Star.
London, England, 1826-06-12 00:00:00

LONDON ELECTION,UUTtraDAL

Saturday the polling went on with a vigour which
has not been known -to exist 'for a great number of
years. Even the fifth Candidate polled more than bad
been roiled for the last three I.r four elections by the
Candidate. at the head of the poll at-that time.
At three o'clock the polling closed, and the following
numbers were exhibited t—,
Alderman Thompson . . . .1191
Aideiosas Waldman s • . IST
AlderstianWeiid . . • • 821

> . . 709
Lot Mew . 700
alters= Curate . . sze •
Alderman GASZATT said, that a misunderstanding
had. taken place with respect to what had occurred on
the subject of' standing for the representation of the
City bedsitter* himself and thelLord Mayor. Some,
months ago there -had• been conversation between
them on the subject, and he (Alderman Garrett) cer.
tainly said generally, that :kw had-objections of a very
strong nature; but the statement was one merely of a
general nature, and not Sahli intended as a pledge that
he would not, under any circumstances, stand forward.l
—4(Hissa end applauses.)—He certainly never meant'
at to be understood that the Livery had ittnot In theirr
power to induce him to accept of the hanout_of-repre-
smiting them, and be regretted that his worthy friend,
the Lord Mayor, had misunderstood him ; as, however
bis Lordship had considered that a pledge had been
given,.he (Alderman Garrau) would withdraw
diately from the contest.
Mr. Alderman Mount's next stepped forward, and
was received with great applause. He begged his fel-
low Liverymen to accept his grateful dunks for the
pre-eminent station he now enjoyed on the poll.; and
this was the more grateful to him, as it was unbiassed
and unsolicited, and could only be the resultbfAis con-
duct while he held a seat is Parliament. He hoped
their exertions would be condoned ; and should he be
so fortunate as to attain the height of his ambition,
which their kindness left him no room to doubt, it
would be his constant endeavour to encourage their'
interest as traders, and maintain their rights as mimeos
of LOD tinn....(4ressi).
Mr.-Alder:nen annsus returned thanks for the support which
had been worded to him.
Alderman WOOD said be did not care on what part
of the poll his name appeared, so that he should have
an opportunity of once more struggling in the cause of
his.fellow citizens. He perceived that his old friends
were rallying round him, and he felt gratification in
stating, that he had polled more within the last two days
than he had ewer polled in the two first days of any
former contest.

Mr. WARD next came in front, and was re:eived with
cheers. He observed, when he had the honour to ap-
pear before them yesterday, that he did not regard the
state of the poll as any evidence of the estimation in
which his cause was held by the voters, and that he
felt confident the expresssion of opinion on the next day
wouldibe much more favourable. That anticipation
had been justified by the event, for he had now the
pleasurtof seeing his name placed higher than it was
yebterdriy. lie entertained no doubt.that the feeling of
good will-would increase, and that during the next
week be uould have to boast a much greater degree of
their favour. He respected the old adage 44 slow and
sure t" and if he but crept up on the poll every day as
he hid done that day, he was pretty confident of
obtaining the honour of being one of their representa-
tives in Parliament. He perceived that they seemed to
like brevity in eloquence (laughter)—he would not,
therefore, trouble them longer than to thank them most
sincerely for the favours they had conferred upon him.
'The Loan Mayon stood forward amidst loud ap-
plause,. He regretted that he had to notice the con-
duct of those Gentlemen who had proposed Alderman
Garratt as a candidate. He felt that he had been
treated, to say the least of it, oncandidly and unfairly—
(Hear, hear, hear). He concluded by returning thanks
for the exertions of his friends. He was higher than
any man had ever before been on the second day's poll,
and he relied upon the exertions of his friends, but he
could not help saying, that he had Lost 30 or 40 votes
already by the circumstance of Alderman Oman's
standing—(Cheers).
The Hall theft adjourned to Mooday.