The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-03 00:00:00

ELECTION OF .AN ALDERMAN FOR VINTRY

WARD.

The Loan MATO% yesterday proceeded in state to Cutlers'
Hall, to hold a Wardmote of the Wild of Vintry, for the elec-
tion of an Alderman In the room of the late Mr. Alderman
MaffnaP _ _

The Loan MAYOR, with all tha insignia of office, having taken
he Chair,

Mr. Dicxxx rose and proposed Mr. Sheriff Winchester as a fit
and proper person to fill the office.
Mr. Klux seconded the nomination.

An Inhabitant then proposed Mr. Thomas Crook, one of the
Common Council of the Ward, as a proper person to fill the
situation.

Another Inhabitant was about to propose Mr. Edw. Wild, but
it being stated that the speaker was not a freeman,
The Rev. Isaac Him, stepped forward and said, that although
it might be considered improper in him as a Minister to inter-
fere ou occasions like the preeent, still he could not help step-
ping forward to propose Mr. Wild. Hs had known Mr. Wild
nearly all his life. In fact, he was his schoolmXster. When a
boy he was remarkable for talent, and as he grew up to be a man
he continued to improve. He was an excellent husband end kind
father., The office of Alderman wu, he considered, an import-
ant one for the inhabitants of the Ward, and their Alderman
ought to be looked upon u man and wife, for there were many
little things which the inhabitants had to communicate to their
Alderman that could not be made public, but in which it was his
duty to correct them when they went wrong, and to direct them to
go right, and who was so proper to be elected to such an office as
an inhabitant of the Ward, to whom they could have access on
all occasions, which was the case with Mr. Wild. On the other
hand, Mr. Sheriff Winchester was a tbtal stranger to the Wards.
he, therefore, proposed Mr. Edward Archer Wild as a fit person
to fill the office, being convinced that he was a man of character,
talent, fortune, and integrity.
Mr. Aeurai seconded the nomination.
The Lous Mayon then put.the names of several of the condi-
dates, and declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr.'
heriff Winchester.
A poll was then demanded by Messrs. Crook and Wild.
Mr. sheriff WINCH/STIR, in returning thanks, regretted that
he was not so well acquainted with the inhabitanteef the ward se.
he could have wished; but he assured them that if elected to the
°Mee, be would hayed residence within the ward, where he would
at all times be at their service.
Mr. Wltn felt much for the result of this election ; for Mr.
BWheri: h
fWineltester had expresslY declared, when he came forward,:
that he would not persist in his inteutiou, if any respectable inha-
bit*" of the wards h should offer to accept the office; now he (Mr.
Wild) had come forward ;he was an
on
1111 was inhabitant; and therefore if
rejected; it would be in fact saying that he was not a
r..o*Pecteble" halal • • of No, no.")
Mr. CROOK said utant..—(Cnee independent, of either of
that he stood forward the other candid t
than fifty years. place of hishirth ; he had resided
helm it was. the' .1. Ile had an attachentfor tinheitwnoward,mbaer;
Sheriff Windiest:r. ii"
garding the precise Mr.
Will, a Mr. Phipps, and others,
.se
e
polling then commenced,
which there was a deal of of Mr. Sheriff Winchester's prorm
very
long
4".attr'"' discussion then ensued betren Mar,
and the poll was then adjou
until this day.
trertion and counter-assertion.
each,lll
rtied
candidates severally polled one

nA GUINEA,. DEARLY EARNED The parish-clerk
of Winkleigh has a salary of one Guinea per annum,
for winding up the church clock daily ; and it has been
calculated, that to earn this sum he has to travel 102
miles, ascend and descend 29,000 steps, and bawl up
18 tons weight 8,600 yards.