The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-05 00:00:00

ELECTION OF LORD M.\YOR.

On the close of the i:oli ye.stcrday, the platflird
exhibited the following numbers, t:;c
gross poll :

For the Lord Mayor
Aidtruiaii yrnitlr
Aldermail
Alderwan Goutibehete

2,452 . .
4,414
• 10r,7

ekhihition of the miniberi was recrived, Hs
usual, n,ith strong demonstrations of applause ;
and as no person otleied immeldiately to-Adress
11:,e nall, Mr. White Was very generally and loudly
called for.

Mr. WA ITR then came forward, and observed,
that the point to lvhich the contest had now ar-
rived almost r nderecl unnecessary any furtherap
penito the jangmerit and duty of ?he Livery. The
mere decialioi,o) -of the poll indicated how coin-
pletely their tkiversaries had already been defeated ;
and the only tie lug that burp! ised hitu.wast- that
they should still continue to -persev*reht,so hopeless
strugle... They appeared to be perfect gluttons
at being beaten, and like' gluttons would- never
be satisfied till their opponents were tired- of beat-
ing them. (Applause.) lle entertained nbleipect
for the. disposition that could thus endanger the
peace nod tranquillity of the city for tßA‘piirpose.
The sense of the city had been decidedly express.
eel :. and he °mild nut refrain from alluding on this
occasion. to Ore statement published by-tfie Coin-
Mittee of Mr. Aldermau Smith, in which they de.
tikai that Cie), had ever described the Livery as a
Set of ragganitillins. lie was nut then nisptiSed to
enter into any enquiry as to the fact of their hay.
ing made use of this expression ; but he was sore
from the defeat, they had experienced, that they
would be slow to apply mkt; an eithet in future.
(Applause.) Did they deserve this appellation
because they were,not men of rank ; or, because
chance or fortune had not•raised them to alt
voted situation in society, were they precluded
front acting the parts of. honest and independent
men ? Their franchises were as undoubted as the
rights of the highest, and their independence
was ,sudiciently manifested in the victory they
had achieved. ,(Applanse.) lie was not aware
whether it -was the intention of. Mr. Alderman
Smith's It-truck tee address the Livery ; but if, they
did so desire, he entreated for them a patient
-hearing, and that they would not allow it to be
said that the opposite cause was lost
cause
its
advocates could not be heard. '• The of the
-Lord 'tayor was one which gained ground by
thscnssion, and which repined only to be under-
stood to be generally suppotted. Once again he
begged leave to toiy, that in the part he was now
taking he was associated with nu I.arty, was ac-
tuated by_ no political feeling ; and if any sup-
ported' the election of • the Lord M,lyor with any
0, her views, be disavowed all
.connexiou with
them. Strange as the perverse
,onsiiiiney was
which thus insisted oupriitrat ling the poll, he
-trusted' they would remeMber, that to-morrow it
most conclude.: the Lord Mayor had abstained
from all interference, with it; the cause was that
of the Livery of, London, and tie triumph be-,,
longed only. to them.

The conclusion of this addreis WAS received
With till Le cilee'ri, and nitli the ‘raving of hats ;
atter which'the Meeting intniediattly adjourned.