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COUltr ALDERMEN. The Loan Mavott held a Court of Aldermen at the Guildhall, on Tuesday, for the purpose of bearing appeals against the election or appoint nolo (if constables wod other ward-officers, and for the dispatch , of the ordinary business of time Court. '1 he Alder Men present were—Curtis, Hooter, Oku, Eimer, Leighton, Sch o !ey, Birch, Wood, Atkins, Magtmay, Thorp, Waithman, and Roth well. The Loan Mauna took the chair at one o'clock, and the Court was occupied some rime in a desni• tory eonversatir‘ll bet weeo Sir William Curtis, Mr. Alderman Wood, and others, respecting certain improvetrooata and regulations ralative to Bridle ' well hospital, ‘N`oicii had keen recommended its a Report from a Comodoee appointed for that pt r pose some time since, 4nd which So . Richard Cad r Giyn, who commenced the conversation, Consi dered of the utmost importance, and had Arcola! • ugly direc ed the attention of the Court to tile , subject. Mr, :alletiff RoTowree presented the Hand re rot of the. state of the iespertivm. City tiisons. Mr. Sheriff Parkins, who should also have been in amtendance on this occasion, had excised himself by letter to time Lord Mayor on account of Hitless. ItXtoFovalt-4-IIP OF 'VHF 0111'1-IANS' J)UES ON COALS. As swot as the Shelia',' Report had be n read, Sir WILLIAM CURTIS rose itionedi.oely, and said, before the Cowl proceededoo any other business, be , aashed to oceopy their attention for a shot! time. ern the sabiect of some proceedings which had taken place at time last Comt e rclati•• to the Orphans' Food, and the balances in his hands as !he receiver ; and lie trusted, before he sat down, be should be aide not only to exculpate himself front all charges against hilt,, but also to prove, that, instead of any imputatirro, he merited commendation. It bad been represented that he bad retained a three otouths' balance ; that teas very troe; he did not ny it it appeared so by time accounts ; he al lowed there was bet weer) 11,0001. and 12,0001, in his hands ; but then the money was always given credit for up to the end of the month, and he did not receive it sometimes till the 10th of the next mood"; so that the accounts made hint Lace a latger balance in hand than he really had; and when it was considered that three was nearly 60,0001. collected by these dues in the course of a year, and that the interest on his balances would not user mge more than 11. per resit. on that sum (they might call it 5 . 001. a-year), it was not too large a remuneration for all the trouble of the cola lection, and the personal risk and the security he gave for the safety of the property. The worthy Alderman (Wei:ha - tail had abruptly made this chat ge, without considering al rbest matters. He had called him au (Toledo matt " 1 ant not an opoiermt man, toy Lord; I appeal here," exclaimed the worthy Baronet with mud' warmth, striking his hated upon his breast ; ‘i 1 am not a merce nary matt, seeking to aggrandize myself ; but if this-Court think proper to give this to a poor bro ther, or an opulent one, it you will have it so, they have a right to do it •; some one must have it, and whom would the worthy Alderman give it Wooldhe give it to Mr Hunt or Mr. Pres tcin or did he wish the Committee of Two Hun- Bred of the Radicals to have it The Worthy , •Baronet .t hen proceeded to state, that it was • true his immediate predecessor in the office had retained only a two months' balance, but tlutt three were instances where larger ba larces hAd been kept in hand than even his three months'. He allowed he had kept three months' balance, but he had since only kept two months' ; but that was not because he thought he got too witch, but because there had been strzla a piece of walk made about it. All the accounts respecting the .Orphans' dues had been investigated before a Committee of the House of . Commons, and the worthy Baronet here read art extract from the Report of that Committee, which stated, that, consider-lug their various and comptex nature, the accotutts were kept with great accuracy. The worthylßaroraet said, he felt these sort of charges very severely, but be trusted he bad cleared his conduct front imputation, and exculpated himself from all .the cltarges of this report of the worthy Alderman's, stud would not therefore take up the time of the Court any longer. Sir Willisth then sat down.. Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN said, the Hon. Ba- rouet lead made a most ex.traordinary speech ; and yet, after all, the matter rt exactly Where it did before, and the reports remained in every par - - ticolar unrefoted. With respect to the charge of having brought this business forward " abvtiptly,'• or with any personal :motive toward the Hon. Il.aronet, the Court would recollect that he gave rot ice of cite motion six or seven months ago, long before be could have had any personal mo tive furnished to him by the recent proceedings of that Cont.; relative to himself, and in which the Hon. /Lironet had been so prominently con cet ned ; acid the Worthy Baronet would himself recollect, tbat he ilievked him for the candour and iiherality with which he (Mr. Waithutau) brought the business forword. Sir WSE.LIAT4 CURTIS-11's true; I did.: Mr. Alderman ‘VAITLIMatt continued, that as to the observation of the Worthy Wistotiet, that al though the money was .credited, he did not re ceive it till ten days After ; and however exit-der dinary it might seem, that he stsvidd sign accounts, and cre:lit for money ten days hetove he re- Ceired it, yet even aihinitting that die did so, what was the consequence ? Why. it only de3setted the halauce about 1,20g1. or 1,3001., leaving in iris bads, inceati ot 11,7001., 10,5001 ; and when it w a s eiinsideved that thieve were 2,0001. or 3,t7 dl. snore arssinr truth the same duties— WILLEAM Cuttris- 7 -Tliiii Court has nothing at all to do with that. Mr. Aidel'it4tif, WAITHMAN replied, that he eves SW3rC that Court ip.d nothing to do wi:h it, anti that (tie usomageineut of that busines4 was under the couttol of the Conn of Common Council ; but still be must Kbiert, that it formed a balance in his handl, with the balance on the miler accooto a total balance of at least 14,0001. from whirl:, it the Worthy Baronet knew how to make use of money, he ma>t have derived 7001. a year, which, by edlcul e lion r,t computt . od interest from the time of his appointment, must have rea lized him 10,000 t, and all this from a duty upon so necessary an article of as coals. As to the next poiot in the ‘Vorthy Bart.'s speech, the great trou ble of the collection, and the per SOlial tisk incurred, all this might appear very plausible if the fact was not known ; hot, unfortunately for this argument, it was known. that all the trouble of the collec tion, and the personal risk too, was with another person, who receives a salary of 1501. a year for corecting, which sum is allowed to the receiver in his accounts, and who also gives security for e safety of the money intrusted to him ; so that '3ll the_ great trouble incurred by the worthy I;aionet was, to undergo the fatigue of receiving rite money how the collector once a month, and pay into the hands of the Chamberlain once a quarter. The question then teas, were that Court, the trustees and guardians of this fund, perform iog their duty, at a time when they were under the absolute necessi y of borrowing money, by pet 'flitting such a balance as this to remain in the hands of one of their own body. It was tine the balances bad latterly been paid in every tt.eo months ; hut whatever might haver been the worthe Baronet's motive, he cookd not but thitik it very extraordinary that for t e n years together. he should have paid in his balance every three mouths, and immediately on this hutioess heing noticed pay it in at two months. fle readily agreed that the accounts had been investigated by the Committee of the House of Commons, aud found correct : there was no doubt oft that subject, Nobtoly accused or sus i,ected the worthy Baronet or the Chautheilain of eceiving,money and not accounting for it. The amount of the remuneration might not be too great, if it were true that the office was one of such great trouble and responsibility; but all put together could not justify that Court in allowing such balances to remain in any hands. The wor thy Baronet called tLis report his (Mr. Width matt's) report. Sir WILLIANI CURTI9.—I didn't mean that. Mr. WAITHMAN put soed.--The report vas no otherwise his than as he was one of the Commit tee; but the Committee did Ito more than direct the Chamberlain to prepare he statement which was made up from the ple!rs furnished by the Baro net himself, and the Committee uttered uo opi nion at all upon the subject. As to the insinua tions in which the Worthy Baronet had so repeat edly indulged, at a time when he was himself com plaining of personality, by allying with the Committee of the Radicala, all these he (Sir W. Ciotti') knew to be unfounded. He shoUld, how ever always resent tite.zu with as much spirit as was consistent with the .order and regularity of that Court ; and he would tell the Hon. Baronet, that he dare not make such insinuations else where; but with regard to making other receivers, did ti:e Worthy Baronet think that Court had no alternative ? bid he really suppose that the mo ney (bold he lodged in no other hands as secure as in his own ? His sole object, in the part he had taken in this business, was, that these and future balances should be paid into the Chamber, to be applied to the liquidatibn of the debts of the Corporation, and - the Worthy Alderman con cluded with a motion to that effect. The Loan MAYOR observed, that there were Feveral persons in waiting on the subject•of Ap peals against different Ward appointments, and suggested the propriety of deferring ibe discussion till the ordinary business was gone through. On this suggestion the discussion - was deferred, and the Corot was for a considerable period occu pied in . hearing several such appeals, none of which were of any public interest ; Ore hearing of several others was adjourned to the next Court ; the debate was then resumed by Sir William Curtis, who observed,• that he did not see why these charges should be brought against him, when there were many whets who got more than he did: he only got II: per cent. There was the collector of scavage and package, who derived a much larger per cent age, and there was the col lector o f the customs for the Trinity-house, who collected 35,0001. a year, and got 5 per cent, on it, and did nothing but sit down and•receive the money. Mt. Alderman ‘Voon-thought the business was of great importance ; and as it. was likely to create a- very lengtheoed discussion, and it was then late (oast five o'clock), he suggested that t h e motion he withdrawn, ,to be resumed or brought-forward again at another Court. Mr. Alderman THOM' supported the suggestion of Mr. Alderman Wood, and wished the motion adjourned. Mr. Alderman ATKINS saw uo reason why the question should not be decided at present, and thought the Court ought to feel no hesitation in negativing the motion at once. It was throwing an odium upon the character of the worthy Baro• net, who, considering the trouble and risk he in curred, he conceived, was by no means paid too much. Thd worthy Alderman reprobated tl►e. precipitancy with which the business had been brought forward, and urged the Court for an im mediate decision. Sir RICHARD CARR GLYN asked what it was the Worthy Alderman meant by his motion ? It it was intended that all monies collected should be in future directed to . be paid into the hands of the Chamberlain direct, it should be recollected that the person now employed as Collector was not en officer of that Court,- and it would there fore be necessary previously to appoint an officer of their own. If the motion were agreed - to, he. did not see'how it could be carried into effect un der the present circurnstances..t . Mr. Alderman \VAITHMAN replied, that his ob ject was, that the present balance should be paid into the Chamber ; and that all monies subse quently collected should be paid i n in the sante. manner, instead of being paid to the 'receiver. — If his motion were carried, it would probably he right to refer it to a Committee, to arrange iu what manner, and by whom, the collection should he made. It was, how aver, quite immateval to hint whether his fontiOn Was negatived now, *s he thee it was withdrawn, or referred back to the Committee; for he WO3 certain that, in its re sew shape or any other, either at this tittle °l* soy subsequent period, whenever it was btooght forward, the motion would he negatived. !t Was a strange charge of the Worlty Alderman (A - kins) of a want of due considvration, old the inure sw coming from that quarter, after what that Court had recently witnessed. He could, how ever, assure that Worthy Alderman that, trifling as he might deem the subject, the public did and would consider it of serious importance, that 7001. per annum should be paid by them to one of their own members, at a time of such general distress, and out of a tax upon the necessary article of coals. After some further conversation, the motion was withdrawn, with an understanding that the subject would be brought forward again at no distant period ; and the Court adjourned at nearly six o'clock. The City Solicitor having at the last Colin de clined any further interference in the prosecution against Sheriff Parkins and others for the alleged tumult on Michaelmas-day last, had delivered up Lis papers to the Committee for conducting these proceedings, together with his bill for the ex peuces already incurred, amounting to 5901., and it was expected that the subject relative to the payment would have come on before the Court ; but on account of the press of business, and the lateness of the hour, the subject was not mentioned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Lt NCOJ o N'S INN HALL, JAN. 19. THE ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. HARTLEY. The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated that he had beet► preventtd from looking over the voluminous depositions in this cause, and that therefore it would not be in -his power to give judgment in it till Saturday morning. THE 51 AEQUESs toWNSEIEND V. THE BISHOP OV NOLO. WICH AND OTHFRS. This suit has been instituted for the purpose of determining, in whom the right of proe,tation to the benefice of West Raynata, in the diocese of Norwich, is vested. The advowqon is claimed by three parties—by the' Marquis Fownshend, as heir-at-law of the late Marytiv, in whom it was vested ; by Lord Charles Townsbend, as lord of the manor ot West Raynam ; and by Lord John Townsheod and Mr. Blake,, the trustees under the will ot the late Marquis. There are also two cross-bills; in which Lord John Townshend and tie trustees severally are plaintiffs. The Loan CHANCELLOR left the Court at three o'clock, soon atter the case had been opened.— Farther bearing postponed till Tuesday next. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 19. THE HUNTINGDON CHARITY. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF HUNTINGDON. This case was beard a few days back before the price-Chancellor, upon a petition of the relators praying for a reference to the Master to approve of a scheme for the future regulation of the Cha• rity, and that the Corporations migllt be made responsible fur the losses they occasioned to the Charity funds, in consequence of an impro per and disproportionate letting of the Cha rity lands. His Honour, upon the he. , .:i“g' at that petition, decreet4 . That Sir John Arun,iel be removed from the office of Master of St. John's Hospital, and that the offices of Master of the Hospital and Member of the Corporation be held incompatible ; that it be referred to the Master to enquire with whom the appointment of Master resides, and what are the proper qualifications for that office ; also with whom the appointment of schoolmaster resides, and what are the necessary qualifications; that the Master approve of a scheme for the future management of the revenue of the Hospital vt hat an account of the rents and profits be take❑ from the filing of this information ; and that the Corporation be rnat!e to account for these rents and profits since that time the costs of the in formation to be paid by the Corporation. The cause, however, stood over to be spoken to ; and this day a conversation took place between the Learned Counsel on both sides. Mr. BELL, the lealling Counsel for the defend ants, observed, that whatever justice there might be in the decree for removing Sir John Arundel from the office of - Master of the Hospital, it could net be contended- that he was made personally liable for any part of the loss sustained by the charity, in consequence of the depreciated letting out of the lands. The original information was not so framed as to allow Sir John an opportunity in his answer to address himself to that point. The Vice CHANCELLOR said, that in the pre. sent state of the cause the Court was not warrant ed in making Sir John personally responsible for the losses to the Charity. Had the relators amend ed. their Bill, and called upon this individual to answer in his personal capacity for these losses, no doubt he should have been made liable. His HoNoult then amended his former decree by directing a reference to the Master to enquire into, and state what is tht•constitution .of St. John's Hospital ; who are the visitors and trus tees, and in whom the appointment of Master of the Hospital resides ; in whom the charity lands are legally vested, or capable of being vested ; and what are the necessary qualifications for the office of master of the hospital as well as the schoolmas ter. He further decreed, that the office of school master to the charity, as well as that of master of the 'hospital, be held incompatible wish the character of Member of • the Corporation. XVith respect to the part of the decree, directing the removal of Sir John Arundel from the office of Master, he should reserve it for consiPleration until the Master had sent in his report. He would further direct the Mas ter to inquire into and state,the amount of the rea sonahte expellees incurred by Sir J. Arundel in the prosecution of the suit bet ween hirn and A. Price in behalf of shecharity, making the amount at these ex pences an item in the account het ween the relators and defendants. The master was also at liberty to make a separate report respecting the question of commotsage On a part of the charity lauds ; the concluding direction in the reference was, that the Master should enquire whether or not the new pasture lands were duly set out by tbe defendants, and if not to enquire and state what ought to be set out in that behalf... Durine the 14te frost upwards of 60 persons, who met with serious accidents in consequence of the slippery state of the streets, lave been le -I:4'iVf'd at the S I , Gcorge's Hospital, near Park Corner. OLD BAILEY. Yesterday James and Richard Hicks, father and son, were indicted for stealing three heifers, the property of Charles 'l'hotna• Mahon. Win. Hicks., another of the sons, was included is the indict— ment, but be was not in custody. Mr. ARABIN conducted the prosecution.---Th e - case has already been fully detailed in the Police Reports. (loth prisoners protested their innocence. DJ@ COMMON SEMIS/U.IT gummed up the evi— dence, and the Jury found the prisoner Jailors ! " Not Guilty," 'but pronounced Richard. Hicks '' Guilty"—Death. Mr. John Chalks Cuthbert, who kept the Bell in St. James's-market, but now of the Goat in Pall-Mall, was placed at the inner bar, upon an indictment, which charged him with wilful and corrupt perjury. After the trial had gone on for some time, ttie, COMMON SERJRANT submitted to the Jury, whe ther they were anxious it should proceed any fur ther, upon such testimony as bad beerfarlducerl. The Jury instantly said, they were completely satisfied of the innocence of the defendant, and pronounced hint so by the verdict of—Not Guilty. Mr. Cuthbert was immediately set at liberty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. DRURY-LANE AND COSOURG THEATRES. UNION-HAIL.--- Yesterday being the day ap. , pointed for bearing the_ information which bee been laid by Mr. Ward, on the part of the Pra prietors of Drury-lune Theatre, agairlst Mr. sop, the Proprietor of tie Cohourg Theatre, for enacting at his house, contrary to his license, the tragedy of King Richard 111., a great number of persons interested in ihe decision of the question attended at this Office. The hour orijnally ap pointed for entering on the subject was c1e..3 o'clock, and the Magistrates, Sir Jo: and Mr. CnAlaseas, were in attendance at that time to hear the arguments on both sides. BV arrangement proposed on the part of the Counsel for Drury-Lane Theatre, however, this Nrpoint. meat was abandoned, and the hour of two fixed. Soon after one the worthy Magivrates, hating, completed the ordinary business of tile day, c, on the case, when Mr. Burgess, Solicitor tn t Warty, stated that his Counsel had not yet anis e& and that he did not feel he should be justified in conducting th,! matter himself. Sir Jnnn Pt lOUN said, that as the question at issue pas one would in all probabili tyP occupy a considerable porti3n of ti me, .td as he hail business elsewhere, be could tun, with convenience give it the attention which it would require. He was ready then to proceed in the intormation, if the parties desired. Mr. BURG; - :LS repeated his wish, that the mat. ter might be conducted by Cotimel. Mr. llooaas, Solicitor for Mr. Glossop, sail that be felt Ititrself absolved from all blame, as to the delay whic:l might take place. The post ponement of the hour, in the first instance fixed, arose entirely with the plaintiff. lie a gree d i n the impolicy of entering on a question involving so many nice points, at so late an hour of the clay. Under these circumstances it was agreed, that the case should stand over till that day se'n night, at one o'clock, when all parties ate to be in attendance. The Counsel engaged are Mr. F. PoLLocx. and Mr. TURTON. for Drury-lane Theatre ; Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. DOWLING, for the Cohotirg Theatre. Bo w-s rßEET.—Yesterdsy William Quin, a. lad about 16 or 17 years of age, was charged before FARRANT, Esq., with uttering a forged IL Bank-note of England to John Beseoby, who keeps an ,oil-shop in Stanhope-street., Clare-mer- , ket, in the purchase of oil, snap, and blacking, on Tuesday evening, knowing the note to be a .forgery. To prove his guilty knowledge, it was ascertained that he gave a fake aeconut of him. , self : he sail he lived with his uncle, Mr. Cla rence, a carpenter, in Bear -yard, whereas no such person lived there. Ott searching him, liletuty of silver and halfpence were Sward to pay for the ar ticles be had purchased, without changing the 11. note. Mr. Bescoby has had the misfortune to take several forged notes; his wife had no doubt but that she took one of them of the pri soner. She will attend at the next examination., The Solicitor to the Bank attended to conduct the prosecution ; and Mr. Lee, the inspector, to prove the note a forgery. BIRTHS. At Hertford, ou the 18th instant, Mrs. C. J. Wrigia, of a, daughter. On the 19th instant, the Lady of J. B. Heath, Esi. of Bloomsbury-place of a son. MARRIED. On Tuesday, at Coventry, by the Rev.!. Bacon, the and Rev. William Eden, third son of Lord Utak'', to Aria Maria Lady Grey de Ruthyii, widow of the late Lord Grev dlr Ituthyn. At her Father's Queen-street, Edinburgh, os the 14th insta , it, Walter Frederick Campbell, of Shawficdot. Esq. to Lady Ellinor Clmrteris, eldest daughter of the Rig.ht Ho:muralsle the Hail of Weiniiss and ?starch. bn the lath at. Canterbury, the Rev. Thomas Stephen Hodges, to Julia, third daughter of tike 1j Wittitita Bader, Esq. of Eastry, Kent. DIED. Very suddenly, at his house in Friday-street, on Frider evening last, aced 42, Jeremiah Cowper, Esq. deeply and most deservedly lamented by an extensive circle of relative* and friends. -On the 15th instant, at Bath, aged 81, Mrs. Holroyd, ouls surviving sister of the Earl of She On the 18th instant, in Burlingham-street, Fitzroy-square, Mrs. Cornell, 73. John I)emaine, of West End, in the parish of Fewston, Yorkshire, died on Friday week, in the I lOrds year of age—the chief amusement of iris life was hunting, which he always pursued on foot, and' which he continued ❑ntil within the last five years of his death. He was never kncse to exchange his clothes, however wet, and never experienced a day's confinement from illness in his life. After he bad at tairrod his tooth year, he era that be was grown old, and could not Icap over a style or a ditch with his custom:J.!, LGNI)ON: Print - L(1 byd. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. 29, Great Ormond-street, Queen-swine; anti published hv W. A , SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Moiton-street, at Tux Stir , (Mice, No. l hi., Strand ; when Advettisenients, Letters, 3.e. (poa-paid) mat I)4:ad:tit:mg. 1. 1 '