The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-23 00:00:00

CITY ELECTIONS.

Yesterday Wardmotes were" held in the differeitt
Wards in the City for the election•.of • Coinmon
Councilmen and other City Oftiuer,.. •;

The following Wards mule no change, haling
returned the former Members, viz.Aldcare,
gate, Comb'll, Farringdon Nintry, Lang-
bontne, Lime•street, We'brook, Alde•regat&', amt
Cordwainere.

There \vete partial cliangos in the following
Wards :—ln Castle Bay wad' td,
Pritchard was returned in the room of WilliArn
Jennings, who resigned; Mr. Coward intended to
put up for the vacant,eat, but declined tic contest.
Quecnhithe Ward rotnrucd Mr. Curtis and Mi.
Tornkins without opposition, in the Of Al;-.
Dutton and Mr. Hathwov, Woo resigned:. 'Fix
Tower Ward returned .1. W. Hall sod Mt:Robin-
son, of Seething-lane, in the room of Deputy skip-
per and Mr. Hunt, who resigned.
The following AVaxds were contested :
CANDLEWICK WARD:—B6turus •
Alderman Ihucn.
William White
Thorns' Bond
"Samuel liradley
J. Ryland Mander

J. Walter, Deputy SI
J.ltn Platt SI

John Saunders
John Downed
Jererni th Evans

BASSISHAW
Alderman Sir

ARD—Returns 1.
C. HUNTER.

I. linghes , 9

*J. Shiriry

J. Fr6l)y
J. F. Sinallman
BREAD-STREET

Lister
N. Richards 3
YARD Returns
ANSLEY, •

Alderman

Deputy lUatbie...• • 0
Coleman

Mr. Cope 9
Mr. Davison ... .

Bridge 9
Hallam 9

Mr. Firth
Mr. ....... 9

Sr. Burra
Mr. De Grave 9 *Mr. ,Shoobridge ..
Mr. Legg
lIROAMSTREET WARD—Returns 10.
Alderman Sir J. PERRING.
oeLett Sb j Deehons . . . 50

Jupp
Wakefield
Patter Fun
Pigeon •32

Cowan
P.Tpercorne
Corney
~ Weller

'Stewart

BRIDGE WAF
Alderman

/—Returns 15.

GARRETT.

John Deputy 1
Thomot u twright l4
Nathaniel Saundere l4.
John I.otke l4

Benjamin Boyill lB
William Jones
Thomas Pewtrest......',
John Smalipiree

Philip Greep l4
David Voss.. ...... 1 4
Charles Chatfield l4.
Wit Umf. Smith...! 14
William 14

"Frelerit,k Thornhill 10
*Stephen l'omler
•Gorge 5
'Orlando Stone
"Johrph York Hatton s

WARD OF

;GDON WITHOUT.

(cONTINCTAD YPO!I OUR

PAPF.It OY YESTERDAY.)

Mr. Woon addrused the meeting at Some length,
in reply to Mr. Hunt's speech, and maintained that
that. gentle Man was actuated by anything but pat( l-
otic motives in the attack that he had made upon
every meritorious public character. Mr. 11% then went
on to controvert 111 r. Hunt's financial statements.—
Mr. Hiatt at first exerted himself to get math
auditor; nay, he says he can do nothing till he is
mate Common Councilman, and next year be is aide
Seek to be trade Sheriff, and would never rest s:!.•
tisfied till they had bestowed everything on Lin that
they could give.
Mr. COBBETT next addressed the meeting. HE
had very heavy charges to make against the Corpo-
ration of London, from whom ho had received no.
thing hut injury, although he was a most hem.)
payer to them. They never .did, and dared not—
they dared not, he repeated, give a detailed accorne
of their
receipts. First, of tolls—they took two.
pence from every cart that came into and went on
of the City, but they were too polite to tax the
coaches. This brought in above 13,0001. a-tear
This was 80 extortion as clear as ever there was ei
ebxyto theirrtori. charter,
had
t'er,y
and he
eno authoritywoitl(iin,ii
ctthe whateveri,xt
for i
that stopped his cart to demand this toll,for felony()
highway robbery. He should not go into a discussiol
of the cher-Pete,. of Mr. Hutt with the gentleman op
polite, whose remarks were heard wit 1 so much coot
ness by the meeting; but this he would say, that i
they put Mr. Hunt into the Court of Common Coon
dignified
c ad street,
whit and
11e
iia
ell, they would be putting a ferret into a nest of rat(
Mr. C. then proceeded to dc)-,cant on the City job)
now called by the name of public improvements, sue
as pulling down in one place, building up in an
leavingrri theof 11:a
i
public improvements. But of all the improvement
that had been proposed, the steam improvement tu
unpaved,
other,
pa o allne part
I Mr. Galloway was the most audacious jots. Tha
gentleman had actually proposed to a Committe
of .the [louse of Commons to erect a great slaugi
terhouse at Smithfield at an expense of 160,000
to be borrowed from the Orphans' Fund. Go
help the poor Orphans. The enormous expense (
the Corporation in their feasting at the p•tlbll4-, ea
pence should not be orerlooled. The Lord May(
of Lon(10:1 Lela more allowed him for this sort (
expense than the whole salary of the President (
the United States of America, a country containiu
twelve millions of people—yet the regular atilov
mice was not sufficient, and in one account thet
was 7t)01. charged for a water frolic :o Oxford-
this was the term used in the accoutt;•—and iu tl
same account there was 1001. for the poor widoe
of freemen—was not this shameful ?—(applause
If the citizens de not do their duty, and return mu
to the Common Council who will put an cud I
such shameful extravagance, the Corporation mu
continue to sink in the public estimation.
The Meeting having manifested some impatienc
Mr. Cobbett concluded by earnestly recornmendit
the Ward to elect men who would fearlessly s
themselves to the correction of the abuses mid
which they have so long suffered.
Mr. BLICKETT next addressed the Meeting.
Mr. BECKWITH next came forward. lie thank,
the Ward for the confidence they had fitherto
posed in him ; and s'tould eheays endeavour

The Poll commenced immediately, and closed a
six o'clock, when the numbers were—
C. A. Savage
Edward Tieliner
Underwood Price
Richard Taylor
G. F. Harms
James Harmer
Robert Ohbard.
Samuel Roberts
H. Butterworth
32
CRIPPLEGATE WlTHlN—Returns 8.
Alderman Woam.
Jaques
Palmer .... .
Ireland
Kerl
CRIPPLEGATE WARD WITHOUT.
THE SELFCT VESTRY SYSTEM.

Jame Ramsbaw 32
W. C. Bousfield 3l
r. Blackett, Deputy 29
W. A. Beckwith 29
Vincent Figgin.
Alexander ... 29
T. F. Bedford 29
'Henry Hunt . 17

The contest in this Ward was more than usually
interesting, cn account of the determination of the
parishioners to resist the Select Vestry system.
The meeting was exceedingly numerous.
After the eight old members were put in nomi-
nation,
Mr. STEPHEN CURTIS was proposed by Mr.
Jacob, and seconded by Mr. Gibbs.
DILLON stated to the Alderman that an elec-
tion had taken place two months ago for the repre-
sentation in his absence, mid the Select Vestry were
disposed to take the rights of the inhabitants alto-
gether into their own hands, and would not be dis-
pleased at having an election without voters, as
well as without •an Alderman.. (Great uproar in
the pew appropriated 'to the Select Vestrymen.)--
Mr. Dillon went on to state that there were un-
raided accounts and unappropriated balances in the
hands of the former churchwardens. (Great uproar
amongst the Select Vestrymen.)
The show of bands were then taken, when there
in Puaared for the several candidates the following
tvanibers:—Haines, 276; Jones, 264; Alderman,
256; Pullen, 255; Atkinson, 250; Curtis (new
Member), 248; Taylor, 239; Halse, 235; Russell
(pet of the Select), 126.
This superiority was stated amidst loud acclama-
tions. - .

Mr. DACRE and Mr. SADLER demanded a poll
upon the part of Mr. Russell, and the polling com-
menced some time afterwards.
Alderman
Haines
Hake ... .......... ....... 61 I Curtis " '52
Taylor
Atkinson . 51 i
The poll will finally close to-morrow erening.
COLEMAN-STREET WARD.
This Ward, which return§ six Members to the
Common Council, was opened in the usual way.
Mr. Alderman HF:YGAjE, the Alderman of the
Ward presided.
The names of the candidates are as follows :

Mr. J. Carter. 1 Mr. W. S. Hale.
Mr. J. Bleaden. (*Mr. H. T. Hall.
Mr. D. Allan. I *Mr. R. Peck.
Mr. W. Hunter. 1 "Mr. Bracher.
The several candidates addressed the electors,
after which the polling commenced.
At halfrpast four o'clock the Poll closed, when
the numbers were as follows:
Mr. Carter 5O I Mr. Hall
Mr. Hunter 45 !Mr. Peck
Mr. Hale
Mr. Allan 5B Mr. Brache► .. ....... 18
Mr. CARTER, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HALE, Mr.
ALLAN, and Mr. HALL, severally returned thanks.
Mr. CRAWFALL wished to address a word to Mr.
Hunter; that gentleman was one of the Commis-
sioner; of Sewers, and he (Mr. C.) regretted to be
obliged to say that that body had neglected to at-
tend to the grievances of which the inhabitant
householders of that Ward had to complain, relative
to the wretched state of the sewers.
Mr. HUNTER, in reply said that he never was
absent from his post as Commissioner of Sewers.
Mr. PECK shortly returned thanks.
Mr. BLEADEN said, he could have wished that he
had to addreSs them at an earlier period, for then he
would have been higher on the poll, as he was well
aware that upon the ensuing day he would attain
such a situation as would leave him little doubt of
his success.

Mr. BRACHER having returned thanks, the Wald
mote was dissolved. .
Polling will commence at an early hour to• morro w.
DOWGATE WARD—Returns 8.
Alderman St:HOLEY.
Forster.
Price
"Hepworth 2l Bennett
'Britten
Kipling

PORTSOKEN WARD.
A Waidmote of the above Ward wai yesterday
held at the Church of St. Botolph, Aldgate, for the
election of five Common Councilmen for the ensuing
year. Sir James Shaw, the Alderman er ►he Ward.
presided.

Mr. MANNING and Mr. SCALES, both by instances
which they had personally experienced, spoke to the
injurious tendency that the exclusive monopoly of
the " Chartered Gas Company," and their being
countenanced by the Corporation of London, had
on the interests of the citizens. Mr. Manning said,
that he held two houses, one without the city, and
the other in it—for the latter his gas-light cost him
at the rate of 4/. each burner, while in the former it
was only 1/. 10s.
Mr. SCALES said, that he lived at the extremity
of the city, where 1,,a paid s'. for a light which was
supplied on the other side of the street for 2/. I Os.,
by a Company who would supply it at the same
rate in the City, if they were allowed to enter it.
The cause of this, as he understood, was, that the
Chartered Gas Company had made an abatement to
the Corporation of 5,0001, per annum, and assert
that the.: supply gas for lighting the public streets
at a much lower rate than they can manufacture it.
This might he the fact ; but what was the copse_
frence ? Why, that they had an exclusive mono-
poly, and to make up their ostensible loss, they might
charge, and do charge, what they liked to the private
individuals—and from him derive an intolerable profit.
Some further cancers:Lion here ensiled ; after the
close of which, the names of the candidates being'
put one by one to the inhabitants, the Alderman de-
dared the choice as having fallen on their old repre-
entatives.

Mr. PRICE demanded a poll on the part of Mr.
Scales, which was seconded by Mr. Goulding; and,
it being granted,
Mr. SCALES proceeded to enumerate several in-
stances of dereliction of political piineiple, on the
part of Mr. Carter—spoke of the Recorder-in severe
terms, and concluded by saying, that his claim on
the inhabitants for support, were his opposition to
the establishment of abbatoirs, his endeay.mr to pull
down the u!:constitutional system of selec:t vestries,

manifest his gratitude by the faithful discharge of
his duty.—(Applause.)
Mr. FIGGIN3 had often addressed the Ward with
pleasure, but never with so much pleasure as at that
moment. He had charged Henry Hunt with having
token away another man's wife, and turned away
his own ; and he hoped the .Ward of Farringdon
would not di.grace itself by electing such a man for
its representathe.--(Applause and hisses, long
continued.)
Mr. TAYLOR next said a few words.
Mr. GALLOWAY addressed the Meeting at con-
siderable length. He said be had been accused of
being concerned in jobs, but no accusation could be
more unfounded.
Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN said, the other candi-
dates who bad a right to address the Meeting, had
waived that right in consequence of the great length
of time the Meeting had been occupied.
Mr. COMIETT having expressed his wish to de-
-dine, 110 hands were held up for him.
Mr. Alderman Wa.riumAN declared that the elec-
tion had fallen on the sixteen persons first named.
Mr. BARRETT called for a poll on behalf of Mr.
Hunt.