The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-01 00:00:00

CITY ELECTION.

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Yesterday the Elver\ of London assembled •at
Guildhall, to chyse tipir Citizens. to serve in the next
as I\l,-mbers for the City, This Corn
neon Hai! was more numerously attended ihan- any
one We • witnecl. tOr tunny yehrs, and owing
to the- pressure of the crowd, and'the clArnourwhieb
evailed,' it was with.difficulty we could
colle6 some of oh7er'vatiotis which were made
by the dt.terent -s. 'Before the business of
the, Ele" ct.Tornericed,,the two Sheriffs, Messrs.
Eranseon,:, :•: dfst les, .liere sworn into office. The
forow:- ;it erwaals addressed the Meeting, and stated
the' cii;ea col their present Meeting; and, after
Proclamation and uecessary'forms had been
gone t!trough, the Candidates •proceeded to-address
the tivterv..
'inc Loin MAYOR briefly stated the grounds on
which' he Offered himself as a Candidate for the ho-
nourahi distinaion of representing the City of Lon-
don.., The Gentlemen of the Livery, he observed,
were alyeady .Well-acritiaititcd with his
They were those of loyalty to the Sovereign, com-
bined With the most sincere attachment to that happy
Cdnstitution by which Brhsh Liberty‘. was main-
tained. ichd protetted. In the course of his canvass
he had already received from the Livery the Most
flattering assurances. of support, which, in the event
Of a 'contest, wouldleave him nothing to.drFad, but
'every thing to expect. Fle assured the Livery; that
if they returned him as one of their Representatives,
it would always be hiS study'tO promote the true in-
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terettk.d his Constituents. •
Cu IiTIS reminded the Livery, that he had

represented the City in three successive Parliaments.
He was confident that.his conca& had been approved
bylis.Constitnents ; andif they re-eletled him a
• fourth .time, he should continue to att upon the same
prinCiples, and, by a faithful attention tothe interests
of his,Constituents, he hoped to merit the honourable
situation of which lie was so
Mr. Alderman OoIIBE next addressed the Livery.
He should detain them, he said, only a few mu-
. ments, to express' his grateful sense of the support
they. had on former Gccasions bestowed on-,him..
bad ,aiways a&ed in Parliament in that • Manner
which, acc‘;rairig to the,,best of his judgment, was
calculated to promde the interests of his fellow-citi-
zens, and of the Public at large. His attachment

to the Constitution; and to, the principles of Public
Freedom,. were -Wren known. He appealed to the
Livery whether he had not always aeted up to the
profes4hns he'had made ; and if they did hint the
honoer to choose him again for their Itepresenta
tive, tlitT would never experience in. hi;: any de-
parture fr;nn those 'principles which had hitherto
governed his condu&.
Sir CHAkeEs FRICE was
.confident .that he had
made no profession as a Candidate to *filch he had
not tiniy acted up in the course of his short .Parlia-
thentary career. In every vote he had given, h'e
al-
ways studied the interest and honour of the'Couctry,
and was ever ready to defend the rights of the City
of Loudon. It wias with infinite pleasure he looked
ick on' the sigtell marks of favour and respe& which
had been bestowed on him during hjs• Mayoralty.
He.had been honoured by the choice of his fellow-
citi`zons with the command of a body of 'disciplined
troops, an honour which was confirmed to him by
the Commander in Chief. . In the present state of
affairs on 'the Continent, he was happy to recoiled
the security which the volunteer force afforded, to
this country, and he gloried.in stating that the City
of tondcn could bring forward 10,000 disciplined
troops t 4 its ,own defence. In the course of his
parliamentary duty 'he. had never lost sight of the
great commercial interests of his fellow-citizens.—
The shipping interest, he could venture to assert,
had benefited by his attention, and he, bad received
the thanks of the owners for fighting their battles. in
the House of Commons. •

Mr. Alderman El.‘"iiKEY felt it incumbent on him
to lieeline the honour which many of the Livery were
dispcised to press upon, him., Under other circum-
stances, nothing amid aft-ord him higher gratifica-
tin,than being returned
.their Representative. He
and all his family had been born 4nd educated in
the City of London, and among his.ancestors he re-
mttc.beked that celebrated patriot, Sir Robert Bar-
nard. There way therefore no honour on which he
would Qet noire value that of being returned a
Member of Parliianeiit for ti,e City ; •but he bad
already prorms,ed all interest to the Lord Mayor,
and therefore Coijd ndt bLvotne a Candidate at pre,
Sent. 'What confidence could his fellov-scitizers
repose in hint, if, in accepting their support, he vio-
lated a pledge be, had solemnly given to his friend ?
Mr; Allertuan Rowcaorr thanked his friends for
having put him in nomination : but was very anxious
that his name should be withdrawn. Among other
reasons for declining the honour which.had been in-
tended itim, wutioned that he was about to he
engaged in a contrat for supplying certain articles
to .Gove'mtiwnt.: . ' - - _ _

D.lr: S. F. WADDINGTON next addressed the Meet-
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'log-, but he was so repeatedly interrupted that we
could he,ir but little ot speech. He seettect to
pcint oLhervations chiefly to what. Mr. Alderman
liaiikey had said respecting his ancestors, and asked
whether he meant to derive hisciwn meritfrom them?
Mr. WAII'iiMAIT observed, that it had been ru-

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!monied that he intended to offer himself as a Can-
dictate; but that rumour, .he assured the -meeting,
was. totally unfeunded. He submitted it to the Con-
sideration of the .Livery, whether it would te•:anY.
disfaragement to theM to be- represented by a shop-
. keeper ? Would not a person of their own 'class be
as likely to attend, to their interest as'any.other:in7
dividual ? He observed,' th;:Y-. it had' been the mis-
fortune of the City of London to have
_been very
badii represented fora long.series,of years. In filet,
there was not one Member- for the City who was
able to speak so as to command the attention of the,
House ofComnions for half an hour together. Nei=
ther . the Income Tax nor the Assessed Taxes had
beeh opposed. by the MernberS for Londonln the,
maiNer which: hgcame the Representatives of the:
I\iletropolis. Shop Tax too, which so greatly
alfett,ed the interests of the City, was not4esisted.as
it ought!to have been bv.their Representatives:,
stated these fai::ts on of the, concluel of the
2\iembers) for the City daring the 10-t twenty-tine
fib I •• At • V
vcdr,:. therefore , c_ml3 metl,cu. tit to the ,:very.

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.to , choose one of 'themselves rather than an Al, er.
man. ' He reminded them.ofan'honest independent
man of their own _class in, Parliament, though he did
not represent the City—he meant Mr: Smith.. He
concluded by proposing to' the Livery two Candi 7
dates from their own body, namely, Mr. Mann and
.Mr. Atkins...

A show of hands then took place, which was de-
cidedly in favour of Mr. Alderman Combe, the
Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Hankey, and Mr. Al-
derman Prue. The, Sheriff, thercfore, declared,
that the choio' of the' Livery hai fallen on ,them.—
Upon which a Poll was Idetnanded Ibr Mr. Alder-
man Curtis and Mr. Atkins..

Mr. ATxtNs thanked the Livery for the honour
they bad done him by'the Considerable show of hands
which appeared When his name was put up: • It was
far beyond anything he..could Dave expected; as in
tact he did not knoW that' it was intendcd to put him
in nomination until five minutes before the business
Commenced. He had already sat in Parliament, and
his condta there Was knoNin' to the' public; -but be
never bad aspired so .far as to offer himself a Candi-
date for the Representation of the Metropolis. If,
however, the Livery of Loddm now wished him to
stand forward in that clingier, he must consider the
honour they did him as the greatest distinaion that
could he bestowed upon him.
The polling commenced, at half past three, and
was continued until half past four; when the num-
bers stood'as folloW :

Mr. Alderman Co as
The LORD MAYOR
Nlr. Alderman '• uicr Is . .
Mr. Alderman Lc 1.
Mr. Alde!man 11ANKEy . . . sz
Mr. ATKINS . . . . . . . zo
he Candidates would ha

It was expede, that tilt ,anciclate4
addressed the Livery at the cl6lse'of the pall ; but
immediately alter the. numbers were deLt.J.,,A; the
Meeting was dispersed by the usual Proclamation.