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ST. THOMAS'S DAY.
The annual wardmotes were held in the City of London on the 21st, to elect Common Councilmen, and ward officers. It is usual on these occa- sions to discuss the local topics of the day. The fear of a new tax in the shape of a county rate for the purpose of erecting a paujier lunatic asy- lum, under the provisions of a Bill passed by Parliament two or three sessions since, has recently wound up the citizens to a high state of ex- citement, especially as Mr. Walpole has issued a peremptory direction to the civic authorities to put the provisions of the Act into force without delay. Attempts were made in all the wards to extract from the candi- dates pledges that they would not consent to the erection of the asylum, and that they would resist the rate ; not always successfully. In some wards the question of Parliamentary reform was broached, and resolu-
Cons in reference to it adopted, while in others the policy of facilitating the daily increasing traffic over London Bridge was earnestly pressed upon the attention of the pollee authorities and the corporation. In the ward of Walbrook, the Lord Mayor presided. He had only partially recovered from severe illness; and signed the necessary docu- ments with his left hand.
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