The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-26 00:00:00

ECTION OF ALDERMAN FOl4

BROAD-STREET WARD.
A meeting was held yesterday, at the North and :ea
South American Coffee-house, of the friends 'of
Sheriff Pilcher, for the purpose of taking mniures
for putting him in nomination as Alderman fofyioT
Broad-street Ward, and securing his eleotioo,
Mr. Pilcher, the Under-sheriff, attended for buv:
brother.
JAMES CLIFT, Esq., took the Chair, and in doing '1!?
so said that the Committee had previously met, aim
understanding that a requisition had been, got u 9 -
in favour of Mr. Musgrove, and that it had.
been signed by upwards of 120 of the most re-
spectable inhabitants of the Ward, the Committee had I:
come to a resolution of advising Mr. Pilcher to retire. .
The Ward contained but about 200 inhabitants, and
had it been known that Mr Pilcher intended to come
forward, many who signed the requisition to Mr.,
Musgrove would not have done so. It would het..'i -
therefore, prudent to advise Mr. Pilcher not to e907,-:',p;9l.
test the Ward, which would entail considerable
pense upon it. An advertisement had been PrePired,,v6igig
to be inserted in the leading papers, which be w°ll7,jia J
r.gl
read.
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(The advertisement was then read, for which see Ir tegrsl,
advertising columns.) • left'
Mr. Under-Sheriff PacuEn said, that, as
the Old Bailey last night, a gentleman of conSidet`;'
influence in the Ward called upon him_,:and.-LLT.
stated that he was not aware that Mr. rilehPk'lr'Ly,?..
tended to come forward. Had it been known geatZ,„bit;
rally, in all probability there would not have heen_.,..',o
many signatures to the requisition to Mr. Musgrowl';, ;43
but as Mr. Sheriff Pilcher found that a large preP,l..'. 4au
tion of the Ward was pledged to Mr. Musgrove, -Pr',
would 'exceedingly regret anything that. might 0,,,1LL1te,,*
hostile feelings in-the Ward, by offering hinieir7Rlos
that occasion—(Hear, hear)—knowing the resPeCt''-vt,
ability of Mr. Musgrove, and, with deference .ttri,?4,fa
inhabitants of the Ward, he should not do O. -01
respect to the question of residence, he thiieght:_,lMl';`.llo
would have been no objection to Mr. PilcheVq/;,l,ljac
returned, as he resided within a stone's throW 44,11'7m
City, and was most intimately connected with-14.7psokot
(Hear.) Mr. Sheriff Pilcheewould be most hapPsr;tsci-441",
any future occasion, to devote himself to-the
of the citizens of London.—(Cheers) 4,
The CHAIRMAN siiid that the question of residencr,
was as much in favour of Mr. Pitcher as Mr. Ws"
grove, as Mr. Pitcher was a Director of the Arm
Insurance Office. „ •
A deputation was then formed, who waited-let
Mr. Musgrove, and on their return, Mr. Sheriff r"
cher having arrived,
Mr. WHA.RTON communicated to him the resolutinil
come to by the Committee, and stated that they it
been very courteously received by Mr. Musgrove, 1;11
from the honourable and uprialit manner in
rtll. •
Mr. Sheriff Filcher had acted, c'he had gained'—"
persons who were his opponents over to his side..e
Mr. Sheriff FILCHER said he approved of 5/1,01
Committee had done, and thanked them for their
in his behalf.
Mr. Musgrove will therefore be the new Aldern'Ani •
the vacancy having, as our readers will be aware, bcgill_
caused by the death of Sir John Cowan, Bart. -
Mr. Sheriff FILCHER said he should put hilu
forward the first vacancy that should occur. •
The meeting then separated.

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BouLoGNE, OCT. 22.—(From a Correspondent).. . ' •'
The following is a return of the passengers who hal: 1 '
passed between France and England by Boulogne all • , : ''
Calais for the week ending the 20th of Oct. :---13°.t. • `',''',:
logne-1,292 passengers, 6 horses, and 17 passengers'' ~
Calais-437 passengers and 11 carriages. Among', ;„1.!
those who arrived at Boulogne were Lord Cow* • -i;
the Countess of Leicester, the Countess of Tanker' ''
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ville, Viscount St. Vincent, and Mr. Jardine, the k°'', . ,1
lice Magistrate.
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CHURCH or SCOTLAND.—The " affairs 0-
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Church " are really in a queer condition at preen
The various provincial Synods, which have reeelt
been holding their half-yearly meetings in differs , ....T
parts of the kingdom, have, in every case where 3 11);, .
jority of members was on the Non-Intrusion side+ if.
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resolutions or some other way, expressed their detern.vii
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nation not to yield to the domination which the Cita, 1 ~,,,
Courts, as they allege, are attempting to exercise °:-ti
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the Ecclesiastical. Attlie sometime, it is very aPP, rreilii:,:r .0;
from the speeches delivered at these Synods, all ',1701.;
the tone of the Non-Intrusion press, that the para,b) in
greatly discouraged, and that numerous indivic' ;;IJI Ae,j
among the clergy are very much afraid that the rilare7.ol Aefit;
1 tenance of their consistency, combined with Illetiedji ,'„a
tention of their livings, will not be an easy "Iti, ,
-,,„did
On the other hand, the Moderate party seem t° ;P51.1,
high feather and not one whit disposed to' 44:41171K 10.1 6
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ter rns with their opponents. If the feelinge,g4Slol tsla
poses of this-party are to be inferred .frord tnir al' .it vie!
of its adherents in the Synod of Aberdeen* 1TL.75-
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expect an immediate rebellion of i'the ini0.,03.' ja 01),4
ximAheseodsr:demerweabdhtle:osfhhEttaaigititinsott
symbolised
o Assembly,tnh erineifwitin iiifteyt'entediy:osetoAin2ol:?
.trierreio-oliiii
:,,i0a..;84c:3t
of Strathbogie, by retaining their names
of the Synod, but they have declared in s0,11111;10 -,til,
words that they will not act upon that den. ... '
rebellion could be more flat, avowed, add daring''•
Glasgow Chronicle.
THE TARIFF IN SHEMELD.—On Friday and Sa.'
turday last there was considerable excitement 111
Fargate in consequence of Mr. Challenger having
exhibited for sale a large quantity of cured Am;
rican beef and pork, which he quickly sold at fr° ,
3d. to 4-id. per pound. We tasted some of the Per";
yesterday, and have no hesitation in pronouncing 1
really good. There was no mistake as to the qualitl
We wish our working population had plenty of it.a
In the course of Saturday some of the butchers, it
opposition, ticketed their meat from 31d. to 4td• Pe
PerhaPs
pound; but what we saw looked scraggy.
it was of "foreign growth," starved on the passage'
instead of killed before starting.—Sheffield Iris.
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—The following novel :j,,.
occurred on Thursdajr, at the sessions of Ratlike i
county Limerick :—Edmond Roche and Catherine._ ~,
Roche were called by the Clerk of the Peace to tail.
their trial for larceny of butter. On being arraig'neuoi ,
it was found that they were both dumb ; the Clerk ,
the Peace then (according to law) impannelled a jury • .:-
to try if they were mute by the visitation of GD3l,ue ,
otherwise. The jury found that they were so by 7.
visitation of God. It was then requisite to have
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interpreter who could swear that he understood the
signs of the mutes, and that the mutes understor:
him ; but the Crown not being aware of the circur,
stances were unprepared with an official, and the tirili..
this
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was postponed to next session. A case such as
not remembered to have occurred before in the county
of Limerick.
Jonas Studdurt, Esq., of Atlantic Lodge, I(ii:eeet•
captured an enormous shark, on the western coaona,
Clare, on Saturday. It was with great peril 1:10.
amid terrible difficulties that he and his men.; at
seeped in bringing the animal safe to shore. .t.): for
once procured a car, and forwarded it to Kiirlis'tr
Limerick, to he prepared, and deposited in the 1."
seuin of the Philosophical and Literary Society' .02.
THE FRENCH AND TIE CHINESE.--The fOIIONI rs
letter from Macao, written by a French merchanved
published by several of ahe French journals. It he Hof
as long back as June 10:—" You have perhaps, "a th
the interview of the Commander of the CA°.
Erigone r•
f
the high functionaries of the Vica-royaltY ° trig. . -
t al. It was the Chinese who asked for the nieeolical
A letter of several pages, filled with hYPerb f the
praises of the divine qualities of the Emperor ° and
Celestial Empire and the bravery of his soldiers' lo
signed by the Viceroy of Canton, by the Tilt rao of,
Comm'ssi(ner, who is said to be the near rel 3, civil
-the Emperor, and by three or four other his.l, of
and military functionaries, was brought by ~''rrn; of
mandarins, escorted by soldiers clad in linli° te re'
various colours. The crew of the French frigate ;
ceived the Chinese deputation with all the h°lo the
the officer in full uniform introduced them into the
council-chamber, where they were receiveo,Topi-
Captain. Our countrymen did the honours 0'
...Re that
tality with a cordiality, frankness, and deferel'..., the
called forth the most flattering compliments &ono§
mandarins. Two interviews took place someo
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after, in a little pleasure house of the Goirer. rTo
tuated most delightfully a few leagues inland
of the
Viceroy was aided by the great dignitaries,Thinese
province. There was on the part of the Ijub.tion
much of that gravity and diplomatic disci French
in which they excel, and, on the side of the inter-
a curiosity and keenness, which
ave to these
views a piquant originality. The Viceroy enterraent,
the strangest ideas respecting our country, it name of
g —wed
riches, armies, navy, manufactures, Sze• The ci also 3
Napoleon was not unknown to him. He "a be itos'
knowledge that he was a great warrior, but The
glued him to be a hero of the fabulous age.,a,"___ao-
Viceroy endeavoured to prove to Captain Cecin'as ex.
body can say with what view—that China y'ruiaed
lando and that the Eglish a
Mabil can lies
Canton Macao. It is truen that --tabii,hed
lost much since the English havey eiSlavLmtig
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themselves at Hong-Kong, where t
centrated all their commercial operations.. .50„
ght, -
filing has never been so active, opium 15everoind
for by the Chinese with more eagerness than t
English goods sell readily. Macao is alml..,,ruseinrevcie
by this illicit commerce, but this town will tiliflateh,
i for some time as a mart for the Portuguehie, -1-' r
American, and French merchants, althoug
Hong-Kong. On the second interview the
ea to have
aware that they cannot compete with the
,Ell7ll,eijrsiahse°so-7
and French separated exceedingly well pleaCsecilla °lc-
made each other's acquaintance. Captain
0, twice
seeded in giving the Viceroy a high opinionavi_- The .
and her. Sovereign, of her people and 1,60„, of
Viceroy did not yield to the pressing solicits toss
the Captain to visit the Erigone. This distrust.inie, P.l.
pone rfo. ' ;7
to be -
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come we':
Confucius forbids them
be looked on in this people as a natural $ .7.1
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a sentence of Con%

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