The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-02-13 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council m held for the despatch
of public business.
BILLINUSGATE MARKET.
Mr. Alderman Ilaow sr presented a petition from Mr. Stewart.
complaining of his having been removed from a stand in the market.
to which he had been appointed by the officers in the usual man.
nee ; and moved that the consideration of the petition should be
referred to the Commiuee of City Lands, and that till such time as
they reported thereon, and an order of the Court was made,
Mr. Stewart should be renlactd in the occupation of the stand.
A very long discussion then ensued between Mr. S. Dixon, Mr.
N. Saunders. Mr. Savage, Mr. James, Mr. R. Smith, Deputy
Oldham, and other Member, ; and, on the question being put,
the Lord Mayor declared the Alderman's motion to have been
agreed to.

PRICE OF COALS.
The Court pmcceded to consider the report of the Coal and Corn
Committees on the result of tlitir inquiries into the mode of deliver-
ing Coal Ships, and the price of Con necessary article, in which
they recommended the present vacancies of Deputy Coal Meters
(being three) to be filled up, and twelve additional Meters to be
elected, which was introduced by Mr. Southgate, the Chairman of
the Committee, who concluded his observations by moving the
Court to agree with the Report.
Mr. Deputy Route opposed the Report, and moved a long
aeries of Resolutions by way of amendment, which finished
with declaring, that forty additional Meters should be forthwith
appointed.
The Report was supported by Mr. Ilererinthe and Mr. S. Dixon
and opposed by Mr. James, Mr. Favell, Aldermen Wood and
Lucas, and other meinbtrs; and on the chew of hands being taken,
the amendment was curried by a considerable majority, and the
Committee directed to proceed to the election immediately.
The Court, on the motion of Mr. Alderman Wool), agreed to
a petition to Parliament for a reduction on the duty on coals
brought into the port of London, which was ordered to be pre.
sented by the Sheriff's, attended by the Remembraecer, in the
usual fonn.

The Committee of City lAnds presented a Report respecting
New:ate-market, for erecting a covering over the ares of and im-
proving the poultry-market, which was read and agreed to.
The Irish Society. the tnnttitissioners of Sewers, and several
Committees of Me Corporation for the year ensuing, were ap-
pointed.

Wesr I Di rs.—ln our publication of the '2d instant,
it was mentioned that odthe Frontier Estate in Jamaica,
where the disturbances lately commenced, the slaves had
been treated with the greatest indulgence, and the utmost
attention had been paid to their religious and moral instruc-
tion. We have since learned that the worthy proprietor of
that estate ronscientionsly declines taking any credit to him-
self for mere than usual attention to the religious instruction
of his negroes, they having been on the same footing in that
respect with the slaves on oilier well-regulated estates in
that neighbourhood. When on this subject, we may no-
tice the distressing and desolate situation of the white po-
pulsticn in cases of insurrection, from their not know-
ing whether they can place the smallest confidence in
any one of the negroes around them. It has been al-
ready mentioned, that eight of the ringleaders on the frontier
estate were executed. Of these the chief was lVatson, and of
him the overseer, in his letter to the proprietor, speaks in
the following terms:—" The head cooper, Charles Watson,
was the man I placed most confidence in of any on the
estate; and had such an attempt been made without my
having time to get the assistance of white people, he would
have been the first I should have called to stand between
your property and destruction ; indeed his conduct since I
have been upon the estate fully justified me in forming,
however erroneously, such an opinion of him."—G lavas,
Paper.
Jews' Fare. Se riont.— dinner took place at the Lon-
don 'Tavern on %Vestries/lay, to celebrate the anniversary of
the foundation of the School for the education of poor
children of the Jewish persuasion, in Bell's-lane, Spital-
tielils. Having stated the object of the Institution. it is
unnecessary to say that it is deserving of support ; but we
may be showed to add, that it appears to be as well con-
ducted as any society of a similar nature in the metropolis.
After dinner, several children of both sexes were intro-
duced to the company; each of them bore a specim sn rf
his or her proficiency an penmanship or needlework, an I an
interesting little boy, about II years old, recited some He-
brew verses, expressing the grstkude of himself and bar
companions to their benevolent !rations. In the course of
the evening, 'Air. Joseph, who presided, Mr. Van Oven,
Mr. Joseph Cohen, and other gentlemen, addressed the
assembly in behalf of the Institution ' • and we a.e happy
to say, that upwards of Soo/. were collected. Mr. Brahma
was present, and delighted the company by the exertion of
his extraordinary powers.