The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-02 00:00:00

LLECFION Ot- A LORD MAYOR.

Ite contest vas yesfrio-1 again renewed with
inerrt,ied energy on the part of the friends of Mr.
Alderutatt Son,it ; while on the other hand, the
of the Lord Mayor seemed to have greatly
; for by the state of the poll, publish-
ed at 12 o'clock, it appe,red that only 55 bad
voted for his Lordship, anti that Mr. Snnth bad
polled 273. 'lnc Hall 'vas several times during
tint! tottrse of the morning the scene of much con-
t. stout, p:trtictilatly d b,lit two o'clock, when Sir
Cnitis avpeared on the hustings. One of
the Shcritts, 0,1 observing Sir wciit up
Nnti sl-I(.k hands t‘,ith hint, upon VIIICh, from the
4.;reat dispinportion het t% een the IVortlty Baront t
atnl the latter Gculentan, several persons called
tikt hint (the Sheriff) in your arms, Sir
'Wiliam, and nurse hon. At three o'clock the
clost_d, and the following statement was

STATK OP THE ROLL.—THIRD DAY.
Alderivan.Stolto
Mr.:llderni:ot .
The Lord Nlayor 553
Mr. Alderman Goodbehere 522

Alaerinao SMITH 11.. w came forward, with the
lineation of returning thanks, but from the con-
fitsioo that took phice ,t as unable to obtain a
-bearing. Ile therefore bowed to the Meeting,
and recited, pointing to the State of the poll.
Mr WooeFit was now • loudly called for, and
Hurcnisis ratite forward, but was for some
time'imable to obtain a .hearin. Silence was at
hogth oboired, and. he proceeded. From the
new-tangfe&doctrioe that had beet! doled Out to
the Meet tug on the previous day, and front the
warning that to,t-ti given to hint to desist from
political discussion by one of the Sheriffs, he felt
it necessary to say, that if be talked to the
Alt-rtilig of corruption, i.e was not to be moiler
stood to ntt an the House of Commons ; and
it he should, ut time course of his -observations,
make any allosions to the unfair conduct that
took place on the sliew or hawk on Monday, he
was not to he understood as referring to. that
Gentleman. It was an acknowledged fact, that
one tree was worth twenty pressed men, aod he
.
rejotced that notwithstanding the dreadful hated of
power under a hich the people laboured, .they (tad
arid 7 days to breathe the air of freedom. The
Worthy Alderman Smith had been found fault
with for leaving the Hall ; for his own part, it
was a source of no atuof giatification to blur that
fie had done so, for under the circumstances in
'which the country eras at present placed, every
meeting of fifty pet,ons might be dissolved at the
fiat of a Magisitale, and it they did riot disperse
within one hour would be liable to suffer the. pain
of imptisonment. It was only necessary for the
Livery to exert themselves still to nominate the
Lard Mayor* and Alderman Goodbehere to the
Court of Aldermen. In the humhie duties of
parish—even the office of a petty constable re-
quired ihat -the person filing it should possess
those valificatio:.s necessary to enable him to •
execute his duties, and how notch more necessary
was it for the person filling the Civic CbaV to be
eodowed with qualifications suitable to the .office.
The question was, had Mr. Smith those titlitlifica-
' t ? He would asset t that he bad not, and fur-
' tl!er,that he was not worthy to fill the
He trusted the Livery would not suffer the canse
to be lost by the want of exertion on their parts.
fle did not thsFair at seeing the majority of Mr,
Smith, for it sliew-ed how his friends lied exerted
theniSt Ives, while those on the part he advocated
had not even solnited a single vote, and declared
• that eveiy thctor had come forward of his own
accord in summit of the Lord Mayor.
Mr. HEALY, who followed the last Speaker,
seemed to have in'used into hint no small portion
of spit/is ' lle was not di,couraged at the state
of the poll, but father satisfied with it. It had
been said the pies, -lit was lint a political questito,;
he would affirm [hot it was, and tin less a one
thau--whell er the Livery should or should not
bi- slave. ? All the Livery had to des was "to
come straight forwards' and vote." Here the
Speaker re iced.
Mr. Wooent —The contest bad been carried on
another day, and I: still seemed that their adver-
saiies were considerably in adViiliCe On the poll ;
but not ve West a odiog , he saw fin reasonable grounds
for regret, and the poll would still be carried on.
NVlieu lie stated that no efforts lisd been made to ob-
.. fain sntri ages, Oor expellees been incurred by them,
while every nerve had .be en .strained by the 01410.
sire party, it could nut he wondered at that they
shotthi he far a-head. It was hardly fair to ques-
tion the reasons of gentb men for supporting a
system under which they fattened, but he could
not but blush to find that there were such men.
llowt-ver they might- be behind in the number of
votes, they would still speak to.tht?rn in a tone of
defiance. They had, by virtue of their power,
bronght up the whole united forces from time (lit-,
ferent public offices, which be enumerated, and
which he declared to be no less than the re-
pository of corruption. When he looked at the
ft-amines of some of those who Came up to poll;
81)41 saw with what unwillingness they appeared
.to• give that which was wrung from them, he
could not help pitying them ; but still there
were some who, as of old, came forward, and
- offered tip their children on the altar of Belial,
-• am! gloried in their shame. He would have been
astonished at the language of their opponents, dill.{
lie, And every one that 'heard him, not know, that 1-
i„,i,„dence was always accompanied by ignorance.
They boasted of having the respectable and hide-
Tendent Gentlemeo of the Livery in their favour.
- :Who had made tl.em Gentitmen ? Had not those
who heard 'him labouled to make them so ?—Yes,
.and those Gentlemen were now rewarding thew
for their pains. But be would say, that their Ito-
'sitiou was not correct, and that they were not enti-
tled, by the present state of the case, to use such
-language, and, in the words of the Poet, he would
answer to Client say—
" That one day, one honr'afglarious liberty,
Was wortha whale eternity cif bondage." -
- Thosg,. were the feelings he: cherished in his ho.
•som, anal he.trusted every one. who; heard hitn did
the Sallie. As-it--was said that trien'ofThe present ,
day were fit for any thing, and the love of ma-
chinery was so great, he should not wonder next
year it he were to find a cast-iron AdMinistration,
guarded by iroo spikes, especially as an automa-

ton ';;tire bad already been invented who could'
play at chess. if they could make them play, they
might also make them speak. In former days,
Ministers stood forth and vindicated the systeM
by which they fattened ; but that was pot the case
now, for, instead of .argument, they carried their
point by force; for the best of reasons, they could
not argue ; they therefore told their opponents
they should not. No, they did not want noise,
they wanted quietness, and therefore told the peo-
ple to go to sip in the storm. They not with-
standingtdeservOl some credit, for they wished
the people to stop at home, to keep within doors,
and not to catch cold. He had be. n told yester-
day, while on the Hastings, that it would have
been much better if certain persons had vopped
at borne and attended to their business. low he
thought this to-he one of the ;nest specitneas of
impudence ever heard of ; tor, in fact, that sys-
tep which those Gentlemen had sopported, had
not. oily taken all their hnsiness away, bitt the it
homes also; and it was rather too hare-faced now
'to tell the meeting to go home to that which they
well knew they had not. Would the steering like
to have England reduced to the state or Ireland,
where the law was carried at the point of the
bayonet and by the thunder of cannon ? The Li-
very must spew that they not only knew what
were their rights, but that they were determined
to have t tent. He had not expected to Witness
the absence of some persons whom it had been
usual to see' marshalled• in their ranks ; but he
still trusted, that -before the contest was closed,
they would appear, and that the Meeting would
make their voice heard, though they were unable
to command. If they were hilt united, they might
defy every effort to defeatthem, tor no power on
entat could do it. Art er-oneons supposition had
gone abroad, that the Loud Mayor was not unwil-
ling to•a,!,ain • take upon himself the- Office ; hut
this was not the fact, as Lordship had declar-
ed, that in the event of being nominated ,to the
Court of Aldermen, he should decliie, and in or-
der to ensure the election of Mr. Alderman Good-

beherz, it had been deemed necesssary to furupte his
Lordship's name with that of the worthy Alder-
man last mentioned. The present state of the p
shewed the exertions that had been made for their
opponents, and as they told now brought up their
forces trona tlic barracks, the meeting li,nl the op-
portunity of knowing what they amounted to,and
it now only remained for them to shew what
they could do. lie Or confi lent that the state ot,
the poll to-morrow would be more favourable to
the cause ; and concluded by declaring, that how-
ever they might be left in the back ground,
nei-
ther threats, nor .any, conduct that it might be
thought fir to adopt, should intimidate or deter
them from porsuing the object in view. -

ME. WILLIAMS came forward, and said a few
torus, but i► was impossible to collect what, from
the uproar that ensiled.
he meeting was then adjourned.

BOXING.

[FURTHRR'PAP,TICULARSI

The fight between Randall and Harsco, 'the
best light weight. men in the boxing list, took
place on Tuesday at Shepperton-point, near Oat-
Is , the steward Of the manor of Moulz-y-hurst
haVll44 expr,ssad a desire to row with the Commis-
sary and the white-bag men of the day, which tats
refused. The distance from London kept the
ring. ratite'. select. The• combatants fought for
50 guineas a-side. Randall had always gone up
to his adversaries heads, and finiy,bed them mas-
terly; Colonel Barton, his patron, brought him
into the ring under his aria in,the best condition,
weighing about JO stone 7or 8 pounds. BelaSco
is the only one of the Mosaic tribe of this day
that promises to maintain the name of a Mendoza
or a Sam; al, hough defeated in a sanguinary com-
bat with Reynolds a few days since, he did not
lose a particle of his fame. He appearetl in the
ring about eight pounds heavier than Randall, in
first-rate condition. They snipped in a 24-feet
ring, and turned to. Betting Ilto 8 on Randall,
whose seconds were Tofu Jones and
Jacobs and Little Puss seconded Belasco. The
combat was not of that ruffianing sort which we
have seen, but it was a master-piece of fine
science.

Round 1. -It was nine minutes before the men attempted to
hit, such was the caution for drawing first blood, on which
immense sums were rending between Christians and .lews.—
The first move of Randall's left hand at the body was scien;-
titieally parried; Rahtlall, however, succeeded in placing
two or three artists, rather to get the Jew to break his guard
than any execution it, did. At length they excha;ix,,it minter
hits on the head as quick as'an arrow,and in closing Doano
went down ; there was no ;,loud, and betting steady.
2. in counter hits, after much measurement ill sparring,
Belasco drew blood from Randall's lip, which streamed down
his breast. This ceremony being finished, the men got on
their mettle, and in a rally both received smart hits noun the
Nye. They disengaged and got into another rally, and Randall
shelved rattle!: hest fighting ; and in a close belaseu went
down. These two rounds occupied 23 minutes.
3. A short round r.dthout mischief. The parries made in
this round were masterly. A few light body hits were placed,
and Pelaseo went (limn.

4. This round put. Randall's friends in high tune. After
many dexterous tuancruvres, and changing. p"sition,lase°
was hit. down by-a severe left-handed Wass- through his guard.
5. Betting 2to 1 and 6t02 on Randall. Little ceremonies
were laid aside. shewed some fighting, hut his hits
were wild and at bad distance ; Randall placed a good hit on
the cheek, which Belasco reCuroed. In a close, Raodall
showed the hest of ire fighting, and floored his adversary.
ech and last Round. Some scientific hits and parries were
made, and after steadying himself, Randall gave his adversary
a dreadful right handed hiow on the eye, which settled the
ilght. lle fell senseless, and exhibited a frightful head. No
part of the sight of the eye was visible, until after Belaseo
- was put to bed at the Anchor at Shepperton. Ilandall went
to see his fallen adversary in het!, and then returned to the
ring not much hurt. The battle lusted 5.1 minutes:

s"i second battle was fought between Massa, so
called, a little black, and another novice called.
Pug, who probably derived this nmne from w
turned up nose. It was the worst fight ever seen.
They hugged each other about an hour and a
half, until hundreds left
_the. ring, and those pre.
sent called for a draw to let "another couple come
in. Massa got tired first, and was beat.

A third fight took pl:►ce between the Moulder
and Jack the Bu'chcr. It was a manly standup
fight for nearly an hour. The men exchanged hit
for hit in every round, until nature was exhansted
and' the Butcher won it, but both were severeky
punished.

Tuesday night the ►remises of -Mr. DA (Vson,
Covent-Garden
,M.arket, were burglariously en-'
tered and robbed of considerable properly.