The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-29 00:00:00

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

This being Michaelmas Da_ yam, the annual election of a Lord
Mayor took place in the Guildhall.
The Sheriffs and Aldermen met shortly after eleven o'clock,
and went in procession to bear a sermon in the church of St.
Lawrence, Jewry.
The procession returned at a quarter past one o'clock, and
immediately came upon the hustings. when
The RECORDER then said, the Gentlemen of the LiT•3l
were that day convened to exercise one of the highest privie_
leges they enjoyed, the election of the Chief Magistrate c 4
that ancient city. The qualification for office was to bold
the place of an Alderman, and to have served the office of
Sheriff. At the same time, as the names of those who had not
hitherto had the honour of filling the office of Lord Maror
were submitted to them in rotation, they would have the 101:.
vilege of selecting any one to fill the office from the Court ra!
Aldermen. He was satisfied they were sufficiently
with the i dis-
mportance of the duty they were called on to
charge, and it wcul.d ill become him to press further on thei's
consideration the nature and character of that duty. rf
Common Sergeant could read the names of ti wl 0 be,
not filled the office, and in the exercise of their prirti' ge, 11'
itwas thee his duty to leave them.
The COMMON SERGEANT then came forward and said be
would put up the names of those gentlemen who were eli-
gible to fill the office. The names having been read over,
Mr. R. TAYLOR objected to the name of Mr. HumPherly
impressed
being put up as an Alderman. A majority of the constituency
of Melon te was in Mr. Salomons's favour, and the King'esießeetno_ce,
had decided that Mr. Humphrey had not been duly
and therefore ha thought it illegal that his name should be
submitted to the Livery as an Ald-rman.
The COMMON SERGEANT said no •man had more respect f,cir
Mr. Salomons or Sir Moses Montefiore than he bed, nor
any man respect Mr. 'Taylor more; but be was b°urciii
to say, that according to the usages of Englisbn:evt.
nothing was considered settled unlit it had been ht
tied by the law.—( Cheers. ) A writ of error had been brag
and until the final decision of the Judges had been had upon,
the question, they were bound to know nothing of Mr. 6 an
ruins as an Alderman. Mr. Humphrey was the Alderntio
de facto, and he could not counsel the Sheriffs to do otherw
than to put up his name. d be
Mr. TAYLOR differed from the Common- Sergeant, an • id
thought that while the matter was in dispute neither name shlht
be submitted to the livery. To do impartial justice, they eee,'
to withhold both names. He would content himself with Pt"
testing against the putting up the n mr of Mr. HumpberY'd
The names were then put up and Alderman Samuel Wilson 'n
Sir C. Marshall were declared duly elected to be returned to
the Court of Alderman.
The Sheriffs then retired to communicate the fact to the
Court of Alder men. Lord
After an absence of nearly half an hour, the
.Mavor'and. Alderman, returned, when t
The RECORDER announced that the election had fallen
upon Samuel Wilson, Alderman, and weaver. —(Cheserr:be
The LORD MAYOR Elect then came forward to thaaoi,
Livery for the distinguished honour they had just so 0;o
mousty conferred on him. In accepting the office,' it g his
him great pleasure to think that after:se% ea years' servicec
fellow-citizens had been so satisfied with the line of oe°a,
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duct he had pursued, that they had not tb°
that it necessary to appoint any deputation 0,
wait on him to require any pledge for his future conductit'opeirt
objected to pledges on a variety of grounds, and be t, bTre'
that when a public-officer gave a pledge, be disqualifieu par-
self from the performance of the duties of his office, Ontre Loa-
ticularly that of chief magistrate of the City %ea for
don.—(Loud cheers.) He felt the more graft 011
the honour they had conferred on him, because it "'wee
known to many of his friends that an attempt bad beenint &
to get up an opposition. He had been advised to afrpeek
Committee to conduct the business of the day, mid_ Jeeliag
the Hall ; but he had done no such thing—(Cheers) ..600
that after seven years' service it was not necessary to:Propree
their votes. He had been informed that two persetts'k'oftil
seating themselves to be Liverymen, waited on the dier,torle°
Company to which he belonged, stating they always ,tended
a-
the Common Hall to cheer, and that their price Was ~'Gen"
head.—( Laughter.) He. felt honoured in having tiv",,e
of
tlemen members of the:"Court of Aldermen to s.: wish
Sheriffs during his Mayoralty, and it would be ht ring.)
and desire to promote their comfort.—(Loud eheiel ie big
It would be his duty, as it would be his pleasure, to do obeli 1e the
power for the protection of the rights and privileges el
citizens of London.—( Cheers) Cbain
The Lord Mayor Elect was. then invested with the
of Office, and retired. 10 used
the CURTIS, Esq., then passed a high eulog„,,v,
the conduct of the late Sheriffs during their year of or
moved a vote of thanks to them. ci /As
SAMUEL GURNEY, Esq., seconded the motion,
passed unanimously. as Ad'
Sir C. CARROLL returned thanks, and the Hall sr
journed.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COVIti---
(THIS DAY.)
hriji.
Mr. Julius Hutchinson, ;ill() some years since Was t colic'cipal partner in the firm of Hutchinson and Holdswortbt
tors, of Lincoln's Inn, applied on his petition to be discharbalf
The debts and liabilities of the insolvent, who had forTt-ein
been the attorney, Against Mr. Long Wellesley, in the f
Chancery with the Misses Long, relative to the Cush °

Mr. Weilesley's children, were tipwards of 30,0001.
Mr. NtcnoLLs appeared to oppose the discharge of tbeill-
Lolvent for the oxecutors of M. Wm. Me rick
Mr. PHILIPS also opposed forr. Mr H. MoYntgom. erY, 01' tit°
Exchequer Office, Edinburgh.
Mr. COOKE and Mr. WOODROFFE supported the ineelverit;"
_ Mr. Wm. Henry Waite, the Clerk- of mes
Rule, the attorneys for the opposing creditor,sstrast:ecCotlax :eoin:
October, 1811, the late Mr. Montgomery lent to the insel/0,0
4001., for which a bond was given, upon which an oeti,thiels
brought in. June, 1824. In 1836 Mr. Montgomery died, al `v
period the whole of the principal and 2071. for int,ehrc.sito
arias. - ri.er
due. In Oct., 1836 the executors issued Vivi.
vent appeared, and demurred, so that writs and that dear
and
was allowed; afterwards the insolvent pleaded paYinenditarf
upon that issue was joined. That issue was tried in .apd
Term, 1837, when the insolvent agreed to „
quash the vol"
thus the matter ended.
The Insolvent,
on being examined by Mr. Nicb°0
that he pleaded payment in order to obtain time t gilt, but
gef stahtec:,
he refused
He had proposed to Mr. Cox to give a eoge°lo bad
ins°ll;ted t°
refused to accept one. In all those offers the
always stipulated for time. The insolvent was covell3A„l, tiro.
priscn in May, 1837, and resented his petition in m't again
afterwards. After his committal to prison, the insolvee
eogo the
applied to Mr. Cox, but he declined to take any
The reason why his schedule had been delayed so ilia big
present time, was the length of time he bad to gobac
hastier
books, and on account of his ill health produced by the9„bebad
in which he had been placed. Since be had been in Prir- to big
received no money from clients that was duel ow% not
commitment, nor had he acted as an attorney, exeePt 110001'
inso.
per.
What where he had been concerned, before
What he had done while in prison was to assist bis lateev irafor"
ner
.Mr. Dryden. He had never refused to give gill beep
'nation or assistance to Mr. Holdsworth, who had former Tore
his partner. This was the case on the behalf of the eie
of Mr. Meyrick. behalf Of
Mr. COOKE objected to Mr. Phillips opposing en en re.
Mr. Montgomery, on the ground that a letter had beep
ceived from that gentleman disclaiming being a credit° ; etej
Mr. PHILLIPS submitted that he had a right to oPPIOf h
that the insolvent should be remanded, on the gr,,,,eut ortleri
schedule being insufficient, the name of Mr• mentheriee
being inserted therein, instead of that of the Be i' ated
Cobb Bercsford, whom the insolvent had all along tre of
his creditor; and whose name had been kept purPoselY "foci.
othfeosbcthaiendiunlge,foarndhiMmra.
dMisoonlatgimomere.ry's inserted, for the Pu'r •
Mr. Cooeu replied. the
Peintt
but he thought the better course would be, 't the
Mr. Commissioner BOWEN had some doubts upon cos
to Perall
to proceed.
The insolvent then underwent a long ex2reinati°Pbll.:
PHILLIPS, as to then x
between him andsr tbegerfer4
Charles Cobb Beresford, who is a member of the S
left,
fami
Thely.
case, which was proceeding when. our ReP°l4tle tbe
and which appears to excite a good deal ;of Interco
legal profession, is likely to occupy the whole day.: 1109‘;':
The debts and liabilities of the insolvent Were, ""-A °wive° ei
Debts 35 540/. ; debts for which the insolvent "a-jecto,63,°",
entcre 2 2764 '
consideration, 12,722/. ; and debts twice
The assets were—good debts 650/. ; bad debts
doubtful 2,000/.

G UILDH ALL.—(THIS P 1./
,s.

ALLEGED CHARGES CF CRUELTY TO ANlslos,lcniteY;.
Clarkson was brought up, charged with cruelty to 3" of t°'
Thomas Gibbons, who stated himself to be an ef6en,crt tbrr
Animals' Friend Society, deposed that about half-P:010Y Iri,
yesterday afternoon he saw the prisoner beating a era'"- °the'
Smithfield. He afterwards saw him beating sey
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donkeys.
- if b°
not present at the time. i ;ri et
The pri:oner deried the charge, and asserted that be
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER asked the compa.--a
had any witnesses ?
Gibbons replied in the negatiye. ~uesti°l3't
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER said he asked the nbrough
because on a former occasion a person bad been .. want
before him who was proved to have been the
and he had received a letter from Birmingham, signeoh 91i"
manity," finding fault with him for not convietin' 0° SrePress-
dence. He should be happy to assist the Soci:lY in
the ha-
wrol,lls,, 0,1-
manity in future not to Inflict the reading
ing cruelty, but he hoped that parties would have
_f welt'
, , favourcu
pages upon him; and also, that tl.c next time tue.froanity to
him with a communication they would have the
pay the postage.—( Laughter.) /lag
The ease was then dismissed. *th 138
Abraham Baker was next charged by Gibbons wi
e, of
beaten a donkey over the nose•
plenty of caese:„
Sir JOHN KEY &:.id there 'w,•re doubtless dol such
great cruelty which might be brought forward, insteature t° "
cases as the present, which were of too general a na
proved. t peso
aman said hefound impossible The comp] • t
of a letter .
1.,,, should be,
to come forward as witnesses.
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER said that, if ever be niainon•
Present when such occurrences took place, theo °"r
cbriog suck
tri,,At call nn him. He ought not, Fv.lYevert to
a,
t; _l,Tery vase; bef2re the Court. „ied ligg s
There was another charge agamet a person na.•;en it via
hut Gibbons said that after the decision already b"
of no use to bring it forward.