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London, England, 1815-11-10 00:00:00

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LORD MATOR'S

Irtsterday the public curiosity, and what is infi-
nitely more vainable, the honourable ambition of
the public, was highly gratified by a most magnifi-
cent display of the national wealth and power in the
grand public mere at our present worthy Lord Mayor
into eflice The shops wtere all shut up harm Guild-
hall to Illackliiars. and the streets tilled with people ;
the bells commenced tivging a merry peal. About
ts:elve o'clock the present Lord • Mayor, the late
Let J Mayor, the Stet ill's, several Aldermen, Sic. &c.
arrived in their coinages at Guildhall, and assent.
in the Grand Council Chamber, whilst the grand
1,2 oee-,ion was arranging in the street. At twelve
o'clock, a I erald announced that the procession was
; and the Lord I,layor was conducted from
the Cooneil Chamber by the Shetiiri, accompaireil
by and preceded by the Swots! and
Mace Bearers, his train borne up, followed by the
City Purse-13earer—the late Lord Mayor followed,
with his train also borne up. The Hall was very full
of Ladies and other spectators, although the prepa-
rations for the grand entertainment were rapidly
going on, an avenue being formed from the entrance-
door across the Hall leading to the steps going up to
the different Courts. As soon as the company en-
tered their carriages, the procession commenced ac-
cording to the order given in our Paper of Wednesday.
The streets were nearly impassable—the windows
el the houses were crowded, front the first floor to
the top, whit beauty and fashion, the bells ringing,
and the most heartfelt cheer's from the spectators as
it :nose d along King-street, Cheapside, round St.
('beech-yaid, .Ludgate-street, Ludgate-hill,
and Bridge-ntr.e-•, where they arrived about five mi-
nutes past one o'clock—there they aiiq,lited from their
carriages, and the eew and old Lord Mayors, the
Court of Aldermen, and City Officers embarked on
be.ie :tee City state !largo. The FishmenAers, Drapers,
I:e:lmo:igen., Goldsmiths, Merchant Taylors, Needle-
I:malccrs, and Stationeis Companies' barges, with their
respective Companies on board, each superbly orna-
mented with 11.igs Arid colours, a b end of music on
boat d 1 each, and rowed by nine pairs of oars, the
water nice or rowers dressed in their respective uni-
'CUM, were in waitirg—it took twenty minutes to
embark, and they started nearly about half-past one
o'clock, on a signal gun being &et, from the oppo-
site wharf.—The different bands struck up ",Goci
Save the King," " Rule Britannia," fee.. It was
about low water, and they rowed up the River
against wind and tide, in all the pride of national
greatness, being saluted with-minute guns from the
opposite shore, and greeted by thousands of specta-
tors along both sides of the River, and the three
bridges.
About twenty minutes past two the cavalcade
landed at Palace-yard stairs, and went in the usual
procession on toot to the Court of Exchequer.
Having arrived at the bar, the RECORDER Said—
" I have the tumour of presenting, at your Lord-
ships' bar, Matthew Wood, Esq. Alderman and
Fishmonger, who has been, by the selection of the
Conn of Aldermen, callzd to the elevated situation
of Lerd Mayor of the Ketropolis of this United
Kingdom. The unwearied attention with which this
Gentl.:m in has devoted himself to the multilarieus
and important municipal concerns of this great city,
which he has discharged with zeal and atilt ty—and
the useful assistance which he has afforded in the
Court of Alders:len, and in Committees of the Com-
mon Council, have long given him a high degree of
:celebrity in the City of Landon. The kitowle4••
which he has thus acqureti of tire iiectiliar rights and
privileges, by custom and charter, which the City
posseses, will, his fellow-citizens are confident, ren-
der him at ail times their steady protector and
assertor.
That very laudable and beneficial object, now
almost completed, o' removing tint." Innate debtors
• from the company and conversation of criminals—
and also the erecting ikinuse of Correction, for those
offenders whose reiormation may still be hoped tort
found, in this worthy Magistrate, a constant and
cordial supporter.
" Raised by his fellow-citizens to this dignified and
important office, in the prime and vigour of ;ate, they
are convinced' that he will fulfil ail its arduous du.
ties in the true character of a Btitich Magistrate.
That he will display loyalty to his Sovereign—vene-
ration for the Constitution of his eouutry—watchtul-
ses4 in preserving the peace and tranquillity of this
great cil—and a constant attention to the impartial
administration of justice.
" From the success which has attended this Gen-
tleman in his private concerns, and from his known'
liberality, they are fully assured, that that splendour
which shadd always attend this lefty situation in the
eye of the public—and that hospitality for which this
great city has ever been renowned, and of which the
Allied Sovereigns of Euiene have been approving
witnesses, will find no dinenntion during his Mayor-
alty.. And when the period to which his duty as
Chief lalagist:ate is restricted, shall have expired, no
doubt can be entertained, but that he will receive the
reward which is most grateful to an honourable mind
.—the apptoval of his know-citizens.
" My Lords, Samuel Birch, Es‘f. the La Lord
Mayor, appears before you, to render to dtir Sove-
reign Lord the King an account of the issues. and
profits of his office during the past year. In speak-
ing of his conduct in the situation of Lord Mayor, it.
is admitted by all, that it was distinguished by vigi-
lance, activity, and the utmost anZiety to promote
the particular interests of tit city of London, and to
afford a praiseworthy patuen of peace and prosperity
to the kingdom at large.
" Tire success which has attendedthe arrangement
of tea year, to piecurc- a more frequent assembling
of the Court of Aldermen, and a more numerous
attesitlance of its n,emi,crs, for the discharge of their
dirties, which has been productive of the utmost be-
veil, is owing, in a great measure, to the exertions
of the late Lord Mayor. During the period of his
Mayoralty, he witnessed a fresh memorial of the
loyalty of his fellow-citizens, in the erection of a
qtatue in the Council Chamber of Guildhall, which
is bigbly estimable as a specimen of art ; the inicrip.
tion to which, embracing a summary of those public
and private virtues that adorn our Sovereign, and
which will be the admiration of all future ages, was
411111Srled by him.
ra With the well-earned approbation of his own
asasciatee, and the applause of the public, he istirep

Mayor as follows :
"My Lord Mayor—By the voice of your fellow-
chizens, and the concurrence of your brethren, the
Aldermen, your Lordship has been selected to fill the
elevated situation of Lord Mayor of the City of Lon-
don ; :Intl having, in the Guildhall of that City, given
a solemn pledge for the due execution of this office,
your Lordship is now called on to renew, before this
Court, that sacred obligation.
66 Long acquainted with the City of London, and
with the duties of an Alderman and a Magistrate,
you must necessarily feel the importance of the dig-
nified station which you are called on to fill—in the
accurate discharge. of which, the public welfare is so
deeply interested. The regular performance of your
Lordship's duties as an Alderman, the Learned Re.
corder has stated to be one of the great causes which
has induced your fellow-citizens to confer on you so
high an honour—nor is it without reason that he has
dwelt on the zeal and ability which you have display-
ed in carrying into execution the laudable plans that
have been proposed for the improvement of gaols,
and for the erection of places of confinement, for
those who are not entirely abandoned.
44 The keeping of this great metropolis, now com-:
mitted to your charge, in peace and tranquillity, by
I a firm execution of the laws against any person who
may attempt to aisturb them, must ever be the great
object of your Lordship's labours and endeavour..,
in the progress of the arduous office to which you
have been called, until its conclusion. By this means
you will, at the termination of your Mayoralty, re-
ceive the approbation and applause of all good cid-
tens ; and, above all, that which is the best reward,
the approval of your own conscience."
66 My late Lord Mayor—The time has now ar-
rived at which your Lordship is to be relieved from
the laborious duties of Oro most important situation,
which you have been called on to discharge, up to
the present day.
66 At your elan:lice into the office of Lord Mayor,
every
.man acquainted wide your Lordship, or with
your character, felt convinced, from your Lordship's
general conduct, that thelhare in the administration
of justice which belongs to the Chief Magistrate, aud
that the various duties connected with the office,
would, if intrusted to you, be faithfully executed--
This confidence has not been misplaced. Your Lord-
ship's conduct has been correct and exemplary—and
your multifarious duties have been discharged with
the utmost promptitude and ability.
" Your Lordship has had the gratification of be-
holding, in the coin se of your Mayoralty, a second
downfall of the disturber of the repose of the work.,
and the restoration of legitimate power and general
tranquillity, accomplished by the skill and energy of
our illustrious Commander. You now deliver the
City of London to the care of your successor, in a
state of perfect peace and tranquillity—and when
your Lordship returns to the calm repose of privete
life, my fervent wish is, that you may long enjoy
health, pease, and happiness."
The Cunseroa Bart k: then administered the 'astral
oath to the New Lord Mayor—and the customary
formuls, respecting the issues and profits of the office
of Lord Mayor, during the year commencing with
the Bth of November, 1814, and ending with the 9th
of November, 11.11.5,. were gone through.
The R Remote then invited the Barons of the Ex-
chequer to dine with the Lord Mayor at Guildhall.
• Tire present and the ex•Matior, together with the
Sheriffs and City Officers, then went to the other
Courts of Record in Westminster-Hall, paid their
reseects to the Judges, and invited them to dinner in
the City. They then returned by water in the . same
order, with bands of music playing several martial
and patriotic airs, ,and richly ornamented standards
flying. On landing they entered their carriages, and
the procession formed again. At the Obelisk, at the
end of New Bridge street, the procession was joined
by the carriages clf the Foreign Ambassadors, Mini-
sters of State, the N:,bility, the Judges, and other
persons of distinction, invited to the grand Civic En-
tertainment given at Guildhall. The procession was
very much impeded by the crowd, and the great
numl:er of other carriages that joined. In Lud-
gate-street the horses were taken from the Carriage
of the Lord Maytir, as well as from that of the late
Lord Mayor. It was about twenty mibutes to five
o'clock when the procession reached
GUILDHALL,
which, having undergone a thorough repair, appear-
ed in every respect unlike what it formerly was.—
Terre were two'entrance doors`f or the company on
alighting from their carriages—one for the Lord
Mayor, Corot of Aldermen and their Ladies, the
Fereign Ambassadors, Ministers of State, &c..eec.
and the other for the visitors. These two doors
opened into a small saloon lined with scarlet cloth..
and between that and the grand Hall was another
small Hall far waiting, with closets en each side for
the Officers in Waiting.

I'HE 11ALL

was entirely illuminated with gas ; not a single lamp
of oil was seen; all round the lofty cornice, at the
top, ran a gas pipe, about two inches in diameter, at
every ten inches distance there was a small gas pipe,
of about an inch in length, which formed a chain of
light all round the top. From the lofty cieling were
suspended sixteen cut drop glass chandeliers, that is,
three at each end, and five on each side of the Hall,
they were each suspended by a scarlet rope, in the
centre of which was concealed a copper tube that
conducted the gas to the lamps ; there was no lamp
in the centre as usual; the appearance was far more
splendid, though nut half so dazzling to the eye, as
there were none of those chains of variegated lamps
we were so much accustomed to. The two painted
windows looked remarkably striking, being illumi-
nated on the outside, and covered over with boards,
strewed the paintings to the greatest advantage. On
the window at the west end there was a brilliant
transparency of an Imperial Crown, lighted behind
with gas, and the Prince's plume on the eastern
window, lighted in like manner—on each side of
this, in the corners, stood, on lofty pillArs, our two
old friends, Gog and Magog, dressed in splendid
attire.
The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs Ministers and Great
Officers of State, sat at six tables at the west cad vi.