The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-13 00:00:00

Mr. Alderman Woon was loudly 'cheered on making his
appearance. He told them yesterday that he had no idea of
his situation on the poll, but he then said that whatever
that situation was, he should feel equal gratitude for having
been again returned to Parliament. There was now a great
increase in the constituency. It was his lot about 14 years
ago to be placed'at the top of the poll, a thousand or four-
teen hundred above the other candidates; but although he
was not on the present occasion at the head of the poll, still,
taking the proportions and allowing for the new constituency,
he now stood with above 2,000 voters more than he did upon
those occasions. His Hon. Friend, Mr. Grote, had told
them how inclined he was to serve them, and had said, that
let another election come as soon as it might, if he had not
done his duty they might take notice of it; but that if he had
done his duty, he would ask them to do him justice. That
was precisely his (Alderman Wood's) case; and his being
returned again showed that they approved of his past
conduct. He could assure them that upon all questions
that interested the public he would be found voting and act_
ine on the side that was best calculated to do public good.
ewi'as a Reformer of forty years' standing. during wino'
and Wfieff-A4tr- cot, sine ariiiea when he shouki have
to appear before them again, he should appeal with confi-
dence to their support.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Alderman WtrritmAN then came forward, amidst
loud cheers. Ile fully concurred with Mr. Grote in all his
observations respecting the mercantile interest, and he also
joined with that gentleman in the very just tribute he had
paid to the character of Mr. Lyall ; but he confessed it always
grieved him to see the mercantile body setting themselves up
as if there was any line of distinction between their interests
and those of the great body of the people.—(Cheers.) The
electors had at last stepped out of the ordinary course by se-
lecting a man out of their own ranks, who must feel when they
felt, and suffer when they suffered. With regard to himself,
he thought it a great triumph to themselves and to him in his
being elected without having solicited their suffrages, thus set-
ting an example to the whole country. The citizens of London
had usually assumed a tone which, whether right or wrong, was
generally followed throughout the country ; but on the present
occasion they had done honour to themselves by electing Re-
form candidates, and, in his person, without a single solicitation.
He should like to see that example followed throughout
the country, thus vindicating their own rights and privi-
leges, and exercising them freely and independently.— (Cheers.)
As to the interests of the city of London in particular, he took
it to be the duty of a representative fairly to advocate them,
but not to do an injustice to any other part of the country. The
great protection required was to the productive industry of the
country, which at present laboured under great depression.
There was too great a determination of blood towards the head,
while the lower extremities were cold and languid, or, as had
been before said, " it is a pity we should look so florid in-the
face, while we are so sick at the heart." As to the
commercial interests, he could see no distinction
between them and those of the country generally. He would
ask how it was possible for the mercantile interest to flourish
when the great trading interest—its customer—was ruined
It was impossible for the merchant to thrive unless the coin_
'nullity at large was happy ; and although he held himself
particularly to be the representative of the city of Lon-
don, he should never lose sight of the fact that
he was a representative of the country at large.—(Cheers.) The
people had a right to expect much at his hands, for he had been
laid under deep obligations to them. All he could say was
that so long as he had life it should be devoted to their ser-
vice, and sure he was that after the generous feeling they had
exhibited towards him they would not expect impossibilities.—
(Loud cheering.)

Sir JOHN KEY then came forward amid thunders of ap-
plause, and assured his constituents that he would not detain
them long, because, like some of the Hon. Gentlemen who had
preceded him, he could not boast of having been an officer in
their service for forty years, for a very good reason, that he had
not yet attained that number of years of age. Those veterans
in the cause of Reform (Wood and Waithman) had now become
his colleagues; and the citizens of London would find him
(Sir T. Key), if not in the front of the battle, at all events,
active at his post in the vanguard, actively engaged
in the cause of those who had placed him in the
pre-eminent situation on the poll where he now stood. If
those who had served them so long, so faithfully, and with
such unwearied assiduity, could boast of their 7,500 votes,
what ought not to be his pride and his gratitude, who was so
young a man, and so little known, when he found' himself only
one below them in the rank of thousands ?—(Aplause.) He
had not to boast of any gentlemen of rank, talent, and intelli-
gence having come forward to aid and assist him. He was,
nevertheless, glad to find that the little which he had done to
facilitate the cause of Reform, had created a confidence in his
fellow-citizens which would never be forgotten. He looked
upon his station as a proud one, because it was by the voice of
free, independent, and, he might say, in many instances, unso-
licited, suffrages of his fellow-citizens that he had been raised
to it. He concluded, by declaring that the sentiments which
he had so often reiterated would, he trusted, be apparent in
his Parliamentary conduct. Those who had thought proper to
put him on his trial would watch and judge.—(Loud applause.)
Mr. Sheriff HUMPHERY announced that Mr. Lyall, one
of the late candidates, was not present.—(Cries of " We want
no Tories.")
Mr. SCALES then came forward, amid loud applause. He
said if his fellow-citizens would hear him,
he would speak to
them in intelligent language.—(Bravo.) He did not wish to
be annoyed by the cry of " Question," beLause it was quite
clear there was no question (pointing to the board containing
the number of votes) as to his having lost his eleCtion.—(Laugh-
ter.) Gentlemen might laugh, but it was no laughing matter
to some of his friendi, but to him it was matter of little conse-
quence, because he could retrench his private expenses for one
year, and at the end of it he should be just as rich as if he
had never made the effort he had, and then that would be the
commencement of practical reform.—(Bravo.) Some of his
friends had told him he would never do for St. Stephen's
Chapel, but he might make a very excellent Alder-
man.—(Laughter.) When he presented himself before some
of these persons, they were of a different opinion, and
hence they seemed to think he was fit for nothing. He was a
" thin man"—he was not grave enough for an Alderman.—
(Latighter.) He could however be grave, and he was so when
he told them that an Alderman he should be, but to please
some of his friends, he supposed lie must be " stuffed," and the
best Aldermanic lining was fat capons and fair promises for
sauce.—(Laughter and brilvo.) He (Mr. Scales) had read a
great deal of history, and ome gentlemen might remember