The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-31 00:00:00

CRIPPLEGATE WARD WITHOUT.

Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitant house-
holders of this Ward took place in the Church of St. Giles,
pursuant to public advertisement, for the purpose of taking
into, consideration the propriety of petitioning the Common
Council to increase the number of the Common Councilmen for
the Ward.
Mr. Alderman WOOD took the Chair at one o'clock, at which
time very few persons had assembled.
Mr. J. NEwim L., after stating at some length his opinion of
the advantages which would result from making Cripplegate.
.Without andfiripplegate Within one Ward, proceeded to di-
rect the attention of the meeting to the subject which It was as-
sembled to consider. He contended that it was for the interests
of the inhabitants of the ward that the number of Common
Councilmen should be augmented. A case occurred, last year
which proved bow necessary it was that they should' be pro-
perly represented—lie alluded to the election of Mr. Denman
to the dice of Common Serjeant. Mr. Denman's election was
carried by only a few votes. Upon that occasion the Common
Councilmen for the ward, in compliance with' the wishes of
,their constituents, voted in favour of Mr. Denman ; and if
the number of those deputies had been greater, ,the result of
the contest would haVe been less doubtful. The inhabitants
of that ward lied, A_ t
least, a risht to 'demand that they should
elect as many,(%011)111g11 Coots:dorm AO;, other weisle4-.ltv''pro-
portion to their numbers. At present, however, some wards,
having only halt; and, in some instances, one fourth, of the
number of the, inhabitants of Cripplegate ward, returned
as many deputies to the Common Council. Lime-street
Ward., having only ninety electors, returned four representa-
tives ; Cornhill Ward, with 100 electors' returned six repre-
sentatives; Billingsgate Ward, having 130 electors, returned
10 representatives; and Bridge Ward, having 183 electors re-
turned 15 Common Councilmen ; whilst Cripplegate elector,
which contained 500 electors, returned only four Common
Councilmen. He understood that the Common Councilmen of
that Ward had more business to perform than they could
properly execute : under these circumstances, he trusted that
he should obtain the support of the inhabitants in endeavour-
ing to procure an addition to the number of their representatives
in the Common Council. hle concluded by moving the follow-
ing Resolutions :-
1. That Cripplegate within and without is but one ward.
2. That the holding one wardmotc for the election of the
Alderman has been from time immemorial, anti is one of the
many_ Proofs of the unity of the ward.
3. That the holding two meetings in Cripplegate ward for
the election of' the other ward officers, is contrary to the original
custom, contrary to the custom in every other ward, and in
direct opposition to the spirit of the statute of the 11th of Geo. I.
passed for the regulation of wardinoto and other elections.
4. That the thanks of this meeting be given to our Represen-
tatives in Common Council for their services during the past
year, in endeavouring to obtain a union in the election of the
12 Common Councilmen which the ward of Cripplegate within
anti without have to elect on St. Thomas's Day ; and that they
be requested to continue their utmost exertions in support of the
union ; but if, after the strictest judicial inquiry, it should be
found impossible to procure such a union, that they then be re.
(quested to support the petition for an increased number of
Common Councilmen for Cripplegate without.
Mr. TAYLOR hoped that the Meeting would give a direct
negative to the lion. Gentleman's motion, otherwise he feared
that the inhabitants of the ward would be tormented every
year by a similar proposition. The Hon. Mover bad not con.
descended to state whether he should have 0 or 60 new Com.
mon Councilmen returned for the ward. He (Mr. Taylor) de-
nied that the present number of representatives of the ward was
not sufficient fbr every purpose. He called upon the Common
Councilmen present to state whether they required any twist-
ance in the discharge of their duties.
Mr. Deputy PULLEN declared, on behalf of himself and his
colleagues, that they were quite adequate to the discharge of all
the duties connected with their situations.
The first three resolutions were carried by a chew of hands;
hut the last was negatived upon a division, the numbers being
—Ayes, 31 : Noes, 33.