The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-09 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1816;

CO:INON HALL.

Yesterday, a Common Hall of tl►e Livery of.
Londor was held for the purpoie of farther pro-
cedings in the election of the Loan MAYOR.
Bet veer twelve and one o'clock the Lord
'Mayor cau►t upon the hustings, and was received

amidst the loudest applause,
The Hall having burr formed in the usual man-
ner, the COMMON SERJEANT came forward,' and,
after declaring the result of the poll.; viz.

For the Lord May or 2,656
Alderman •Combe.•
Alderman Smith '
announced, that in the 'opinion of the Sheritis the
;he Livery of. London had fallen .upon
the,•lliOtt Hon. 'the Lord Mayor, and H. :C.
Coipbe, Esq. (This announcement was received .
with- shouts of applause., and cries of Wood 1
VVOOtl!)
The Aldermen then retired for the purpose of
exercisiritt their: privilege of choice as to the two
gentletnen thus elected• by the Livery. After re-
maitting'.'about an hour in their Court, they re-
turned to'the htistingS; -hut during the interval it
was hti±cd ahont the Hall that the Lord Mayor
had beet; 're-elected. : •
On the 're-entrance of the Lord MayEirand Al-
dermen, the It“cottimut• came forward and said, it
had beet) represented to the Court of Aldermen
-that the choice of the Livery had' fallen upon
Messrs. 'Wood -and Combs ; upon which the
Court of Aldermen had proceeded to an election,
and it WAS his duty to inform •the Livery that
their.election had fallen upon Matthew Wood,
Esq..-(Apolanse.)-1-.-He therefore now declared
.114stthewW6od, Esq. to be Lord Mayor for the
year ensuing.. ' ' - • •
'I he Common Crier''nemr, 'according to usual
form, called' upon the Lord. Mayor to come for-
wind and take upon himself the Office for the'en
suin4 year,'u: derthe -mid pains and penalties in
dertodt ther.eo(Longhter.),--A second. gold
chain!:!?as thin put about his neck, an emblem of
his seconii'Mayoralty, •
l'he T-rot•tti" MAYOR thew came forward, and
tildressed the:*Livert: It was his duty, he said;
as well as hiy;lndirtatinn, to 'return the Livery his
grat;efta tit atikS it•tr. the distingnts4ll honour they
. had 'conferted' ukn him. He had to deelare,him.
self mint. dceply in their debt far that spontaneous
act °I their el'o're.r4 in which he hall taken- nopart

either 'directly o'r'indirecifly, and which he ascribed
otdy to the confidence which they reposed in him
front the expelienee 1%4 had .had 7; of -
A tety ionitt tone VINAV-,,elapred,.since.stolt tt
eirctiimitarite'ltad occurred as 'that tkeir. Chief'
Magistraie .ihbultt thinbly ironed—he .inettnt.
doubly chained.-(LanOhter stmt applAnse.)-7-The
Livery might b.eUSsuredi'however, that it did not
,require chains or tiny thing eke to 'rivet the grati-
tude which' he thould es* feel towards them for

tlietr good opioicio. 11bc1i•titi bre►t 'able hitherto- to
iertortit nny services to tife citizens of London', he
should now endeavour' to tiostill more for. thei r

terests, safety, and happiness. In the whole eentrse
ofti's Mayoralty he bad .felt that he leas deeply
debted to the COttrtof Aid:Chew. They bad
.been
always cheerfully ready to attend the•Cammttees
which he bad appointed at the Kaniioinehouse,
and to ftnther any plans laid befo're them for the
improvement of the *Polite of the. City. But be
'should net Itave hutt,so high an OpiniOn'of them if
they ai'on the'pret,entoteasion, obeyed
the, voice of the Livery..--(Applause.)—Aie did
not say,this With reference to himself : this re-
4lectioO Was iiOt Tot his own seeking : it proceeded
t.frotn no ambition on his part : nay, bad he lice°
iltett in the Flair instance, lie should have said that
he had not the. poWtr to 'go through the duties of
the ofbee.aSeacind time. But on farther reflection
since, he. bad tanned to himself the idea that-he
should find 00 particular inconvenience itt sevvillit•
He cOulif safely Say,' that no party politics or
reelittes ever: influenced' or should influence him in.
-the'pertormanee of his duties as Chief Magistrate.
Hkle Initi never been a Member of the Whig. Club,
or had attached himself to any political party
wishes had eletreys been to be the true friend
the people. His feelings had always been, that
rt plaCed in any political situation; he t4honid never
be governed or led.by any tient, high or low, in
what he cimeeived to `be' for the-interests of his
fellow citizens: .litthe 'course of his Mayoralty
he had 310 many objects eOunected with the Po-
lice of. the City to be rernedied t'' he should con-
tinue-to apply all his indoStry anti Attention to
those Objects, and trested•that no part of his con-
duet' teed to degi*le the high situation in
whieb the partiality :Of his Tellow-eitizen3. had
,placedllim. To continue to him their esteem was
'44 the 'tewaitl which `lie,i.itpeeted or %elated for,
ati(t should he prized by h int above all other lid-
nours.—(Applause.)
Mr. Alderman C. 'SMITtI then came forward
amidst. uti'neled disappinhation 'and applause. He
lirot'ebssd that he was:*not at all disappointed by
Oa :Jesuit of the Ike coin*, nor depressed by the
ehoice,of the LiVery. 11e-declared that he otter»
taloa no hostility toward's the Lord Mayor ;
neither was lie at ell anxious to till that office :
but acting upon the usual principle Of rotation,
he haiLthought it his duty to appeal to the voice
.of tin. Leery, anti be did not repiee. lie could
LtOute,,theut that no one. felt a-stronger inter6t
itt p.rservation't4 their 01;10,, liberties, and
independence titan he tlitf,--.(ApPlause.)
Mr. WHITE came forward aed said, he would
not interrupt the satisfaction which the Limy
had denied from the decision of the Court of
Aldermen. Whatever'susnicions might he express»
eel 'by 6theri, be' had' efwttys predicted that the
decision would ,be aS it had been, d that too
ultic:li good sense prevailed in the cow t of Alder-
Mau tOOlTiiitt voice of. the Livery at

rpc,r(T Sp.vv,)

London and hazard the peace of the city. • He
was quite sure the A1(14,141)01. would never hetve to
repeht of the decision they had taken', This,
hOweV,er, was a triumph which ^Wholly. belonged
to fhe Livery% On other opertsions, when their
rights and privileges• or political- interests %rem ,•
conctsned, they hod
,been stimulated and impel.
led by great talents i btt.. in this C2'e it ha:l'l4ller'
to his lot, humble aii_he was, to he'the.first to

pre9s and give itninthe to the sentiluenti of the
Livery. He similld conclude with .nutrvhrtz, that,-

4e thanks of the Hall be given
.Iridges and Kirby, for didir able and
conduct during the election.
. Mr. WA tTIIMAN cauke forward to,second the
motion and in duing so, be shoidlt leg ,leave
bortly-to Advert in the ciremiiii:anceS -which .had,
lately oarnpied the attentitm of the`tivirt.
believed it was known to many of thent. that he

hint for some time past taken no Ort -
proceedings un account of the sole OT Iri9 health'i •
which made ,t quite.impossible for hint to' con.
tissue those unremitting exertions 'iis.'"StitltlOft of
what he -conceived to be tlie.ri.ght'S-antl'iltherties

of the people which hetiad made. during the last'
24 years. 'Thai period *lnidlinuAlapsed sitter he.
had been theaitotrunion carrying thrimph and
pre'sentitOpetitioi, ctt trie common against
the disastrous :war • wfticl► lad how-Clued,
which was juSt then comniend.. It •was with
great pleasure that he• had to' second the tnotion of
thanks to the Sheriffs, though, on account of hie
health, he had great reason to crave the
gencc a the Livery •on the present occasion,
which appeared to him peculiarly interesting
from the effect wUch the expression, of their
opinion had 'produCed. There Might', ke %vat
aware, be some diterenceof 'opinion- as to the'
mode of • showing 'ant' respect 'fur the Lord
Mayor.; but there could he no doubt that he
wits entitled to every mark of honour We c'ould"
confer upon him. tie did not -at-It'll apprehend Wk."'
the choice ..of the Court ,of 4lderiucu'
uponotny Other persoo ;;bilt .efii)gra.;.`-
!illate that Court on their .wistioni and discretiott

. .
'iti not entering into a contest ivich 'the'
He should not have come fon:rip-Writ all mi 'the-
present occasion, had. it mat hel' for the letter'-
which the other candidate tilr...Ardertinin Smith)
-had written at the contmencement of Ole elect
.calling upon the loyal and iotienentienepart of'the' .
Livery to suppott him. This disgrac, ful letter'
.excited his inmost because it
'tiled all those:as diiloyal'and datigercitis men who
prestuned to differ from, him, or 'refuse him t heir
support..., It v..s ,ierttrue, as Viifyrttry Gent.hid.;
obserged, that in alr.glections to such trusts,,
we.should look' principally to the dut it's to be per-',
formed, and not-he. governed id our *choice by any,
parry bi : but it writ altogether to eX.',
chide political feeling; •, it vatsimpos ile the Livery';:-
could have cone .oewarti such feelings of
unanimity.anfl ;cal, 'unless. they had a cfnivjo ion '
thixt they,were supporting the election of
strate who was it determined enemy to Lerne} kind.
of corruption and ahrise. It' was still'the peculiar'
pride and glory 61 Britons-that every Man had tin
portunity of wiping off the imputations that
be'eoit upon hitn. .I-t was Welt kOown that there •
had been so ontell' political Opposition between
himself sad the worthy Aider,nitin whom tlie'voice4
of the'Liverybad rejected, that had he (Air. W.)
conic' forward in the course of the election, his
conduct might be ascribed to
_perional rancour.

The gentlemen AV,I)O had came forward in the elec.-
lion %%ere men hi a great measure.onknoo.ll in the
and therefore the whole had been.
Inure honottrable as being their free and spial"...
ne6US act, and not at all pi occeding from the efforts:
of such old stagers as himself.—(A laugh.)—He.•
well recollected that, 17 years ago., the bartientiuf
forcing Mr. AldermenCombe on the choice of the
Court at •Aldermen, in conformity tollie deelAred
wishes of the Hall, rested altnoit entirely 'on hls.
(Mr. W.'s) shoulders t and he should 'ever look,
back with satisiltetion to the exertions lie had,
:wide on that oceattion. But ht.' now came to
the printipal pari,of his speech, and that tva)i to
asslgo Iris reasorrs why he rejoiced at tjla setting
aside of-*Mr Alderman•Stnith.. Some, iwople al-
feeted say', that the votes of the Livery only
set hint tr,ide for th:s partieuhts year, and that tie
Might take his turn next. year .as t .matti4 of
course ; hut lie thought if the decided rejection;of
the Livery was good for"anY.thing, it bboold ex-
aeleicoleant:i!norloirdseNp'eJlioclaire
o(p1 ii:iiliis(l)ll(l;st;inivialeetaie.tlicetll,:srhana.cl:
he
hint
!heard
'boetif esatently private 11%%t:ee
r6ebl.ita:iii•ancat
,e,tro
I.slt;c:
pretty fair. No, it was for his political. aposkcy
that he thought the Livery
him. lie (Mr. W.) liked plain and open dealings
were passed, and front which Mr, A 'dermal) Stuiiii,
with some few more, had not retired into holes
and corners, friStu whence. LeAmt forth his procla-
mations, as the resolutions of the loyal Livery.tif
.London, thus Charging all who differed front his
petty junta with disloyalty and disaffection.. He
(Mr...W.) %veil recollected that pit one occa+
ition he, with soni others, pursued this jurao
to 'their head-tinarters at the Llntion Tavo-a,
where tiny found the Mde. man io th'e chair, will*
some dozens tit inct vilit ply, 11.1.-;NI, r,:solutiong ail
of the Livery of London, taut floin they
suit 'him a packin;,- awl t00k.,.
p... 6 01i the
chair theraselves.—(Laughter.)-- di. h Sai,l
ready, and a ould again rt pe.at, tight it teas not toe
his polities, hat for his opostanythat be, rejoieed,
in the Alderman's <Wear. ne,.i'vell recollected the
time when the Alderman gas au associate of his
in P
fir fa3cl itt,icrgilleae:4wawse int To
nit' 0" lc:1;i 'stn alas titan !:t in i.'l
ing sentiments of ant rt.q.c.it repuzlteanwni QV its

. .
they itiedhinisru, as,. it was called. not whether he
ltad receivetl'sine favours front Mr. Pitt, or o
happened hecould not 'buy; but no sooner had Mr.S.
put on Ins Aldermait's gown, than he immediately
changed his principles alit! not only that, nut he
Mils perpetually vddYitig mid traducing, as disloyal
Inert, the very persona with whom be had formerly
• ected, antywhour he bud once even outstripped in
Iris zeal for reform. So much for Mr. Alderman
Smith. lie had now only • to. COHKlntukte
*the 'Livery on- the tritsinnh which they
Jtad_rgained. The Livery of London moved
slowly, indeed ; but this instance must convince
their enemies of their: rights, or the• friends
of coernptionathat,%yhen puce roused, they Moved
with tremendous::.power—a- power whose ,velo-
city was propiiftid4fl to its mass. Let those
%vim dared ow 0f).411;404:b.i0u* to insult the '44ivery
of London take'. witaniing by this example. :It
'mould not be forgori-Vn on st future electiott, that
one of the Members fur Londonhad saiAbe would
receive HO instructions from the Livery; that lie
Swore by his. Miller that he would vote for the,
ilieumer•ex :if lie: thought proper. Such men
oeght toq,se for ever sxcluded front representing
that great body, which they had 60 long insulted
with iinpunity, •
• Thisolss were then unanimnosly voted to the
Sheriffs ; to whiell Mr. Sheriff Bridges made a
suitable reply.
• Mr. HITCH pas next proposed the• Thanks of the
to ward, White, Esq. for his btreliktOliS
and able exertions in protruding the return of the
Lord Mayor as Chief Magistrate for :he ensuing
year.
:This vote was also passed unanimously, and
Mr. Wrivra expiessetl.-his acknowledgments fur
the honour they hadaloue him.
• The Loam -Nlysolti.inowt came forward, and.
stated th:lt the:htisitlMs(33l this Common .11411. b-
eing ended, it:. wottlit,he immediately dissolved ;
but it .was hardlitinfleowy to remind.the Livery,
that they sbottld not vet depart, as it would be
followed by another fluff, for taking into
cuutti-
4eretioo neport of the Sheriffs.
This Hall was accordingly dissolved.