The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-09 00:00:00

ELECTION or AN ALDER\IAN toR ERIDGE WARD.

In consequence of the resignation of Sir Mat-
thew Bloxarn, the late Alderman of Bridge
Ward, a ‘Vardmote was yesterday held in Fish-
mongers' hall, for the purpose of electing a sue--
cessor. The Lord Mayor presided. Mr—hol-
land, Mr. Casberd, and other Counsel were in
attendance.
The Loan MAYOR opened the business of the
day by a prefatory exhortation to 'the contending
parties to restrain themselves as much as possible
within the'bounds of moderation. -.His- Lordship
expressed his sincere friendship fox both Candi-
dates, and hoped, that if in the course of the con-
test any difficulties should arise, he should be
able to decide with the impartiality thai became
the situation he then had the honour of holding.
- Mr. TILT. proposed Mr. Garrat as a Candidate
for the vacant
-gown, who he said was opulent
enough to allow him to devote himself to the
office which he was qualified, by his numerous
virtues, to fill with honour to himself and his
Constituents.
Mr. BERTRAM seconded the nomination. On
the news of the vacancy he went round with some
other Gentlemen to ascertain the feeling of the
Ward, and this he was sure was in favour of Mr.
Garrat, on whom had had the honour to wait
with a Requisition, calling upon him to come for-
ward and preserve the peace of the Ward, by ac-
ceding io the wish of his fellow-inhabitants, by
no less than 107 of whom it was signed.
Mr. No AKES wished, before the business of the
election was gone into, to present Mr. Garrat a
sort of counter-Requisition; from twelve of the per-
sons who had signed the Requisition before,men-
tioned, desiring that their names might-be with-
drawn froth it, as they stated that their signatures
had been obtained by misrepresentation,.and now
that they had discovered-the mistatetnent, they
wished that their names .might be withdrawn. '
Mr.. BEVINGTON proposed. Mr. Sheriff Wit-
, Hams. Be knew no man that was more fit than.
the Worthy Sheriff to fill the situation' of a Ma-
gistrate, from his great knowledge of the Crimi-
nal Code, 'his acquaintance with the state of our
prisons, and his general knowledge of every thing
that was connected with the welfare and good
order of the Citizens and City at large.
Mr. PEWTERIS said, that if a good private cha-
racter were lie only qualification required toAill
the office of an' Alderman, there might be some
difficulty in deciding -upon the merits of the two
candidates; but the influence of the public cha-
racter of an Alderman not only extended over:
the whole of the City, but over thc whole
of the kingdom ; it ',was therefore, of vast im-1
portance that their repreSentative should be
equally distinguished •for public ability as for
private virtue. Mr. Garret was not known to
them ,as a public character, and indeed he had
always hitherto chosen rather to retire into his.
domestic Circle wlien:Called upon to fill any pub 7
lic Office, than to step forward into those stations
which men of affidence and leistire were expected
to fill for the benefit of those Who had not such-
advantages.----With respect to Mr; Sheriff Wil-
liams, he had perferthed every office that he had
been requested to fill, with zeal and ability, and
hail -given_more than ordinary marks of his pos-
sessing a superior mind.

Mr. gAfiltAl' said, he offered himself at the
solicitations of a number of the most respecta-'
He inhabitants of the Ward. He was sorry that
this had been made a party queStion, for he was
himself no partisan. With respect to the charge
of his not being a tried public man,ite would say
that a good private character was an earliest of a
good public one. He next commented on a Let-
ter which had appeared in a public Journal, charg-
ing him with being a Ministerial man. He de-
precated the charges contained in the letter in
question, as being most libellous. For himself
he really thought, that in the election of an Al-
derman his politics were a minor consideration.
They should look to the private character of the
candidate, and see that the. heart was good at the
core, and if that were good, nothing but what was
.good could emanate from it. He would give no
political pledge, and with respect to his political
opinions, he would say, that he was neither a
Whig nor a Tory, nor.any thing by name. But
if he were. elected to the office he should think it
Ids duty as a Magistrate, to honour the
and to support the laws. He should' think
it his duty to support the Gotternment so long as
he could support it conscientiously. lie had
been questioned as to his opinions with regard to
Parliamentary Reform. lie had answered .that
he had not put himself forward to be their Re.-
presentatie in Parliament, and that titen he
did would. he the time to qUestion him upon "the
subject. He was no politician--he hated the
name of politics—but he would 'say, that if be
were chosen, he would support in the Common
Council Reform in Parliament._
I Mr. Sheriff 14ILI-Luis apologised to the Ward-
niote triat he could not addreSs them so fully as
he wished, on account of a severe indisposition
under Which he was then labouring. It was
highlygratifying-to him even'to be thought worthy
Of being presented to the notice of a Ward so re-
spectable, as a Candidate for so high and serious
an office. It was gratifying also to him that no
spirit of party rancour had, as yet been displayed
in this contest ; a spirit so odious to him; that
hoWever he might be visited with it,' he should
never be provoked to return it. Whatever might
be the result of this contest, nothing should in.
duce him to act otherwise than a fairl. open, and
liberal Englishman, ores a gentleman would do,—
If he had any talents they were at their best seri.
vice,- and he offered himself on the principles of
liberality, of freedom, and, the principles of'the
British Constitution. The ()Teat charge against
hitn was.-his being- what they chose to call an
Alien in the Ward. But if a residence amongst
them was important, he would put it. -to
them, whether a gentleman, who resided ten
miles: out of town, was much better off than one
who sle.p.t five miles out of town, anti was in town
during the whole of the day, at, no great( r dis-
tance from them than the distance-from one,ex
trejnity Qf the Ward to another. He pledged
himself, however, as a man ol,honour, that if he
were elected, he would either•become a-resident
among his Constituent:), or resign his gown, which

he would never retain but with the good will of
the majority of
,the inhabitants, for he despised
the man who could retain a place ,under other
circumstances. :He had been brought tip-in the
love of freedom, which, ,would never diminish
with him ; but it did not know on that account
that he should not respect the eNisting, autho-
rities. He had the
_approbation of his Majesty
and the. Government for his conduct in office
but if he were returned, lie should endeavour to
.abstract himself .much more from party politics.
His great endeavour would be to make more
friends than he•had when.he set out, ond to con-
ciliate his opponents. • it would .be
.his great
boßst hereafter, if he gained-the office, that he
had more hearts with him then, that► he had
when lie was chosen.

• Mr. SAUNDERS followed in support of the
Wprthy Sheriff, as did also Mr.-Thornhill and
several .other inhabitants, in long and spirited
sPe'eches, which produced edually•long rejoinders
from the friends of Mr. Garrat, when an inhabi4
tant stepped forward, and begged that the
speakers would have some mercy on the Lord
Mayor, and each other, and .suffer the. Election to
be proceeded in.

The Loan 'MAlmit then put the Candidates in
nomination, when the choke of the Ward was de-
clared to have fallen on Mr. Sheriff Williams by
a considerable majority. A poll .was demanded,
which •went ott„but slowly,as nearly the whole of
the afternoon was taken up by long arguments
between the Counsel upon the admissibility of
votes. At four o'clock the poll closed, and the
numbers were declared as follow :

For Nix. IV.illiants ....... 2.3
For Mr. Garrott

Majority 4
The poll continues until
,Saturday

ItEsuLTs qf a Alf:Tk:ottoLotiicAL JOURNAL,.JOT
February 1821, kept at the Obserratc,s of
Gosport.

BARemr.TER.-{"iTiOltst,3ol3.B in. Feb..C.—W. I.
• - •
Lowest., e 8•144 (!itto 28.-1),) S. W.
-Range of the Mercury- 2,04.

. lnches.
Mean Barometric pressure for the month .. .. 30 232
Mean do. for the lunar period, atndirn: the 2,1 .. 29 853
Mkan do. for 1G days, with the Moon .in N. Declination 29:728
enn do. for 14 days, wit h the Moon iu &Declination 22:988
.tipacc;i described by the oscillations of the mercury 5 690
(;realest variation in 24 hours .. .. 0180
'Number of Changes, caused by the variations in the} Id
THERMOMETEIL
wvilit of tlic atmospheric column
t. I lighest, 52° three t.une's. W. s. w.
„I LO,Ve,t, 25 -twice, -Ditto N. and N. w.

Range
-
Mean temperature of the atmosphere 25.
Mean ditto, for 30 days, witti the Sul) t
in Arluarios ..• . 39'92.
Mean temperalpre of spring water,l„4,:m
at 8, A. M.
Greatest t aviation in 24 hours - • 21.00.
DE Luc's WiLtiamow: HYC,ROMETER.
Degrees.
Greatest humidity of the at- t
niosphere ) 9O in the morning of the Ist.
.. •
Greatest dryness of ditto .. 47 at-noon, 9th and 21st.
Range of the Index.
Mean at '2. P. M.
Meats at 8, A. M
Mean at 8, P. M.
Mean of three onservatiops .
each ;fay at ft, 2, and 8 69'3.
O'clock
Evaporation fur the month 'O9B. inch. -
Rain foi -ditto
Prevaiii.:g iads---N.E.

SUMMARY n? TFtR EA TI-11”t clear.4l,y, 4; fair, with
rations modificatoins of cloud, f 2 ; an overcast sky, wahout
rain, I I ; rain, t.-=Total 28rlays.
A Scale of t he. Prevailing % ads.
N. NE' E., 3E. S. S.W. W.. N.W. DAN'S.
. 5 ..f, 5i 3 2 2 f
This month has liven remarkably thy and mostly fair, with
the winds chiefly front the eastern side of the meridian, and
a tolerably even temperature. Fire nights the thermometee
•des:ccloo to Ilte freezing. ; uint, and eleven nights below it.
'The greatest cold was in the nights 9r the 19tli and We fatl,
That a retrogression of the season has occurred this month,
is striliingly proved, nut only by the dryness of the lower stir,
but by the mean temperatttie of thy tlays'and nights, being
3 deg, lower. than either December or January last, in one of
which months the thermometer generally indicates the lowest
(medium for•the year, in consequence of the coldness of the
.krQutid, and the oblique positiim of the sun's rays; as then.
they afford but little heat, and reflect less from the earth's
surface. Only 0.31 inch of rain has fallen here during the.
last six weeks ; the driest wiuterly period that we bare known
the last 11 years. The next driest wiiiterly period to this,
was nom the 3lst of January to the 12th of March, 1614; dui:-
104 110 time there fell 0.313 inch of rain and melted snow„
accompanied by a much lower mean temperature. By the
first week in February, after the rain and midted snow had
gone off -by evaporittiim, the ground presented a dusty sur-
face, which continued to increase in depth till the close of
the, month.

A most extraordinary Tiresome his- ocenrri.,l thFs month;
fur on the Gth instant, the mercurial column of the barometer
seas certainty higher_by S-. 100 of an im:1), than we bare seen
it for the last seven years—the monthly mean pressure also,
is eery high.

The diurnal- dry•iess of the air•is upwards of 15 deg. drier
!ban in last month; and the mean temperature of spring wa
ter I degree hither. fly these. experiments wr find that the
ground has receirod 1 d,g. of heat by, solar intluenec since
our last report, while the mean temperatttiv ofThe•tiir is
3 deg,. colder.

The a!movheric and meteoric, phenomena that have come
within onr irbiervation this ►nonth, are floe anthelion, tu•o
nal helni, ono solar and one lunar halo, a discus corolla round
the moon, and three small meteors.

The lst battalion 3d Guards, have marches
through Exeter fn n] Portsmouth, on their Iva)
for the Plymouth garrison.
The Montpelier purnp-room, at Cheltenham
is undergoing a variety of tasteful alterations,
which will be completed before the spring seasor.
cornrnE CCs.

Itotiico-ABouT EvrnEmcc.—Mother }Hopkins
told me, that she heard G;eene's wife say that
John Thrries's wife told her, that granny Hop-
kins heard the widow Basham say, that Captain
Weed's wife thought, Colonel Hopkin's wife be-
Lieved, that old Miss Lamb reckoned, that Sa-
muel Dunning's wife had told Spaulding's' wife,
that the heard John Fink's wife say, that her
mother told her,' old Miss Jenks heard. granny
Cook say, that .it was a matter of fact---(Anie-
rican Paper.)

SINGULAR' DISCOVER Y AT HATCHETT'S HOTEL.
—The Proprietors having determined to sink a
well on the premises, men have been employed
for many days. On Thursday last they', had (Lig
to' the depth of 180 feet without success, bUt
from appearances,. they were confident of being
at nearly an end of their labours. An extraordi-
nary phenomenon has resulted froth their exer-
tions, namely, that they had passed through lour
feet of lime stone, Which brought them to a solid
bed of oyster-shells, threugh Which they had dug
three feet, and the strata still appeared. Many
a learned disquisition has this diseovery produced.
Tire Engineer asserts that they have duff beneath
the le'Vel of the 1o: water-Mark. . .

cCPPOSED MURDER,- AT DEPTFORD.

CORONER'S iNonEsTe---On Monday evening an
-Inquest was taken before Mr. CARTER, Coroner
for the County of.,Kent, at the •Evelyn Arms,
Lower Duntford-road, on view of the body of
Mr. Samuel Richards, found floating in that part
of the-Surrey Canal near Windmill-lane. There
not ,being:any medical man or other evidence than
the
_person who •took the deceased out of the
canal, the Inquest was adjourned until Tues-
day evening at
,seven o'clock. The Inquest
was ,accordingly resumed. The first witness ex-
amined .was Thomas Jones, who stated that
between ten and eleven o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing Ile was walking 'by the side of the.Surref
Canal, when he: saw two boys looking •at some-
thing in the,water which they, considered to be
a large fish ; however, upon iospecting it :more
-minutely, it was discovered to-be the body:of a
-Man: Ile immediately stripped off his clothes and'
brought out the •body, and, with assistance,: con-
veyed it to the nearest public .house, which was
the Evelyn Arms. It appeared to hai'e",lain-
some days in the water. Deceased had--,T.d
rffiwy about him, and his packets :,appetbred.:
as. though :they had been turned • inside out;
the head appeared to. be much swollen. Mr.
Smith, a surgeon, at 'Deptford, examined. the
body,-and found several contusinns. on the head ;
they
°appeared to he itacted with a stick,,or some
blunt
_weapon ; would not say they were sufficient!
to cause death ; • they were, however, inflicted be-
fore deceaied had been in the -water Mr:-.Frank-
lin, the landlord,cf-the John Falstaff RaTo;%-
house, at Deptford,.clepased, that decea.;ed lo4g"ed
at his house, that he had fOriu.srly been comman-
der of. the Aurora transport ; but for some thife
past was. out'. einployunit. lie was rotated
to M-r..ThompSon,•a merchant, at 13,otlier!lit ;
reccillects a. few days before the deceased be7M:-
Aak_eu out of the water, his kavine, the- house of
the witness to join one of, :the processiions go;ng-,
to Brandeaburgh_rip,ase4,,Aus.umeh surprised
his not, returniag-•;-- but heard nothing further
Until the circumstance of a hotly being taken out
of the water came to his kaowledge ; went
And recognised the deceased as formerly 'having
been his lodger. No other circumstance occur-
ring from which it could' he elicited-by what
means the deceased came into the canal,' the
jury, after about an hour's consultation, returned.
the following verdict Found .dead in the
water; but by what means, or how he' came
there, is to the Jurors 'unknonn."

ACCOMPLISHED THIEF !-011 'Wednest.l43 !I' was
committed to C loncester City Gaol, by. the
Mayor, RICHARD &Lis, charged with stealing'
silver plate and other articles, the property of
T yEas, of the Ram Inn. This person ar-
rived at Gloucester_ from Gheltenharn on the
Sunday previous, and engaged a room at, the. Bet
Hotel. On. Tuesday
.he timed in the,TrAyOler's
room at the Ralri; and, hein4 possessed of a good
addr-ss and a considerable fund oi'anectiote, kept
the company in hilt spirits. However7,some -of
the gentlemen, on preparing to depart, missed their
handkerchiefs from their great-Coat pockets, and it
was soon ascertained that the whole company
were nearly in the Same situation.
~,149inecircurns-
tances having ex-cited Suspicion_ of ‘fr ,prisoner,his room at the Bell was searchqxl,fr Aqvtit only
the handkerchiefs, but a varietrof silver spoons
Marked with Mr. Tyet's name, were found, smile
of theth bent in order to be better secreted. He
states that he belongs. to a respectable family
London.

Syverl papers have inserted an account-of the
death of -Airs. GRoitoE, the wife of Mr. Joux.
GEouGE, of the Unicorn Inn, Stow in the \Vold,
(and formerly, of the Star, public house, St.
John's,. near this city,) occaSiobed by taking
oxalic acid, instead 'of saltS, which she sent for
to a Druggist's ; it. is true that Mrs..G. took soree
nitre, sent to her instead. of salts, but the roistako
was of so little consequence that she is now it a
pe"rfect health.--7( iforce*. ter- Journal.)

BIRTHS;

OD the 6th inst., the Lattruf David Charles Guthrie, Esq .
of a (fang el'. . •
(th I e.tth inst. it Banlog9e• Sur Met-, the wife ut Thum s
Cros3e, Esq. of a son and heir.