The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-29 00:00:00

ELECTION OF A LORD MAYOR.

This day, at twelve o'clock, a Common Hall was held for the
election of a Lord Mayor. In the morning his Lordship, accom-
panied by the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and City Officers, went to
St. Lawrence's church and heard a sermon. The text was pecu-
liarly appropriate, it was from Exodus—" Choose you among
the people an able man, a man that fears the Lord, a p►ous man."
The sermon had, besides, the merit of brevity.
The Hall was exceedingly crowded, in anticipation of a con-
test. Mr. Alderman Brown was the nest on the rota, hut some
of the Livery had announced an intention to pass him over, and
to send to the Court of Aldermen, for their choice, Aldermen
Lucas and Thompson. The cause assigned was the conduct of
Alderman Brown during the last election for Members in Parlia-
ment, pressing forward Alderman Garrett to the prejudice of the
Lord Mayot, when the measure could have no other effect than to
injure the latter. During the morning the following rhymes were
circulated :

SCENES IN THE CITY, OR WHO'S TO BE MAYOR ?
Ye Liv'ry of London, come up to Guildhall,
And see a huge man looking mightily small,
No other than he who they said was done Brown,
When, somehow or other, a Garrett fell down.
You very well know that this Garrett remains,
Just where it that tumbled, in spite of his pains;
While he, disappointed that so it should be,
Slunk into a corner, deprived of his fee.
Supposing this matter was long since forgotten,
And none would remember the Garrett prov'd rotten,
Ile ventures once more to come out of his hole,
And asks you to place him at top of the poll.
Ye patrons of freedom, now show yourselves men,
Nor he in a Garrett so humbugg'd again
Come forward this twenty-ninth day of September,
And you will rejoice on the ninth of November.
For Lucas and Thompson then make a great show,
And leave the main prop of the Garrett below ;
They will be a credit indeed to your town,
Nor sneak in a Garrett, like 'Anthony B •• •
• The Lord. Mayor and Aldermen came on the hustings at one
o'clock. Brown was received with some hisses, but the applause
predominated considerably'. •
The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen retired, to leave the
Livery to their election, when, on a show of bands being taken,
the majority was greatly in favour of Alderman Brown. When
the names of Aldermen Lucas and Thompson were put to the
Livery for their choice, there was a general cry of " Next year,
next year," and but few hands were held up for either. The
Sheriffs declared the choice of the Livery to have fallen on Alder-
men Brown and Lucas, and went to report the result of the Elec-
tion to the Court of Aldermen, for them to choose one of the two
returned by the Livery.
No poll was demanded, and it was now understood that Alder-
man Brown had, by some explanation, dissipated the intended
opposition, Alderman Garrett was, it was announced, ready to
come forward on the return of the Lord Mayor and the Court of
Aldermen. The Recorder announced that they had chosen
Alderman Brown to be the Mayor for the year next ensuing.--,.
The return was loudly applauded, and the Lord Mayor elect having
been invested with the chain of office, returned thanks in a neat
speech. He said his feelings were more than ordinary for the generous
manner in which confidence had been reposed in him. Ile ex-
pressed his gratification at the manner in which► an opposition had
been disavowed by sonic and abandoned by others, because it
was most grievous to him that one of his fellow-citizens should
.think hint undeserving of the office. Ile should look fir assist-
ance from on high in the performance of the office, and should,
he trusted, return the trust unsullied into the hands of his con-
stituents.