The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-30 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

YESI-ERDAT being Michaelmas day, the LORD
MAYOR, agreeably to ancient custom, held a Corn_
Mon Hall for the election of . a Lord Mayor for the
year ensuing. The several Aldermen in rotation
being ptit up, it appeared by the shew of hands that
the eleCtion had fallen on WILLIAM NEwi4AN,
Esq. and Sir JOHN EAMER, Knt. who were re-
turned to the Court of Aldermen for their choice ;
and, upon- the scrutiny, the numbers were in favour
of Sir JOHN EAMER, Knt. and he was' declared by
the LORD MAYOR to be duly eleEted Lord Mayor
for the year ensuing. Sir JOHN EAMER then ad-
dressed the Livery nearly to the following effect
" GENTLEMEN OP THE LIVELY, •
" It is highly gratifying to me to have been returned by
3° numerous aad respectable a body of the Livery of London
(in Coinmon Hall assembled) to the Court of Aldermen, for
ther
choice of one to serve the important offiCe Chief
that
f
4',A4gistrate of this City for the year ensuing, and tiir
election has fallen on me.
, lam fully alive to the distinguished Honour and the ar-
nuotts Duties of that high and important Office, to which I
Mean to devote my wholi; titre, and exert my best abilities,
with.great diffidence. I accept it more as a matter of Duty
than of ambition. I shall pray to God to give me health and
Spirits,; and with the advice and assistance of my Colleagues
Aldermen, and the respeaable Officers of this Corpora_
lion), i hope and trust I shall be enabled to fulfil the ,ex_
kettations of my friends, by discharging the duties of that
Office to the satisfaaion of the Citizens and Public at large.

" Gentlemen, You have had many able anddistinguished
Charaaers to fill this high and important Station
.I shall
endeavour to emulate them ; but there has not been. One who
has administered justice more purely or inipartially than
your present Chief Magistrate : he has performed the duties
of the Office with firmness-and liberality, and a manly, in-
dependent spirit ; and I am sure he will receive that mark of
'your approbation he so justly meriti.

" Gentlemen, It has been customary in thii sltuatiini for
some Gentlemen to promise you what they would,do; others
what they would notdo. I shall make no promises : you
have lohg known me as a Man of Business ; you seleded me
to serve the office of Sheriff at an important crisis ; you
know
me as a Magistrate, and a Soldier ; you know my ;Mc_
"oti to the best of Sovereigns, and my attachment to the
Constitution : the active and independent support • I have
g,ven to the Administration of the Country, has been from a
thorough conviction, that their measures were calculated to
preserve the bignity of the Crown and the Prosperity of the
-Country.
" Gentlenien, In the important trust of Preserving the
Peace of thii great and opulent City, my attention and ex-
ertion will require the cordial support and assistance of all
Pod Citizens • and with such co-operation, I hope and trust
shall haVe the gratification, at the close f the Mayoralty,to, receive the approbation of my yelloW-citiiens."
The 'rhahlts
:were unanimously voted to the late
Sheriffs. •

• •
The frail was the.n. asjotiined, and. hii Lordship
rettiined to the Connell ChaMber; and held a Court
'3f Aldermen for:the dispatch of public business.
Th.:l'lle Court was waited UpOri by the Principali of
•Lakere Company; relative to the Assize of
tireadu, which they ordered to 'continue at is. zid.
qartern;loaf. •
•D The Court voted their unanirtious Thanks tO'the
Dr. GREdORY, his Lordship's Chaplain; f;,r,
j'l3 excellent SermOn preached before the Court pre-
vious to the holding of -the Common Hall ; and he
'vas requested to 'print the same for the use of the
Court, at the City's expellee.
•
The Clerk of the Cocket-OfF.ee at the Mansion
laid before the CoUrt an account of ElOur
bought- by the Bakers for the last twelve week's,
amounting to ,143,336 sacks; which amotints, upon
an average of one week, to 11,944 sacks nearly.
The Court broke up at four o'clock:

T.,,;We are glad to find that the reduaion in the
Vllii
ce, 0f Hops and, alt has induced the principal
")"cans in the North of Devon to lower the price
of their Beer. This eXample, we hope, will 'he
followed by the Publicans in the Metropolis.
Such a reduction is what the people have a right to
exPe4t ; and they have a right to expel also that
the Beer should return to its former iwal;tj as well
as to-its former price, for it .has degenerated more
in one respe6l than it has increased in the other.
Application is to be made to Parliament, in the
next Session, for an A& for enlarging the Market.
Place of Smithfield-market in the City of London,
fr purchasing such houses and land, in the parish
of Sr. Sepulchre, as may be wanted for that purpose,
and for the better regulation of the Market.
A The late Earl of HOWTH was taken ill at the
Pls„se::nblY-Room at Cheltenham. His Lordship was
ch-ayirin.g a game at Whist, when he fell out of his
several ,14" apopledic fit. He lived, however, for
speech. 'aYs after, though without the poi•er of
Cheltenham has been very fashionably visited.
this season, and it still has attractions for most of
its visitors. The Dutchess of RUTLAND. IS ex-
Peled shortly to add to the number:
Mrs. JottnAN has been performing at Brighton
with success, but not with the usual attrattions of
her talents. The parts in which she has appeared
Were Amanthis, Lady Teazle, Roxalana, Letitia
Hardy, and. Peggy in The Country Girl, In the last
charader she was most attradive.

Mrs. BILLINGTON, it seems, was erroneously
announced for Drury-Lane on Tuesday next, as she
is to perform twice at Covent-Garden before she
'appears at the other Theatre.

CoBB'S new Opera is not set aside, as stated
in a -Public Print. It is in preparation, and will be
brought forward. One from PRINCE HOARE is
also in forwardness for representation.
The town this winter is to be deluged with Sing.
10,1`g• We are to have the BILL I NCTON at both
-I-louses, and BOLLA and Mrs. MOUNTAIN at one,
and SronAcE. and BRAHAM at another. We hope
SHAKESPEARE will not be wholly forgotten in this
m44it4l contest—if so, we shall be ready to exclaim
A plague on both your Houses
LLA seems to be engaged at Drury-Lane as a
counterpoise to STORAGE at the rival mansion. As
a, singer, 13or„LA has certainly the advantage of the
its well as in personal attractions, but it is
?f
rdly probable that she will equal STORA.CE in
Pcad un.

A Sloop from New Providence to Surinam, and
Rrig from New London to Antigua, names un-
n°wn, are lost on the Island of Barbuda.
c The Hannah, Reay, of Shields, is ,put into
"Penhagen to refit, being leaky, and having car..
lltd'away her Dliaintop-ligns

SUN_OFFICE, -

TWO O'CLOCK,

Wt stop the -Frets to announce the receipt of
Paris Papers to the z9tb inst.. The Monileur con-
tains an account of the Fete on the z3d; in which
there is nothing remarkable. .No Speech appears,
to have been delivered by the Chief Consul on that
day.

A Letter from the General of . Division; WA.
SKIN, dated froni fiead.quariers; at Loirgone, on
the rsth of September, gives an account of Admiral
Sir J.. B. WARREN having disembarked 000 men
. . , .
to the right of the French Camp. After six hotirS
fighting; the English; according to General. WA.
TRlN's account, were forced to re ,embark with th'e
4• • •
loss of 1200 killed; drowned or wounded; and 200
•
prisoners. One English Frigate, it is added, was
dismasted, seven .Gun boats sunk, and thiee taken
by the soldiers who-swam to them.
The English had disembarked at seVeral places,.
and tooci of then liad attacked Marcana; lint had
been forced to retreat with loss.
The Frericli tieri Cnniblide liai risen in 48
nearly:

tHE HAMBUROH MAIL

iETERSBURGII, itri. 6.

TIE EttrEpo t ha 3 abolished tie tax Of ten co.
pecks; Which every traveller Was foimerly obliged
to pay before he left Petersbtirgh,as too trifling
and unprOdudive; while at the same time it Was
troublesoMe, and an interruption to business... In
the mean 6136 he has abolished also tht order,that nobody should leaVe Petersburgh without
,no-
tiee being given'thre times in the newspap'ers.—
" This was ordered (says the IJkase) against the,
secret departuie of those who Make a bad use of
credit; but as this; in regard to bad people, was
without effea; and was troublesome to the good,
nobody is obliged to give notice of his leaving this
capital; if he continues in the empire, and the Or.
der remains in force only for thbse who go to fo-
reign tOtintries.."