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London, England, 1824-09-30 00:00:00

were in the way of public business. —tie he'd paid that even.
don, and shown that gravity, in enautioing into the affairs of
the Justice-room, fur which he ,hoped he, shOuld,alwayabe
khoWn. He had endeavoured to succour distress, and to pro.
tembelplesenos end Le had always refrained. f;osrt expo4lg
Py.png to the, aufferinga a( a prisou while, there appOare& tutY
possibility fur the Party. to regain his 'fOoting, and reships~ Lit
.station in lire. For, thispurpose.he bad been obliged to convert
the Giltspur.street Compeer, in one
heattch Ott, to tiOvt*Thet,-
pital, where the persons were kept until
_their friends .or other
Means could he found to afford- the proper relief and protec.
tion. By these means he had, saved many from, want. ar.i
misery, and consequently , lama crime apt destruction.—
lie had devoted his time and strength to these duties, Wall
God had meanwhile.. bleased Lim. with .tso extraordinay a
portion of health, that out of his whole Mayoralty he had
not ' been absent from the duties of the Justice.room
through indisPosition;Miire than three days._--(Cheers.)—The
hoportance.of due attendance would be seen by nensidenng that .
there came before that ewe the worse pf a year between.
three and four iliersand cases. Ile had in all his endeavours
trusted to that liberal constrocficat which he know, ,would be put
upon his conduct,, by the , I4verp Ii 9. felt, ft higher dew es
of gratitude for the favour which they had .shown him. Iljan
for any similar, testimony which. he had, ever received., Jt was
now thirty years since he had;(rststootlforward, on. those tow.
whet; -the feelitnot and ‘passions , were, in f the moot active
agnatiOn, and When the Viffi'eulties were much more' serious
tlwa Outst of, them could imagine.. Ile 'then proposed wpe-
tition to Parliament against that destruc,tive„war wide/kited
, waisted the country for nearly twenty years. He had red
voice as it were prophetically against it,. and 'if any proof
were wanted of the truth of what be Vim predicted, it
.might be fourokio thsrettorniog prospenity4„the country, now
th the expellee and operations of the war were entirely.p.ut nn
end to.' Reports had beeweirculated that-there wai an utter.
.t.ipn on his part o( striving fora second mayoralty t andahe
reason given was the coomutud, of 700 nr,460 Nino, ;which vivre
said to tiepend upon theinfluence o(. the station Which he now
held,- and by which,isseat in Parlianiene might be secured to
him. Fur his own part, ho knew nothing Of AnY,Soehineuergos
and he was inclined to believe that gid, zw,; exist vbuto
is
'did, he would feel ashamed to trust to any other means, if lie
could; not trust in his owe 'Outman. and conduct, and she tee!.
ings.and opinions otitis tellowleitisetts,avithott6even this nOtice
,of his calumniators and libellers. lie felt that it was degradipg
to give any formal reply to the trash and scurrilous nonsense
~which,hati been poured out, against him, tharanthora of-which
would be glad to sink into the Boor, were titer once compelled to
stand forward and avow themselves. , Rut. it, that influence did
actually exist, how could those persons account for the manner
Thiel' some gentlemen had inteceededto.seata in.,Parliament
Surely it would behove the Livery to watch with jealousy this
avowed source of influence upon any future' occasion. If he
were to stand forward to ask tO,appoint hint
their, RePresentative in Parliament, he, would scorn the use of
'any other influence than the soundness of his 'principles and
._ the integrity of his actions on the- one hand ; and on the other,
the independent and incorruptilde,v.otes.of the Livery, of Lon-
don. Ire again advised them to be on their guard agaiust that
influence and take care that the man whom they should ap-
point shouldi represent, them. truly, AUA:ibe Amenable Ut kthtir
opinion of hie conduct. For his own part, he had ,tleyotedhis
talents to the protection of their rights anti liberties • and -he
would aay,in the words of 'the great,Lord Chatham, he would
ratlher perish in, the struggle, tltwi surrender oneliout o(,the
principles of our glorious Constitution. These were the ode.
codes which lie had always professed—upon which he had uni..
fonoly acted—they hail, borne.hirwthrough ; and if there,was
one reason left more convincing to,sbuw why he ought nut to
answer the base calumnies of his opponents, it was to be found
in. the approbatloo given ..to those, principles by their vote of
thanks, which resolution most eMetually gave the, he, to, their
caluMnies. He hoped the end at his to continue in the
exercise of thole principles, and to act toi his had hitherto done,
openly, uprightly, boldly, and honestly, in the defence of
the wilts and liberties of his felluw citizeus.—(Lould ap-
plause.).
Thanks were then voted to the late Sheriffs, who severally
made their acknowledgments for the honour done them, and
the Hall broke up. .

A Court of Aldermen was afterwards held, at which thanks
were voted to the Lord Mayor's 'chaplain for his 110111QT1
werebed priorto.the election of Lord Mayor.
Mr. F. Temple was adnritted into the office otliall.keeper,
and took the usual °whs.
The inquests of Cheap and Lime Wards presented,sundry
ruinous premises And non freemen, when the solicitor was in-
structed to put, the Act of Parliamont, into execution respect-
ing the ruinous premises, and the non:tkeenten were.referred to
the Otambeilain to give the -usual direetions.
- Commissioners of the Court of Requests for the month.of
November next were appointed...
. .
Mr. CillMan, recently elected Dridgemaster, proposed his
sureties, who .were approved; and he wall ordered to enter into
the.uxuak hound, pr w'ous to the mot Court, when ho.is.to bae
sworn into office.
Sundry cliildren were admitted into Einmanuel Hospital up-
nn.the extended tbundation. • • ..r • • •
Sevevcral persopi were allowed to be admitted hrokers; aptt
other., on their applicatio•s, were discharged from that otEce.
Several bills and salaries were ordered for payment. Li-
cences were granted to coal-undertaker.,

ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND.

ThOrsttay was the Thirtieth Anntve,rsory of this
admirable Institution, on which occasion, a public exatoinittiop
of the classes cif boys and girls took place in the presence of the
.11enagere and. a number of Ladies and Oentlenten, friends to
the Institution. The examination commenced with the female
claim, all of whom were uniformly dressed, anti presented a very
neat appearance. • Nothing. could exceed the -gratification felt
by all present at the .surprising, proliciettoy . they displayed,in
the various branches of education, including English grammar
and geography. Perhaps the Most interesting part .of the ex-
wAs,, the facility with. which shay read psalms And
hymns worked on string, being,a combination. of-knots, mat
corresponding with a letter of the alphabet. In order to show
the precision , with which blind persons , may be taught• to
read these minks, and of course to correspond, one of the balls
of twine was partly unrolled, and a pupil was directed to-begin
at a particular mark, which she did, and read correctly. The
female branch of the Institution has existed little TOM 01,1111
four years. The company then proceeded to the parent inseitu.
tion, where nearly the whole of the- workmen, old and )4,104(‘'
were assembled in the basket-meking room.' The boys attatin-
iug the class titught,hy David Macbeath '(ols° a blind peniotti
and one of the inventors of the string, alphabet) were examined
by shim in various branches of early ~txhication, with the most
Mtitifactorr result. Several balls of string' were exhibited,
having the Ten Commandments wrought upon them? with-au
accompanying opinion in Writing by litarbeath as to their
correetnesa, anti motto or initials subscribed, to be claimed,
by, the owners.- Front the excellence of
.the execution of
three of them it was found difficult to award the palm of
merit; these were Alexander Leathern, Thomas and
a very deserving clever boy, James;llurray. One person,
of mature_ years, repeated the Ten • Commandments very
impressively, and another recited a speech with good em-
phasis. 11Iuch interest was excited by John Illaelartn.,
who has been in the Institution since • its foundation, and
w,ho displayed astonishing powers ,of memory when in-
terrogated on the Nal Testement.. The examination hering,
cloned, William Burnet and James Murray were called forward,
when the Rev. Dr. Brunton invested each with a silver medal,
on which suitable inscriptions Were engreved, as rewards fur
the proficieneyithey had shown ; he then addressed the mimic-
maul candidates with whose pregress the rornpany, he,said,
were fully aatisfied ; the ateverendd Doctor. toll, them not to be
dwidisean
an;uoo.lrrillyagut;etlolaruniturtieni.rbiesuwatfkattdnolvouwnitfwishethatenhoeit,:::c::loilinbniieitnacttrioonemyypen,eartpketac,oulcirsoinuptgala..aforiter.itit:ltted:‘::Ntihirnmets.:ewjbartelloieshai.utieninifit;t:,,,tt:iti.ioanif:adh..,..._tariii.th:li
day as a stimulus to future exertion. From the questions pro_
posed in arithmetic, it appeared that the teacher was .famlliar,
with what is called palpable erithilsitti:eyitl:sithitt-totinth.,
oln; branch, fur`,
been introduced. nto any of our ordinary schools, it suggested the
answer was, that he was indebted for, that part of his. know,
lledibegrealbit'ytiowf:Seiblei°°Secrel art'ar4yr.istifi athei
. every season since the comukencement Of dm Sehuoh,; The m
rooto,.attotwhich.they, drank theitesilhaof'4lteir-Patronsi and'
the memory. of the late Reverend Founder of the Institution.—
' An entertainment was also provided for the fentates.--(Ectia.
burgh Fuming evert:lit, Sept. 25.,1