The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-01 00:00:00

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I the resolution to the-Intrepid conduct of (heir Worthy.
Sheriff at the funeral of Frantic-and Honey. To thati
',hat alone he wished as speak, having been by acci-
dent an eye-wftnees of the particulair :circumstance at-
' tended to.—(Hear, beas.)----Ile trusted that be was ail-
dressing the ftiends of %Wert" aqd justice, and that;
whatever wee their political ,neatiments, they would,
lend an ear to what•was the twill. for he had no in-
terest in misleading them, as he was quite uncon-
nected with any of the partial, and a stranger to them.
But when he saw a wan grossly calumniated and his
conduct aspersed, by men theumelves of the foulest
character, it was quite impossible for him to remain
siles, and more particolarly when the conduct by some
objected to, ought, if fairly stated, to redound to the
high honour of the individual.—(Applause.)—As to
the particular facts that had occurred at the funeral,
he (Mr. Cooper) had left his home to see it- from mo-
tives of mere curiosity, and to see hew far the public
feeling was interested in the previous occurrence.
When the citizens of Rome gave aOrlumph to a con-
queror, they preceded him by a symbol designating
" this is the man." He (Mr. Cooper) was pleased at
the public funeral of the unfortunate men.—(Some dis-
approbation mixed with applause.)—.He was merely
giving his own individual opinion : be was pleased at
it, because it tesputtiog the public in mind that one
Corotiel'i Jury has declared " manslaughter," and
another " murder," ail the public, as the funeral
passed, designated as it were "that is murder.": Ile,
saw, when lie came in front of the barracks at Knights-
bridge, six or severs Lifeguardemen rush from, their
barracks towards Mr. Sheriff Waithman, iu such a
manner as to signify that be, sod he alone, was the
object of their attack. Ile (Mr. Cooper) on observing
this, looked out particularly from the nindow of his
coach, and said to the friend who accompanied him,
"Let us get out, for Alderman laithinan will be
killed." M that time half his body was out of the
coach-window, as he wished, if possible, to identify the
individuals. One soldier made a cut at Mr. Waith-
man, hut somebody warded off the blow. It had been
reported that Alderman Waithman could not command
his horse, but the contrary was the fact, for I. was
endeavouring to protect himself from the force of those
who were evidently attempting to unhorse him, and
his attitude was that of a man imploring them to keep
the peace. Such was the real state of the transaction,
and leaving seen it, he could not refrain from stating
the fact as it occurred. lie never would forego the
opportunity of vindicating a calumniated man trona a
false accusation, whenever he had it in his power to
state the truth.—(Applause.)

The votes of thanks to the lee Slseriffs were then
put and tarried.
Mr. Warritsis::, on presenting himself to the Hall,
was welcomed with loud and long continued cheers.
Every nuln (the Worthy Alderman said) who became
Sheriff of London might, by common attention to the
duties of his office, secure to himself that compliment
with which he (Mr. Waitliman) had just been favoured
by the Livery. Tue simple thanks of the officer would
be, under ordinary circumstances, the briefest and
must fitting return to the honour conferred upon him
by his fellow-citizens ; but a vote of' thanks iu his
(Mr. Waithusan's) case became, from circumstances, so
peculiarly valuable, that he could not forbear hazard-
ink n few sentences upon its effect. The post of Sheriff
kid been, dining" the last *year, an arduous and a pain-
ful one, it had been the melancholy duty of that officer
to witness, in twelve months, no fewer than thirty-nine
executions—a number, in the same space of time,
almost unprecedented ; awl his attention had necessa-
rily been much engaged by the repeated applications
for mercy, preferred by the friends of the unfortunate
culprits. There were other events too—events of re-
cent occurrence—which had tended to render the post
of Sheriff a post of peril and of anxiety. With respect
to his (Mr. Waldman's) conduct under those emer-
gencies, there might b', and lie believed there was,
some difference of opinion ; but all, he trusted, would
conciple this to him—that a man nag not likely, volua-
tarili, to place himself in a situation of great difficulty
and personal danger; anti that an individual under
such circumstances—having freely exposed himself to
risk—was entitled to something better than aspersion
and abuse—to something better than an attack upon
his character, failing the success of an attack upon
his life. lie (Mr. Waithman) was satisfied that
the majority of the Livery, of the country, and of
posterity, would do justice to his conduct and to
the motives by which he had been acteated. %Ile was
angry, not at any insult offered to himself, but at the
insult offered to the Livery is Isis person. For himself,
he was sheriff no longer ; he had done with the office,
with its troubles and its responsibilities ; that lie was
angry at attempts to degrade the independence of
that office, and to sink it into a mere peg fur pageantry
and feasting. The worthy Sheriff then adverted to
calumnies lately circulated against him. It was pain-
ful for hint to obtrude himself upon public notice ;
but if lie were to pass in silence the charges which
were heaped upon him, he might seem to admit that
they bail souse colour of foundation. Attacks upon
his public conduct he would Dever notice ; but at-
tacks upon his private character were not what be
could, or what be ought to submit to. For five and
thirty years be bad conducted concerns tolerably
extensive in the heart of the city of London ; during
those years, no man had ever bad the hardihood, face
to face, to come forward and charge him with one act
of impropriety ; but now, attacks upon his public
character having failed, a systematic warfare was or-
ganised against him, fo ruin, if possible, his private
fortunes, and the interests of all connected with or',
dependent upon him. True, he held no place within
the gift of Government ; no commission within the
recall of Ministers, and therefore they could not as-
sail him in the same way as they had done Sir Ro-
bert Baker, and Sir R. Wilson ; but there was one pro-
' perty which he did hold—his character. He could
' only live by his character in trade ; upon the profits
of that trade himself and his numerous family were
dependent; and an attack upon his character as a
tradesman went not merely to hurt his feelings, but
t actually to deprive hint of the maw of support. It
was painful, he repetkeisi, to him to occupy the atten-
tion of the hall withsack topics I bet there was net
a transaction of his life as a tradesman, .not a step
taken in his private capacity, which (let the accuser
come forward) he was 'jot ready to deleted. If open
charges were made be had the me* of answering
them ; but if a man's every act was le to raked tip for
20, 30. et ,E 0 years past, what wan the to hits ?

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business.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

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(Mt. Waifonsan'%) enemiths;•;.4ll concealed

males—itad gone back more than 50 years ; they had
attacked even his father before him. A wore honour-
able man than, that father had never bred; but even
the grave in which ,he lay could not shield him from,
insult. He would detain his auditors no longer upon
this, to him, most 'unpleasant subject. He trusted
that even among those who differed as to his political
tenets there would be but one opinion as to his private
character. No wan had been more forward than him-
self to invite fair and open accusation ; but there was
a point at which forbearance ceased to be a virtue.
He could not get at anonymous slanderers—at rut.
flans who struck and murdered in the dark; but their
slanders bad arrived at a pitch which could no longer
be endured : be had taken legal advice, and should
continence proceedings against them.
,{The worthy Sheriff, who was understood to refer to
the scurrilities of " John Bull" and Dr. Slop, was in-
terrupted at this part of his speech by a ludicrous in-
cident. One of the livery suddenly exclaimed that
there was a member of the Bridge-rtreet Associa-
tion in the Hall. The alarm was immense, some said
that it was Mr. Sharpe, the sub-honorary secretary.—
Some cried " Turn him out ;" others, " Toss him in
a blanket ;"
.a third party mentioned "the pump ;"
and the supposed intruder called out that he was in
peril of his white cravat. At length, however, it ap-
peared that the wbple originated in a mistake. Some
gentleman in she hall was merely so unlucky at to re:.
semble Mr. Sharp in person.]

Confidence being restored, Mr. WaithniMn concluded
his Address by thanking the hall for having submitted
his name, in company with that of Mr. Magnay, to the
choice of Court of Aldermen. The mayoralty was
an honour which he did not seek ; still the return of
his name by the Livery was a mark of kindness to a de-
famed individual ; it was an act which did honour to the
feelings. of the Livery, and an act which they would
never, he trusted, see reason to regret.
Mr. Sheriff IVILLWAtits said that his attention, during
the time he was in office, had been chiefly directed
to prison duties ; and he gritted his post wlth the
pleasing reflection that be had alleviattd, as far as in
him lay, the suifering3 of the nnfortunates committed
to his care. Ile was aware that his political conduct
had not been satisfactory to all ; but he defied thr
boldest to say that he had done any thing to barter
away the rights of the citizens of London. At the
commencement of his career as Sheriff he had foreseen
iliat he should find abundant employment in the super.
intendance of the gaols ; and, feeling that his colleague
was more versed in political matters than himself, he
had requested at once to be relieved from interference
upon such points. The worthy Sheriff concluded by
offering his thanks to the Livery for the honour they
hail dune him, atiJ retired amidst the applause of the
ball.

WArrtist tN I ►id before the hall copies of his
correspondence with Ministers upon the !abject of
the affair st Cie funeral of Francis and Honey, in or-
der that it might be entered upon the journals of the
Lierry. _ _

The vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor having been
put and carried Onaninuntsly,

The Loan Mavort came (onward. If he had felt
gratified (he said) upon his election as chief Magis-
trate, how in [lore elate oriel he feel at the present
►nnu►eut, to OiS , o*-Vesigning, that his services had
been acceptable, and that.his conduct had•given satis.
faction to those by whoa► he had been chosen'. The
resolution just carried thanked him (the Lord Mayor)
for having omitted to introduce the military fur the
purpose of keeping the peace. Ile bad omitted to in-
troduce that body, simply because he had found their
aid unnecessary, and because he thought, and he was
sure thtty thought with him, that they were hest etn-
ployed against the enemies of their country. In con-
clusion, he hoped that his example would prove to
future Mayors, and to the city at large, that the intro-
duction of the military as police was unnecessary.

The resolutions were then ordered to be advertised
in the various papers ; and the halladjoarnel at a quar-
ter before 3 o'clock.

After the election of Lord Mayor, a Court of Alder-
men was held, for the purpose of transacting public

The CUAMBERLtIN laid befire the Court an account
of the produce of the Orphans! Fund for the half year
ending Michaelrna•, and the Ctuurt directed the sum of
I8,401)1. to be paid off the debt.
The thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to
the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, for his sermon preached
previous to the election, and he ►ras regnested to
print the same, ar►d send a copy to every tuember of
the Court.

Various orders were passed, for the payment of sala-
ries and otherwise.

The Inquest of the Ward of Dowgste made a pre-
sentment of santiry encroachments and nuisances
within the Ward, which WAS referrei to Mr. Alder-
man Sijioley to enquire into & report to the next Court.

Tan EARL MoIRA Packm—The body of a female
supposed tw have been lost in the Earl Moira packet,
has been cast upon the shore near Workington, where
she was discovered by some fishermen, and taken to
the nearest habitation for the Coroner's Inquest. The
body presented a pitiful spectacle, the dress beicg
nearly all torn away by the agitation of the ruthless
element. Sufficient, however, remained to proclaim
that she had been both young and genteel. Her poor
head was witch abused ; and her arms lost from the
elbows, the effect, perhaps, of having clung to some
refuge. She bad on the remains of a black sunset
pelisse, lined with satin, a coloured sarsnet gown, with
an under white body, two dimity petticoats, one flan-
nel ditto, together with stays and chemise (very fine
linen, marked E. M.-47, in a very neat hand) flan
nel waistcoat, black silk stockings, and handsome
shoes. The body was, on the 19th of September,
interred in the church-yard of Harrington, near
Whitehaven.

Fins.—A fire broke out on Friday morning last, at
four o'clock, in one of the stables of Mr. Rayner,'
backney-coach master, of the George-yard, Cable-street,
Nellcluse-square. On its first commencement it seem-
ed to threaten destrection to the whole of the valuable
and extensive concern; bet, in consequence of the
speedy arrival of the engines, and a good supply of
water, the cisterns and pond in the yard bring full,
the dames were put out after coasiuning the whim
where they commenced. One fine horse was smother-
ed, and another dreadfully scorched,

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