Star.
London, England, 1827-07-09 00:00:00

President of those States, and on the wisdom, justice, and impar-
tiality_sf the North Americas people- -
" Tiso namdals of my daughter, the OWED of Portugal, have
been already celebrated at Vienna, and I hope soon to see my bra-
' ther, her lustbmad; in this Court. The constitution' cause triumphs
in Portegal, in spite of the powerful parties who wish tooppoer at ;
end lr is impossible that It should be otherwise, seeing that the
' Charser has been so legitimately conferred.
Bevertiag to the affairs of the empire, I am intimately per-
suaded that all who do Dot think relative to them in the same man-
ner in which I have expressed myself In this my imperial speech,
are not the teal friends of the empire—are not Constitutional Ins.
petiaUlts but monsters in disguise, who are only waiting for an
opportunity to satiate their vindictive thirst In the blood of those
who defend the throne, the country, and religion.
" I feel assured that there is not within the walls of this Chamber
any sae of the national representatives whose opinion is DOC in tits
respect the same as mine, whatever may be the means by wlslas he
would seek to attain the object of my desire, which is to see the
gmpire consolidated, and the people happy.
4 Titus, august and hononrable representatives of the Brazilian
asthma, having recoasanended to your consideration what appears to
nse best suited to the interests of the nation, I withdraw, trmtlnE
in you. and In thrhope of being able to say to you in le speech
wish which thitt AMenshly will be closed, ' Lem could net-be es,
petted from yuu.and I am masked—the nation is cuntent—we are
happy—Me Assembly which bss legislatf#l so wisely has done well.'
"TUB CONSTITUTIONAL ASTI)
PRRPETUAL DEFENDER OF BRAZIL"
A is stated that Don Pedro was very much affected,
and shed tears, in delivering that part of his speeeh.which
relates to the death of the Empress.

• ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.
Saturday a ConmagniaTvas held for the purpose
of electing Sheriffs for the ensuing year, Mr. RUSDILL
having neglected to give bond, and Mr. LAMM Kt
having paid the fine of 6001.—The B.scsianatt basins
stated the above facts,

Mr. *lmams' stood forward on the hustings, for the
purpose of stating what he considered to be of import-
ance to the Livery to bum before they proceeded to
election. There was one Gentleman on the list, who.
if he should be appointed to the office, would not shrink
from the performance of the duties of it. That Gentle-
man was Mr. Spottiowoode, the stationer. a man of the
very highest respectability. He bad declined soliciting,
bat he stood nest to the Gentleman who had already
declined to act, and to a deputation who waited on him
be gave an assurance that he would, if elected, fill the
place to the best of his ability—(Applause).
Mr. BLZADEN stood forward to request the forbear-
ance of the Livery with regard to Mr. Cope land, who
was afflicted by a dometic calamity, but Who would
most cheerfully serve upon a future occasion. .
The whole list was about to be read, when
Mr. HuaT stood forward to address the Hallc.kse
was loudly cheered. It was, he said, an old saying and
a uue one, "Give a dog a bone and it will atop his
mouth." Something akin to that was the saying,
SI Give a man a place and. he will hold his tongue"-.
(ikeughtsw.) Now he was in place, but place should
Olt bistsethalfrte_P94 .kit32—lgda-11241.
At that ner.paimanits not suattiewly profitable to pm.
chase his silence. He would shew the Livery that it
really was not sufficiently profitable. He should speak
his sentiments, althotigh tared to a high condition in
the Corporation. The Livers were assembled to elect
Sheriffs. They had been called together a fortnight
ago for the same purpose. They had elected two Gen.
tlemen, but it seemed that one of them, rather than serve

the office, had submitted to the fine of 6001. and twenty
marks, and the other had also objected, and would be
fined in the same penalty. N•ow he (Mr. Hunt) stood
on the hustings to complain of' the injus.iee of the prac-
tice of mulcting the citizens of their money—(Hear,
hear). It had been said by Mr. Pear.ock, on a former day,
that he regretted having interfered with the Lord
Mayor's list; but one instance of want of success was
not sufficient to justify the abandonment of that de-
viation. Hi(Mr. Hunt) protested against this mode
of taking money out of people's pockets. The Li.
very were not aware-of the injurious mode of making
out what was called ibe Lntd Mayor's List. They

naturally enough raised their hands in favour of any
man who was known to' be respectable, and highly
qualified to .act, and they never thought of inquiring
whether he was willing to act or not, or whet in-
convenience it might be to him to act, while there were
many who would never make any objection. The act of
fining Gentlemen who objected was quite indefensible.
In fact, it was taking money u icier false pretences—
(Laughter and applause).—The present Lord Mayor
was too conscientious a man to exercise the power to
the injury of an individual, but another Lord Mayor
might clap on the name of somebody to whom he owed
a grudge, and who he knew would not serve, and sub-
ject bun, of course, to a fine of 6001.—(Applause).
This was a very complete mode of revenge. And
where did this money go to. after all? If it went
to feed the orphan or the widow, he should have no
objection to see the rich fined pretty smartly; but it
went, as be believed, to supply guiding and guzzling
-.-(A laugh)--it was only right to offer someimpediment
to the system of gratifying brutal sensuality at so large
a price, and from such a source--(Cheets). The Livery
were not now to be made fools of. The/ would not be
any longer dictated to. It had been said to him, that
now that be was Auditor, he would fall into the gross
habits of those around him—(Laughte )—that he could
not help eating and drinking. He certainly was fond
of good eating and drinking, but he would not help to
eat and drink away the City funds, or the Orphans'
funds—(Cheers); and lie hoped to see the day when the
system of gormandizing would not be tolerated. If he was
to drink Champagne upon the usual civic terms,he would
believe all the while that he was drinking the orphans and
the widows' tears-(Applause). The Livery were told that
Mr. Spottiswoode would act if elected, and his card was
handed about with an M.P. attached to it. Now he did
not look upon the M.P. as a recommendation at all;
for he knew that if a man did his duty as a Member of
Parliament properly. he would not be able to attend to
any other duties. Mr. Stables was another Gentleman
who was spoken of as eligible and willing to serve. Of
that person he knew no.hing ; bat he thought that the
best thing they could do would be to reject the list alto-
gether—(A laugh.) He bad nobody to propose himself,
but he threw oat these hinti to the Livery as adapted to
future occasions—(Applause.)
Mr. Spottiswoode and Mr. Stables were then elected
Sheriffs for the ensuing year. After which the Hall
was dissolved.