The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-24 00:00:00

1 ments are so long deferred that the clothiers are much put ELECTION OF COMMON COUN-
about for money. Things were in a bad state last year I CILIVIEN. at this time, but we have gone worse and worse. The
WARD OP FARRINGDON WITHOUT.
working classesre a somewhat relieved by the reduction '
TIIIRD AND LAST DAY.
in the price of food, yet there are vast numbers who The Court opened yesterda morning at ten o'clock,
are gradually sinking into the gulph of pauperism, and the poll terminated at two P.M.
and those who have yet managed to do without paro• i At half-past three the Chairman declared the num-
chial support, are, at our fortnightly petty sessions, I hers voted for each candidate to be as follows—viz.,
summoned by scores to show cause why they cannot Mr. Bedford
pay to the support of others, and they bring reasons Mr. Obbard.... 489: Mr. Barnard
of a heart-rending nature in plea to be excused; they Mr. -Williams
cannot support themselves !! Take one case as an Mr. Edkins . . 456 Mr. Pearce 353
example. It was for an arrear of some twelve or Mr. Burn
i
poor woman who a q ppeare 437; Mr. Woollatt 349
Mr. Anderton
to answer to the overseer's summons, stated that they Mr. Stokes
436,' Mr. Ramshaw (Dep.) 338
had six children, her husband was confined to his bed Mr. Walker
by sickness, and all they hal to depend upon was Mr. Taylor
eight shillings per week, his allowance from a sick- Mr. Sidney
club. No matter, if such unfortunates have not money The announcement of the result of the contest
if they have money's worth :the law is impeere is not rious. ,
called forth plaudits from the friends of the elected BRADFORD MARKUT, THURSDAY.— The
an average attendance of merchants at the piece mar- dates,gentlemen. They, as well as the unsuccessful candi-
addressed the meeting.
ket to-day, and the purchases made are of a limited A resolution was passed that the proceedings of the
character, being chiefly small lots to assort with stocks
wardmote be advertised in the usual morning and of plain goods adapted to the winter season. There
evening papers.
trade. Short-time working, which is ver
still continues the same monotonous state in the
yarn Thanks were then voted to the Worshipful Chairman.
tial, still continues to be found the most su ityed pru
to the den- The worthy Alderman returned thanks. present prices and demand. There is not that ani-
TIT wardmote then adjourned at seven o'clock.
CORN HILL WARD.
mation In the wool trade that we noticed a fortnight
Alderman Sir John Pixie, Bart., presided, and the
ago. The spinners appear to have resisted any fur- election concluded at one o'clock. The following
ther attempt to advance, and the staplers state that it
were the numbers of the votes :
is quite impossible to fetch wools from the growers
Angell (Deputy)... 49 Johnston
to meet the prices offered by the buyers ; consequently
*Lund
the supply in the market is not materialli augmented. llarrison
MANCHESTER,THURSDAY EVENING.—fhe increased Thomas
production of cloth consequent on all the mills which
were some time since on short time, now working The first six candidates were declared duly elected. full hours, has evidently had some 'effect on the cloth The usual vote of thanks having been passed to the Alderman and members of the Common Council, the
market, as evidenced in the decline of prices of all
wardmote adjourned.
descriptions of printing cloth. The season just before
Christmas, though always rather a dull one by corn- CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN.
parison, is not sufficient to account for the great in-
The Lord Mayor presided yesterday, and the poll,
disposition to purchase which now so generally pre- which commenced at twelve o'clock, terminated at one,
vails. The market has not in any way improved since in the election of the old members. The following
Tuesday ; indeed, if any change at all, neither the were the numbers at the conclusion of e poll :
demand nor the prices are hardly so buoyant as on that Mr. Smith (Deputy) . 86 I
Mr.
,ash 7l
Beaton 74
day. Two or three weeks more will test the opinion
Mr. Brown
r. Hoyle .... .... 83 Mr. Lark 7l
here expressed more fully. There is not much doing
m
in Twist, and those spinners who press sales are corn-
-Mr. Brass
polled to accept a shade less price.
The first eight candidates were duly elected, and
severally returned thanks.
CORPORATION REFORM.
Mr. Joins FROST rose to bring forward a motion to
the wardmote, which he had previously proposed on
the Wednesday, but
.which, on the recommendation
of the Lord Mayor, he had agreed to postpone until
this day. It was not his intention to impute blame
to any particular person, but he contended that there
was gross mismanagement in conducting its affairs.
Ile held in his hand the report of the City funds for
1839, from which it would appear that in that year a
sum of no less than 170,0001. was expended. No such
sum, he contended, should be expended, without con-
siderable advantages resulting. He had selected a
few of the items, at the head of which he would
name the sum of 4,0001. spent in the conservancy of
the Thames. Mr. Frost then specified the items of
the expense. He concluded by proposing a resolu-
tion to the effect that it was the opinion of the ward-
mote that the exception of the City of London from
the operation of the Municipal Reform Act was much
to be regretted, as it permitted an extravagant outlay
and unnecessary imposts, and deprived many citizens
of their most important privileges.
Mr. MooaE proposed the following amendment :
" That the wardmote request the members of the
ward to promote, by all means in their power, all
practical reforms and economy connected with the
Corporation, consistent with upholding the dignity of
the Chief Magistrate, and becoming the ancient in-
stitutions of the City, and which may conduce to the
interests and benefit of the inhabitants at large."
Mr. LEONARD seconded the amendment, which, on
being put by the Lord Mayor, was carried by a con-
siderable majority.
The usual votes of thanks were passed to Sir M.
Wood, Bart., Alderman of the ward, the members of
the Common Council, and the Right lion. the Lord
Mayor, after which the wardmote dissolved.
CORD Wsk INER S' ;WARD.
Yesterday, at three o'clock, the election of Common
Councilmen of this ward terminated as follows :
Mr. Muddell
Mr. Croucher
Mr. Lett ....
Mr. Joyce ...... .... 60
Mr. Alderman WOOD declared the first six to be
duly elected.

CHRISTMAS BENEVOLENCE TO

THE POOR.
Mr. Thomas Adams, the Rector's Warden, was
yesterday honoured with the Queen's commands,
through the medium of the Earl of Liverpool, the
Lord Steward, to cause to be distributOd this day (in
order that the festive season of Christmas might not
pass over without the poor and needy enjoying
"Christmas cheer"), to each of the inmates of the
several alms-houses in the town, and also to all those
families (who reside in the borough) whose necessi-
ties compel them to be recipients of out-door relief
from the Board of Guardians of the Windsor Union,
bread, meat, plum-pudding, &c., in the following pro-
portions :—To each single person, 41bs. of meat. 21bs.
of bread, 11b. of plum-pudding, one peck of potatoes,
one quart of ale, and a sack of coals. Where the fa-
mily consists of a man and his wife only, 61bs. of
meat, 4lbs. of bread, 2lbs. of plum-pudding, one peck
of potatoes, two quarts of ale, and one sack of coals ;
and for each child the following addition will be
made :-21bs. of meat, albs. of bread, lib. of plum-
pudding, half a peck of potatoes, and one pint of ale.
Upwards of one hundred families,-avers ging five per-
sons in each, will thus be enabled, on Christmas-day,
to participate in those "seasonable enjoyments,"
through the bounty of their Sovereign, which, but
for the Royal benevolence, they would have been
deprived of.

The! Rev. Mr. Cope, of Harnham, adjoining Sa-
lisbury, has requested the ministers of the parishes of
St. Martin and Harnham, to select forty of the most
deserving poor of those parishes, for whom an excel-
lent dinner of Christmas fare is to be provided on
Christmas Day, in a spacious apartment on Mr. Cope's
premises, which has been purposely prepared, in a
very comfortable style, for the occasion.
The Duke of-Northumberland has caused to be dis-
tributed, through the parish authorities, a good sup-
ply of coals, potatoes, and other necessary articles to
the poor of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The parishes
of St. Marylebone and St. Pancras have ren-
dered great assistance to the poor of those pa-
rishes by a seasonable supply of those articles. St.
Clement Danes has likewise issued a quantity of
coals to the poor of that parish ; atd several parishes
in the City have contributed largely towards the alle-
viation of the distresses of their poor, and some bene-
volent private individuals have distributed seasonable
gifts to the necessitous.

A circular has just been issued by the guardians of
the poor, calling on the benevolent to subscribe a suf-
ficient sum to provide the poor of Minster Union with
roast beef and plum pudding on Christmas Day; the
appeal is strengthened by the fact that the poor-rate
is not available for that purpose.—Rent Paper.

CHRISTMAS-DAY IN THE
PRISONS.
For the most part, the inmates of the criminal and
debtors' prisons are, on Christmas-day supplied with
good old English fare.
At Newgate the prisoners (including those under
sentence) will attend Divine service in the morning,
and will afterwards be each supplied with 11b. of
roast beef, potatoes, bread, and a pint of porter, at the
expense of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Cope, the Governor,
will provide an excellent repast for the turnkeys. The
numbers are—men 136, and females 26. Of the
number there are sixty transports.
At Giltspur-street Compter, Mr. Whithair, the.
Governor, will, also at the expense of the Lord
Mayor, provide each of the prisoners with lib. of
roast beef, bread, potatoes, and a pint of porter, after
having attended Divine service. Males 163, and
females 30.

I3ISIIOPSGATE WARD.
The election for the Common Councilmen for this
ward terminated at four o'clock yesterday, when W.
T. Copeland, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the ward,
announced the result as follows :
Mr. Deputy Peacock 199 Mr. Tozer
Mr. Deputy Stevens 199 Mr. Tagg
Mr. Filcher ....... 193 Mr. Hall .. 173
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Wilkinson .. .. 187 Mr. Ashby ... l7O
Mr. Jones
Mr. Johnson lB5 Mr. Welch
Mr. Patten
The first fourteen gent
elected.

lemen were declared duly

CANDLEWICK WARD.
The polling was resumed yesterday, at one o'clock,
and continued until two, when the worthy Alder-
man, Sir G. Carroll, announced the numbers polled
to be as follow :
Evans
Baldwin .... . 72 *Saunders
Bond
*Dakin
The first six gentlemen were declared elected ; the
two new candidates in the room of Messrs. Downes
(Deputy) and Austwick.

HORSEMONGER-LANE.—There ore eighty poor debt-
ors, chiefly on tally-bills, sixty master debtors, and
fifty criminals. The latter, and the poor debtors each
alternate year receive 4lbs. of beef, under the will of
Mr. Carter, of Allhallows, but this year, unfor-
tunately, they will not receive it, and have conse-
quently no extra allowance.

QUEENHITHE WARD.
The wardmote was re-opened yesterday, in St.
Michel's Ch urch, Queenhithe, before Alderman Hooper,
and at two o'clock the poll closed. The numbers stood
thus :
Mr. Acocks 69 *Mr. Upton (c.) .. . . 49
Mr. Tyler
Mr. Curtis
Mr. Goss (Deputy)... 55 I
The first six gentlemen were returned. By the
above a Conservative has replaced a Conservative (Mr.
Howell), and a Liberal has replaced Mr. Smith, a
Moderate.

GENERAL PENITENTIARY MILLIIIANK..-480 male
and 162 female prisoners, in all 742, will receive no
indulgence or extra allowance whatever. On Thurs-
day last the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Major
Jebb, and other gentlemen, made a thorough inspec-
tion of this prison.
WESTMINSTER BRIDEWELL, TOTHILI,FIELDS.--308
male and 107 female prisoners, in all 415, will each
receive an extra allowance of meat, besides porter.
BRIDEWELL, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIA7IB, and
the 13ridewell contiguous to Bethlehem, containing
200, az also the Debtors, Whit&roSs-street, are pro-
vided with Christmas fare, at the expense of the Lord
Mayor. In the Borough Compter, wherein are 18
prisoners, a similar repast will also be provided by the
Lord Mayor. All the prisons under the Corporation
of London are supplied by the Lord Mayor on Christ-
mas Day, and by the Sheriffs on New-Year's Day ;
and on Twelfth Day the prisoners in the Borough
Compter will be regaled by the High Bailiff.
ILPORD GAOL.—The inmates, 54 males and four
females, will each have roast beef, plum-pudding,
vegetables, and beer.

WooLwicu.—The convicts, about 3,500, will have
each a pint of porter, and extra food.
MIDDLESEx HOUSE OF CORRECTION, COLDRATH•
rißr.ns.—No extra allowance or indulgence.
THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—The gifts which were for-
merly received at the Fleet and Alarshalsea, are now
appropriated among the inmates of this prison, which
at present are 280.

- [ADVERTISEMENT.]
GAZETTE E XTRAORDINARY.
War-office, Tuesday, the 20th Dec., 1842.
The Nobs Commissioners of the " Milling" De-
partment have this evening received the following
dispatch from Sir Editor Bell, commanded to be pre-
sent at the adjustment of the protracted differences
between the American Giant (Charles Freeman) and
the Tipton Slasher (Bill Perry); and also to take
cognisance of the adjustment of the interesting dis-
cussion between James M'Ginty, a subject of that
part of her Majesty's dominions called Scotland, and
John Gorrick, known by the assumed name of B un-
garee, who has appeared in her Majesty's " milling
cribs" as the champion of the renowned family of the
Bungarees in the colony o.f Australia.
To the Nobs Commissioners of the "
Department.
The Father Thames Steamer, 20th Dee., 1842.
The Official Dispatches, which were published in
an Extraordinary Gazette, are given exclusively in
Bell's Life in London of Dec. 25. The price of the
two sheets Fivepence only.
FUNERAL OF LADY DENBIGH.—The remains of
this deeply.lamented lady arrived at the Rugby sta-
tion by mail train, on Friday night, from whence
they were conveyed to Street-Ashton House, the seat
of Colonel Feilding, where they will lie in state a few
hours. The funeral procession will leave Street-
Ashton, on its way to the family vault at Kirby, on
Saturday evening, at ten o'clock. Her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, Lord Ducie, Lord Howe, and
several other noblemen, with the tenantry of Lord
Denbigh, are expected to join the procession. Newn-
ham Maddox, the seat of Lord Denbigh, at present
occupied by Mr. Errington, will be closed on the day
of interment, Mr. and Mrs. E. and family leaving on
that day for Leamington.
FRAMPTON PARK.—Mr. and Mrs. Brinsley Sheri-
dan will receive company during the recess. Mrs.
Sheridan and the Hon. Mrs. Dawson Darner and
Mrs. George Bankes patronise the county ball at
Dorchester, on the 10th of January, of which Mr.
Sheridan and Colonel Darner are stewards.