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London, England, 1821-10-01 00:00:00

-410NDAY, Ocvl'OßKß 11 1821.

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PRIVATE PUPIL. •
ik MARRIED CLERGY3IAN of the Established
„Li aturett, resident Pleven: 11/ilua fiom Londons receive**
few Pupils into Ids Family, and has at present a Vacancy.
The most satisfactory references ant be Oren to Noblemen and
Gentlemen, whose ions he has cduca m ted. Terms iEtl Guineas
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per Annum.
Letters to be directed for get. Ir. N. Mr; Triphook's, Itti011,;
seller, 23, Old Bond-street, London. .

THIS MONTH.
•
HAZARD and Co. the Contractors, remind the
Public that the Drawing of the present MONEY LOT-
ItY will commence on the sOrti of Tins MONTH. They
have the greatest, pleasure in acknowledging the repeated testb
monies of approbation bestowed on the Scheme, which combines
all the points that the Public have so long called for. There are
THRKE OF 1"30,000!
, THIRTY OTHER CAPINFILS—MI Sterling Money!
NOT TWO BLANKS to a PRIZE! •

No CLASSES—And no STOCK PRIZES!
lIAZAItD and Co. hive alreadlhad the pleasure of selling
Atr, the £30,000 PRIZES in One Lottery! and hope to re-
peat their good fortune in the present Lottery. They shared
and Suld, in the Last Lottery,
15,702 a Prize of 031,000
6,054 - Zi5,000 •
At their 1:11!d and very Fortunate Offices, 93, Royal &thane;
26, Cornhill; and 524, Oxford•street.

ir and J. SINT EWRIGHT again return their thanks
tl • for the great Patronage shewn by the Public to their Con-
tracts just concluded, in which they had the good fortune to
Share and Scll .

4,421 Prize of £25,000 9,182 - £2,400
2,0i3 21,000 I 12,750 - 2,400
1,446 - 4,000 19,023 2,100
Blany of £4OO, &c.—And, in the former Lottery, ALL the
Prizes of £20,000!
They made the Capitals in last Contract, Prizes of Consuls,
whereby they were able to increase them one-third In number,
and also to pay the fortunate Holders a profit of 4 and 5 per
Cent. on them more than bad been allowed to Government, a
rise having taken place to that extent which appearances hap-
pily enabled them to anticipate.
J. and J. SIVEWRIG HT recommend the meritsof the pre-
sent Scheme, containing TIIRLE PRIZES Gl' £50,000, Three
Prizes of £5,000, and 6,711 eth.,r Pt izes, ALL MONEY.
NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE.

To commence Drawing October, Tickets and Shares for
which Art: selling at their Old Offices, No. 311, Cornbill; 11,
Ilolborn; 313, Haymarket; and by their Agents.

FROM SATURDAY MGMT'S GAZETTE.

tibia-Gazette contains an Address from the Inhabitants and
Visitors of the Town of Bamszate, to his Majesty, previous to
Iris embarkation there for Calais, and his Majesty's Answer
thereto; also an, official notice of his Majesty's safe arrival at
Calais on 'Tuesday afternoon, at four o'clock : like Wise a notifi-
cation that the Lords Justices opened their Commission on the
66th ult. and appointed William Hamilton, Henry Goulburn,
and Henry Hobhouse, Esqrs. to be their Secretaries. It also
notifies that the King has conferred the honour of Knighthood
on Major-General Henry Askew, C.B. Also that his Majesty
has approved of the undermentioned Regiments bearing on their
colours and appointments, ip addition to any other badges or de-
vices, the following words, in commemoration of their distin-
guished services at. the places named :--.ld (or the King's Own)
Light Dragoons, Vittoria,' and Toulouse ;" 60th (or Royal
American) Regiment of Foot,. Vimiera, 'Talavera,
Fuentes d'llonor, Ciudad Rodrigo, &claims, Salamanca,
Vittoria, Nivel* °ethos, and Toulouse.' The Gazette also
contains the appointment and approval• by the King of the
following Gentlemen to act is Consuls and Vice-Consuls : Chas.
Chamberlain, Esq. to be his Maksty's Consul at Murcia, to re-
side at Cuthagena ; of Mr. Henshaw Latium as Consul at
Dover, for the King of the Netherlands, and Vice-Consul at
that port for the King of the Two Sicilies; of Don Ignacio
Perez de Lema, as Consul-General in London for the King of
the Spains ; of ilr. Liugi Andrea Lautard-Vigola, as Consul-
General at Gibraltar for the King of Sardinia ; of Mr. Henry
Handie, as Vice-Consul at the Cape of Good Hope for the
King of Denmark; and of Mr. Christopher Kreeft, as Consul
in London for the Grand Duke of Meckleuburgh.Schwerin].

COMMON MILL,

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2/.ICTION OF A NEW LOUD MAYOR.

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everega ?AIrIICOLAIM •
S.aturday, a Comnicin Hall Wes held, for the purpose
erreleitinx * Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The
half oats .much crowded by one o'clock, at which
time the:LORD MAYOR, accompanied by several Al-
Sienna; andthe City Officers, ascended the' platform.
Eiordshio. was loudly cheered, es'were also Al-
dertien Woos), WAITIIMAN, and Miosar. Mr. Al-
derman HEYGATE was received with marks of dis-
approbatiOn. The appearance of Sir Wm..Cuaris
produced a roar of d'Aappmbation, which the worthy
Baronet, as usual, returned by smiling obeisances.
As soon as the worthy Aldermen had taken-their
seats,the.crier called " silence," and the RECORDER
advanced, and, addressing the assembly, said they
weer sow collected together for the purpose of exer-
lig tine of their •greatest privileges—namely, that
tiring a Lord Mayor far the ensuing year. Se-
veral' names would be put up, out of which it would
be for the Livery to choose two persons, who would
be submitted to the Court of Aldermen for the se•
lection of one to fill that high and important office.
He himself entertained no' doubt but that the Livery'
would make a chiiice of two proper persons. •
Aldermen GARRATT and VENABLES, the two new
Sheriffs, now advanced towards the front of the
hustings, and the Common SERJEANT standing be-
tween them, said, the worthy Recorder havin.4 told
them the object for which they were a!-.sembled, k-
now became his duty to read over to the Livery the
names of those poisons who were to be proposed, arist,
out of whom two were to be chosen. Each person
would be put separately, and those upon whom the
election fell would be submitted to the Court of Al-
dermen for their decision. The names to be proposed
were those of Christopher Magnay, Alderman and
stationer; William Ileygate, Alderman and merchant
tailor; Robert Albion Cox, Alderman and gold-
smith; and Robert Waldman, Esq. Alders an and
'framework-maker.
The first name put was that of Alderman MACNAY,
which was received with applause, mingled with a
few hisses. The second was that of Alderman HEY-
GATE, which was received with a few partial cheers
arafloud hissing; not more than twenty hands were
held up in his favour. The name of ROBERT ALBION
Cox was received with strong marks of disapproba-
tion; and not a single hand was held up in his favour.
The fourth and last was that of ROKERT WAITHMAN,
Esq. which was received with loud and long conti-
nued cheering.
The Cosmos SenJEAsrr then stepped forward, and
said the Lord Mayor declared the election to have
fallen on Christopher Magnay, Alderman and sta-
tioner, and Robert Waldman, Esq. Alderman and
framework-maker—(Continued applause:).
Mr. Ex-Sheriff PARKINS here came forward to the',
front of the hustings to address the Livery, but after
a few words from Mr. Sheriff GARRATT retired,
amidst cries of 4, CJ'!" from all parts of the Hall.
At twenty minutes after one the Sheriffs proceeded
to the Court of Aldermen, with the names of those
upon whom the election had fallen, and, as soon as
they had left the hustings--
Mr. Ex-Sheriff PARKINS again presented himself
' amidst deafening cries of " Off, off!" but this uncere-
monious reception did not prevent him from proceed.
ing. He wished, he said, to occupy a short portion'
of their attention—( Cries of oft; off! with ajew cries
of Hear!) He was determined to proceed in spite
of all. their noise and rudeness, for he had come foe'
the express purpose of proposing a Gentleman as
Mayor of that City who was wholly unconnected'
with either of the factions which, unhappily for the
country, had hitherto prevailed. He had been told
by the Law Officers of the City that he was too late
to make such a proposition ; but he was not to be put
off by legal quibbles, nor was he to be moved from
'his purpose by faction or clamour. He had been
told that the Election was concluded, but he would'
ask whether the Election, as it was called, was not a
mere City trick ? whether it was not, in fact, rather
a dictation than an Election? So far from the Elec-
tion being concluded, he (Mr. Ex-Sheriff Parkins),
affirmed that there had been no Election at all. The
Gentleman lie meant to propose was a person of re-
spectability, unconnected with either of the parties
which disgraced that great and glorious City. The
Gentlemen whom they had seen retire had not gone
away so consider of the fittest person to be the Chief
Magistrate of the City, but to confirm the choice
they had already made. Neither of the two persons•
said to be elected was a proper person to fill the of-
fice, nor could their election be compatible with the
ends of justice. One of them had lately beers in such
embarrassed circumstances, that he could not consi-
der him a proper person to administer the laws 0
that great City ; and the other said, in a public ad-,
vertisement, that they were that day called upon foe,
the purpose of making a " selection' of the most pro-
per person for that high office. Therefore he said
neither of them was a proper person—(Hisses)—and
though he had been prevented by legal quibbles from
proposing a person—(Cries of Name him, name him !)
nothing should prevent him from doing what he con-
sider ed to be a duty. He-begged them to be silent,
for they would be astonished when they heard the
name of the individual he meant to propose; he was
a than who by his honest industry hid been able to
leave off business, and was not obliged to attend the
shop like the two others—(Cries (If Shame!)
A person on the hustings called the speaker to order.
Mr. Ex-Sheriff PARKINS." flow dare you call
me to order, Sir? I intended to propose to you the
name el an honest mart'—(Cries (g. Name, name !)
Tbe Gentleman he intended to propose was a tallow-
chandler, and his name was Peter Piper —(Laughler
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and hisses).—He begged their pardon, he believed he
had made a mistake; the Gentleman's name was not
Peter Piper, but Peter Skipper, and he lived nearthe
Tower. He was a very respectable man, and a most

PRICE SE%-P,N-PENrF..

proper person to represent the City of London-
(Cries of Of of')—He thought that when be took
the trouble to speak to them, they might have Some.
what more decency than to assail him with such vul-
gar cries. He came there to recommend a worthy
man, who was a much fitter person to represent the;
City than either .of the two whose names had been
returned to the Court of Aldermen, as he was no
' longer obliged to attend on the shop--[Some one on
the hustings remarked that Mr. Skipper was not an
Alderman, and that he had never served the officeof
Sheriff.]—The Ex-Sheriff maintained that it was not
necessary for him to be either an Alderman, a She-
riff,-or even Freeman of the City. He (Mr. Eli-
kint) had served the office of She: iff I)nce, and he
would never serve it no more. He had had enough
of it, and he had this day, and not till this day, ter-
minated his.duties officially and ex-officially. He -
would not accept their thanks, but still he would give
them all the information in his power. The worthy
Gentleman here entered int' a history of the maaner
in which he became Sheriff, and of the insults he had
received during his continuance in office. He de-
clared that he was not only a citizen of London, but
a citizen of the world, upon the broadest basis; and
that he would never be deterred by faction or -cla-
mour from the performance- of what he conceived to
be his duty. The Ex-Sheriff continued to harangue
the Assembly, amidst the most discouraging marks
of their disapprobation, and he was pincecding to
give them some historical explanations of the origin
- and formation of a Common 1-1.111, when the Sheriffs
and Court of Aldermen returned, and he immedi•
ately retired.

The RECORDER now advanced to the front of the
hustings, and declared the Election to have fallen on
Alderman MAgnay, who was immediately invested
with the gold chain, and proclaimed Lord Mayor of
London for the year ensuing.
Mr. Alderman MAGNAY returned thanks to the
'Livery in an appropt iate speech. He assured them
that he was at a loss to find words to express his
sense of the obligation which they had just conferred
upon him. He was unwilling to make many pro-
fessions, but he was aware of the duties of the high
office to which he had been elected, and it would be
his anxious desire to maintain the rights and privi-
leges of his fellow-citizens. He trusted he should
so discharge the duties of his high station as to leave
them no reason to repent the choice they had that
day made—(Contiaued applause).

Mr.FAVELL then came forward, and said, it wonki
be impossible to separate that day without paying a'
tribute of gratitude to the worthy Gentlemen who
had last year filled the high offices of Sheriffs and
Lord Mayor of the City of London. He should pro-
pose three Resolutions—one, a Vote of Thanks to his
friend Mr.Waithman; one, to Mr. Sheriff Williams;
and the other to the Right Honourable the Lord
Mayor. With respect to his llon. Friend Mr.Waith-
man, he was so well known by a life of faithful ser-
vices in upholding the rights of his fellow-citizens,
and maintaining the liberties of the country, that it
was unnecessary for him to dwell upon his merita.—
Whatever differeixes of political opinion might exist
among his fellow-citizens, he tiusted that every man
would join heart and hand in. acknowledging the
constant attention.which the late She: iff had paid to
the duties of his office, and the benevolence and hu-
manity with which he had treated the unfOrtunate
persons committed to his care. On a recent occasion
he had acted in the most intrepid manner, even at
the hazard of his lite; and, with that strong constitu-
tional jealousy of the interference of the military,
which was consistent with the true spirit of the Eng.
-fish laws, he had maintained the peace of the country
by the Civil Power. The labours of Mr. Sheriff
Williams were also entitled to their thanks, not only
for his humanity towards therniserable objects com-
mitted to his care, but for many very luminous and
excellent Reports which he had made on the general
state of prisons. His last Resolution would he a Vote
of Thanks to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, who
had discharged the duties of his high office in a most
able, firm, and intrepid manner, and, in times of re-
markable difficulty, maintained the public peace by
constitutional means, without the aid of a military force.
The Resolution of Thanks to Mr. AldermanWaith-
man having been put,
Mr. WELLS came forward and said, that though
he was not in the habit of addressing Public Meet-
ings, he could not forego the opportunity of second-
• ing a motion which every honest independent Livery-
man of London ought to support. It was not so
much for this reason that he presented himself to their
notice, as to call their attention to a caricature which
bad recently appeared, of a most infamous, diabolical,
damnable nature, reflecting upon the conduct of the
late Sheriff.
The speaker produced the caricature, and was
about to exhibit it to the Livery, but upon the sug-
gestion of Mr. FAVELL, he withdrew it; and, after
some further remarks, concluded by seconding the
Resolution.
Mr. COOPER remarked, that when the vote of
thanks to Mr. Sheriff Waithman was proposed, some
-expression of disapprobation arose from a few indi.
, viduals as to that part which alluded to his conduct
at the funeral of Honey and Francis. To that point
he could speak as an eye-witness, who had observed
the conduct of Mr. Waitliman on that occaA(u, and
, he thought lie might take it for granted, that the
friends of liberty and justice wpull not turn a deaf
ear to one whose only object was to toll truth--(Ap.
plause).—As far as he was concerned himself, he
would not have had couraze to came forwa:d, but
,seeing a man.calumniated and mali!;ned by men of
, the foulest character, although he I.'ad never inter-
, changed a word with him in his I ifr, he could not
. honestly remain silent, while detractioa was pursuing
,` its base occupation—(Cheers).—As an eye=witness he
could solemnly declare that the conduct of the worthy
Sheriff was highly honourable to his character, as swell
as beneficial to thecause of humanity—(.4pp!atae).-,

He would not make a long speecb,hut would proceed
to remark upon the hoe or two points on which the par-
-611 disapprobation was expressed. He proceeded from
hontessziew the funeral of Honey and Francis, from'
motives Of curiosity, as he wished to ascertain whether
the public feeling was opposed to it, or sympathetic.—
For his own part he was pleased that a public time.
ral had taken place, but that was no matter. Two
British Juries had investigated the circumstances
which led to the death of the unfortunate men, and
on the case of one they had written " Slaughter,"
and on that of the other " Murder ;" and it therefore
became a British Public to interest itself in their fate.
He (Mr. Cooper) proceeded with the funeral to Ham-
mersmith, he entered a stage-coach on the way, and
-on the return, at Knightsbridge Barracks, he saw the
Sheriff, and observed at the same time five or six
horsemen rushing furiously from the Barracks, and
in that peculiar way as if Alderman Waithmanilone
was the person whom they meant to attack—(Here
a few hisses were heard, followed by loud cheers.)—
Ile (Mr. Cooper) was speaking facts which were not
to be controverted. He looked out of the window
of the coach, and a friend with him also looked out,
and said to him, " Let us get oat, for it looks as if
Mr. Waithman would be killed." At that moment
he (Mr. Cooper) had his body protruded half way
out of the coach-window, wishing to identify the
persons who assaulted the Sheriff. He saw a soldier
on the right hand make a desperate blow at him,
which some one warded of; but he could not recog-
nise some other persons who ought to have been there
as conservators of the peace of the metropolis—
( Cheers, and some hisses).—He had something more
to state, but should be very short. It had been re-
presented that Mr. Alderman Waithman's situation
arose from his not having the command of his horse;
the direct contrary was the fact. He saw several
soldiers who wished to push him off, while his atti-
tude was that of imploring them not to strike the
people. He would ask them, if this was not conduct
on the part of the worthy Sheriff which merited their
thanks and admiration ? He had now performed the
duty for which he presented himself before them.
On no ordinary occasion would he have thus come
forward ; he had no ambition to distinguish himself
in that way ; he knew he was not cut out for a public
speaker. He might be charged as a fool or an empty
beaded orator, but he cared not ; lie would never lose
an opportunity of vindicating an injured and calum-.
niated man—( Loud cheering, and bravo.)
The Resolution was then put, and on a spew of
hands it was carried by a vast majority, only about
ten or twelve being held up against it:
The Resolution of Thanks to Mr. Sheriff Williams
was then put and carried unanimously.
Mr. WAITHMAN then presented himself amidst
loud cheering, wavii:g of bats, and every demonstra-
tion of the respect of the great and respectable body
of his fellow-citizens collected in the Hall. He said,
that every person who had the happiness of being
elected into the office which he had lately served,
might, by ordinary attention to its duties, naturally
expect a compliment at the termination, similar to
that with which he had just been honoured. He re-
ceived it with much gratitude and thanks, and under
ordinary circumstances should content himself with
simply making his acknowledgment for such a testi-
mony of their approbation, but there were some things
of so peculiar a nature as would induce him to re-
quest their attention for a few moments. The office
of Sheriff had been peculiarly arduous during the last
year. There were no less than 39 executions, which
the Sheriffs had the painful task of witnessing—
(Muraturs).—They could judge a little of the anxious
labours connected with such duties, and the investi-
gation and attention necessary on account of the ap-
plications from friends of the unfortunate sufferers.
There were other circumstances which rendered the
office arduous ; in some respects there might be a
difference of opinion, but it would occur to them all,
that no individual could wish unnecessarily to place
himself in an' arduous situation, and in one of great
personal risk and danger. If an individual, in what
he conceived to be the execution of his duty, put his
life to hazard, even if his view was erroneous, he
thought it deserving of being considered as something
better than a joke. Aker an attempt at assassination
(sonic hising, overpoweredby cheers), bethought some-
thing better might he done than to make it the signal
for the assassination of his character--(Lota cheertng).
With respect to the manner in which he had dis-
charged his duty, the people, his fellow-citizens, and
posterity would do him justice; but an attempt was
made to degrade the office of Sheriff, and reduce it
to a mere pageantry and appendage of the Chief Ma-
gistrate, and only to give it an active existence in
furnishing a proporticai of the civic feasting—(Laugh-
ter and cheering). Ile had done with the office, and
after its labour and anxieties, he naturally looked for
a little rest. The insult had been offered to them
more than to himself, and if anything was suffered
by it, upon them it must fall. He did not like to re-
late anything personal of himself, but when he was
made the object of systematic personal attack daily
and hourly, they might think him unworthy of ap,
rearing before them, and deprived of every claim to
their confidence, if he any longer continued silent. If
the slanders which had so virulently poared out upon
him were as true as they were foul and false, he
should indeed be no longer worthy of their attention.
Ile knew he had treated those attacks with contempt,
and chewed, perhaps, too much unconcern respecting
them. Of attack on bis public character he never
did complain, the Public were the best judges of that,
it was open to them, and they could form their own
opinions Lyon it, but it was different in regard to
private character. He thought, that after having
discharged the duties of various offices for 35 years,
in which he was an inhabitant of the Ward to which
he now belonged, during which time no person had
the manliness to come forward openly and charge
him with any one discreditable act, he thought that
a character of that kind might be a sufficient answer
to his calumniators; but having failed to hurt him;
on the score of public conduct in the esteem of his
fellow-citizens, it could not hat be observed that there
was a regular and systematic plan of the basest slan-
der that human malice could devise to destroy his
private character, and thereby destroy the interests
and happiness of all those who were dependent upon
him. He held no place at the pleasure of the Crown,
and he could not be made to suffer in the same way
that Sir Robert Wilson or Sir It. Baker did—(Cheers).
jie could only live, like other honest men in his sta.

tion of life, by his fair fame in business: it was that
which enabled him to bring up, as he did, a nume-
rous family, who were altogether dependent upon
him; and the most unmanly attempts were made,
not only to wound his feelings, but to destroy his fa-
mily—(Cheers).—lt was his duty to tell those who
now heard him, that there was no action of his life,
as a tradesman, which he would not openly defend,
if his accuser would only appear—(Loud applause).—
It might, however, be impossible to get at the-ano-
nymous slanderer—at the dark and cowardly assassin
ss ho came to stab the peace of families, in dastardly
concealment. But there was a period when forbear-
ance became a crime—when it became a duty to en-
deavour to drag into day the ruffian who plied his
atrocious occupation in secret. That period had ar-
rived. The accumulation of infamous calumnies, ori-
ginating in a source al polluted as it was studiously
concealed, compelled him, in defence of himself and
his family, to resort to legal advice—(Cheers, and
Bravo!).—He would have let that rest, but he was
afraid lest his silence might be taken as equivalent to
pleading guilty to the charges made against him.—
There were many who knew him well, who differed
with him in politics; but he believed there was but
one opinion entertained of him by all honest men of
every political opinion, who were acquainted with his
private character—(Cheers).—ln harrowing up his
private affairs, and loading them with detraction, the
slanderers had gone back fifty years, even more than
that, for they had attacked the memory of his father,
who was more than fifty years in his grave, and a
more honest man than whom never lived—(Hear).
The inference was plain, they were determined to
destroy his fair fame, and they cared not by what
means; he appealed to all who knew him, whether
there ever was a man more ready to meet openly
any charges whatever, if his accuser would only have
the manliness to shew his face? no man had ever
been more infamously calumniated, but his enemies
were as cowardly as they were venomous. Ile wished
now, for one moment, to advert to the business of
the day.—(Here some tumult arose in the body of
the Hall, and it was said that a person was coming
forward to make some charge against the worthy
Alderman, some cried out, " it is one of the B: idge-
street Gang." Mr. \Vaithman, after a pause, said,
if anybody is coming forward to make any charge
against me, for GOD% sake let him come, and
let us hear what he has to say ;" but whether the
matter originated in mistake or not, we cannot tell,
but certain it is, that no person appeared). Mr.Waith-
man proceeded', and said, that in reverting to the
business of the day, he thanked them for the honour
which they had done him most sincerely; he had not
sought that honour, but he was aware that the Livery
of London, in exercising their right of election, by
returning him to the Board of Aldermen as one of
the two persons to fill the office of Chief Magistrate,
did not only a generous and kind act, but proved
that they were determined to do justice to an injured
individual, and to express that confidence towards
one who had suffered in their cause, which the'Livery
of London would ever be proud to shew. The worthy
Alderman sat down amid general and long-con-
tinned acclamations.

Mr. Sheriff WILLIAMS next came forward, and
was received with approbation mixed with some hiss-
ing.—He said, he appeared before the Livery to re-
sign into their hands the office which they had last
year honoured him with. In discharging its duties,
he hoped that he had met with the approbation of the
ma;jority—(Some applause, mixed with cries " No,
no.)—When' elected into the office of Sheriff, he felt
himself bound to consider the particular duties at-
tached thereto. He considered that, from his known
habits, his fellow-citizens expected of him, when they
entrusted him with that office, that he should attend
to the prisoners in his custody, as far as was consistent
with the proper discharge of his duty : he could now
look them in the face and say, that he had devoted
all his time and talents to such duties, and had the
plea.ing satisfaction of retiring from office, after
having contributed much to the comfort of persons
confined for debt, as well as on criminal charges. He
knew he had not satisfied all on political questions,
but he defied any man to say that he had ever bar-
tered away his principles, or was actuated in any
public act by a consideration which he could not
proudly avow. He considered it quite enough for
him to act usefully to the Public in his office, with-
out beiag a prominent politician at one side or the
other. He did, therefore, request of his worthy Col-
league to let him attend to the duties more congenial
to his disposition, and as he (Mr.Waithman) was more
conversant with political matters, it was better that
he should engage more in them when they came
within the line of his duty. He (Mr. Williams) had
fulfilled his task, and it was one both arduous and
painful, by, taking cognizance of prison matters, and
endeavouring to render the situation of prisoners as
comfortable as was consistent with the efficacy of
the laws and the welfare of the community. He now
retired from office with a confidence that he had
merited their approbation, as far as lay in his power,
and that of all his fellow-citizens; he could say that
he had the approbation also of his own mind, and he
begged leave to return them his sincere thanks—
(Applause, and some murmurs).
Mr. Alderman WAMIMAN again came forward,
and said, that as the Correspondence which had been,
spoken of related not to himself individually, butts the
Sheriff of Middlesex, he thought it right to lay it be-
fore the Livery, that if they thought proper it might
be entered on the Journals. The Correspondence was
that which had taken place between Lord Bathurst
and himself, and he added to it a Report which had
been drawn up by a Gentleman who attended him
from the Sheriffs Office.
The Papers were then given in, 'and their titles
read, and, on the motion of Mr. FAVELL, were or-
dered to be entered on the Journals.
A Resolution of Thanks to the LORD MAYOR was
then read, and agreed to una wee, amid general ac-
clamations.
The LORD MAYOR came forward to return thanks,
and was received with the liveliest demonstrations of
respect. He said, that if he felt gratified on that day'
last year, when they made him the object of their
choice for the high honour of filling the office of Chief
Magistrate, he was still more gratified now, when the
duties of that office were drawing to a close, to find
that he had obtained their good-will, and that his ser-
vices had been acceptable to his fellow-citizens
(Loud cheers).—He was aware, when he undertook
the office, that it was one of high responsibility, and

'that-it required the highest degree of vigilance and '
attention he had made every exertion to deserve the
highest reward that he coull receive, and now he
found it in their approbation—(Agause).—They
were pleased to express their good opinion of his con-
duct in not having employed tie military, and for
having placed proper reliance on the civil power—
(Cheers).—He never found nor thought it necessary
to call in the soldiery, and he believed that body of
men agreed with him, that they were bestemployed
against the enemies of their country—(Load cheers).
He knew that the confidence which lie had placed in
the civil power, and in the peaceable intentions of
his fellow-citizens, was not misplaced, and he trusted
that the result would be a proof to all future Chief
Magistrates, that there was no necessity for military
interference--(Applause).—He had the deepest sense
of the great honour which they had done him, and
should feel it to the last moment of his life.—His
Liirdship retired amidst great acclamation.
The Resolutions were then ordered to be advertised
in the usual Morning and Evening Papers, and the
Hall was adjourned in the usual form.
After the Election of Lord Mayor, a Court of Al-
dermen was held for the purpose of transacting pub-
lic business. The CHAMBERLAIN laid before the
Court an account of the produce of the Orphans'
Fund, for the half year ending Nlichaelmast and the
Court directed the sum of £18,400 to be paid off
the debt. The thanks of the Court were unanimously
voted to the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, for his Sermon
preached previous to the Election, and he was re-
quested to print the same, and send a copy thereof
to every Member of the Court.

TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY