The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-19 00:00:00

ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN FOR FAR-
RING DON WlTHOUT.—Yesterday a Wardmote was held
in the Church of St. Sepulchre, Snowhill, to elect an
Alderman for the Ward of Farringdon Without, in the
place of the late R. WAITIIMAN, Esq. The Loan
MAYOR, who took the Chair, said that he was Sheriff
when the late Mr. WAITHMAN was Lord Mayor, and
never did two men act more in unison. The worthy Al-
derman was bold and unflinching in asserting his public
principle, and in private life as gentle as a lamb —Mr.
FIGGINS, after a brief review of the late Alderman's life,
nominated JAMES HARMER, Esq., as a fit and proper
person to succeed him.—Mr. LEITCHWICH seconded the
nomination. Mr. HA uMER sari, i❑ answer to Mr.
FEAROII, that he should support a proposition for fixing
some time at which Aldermen should be called on to meet
their constituents. He should also endeavour io throw
open the Court of Aldermen, to prevent their exercising
any exclusive control over the Corporate Funds, to ob
tain a declaration that every citizen was eligible to any
corporate office, to get annulled the proceedings of the
Court of Aldermen in respect to Portsoken Ward, to

equalize the representation of the Wards in the Common
Council, to render every ail to Government in his power
in their projected Corporation Reform ; and finally, he
should resign his gown in the event of any adverse
change of fortune, or of being incapacitated for the dis.
charge of his official duties by age or infirmity.—No other
candidate presenting himself, Mr. HARMER. was unani-
mously elected.

LANGPORT.-IMPROPRIETY OF ENTRUST-
ING YouTH WITH Guivs.—A most distressing event oc-
curred a few days since, at Othery, near Lingpm t.
Master CHARD, aged twelve, only son of the late Mr.
WILLIAM CHARD, was out shooting, and fired at a part-
ridge, which he wounded, but did not kill. He after-
wards fired again, and unfortunately nearly the whole of
the charge was received by a poor little shepherd boy,
named CLARKE, who was behind a hedge, unobserved at
the time by this young gentleman. It is melancholy to
relate that the poor boy's legs were dreadfully shattered
and that locked-jaw was the consequence.—Dr. KING -
LA KE, and two surgeons attended him, but we understand
he died on Monday morning.—Dorset County Chronicle.

ELOPEMENT.—On Tuesday afternoon, a
brace of lovers arrived at the Wellington Bridge Inn, in
this town, by the Champion coach, on an expedition not
very pleasant to the feelings of the young lady's friends,
who, as we are assured, are highly respectable, and live
in the neighbourhood of Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The
Adonis is a servant man in the establishment of the family,
of peat uncouthness and vulgarity of manner, and in no
degree possessing the slightest quality to reciprocal love on
equal terms. Sbe, on the contrary, is young, handsome,
and accomplished, and, when of age, will come into pos-
session of considerable property. She was, likewise,
fashionably attired ; but he, on the contrary, appeared in
the most clownish, johnny-raw style of dress, and is,
moreover, double her years. After dining together at the
inn, they set off in a one-horse carriage to Newton Moor,
in this neighbourhood, where, it appears, he has some
acquaintance, and where, we should suppose, they thought
they could rusticate and remain in privacy until a marriage
could be effected by bans; but scarcely had they set off
for this delightful retreat of their pilgrimage, before the
young lady's brother arrived in pursuit, who, instead of
.topping, followed the Champion coach to Manchester.
There he learnt from PaRKINsoN, the coachman, that he
had left the fugitives here; consequently, he returned to
this town, and, taking with him an officer, proceeded in
search of them to Newton, where, it appears, he had the
luck to interrupt them at a small house in that place,
comfortably seated by the fireside, much to the mortifica-
tion and disappointment, no doubt, of the elderly gentle-
04an and his fascinating companion, who, up to the time
of the arrival of the brother, at every word " melted her
Adonis as she spoke." After the separation had thus rudely
taken place, our roving, loving hero became so fretful and
disconsolate, that it is much to be feared his dismal
thoughts will not be whistled off before the lady has at-
tained her majority, at which period he declares that all
the powers on earth shall not separate them. The lady
,eenied nothing loth to return home again, and they left
hoe in a c4aise about ten o'clock for that purpose, intend-
ing to travel all night.--Slockport Advertiser.