The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-29 00:00:00

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

At one o'clock this day a Common Hall was held
in the Guildhall, according to annual custom, for
the election of a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year for•
the City of London.
The RECORDER informed the Livery of the object
of their present meeting, which was' fur the
purpose of electing two Aldermen, to be returned
to the Court of Aldermen, as proper persons to fill
the office of Lord Mayor, in order that this Court
of Aldermen might select from those two the one
whom they might approve of.
The Learned Gentleman was greeted with vehe-
ment hisses upon his entrec, and was similarly ac-
companied upon his exit. _ _

The COMMON SERGEANT came forward as soon as
the Lord Mayor and Aldermen had retired from the
Hall, and read over to the livery the names of those
Aldermen who had not already served the office.
These were Aldermen Thompson, Kay, Crowder,
Sir Peter Laurie, and Farebrother.
The Crier was then about to put the question
upon the name of the first Alderman upon the list,
when

Mr. H. HUNT said, that he had one word'. to say
before the question was put to the Livery. He
should be extremely. short, as in fact he had only
one or two observations to make. The practice was
to elect two persons_ to be returned to the Court of
Aldermen, from whom one was to be chosen by that
Court. this was nothing more nor less than mak-
ing tools of the Livery.—(Cheers.)—They had all
come there with the impression that Alderman
Thompson was to be elected, and therefore he hoped
that they would hold up their hands for him alone,
and for no other, and thu for :once secure an Alder-
man of their own choosing.—(Great cheers and
laughter.)
The names of the Aldermen were then put to a
show of hands, seriatim, and the Livery appeared
to be unanimous in favour of Alderman Thompson.
The name for which the next greater number of
hands was held up was that of Alderman Crow-
der, and

The COMMON SERGEANT declared accordingly the
election to have fallen on those two.

The Sheriffs and Law Officers of the city then
retired to communicate to the Court of Alder-
men the result of the election ; and upon
their return into the Hall they announced the elec-
tion of the Court of Aldermen to have fallen on Al-
derman Thompson, citizen and ironmonger:
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON came forward to return
thanks, and was received with the loudest acclama-
tions.
Mr. Sheriff ROOTH returned thanks for himself
and his brother Sheriff (Mr. Copeland), who was
absent from indisposition.
Thanks were then voted to Messrs. Farebrother
and Wilde, for their conduct in the Shrievalty last
year, and the Common Hall was then adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.

This morning Mr. HALLS sent for Mr. Thomas,
the constable, and alluding to a letter in the Morn-
ing Herald, written by Mr. Thomas, in which the
latter repeated that Mr. Halls had used the words
mentioned on Saturday, again stated that he did not
use the words. In the end, however, he admitted
that he was satisfied that Mr. Thomas did not mean
to make any misrepresentation of his conduct.

Intelligence has arrived at Hull, of the loss of
the Elizabeth of that port, and a Scotch vessel, in Davis,
Straits—both the crews saved.—Leeds Mercury.

The trade of Huddersfield a►►d neighbourhood
continues brisk.—Leeds Mercury.

FREE TRADE.—We are happy to learn on
good authority, that the receipts at our Custom-house bid
fair to be considerably larger this, than they were last year.
_Felix Farky's Bristol Journal.
ME THROWING TRADE.--Since we last
published an account of the number of unemployed spindles
in this town, no less than 2,521 dorm have been thrown
out of employment, making at the present time a grand
total of 15,581 dozen, or 183,508 spindles totally unem-
ployed.—Macclesfield Courier.

We are informed, that from one hundred and
fifty to two hundred of the plain silk hose, workmen in this
town, are out of employ on account of some of the manufac-
turers deeming it necessary to reduce the prices.—Notting-
ham Mercury.

Last week, a hen was found under two tons of
hay, in a stable-yard at the back of Bird-street, North
Shields', where it had lain three weeks. It was reduced
to skin and bone, but by proper care is regaining its
strength.—Elgin courier.

Sheep-stealer is now a term deemed vulgar,
" A Speculator in Wool" is the expression among the
gentlemen traffickers in that line.

A Judge thus addressed a Counsellor—" Pray,
Mr. —, are you concerned fur the prosecutor ?" " No,
my Lord," said he, " I um employed for the prosecutor,
but I am coneerned for tine prisoner."—Bucks Quzetle.

We arc indebted to a gentleman of the highest
respectability for the following interesting communica-
tion The brig Emerald, of and from St. John's,
New Brunswick, laden with timber, deals, and staves for
Hull, J. P. STANTON, master, on the passage from said
place on the 15th ult., the vessel lying becalmed off the
Island of St. Kilda,—the master and second mate, with
three of the seamen, landed to ascertain what island it was,
also to procure fresh provisions. Soon after landing, the
sea rose round the island so as to prevent the boat from get-
ting off. On the morning of the 16th the vessel was
drove off by a strong gale from the south, and was soon
after obliged to make for the Orkneys, where she arrived
at Longhope on the morning of the 20th, the mate and
few remaining crew much fatigued. Soon after ar-
riving at the above mentioned place, Mr. HA itYsi
the mate, procured a vessel at Saint Margaret's
Hope, and proceeded in search of the toaster and
crew, who, he supposed, were on the uninhabited Flannan
slands. Meantime, the Emerald was left under the
charge of Mr. GEORGE FLETT, chief officer of the coast
guard, with directions to carry her to Stromness, which
was accordingly dune. On the evening of the 30th, the
mate returned to Stremness, after having made every in-
quiry, and used every exertion to find the master and men
missing, who, he was informed, had left St. Kilda in the
boat of the vessel the day previous to his arriving at the
island. On the sth September the master and men ar-
rived at Stromness in a small schooner from Stornoway,
having undergone much fatigue and privation during the
time they had been absent from the vessel. The Emerald
sailed from Stromness on the 14th instant for Hull."—
Elgin Courier.