The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-01 00:00:00

THE KING.

CASSFL, DEPARTMENT'DU NORD, Sept. 26.-
1 make no doubt but your regular correspondent
from Calais has informed you of the time and
manner of his BRITAxNIC MAJ'ESTY'S landing.
there ; he wasanxiously expected here yesterday,.
and the French Government had adopted every
measure which could possibly insure his -Majesty
the accommodation and honours due_ to his rank.
The Inspector-General of the Posts had provided
this' plaCe- With an additional supply- of post
'horses, and yesterday the garrison of Bergues
,(with the exception only of the men on duty)
which consisted of the 22d Regiment of Infantry,
and also two squadrons of the 6th Regiment of
Dragoons, marched in here to receive his Majesty
with military parade. The avant couriers, which
passed through this town very ea-ly this morning,
said, his Majesty had slept the preceding night
at Calais, and-might be expected here at two
o'clock, e 7 as. The Marquess de Jumillac, Com-
mander.zin-Chief of the Department du Nord,
passed through about one o'clock, and gave his
counnands to the field officer coa' duty here. The
infai'iiry then 'proceeded. to line the street, and
the road about a mile in length, forming " une
hale," as they term it, about 20 yards 'asunder,
while the granadier companies, and the dragoons'
formed the Guard of Honour. About half:past-'2.
this afternoon,- his Majesty's. carriage entered the
town, and proceeded through the streets at' a
foot pace. The soldiers presenting, arms as his
Majesty passed, then formed into file and fol-
lowed the carriage—port arms. When the car-
riage arrived at the. Post anx Chevaux, the gre-
nadiers presented arms,- and the cavalry rendered
similar honours.• The horses' were all in readi-
ness ; the fronts Of all the house's were filled by
ladies, and a great concourse were assembled
round the post-house. There were several Eng-
lish present, who took off their hats, which ex-
ample was followed by the French in view of
the Royal carriage. Admiral Winthrop, and
Captain M‘Killop,R..N., were the only British
Officers present, and with their ladies approached
the Royal carriage. His 'Majesty immediately
let down the window and bowed to the officers
on duty; he took much' notice of the Admiral's
fine children, and entered into conversation, with
real condescension and kindness, with Admiral
Winthrop and: Captain M'Killop. There was a
general expression of respect from the English,
of 4 God bless your Majesty ! May your Ma-
jesty enjoy a long apd 'happy feign.* To which
the King replied, by thanks most feelingly
uttered, and -.repeated obeisances. His Ma-
jesty looked extremely well, clear, and well
bronzed by the sea breezes—pray tell your
friend, The Times, this is no Court circular—his
eyes bright, and he appeared in very good spirits.
lie seemed evidently delithted, and surprised to
receive warm and sincere congratulations in his
own old english language where he little ex-
pected it, for there :are -very few' English resi-
dents here. Nine English cheers, to which the
French added: a cordial- chorus, were the final
salute. The Mayor and alt'lhe Authorities were
present, and saluted ; and it must not be omitted,
that, from amidst the French Clergy, one gen-
tleman steOped forward,-and, 'in' good English
said, he was happy on his native soil to thank
his Majesty, which he did with sincere gratitude,
on . behalf of his brethren and himself, for the
support and protection they had received in Eng-
land, and hedeVoutly prayedhis Majesty might en-
joyalongandliappy reign. This unaffected address
caused tears to start into the Kine s eyes, while
.. ; q
he thanked the gentleman in the most cordial
manner for his. good wishes. The carriage-drove
off at a foot-pace, as if to say, his-Majesty would
willingly tarry awhile, if hiS "duties did not call
him .away. It was deliglafuLto think, that this
fine country should be the scene of so much cor-
diality, which is more congenial to the smiling
fields and verdure around this place, than the
horrors and devastations
.of war. In his Majesty's
Carriage were the Marquess Conyngham,- Lord
GreaSes, and Dr. Knighton.—The Duke of
Wellington and Marquis of Londonderry slept
here on Monday night, and set off next morning
early 'for Brussels. Sir Edmund Nagle, Sir
Andrew Bernard, and Lord Francis Conyngharn,
followed his Majesty in another carriage. The
Royal Party would sleep to-night at Lille, and
would reach-Brussels on ThUrsday."

The Address presented to his MAJESTY, when
in Ireland, by the Itlerno-Celtic Society, was in
the Irish language and character ; a translation,
however, accompanied it. ,

Mr. CRAUFORD'S claim to the title of Earl of
CnAuFolin and LINDSEY will be brought before
.a Committee of the House-of Peers early in the
next Session of Parliament.
Mr. Alderman PIER,POINT and Mr. Alderman
COLEY are the new Bailiffs of the Borough of
Bridgenorth for the ensuing year, vice Messrs.
BOULTON and WATTS.

PEARMAN, of the English Opera House, has
joined the Brighton company, where he is to
take the vocal lead for the remainder of the
season.

COMMON HALL.

ELECTION OF THE LORD MAYOR.

On Saturday a Common Hall was held, for'the
purpose of electiriga Mayor for the ensuing year. The hall
was much crowded .by one o'clock, at which time the Lord
Mayor, accompanied -by several Aldermen, and the City Of-
ficers, ascended the platforni. His Lordship was loudly cheered,
as. were also Aldermen Wood, Waithman, and Magnay.
As soon as the worthy Aldermen had taken their seats, the
crier:called " silence," and the Recorder advanced, and, ad-
dressing the Asiembly, said they were now collected together
for the purpose of exercising one of their greatest privileges—
namely, that of electing a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year.—
Several nanaes'would be put up, out of which it would be for
the Livery to choose two persons, who would be submitted to
the Colin of Aldermen for the selection of one to fill that high
and important office. lie hini-self entertained no 'doubt but
that the Livery would make a choice of two proper persons.—
(Applause.) •
Aldermen Garratt and Venablcs, the two new Sheriffs, now
advanced towards the front of the hustings', and the Common
Serjeant standing between them said, the worthy Recorder hav-
ing told them the object for which they were assembled, it now
became his duty to read over to the Livery the names of those
persons who were to be proposed, and out of whom two were
to be chosen. Each person could be put separately, and those
upon whom the Election fell would be submitted to the Court
of Aldermen for their decision. - The names to be proposed
were those of Aldermen M agn ay, IleYgate, Cox, and Waithman.
The Crier.—" All those who axe not Liverymen must now
depart the hall on pain of imprisonment."—(Loud Laughter.)
The Common Crier afterwards put to the vote the above-
mentioned names. For Alderman Magnay there -was a very
large show of hands, accompanied with considerable applause.
For Alderman kleygate not more, we think, than 60 hands
were held'tip, and there was some hissing. Not a single hand
was .raised. ni favour of .Alderman Cox. The annunciation of
Alderman Waithman's name- called forth loud cheering,
mingled, with some disapprobation, and prothiced a numerous
show of hands. .

The Common Sergeant then declared that in the opinion of
the Sheriffs the show. 9f levids *as in favour of Messrs. Alike-
men .Magnay and Waithman, who would therefore be returned
to the Court of Alderuien, for that body to make choice of one
of them to serve.in the office of Mayor.
Mr. ei.„Slieriff .rAfti:INO here stepped up to address the as-
sembly ; but was met, on his advance, by such a tempest of
hisses as compelled him, rather precipitately, to take ground en
arriere. The, worthy orator was a little dashed by the sudden
attack ; but he executed his retrograde movement (existing cir-
cumstances considered) with much dexterity.
The Loliti MAYO* and Aldermen, attended by the Recorder
and Cornmon Sergeant, now retired- to the Court - in order to
consider of. the election of the Livery.
A pnuse of some 'ininutesensued, after which (having rallied
his scattered wits) Mr. Parkins resumed-his position upon the
hustings. He advanced at the.pas du charge, big with porten-
tous ;proposition, and evi,,lently bent to talk or die. This
" dreadful' note of preparation'. however no= way intimidated
the -Livery. 7`o choose between the worthy ex-sheriff's speech
or his anger.;they thought the anseer the lesser evil of the two ;
and,.as far as intreaty, or something perhaps 'a little stronger,
could go,' they did' invite the ex-sheriff .to retreat. " Gentle-
men," said Mr. Parkins. (Cries of " Off, off.") " Gentle-,
Men !" (Cries of " You shan't'talk.") " Gentlemen ! (here
the-ex .sheriff loatultis. patience) if it isn't an abuse of the term
to call you so.' (Loud laughter.) Parkins tried again.
(Hisses). The sooner he was heard the sooner he should stop.
(Cries of " silence."). Ile wished to propose a person as Lord
Mayor. (" Why, we have two proposed "already.") 'Pro-
Posed? Poh Those were Aldermen :he -would• give them a
man who would till the chair better than any 'Alderman in
England. The Gentleinan whom he should propose was
no Alderman ' • but he was worthy and wealthy, and more-
over a tallow-chandler, and a man who dipped into no politiei,
neither on one side nor the other. (Excessive laughter and
hissing;) while Mr. Parkins went on fo picture' the -candi-
date of his adoption,as " one who had two gowns, and, every
thing neat and handsome about him.'!: But who did the Livery
think this candidate was ? Ay, there they all were 'abroad.—
(Cries of " Tell us, pray.") Their rudeness scarce deserved
so much; but they should not burst in ignorance—his name
was Peter Piper. (Much laughing.) No, no, not Peter Piper,
Peter Skipper—which was 'a better name. [Here the shohts of
the audience entirely overpowered the efforts of the speaker.—
He continued, however, to harangue in dumb show ; and, as he
bethumped the Liveey with his words, he' bethumped the tou-
pee of an Unhappy gentleman who sat under him with his hat.]
Unhappy Gentleman.—Pray, Sir, -mind what you are doing.
Mr. Panxiss.e-Sir, you are a Jack in office.
The worthy ex-sherift then ran over a variety of topics, in a
speech through which we must confess our inability to follow
him. His words (from the clamour) escaped us often ; his
meaning (from-some cause or other) always.. We caught QC4AI-
- vehement complaints of ill treatment—at which his au-
ditees laughed; intentions never to be Sheriff of London again,
—in which they seemed to concur; violent threats against those
who hissed hint; and a cheering confidence of, justice from the
newspapers. At length the return of the Lord Mayor and Al-
dermen cut the thread of Mr. Parkins's oration ; and lie re-
tired (evidently much displeased at the interruption) muttering,
with all the breath he had left, bitter complaints against the
malice of party.
It is but justice to the ex-sheriff to say, that he kept his tem-
per, at least as well as could be expected. He smiled, frequent-
ly, and perspiredprofusely.
Upon the return of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to the
hustings, the Recorder came forward, and announced that the
names of Alderman Magnay and Waithman had been reported
from the Common Hall to the Court of Aldermen, and that
the latter-had s'elected,that of Christopher Magnay, Esq.' Al-
derman and'stationer, to fill, the office of Lord Mayor of Lon-
don for the year ensuing.
The worthy Alderman upon whom the election had fallen
then came for Ward, and was; amid considerable applause, in-
vested by the sword-bearer with the chain and insignia of his
new office.

Mr. Aldertrian MACxAY, as soon as the ger.ewmttb.f4thriTi-;•
vestiture had been performed2.9=l?.t.trtieriont of the hustings,
and addressed 'the ,Lirn'Y as follows :—" Gentlemen of the
Livery, in endeavouring to eXpressmY hfeh sense of the obliga-
tion you have conferred upon me, I am at a loss to find words
for the occasion. I am aware of the-important ditties of the
oflice of Chief Magistrate of this great City, and it shall be my
earnest desire to maintain the privileges of my fellow-citizens.
I am sure, that on -this occasion,- you will not expect from me
many professions ; I shall. do my utmost to discharge the duties
of the high station in which you have placed me, in such a man-
ner, I trust, that you will not repent of the confidence you have
reposed in me. I' beg again, Gentlemen, sincerely to return
you thanks for the honour you have conferred upon me..'' . The
worthy Alderman was,loudly applauded.

THANKS TO THE LORD MAYOR AND .THE
LATE SHERIFFS. .

Mr. FAVELL next addressed . the Livery. lie said, it was
impossible thay could separate that day without acknowledging
their tribute of gratifude to the worthy gentlemen who last year
filled their high civic offices. With respect to one of them (Mr.
Waldman), his long and faithful services, his uniform defence
of the rights and liberties
.of his fellow citizens, rendered any
statement ofhiae±d 11 to their thanks unnecessary.—(Applause.)
Ile siintild confine hiMself altogether on the present occasion to
the.conduct of that gentlenlan in discharging the duties of his
la.te, office. Ile trusted that whatever political differences :night
• peeamil among the stirvcryorll would Juiffr Zia a ckaowledhiig the
greatoconstitutional attention he had paid to the arduous duties
of his office (applause), his invaiiable benevolence and liber-
ality in distinguishing the cases before him, and the honour-
able and intrepid manner in which he had maintained the pub-
lic peace, particularly on a late occasion. If as citizens they
had all a strong 'constitutional jealousy at the interference of
the military_ in civil concerns—if they felt that Englishmen
ought to maintain the peace by the means of the civil power—if
they felt such a spirit to be consonant to the true principles of
their laws, they must support the three motions which he had
now to submit to them.. One was to the Chief Magistrate,
who had signalized hints& in maintaining the peace of their great
city, the other to their late Sheriff's, one of,whom(NlT.Williams)
had closely and benevolently attended to the state of their pri-
sons, and made able and luminous reports thereon in the course
of his shrievalty ; he had also shewn the utmost liberality and
• humanity to the unfortunate prisoners entrusted to his controul.
(Applause.) It would be unnecessary for him to enlarge upon
the motion of thanks to their Lord Mayor for his conduct in
office during die
,past year—(loud applause); he had in times
of remarkable ditheulty shewn the most distinguished firmness
in the.maintenarice of the public peace, by the most constitu-
tional means, and without recourse to military aid.—(Ap-,
plause.)—The worthy gentleman theri proposed the vote of
thanks to Mr. Ala. tilfaithnian. .In reading that part of die:
resolution which referred to the worthy Sheriff's intrepid con='
duct at the funeral eFrancis and Honey, there were some dis-
sentient voices ; but the applause of the great majority was
overpowering.
Mr. WEr.r.s =Me forward to second the motion, and request-
ed the indulgence of the Livery for a few minutes, while he re-
ferred to some infamous caricatures upon their late Sheriff,
which had been audaciously. published : they were, he said, of
an infamous, diabolical, and scandalmis nature, and of a descrip-
tion which, if permitted to pass unnoticed, must operate to de-
ter honourable. men from coming forward and performing pub-
lic duties for their fellow-citizens.—(lie here exhibited the cari-
cature:son which he had animadvetted4 —ln the good book they
had all read, the principles of faith, hope, and charity were in-
culated ; but what charity, what milk of human kindness, must

the scoundrel possess who could treat an upright man as this
caricaturist had endeavoured to do ? Not only had the carica-
turist vilified the character of the Sheriff of London, but he had
also held up. to-contempt and ridicule another Alderman of the
city—(he did not name), who deserved well of his country' for
his noble, Manly, ar.d magnanimous conduct to the late Queen,
and who well deserved, not only the thanks from the Ward of
Aldersgate, but of the whole British empire.—(Applause.)---He.
should merely conclude by seconding the resolution.
Mr. COOPER bespoke the kindness of the Livery while he ad-
dressed them for a few moments. He never saw so large a body
of his fellow citizens before assembled in- that Hall, and he
should not have ventured to trespass upon their attention, were
it not that he observed some partial displeasure at the reference in
the resolution to the intrepid conduct of their worthy SherifFat
the funeral of Francis and Honey. To that point alonehe
wished to speak, hiwingheen by accident an eye"-witness of the
particular circumstance alluded to.—(lfear, hear !) He trust-
ed that he was addressing the friends of liberty and justice, and
thai, whatever were their political sentiments, they would lend
an ear. to what was the truth ; for he had no interest in mislead-
ing them, as he was quite unconnected with any of the parties,
and a stranger to them. But when he saw- a man grossly ca-
lumniated and his conduct aspersed, by. men themselves of
the foulest character, it was quite impossible for him to re-
main silent, and more particularly when the conduct by some
objected to, ought, if fairly stated, to redound to the high
honour of the individual.—(Applause.)—As to the particu-
lar factSzthat had occurred at the funeral, he (Mr. Cooper)
.had left his home tp see it from Motives of mere curiosity, and
to see how -fat the When
feeling was interested in the pre-
vious occurrence. When the citizens of Rome gave a tri-
umph to a conqueror, they preceded him by a symbol designating
" this is the man." He (Mr. Cooper) was pleased at the pub-
lic funeral of the unfortunate men. (Some disapprobation
'mixed with applause.) He was merely giving his own indivi-
dual opinion : he was pleased at it, because it was
,putting the
public in mind that one Coroner's Jury- had declared " man-
slaughter," and another " murder," and the public, as the 1
funeral passed, designated as it were " that is murder." He
saw, when he came in front' Of the barracks at Knightsbridge,
six or seven Life-Gmardsnien rush from their barracks towards
Mr. Sheriff Waithman; in such a manner as to signify that he;
and list alone, 'was t object of their attack. 14e (\lr. Cooper)
on obssreing looked out particularly fioin'the window
of his coach, and said-to the friend who accompanied him,
" Letup get out, for Alderman Waithman will be killed." At
that time half his body was out of the coach-window, as he
wished, if possible, to identify the hidiViduals. One soldier made a
cut at Mr. Waldman, but soniebody warded off the blow.' It
had been reported that Alderman Waithman could not com-
mand his horse;. but the contrary was the tact, for he was en-
deavouring to pioteet himself from the force of those who were
evidently attempting to unhorse him, and his attitude was that
of a man imploring-them to.keep the peace. Such was the real
state of the transaction, and having seen it, he could not refrain
from stating the fact as it occurred. He never would forego
the opportunity -of vindicating a calumniated man from a false '
accusation, whenever he had it in his power th state the truth.—
(Applause.)
The votes of thanks to the late Sheriff's were then put and
carried.

Mr. IVAITHMAN, On presenting himself to
_the hall, was
welcomed with loud and long continued cheers. Even man
(the worthy Alderman said) who became Sheriff of London
might, by common attention to the duties of hiS office, secure to
himself that compliment with which he (Mr. Waithman) had
just been favOured by the Livery. The simple thanks. of the of-
ficer would be, under ordinary circumstances, the briefest and
most fitting;tetrum to the honour conferred upon. him by his fel-
low citizens; but a Tote of thanks in his (Mr. W.'s) ease became,
from circumstances, so peculiarly valuable, that he could not for-
bear hazarding a few sentences upon its effect; The post of Sheriff'
had been, during the last year, an arduous and a painful one, it
had been the melancholy duty of that officer to Witness, in twelve
months, no•fewer than thirty-nine executions—a number, in the
same space of time, almost Unprecedented ; and his attention had
necessarily been much engaged by the repeated applications
for mercy, preferred by the friends of the unfortunate culprits.
There were other events-. too—events of recent occurrence—
which had tended to render the post of Sheriff a post of peril
and of anxiety. With respect to his (Mr. Waithman's) con-
duct under those emergencies, there might bee and he believed
there was, sonic difference of opinion ; but all, he trusted,
would concede to him—that a man was not likely, voluntarily,
to place himself in a situation of great difficulty and personal
danger; and that an individual under such circumstances,-
having freely exposed himself to risk—was entitled to something
better than aspersion and abuse-to something better than an 1
attack upon his character, failing the success of an attack upon
his life. Ile (Mr. Waithman) • was satisfied that the majority
of the Livery, of the country, and of posterity, would do justice
to his condnc!, and to the motives by which he had been actu-
ated. He was angry, not at any insult offered to himself, but at
the insult offered- to the Livery in his person. For himself., 'he
was sheriff no longer ; he had done with the office, ;with its
troubles arid its responsibilities; but he was angry at attempts to
degrade the independence of that office, and to fink it into a
mere pi; for pageantry and feasting. The worthy Sheriff then
adverted to calumnies lately circulated against Idm. It was
painful for him to obtrtide himself upon public notice ; but if
he were to pass in silence the charges which were heaped upon
him, he might seem to admit that they had some, colour of
foundation. Attacks upon his public conduct he ,wbuld never
notice; but attacks upon his private character were not what
he could, or what he ought to submit to. For five and thirty
years he had conducted concerns tolerably extensive in the heart
-of the city of London; .dnring those years, no man-had ever had
the hardihood, face to face, to come forward and charge him
with one act of impropriety; but now, attacks upon his public
character having failed, a systematic warfare was organized
against him, to ruin, if possible, his private fortunes, and
the interests of alleconnected with or dependent upon him.
True, he held no place within the gift of Crovernment ; no'com-
mission within the recall of Ministers, and therefore they could
not assail him in the same way as they had done Sir Robert
Baker and Sir R. Wilson ; but there was one property which
he did hold—his character. He could only live by has character
in trade; upon the profits of that trade himself and his numer-
ous family were dependent ; and an attack upon his character as
a'tradesman went not merely to hurt his feelings, but actually
to dePriv. him of the means of support. It was painful, he re-
peated, to him to occupy the attention of the hall with such to-
pics ; bus there was not a transaction of his life as &tradesman,
not a step taken "in his private capacity, which (let the accuser
come fxward)lie wasenot ready to defend. If 'open charges were
made he had the means of answering them ' • but if a man's every
act was to be raked up for 20, 30r or 40 years past, what
course was left to him ? His (Mr. Waithman s) enemies—his
concealed enemies—had gone back more than 50 years ; they
had attacked even WS 4ather before him. A more honourable
man than that father had 41ever lived; but even the grave in
which he lay could not shield him from insult. He would de-
tain his auditors no longer upon this, to him, most unpleasant
subject. He trusted that even among those who differed as to
his political tenets there would be but one opinion as to his
private character. No man had, been more forward than,
himself to invite fair and open accusation ; but there was
a point -at which forbearance ceased to -be a virtue. He
could not get at anonymous slanderers—at ruffians who struck
and 'murdered in the dark • but their slanders had arrived
at a pitch which could no longer be endured ; lie had taken
legal advice, anti should commence proceedings against them,
[Some interruption here took place in the-body of the Hell ;
and it was said that some person wanted to.address Mr. NWaith-
man ; but though the individual was called for, none came for--
ward4-Mr. Waithman concluded by thanking, die Hall for
having Submitted Ma Irarelean coinpany taittethat of Meg..
nay, to the choice of the Court of Aldermen. The mayoralty
was an honour which he did, not seek ; still the return of his
name by the Livery was a mark of kindness to a defamed in-
dividual ; it was an act which did honour to the feelings of the
Livery, and an act which they would never, he trusted, see reason
to regret.

Mr. Sheriff IVrt.trlatS said that his attention, during the
time he was in bad been chiefly directed to prison.duties;
and he quitted his post with the pleasing reflection that he, had
alleviated, as far as in him lay, the sufferings of the unfortunates
committed to his care. He was aware that his political conduct
had not been satisfactory to all ; but he defied the boldest to
say that he had done any thing to barter away the rights of the
citizens of London. ,At the commencement of his career as
Sheriff he had foreseen that' he should find abundant employ-
ment in the superintendence of the raols : and, feeling that his
colleague was more versed in political matters than himself,, he
had requested at once to,be relieved from interference upon
such points. The worthy Sheriff concluded by - offering his
thanks to the Livery fat the honour they had done hiM, and re-
tired amidst the applause of the hall.

. ,
Mr. WAITIIMAN laid before the hall copies of his corres-
pondence with Ministers upon the subject of the affair at the
funeral of Fraricis and Ildney, in order that it might be entered
upon the journals of the Livery.
The vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor having been put and
carried unanimously,
The Loan MAYOR came forward. if he had felt gratified
(he said) upon his 'election as Chief Magistrate, how much more
elate must he feel at the present moment, to find, on resigning,
that his services had been acceptable, and that,his conduct had
given satisfaction to those by whom he had been Arisen.. The
resolution just carried thanked him (the Lord Mayor) for hav-
ing omitted to introduce the military for the purpose of keeping.
the peace. He had omitted to introduce that body, simply be-
cause he had found their. aid. unnecessary,. and becaase he
thought, and he was sure they thought with lumi that theywere
best employed against the enemies of their country. In conclu-
iion, he hoped that his example would prove to future Mayors,

American Papers arrived this morning to the
11th Sept., from which,we have extracted the