The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-03 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.

(THIS DAY.)

RE-ELECTION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

The re-election of Lord John Russell for the City of
London took p'_ace to-day, in the Guildhall, but not
without some show of opposition. A Mr. Anson, it was
announced, would be brought forward, and placards upon
the walls near the Guildhall called upon the electors to be
"independent," and return that gentleman. Who Mr.
Anson was, however, did not transpire, beyond the simple
fact that he was " connected with the Corn Exchange ;"
nor was any effort made during the proceedings of the
election by any of his friends to put forward his preten-
sions. By twelve o'clock a large body of the citizens
had assembled in the body of the hall, and soon after-
wards Alderman Muggeridge and Sheriff Crossley ap-
peared on the platform in their robes of office, followed
by a strong party of the supporters of Lord J. Russell,
the members of the noble lord's committee, and by
several of the members of the Common Council and
Court of Aldermen.

The usual preliminaries having been gone through

Mr. 11. J. PRESCOTT came forward amidst
applause, for the purpose of nominating Lord
John Russell for re-election. In the course of his re-
marks, he traced the circumstances which had at last led to
that appeal on the part of the noble lord to his constitu-
ents, and defended the course the noble lord had adopted.
He expressed his cordial confidence in the present
Administration, and called upon the electors to mani-
fest their disposition to afford the Government every
support, by re-electing, with an unanimous voice, Lord
John Russell, who had accepted office in connection
with it.

(This preposition was received with loud cries of
"Oh ! oh !" hissing, and other manifestations of dis-
approbation, mingled, however, with vociferous shouts
of "Hear, hear," and " Bravo !")
After the confusion had subsided,

Mr. Jrs--- i>,,,LoN presented himself as the seconder
or the nomination. iris observations in defence of the
conduct of Lord John Russell in relation ,z.. Aber-
deen Administration, and his subsequent acceptance of
office in the present Goverament, were met with mingled
hissing and cheering.

Mr. J. STONOR then came forward, and, after strug-
gling for some time against the confusion and opposition
which his address excited, proposed Sir Charles Napier
as a candidate for election. This nominat ion was re
ceiv.ed with hissing, cries of " Oh, oh!" and counter
applause. It was, however, not seconded. Accord-
ingly, the sheriffs, upon a show of hands, declared,
amidst prolonged cheering, that Lord John Russell was
-duly re-elected.

On the motion of Mr. S. MORLEY, seconded by Mr.
INGRAM TRAVERS, and supported by Mr. Rennock, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted :
" That at a period like the present, when by
gross mismanagement on the part of the executive Go-
vernment, the high position of this country in the scale
of nations has been in danger of being compromised,
the citizens of London, assembled in Common Hall,
have elected, as their representative in Parliament, the
noble lord who has accepted the office of one of her
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and desire to
place on record the fact that they have discharged this
duty in the earnest hope and trust that the Government,
of which the noble lord is so important a member, will
immediately and firmly grapple with and remove the
causes of that disastrous mismanagement."
After a vote of thanks to the Sheriffs, the proceedings
terminated.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.

THE FOLEY-PLACE TRAGEDY.

Luigi Baranelli, the Italian, who was committed to
Newgate under the warrant of the Coroner for Middle-
sex, fur the wilful murder of Joseph Latham, at No. 5,
Foley-place, and also with attempting to murder Mary
Ann Jeanes, alias Latham, by shooting her with a pis-
tol, was brought up to-day for re-examination. Mr.
Jarman, from the office of the Secretary to the Treasury,
appeared for the prosecution, and Messrs. Macentean
and Le Breton for the prisoner.
There was no further evidence in addition to that
which was produced on the last examination, the report
of which appeared in this journal on Friday week last.
The evidence taken on that occasion was read over to
the prisoner by Mr. Leadley, the chief clerk, and inter-
preted to the accused by Mr. G. B. Vannini ; after
which the prisoner was remanded pro fornta until the
4th of April next.