The Sun. — 1826-05-18 (London, England)

CARRIED. The following is a copy That the Livery of London could be only adequately represented by persons whose past political conduct rendered Iprofessions and prOmises equally Unnecessary."—Mr. 4UM E figured well ; and, considering he had come 50 miles .on this occasion to attend the meeting, travelled at great length into the merits of the worthy Alderman ; and moved—" That the long consistent public life of Alderman Waithman, mid his ultimate knowledge of the trading interests of this metropolis, qualify him as a Representative in Parliament." Mr. DILLON urged the necessity of representing every class, particularly shopkeepers, and seconded the resolutioq, which was adopted. Mr. COATES, the wine and brandy merchant, then rose and said, that he was in good spirits, and should give the Alderman his cordial support. He might have a rum way of addressing them, but there was ample proof of his sincerity; his .genuine conviction was, that the Alderman's character was pure.  He (Mr. Coates) was not for importing strangers to , represent the City ; all the arguments together in its favour did not weigh a dram. After a considerable display of eloquence, in a neat speech very much to the pint, the worthy Gentleman despaired not of making their crusty opponents sherry oft; and bring their friend safe into port. Mr.HARNIER is said, in our report, to have observed that, amongst the pleas which could be urged in favour of the Alderman, whose interests engrossed their attention, there were none to which their enemies could demur, but many which were favourable to the general issue. He would be bail that nothing could arrest their progress ;—the verdict of every honest man was in theirlavour, and he would appeal to any judge of the question, if it had not been the invariable practice of Mr. Waldman to oppose corruption ?—they could all bear witness to the slander which had been heaped on the worthy Alderman ; but upon trial he could just yy the conclusion that he was not guilty. Mr. WA IT qMAN was overpowered with gratitude, and urged the greatest exertion, he had lost the last election because 3.00 of his friends had not voted, for him; he begged his supporters not to give his opponents an inch for they would take an ell; for himself he would not give up a quarter Of a yard of ground—in short he was determined to nail his opponents, whom he treated as unprofitable customers, and to measure every one of their steps. In his canvass he had been very successful, he had received that morning 38 promises, and only one answer that ran counter to his wishes; he would not forget that he had received great benefit from the prints, but the cause required great exertion. It embraced a wide field, one that could not be covered with a sheet ; their paths were not velvet; they had not a lawn for their peregrinations; and they must mind how they cut their cloth ; but he did not despair ; his hopes could not be cut qi, for his life throughout had been all of a piece.---(Cheers.) At the conclusion of the Alderman's address, a great many were leaving the room, in consequence of, as we learned, a manufactory bell in the neighbourhood calling a number of the Gentlemen to their work; and the remainder `were also still further thinned by the mention of the subscription. Several houses were appointed fOr taking' in money, and it was announced that the smallest donation would be thankfully received. We are sorry that our reporter did not sacrifice his feeling a little on this occasion, and get near the leading speakers. We lost many good ,things that were said, particularly L2Teat, part of the speeches of a pawnbroker,who called the Alderman a duplicate of Alfred the Great, an apothecary did not scruple to call the Ministerial Candidates drugs; and,the foreman to the ailor by the Bank, who, in the name of the operaives in that respectable trade, declared the Alderman .o be worthy of all the Siwick miners.  SINGULAR ATTENIPT AT SurcinE.---Yesterday morning a boy named Jones, 12 years of age, residing with his parents in Thomas-street, in the -ICent-road, while at play with his sister in the garden at the rear of the house, quarrelled with her on some frivolous account. At the time it occurred, the girl had been exercising with a skipping-rope, which, in the height of his passion, be seized out of her hands, and instantly ran into the privy, where, it appeared, he attempted to commit suicide. The sister, on observing her brother bolt himself in; ran into the dwellinghouse, and informed her - father, who was obliged to burst open the privy door before he could gain admittance; when his feelings received a dreadful shock, on seeing the boy suspended by the neck to a beam, with one end of the skipping-rope tied round his neck, and the other end made fast to the beam. When cut down he was completely black in the face, and life seemed extinct. However, animation was at length restored by the perseveriug attentions of a medical few moments longer mHanad,haenrdemthaienebdoay viseryn,ow in a fair way of recovery. suspended, it would have been out of the- power of human means to have restored him. A few days ago, a tradosimui, s wife in this place, who had been tasting rather freely, and on her way home was requiring assistance from the walls of the houses, in order to keep her balance, was thus remarking to herself----“ 111 luck upo' Your imperial measures, I cou'd hae drunken an' aurhaf-mutchkin ony day, an' they war'na born that would hae kept it ; but this dings a'."---Aberdeen Last week, as some labourers were em p lod in ye breaking up and burning the turf on the estate of the gar; of car. narvou, at ilighclose, they incautiously set fire. to an adjoining plantation, of which no leas than fourteen acres were detained,  TO