The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-22 00:00:00

FARRINGDON WITHOUT.

To-day a wardmote of the citizens of this ward was held at
eleven o'clock, in the New Court, Old Bailey, for the election
of 16 Common Councilmen, and other officers, for the ensuing
year. Alderman Sir James Duke presided on the occasion.
Considerable interest was excited from the fact of there
being the likelihood of a contest, Dr. Lynch having come
forward on the Liberal free-trade interests, and in conse-
quence the Court was completely crowded at an early hour.
Alderman Sir J. DUKE opened the business, by stating
the object which had called them together, and said the
ward-clerk (Mr. Pontifex) would read the precinct returns
which had been made, after which he would be prepared to
hear what any of the gentlemen might have to say.
The following list was then read, being the names of the
gentlemen returned by their several precincts, as proper per-
sons to serve the office of Common Councilmen for the en-
suing year:—
ST. ANDREWS.—Mr. Richard Taylor, and Mr. John
Buckmaster.
ST. SEPULCARE'S.—Joshua Thos. Bedford, Esq. Deputy,
Mr. James Michael Barnard, Mr. Henry- Stokes, Dr. Jordan
Roche Lynch, Mr. Richard 'Williams, and Mr. Michael
Prendergast.
ST. Mairrix's.—Mr. James Anderton, and Mr. Nicholas
Thos. Isherwood.
ST. BRIDE'S.—R. Obbard, Esq. Deputy, Mr. Henry Burn,
and Mr. Samuel S. Edkins.
ST. DuNsTAN's.—Mr. Joseph Charles, Mr. Edmund Hodg-
; and Mr. James Ramshaw.
Mr. HOLMES then moved Mr. Harding as a fit and proper
person to represent the Ward in the Common Council. That
Gentleman bad had a seat for several years, during which
ieriod he had done his best to serve the interests of the

Mr. CLEsrox seconded the nomination.
Dr. LYNCH then rose to address the wardmote. In coming
forward as a condidate, 11,-, said he had be,n actuated solely
by a desire to serve all classes of the citizens, but more
particularly the humbler classes. There were a great number
Hof abuses prevailing in the Corporation, and many improve-
ments required in the ward, to which he would devote his
,est energies ; particularly was he desirous to be useful to
he poor. He would proceed to consider some of the evils
to which attention was most necessary to be directed. There
was one particularly that required primary consideration—
he meant the ventilation and draining of the district. Nearly
all the lanes and alleys at present were without sewers, the
houses were in the most defective state of ventilation, every sort
of filth was allowed to accumulate in cesspools, evolving
deleterious gases, and so poisoning the atmosphere as to lay
the foundation of typhus fever and consumption. He had
examined into the state of these lanes and alleys, and he
found that in nine courts there were crowded together 1,800
human beings. In Fetter-lane there were thirty houses
which, judging from the inhabitants that had been ascer-
tained to live in one house, must contain nine
hundred persons. But what was the actual result?
According to the last' census there were in the
houses referred to not less than 1,200. When they considered
the most defective state of drainage in such a crowded dis-
trict, they would at once be aware of the disease that must
arise from it, and the necessity that existed for some one like
himself to be in the Common Council, so as to give promi-
nence to such a state of things, and to obtain redress. The
Learned Gentleman then went at some length into statistical
evidence derived from the Health of Towns Commission Re-
port, to show the amount of disease and mortality in all the
great towns of the kingdom that arise from bad sewrage,crowded
dwellings, aad defective ventilation. His profession, he said,
strictly speaking, was to cure disease, but he wished to take
higher ground; he was anxious to do everything in his
power to prevent it...—(Cheers.) Measures had been tried in

other districts of the metropolis—draining had been
tried, and found successful, and he wished a similar
attempt to be made in the district he sought to repre-
sent. In another portion of the metropolis a sys-
tem of drainage had been tried, which extended at
present to sixty miles, and bad been most efficient it carry-
ing away all the deliterious gases, and corrupt matters that
previously had been allowed to exist. The learned gentle-
man here referred to a model of the arrangements employed
in the districts referred to, (Holborn and Finsbury,) and in-
timated that should he be returned for the Farringdon With-
out district, he would do his best to bring a similar system
into operation.—(Hear, bear.) The poor had no representa-
tives at present in the Common Council, and he was anxious
to be there to support their cause.—(Cheers.) lie
would now say a few words ou general poli-
tics. He was happy to observe that a great change
for the better had been taking place the last few years ;
Party spirit had much abated; and Whig and Tory no longer
excited that interest they had formerly dons in party strug-
gles. Philanthropy was setting aside prejudice--
a a feeling of justice was taking the place
of expediency—and those who formerly differed were now
found to agree on questions affecting the public welfare. In
a voice of thunder they had declared that the corn-laws were
doomed to have an end. Sir Robert Peel had shown a
disposition to yield to the people on this question ; the citizens
of London had declared that they wanted no protection, and
in a similar manner all the great towns of the kingdom
had pronounced their opinion. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) Give them free-trade and the cloud of war that
appeared in the horizon would soon be found to give way.
There would be then no danger of a conflict between two great
nations, peopled by the same race, speaking the same lan-
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guage, and actuated by the same love of liberty.—( Hear, hear.)
The speaker having dwelt at some further length on the

quest ion of free trade, went into the abuses which he alleged
to exist in the Corporation, complaining that the
ancient constitution of the City had been set aside
in the election of its officers. It was the right,
according to the original charter of the citizens, to elect
the Lord Mayor, but now he was elected by the Court
of Aldermen ; and the latter, again, instead of being
subject to annual appointment, or periodical election
”f any kind, were appointed for life.—(Cries of " Hear.")
The -Sheriffs were also appointed in a most objectionable
manner, being a job got up annually by the two
solicitors who expected to be Under-Sheriffs, and
to pocket all the emoluments of office; but the
citizens of London had nothing to do with
it, as the form of election took place before a mob of those
men, paid by the attorneys in question for attending. The
Learned Gentleman next addressed himself to several other

points connected with the management of civic affairs,
especially to the amount paid to public offices, and concluded
by saying he would do his best to work out a reformrtion.
Addresses were then delivered by Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr.
Anderton, and Mr. Prendergast, when
Alderman Sir Jams DUKE proceeded to take the vote of
the meeting. After taking a show of hands for each of the
candidates separately, he declared the election to be in favour
of the list of names we have already given. with the excep-
don of Mr. James Ramahaw, who was the unsuccessful can-
didate.

A poll was then demanded, which was appointed to take
place this afternoon from four to five o'clock, to-morrow
from twelve to two o'clock, and on Wednesday from eleven
to two o'clock, when it will finally close.
It was intimated during the course of the morning, that
the Queen had appointed to-morrow to receive the Sheriffs,
and to name the day on which she would be pleased to re-
ceive the memorial of the Common Council against the corn-
laws.

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The Earl of Eldon has given 1,0001, to each of
the following societies:in connexion with the Church in the
counties where the Noble Earl's estates are situated :—The
Salisbury Diocesan Church Building Association, the Glou-
cester and Bristol Diocesan Church Building Association,and
the Durham Diocesan Society for the Employment of addi-
tional Curates. It is said these splendid pecuniary gifts are
as a " thanks-offering " for the birth of a son and heir to
his title and family property.
Lady Wharncliffe arrived at the family mansion
in Curzon-street late on Friday night, from Wortley Hall,
Yorkshire. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley, M.P., who
was staying sith Lord and Lady Wenlock, at Torquay,
Devon, arrived the same evening. The Hon. John Stuart
Wortley was alone with his venerated father at his disso-
lution.

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LARGEST FACTORY BUILDING IN THE WORLD.—
The central part of the Portsmouth (American) steam fac-
tory, which is 204 feet long, is now two-thirds up, and,
should the weather continue favourable, will be covered
before Christmas. The eastern wing, of 150 feet, will be
built in the spring, and the western wing, of 150 feet, will
probably be built in the course of next year. The centre
part is to be six stories high, the wings five stories. Height
of the lower story 13 feet, of the other stories 12 feet. The
length of the front will be 504 feet, or about a tenth of a
mile. There will be about four acres of flooring in the Ports-
mouth factory. Number of spindles 50,000; number of ope-
ratives 1,200 to 1,500. In the rear two parallel buildings,
two stories high, will be extended 100 feet back from the
junction of the main building with the wings; and between
those buildings, 50 feet from the main structure, the boiler-
house is to be erected. The foundation of the chimney,
which is to be 140 feet high, is laid, and is in progress of
erection. A gentleman who has been travelling the last
year in pursuit of information respecting manufacturing esta-
blishments, and who has visited more than a thousand fac-
tories, informs us that the largest factory building he has
seen or heard of is at Manchester in this state, which is 440
feet in length. There is no factory in England to compare
with it for size,—Portsmotith Journal.
The four London divisions of the organised Out-
Pensioners, viz.—the western, under the command of Capt.
Orr; the eastern, under Capt. Holden; the northern, under
Captains Cartan and Warde ; and the southern, under Capt.
Nott, are to be enrolled early in the approaching spring for
drill, in Hyde-park.
Earl Spencer has been pleased to appoint F. H.
Cartwright, Esq., of Bawtry, to the stewardship of the several
Courts of his Lordship's manors in Nottinghamshire, which
became vacant by the death of the late Earl, and which Mr.
Cartwright and his late father have held for about half a cen-
tury.—Derbyshire Courirr.
About seven o'clock rqi Sunday r.ight, e. lire broke
cut at 25, Compton-street, Clerkenwell, the property of Mr.
Richardson, corn• chandler. Engines of the hi igade, parish,
and West of England Company promptly attended, and the
firemen soon extinguished the flames, but not before consi-
derable damage was done. The origin of the fire is unknown