The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-05 00:00:00

ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN.

At four o'clock yesterday the LORD MAYOR or-
dered the books to be closed, and soon afterwards
stated the *result to be—

Mr. Sheriff Copeland 2BO
Mr. Dove
Majority-in favour of the Sheriff so
It had been. previously agreed to between the
parties that this meeting should not be final ; but
that if it should be thought necessary to institute a
scrutiny, the candidate requiring it might signify his
intention on Friday, to which day the Wardmote
should be adjourned.
Sheriff COPEI.AND addressed the Wardmote. lle
sahtted the assembled multitude as- their Alderman,
and he took to himself great' pride in having been
able, notwithstanding the great exertions of his 'op-
ponent, to stand so high above that gentleman on
the poll.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. DOVE thought the worthy Sheriff rather
premature in dubbing himself Alderman. It might
happen, that on Friday next a scrutiny would be
required, which might make an awful change in his
fortunes. The most virulent attacks had been made
upon him (Mr. Dove) in the progress'Of the elec-
tion. Insinuations bad been cast upon his birth,
parentage, education, and respectability. As for
education, some estimate might be formed of the
worthy sheriff's qualifications in that way, from the
fact, that even the few words which issued from
his lips were first committed to paper--(liivws, and
cheers)—and as for the other requisites, he threw
doWn the gauntlet most unwillingly. Yesterday
the. worthy gentleman required to be prompted by
the two under-sheriffs, who supplied him with a
few words.--(Loud • disapprobation.)—He (Mr.
Dove) had had to encounter a vast deal.
The wardmote was then adjourned,

We are informed by an eminent professional
gentleman, that Madame Pasta has made a larger fortnne
than was ever made in England, by a professional singer,
within an equal period. Last year Madame Pasta attended
to her professional duties assiduously throughout the whole
year, and not, as in ordinary cases, confining her exertions
to the season. We are credibly informed thit her nett re-
ceipts within the year were nearly 17,000/. sterling.—
Observer.

The differences between the Paris bankers
and the Caisse d'Amortissement, relative to the sum of
5,000,000 francs (about 200,0001.), advanced by them
to M. de Villele at the time he was in power, give rise to
a good deal of discussion among the merchants connected
isith France, and vvious conjectures as to the mode in
which that Rum was to be employed by the ex-Minister.
It is the more general opinion, that it has been expended
in the service of the Apostolicals of Spain, who were no-
toriously in possession of resources at a time when it was
a perfect mystery from whence they came to the rest of the
world. It is expected, unless the ex-Minister is relieved
from the responsibility he is at present under to repay the
money, that some very curious disclosures will shortly be
made on this subject.

The Monilcur of Sunday publishes the prices
of grain in the different provinces of France, together with
the scale for regulating the export or import of corn. It
may perhaps be useful to some of our read rrs, to he re-
minded, that for the purposes of the French corn law
France is divided into departments or markets of four
classes, and that exportation as well as importation is pro-
hibited at certain prices, which vary in these different dis-
tricts. In the first, the limit of exportation is 26 franca
the hectolitre (or measure of nearly three bushels), and of
importation 24 francs; in the second, the limit of expor-
tation is 24 francs, and of importation 22 francs; in the
third, the limit of exportation is 22 francs, and of impor-
tation 20 francs ; and in the fourth, the limit of exporta-
tion is 20 francs, and of importa!ion 18 francs. When
prices reach respectively in these different classes,
213, 24, 22, or 20 francs the hectolitre, an order is
issued by the Government to prevent exportation ; and
when they reach 24, 22, 20, and IS respectively, no
importation is permitted into the different districts spe-
cified, but upon payment of a heavy duty. Within a
very little additional fall of prices below those limits, foreign
corn is entirely excluded. A. present exportation is allowed
in the first and second classes of departments, where tha
price of wheat Is respectively 12 francs 69 centimes, and
21 francs 37 centimes. In the third class, which includes
the great market of the capital, exportation is prohibited
as the prices rise to 25f. 41c., while the limit of exporta-
tion is only 22f. In the fourth class, likewise, which in-
cludes the town of Nantes, and several other populous dis-
tricts, exportation is prohibited, and importation is free,
the price of wheat having mounted to 23 francs 74 cen-
times. By these details it will be seen that France can
afford a very short supply to England, the prices being
high for that country, and the nearest markets being abso-
lutely shut. By the way, it may he remarked, that the
ascending and descending scale of duties, for the invention
of which the late Lord Liverpool got so much credit,
seems to have been burrowed in principle from the French
corn laws.