The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-26 00:00:00

DECLARATION OF THE RETURNED, MEMISERS.

Yesterday being the day appointed by the She•
riffs for declaring the successful Candidates for ti,c
representation of the City of London in Parlia-
ment, and signing the return, a Common Hall
was hell for that purpose. At one o'clock the
Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Sheriffs, several
Aldermen, and the fulir Members, came upon the
Hustings. As the Members took their places,
they hosed to the Livery, and were severally sa-
inted with load cheers. As soon as the usnal pre-
liminary'forMs were gole.thrntigh, the Crier an-
nounced that Alderman Wood, Mr. Wilson, Mr.
Wait !ilium. and Alderman Thorp, were duly elect-
ed, to serve in Parliament as Representatives for'
the City of London. The return was then signed,
after which—

Akerman Wools addressed the Livery : he said,
that having then been declared one of their Re-
presentatives in Parliament, he had little to add
to the observations which he had already address-
ed to them upon so many- occaio,is during the
cOntinualire of the poll ; hut what could not be
too often repeated was, the expression rif his sin-
cere thanks for the very svarin support he had re.
ceived in the course of his canvass, and daring the
election. 'ibis circumstance, which kept •Itim
from the conimeneement in the proud station
whiCh lie herd upon the poll, would never be ef-
faced from his most grateful recollection. He
was anxious here to 'say a few words, as to an ails
dtei,s which had been put forward by one of. the
unsuccessful candidates, he meant the lion. Ba-
rimet (Sir W. Cook). It was stated in this ad-
dress, that lie hail hist his election in consequence
of his haviog been obliged to attend to his Par-
liamentary ditties, and thereby to • neglect that
active canvass whieh had been made by the three
other candidates. Now, as he (Alderman Wood)
was alludcd to as one of these three, he felt it his
ditty to state, that this was certainly a mistake on
the part of the lion. Baronet or his ft iends. For
lie (Sir W. Cur: is) had canvassed in -several pub-
lic places, such as the 'Change, arid the Corn-
maiket, before he (Alderman Wood) had ever
spoken to any individual on the subject of the
then approaching Election. Indeed he had even
less _time for such exertion titan the Worthy Al,
dertiout himself, for he had been for a long time
before the dissolution of Parliament acting as
Chairman of _a Committee for inquiring into the
state of the prisons of the metropolis. In this
duty lie was occupied during the eally part of the
day, for five days out of the seven, and in the
evening he was obliged to, tumid in his place
at the House. The consequence -was, that until
a week before the dissolution, he had not began
to canvass, and the time he had to spare after-
wards was so short, that there
,were six or seven
of the Wards which he had not visited. To those,
however, upon whOto lie had not the pleasure
of waiiio4 personally, he offered t he cit curnstalices
in which he Was placed as his best apology. lie
thanked them most sincerely for, their kind exer-
tions in his favour, and he assured them every
action of his life should be devoted to the advance-
ment of their imetests and to those of the country
generally —(:lpolause )---7-The duty they had im-
posed upon him lie would endeavour to discharge
to the best of Its shiliiieS, and when the time ar-
rived whet, he should surrender !nick his trust, he
Would not he ashamed to look his Constituents in
the face, and to account for the manner in which
that triest-had been. used.—(ApplauSe.)
Mr. XVI t.sotv next came for Ward, and was greeted
'With considerable applause. He said, that haying
On Tuesday expressed with simplicity and troth
his sincere acknowledgments for the high and dis-
tinguished bottom which the Livery had conferred
opon him, he was • not prepared to address them
again on the present occasion ; but, called before
'them iu rotation as lie then was, he begged again
to offer his heartfelt thanks for the manner in
which they bad receivad and supported him
.from
the commenremeut of the Election. This he had
done before, but it was a task which could nut be
too
.otten repeated, for the satisfaction which
it gave to his feelings. lie, too, should
say, taking the hint from the worthy Gen-
tleman who had preceded bini, that he *had
not canvassed' long befriee the Election. In-
deed, he had' nit thought of putiing him-
self forwaid as a Candidate for so arduous a
duty as that of a Representative for the• City of
London-, but his friends had urged hint to it. It
cvas by rhem that he was put forward, and by
their assistance he had obtained that powerful and
independent support which placed him so high
upon the poll,• and which he would never forget
as Idng as he lived.—(Applause )—He regretted
that he had not been able to wait in person upon
many of thosez•Geutlemen witti had honoured him
with their votes, but the shortnes's of the time
from his having become a' Candidate to the com-
mencement of the Election, scarcely gave hint an
Opportnnit. LleWished, hOwever, to have it' tin-
derstood, lest any Charge cif neglect or itidifref-
ence should be made against him, that be bad at.
tended at those places where:numbers of the Livery
•wetein- the habit of resorting and discussing pub-
lic measures. He was proud to-say, that on these
occasions he had been most favourably received,
and every support and assistance offered to him.
Again he begged the Livery to accept his most
sincere thanks, and the earnest assurance that
the study of his whole life should be, to endea-
vanr, by a strict and impartial discharge of his
duty, to promote their interest and that of the-
country at: large, and thereby to deserve that con-
fidence which
.they had already placed in him.—
(Applause.)
Mr. Warr-Li:4.o,r then presented hiniSelf to-the
Livery Having',- he observed, had occasion to
address 'them 'at sOmelength every day during the
poll, he hail but little to say on the 4 present occa-
sion, further than expressing his heartfelt thanks
to those numerous and ardent friends whose vo-
luntary and zealous-support had raised bins to the
highest honour which it WAS possible for them to
bestow, or which he was ambitious to obtain.
This was- an honour generally' confined to one
Class of persons, and' the consequence was, that
two-thirds of the trailers in the City,were:not re-
presented at all. The persons eogaged in the
commercial, banking, and shipping business, had

some t 'their body representing; various parts
of the country and attending to their in-
terests in
,Parliament, but the tradesmen of
the City had scarcely one who vas acquaint-
ed with their interests, and few who took
the trouble of attending to them. He did
not mean to iusineate that an attention to one
serest should be his peculiar care; lie valued every
one of them; and he should exert himself to the
utmost of his power for the benefit of them all.
He was the first person of his particular line of
business who had ever attained the honour of a
seat in Parliament for the city of London. He
might,to be sure. have assnmel the name of mer-
chant if he chose ; he might, if he pleased, have
taken a small office in the City for 401. or 301. H-
year, called himself R inerchmit, and then lie would
he considered as qualified for the --honour of
seat in Parliament ; het he had studionsly
avoided such a line of conduct. 4le did not re-
tire from bosioess, because he wished to make his
stand on the very ground on which the objec-
tion had been raised. He wished to establish the
principle, that the City had men within itself fit
to represent it, and that there was no necessity of
looking abroad for strangers. The Corpora!iou
itself lately made consi'lerable advances in the
choke of Representatives, and he was the first in-
stance on recent of any man being returned for
the City who had lareviously held only a seat in
the Common Council. He rejoiced at the cir-
cumstance, not because he himself was concern-.
ed, hut it held out an encouragement to men of
property and talent to belong to the'Common
Council. With respect to the election, or those
who were concerned in it, he should, not say
any thing. They were sufficiently mortified at
their diSappo;ntreent,. and he would not add
to the irritation of their feelings. To his
friend's he begged again to return his most
sincere thanks. - They bad conducted his elec.
riot), and insured Isis success, in a manner
that did them credit. They had acted so as to
cause their aove,rsaries to fall into that pit which
they themselves had dug. The Hon. Gentlenian
concluded by stating, that besides the Committees,
he had in reserve, on the last day of the election,
300 voters who had determined to come forward
and support him if occasion required, and assuring.
them that the conduct of every person who had
voted againSt him should not remain longer it his
remembrance, and that be. would feel as much
pleasure in advocating their interests in Parliament
as that of any other of hii constituents.—
(Applause.)
Mr. Alderman Tutorte returned thanks for the
exertions made in his behalf in 'a contest as un-
exampled in respect of the, numbers who voted
as its result was glorious.—( Land applause.)—
He..trusted such a reaUlt would always be the case
in London, and be hoped it would here-echoed
from one end of the kingdom to another, that the
politic might see, that to eoriquee required only
exertion and perseverance. He thanked tile
friends who had early advocated his cause ; and
be also was deeply grateful to those who, in the
later period of the contest, had joined his stand-
ard. lie accepted the sacred trust committed to
him, would act through life on those prWciples
of independence and integrity which he had al-
ready .professed, and hoped that the Livery of
London would have reason to be satisfied he was
faithfully attached to their liberties, rights, and
privileges, and to those of the whole human race-.
(Applause.)
Mr. OLDHAM moved the Thanks of the Livery
to Sir James'Shaw,,theie late Representative, ror
tie manly and independent manner in which he
had advocated their cause in Parliament. He
then passed a warns enlogium on the Honourable
Baronet for his noble resistance to the Habeas
Corpus Suspension Bill, and to other unconstitu-
tional measures of the Executive Government.—
(Applause.)
Mr. SAVAGE seconded the motion, and felt it
was unnecessary for him to say one word in its
support, as there was only one opinion among
the Livery respecting the conduct -of the Hon.
Baronet.----(It was then put and carried unani•
mously, with much applause.)
Mr. Faveee then moved thanks to the Sheriffs
for their conduct during the election.
Mr. WILSON (brother to the Member) second-
ed the motion, and observed, that the.eandour and
urbanity of manuers shown by the Sheriffs had
given universal satisfaction. The motion was
carried unanimously.
Mr. Sheriff DESANGES said, it had always given
him the greatest-pleasure to do every thing it his
power towards properly fulfilling the duties of the
office he had accepted, and he thonght-it.the only
praiseworthy line of conduct to discharge all such
duties in .a manlier _conformable to the wishes of
the citizeus.--(Applause.)
Mr. Sheriff ALDERSON thanked the Livery, and
observed, that the knowledge of- having deserved
their approbation of his conduct would be his
greatest happinesi retirement.—(Applause.)----:
The Hall ‘Vas'inimediately dissolved:.