The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-23 00:00:00

ELECTION OF COMMON COUACIL.

At the close of the second day's polling, in the
several contested Wards, the ,numbers stood thus :
FAR,RINGDoN wiTtiouT.
Mr. Waithman - 246 Mr. Wright - - 194
*Crooke . -24 Harper - 194
Herring - *Miller - is 7
Murrell - - 227 Dawson - - ;85
- • - 227 A. Young - - 180
T. Reeve - 169
I. W. Reeves - 22! R. Brewer - . 160
Sir 1. Branscowb - 210 1. Brewer . . 141
Nichols . - 210
FAR RI NG DC
Mr. Daw - 153
Scatcheid - 153
Cathvell - - 1,9
Pritchaid - - 13.;
Cooke - 131
Crowder - 123
Leigh - 123
*Winter - 12,8
IVheble - '9
BISHOPSGATI
Mr. Dueffell - 217
Greenaway - 213
Sir W. Rawlins -21 u
*ClukIL: - - 209
lV111:1US - 20-1
Ross - 202
Nash - 20,
Clark- - - 162
CORDWAIN
Mr. Ilamman - 69
Keinble . . - 63
G. A. Smith - - 67
Rowe - 64
IVatson - - 6o j
Those marked thus *

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Mr. Stokes - . 119
Lewis -
Walker - - 107
Metcalf - - 107
Smith -
Roberts - - 106
lames 'Smith - 163
John Smith . - 93

wiTI-IOt•r.

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*.‘l r. White - 176
Knight - 164
- tsy
Gough - -14 i
Gould - - 1.45
Poy utter - 1,8
* iceman - 81

ER WARD.

Mr. Abbey - 59
Trinibey - 54
Hick - - 5L
*Jones - 34
*Blake 28
are new Candidates.

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CALCUTTA, MARCH 3.—A Barnayonne Dillee,
with an European coachman and footman, both
dres4ed out in the old Lileglish style, with livery,
wigs, laced hats, and lour inside passengers, has
attracted considerable notice, and proved the source,
of much ainusein,ent on the course for some evenings
past ; and so well has this farce been conciliated, that
the names of the ftetors have not been discovered,
though. supposed to be some young 'officers belong-
ing to the ships new 'off town.

AO Gentleman was landing, a few days ago, at
Tankshall Ghaut, he observed several English seamen
(belonging to one of the extra ships now lying in the
river) bathing, and swimming about ; and imme-
diately warned them of the danger they exposed
themselves to, from the numerous sharks- that
generally frequented that place, •and strongly re-
commended their coining on shore; to which, most
unfortunately, they paid little or no attention,
further than by one of them saying, " Jack, what
does that there gennnan with the white jacket
say ?" which he had scarcely pronounced, when,
dreadful to relate, one of his companions was seized
by an enot mous shark, which almost instantaneously
dragged him underwater, and he was never seen
again, though every possible search was made. So
powerful vas the monster, that a man who swam to
the assistance of the unfortunate sufferer was, from
tindeavouring to save him, nearly dragged with him
under water.

. -
A grand Te Dem was performed yesterday, at
the Portuguese Ambassador's Chapel, in SOuth
Audle'y-street, being the Anniversary of the Queen
of Portugal's Bilth-day. In the evening his E;:c-
cellenoy.gave a grand dinkier at the Thatched Houser
Tavern.

The fall of snow has been very great in various
parts of the kingdom. It tell with such rapidity on
-the evening"of Friday, and the forenoon of Saturday
-last;con the north-east and east coast of Yorkshire,
as totally to suspend the progress of every kind 01J
carriage. The mail reached Market-Weigh-
ton both on the nights of Sarurday and Sunday, from-.
whence the bas were forwarded on horseback, and
roached• Hull Safely, the' first on Sunday at halt past
twelve, and tl,e second -on - Thursday at half past
ten. The Guard, however, in returning, was from
excessive fatigue so exhausted, as to be unable ro
proceed further than Bishop-Burton.
The.stage-coaches, says the Hull Paper of Tues-
day, have been since Sunday morning suspended,
umir the roads are opened -between Weighton and
Beverley; but the whoh-:, of this day (Tuesday) has
been a contirnao fall, which will of course render
that event. less -probable. The greatest weight of
snow, according to the sante Paper, is on the East
and North-east coasts, as the:London Mail reached
VOlk. on Sunday evening last, at twenty minutes
pas twelve, having experienced very little obstruc-
tion in its progress from the Sout.b...-

• The storm of wind and snow was very violent in
the neighbourhood of Sheffield. The driver of the
Manchester Mail Coach to _Sheffield was. so frozen,
in coming over the Moors, as to be unable to move
from the box when he arrived at Ringinlow 'Bar :
lie was taken into the houie, and after some time re-
.