The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-30 00:00:00

" SEPTEMBER 30, 1848. [PaicE SD.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR•

Yesterday the Livery assembled in the Guildhall
for the purpose of electing a Lord Mayor for the

ensuing year.
The REcouDER having stated what constituted the
legal qualifications of a candidate for the high office
of Lord Mayor of Ldndon, took the opportunity to
allude in a particular manner to the conduct of the

present excellent chief magistrate, who, at a period
which called for extraordinary exertions for the pre-
servation of the peace, had shown that he was admi-
rably adapted to the emergency, and performed the
duties delegated to him in such a manner as entitled
him to the warmest 'thinks of the community.—
(Cheers.) He was happy that the choice which the
Livery had made on the Inst occasion could be selected
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as

a guide to the business of the present day, and he
would conclude by stating that the constituency were
not limited as to the appointment of an individual to
fill the office, as they could choose from the whole list
of the magistrates of the city of London who had
served the office of sheriff.
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Recorder then
retired, leaving it to the Livery to return two alder-
men to the Court of Aldermen.
The Commox SERGEANT then read the names on
the list, and Aldermen Sir James Duke and Farn-
comb were, upon a show of hands, declared by the
Sheriffs to be elected.

The Sheriffs then proceeded to the Court of Alder-
men, and upon their return to the Hall,
The RECORDER announced that the election had

fallen upon Sir James Duke, Knight.—(Loud cheers.)
Sir JAMES DUKE, upon being called upon to take
upon himself the office, came forward amidst great
applause. He trusted that the Livery would believe
him to be sincere when tie assured them that he was
overpowered by his feelings of gratitude at so nu-
merous an assemblage of his friends upon what might
be considered a mere matter of ceremony. Although
there was none of the rivalry which had unfortu-
nately existed for some years to be seen, yet his
friends had come forward to express their kind
feeling upon the occasion of his election. He was
not unconscious of that favour, he assured them.

—(Applause.) Of the responsibility of the duties
of the office to which he had been chosen he was per-
fectly aware ; and with the assistance of his brother
magistrates and the support of his fellow-citizens, he
trusted he should be able to discharge them to the
satisfaction of the public. It was now twelve years
since he had received the approbation of the citizens
of London for his performance of the duties of the
shrievalty ; since which time he had been elected
alderman of the largest ward in the City, the pre-
sence of so many of the constituents of which, upon
the present occasion, testified to the satisfaction his
exertions had given.—(Applause.) He trusted that
he should uphold the rights and privileges of his
fellow citizens. He promised to sustain the hospita-
lities of the mayoralty to the utmost of his ability, to
he acces-ible upon all occasions, and he protested that
he did not think he could adopt a better example, in
performing all the duties of his distinguished office
than was afforded to him in the conduct of their pre-

sent excellent chief magistrate.—(Loud cheering.)

Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR came forward to move a
resolution of thanks to Messrs. Cubitt and Hill, the
late sheriffs, for their conduct during the past year.

Nothing that he could say would add to the impres-
sion which the exertions of the late sheriffs had made
upon the citizens. They had been distinguished for
assiduity, generosity, benevolence, and hospitality, and
they had contributed to give efficacy to the successful
labours of the chief magistrate.—(Cheers.)
Mr. JOHN WOOD seconded the resolution, and said
the late sheriffs had rendered effective aid to the chief
magistrate when extraordinary exertion was neces-
sary to preserve the peace of the City.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was passed unanimously amidst
cheers.

Mr. CIIBITT said that twelve months ago, when
he was elected sheriff, he felt the occasion to be the
proudest which had ever occurred to him. He had,
however, he must acknowledge, always felt an anxiety
as to the reception which he should meet at the con-
clusion of his year of office ; but the manner in
which the Livery had just expressed themselves had
completely settled that question to his satisfaction.—
(Cheers.) He should now retire from office with his
ambition fully gratified. He should seek no further
honour, and was grateful for that which he had re-
ceived.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HILL, in returning thanks, said that he and
his colleague had, as they passed through office, asso-
ciated with men of all parties, and never had heard an
unkind word from an individual belonging to any.

Deputy STEvENs then came forward to propose a
vote of thanks to their excellent chief magistrate.—

(Loud cheers.) He never, he declared, had a more
pleasing duty imposed upon him than that of calling
upon the Livery to agree to a resolution of thanks to
the Lord Mayor upon the present occasion, which
was the only one it would be in their power to select
previously to the retirement of his Lordship from an
office which he had so admirably filled. He had wit-
nessed many mayoralties, but he had never known
one in which the duties of the office had been more
creditably, to the individual as well as to the city of
London, performed. It was unnecessary to allude in
a particular manner to that to which the whole
population of the City bore testimony—his Lord-
ship's indefatigable exertions when the peace
of the City was threatened.—(Loud cheers.) The
Livery would most cordially vote a resolution of
thanks to a man who had' acted with siich energy;
judguient, benevolence, and hospitality.—(Cheers.)
The resolution included the word hospitality. He
was glad the fashion of that word was passing away.
—(Loud cries of " No, no," and laughter.) Oh, he
found he had made a mistake. Well, he hoped, at
that rate, that there would be no abatement of the
hospitality—(Loud cheers)—and he had no doubt it
would be kept up in full vigour in the new mayoralty.
—(More cheers.) The Deputy then read the reso-
lution of thanks.
Mr. AMBROSE MOORE seconded the resolution.
He assured the Livery that he felt the highest gratifi-
cation in having been selected to perform this duty ;
for within his recollection, as an old citizen of London,
no man was more deserving of the high approbation
of his fellow-citizens than their present excellent
chief magistrate.—(Cheers.) That the question
was not not a party one, might be inferred from the
fact that he (Mr. Ambrose Moore), a Tory, se-
conded the resolution moved by his friend, Mr.
Deputy Stevens. His Lordship had acted to all
parties in such a manner as showed that the power
which the livery had exercised in this election was one
of the most important nature, and that judgment
was essential in the exercise of that power.—(Cheers.)
His Lordship had done himself and his fellow-citizens
honour at a time when the eyes of the world were
fixed upon England, by maintaining the spirit and
vigour of the law, at the same time that he supported
the rights and privileges of his fellow subjects.—
(Loud cheering.) If the resolution required any
addition, it might be supplied by an acknowledgment
of the peculiar modesty with which the Lord Mayor
had uniformly conducted himself, as if he was wholly
unconscious of his unquestionable merits.
The resolution was then agreed to amidst shouts of
applause.
The Loan MAYOR came forward, and said he could
truly declare that that day was one of the proudest
days of his life, that he never appeared before the
Livery under circumstances more gratifying to his
feelings than upon the present occasion. He felt
deeply the spontaneous manifestation which his fellow
citizens had shown in thus expressing their approval
of his exertions. It was a testimony of the credit
which individuals who endeavoured to perform their
duty faithfully were sure to receive.—(Cheers.) Upon
entering on the duties of the office to which he had the
honour to be appointed, he apprehended that he might
be called upon to act on an emergency which might
require the exertion of more talents than he possessed;
but, as he proceeded, he found that with the aid of his
brother magistrates and his fellow-citizens he was
enabled to encounter and conquer every difficulty
which presented itself, and he could congratulate the
citizens of London upon the effectual preservation of
the peace.—(Cheers.) He had stated that he was
apprehensive of some difficulty, but he knew that he
should have the spontaneous assistance of his fellow-
citivns ; and he heartily congratulated them upon
the energetic performance of their duties on the 10th
of April, and subsequently, when they proved their
determination to uphold the liberty and privileges of
their fellow-subjects, without sanctioning the invasion
of any of the constitutional bulwarks which our an-
cestors had handed down for our protection.—(Loud
cheering.) lie had but a short time to continue in
office, and he trusted that nothing would occur in the
interval to endanger the public tranquillity; but if
any fresh occasion should arise, with the same assist-
ance and the same energies, he had no doubt the result
would be as successful.—(Loud cheers.) His Lord-
ship concluded by passing a high compliment upon Sir
James Duke; and
The hall broke up, after it was resolved that all the
resolutions should be advertised in the public papers,
and that copies, emblazoned, &c., should be presented
to the Lord Mayor and the late Sheriffs.