The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-07 00:00:00

opinion oriel virtuous setittatent. over ptiVate pre-
judice and indecent patisionti—(vplause)—a
%vhicit was the more Itemise it
AVUS obtainel without solicitation, And originated
solely in the 1401)7 H tri,u% aml unbiassed opinion
of the tieiry of London. All party feelings had
'been laid rts,(le, the rare, the welfare, and
litc honour of the coy of ,Lottilon, had been rt.
garded as paramount t all other considerations,:
This election would form Hu epooli in the history
of Al bniilt oecatdona<Atighly-ereAkable to the pre.
Atilt period ; because, notwithstanding the vast
multitude which had beep austrtilvd in that hall
from day to day, not a single ritit 3Or act of outrage
had occurred to throw t; shade over their proceed.
ihp. Such had been the character of the eleetiOn,
nod such blie hoped ,it would continue to theend and
he trnsted that all to whoni he addressed himself
would return home satisfied with the result of the

exertions skltiels they had instdeostsa,happy in the
cnuseiousness that honest svorth Ikrisk.been prefer-

red above ell the inducement's' of powerful in-
fluence.' There never vas a at which the
btroilg hand of power was likely to beeome more
necessary then the prevent. The ensuing
he much feared, would prodoet ethnics which all
must. deplore ; but the it series of went and
wretchedness might not perhaps be esolured
patiently. absence of employment produced
idleness I end this, combined, with distress, he
aPPI Cbgntled would be but too powerhil au incen-
tip). to crime. TO gnarl illgattiSt Mich conse-
quences, vieilance and activllyin•their Chief Ma-
. gistrate were itidispensatile I and he believed he
might say, without tear,o(contrailictious that no
man wee likely to prove himself possessed of these
quatitio • more eminently than the present Lord
iilayur.—r(Applause.)—.lti voting for his again fill.
ing his high and honourable station, therefore, they
bad buteonsulted the happiness end security of
the cominunity,--41e had heard it insinuated diat
the Cowl of Aldetmen woitl+l not eseond the
vrishes of the Livery, so ineoutestablY expressed.
Of Oita, howeVer, he heti no apprehensions ; and
whatever 'night be the idle speculations of t Oat
degraded patty who 1110 dragged their late relay.
taut iictini (Alderman Smith) before the CoePos
ration, lie woe isure Ow that tthrthy Alderman
biniseif would- be. Ow last to satick inch it ietis-inc pro-
ceeding. 'lite bigotry end I.l?;irjp4.4ttrialities of
the party to which he alluded, heiwas satisfied
would not be found to exist in the Court of AI.
thriven-ail a body. The pogriettf•itlsleemen were
too wiag.to, put themselves thuvat issue with the
iii ttleil 006104 of thr Livery; They knew sot.
ter than to scatter the firebrand over the city,
end then to say they were. In !sport. Be cool('
Out suppose that that lionourablohissly would re.
titsti to confirm the election; „It „bed been said
that one ground of objection ,wcit4be, that they
lied no right to elect en Alderman out of his
rotation, lia would have them to.reeollect, how.
ever, that although the citiiens had till:feted their
tights to slumber, yet the right of election lay with
them, and not with the,court of Aldermen. it
WWI With the Livery to say whom they would
elloose to have as their Chief Magistrate ; and it
wits not -because for a time they had courteously
waved their power to the Court of Ahlernieni that
they therefore had note right. to reelaint
These were times when the feelings of the people
were not. to be Arab* with. It was politic to
inmt ,GlorY whit or Wile Hearin which was not.
WisehievouSo • i.frolt ibis ground, Ire tailed' upon
11+0 Court of Aldermen deeply to consider the pro.
.priety of obeying the public voice ; and he sin-
cerely hoped, when they' all met again on Un-
its,' next, that they would confirm the wishes of
the Livery. Until thnt day he should ;eke his
Jeave, anticipating the full accomplislonent,ot all
.thuir.dexires. _ _

Mr. WIIITit was then withdrawing, but wet re•
minded of his question to Alderman Christopher
Smith : be immediately returned, and declared that
,this circOmStelOCS, had escaped his • recollect ion.
lie was extremely happy, however„.in being able
,to give the worthy Alderman an opportunity of
!ivindicating himself, which be understood he would
,do, from an Imputation which had gone abroad
against him. it would he recollected that the Al-
Aermatt had declared that he lied not been so.
4., much the prol of Ministers as had, btl.to asserted ;
and that lie had voted against Ohne obnoxious
measures, among which, was the property-tax.
In answer to this latter assertion of the worthy
Mtlerman,.he,(Mr. White), while on the !lusting:
on a firmer .day, hats received a letter, stat.
ittg-r that although the worthy Alderman had
voted against the property-tax the House
of Commons, yet that her: itsstr sat as the
Chairman of a Meeting at the London Tavern,
the object of which Witt to petition for the-renewal
of that tax. This charge was so serious, that he
(;fh, White), with that openness which • had
alweys characterized his proceedings, felt it in-
: cnnibent on hint to apprise the worthy Awrinsu
of Its VtiStenCep when be was assured by him that
the statement had no foundation—a declaration

%%hid' be understood 'Alderman Smith was ready
to repeat that ;lay, The litter stated, however,
titat the writer could- produce undoubted proof
that the worthy Alderman ditlincet 44 party to pre.
p ire %Itch a petition as Itehad described, but that,
only twentt siwutures iaits4Trgettreds. 110cY
pat cite petition in thesr ptIC et, and walked away.
The question be %visited to ask W 133, 'whether the
worthyAiderman attended that meeting or not I
Mr. Alderman SMITH came' forward, and an.
,swered the question put to bins ht the negative.
13e also requested that the name of the persou
Who had tints calumniated him should be given
up,—(Applause.)—Thelpresent contest being now
at an end, he begged leave to assure them, there
was not one amongst -them whom he would not
serve if in his power, and with that teeltng he
bade theta all farewell.—(Applattee.)
Mr. Witt.tasts stepped torward,,,biitilierwould
not hear ,`;1')1j-Th

ilircurn congratulated the Ihkry on the
triumph they lOW oh,taiuedtoasslbeapluisised his
hope 4 that at tho Common HaliOnVirestlay they
would not fail it, ,return thanks to Mr. White,
who 444,3tOCUlfgrivard tea this .occasion so much
to 114 ovici honour and the advantage of the
Livery.r—The Hall then adjournek
On Tuesday (to-morrow) ‘there%wlll be a Cori).
man Hall, when it will be declavedvon'whont the
elettion of the Court of Aldernteit havitatleu. ,