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hour after that meeting had adjourned, that he would open
it for one hour to-morrow (this day), from eleven o'clock
until noon, and that he would re-open it on Saturday (to-
morrow) for two hours, when it would finally close.

The proceedings then terminated.
LANGBOURN (8).
Alerman Sir J. Key in the chair.
The retiring councilmen—viz., Mr. Unwin (deputy), and
Messrs. Frodsbam, Dixon, Snelling, Saw, Howard, Gibson,
and Miller, were unanimously re-elected.
PORTSOKEN (8).
Mr. Alderman MOOR presided at this wardmote.
There was a contest in this ward, owing to the appearance
of Mr. Vile as a candidate. The poll was as follows :
Wright (deputy), 27 ; Christie, 27 ; Parker, 26 ; Jutsum,
23 ; Hayward, 23; Danford, 21; Killby, 25 ; Thomson, 26 ;
and *Vile, 11.

QUEENHITHE (6).
Alderman Hooper, the late Lord Mayor, presided.
There were two vacancies, caused by the retirement of
Messrs. Curtis and Sykes ; and Messrs. Goss (deputy),
Acocks, Tyler, Rathbone, 'Tonge, and *Rose were unani-
mously elected.
There being a vacancy in the office of ward-beadle, the
wardmote was adjourned till to-morrow.

TOWER (8).
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Finnis presided at this ward-
mote. Messrs. Selson (deputy), Briggs, Young, Redhead,
Aitchison, Turnball, Barkley, and • Wylie were elected by
show of hands, Mr. Capel's name having been inadvertently,
placed on the list of candidates though he had previously ex-
pressed a desire to retire.
VINTRY (6).
This wardmote was presided over by Mr. Alderman
Magnay.
There was one vacancy, by the retirement of Mr. Marsden,
to supply whose place there were two candidates, Mr. Cole-
man and Mr. Astle. Messrs. Archer (deputy), White, Le-
pard, Sprague, Mason, and •Coleman were elected, Mr. Astle
declining to go to poll.
WALBRQOK (6).

Mr. Alderman Gibbs presided;
The following gentlemen, who have represented the ward
during the past year, were respectfully nominated for re-
election :—Messrs. Thomas Watkins, Ford Hale, D. W. Wire,
E. Conder, Dawson, and T. Rowley.

• New Menibers.
STATE OF THE POLLS.

The following was the state of the polls in the few
contested wardmotea at the close yesterday. The new
candidates are distinguished by an asterisk ('):—
FARRINGDON 'WITHOUT (Returns 16 members).—Wil-
liams, 83; Walter, 81; Buckrnaster, 79; Taylor, 78;
Obbard (deputy), 72; Isherwood, 70; Fox, 69; Barnard,
68; Bedford (deputy), 67; Hodgson, 65; Edkins, 64;
Lists, 61; Bates, 60; Anderton, 59; Turner, 59; Lees,
59; *Fowler, 31.
The poll will re-open this morning at eleven o'clock,
and finally close at one P.M.
CRIPPLEGATE-WITHIN (18).—Hoole, 45; Smith (de-
puty), 43; Lart, 43; Brown, 43; Dewar, 43; Bennock,
41; Brass, 39; Cash, 37; *R. L. Wilson, 23. The poll
will re-open at eleven o'clock, and finally close at noon
to-day.
CORDWAINERS (6).—Lott (deputy), 72 ; Croucher,
72; Joyce, 72 ; Taylor. 72 ; *Press, 71 ; *Clarke, 68;
*Lamb, 14, The poll in this ward will finally close at
noon to-day.
CASTLE BAYNARD (8).--Adlard, 55; Muggeridge, 55;
Hicks (deputy), 54 ; Hoppe, 54 ; Bailey, 54 ; Caslin.
50; Farrar, 49 ; *Barber, 43 ; *Parker, 19. The poll
closes at one o'clock to-day.
PORTSOKEN (8).—Wright (deputy), 55; Christie, 53:
Parker, 53 ; Jutsarn, 49; Hayward, 49; Danford, 46;
Killby, 52; Thomson, 52 ; 16. The poll will
finally close at four o'clock this day.
It will be observed that in every instance the new
candidates are at the wrong end of the poll.

NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.
PROMOTIONS.

Mates—Edward F. Horne, of the Howe, 120 guns, in
the Mediterranean, to the rank of Lieutenant; C. C.
Day, of the Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth, to the
rank of Lieutenant.

APPOINTMENTS.
Midshipman—C. Lyon, to the Ganges, 84, at Cork.
Naval Cadet—A. M. Norman, to the Fisgard pendant-
ship, at Woolwich.
Her Majesty's steamer Sharpshooter, Lieutenant
Bailey, R.N., commanding, will be taken into dock this
day at Portsmouth, to ascertain if she sustained any
damage by grounding on the Sussex shore, off Worth-
ing. It is expected a court-martial will be held, to ad-
judge the blame of getting her ashore, as some awkward
circumstances have been made known by the pilot who
had charge of the vessel, and who has experienced foul
play in the transaction. The particulars are under con-
sideration by the Lords of the Admiralty.
The Superb, 80• gun ship, Captain Edward Purcell,
at Portsmouth, re-shipped her bowsprit and misenmast
(which had been stripped and landed for examination, on
alleged defects), at Portsmouth, yesterday. This ship
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which putty and paint bad before concealed ; but it is
reported that the Lords of the Admiralty are Averse to
ber refitment, grounding their objection upon the favour-
able reports they received of her state from the Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. The Confiance
steam-tug took a number of volunteers for her from
Plymouth, and transferred them yesterday, manning her
within a score.

The Hashewy convict-ship remains under no restric-
tions at the Motherbank. The infected were ordered to
be removed into the quarantine vessel, but the medical
men refused to transfer them, alleging that the lazaretto
was not prepared for their reception. The bodies of
the three men who have died up to yesterday were
brought ashore at Gosport and interred to-day in the
convicts' burial-ground. The inhabitants of Gosport
loudly complain of bodies being brought from the Mo-
therbank some miles across the water to be interred
near them, when there is a quarantine place of inter-
ment at the Motherbank shore. No fatal cases have
occurred on board since yesterday; there are about
eight cases of cholera now under treatment, and about
thrice that number sick of various maladies.
The Myrtle steam-vessel, Mr. Balliston, Acting-
Master, commanding, conveyed Major-General Lord F.
Fitzclarence, Captain-Superintendent, Sir Edward
Parry, and Captain Chads, C. 8., to Osborne yesterday,
to dine with her Majesty, and returned with them this
morning.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN SIR SINUEL Ron Eras, C.B.—
We regret to state that Captain Sir Samuel Roberts
(1815), on retired list of 1846, on 205. per diem, died at
Belmont, near Waterford, pn the 16th inst. This pl-
iant. officer. will be reniernheied as having, last com-
manded the Calcutta, 84,rin tfi6 Maitdranean, where
he was obligekl.to resign in• consequence of hating suf-
.ferect a paralytic stroke. His war dekviees are of no or-
dinary character, and ought, we think, to have ensured
him better treatment in the Mediterranean than he ex-
perienced at the time of his affliction. They are thus
recorded in Allen's New Navy List:—" Sir S. Roberts
was midshipman of the Anson, at the defeat of the French
squadron in Donegal Bay; and capture of the French
frigate Loire, in 1798; and of the Volage, and wounded
while cutting out in the West Indies. -In the
tender and boats of the Echo at the capture of five
armed schooners with 253 troops at St. Domingo.
Lieutenant of the Unicorn, and served on shore at the
attack upon Monte Video, and in her boats on the
coast of France. Senior of that ship at Basque Roads;
and of the Armide, when he commanded her boats
at the destruction of 17 vessels under the batteries of
Ile de Rh& Commander of the Meteor bomb in Ame-
rica,
at Alexandria, Baltimore, and New Orleans; and
commanded a division of boats at the capture of th flo-
tilla on Lac Borgne, and in a variety of other services
on the Mississippi.—Gazette, 1810, 1814." Captain Sir
Samuel Roberts received the thanks of the Admiralty
for his services during the devastating fire at the dock-
pard, Devonport. By an error, which was afterwards
rectified (although with little advantage to the officer
really deserving the favour of their Lordships), Sir Sa-
muel was thanked by the Admiralty for saving the
Minden, 74, from destruction. The late Admiral War-
ren, however, having discovered that the salvation of the
ship was due to the extraordinary exertions of Com-
mander Holbrook, gave, we well remember at the time, a
certificate to the gallant officer to that effect. Sir Sa-
muel Roberts was,one of the smartest disciplinarians in
the service; but rfo man ever fitted out a ship so soon,
under so many disadvantages, as the gallant Captain did
the Calcutta, at a time when the presence of another
ship in the Mediterranean was of the greatest impor-
tance.

Surgeon—George Drysdale (1810), on the retired
commuted allowance list, died this week at Brighton,
aged 66.
Commander Edward Littlehales (1841), a Lieutenant
of 1828, who commanded the Dolphin on the coast of
Africa, has been appointed to commission the Apollo,
troop-frigate at Devonport, to have a complement of
some 110 officers and men, and will most likely be em-
ployed in conveying troops to Hong-Kong. The Apollo
has been a lucky ship; in succession, Captains Frede-
rick, M'Lean, and Radcliffe, have been promoted from
her. The appointment of Commander Littlehales has
induced a reference to the list to see what has become of
the mate of the Dolphin, Mr. Murray, who so resolutely
and gallantly succeeded in boarding a pirate slaver when
the other boats had been beaten off, in which desperate
enterprise he got severely wounded, and we find that he
was made a Lieutenant in 1841, and has served many
years in different vessels. He was first Lieutenant of
ihe Terrible, steam-frigate, and had charge of that vessel
for some time; and although one senior and two junior
Lieutenants of that vessel have been promoted, Mr.
Murray has not had the good fortune to secure his ad-
vancement.
Assistant-Surgeon—Dr. V. C. Clarke (1844) has been
appointed to the Fisgard, flag-ship, at Woolwich.
Lieutenant Hotham, of the 44th Regiment, whose la-
mented death was reported a few days since by our
Malta correspondent, was the eldest son of Captain the
Hon. G. F. Hotham.
PORTSMOUTH.—The Driver, steam-sloop, Commander
Johnson, sailed on Friday morning, for Portland, with
another gang of convicts, who arrived on Thursday from
Woolwich. She is expected back on Saturday.
The Sharpshooter, screw gun-vessel, Lieutenant Com-
mander Bailey, was taken into dock at Portsmouth yes-
terday morning, and ,on the water being pumped out,
we are glad to say nothing appeartd to have been da-
maged. No one would have supposed she had been on
shore. Mr. Hay's composition received a freshing-up
where it had been rubbed off. The Sharpshooter was