The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-07 00:00:00

Court of Aldermen.

Yesterday a court of aldermen, specially con-
vened, was held at Guildhall, for the purpose of re-
ceiving a communication made to the Right llon.
the Lord Mayor by Mr. John Joseph Mechi, sur-
rendering the office of alderman for the Ward of
Lime-street. Among the aldermen present were
the following :—The Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir J.
Musgrove, Bart., Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P.,
Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr.
Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Alderman Allen,
Mr. Alderman J. C. Lawrence, Mr. Alderman Bex-
ley, Mr. Alderman Waterlow, Mr. Alderman Lusk,
M.P., Mr. Alderman Stone, and Mr. Alderman and
Sheriff Gibbons.

The Sheriffs having presented their report of the
state of the City prisons, from which it appeared
that in Newgate there were 124 prisoners, two in the
infirmary; in the Debtors' prison, Whitecross-street,
87 prisoners, of whom 8 were in the infirmary ; and
in the City prison, Holloway, 328 prisoners, of
whom 8 were in the infirmary.
The TOWN CLERK read the following letter, which
had been addressed to the Lord Mayor by Mr.
Alderman Mechi

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"My dear Lord Mayor,—Having determined to retire
from City honours, I beg you will be kind enough to com-
municate the fact to my brother aldermen, and to convoy
to them my best wishes for their health and welfare.
, J. j. MEcni."
(Signed)
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and he (Alderman -Musgrove) as an agriculturist
himself, felt thankful to him for his publication of
very many useful little works on that subject.
(Hear, hear.) In addition to these claims, Mr.
Mechi merited their thanks for his services as a
magistrate, and the manner in which he fulfilled
his duties, not only as an alderman, but as a fellow-
citizen. Iu the belief that these
sentiments pervaded
the body he now addressed, he should move the

adoption of the following resolution , thc'
court, in accepting the resignation of . terneaft
Mechi, desires to record on their proceedings their
regret at the causes which have induced him to adopt
the course he has taken, and at the satpe time to
express their acknowledgments of the invariable at.
tention he has devoted to the duties of his positi3n
as a magistrate and as a sheriff of the City and of
the county of Middlesex, and also for the courtesy
and kindness he has at all times manifested to his
brethren." (Loud applause.)
Mr. Alderman SALOMONS, M.P., claimed, as the
next senior alderman in attendance, to second the
resolution just moved by Sir J. Musgrove, with
whose sentiments on this occasion he entirely con-
curred. The services of Mr. Alderman Mechi
in the cause of agricultural improvements had been
universally acknowledged ; and he (Alderman Salo-
mons) only regretted he had not remained amongst
them in order that, on attaining the chief magistracy,
he might, as Lord Mayor, have received the agricul-
tural body as guests at the Mansion House. There
could be no doubt that Mr. Mechi had been a most
useful man, not only in the county in which he re-
sided, but also in the metropolis, where he had hon-
ourably discharged many important public duties,
and therefore he deserved well of this court, of
which he had been so long a member. But Mr.
Mechi had a further claim upon their recognition of
him. He had been seen by them under most trying
•
circumstances, but even then no individual had at-
tempted to raise the finger against him as having
done anything unworthy of his, character as a man
of honour. (Hear, hear.) He only retired from a
feeling of true delicacy, that should he retain his
gown and succeed to the office of Lord Mayor, he
could not maintain that office with that degree of
dignity and extent of hospitality which had charac-
terised some of his predecessors in that high posi-
tion. He was a worthy example as an honourable
man, and it wag' with,tbe ercatest pleasure and
satisfaction that he (Mr. Alderman Salomons)
seconded the resolution. (Applause.)
The resolution, briefly supported by Mr. Alder-
man Rose and Mr. Alderman Finnis, was carried
unanimously, and ordered to be drawn up, signed
by the town clerk, and forwarded to Mr. Mechi.

The formal record of the acceptance of the resig-
nation was then directed, and the Lord Mayor was
requested to issue his precept for the election of an
alderman for the ward of Lime-street, in the place
and stead of Mr. John Joseph Mechi, resigned.
This terminated the proceedings, and the court
adjourned.

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