest in Leitrim.. ,
_ll3 of Carrick-
mous treatment of Surgeon Cunnintgna3nd will: pFo-
on-Shannon, he is now convaleseenndo,u,
accompanied
coed in a few days to .111°a&., whose sympathy.
fmace her arrival in
(3); hi4:2:npliobrimexacnedeekoinadilhbe?surntedonsn
a the other side of the
Carrick. She is equally '‘lr) e and influence, esta-
by ler. purs
in London, at which she
even in the inclement
channel. She has,
bspliZsdhaoculrisaridtsubrillleg
btnting food to the poor Irish who
sof:gen of winter, distri
irs.
She heartily sympathises
clack there in great DIP
nniurnon Messeng(r.
wish Ireland.— 'l7o° t67,,t 13 that the popular Member for
[We rcj
Qieettively recovered from the illness men-
Leitrim has en n'atcaek of bronchitis. The learned and
tinned above—a°
tieroan and his amiable lady arrived yes-
terday Flibtir,].—Dliblin Tclegraph.
terday 2nD -, illtoitutdiej,

.ENERAL PoST.DVICE3
MONEY-ORDE2S. —ll-
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-.,.--Ikliuor money-order offices will be opened at the
JULY,
nudermeutioned placc.-, bn the reqpective dates I:lamed:es
Crowland,, Lincolnshire, August '-i2, ; Lionley, ).orkshire,
August 6 ; Lambourne,. Berkshire, August 3. On the 2d
Aui,,ust. the major money-order dace at Brough, Westmore-
land, will be reduced to A minor money-order office<

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LONDON. WEDNEMAY, AUGUST 4, 1852.

A WORD TO THE GOVERNMENT.
What England has long required, and wt,a4 Q
requires more than ever 'at the pro„:1. ja " "vi
e
strong Government. Those will be ' recognized-- nctu"'
:3
true patriots, li Lose will he the stateame as the
a invested
with the national confidence, vdho tint secure to the
people of these islands the advantages of
a Symme-
trical and vigorous Administration. It matters little
whether the Prime Minister call himself a Liberal
or a Conservative—it matters little whether he b,.
long to this party or to that party, whether his
" colours " be the colours of Toryism, or the
colours of Whiggism, or the colours of Radicalism—
so long as be contrives to establish a powerful
and energetic Government, he will assuredly com-
mand and inevitably receive the evidences of the
popular gratitude. While we speak thus distinctly
and advisedly, we must of course acknowledge that
one or two sectior.s at least of our Ize.ding politi-
cians have been " weighed in the balance and found
wanting." Nobody thinks seriously of aiding the
Whigs to return to power—a power to which they
vtang with such desperate and
vampire-like tenacity
--during nearly si abusing x years, abusi not merely
but
and the patience of a magnanimous
confiding population. Nobody, we re-
that,-___ent thinks
Pe therefore,e of the Whigs at
Emvpic:
thecrisisa as likely to obtain for the British
body unfortunately
of a strong Government. No-
-for a different y can look seriously to the Peelites
reason, a reason more honourable,
but none the
less
principal character:Turnaountable. Several of the
:s have
group of able and expe-
rienced administratoconstituencies their wonted been denied by various
branch of the Legisiatureadmission to the popular
before the period of t. 1,; 1 i.est:icted in force
numbers are yet more late dissolution, their
since the election of mZingly narrowed
Parliament. l',2prived of ur.rse to the new
Peelites, nevertheless, still retain at theirCARD he
the
political heir to the authority wielded head the
by the ill
u,-
chieftain of that eminent cluster of statesmenl uli-
Deprived cf the sound judgment of sir
GEORGE
CLERK and of the hriPiant capacities of the n°
GEORGE SMYTIIE, the Peclites still retain the cootn:
mending talents cf Sir JAMES GRAIIAM, facile
PrinCeps among a thron,q• of legislators, each of whom
is not unworthy of being the leader of a department.
Upon Sir JAMES GaABAM IV e look as upon the
Future Prime 'Minis-
er of England. But Sir JANIE,
must " hide his time." At present he is a chieftain
surrounded by a
gall ant rid distinguihed staff—but
. .
wittiont an army ! Re must wait for the opportu-
nities of a polidc,l
" Conscription. Until then, as the
organizer of a Cabinet he must be regarded even by
the most cordial sy ml:atiz'
gether impracticablo.
Already we have remarked that the Whigs have.