Star.
London, England, 1829-02-03 00:00:00

ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN.

Ye-ter day a Wardmote was held at the Schoolhouse,
in Bishopsg:4-, lor the purl.3se of Aider-
mans in the room of Sir R. C. Glyn. app, n ed in the
.in cure of Bridge 'Ward. The c.owd vi as over,. helro-
'rig, and tle friends r f both car.tit.'ates made tremen-
dous exertions. The Right Elounli: able the Lord
.layor appeared, and •ss as loudly cl.eered by the E4c•
tees. He was follossed by the Cr mlir n Sergeant, as
his as-essor, and by the candidate., and .Letr legal ad-
v;set s and friends. .
Mr. BicHazus proposed W. T ylor Copeland, Esq.
Icitizen and goldsmith. as a fit and pro; er person for
' Alderman; and in doing sn, he *poke at c usiderable
:ength in praise of the talent, intelligeme, respectabi-
lity, and property if th Gertlenran, as qualifying
hirr, in an eminent degree, to fi 1 the hot.out ab!e situa-
tion to which he wired.
Mr. J. W. Hata. seconded ti.e nomination.
Mr. Cozaust apologised t r not a.:dr►s ing the elec-
tors a! length ; but AS a resident in the W. r.; for tOily
years, he felt great pleasure in nominating Mr. J. Fovr.t r
Dove, citizen and stationer, as a highly r spectahle
man, and will qualified to discharge the ittrpottatit
duties of the officp.
Mr. Coautzc came forward to second Mr. D we's
nomination.

The Loau MAYOR was about M take 'he show of
hands, when a di,cu...sion to,* place n the minus
details of no inspootance...• •
Mi. CHARLES PEARSON.-4 (OT one Ail' not Bite

my vote to Any nun who will not pledge I iihscif 45 A
nun and a Gentleman, in the event ill hel th or
change of cilcumstances,oi other occul re.ices
'ng, ss hick in opinion' f she Ward prevent him from
upholding the office with dignity. and di,chAtiong its •
duties will propliety, thAt lie will concur ss the
Wald in tesigumg e office to which he- may be
elected—(G; eat applause).
M. Sheriff COPELAND rose and said, a mutt itriprit.
Ant question has bi en put to the caiidiiiates by Mr.
['raison; he has asked "if 1 should be elected, and at
Airy future tiarei-moliriune shi uld befall, or 111 heal it
assail me, whether I will retire Isom the s,' ? to
bleb I beg most disilictly to answer, that in Littler of
those cases L.still instantly tesign the gi son:'
Mr. DOVE rose amid considerable cheering, aid as-
sured the Meeting that he felt the greatest confidence
in the result of 0 e electio 1; so much so, that as the
worthy Sheriff had so re. ently recovered i.om severe
ind-position,and was no.v. filling that important office,
he 'bought he might space himself further trouble, and
seek that refitment which he needed—(Laugh er).—
Mr. Dove then, with gteAt heeling and emotion, advei ted
to certain calumnies sig iimt him, and oli.10C:i the, elec-
tors, that in the course of his life lie defied any man to
e-tablish one charge of c:miluct unbecoming the Oa.
ratter of a tradesman or a gentleman. He acknoM hedged
and gloried in,the f ter, that I.e had been the Architect
of his own fortune ; and that fioni very liniord Means,
he had raised himself by industry, per sever Al.ce, and.at.
tentizn, to a station in society, which justified him in
aspiring-to the honour he was fully confident the kind-
ness of his friends would cower up .n him--( Applause,
An I cries i f "The pledge, the vledge.") When Mr.
Dive continued—" \lost as tiredly I will iesign, if at
the end of three years the WArd wishes to dish ense w.i.h
my seivice,"—(Anlanse).
Mr. Sheriff Ci.rrisAND again shortly Ind ar;:rol riately
addressed the electors ; when t.e Lind Mayor t in.
teed d to take the show of hands, when there •01 awed

to be twice thenunibet for Mt. Dove to thobe tor Mr.
Sheriff Copeland, on whose•behalt A hit was imme -
diately demAnded. •
Pollinrconirrienced kith great.spirii, and continued
till five when it stopped lot the asp
The Lon') DIATOM announced, antida gre4 cheers,
that the 'lumbers %vete—

For Jr. Slirrif Copeland 172 1 For Nlr. Dove . 151
Mt. COPELAND 'twined th.mks. His f .met 11 tilesll
had, he said, been Alluded to. He as ured his ft iends
that his constitution had been completely rei.ovated by
.he a r Bishopsgate—(Cheers).
Mi. Dova also returned thinkr, and spoke with great
confiJertee of ultimate success.
Tile WArdniote thus a ,journed.

BURT ST. Enmornis.—D ed on Sattirdly. Ja• • 31.
at the advanced age of 87, JAMS OAS'S, Esq. !Linker, of 1144
town, and Senior itlember of our Corporation. In the di.tharte
of the .evtral duties of a long life, devoted to commercial ruc.uiti,
he pursued one undeviating course of the stricter: liar-v*ly, cimpktl
with urbanity of manners, in bis intercourse with the I ul.lic .t
large. In private lite. and more paticol.aly in the bosons tor his
his memory will be embalmed throuih os.ny.a coming Itar•
in the. hearts of those surviving 'datives shu, the
have recently stm.ined, will he soothed with the grsteful r.tol cc-
von, that they once cheered by his ctitiver.e and com stlhd
by his advice, and are still instruct,d by his example. to 'lnch. rge
with Ii trtisy'the importan: lurctions both of publ:c Hod pray. a use,
in a strict
.adhcreoce to tvtry civil( social, moral, ad retsigh.tis
übilaatim. „.
Threoireit-Fitiof of JACK JOHNST6tied %1•W by the
Exectituilef4r; 6. 11. 'towers aid Mr. It. likiLLY, is
under fourteen thousand- pound', T..e ploy .• ty is I tittr.
cipally ip the B ink of England.
A fe,.V-klals ago, as some jout.g people of Ilalcunibe
wee ifienistlees with shnotii:g small 1 irds,
one of theriv'named Steele, getting thri.ugh a hedge,
'%nd pressing before him the but end of his• gun, a tow,
it is suppe..o, c islets the trigger, ani the co, tents we!,
loiged just:be:ow the heart. The unfortun tie ) out!'
wffered considerably until the next day, when he ex-
pired. A Coroner's It quest has been held on the body,
and a verdict of " Accidental death" retntned.— Sussex
Adves User.
titter the lirst6shing season there Intel been twenty-
tato cai goes, centai,:iug 12,658 hor;sheads f pilchatds,
exported linm St. lees i besides about 1 000 hogsheads
sent overland to beesported from Pecz nice, and neatly
2,000 hogsheads sold fresh ro persunsiiltheneighloogs.tir•
sv
hood ; making in the hfile upwards of 14,500 h
heads taken ,by the St. lees fishern,en—a greater (p.n.
tity than was ever before taken there in one season,—
Cornwall Gazeite.

The following most distressing accident occurred at
Askam Bryan, near York, in the forenoon of Tuesday
last. A young man, named George Thomps• rt, having
been .out with a gun, te.urned home, and placed•it
loaded beneath the bed. Two children, one his brother
aged eight years, and the oilier his nephew, a fine child
only 16 munths old, were playing in the room; and
on being lift alone, the elder pulled out the gu",
which unfortunately went off, and killed the child on
the spot.
A Royal Bank of Scotland rote, during the reign of
George It was presented at the Weekly Chronicle office
last week, dated Edinburgh, 9th February,l7so, which
makes it 79 years old. It is marked Ll 2 Scr:ts, whith
is twenty shillings sterling. We have made a calcula•
tion of compound interest on the note, andsrat reiders
may perhaps be surpri,ed to learn that, upon the rip-
position that this note has been locked up ever since in
the heads of some abed gear-gathering, ignorant per- -
roe, it will have added to the profits of 'the Illy al Binh
474 ss.—Weekly Chi orticle.

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