Star.
London, England, 1821-06-26 00:00:00

rates friends had thought proper to demand a poll in !
his behalf, in opposition to the manifest decision of
the Livery ; for his own part, he would not incur
one shilling expense in demanding a poll. If they
elected him, he would discharge his duty honestly
and faithfully; and he would pledge himself to do
every thing in his power to put down the Bridge-
street Association.
After a short interval, Mr. Sheriff WAITIWAN
nounced to the Livery that there was a difference of
opinion between the Law Officers of the Corporation
and the Sheriffs upon one point, namely, whether an
individual having declared that he would not stand
a poll, was still to be considered-as a Candidate, or
whether the Election fell, as a matter of course, on •
the other Candidates? Upon this point the Court
of Aldermen would have to decide.
After some further consultation, Mr. Sheriff
WAITIIMAN again came forward, and said, that on
consulting precedents, it was found that the Sheriffs
had no alternative but to proceed to a poll, which
would be commenced when the other business was
disposed of—(Applause).
The Ale Conners, Auditors, and other Civic Offi-
cers for the ensuing year, were then severally pro•
posed, and elected.
The RECORDER advanced to the front of the hust-
ings to announce to the Hall the Election of the se-
veral Officers, but the hisses, groans, and laughter
with which the worthy Baronet was greeted, ren-
dered him totally inaudible.
Mr. GALLOWAY thought it right before the poll
commenced, to inform the Livery who Mr. Alder-
man Garratt was. He was a five guinea subscriber to
the Bridge-street Association. Now, the Court of
King's Bench had decided that a Member of this
Association was unfit to be a Juryman, and he would
put it to the Livery, whether a man, who was de-
Flared unfit to serve as a Juryman, was a fit person
to fill the high office of Sheriff, whose duty it was
to return Jurymen ?—(Applause).
A little before the commencement of the poll,
Alderman GABRAT7 came forward and suited,
that although he certainly had become a member of
the Constitutional Association from a conscientious
conviction of its utility, yet he had subsequently,
upon more rnatuie reflection, withdrawn himself
from it, under the consideration that it was incom-
patible with his situation as a magistrate, there being •
a possibility that he might be called upon to act ju-
' dicially in cases of prosecution at the instance of the
Association.
The Aldermen then retired, and the poll for She-
riffs commenced, and on the close the numbers were—
Alderman VENABLES 122 I .Wo'llllll GAKRATT - 68
Mr. Caouc 87
Alderman VENABLES returned thanks in an ap-
propriate speech.
Alderman GAURATT said, it was but natural to
expect that those in the Hall would make a point of
setting up their favoutite as high as possible. Ile
hoped that the Livery at large would have an oppor-
tunity of knowing him better than they now did.
lle declared that he neither sought the Cons t nor the
common favour, and that it was his determination to
keep the poll open to the last hour, as he was deter-
mined to try and see of what materials the Livery
were made; and if he !blind that it appeared to he
their sense that he was unfit to serve them, he would
retire into that private life from whence lie bad been
drawn by his fellow-parishioners—((.'ties of Go
now.") " No, (said the Alderman), I have not yet
made the trial I propose."
A Court of Aldermen was afterwards held, at
which Mr. Alderman WOOD laid before the Court
his appointment locum tenens to the LORD MAYOR,
which was read.
The summons from the Deputy Earl Marshal for
.the attendance of the LORD MAYOR, Aldermen, lie-
c irder, and Sheriffs, :at the ensuing Coronation, was
also laid before the Court and rmd.
Mr. Aide' man Worm laid before the Court two
letters the Lord Mayor had received from the Mayor
of Oxford, requesting, on behalf of the Mayor and
Recorder of Oxford, that they might be permitted to
accompany the Lord Mayor, &c. m the City Barge,
on the ensuing Coronation, attended by eight citizens
of Oxford, whicli being read was agreed to. .
RICHARD CLARK, Esq. was sworn into the office
of Chamberlain; and Messrs.GALABIN and Timmy
into the office of Bridge-Masters.