The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-17 00:00:00

very highest situation that could he'couleired ou
m It had fOrmerly been said,. by a great states-
man, that there was something behind the Throne
greater than the Throne itself ; and he could now
say, that there was something behind the Livery
greater than the Livery itself. It was nor to be
endured that any such doctrine was to he held out,
that when Liverymen had properly qualified the 11 I -
Selves, and pssed through the different offices they
might he required to Till, Wry we're not qualified to
offer themselves as candidates -tor higher situa-
tions. ile %void(' never iiuer sitelo
of excbi.ioto to be established. The Crirrorwion

of ' I.oitili'ne to atr only seei!•nrl to the highest
a•senrhly in the kingdom ; ster+-,,anymao;\elityliad-
pAssed through the different offices of that cm-r-
-pm:llion, Was folly quallfit'd to nlFii I.lmself as
its tepteserittiti%r itr Pat liament. He was sorry
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to I►e obli4ed to •ta'e, that ;1 tr;MendOllS influence
had ever liven, sod ►c;ts still likely to be exercised
over the Livers; of London. 'Wilt regard to his
Own pretensions, he would leave that'iluestion
entirely wi,h the Livery.; he could 'exercise no
Monier over citei►,; lie had not influence enough to
n►o've it feather ; all he to ►est on was public
opinion, and on that, and upon the good wishes
at the Livery, Ict luliv !died. lie trnste•d, there-
fore, that all who possessed the true spirit of in-
dependence would crowd to tie pull trod give
hint their support.

AIr.NVIL.soN then came forward. He stated, t
in couit (pence of the invitation anti.solici:ation, r t
very:J.-at nuinbcrof most re,pt.etable
lie had heel) induced to Offer hints, it as
date to :cprvsent their ancient City in Pal liament.
ile Lord _he shoidd not be aceuse4l of not having
bveir a Member of the 'Livery. He trusted .he
!.,hould hr pal dolled for saying that lie did not
conceive that an esseotial,- it he were in other

respects d. lie was 'yet hut little known
to many of thetni. but he was satisfied, that,
-should they coulter 6U him such a 'nark of tbeit
apprObatiinvaS- tii -elect him ril-serve in Parlia-
ment, a faithful and zealous discharge of the
rittrics anneed to that high situation, would, in
a short titne, render him better known. As to
principle., he Sliould always Soppeirt the Con-
stitution of King-, Lords, and Commons, such as
it had been established at the glOrious Itevolu-
viOn. He had appeared before them to solicit the
remki,d vacant by the resignation of their
late esteemed aqd respected Representative, Sir
J.--Shaw. It the Livery of London should send

him into Parliament, he should make it his stiudy
to give his vote in a manner as to promote
their commercial interests, on the-due support of
so much (Arpended the power and faospe-
r;ty of Hick. city. Thotif,li he was not of their

CorporAt ion, yet he did not appear before thew as
a svaneer : his father had been a Freeman Of
thvir City, and be Iva--; therefore entitled to it by

birth.---ihough be did not possess a gown, he
had no objectiof► to add the arduous duties it int-
posel to the.high honour to which he now aspir-
ed, if tbtir favour should render his suit for the
latter successful, and it in their opinion he could
undertake the (Alice consistently with his situa,
tion in life, what he owed to his family, and his
Own plivcicat s.rengdt. Ile put himself into their
bands, and thanked diem most cordially .for the
persevering support he had received.
A Air. DowNING, in the centre of the Hall,

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was then raised upon the shouldets of a few of Ills
friends, and addressed the Livery. Ile &scored
in rather an incoherent manner upon the neces-
sity of independence on the part of tie Electors,
Rod regretted that there was not a greater num-
ber of Candidates. Not being much attended to
by the Meeting, he.dropped to hiS former station
among the crowd.
Mr. RowcitorT then came forward and said,

that when the resignation of Sir J. Shaw was an-
nounced, much to the surprise and regret of his
feilow•-citizens, he had not thought of coming for-
ward, but finding that no other petson was dis-
posed to offer himself, he had, at the request of a
outuber of friends, been indured to come toreeard.
6iuce then, however, a number of respectable in-
dividuals had preferred their claims, and finding
that there was a sufficient number of Candidates,
be should for the present decline the honour he
intended to have done himself-by pressing his
his claims further.—(Applause.)

After the nominations had concluded, the show
of hands took place tor the reseective Candidates,
a-nd the Sheriffs declared the majority. to be in fa-
your of ,Messrs. NVuod, Thorp, 'Wait(mutt), and

r‘ Ir. Birch having' declined the contest, Sir
William Curtis and Alderman Atkins demanded a
Poll, which commenced at half-past three, and
closed at hall-pas► (our. At 5 o'clock the num-
bers were thus posted :---

‘Von(I I'4; t Wil:on
Waithinan -159 Curtis 91
Thorp lSt; Atkins

Alderman Wool) then came forward and merely
thanked the Liverymen for the honour they had
done him, assuring them that if he should be so
buccessful as to be returned, he would always en-
dVavour to merit their approbation.
Mr. WAITHMAN expressed the great gratifica-
tion he felt at this testimony of public feeling.

Alderman TtiOlt? and Mr. WusoN briefly 're-
tt:rned thanks Ihr the hohohr conferred upon them;
and Sir Wm. CURTIS and alderman ATKINS ei-
deavoured to ito the same, but in vain. So great
was the clamour thot not a word they said could
be,heard; they therefore bowed and retired.

DUEL.---A meeting took place yesterday morn-
ing at seven o'clock at Chalk FatlO, between
Lieutenant WILLIAMS, of the Royal Navy, and
WALco-r. The parties exchanged shuts twice,
and on the last fire Mr. WALcoT received a wound
i his left arm. The seconds then interfeted, and
the parties left the ground on friendly terms.—
The meeting originated in a dispute at Vau-xhall
Gardens on Wednesday night.
Yesterday ! Another Twenty Thousand Pound
Prize was sold by CARROLL, in One Half, Two
Eighths, and -Four Sixteenths. The number of
the Ticket is 9,481, and the fortunate Holders.
may receive their Money on demand.—This is the
•Third Prize of 20,0001. sold by CAuttou. in the
Last live months. The highest Prize was also sold
by him on the First Day ; we may therefore an-
ticipate that lie will maintain his station at the
bead of the Poll on FRIDAY, 26th June, when
the Lottery will finish.