The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-23 00:00:00

CITY WARD ELECTIONS.

Sunday being St. Thomas's Day, the Wardmotes com-
menced yesterday, according to annual custom, in the dif-
ferent city precincts for the election of Common Council-
men and other Ward officers for the year ensuing.
The following Wards returned their old members, no
alteration having taken place from death, resignation, or
opposition, viz. :—Walbrook, Aldgate, Broad-street, Queen-
hithe, Vintry, Candlewick, Cornhill, Dowgate, Bridge, Bil-
lingsgate, Lime, Langbourne, Cripplegate Within, Coleman-
street,Bishopsgate, andyarringdon Without.

In the following Wards a small change took place, through
death and resignations ; but without a contest :
Tower Wards.—Mr. Rushton resigned, and Mr. Mait-
land was elected.

Farringdon Within.—Mr. Ashurst resigned, Mr. Wil-
liams deceased, and Mr. Holt and Mr. Faulkner were
elected.

Castle Baynard.—Mr. Slade, having served 47 years, re-
signed, and Mr. Verinder was elected.

Cheap Ward.—Mr. Stevens resigned, and Mr. Under-
Sheriff Hardwick was elected.

I am the friend of free discussion, but I cannot allow you
to propose a candidate if you are not eligible to vote, which,
as a non-freeman, you are not.
Mr. WILSON proposed Mr. Parr".
Mr. SAUL, in proposing Mr. Alcock, said, that their re-
presentatives were hitherto elected without any declaration
of their political principles, but the gentleman he had the
honour to propose declared his principles through the me-
dium of a handbill, which stated that he was a sincere
Reformer, a friend to triennial Parliaments, universal
suffrage, and vote by ballet—(Cheers.)
Sir PETER LAURIE then put the names of the respective
candidates to the vote.

Mr. AIATTHEWS was the first. He declared himsel
be a Reformer.

Mr. MORTRAM was the second. He declared that, ever
since reason dawned upon him, he was a Reformer, and a
friend to every principle which embraced liberality.
Mr. GODSON was the third. He had, he said, the
honour of soliciting the suffrages of the constituency as an
independent man. Though averse to the vote by ballot,
he-was a friend to the limited duration of Parliaments. He
opposed the ballot upon principle ; for he considered that
the vote given in secrecy wanted the independence and in-
tegrity of that which was publicly recorded.—( Hear, hear.)
The public vote had been latterly adopted in the Court of
Common Council, and the efficacy of it would be felt that
day ; for every man who sought their suffrages would be
called upon to account for each vote, whereas, by the ballot,
there would be an exception from scrutiny.—(Applause.)
He certainly thought that too much time had been spent
by the Common Council in political discussions.—(Loud
cries of " No, no," and groans.) The time of the Com-
mon Council would be better employed in improving the
trade of the city, and locally bettering the condition of the
people.—(Great disapprobation.) Every vote he had given
was given with the approbation of his conscience.

A voice from the crowd—The address to the King,
what do you say to that ?—(Loud cries of " Ay, ay ; let's
hear of that.")
Mr. GODSON said he proved himself a friend to reform
by attending to the wants of his poorer fellow citizens—
(Loud cries of " The address, the address! ") He certainly
had voted against that measure ; and the reason was, he
saw no necessity tor it. He was told that a crisis had ar-
rived. He thought that a crisis was a bad time for propos-
ing such an address.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") It was further
said that these were times of great difficulty. He saw no
difficulties, and he believed the public were of the same
opinion ; for out of 66 parishes in the city, not one assem-
bled to complain. There was not the slightest regret at
the dismissal of his Majesty's Ministers.—(Great groaning
and uproar.) There wore 26 wards in the city, and only 1
met on the occasion. He regretted that he differed from
his colleagues in the vote he had given, but if be should be
again elected, he should again act in obedience to the dic-
tates of his conscience.--(Cheers.)
Mr. STACEY (one of the old members) next addressed
the meeting. His friend (Mr. Godson) had votedl against
the address to the King, because, as he said, there was no
excitement abroad ; but he (Mr. Stacey) would contend
that excitement did exist ; for though the free-voters (lid
not meet, the Common Council did, and manfully per-
formed their duty.--(Loud cheers.)
Mr. GODSON—Out of 266 members of the Committee,
only 109 met, and the address was only carried by a majo-
rity of 49, and no more than 60 went up with it.
Mr. STACEY said that that was to be accounted for by
the shortness of the notice. He received notice only an
hour before the moment of starting.—(Loud cries of " A
trick, a trick.")
An ELECTOR—Whose duty is it to serve the notices ?
Mr. WALTON—It is the duty of the Sheriffs. They first
wait on his Majesty, to know when he will receive the ad-
dress, and afterwards serve the notices.

A GENTLEMAN, on the part of the Sheriffs, said that
those gentlemen had no idea that his Majesty would receive
the address until after the funeral of the Duke of Glouces-
ter, and were therefore limited in time.

When the votes were taken, there appeared for Mat-
thews, 40 ; Mortram, 45 ; Godson, 37 ; Stacey, 46 ; Rolls,
33 ; Summers, 31 ; Walton, 30 ; Lorkin, 40 ; Parry, 23 ;
Alcock, 30. A poll was then demanded in behalf of Mr.
Parry.