The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-22 00:00:00

CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN.

Alderman Challis, M.P., presided.
The following gentlemen, having been duly proposed
and seconded, were unanimously elected Common Coun-
cilmen for the ensuing year : Mr. W. Brass, Mr. J.
Hoole, Mr. B. E. Brown, Mr. D. Dewar, Mr. R.
Thwaites, Mr. H. Lloyd, Mr. J. Parker, and Mr. B.
Spilsbury. The last-named gentleman was elected in
the room of Mr. Bennoch.

Mr. S. MORLEY moved the following resolution :
"That this wardmote accepts with much regret the
resignation of its late representative, Mr. Francis Ben-
noch, and, while offering the expression of its sympathy
with him under the circumstances which have led to his
retirement from the Court of Common Council, desires
to place upon record the expression of its high estima-
tion of his upright, consistent, and earnest advocacy of
all measures calculated to promote, not only the reform,
economy, and improvement of the corporation of Lon-
don, but also the happiness and well-being of his fellow-
men ; that it views with great satisfaction the inquiry
under the Royal Commission, which promises to result
in placing on a more satisfactory. basis the affairs of the
corporation ; that it if, more deeply impressed than ever
with the necessity for such an enlargement of the muni-
cipal constituency as shall give to all ratepayers a voice
in the election of its officers, who have control over the
expenditure of the funds of the corporation'; and it fur-
ther expresses the opinion that all restraints upon trade
and its free and legitimate exercise within the city
should be abolished, and that the prohibition of indi-
viduals other than freemen from trading within its walls
is impolitic and unjust."
Mr. BAMFORD, in seconding the resolution, deeply re-
gretted the loss the ward had sustained in the retirement
of Mr. Bennoch, although be differed in opinion on many
points from that gentleman.
Mr. Hoole, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Dillon, and other gen-
tlemen spoke to the resolution, which was carried seem.
dis.
Some other business having been transacted, thanks
were voted to Alderman Challis, and the proceedings
terminated.

CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT.

Alderman Challis in the chair.

The following gentlemen were elected Common Coun-
cilmen without opposition Mr. George Medway
(deputy), Mr. John Johnson, Mr. Septimus Read, Mr.
William King, Mr. George Cuthbert, Mr. John Sewell,
Mr. John Pickering, and Mr. Robert Spence.
Several gentlemen addressed the meeting ou the topics
at present in course of discussion in the city, and some
grave charges were brought against the corporation by
Mr. Breece.

Alderman CHALLIS said that that gentleman was per-
fectly uninformed on most of the topics to which he had
directed his attention ; but, even if he had been correct
in what he had advanced, the present was not the pro-
per time to introduce it. The evidence which had been
given would be answered, and no doubt effectively, at
another time. It was hardly fair that an individual
should go before the Commissioners and make such state-
ments as had there been hazarded. One person had
stated that a sum of 8,500/. had been collected by way
of tax for a certain object, and that only 5001. of that
sum had found its way t•wards the proposed object.
Now, that gentleman was not within 600 per cent, of
the truth. Another !person had made some damaging
remarks in reference to dinners given to and by com-
mittees. He (the alderman) held in his hand a docu-
ment relative to the attendance of Common Councilmen
at dinners. The whole amount spent from corporation
funds for committee dinners did not pay the gentlemen
attending them 6d. an hour. (Hear, hear.) He
pledged himself to the fact. He had been invited to
40 different dinners during the last year,
respectability, and from none of which he would
have suffered in character or pocket. Those com-
panies all of great
would have paid him for every quarter
aost
an il
hour lie attended from a guinea to four
hour. Some of the merchants who had atgtacniknf:doteim'n
I corporation had been alluded to, but
were merely agents. The omnibus brouintgahnityntdheoeemd,inotnoe
the city, and the omnibus took them
of them who had been represented as a
could be no omuer;cha.nt turned
out to be a maker of matches. There
the corporation
rea-
sonable doubt that many reformsewsterr in
oey,indispensable ; but
would be made—such reforms.
by any steps they
he warned the citizens not to d
f local self-government, or to
might take, the principle of
power to do their own work.
give out of their hands f
After the election o inquestmenand other mintoor
officers, a vote of thanks was unanimously awarded
the presiding alderman.