Star.
London, England, 1830-07-06 00:00:00

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.

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Yesterday a Common Hall was held for the purpose of declaring'
the new Sheriffs, Mr. Mar shall and Mr. Poland.
The Lord Mayor went in state to the Guildhall, followed by the
Sheriffs who are on the eve of retiring.
The Towx CLICki came forward and stated that this election
had fallen upon the two above.named gentlemen.
Mr. MARSHALL returned thanks for the high honur conferred
upon him by the livery, and anus d them that he should use his
utmost exertions to merit the approbation with which they had
received his offer to stand forward for the office of Sheriff: He
should be influenced by no pony, and his fellow citizens should
have no reason to complain of him on the score of hospitality (loud
applause followed the last word of the sentence). He disclaimed
altogether a motive imputed to him by a gentleman who had been
candidate for the high honour to which he (Mr. Marshall) had
attained. It had been stated, that for some reasons or other, the
moment the death of the late King was known, candidates started
for the office who had no Idea of accepting it under the ordinary
circumstances. Now he had only one motive for appearing as a
candidate. He bad been waited upon by a deputation from the
most respectable and influential Liverymen in the City.of London,
and presented with a Requisition, urging him to allow himself to
be proposed in such terms that he could not for a moment think -of
Minting the solicitation. He bad yielded for that mann
alone, and he felt convinced, that if the honourable gentleman'
who had attributed to him a different motive had seen the
Requisition, there would have been nothing of the kind said
when that gentleman withdrew from the contest. (Applause.)-Mr...POLAND returned thanks. Be should, he said, act with the
Independence which became a Sheriff of London and Middlesex. and
not suffer himself to be gelded by any party, but pressed Ina strait.
forward, uoderiating comm. He had Ito desks, that with the aid
of the talents of his coadjutor, sad the practical experience of his
pftdEcessurs in office, he should give satisfaction to the Livery.
(Applause.) • )..
Mr. Tice xis shoe ' a vote of thank& to the two miring
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The nerigl'falain -woo,

DO _ ultimate success of
the. would expaitmes no opposition from the Clerly,
wbe ware, in gnsetal, liberally disposed towards their object. The
his. baronet proposed that the following noblemen should be ap.
pointed Vice-Presidents:—The Marquis of banelowne, the Mar-
luis Wellesley, the Earl of Cardigan, tile Earl of Denbigh, Earl
itswilliam, and Viscount Milton.
Colonel Aloe Er in seconding the motion, was satisfied that
die company would receive all the support that they required.
They had two objects in view the one was the health of
the inhabitants of this metropolis ; the other was to pro-
cure a safe and secure interment of the dead. There were
40,000 bodies every year in London and its vicinity, the decom-
position of which must inevitably have a pernicious effect on
the atmosphere. This was establish beyond doubt in Dr.
Armstrong's " Treadie:of Fever," which states that the fever was
always most malignant in the vicinity of grave-yards. With regard
to the second object, though it should give himself but little
easiness to be anatomised after his death, still the ides of a person's
wife or daughter being made the subject of dissection by the young
students, was revolting, and, therefore, should induce the public to
promote an establishment that would afford a security against such
ID occurrence.
A resolution having been agreed to cc-appointing George F. Car.
den, Esq. Treasurer,
Mr. CARDEN observed that all the officers belonging to the es-
tablishment gave their services gratuitously. He mentioned this
that the public might know that the strictest economy was observed
in the management of their Arent. He called on the public to sup-
port them in promoting an object so beneficial to the welfare of the
inhabitants of the metropolis. Their books were open to public in-
spection ; the names of the shareholders might be seen by any per-1
son ; there was nothiqg done in the dark. There was not the least
doubt but that their object would prove advantageous in a pe-
cuniary point of view, for the parishes would be shortly core. 1
polled to resort to this cemetery, as the great landlords of the
metropolis will not sell their lands for church-yards, and the major
part of the church.yards in the metropolis were already almost
full. There were two cemeteries at Liverpool, one for Dissenters
and one for Protestants. The Bishop of London gave his sanction
for those cemeteries, and would also give his support to
that proposed by the company. One of the cemeteries
at Liverpool produced a dividend of eight per cent. on
the money expended towards it. tifhe capital which the
company proposed to raise was 200,000 L It might not, per-
haps, be necessary to call in more than 150,0001. of this. He
thought that 80 or 100 acres could be purchased for 100,0001.
and that 50,0001. would suffice for titling it out. They had
nothing to apprehend from competition. From the progress'
which they had already made, he had no doubt but that in
treks months they should be enabled to get an Act of Parliament.
to sanction their object. As protestants and cathodal were buried
in the same.churchyards in Ireland. each having their peculiar eters
gymen to administer the funeral rites, he did not see why, in this
age of liberality, persons of different religions persuasions might
not be buried in this cemetery ; and why one part of it might not
be consescrated, and another part not conseterated, in order to com-
ply with the religious feelings of all sects ? As the public were
so much interested in this proposed plan, it was to him a matter of
surprise why they apparently took so little interest in it. In con.
elusion, he observed that the ground should be laid out after the
manner of the of Pere-Ja-Chalse, In Paris.
Mr. Wiirsowcatt7otelsinot oppose that plan; but h
ewas satisfied
of its inadequacy. We bury 40,000 bodies every year in London
100 acres would contain no more than half • million of bodies in.
dividually ; msequently, after a few years, the 100 acres would be
full, and they woos be digging up the remains of the dead. He
had a plan which would obviate that; but he should not mention it,
as he did not wish to deprive Mr. Carden of the merits of his plan.
Mr. CARDEN observed that Mr. Wilson's plan was to construct
a pyramid; but this was not the time to discuss the merits of that
plan. It would be sufficient for their object at present to procure a
space of ground. It should be left open to the talents and ingenuity
of artists to suggest a plan when the wants of the people required it.
Mr. Wtutox was satisfied that nothing but a pysamid would an.
ewer the object; but it would be chimerical to propose that plan
until the work shall have made a greater progress.
Bowman was then appointed Secretary and Solicitor to the
Society. 'flanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
separated.