The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-17 00:00:00

The LORD MAYOR informed the Court that he had received
from the hands of Mt. W. Pritchard, the Chairman of the
Committee under the Corporation, a requisition relative there-
to. His Lordship then directed the Town Clerk to read the
protest of the Court of Aldermen against the right of the
Common Council to interfere with the rights and privileges of
the Court of Aldermen, and with their mode of proceeding.
Mr. LAWRENCE-IS is a protest against what we have al-
ready done, or is it against what is apprehended we are about
to do ?—( A laugh.)
Mr. WOODTHORPE having read the protest—
Mr. PRITCHARD gave a brief, but comprehensive, account of
the Corporation of London. London was the most ancient of
all corporations. It was a corporation by prescription, and
took its origin from institutions to which our Saxon ancestors
were most strongly attached. The object of the Committee
who had reported upon this important subject was to re-con-
struct the corporate rights upon their original foundation, so
that the citizens of London might fully and equally enjoy the
benefit of the removal of the impediments now existing. He
and Mr. Deputy Wood, the Chairman of the Committee, with
relation to the Aldermen, agreed in principle, but were at va-
riance as to details, and the competition was merely an experi-
ment as to which propositions would be most advantageous to
the generality.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. Deputy WOOD then rose to propose the first resolution,
which was as follows :—" That, in order to secure the re-
spectability of the Court, and a judicious exercise of the dis-
cretionary power, due caution should be taken in the election
of gentlemen to the Magisterial Chair; and, as the present
choice is confined t i a few, and, generally speaking, a very
small proportion of each Ward, claiming an exclusive personal
privifr ee, some may be made Aldermen without the approba-
tion, if not in opposition to the wishes, and even the interests,
of the great bulk of the inhabitants, it is desirable to alter the
present description of the electors to that office ; and for such
purpose we recommend that all persons within each Ward, ca-
pable of voting for Members of Parliament for the City of
London, under the Act of Parliament of the 2d of William
IV., cap. 4., intitled " An Act to Amend the Representation
of the People in England and Wales,' should have votes in
the election of Aldermen, and should be made compellable to
serve all Ward and corporate offices. That the Common
Council and Ward officers should be elected by the same
parties who elect the aldermen • and that the electors of
Common Hall should be those who are qualified to vote under
the Reform Act." Until the Reform Act was possed, the
election system was.altogether without uniformity, which was a
point of the utmost importance, as was manifest from the dis-
cord and disgraceful conflicts in little boroughs, arising from
the want of that principle. Why, he asked, should not a free-
man be as good and as well entitled' to vote as a liveryman ?
And yet the constituents of the body he addressed, although
possessing the power to make that Court, could not appear
and vote in the Hall within a few yards of it.—( Hear, hear.)
He concluded by moving his resolution, and stating that the
great object was to obtain the repeal of the obnoxious Act
which he had frequently alluded to.
The motion having been seconded.
Mr. PRITCHARD rose to move the following resolution as an
amendment :
" That one uniform right of voting ought to be established
for the election of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, Chamber-
lain, Common Councilmen, and auditors of this City, and that
such right of voting ought to be enjoyed by all freemen house-
holders of not less than 101. annual value, paying scot and
bearing lot, who shall be free at the time of election, and shall
have resided twelve months within the city."

Mr. STEVENS seconded the amendment.
Mr. DIXON thought it extremely imprudent to meddle
with the existing laws on the subject of the Corporation. In
his opinion it was much more wise to remain in their present
condition, and not to run back to remote ages in quest of hn-
provements.—( A laugh, and cries of " Hear.")
Mr. Taylor, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Galloway, spoke in favour
of the amendment, and the original resolution was negatived,
and Mr. Pritchard's amendment was adopted with the omis-
sion of the 101. qualification, and the introduction of the condi-
tion " that the voters shall be householders for 12 months within
their respective wards."

MEETING OF THE WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE

WITHIN.

(Cenci-mica from The Sun of yesterday.)
Mr. HALL said he had an amendment to propose. He came
to the meeting with great reluctance—in fact, he was dragged
there.—( Great laughter.) lie praised the conduct of the
King for having dismissed the late Ministers, and said they
would never ecorneigragain.--( More uproar.) The conduct of
the Duke of Wellington, not only as a soldier, but as a
statesman—( Cries of " Oh, oh 1 ")---was recorded in terms of
eulogy in corporation and other archives all over Europe.—
( Great laughter.) The speaker here made an allusion to
Pompey being called to the Consul's chair in the Roman re-
public by his greatest enemies' for their admiration of his
talents.—(This allusion created immense laughter.) He said
they were told, at least the newspapers chose to tell them,
that a crisis had arrived, for there were such people as crisis-
mongers.—( Laughter.) And he would ask them all, if such
meetings as these would not lead to much the same scents in
this country that had been enacted in France ? He conduct( d
amidst great uproar and confusion of expressions of disappro-
bation, by moving an amendment to the effect—" That the
free and uncontrolled appointment of his Majesty's Ministers is
one of the most undoubted and important of his Majesty's
prerogatives."
Mr. Mooaa seconded the resolution. He said the country
did not want a Judge of the land to be going about making
speeches at Mechanics' Institutions as Lord Brougham had
done.—(Tremendous disapprobation.) He was not ashamed
of his sentiments. There were degrees of dignity that
ought not to associate in familiarity with the lower classes.
He then proceeded to censure some of the acts of the Whigs.
He said that Lord Althorp might be chargeable with incon-
sistency, for he bad once dec'ared himself opposed to all re-
form.
.(This allusion excited a vast ups oar in calls for
"Name the time I" and "On what occasion ?" and other
expressions : one person called out from the crowd, " It is
all a lie, and false as hell I" The confusion became very
great.) lie defended the conduct of Sir Robert Peel, and
alluded to the fracas bet Keen him and Dr. Lushington, and
insisted upon reading the extract from the Doctor's speech
from a newspaper. The confusion increased, and Mr. Moore
still kept upon his legs, and was strenuously urged by a few
who surrounded him to persevere and insist upon his being
heard read the extract. There were many who cried, "We
know it all ; we have all read it I" to which Mr. M. replied,
Then you shall hear it against your will I" The confusion
lasted a considerable time.
The CHAIRMAN interposed on the score of economy of time
to hear the speaker to an end without interruptions.
Mr. Moon said a former speaker had been allowed to in-
troduce Pompey in his speech.—( Great uproar.)
The CIIAIRMAN thought, at the time, the gentleman had gone
rather far back, but he had done so as an illustration.
The Mover of the Amendment rose, seemingly with some
degree of warmth and said, that as the observation had been
applied, he considered himself bound to get up and decry such
allusions being made to a gentleman.—(Laughter and more
noise.)
Mr. Moon resumed, and said be would not be put down
either by the meeting or the chairman. He would not allow
any one to interrupt him. ( Here followed a tremendous dis-
turbance. One person got up and warned the meeting that
it was a " Tory trick" to spoil the meeting.) Mr. Moore re-
sumed. He said the noisy friends of liberty were always the
most forward to stop the freedom of speech of others.—( Up-
roar increased.) He concluded amidst a horrid noise by se-
conding the amendment.
Mr. WALTER, after briefly alluding to all that the country
had endured under the Tory domination—the weight of taxes
—the blood spilt, and the other evils inherent, for the sake of
themselves and their children, he hoped every one who had a
heart to feel for their country's woes, or strength to struggle
for their country's weal, would all pull with one accord until
the happy consummation was completed.
The resolution was put and carried, with a few bands being
held up against it.
Mr. WILSON moved another resolution, to the purport that
an address framed upon the resolutions should be prepared, to
be presented to his Majesty.
Mr. MOORE said he would propose the address, for the pur-
pose of having an opportunity of telling the meeting that a
counter address would be prepared to be presented, and also
signed by every one of the Ward who was so inclined.—( Loud
laughter and confusion.)
The resolution was carried by a vast majority.
On the address being read, which commenced with " We,
the inhabitants of Cripplegate Within,"
Mr. MOORE moved as an amendment, that it be "We, some
of the inhabitants."—( Roars of laughter, and a tremendous
noise.)
The amendment was supported but by a very few. The
original motion was carried in overwhelmiag triumph amidst
loud cheers.
On the metion being made that the address be signed by
Chairman for the meeting, and entrusted to Earl Spencer to
present,
Mr. Moo moved as an amendment, that it should be left
open to be signed by every one of the Ward who were so in-
clined, and that the address should be affixed to each signature,
as they'could not have the advantage of having the Alderman
to preside at another meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said he would attend and presicle at any
meeting which the Ward might call, and if decided upon by
the majority, he would, with equal alacrity, sign, as Chairman,
any other address.
Mr. WiLsoar said they had no fears of the result, but they
were desirous not to deviate from the usual course in such cases.

The latter part of the scene was the most pitiful and dis-
graceful that we have witnessed on any occasion. There ap-
peared to be some three or four primed up to a pitch of endu-
rance of every description as principals, and some half-a-dozen
Glamourous auxiliaries to keep up a running annoyance —so