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counr OF ALDERMEN.

The Right Honourable the lord Mayor held his lam retort
of Aldermen at the Guildhall on Saturday. Nu Inusiaria
beyond that of the ordinary mutiny, appenred an the um-
mons, Nor was any thing of peculiar interest-9r importance
expected to be brought forward, it being generally ender.
stood to be merely his Lordship's farewell Court.'
Time Loin M•von took the Chair • little bidarrnmireelack.
Some small difficulty at Brat occurred in making • Cerra,
but in • very abort period the sartidasite Sae more than
nasally numerous. The Members present were, Sir William
Curtis, Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Sir John Eimer, Sir William
Leighton, Sir Chocks Flower, Sir Claudius Stephen Floater
Mr. Alderman Seboky, Sir Doisseille. Mr. Aldro!
man Birch, Mr. Alderman Wood, Sir Mattlirw Rheum, Mr.
Alders's. Magsay, Mr. Alderman Bridges, Mr. Alderman
C4IX, Mr. Alderman Thorp, and Mr. Alderman Sheriff Roth-
well.—Mr. Sheriff Parkins was sot in the rest simiany ap-
propriated for site Sheriff, nor did we observe him is at-
Imbiber* at all.

The mediae of she Minutes et t►e fast Ceert Issarieg bees
Rope through, a lesser received by the night Hasswarable the
Lard Mayer. keel Mr. Alderman Waithalase, dated from
Wiaebniure•hill, the Aldermen% event.? rvidewee. Nevem-
iser the Sib, was read its nearly the fallowerg words

MY LORD AND GIDITLYNEN,
Being prevented by were indisposition front being pre.
aunt al the Court of Alderman' an be hrill to-wiiirroo ; cud
as midair muceedinge, in which 1 and Whets have hems
personally concerned, have been entered upon at recent
Courts without any previusis notice, should it he intended
1. resume any inch proceedings to morrow, Ihe to sulmesit
So your Lonlship and the Court, the jawlike (.mesa. and
propriety of postponing the consideration of the mine, instil
I may he sufficiently recovered to attend in my place in the
• Cuurt.-1 have the honour to be,
My Lunt and Gentlemen,
Your obedient flemant.
To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor E. WAITHMAN.
and Court of Aldermen.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved, that the letter then rend be
mitered on the minute,.

A shrift can
lh► letter warn private communication to the Lord Mayor,
and not of tlmt impurouter to rtqaire being inserted on the
initiates. The Town Clerk also suggestrd, that it was not
usual to miter oa the raimitra every eostososieseies an&
by the Lord Mayor to the Comm../ letters receive/I by him.
On starching the !mumsla, entry of similar eireasimontratiowe
was fiend, where the same were addressed to the Court ; sod
it appearing that the letter is. question was artelromml, not
only to the Lord bat to. Om Court of Aideraero abo,
it was held to be a regular communication to the Come, sail
the Worthy Alderman's 'sadism for esleriog the samosa as
minutes was agreed lip.

PROSECUTION or MR. ALDERMAN WAITHMAN,
MR. SHERIFF PARKINsI, ♦ro OTHERS, roa
STRUCTIRO THE EI.IXTIOII Of ♦ LORD MILYOR 07

MICHAILMAS DAY.

Sir W. Coneta presented a Report front Ore Committee of
Privilege', to whom it was referred at the test Court to in-
quire into the rirriinietaticra which look place in t►e Guild-
MAR, otr Sltilaehrias Day, at the Election. of a Lord Mayor
for the year ensuing; hi sake such legal advice am they
might dress secs weary; and to report, whether any, sod what
proceeding", should be had thermos.

The kepeni was then read by the Clerk ; it was of mine
length, and stated generally. that the Committee hail exa.
milled evident... me to the transactions which ocrwricd in the
Guildhall on Micluelines Day; that statements of the ear-
commerce. of the case had been submitted far the opinion
of several learned Grattemen thereon. all of wbwn agreed
in opinion, from the riresonstatermasehmisted to their eon.
enelenition, that the occurrences which then took place were
improper and illegal ; end that proceedings at law might
he iieetituted against all the parties impliested therein. The
Committee therefore recommended In the Court to file cri-
minal informations against Mr. Alderman Waltham, Ur.
Sheriff Parkins, Mr. ilureinhe, Mr. Beenestend, Mr. Thump.
sou. Mr. ',rerun, Mr. Soren., sad file. Hans, for the inenult,
and for übstnictirg the eke-tons of • Lord Mayor.
This Report was signed by the Lon' Mayor, Sir William
Curtis, Sir William Leighton, Sir Claudius Stephen Duster,
and Mr. Alderman Cue.

The Report having bees brad, Sir Ww.1,49, runtis
ruse —lle regret'. fl excrediogly the ►ighly improper sod
ilbgal prover/Imo which had takes pima ha Cwwielawe
Hall o■ tl.e ocrsolus ailbadcd tw, sad the necessity
which existed fur the interference of that Cowl,
which he considered as imperiously tallest for
the ciicutasimmits, in ants to held eat an example
to others, by the prommition and palish seat of the
actors and abettors of slows tumultuous sad Improper
pruorelhows, sad thereby plearcast a repetitioa of such
disgraceful terries in future. He lameahnt to bad ausoug
the number of those wire were. acreard, the same of a
Member of that Court. He declared be tvitorinissed su
feeling of animosity agates* she smithy Alderman, we
agniant any of the parties implicated, mem, of whose •he
personally knew, and believed let he highly rimportabie; but
be Gil he had a poloist duty to perawm, sad it wri &so s
seswe of that slaty alone that he now estisil apse that Crowe
to interpose their authority, to peelers tbviv tows richt* end
privileges, and to issues the peace sad rogebsrity of the pal►
he proceeding of the eiliarna at Ism. The Worthy Iwo-
tit eiloclisdad by movie& That this Court do approve of the
nowt of the Couiosissoo,ood shut As ousels referred back
to tam, to curry the moo into emsesitteab by prosodies

Sir C:. C. (inners io a short &peach ibex...boded the tontine.
Mr. Alderman Wouo, with coat energy and animation,
deprecated the hastiness of saris a proceeding, and called
upon the Court, by every edwilderstion of justice and fair-
ness, not to determine .sp*s the prosecution of a Member
of that Court without airy previous notice or iutimation to
him of such it business being to he brought forward, tdPe-
tinily as the Honourable Member hail appealed to their ear-
dolor not to proceed against him is his above", and at a
time when illness airier i•reirentral hie appearance in his place
to defend himself. No Mealier was more regular is his at-
tendance than that Worthy Alderman, woe more ready on
all orraaionv to :jesters, his conduct; nor could he perceive
easy meson ihateeer fee precipitation it. a business aim ee-
riest, and important a nature. Ile roafessed he was him-
self takeii anwiewha: I.y anrigenie, and had no expectation till
within the last hone, that this Latina.* would come nailer
the consideration of the Court that day ; nu notice srliatryer
of that fart was insetted its the summons, nor did ht know,
though be was one of the Committee of Privileges, that the
Committee were prepared to make their Report. He had
received nu SIIIIIMUII% to aUrud the Committee for that pur.
pose, hot happeaiai to he at the Guildhall that 'owning, be
karat by accident that the Committee were sitting; he went
insistent., to the Committee room, and found there not indeed
all the Gentlemen whope names were to the Report, though
betook it for granted they had hams is astersglanee, bat only
lk Lord Mayor. Sir IVillians Curtis, and Mr. Alderman
Cox, from shows he learnt that the htgainess was already
concluded, that a Report hail been agreed to, end would be
perorate,' to the Court that day.
It was here explaiurd to the Worthy AM. ratan that a sum.
Mons to attend the Contwattee that morning had beets sent
to him, and the shortness of the notice was arrogated for
from the circumstance that the opinions of the Learned
enamel had not heed procured till late on the evening pre.
ensue, and that the iimairretious of the Lord May. for sem.
miming the Committee were not delivered to the proper offi-
cer till grieved. o'clork 4.11 Friday night.
Mr, Alilermium Wows said he would not undertake to dray
that a summons had been sent to him ; he must, however,
declare, that he had been at hi, collating-house, sod neither
seen oe heard of any such annemear. Ile contended,
'helms, that the Committee were not in a situation to make
their report, and that tee had a right to roadside that such
Report would not he made, and roots' not with propriety
he made, until certain papers, fur which be hail moved, and
which be considered of great impn?iance, as le the proper
deriving as the rase, were before them.—[The worthy Al.
dermas, we sendennaeld, had moved in the C.oinssiiitee far
the prodnetioo of precedents, to prove the right ad* Court
of Aldermen to interfere with the privileges of the Livery,
mad also le skew the right of that Court to direct prow-ca-
tions to he instituted at the expense of the City I—These
papery, the worthy Alderman sad, fit/ reasons unknown to
him, hart not heen laid before the Committee; sad he its.
tasted that without a due consideration on those particular
points, they ought not to have adopted the recommendation
fur institutiag relativist proaecutioes.
One of the °Ricers said the papers moved for andawdervd
by the Committee were in preparation, hat there had out
been ssMcieat time to make the accessary search, and get
the distwietenta completed.

Mr. Alderman WOOD gorged that Ibis wee a gond sad
saMeinni rename why the Court °right not to proceed
further ors the Weisels at pineal, it weight teen out
that the, were iaterfering where thry had no right,
and iseneriag an expense which Oleg were not authorised to
defray mg of the funds of the City. At all errenos, in has
jodeinewl, She Helmet had her. perinalmely agreed re' with.
out the proper docamesits before then, and as obereemold
be no occasion whedever fur precipitation, ewes if the reeves-
menglatioa of the Committee was giltignotely adopted, nu
Shore bad been no notice of this hosiers, ow the summons,
mod above all, as the Honourable Mend°, accused had thrown
himself on their justice rut to he cimaitenoued unheard. and
In his absence, he should noose as an amendment, that the
aussiilerstiolllo( Ike ftrorwi be adjonnoed to She next Cone.

Mr. Aldrowase Twoe► seeiniaril the motion for the art-
jeansaamet of the proceedings, and dwell with 'ism+ force
Epos the waist of eancloor end feeling in thus directiag • pro.
emotion &Raises one of their sown Member', who was absent
through unavoidable and tosforesires Moms, anal who appear-
ed to rely that they would not reaming promotions against
bins, wench less come to no ■ltimete dreisiow in his almeisee,
sod withoest hearing what be might have so urge in his de-
nee. There was iseee point respectiag this busbies', which
did sot appear to leave occupied the attention Or She Com-
mittee, boot which be °moldered as of much importance in she
case. It was well known, and had been publicly intimased
previews!, to Michaelmas Day, that an attempt would he
made at the Common Hell to go into the consideration of
other hosiers. previously to proceeding to she election
of a Lard Mayor. If, therefore, his Lordship knew of
sorb an inlrootium—if be thought such a proceeding
Mimosa, and an illegal ohatnaction of the elective—
if, se had been emerged, the mover on that octasioo
hod hammed his Lordship what he was about to do,
sad tesulereel to him the neosion be was about to
pr.prese, before he'quitted the lootings, it Laps his duty, if
Ma appreiresdoll riot, so have stopped to prevent it, sod nut,
►y &Miriam (ruin the Hall, to leave it in doubt, at least, whe-
ther he considered such pruceediug improper or otherwise.
He easectived, therefore, that it was of importance that she
feet should be ascertaiwed, to the satisfacsion of the Com-
mittee and she Court, whether his Lordship was •ware of
the proceedings about to be adopted, as "Wahl it appear
that his Lordship was folly isifornied upon that subject, his
quitting she Hall wishout ioterferitig so prevent is, might
have been coniorned by many to asoctiuo the opinion, that
such proceedings were ewith►r irregular, anomie!, or illegal.

Some of the Law Oaken. here intimated to Mr. Ald►r-
man Thorp, that errs) if the fact were aseertaioed and
allowed, it tumid Nuke wo clarrewee whatever in the law of
the ewition.

Mr. Aiderman Themes was not enabled to decide what dif-
fer's'', it would snake in the law id Ih. ease, but he um-
'rived it ought, awl is wild hove great weight in We decision
of the Court upon the nitration. Even admitting the cur-
reeteem of the feels stated in the Report, he hail greet
doubt se to the right of that Court to interfere will the pri-
vileges and masiet of the Livery in it:usaisen Hall, for
which rrawn, and ale. upon the fanner grounds he bad
agreed, be should feel it his ditty to vote fur the adjourn-
/S.ln /if she roasederatititsof she Report.
Mr. Alderman BIRCH rums, with mine warmth, and io-
dated Spun the propriety of the Court's ismeeedieg bowie-
diattly. Hr elm-teethed all party feeling, nor was he actuated
by the •lighirst ,rudiment of hostility or sodessiity towards
say one of the itslividosshi implicated is these tranactions;
hot the right of that (Nowt to Wiest'', on each is hoeiness
bad been publicly ipicistiussed„ and even desesed,—st wee,
therefore, of the istmssd isisporialaret hs the diced, of than
Coen, and to tier Ciiminte at large, that that gasmen/a Afield
ha detnenined as speedily as ponsitile; anti that it shoidd
what were We rigid. and privikies of the
Court is/Aldermen, or whether they bad any irtehts and pri-
vileges at all! Ha esnwiderial, that en the 1.. t halm of this
use depended that decision* mod he weld see so maim
whatever for delay. He shouls lbw/dire eeppoet the stsweisse
far approving the Rapers, std f c procardiag epee Ft lettil-
with.

owe or two alb, *Wean% made a kw ellorsateses, bat

MADRAS. HAT 2.1.
The official details of the siege of Arseerrour,
will he found in our present number. Our private
letters add but little to those documents. They
communicate, however, a fen particulars, of 111,1 per
importance, that may be amusing to our reader.,
All accounts concur in stating. that the place is
even stronger by nature and art, than we were ied
to imagine. notwithstanding the idea we had formed
of it. The greater part of the area of the opine
fort, was found by our troops completely co-
vered with the fragments of shells ; there *us.
however. so much dear space and so mot n
cover. that had the garrison held out, icaiesil
of being terrified by the bobles* and vigi,or
of the attack —the incessant and destructive
kept sip—our troops its moving to ilse rotor*
must necessarily have suffered severely frrmt the steep-
ness of the ascent, the broken nature of the ler ..... .t
and the commanding situation of the enemy's tire.
The impressions made by our fire on the eireruy's
works is described as extraordinary, maids ring Ire
diminutive appearance of our guns and batteries as
viewed from the extreme height of the rock—for
the defences of the whole of that face of the upper
fort on which the Madras artillery played. are com-
pletely destroyed. In alone parts, the former de-
fence, cannot even be towed, not a stone or a brio e
remaining. and the solid rock blame appearing.—
" The roar of our batteries," says sr coneopondrist.
" W:l4 moat tremendous, and it will full to the lot
of very few of us again to witness a e fear-
fully grand and magnificent sight, than the
of Asseerghur." Those who expected tirtze-rou-
rsey on the fall of this fortress, have bets. com-
pletely disappointed : no property of any kind
was found, excepting military stores and grain..—
it it an extraordinary circumstance, that all ir.
privies after the Ex-Rajah have proved fruit's-44.
h hiss not been possible, by any means, to a•c.i.tet,l
even the period of his esrape from Asseerehor.
much less his present residence. Souse of the
ordnance found in Aneerghur. as objects of ca-
riosity, are deserving of particular notice. Severol
of the guns are of ass enormous site. The largest
is described as being a 200 pounder ; cam nog a
ball of fourteen inches diameter, which, how-
ever. was never fired during the siege. Their
brass guns are beautifully cast, on iron cylinder..
the largest being equal to a 68 pouoder.
of these have smell guns attached to the sides a
their carriages, and two of them have each two 18-
pounders suspended to their muzzles. These pieces
of ordnaisce, however, were so unwieldy, that trough
fired during the siege (loaded with a kind of grape
shot), they did little or uo execution.

MADRAS., MAT 15.
Private letters from Coring' melding the dest rued
tioo by fired the ship Conste•ce, 'Captain Dolr.
while at anchor off that port. ou the rooming of
the 9d. At day-break she was observed to be on
fire. end before assistance was procured, the Barnes
had burst forth from every hatch-way. seized tr,e
rigging and sails, and involved the whole of tie
ship in one sheet of flame. A quantity of pOlreer
soon took fire, and blew up a pert of the desk.
the report of which was heard at the distentre
several miles. We are glad to find that no fires
were lost. The Captain was on *bore—those on
board had no time to save the smallest article of
property.

•pRIL 24.

By private letters from Boorbonge (on the
northern side of the Gulf of Kutch), dated Mirth
31, we learu some particulars relative to Sir %V.
mission to that port of the country. It ap-
pears that the Roo had barbarously put his brother
to death. without the slightest provucatn.r, that
could be discovered. In consequence of
of cruelty, he has been deposed, and. it r expech-41
that his late subjects will now raise to the Musitad
either the Rao's son, or that of his drcetred bruth;r.
In the meats time, a subsidiary force of tee loam-
how have been left there for the purpo•• of pre-
serving tranquillity. and the authority if
The Hart sad Inv brother wen' ripen the
oppereolly, previous, to the murder
end it is added. that they had lwen
chess only a few minutes before the perpetromea
this creel and umiatursl deed.
It opposes that ea eapeditiett. commie/led
Sir W. Kei4 is oiliest to proceed eipituet the ,
Steal Stew la the ciplf.
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