The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-26 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held for the pur-
pose of electing a Common Serjeant.
The routine of business was continued up to one o'clock,
when there was a cry of—" Proceed to ballot."
OFFICE OF COMMON SERJEANT.

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Mr. SLADE then rose, and said—" My Lord, the hour having
arrived for proceeding to the election of a Common Serjeant, I
propose Mr. Denman as a fit and proper person to fill the situa-
tion."—(Shouts of applause.)
Mr. IlliociDEN seconded the motion.

Mr. Dixox rose as soon as the( Court was recovered from the
extraordinary agitation caused by the motion of Mr. Slade. Mr.
Dixox proposed Mr. Bolland.
Mr. CHARLES STEWART seconded the motion.
Strangers were not excluded during the ballot, which took
place in the most crowded Court we have ever witnessed.
At three o'clock the proper officer proceeded to examine the
number of votes, a duty which occupied about a quarter of an
hour. His Lordship then stated that the numbers were—
For Mr. Denman - 131
For Mr. Bolland 119
Majority for Mr. Denman —l2
His Lordship forthwith declared Mr. Denman duly elected
to the situation of Common Serjeant.
The applause of the Court, and of the multitude outside, was
as great as that which prevailed when the first communication
was made.

Mr. Slade, Mr. Brogden, Mr. Favell, Mr. Hurcombe, and
Alderman Wood, then left the Court, and soon returned, ac-
companied by Mr. Denman, whom they introduced amidst
cheers from all sides.
His Lordship then informed Mr. Penman that he had been
elected by that Court to the office of Common Serjeant.
Mr. DE NISSAN, after a pause, then addressed the Lord Mayor
and Members of the Court, in nearly the following words :
" My Lord and Gentlemen, after the eager contest that has
taken place for the high office to which you have elected me, my
feelings at the result scarcely leave me the power of giving ex-
pression to my gratitude. If those who have taken a warm in-
terest in the election, as many of you have done, feel themselves
in some degree affected at its termination, what must his feelings
be who was the object of their solicitude and of their choice? To
this honourable and enlightened Court I beg to return my most
ardent thanks for the honour they have conferred on me, and to
the end of my life I must feel the warmest gratitude to those
friends, to whose great and noble exertions I am indebted for the
situation in which lam placed. Towards those by whom I have,
been opposed, 1 have no other feeling to express but that of
thanks for the manner in which their opposition has been con-
ducted; and it shall be the pride of my life to evince by my con-
duct, that in discharging the duties of the high office to which I
am elected, I shall forget every thing like party feeling—every
political opinion—every feeling of private friendship. To my
friends I shall always feel grateful; but in their just estimation
I shall best prove my gratitude by an impartial and faithful dis-
charge of my duties. I could not by lengthening this address
strengthen what I have already said, or do any thing like jus-
tice to the feelings of my heart, but I am satisfied the candour
and kindness of the Court will give me credit for what I am
unable to express."
The address was received with considerable applause.
The Court afterwards proceeded through some routine busi-
ness, after which it adjourned.
All the Aldermen ;but two voted ; Sir John Earner was ab-
sent; and we are informed that Alderman J. J. Smith did not
vote. The whole Court consists of 226 Common-Council men,
and 26 Aldermen.