The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN.

Alderman Kelly in the chair. The meetings have
heretofore been held at Physicians' Hall, in W
in War-
wick-lane, but consequence of the many com-
plaints application was made to the Governors of
Christ's Hospital, who freely gave the use of their
noble hall for the occasion. The names of the candi-
dates for Common Councilmen were then read by the
ivard beadle as follows. The ward returns fourteen :
Mr. Deputy Westwood, Mr. Deputy Pritchard, Mr.
Hayward, Mr. Wheelton Mr. Holton, Mr. Redley,
Mr. Eagleton, Mr. Hartley Mr. Boner, Mr. Ashurst,
Mr. Taylor, Mr. Vertue,
M'La-
nellan, *Mr. Fisher Mr.,
Mr., .Rutter. Mr. Steele, of
Paternoster-row, having ';lkir. Morris, *Mr.
addressed the Court at con-
siderable length, as to the disposal of the City funds
among the necessitous of the several wards, the show
of hands was taken, and the Alderman declared it to
be in favour of those proposed, except Mr. Eagleton
and Mr. Rutter. A poll was demanded. Half an
hour's polling was allowed. At its close the numbers
were as follow :
Mr. Westwood, Dep 15
Mr. Pritchard, Dep 15
Mr. Hartley l2
Mr. Ridley
Mr. Virtue ... 12
Mr. Ashurst. .. 11
Mr. Holt . . . 11
Mr. Bonser .

Mr. Fisher
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Morris ... lO
Mr. Eagleton . 5
Mr. M`Lanellan .... 5
Mr. Wheelton. 4
Mr. Hayward 2
Mr. Rutter . 2

The poll finally 'closes on Friday.

WARD OF FARRINGDON-WITHOUT.

The Wardmote for the election of Common Coun-
cilmen to serve for this ward was held yesterday, in
the New Court, Old Bailey, Sir James Duke, Alder-
man of the ward, presiding.
The usual preliminaries having been gone through,
and the names of the candidates having been an-
nounced, to the number of twenty, four of them being
new candidates,
Mr. WOOD rose and said he would read to the meet-
ing a resolution which it was his intention to put at
the usual period, at the close, namely., of the election.
It was a resolution which the necessities of the time
absolutely called for, and the principle of which ought
to be universally acclaimed by the people of this coun-
try. The resolution ran thus :
"Resolved, That all import and other duties, ex-
cept for public revenue, are injurious to the commer-
cial prosperity of the empire, hazardous to the mer-
chants and capitalists, detrimental to the best interests
of the manufacturers, and unjust, cruel, and oppres-
sive to working portions of the population.—(Hear.)
" That this lirardmote do, therefore, most earnestly
request their representatives, both Parliamentary
and municipal, to support the repeal of all protective
laws and regulations, as the only means of restoring
the prosperity of this great manufacturing nation.
" That the above resolution be officially forwarded
by our highly-esteemed Alderman, Sir James Duke,
and to each of the City and County Representatives."
This was the resolution, and he hoped it would meet
with the general sanction of the ward. It was per-

fectly clear that things could not go on in their pre-
sent state. Distress throughout the country had
increased, and was still increasing; and nothing but
the most determined and unequivocal measures could
save us. The worthy elector went through a variety
of statistical returns, respecting the misery and pau-
perism which prevailed throughout the country. In
Liverpool, he observed, there were at the present mo-
ment 8,000 cellars, holes under ground, containing
40,000 human beings, without money, without em-
ployment, without hope--(Hear, hear)—and the same
was the case in Manchester, Leeds, and all our great
manufacturing towns; indeed, in nigh all our towns.
Lord Yarborough, at a dinner to the agricultmists of
the isle of Wight, only a day or two ago, stated that
he had been on a visit of inspection to several of our
manufacturing towns, and that the misery ha saw was
indescribable.—(Hear, hear.) The great, the only
hope of the nation, was the exertion of the men who
were fighting so bravely against the Corn-laws, in
the great Anti-Corn-law League—(Hear, bear)—
and he trusted that this noble Association would meet
with universal support ; those who could not give 10/.
to its funds, let them give 1/. ; those who could not
give 1/., let them give 10s. ; those who could not give
10s., let them give ss. ; and those who could not give
55., let them give 45., as., 25., ls., or 6d. ; but let
everybody give something. It was an investment
that would pay incalculable interest.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. PROCTER complained that several of their late
representatives who were again candidates, among
others Mr. R. Taylor, had, upon the occasion of the
recent contest for the office of High Bailiff of South-
wark, supported the suspension of that standing order
which precludes Common Councilmen from becoming
candidates for civic office—a standing order which he'
(Mr. Procter) considered essential to the interests of
the City to retain uninfringed upon. It was quite
evident that the Tories were endeavouring gradually
to introduce men of their own opinions into the repre-
sentation of that ward; one had slipped in last year,
another was now a candidate ; but he felt confident
that a ward which had boasted a Wilkes and a Waith-
man, would never suffer itself to be Tory-ridden.
Dr. Lrticx said that the advocates of free trade had
every reason to go on with their work hopefully. The
worthy elector then proceeded to complain of the in-
adequate representation allotted to that ward, as most
prejudicial to the ward itself, and to the cause of mu-
nicipal and general reform. Thirty thousand persons
there were represented by 16 Common Council-
men only, whereas it had been most justly de-
clared that the number of its representatives ought,
on every fair principle, to be not fewer than forty.
He also complained of the docquet dues, and
other fees and duties exacted by the Corporation,
to the injury of trade and commerce, and of
the large salaries paid to civic officers, more
especially referring to the 2,0001. a year received by
Mr. Sergeant Merewether as town-clerk. London
was the only city in England whose corporation was
guilty of such abuses. He further complained, that
whereas the corporation of Liverpool had advanced a
large sum to bring the Birmingham and London
Railway to that important town, the corporation of
London had, on the contrary, resisted the attempt
made to benefit the citizens by bringing the terminus
of that railway among them. It should, therefore, be
the aim of all electors to strengthen the hands of the
men who already supported their true interests in the
Court of Common Council, and for this end they
should sedulously keep out all Tories.
Mr.Buc KMASTER also complained of the inadequate
representation of their ward.
Mr. IVELns complained of the constant expenses to
which the citizens were subjected for the repairs of
Blackfriars •bridge, and of the large amount swallowed
up by the salaries and allowances to the Lord Mayor
and other functionaries, and gave notice of a motion
which he intended to bring forward at the close of the
present election, calling upon the corporation of Lon-
don to appropriate a portion of its revenues to meet
the expenses of sewerage in the City.
Mr. STONE said that those who said no, when it was
asserted that pauperism was on the increase, would
find sad reason to admit that this unhappily was the
case, were they to become guardians of the poor but
for a month.

Mr. SEELEY was of opinion that the aspect of things
was everywhere improving. The number of poor in
the workhouse of their own parish was less by fifty
than it was last year. The decrease of distress in the
course of the last two years had been matter of general
remark.—(Oh, oh.) He did not consider that it
would be benefiting the people of this country to
take five millions a year out of the pockets of the
agricultural labourers, in order to send the money
abroad.—(Oh, oh.)
Mr. STONE said that, on the contrary, distress was
sixty per cent. greater now than it was two years ago.
Mr. SIDNEY then addressed the meeting.
The meeting then proceeded to the election, and
the show of hands having been taken in each case,
the Alderman declared the choice to hare fallen upon
Messrs. Ramshaw, Charles, Anderton Pierce, Burn,
Obbard, Edkins, Bedford, Barnard, Walker, Gresham,
Prendergast, Taylor, Williams, and Sidney. A poll
being demanded on the part of Messrs. Woollett,
Harding, Wells, and Stokes, the polling was ordered
to take place that evening, from four to five ; this day,
from eleven to three ; and to-morrow, from ten to two,
then finally to close.