The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-10 00:00:00

Rupport rlielr rights manfully..—(travo, bravo, from all parts 01
the Hal) •

Sir O.w. Perez then came forward, and:proposealfr. 'Wirth
In doing so he said that he had the satisfaction of saying, that he
was an honest upright toss.--(Loud cheers, and cries of 'f Ward
fi,r ever," rang through the Ball.) .
Mr. WARn presented- himself in the front of the huStiuga,
and, bowing to the , assembly, was received in the • roost flat=
tering manner. Front the reiterated, welcomes be met with
it was some moments before he could be beard.- Silence
hating been obtained, he addressed them as follows ;-41e aahl,
that it was not till he had been told that three out of the tour
Members that had represented them last Session, would not pre-
sent themselves on this occasion, that he had' ventured to put him-
self ibrward to aspire to the high honour of being one of their
representatives. He certainly laboured under the utmost difficulty'
when he considered that he had to opposb four able men, men of tuti-
virsal knowledge; and it could not be expected that he could alone
,be of great utility to the city of London, but with the co-operation
of thoae. Gentlemen he would conscientiously assert, that he would
do every thing iu his power to deserve the high honour (should he
hs so' fortunate as to be chosen one of their Represente-
tiVes), confined upon him. He hoped that they would not re-
fuse to elect him because he was merely a British merchant,
and not holding any distinguished post in their corporation.—
(No, no, go on, front all quarters.)—He had always, and he was
proud to own it, had expressed himself unfavourable to the Catho-
lic Question, and he would always support the interests of the
British Manufacturer* and Commercial Interests generally,
and if he could prevent it, there should be none but. British
manufactures exported from this country.—(Chetra.)—He wish-
ed to remind them, that hn wished nu more of the Li-
very than they bestowed on Mr. Wilson, and if they trusted
fhitnselves in his hands, they might rely on him being faithful
to their interests; and whether they placed him at the head or
the .bottont of the poll, he should always consider this one of the
happiest days in his 1ife........(L0ttd and repeated cheers.)
On Mn Ward sitting down, the Crier proceeded to put the
whole of the Aldermen's names in rotation, in the natal way, to a
show of hands;
The Right Honourable-the • LORD Mayon. was put first, and
about 200 or 250 hands were held up in his favour. '•
The next was_.,..

Mr. Alderman Tuostrsolv, which was very general indeed, and
his name was received with reiterated shouts of applause in every
direction,

Alderman Wood's name was then announced, and a veet num-
ber held up their hands, and called out, " Wood for ever !"
Mr. Ward was then named, and we may fairly say, that nearly
ell held up their hands in the body of the Hall, as alm did those
on the hustings, and the loudest ace-lunation' followed.
Alderman GARRAiT'R mime was next announced, and there
were certainly more hands held up for him than the Lord Mayor,
AltierMin WAIT/MAW was next announced, end the show of
hands was very general.
In a few minutes after, the Crier put the candidates in tiornhw
thin! in the following order-...
ALDERMAN THOIIIIOI4, MR. WAP.D,
ALDRRHAN .I.I..DRRMAK fIARRAIT,
WOOD,

inn LORD MANOR.

The commenceiF-at half-past three, and continued till
half,pitat four, a ihort time after which the numbers were thus
announced :
For Alderman Waithman - ISt
Alerman Thompson - - - 12,9
Alderman Wood - - - - 11 7
The Lord Mayor - - • itu)
Mr. Ward - t'itZ
Alderman Garrett - • - 92
The announcement of the numbers were received *ith loud
'rind continued cheering, by the friends of Alderman Waithman and
Thompson. •
Ahlerman WAtrusiate toms tome! 1, hitt the cheering. of his
friends rendered hint inaudible for several minutes. M won is
r was in Some degree restored,

Alderman Warrnataw began his address. He assured the
elector,' that the higirgratification he then felt did not arise from
the unexpected eircinnstance of his being at the head of the pell,
for lie knew that that circumstance, on the first day of an election,
was Ho criterion of the- public feeling. The majorityon the &it
day might arise from the superior industry ofa candidate, or a va-
riety pt eircumstanees which would in Ho way affect the general
result oldie election. But he could not conceal his satisfaction
(after having hefore staled that he relied solely upon public feeling
for his support); at the ardour with 'Which the numbers in his fa-
vour bad been received. )—lt was n satisfaction to him
to know, that they who opposed him on this oceasitin bad not at-
tempted' to impute any interested motives to any of his actions;
for,:however some pelsoos might think hie ardour:
was applied, still he claimed (and no one bad daredto dispute
the Act) purity for his motives. If the preeent contest
was that of an individual, and involved only the character of him-
self or any other candidate, it, would not he' Worth the at-
tendonce of the Livery ; but be looked upon this contest as
that of public
„freedom. It waa the ruse of the Livery gene-
rally;' and he looked upon himaell only as the instrument to
represent their feelings in the pursuit of their great object.—
Howeim., if they wished to have their victory complete, he
ceded on them to exert themselves, and he would assert, that
if the one.iourth of the Livery would only exert themselvei,
their triumph would be complete.—(Cheers.)---it was well-
known that Saturday was
the
unfavournble 'M the popu-
lar candidates, and far tisn reason—that they relied on the in-
dustrioua chases, and that it was inconvenient to those classes
to give lip their usual nvoeetions and attend on diet day. How-
ever, he had a confident reliaoce on their exertions even on
that isiconvestient day.. He Would not detain the livery with
more than one or two ohtervationi in addition to what he had
said. It was well known that lie was at all times a friend to
'trade. There were, he knew, many who mole the same ,pro-
fessionii; but even amongst 'those were favourable to free
trade, he had found ninny Members of Varliament the advocates
of every kind of opecuhition which went to destroy free trade, and
homiest inditetry. HoW far he had succeeded in putting an end to
such speculations, ha would not say; but ho would state, that
When he was in the civic chair, he might, if he had chosen to deal
in *hares rue well as other things, have put thousands of pounds in
his pocket. He had declined any 'such advantage, and it was
only justice to himself to state, that he was the first man in or out
of Parliament who bad denounced those ruinous speculations to
the public.—(Cheers.)—ln conclusion he would stato, that if the
livery did not do their duty on this occasion, they could not
fairly complain hereafter of jobs end monopolies, because they
themselves would have lent their band to their own destruction.
—(Cheers.)—He then expressed a hope that every liveryman
would actively exert himself, and he was sure of success.._ (Cheers. )
Alderman Trrompiosi next presented himself, and was received
with loud and continued chelring, and waving of hats. He said
be was entities on this occasion to express his pride and gratitude
at the situation in which the exertions of hie friends had placed
him In the poll, and ha hoped that a renewal of those exertions
snood have the effect of continuing him in that situation. Ile
was perfectly willing that en examination of his public and private
conduot ehould be the guide to the votes of the livery on this and
all Mbar occasion*. lie would not detain them longer then by
thanking them for the support he had received, anti by expressing
a firm reliance on their continued exertions.—(Cheerth)
Aldermen WOOO came forward, and was received "with loud
cheers, mixed with mom marks of disapprobation, but the foinute
greatly predornivated. lie said, that when he presented himself a
short time before to their notice, he was certain that he should
receive the liberal support of their suffrage*, and that they would
not desert an old and tried member who had never neglected
their interesta. (Cheers.) He found that there were some around
him who had a different opinion. It' they had, he called upon
them to come forward and state their feelings, mid he was ready
tip inect them ; he was ready to meet the whole world on this
point, and he challenged any man to comeforward to say that he
had ever' neglected the interests of any portion of his constituent.%
or that in the discharge of his duty he had ever advocated his own.
(Loud cheers.) He would only add, look to' his votes, look to his
actions, let the lives* judge by these, and rash to the poll.—
(Cheers.)

The Loan 11141.0 R said, that he had before addressed the
electors first, ss Lord Mayor. It came now to his turn (from hie
situation on the poll) to address them fourth, He begged most
sincerely to thank them for the support he had received, and lie
sled them he would endeavour to deserve, the confidence they
slim
had thus reposed in him. It was generally thought that a Lord
M!yor had a considerable degree of influence in au election. It
might be that he had, but he would tell the Livery bow he had
exercised) that influence. some time ago, when he had determined
to come forward as a candidata, he sent a communication through
the heads of the several department, connected with the corpora-
tion, that It was his anxious wish that every person employed
in those offices should vote as ha pleased, without reference to the
situation of the candidates. (Cheers, and cries " That's all fair.")
If he should ho. returned, he would wish it only on public grounds.
t was only ntl public grenade he came forward; and if the Livery
areettallt'itleod trrerit
ttteeirczifikr(teeeenntetatthi:ey, wreopuollenindehaivmou.r
(Loud
yotids
cheers.) bad
Mr. 'WARD next Came forward to the front of the busting.,
but for .a short time the hies,s of his
61tPuttentit, struggling against