WAITHMAN AT LAST GASP.

collect the honey, employ an army of patronage of two noble Earls differing, wasps, who at low wages do it for widely in sentiments from those I pro them; and these are Excise and Custom- fessed; and one of them with that libehouse officers, tax collectors, soldiers, rality and candour which did him great and police officers. The first class col- honour, conferred on me a place of lect the most, as they make the poor great trust and confidence, though at bees pay for every flower they taste or the very time we were adverse in our alight on to collect their winter store; politics, and one of whom did me the the second class come to their hives honour of saying why he was so; viz.. and demand such a weight of honey; that he thought our Parliament suffithe third class stand ready to en ciently democratic already, and though force the demands made by this se- I am a native and inhabitant of one of cond class, while the poor industrious the above-named places, which have not bees give their honey and work hard for for some centuries sent any member of more, not considering the more they Parliament, yet having with a tithing make, the more will be demanded of thereto, adjoining and forming part of them, and when they stand up for re- the same town a population of 7,500, form in these matters, they are called while other towns in the same county mutinous and sad troublesome bees, possessing not half that number return whose ale and sugar must be heavily members, I should be without a vote had taxed, or they would get so much of I not freeholds in three adjoining counit as would render them unfit for fifteen ties, and therefore am or sixteen hours' labour in the day, Nov. 15th, 1831. A FREEHOLDer. which is now required of them to fur[MAYO, PRINTER, NEWBURY,] nish the drones and wasps with honey enough, although their grandfathers and grandmothers did not, fifty years ago, work more than eight hours, and in the large manufacturing towns the THIS old backbiting enemy of mine. cleverest of them used to celebrate four seems, at last, to have been fairly or five saint-days in the fore part of the brought down to the very dirt. The week, consuming sugar and ale heavily following is a report of proceedings taxed, so as to well aggrandise the which took place in the Court of Alderqueen bee and a numerous aristocracy men on Tuesday last. I beg the reader distributed among the drones and wasps. to go through it patiently: it is as comHaving stated what appears to be the plete an exhibition of mortification at best and only practical mode of bringing defeat as ever was seen in this world. that to pass, which is the almost unani- WAITHMAN sees that he never can be a mous wish of all not interested in the Member for the City again. His own continuation of abuses which have folly has brought him to this state, and brought this kingdom to the verge of he discovers his rage with more indisbankruptcy, I should without hesitation cretion than I hardly ever witnessed. subscribe my name did I imagine, that His rage makes him turn his back on in so doing it would confer any weight all decency; and I should not wonder on it, but, as that would neither diminish at all to see him openly join in repronor add to it, I shall only say, that having bating parliamentary reform. The Lord for fifty years been a strenuous advocate Mayor touched him very nicely by his for Parliamentary Reform, after having" mixed feeling." However, this Cock read the late Judge Blackstone's Com- has had his day: he has doubled and mentaries, and De Lolme on the British twisted about for a long while; but, Constitution, and endured the names of having at last been compelled to show a republican' during the first American himself openly, he has proved himself war, then that of Jacobin, and since of to be what I always said he was; that radical and other similar names, and is to say, a conceited, a selfish, and an during those times had the honour and ignorant man.

It is usual, at the first Court of the new Mayoralty, to move a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor; but, as the brokers had been detained upwards of an hour before the Court was made, they were first called in.

been most unjustly deprived of them; and he should never cease to regret that they had not continued firm in their opposition to such an unjust aggression. He felt ashamed of himself for not having continued his opposition, by voting again at the last election in opposition to his Lordship; but (and he blushed when he stated it) he dared not. He was afraid to vote as he wished. His property and his person had been threatened if he did. He had therefore kept away from voting: bút now he would enter his protest against the vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, not out of any personal disrespect to his Lordship, for he had the highest respect for him on all accounts, except that of his having allowed himself to deprive him and his brethren of their just rights. His Worship concluded by moving the previous question.

Alderman WAITHMAN rose to second the amendment. He was astonished that Alderman Thorp had introduced the motion of thanks to an individual who, instead of attending entirely (as he ought to have attended) to the magisterial duties of the office, had lent himself to all manner of schemes only for the purpose of gaining popularity, and who, by prostrating all the influence of his office to support the political views of himself and party, had rendered the office altogether a political office. When he (Alderman Waithmau) was Lord Mayor, he would have nothing to do with politics, and he had performed the whole of the duties of the office without sub

Alderman THORP then said, that he had great pleasure in moving a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for his conduct during the past year. His Lordship was fully entitled to their thanks, and he trusted that any bickerings or unpleasant feelings which might have occurred from difference of views during the late election, would be entirely obliterated, and that friendship and good feeling would again reign amongst the members of that Court. He felt satisfied that the resolution would be passed unanimously, as it cautiously avoided all allusion to politics, which might have caused some difference of opinion, as many of his brethren were opposed to the political views of the Lord Mayor. He then moved the vote of thanks usual upon occasions of thejecting himself to reproach. The Lord Mayor kind.

Alderman THOMPSON had the greatest pleasure in seconding the motion, in every sentiment of which he most cordially agreed. Wishing, as he did, that the vote should pass unanimously, he rejoiced that all political allusions had been avoided, and he felt perfectly satisfied that the motion which had been made would be unanimously passed, as there was not one word contained in it in which all could not fully join, however politically opposed they might be to Sir John Key.

Alderman COPELAND said, that he never rose with greater difficulty than he rose on the present occasion; for although he fully agreed with the mover and seconder that the vote did not contain one word in which all could not fully agree, yet an imperative sense of duty to himself, and the respect he felt for the high and responsible station he held as a member of that Court, compelled him to perform the painful duty of opposing the motion of thanks. He would never consent, while he held a place there, that the rights and privileges of the Court should be frittered away. They had been deprived of their just rights and privileges by the result of the late election. Much had been said about the rights and privileges of the Livery, and of the determination of that body to stand up for them resolutely. But had the Court of Aldermen no rights and privileges, and were they to make no struggle to maintain those rights and privileges? They had

had grossly insulted that Court in his letter of the 28th of September, wherein he stated, that if the system of rotation were adhered to, the elective franchise would be a mere farce, and the election would lie in the Court of Aldermen. He, for one, would declare boldly, that any other body had no right to deprive the Court of Aldermen of their rights. As a body, that Court had eternally disgraced themselves by giving way in so cowardly a manner to an attempt to vindicate them. For himself, he should never cease to regret the vote they had come to on the first election. The Livery of London, by re-electing, and the Court of Aldermen, by foolishly giving way, had held out to the world that the Lord Mayor possessed more talent than any of the other members of the Court, and that he had fulfilled the duties of his station more honourably than ever before had been the case. Now he (Ald. W.) would unhesitatingly state that there was not a single duty of any kind or sort to which the Lord Mayor had ever attended; and while a set of individuals had re-elected the Lord Mayor, who had never performed one duty, they had insulted himself, who had served them for forty years most faithfully. In common justice they ought to have elected him, who had done so much, instead of the Lord Mayor, who had done less than nothing. With regard to the Court of Aldermen, the Lord Mayor, if he had not himself insulted the Court, had done the same thing, by carrying one person

about in his carriage who had abused them, ing to one worthy Aldermau's statement, the and by joining himself to a set of persons who | Lord Mayor did not possess one good quality were in the habit of abusing that Court, which of any kind or sort whatever. He really was consisted of men who performed their duties, astonished how men of honourable feelings as he had always stated, with as much talent, could so far forget themselves, as to suffer honour, and character, as any set of men in any disappointment to induce them to adopt the kingdom; and who, however grossly they such a course. His Lordship had also been had been insulted, were the ornaments of the accused of attending to politics, instead of his station they filled. magisterial duties, and of treating the latter with inattention, in his anxiety to support his principles. Now he (Alderman Wilson) felt bound to state that he frequently had occasion to attend the Justice-room, and he never witnessed the magisterial duties performed more ably, more creditably, or more attentively, than they had been performed by his Lordship, whose attention to the distressed objects who appeared before him did great honour to his heart.

Alderman GARRATT deeply deplored that, although no man could have a higher respect for the Lord Mayor's character than he had, or felt a more sincere regard towards his Lordship, yet, as he had made the office a political one, instead of what it ought to be purely magisterial-he (Alderman Garratt) could not conscientiously give a vote of thanks on that ground alone, and not out of disrespect. He, therefore, would not vote at all, and he hoped the honourable mover would not press his motion.

Alderman HEYGATE would bear testimony that the splendour and hospitality of the Mansion-House had never been surpassed by any former Mayoralty. The kindness which he, as well as every other member of the Court, had invariably received from the Lord Mayor, must endear him privately to all of them; but he (Alderman Heygate) sincerely regretted that the Lord Mayor had made the office political. He did not blame the Lord Mayor for holding the political sentiments to which his Lordship had given utterance. No doubt the Lord Mayor gloried very much in having rendered such essential service, as all must admit he had rendered, to the side of the question he espoused. He (Alderman Heygate) agreed very fully in every word of the vote of thanks; but, as it did not say that the Court of Aldermen disapproved of the introduction of political matter into the business of the Mayoralty, he could not vote at all. He must say that he agreed with Alderman Garratt in hoping that the motion would not be perse. vered in.

Alderman CowAN did not intend to have said a word; but after what had passed, he could not give a silent vote. He fully concurred in what had fallen from Alderman Wilson, and must bear testimony to the able and attentive manner in which his Lordship had performed the duties of his office.

The LORD MAYOR said, that the time of the Court and of the public having already been wasted nearly three hours, he hoped they would decide one way or the other, and not postpone the motion further. With regard to the remarks which had been made by those whose political feelings were opposed to his, he felt the same respect as if they had joined in the vote; but as for the paltry feeling which arose from an exasperated disappointment, he certainly entertained a mixed feeling, one part of which was compassion. In fine, he hoped the decision would be as speedy as possible.

Alderman WAITHMAN denied that he had any wish to be Lord Mayor again. He declared that if the motion were persisted in, he should count the Court.

Alderman WILSON was surprised to hear the threat to count the Court, when there was no chance of success for the amendment. There were not thirteen present, and of course, if the Court were counted, the motion must fall to the ground. The Court had been broken up, on Saturday last, by the same worthy Alderman; and if the same plan were now adopted, the public business would suffer considerable impedimeut.

Alderman THORP and THOMPSON presse! the vote, but Alderman WAITHMAN Counted the Court, which of course broke up.

Alderman WILSON stated, that being a stranger to that Court, he had been perfectly astonished at what had fallen from some of his brethren. He had expected to have witnessed kind and friendly feeling; but, certainly, what he had that day witnessed was of a very opposite tendency, and he was surprised to find any of his brethren so far suffering the mortification of a defeat as to get the better of their honourable feelings. The vote proposed was to thank the Lord Mayor for his splendid hospitality, his liberal charity, and the urbanity and kindness of his manner, As to his Lordship's hospitality, from all he had heard or seen, it had never been surpassed, if it ever had been equalled. As to the charities of the Lord Mayor, all the charitable institutions in London would bear complete testimony that in that also he had never been excelled; and with regard to his urbanity and suffer the jailor, Becket, to bring me kindness of manner, there was not an indivi

Mr. BINGHAM BARING, if I do not, in a few days, give you a decent as drilling as ever was laid on with a pen, I will

dual who had the pleasure of his aquaintance out, and have me hanged as poor Cook who would not bear testimony to it. Accord- was. Your lying, shuffling, whining

pamphlet deserves this. After the pretty | have given the instructions. But, as to scene about the Committee, I was re- the bull-frogs, though it will go to their solved to stick to you; so that this very souls, they shall give 5s. for the empty attempt at a defence will only corn-book. serve to hasten a little the performance of the duty, which I intended to perform without it.

A new edition of my SPELLING-BOOK has been published about a fortnight; and I have sent a copy to Sir JEMMY MACKINTOSH, with my most earnest retion before he attempts to put pen to paquest that he will read it with great attenmember of Parliament and great lawyer per again; for it is really painful to see a find in every page of his "History of writing such infernal nonsense as we England;" at least, it is painful to me to see this; and therefore I do pray, if he have any feeling for the credit of the country, to read this little book; which, indeed, I wrote more for his benefit than for that of any other person or I persons.

GRACIE, W., Sunderland-near-the-Sea, Dur-MATTHIE, W. G., Liverpool, merchant.

PALMER, E., New Bond-street, Bath, ironmonger.

REES, J., Shrewsbury, Shropshire, wharfinger. RINDER, F., Leeds, Yorkshire, butcher. New-RUCKER, D. H., J. A. and H.J., Wormwoodstreet, West India merchants.

SHEPHERD, S., Strand, silversmith.
SKELTON, S., King-st., Holborn, jeweller.
SMITH, D. N., Friday-street, w warehouseman.
THORNELY, T., Hadfield, Derbyshire, cot-tended by buyers, but as the holders of foreign

WRIGHT, T., Chaddesley Corbett, Worces-provement in quality, arising from most of tershire, blacksmith.