The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-24 00:00:00

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.

This being Midsummer Day, the Livery of the several
Gompanice of the City of London were summoned to a
Common Hall at the Guildhall, for the purpose of appoint-
ing- two fit and able citizens to perform the office of Sheriffs
during the ensuing year, for the City of London and County
of Middlesex.

The LORD MAYort, accompanied by the Aldermen
and the several Civic Officers, entered the Hall at a
quarter past one o'clock. After the usual proclamation
had been read,
The RECORDER presented himself, and was received from
all parts of the Hall with hisses so loud and hearty, that
no use, however long, could well reconcile one to them.
The worthy Recorder was disconcerted, and his speech lost
to the world. We presume that he went through the
customary formula of announcing that the citizens of Lon-
don were again called on to exercise that invaluable privi •
lege which had belonged to them for more than '7OO years.
The Lord Mayor and Aldermen now withdrew.
The COMMON SERGEANT read over the official list of
candidates for the office of Sheriffs.
Mr. TiceisEa said that it was usurl ou the part of
such candidates as were. anxious to he elected, to have
their desire announced to their fellow-citizens. He there-
fore came forward to declare that Felix Booth, and William
Taylor Copeland, were ready and willing to perform the
office of Sheriffs for the ensuing year.—(Applause.) He
would deal frankly with the meeting, and tell them why
Messrs. Booth and Copeland were anxious to perform the
office in concert, and why they were more particularly de-
sirous of being elected together for the ensuing year. In
the first place they had been long and most intimate friends;
and in the second they had cherished the wish of filling the
office (luring the approaching Mayoralty. In conclusion,
he assured the meeting that if their choice should fall on
the gentlemen whom he had named, they would discharge
their duties with liberality and advantage to the city and
with honour to themselves.—(Applause.)

Mr. H. HUNT did not mean either to support or to op-
pose the election of the gentleman in question, but to
express his regret, that instead of undertaking to discharge
their duties with humanity and generosity, they had merely
promised to execute them with splendour and hospitality.
However he supposed that the Livery must take them for
better for worse, and endeavour to do better at the next
election.

The list of Candidates was than gone through, and the
choice having fallen on Felix Booth, Esq. citizen and
cooper ; and Wm. Taylor Copeland, Esq. citizen and gold-
smith ; these gentlemen were declared duly elected.
Richard Clarke, Esq. Ni'aß re-elected to the office of
Chamberlain.

The next business before the Meeting was the appoint-
meut of auditory and the following six gentlemen were
nominated, from amongst whom two were to be chosen for
the year ensuing—Arnold Rodgers, Thomas Jones, Ilenry
Perry, James Cottenll, William Williams, and Daniel
Barrett.

The two latter gentlemen were proposed by Mr. EinxT,
who said it was absolutely necemary that he should have
colleagues who would not be obstructing him in the per-
formance of the duty which he had been appointed by them
to execute.

When the names were put by the Common Sergeant,
an Immense majority appeared in favour of the parties
nominated by Mr. Hunt, and the Sheriffs accordingly
declared Messrs. Williams and Barrett duly elected.
The Sheriffs, Common Sergeant, &c. then retired to
report to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen the result of the
proceedings.