The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-09 00:00:00

COM \ION HALL.

Teqierday the LORD AI A OR prOCCvde.d in state
to Guildhall, where a Court of Aldermen tvas
held by
.a.t.ljourionent to recehre the revrt of ..the
'Sheriffs- reSpect,ng the election of Lo'rd, Mayor for.
the year ensuin.:4, when the Sheriff's reimot' c.l the_
clmoi,e of the Livery to have fallen on Christ°,
pher;•;mith, Alderman anti Draper, and John,
Atk tip, F.iq. Alderman and ,_Alerchant Tailor.—
Court then .inoupdiately
,proeectitd- to •he
'scrutiny, *hen Jr.A Alderman Smith was elected.
,At one o'rlocic, the Lora ;.1;,,y0r, miioNeol
by Al-
Alermen Air. C. -Smith, ,Sir W Curtis, Sir James
Shaw, Air Atkins, Air, Goodbehere, 'the present
and late She) 11-s.,..as..cetatleti time, hustings. The

itycoutter 1141 t adv.aticed, and atinnuaced that the

Votes upon (he I. poll haVI3Ig proveo
to he ih fa%:ohr ni Nr..c. smit4 and Mr. Atkins
for tiiliong the,otlice of Lord Maypr for the year
eoAoiog, the choice of the Court of Aldermen had

fallen upon the tormer gentleman.
Mr„:Alderman--SaatTit came forward, and was
iovested a.gold-chaio,,the • principal en.ign•
of the Civic. Chair.. lie addiiessed the • Livery in
a short and perspiettous.s.peech. After expressing
his giatitode for the hontour'errn(erred upon him,
lie begged try. assure them* that -no 'exertions
vHtiell he could make should- be wanting to deserve
their approhation, atrrf to-.guard against the risk
of appe:vring • to Ilisgrace-A heir sntfragea. • With
regard to. the late contest, he had but one- %visit
to express, and it,was,i- that .all. the. feelings, to
which it might have giverr rise should be forgot-
ten and forgiven. As to the Mime, he had only
to renetediis•pledge of:a sincere desire to defend
and promote the interests of the City 01 London.
The Worthy.Ahlet Mall withdrew amidst. general
testimones of aproba.iiim.
The Loan Mavott otwrved, that he-naturally
felt some anxiety to convince his fellow-citizens,
that he had, daring the continuance of the late
contest, tic!cd in confortni,y with those .principles
by Which ltis public conduct hail always been re-
gulated._ What he wished to establish in his pub-
lic capacity was the reputation of a, consistent
man. His recent nomination a third time to.
serve theannual office of Lord Mayor- had taken
place without his knowledge or instigation. So
farttom entertaining any ambition for the conti-
nued enjoyment of such air eminence, he felt that
it .was incompatible with a due attention to hits
plivate business and his 'domestic comforts. He
had on. various occasions,• not only in the circles
of his present acquaintance, but openly 'in The
presence of the Gentlemen of his own. ward, de-
clared, that. it -was.not in his contemplation,- if
elected, to enter a third time upon the functions-
of the Chief Magistrates. He had heard it said,.
that he might have made himself a most poplin:
man, -by. withdrawing, •his name from the list of
Candidates at-the commencement of the poll. For
"pOptdari'y so obtained, he could assure them, he
had no-taste. The popularity Ale aimed at was
the good opinion of his electors, fairly acquired
by au• honest and unremitting zeal in their ser-
'ice. •The principle upon which he had eudea-
voured to entitle hiinSelf to their good opinion,
Was :ldetertnified spirit of supporting, agaitistall
encroachments, ther their and
their franchises. For these he had exerted Wot-.
self to'support in every situation to which they
had done 'hint the honour to. appoint lei n, w
Vier m.theexercise of his darks as a Magistrate
ten-, the guardian (lithe peace of the Metropoli.,
in his place -in the House of Comm Ons, or it) his
eamiferetaces with the Ministers of the Ceo,vn. In
this last-mentioned situation - he had beets called
upon 'to detesid one of their •- most important' and
ancient privileges—the right•of &cling the She-
riffs for London and Middlesex. It had' been
ttf sciihed to hint- as a mere tea; her, but he re-
gar'ded it as a sols.;tantial light, well wortb-the pre-
s'eeviug at all times and under:all eitemostantes.
With referrince to the principle upon which he had
permitted his name to continue in the poll4rooks,
he would merely allude to the case of that excel-
lent man and inflexible patriot, Alderman Skinner,
in the year 1799. Wheu returned with Alder-
man ci.nhe, its opposition to Alderman Staines, a
second time, he did not decline serving till the fa-
vourable -result of the election was made known.
Ile, on the contrary, as he haul already intimated,
liad very generally signified Isis intention not to
undertake, the duties of this situation a third time,
even though called upon to do is by the wishes
Of his fellow-citizens. If he was asked, why he
had publicly declared his•determination to the as-
, sembled Livery, he %void(' .answer, that Isis object,
like Alderman,Skinner's, was to give them-an op-
portunity of showing, that they possessed the
Tight of election by exercising it. His object was
to please the Lisiery, by doing his dtity'in'Trotect-
log. their rights ; and whether as their Magistrate
or their Reptesentative in Parliament, he pledged
himself to adhere steadily to those principles
which he had hitherto maintained, never on any
pretence to alroulon his post, arid at all times
iirepared to render them au- account 'ot•,bis cevo4
duct, satisfied with the reflections that they would
reward him according to his merits. With regard
to his worthy successor, he felt it a'duty • to de-
clare, that the disoppointment which he bad pro-
bably experrenced in not being elected for the
past year, hail never
,appeared to ereate in his
mind any sentiment of • personal pique or animo-
sity.' On the contrary, he had always manifested
the-utmost' alacrity in contributing to the due dis-
charge of the Magisterial duties of that great me-
tro'polis, renderinglo in-his urdtions siturt•
tint), aii the assistance in his power. lie aitnbted
not, therefore, that they would find re'tton to
eong.eatillate themselves upon the consequences of
their choice.
Mr. Alderman GOaDBEHERE then Presented
himself to the reit-intim) of the Livery". tt„aei.,,
standing that Mr.-Aldermati Atkins did. not on the
present occasion 'mend Co come forward,' he Conk'
not refraio from Offering. a few 'observation,, ,as
Under these -eirettarstanoes he might otherwise he
. Considered deficient in • 'his,- duty. 'r here- was
Scarcely any one present- who was less acquainted
with the original spring-and motives
nu-his humble Mitne being brought before- the
Livery as'a candidate for"thebffiee of Chief Ma-.
gistrate. But Wheo
,he considered the privileges
6f the'City,'and the -possibility that his humble

cirorts rtrltanc'e cause of fiecelom,
telt that it..%Viti ot little coost:iiiie,dce iu %Oleo
manner name might have ht.en disposed of.—
tie considere/ftlie- Livery ot Lori 100 as his master;

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if they lid any tiling to deman I of hho, that re-:
spectahle body of men might,, when and where
they pleased, call upon hint,to perform whateve(
his mental • and bodily powers allowed him'
to execnte.-:-With respect to the re of the
-election, he rejoiced in the decision, for rea-
sons which he would now decl.ire. If he had
been placed at-the bead Of the-poll, Ile Should-not
have been able, with all the.do,mestic care which
now oppressed his mind, to have filled the office Of
..sla4istrate, or to have executed the ditties
itt it, with satisfaction to himself, as nothing- but
repose and retirement could restore the. health of
his nearest and dearest relation in life. Bitt- he
had willioely allowed himself to be placed in no-
mination, because he Mitt a duty to perform to
his fellow-citizens ; and itsshoUld not be imputed
to him, that, I.'e.iring the Alderman's gowo, he had
attempted to interfere with the rights of.the City,
or prevent a full, fair, and complete election.—
The Livery werethemselves the proper Judges re-
specting•the propriety, or impropriety of breaking
through the custom of rotatiom lie had. ano•
ther great satisfaction in witnessing the de-
cision lit the Gentlemen of the Liver y, as
they had now extscised.their elective franchise,
hail been able to express their real opinion, and
had made choice of that man whom they eon.ider-
ecl the best qualified to preserve the digoity and,
character of the City. I-le assured the Livery,
that whatever opinion, might be entertainer) by the
public of the characters and merits of the Alder-
men of the City of London, yet among them-'
selves they were• most friendly, and each was
anxious to contribute to the happiness and,com-
fort of the other.. No petty feeling of.hatred or
malice there existed, but all was harmony and
co I4cord. He should,, however, be among the
first to contend. that if the custom of rotation
were uniformly adhered to, if there were no va-
riation, and the Aldermen were allowed to ascend
the civic chair regularly one after the.other, as a
matter of course, that then the rights of rite City,
must-be endangered., lf, at any time, .ao excep-
tion should he made to the general rule, it should
therefore be when the necessities of the country
were such as loudly to-call for it. After having
expressed his, regret that he had been the cause
-of tunchlatigue to his senior Aldermen, who had
appeared day after day upon ate hustings, and hav-
ing again commetited upon the importance of ex-1
ercisiog their civic rights, he alluded to the con-
duct of a gentleman filling. a high office- in the
City ; and he accused that Nlagistrate of ended-
vohrilig to. raise himself- in the estimation of
his fellow-citizens by irregular _awl -iincandid
means. Such practices, he said, hail been re-
sorted. to i• and, on another occasion, 100,0001,.
had been borrowed from theCityChambersto assist
Ministers to tarry on :an useless and expensive
war. These were facts within his-own know-.
because they had happened in ,the course:
of 'his experience ; and.lieeartiestly recommended
flte•Livery to look after their .owit interests, to.
'guard their lights %%jilt a watchful eye,: and to
pardon nn trirk.s or dishonourable contrivances.—
Ile perfectly concurred iii what had tauten" from
the Chief Niagistrate with respect to the character
of the Gentlethlth who had now been elected to
that high and important station, and had little
doubt but that he would discharge the duties of it
with skill and assiduity. In concluding, ;.he re-
turned thanks for the preference which had been
diewn tO his Milne before his 'senior Aldernieu,
and alluded to a circumstance which he wished.
not to pass otinotieed. A Gentleman had offered
to support his cause, and to place his name at the
end of th# poll ; hilt the offer was declined, with
the following note written by hintself three days
bemire the election -commenced : _

replt to your favour of yesterday, allow me. to
state, that a regard for the rights of others, and a respect for
the freedom of electiva, Will restrain me from, all inter-
ference with the worthy Livery in their choice of Lord Mayor.
The only further declaration that I deem becoining and pro-
per to' toake is, that whenever it shall Lave been their plea-
sure (if such should at any time be the case) to call tile to that
°flier, I, with all humility, shall feel disposed to enter upon
a discharge of its duties. I am, &e:
SAM. GOODIIEUER.E.
A gentleman of the name of \VALTEIt moved the
thanks of the Hall to the late Shelia's, Masirs.
Brydges and Kirby. It was seconded by Mr.
Reeves, and carried nnanimously. - •
Mr.ikvpGes returned thanks for the high ho-
nour conferred upon hitat. Nothing, he said, was
more pleasing than to receive approbation for his
labours, and he hoped he had discharged the du=
ties of his office with impartiality. He bore tes
timony to the- ,excellent conduct of his worthy
Colleague in office,. who. had on
,all occasions,
however melancholy or arduous, been steady to
his L
l post, and adverted to the late improvement
which had taken place on that side of Newgate
where female prisoners are confined. By the ef-
forts of several ladies belonging to the Society of
Friends, instead of. riot, debauchery, and, drunk-
enness, gOod order, Sobriety, and industry had
,
sueeeedgd. To his own knowledge, such was the
-happy effects of the attention of chow ladits,and
5 ticti was the industry of the • female prisoners,
that in one week 740 sailors' jackets were made
for the slopsellers.• He was rejoiced to see this
alteration; and had given every encouragement
iu
his power to a plan -which had succeeded far be-
yowl' bis -expectations.
Mr: Kt R 1' also returned thanks. It was, he
said, the highest gratification its life to receive
commendations for his services. He hoped '
.it
would be thought that he bad suppocted the dig-
nignity of the office without being dazzled or
blinded by vanity. He referred to that engine of
oppression, the Special Jury List, and congratu-
lated his fellow-citizens that it was now in a fair
way to be totally abolished. The right it( elect-
ing Sheriffs at the 'present Momentous crisis, when
the constitution was virtually strspended, and the
liberties of thepeciple invaded, ought to be firmly
maintained. In office, he hoped he had proved
himself to he, not the pandered puppet of power,
but the faithful servant of the' public. Ile had
taken for his example the conduct of the Chief
Magistrate, and bad on all occasions 'been most
anxiems to show himself worthy of the distinguish.-
: ing mark of favour which he had received.
11Ir. HrrcurNs came forward to explain the
conduct-he bad pursued during the contest. He

. , .
hint Self
notice. tor private tnotives,and asserted that his,
only object hail been, as a-friend to the freedom
election, "ro Stcpport rite indepei:dcnee of the
city. lie could not help 'regretting that a Chief',
Nlagitrate been clrosen -out of the camp of
the enemy, b-eractse he was known to he the sup-
port Eq* of the sySteni Pors6ed by the.
preseipt Ministers, Ile, how-ever, sincerely wished,
that as he now " here his liln.ghing hOnours thick
to,witAtitti,'.'he would, di,charge the duties 'a 'the
(Alice with honour to himself and to:the7city..
-
:Mr. Wttr.tAxts.said t few words.in explanation'
of the part he had taken in the election. He ek7
pressl his surprise,tha.t.snch character%t as those
tt ho, had spoken'frorn those boards .were al-
lowed to address so respectable it body as the
,very, And 10'
.statad till its the:Chan:pion% of the
'Chief Magistrate of the- City. lie himself,
he said, was an htunhle iodividual—but lie had.
as many pre Tensions to the civic chair as most
of those he saw around him.• He was deter-
mined, he'said, to maintain his right: of address-
ing his fellow-citizens. •
Mr. WOoLER said, he should not have stepped
forward-on the present occasion, had not the last
gentleman who spoke obliged hint to say a few
words. It had always been -his wish to hear all
sides, for it was of the greatest. advantage tO the
cause of freedom to allow its opponents an oppor-
tunity of showing the weakness of their argu-
ments. His cause stood upon the 'firm rock of
the Constitution; and althOugh it Might rrovoke
laughter to hear its opponents attenqu to justify
themselves, yet some pity ought to be sh,)%en'fot
the ignorance of those agents 6f a destructive
system who actually imagined their -arguments
were 'cool-hieing. 'lle alluded. to the stratagem
practised on a former day, and ridiculed the pre-
teOsions of Mr. Williart,s to the civic chair. lit
himself had stood forward on the present occasion
because no other leader had presented himself.
lie 11,411 found both armies in battle array, and no
generals to 'conmand them. If public. opinion
kept its proper tone, if 'nen were true.to thetn-
selves, then GOvernment might propose what
measures they pleased., they would-have'no effect ;
but if the present..systent were to be established
and suppotted, lieliad rather be its victim than its
slave.--'fire H ll was then disiolved:

POLICE INIELLICENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

LAMENTABLE CASE.---An intefesting tact, anpa,..
rently but 14 years of age, was
,charged with
stealing two leather caps, the property of a shop-
keeper in Shoreditch.
' Howard, au officer-, stated, that on ifite§day
evening, the prisoner caurehp-to him, and with tears
in his eyes requested that he might be-taken into
custody, having ju,st committed a't'heft:, :He then
Produced two raps, which were eoncealed in This.
-hat, and which he said he had st9ten front a shn
in Shoreditch. The I ra.son he assigned for
act-was, that he had been cruelly-it'eated icy his
parents.—ln this story lie persisted lester(,lay.
The LORI) INlAston implied what was the nature
of. the rreutment he had experienced Whlch could
have iudneed him to become a rhief ?
_

Thc pri,oner replied,thqt his mother-in-law was
ever lindink fault with him.
The LORD MAtOR said, that perhsps this was
not 'without _reason." ile inquired it tits, pa-re:lts
were presetit, or aoy.intlividttai who cooki speak in
his Lein& ? . .

Thelattfer Of the lad, a respertihle ti6n,
stepretl forwArd. Ovt.rwhelimed, atigni,,h, he
stated that he ryas a weaver,Aicsiding B-s!thnal-
green. his son, he said, to the iitstooistiment
ref
all present, was metre than IS years of age, and at'
plain %Yolk could earn at !:.ast Iss, per week.
In answer to a question from the Lord.Nlayor,-
he said that the sum just mentioned was itto.re
than he could have earned, some shoft time since,
for the support of himself and entire family ! Fee
added, that his son was
.so sullen, that although
p:ronal chastisement bad nbt been inflicted upon
him, yet the slightest reproof excited in him the
most angry feelings. Lie had.no donbt_that the
act with which he stood charged,..by his own con-;
fessioni was committed for the phrpose of sepa-
,
iating hinisell, however disgracefully; from _his
.tantily and friends. • .
The Lone MAYOR, in feeling and impressive
terlitS,, admonished the boy, and reommended to
his father the-policy of articling hint to another
manufactory, until he arrived at the age of 21
years, when he might. probably have attained
more sense, or at least a fear of thieving. Ills
Lordship having ordered the stolen property to be
restored to'the owner, the boy was delivered over
to•the care of his father.
BON-STREET. .' -

ImposTon.—Yesterday Samuel Badcock under-
went an examination before Mr. flicxs-, the Sitting
Magistrate,'chargedwith'beink a sfiirily rogue and
'vagabond, bytalsely pretending to he iota famish-
ing state, and to be afflicted with fits, Zte, in order
to excite compastiiiM fo'r the Pu'rpose 'Orobtaiuitg
money front his Majesty's subjects -1 being
placed at the har.lie retaised to t elLwlierechis pct-•
rish was, o
,r to give any account of him elf it
was, however, drawn-front hint that he wasimrn
in Devonshire within titteen ritileS of Exeter ; that
he Was apprenticed to Mr. Ilaeltwood, asorgeo:l
ankapnlhecarY, at Barnstable; and served out lois
apprenticeship within a 'quarter of a year,•wben.
he entered into the North Gloncesters:dte Militia.
No other particular's Wernld ht give evspectiag'his
life, or how he now. gained his living. He was
committed to Tothill-fields Bridewell as a Towle
and vagabond,
Ass AuLT.--Joseph Parish-, a ttflfCrM2ll, was
brought to the office, charged with being con-
cerned with a female of the name of Taff, atid four
other men, in Cominitting a violent assault and
outrage upon Lady Colebrbok, andltmletdysh;p's
three grand-Slaughters, on the 4..?3c1 of Sop:ember
last. It appeared that ivlrs:. Taff, thC Mother at..
the young Lmlies, load applied to Lori .Elleutio-
rough some time since for a Habeas Corpus, to
bring the young Ladies from the posses,ion-
tuf
control of Lady Colebrook; •:,,dio was educating
them under her own inuntriiate protectioo, With
which Mrs. Taff Was not satit,fi:! d. lii her appli-
cation to Lord Ellenborougli she &t 1 pot .succeed
in obtaining possession and control over her !laugh,
tors; sbea.thetefo"re, recourse to 4 Strattli;elll,

.
atpl tltc. of Septo.tnl)cr .she ~n1;,10,74
an fturi.).her Inch, .0
ier Woct:C*(l=2',l toti ;it liAttlp-
sTc,“!, e LAndy Coiebt'uoti, at a time
‘vhcor.,le;i.T4l--,xperted L-hly,...tp and the hire
f4,,die; ‘lptdtl-.l.te mit a e
pef:ta, ion d (-in tett ,as they met thenrott
Hatbpsteld..-hili,wl:cn go; .nit of her CA f".
tiAge-, the the” acc...,;:tp-inied her, nit), antler ;,
rection, stopped ifidy ,atrd,
ettdravultred ake yon s •r
Co
f...,11'e the. th (;',- 14r, 1 Alf r,ie
lara al)d .0. Lo,y C.O
coaehtnah ;In(1 I.:wit:ha:l, toget hc;. h the assi. t•
iiIICC of SOI•lie pCl'3()t)s pi:3).ll:g %hi)
were I.ll(lnCed to' act hi (IP:. •

INss osailif'esttvl by Lad), yoti g
ladie, 'lr.'s:l-mei'. the 'cl,sign of Mr, to'
voo;ig hiclies were cooi.eved 11, 'se
Laity Colbrook's house: Mrs. 'l'r'} ..;is nr, ri.,

lowing day held to hail tor 'the or ira r, h r •:.e
men •who 4ccouipanied.her.could not he dt,cott.,
then.—Yesterday Joseph, Parish, nylon his being'
brought up to the Office, was identified t Rich-
get! Cann, Lady Colebrook's tool m.ro, as Qiie of
the 'party who with Mrs. TAF attaLitc, hi: mis-
tress's carriage.—The prisoner did not
charge, and said, he was in the employ of Mrs•
Taff. lie was ordered to find b: s,ver the
charge at the ensuing Sessions for Mindlesex.

SPORTING

LIMERICK ILICEti.-NEWCASTLE COURSE.

WEDNESDAY, SEri.,24.
The race between Colonel Vandeleu r's Olympus and 144
Crernornerakstich, for the stalies of the second horse 1110
preceding day, to which t be }fon. Major Verelier, M. I'. added
‘c2p guineas, was wan-by Oipopus, who walked ovrr.

TUUR n.AY.

Sixty Gnincas given by the lion. W. W. Quin, M. P.
Gore's ch.,c. Wellinzton, - - 0
Fitz-Gibbon's b, f. Violante, - 1 0 0 3
Prentiergast's h. h. Cos,ack, - 4 1

. , .
Mr. 111ennerbasset's ch. c. by Truani, - 3 0 dr.
Mr. Vandeleur's b. c. Olvmptis, :. - 0 5 Art.
Mr. ‘lac Donnell's b. f. by Musician, - 0 0 dr.
Mr. Cruller's h. c. by Elqun,. - - s 0 dr;
The last beat tt%.13 -decided tin Ffidaty.