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London, England, 1811-06-25 00:00:00

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Yesterday a. Court of Aldermen was held at Guild-
hall, at which the Lord Mayor and 15 Aldermen were
present. G. Bridges, Wsq. lately elected Alderman.
of Lime-street V. being introduced by the De-
puty and Common Couneilsnen of that Ward, was
sworn for the dueexecution thereef,and took his seat ac-
cordingly. R. Clark, Esq. was sworn into the office
of Chamberlain, and Messrs. Galabin and Yeoward
Bridgemasters. The Rulers of the Watermen and
Lightermens' Company were re-elected in that office.
The Thanks of the Court were voted to the Lord*,
Mayor's Chaplain, rfor his sermons preached in St.
Paul's the first Sunday in Easter and Trinity Terms.
COMMON HALL.
Yesterday being Midsummer Day, the usual meet- 1
ing of the Livery was held in Guildhall for the pur-
pose of electing fit and proper persons to fill the office
of Sheriffs and other officers of the City. The Hall
was numerously attended.
• The Lord Mayor and Aldermen having taken their
places on the Hustings, anti the crier having pro-
claimed the objects of the Meeting,
The RECOICDF.R came forward and said, that they
were summoned that day to elect two fit and proper
personi to fill the office of Sheriffs of the City of Lon-
don and county of Middlesex for the year ensuing,
and he begged their attention while the different gen
tlemen's names, who should be put in nomimaton,
were read to them ; when they would declare their
approbation by the shew of hands.
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen,and Recorder having
retired from the Hustings, the CousioN SaaJEANT ad-
dressed the Meeting nearly to the same effect as the
Recorder had ; when the Crier read the names of the
following Gentlemen, being those put in nomination
to serve as Sheriffs for the year ensuing :
S. Birch, F.sq. Ald and Cnnk J. Gray, Esq. Draper
C. Maguey, Esq. Ald. and 6ta- W. CIS', E.,q. Wheelwrleht _ !
tioner J. Blades, Esq. Glow seller
G. Bridges, E•q. Ald. and J. Resy, Esq. Vintner
Wheelwright M. Hoy, Esq. Ironmonger
W. Barlow, Esq. Tyler and T. Foster, Esq. Ironmonger
Bricklayer A. Jordabw, Esq. Grocer
L Thomas, Esq. Clover I. Gardner, Esq. Haberdasher
W. Clarke.. Esq. Patten-maker B. Severn, Esq. Merchant-Tai-
G. Fryer, Esq. Salter , for
C. Teddy, Esq. Grocer W. Heypte, Esq. Merchant-
J. Leigh, Esq. Gleirer Tailor
• C. Wright, Esq. Goldsmbh W. Pickering, Esq. Vintner
W. Hammond, Earl. Draper P. Booth, Esq. Cooper
It. Sand..rmon, }.3q. Cooper T. Parker, E•q. Goldsmith
Mr. Hvygate then came forward and said, that he
felt himself called upon to trespass on their Patience
for a'few moments, in consequence of some circum-
stances which had occurred with regard to his being
pin in nomination. Having seen a card,iu his name,
soliciting the favour of the Livery for his election to
the office of Sheriff, he felt himself called opon-to ex-
plain a seeming inconsistency between that and his
now wishing to decline the honour of their thoice.:--
1 It never was his intention to step out of his turn, and
he thanked them for their intended kindness ; but on
account of its being so much, out of his turn, he did
not wish it.—( Loud air: e; kill do; he'll do!)
On Mr. Alderman Birch being proposed, there was
a considerable shew of hands ; as there was also on
the nomination of Mr. Sanderson and Mr. Heygate.
Some time then elapsed before the Sheriffs made up
their minds as to which two of the Candidates had
theohon• of hands in their favour.
, The Common Serjeant then informed the Meeting,
that he was directed by the Sheriffs to acquaint them,
, that they being uncertain whether the show of hands
' • was in favour of Mr. Alderman Birch or Mr. Sander-
son, these two gentlemen's names would be again put
up, which was done accordingly.
The Common Serjeant then said that he was di-
' rected tci inform them that the Sheriffs were olopinion
. that the election had fallen on Mr. Sanderson and
Mr. Heygate—(loud cheering).
After some further delay, the Common Serjeant
stated, that he was directed to acquaint dont that a
Poll 1 a I been demanded. ..
Mr. Sheriff Goodbehere then came forward, and
said, that they were already aware that the show of
!Ands was in favour of Mr. fitygAte and Mr. San-
derson ; and now a poll had been demanded by Mr.
Alderman Birch. It was therefore competent for
arty Liveryman to 'demand a poll in favour of the
other Candidates if they pleased. New delay again
occurred ; in the course of which there were frequent
cries of—" Proceed, proceed !,—To butinat, to butts:es, !"
Mr. Het gate again came forward, and said that
lie, begged leave to return them his most sincere
thanks tor the honour they had done him in return-
ing him in so unexpected a manner 1, but as that ho.
Lour had not been solicited on his part, hi did not.
think it altogether becoming in him to demand a poll
Mr. Watt UM AN, after some more delay, came for-
ward, and said, that no person on the Hustings hay.
ing wished to put his name to a requisition calling
for a poll in favour of any of the other persons who
had been put in nomination ; it therefore remained
with any two of the Livery to sign a requisition call-
ing for such poll : if not, the Sheriffs must proceed to
eTrittlt the law officers, and ty that nreaas get rid-of
the embarrassment in which they were placed. .
A further discussion on the subject then took place
between the Sheriffs and Law Officers on the Hust-
ings: after which the Common Serjeant stated. that
a poll having been demanded on behalf of Mr. Aid.
Birch, the same would commence at four o'clock ;
which took place accordingly, and at the close, the
numbers were, tor
. Mr. A Met man Birch.— 50 Mr. Alderman hia,-ney 3
lieggate 48 I 13ridge5......3
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A French prisoner of war lately, made his escape
fiOm Edinburgh, and having reached Liverpool, he
there stole a fishing-boat, and put to sea. After being
five days aad nights on the water, he arrived at
Aberystwith, where he was secured, and sent to the
House of Correction.
A. few evenings ago, John Hall, a labouring man,
went, at low water,among the rocks at Hame Head,
near Cawzand, for the purpose of catching crabs ;
. when, meeting with one in the interstices oldie rotks,
his hand, for
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LAW. LIVTELLIG.FIVCE.
Yesterday being Midsummer-Day, and the Anni-
versary of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the
different Courts of Law in Westminster Hall did not
meet. Lord ELLEseomouoir, however, sat At Nisi
Prau:. and a number of wises were disposed of, none
of which possessed any public interest.
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COURT OF CHANUERY, DUBLIN, JUNE co. .'
T. Tile REV. JOHN rowen D. D. VILLA*
Et-SWF ON WATERFORD.
Saturday last this cause came on to be heard 1?e-
-fore the.LORD CHANCELLOR, and the circumstances
of is being connected with the Popery Laws, excited
a great share of public attention.
The facts were these :—ln the year 1804, M.sy
Power, a Catholic, made a will, and bequeathed a
considerable part of her property to the defendant,
and others, in trust, for charitable and religious pur-
poses. The present plaintiff is her nephew, and his
father was left residuary legatee, died intestate, and
the plaintiff, as his representative, commenced pro-
ceedings to set the will aside, upon the grounds that
it-was unduly obtained, and had for its object the dis-
posal of a large property to Papists, for superstitious
uses. The question had, on a former occasion, been
heard before the Master of the Rolls, who had in a.
most eloquent manner given his opinion upon the
whole of the case at great length, and had dismissed
the application with costs. And it now came on to
be heard before the Lord Chancellor, as an appeal
from the Rolls Court.
The .Scnacurort Gsatenar., the part of the
Plaintiff, stated the' facts of the case, and made use 41
several arguments to :hew that the decision of the
Rolls Court ought to be reversed, in which he was
ably Supported by Messrs. Pluncket, Burton, and Joy.
Oa behalf of the defendant, the ATTORNEY GENE-
um. and Mr. Wlti JOHNSON with much ability sus- I
rained the former decision by the Master of the Rolls,
and after hearing both sides, the CIIANCIPI.LOR was
pleased to order that the decision of the Rolls Court '
should be set aside ; and th.:t the defendant should.
be restrained from intermeddling in any meaner with
the property of the testatrix, and that all monies and
securities for money, which had come into his hands,
belonging to the deceased, should be forthwith depot
sited in the Baak of Ireland.
PROVINCIAL BOXING.—A well-contestel and san-
guinary pitched battle for 20 guineas a side, and a
purse of 10 guineas, was fought on Wooton Mead,i
near Chalfont, Bucks, on Saturday, between Sweet
the Bath waiter. 01 some celebrity, and George God-
sal, an athletic bargeman of 15 stone. Weight op-
posed to science, and the latter with game, won Sweet
the battle. For the first quarter, the strength of God-
sal was served about the head of Sweet, the blows being
too heavy to be stopped ; but in the middle of the
battle, Gedsal had his jaw-bone broken, and be-
, came weak from loss of blond. Sweet fought on the
defensive, and made some good hits. By science, and
after three quarters of an hour's fighting, he won
the battle, by throwing his adversary in a wrestle, in
imitation of the London school.
Of the various complaints incident to the human
frame, there are none more dreadful in their nature,
nor more alarmipg in their consequences, than the
,Gravel and Stone, Pains in the Back, Loins, and
:Bladder, and Lumbago. They are complaints to
which every person is liable, and are a foundation for
every other species of disorder. Hicestas's Pius,
composed of the most innocent ingredients, have been
found of singular efficacy, in not only strengthening
the vessels containing the urine, tint happily destroy-
ing the petrifying quality of it, from which proceed
the above complaints, &c. removing the calculi, or
gritty secretions, and banishing every pernicious ten-
dency to those disorders, without confinement.—
From a consciousness of the powerful quality of these
Pills, fully evinced by a private practice of many
years, they are offered to the Afflicted, and
k recom-
mended as a Cure r the above Complaints.—Sold,
wholesale and retail at Mr. Butler's, 4, Cheapside,
corner of Paternoster-row; and retail by Belam and
Sharp, Portsmouth ; Hall and Johnson, Gosport ;
Minim, Weston, Mallory and Jones, Portsea ; Trew
man, Exeter ; Cookworthy, Glenville, Gilbert and
Holland, Plymouth ; Newbury, Dublin ; Baxter and
Macdonald, Glasgow ' • Smith, Manderston, Scott,
and Cargill, Edinburgh ; Crutwell, Bath ; Ross and
Peck, Hull; Gregson and Bilhnge, Liverpool ; Stains
and Lynch, Manchester; Bowen, Norwich ; Knott
and Lloyd, Birmingham ; Gregory, Brighton ; and
most Medicine Venders, in boxes at 2s. 9d. each.

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DIED.
The Rev. John Rawlins, B D. late Fenn* of Mertaa cclie4e,
Oeford, Vicar of Roostland, Northumberlaridt
Nos 12, Rev. Mr. Williams, d Minitel*, Illiiterddre.
Aged 57, the Rev. J. Tweedy, of Brighton, Rector of Trii-
sham, 'leas, and Vices of Tadlows Ca its
Rev. John Markham, fleeter:of Northill, dfaidahlre.
Rev. Nicholas Owen, licctor of Bottwnog; Carnarvon.l.tre.
Suddenly, aged 49, the Richard Willilinriof Fruit, near
Mold, Hintshire, Rector of I.lanverras. . .
Aged 74, the Rev. Richard Collinson, Reetor*of Kingweston,
Somerset.

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of a large size, he imprudently put isthis band
the purpose of pulling it out ; Abeginimal, how,
caught his baud between its claws erfiweeps ;,
strAni..e as it may appear, apt its bold 'so firmly,
every effort on the part of the poor fellow toe
cite himself, proved ineffectual ; and no one L
at luta,' to assist him, the tide, Cattle in, and he
nclt morning lout dioviatig.
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MARRIED.
I. W. J. dlifse, of Swanton Abbots; kfolk, to Miss Lub-
bock, &wryer of R. I,u/boot, Esq. of Lwow, in that county.
Rev. G. bll4 s, of Manchester, to Mu. Sevin, of Coleman.
street, London.
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