Star.
London, England, 1820-03-17 00:00:00

FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1820.:

AT a MEETING of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy,
and Freeholders of the COUNTY of DUCKS, \olden.
atthe County Hall, in Aylesbury, oa Tuesday, the 14th day of,
March, 1820, in pursuance of a Requisition to the High Sheriff,
for the purpose of taking into consideration an ADDRESS to
his MAJESTY of Condolence on the Decease of our late la
mented Sovereign, ;:id of Congratulation on his Majeaty's
Ac-
cesion to the Throne,

CHARLES MUM, Esq. llibh Sheriff in the Chair,
Resolved nit:min-Lou:ly,
On the motion of the Most Noble the ltlarquis,Of
LUCKINGUA3I, seconded by the Right Rom the iarl
of BeinarwATEß,

1. That an humble Address he presented to his Molest)! of.
Cendclence on the Death of our late lamented Sovereign, ansi:
of Congratulation on his Majeszy's Accession to the Throne of
these Realms. •

J. That the fo'dowing Andress be presented to Ma Majesty :
.16 To TIM KLX(..S AIOST ENCILLENT MAJNITY4

" Star--We, your Majesty's most Faithful and loyal subjedta,
the High Sheriff, Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of
the County of Bucks, beg leave to approach your Majesty With
every sentiment of duty and attachment.
" We venture to lay at your Majesty's feet the expression of
our hi:table but heartfelt condolence on the death of our late
reveted and 141nel:zed Sovereign. Whether we look to the ex-
amy ie of his private life, which in his high station he set to all
his subjects, or to the mild, just, and beneficent manner in which
for so many years he swayed the Sceptre of these Ilealms, we
are anxious to be perirdttcd to pay this last tribute to his me-
mory, of Ger veneration and regret.
" To your Majesty we turn with hope and confidence..
pre,:ttinirg to beg your Majesty to be graciously pleased to ac-
:ept our dutiful coogratillotions on your Majesty's Accession to
the, Throne of these Kingderrs, we are oniroate'd by senti-
ments of the liveliest joy, arising cut of the hest-founded con-
viction, that the first and dearest object of your Majesty's heart
will be LI :acute the happiness and prosperity of your loyal sub-
jects, and the greatness of your Enipire, by folluwino your Royal
Father's excellent and illustrious example.
" In addressing to Pacoruszocr our earnest prarcr !bat your
lajesty may be blessed with a long and prosoeroos reig.i, we
take this earliest opportunity of laying lo:core your tlaj-. sty
these expressions of our attachment to your Majesty's Porson
and Government, and of our firm determination to eoeit out.
utmost ea'orts to support your Majesty's Throne, and to main-
' tain our free Coratitution, by promoting and inculcating the
prineiples of obedience to the Laws, and loyalty to the Crown,
width al:nod the best safeguard a,:jaiast innooatior, and the
strongest security op/not the enealies of our Country."
3. That this Address be signed. by the High Sheriff, in the
name and on the behalf of the .County, and be on:sent:id by the
High Sheriff to his Majesty, and tint the Lor.l i4eutenant of
the County be requested to accompany the Ilioh Sheriff.

4. Thn these Resolutions, and ti►e Address, be pointed in the
County Papers, and in the SI-Aa, New Tirzeo, the Courier, and
Globe, London Papers.
5. That the Thanks of this Meeting be gieca to the Nigh
Sher for his conduct in the Chair.
Resolved also unanimously,
Upon the motion of AVILLLAU PRAED,

E. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Noble
Mover and the Nobit Seconder of the Address.

NEW LOTTERY.

TBISH having advertised the particulars of the
. Scheme at great length, begs leave to point out to his
best Friends, the Public, its leading features. It contains CO,OOO
Tickets, all In one Lottery. and to be drawn in two Classes. of
10,e00 Tickets each. The usual amount of Prize-Money w•-iuld
be £200,000, but the Contractors have, under the sanction of
a recent Act of Parliament„iildtd £40,000, thereby inrersing
the intrinsic value (up to the 11th of April) £2 per Ticket;
and to get back :hit .440,000, they are allowed, by the Lords
of Treasury, to charge the Public Xi: per Ticket more than
the usual price. But
On the 11th of APRIL, •
SIXTY THOUSAND POUNDS MONEY

Will be taken from the Schema (by wha the Gazette calls a
Preliminary Drawing), and that is to be effected by a novel
method, viz. the Drawing of Ten Numbers. the last of which
will decide ALL I'::i'. t,OOO PRIZES OF £:0 ON THAT

DAY (malting, in the agistliate, the £tio,ooo before met:tioned;,
and that Drawing is not to be considered as a day
of Drawing, nor to determine the ultimate fat:: of any of the
2,000 Numbers that will be entitled to the 2,000 .1256 Prizes;
not any other Numbers, nor any other Prizes than those of .E.lO
can be drawn that day. The whole Lottery to finish on the
25d June.

Tickets and Shares are selling by T. MR!, Stock-Broker, 4,
Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross, and by his Agents in the
Country.
In the Lottery just finished, BIM sold in Shares, Igo. 2,807,
the Money Prize of £20,060.
Explanatory Schemes gratis.

•COMMON HALL.

Yesterday being -the day appointed for the publi-
cation of the-Sheriffs' formal return of the names of
the four Gentlemen recently elected to Represent the
City in Parliament, together with the number of
votes polled -by each of them, according to usual
custom, the Hall was opened at twelve o'clock, and
most respectable assemblage off' Livery.iien took I
place. Mr. Alderman WAITHMiN and Sir WILLIAM
CURTIS, in passing through the Hall, were each of
them loudly cheered. At' a
_quarter past one the
LORD MAyort, followed by Alderman Wool), Sir
WILLIAM CUR: Is, THOMAS WILSON,ESI Alderman
WAiTHMAN, the Sheriffs of London, the Town-Clerk,
several Members of the Common Council, the LORD
MAYAR'S Committee, &c. arrived upon the hustings.
The Town -Crier then proceeded to make proclama-
tiork that the Sheriffs, having duly inspected the re-.
turnap did declare tl4t the whole number of votes,
poilekby the seviitalCandidates during the recent.
Electior, were:

I
Alderman Wopz - 5370 Alderman Byrom - 4269
Mr. Wu.sd!t - - 5558 ...................-. WA ITH itrAN 4119
Alden:nal, Cvwris 490$ -- Tnoßr • 3921

And that, consequently, Alderman Woon, T. NV to-
SON, Esq. Sir WBl. CURTIS, and the LORD MAYO 3,
had been duly elected—(Chteis).
Alderman WOOD first presented himself to the no-
tice of the Livery, and was received with applause,
mingled with some marks of disapprobation. He
observed, he had once more to return them his.
thanks for having again conferred on him the high
and distinguished honour of returning him one of
their Representatives. On this occasion, he could
not refrain from adverting to an Address which had
been published this Morning, and from which it ap-
peared he had been misunderstood in what he said.
on a former day, as to the triumphant issue of the
present contest. He was at a loss to guess how he
could have been misunderstood ; he thought every
one who heard him, or had seen his Advertisement,
must perceive that the word•" triumphant" could only
be intended to apply- to himself, and his own success,
especially when it was coupled with what he had
said of the merits of his former Colleagues—(Why
did you not assist them?) He would make way for
any one who Wished to address the Livery. He de-
fied anv one to shew that he had ever for a moment
lost bight of the good cause; and he called on any
one who could do so to come forward•and state
fairly.any accusation of that sort which he had to
Trial:e against-him. He was ready to acknowledge,
that there was an anxiety on the part of his friends,
as there was on the part of the friends of all the Can-
dilates, to place their favourite as high on the poll
as possible; but if the books were now examined, it
would be found that he had feWer plumpers than
any other of the Candidates. He was not aware of
any individual having given him a plumper before
he did so, except in one instance, that of his own
Beadle, who, he supposed, did it as a mark of his
particular attachment. He declared, that the con-
test
being over, be had no feelings but those of friend-
ship and•good-will towards every indiaidual of the
Livery, whether they had voted, for him or against
him. He had only again to thank them for the eon-
, fdence they had reposed in him, and to assure them
that every moment of his time, by night or by day,
should be at ;heir command, to be applied, if occa-
sion required, in support of their rights, their hate-
.
res,s, and their privileges.
Mr. WinsoN, amidst loud applause, nprt addressed
the Livery. Having so often during the -Election
had occasion to express his gratitude towards them,
he had but little to add now to his former state-
ment,. He assured the Livery, the sentiments be
felt towards them could not he altered, whether he
Was plated at the top or the bottom of the poll. He
had contemplated the change in his situation which
had taken place, being well aware of the probability
there was cf inaccuracy occurring in casting up the
poll, during the confusion which necessarily existed
at the termination of the poll. He originally came
Lrward almost an unknown individual; the high si-
tuation in which he now stood was therefore one de-
manding still the more his acknowledgments ; at
the same rime, it encouraged him to hope that he
had redeemed the pledge which he gave them when
first he solicited their support (Applauses). He was
aware that it was no extraordinary talent which he
possessed that gave him a claim to thii mark of dis-
tinction ; but- what was wanting in ability, he would
endeavour to make up in industry (Applause). His
principles were well known; he was inclined to ad-
here to the Government; but he .would never shut
his ears to conviction, and should always be ready
to stand forward, even on the Ministerial Benches, to
oppose what was wrong, and to support the interest
of the Livery (Applause). He would on all occasions
endeavour to deserve their confidence, and to met it
those favours of which they had been so bountiful—
(Loud applause).
Sir WILLIAM CURTIS was received with loud ap-
plause. He was proud thus to stand forward on
those hustings once again, to return thanks fir the
many hoticars his fellow. citizens had conferred upon
him, but particularly for this last mark of their fa-
vour (Applause). He told the Lively at the end of
the last blection, that the good feeling of the City of
London, which on that occasion appeared to sl:ep,
minis' soon be roused again. It now appeared that
he had been a•true prophet (.4 ; end sc:o:e one
front'he hay (2f ob.qrerd, ,r;!,,h like a
prophet he IGoks 1") Ile wished Gentlemen would for
a short time restrain their feelings, r. d aqlw him
fluninterruptedly to return public thanks for 'public
favours !Applause). The H.,nouralle Baronet then
proceeded to Collgl4,Alitte the Livery on their choice
of Mr. iVilson, whom he had long icrn:Wn as a man
of strict integrity, talent, and honour, and who
would always be attentive to their interests. He
could not but expres his satisfaction at the triumph
which the Livery had this day gained : it was the
trit;m:eh of Royalty over Democracy (3licrnito.s and.

PRICE - PENCE•

. .
applause). A worthy Alderman who pi eceded hirii
- had said, he owed nothing to Ministerial- ,T any
other influeuce, and that no exertions had been use 4
for him ; but he could take on himself to say, that
he had contributed much towards putting -the worthy
Alderman at the head of the poll (Laughter). Gen-
, tlemen might laugh, but he would prove it. The
I poll-book would prove that he had given the worthy
Alderman hundreds of his votes (Applau.ie). The
Livery were told, during the contest at the last Elec-
tion, and previous to it, that it was a disgrace to the
Livery to think they had not, for twenty years past;
had a Representative who. could make a s: eech two
hours long. They then elected iv, Orator, and what
had been the consequence? Why, •hat the a-ator
never got up in the House to si.eak, that he was not
coughed down! (Applause and disapprobation). Hi;
principles were well known; he was u ue to the King,
and loyal to his country, and would wit he dictated
, to by any individual; nor could he believe the Livery
• or the Court of Common. Conned would in future
allow themselves to be .dictated to by any single
bully I (Applause .aid disapprobation here rose to suelf
height, that although the worthy Baronet exalted his
voice to the highest pitch, it rea;; to hear what
he said for some time). tie was charged with exerting
undue influence—Ministerial influence,, to controul
the Livery! He denied the charge. What had he
to do with Ministers, or Ministers with him ? He
cared not who were in or who were out; he would
support his King and the Constitution against ail in-
• Vaders, all conspirators, and all e!-,nagogues •ahat,-
ever ; and again thanking them lbr the support he
had received during the present contest, he would
now take his leave.

The Loan MAYOR then came forward, and was
received with loud applause. Elevated by their kind
support to the highly honourable situation of one of
their Representatives, he trusted he should chew by
his'future conduct, that he was not unworthy of the.
cenfidence they had placed in him—( Applause).—
He would endeavour, on all occasions, to discharge
duty to hi, King, his Country, and his Constitu-
ents. It might, perhaps, he a matter of surpri:w to
some of his triends, that he did not stand higher on
the poll than he slid. But when it was considered
how short a peaoti was allowed to him for his can-
vass, and how great an influence had been exerted
against him, it was rather a matter of "surprize to
him that he had polled so many. Ile could assure
his friends, that lie was perfectly veell satisfied, and
most grateful to them for their exertions. His Lcrd-
.ship again adverted to what had fallen from hint on
a former day, respecting the advantage which would
result to a great Commercial City like London, from
having at least one commercial man amongst her
Representatives ; and expressed his hopes, tat by
thus opening the path of honour to such individuals,
they should, at no very distant dam, see Merchants
of the first respectability become Candidates for Civic
honours and offices.

Mr. WAITPtstAN then presented himself, and was
received with lond applause. He observed, he now
presented himself to their notice under circumstances
differing entirely from those in which the other Gen-
tle:sten who had addressed them stood. He had hot
his friends about him as it might be presumed the
others had ; he therefore had to claim from them a
greater share of indulgence. He would endeavour,
in addressing them, not to say anything cffensive;
at the same time he trusted he should be able to steer
a proper and manly course—( Applause). He
de-
clared he had no personal feelin7, towards any man
wising out of this contest, and he had hoped time
would have been no necessity on this occasion for hi.;
alluding to the other Gentlemen. He thought that
meeting as they now did, the consideration of who
was highest on the poll, or how each other's adver-
tisements were worded, would not have been consi-
dered subjects im!,rirtant enough to engage their
attention ; and he also had flattered himself that those
who had triumphed, contented with having done so,
would have borne their triumph with moderation, as
was the nature of those who were successful in a
good cause, and would not have lost their temper as
if the triumph had been on the other side. He how-
ever did, in fact, feel that he had triumphed over a
combination of circumstances, and a weight of influ-
ence almost unprecedented—(Disapprobation)—and
had still so many friends who resisted compulsion
and force, which he knew had been exerted—('ris
false ! Shame 1). He perceived he had kindled the
anger of some individuals, whose sensitive nerves
et-mid not bear to have this tender string touched ;
yet these very persons had stood firm and unmoved, •
and heard him accused unjustly of bullying the Com-
mon
Council—(Applause). He had asked them the
other day, when voting contrary to their conscieires
—(Shame! Shame ! Cejr!)
Mr. Sheriff PA R KYNS here stept forward, and ex-
pressed his hope that the Livery would not now
sacrifice their good character, but hear all parties
—(Applause).
Mr. 'WA ITLIM AN resumed. He was not at all an-
noyed by these trifling interruptions; they milfserved
to give him time to recollect himself. He did not
believe such interruptions would comefrom any man
of common sense. Such men would come forward if
I they c:Arld, and contradict him in a fair and manly
in:inner—(.lpp!amze). That influence had been used
!sonicwlie:-e Ai obvious, from this circumstance, that
!upwards of 'one thousand individuals had polled for
him and Sir Willia:n Curtis. He would ask, was not
I this mingling oil and vinegar?—(Applause and dis-
ai:prchation).—liow this could he uone, on any prin-
ciple of consistency, he was at a loss to conceive
there must have been influence somewhere; but as
he did not wi.,h to hurt the feelings of any ono,. e
would not even ctflx a hint on which side the influ-
ence laid,—(App!ause). Again, when they found his
Honourable hi lend •at the top of the poll; and he,
who had always ced With his Honourable Friend,
and voted with tie:n.4 at the bottom, the' state
of the poll could neve: be a criterion by which to