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London, England, 1829-10-05 00:00:00

THE NEW LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN,

Wednesday the new LordMayor,Ahlerman Jacob

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West, accompanied by Alderman Montgomery, his
predecessor in the Chief Magistracy of the city, the
new Sheriffs, Messrs. Hoyte and Scott, the %Tor-
.ler, the late Sheriff, and the different officers of the
Corporation, proceeded from the Assembly House
in William-street to !he Castle, for the purpose of
being sworn into office, before his txceliency the
Lot d Lieutenant.

At one o'clock the Lord Mayor and the members
of the Corporation were admitted into the presence
chamber, where they found the Lord Lietrenant sur-
rounded by the different officers of the household,
Lord Plunkett, the Chief Remembraticer, Mr.lllalt,
the Attorney-General, Mr. Joy, &e.
The Recorder addressed his Excellency, and said,
that he hail the honour of presenting to him, Alder-
man Jacob West, who had been elected by his fel-
low-citizens to the high and distinguished honour of
;meting as their Lord Mayor fur the ensuing year.
Six centuries had now elapsed since the Corpora&
'ion of Dubliu had obtained a King's charter, 'and
the same loyal principles now governed that Corpo-
ration, which were to be found in all its records, and
might be considered coeval with the first traces of its
existence. Upon this occasion, the first that the
Corporation had the opportunity of offering these
congratulations to his Excellency, since he had as-
sumed the reins of government, and of expressing
their delight and pleasure on having such a represen-
tative of their gracious Sovereign, they could not
but hail in him the descendant of an illustrious pre-
decessor, whose virtues and whose munificence had
endeared him to the recollections of the citizens of
Dublin. He should feel that he would be trespass-
ing somewhat beyond the bounds of his office, if in
the high judicial presence in which he then stood,
he should enter into a detail of the many important
duties that devolved upon a Lord Mayor of the city
of Dublin. The Recorder then glanced at the many
important functions which a Lord Mayor of Dublin
had to discharge. Amongst these it would be ne-
cessary for him to look to the state of the poor, and
to provide the best means of affording them relief.
He regretted to say that the new Lord Mayor would
have difficulties of a very serious nature to encoun-
ter, for he would find himself surrounded by distress,
which prevailed to a very great extent amongst the
operative classes. It would, however, be a vain
hope to hold out that either individual or the com-
bined exertions of charity or benevolence could sup-
ply the want of a natural demand for the produc-
tions of human industry. The process was always
painful in itself to transfer a portion of capital from
one channel into another. He was certain that the
utmost exertions would be used by the Lord Mayor
to alleviate the public distress; but while he was
anxious to administer relief he should be also vigi-
lant to suppress outrage and insubordination. He
was sure that when the year of Alderman West's
office should expire, he should be able to offer him
the same testimony of approbation which he now
tendered to his esteemed predecessor. That indi-
vidual had so conducted himself in his office as to
win the approbation of those by whom he had been
elected. And such had been his desire to serve his
fellow-citizens, and such his unbending integrity, as
to gain for him the esteem even of those who differed
fro►n him in opinion.
The usual oaths were then administered to Alder-
man West, and he was invested with the insignia of
his office.

Lord PLUNKETT then addressed the Lord Mayor.
After the very able observations of the Recorder,
he should dispense with saying any thing upon the
duties of the Lord Mayor, if it were not usual so to
do ; and lest his total silence should be interpreted
into a want of respect, which he was desirous of
personally expressing to the Lord Mayor himself.
The duties of the office of Lord Mayor were com-
prised in the oath which the wisdom of their ances-
tors had devised; and in that oath he would find
what important duties he had. to discharge. He
would perceive that he had to maintain and preserve
the rights of the ('rown, and he was bound under the
solemn obligation of the oath he had taken to be
careful that the revenue should not be impaired in
any respect. Next to this important duty, it was
his care to look that the regulations between mas-
ters, servants, and apprentices were duly observed.
Much of the mischief that had arisen from time to
time, arose from the neglect of their duties by mas-
ters towards their servants and apprentices. He did
not mean to say that there was any peculiar neglect
of them here; but it was incidental to human affairs
that it should be so, and it was particularly neces-
sary to look on the domestic relation between these
classes in society, that there was a due observance
of morality and of religion, without which morality
was but a name. Besides the duties which affected
the corporation, his Lordship would carry in his re-
collection, that by the words of his oath he was to
attend to the interests of all persons in the city,
whether of the corporation, or citizens at large; and
that strangers were peculiarly under his care. To
all he should administer justice impartially—without
reference to wealth, respect to greatness, and no
neglect of poverty—within the scope of his jurisdic-
don, the Lord Mayor should administer equal justice
to all. In the discharge of his duties towards his
fellow-citizens, as much would depend upon manners
as upon laws; and in the administration of the laws,
he would deal them out in such a manner as would
be best calculated to promote a spirit of union, of
harmony, and of concord amongst all classes of his
Majesty's subjects.
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND then addressed
the Lord Mayor and said—My Lord Mayor, after
the very full explanation that has been given of
your duties, the easy labour devolves upon me of
congratulating you upon the situation to which
your fellow-citizens have elected you. I entertain
no doubt that you will judiciously perform the office
of Lord Mayor. My only recommendation to you
is, to administer justice in an impartial and fearless
manner. lam satisfied that that peace, tranquillity,
and good order which has so long distinguished this
city, will be continued during your year of office,
and I am quite satisfied that you will retire from
your office having satisfactorily performed your
duties. His Grace added a few words which we
did not distinctly hear; but we understood that he
congratulated Alderman Montgomery upon the
manner he had filled the office of Lord Mayor.
The Lord Lieutenant appeared in very good
health—he was dressed in the Windsor uniform,
and wore the star and ribbon of the order of the
Garter.

The new Lord Mayor proceeded to the Sessions-
house, Green-street, where George Hope and
William Scott, Esqrs. were sworn to act as Sheriffs
for the ensuing year. Mr. Twycross was sworn in
Sub-Sheriff.

The RECORDER, in speaking of the new Sheriffs
took occasion to advert to the manner in which the
duty had been performed for the past year, and
complimented in very warm language the late She-
riffs and their deputy for the impartial, honest, up-
right, and efficient discharge of the offices they
had filled.