The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-11 00:00:00

WOODSTOCK ELECTION.

WOODSTOCK, MAY 10.—The contest has been most keen during the
whole day, and it was quite a matter of uncertainty for a long period
which candidate would be returned. At 2 o'clock Lord John Churchill
headed his brother by two votes; but from that time until the final
closing of the poll he did not, we believe, obtain another vote, while
seven more votes were polled for the Marquis of Blandford. These last
votes came in very slowly, as nearly all the strength of the constituency
was exhausted.

The official declaration of the poll is postponed till to-morrow ; but the
following statement of the numbers at the close of the poll was made at
the Marquis of Blandford's Committee-room :

The Marquis of Blandford l6O
Lord J. Churchill
Majority for the Marquis of Blandford -5

NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.—It is confidently re-
ported in the City that the preliminary steps to rebuilding the Royal
Exchange have been taken. For some time parties have been making
outside surveys of the buildings in the immediate neighbourhood of the
site of the late Royal Exchange, and it is said that the Mercers' Com-
pany are to advance 150,0001. for the building; and Government
:200,000/. for the approaches. The buildings to be taken down to the
westward will include the site of the Bank Coffee House, in Bank-
street, Sweeting's Rents, and all the buildings eastward, including the
west side of Freeman's-court in Cornhill, and Threadneedle-street, op-
posite the North and South American Coffee House, leaving the church
and churchyard of St. Bennett's Fink, which is to be enclosed with an
open railing.

In the list of Members of the House of Commons
who will be present at the banquet to be given on Saturday to Sir Ro-
bert Peel, two changes have occurred since its publication in our paper.
The names of Sir George Clerk and Mr. Waddington arc added, and
those of Col. Chaplin and Mr. Forbes expunged.—Post.
Mr. Wakley in enumerating the miseries of several
modern authors omitted, of course through forgetfulness, the fate of the
Lancet. Some years ago several cart.loads of the Lancet were sold at
the large sum of one penny per volume. The purchaser was a gentle-
man in Mr. Tegg's line in Aldersgate-street.—lllorning Post.
PEN VERSUS LANCET.
The bold Member for Finsbury states
That Tegg's made of "squeezable" stun',
And buys books, though at very low rates,
When the public have had quantum stiff:
But there wasn't heard nam'd in his speech
A work seen on many a stall,
For though Wakley's a mighty great Leech,
His old Lancets won't bleed folks AT ALL.
May 10, 1838.
—Morning Post.

D. D.

THE POLICE.--One proof of the utility of this
force was furnished on Wednesday by the restoration:of property to a con-
siderable amount, that but for the police must have been.irrecoverably
lost. Shortly before ten o'clock, Wednesday morning, as a gentleman
named Hewlings, of the firm Stewart, Hewlings, and Co., discount
brokers, was riding through TothilLstreet, he lost his pocket book. At
eleven o'clock, Barefoot, Inspector of the B division, brought back, to
9, George-yard, Lornbard-street, the pocket book with all its contents,
h &c., absolutely before the owner himself was aware of his
oa
It appears that a poor woman named Sarah Reid, who lives at
cllNlssrs.:Paul's in York.street, picked up out of the road the pocket book,
and that some Irishmen seeing this, surrounded her, with the intent
to possess themselves of the booty. The poor woman, however, suc-
ceeded in retaining the pocket book until, by her cries, the police came
to her assistrnce, who marched off the ruffians to the sation-house.
Mr. Crawford has addressed another long letter to
Mr. O'Connell, professedly in reply to the latter gentleman's address to
the Protestants of the Established Church of Ireland.