The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-23 00:00:00

THE TVARDMOTES.

t2lle polling in the various wards in which there were
`ttested elections took place yesterday, and were pro-
ttluetive of but very slight excitement. Hardly any dis-
thBBion upon subjects of civic interest took place, with
4e exception of Farringdon Without, where an animated
bate sprung up on various topics. It may be also
'ed that, in the majority of cases, the number of votes
Ray much lower than on former occasions.

BASSISHAW.
The polling for this ward took place at the parish
direh of St. Michael's, under the presidency of Mr. Al-
ttnan Farncomb.
I„.At the close of the poll the numbers were—
'lessrs. Britten (deputy) 54 I Messrs. Wilson 46
Lister 52 I Fuller 4O
Clarke,
rejected candidates were Mr. Locke and Mr.
Clar

CANDL
Messrs.
result of the day's po
'"gsrs. Evans 53
Dakin 5l
Blades 49
Town 47
Elliott 4O ,
Ur. Matthews and Mr. 0,
fleeted candidates.

WICK.

Li showed—

Messrs. Frinneby 39
Rowe
Matthews l5
0ake5...... 8

akes were:therefore the re-

COLEMAN
The result of the polling
4essrs. W. S. Hale 81
F. H. Hall 81
W. Webster 81
J. Perkins BO
H. W. Valiance 78

STREET.
ras as follows :
Messrs. J. Davies 77
S. Lidington 77
G. Hogg 6O
Bracher lO

CORDWAINERS'.
kYlle polling took place yesterday at the White Hart,
:„turn"church-lane, when the close o,f, the poll..showed the
of the following gentlemen :—Messrs, Lott (de-
the r), Croucher Joyce, Taylor, Tress, and Chapper in
room of Mr. Clarke.

FARRINGDON WITHOUT.
Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., the alderman of the
Ward, presided.
At four o'clock' the Alderman. retired with the poll
Looks, and, after an absence of about 20 minutes, de
tared the state of the poll as follows :--
essrs. George Walter 223 Messrs. Langham
Dep. Bedford 219 Hodgson
Dep. Obbard 214 Lias
Anderton 212 1 Bates
Butler' 2ll. Pearce
Williams
Cotterell 203 1 Gresham ..
Barnard., 2OO Ross_
Fox
The announcement of the name of Mr. Grege Walter
,64, head of the poll, occasioned repeated rounds of ap-
vialise.
The Alderman appointed Mr. Bedford and Mr. Ob-
//al'cl his deputies for the ensuing year.

. 186
. 182
. 179
. 176
.. 162
.. 157
.. 144
.-. 128

LANG-BOURN.
a The Alderman declared the following gentlemen to be
LIIIY elected :—Messrs. Unwin, Snelling. Howard, Shaw,
4,1111er, Beache, Sully, and Webber. The alderman then
aliPointed. Mr. Unwin his deputy.

PORTSOKEN.
liessrs. Christie BO Messrs. Davis
Thompson 7B Raymond.
Annis 72 Israel...
Hayward.

Vire 6B
Venables 6O
The first eight gentlemen
After some formal busines

Gardner

Were declared elected.
3s the court broke up.

TOWER.
The poll for this ward closed at four o'clock. The
'Worshipful.. alderman (Finis) declared the numbers
Dolled for each candidate to be as follows :
kessrs, H. N. Nissen... 54 Messrs. T. Turnbull... 47
Thomas Barkley 54 T. S. Smith ... 45
John Briggs .... 49 James Cornell 38
L. Redhead ..... 49 I IL W. Ward 18
G. Aitchison ..• . 47
The Alderman then declared the election to have
fallen on •the first-named eight gentlemen, who were
thereupon sworn in.
The Alderman then appointed Mr. Briggs as his
deputy.
After -passing votes of thanks to the alderman and the
deputies for their services for the past year, the court
broke up.

DETERMINED SUICIDE AT THE HOUSE OF DETENTION
".„ This morning the utmost consternation prevailed amongst
the authorities at the House of Detention, in consequence
of its being discovered that ono of the prisoners, a man
railed Francis Amos, had put a period to his existence,
strangling himself. The deceased prisoner was corn-
kitted for trial from Marlborough-street Police-court, on
Z.:_esday last, on the charge of haying stolen four 5/. notes,
" property of his master, and as is usual in such cases,
Z'''.as sent to the above place of confinement, preparatory to
s taking his trial. This morning, about half-past six
1 :13CIO'ck, on one of the warders going into the cell occupied
Y the deceased he was horrified at finding him sitting in
141 arm chair quite dead. He immediately alarmed the
governor of the prison, who, with the resident surgeon,
Was soon in-ittendance, and on examination, it was found
,o
tYI
?.t the unfortunate deceased had strangled himself by
p. his handkerchief in a slip knot round his neck, and
~,?clog one end to an iron hook, pressed himself forward
t
'4, life was extinct. An inquest will be held on the body
to-morrow.
CAPTURE OF A MARINE MONSTER.—On Monday last,
• 1.). little mudlark, named David Muggeridge, while wander-
ing around the oozy quagmire on the opposite side of the
'itsN'er, nearly opposite to Duke-shore, known by the name
Cuckold's Point," beheld, to his amazement, an extra-
ordinary commotion near the centre of it. The mud flew
;1) in clouds, and falling backwards, the whole place exhi-
bited the appearance of a boiling cauldron. while it was
naken as if by an earthquake. With great courage, under
the circumstances, the little fellow approached near enough
(2:0 see some immense reptile writhing and twisting his
peneving in:,en, volumen in manifold contortions and sin uosities.
the in forme ingens to be the great sea serpent, he
1!.°,1 precipitately, spreading the most alarming reports as
he ran. In a short time a number of persons assembled,
armed with a variety of weapons, who, after a sharp but
t;°l't conflict, succeeded in dispatching the monster. Many
With mud.
assailants were overthrown and horribly besplashed
"".Thucl. It proved to be a conger eel, of large size-13
biting
in length, and of proportionate girth. It is now exhi-
4og in Rotherhithe where it is attracting great crowds.
out 14 years ago an eel of the same kind was caught by
11°1110 ballast gers, but such captures are very =frequent.