The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-22 00:00:00

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PAM; rit pOF CHURCHWARDENS.
°l's ST. GILES'S IN THE FIELDS,
AND ST.
(co, Net
GEORGE'S, BLOOMBURY.
13"
p ROM OUR PArr a OP TESTERDA Y.)
YB. :stet-clay, at
two o'clock, as we stated, the poll-
itnnigritc. 4).ninienced , after the adjustment of several preli-
L ng ales, and the hour of finally closing the poll
"aVi
14een. determined upon to be 12 o'clock at
at. As
night approached the excitement in-
cre'
tad, ani 1 the crowds of people in the neighbour
ho od of St . Giles 's Church, in which the votes Were
3(en,
We
"'ePt re at times immense. The polling was
with much spirit to the last. About eleven
an attempt Was made by the friends of the
44'1i eg • candidates to have the polling adjourned till.
to -day, but the Chairman decided that he sho-tild
Abide by what had been agreed upon at the outset,
them fore the a
theapplication followed or rather preceded
fae.e of those on whose behalf it sv,:.s made.
At 12 o'clock the books of the east uj poll clerks were
to bet for ), and the numbera by tb-j Chairman declared

590
Arr. Roc,,,s .. ......
561
lAir•l;;,akley n
...... .
299
Mr. Robinso ..
278
Air. Whittein ...
4
Mr. Thatcher
I
Ur. Waring
..
Messrs. Rol-

'Cared to be:ger s and Wakley were therefore de-
en
sßine 'duly elected. Churchwardens for the
year,of The new officers then left the scene
electionth lo d
t' th f their Committee amidst
e room Q
1:41:u est cheers of their friends, and a great con-
-17e,0f ^ the populace. Here they were received
at, the most enthusiastic greeting, and Artier a de-
oi Si' fence was obtained.
ROGERS immediately rose and mounted
chair, for the purpose of renewing his pledges
and ret ilrning thanks. Though jaded with the fa-
wees of the day, he said there was one feeling
felt
• overcame all, which was, the desire he
i.e'r• of expressing his sentiments to those around
~er the honour they had conferred upon him.
•tle felt gratified that so much public and indepen-
dee t spirit had been evinced among those with whom
be ^.}kad lived froth his youth. They had now eman-
rip
,ited themselves from the chains and thraldom
nu der which they had been labouring, and had
av yoke to a sense of the rights which every man,
e.pr 'ore especially an Englishman, ought to possess.—
• they had.placed their oppressors under their feet,
where he trusted they would remain.--(Loud
'eheers.)—He had pledged himself on a former occa-
sion that no means should be untried to put down
l'the Select Vestry, and those exertions should be
(4Xerciied till every iota of peculation, robbery,
'Plunder, and jobbing, was put an end to. He trust-
''ed, to use a fashionable phrase, that a new era had
4
arrived,—that the parishi.oners, for e tie tO co,
'lvaald Walk under the influence ofth liberal in prcipmesle
_ft the Name ratio as, for the last six-and-thirty years,
I°Hess T
Y dh •
. been sts•l3-jec
• 1 to the influence of slavish
_tirieg, on They hart felt the consequences of close Ves-
kYit rdenshi;7o4);l and large scale. Under the church-
Aeould his colleague and himself, they
„of at zusted, feel the benefits of the abolition
litre? d vas,: one close Vestry. The pledge he had
should I given he held sacred in every respect, nor
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tb eit be forgotten by him till the parishioners
power of controlling their OWII affairs.
l‘fT• WAKEEv, like his friend and colleague,
t'Farfad indulgence on account of the great fatigue
e•lihad undergone during the day, but as he
lad to express the feelings of truth, he thought he
'l4e uld not have much difficulty. Mr. Rogers had,
• the conclusion of his speech, reiterated his pledge.
e (Mr. %V.) was not one of those who would say
4 thing before an election, and forget it afterwards.
ttis friends might rest assured, that no portion of
his pledge on his public conduct hereafter should be
di-Tatted from.—(Great cheering.)—He could speak
lauare Freely here than in that crowded, cramped,
'Arid inconvenient place allotted for the purposes of
ibting. That porch was too small for a man that
yred liberty—(Loud cheers and laughter)—to him
I"PPeared like a dark hole leading to the elect
-and-corner system.—(Loud cries of bravo.)—
hoped. no individual would be offended at what
Isaid
.' He appeared before them as a public man,
state
ield.
ILs
the such he would speak openly what he felt, and
„ grounds upon which he was determined to
Ps They would find him then, in word, and
``e2ed. a radical reformer.—(Bravo.)—He would not
lame
(lonee.hrnisatters but he would address all as he had
it. A friends' before, if his life depended upon
a a radical reformer he had ever acted,
43 844 LLh
he had
tours
been successful, and in the glorious
which he
had thus begun he would continue
lithOc"ig
e as ht', should be supported by men like
he 11'.caYn'tb•nm he was now
.surrounded, as
.long as
as 111,,,i expectation of achieving such triumphs
4v.°W been accomplished. If any thing could
b•lAritlrce of satisfaction to him, it was the dee-
41°n of himself jointly with such a friend as Mr.
into i
the offices nosy they were to fill. He
pleasure n calling him a friend, for he be-
ped a more staunch man in the cause of Reform
not exist. It was to his exertions the triumph
4if this day.was solely to be attributed, he set the
pariah in motion, and but for his manly conduct, in
all probability, the result would have been different.
Re: (Mr. W.) was not remarkable for using civil
words to his opponents, nor could he let the present
Iha nc-meat pass without alluding to the trickery that
d been resorted to on the present occasion, not
only for the avowed purpose of defeating the triumph
this day, but for casting over it a shadow which
-
,
renuer it more a matter of mourning than of
tr. He alluded to an infamous placard that had
tr circulated without the name of the accused or
Zesteuset. No doubt could be entertained that lie
i." the individual to whom it was intended to apply.
itne had gone to the Vestry-room that morning to
et anY person who might think proper to come
Ll°eard and accuse hint of a dishonourable act;
Csuch person had made his appearance. Why ?
eat-Ise the coward who had posted the placard
evy it was
for a base calumny brought forward
,ci the vileit of purposes, and intended to lead
`G such a conclusion as would be favourable to the
existence of a most infamous system, which had too
°ill; been tolerated in that parish. Persons capable
of such conduct, were it not for the terrors of the
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arm of the law, would commit assassina-
tion. Such measures were only to be regarded
‘litb consummate contempt. He defied the
vlreath of calumny to taint him in any re-
The example of this day, he trusted, would
te followed throughout England, and measures
,!ken to abolish all such corrupt systems.—(Cheers.)
tithe largest rivers did not form the smallest streams,
the smallest streams were the means from which
e largest rivers originated. If the people would
soul reform themselves, no government or power
Gld resist that which they demanded. On that
Y the,parishes of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields and St.
tfelrge 8, Bloomsbury, had accomplished a triumph
th;rrineiple almost unequalled. Who could doubt
When no less than five hundred and sixty-one
gentlemen had come forward and supported him on
11):1,1)lie am
grounds, to whom he had never spoken,
he had never even seen, for the pur-
4:idt of placing him there to destroy a system which
ni been the disgrace of the parishioners, and in
a•
ny Instances their ruin. It had been said by his
portents that he had come forward from ambitious
folea, but the fact was that he bad been dragged
the era- Let his opponents however indulge in
toek; 'tatement, because if ambition consisted in an
cnod P
—eiY to pro:ect the parishioners and ensure their
f lepinion he should never object, but feel proud
the a aPpellation.--(Great cheering.)—No doubt
i '3elect Vestry would find that the parishioners
44 electing Mr. Rogers and himself, had introduced
Ch brace of Tartars among them.—(Tremendous
eering.)
to The
e newly elected Churchwardens and their
nds
4taidst the warmest congratulations.