The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-30 00:00:00

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

Mr. Max Bohrer, the distinguished performer on the MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
violoncello, gave a grand concert on Wednesday, at CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
the Halover-square rooms. Mr. Bohrer played three ' Prices in the Funds exhibited an upward ten-
pieces of his own composition,,one from Romberg was dency this afternoon, and Consols closed at 921 921
an e!egy on the 4eath.of,his.son. for Money, and 92/ 93 for the Account. India
Stock declined, 247 249 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 49
51 ; New, 48 -50 premium.
`The prices of Foreign Securities were, Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 511 52 ; the Five per Cents.,
102 1021 ; Belgian, 102 103 ; Danish, 83 84 ; and
Brazilian, 66 67.
The Share market showed a decided improvement.
London and Birmingham were 183 185 ; Birming-
ham and Gloucester, 39 41 ; Great Western, 81 82 ;
the Half Shares, 59 591 ; South Western, 571 68 ;
North Midland, 56 58; the New, 27 28; South East-
ern and Dover, 221 23; Eastern Counties, 81 81;
Northern and Eastern, 35 36; Blackwall, 61 7; anfi
Brighton, 34f 34-i per share.
The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian,
15 16 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per
Cents.. 35+ 351; the Three per Cents., 21 211 ;
Spanish Five per Cents., 151 16 ; the Three per
Cents., 201 21.
Much has appeared upon the subject of frauds on
the Customs, and which would lead to the inference
that frauds were of recent occurrence. Such, how-
ever, is not the case, and, from practical knowledge,
it may be stated that this great inducement to commit
them was removed by Lord Monteagle, when Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in 1833, and that the system
then acted upon by the Government, leads but to the
conclusion, that it completely carried out, robbery
would be ended. The method by which these frauds
have been committed has been by smuggling, with
or without the connivance of the officers, or by de-
ceiving them, and thus causing them innocently to
become agents thereto. It has been already stated in
the public prints that some few landing waiters have
lent themselves to what might be going on, and the
lowness of the pay might have induced them to facili-.
tate that, which with all their vigilance they knew
they would not he able to prevent. So far they de-
served punishment, but it comes with a bad
grace to extol the superior activity of the
present authorities, whose information has been
derived from the reports of their own officials
upon petitions for the.restoration of goods which,had
been seized under circumstances of suspicion. The
frauds committed, at the several quays by shipping
one description of goods instead of another (the latter
being delivered for home consumption), has for years
been notorious to every merchant. Changing pack-
ages on their way to the vessels for others, contain-
ing earth and bricks, by means of bribing the ser-
vants of the Crown to shut their eyes to the
fact that the cart which bore a certain
number up to ' a particular spot, bore an-
other when it arrived at the destination,
caused the discovery of the famous opium robbery,
and chiefly led to the reduction of duty upon this ar-
ticle. Shipping juniper•berries for the drawback, from
which the virtue had been extracted, and importing
coculus indicus, with a few orange berries mixed with
it, and paying the duty upon the contents of the pack-
ages under the latter denomination, have all, years
since, been brought before the Commissioners. It
was not until the rates of duties were so greatly re-
duced, that a principal qualification of a merchant's clerk
was to be able to obtain as large a tare as possible ; the
articles being sold duty paid, and at the real tare to
the purchaser, the difference of course being profit.
An instance could be cited in which instructions were
sent to Sicily to make lids of certain particular cases
of the heaviest that could be found. The object here
was to get a large tare, it being then the custom to
weigh the cover and calculate the total at
five times as much. To prevent detection, with
the merchant in question, contrary to usual rule,
it was stipulated that the actual weight of the chests
should be ascertained at the warehouse of the pur-
chaser, lest (and this is important) the Customs' officers
should by accident discover what had been done. In-
stance upon instance similar to these would be ad-
duced, but all temptations to these frauds have for
years been done away with ; and by the tariff at pre-
sent in operation it is not worth the trouble of any to
attempt to commit them. The articles chiefly smug-
gled now are tobacco, tea, and some such necessaries,
loaded with heavy duties ; and the grave question
arises whether greater comfort could not be given to
the consumers by a further reduction, so as to render
contraband trading unprofitable, and the huge ex-
pense; of the Customs' police unnecessary, whereby
much would be gained and much saved to the country.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)

SP 011,17NG.
The long pending pedestrian match in Kent, by a
man aged 70, took place on Thursday last, on the
Dane John, when Beale completed the distance in
'line minutes and a half.

COURT-FASRIONABLE.
The Marquis of Westminster arrived in town on
Monday last from Eaton Hall, Cheshire, to transact
business with his banker.
Earl Grosvenor arrived in town on Monday from a
tour, and leaves to-day for Motcombe Park, Shrews-
bury.
The Marquis of Blandiord arrived at Mivart's Hotel
Wedm slay, f..om Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
-His Excellency Earl De Grey left Wrest Park
yesterday for Newby Hall, Yorkshire, and to-morrow
embarks at Liverpool for Kingstown, on his return to

The French Ambassador arrived at Manchester
House on Tuesday last.
• The Earl of Falmouth arrived in St. James's-
square on Monday last.
Sir James Graham has left town for the Isle of
Wight.
!MISCELLANEOUS.
An immense block of Hayter, or Devonshire gra-
Was Was conveyed on Wednesday to Chadwick's wharf,
•L`lilibank, to form part of the statue of William IV.,
about
to be erected in King William-street, City.
Another block, of the same granite, will be removed
t"I'LY to Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross, to form
Portion of the abacus of the Nelson pillar.
The resolution voted by the City of London, con-
ferring thefreedom of the city on the King of Prussia,
rouse
son Wednesdaypresented by the LordMayor;at the
of his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen ; it was
enKrossed on parchment, in a very fine style of writing.g:
Several ancient and rare pieces of Cardinal Wolsey s
furniture, presented to her Majesty by Mr. Thomp-
son, of Frognall Priory, Hampstead, are about to de-
torate Windsor Castle.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took their usual early walk this morning in
theTthierr Park and Slopes.
Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
1....ne Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager
Lyttelton were taken an airing in the fore-
ee°,"' Again in the afternoon the Prince and Prin-
e_re taken out, attended by her Ladyship.
he Lan of Lincoln and the Hon. Miss Paget
took then.
ytr R.s departure from the Castle this morning.
b Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
au.r. Charlotte Dundas, will join the Royal dinner
circle at the Castle this evening.
The C 'Hon. Miss Hamilton arrived to-day at the
Castle, to succeed the Hon. Miss Paget as one of the
lUS of Honour in Waiting on her Majesty.
,J..(1-114 Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of
37-7 ,Itlenburi; Strelitz arrived in town yesterday, and
ii.Bl4ea the National Gallery. The Keeper attended
Collection of
of
e Highness, during his inspection of the
pictures. The Prince afterwards visited
ItVal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, at
his residence in St. James's Palace.
Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadoes, had an interview
with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister,
transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
~Oispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
°rnce, from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Dispatches were sent off last evening, from the
Colonial-office, for the Governor of the Gambia, and
also for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

RE NEW TURKISH MINISTRY.
4zzle,
In every part of the empire the late Grand Vizier,
had laid a train, which was everywhere to ex•
rode, and be attended' with difficulties and perils for
opean and Christian interests. Never was Minister
*moved in more seasonable time.
11 -Notwithstanding the mediation ofl England and
-Russia in the Turkish and Persian quarrel, the late
'Vi • zier continued to collect troops both at Erzeroum
lad Malatia. And our Alexandria letters assure us,
tthat there were intentions of placing Ibrahim Pacha
'4t the head of an army, which was to invade Persia
4:1)Y way of Bagdad. Mehemet Ali had been declared
honorary Grand Vizier, which seemed preparative
to the other more important measure, and in short
there is no knowing to what length the violence of
'lzzet might have proceeded. His career, however,
has been arrested.
The prime mover of the Ministerial revolution is
Riza Pacha, Grand Marshal of the Court, and fa-
vourite. His close connection and friendship with
the relatives of the Sultan is known, and Halil Pacha
and.Achmed Fetha Pacha, married to his Highness's
sh,ter, are to have the best places, being those of
Seraskier and Grand Admiral. Halil's post of Pre.
-Bident of the Council is but temporary ; the office will,
flit S supposed, be conferred upon Hassib Pacha.
The members of the new Administration may not
be remarkable for capacity. None of them are to be
an
compared with Izzet himself d Tahir—two men of
action, as the French would say. The activity of
these spirits was, however, directed in dangerous
paths. Under old Raouf, as our correspondent writes,
the empire of diplomacy recommences.—Morning
Chronicle.

FLANDERS and DUTCH PAPERS.
BRUSSEES, SEPT. 26.—The Senate voted on Sa-
turday, by a majority of 24 to 3, the project of law
relative to the loan, and likewise some other Bills,
after which the Minister of the Interior read the de-
cree. closing the session of 1841-42. The assembly
broke up with cries of "Vive le Roi !"
The King was to go on Tuesday to the camp at
fileverloo. His Majesty's indisposition has caused his
departure to be deferred.
OTTERDAM, SEPT. 26.—We learn that a disco-
very has just been made, that a large quantity of sugar
belonging to the Netherlands Commercial Company,
has been stolen out of the public entrepots. The re-
Porta on the subject, are, however, of such a nature
--that we do not think it expedient to publish them at
present.
FRANKFORT, SEPT. 24.—Some newspapers have
said, that in the diplomatic circle assembled round
'prince Metternich, of Johannisberg, the question of
.::,the marriage of the young Queen Isabella of Spain,
' was discussed. We are enabled to assert that no
diplomatic deliberations on the nature of a congress
`Or formal discussion took place, on this or any other
question. This, of course, disposes of all other state-
ments respecting, the candidate for, the hand of the
Young Queen.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AIrnERDAM, SEPT. 26.
Montt. 81141.
Actual Deb , 254 per Cent ....... ...... ...., 51% 52%
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amon Syndic, 44, percent. 91% 14%
DAto, ditto, 8)4 per cent 764, 76'
Commercial Company, 41,4 per cent 1314 374
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
I.oan 1837, 5 per cent.. .. ...........
Exchange on London, (Inc month •l2 26
Two months
'
8, Hamburg h, One month 35 9134
I'l ,it. Two months 35 OA
"PI 1,, Dutch Papers, Sept. 28 ,
'iel- • attual Debt, 2g per nt *
Bothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lOll4
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 9l
Three per Cent .... ......
'' """"----•Thirty.seven Milli. ns, ditto
' • ''..--,..........----...........-...—. (Igo 1C234
•• • Loan of City, 1892, Four per Cent 92
bociety of Commerce. Four and a Half per Cent B6
' Bank of Belgium. Five per Cent 75%
National Society . !....,........................ ............ 7.,
Exchange on London (short) „, .• • • -•••••
—Brussels Papers, Sept 21. ,
Fire
AUSFM A N FUN M.—VIENNA, Sem 19, ,
•' 4.;:. ... 1( 911
'',.ve per Cents. Metalliques
100%
tour per Cents. 7-.%
Three per Cents
Bank Shares
elllgemeine Zeilung,Se pt. 23.
tIAMBURGH BORSENT HALLE,. Sitz.2.4.
i6Money.
-• 110
Austrian 5 per Cents.
1645
Hank Shares —
10914 1('94
Anglo-Russian Loan
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist sena, Certificate ION' 103%
103% --
Inanriptien. Ist series
Russ'. 1 3 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
. Series
97%
',Ma in Certificates
ew
N bB4, 614
4 per cent. (1840)
Dutch Actual Debt, per Cent. .........
bitto 5 per Cent. -
_ Polish Bonds
144 w 'Pickets lea
„Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent. Bl
enamel]. New 5 per 'Cents.

GIU NORTII OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
7rzffie returns for the week ending Sept. 24, 1842 :
l'a,sengers
Merchandise 350 16 9

£1,323 4 3

ntreoli rresponding week last year ....c1,351,
Se 0 11
gton, Sept. 28. W. O'BRlENcretary.

The priniiipal feature in the market to-day is an
increased demand for money, for which as much as
four per cent. has been paid for advances on Stock.
The extent of business in the funds has again been
trifling, but without any mate rial alteration in
prices, although the appearance is generally flat.
Consols 92a 921 for Money, and 92i for the Ac-
count. India Stock, 247 249; New Three-and-a-
non per Cents., 100 a 100 i ; India Bondi, 36 ;.Exche-
quer Bills, Old, 49 51 ; Nessi;4B 50 prem.
The firmness in the prices of Foreign Securities has
not abated, the Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. hav-
ing been sold at 52, and the Five par Cents. at 1021.
A transaction has occurred in Chilian Bonds at 88.
The quotation for Mexican Bonds remains at 351:
The Share Market has also exhibited some little
briskness : —London and Birmingham 1834 ; South
Western, 57-i ; Eastern Counties, 81 ; Brighton, 34i ;
Croydon, 10; South Eastern and Dover, 23; the
Scrip, 111 12 ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 46k.
Spanish are the only Bonds quoted to-day, the
Five per Cents. 154, the Three per Cents, 201.
It is stated that some of the larger holders of the
Bonds of Buenos Ayres have it in contemplation to
call a general meeting, for the purpose of adopting
measures to obtain some portion, at least, of their
long neglected claims upon that State. This is a ju-
dicious proceeding, and if carried out with unanimity
will doubtless prove successful. The present condition
of the various South American States, forbids the hope
of any large payment immediately, but their resources
are such as to enable them gradually to extinguish
these debts. A part of the revenues of the Customs,
for instance, regularly set apart and strictly applied,
would speedily effect this. The sale of Chilian Stock
noted above at 88 per cent., affords an ample proof
of the correctness of the view thus taken.
MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 28.
Railway Shares are rather more in demand, but not
much business doing. Bolton and Preston, 16i ;
Midland CountieS, 59 to 60k ; North Midland, 56i
to 57-i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 22 ; Bank of
Manchester, 21.25.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
'lndia Stock 249 pm
Ditto Bonds .............36 pm
Ditto Old Annuities ...
Ditto New Annuities...
Ex. Bills, I,oool—ad. 48 pm
Ditto 80W... SO pm
Ditto Small ...... 48 pm
Bank Stock for Acct.
India Stock for Acct
Consols for Acct.
FUNDS.

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red -
3 per Cent. Cons 92i
3i per Cent. Red... .....
New 31( per Cent... looi
New 5 per Cen'.,
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860 ..
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860 l2 7.16
FOREIGD

Austrian, 5 per cent. —
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds... 67
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent.
Chilian, 6 per cent BB
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO
Danish, 3 per cent
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent 354
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637
Peruvian, 1825,6 perct. 164
SHARES.

Portuguese, 5 per cent 5Bl
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 pet cent —
Ditto, Metallic ...... . -
Spanish, 5 per cent.. lss
Ditto, Deferred....
French, 5 per cent. —f.
Exchange —f —c.
French, 3 percent --f. —e.
Dutch, 4 per cent. 513
Ditto, 5 per cent. ... 104

-----
Eaatern Counties Railway (23 paid) ••• - Bl
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 461
Great Western, (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)... ......... 591
London and Brighton (50 paid) 341
London and Birmingham (90) ...... 183 f
Ditto Thirds (32 paid)
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid)
London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 53
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ...) 10
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 2l}
Northern and Eastern (45 pa►d)
North Midland Railway (100)
South Eastern and Dover (50
Ditto Scrip (15 paid) ... 12f

The Victoria steamer is performing her last trip
between Bordeaux and Southampton. She has been
running all the summer at an enormous loss. Her
crew consists of 40 hands, and she has been perform-
ing a voyage to and fro once a fortnight. To make
her trips pay, she ought to carry each voyage
; atd
e10)0
tons of cargo and between 40 and 50 ass
she has never had on board during one voyage more
than 40 tons of cargo, nor more than 20 passengers.
The question is now decided that Bordeaux and
Southampton is not a profitable station for steam na-
vigation. Bordeaux is a port anciently connected
with Southampton, and a few years ago two sailing
vessels regularly traded between the two ports. Both
those vessels were wrecked, and the intercourse ceased
for several years.
GREAT 1! IRES.—The two great fires that have proved
so extensively destructive at Liverpool, it will be
curious to the lovers of coincidences to remark, have
occurred in the month of September. The former
immense one took place on the 14th of September,
1802 ; and the recent tremendous devastation com-
menced early in the morning of the 23d instant. Sep-
tember, indeed, appears to have been expensively dis-
tinguished in the annals of extraordinary fires, as the
following few selections may show :—Covent garden
Theatre was burnt 20th of September, 1808 ; Devon-
port Docl:yard, 27th of September, 1840; Moscow,
14th of September (the anniversary of the first terrific
fire at Liverpool) ; and " last, though not least," un-
dexocuebuteendcley_o, thneengrrreeadt
ifinreseopftLeinorbideort,i-16‘6‘6th.e fire," par
THE Loss OF THE NoisamANLAND.--The Gipsy,
arrived at Belfast from St. Petersburg, picked up 10
of the crew of the above vessel, and a Danish man-of-
' war steamer saved 90 ; the survivors state that 600
men were on board, and not less than 500 persons
must have been lost.

ail,"-he General Steam Navigation Company's steam-
WE' Vivid, Captain Agars, that left London-bridge
h n last Friday, arrived at Hull in twenty-three
:arf urs after. She returned from Hull yesterday, after
APeassage of only twenty-two hours, notwithstanding
Jough weather.
~.hThe Earl of Fingal and other fashionables arrived
re,ttlyesterday morning, by the Antwerp Company's
Pia 'ship Antwerpen, Captain Jackson. The pas-
ittg to the St. Katharine Wharf, Tower, was made
clu twenty hours,uotwithstanding the gale of wind
7,.1'43 the night.
tor, following shipsof the General Steam Navio•.,,a-
-I,,,c`:•ornpany arrived in the river in the course .of
f~s
:—The Ocean mail packet, Capt. J. 'C.
ast, from Rotterdam ; the Menai W
, Capt. W. Phillip-3,
.11-1 Ostend ; and the Wilberforce, Capt. J. Stranack,
1.0111 Antwerp.
~Lord W. Douglas, Sir Trevor Wheeler, Bart.,
otr 61.•Lefevre, Capt. Waugh, and Capt. Winning-
ton, arrived at the Brunswick pier, Blackwall, yes-
terdv, by the General Steam Navigation Corn-
rrny a steam-3111'p N 1 ilberforce, Capt. John Stranack,
°l3l AntlYerp.

lal!ow-chandler, was then put in the same manner, t
and about half the meeting held up their hands.
The name of William Magnay, Esq., Alderman and
stationer, was then put, tnd about fifty hands wer:
held up.
The name of William Gibbs, Esq., Alderman and
fishmonger, was then put, and about fifty hands were
held up.
John Johnson, Esq., Alderman and spectacle-
maker, was then put, but no hand was held up.
The remaining Aldermen.were then put in the same
manner.

A Common Hall was held yesterday in the Guildhall
according to annual custom, for the purpose of pro-
ceeding to the election of two members of the Court
of Aldermen, one of whom is selected by that Court
to serve the office of Lord Mayor for the year ensuing.
In consequence of its being known that the return
of Alderman T. Wood would not be permitted to
take place without a contest, and that the worthy
Alderman was determined, in the event of his return
being opposed, to go to the poll, there was a great
crowd collected outside the Hall at an early hour.
The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs arrived at the Guild-
hall shortly after eleven o'cloe.k, and at half-past
eleven the Corporation proceeded in procession to
attend Divine service at the church of St. Lawrence.
Alderman T. Wood was very early in his attendance.
He was among those members of the Corporation who
attended Divine service, as were Alderman Humphrey
and Magnay.
The neighbourhood of the Guildhall exhibited all
the bustle usually attendant upon a contested elec-
tion. There were several placards exhibited, all
however of a business character, such as " Vote for
T. Wood and Humphrey, the next in rotation,"
" Vote for Humphrey and Magnay," " Vote for the
Lord Mayor and Gibbs." Although the occasion
seemed almost to call for a display of the witty powers
of the citizens themselves, not a single squib, or any
thing having the remotest pretensions to one, was ex-
hibited. As the hour approached for the return of
the Corporation from church, the hall began rapidly
to fill, and by one o'clock it was crowded.

The COMMON SERGEANT then came forward, and
said that the Sheriffs were of opinion that the elec-
tion had fallen on Thomas 'Wood, Esq , Alderman,
and framework-knitter, and John Humphery, Esq.,
Alderman, and tallow-chandler.
This announcement was reeeiyed with-deafening
shouts. No poll having been demanded,
The Sheriffs, Common Sergeant, and the other
officers, then returned to the Council-room in order to
report. the election. to the Court of Aldermen.
After an absence of half an hour,
Mr. Alderman T. WOOD entered the Hall, and was
received with loud cheers. The worthy Alderman
' then came forward to the front of the platform, and
said that he had told them but just now that he should
shortly appear before them in a new capacity, and
lie did then appear before them in a new capacity, not
as the selected, but as the rejected of the Court of
Aldermen.—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") He
bfromrs) _
aonnde
thatof t h
•a ar
re-
turned the Livery his sincere thanks for the honour-
able support they had given him, and for the kindness
which
a s hes assembled—(Cheers)—and had
le
d received_(e he e
for no trifling gratitude.—(Loud cheers.) Although
his brethren of the Court of Aldermen had not thought
largest
aes subject
ub halls
ever
fit to trust him with the civic rule for the
ensuing year, yet he hoped by the faithful
discharge of his duties as a Magistrate, to
secure their approbation, and having secured that, he
cared little for any other consequences. (Loud
cheers.) He hoped that day twelvemonths again
to solicit their kind support ; for while he
remained capable of wearing the gown fie
would annually appear before them, rather for the
purpose of receiving their approbation,--(Loud cheers)
—than:for the sake of the office which had been re-
fused him.—("Shame, shame.") Nothing,could efface
from his heart the. impression produced by the appro-
bation of the Livery, and thanking them cordially for
the confidence they had been Willing to repose in him,
he, for the present year, bade them farewell.
Alderman T. Wood then retired amidst loud cheers.
Immediately afterwards the Civic Officers returned
from the Court of Aldermen, Ald. Humphery as Lord
Mayor elect walking on the right of the Lord Mayor.
As soon as Alderman Humphery made his appear-
ance, he was received with loud cries of " Shame,
shame," mingled with faint cheers. On their arrival
on the platform,
The RECORDER came forward, and announced,
amidst great confusion, that the election had fallen on
John Humphery, Esq., Alderman and tallow-chandler.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY then came forward to
address the meeting. He was received with some '
cheers, mingled with loud hisses and groans. The
hissing and groaning continued for a considerable
time, during which the worthy Alderman in
vain endeavoured to obtain a hearing. As soon
as the uproar had in some measure subsided,
he said if they would allow him one moment to ex-
plain to them the reason why he had take.' upon him-
self the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London,
he was quite sure they would give him praise instead
of any hisses whatever.—(Cheers,) When he went
into the Court of Aldermen, his impression was that the
Court would elect Thomas Wood, Esq., Alderman.—
(Cheers, mingled with hisses.) The majority—the
great majority of that Court of Aldermen=had
thought proper to elect him (Mr. Humphery).—
(Cheers, and groans.) There was was no than in
that hall who could feel the unenviable situation
in which he (Mr. Humphery) was placed by that
electiOn.—(Uproar.) Mr. Aid. Wood was a friend of
his, and he felt that if he could in any way serve
him he would.—(Cheers.) But when he explained to
him, and when he explained to the Court of Alder-
men, what would be the result of his refusing to take
upon himself—for he was ready to pay the
fine, and ready to abide the result of a refusal; the re-
sult of that refusal to Mr. Wood would be, that he
would be again put up with one of the junior Alder-
men under him (Mr. Humphery). Every
one of these junior Aldermen were ready .
and- • willing to • take upon himself that
office. lie (Mr. Humphery), therefore, felt that if
he allowed any junior Aldermen below him, who
was ready and willing to take on himself the
office, that he (Mr. Iliimphery) would be sinking
below them, which he thought he had no right to do. ,
If he could have paid the fine, and placed Mr. Alder-
man Wood in a position to he returned by the Court
of Aldermen, he would have done it.—(Cheers.) But
he was placed in that situation that it was
impossible Mr. Wood could. be elected by a
majority of the Court of Aldermen. He was
therefore placed in an unenviable situation. A
number of his fellow-citizens found fault with
him for taking upon- himself that office.—(Loud
cheers and groans.) He was placed before the Court
of Aldermen, and he was selected by them
by a large majority. If he could have resigned in
favour of Mr. Alderman Wood, he would have done it.
No man knew litter than he did what popular elec-
tions were, and he should have felt much more gratified
if he had been elected by a majority of the Livery,
than he did in being elected by a
majority of the
Court of Aldermen. There had been a
placard published calling upon the Liverymen
to vote for Mr. Alderman Wood and Mr. Alder-
man Humphery. That had been done unknown
to him by the friends of Air• Alderman
Wood. Their proper course would have been to
have put Mr. Alderman Wood with Mr. Lain-
son, and then Mr. Alderman Wood would have been,
returned; as Mr. Alderman Lainson being incapable
of serving, the Court of Alderman would have had no
other course to pursue. They must not, therefore,
blame him (Mr. Humphery) for taking upon
himself the office, because if he had not
done so, Mr. Alderman Wood would have
been rejected, and a junior Alderman elected.,
He, being thus elected, should endeavour, in the:
situation to which he was called, to conduct'
himself in a manner to give the utmost
satisfaction in his power. He would endeavour
to uphold the hospitality and independent cha-
rhcter of the Magistrates of their City while he
held office. Nothing upon earth would be wanting
upon his part to maintain that character.
He should never express any political opinions
whatever while discharging his official duties.
He should endeavour to steer that course
that no man should know his political feelings
but by repute. He knew that it was a difficult
matter to please everybody. If Mr. Alderman Wood
could have been returned by his (Mr. H.'s) vote, he
would have had it. Having been returned, he thanked
them most sincerely for the honour, and respectfully
made his bow.—(Cheers.)
The Lord Mayor elect, was then invested with the
insignia of his office, amidst cheers and groans.
Mr. Deputy STEVENS then came forward .to dis-
charge the agreeable duty of proposing a vote of thanks
to the late Sheriffs, -Messrs. Ma nay and Rogers. He had
had the honour of proposing Mr. Rogers, and he would
appeal to the Livery whether what he had said on that
occasion had not been fully borne out by Mr. Rogers'
conduct.
Mr. Deputy.Pg,DroltP seconded the 'notion.
The motion was then put and carried unanimously.
Aldernian • Magiiay and Mr. Sheritl Rogers
then briefly returned thanks.
Mr. KING then Came'forward, and said that he had
to propose a vote of thanks to a gentleman . to whom
thanks were justly,Alua; and if he wanted a prece-
dent for, the ,xotl, he NYlis about to propose, lie.
would refer them to the cases of Alderman Waith-
man and Alderman Garrett, Who had both served
them well and faithftilly%. in the office of Lord Mayor.
Se likewise had their present Lord Mayor;
and he richly deserved a similar compliment.
He knew it might be said that his. Lordship's year
of service had not yet expired—that he had not yet
closed his accounts ; but the real question was, would
they thank him then, or would they not thank him
at all. That was the question, an- a
he thought he
knew enough of them to know that they would una-
nimouslyropo propose
—(Loud
. cheering.) He had atten-
tively the vote that he was about
to p
observed the career of Sir John Pink
as Alderman and ,Sheriff, and as Lord Mayor, and
he could confidently assert that although some might
have done as well, noneleyhaNdvoueldverdodovneerybemt.teelrli
It might be possible that Sir John Pirie
might be eclipsed ; but if they never had
a worse Lord Mayor, they
He had always kept up the ancient fame of the
City for hospitality ; and one of the proudest charac-
teristics of his INlayoralty was that no one could tell
Liverydifferent charitable
be given to Sir
from his conduct in this office what his politics were.
—(Loud cheers.) The lion. Gentleman then pro-
jpcosheni thvaitrLh e.
for thanks
.theof
splendid hospitality with
which be.. had, maintained his
for his liberal contributions
of-
fice.—(Cheer
set' '
ll' ,
Mr. exalted rank,
seconded • the motion. A
institutions of the metropolis, and for his great atten-
tion
thta:ktshoeugdhtiseilogiarge of the dUties of his high of-
the t
oh e
number of 'gotlenien there bad thought that a vote
but no vote„ ~drawn, up, ,and while the last
speaker hadilin
04ressi/ig them, the vote had been
drawn Up, an w •eti iNiite,Ould be drawn up in such
a short time, they m'os't' hallo' had a pretty good sub-
ject to ehabie• thettilo 6 it. They all knew Sir John
and Lady, -.4iPhiei, and, that there was not
a eharituble'n ?institution,. : in, : the metropolis
which had.. not receixo,ti!eir patronage and support.
Ile had great pleasure in seconding the motion,
which lie trusted would be
_ carried unanimously.

The Corr- ration returned from church shortly
after one o clock. There was no demonstration of
popular feeling either as they were going to or as
they returned frcm church.
At ten minutes after one the Lord Mayor took the
chair. The different civic authorities took their places
on the platform, and the ball was opened in the usual
form.

Alderman T. Wood on coming forward was re-
ceived with mingled expressions of disapprobation,
and applause. The applause, however, predominated.
The Lord Mayor was received with light cheering.
Silence having, been proclaimed.
The RECORDER came forward to address the Li-
very. He said that they were assembled to exercise
the highest privilege conferred upon them by the
charter of their ancient City. According to their
charter the legal qualifications for the Lord Mayor
elect were, that he should be a member of the Court
of Aldermen, and that he should have served the office
of Sheriff. It was their privilege to return two indi-
viduals duly qualified to serve the office to the Court
of Aldermen, in order that they might select
one of those persons so qualified to fill the
office. The names of those Aldermen who
had not already passed the Chair, would be sub-
mitted to them by the Learned Common Sergeant,
and it was their duty to return two of their number
to the Court of. Aldermen. It was their undoubted
right and privilege to choose which they liked. Of the
fitness of the different parties to serve the office, they
were the sole judges.—(Cheers.) They were to re-
turn those who, in their opinion, were the best fitted
to fulfil the duties which would devolve upon them.
The COMMON SERGEANT then read over the names
of the different Aldermen qualified to serve the office,
in the same order in which they were afterwards sub-
mitted to the Livery. The Learned Common Ser-
geant then read a letter from the medical attendant
of Alderman Lainson, requesting that that gentleman
might not be put in nomination this year, on the
ground of ill health.
Mr. Alderman THOMAS WOOD then came forward
amidst much cheering and some marks of disappro-
bation, to address the Hall. He stood before them
not in the capacity of a candidate for the office of Lord
Mayor, but as the Alderman in rotation, for their ap-
probation and that distinction which belonged to
honourable men.—(Cheers.) Aspersions had been
cast upon him, and extensively circulated, with a view
alike to damage the character he held in society and
his interests as a member of their Corporation. He
had sought for, he had courted inquiry three
successive times—(Hear, hear)—in his own Court,
and that had been refused him.---(Hear, hear.)
He, therefore, stood before them without any charge
substantiated to his prejudice, and if any accusation
were then brought forward, he was ready to meet it.
—(Cheers.) He had for the last two years been sub-
ject to as gross a persecution as a public man had ever
endured.—(Hear.) Attempts had been made last year
to prevent his return, but the kindness of his fellow- '
citizens had seen through the artifice, and had return-
ed him with the present Right Hon. Lord Mayor, for
the selection of his brother Aldermen?: Not one single
fact had since been elicited to the injury of his cha-
racter ; but still the old sore had been re-opened,
not for any useful purpose, but in order to awaken
dissensions which should have long since been buried
in oblivion.—(Hear, hear.) He knew not to what
that was to be attributed, unless it were owing to the
fearless discharge of his public duties, and to his
having compelled the performance of an act of justice
which, though tardy in its operation, had procured for
him an inheritance of persecution.—(Hear, hear.) If
that were the reward which a public Magistrate were
to meet with, he knew not how character could be
secure, or public property could be protected, unless
by falling back on the Livery, or the constituent
body whose approbation he then solicited.—(Cheers.)
He was, like all men, assailable in public.
All he asked for was a fair investigation
into his conduct. He stood before them for that pur-
pose. He had asked the Court of Aldermen what
were the charges against him ; and when had he re-
reived an answer ? Why, yesterday, for the first
time. And what was the amount of the charge ? It
was this : that, in common with many other persons
injured by public Companies, he had been misled and
misguided by a public Company. It had been as-
serted, that, as a Director of the Talacre Coal Com-
pany, he had produced as the coal of. the Company
coal of a different mine. To that assertion he gave
an unqualified and unhesitating contradiction.
(Cheers.) It was as base a falsehood, fabricated for
purposes of malignity, as human ingenuity had ever
invented to prejudice the character of a public man.
He had been formerly prevented, by a feeling of be-
nevolence, and by the advice of others, from making
known the position in which he stood. He now
called upon his accusers to find out one single
thing in connexion with the transaction in
question to which he would not be prepared
to give an immediate and satisfactory answer.—
(Cheers.) He did not think that was the place for
discussions of the kind ; but that was the place for the
appeal of an honest heart to honest men.—(Cheers.)
It was for them, judging without prejudice, un-
influenced by any sordid considerations to
decide upon his claims on their support
and approbation. There was another charge to which
he should allude. He should first state that it had
been made on him by one of his Aldermanic brethren.
--(Hear, bear, and cries of " Shame ")—he meant
Alderman Wilson.--(Cries of " Where is he ?") He
was not there that day ; he had shrunk from stating
in public the charges which he was so ready to ad-
vance in private. Mr. Alderman Wilson had thought
fit to attack him on the ground of poverty. He never
had pretended to be rich; he had not been sent into
that Corporation to represent the rich; but he had
been sent there for the purpose of maintaining
the liberties and privileges of their City, and guarding
its interests. He had been sent to discharge faith-
fully his duties as a Magistrate ; ar d he appealed to
them, whether he had not, up to that moment, unex-
ceptionably performed the duties which devolved
upon him.—(Hear.) And if that • was the case,
was he to be excluded from the office of their
Chief Magistrate, because he was not rich ?—(Hear,
bear.) Was the amount of wealth to be the test of
civic worth? And were personal qualifications to be
disregarded ? If that were to be so, merit would
be left at the mercy of money. Let them
see what the rich Magistrate might do.
He was sorry that 'the party he alluded to (Mr. Alder-
man Wilson) was not then present. But had they
not a Chief Magistrate spending large sums of money
in invitations not only . to the citizens but
to his friends conferring his favours first
on his family and then on the public ? They had seen
the book of invitations leht to the secretary of a Com-
mittee appointed to collect for that Magistrate the sum
necessary for purchasing a piece of plate ; while every
one who had received an invitation was called upon to
subscribe his guinea. The secretary was to be
rewarded; but that reward was to be paid by the
public, for the Chief Magistrate in question had
procured for the Secretary the situation of an Income-
tax Commissioner. That was the rich man who dared
to complain of his (Mr. .Ald. T. Wood's) poverty,
That was the man who was so solicitous for the in-
dependence of the Mansion-house. He should then
leave himself entirely in their hands. He cared
not for the office of Lord Mayor on his own account; and
if they thought he was not fitted for discharging
its duties he did not wish for their support. All he
asked was that a man should not be judged before he
had been heard, that aspersions on his character
should not be believed until an opportunity
of answering them had been given. He

would tell them to remember that until a man was

found guilty, he should be held to be innocent":
(Hear. hear.) He thanked them for the kind hearing
they had given, and he hoped he should by and bye
address them in a new capacity.—(Much cheering.)
The COMMON SERGEANT then came forward, and
said—All you good men of the Livery that would
have Thomas Wood, Esq., Alderman and framework
knitter, to he Lord Mayor for the year ensuing, will
hold up your hands.
Nearly three parts of the persons in the Hall held
up their hands amidst loud and prolonged cheering.
The COMMON SERGEANT then put the name of
John Lainson. Esq:, Alderman and spectacle-maker,
in the same manner, but there were only two hands
held up.
The name of John Humphery, Esq., Alderman and

, The vote was then read by the Town-Cleric, put,
and carried unanimously.
.The LORD MAYOR, in returning thanks, said that
heshould not at that hour encroach at any-
length upon their time. He should merely
offer them his sincere acknowledgments for
the compliment which had been paid to him. Fe
could assure them that in the discharge of his public
duties the approbation of his fellow-citizens was the
only reward he desired.—(Cheers.)
The Hall was then dissolved.