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London, England, 1818-06-08 00:00:00

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• GENERAL ELECTION.
TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY

OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

flzertmersr,
HAVING the honour to be one of your Repre-
sentatives in the present Parliament, which it is ex-
pected will be very shortly( dissolved; I entreat you, in that
event, to place me again in the same high and distinguished situ:-
tion.—l flatter myself that my conduct in Parliament has uur
formly evinced the just settle I have ever entertained, as well as
the gratitude I have ever felt for so important a nun having been
confided to me.
I further hope, that, by a constant, faithful, and zealous at-
tention to the duties resulting from the high station in which
your kindness has placed me, I have had the good fortune so far
to secure your good opinion, as to justify my soliciting, with the
fullest anticipation of success, your Votes and Interest towards
my Re..Elci.tiun.
My conduct has, I trust, in no respect varied from those
principles which I have ever avowed of loyalty to the King,
and a steady attachment to our glorious Constitution.
I can confidently assure you I have been sedulously watchful
on all occasions to support the rights and privileges of this great
City ; and most anxious, according to the faithful dictates of an
independent mind, to support those measures which have, in my
unbiassed judgment, been best calculated to promote the true
interest of the Empire at large.
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To the Commercial, Trading, and Shipping interests of the
City and Port of London, I have, on all occasions, by an unwea-
ried personal attendance and exertion, in my place in Parlia-
ment, done my utmost to redeem the pledge I made to you on
this point, when you did me the honour to feud me to the
House of Commons.

Maintaining these sentiments, and having observed this line
of conduct, I once more appear before you, and earnestly en-
treat that you will favour me with your Votes and Interest,
at the ensuing Election of Representatives in Parliament for the
City of London. I have the honour tO be,
Gentlemen, your devoted and faithful Servant,
Walbrook, sth June, 1818. JOHN ATKINS.

• ALDERMAN THORP.
AT a very numerous and respectable MEETING
of the LIVERY of LONDON, Friends of Alderman
THORP, held at the London Tavern, on Friday, the oth of
June, 1513, BOYCE COMBE, Esq. in the Chair,

Resolved unanimously,
1. That a free Representasion of the People in Parliament is
essential to the stability of the Throne, to an impartial adminis-
tration of justice, and to the security and welfare of the com-
munity.
S. As Parliament is now about to be dissolved, it is desirable
that the Livery of London should demonstrate to the Kingdom
at large their reverence for the principles of the Constitution, as
ritabllshed at the glorious Revolution of 1688, by conferring
their suffrages on those Candidates whose disinterested exer-
tions, firmness, and independence have proved their anxious de-
sire to promote the public good.
3. That, in contemplating the services of Alderman Thorp,in
the different situations which he has held in the Corporation, as
one of its Common Council ; as Sheriff, wherein he manifested
the utmost solicitude to alleviate the distress of the prisoners
under his care, his exemplary discharge of the duties of that
cline, as testified by the recorded and unanimous approbation
of the Lives), at large ; and as an upright and indefatigable Ma-
gistrate, at all times supporting every 'mason calculated to pro-
tect the rights and privileges of his Fellow-Citizens; his general
knowledge of the commercial interests of this his native City;
his suctions as a Member of the Irish Society, for which he
was unanimously elected its Governor; and particularly for his
becteliskei disposition, evinced by his support of numerous cha-
rt:able institutions of this Metropolis, combined with his unim-
peachable integrity and consistency of political conduct, in oppo.
aim all unnecessary public expenditure, and suing his utmost
endeavours to secure retrenchment and economy ; this Meeting
it of opinion that Alderman Thorp is, eminently qualified to be-
come one of their Representatives for the City in Parliament,
sad Is fully entitled to the support of the Livery of London.
4. That the present Meeting do act u a General Committee,
with power to add to their number, and meet daily at the King's
Head Tavern, Poultry, for the purpose of securing Alderman
Therp's Election.
S. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Boyce Combe,
Req. for the able manner in which he has conducted the business
of this day, and for the support he has given to the cause of in-
dependence.
6 That the fort;Jita; Resolutions be inserted in the Morning
sad Evening Papers. B COMBE, Chairman.
TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY