The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-26 00:00:00

FARRINGDON WITHOUT.
ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.
AGENERAL MEETING will be held on
MONDAY NEXT, at ANDERTON'S HOTEL,
FLEET-STREET, at Six o'clock in the Evening, of the
LIVERYMEN of the CITY of LONDON, and others, the
Inhabitants residing in the Ward of Farringdon Without, who
are willing and desirous of promoting the ELECTION of
ALDERMAN HARDIER as LORD MAYOR, to take
into consideration the best means of securing his Election on
Tuesday Next.
Persons who cannot attend the Meeting, but who are fa-
vourable to Alderman Harmer's Election as Lord Mayor, are
requested immediately to forward their names and address to
Mr. Anderton, 20, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, that the
necessary measures may be taken for securing their atten-
dance at Guildhall with the lea.st inconvenience to themselves.
J. BLACKETT, Chairman.
(Signed)
The Chair to be taken at Seven o'Ciock precisely.

ERECHTHEIUM CLUB.
THE COMMITTEE having taken the
MANSION in ST. JAMES'S-SQUARE, corner
of YORK-STREET, lately in the occupation of the Earl of
Romney, for the CLUB-HOUSE of this Society, it will be
opened for the use of the Members as soon as the necessary
alterations are completed, of which due notice will be given.
(Signed) JOHN DEAN PAUL, Chairman.
London, Sept. 18,1840.

ALDERMAN HARMER for LORD
MAYOR.
At a very numerous and most respectable MEETING of the
Friends of Mr. Alderman HARMER, convened by public ad-
vertisements, to consider the steps necessary for securing his
ELECTION to the dignified office of LORD MAYOR of
LONDON for the year ensuing, held at the London Coffee-
house, Ludgate-hill, on Friday, September the 25th, 1840,
JOHN BLACKETT, Esq., Deputy in the Chair.
The following resolutions were adopted by acclamation :
Moved by GEORGE STAcEY,_Esq., seconded by Jaccon

COPE. Esq.
Resolved—That Mr. Alderman Harmer, having upon the
strong solicitation of the citizens, and unsought for by him, ae-
cepted the public offices of Common Councilman, Alderman,
and Magistrate, and filled them without any cause for impeach-
ment of his public character, and also the office of Sheriff, in
such a manner as to have received the unanimous thanks of the
Livery, and being the next in regular rotation to the office of
Lord Mayor, is the most fit and proper person to be elected to
that office for the year ensuing.
Moved by WILLIAM STEVENS, Esq., Deputy, seconded by
WILLIAM MARSDEN, Esq•
2. Resolved,—That all circumstances connected with Alder-
man Harmer being the same now as they were when he was
elected to fill, and did fill, those Civic Offices—and no allega-
tion being made that his conduct as Lord Mayor would be dif-
ferent to that which he has hitherto pursued, and for which he
was thus unanimously thanked, and without such allegation or
evidence to show that it is probable or possible he will cease to
act as he has hitherto done—this meeting considers that the
opposition threatened towards him is an attempt unjustly to de-
prive him of the high office to which he is so fully entitled.
Moved by WILLIAM PRITCHARD, Esq., seconded by J.

A LLCOCK, Esq.
3. Resolved,—That such unanimous thanks of the Livery,
the well known support by Alderman Harmer of the charities
of the Metropolis, the general urbanity and propriety of his
conduct in private life, and the following testimony to his
merits by such an unimpeachable authority as the late Sir
James Mackintosh, give him undeniable claims for the office
of Lord Mayor upon the confidence and support of his fellow-
citizens :
" I allude," said Sir James, in bringing up in the House
of Commons the report of the Committee for Revising the
Criminal Code, " to the evidence of Mr. Harmer, the Soli-
citor and Crown Prosecutor at the Old Bailey. I beg to add
my conviction to that of the whole Committee, that a witness
of so much judgment and intelligence, and who exhibited such
evident marks of a conscientious and upright character, has
seldom appeared before any assembly."
Moved by JOHN KING, Esq. ; seconded by THOSIAS RAW-
LINSON, Esq.
4. Resolved,—That a disturbance of the regular rotation to ,
the office of Lord Mayor, without just and sufficient grounds,
would destroy the peace and harmony of the City on all simi-
lar occasions in future, and thus prevent the best and most pro-
per citizens from accepting the office of Alderman, and from
tilling the onerous and expensive office of Sheriff, which they
have hitherto done upon the long-continued understanding that
they, in their turn, would enjoy the civic dignities, who had
faithfully filled the civic offices.
Moved by ALEXANDER GALLOWAY, BA., seconded by
JAMES CURTIS; Esq.
5. Resolved,—That Gentlemen disposed to assist in securing
the Election of Mr. Alderman Harmer, be requested to can-
vass their respective wards or localities, and than the following
Gentlemen be immediately appointed, with power to add to
their number. [A considerable list of names was then handed
in and approved of.]
JOHN BLACKETT, Chairman.
Moved by GEORGE STACEY, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM
STEVENS, Esq , Deputy.
6. Resolved,—That the marked thanks of this meeting be
presented to the Chairman, fur his gentlemanly conduct in the
Chair.
The Committee sit daily at the Swan-with-Two-Necks,
Lad-lane.