The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-02 00:00:00

'OFFICE OF LORD MAYOR:

As more thou usual uttcntioit is' IMW called to
this (knee, a few particulars respecting it may
amuse. our.Reftthrs.

It appears tlilt even the name of Mayor was
not attached to the office till the year 1192 be-
fore that peri9d t he Chief Officer of the City was
denolninaied Balla; under that title Henry Fitz.
Alwyne officiated at the coronation 'of Mcliala the
First ; and this same citizen, in tlit year.ll92,
assuined, in the first civic record extant, the title
of Mayor. This magistrate lielll the office, then
dependent on the Crown,. for 24 years. Dn'ring
the mayoralty of this person, the City first obtained
its jurisdiction and conservancy of the 11 i'ver
Thames, and a water-bailiff was appointed as a de-
puty to the Mayor. Jahn, the socceasor of Richard I.
was the first who conferred on the 1-itizens the
ptivilege of choosing their Chief Magistrate, who
lead hitherto been appointed by the Xing. Hero y
seems to have considered the city merely cis a
liody tor the exercise of experitnetitt of rapacity;
For almost every year, on some frivolous pretext,
he took away some privileges, which the citizens
re=purchased at the price stipUlated by thentonaech.
Ilowever, by one bargain—it cost them 1100
marks—they bought t lie privilege, its the year 1251,
of pi esenting the new Mayorauuoally to the Barons
oft , in the absence of the Wing; where-
as, before that period, they wet e obliged to repairto
the King's residence in any putt of Enetioil to

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present 'their Chief, Magiserate tuayte'entgr-`
taining.ro give in this place an instance of one of
the exactions of this charter-giving Sovereign.—
A 'convict c'nfined in Newate for the minder of a
a relation of the Queen, contrived to effect
his escape, anti the King itniziediately demanded
3000 mark's :if'the city as an atoacinent -; be
even degraded both the Sheriffs, and clapped
in prison several of the principal citizens, All
this demand wits complied with. it rimy. here
be mentioned, -that 'it was usual 'with this King
and with his successor, Edward, to appoiht a'custos
tithe peace of tbe'city whenever there was any,
vioieut disagreethent among the "Citizens. Ed-
ward 11. made several bargains With the City, and
at a good price gage them some 'valuable 'regilla-
lions, It in his reign ordained, that time
Mayor should: bold 'his Oftice only for one year,
and that the Alderinan also shook! be re-elected
..Dmiward the Third first Made the office
of Aitqor obligatory an time person chosen, who,
on refusal of serving, was fined 100 marks. This'
monarch hest granted the privilege of having gold
or silver maces carried before the Chief Nlsgis-
t rate ; and eithdr on this or'sonie tither 'occasion
equally itnportant, the Chief Magistratie began

to assume the title of Lord Mayor, ins core.
appnding, o'l6 doubt, with this added dignity to his
public appearances. In 'the year .1474:(in 'the
reign Of
..E*Vard IV ) act of Common Council
settled thelniode of electing Mayors as it at 'Pre-
sent exists. Various additiOraal privileges were
granted front time to time, generally for a
good peicc, till the reign of Charlet I:, in whose
reign, fat the fir,it time; a Lord Mayen- was in-
vested with the 'Lord Cientenatitcy of the Tower,
this_, however, was tint a temporary grant. Charles'
the Second suspended all the charters of the city,
and tiiok all power into his own hand's. This
power, however, was restored by and,
finally settled heyo4 I aliure by an act passyd in'
the II th year of Geo. 1. taut it was to Geo, 11.
that the city were indebted for the Chat fer which
constituted all the Aldermen Justices of tlie Petice.
As an apPendi'x to theie remark we subjoin 'the
following • •
LIST OF 'toTID MAYQRS OP LONISON

NEW LANARK.

sliti.itAci. 'OF iv UTTER. Ff.lo:q YOUTH

ISITI~CQ

NEW LatNABK, DATED 41.1..26.
"Y have Just left New Lanai.lt, and hate teen
near it the two celebrated Falls of the Clyde,
which I enjoyed much. 1 hare been all through
the grea't manitfactory for cotton twist, and
ihrongh the school.

" The school did indeed littonish and delight
rrie ; and to tell truth (being yet unused to such
thing.), was 'really an 'affecting sight : to see
some htindreds of boys and girls-, by.the activity,
perieverance, end single means of one man, raised
up from a state Of ignorance and wretchedness,
to the condition- tirf inteilecrual beings, or at
least prepared and 'fitted to become 56 with
their growth.. The children are athuitred as sorra
as they can Walk, and gradually trained to ha+
bits of order, good humour, and goodwill
towards One another. They are c'hictly, I be-
lieve, the children of .those at work in the manu-
factory ; in Which they too artemployed, but not
before ten years of age, which flocs not then stop
the progress of their education-=-401 given tO them
gratis.

" They have instruments, practise music, And
have formed a band; there are no outrages, all
innocent amusements, particularly dAncing, of
which the Whole scirobi 'or coiumunhy appear very
long."