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THE LORD MAYOR ELECit.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIY: -7 ';.--
Slll,—At the request of some of my friends, vflio think _
that the public should be disabused of the false\ ifuttres-
sions which an article published in the Times, of the 30th .
ult., was calculated to raise, respecting my motivva ,for'
not appearing as Lord Mayor Elect in the civic proces-
sion from Temple-bar, on the opening of the Royal Ex-
change, I must request you will allow me to avail my-
self of your columns to make the truth more generally
known.
I beg to state that in answer to an application from the:
Town-clerk as to what duty I would prefer to undertake:
on the 28th, I decided to form partof the out-door proces-
sion; when, on Wednesday, the 23d ult., the Lord Mayor
informed me privately that he apprehended the expression
of some unpleasant feeling towards me, which would
prove an annoyance to her Majesty, and he therefore urged.
ine to take duty in the Royal Exchange. I consented,
but on the following day I was advertised in the public
journals as one of those intending to ride, and as, upora
inquiry, I did not believe the accuracy of the informa-
tion upon which the Lord Mayor had made his request,.
I again expressed my intention of riding, and prepared
acco7dingly.
At one o'clock on Monday morning, '2Bth, the follow-
ing letter is as delivered to me from the Lord Mayor :-
4. Mansion--house, Oct. 27, 1844, Twelve u'Clock.
"My dear Lord Zayor Elect,—l regret exceedingly
that any circumstance -Eh, old have intervened to prevent
the fulfilment of the intention
.you had formed on .Wed-
nesday last of attending with you: brethren in the Ex-
change instead of joining the process.: n at Temple-bar.
I trust, upon a full consideration of all the circumstances
of the case, you will permit the reasons by which you
were then influenced to induce you to abstain froto taking
a place in the procession.
" As Chief Magistrate of this City, entertaining the
deepest anxiety that no circumstance should occur to
interrupt the harmony which ought universally to prevail
on this happy occasion, I deem it my duty to convey to.
you a knowledge of the opinion which I have heard ex-
pressed in so many quarters, that you are likely to be the
object of a demonstration of unpopular feeling, which the
consciousness on your part of its being undeserved can
form no justification for your unnecessarily placing your-
self in a situation to call it forth, particularly as your po-
siti in in the procession so near to her Majesty would un-
avoidably make her acquainted with the existence of a
feeling but little in harmony with the sentiments the oc-
casion should inspire.
" If contrary to my wishes and expectation you should
consider it your duty to ride, I can only say that it shall
be my earnest endeavour to repress, by every means at
my command, the exhibition of any such demonstration
as I have described, and I feel it right to add I am satis-
fied that your intended compliance with my wishes on
Wednesday last was dictated by a reflection upon what
appeared clue on the occasion, and not by any considera-
tions personal to yourself.
" I am yours faithfully,
" WM. MAGNAY."
I appeal, therefore, to the good feeling of the public to
judge whether I should not indeed have been wanting in
respect to the Chief Magistrate of the City, and in loyalty
to her Majesty, if I had indulged my own inclination
after the receipt of such a letter from the Lord Mayor.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
MICHAEL GIBBS, Lord Mayor Elect.
Walbrook, Nov. 4,1844.

The Great Britain steam-ship will make one or
.wo experimental trips down Channel, and then proceed

,o London.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT SEA.—We deeply

regret to record the intelligence of the death at its.
under peculiarly distressing circumstances, of one of
the most intrepid and highly-respected captains in the
American trade out of this port, Captain Simpson, of
the Llan itureney, Quebec regular trader, which took.
place on the 14th ult., as more fully stated in the
fol-
lowing extract from the letter of Mr. Willoughby, the
mate, dated Dover, October 27, 1844, and addressed
to the owner :—" We have had nothing but heavy gales.;
of wind on the passage home, and, on the 14th October,
in let. 48 N., and lon. 22 W., blowing a hurricane.
and sea running mountains high, the ship scudded
under close-reeled topsails ; at eight r.m. it was the
captaii:s watch on deck, when a tremendous sea
pooped the !hip, and . carried away the stern and
' jolly-boat, and eveUtlung on the quarter-dec.k, wlth
a quantity of provisions, and filled the cabin with.
water. I rushed on deck, ana found the ship in a
fearful state. The captain, cook, an; boy were miss-
ing. I called all hands on deck to bring the ship to,
and employed the men in taking in the canvas. I then
found Captain Simpson and the cook lying on the
forecastle deck, with their heads cut and bruised in
a dreadful manner, and not able to speak ; all
possible speed was made to get them below in the
forecastle, and every attendance was paid, but it
was all in vain ; the cook died at nine P.m., and the
captain at ten p.sr. He died without a struggle.
The boy was found in the main-deck, desperately
bruised afid insensible; he is still alive, but in a dan-
gerous state. The ship is not much worse."—From
other sources we understand that the Llan Rumney,
having been struck by a heavy sea, Captain Simp-
son, the cook, and boy, had been struck by some
timber, probably part of the deck cargo. The
name of the cook is Grant Shield, of this town, and
that of the boy Tom. The remains of the lamented cap-
tain were brought ashore yesterday, on the arrival
of the Llan ltumney at this port.—Hull Advertiser of
Friday.
EXTRAORDINARY AND DISGRACEFUL OCCURRENCE,

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—On Saturday afternoon, a woman residing near Watt-
street, Hawkhill, Dundee, having occasion for water,
went to a draw-well in the neighbourhood to procure a
supply. In dropping her pitcher into the well, the cord
broke, and the vessel fell to the bottom. Haying pro-
cured the aid of some of her neighbours, they succeeded,
as they imagined, in fixing a hook to the pit-
cher, commenced hauling it up, but instead of a pitcher
filled with water, they were struck with horror on disco-
ver that they had brought up a coffin ; which, on being
examined, was found to contain the dead body of a new-
born child. The coffin with its contents was conveyed
to the office, and in consequence of the activity of the
officers, the following facts connected with this disgusting
affair were soon discovered. The wright named Rollo,
who made the coffin, was traced out in the course of tho
evening, and through him the father of the infant, ars
individual named Nicoll. It appears that the mother
was delivered of the child, which was still-born, at her
residence, Chapelshade, at a late hour on Friday night ;
and the father, being a member of a yearly society,
applied next morning for the customary allowances
for the funeral of a child, which was immediately paid
to him. He then bargained with a manufacturer of
cheap coffins at the Hawkhill, who not only agreed to
furnish it, but also kindly undertook to get the sextoli
at Logic, with whom he said he was well acquainted, to
finish the interment cheaply—for a dram. The father,
the undertaker, and another individual called on Satur-
day morning on a public-house-keeper in Small's Wynd,
in order to procure the means of paying the sexton ;
but it is scarcely necessary to say that he was never
called on to officiate. In the course of Sunday
the father was apprehended, but was liberated on Mon-
day, it having appeared that the undertaker and his
companion had left him in Small's Wynd, and gone, as
he conceived, to the churchyard of Logie, but in reality
to put the coffin with the dead body of the infant into
the well. After his liberation, the father had to carry
the coffin from the police-office to his residence, and
from thence to the burying-ground, being accompaniol
by several officers to see that the funeral was completed.
—Glasgow Saturday Post.
A NEW SPECIES OF TEMPERANCE. --• A new

species of temperance society (a provisional one, how-
ever) has just been formed at Cernay (Haut-Rihu). Thu
beer-drinkers have entered into a pledge with eactt
other not to drink a drop of their favourite liquor until
the brewers return to the old usage of making it with-
out any other ingredient than malt and hops and water.
They have appointed a committee in each canton to
taste the beer offered for sale, admitting that which they
find genuine, and rejecting all other.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE WHITECHAPEL WORK-
HOUSE.—Yesterday, Mr. Baker held an inquest at tin,
London Hospital, on the body of Mary Ann Baxter,
aged thirteen. Catherine Brennan, a nurse in the White-
chapel Workhouse, of which deceased was an idiotic in-
mate, said that on the 2d ult. they were in the females*
yard, which is surrounded by a brick and mortar waif
fourteen feet high, on the top of which is an addition of
four feet, composed of bricks, having an opening of silt
inches between each, to serve as a species of trap fur
paupers endeavouring to escape. A strong wind on th 3
day mentioned blew down about twenty-five feet of the
upper wall, and some of the bricks fell upon the head of
deceased, inflicting a wound on the crown of the head.
She was placed under the care of Mr. Foster, the work-
house surgeon, and apparently recovered, but on Sunday
last died in a fit. Mr. Foster, the surgeon, was of op-
nion that deceased died from effusion on the brain, co
result of the blow on the head. The Coroner and jut' y
having viewed the wall, did not think it safely constructett,
and the former undertook to write to the board of guar-
dians suggesting the proper remedy. Verdict, " Acci-
dental death."
AN INCIDENT OF THE MAIDSTONE PLOUGHING—,
MATCH.—A short time before the Maidstone ploughing
match a young man who works for a small farmer itz
this neighbourhood asked his master permission to try
his skill on the occasion. The master made several eh.
jections—particularly on the score of his team, which
was not the best matched in the world. However, the
man pressed his request, and at last obtained permission.
He accordingly went to the match and took his statka
among the three-horse ploughs, amidst the jeers of tl.e
lookers-on, who were very merry at the expense of 1 is
team, asking him if he meant to win with two old hors.,e
and a donkey—one of his steeds being very small, and,
the leader a veteran nearly thirty years of age. St. 1,
nothing daunted, he persevered, and presently merrimt at
gave place to admiration. Notwithstanding all his draw-
backs he finished his work second, and gained the first
prize ! We may add that be was the youngest plough.
man in his class, though his horses were the oldest,-.•
Maidstone Journal.
APPEALS AGAINST THE DECISIONS OF REVISINCf
BARRISTERS UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
Acr.—Up to last night (Tuesday) 27 appeals to the
Court of Common Pleas against the decisions of revising
barristers, under the Bth Vic., c. 18, s. 62, had been en-
tered for argument. There would have been a innels
larger number, but, in many instances, the same poi: te
arising, they have been consolidated. The principal por-,
tion of the appeals relate to decisions given upon the
question of lodgers' qualifications. After this day (Wu d..
nesday) no further appeals can be entered, as the Act re-
quires it should be done within the first four days of the
term next after the decision. The cases set down are f,
the City of London 4, Westminster 2, Bristol 2, Cam-
bridge 2, Taunton 1, north division of Northampton 2,
borough of Northampton 2, Tewkesbury 1, South Lan-
cashire 3, Totnes .2, West Riding of Yorkshire 2, Bury 1,
Lichfield 2 Rd Westbury 1

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