The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-22 00:00:00

TOWER WARD.

A Wardmote was held at Baker's 11411, Harp lane,
Tower-street, for electing Common Councilmen and other
cflicers for the year ensuing.

MATTHIAS PRIME LUCAS, Egq , the Alderman, pre.

The Ward Clerk having read the precept, the follow-
ing gentlemen were proposed and seconded for the of
of Common Councilmen for the year ensuing, viz , Messrs.
Finnas (deputy), Robinson, Edward, Briggs, Selson,
Redhead, Oakley, Brain, Young, Gaodridge, and M,iit•
land, the whole being members last year, Mr. Drinks)
resigning from old age.
Oa a show of hands being taken, the election was
declared to have fallen on the first eight gentlemen, and
a poll was demanded on the part of the other three.
The poll was opened at two o'clock and closed at four,
when the numbers stood as follows :—Finnes, 12 ; Robin-
son, 8; Edwards, 7; Briggs, 11; Selson, 8 ; Redhead,
; 04kley, 7 ; Brain, 11 ; Young, 8 ; Goodridge, 2 ;
And Maitland, 9.

Ti:c poll opened to-day and hill finally close te-motrow.

WALBROOK WARD.

Thilbeing one of the wards which suffered a reduction
of the number of representatives in the recent reform of
the COIIIIIIOII Council, much interest was excited as to
which two of the old members would be excluded. The
sliow of hands was declared by Alderman Gibbs t.) be in
favour of Messrs. Richisrdson, Watkins, Wire, Amos,
Corder, and Ford Hale; on which Messrs. Williams
find Dawson demanded a poll, which at the close of
the dny, stood thus :—Hale, 23 ; Watkins, 21 ; Amos,
20 ; Richardson, 19 ; Wire, 18; Conder, 16; Williams,
13; Dawson, 11.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM TIIR DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
The Chartists, not to be outdone by their betters,
have published an almansck ; and considering how large
a mass of absurdity by far the greater number of a!ms-
'lacks contain, the Chartists could not, perhaps, have hi)
on a more appropriate medium for the exposition of
their principles. Some almanacks profess to dive into
futurity, while others, soaring into the clouds, undertake
to chronicle the comings and goings of " thunder, light-
ning, hail, and rain," with all the accuracy and so:etn-
nity which are so conspicuous in the tashionable arrival
and departure articles of the illorning Post; but: the
Chartist almanack goes beyond all others in boldness
of design, for it purports to provide a plan for turn-
g that farrago of absurdity and impossibility—nick-
named the People's Charter—into a downright real
law in an early session of Parliament. Though the
season for pantomincs is at hand, such a change as tile
one alluded to is far too extravagant to be regarded as
coming- within the widest range of practicability, how-
ever energetic the patched and parti-coloured harlequin
of Chartism may be in the use of the bat, or however
great may be the force employed in working the machi.
nery. The plan suggested for accomplishing the success
of Chartist views is the immetliateorganizstion of all the
members of the party into a body—on joining .01icls
each individual is to pay twopence ; and this being done
—as far as we can understand the plan—no further
duty de% elves upon him. He may go about his busi-
ness as soon as he likes ; for the money being once paid,
there is an executive council charged with the onerous,
but certainly not honorary, office of disposing of it. The
members of the executive council are each to have 30s.
a week, and there arc to be executive councils wherever
they arc required—which means, of course wherever
the twopences come in to a sufficient extent to pay an
xecutive council for the trouble of dividing them.
Then there are to be missionaries, who are to go about
the said object belies
ntolosfturther
undeniably
these missionaries are to have salaries, with an allowance
the gtebneenra collection
onbtjinenct ; more twopences,—and
for travelling expenses, to a certain extent ; the extent
of course depending most materially on the amount they
are able to extract from the pockets of those whom
they are sent to edify. It 15 not likely that this new
scheme for the organization of the Chartists will pro-
duce, what it professes to have in view, the union of
those who seek for the establishment of Chartist prin-
ciples. Such a contract as the one proposed will fail
for want of mutuality : the consideration is all on one
side, and there mast be want of consideration indeed on
the part of the intended dupes if they should allow
themselves to be drawn into it.

(From the Courser.)
The Journal des Debats, the organ of Court inspi-
rations, has said it—that "Spain enters naturally within
tie sphere of French policy." There can be no rds-
take about the phrase, shrouded as it may be in diplo-
matic ambiguity, and capable of being
rendered into an
unmeaning generality, as into the fixed idea of which it
is the expression. Individually it is the Bourbon in-
terest which Louis Philippe will uphold in Spain ; nub-
hely it is the same view of national interest and aggran-
disement which caused Louis XIV., as Bonaparte after
him, to declare that the Pyrenees of defence and
separation between France and Spain could not and
ought not to exist. It is impossible that Louis
Philippe, as a Bourbon, can view the recent revo-
lution in Spain with complacency, and as little that
the French nation can regard it with other than deep-
seated aversion if, as alleged and believed, a revolution
operated by a party patronised by British diplomacy,
and affected towards the ascendancy of British inte-
rests. An intervention by arms, therefore, for the re-
construction of a Bourboa dominion and of French su-
premacy in Spain would meet with no obstruction, nor
be regarded with other than favour, from the King to
the peasant. Undertaken avowedly for the maintenance
and assertion of the principle of legitimate monarchy,
the opposition of Austria and Prussia would be dis•
armed, or even if averse, there is Russia in the back
ground to hold them in check and forbid hostile inter-
ference s--Russia, even now the favoured alliance pro-
jected by statesmen known to be most deeply in the con-
fi.ience, and sharing most largely the sympathies of the
French monarch. We shall have occasion to return to
this subject.

(From the Standard.)
We rejoice to find that the practice hitherto too
common of rewarding only the higher grades of British
officers of fleets or battalions which have been success-
fully engaged in warlike operations, has heen abandoned,
so far ne the naval officers who have taken part in the
late brilliant successes on the coast of Syria are con-
cerninl. All the captains of Admiral Sir Robert Stop-
ford's fleet have received the minor decoration of the
Bath ; and all the cormmanders and first-lieutenants and
41 of the mates have been promoted. Such as were
fortunate enough to have been present at the siege of
Acre will, however, have the precedence, their corn-
RI! ions being dated November 4. The Noble Com-
--.4c01_11:01,41' 'lOl, it is said, be offered the
Inc.. pf Oreefiwtch Hospital ; but as he
post of -moiled to its refesa,
tie will, we
affair of Acre never "
1.._ iewira as he mu be,
. .
would Lava been
trust, receive in addition Pile" Napier has been
queath to his children. Cominodoi, - .r,, but dc:
created a Knight Cornmarnier of the 11'6—
hstantial
series, and will no doubt receive, A ffilii, 8" ,
• t st,co".
recompenee his services on this occasion
stridutro
greatly to lathented that this vvhoiesalo di
of eaval honours and rewards has not been tieentni
panied by a similar act of justice to the gallant t!rairlsiogn
who formed part of this fbet, and whose achievem
not to
shore have redounded se; highly to the honour. 3
board their respective ships
your
mention those who were on
at the capture of Acre, and oi..heif,2!•ts along till!yobeevt;
Of the 14 Companionships of tit,' wt
I.ileo
hail
to a marine officer, Lieutenant-Colo
at tib_g
been conferred on this occasion, orny :t."%a end
alth ,ugh we cannot doubt that the favours besti:`°44
with so unusually liberal a hand on nav'O'l c'e,e.hrs
for their services in this campaign, will not i-se
o t
held from their gallant associates, we have not
heard of a single promotion among them. Wklinut,,
prof,ssiiig for a moment to doubt the intentions (31
Waixer ; I
the Board of Admiralty on the subject, we may
venture
to affirm, that whatever reward they may proiaose to
bestow upon the officers of this gallant, brat hitaberto