The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-11 00:00:00

views of M. Bignon, and unless the whole be
a trick, and that all that has been said and
threatened turns out, like some further demon-
strations, to be mere blustering, the tone and
temper of the present councils of France with
respect to Russia, are downright warlike. The
Quolidienne, it should be observed, says that
when all was over M. Broglie went to Pozzo di
Borgo to make his peace, saying, that he had
spoken to please the Chamber, but that no harm
was really meant to Russia. The Chamber
adjourned the discussion upon the address to
the following day.—Morning Herald.

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I (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
Mr. Alderman Venables examined—ln 1821 he
was elected Alderman, and Lord Mayor in 1825;
the Lord Mayor must be a Justice of the Peace, as
lie presides over the City police and its safety ; the
office is of greater importance than persons gene-
rally imagine ; lie attends at the Mansion-house
daily; the City is divided by a line drawn due
north from Southwark-bridge; the cases that hap.
pen eastward of this line are beard before the Lord
Mayor, at the Mansion-house; those that happen
west of it are taken before the Alderman who sits
at Guildhall. On an average he sits in the Justice-
room three hours a-day, and before he goes into
Court, he is occupied about an hour a-day in his
private private parlour in arbitrating between disputing
parties. The disputes are not confined to any
particular subject. He nominates to the Lord
Chancellor two Aldermen to serve as Jus-
tices of the Peace—one for the county of Mid-
dlesex, and one for the county of Surrey ; lie
is always at the head of the commission of Oyer and
Terminer, and attends to open the Sessions; he
dines with the Judges, arid presides at their table;
he is also clerk of the markets, but the functions are
exercised by the Committee of City Lands, of
which he is Chairman; the Lord Mt;yor is Coro-
ner for London and Southwark, though he does
not exercise the functions of the office; lie presides
at the Courts of Common Council, Court of Alder-
men, at Common Halls, and Court of Hustings, and
at the Court of Sessions for Southwark; half the
Lord Mayor's time, independently of th- Mansion-
house, is occupied in presiding at the different city
courts; lie is considered a Privy Councillor, and is
summoned to attend at the accession of a new Mo-
narch; the Lord Mayor of York does not take
precedence of the Lord Mayor of London ; his
right of precedence in the city was questioned
.by the Earl Marshal at the time of Lord Nelson's
funeral ; Sir James Shaw, who was then Lord
Mayor, refused to attend the funeral procession, un-
less be took precedence of all other persons; the
question was referred to the King at Windsor, and
an order, to which was fixed the sign manual, came
up, giving him the precedence; he is ex-officio a
Governor of Greenwich Hospital, and Is chief
butler at the Coronation, when he receives a gold
cup for his services in the capacity; he is ConQer-
vator of the Thames, and holds two courts yearly
in Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Middlesex ; he is the
head of the Lieutenancy of the city of London.
The Lumber Troop does not belong to the corpora-
tion, it is merely an assemblage of tradesmen for
election and convivial purposes; the Lord Mayor
generally keeps on good terms with the principal
persons of other corporate bodies, such as the heads
of the East India Company and of the Bank of
England. It is usually expected that he should en-
tertain in a suitable mariner distinguished foreigners ;
between 80 and 91) years ago the Mansion-house
was built; before that period the Lord Mayor sat
in some Hall of one or other of the companies.
Sir F. PALGRAVE said, that the Lord Mayor was
represented in one of Hogarth's prints sitting in one
of the Halls.

Mr. Woodthorpe was again examined respecting
the emoluments of the office of Lord Mayor, and he
mentioned divers items for which the Lord Mayor
had received commutation ; among other, for wines,
801. had been granted; for newspapers he received
311. 10,., and for stationary 321. 55.; on account of
alienations he had received 800/., and for the sale
of offices 1,0001, the whole amounting to 9,3351.
15s. By an order of Common Council of 1821,
a deduction of 1,5001. was directed to take place,
on account of the doing away with the sword
bearers' table, at which, up to that period, the city
officers claimed a right to dine upwards of one hun-
dred times a year.
Mr. Alderman Yenables again examined—During
his Mayoralty, the whole amount of his receipts
were 8,027/. ; in the preceding year, he understood
they were 8,0231.; the average expenses of Lord
Mayors exceeded what they received by 4,0001.;
be considered this surplus expense was caused by
the hospitality they were in the habit of exercising;
for the sake of the character of the country, this
hospitality was kept up; the Lord Mayor is iiable
to be fined for improper conduct in his office; the
Lord Mayor for 1780, was find 10,0001. for his con-
duct during the riots that occurred at that period.
At four o'clock the Inquiry was adjourned to to-
morrow (this) morning.