The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-04 00:00:00

ELECTION OF A E,ORD MAYOR.

This hopelt•as evottst •itt the part of the LORD
MAYOR at►rl Ahlermao GoODBRHERE was yeteri
day a ain reoewea. Sthall as the numbers were
Thorsflesy, on•the part of the LORD MAYOR

and Alderman GoonsEHER.E, they were yevcrday
coniderablymirtirs, for his Lordship only polled
ant! ANlerriPl9 GOODBRHERE 55, 'while on-the
other band Alderman SMITH 'in the whole has
roiled upwards of 2000, and Alderman ATKINS
141;2. At three 'o'clock the *poll closed, and the
• iollowing sratr.ment was exhibited

Mr.. Alderman Smith ... ' ' 2017
M. Alderman Atkins 14.12
The Lord Nla;i.or. . - 7331
Mr. Alderman Goodbehere ' 687

Mr. Alderman ATKiNs presented bitns.elf to
the bit unalde to obtain a bearing be bowed
and retired.

Alderman S'Arren also came forward, met
with a kimithr reception, and retired from the
hustings accompanied by Alderman Atkins, and
several other Gentlemen.

• Mr, IliTcnitqs could not help regretting that
none but Liverymen had the power of speaking
from the place on which he then stood, as a Gen.
tleMan on, his kit hand told him, if alltswed to
do so; he would have set the Hall in a blaze, and
controverted all the rushlight arguments of 'the
opposite party by, the prodigions_effect of his gas
light _t As tar -as regarded setting the ball in a
blaze, he could not help stating the satisfaction
he telt than the Gentlemarralluded to had not tife
power of carrying his threat into execution ; but;
lie most lament that he was not allowed to ad-
dress them. The state of the poll evinced the
sitccess of their opponents, • but he should still-
continue, as he felt he was in duty bound, till the
close of the :poll, at his post,, and would act
in that manner that the Livery "ishould say of
him, '' he was one of the faithful among- the 'un-
faithful." He certainly could not deny that they.
mere at present -in the rear, but the -Liverymen
could yet bring them forward, and the only thing
drat could plaCe them again in the 'van, vitas. the
exertions of the people. There were 10,000 Li-
verymen, and the ninbers.iiet polled did not, af-
ter the exertion that had been. made for five days',
amount to more than 3000 : the- Livery could,
therefore, it they-pleased, s:ill place theft) at the
Lead of the poll. That they had not been suc-
cessful could not be ascribed to any fault of theirs,
for it did not belong to mortals to command suc-
cess.

Mr. WOOLER said ; the, umbel' of voters who
bad come up to poll. for Aldermen Smith and Ar.-
kins had not been near so numerous yestet day as
on the former days, -and this clearly sheaved that
they had either exhausted their strength, or else
• that. they- did not possess the good opinion of
the Liverymen. That the latter was the•fact,
yas clearly demOnstrated by the Jeceptiowthey
sliet
,with Whenever they appeared amongst them,
Althiingh, as hehad predicted,they had marched-ov
theieftletaelmfents front the-daferent barracks, still
there 'Were some yet remaining; perhaps -they'
were invalids, who were not-able to come up un-
til the'v hand recruited their health. There were
on the bank's • of the Livery not less -than ten
thousand who were entitled to vote, and yet the
opposite interest had not been' able to bring
up more than three. thousand. Ile was sorry
to say that a . small portion -of their friends
hid deserted the cause which - they had for-
*holy stood forward to support, and it would
become those who had the poWer; not to snip.
port those Gentlemen, when called on,--••who
bh some occasions supported Reformation, 'and
on other particular occasions deserted -it. The
reason that induced him, and those friends whom,
lie supported on the present occasion, to appear
there, was not front any motives of ambition, or
vain- love of applause, hut because the leaders,
who usually stood in the front of their ranks, .had
forsaken thdm ; and, if those who, bad.been in
the habit of taking the lead would not come for-
ward, it behoved those who could lead Jo do so,
however inadequate they might he to the task.—
Even, if the political opinions of Mr. Smith were
correct, would it, he asked, be proper to place
folly and imbecility in the Civic Chair. It was
clear to demonstration that Mr. Alderman Smith
did not possess the confidence of those over whom
he was to preside ; for they 4hewed by their
behaviour-on his leaiing the Ilustings, day titter
4,,y, that they did not believe him capable of tul-
filling the arduous duties of the situation to
which he aspired. It had been remarked by-a
_celebrated military character, that it was always
best before going into battle to reconnoitre the
strength of the enemy; this was the conduct they
had pursued, and they had" now found what the
strength of their opponents was, and he was
rather rejoiced than dismayed at the character it
bore ; on the other hand, the numbers they
had to boast of were unasked, unsolicited', for all
who had polled for them hid been prompted to
give their suffrages by the feelings of their own
l.earts, and' without the expectancy of receiving
any reward ; while many of those ivho voted for
their opponents, had been actually induced to do
so by the tears they entertained .of losing their
situations. Their friends had been labouring
Lite and early for them, while they had not even
a single Committee.
The friends of Aldermen SMITH. and ATKINS
did not attempt-- to address the Meeting', and the
:Crier came forward and closed the business of the
-day in the usual form. .

Helping the lame Dog over the Stile.—A, person
•in the county of Huntingdon lately sent his man
to market with a sample of coyn, and by way of
raising the .price, went and bought it himself!
The cast-iron bridge over the riverlrwell, from
Salford to Strange ways, is so nearly eo;flpiete,
[hat the painters are employed lipoll It. It is of
one arch only, of 120 feet span. It has been cum_
pleied in the short space of eight months, by. the
CoalbroOkdale Company, who contracted to build
it. The economy of time and expence exhibited
ii thit.erection, proves the advantage of cast-iron
bridges over stone ; whilst its light-and airy ap-
peal ance has given a beauty to the river -(espe-
cially when viewed from Huntsbank), which no
other description of bridge would have afforded.