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THE NEW SHERIFFS.

PRESENTATION OF TUE SHERIFFS OF LONDON

AND MIDDLESEX.

The LORD MAYOR, accompanied by the Re-
corder, and other . civic officers„ yesterday , attended with the '
usual state in the Court of ExelfeqUer, 'for the purpose of pre-
senting to the Cursitor Baron the two new Sheriffs of the City
of London and the County of Middlesex, M. P. Lucas and
W. Thompson, Esquires. At 20 minutes past two o'clock the
venerable Baron Maseres took his seat inthe Court, and shortly
afterwards the Lord Mayor and the Recqrder appeared at the
bar, leading in by the hand the two new Sheriff's. After they had
. made their obeisance to the Court, the Recorder addressed the
Cursitor Baron in nearly the following words :—" I have at
present to inform your Lordship, that the. Livery of London, in
the exercise of the right which has long been vested in their Con:
poration, to elect two Sheriffs for the City of London and the
County of Middlesex, 'have proceeded after their usual forma '
to an election to fill up that high and distinguished office. That
right I need scarcely inform your Lordship has been vested in
the corporation of the city of London for niore than 600 years ;
it was originallygiven to it by charter, and has, since been for-
nially recognized by the Legislature on several distinct occa-
sions. The voice of the citizens of London has this. year fallen
, on M.P. Lucas, citizen and vintner, and on W. Thompson,
citizen and ironmonger, both of whom I have now the
honour to present to your Lordship. Of the first of these
gentlemen I have to report, that he was born in the City of
London, and in that very ward which lie now has the honour
, of representing in. the Court of Aldermen. His life has all
along been spent in the midst of his fellow-citizens ; his irate-
, grity, his pursuits, his general habits, and still more his ge-
neral acquaintance with, every detail of the commerce of the
city of London, are therefore well known to them, and have
caused him for years to be returned as one of their repre-'
sentatives to the great council of the city—the Court of Com-
mon Council. The excellent mariner in which he discharged
the duties of that situation has been universally recognized,
and he has since received his reward for it, in being elected
by his fellow citizens to represent them also in the Court of
'Aldermen. Of the other Gentleman, Mr. Alderman Thomp-
son, I have to report to your Lordship, that he is a gentleman
of liberal education, great acquirements, and amiable man-
ners—that he is intimately acquainted with the different manu-
factures of this country, and that he has contributed to im-
prove one of them most materially in an arm which, when
wielded by our intrepid countrymenovill enable thew to resist
the attack of every enemy, and to revenge every attempt
' that may be made to insult or injure any part of these Unit-
ed Kingdoms. Both these gentlemen are distinguished for an
intenitf that can never be shaken under any circumstances._
Their follow citizens are well acquainted with the reverence, af-
fection, and loyalty which they feel, towards their august Sove-
reign, and also • with the strong regard (a regard never to be
weakened) which they bear towards our excellent constitution—a
constitution which has been the admiration of the wise and good
of all times and of all countries, and which, more than any other
with which the world is acquainted, secures the' benefit of the
throne and the advantages of the subject. Their fellow citizens
are abo quite certain that the affection which they bear to the
city\ of London will make them anxious and vigilant guardians
of the peculiar privileges which it enjoys in contradistinction to
the other cities of the land. Those privileges are large and
ample, and are well known to the gentlemen in question.—
Their fellow-citizens are likewise convinced that the peace and
security of the metropolis, as well as of the opulent county with
which it is immediately connected, will be preserved in their
hands, as far as human council and honest and intrepid conduct
can preserve them. Essential it is to the tranquillity of the
rest of the kingdom that they should be preserved ; and these
gentlemen I am sure are ready to make every sacrifice in their
power to attain so desirable an object. Their fellow-citizens
are further induced, by the large fortunes which these gentle-
men have acquired by fair and honest and honourable means,
to hope, that in all matters relating to the splendour and dig-
nity of the city, they will give with that liberal and bounteous
hand, which will render their office pleasing to the people,
and not unworthy of the city with which they are connected as
Magistrates. Knowing that these their hopes and expecta-
tions will hereafter be fulfilled, the citizens of London re-
pose in them their highest confidence, and haVe no doubt
at the close of their office, they shall have to bestow upon
them their warmest applause and approbation, for the man-
ner in which the various duties of their office shall have been
discharged. I am now to apprise your Lordship, that the late
Sheriffs, John Garratt, Alderman and stationer, and William
Venables, Alderman and goldsmith, attend personally this day
before your Lordship, to render an account of the different fees
and issues of their office. I had the honour to say to your Lord-
ship, when I last year presented them 'to your notice, that their
fellow citizens expected at their hands every thing that could be
conducive to the welfare of the city, and advantageous to their
own character and honour. That prediction, in the course of
human events, by possibility might not have been fulfilled ;
but the citizens of London authorize me to declare on their
behalf to your Lordship, and I now gladly do so, that the
highest expectations which they formed:of those gentlemen have
been completely fulfilled. 'They have shown the greatest zeal,
attention, and liberality in their high office; they have display-
ed the utmost hunianity that was consistent with the equal exe-
cution Of its painful duties ; and they have by their general con-

duct and assiduity entitled themselves to be further serviceable
to their fellow-citizens in every situation of honour that the city
can bestow. What I have so feebly said in their praise on the
present occasion, cannot compensate them so .fully for their
exertions as that approbation, so dear to all public men, which
the day before yesterday was bestowed upon them by a vote of
their fellow-citizens in Common Hall assembled." The Recorder
then concluded by reading the vote of thanks conferred upon
the Sheriff at the last Common Hall.
After the Cursitor Baron had made his bow to the new She-
riff's, the Recorder proceeded to read a paper, by which they
jointly authorized William Foxdale to receive, as their attorney,
all writs, mandates, &c. of that Court to them directed. The
Cursitor Baron ordered this paper to be recorded.
The late Sheriffs then rendered upon oath their accounts in
person. These were also recorded. They then, by permission
of the Court, put in their places Messrs. Collingndge and Sud-
low, who had acted as their aitornies. The new Sheriffs were
then sworn in. Mr. Alderman Garratt then proceeded to chop
the sticks, to present the horse-shoes, and to Imad in the bag of
hob-nails, required by the City Charter to be presented on this
occasion. The Usher of the Court counted them, and they
were all declared by the crier to be good numWr-
The Lord Mayor and the different members of the Corpora-
tion then left the Court ; and, ascending their barge, returned
as they had come, by water to the city.

SHERIFFS' DINNER.
Yesterday the Sheriffs Elect, Aldermen Luria;and Thomp-
son, gave their inauguration Dinner at Vintners' Hall, and the
profuse arrangements for the occasion did honour to the long-
established hospitality of the Corporation.
The guests, about 200 in number, consisted of all the civic
official characters, and the principal citizens, without any politi-
cal distinction.

At six o'clock the company sat down to a sumptuous dinner,
consisting of every delicacy of the season. After the cloth was
removed, Non nobis, donzine, was sung by Messrs. Taylor,
Leete, and other professional gentlemen, with suitable effect.
When the usual toasts of the Royal Family were drunk, •
Mr. Alderman HEYGATE proposed the health of the Lord
Mayor, which he prefaced with a tribute of respect to the con-
ciliatory manner in which his Lordship had performed his offi-
cial duties.

The LORD MAYOR, in returning thanks, declared the grati-
tude he felt for this mark of the respect and approbation of his
fellow-citizens, and roposed in his turn the health of the Lord
Mayor elect, r. Alderman Heygate.
Mr. Alderman HEYGATE, in acknowledging this honour,
assured his fellow-citizens of the satisfaction which he felt at
the immediate prospect of entering into so high and honourable
an office in a season of general tranquillity; and he pledged
himself to maintain the arduous duties of his new station in
such a manner as to evince the desire he felt to uphold the cha-
racter and splendour of the British metropolis.
The healths of the Aldermen and Corporation of the city of
London were next drank ; and.
Sir W. CuitT is returned thanks. He declared that the city
would ever find their character and privileges maintained while
they preserved, as they did at present, a body of magistrates
who manifested and sustained their loyalty, honour, and credit.
Upon the health of the new Sheriff's being drank,
Mr. Sheriff LUCAS expressed the gratification he derived
from this tribute on the part of so highly respectable a body
of his fellow citizens, and he pledged himself to them to
maintain their confidence by a firm, assiduous, and impartial
administration of the arduous duties of his office.
Mr. Sheritr THOMPSGS declared his entire concurrence in
the pledge just given by his worthy colleague, and assured his
fellow-citizens of his warmest desire to discharge his duty with
entire impartiality. He knew nothing more fatal to the due
nischarge of ministerial duties than any admixture of politics
in their circumstances. He lamented the crowded state of the
gaols, and assured his fellow-citizens that neither he nor his
colleague would spare any means within their power to temper
the severity of their duties with all possible humanity and
commiseration Tor such objects as should appear entitled to
their sympathy. He declared the satisfaction which he felt at
finding that no objection had 'been started to his undertaking
civic office while lie was at the same time discharging the duties
of a Member of Parliament, and he'hoped he should show his
fellOw citizens that a due attention to the rights of his constitu-
ents was not inconsistent with a co-equal discharge of the im-
portabt municipal duties of the shrievalty. He concluded by
assuring the company of the deep interest which he felt in the
commercial prosperity of the city of London, and of his stead-
fast intention to promote it by every means which were at his
disposal.—(Applause.)
Tl.e healths of the Sheriffs for the past year were next
drank, and
Mr. Alderman GAIIRATT in returning thanks expressed the
gratification which he felt at surrendering the duties of the
shrievalty into such excellent hands as those of the Sheriffs
elect.

Mr. Alderman VENABLES repeated his meed of thanks for
the compliment paid to him, and observed, in allusion to the
crowded state of the Kaols, that if he had not expressed so strong
and decided an opinion as his worthy colleague had usually
done upon the severity of the criminal code, it was not.that he
was less sensible of the necessity of its calm and deliberate re-
vision, but that he felt the subject too serious and comprehen-
sive to touch upon hastily, and pronounce decisively upon its
bearings.
The healths of the Recorder and other civic personages were
afterwards drank, and the Company sat until a late hour in the
full enjoyment of the hospitality a the Sheriffs elect.