The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-03 00:00:00

VINTRY WARD.

Yesterday a Court of Wardmote was held by the Lord Mayor,
for the purpose of electing an Alderman in the room of Mr. Al-
derrnan Magnay. The strongest party feeling has been excited
by the circumstances of the late election, which was declared null
and void by the Court of Aldermen ; awl all the inhabitants of
the ward have been most zealously and actively employed since
that declaration was made. The Cutlers Hall was crowded to ex-
cess. Mr. Rolland and Mr. Law were in attendance on the be-
half of Mr. Sheriff Winchester, and Mr. F. Pollock and Mr. Bro-
drink for Mr. Wilde.
Sheriff Winchester's protest against the conclusion to which the
Court of Alderman had come was then handed in.
Deputy WHITBY proposed Sheriff Winchester, who, he said,
was so well known in the city of London, as to need no eulogium
from him.

'Mr. G. WILSON said also, that the gentleman was well known
—(Cries of " No, we don't know him.")—He (Mr. Wilson) had
been an inhabitant of the ward 40 years, and yet he had never
heard nor seen the face of Mr. Wilde until the first day of the last
election. Mr. Wilde certainly was a man who had a great deal
to say, and who talked much about nuisances, and what he would
do for their removal, As for Sheriff Winchester, that gentlemau
had been east into a fiery furnace, and yet be had come forth seven
times purified, and not a hair singed.—(Laughter.)—lf the She-
riff's friends proved true to him, there could be no doubt of his
return, although his opponents, it might be truly said, had gone
about like Gipsies, stealing his votes.--(Loud laughter and con-
fusion.)
Mr. El.3tEs proposed Mr. Wilde, whose friends, if we may
judge from the shouting that accompanied the proposition, were
exceedingly numerous.
Mr. MARSDEN seconded the nomination. He considered the
Ward of Wintry, as a citadel, and would use every exertion in
his power to close the gates of Temple bar against any invader
from the west. (Laughter.) The Sheriff had pledged himself
as a man of honour to retire, if any respectable inhabitant of the
ward should present himself. —(Clapping of hands and cheers from
one party, and cries of "No, no," from the other.)
Sheriff WINCHESTER was misunderstood, if it was supposed
that be had made the unconditional pledge alluded to.—(Great
noise and confusion.)—The imputation was not founded in fact.
He had been dragged into the present contest by technical objec-
tions.—(Cries of " You had better retire," and applause front the
Winchesterites.)—ln deference to the opinions of his supporters,
he had again come forward, and he hoped that he should again
be returned. He had excepted unconditionally to the decision of
the Court of Aldermen as bad both in law and equity.
Mr. WILDE, in his address, replied to some accusations against
him. He defied any one to show that he had used his professional
knowledge on the occasion, from any private motive. He then
charged Sheriff Winchester with the breach of a pledge given by
him, and asked that gentleman what he had to say. (The Sheriff
declined giving an answer, and there was a great uproar.) It was
painful to make such a statement, but he could not help saying to
the face of the Sheriff that his pledge had been grossly forfeited.—
After having read an extract from the short-hand writer's notes
relating to the pledge given, he asked what were the Sheriff's pre-
tensions beyond those of his being Sheriff and having heretofore ap-
peared in his full costume of office. They had, however, met
that day on equal terms, clad in their white, and black and blue,
and the independence of the ward would, be trusted, be strongly
manifested.—(Cheers.)
A show of hands then took place, and a large majority appeared
for Mr. Wilde, amidst the greatest applause. A poll was then de-
manded, and at the close of the day's proceedings the numbers were
as follow :
Mr. Wilde
Mr. Winchester
Majority for Mr. Wilde
The announcement was received with loud cheers

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Never in the memory of man were crimes so abun-
dant in the north of England as they now are in the neighbour-
hood of Carlisle. The current talk of the day is robbery, rob-
bery ! and the first question asked by meeting friends, after the
usual salutation, is—" Well, were you robbed last night ?" The
state of affairs is really most deplorable. Villagers scarcely ever
rise but to witness some depredation or other having been com-
mitted on their properties ; and finding such, are obliged to be re-
signed to the dreadful aspect of the times, observing that they must
share the common fate of others. It is nothing to find hedges de-
stroyed and young trees cut up for fire-wood, cellars broken open
for coals, and fruit, potatoes, fowls, ducks, geese, stolen ; sheep-
stealing, a capital offence, is now also making its ravages.-- Car-
lisle Journal.