Watch And Clock Makers' B...
wnil umesay tne anniverary of' this excellent nstitutio M was formaed in the year 18l1, for thls. relief' of' aged and necesa workmen, and out of whichgpua h enrl ejoSc was celebrated at Highblry REva. The Righan, th Sc AMAYOR, in the Chair. tHn h e Theconspany, notwithstanding the tmfivourable state of the ther, was most numerous Themostresp_ectable mtslteof the { - were present. After " The King," " The Dake of' York, and the Ax4 The Dake of Clarence. and the Navy,' &c. were geven blyr Lord AMayor, with three times three, and drank eathusiasticaRll Lordshi prcposed the health of " The Dake of SuEsex, the Sident of te Society," in doing which, he represented the nars, the Royal lDue as being identified with every great charity ofi ID giving the health of "1 Alderman VWood, the Prident, hp reoded the meeting of the strenuous exertions of zealous advozateof the people's rights uponr every occasion on vs his feliow..cirixs were to be benefitted. lIT. COZENB, one of' the Secretaries, then proposed the healt cThe Vice Presents" one of whom was the claef magistr Who honoured the company with his prese,ce. It was, he s needless to expatiate upon the claims which Rtebrt Waithrioan, Lord AMayor of the city of London, had upon all his feliow.CitiZE With the countenance and support of such characters, the chax was sure to be one of the most extensive ii the metropolis, to independence of which the Lord Mayorwaas a powerfuacontribus - His feUow-citizens would probably soon have an opportujf testif4ng their sense of his integrity, zeal, and talents, by him mtn at situatiozn in the LegislativeAssembly, from w1lceh lvers of Liberty regretted that he had been ever removed (Lc cheers.) The LOD MfAYO in returaing tbanks orthe Vice-Predider- said, that this Society was different from those which had been i subject of his former animadversion, and which were, in his opins- tlculated to dannp alli exertion upon the part of the claimantaby s: porting thernin idleness, and depriving them of the spirit of ie. pendence, without which an individual could not properly be call a man. (Cheers.) By the regulations of this Society, the aged a sficted of the trade, whose lives had formed a series of 2ndustrc pursuits, were prevented from seeking refuge in a workhouse, whi tbe moat important distinctions were lost in one great mass wretchedness. Ee had no hesitation in describing the charity eofthenosehonoDrable. With respecttothe hintsw ht been thrown out in regard to a future eection, and whicldc would be a most unworthv affectationinhim to pretend not anderstand, hehad to assure the meeting that le would r walk across the room to be entitled to aseat in Parliatnent, e :ept for the purpose which he had always avowed, and to t sincerity ofw wich his whole puWic life bore testimony-.hat of ser hug his country. (Lond cheers.) If, at the period alluded to, 1 elow.cttirens should rhik proper to call upon him to enter upl their svice in the House of Commons, he ehould not deviate fro te course in which they had seen him movefor 30 vears, butsho u levote the whole vigour of his mind and body to tbe advaacemej o' the poltcal prosperity of the nation, (Cheers.) His Lordsh then, in an approprate manner, gave " Prosperity to the Institi Mlr. R ?PE, one of the committee, in proposing the health of t' Chairman, wtol owlasion to allude to the grzteful sense wbich h Eborsship's fellow-citizens entertained towards him, exhibited heir placing him in the hiEhest situation * and expressed a firm hol that at the ne2t election their gratitude would be farther proved upc the close of the poll. The LORii IlAYcuR returned thanks. It had, h iaid, been i aimated that he been raised to his present situation from a vel unblestate. True; and he had been accompanied in his Glev"I on through the several degrees bv the warm. apprbation ef h 3elow .citizios. .e had commenced that career, of which they has testified their approval, at a period of danger, when ever strugg1 against the encrachments of pow er w s regarded a a rebellious o i position to the existing authorities; and he was, in his progrew 3tten reproacbed with disloyalty-r- charge, to wbich his who) life, as well as the estmation in which he had been uniformly hel ap to the p resent miaoment by the citizena of London, and the publi in gener l gave the most direc contradiction. (Loud cneers His Lords rap then stated, that he had, during the period h had sat in the Civic Chair, uniformly performed tlse duties witl 3eal and punctuality. H e took no merit to himself for I f mottntered no dfficutlty. nded, he,Ua not-eM how- ca y dlstticu oald occur; for if a doubtful case was. brought before him, he ways thought it his daty to lean to the side of mercy - and hi rred upon that, those who ave him the power of' deciding woui readily excuse the eakness, m consideration of the .motive. (Centi nued cheering.) Afterthehealhofthe Chaplain,theTreasurer, the Truees, at the Committee, weredrank, the Lord Mayortrook leave, amidst thi loudest applaue. _ __________ WATCHff AN.D CLOCK AKERSBR oLA . IN~STITUTIO)i7 - U