The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-23 00:00:00

CITY ELECTIONS.

SECOND DAY.
PORTSOKEN (RErugNs FIVE.)
In consequence of a ballot havingbeen, on Monday,
demanded for the election of Common Council for
this Ward, a poll commenced yesterday at eleven
o'clock, in the school-room belonging to Aldgate
Church, which created a good deal of interest.
Placards were stuck up in the avenues of approach
with these words:—" Portsoken Electors,—if you
want a reform of the Corporate abuses, vote for
Scales," which created some excitement to learn how
Mr. Scales would succeed. The poll closed at two
o'clock, when Alderman Sir James Shaw read aloud
the several numbers as follow :

Mr. Colebatch 94 I Mr. Prested 69
Carter 86 • Negus 66
Smith 821 Perry ....
•Seales SO

There was no speaking; and the attendance of
the electors having been requested for this day at
eleven o'clock, the business concluded.

BREAD-STREET
Mr. Coleman
Legg ... 30
Deputy Mathie 29
Hallam
°Cracklovr 28
Shuttleworth 2S

'RETURNS TWELVE.)
Mr. Hooper 38
De Grieve 28
Bridge 28
Davison 2B
Bur ra 27
• Shoobridge ..... 3

Cope 28

CASTLE-RAYNA'
Mr. Deputy Farrance 57
Robert Slade 97
S. Lovegrove 95
John Evan• 94
P. Frnton, jun 93

D (11yrua.Ns TEN.)
Mr. Apsley Peilatt 93
W. Pritchard 93
James Hoppe SS
*Richard Hicks 72
William Crooks 5l

James Toplis 93
BASSISHAW (
Mr. Frisby 23
Shirley. 23

RETURN'S FOUR.)
Mr. 'Smith: 21
°Hodgson .... fa
°Richards

Davies 22

FARRINGDON WITHE
Mr. *Roberts 137
*Fisher 135
Filby 133
Deputy Daw 134
Westwood 132
Kelly 131
Dunsby 131
Haywood . l3O
H. Pritchard 127

NT (RETURNS SEVENTEEN.)
Mr. Dennett 129
Murcott 129
Ridley 127
Deputy Oldham 126
Williams 126
Southgate 123
Thompson 121
*G. Pritchard 96
*Hartley.. . 49
'HIN (RETURNS EIGHT.)
Mr. Willshire BO
Brass 47
Richardson 43
Ireland 4

CRIPPLEGATE WIT.
Mr. Palmer 66
Deputy Kerl 63
Beeto❑ 6O
Jacques 58
*Orchart 57
The Poll will finall:

close this evening.

TURKS AND TORIES.

WRITTEN ON HEARING THAT THI REIS EFFENDI HAD
DANCED WALTZES AND QUADRILLES AT THE LATE

BALL GIVEN TO THE DIVAN BY SIR B. GORDON.
Who'll deny these times are charming,
Far beyond all Scott's romancing—
Here, we've Tory Lords reforming,
There, we've Turkish Statesmen dancing !
Here, the Reis Effendi waltzes,
Leaving llouris in the lurch ;
There, M—ntc—l's Earl assaults his
Nurse's ancient friend, the Church !
To it, hard and fast, they set,
Leading off the general jig ;
Who now cares for Mahomet ?
Who now cares for Ferns's wig ?
" En avant" the Turk, on tiptoe,
To his gay quadrillers cries ;
" En avant" the Tory's lip, too,
For a wonder, back replies.

Though, as yet, but clumsy prancers
Turk and Tory are, no doubt,
Only think how late, as dancers,
Or as reasoners, they've come out.
Add to which, the Koran teaches
Just as little of a Ball,
As my Lord of L—rt—n's speeches
Teach of—any thing at all.
But no matter—learning's powers
Soon will make the Turks go faster;—
If " the school-mater" be ours,
Let them have the dancing•master.
And,—if thus its new-born glories
Intellect so swiftly scatters,—
Waltzing Turks and reasoning Tories
Won't be, soon, such wondrous matters.— Times

COURT OF REQUESTS, DEC. 22.

CAUTION TO NEWSMEN.

Yesterday Mr. IY. Wright, surgeon to her late
Majesty, was summoned before the Commissioners
of this Court, in Vine-street, Piccadilly, to show
cause why he refused to pay Mr. David Cross, the
news-agent, of Marlborough-street, 1/. 19s. for
newspapers, bought and lent to read, and other
tiifling articles.
The defendant, as a set-off, pleaded that the debt
was illegally contracted, and he could not be com-
pelled to pay for the mere reading of borrowed
newspapers.
. . _

M. Cross stated that hia son lived as errand-boy
with the defendant, who owed him 11. Bs. for wages.
During the time his son was in the habit of taking
newspapers to his house, at the request of the de-
fendant, who borrowed them to read at 2d. per day,
and he occasionally had some on credit; and on
making his demand, he (the defendant) refused to
pay him, as he (witness) had acted illegally by lend-
ing out papers to read at so much per day, and that
he had committed a fraud upon the Stamp-office by
preventing, in consequence of the loan, the purchase
of a paper.
Mr. Wright being asked for his defence, said that
the claim of the plaintiff was decidedly illegal, and
he could not be bound either by law or equity to pay
the sum sued for. He did not deny having borrowed
and read the newspapers at so much per day; but
the plaintiff had acted contrary to the Act of Parlia-
ment, and had rendered himself liable for penalties
for sending out papers to read, as it was a palpable
injury to the Stamp-office.
COMMISSIONER—You say, Sir, that the plaintiff
has acted contrary to an Act of Parliament. It is a
most strange set-off, when you yourself encouraged
him to a breach of the law, and countenanced an im-
proper act. You have confessed having contracted
the debt, which I think you are bound in honour to
pay to the plaintiff.
Mr. Wright—l differ ; I have no right to pay the
money unless he can legally establish his claim.
Here is the Act of Parliament which he has in-
fringed.
. . .

solicitor of the Court—The plaintiff certainly
cannot establish his legal claim to the money for
newspapers lent out to read at so much per day.
Mr. Wright said he had no right to pay any of the
demand. Mr. Cross had introduced a female patient
to him, who was extremely deaf, and undertook to
pay him (Mr. W.) in the event of curing her, which
he did, but he was never paid.
Mr. Cross denied having made a promise to pay
the money ; he only undertook to see it paid by the
young woman.
The COMMISSIONERS ordered the defendant to pay
for the papers purchased, and the remainder of the
demand, with the exception of the demand for the
reading of the newspapers.

The Austrian and French Ambassadors had
interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN on Monday at the
Foreign, Office.