The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-25 00:00:00

. THE GAOL OF NEWGATE.

The LORD MAYOR. communicated to the Court that he
and several of his brother Aldermen had waited upon Lord
John Russell on Monday, on the. subject of.his Majesty's
gaol of Newgate, and had been received with the greatest
courtesy by the Noble Lord, who seemed to coincid in the
opinion that the gaol of Newgate should be appropriated to
the custody of untried prisoners. -
Alderman VENABLES said it was evident that Lord John
Russell entertained the opinion which the Judges and the
Court of Aldermen held with regard to the application of
Newgate.
RESIGNATION OF THE GOWN OF BRIDGE WARD.
The Town-clerk read the resignation by Alderman Ans-
ley of the gown of Bridge Ward.
Several of the Alderman spoke in the highest terms of
the liberal-and benevolent character of Alderman Ansley,
whose resignation the Court then formally accepted. Al-
derman slcy has been for some time in a very indif-
ferent state of health. He was the senior Alderman, and
represented, according to the ancient usage, the ward which
has no constituency. The next in rotation is'Sir C. S.
Hunter, of Basishaw Ward, but it is supposed that lie will
not stir from his own ward, although the Ward of Bridge
is a sinecure. The meaning of this disinclination to move
into a sinecure is, that it is supposed the Municipal Cor-
poration Commissioners will dock the gown of Bridge as
totally useless.

PETITION AGAINST THE ELECTION OF ALDERMAN

SALOItfONS.

Alderman BROWN stated that since he had come into
court a petition had been put into his hands, on the subject
of the late election of an alderman for the ward of Aldgate,
by persons who entertained certain objections to the return
of Mr. Sheriff Salomons. He had felt it to be his duty to
present the petition, but that act, he wished it to be under-
stood, was no other than a ministerial act, and he offered no
opinion whether the election was to be lamented or ap-
plauded—whether it was justifiable or unjustifiable. He
should be prepared, when it might be necessary for him to
act judicially, to give his opinion upon the question.
There was one consolation about this question ; it was
not a question of character, for a more profound respect,
indeed he might almost say veneration, than that enter-
tained for the character of Mr. Salomons by the members
of the Court of Aldermen could not possibly be felt.—
(Loud cheers.) In presenting the petition he (Alderman
Brown) must be considered as merely discharging a public
duty.—( Hear, hear.)
The following is the petition
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of London. The humble Petition of the Under-
signed Freemen, inhabitants of the Ward of Aldgatc,
sheweth,
" That an election having taken place for Alderman of the
said Ward, which finally closed on the 19th day of November,
instant, David Salomons, Esq., and Sheriff of the said city,
was, on. the following day, declared Alderman of the said
Ward.
" That by virtue of a certain Act of Parliament, made and
passed in the 9th year of the reign of his late Majesty George
IV., it is required that a solemn declaration be made, on the
true faith of a Christian, not to exercise any power, authority,
or influence, to injure or weaken the Protestant Church as by
law established. That the said David Salomons publicly pro-
fessing himself to be a per Son of the Jewish persuasion, must
be one against whom the said Act was intended to be passed,
and, cannot, in the judgment of your petitioners, conscien-
tiously make or subscribe such declaration, and is, therefore,
ineligible to discharge the important duties of the office.
" Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that you will be
pleased to take the matter into your serious consideration, pre-
viously to the admission of the said David Salomons as a
member of your honourable Court."
•The petition was immediately ordered to be laid on the
table, and the consideration of it to be postponed.
P After transacting some business of no public importance,
the Court adjourned.

DEVIZES ELECTION.

THE NOMINATION.
. At 11 o'clock on Tuesday the Mayor proceeded to the
Town-hall and opened the Court, which he immediately.
adjourned to the huStings. On the candidatei Presenting
themselves on the hustings they were received with loud
cheers by their respective friends. Proclamation having
been made,
Mr. HAYWARD, after deploring the loss they had sus-
tained in the death of Mr. Locke, proposed T. H. S. B. Es-
court, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the bo-
rough of Devizes in Parliament.—(Cheers, groans, and
uproar.)
Mr. CROCKETT seconded the nomination.
Dr. BaABANT then presented Cries of f' Send
him to G.-cenwich.') Mr. Locke was a Whig if the genuine
sense of the term, and 240 electors of this borough had
given him their suffrages as a Whig. Was he then to sup-
pose that the electors of Detizes had no principle at all ? If
they had any, it was difficult for him to conceive how they
would turn round and support a Tory. Five years ago, when
the people of England were determined to assert their rights
and to have some power in the Legislature, the Earl of
Aylesbury wished for a nominee to send to the House of
Commons to trample down the rights of the people. Who
Was. that nominee? Mr. Estcourt. He then proposed
Captain Dundas.as a fit person to be their representative.
—(This was received with cheers, groans, and uproar.)
Mr. WAYLAND seconded the nomination of Captain
Dundas.--(Cheers and uproar.).
Mr. EsTcoura then presented himself, and was received
with applause, mingled with disorder. As soon as silence
was in some degree obtained, he said, when he entered into
Parliament, which, though he was young, was some years
ago, there were two great parties—Whig and Tory—and
he had joined the Tory party. He was not ashamed to
have done so ; he had approved of their principles, but he
said, now the Reform Bill had been carried; great changes
followed, parties had divided and sub-divided, and there were
not now as formerly only two parties. He would rather not
give himself any name ; but, if he must, he would call him-
self a Conservative.—(Loud cheers.) He acknowledged
that the passing of the Reform Bill was an era in the his-
tory of the politics of this country, and he knew that that
spirit of Reform must be carried. forward ; he was ready
to do that, but that which he would never do would be to
lend a hand to pull down the old edifice of the Constitution.
—(Cheers.) He would do his best to support the rights of
every class of his Majesty's- subjects from the King down-
wards. These were his principles.• He durst say, that they.
had heard it said that he was a member of. the Carlton
Club. He should like to know what they thought of that
Club. Was it thought to be a sort of pandemonium from
which every vice issued ? It. was a Conservative Club, and
Brookes's was a Whig Club. Men went there to hear the
news and take refreshment, and he could not see the dif-
ference between them.
Captain DL'NDAS then came forward. The Gallant
Captain was told the reporters could not hear him, when he
very good humouredly said he was not speaking to the re-
porters, but to the people. He.admired his friend, Mr.
Estcourt, as much as any man in the world , he esteemed
his family ; but as to his politics he had a very different
feeling. He would talk to his brother farmers about the
Malt ;he had voted for its repeal ; but Mr. Estcourt
had opposed him. (What more on the subject the Hon.
Gentleman said we could not catch.) The other subjects
upon which Captain Dundas briefly touched were the people
and Corporations, but they were quite lost to us.
A show of hands was taken, and the Mayor announced
that it-was in favour of Mr. Estcourt.—(Loud cheers.)
A poll was demanded by Captain Dundas ; and the
meeting was adjourned to to-morrow.

SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE

METROPOLIS.

In conseqUence of the numerous complaints which lia-ve
been made of the want of a sufficient supply of water in
the City of London, which was particularly the case in
some of the recent extensive fires, as well as for domestic
purposes, the Court of Common Council referred the ques-
tion to the' City Lands' Committee, for them-to inquire into
the efficiency of the supply; of. water afforded by the New
River Company, and to report upon the subject to the
Court. Yesterday the Committee met in the Council
Chamber of Guildhall, to . commence the investigation.
Mr. Milne and other gentlemen Were present from the New
River Company, as well as Mr. Braid Wood, the Superin-
tendent-of - the London Fire Establishment, who had been
requested to furnish evidence relative to the deficiency of
water experienced at the recent extensive fires in Charter-
house-square, and in Bridgewater-square.
• Mr. took the chair, and having stated the objects
of the meeting,
Mr. STACEY called the attention of the Committee to
the great importance of the subject which they had been
delegated to inquire into. The complaints which had been
made of a want of water on the breaking out of fires, as
well as for domestic purpose, called for la investigation.
He proposed to furnish that information by the production
of evidence, from which it Would be seen whether the New
River Company bad unnecessarily limited the supply, or
whether they had not the power of meeting the demands
upon them 'for water; lle proposed to the Committee to
ex.?onine Mr. Braidwood upon the alleged deficiency of water
to extinguish fires.
Mr. BRAIDWOOp was examined, and he stated that at