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• froth him.—(Hear, hear.) Perhaps if would' be better,
for him not to refer to the circumstances 'Which had Oc- •
caßi onEd his retirement from the magistracy. It :Watt etiough
or him to say that .Mr. Harmer's feelings had bPen
deeply wounded by the conduct of many, of those 'who
had most violently opposed him, aad many of whom
were largely indebted to that gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) would say this, however, that the public 'having
been benefited by. the public services of Mr. Harmer,
more particularly his fellow-citizenS and the inhabitants
i oft;
etrhetil:e‘riarrtde,stiitmboclicyamofetahnosaccQtertedsutylonnprthoreirotpio.effrt to
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that object he felt much pleasure in moving the first
1,. -solution. Mr. Taylor then read the resolution Id
fob. iris :--.'
That the retirement of James Harmer, Esq., frog=
the K agistracy of the City of London is a. fit occa-
sion f,„. his friends, and the public in general, to present
to hint ;,o. re lasting testimonial of their esteem, admira-
t;ftion, for his liberality, talents, inte,grity, and
ronn an E.'
raai (.. •
~
orth."
Mr. DE. 'VEAR. bed great pleasure in secondrnp." the
„a-ration. He had lay-Avn Mr. Harmer thirty years, an a had
,Iways found . him to be one of the moat honour. %We,
•
go ~. ~.. andn hurnane -men in the world.—(Hear, he w.)
erone ,
'Air. H. was a • man who conferred benefits in such 4
ins aner as almost deprived the person benefited from,
m.:lnowledging the • Obligation. lie (Mr. De War) wase:-
. senry that he was co.--ifined to speaking of that gentle-
matt's merits in his ci‘n..l capacity, in which, as Sheriff, he:
had received- the Mgt est compliments from the City
authorities who acted , with him.—(Hear, hear.) ft.
gentleman who had long' served the office of a .Magis-
trate, in the City told him (.i.'lr. De Vear) that Mr. Har-
mer :had raised the practice of an Old Bailey lawyer
front a ciisreputable state to the highest degree of
respectabilitv.—(Hear, hear) Mr. Harmer was not
only a moral, but a truly religious man.—(Hear, hear.)
Although he differed from '•The Church,, yet in
practice he carried ' out all its i'vst doctrines—(Hear,
hear, sitar)—and whenever a benevolent object was to
be eff=ected, his hand and purse were' always open, with-
out regard to religion or politics.—(Civers.)
Mr. GALLOWAY (who was received with much ap-
plause, but was heard with great difficulty .in consequence
of inness, under which he obviously h;boured) had
known Mr. Harmer forty-five years, and ..ould affirm
that-lie was a moral, generous, and benevolent man.—
(Hear.) He was a man who never broke his promise,
" "

b#,tll.4o.llx.„t,9,tie6,oligatity
ebirbeen placed.-'-(Hear.)
No man erer did more good, and no man ever was les,‘ osten -
tatious, so that it might truly be said of him that he did •
not let his right band know what his left hand did.. Mr.
Galloway regretted that the state of his health did not
alloiv him to bear testimony, in the one-hundredth part,
' to what he knew of his excellent friend's private cranes
ft,ed_public merits.—(Hear, heae.)
r. JOHN JOSEPII STOCIMALE—WIIO WAS grceeed
with it,-ughter, and cries of " Oh, oh," when the Ch bar-
m„ intee•posed, by calling order, and requesting a be aw-
inn for eic.,:y person who thought proper to present hi me
self to the m,-eting—said that he had no enmity to 2, d-
derman Harmer, or to any other man, living or dea d.
He never carried pnimosity with him to his bed, or, ; tf
he did, it passed a.vvai before he awoke in the morning 'a
—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He came there with no r
hostile object, but only to bear what testimony he could :
to the benevolence of Mr. Harmer, who, on one occa- •
sion, contributed, through him, to a fund which was .
being raised for the relief of Mr. Timothy Sheldrake
and other prisoners in the Fleet.—(Cheers.) Mr. Stock-.
dale was proceeding to make some observations upon/
Mr. Harmer's religious opinions, in which he was inter-
rupted by the Chairman ; and, after repeated attempts
to go on with this part of hisOeme, gave way to the
sense of the meeting, and sat down,
'The resolution was then carried unanimously, and
with :applause.
Mr. WneatiesoN, in moving the next resolution, said
that, although the present meeting was a small one, that
was no reason fur despondence.—(Hear, hear, and a
laugh.)' One volunteer was as good as twelve pressed
men, and therefore. they might consider every person
present as the representative of twelve others.—(Hear,
and a laugh.) Our great poet had said that ." Men's
evil d eeds live after them, their good deeds die with
them, and are .buried in their graves." But he trusted
that the effect of that meeting would be, that the good
deeds of Mr. Harmer should not die with him.—
(Cheers.) He trusted that every one present would use
his utmost exertions to raise the subscription to staah an
amount as would enable the Committee to present to Mr.
Harm era testimonial worthy of his acceptance.—(Hear,
hear.) He concluded by moving " That a subscription
be enured into, for the purpose of presenting to James
Harmer, Esq., a piece of plate."
Mr. KIRK rose to second the resolution. He had
known Mr. Harmer for some years, and had known L im
ns a humane, liberal, and intelligent man. He knew theta
BN-rat men always devised liberal things, and he hoped,.,
there:Fore, that a liberal subscription would be raised.
.. Mr. LTARDINQ said that he moved the next resolution
with very ,-rreat pleasure. He had something which was
pleasing. to 6ermraunicate to them, on the part of a gen-
tleman residinj in the county of Essex. Hearing of
that meeting he ,came over to London for the purpose of
contributing his shire to the object of the meeting, His
name was keter Rogers, Esq., and his donation was 5/.
(Cheers.) He begged leave to move the next resolution,
which was—" That Sir James Duke, Mr. Deputy
Blacket, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Adlard, Mr. Taylor, and
Mr. Lowe, with power to add to their number,• be a
Committee, to carry the object of thin :e.aat;as
That Mr. Deputy Blacket be requested to act as Trea-
surer, and that Mr. If. S. Smith be requested to act as
Honorary Secretary."
Mr. PEARCE had tun,ah 'alt.:mire in seconding the resolu-
tion. He perfectly concurred in the object of that meet-
ing. It was one in which ever gentleman in the City of
London was interested.
Mr, GALLOWAY begged to have his name inserted in
the Committee.
The CHAIRMAN said it was in consequence of his late
indisposition that Mr, Galloway's came was not in-
serted, as. they did not anticipate that he would have
been present, and not from any want of respect to Mr.
Galloway.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then carried unanimously, with the
addition of Mr. Galloway's name.
Mr. PEACOCK moved that the resolutions then passed
should be advertised in the different morning and even-
ing papers. He would not travel over the ground of well-
merited praise bestowed. on Mr. Harmer. He had al-
ways found him a kind, good, and excellent man. He
bad never named any case to him that his hand was not
immediately in his pocket. He (Mr.reacock) had never
put a guinea into Mr. Harmer's packet, but he had taken
many oat—(Hear, hear, and a laugh)—and he always
gave his guinea in such a manner that made it worth
two.—(Hear.) He concluded by reading the resolution.
The resolution was carried.
The CHAIRMAN then stated that upwards of SO/. had
been received since the meeting commenced.—(Cheer.)
He begged to suggest that the amount of subscriptions
should he added in the advertisements.
Mr. GALLOWAY said be hoped that the full list of
names would be given with the subscriptions attached. It,
was but justice to the parties..
Mr. r.'AYLOR said that was a question that would be,
discussed in the Committee.
A vote of thanks to Sir James Duke was then unaui-
mously ceeried for his able and impartial conduct in the
chair, anti, •
The CHAIRMAN, having briefly returned thanks, the
meeting separated at half-past three o'clock.

THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLENIAN; A,
SPORTING
NOVEL:, These three volumes bri.rig into
mbinatiOn at once the attractions of an agreeable novel,
ca°nd a series of highly-coloured pictures of life in the
country, commending to our strongest sympathies the
manly recreations which have ever distinguished the
Old English Gentleman; and will, it is .to be hoped, his
descendants to the end of his generation. A Squire,
not, indeed, of the Western class, but one in whose breast
all the more vigorous virtues of the heart plenteously
fructify, takes the central place in our 'author's various groups, and in all presents the model of the thorough.
sportsman, the affectionate parent, the just and genial.
landlord. The different sports of the field, wood, and.
water are most spiritedly described in these pages, and. with all the fervour and nice observation of one fondly
familiar with them in practice.-11forning Herald.
NEW STEAM-BOAT PIER ON THE. ESSEX
COAST.—The delay and danger experienced, owing to
the crowded state of the Th.mes from Greenwich tc.,.
London Bridge, have long suggested the expediency
nor
providing some convenient place of landing for Pl,;stshe a
gers by the large steamers more especially. I,,,eain_
view to remedy this admitted inconvenience, ~team'
boat pier and landing wharf are now in
tion at the village of Grays Thurrock, %I I
and Fur-
side of the river, situated between Tilbury
Fort
and
fleet, and within a short distance of the
of
which it
Eastern Counties line of railway, bothto
of conveyance
is intended there shall be suitable modesa_en
up by a
at all times. The project has beern
tthek
most part com-
pany of shareholders, who are fo
and although a con-
nectedpri-
with the county of Essex; progrentteotesrse:.
of great pub-
ut rlic tdi
I,
io.no r tko,
it is likely to prose ea,.'lonfienished, is 400
the indentation of
lviacte.utility. speculation,
The
feet long, and 8 feet wide.. F
and is approachable
the navigation of
the
low water, even by vessels of
with perfect safety
iat
built
on
piles, 20 feet apart, to
pier, which is nearly
I,clitheeesreaanrde
heavy
oasb
utrdaetn. thisl :oinntitert(itiveborff,
which the pathway
girders. At the extreme
1 g approached by flights of stairs,
esrusbsntaon substantial
two places for
lam.
txtending a distance of 60 feet trans-
the platform here
aree also two boys, or lobbies, the one
versely. There,to
feet from the shore, both of which
the whole bound togisesettl:iocrpobiL,sotrropngieri-hroenad
280, the other
.At
a neat toll-house has been erected, eon_
the land entrance
rooms on either aide of the roadway and
twining waiting.
I d for the accommodation
are to be covereld over and furnished with benches.
cious saloon attac ie , of
a sPn , The village of Grays, which is -contiguou
passengers.
..
road,
to the pier, will be approached by an ornamental - s
now in progress of formation. Without the appearance
of heaviness, the whole structure seems substantial, and
affords promise of great durability. The pier was de-
signed by Mr. Penrin, an architect of Colchester. Mr.
Lomax, of Queen-square, civil engineer, is the contractor.
From the forward state of the works, it is expected that
the whole will be completed by January next, when the
pier will be opened to the public.
MUSIC A CURE FOR IMADNEss.--Accounts
have recently appeared in various 'French papers of the
attempt to appeal to the imperfect sympathies and scat-
tered associations of the patients, at the Auxerre Asylum
for the insane, through the medium of music, as a substi-
tute for violence and restraint. The patients are in-
structed, successfully, in the theory and practica of
music, and seventeen of them,
under this delightful and
mild discipline, are said to have baen cured, and to have
been returned, since the end of last year, to their fami-
lies, in the full re-possession of all their intellectual
faculties.