The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

The polling commenced ye..terday morning at nine,
and proceeded very languidly until three. The friends
of Alderman Harmer were, as usual, loudly cheered by
the bystanders, and those of his opponent; greeted with
yells and hisses. The weather, which was cold and wet,
appeared to have produced its effect on the Livery, and
to have damped the spirits of both parties.
Shortly after two o'clock Mr. John Joseph
Stockdale entered the hall, and mounted the
hustings. For some time he was unrecognised,
but the instant it became known that he was in the Hall
a terrific yell of execration burst from the persons
assembled. This was followed by cries of " How's
Harriet Wilson ?" " Turn out the old rascal !"
" Come forward and show yourself !" The object of all
this came forward at first, as if inclined to add►ess the
noisy assembly below, but he almost immediately retired
to the very back of the Hall without saying a word.
Shortly after three the following was exhibited as the
state of the poll :

Harmer ..... 2,089
Pirie 2,563
Johnson 2,533

Towards the latter part of the day by far the greater
number of votes recorded were in favour of Alderman
Harmer.

After the numbers had been exhibited,
Mr. Alderman HARMER stepped forward, and was
received with loud cheering. He said that the Times
hadto n ed
not ,
and Standard had repeatedly told the public that he
would not dare to show his face on the hustings. That
was
.one lie amongst many others which they had
mentioned and
bandeetnhaatbassesnetrtiforoin the hustingsnhehadfalsified for one.—(Ch eersO
Hee hourn
during the whole of the polling.—(Cheers.) This was
the sn!th day, and there he stood before them, with
undiminished health, and unbroken in spirit.--(Loud
cheers)—and, please God he remained in health,
he would continue with them until the close
of the poll to-morrow.—(Continued cheering.) A
battle was never lost until it was won.—(Cheers.) The
current had tu-ned a little in his favour that day—
(Cheers)—and he only wanted a spring-tide to bring
him up to the top of the
independent spirit unpolled i
yet, and they did their
pOl 1 . --(Cheers, and cries of
You'll be there yet.") There plenty of men of
were
duty he should see them to-morrow, and then his posi-
tion on the poll would be reversed.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. MEEK then stood forward, and was received
with groans and hisses
Mr. A. MOORE also m
of " Go to your
friend Stockdale." Afterand cries
making a vain attempt to ad-
dress the Hall, he pointed to the announcement of the
state of the poll, and retired.ade a
attempt to speak,
but soon. gave it up, in consequence of the hootings
and hisses with which be was received.
Mr. Secondary POTTER then adjourned the Hall until
tomorrow. After the ad•ournment of the Hall, Mr.
John Joseph Stockdale jt
od forward to address the
Livery ; his appearance stood
the signal for the most
vociferous Yellin.. hissing, hooting, hooting, and uproar,
vain
as he gesticulated,
which was, hoiv"e'ver, soogn, changed into roars of
laughter, when it was perceived how the orator
was accoutred. Some one had attached. a long paper.
tail to the collar of his cast, the undulations of v!hich,.
beard, p
reduced the most ludicrous effoct. At length
as the patience of the audience became exhausted,
they commenced peltingfirst with paper, and then
and pulled him off the hustings. in his' Attempts to make himself
these last the
with apples, and then "witli him,halfpence ;
orator collected carefully, and put in his pocket.. While
thus engaged some one fastened a rope round his. waist
would have been roughly handled, had not
.the police
In this situation he
interfered for hie protection and the preservation of the
public peace.

It is said that a Afatiras cavalry officer, nephew
of a Peer, and nearly
related to many noble English
families, has won an immense sum upon Launeelot, having
taken the odds upon him for the Leger immediately after
his defeat for the Derby, at Epom.