The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-03 00:00:00

ELECTION OF A LORD MAYOR.

Thi-s confestWas steril9y:ig-hifitenewed with-
th'e dinliolltioo of ardoiir'on the p4rt'io
AldeiiOan 'Smith 'and Akins, while On 'the other
Land. the Lord M iVfor -did Alderman -Gnodhebeie
pima red he deserted, as Lordship may
polled 120 duritrg :tbornio;r-, and ,Mr.,
Alderman 't.'.i'odheite-r 110. The Hall was yes.
teplay"t-tiore el tlian on the preceding day,,Hod
close' of the poll tlie f,dl,wing 'statetlmt
was'exhihhed in the wood Manner

STATF OF 3' fi P. POLL =FpLi LIT F 1 D %Y.
Alifritiittii Smith
"kir.
IVe Mayor.,
Mr. Altlertuall.Gmialbehere

7Mr. Aldertnan Smith no a
as nw maim ity against
the Lord Mayor of 1121, and Sr. Alderman At-
bin, 575. • rim usual c,‘ fun'' on the 'exhibition
of the p!,Il having taken place, loud calls for Mr.
Woofer, and also for Aldermen Smith and Atkins,
were made, and silence tar a minute teigned
through the, hall. Mr. Smith having appsartd,
bowed :Ind attempted to speak,,but no,sooner was
the motion of his lips observed, than the Hall rang
with applanse, hiss.es, groans, and Calls, for the
Worthy Alderman to proceed. 'Finding' that he
could not obtain a heating, he bowed, lknnte,i.
wiee- to the poll. again bowed, and retired smil-
ing... accOmpauied by Mr. Alderman
his 5011.

Air. IliTcnnas now Came forward amidst consi-
det able confusion. Another day had elapsed, and
r,geetted to say their opponents appeared to
have.garned great advantages over them, but still
there was time enough to overtake them now, for
there were yet four days :to poll; and it Would he
kept (Oleo till the latest minute. Their success
could not he Wondered at when it was taken into
consideration the Marches, counter-marches, and
exertions that had been made to place Mr. Alder-
man Sati!lt in the' situation Lie now stood. in.
Those persons who adVocated his cause were
certainly entitled to 'his thanks ; it Was not
in'thelpoWer of men, to have done More than
they. had, for they had uttceasingly,atul uo-
remittingly laboured' to bring up persons to
swell his numbers, many of whom had been
compelled to come forward in sopport of a
in the same breath, they acknowledged to
be wrong. It was'a misfortune that they shoohl
be so placed, and their countenances, fully Skewed
that they felt it in its greatest extent. .k.WaS
certainly a strange coincidence' that
.Alderman
Smith should hare polled .a .mtmber exactly cor-
responding with the date of the year, ,which
might be set down as the era of their misfortunes,
and .worn which the Meeting might date all their
miseries. The cause Which lie was before them
to adviicate was: not 'to he considered weak, be-
cause: they appearetl-sti far. In hind their oppo-
nents ; there were yet sty( nrl days to, keep the
pull Open, mud they Might, in despite of ail the
exertions made to oppose it, still return them,
and give thoSe wwho thought they could hold ale.
spotie ride to know what wa, the stieogth they
possessed. The contest' bad, in the pre,ent in-
stance, been instituted to try what were the feel-
ings of the Livery ; and if he should be tlls'ap-
pointed; andllte electors by'their suffrages should
bay that Mr. Smith was a proper person to fill the
office, lie would, at the-.close of the contest, re-
tire. without regret. The opposite party had tra-
velled' '111t1C11; they had made great strides,,
.and..
certainly great 'Strides were necessary to ha made
in support of their cause. They hat! put on their
seven league boots to enable theirs to outstrip-
those whir stood up for right and- jostice, and
.had
eMployeal those to•do the dirty work which they
had not a sutßeieut stock of impudence to citable.
them to carry out themselves. 'l'lie Livery had
new an opportunity of, making their 'sentiments .
known to the'world, and he trusted they would
not let it slip through their fingers, but come for-.
ward.in support of libetar and independence. I-I,e
again, as, on-the former 'day, declared that those
who had voted for the Lind Mayor had come tor-
ward of t heir ownaceord, w;thotat any solicitation
or promise of reveard ; and after indulging ih
trite observations to show that . the present -state
of eotintry was turrthigotts to that of 1793, and
apiir calling on the Liverymen to,stop•the career
of corrupt ion,.wbith he asserted, bad been gaining
ground every year, he retired.
Mr. WooLEtt, in coming forward again to .ad-
dress the Livery, felt it necessary to commence
with a few olaseryations on what had been said by
the- Gentletnam who had preceded hint ; he had
suffered 3 Mistake to escape from his lifisr namely-,
that the persons who had Tonle forward to vote
in the' interest opposed to that of the Lord Mayor,
came with their consciences strongly depict" in
their countemoice.; now,. for his own,,part, he
felt great tlotibts whether they had any conscience
at all; however; it was possihk they inight have
some little portion, and since that was not clear,
it- must be allowed they had come forward wide
the little they had. He was sot prepat'ed to denyi
that the allegation—that their ranks had'suffered
by de6ertion—hadmot somegrounds; but he would
still esstertaitt strong hopes that, before thc contest
(-loved, those who bad .seeeded ironi therii would
again rally and return to 'their duty-. It was the,
duty.,of nil .to do well, and act up to. that which.
they',conscienttouslybelieved to be just and right;,
and '4e felt confident that the Livery would do
this, and return those who hail the fairest claim
to their suffrages. They had been tertned a rab-
ble by tlare to whom they were opposed ; and'
be was not prepared to retort upon shout the epi-
thets they had thus undeserredly heaped ulion
theiM; but he would tell them that it was from
that rabble, as they were pleased to denominate
them, that they had derived all their dignity, and
bad arrived at their present elevated stations._
They had arisen from the body of the-Livery, and
once were possesed of 'no greater power than
any one pf those who now heard him. Leery
man rose 'from the ground-floor of the People,
though he might eventually possess the first floor.
It there had not been marble, there would -(Crist-
ing his ey-e
.10 the statue of Mr. Pitt) have been
-tlostatttes. If the-mason had not had the Fo!igh
block to.new from, he could not have formed these
monaments, nor would the architect have been
able io h3Ve In'ought to -perfection those_ sspeci-
illeas of art by v.s hieh he had risen to honour and uf-

• ,
n
fluence'; it was therefore nWorliry of Cite naMe`
ot men to stigthatiie the body front which them-
selves had riseue because that body had not the
good tortune'iO•haVe kept up with them io 'their
rapid progress .7to rule avderower, and because
they would not Subset Ore to their measfnee• Ile
stood there to e.epress his 'feelings ; it ryaserot the
spirit of*eutositien that prompted .it was
theemreand unadulterated feelaugs- that reiOted
within his bosom, and he would express them as
emelilly as if he were befor.e his ,God. The: op-
posi(e.interest were reduced to the. necesi:y 01
saying in private. what •they dare•not as,ert pub.
They' could not support. their cause be ate,
gumerrt, and that they were aware of this was
proeed,l for they carried by the strobe hand
of power, accompanied byThtrigne, 'those mea
saves under which the people now suffered, 'end
of which they so loudly comelained. They had
'been told, and in soure.meastn•e truly, that the
grand part of the State-had nothing to dO with
the present question, and that.; hey bad • no
hand
in it ; that there were two Constitutioos,--one
that
.employed itself to destroy, and the other to
.save. They, had better call them uncOristitn-
tional, for though they both took different me-
thods to.ohtain their avowed object, yet they were
. both labintring hard to obtain one and the same
end, the. destritetion of that s hith 't bey. professed
to be engasted in preserving. `There were too many
instances of men, who before they had got into.
I'myee•..etna. f the friends people, but
whoe having once got in, turned to their own
advantages the situation to which they hail been
appointed, in opposition to the interests of (hose
who had placed, tinthinkinely, the power in their
.hands:;" 'He lamented the absence of those friends'
whont.he had fully expected eo have seen present;.
• hut there were some who' weuld; for interest,
vote for that cause which they could no. justify,
'and in fact in the saure.breatleacknoWlesteed ro be
wrong. • Whether the present Was a -ptalirieal
question or not—for the Opposite icle said every
thing Was'political—there was one thing that was
certain, that an Administration 'Were not such
fools as to give to any wher than their friends
places or pensions. The cause he advocated had
suffered more front their own negiieence than
from the strength of the party opposed to them.
The advocates'ot reform ought to act with cm,
Sisteney ; they ought to be wilted; for diVision
would ruin any cause.. 11. would sly that that wigs
not an honest man who would, while in posses-
sion of all his faculties, support-, those measures
which had not 'for their ba,is the benefit of the
community. The result ot the present contest
would have this effect—it would chew the strength
and power .1 they, had to contend with, and:what-
eyer that result' might be, wlkile he had any voice
he Would not be silenced, It had been predicted
that he had better be quiet, or he %void(' be made
so ; ire thought. that prediction would-. tail. It
was little that he had. to exert in tie cause in w hid)
be had einhat lied. bur his voice, end while he
possessed that, it should be exerted in the cause
of independence. In the most gloinny deikneee.
a gleam of
.hope will sometimes brighten. up the
prospect, and lie was not a little rejoiced, that
iiltinnieb Abe:corresponding date to the ;!!!hiller
Mr. Alderman Stnitit had polled, had been the eta
of our miseries, yet it had also been the tit st year
1,11 which that %glorious straggle that bad ..dice so
greatly preponderated, het) worn. 'the aspect of
strength, for all before
.was apathy aild
'lle,would venture to predict,.-ere
.long, the fall
of that corruption which. had so long ruled with
sway; :and,: after again expressing his
'determination to uphold the cause
power, he concluded by regretting the absehce of
his friends, 'aittl calling ott .the- tov.eonte
forward and support the cause of treedont and iii-
dependence, by which alone they could expect to
overcome their distresses.

The Crier then came forward and diss(;lviid the
Meeting ; and Mr. Wool( r, aeconipattied by his
frienh, lostened to rerite from thevoninsion and
11 °kg that pervaded the Hal!. •

ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF

CORNWALL.

The late Ainniver;ary i\leeting of this Societ'v,
which took place in their i‘insenni, 11 as most fully
attended.—DAviEs Gicuy.r,T, Etc'. M P. the Pre-
sident.; 'Wks in the Chair. Amongst the Gentle-
men present were Sit Christopher IlitWkins
Sir Kose Price, -Bart.; J. U. rfreMayoe,.
Member for the County ; ail•a 141.0 a§senrldage.
(it lltll
,ies, who took their 'seats at an early hour,
in expectation of hearing. an Doge'npon the life
and. scientific labours-of themuch•respected and
lamented Mr. Wm. Gregor. Hilfore the business
of the day commended, the room was'so-erowded
that a great number of Members were 'obliged to
content themselves with seats in the passNges of
the Institution.—ThePresident took the Chair at
twelve o'clock, when the fidloWing were
read " A Memoir tut the Salt Mines of Poland,"
by John Henry Vivian, Eq.—" On the intin-
thretiOn of the Sietort Engine, and a eorpS of Cor:'
nish Miners, into the Silver Mints OfSMith Attie-
rica,, with an account of the `arrival and singular
reception of Mr. Trevithick; the 'Engineer," by
Henry Bosse, Esq. Trea.surer to the SoCiety
this. paper excited the greatest interest ; it entered
into the,detail of ail the circinnstances Which led
to ths engagement of Mr. Trevithick, 'ands traced
all the events which attended thd execution Of the
plan to the latest accounts..—After" the reading of
this paper had concluded, Dr. Paris rose and de-
livered a most eloquent oration u,on the life and
character of the Reverend William Gregor r 'it is
no less difficult to do justice-to ttte beautiful, style
of its composition, than it is to convey an ade-
quate idea of the electrical effects. Which it pro.
:dneed. :At its .conclusion die room. shOOk With
reiterated peals of applause, which continued for
several minutes. then rose,
and proposed .that.it should be immediately print-
!:(l ; proposition which teas hailed with the
repeated cheers of the SoCiety. A paper was next
readnpoti "-the History of Sub-man( Ile Mines,"
hy John Hawkins, Esq. The learned mania en-
tered npcim 11 laboriot.s investigation hitt) 'the nit-
Terous mines, which, at -different periods of the
wotbl. had been worked under the Ocean, 'and
concluded by describing thiise of- Cornwall, esinz-
(i dly that most extraordinary
.adventure of the
‘Vherry; A paper was "also tead from the snow

Gentleman, ?non the i'irip&t.-ince or tit-C.1,1611g
through the
-Mines td Cornwall, quei ies, teal eet- ,
ing the nature :Of.-lodes,----Mr. 11-1w.168S Akollur-
nistied t•xo p;tl)tt'y,, one itiOn the histfii".7 of
l'olgoothMine, the other. upote,the..art of retitiihg
Tin, bin the readilig of them NVi%S .11eCe0.3iiri1yi ail •
lAttrned to iire flext'hl tltcu
pr,,,,deo to the election of 0,11-icefs.for the year
ensitinfi, Mien .Davies Gilbert, 11l was re 7
elected President, and tfre following Gentlemen
appointed 'Vice-Presidents : J. 11. Tremayne,
•Esq.. IV: I'., Wm. Paed, Esq., Jonn
Esq. F. o.ltl John i'ayntcri, The,fol`-.
loWing Gtiolletnen were elected into die Council :
W. A. llata-is, Esq., Sir Chr storlier Hawkins,
Bart., the Rev. S. Twist, W. Boli:bo, J. Caroe,
IV. COruish, Giddy,,Micliael and \
Dennis-, Esqrs.—The resi;,nation of Dr. Paris was
then announced from- the Chair : the President.
observed, that it was.the:only.painfididuty he had
..tta perfollit on..k 'at- day should not dwell
upon the mei its of that .kart ell Gentleman ; they
were too well known and neknowledged to require
tvey comment trout lido ; the burst of ,eloquence.
which -theY: kad just heard flout hitu,, was, of
itself,- sufficient 10 testify the truth of. his.obser,/
t"'lti"n ; he hvg'gv(l to proposA a resolution. which
he felt-certain every. Gedileman in the County of,
Corn‘..'all would receive with satislaption,
that Dr. Paris is entitletito the warmet,t:tlianks
of this Society,• and of the Coitoty,,Of Cornwall,
for originating the plan and promoting the insti-
tif,ion of the Royal Geological Society,
,which
renders our home the school of science.., and our
native riches iticrca4ng sources of prosperity ;
whilst it has cleared the laborious !lath to them
of its peculiar perils.—That as heh,:s left,'in this
institution, so aml)le a inct tprjal a himself, he
ought not to he 'permitted. to depart wiihout
lasting mernwial of us.--That. a valuable piece of
plate, With alt inscription e.xpressive of b,is merits,
and
,of our grateful,;sense of them, be r esented tó
hint ; and that Davies Gilbert,. Es(l. )1.
Rose Price, Bart.; the Rev. C. V. Le Grice
Thomas Bolitiro, 7 F4iiq. and Jos_ Came, El. be
appointed a Committee for catrying the said-Re-
solutions into effect.

I:hese Ilesolotions were passed unanimously,
and the follow lug Chntlemen unmediatey com-
menced subscription for carrying tilt. in into cf-
feet, .
• Sir Rose Price, Hart. r 0 0
Sir C.- H.uvl ins, Bart • 10 10 0
D. Gilbert, .Esq.
lienrylloase, Esq. 2 2 •0 •
,rosepb Carrie, Esq.
SaT,lr.t.l lobo, Esq, 0
Ookil SteVCIIS, EFq
'tilomaspoiivi6,•, Esq. 2 2 0
13(.11tho, Esq.
1t0... C. V.. U c..4Eice
2 „ •• •' _ •

The -President then 14oposed 1)r. FOrhe4,- of
the University of. Ildin,b!trgh, sus Secretary, an d he
was,ele.cted.s.ocordingly. Mr. likhard Moyle was
A3Sit qnt Secretcv, y, and .C.
Giddy clect::tl Curator Of,the Museum ; an oflic'e
which. the increa.iing splendour of, the'CahinetS
rendered necessary. The Society adjuuruc(L at
three o'clock to, the Union Hotel, ,tvlieve- they
Partoot. of a veiy limdsonte dinner.

•
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

IL‘'ETON- r. DEN.

ParsToN.—Preston, the Secretary to the Spa-
.fidds Meeting, Coate up to. oiler. bail in 13(11
Thwnas Elloner, dealer in nr:irine,stbres, in Hay,-
house-vard, charged -by 11 r. James a're-
spectable ironmonger, in Barbican, w;th receiving.
a. (0;11101 (f ironniongery -goods, his "my:lly,
knowing them to be stt&ii, Preston, was oppos-
ed by the ts(licitot on the opposite side, who.
stated to the Court that.this bail was offered in be•-
hailDl a 013:1 who ..vas indicted tar receivng stolen
e;nod,:, and who,had been ordered to find two sureties
in 100/ eath tlicreforetrnsted the Court would
br s,tistied of the re•ponsibility of .the bail they'
took. Ile then proceeded to, ask 'Mr: Preston,
w het beroe was worth 100/., in the world
have sworn myself:worth it. Q. Do you mean to
saytlistyou cao.,no.w. swear yourself worth 100/.
above all yonr just debts ?-r-A. I mean to say, that
if it was 500/. my.stock in.trade, honsehold'goods,
and house, are worth it. Q. Is your stock in trade
have book debts. Q. Book debts
won't do:7--11ere Mr. Preston proceeded to ap-
peal with,great vehemence to his public character,
anti called upon that honourable Court to de-
clare ‘vhat they. .knew (4. Ids character for many
years in the neighbourhood. Ile conelnded his
short, but, very, animated appeal, by declaring that.
.poor honest men's pence, ,which they had -sub-
scribed to put him iitto business, wottl(l'more
than pay 100/.
_ln answer to a farther question
from the opposite Solicitor,,he said he bad bank-
notes, and 'Art old bond or two. Here the Ma-
gistrate called for the other bail, who, on conning
forward, declared: he meant ,to have nothing to
dowith it k
.and handing,a piece of-paper to'tbe
Magistrate, said it had been thrust- into his door
in the morning, and he didn't 'like such tricks.
Thus ended. this import:nit affair:

QUEEZ,SQUAIIF-

ROBBERY IN A G:ALip Batton, Rich-
ard Bevan, Jani4s tieltwi, and William Murrell, of
North End, in the paribb freebooters,
were brought to the Office in custody of a Pe. ace
Officer, and Stnithei s, constable of St.—Marga-
ret's, Westminster, and charged before tie bitting
Magi.skr"te,bY Joseph Jcpps, of North End,
hat» aforesaid, Market-gardener; wills robbing
hint of a:-large' (loan'ity of elder-berries.—The
Worthy Magistrate, by .vitore.,of .the.autlioriy
ivcn :Act o it( Ike I.
the f C ‘'alued the
byfruit at 7s. etcb man, awl adio.dged them to pa:y
the NH costs., itiiicLi amounted. to U. 12s. every
part of which he ordered should be paid in the
course of the day, otherwie Ike should to-morrow
adjudge t'hent .to be_pttiiiiely Whipped: throne,h,
u b

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—A well-dressed young
woman alleoTted to put iz period to her exitence
yesterday pluming, in the Canal, in the Green-
park, about half-past eleven, o'clock ; she- threw
hereif ins, the wd:er, anti in ail prohhhility
would bare accomplished her purpose, 1)40
out her -clothes kept her up. She wdi saves, by St
foreigner, who was passing by, but who, on see-
ing her face, immediately' Fait away I She gave
but addres Tic field-street.