The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-24 00:00:00

INK OF AUSTRAL-ASIA. • • A:fir.4ordinary general meeting of thn Bank of ss44 held yesterday at the office of the Cyriii4'No. 2, Moorgate-street, for the purpose of cP-1-,ng a DiLector in the vacancy occasioned by the r 74:,; major), of \V. Brown, Esq. 1 1 ,r..thli office there have been four candidates— Mr, Atherstone, Mr. De Castro, G. H. Foster, Esq. , and Captain 3.Grover. The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. Atherstone and Mr. De Castro had withdrawn, and the election rested between Mr. Foster and Captain Grover. Before proceeding to the show of hands, Captain GROVER briefly addressed the meeting, remarking on , the aptitude displayed by military men for public business; he stated, however, that he h'4 but slight hopes of success, anticipating a more favourable result on another occasion. On the show of hands, The CHAlRMAN.declared the election to have gone in favour of Mr. Foster, by a large majority. :qr. FOSTER briefly returned thanks, trusting that he should discharge the duties of the office with satis faction to the Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN then said that the business of the extraordinary general meeting had concluded, and they were now convened according to a resolution passed at • their last meeting. The Directors were not prepared to submit to them f,rfyl report, or regular account, but, as it appeared at t}!::• last meeting to be the wish of the Proprietors to r t the Directors more frequently than once a year, they hail cheerfully acceded to their wishes, and the present meeting was fixed accordingly. He congra tulated them that it was accidentally prevented from taking place last December, as they should not then have been so well able to give an explanation of transactions that had taken place in the colony, calculated to remove the apprehensions that had been occasioned by recent advices from that quarter. They were aware that this Bank had a large pecuniary claim on the Bank of Australia. Since the last meeting a resolution had been come to at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Bank of Aus tralia, held at Sydney, that they would resist the payment of that claim to this bank. Measures had, therefore, been taken by the officers of this bank in the colony, which had also been followed up here with respect to that debt ; but as the statement of those measures would involve legal points, he would beg them to hear Mr. Farrer on the subject. Mr. 0. FiRRER then went into an explanation of the circumstances of the matter in dispute between the two • bankfr., begging the Proprietors to confine their attention solely to the legality of their claim,' awl not enter into any - discussion on the propriety or expediency of the original transaction. He said that the resolution passed at.* the meet ing of - the Bank of Australia to resist the claim' of this Company upon it, WAS supported only 13 . y nineteen. gentlemen, though the whole num • belt of .coprietos of that Bank was two hundred. He then read N. Aue,stioris on the case of this Com pany whickhad been laid-before - Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Seigeanttazgee' and Mr. Hugh Hill, and the answers to them, which were every - way satisfactory to the Directors, as to the complete liability of the Bank of Auitralia for the amoiint of the sum advanced to it by thg - establiShinent. A short disu,ssion followed„ 13. which Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, 130.0 as, a, proprietor and one of the legal gentlemen w)lo lii4.li,An consulted, expressed his perfect confidence: iniAhe :recovery of the sum, in question. : , The • CadIRMAlt• Vien.made a short general state ment of the present•condition.of the business of the bank, which' he said had partaken of the improved state of the affairs of the colony. A vote of thanks to the Directors was proposed and carried for their able conduct with respect to the dis pute between the two companies, and the meeting se parated. The ,proceedings Appeared to give general eatisfactim, SPIRIT of t he J O URN ALS, TROX TIM RIMMING PAPERS Op YESTERDAY. GLOBS,—Excessive expansiveness (though no one would have supposed so) is -the complexional foible of Lord Aberdeen. "Le garcon epicier," says the French comic novelist, " est eminemment seduiteur; quoique cela ue.paraisse pas." Lord Aberdeen is not less eminently communicative, though he seems not quite equally seductive, if we may judge by the final issues of his expansive communications. His Grace of Newcastle, a good many years ago, said he was not accustomed to " 'dilate with his pen." It would be just as well if our present Foreign Secre tary would try to get out of the habit of "dilating" with tongue or pen, at least on occasions when every word exposes, a weaker and more extended front toan enemy. The . word too much appears invariably the point he has" most happiness 'in hitting. This some times happens to people who are by no means led into it by excessive warmth of sympathies. On the contrary, caring abou'i.sro iuch for one party addressing them as another, they do not feel. the distinctions of demea nour required by their tempers or positions. We have thus Lord Aberdeen expanding to Mr. Everett on the desirableness of abolishing slavery in America ; and now we have him expanding to Lord Ranelagh on the questions which have most divided European opinien,.in late years. . But the ord' too AstaCh (Acura mo s t emphatically at the close of th's curious correspondence. Lord Aberdeen gets out of _teniper.,at - Lord Rapelagh's intention of publiihing it.; theugh, what on earth an amateur diplomatist ova dees want but to possess the world with the importance of his-opinions and of his over tures—or why _on earth Lord Aberdeen took pains to " dilate with the pen " at such a rate, if he did not mean to furnish materiala for publicity--are questions his Lordship might have asked himself at the outset. Lord "Aberdeen, liowever,gets out of temper, and this is the way he shovis it : , " I should naturally feel much disposed to of to the publication - of fetters ,which, by me at least, had never been written with any such view or expectation ; but as my request "might be liable to misconstruction, and as I conjecture that the suppression of the cone sposidenee would'be more painful to your Lordship than its publication would be disagreeable to me. I leave you o do as you think proper. Should. your Lordship finally decide on giving this correspondence to the public, have only to express a hope theta part of it may be sup pressed." • . Oh that our .enemips would- •write us such letters 1 Here is a noblesseasa amature years—of qualities (it is presumable) such as to fit him for precisely the post in her Majesty's Government which requires the most in tuitivetact and habit of keeping in view—when he writes or speaks—all probable consequences—and who yet shows evident irritation at so simple a fact as that an amateur Carlist crusader, whom he favours with long letters (when short snubbing ones would have served every purpose), should Set his heart upon printing them,' and' " Shaine the fools" who undervalued the inotnentonsness of his mission as Minister Plenipoten tiary•froin Don Carlos to the Court of Great Britain ! It'4l, Lord Aberdeen gets . angry. But surely -he might have kept snore wit in his anger than to hazard the hope" that "no part" of his correspondence would he "suppressed" by a gentleman in publishing it I Why,if such an unsupposable case should happen, he had his remedy in his own hands. Or are we to understand, as the climax to all this mature. states. man's .uniuspiciousuess, that he keeps no copies: of letters addromed on such subjects to such parties? The following is the Parthian shot of Lord Rane -144h. We cannot recover from our astonishment that even our expan s ive Foreign Secretary should. not . 'have lx.en .'‘far noith" enough to forbear dibiting v th the pen on a point so obviously open to such gn , . • • • s =? Lord—Jn ,acic.nowleclging . the 'receipt of your letrer r r,yesterday, I trust beg your Lordship to exeu.3e rue, frost} C . olhlr:in,c, , , the ex v.ple. which you have set me, infujhag into,Pais correspondence any• portion of per .•• „ I shalbmPrOy-observe, , . that, until I had read. your. L rdship's• letttr. now Wore m never had en iuto inv , mind that any: gentleman would entertain f nosieve ,garbling a correspondence ch hcf4 Al it4o.ile miry to gircrto the public." .1:,N010I01,1S, PA RT II IN - . • sA Yesterday an inquest was held at the Coseley Ta vern, at Cowley, on the body of Benjamin Smith; a miner; who , e death, with that of two other men, was caused by an, enormous tall. of earth ip a mine in vibletl.they ° were wjjrliirigt., .rhe,,ascpinpanying state urt.itt given before coroper, Jay- one of the sur , viniat ba with .4p interest ,:-- Cosely, in this parish,' and am kroiner.., (*Friday last I was at work with the 'keened Benjamin Smith (who was about thirty two yeArs 41, , and -a.aniner,•living at Cosely), in a coal-pit at the Fox Yards, this county, a n d in the parish of Tipton, in while - ..akte thatwere at . work - there, about . half-past • 0ine .0 •4 0 4, thy' of clod aid earth` fell in toraolrning, a quanf t the amount o more than, it thousand ton. a n d almost every man in the pit, was stopped up. Souse few of the ja • were a distance Off, and clear a way; b ut thedee-n -ceaso, my slf, and four Others, .were stopped Up in one of .the hollows. reat.„ exertions were made to' get us Qut there was plenty of help, and nearly all the iuiaers from the adjoining collieries came to their assistance,' ,Several tons of stuff were soon removed, and in ,about an hour one of the . six men was got out . very badly hurt, but he is still alive. Another was . got out soon . after without much' injury. As fast as the miners, got the stuff away more tell in, but in the course of tile' fillip all the remaining men, except my self, were got out, but I was not got out till about ten o ' c lock that night.' I ,was not at all hurt, but was very wea k d ro op the dainp and confinement, and being, withont food. I had not had anything to eat from the previous„ .night, so that I was I more than tlatenty-togr .;hours, without tasting it. was quite sensible all the time, and conversed with all the men. . I Naked with Smith as long as he lived, which was about fallout and' a half, as near as I can guess, after stUSN'lft. 'other, rap viere:killed. 'One of them lived about an hour, and the other about an hour and a half. I could hear the miners working to get us out. I believe everything was done that could be done. I was afraid to stir, although I saw my suf fering companions close to me nearly buried in the earth. It was light a part of the time from a candle, but after it want out we were in darkness all the time. Some of the men had their arms wedged down, and asked me to remove the clods from their mouths to allow them to breathe, and I did so several times, although it endangered my own life, as the stuff continued falling. The butty was one of those stopped up ; and he died. While he WAS con fined his arms were crushed against his body, and his head was kept bent down. He could scarcely breathe, and when I removed the clod from his mouth he breathed so hard that the candle went out, and we gave ourselves up for lost. I have been a miner from my childhood, and havQ worked at the pit in question about six weeks, and speaking from my expe rience I think the occurrence was accidental, and could not be prevented. I did not think there was any danger, or I would not have worked at the pit. There is plenty of timber, and every precaution is taken to ensure the safety of the men. After the deceased was got out, his body was, I believe, taken to his house. It is now lying there. The t%so others who were killed were removed to Dudley. I think the accident took place through there being a hollow above the one where we worked, and the stuff between the two dropping down. Ido not think any one is to blame with reference to it. Other corroborative evidence was given, and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."— Wolverhampton Chronicle of Wednesday. da)r to the warehouse he found that they had been the H division the prisoners were arrested—Hawkins in Whitechapel, and Crawcour in a house of ill fame, No. 6, Salter-place, Cannon-street-road, when they were brought before Mr. Ballantine, on Saturday . last. The only evidence to connect either of the pri soners with the burglary was that of a lad named Edward Cummins, who swore positively that at eight o'clock on the evening of the preceding Sunday, whilst standing in Cannon-street, almost directly op posite the school-house, he saw two persons, one of whom was Hawkins, come out of complainant's house, whilst Crawcour lighted them with a candle to the door, and in about two minutes afterwards followed them down William-street. stjlen. The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Letham)—Did you sell any of these goods to the trade ?—Mr. L , Aham replied that he believed he did last year. The LORD MArott—Would theQo pieces have brought a higher price than Mr. Evans gave for them ? Mr. Letham—They would have been sold at a much higher price. Mr. Evans has given a very low price for them. Mr. Humphreys—ls not Mr. Evans's a very respect able house ? Mr. Letham—Certainly it is. The LORD MAYOR—These goods have been pur chased at fourpence-halfpenny a yard. What would you have charged ? Mr. Letham—l think there is not one which we would sell at less than ninepence a yard, and there are some which would produce four teen or fifteenpence. Mr. Humphreys—Ts it not usual to sell off a bank rupt's stack at at least a 3 low a rare, comparatively? Mr. Letham—l have never observed things of the The first witness called was police-constable 126 H, by whom Crawcour was arrested. He stated that he had discovered no traces of the stolen property, and was therefore not able to carry the case any further than on the previous examination. He had, hwever, made inquiries into the character of the lad Cummins, on whose evidence the charge entirely depended, and all the answers were in favour of his honesty. One of Cummins's former employers, named Allen, dis charged him for sauciness, but did not accuse him of being a liar. Cummins was then called—Though subjected to a long and severe cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, he persisted steadily in his previous statement ; nothing was elicited to affect his character more than that he had been dismissed for sauciness by Mrs. Allen, and from her employment at the Cannon-street toll-gate, because on one occasion he had stayed up all night with the toll-taker at Stepney-gate. Some additional evidence, however, was elicited from his further cross-examination, which will be of great importance to the prisoners. He swore that, previously to his seeing Crawcour light the two parties out of complainant's house, he was standing against a lamp-post at the corner of Chap man-street and Cannon-street, talking to a nut boy. On seeing the goings on at the house, he said to the nut boy, " There's something wrong there ;" onwhich the latter replied, " Don't talk to me like that," and, taking up his nuts, went away. There were not many people passing at the time, and witness could not be mistaken as to the identity of the prisoners, as he had seen each of them several times, and on one or two occasions be had seen them in company with each other. _ _ . kind. lam not in the habit of taking the least notice of placards or advertisements about such stock. Mr. Humphreys—Do you not know that goods are often sold at a great reduction of price ? Mr. Letham (as we understood him)—Certainly. The LORD MAYOR—I shall remand the prisoners. The prisoner Kirby asked whether the Lord Mayor would not accept of bail for his appearance ? The LORD MAYOR replied that he could not accept of bail under the present circumstances. A very wild-looking Irishman, named Ned Howe, was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having assaulted Margaret Macnamara, a country woman of his cwn, after having been bound over a short time ago to keep the peace towards her. The assault was committed under rather odd circum stances. The statement of Mrs. Macnamara, was to the effect that she had, about three months ago, been in volved iri a row with the defendant in Angel-alley, and that the Lord Mayor thought so badly of his conduct upon that occasion that his Lordship thought proper to bind him over in a serious penalty to keep the peace for six months. Notwithstanding, however, so solemn an engagement, he bounced out of his window in Cock-court, Angel-alley, in his shirt, on Wednes day morning early, and pitched his knuckles into her ribs with such violence, that she wondered the life did not leave her along with her breath. The Loan MAYOR—Do you swear that he actually got out of his window without his clothes to attack you ? Complainant—Yes, your Lordship. All he had on in the world was his shirt, and I was in the front of the court getting a kettle of water. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, defendant, what have you to say ? You are accused of breaking your bond to keep the peace. Defendant—Oh, then, my Lord, who could stand it ? Why, do you know what she called me ? By the vartue of my oath, she called me a son of a —. Complainant—Weu, my Lerd, what do you think he called me ? By the 'vartue of my oath, he called me a —, and ain't that as bad as the son of a any day ?—(Great laughter.) Why should Ibe tumbled over head and heels, and a kettle of water on my bead, for calling him what his mother knew very well he was ?—(Laughter.) The defendant—The devil a bit I hurt her, for I didn't give her a single clout on earth. ' The LORD MAYOR—She swears that you did, and it is quite intolerable, after a magistrate has taken your own recognisances to keep the peace, that you should so grossly break it. Now I must put a stop to this sort of proceeding. I shall send the case to the sessions to be disposed of. The prisoner was accordingly committed. MARYLRROVE. • On Thursday Joseph Farmer, grpona.tn Mr. Allen, a surgeon, residing at 6, Hohneeeterrace, Kentish town, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged under- the following extraordinary circum stances : The - - maid-servant, Elizabeth -Riley, .deposed, that OD the previous night, between ten and eleven o'clock, during her master's absence from home, the prisoner demanded to be paid his wages immediately, as ,he intended to leave, when Mr. Allen, jun, ' desiteed him• to make application for his money to Mr. Allen on" the next morning. He then became exceedingly violent and noisy, and going into the kitchen seized hold of a large poker with which he broke the door to pieces. He next smashed to atoms a complete dinner, dessert, and teasservice in the kitchen and pantry, and then made his way up stairs into the surgery and dining-room, in both of which apart ments, as also in the passage, he demolished with the poker the framework and glass in two or three of the windows, and a valuable lamp; there were two police men in the house, but they for some time seemed afraid teinterfere. Inquiry was made by-- the magistrate- as to the amount , of damage ; it was estimated at not less than 201. Stevens, 222 S, said, that he was ealled.in, and on approaching the kitchen the prisoner rushed at him with a large poker, swearing that he would beat out his (witness's) brains, at the same time aiming a tre mendous blow at his head, which fortunately missed him, and by the force with which he (prisoner) struck, the door was shattered. Witness added, that as soon as he was able, he and hiS brother officer secured the prisoner 'in the passage, and after considerable resist ance conveyed him to the station-house. Mr. LONG (to the prisoner)--Have you anything to say fur yourself?—Prisoner (sullenly)—Nothing. Mr. LONG observed, that he could not deal with the prisoner for the damage, the amount thereof putting that part of the case entirely out of his jurisdiction. He should, however, inflict a penalty of 40s. for the assault, and in default of payment one month's im prisonment. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. . CLERICENWELL. Yesterday James Shirley, alias Thompson, alias Chambers, a smartly-dressed, shrewd-looking young man, was brought up for final examination, charged with numerous robberies at the houses of professional gentlemen, also with a burglary at the house of Mr, Rogers, a gentleman residing in Bedford-square. Sergeant Dodd, 9 E, who had charge of the case, produced in court as many books as would furnish a small circulating library of every description—Court Guides, novels, and French and German works ; also a variety of notes tastefully written. These were the instruments with which the prisoner worked in a way novel and successful, and practised to a very great extent. Frequent communications had been made to the police-stations of the frauds, and the pri soner's person accurately described, but he was not apprehended until Friday, the 10th instant. The evidence given was very voluminous, but as it was of the same character in nearly all the cases, it will be sufficient to mention the modes operandi. He went to the house, rang the bell, and when the door was opened, lianded a parcel of books to the servant, and a note, saying' they were for the cook. The note ran thus :—" 20, Charles-street. Dear Sister, — With this .note I send you books that you have long desired to peruse, and I think they will repay you with profit tenfold for your trouble. James has gone to Southampton, and he told me to say that he could not possibly call on you before. ho started. Call as early as you can make it convenient. Eliza wishes to See you ,'r me that you 'have nut called on her for a 1.;:07th past. Mc. , anwliiie, I "aria your all',!;:ti, - litate brother, J. D. Clyarol)rs." Withlettele of this nature h 3 robbed the .re•3l,lence * of ;.11r. CI GAtil'Als, Of No. 21, .11e.d . forl-p!aee, of a , . Spanish cloak, the property of Archdeacon Marrhtt, of Sydney, who was on a yisit to Mr. Griffiths ; the house of Mr. Geo. Faulkner, No. 1, Bedford-row,of a weatherglass; the house of Mr. Barrow,. of 29, Bloomsbury-square ; two houses is Albian-pleee,. Blackfriars, of wearitig'-apparel ; and' about -heif-a dozcn other gentlemen's.houses in various parts of the metrovolis, amnngst others, Mr. P. Samuels; of No. 1, BedfOrcl:place, of 'a great coat., The itirglary • was Committed 'at the ' house of Mr,. Rogers, ;where the prisoner stole a beaver coat,, value 51. IN the night of the 10th instant the prisoner knocked at the door of Mr. Gregory, a solicitor, residingein Bedford-row, but the cook no sooner saw the parcel than she knew what it meant, gave the alarm, and he was secured. The prisoner, who refused to give any satisfactory account of himself, was committed for trial. THAMES POLICE. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jun. 23. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) BURT V. ALLAN. This case, which was before the Court upon bill and supplemental bill, related to • the settlement of partner ship accounts between the late Dr. Allan, High Beach, Essex, and • George Bury, surgeon, the plaintiff in the cause. It appeared that early in the year 1842, the plaintiff, Bury, and the late Dr. Allan entered into part nership in the management and proprietorship of an establishment at High Beach for the cure of insane and nervous persons, Bury agreeing to pay Dr. Allan the sum of 2,5001. in consideration of the share he was to have in the profits—one moiety, viz., 250 L, to be paid on the day of the commencement of the partnership; the other moiety within 'a specified time mentioned. The partnership lasted uninterruptedly from February, 1842, to July in the same year, when, in consequence of an altercation between the parties, Dr. Allan excluded the plaintiff from all management or concern in the establishment. Up to that period the first moiety of the sum had been paid by Bury; the other moiety has never yet been paid. The original bill was filed in 1842, when an order of the Court was made, according to which the Master appointed Dr. Allan to act as re ceiver or collector of the partnership debts. Subse quently, in the year 1843, Dr. Allan became bankrupt, and the plaintiff thereupon filed a• supplemental bill against the assignees. For the defendants it had been argued that the plaintiff had no claim to any of the part nerahip profits, and that he should be merely paid the money he had advanced, and the interest thereon. His HONOUR entered at length into a detail of the cir cumstances which , led him to the conviction that Dr. Allan was not justified in excluding the plaintiff, who had em • barked such a sum in the concern, from all share in the partnership, and he therefore - ordered the accounts to be taken as between the assignees and the plaintiff, the latter to be credited with the 2,5001. mentioned in the agreement, and debited on the other hand with the 1,2501. unpaid. And, besides, with such a sum as bore the same proportion to the whole 2,500/., as the time from the commencement of the partnership to the Ist of July, 1843, inclusive, bore to the term of fourteen years, the intended duration of the partnership. Any questions of interest, as well as of costs, between the plaintiff and assignees to be reserved, and - an arrangement to be made to prevent any dividends being made in the bankruptcy prejudicial to the plaintiff's rights. Police-constable H 126 was then called, and in answer to the question as to whether the house in which Crawcour was found was a brothel, said, he called upon the landlady, who told him the house had been taken by a stout young woman for a new mar ried couple. He visited the place after the arrest of the prisoner, when he saw two young women there, and shortly afterwards he saw them and a young gentleman sitting by the fire. A host of the prisoner's friends presented themselves to speak in his behalf, and assured the Magistrate that it was absurd to suppose he would have committed such a crime as that with which he was charged. It was also stated that it would be impossible for a per son standing as the witness represented himself to have done, could see what was passing at the com plainant's door. Mr. BALLANTINS said that he felt deeply for the position of the prisoner and his friends, but there was nothing in the case to take it out of the class of simi lar ones which were frequently before him, except the respectability of the parties implicated. He felt it his duty to send the case fur trial ; but as the high character given to the young man Crawcour created a doubt, which however it would be the province of a jury to solve, he would take bail for his appearance to answer the charge. The previous bail to the same amount was then re ceived for Crawcour, and Hawkins was committed to Ne wgate. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 24. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLINQUE.) THE TALACRE MINING COMPANY—TUE DIRECTORS LIABLE TO THE BANKRUPT LAWS.—IN RE JOHN DAVIES, AN INSOLVENT. This insolvent came up to-day for his final order, which had been adjourned on one or two former oc casions. He was one of the Directors of the Talucre Coal and Iron Company, which it was said now owed the sum of 30,000/. The insolvent held a consider able, number of paid-up shares. He had also been connected with the West Cork Mining Company, the St. George's Harbour Company, and other similar speculations. He was supported by Mr. Sturgeon, and ,opposed by Mr. H. S. Wilde, upon the ground that the Talacre Company was a trading Company, to prove which several books, reports, and other papers were put in. It appeared that the Talacre Company had a stone quarry at Talacre, in North Wales, and it was shown that they had manufactured the stone into various forms, such as polished flags, tooled flags, sink stones, &c. Different descriptions of masonry articles were also supplied to build a church at Llan roost, and to Lord Crewe, and various other persons. Several cases were selected from the books and papers produced, upon which the insolvent was examined, but he denied all knowledge of the manufactory of the stones for the purposes above-named having been carried on. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE, in giving judg ment, said that the question for his decision was en tirely one of trading—were the parties in question the Directors of the Talacre Company—were;they quarry ' men, or stonemasons? It did not follow because a freeholder adapted articles which he raised from the bowels' of the earth for conveyance from place to place, that he should necessarily become a trader. A landlord might fell his timber and square it for sale, without subjecting him self to the bankrupt laws, and the quarryman might split his stone into flags without being a mason ; but, if more workmanship and skill were bestowed upon it for the purpose of making it more marketable, and by which a higher price was obtained, the parties were traders. lie had before him a book which proved the sale of stones of several shapes to different persons, and at various prices, and it was clear 'to his mind that the Company would have sold to any body sent to purchase, and that the articles which they made were not, as it had been attempted to be shown, made merely as specimens. The item which occurred most frequently was "flags," of which there were three descriptions, polished, tooled, and rough flags, the prices being regulated by the workmanship. There were also landings, grave• stories, copings, and sink-stones ; in short, every de scription of masonry used for building purposes. It was impossible that such articles could have been manufactured without the knowledge of the Directors of the Company, and it was therefore a trading com pany, and the -insolvent, being a partner in it, was a trader: . His'petitioU must therefore be dismissed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOU - SE. ~ TWo Men, named Kirby and Armstrong, 'were brOught before the . Lord Mayor on suspicion of having plUndered the premises of Messrs. Letham, Blyth, and Letham, of Friday-street, muslin manu facturers. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prisoner Armstrong. Mr. !Matthew Letharn,• , of the • house of Letham - ', and GO.;. stated 'that 'on the mo , ning of VedneSday 'last 6;O ' pieces ,' of ' goOds (trimmings) were stolen from', the:earefiense': He could . sWeat to some of the f;eods poSitireliii;y , the, private' markS of the house._ ; TliV 'were • SOU:Ii goods, and many firins had the same sorts Of goods., :\l r . W. I'ler ne n, of Tottenharn-cotirt-viad, stated that his pariner,purchased sorne trimmings from the prisoner Kirhy,•:Fld witness paid Si. 45., or 81. 6s. for them, and time or four dresses, about ten or. eleven days; or -perhap*only a week ago. • (Here a parcel of goods were produced, which the witness identified as those' he had purchased.) . • - James Nelson, a person in:the employment of Mr. Evans, of 449 and 130, Tottenham 'Court•read, stated that a second 'parcel of _goods which was produced had bOn liroirght by the prisoner Kifby to his em pkiier, about 'a week ago, and that Mr. Evans paid 41. 7s. 9d: 'or them, The bill of parcels was here ex hibited. It enumerated the particular of the purchase with the usual regularity. • Inspector Waller stated that, in consequence of iri , Formation'which he had received that a robbery had been cooirnitted on Wednesday week, in the ware 'house of Messrs . : Latham arid CO,,* and that the goods ' 'stolen had' . been olered for - sale, 'he • went to Mr. EVans's - '_heuse to liobk t atthe property. Mr. Evans identified the' property, and Air. ,Latham stated that 'Kirby, Who resided at Islington-green, at a coffee 'shop, had'sOld - therm. At Islington-green, Kirby, .upon Joeiniv questioned,, with' the due caution to mind .what he said, as he was to consider himself., in . custody, stated that he could clear up his part of the transaction by proving from whom he , had got the goods. Kirby then ac companied, him .(Inspector Waller) to Stanhope street, Clare market, where, after having wasted a considerable time, lie saw the prisoner Armstrong go up to the door_ of a house. Kirby then approached Armstrong, and said to him, " Why, I am come after those goods. This is.a pretty thing.' Witness then asked 'Armstrong; having told him previously that he was not bound to answer, where he got the property. Armstrong said he could not directly tell, and witness conveyed him to the station-house. Witness after wards searched Armstrong's lodgings, but found there but one small piece of goods, which he said he left -with his wife to cut up for caps for the children. Mr: Letham said the piece of goods just produced was lA' the . same 'style of goods as these which had been already identified. Mr. Ewin, who stated that he was in the employ ment of Messrs. Letham and Co., said he had packed some parcels on the day preceding the robbery, and taken them round in his, chaise, and afterwards depo sited them in the warelouserand.thaton..onfi .next George Hawkins, a reputed thief, was brought up on remand, and Henry John Crawcour, a surgeon, said to be in an extensive practice in Old Gravel-lane, surrendered to answer to .a charge of having burgla riously entered the house No. 6, attached to the East 1113ddlesex Society's School, Cannon-stref.l-road, St. George's-in-the-East, and stolen therefrom a time piece, three silver spoons and some Britannia metal spoons, together with other articles, the property of James Starke, the master of the school. . From the position of one of the parties accused, and the apparent' improbability that he could - render himself amenable to such a charge, or he in any way connected with such an associate as Hawkins, the case excited great interest, and the Court was crowded. Mr. Lewis appeared for Crawcour. The,prisoner Hawkins was undefended. Though ,the particulars of the case, all of which Came out in the first examination,' appeared fully in our publication of Monday, it will be necessary, to render the proceedings . of yesterday intelligible, to briefly recapitulate the circumstances of the case, The complainant left his hairse at about six o'clock on Sunday week, when all was safe, locking the front door after him. On his return home he found it had been entered by means of skeleton keys, which opened the external lock as well as the locks of the inner rooms. Several boxes and closets had been forced, and the greater part of the contents we re stre wn about the apartments. On a further §ep.reh it was found 'that a timepiece, three silver spoons, some Bri tannia metal spoons, and various other articles, had been abstracted from the premises by the burglars. In cousevence of tufQruSion, givQ W two ccauttible# of THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1845. find anything belonging to the prosecutrix. The pri soner on the way to the station at . `iranchworth said, " go through it, you shall not draw back ; ruin you; I'll take all the flesh off your bones." The prisoner admitted the fact of having sat betwen the two 19. dies, and paid a good deal of attention to one of them, the proaccutrix, but he solemnly denied hav ing committed the offence he was charged with. Up to that moment his character had been unblemished, and it was not probable that he, who was capable of earning a great deal of money by his profession, who was married, and had a young and numerous family, and whose connections were highly respectable, would be guilty of so paltry an act. He was surrounded by his friends, and he was convinced they would, if examined, prove that he was incapable of commit ting such an act. With respect to his alleged sudden disappearance at the Angel, he should be able to prove that he did not at all leave the spot, but went into the Angel and had a glass of ale, to pay for which he changed half a sovereign. After that ho ordered some meat and other provisions for his family in the imme diate neighbourhood. Mr. PAYNTER said the defence made ad not meet the charge. The case was a most suspicious one, and it would be his duty to remand the prisoner until Monday. Several gentlemen said they were ready to become surety to the amount of hundreds. Mr. PAYNTER subsequently consented, in the event of nothing being found when the prisoner's house was searched, to accept hail for his appearance, himself in 801., and two sureties in 401. each. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW DUTY. A meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of St. James's, Westminster, was held yesterday evening in Willis's Room, Brewer-street, for the purpose of adopting the best means of obtaining the repeal of the window duty in the approaching session of Parlia ment. Mr. Keith, churchwarden, took the chair about seven o'clock, being supported by several of the parish officers and other respectable inhabitants. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con vened by the requisition of a large and respectable portion of the inhabitants, for the purpose of securing the repeal Of tfie - window duty. He hoped the ex ample would be followed by other parishes in the metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) The parish of St. James was peculiarly called upon to come forward at this juncture. They were aware that an Act had recently been passed, called the Building Act. He had, with his colleagues and the overseers, gone round the pa rish, for the purpose of ascertaining the number of houses which, under that Act, would next year be rendered unfit for dwellings unless they had windows and areas, and he believed that the whole number would not be less than one thousand.—(Hear, hear.) It occurred to him, in going round, as a very strange thing, that a law should be made to compel a man to open a window, and yet that by another law he should be punished if he did ; for the effect of the window duty was to operate as a penalty.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that many meetings similar to that would take place; and that a strong appeal would be made to the Government to abolish this infamous and oppressive tax.—(Cheers.) A letter was then read from Mr. T. S. buncombe, M.P., regretting his unavoidable absence, and pro mising his cordial co-operation in Parliament. Mr. MAULS rose to propose the first resolution. He said there was no tax more severe or unnational than the window duty. He 'was not aware at what period the outrageous device of taxing this necessary element of existence originated, but as long as he could remember it had been reprobated as a most in human and unrighteous mode of obtaining a revenue. A poll-tax was not more hateful than a tax upon the light of heaven and the air they breathed. There had never been a periOd more favourable to the removal of this most odious duty. The national revenue ex ceeded by some millions the estimates of expenditure. There was also a disposition manifested in high quar ters to trace the sources of mortality, and one or two bulky volumes had been published in reference to the state of the smaller dwellings, and the necessity of `obtaining a free current of air. Under such circum stances he thought the public had a peculiar claim to the abolition of the tax. He therefore begged' to pro pose the following resolution : -" That the tax upon windows, so styled, but, in reality,, a tax upon light and air, is in its very principle revolting, inhuman, wicked, and unchristian, denying, as it does, the full enjoyment of the first and most essential of heaven's bounteous gifts, and, moreover; is in its practical workings oppressive and injurious." Mr. Ew.est seconded the resolution, which was also supported, by Dr. Costello, and carried unanimously. Mr. GEEsrst - prbposed the 'second resolution : ' " That this tax is grievously oppressive 'upon the in , dustrial community; and bears with unequal, and therefore unjust pressure, upon that class which, for Cheapness, occupy houses in those localities from fashion abandoned by ,the wealthy, and which houses contribute, in proportion, more to the tax than the choicest and most noble mansions." Mr. W. AT ECK - Err seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. LAWFORD proposed the following : —"That this meeting earnestly recommend the parochial authori ties of the metropolitan parishes to convene meetings in their respective districts, for the purpose of form ing committees to become members of a general me tropolitan committee; which, Iv ,being thus composed, will concentrate within itself a power which, if well directed, must eventually tend to carry out the object of this meeting." He was glad to find that the large parish of Marylebone was stirring In this matter. He thought that if all the parishes were united, there could be no doubt of success. Other resolutions were proposed, appointing a com mittee, and generally for the purpose of carrying out the object. Mr. HUGGETT observed that there was one light in which the matter had not been put, which would have afforded an additional reason for seeking the, aboli tion. This tax was made a condition of the elective franchise, and formed an impediment to its exercise. ThiS he conceived to be a very powerful argument against its continuance. A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the meeting then separated.. THE GAME MANIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—The game-laws were passed by a landlord ing Parliament, for the especial use of the " English country gentleman." Hence the desire, as has been for years, to increase game Preserving, and monopo lise game to them-elves. The game-laws, every one knows, have been carried out with a savage ferocity If one of the " lower orders" has been detected com mitting a theft, and he happened to be a poacher, the full vengeance of the criminal law was sure to be dealt out to him ; and more particularly in quarter sessions and petite sessions. Most country magistrates would get up at midnight after a game case, but keep people waiting for several hours, perhaps a day, fur any other j usticial matter, unlesithe accused was a poacher, then did matter received different attention. The game-preserving propensity, the game-laws, and the administration of them, are a great stain upon our national character. LOOKER-ON. January 22, 1845. THE OLDEST SOLDIER IN EUROPE.—OH Wed neiday, the 221 inst., at the Roman Catholic chapel in the London-road, the Poles assembled to attend the funeral service in honour of their late General-in-Chief, M. -Casimir Malechowski. The Rev. H. Brzezinski, the `• chaplain to the Polish refugees, officiated.. The Gallant General was eighty-three years of age, and =served no less than sixty-five years in the armies which best served the cause of his unfortuna'e country. General Malachowski was ohe - of the distin guished members of the six armies, viz., the army of General Kosciuszko, the Polish Legion in the service of France he was also a General in the army of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, of the French expeditionary army to Russia, in that of the late Viennese Polish Kingdom ; and, lastly, he was a General of the Polish army in 1831. It was he who by mistake signed the capitulation of Warsaw. As soon as he found out his - "atal mistake, he ordered a general parade of the despairing army, and in the front of it in the most ener getic manner accused himself of the fact, invoking court martial and death for his unintentional crime ; but the gallant patriots, moved to tears by the self-accusation of the grey-headed soldier, would not comply with his re quest. The General, faithful to the last, emigrated for the third time in his life from his native land, and on the sth instant - died at Chantilly, near Paris, having served sixty-five years, and fought in eighty-four pitched battles. THE ANCIENT CLOCK OP LOCHLEVEN CASTLE.— r one hand clock, all curiously constructed of brass, which was brought' some years ago from Lochleven, is supposed to have been the principal and ornamental clock of the castle. It has much carving, and the maker's name and the year 1566 is engraved on it. It is enclosed -in a very curiously-wrought old oak case. It is at present in fine order, and goes well, in the pos session of William Wilson, 14, Shuttle-street, Glasgow. The clock• is now 279 years old.—Glasgow Gazette. Ltimistous BREATII.-Dr. Watson mentions a singular occurrence which took place in the West Derby poor-house, near Liverpool. A man, abo ut forty-seven years of age, a drunkard, was admitted into the house, labouring under hiemorrage from the bowels, with cough " and expectoration. A short time, about twenty minutes before •death, the attendant nurses ob served a red-hot coal like streak on the mouth, playing on the right cheek' and upper lip, and continuing till death took place. The flame was persistent with the breath of expiration, and not at all lambent This ex • traordinary circumstance was not reported for a day m two, as the nurse looked upon it as a proof of Divine vengeance, and, consequently, the body was not exa mined.—Medical Times. KINGSTON, JANUARY 16.—0 n Tuesday morning last the preventive service men on this station fell in with and captured a boat containing 120 casks of con traband spirits, and subsequently took four men into cus tody on suspicion. The spirits were safely lodged in the Customhouse; at Aruniel ; but - the men, after neing examined before the magistrates, were e dischar d. g Brighton afraid. . WORSHIP-STREET. COMMISSIONERS OF PAVEMENTS 7.7. THE COMMIS SIONERS OF EXCISE.-Mr. Bingham, the sitting ma gistrate, was occupied a considerable time with the hearing of a summons, at the instance of the Com missioners of Pavements in the Whitechapel district, who-complained of the Excise authorities, for break ing no and leaving exposed for a length of time a great extent of . the -public way, without the consent ef-- the Paying-Board- and-to the -g reat- incon venie tic e of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Mr. Ballantitie attended as counsel for the Com missioners of Pavements; and Mr. Carr, the newly appointed Solicitor of Excise, for the defence. From the evidence given it appeared that the Ex cise officers had . for a long time suspected that the re venue was defrauded by illicit proceedings, at the distillery of Messrs. Smith and Co., near Whitechapel, and at length found that it was effected by a secret communication between the distillery and a rectify ing house adjacent. The Excise Commissioners issued orders to trace the course of the pipes in and about the prernise i e and.tmjyt: the immediate direction of the surveyor-general the pavement in the'yard of the distillery, to the gates, and thence through Bucks row and North-street, was taken up, to the extent of several hundred square yards, laying bare the pipes o;' the East London Waterworks and others, until at last a private pipe was discovered, leading from Messrs. Smiths' store cellar to the rectifying house. In con sequence of this discovery the whole of the work at the distillery has been suspended for several months past, a great number of men thrown out of employ, and proceedings for the recovery of very heavy penalties commenced in the Court of Exchequer against Messrs. Smith and Co. The breaking up of• the public pavement by the . Excise had taken place without application to any other au thority, and Mr. Jennings, clerk to the Commis sioners of Paving, now proved that he had waited upon Mr. Carr, the Excise solicitor, to point out to him that it was illegal and ought not to have been done without the consent of the Paving Board. On the part of the Excise officers, it was contended that the revenue laws gave them full powers to pursue their search in such cases. The pavement had been re placed, and an offer was made to pay all attendant expenses, but it was alleged that a penalty had been inenrred by the irregularity of the proceedings, and that the surrounding inhabitants had sustained great inconvenience by them during a lengthened period, and ought to receive compensation. Mr. Carr observed that there were matters con nected with this which could not be fully entered upon at present, without prejudice to the action in the Court of Exchequer, which would be tried on the 6th of next month, and he suggested the postponement of this question till the action had been decided. The Magistrate, therefore, postponed his decision. WANDS ORM. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FELONY.-Mr. Read ing William Reynolds, a very respectable-looking man, about thirty years of age, who was described as a pattern designer for silk and calico printing, re• siding at Merton, and occupying offices in the City, was charged with cutting two women's dresses, and stealing from both parties money and other valuables. The first witness called was Sarah Tudor, who stated that she is a married woman, and cook in a family residing at 25, Mecklenburgh-square. On Saturday evening last, about six o'clock, she got into Mr. Holder's four-horse coach to go to Mitcham. She took her place upon the hindmost seat, upon which was another female passenger. The prisoner placed himself between them, at the same time ob serving that the two ladies would keep him warm. The prisoner paid witness great attention. He persuaded her to rise once or twice to allow him to adjust the cushion, and he gathered the straw arounct her feet. On reaching Balham•hill, some pmseCns g,ot out of the coach, and witness, with ths 'other lady arid prisoner, gOt in. Mtnes; and her fellow female passenger sat on the same seat, and the prisoner on the opposite one. When the coach ar rived at the Angel, at Tooting, the lady who sat next to witness told the coachman she would get out there to save him the trouble of stopping at the Castle, and she had no sooner uttered the words than the prisoner opened the door on the off side, leaped out, and disappeared. The singularity of this act aroused witness s suspicions, and she put her hand to her pockets to ascertain if she had been robbed. She discovered that her cloak, gown, and pocket had been cut, and from the latter had been abstracted a purse : containing two soverigns and ten shillings in silver, and a wedding ring; two small keys which were in her pocket had also been taken. 'Witness, .on discovering her loss, cried out, " I have been robbed ; my clothes are cut." The coachman asked witness who she suspected, and she replied that man who had just left the coach. The coachman said that he was a very respectable man, and that she must be mistaken. The lady who had got out of the coach then discovered that her clothes and pocket had also been cut, arid ss. taken. Th e coachman, even at this discovery of the second rob bery, did not attempt to look afte r t he prisoner or to call the police, but mounted hi s box and drove into Mitcham. When prosecutrix arr i v e d at this place she went to Mr. Holden, proprietor of the coach, and related to him all the circumstan ces, a nd afterwards 'informed the police. The constable, who apprehended the prisoner, said the other person, a Mrs. Brazier , res idin g at Wool wich, was not in attendance.", Police-constable Joseph Re e d stated th at he ulti mately found where Mr. Reyno l d s liv ed , and having ascertained that he was in the da il y habit of travel ling to town and back, he arra n g ed that Mrs. Tudor should' meet him at the Castle at Tooting, on Wed nesday evening, that she might have the opportunity of identifying him. Accordingly, when the coach stopped at the Castle, the prisoner dismounted, and was then told that a lady wished to see him in the parlour. Mr. Reynolds went in, and was imme diately identified by Mrs. Tudor as the person who ,had ridden with her on the preceding Saturday evening. Mr. Reynolds at once said, " Yes, I am the gentleman." Mrs. Tudor then charged Mr. Rey nolds with robbing her, and witness took him into custody. The prisoner declared his innocence, and said he would make the party ch arging him suffer but did not for it. Witues, tseprehcd the prisoner, COURT or COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at the usual hour for the dispatch of public busin' ss. At the opening of the Court several members , ho had not taken the oaths, and made and subscribed he declaration prescribed by the statute as a substi to and in lieu of the provisions of the Corporation and Test Acts, at the several wardmotes whereat they had been respectively elected, were called to the table for the purpose of taking the oath of office and sub scribing the declaration. Among those so called were Mr. R. Taylor, who, however, retained his seat until again called upon by the Town Clerk, when Mr. R. TAYLOR rose, and was about to address the Court, but The LORD MAYOR interposed, and remarked that, acting ministerially as he (the Lord Mayor) then was, he could not hear Mr. Taylor until he had been sworn, and made the declaration required by law.' Mr. R. TAYLOR replied that he had been sworn, and had made the declaration before the propar authority at the wardmote. The Loan Maros—l am told that you have not. The TOWN CLERK informed the Court that the declaration had not been returned to him by the ward clerk. A MEMBER—No, and the reason was that Mr. Taylor, after having made it, walked away with it in his pocket.—(A laugh.) Mr. WILLIAMS (Farringdon) said he had seen Mr. Taylor make and subscribe the declaration. Mr. It. TAYLOR—Yes, and I have it with me ; but I wish to take this occasion to express my opinion not merely on the folly, absurdity, and impertinence of this declaration (of which this Court several years ago expressed its unanimous condemnation),but more especially at this time, of the intolerant and oppres sive use made of it by the Court of Aldermen to the exclusion from office of Mr. Salomons and the virtual disfranchisement of the electors of Portsoken. It, is most absurd and tyrannical. Mr. Taylor handed the declaration to the Town Clerk, and thus the conversa tion dropped. WIRE question,inquired whi c w h ha r et was etdhceahuruirasepTivicro.:"th: ...... -..............----......-..................-. _f the M p r r . o p pe . rt l y V. in tion to Parliament necessary ? Mr. It. Tarzott replied that they were perty, held under leases, and could not b dealt " 1 ' by any private arrangement. thought llril th ese tion for such a purpose as the completion of c a theEsti) applicationEaO AS T se C 0 0 I f l d t e h d e thefn funds motion, o th e b eC 0 3 r U p 5 o e r l: great improvements, much better than disposngriit7 them in aid of any charity. The cause of inl,r °3 f t h e in the prevention of accidents, and the reroovai ° pest-houses in Field-lane, called for this o utlay. 6 , Mr. D. W. WIRE did not mean to opp ob es eor tion going to the London -bridge App node mittee, because he desired to see improvement! A to in all the approaches to the City; but he desired to ( f l a r t a . thew gro t a h t e er at i t m en p t r i o o v n em o e f nts t hCaOnnitalbiatttene e t: under c o n' c : 0 7 ,,,, sideration.—(Cries •of "No, no.") li e es P eel igi alluded to that which had constantly beey t ( 1 he about in that Court, and as constantly meant the improvement of Watling-street. ---(11 eta hear.) If the Corporation were going to Parliateo .n. for a new Act, he called upon the Cominittee.otrblch dude in its provisions those other impovements were more loud called for. his mptid Jr. Mr. T. ANDERTON was surprised that ..- coo r Wire, who was a member of the Washing"tuhoent pang—(Laughter)—should think any suchirnPr°v a superior to that which would rid the public of oe nuisance as Field-lane. He was told that the exß, e r i et t would not exceed 10,0001., and it ought to be c°' neglecte ear, out without further delay. • ra g tbe Mr. KING suggested that instead of referrlmittee, petition to the London-bridge Approaches C°mGenerel the better course would be to refer it to the e a t he a ut Purposes Committee, and if that bo d y sanetintori'e removal of the houses in question , then to ro ieet the London-bridge Committee to carry he Ptitioo into effect. If this course was not adopted the P e would be mere waste paper. They Mr. BUCKMASTER supported the petition• for f o r was no part of London w hi c h called wore g o isse provement than the locality in question. . 0 op* prepared with details, but he need only port of his assertion, that in some of the low 1 , ° ,,f the houses in Field-lane, and within thirty fee'',„„ r oe frontage of New Farringdon-street, there wel-resteit many serious cases of fever, from which the g of public danger existed. .g ht ' Mr. 11. L. TAYLOR contended for the p r ol l nt,!: priority in the way of alteration and imP r° l , l ; of t',,' favour of Watling. street; and, as a Ine °1 " 1 „ -r ald °r; London-bridge Approaches Committee, he 5 1 bOdfi pose the petition (if it was referred' to th. 3 ed f r o'lS until the claims of Watling-street had ree elv e a, ~,,1 the Committee that attention which it dese r ,', - r , i'' - f state,. iciging, Court Mr. Lorr concurred with the last sPe e r - wet', had solemnly decided that the impr° ve tbi° should take place, ilo 5 Watling-streetand Ye t 40 0 had been done, because the active gentleman l ' a t , i la ri at the head of the Improvement Committee h a , o f ti' ° a wrong view, and ruled over the destinie'r.) body over .which he presided.--4 Loud langbtreferenc: Mr. OBBARD supported the motion for the rofi ch h e e of the petition to the London -bridge -A,,dicf,:t'a. Committee. He thought, instead of 2,,, e 'ilr.i v p r e itc matter to two Committees, as suggested '',/ „..,-- it sv" ' the subject required one continuous min °' - d i and ought to be limited to one body..., a s Mr. WILT (Farringdon) and inf' , x p , briefly expressed similar views and opint ° l - ,;iclge;it Mr. R. L. JONES defended the Lond°°;,:oou tr '.4 proaches Committee,' with reference to tur n e trel l ;, ( l had taken, and the progress- it had rod e ,' , t 'ithellto improvements, and reminded the Court ', r eper' furnished plans . which . they were folly Tads' na' car A ry fte o r ut a i f f ew f w u as r w n p i ou s r h td e san d fd W ro i am t g h r the necessarY - in ter' ' the motion m, to , • . , PURCHASE OF THE F 'OW l A AB , Mr. Dixost presented a reMepeodrr.ttßof:rol;:tl.-l'e°„:0 Op," io' Committee, on the subject of the reter e ' - the v o oe them to 'open a communication with t o °Ti l e missioners of Woods and Forests, to se e b r i ae o 4/: what terms the Fleet Prison could be Pu re d 93,50 report stated that the. Committee had offeli o tee t y but that the Commissioners , of Woods 0% 0 at ic , t ir declined to accept less than 25,000/, the 5- it'd „" the property had been valued by three t h e Coli'soo veyors.. The Commissioners had given „ t the t t teif tion aii option of making the purchs'. e , ; hf blis e until the 28th instant, and the Cornontbeii-e' po t a c. o o report, unanimously recommended that : t ; 0 vi e re should be effected. Mr. Dixon, in 1 11 ° v ' n ,7eper, ii t 'a (l e ' to agree with the Committee in their b "i c h v' c elei t testimony to the courteous manner in w i o f Vole' putation had been. received by the Ea r ' s if t" who - had yesterday come to town eNP re-5 them. 0 60. Mr. R. TAYLOR seconded the motion t t he ~tti s el . Mr. ANDERTON expressed.a hope th f a ; ~ ,i-t to . would be unanimously' agreed to. P' e o llitr e ( I that morning been told by an emine nt ,ft'er t'f,h s , o he was ready to give the sum dernan ne- o ses.,digr gentlemanperty and w t a o s n a o p w ply wa i i t ti to public P tirl) the 6 ' of the Court on the subjecntg. to ascert3° PePliti After a few words from Mr. KistG 3n O ni ß us l3 A t 11.D ;.*preis a and )0 , of` he coPvtit'',, . . , Mr; D. W. WIRE congratulated t°!.,,tioel p 5 aidi ' the favourable termination of the nego'l-purl o fi' od hope that th e i o t d o ~ which the property might . be appr o 4 s be o fe,l not hastily be decided upon. Knowing 'ibilitl, 1 0 4 state of the City prisons, and the inessecl ° I V' larging the present structure , he h ° ,,e o , ge ° ' ) would be appropriated to the erection °' dto ir ‘a •he v City Mr. PRENDERGAST sincerely 11 °P eci ;te # buildingwould A ft e r b a e a applied to a much b e tter I) tt• ' f ~ Dent," the s g ho an rt i. conversation,ln whi °ll , a R tio . : T irw a . ylor, and Mr. R. L. Jones t° °l ' V IP as pe a p gr u e v ed to. , tY ci . o o. ~; H ri i tLM s 7 b N rou aV e la:.T u lr a , ..l l p li o iti rt e,t i o d b l ii ty Thames Navigation Committee, re c s . t o e' o t , I " application to Parliament for an A e '' i o a e _i 0° Corporation toTake up the • bonds on g o ffer o i cent. interest, and , to effect .new lot P t. c ePt,l o o„ e i' security of the.tolls, at the rate of ' Peopliefiaietri• Mr. KING objected to any. such aided oti r e , ifter along discussion - the Court divi°l,l o° l / don that . it agree with the Committee a to l' 3 e g On the division the numbers were fox ti , 1 0 ,4 For the m0ti0n........ •• ' :•• ~'" 4 1 Against it ....... ..... •••• ' • " •••• 10' Majority ....... ... • .•• ' ' ei .s., fi t' . .. , CITY IMPROVEMEN': 0 4 I'Lfl,l3ll, On the motion of B. L. JONES , ' t ChO-thjee ,4 the sum 0f•22,6001., reported bY the e ticli f4 l o "l? ; the surplus funds for the qu arter . ir , dis e p 4,lo January instant, should be apPli ed the the 110 further part of the loan raised for 0 0 tii i7 l -'l,4' and on the•motion of the same geoq el o f 3 0 ' t• tl' e i o ' fund, -reported by the Chamberini,_°:,re.e „feet o f ordere d4s,o o t o 0 l b . e raised applie d forin futrhteh e F r a d r i r s i c o l ;l l 6n . 7 l c,,ft , ; provements. , it ao,.• „ C: f t e i i • THE LATE FL EET'lkl;"„ t n tav i , e r ot o ,i Mr :BOWER presented areport ir" d i a s t t be e o i and Finance Committee, omTnen „.,,,, of ei ca' c ve'; of the sum of 10,000/. in•flrial dischstb°, r e t he . 0 0 3 ,, 150,0001.,... raised . in 182. i, for o y o clejed' / Fleet-market. lie was haPP): t° c oO l ' e ee6 l ' , ' mittee were enabled to make tins l e h eel t 1 4 0 1 ' had / 0 5 e e ',e consequence of the saving t t he el ,0 0 make :in the expenditure daring7..„rt to, i ; (Hear.,.. hear.) .1-Ifi moved the C' "01 the the Committee in their re p ort, passed without a dissentient voic e ;. 10. 1 1 10e .t° THE CITY Lll3olloso96,ntiatoo Mr. LoTT then rose to moce , ,, P ,.,ry ü bh cl e 19 10,,, , ' " That it be referred to the J- 4 !" - ,t of '',.ea f I,oi consider a resolution of this C° Lb r efe t :' e ty ~( 7c l il, cember, 1826, whereby it '';` s ,_ nr opr' o f $ ,ver y ~ Library Committee to consider tn c e e r pt ioo o d 6P 4f r viding a suitable place for the r f e oo den for r ,e tiquities as relate to the Cite of ; to Oe t pli c ;pi as may be procured or prntea ~.,, ha t t be ,n and to report thereon to the Cour t ' i i ce til e pt ? 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The next business proceeded with was the appoint ment of the Committees for the ensuing year. Upon the lists presented to the Court were the names 'of several gentlemen who had served upon the same Committee for the space of four years ; the maximum period for which, according to the 32d article of the standing orders they • were eligible. Mr. KING objected to this abrogation of the stand ing order, and, after a lengthy desultory conversation, It.was moved by Mr. PRIOR, and seconded by Mr. THOMAS, that the standing order be suspended. On the question a division was called for by Mr. King, when the numbers appeare d — For the motion Against it.... Majority . 18 -62 The lists Of the. Committee were then gone through seriatim, and the members appointed, a proceeding which occupied a considerable portion of time. Ii IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. The Towx CLERK communicated to the Court that, appended to the annual report made by the High Bailiff of Southwark of the receipts and disbursemehts of his office, was a letter in which that gentlenian invited the attention of the corporate body to a sub ject which he felt it to be his duty to lay before ; it. It had reference to the effect produced by the opera tion of.the statute 7 and 8 Vic., passed for the aboli tion of imprisonment for debt, upon the office of High Bailiff of Southwark and of Chief Bailiff of the Court of Requests for the Hundred of Lambeth. The Commissioners of the Court of Requests had thought it right to suspend, in consequence of the decrease in the business of the Court, the payment of the sum for which the fees payable heretofore to the High Bailiff has beeh commuted until after the Ist February, in order to ascertain what would be the probable average amount of fees in future. By the 17th section of the statute, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury were authorised to award compensa tion to parties whose interests were affected, and the High Bailiff suggested the necessity for the Court, at an early, period, giving such directions in the matter as would protect their interests in the office of High Bailiff. On the motion of Mr. OBBARD, seconded by Mr. Dcputy PEACOCK., the letter was ordered to be referred to the Officersand Clerks Committee, to examine into the same, and to report if any, and what steps, ought at an early period to be taken in the matter. POLICE COMMITTEE—NON-ATTENDANCE OF . ALDERMEN. . Mr. ANDERTON said he wished to call the atten tion of the Court s and especially of the Aldermen (of whom he wished there were more now present), to a subject which he was extremely sorry had been pre sented to the .public mind in a paragraph contained in one of the newspapers. The paragraph stated that, for several weeks, the greatest inconvenience had been occasioned to the public who had the misfortune to be called upon to attend the Police Committee, in con sequence of the Ald:rmen not being present, and stated as the result that upwards of fifty persons were sometimes kept waiting from two to three hours be - fore their business was transacted, and that this had not only been the case last Saturday, but for several previous weeks. Now he (Mr. Anderton) thought it was most desirable that the labile should know whe ther it was the intention of the Aldermen to continue these omissions of their duties, pr if they had made arrangements for the better discharge of their duties. He had the highest respect for, and wished to main tain the dignity of, the Court of Aldermen; but if this,state of things were to be continued, he, for one, should join heart and hand for the purpose of having a paid magistracy. Alderman FA RNCOMBE inquired who were the Aldermen on the rota for last Saturday. Mr. ANDERTON—They are named in the paragraph, i which perhaps the clerk will be good enough to rdad. The paragraph was then read as follows : " SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE.—For several weeks the greatest inconvenience has been experienced .by the public who have had the misfortune to be required at this Court, by the inattention of certain worthy Aldermen, whose duty it is' to preside at the weekly sittings, but who seldom present themselves, thereby causing the greatest confusion keeping the public waiting one, two, and even three hours, when the business is hurried over in a manner not very credit able to the City of London. Yesterday, for instance, upwards of fifty persons were kept waiting for nearly four hours ere they could leave the Court, in conse quence of the magistrates on the rota not making their appearance at all. Sir George Carroll, Knight, and Mr. Alderman Challis, at length arrived, and they regretted extremely the inconvenience to which the public were put. They were not to blame, not being the magistrates on the rota; but hearing that their brethren, Sir Claudius Hunter, Mr. Alderman Hum phery, and Mr. Alderman Moon, had not arrived, they came forward to dispose of whatever cases might be brought before them. Really the citizens of London should petition the Court of Aldermen either to appoint, paid magistrates, or take such steps as to require the attendance of the Aldermen punctually." Alderman FARNCOMBE said that the absence, on Saturday, of Mr. Alderman Moon, was owing to the illness of that gentleman. Mr. ANDERTON remarked that the complaint did not apply to last Saturday only, but to several weeks past. The LORD MAYOR observed that personally he knew nothing of the facts. The paragraph named three Aldermen when two only were necessary ; and had he known of the matter, he would have gone him self to the Police Committee after he had disposed of the business at the Mansion- houSe. Sir C. MARSHALL said he was glad the subject had been noticed; for that he himself had been brought down three Saturdays out of his turn. He, however, thought the blame ought not entirelrto be laid upon the Aldermen, but upon the officers, who could, easily ascertain beforehand whether or not the Aldermen on the rota were in town.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY said that, in justice to Mr. Alderman Moon, he must mention, that on Saturday last that gentleman was taken exceedingly ill, and was confined to his bed ; and further, that it only be same his duty to have attended in consequence of the abSence of Mr. Alderman Humphery. Therefore, certainly, under all the circumstances, Mr. Alderman Moon was not to blame.— (Hear hear.) Mr. Amman' remarked that all the inconveniences conaplained of arose out of the constitution of the Court of Aldermen, and he called upon the membefs Of that body to petition that they should respectively be subject to re-election as soon as they had passed the chair.--(Loud laughter.)' At present it was the invariable practice to lay all the blame upon the mnior Aldermen, though it really attached to those who, having passed the chair, cared nothing about the duties their office of Aldermen imposed upon theM.—(Hear, hear.) CITE IMPROVEMENTS.—NEW FARRING DON-STREET. Mr. R. TAYLOR presented a petition from Mr. R. Thomson, and other inhabitants of the north side of Farringdon Without, and of Holborn-bridge, praying for the completion of the improvements in Farring don New-street and Holborn-bridge. Mr. Taylor said he need scarcely call attention to the incomplete state of the contemplated improvements in question. Everybody must have seen and known as a complete eye-sore the four or five houses still standing, and which had been omitted from the schedule, to the Im provement Act, and therefore had not as yet been interfered with, nor could it be done without an appli cation to Parliament for further powers. He could not suppose the Corporation wished to leave these impor tant improvements hi their present imperfect state; ind as it was desirable the Court should be put in possession of all the facts, in order that, upon consi deration of them, the work might be completed, he begged to move that the petition be referred to the London•bridge Approaches Committee, to report to the expediency of carrying theproposed meat. late cemileW effect. I 4,!',