Star.
London, England, 1820-03-13 00:00:00

MR. ALDERMAN WOOD.

Extract from the Address of Sir Jong Simms, Bart. the
Recorder of London, to the Court of Exchequer, and from
the Reply of the Lord Chief Baron THOMPSON, on the pre-
sentation of Mr. Alderman WOOO, on his Second Election as
Lord Mayor.
"My LORDS—I have the honour of presenting at
your Lordships' Bar, Matthew Wood, Esq. Alder-
man and Fishmonger, who has been elected by a
great majority of the Livery of London, and by the
sanction of the Court of Aldermen, has again been
appointed to fill, during the year ensuing, the high
ttad dignified situation of Chief Magistrate for the
lirst metropolis of the British Empire. The citizens •
of London. by choosing this Gentleman in.the fair
and full exercise of their chartered rights, to preside
over the Magistracy—to fill the high office—and to
discharge the duties of Mayoralty for two successive
years, have bestowed upon him a distinction which.
has not been conferred upon any other Chief Magi-
strate for a period of more than four centuries. My
Lords, you cannot but be awa:e, that the important
duties of this great public trust, must demand from
the person invested with it, an entire devotion of his
time and talents, and that to uphold the due splen-
dour of his high office and dignity, as well as the
consequence of this great City over which he pre-
sides, a large expenditure of his private fortune must
be required. Under these considerations, the laws
of the City of London have declared, that no man
who is honoured by a second election shall be com-
pellable again to serve the office of Lord Mayor.—
'Aly Lords, in grateful return, however, for the gra-
r:fying testimony he has received of the affection of
Lis fellow-citizens, and with an ardent desire to ren-
ter himself still more useful, this respectable Magi-
! :rate has waived the exemption which would have
applied to him, and has submitted himself to the
anxious responsibility of this high office, and again
undertakes to fulfil the duties attached to it, attea.ed
by the cordial wishes of the citizens of London, that
he may execute his trust during his second Mayoralty,
as he has done in his first, in all its important bear-
ings, for the welfare of the whole Empire, and for
the particular interests of the City of London; and,
by so doing, to entitle himself to a still more exten-
sive claim on the gratitude and approbation of his
fellow citizens. An ample and gratifying scene
would therefore present itself, in speaking of his con-
duct during his past Mayoralty ; but his election for
the succeeding year speaks more fully and effectually
than I can express, how amply and signally he has
merited the approbation of his fellow-citizens."
Lonu CHIEF-BARON—" MY LORD MAIOR—The
circumstances under which we now receive your
Lordship at this Bar, call for more than ordinary.
congratulation to the Chief Magistrate of the City of
London on his elevation to that situation ; for in
your Lordship's re-election, we have the strongest
testimony of the very high sense your 1 ellow-citi-

tics littott zit; your meritorious services already
rendered in tit discharge of the important trust, the
usual petiod of which has now expired ; and it being I
I}inderstood no tracessan be found during the long
period the Iticorder: has stated, of any othei Chief
Magistrate receiving the hcmour, two successive
years, which has attended your Lordship, that cir-
I cutnstance would alone bear testimony to the una-
bated zeal and attention with which your fellow-citi-
zens consider you to haVe discharged every part of
your laborious and public ditties. Your exertions
have, indeed, been eminently conspicuous to the Pub- i
lic at large; and they cannot be beheld without the
highest gratification to the feelings of every one who •
can rightly appreciate such services. In a word, it
appears that you have been the father of the poor,
the friend and vindicator of the oppressed, and the
cause which you knew not, you searched out. The
past conduct of your Lordship will afford to your
fellow-citizens a certain assurance of what they may
expect in future. A steady perseverance, an inflexible
and impartial course of justice, we have miry rea-,
son to suppose, will not be wanting on your part ;
and by such conduct, when you retire from the
weight and cares of this arduous office, you will have
the well-earned praises of your fellow-citizens, and,
what will be the best testimony, the consolation of
your own approving conscience."

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

The polling. proceeded on Saturday with rather
,greater alacrity than on either of the two preceding
:days. At four o'clock the following was announced
to be the State of the Poll :
sir OCRDLIZ 1026
Mr, IlormousE - 911
Mr. LAMB 607
When these numbers were exhibited, the majority
in favour of the two first-mentioned Cafididates was
hailed by the crowd -with loud acclamations.
Mr. JONES BURDETT then stepped forward, and
said that he was sorry to be under the tecessity of
announcing to the EleCtors the indisposition of Sir
Francis Burdett. His cold was so extremely bad,
that, if lie were present, it would have been impos,
Bible for him to make himself audible. His absence,
therefore, he trusted, would be attributed -to the only
cause which could have withheld him from appear-
ing on the hustings (Cheers). He desired, on his
own account, to be permitted to congratulate the I
Electors on the situation of the poll. The advantage'
they ha.] gained that thy, he trusted, would enable
them to bring the contest to a successful and trium-i
pliant result. He could not let this opportunity pass
without offering his humble, but warm and sincere i
thanks, to Mr. flobhouse, who had so zealously ad-
vocated the cause of general freedom, •in resisting
that monstrous power of arbitrary imprisonment
which had been claimed by the House of Commons
(Cheers). He wished it were within his means to
serve him more essentially than he could, but they
might rust a,sured that every exertion in his power
should be made to secure his success. The horrid
and unconstitutional power of arbitrary imprisonment
to which he had alluded, he would represent to them
in the language of truth—not in his own language,
but in that of Mr. Burke, who said, " that a large'
and liberal construction in ascertaining offences, and
a discretionary power in punishing them, was a cri-
minal Court of Equity, which was a monster in
jurisprudence." To the truth of this observation,
he was sure- that all to whom he addressed him-
self would bear the strongest testimony. The Ho-
nourable Gentleman concluded by adverting to the
Scriptural story of the man who had fallen among
thieves, and who, though passed by the Levites and
priests, was relieved by the good Samaritan, who re-
freshed him, and poured oil into his wounds. He
trusted the Electors of Westminster would prove the
good Samaritan to Mr. Hobhouse, bind up his
wounds, and pour oil upon them, by returning him
as their Representative in Parliament (Cheers).
Mr. LAMB next presented himself to the Electors;
and was received with strong marks of disapproba-
tion. He returned thanks to the opposite party for
the courtesy they had exercised, in requesting for
him a patient hearing; hilt even if they were disposed
to attend to this recommendation, he would not oc-
cupy their attention fur any great length of time.—
lie could not but regret the absence of the worthy
Baronet, whose indisposition had been announced, for
he confessed that he had seine satisfaction in speaking
after him (Cries of Bravo!) There was a pleasure
in hearing his speeches, because he met his opponent
fairly, and grappled with his arguments in an open,
candid, and honourable manner; he took no mean
advantage of what might have been said, and fairly
represented the observations to which he might feel
himself called upon to reply. But with regard to
Mr. Hobhonse, he was not prepared to make the
same declaration, and therefore he should be per-
fectly contented to let his speech of the preceding
evening go uncommented upon—(Groans and hisses)
at least those parts in which there was a difference
between them. There were points, however, in which
lie entirely concurred, and to which he listened with
great satisfaction. With respect to the numbers
which bad polled, lie begged to assure the Electors
that he was as much undismayed as ever. lie still
retained the same confidence as to the result of this
contest—(One of the crowd exclaimed, " Then you
have a cursed deal 1 assurance !") He admitted that
he had ; and he believed it was very necessary on
those hustings—(Bravo ! and laughter)—and he also
believed that it was not confined to him alone—
(Laughter). Mr. Hobhouse had told them on a for-,
rner day to let his (Mr. Lamb's) canvassers go about
with this question :—Will you vote for a man who
says that the House of Commons is the constitutional
Representative of the People—or for a man who
holds a contrary doctrine ?" He readily met Mr.
ilobhouse on that point. He was willing that hio.
canvassers should put this question, for he was ready
to stand or fall with the Constitution, such as it was.
He was ready to stand by the Constitution with all
its defects, rather than he would-concur with the
illegal attempts which were made out of doors
to effect a Reform which was calculated rather
to destroy it altogether than to amend it.—(Applause).
lie would consent to no Reform but such as was
brought about by legal and constitutional means—
( Loud disapprobation was here expressed by an indi-
vidual in the crowd, when a person who stood near
Alr. Lamb, exclaimed, " want no Cato-street con-
spiracies :" this created considerable uproar and hisses).

11r..Lamb, -in continuation, begged; to ask, if the
•,Mouse of Commons were the infamous and corrupt
body which the Hcmourable Baronet (Sir EBurdett)
had desca ibed, how it came to pass that .both himself
and Mr. Hobhouse were so anxious to obtain a seat
in such an assembly? (Cries of " &cause they mean ,
to Reform it")—Did they indulge the Quixotic hope'
that their eloquence would enable them to persuade
that corrupt House to reform itself? And this too,
after they had told them, day after day, iliac it never
would reform itself? If the House would not-refortn
itself, where was the consistency of their wishing to
sit in it? If Mr. Hobhouse had any consistency, it
was not in the House that he should seek to relOrm
it, but oet of it, at the head of those Gentlemen who
were. to effect Reform by pulling the ears of its Mem-'
hers (niches, and some cric.7 of " all fah''). It was
hardly,to he expected that those who would incite,
or rather recommend the people to insult the Mem-
bers of the House of Cornmonl, would be themselves
anxious to obtain a seat in an assembly which they
had•characterised as deserving those insults (hisses).
.For himself-he could only repeat, that he was for a
Reform in the Constitution—by constitutional and
legal means—and if it could not be reformed in this
way, he hoped it would never he reformed at all
(Some opt!ausc, awl cries of " Of, Off"). In conclu-
sion, Mr. Lamb repeated his confidence as to the ul-
timate issue of the Election.
Mr. IlonoousE now presented himself to the El2c-
tors, and was received with the loudest acclamations..
He rail he was pleased to find that the lion. Gen-
tleman who had just addressed them should teel sen-
sible of the courtesy which haol been exercised towards
him in the request Which had been made, that he
might be allowed a hearing—but he was sorry to
say that he had not exercised a similar court.e.y in
return. He had told them that he felt pleasine -in
answering Sir Francis Burdett; but while he passed
this compliment on the worthy Baronet, hr thought
it necessary to add, that he (Mr. Hobhouse) had taken
mean and captious objections to his speech.
Mr. LAMS denied that he meant to apply those
epithets to Mr. Hobhouse. What he said was, that
Sir Francis Burdett had not taken mean advantages
of what had fallen from him. _

Mr. HOIMOUSE said, that the inference to be drawn
from this language was plain and intelligible—it was
in terms saying, that although Sir Francis Burdett
did not take mean advantages, that he (Mr. Hob-
house) did—nevertheless, as the Hon. Gentleman had
furnished, with his usual ingenuity, a new glossary
to his own words, he should make no further allu-
sion to the subject. He could not help saying, how-
ever, that when Mr. Lamb complained of being
misrepresented, it. would have been but candid to
have stated in what respect the misrepresentation had
taken place. Mr. Hobhouse then proceeded with
great ingenuity and eloquence, to rerly to the differ-
ent topics of Mr. Lamb's speech, and to observe that
his motive for desiring a seat in the blouse of Com-
mons was precisely the same as that which had been
declared by Mr. Fax and Lord Grey, when asked a
similar question, namely, the hope that by the
speeches delivered in Parliament, an effect would be
produced out of doors, whic'n would ultimately con-
vince the People of the necessity of Reform, and
finally lead to a beneficial result in the House itself
—( Loud cheers).— After some remarks on what he
called the double face which Mr. Lamb had'assumed
in his private letter of solicitation, and in his public
advertisement, he concluded by quoting this distich—
" Vile Neuters, in middle way steering,
" Are neither rish, nor flesh; nor good red herring!"
(Loud cheers).

THE EVE SING STAR:

LONDON.

MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1820.
THE FUNDS.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0-CLCCK
.3 per Cent. Consols 68%
•
5 per Cent. Navy 103% 'Vs
lndiaßonds 14s. pr.
Exchequer Bills (2d.) Is. 2s. dis.
Consols for Account 68A.
Bank Stock', 3 per Cents. Reduced, 3i per Cents. 4 per
Cents. Bank Long Auns. and India Stock, all shut.

The proposed increase of the Civil List, has pro-
duced a considerable sensation in the public mind.—
Some say the demand will not be satisfied with much
less than Two Millions.

The Tina's of this morning combats the principle
which we stated on Saturday as to the Hereditary Re-
ienues of the Crown being as much the lawful right
of the possessor as the estates of the Duke of DEVON-
smut; are of his Grace. We have often admired the
constitutional doctrines of that Journal ; but, in this
case, we feel well assured that it is in error. What-
ever part of the ancient Royal Prerogative was not
explicitly withheld by Bill 'and Statute from King
NVILLIA NI, was granted to him. Nothing was said in
the agreement with that Prince respecting the He-
reditary Revenues ; and, therefore, we contend,
that he succeeded to all that his predecessors enjoyed.
Besides, his In esent MAJESTY does not claim his en-
joyment of the Throne either as heir of the STUA RTS,
or as successor to WILLIAm, bat in virtue of Queen
ANNE'S Act of Settlement; and nothing is said 43 that
Act about the Civil List or Hereditary Revenues.
Therefore, we again Contend, that his 'AIAJEsTv'§,
right to the- lleveditary Revenues stands precisely on
the footing it would have donchad he been the lineal
heir of the banished dynasty.
The Times says, that "his MAJESTY possesses his
income by a title much more honourable, and we
trust no less' secure, the constitutional assignment of
a flee people." This sounds well, and is in part
true; but it will be recollected, that our Government
is one of law and usage. It is regulated altogether
by expedients, suitable tO the exigencies of the cur-
rent time—ancl, what is law for one is law for another.
Long may it so continue ! We shall not refer to the

Duke of DEVONSIInteS case, because it might q-
pear invidious : his Grace's vast estates having been
chiefly obtained by acquisitions subsequent to that
period when the lands of the realm were given to
public officers in trust for the Nation. But those
estates in the North of Scotland, to which all eyes'are

directed " to see the burning," affords a case fn. priint.
By what better right than that by which the KIM:*
is entitled to hold his hereditary revenues, do Lady
STAFFORD, and Mr. MuNno, of Novar, possess their
lands? And yet we see Sheriffs, and chariots and cat-
men, and horsemen and soldiers, called, in the name
of the law, to turn out the tenants whose ancestors
have posses, ed those lands from time immemorial,
aye some of them before the days even of the Mar-
chioness of STAFFORD'S ancestors ?—Now we say, if
the law protects the possession of property, merely
from u age and wont and ex;lediency, «e should be
glad to know why the same la'.v shall not protect
those rights which, by usage and wont and expo.
diency, the Crown has ever enjoyed ?
But while we contend for this principle, let us not
be misunderstood ; we do not approve of the pre-
servation of any such rude and tyrannous custom Of
savage antiquity ; nor do we think his present MA-
s..STI" could grant a 'greater boon to his subjects, to
characterise the opening of his reign, than by
uniting with Parliament to abolish for ever all the be-
' rcLiizary immlnities of the Crown, whether connected
with land, or revenues, or droits of Admiralty, or
any other source.
01-. e thing we beg leave to observe, that, on Sa-
tuvday, in speaking of the droits of the Crown, we
included the four and a half per cent. duty on the
Customs, which was originally granted to defray the
expense of forming the Colony of Barbadoes, Esc.
This for some time was appropriated to that service ;
afterwards, it Was seized by the Crown; then the
Nation recovered it; and some time arter the Crown
again got possession of it"; and, we believe, enjoyed
it till the close of GEORGE the SECOND'S reign. This
is now the most productive branch or all the here-
ditary revenues of the Crown, and it is that to
which the impending contest in Parliament will
chiefly have reference.

A very foolish argument is raised against the
Crown in this case, namely—lf all the h. reditary
revenues are taken, then the Crown should maintain
the Army, &c. Those who urge this do not seem to
know that it was not from its hereditary revenues
that the Crown'ef old maintained the Army. The
historical fact is, that the Army was raised and
chiefly maintained by the possessors of the land; and it
would now be just as wise to reinforce all the tenures
of the Doomsday Book, as to require the Crown to
act. more Contrary to the spirit of the age and the
Constitution than any other of the great proprietors

Of the disturbances in Ross-shire, no farther parti-
culars have reached us than arc contained in the an-
nexed letter. We sincerely hope reflection on the one
side,• with temper and concession on the other, will
put-an end to this most unhappy affair, without the
farther interference of military.
ENTRACT OF A LETXER FROM ROSS-SHIRE, MARCH?.

" We have all bete agitated by a most unpleasant business,
which took place yesterday. The scene toek place on a part of
Mr. Monro's property, of Novar, called Cuirain, near Glado.
field. The object of the Sheriff going; was to see the Officers
perform their duty of executing the summons which was to
warn the peosple from their farms. As thty had before resi►ter.
the Sheriff was Obliged to take with him a considerable force. Its
order to carry the business into effect. About-at Special Con-
stables were sworn in, and a party of about 21 Militiamen at.-
companh:d them. This force proved very inadequate; and a
scene took place truly horrible, in which thirteen of the Sheriff's
party were wounded, and of these one had his skull fractured
by a stone, which hit him on the forehead.
" The Sheriff was in imminent danger; be was bit by three
stones, one of which cut his bat. He went ambupt the people,
thinking to soften th-ni by reasoning; but it was all in vain.--
They called out to Lim, that he used to be on the side of mercy ;
that they thought he would protect them, but that be new came,
to oppress them like the rest. The mob appeared as if raving
mad ; and those who first attacked seemed furious, and were
chiefly women. The men were drawn up on a height, and had
taken quite a military position behind a wall, with shelf fire-
arms in readiness. There were about 200 armed. The force
with the Sheriff could rot attempt much ; but the Militiamen
were ordered (in hopes of frightening them) to charge with bayo-
nets, when the women, instead of running away, as expected,
literally rnshfd among the bayonets, crying otit—' The must die,
any way; better to die here in ,imerica, or at the Caps of Cwaii
114pe ; t e cicit't corelar our lives !'—We fear it will be impossip
ble to remove these people without bloodshed."

The Paris Papers of Thursday arrived in the
course of yesterday.

On. Wednesday, the discussion on the Project of
Law respecting Individual Liberty, was again re-
sumed.

In the.prcsent rapid diTusion of light throughout
Europe, the..-e can tcarcely be a good idea promo'.•
gated in one country, without its being taken up and
applied ilk another. I.t. Serjeant Cori,Ey having
aaiused the linglith Public with his defence of re-
straints on the right of printing, by die analogy of
the law of ALFRED, has been followed, if not equal•
led, by M. do J3oNAI.D, who, having proved to the
•Chamber of Deputies the•legitimacy and the Laces-
' sity of the project -1-or allowing all persons who are
suspected by the rrenk.h Ministers, to be-imprisoned
dku int; pleasure, supported it also by the customs,
not only of the middle ages, but of the ancient Gauls.
Ile only lamented the insufficiency of thOmeasure.
M. LArAYETTE terminated a speech against the
Project in a striking manner :—" Gentlemen, it is
know three and thirty years since I first demanded,

Assembly of the Notables of 1787, the abolition
ef the Lettres-de Cachet; I this day vote against
re-est:. bi i shment."
The only other speakers on Wednesday were, M.
I..usNE DE VILLEVEQUE, who delivered a very long
ci ech against the Project, and M. DE VLLLELE, who
having no apprehension whatever of any danger
arking to the liberties of the People from the exercise
of the Royal authority, decidedly supported the Pro-
ect.—The discussion again adjourned till Thursday.
The Members of the Chamber having their
speeches ail ready written, for the purpose of being
rNILi w:len their turn came to mount the Tribune,
there i> nailing in them of the spirit of debate; each
Deputy. o.elivers himself, as it were, independently,
witlctit at), observation on the speeches that have
prci:edad him, and thus the statements made on
Te.esilay by the Minister of the Interior, pass without
rcn:ark. Vic Conxtitutionae however, ventures to
ir:•:inuate, that the object of LUCET.in writing the let-
wc quote,2 on Satur day, was to be provided fot at the
exrense of the State, and this seems the only rational
way of accounting for his, conduct, as he took care
tot to transwess any law, but merely to make him-
self appear an individual of too desperate a character
to be allowed to go at large. The other statements
made by the Minister arc chiefly of so general a de-
scription, that they
_might apply to any period since
f:e restoration of the BoußßoNs, whilst, at the same
tiate, it is not once asserted that the assassin Louvel
Lad any Accomplices.
The Paris Papers of Friday have also arrived this
forenoon.

The discussion on the Project of Law respecting
the Liberty of the Subject, was closed on Thursday,
much against the wishes of the Liberal Party, who
:.eetn to have been much infuriated by this deter-
nlination of a majority of the Chamber. It only re•
n,ained for the Reporter on the Project to make his
r.:ply, or summing up of the question, and this he
was to do on Friday ; after which, the. Project would
finally be put to the vote.

NEWS FROM SPAIN.
TRO:.I THE BOURDEAUX PAPERS.

At Saragossa, the people have effaced the name of
Ferdinand on one of the public 'buildings, and substi.
toted that of the Constitution.

General Castanos, Captain-General of Catalonia
has informed Government that he cannot answer for
Cle ti,:elity of that Province, where he has remarked
many secret Meetings between the soldiers and the

people.
The new Constitution has been proclaimed at St.
Andero.

At Valencia, the former Chief of the Guerillas,
Debut, has put himself at the bead of a, corps of
400 men, and gone to join the column under Riego,
near Grenada.

General Elio has been disgraced for advising the
King to quit the capital.
The insurrection has become general in Spain;
the greatest confusion reigns at Madrid ; and a num-
ber of the Grandees have supplicated the King to
convoke the Cortes, as the only means of restoring
the public peace.
The King, it is reported, has offered a Consitution,
but the Insurgents have demanded that five fortified
places shall be delivered up to them as a guarantee
for its observance.