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COURT OF COMMON' COUNCIL.

From _
priee of laboOr was flied by the-justices by proclamation.--,
1445, 43rd henry VI. the wages of a baildfof husbandry
was 235. 4d. per annum, and clothing of the -price of ss.
with meat and drink; chief hind, carter, or shepherd, 20s. ;
clothing, 44.; common servant of husbandry, 155., cloth-
ing, 40d. ; woman servant, los., clothing, 4a.; infant,
under fourteuri -years, Si.; clothing, 3s. Freemason or
master carpenter, 44. per day ; without meat or drink, Sid.
Master tiler or slater, mason or mean oalpenter, and ether
artidoers concerned in building, 3d a day ; without meat
and drink, 40.; every other labourer, 2d. a day; without
meat and drink, 30.; after Michael Mas to abate in pro-
portion. In. time of harvest, a mower, 4d. a day ; with-
out meat and drink, 611.; reaper or carter, 3d. a day, with-
out meat and drink, 541.; woman !aboard.; and other la-
bourers, 2d. a day, without meat and drink, 40. per day.
By the 11th Henry VII. 1496, there was a like rate of
wages, only with a little advance; as, for instanee, a free-
mason, master carpenter, rough mason, bricklayer, master
tiler, plumber, glazier, carver, joiner, was allowed from
Easter to Michaelmas to take ad. a day, without meat and'
drink, or with meat and drink, 4d.; from Mich ielmas to
Easter to abate Id. A muter having under him six men,
was allowed Id. a day extra.
By the 6th of Henry VIII. 1515, the wages of ship-
wrights were fixed as follows r---a master ship carpenter
taking the charge of the work, having men under him, sd.
a day in the summer season, with meat and drink ; other
ship carpenter, callod an hewer, 441. ; an able clincher,
3d. ; balder, ; master calker, d.; a wean calker, 3d.;
a day labourer by the tide,

Gosrorth Pit, at 3iiddli ton Colliery, continues in such a
state, that it -has not been deemed prudent to open it.—
'4'c are happy to find that the subscriptions at Leeds and
its neighboarlinotr. for the relief of the widows and or-
phan; of the unfortunate tun' Who suffered by the late
dreadful accident at the Middleton Colliery, amounts to
about 1,000/. The liberality displayed by people of every.
rank in life is highly praiseworthy ; the workmen in the
tlitf:•ent Insaufaciories having suede collections among
Itu..mvlres, and have thus raised considerable sums, some
of than amounting to 8!., 171., and as far as 201. Two of
t?!€! ),.rsons who were injured by*the explosion have since
died- waking in all 2G, who have perialictl.—Doicalten
Cfr.lte.
t.tr.awcitotsv ACCIDTNT.—On iVednesday last, be-
tween nine and ton o'clock, a.m. one of the boats of his
' sloop Tiincolo, now lying in Loughswilly, put
off from the vessel, having on board Captain Shannon and
six seamen. who intended to land at or near Buncrana.
The day was rather stormy, and there was a great swell
upon the eca. owing to which, when crossing a bar or shal-
. Liw, which runs across the Castle River, the boat swamped,
ar.(l, lamentable to relate, thtee of the brave tars found a
watery crave; the other two, and eilltain tiliannon, were
with difficulty saved from a similar fate by the praise-
worthy efforts of some fishermen who were providentially
conliguous to wlierei the catastrophe occurred. When the
Captain was brought ashore be was apparently lifeless,
but means being used to restore animation, they were hap-
pily successful. and in about fifteen minutes he varietal.—
Limdunrlerra Journal.
RODULRY.—On Friday night, or Saturday morning,
bitasra. Franklin's bullion office, at Liverpool, was en-
tered by means of false keys, or other instruments. The
iron safe was opened, and every drawer forced, oat of
'Which they took a quantity of old silver, dollars, and
pieces of dollars, old chased plate, medals, cameos, ancient
twins, Bc. to a considerable amount ; besides scrips for
I shares in the Liverpool and Manchester Railroads, 40 in
the Bristol and Birmingham, and 20 in the Liverpool and
Birmingham.

Yesterday a Coon of Common Council was held to elect officer,
and to receive the Report of the Tithe Committee. The Court was
mast numerously attended.
TITHES.
Mr. 11 raconnw, in preeenting the Report, congratulated the
Court upon the approach of the period at which their heavy labours
would be at an et.d. He was rejoiced to be able to state, that the
utmost unanimity prevailed amongst the parishes upon the subject
of applying to Parliament for an altetation in the system from
which :he Inhabitants suffered so much, and he was convinced that,
with the aid of the press; which had so promptly lent its powerful
assistave on the occasion, the evil would have a remedy through
the medium of Parliament. It was a remarkable fact, that, accord_'
fog to the census taken in the year 1700 and that taken in 11121,
the population of the city . within the walls, had decreased, while the
tithes had increased in an inverse ratio, which was not at all justified
by the price of provisions. By the former census it appeared that
there were 130,300 inhabitants; in 1750, 87,000 ; in 1801, 78.000; in
1811, 37.700 ; and, in 1821, 68,400. .The citizens generally, he
could say. were willing to give their pastors a fair, adequate, and
'respectable remuneration ; they were not actuated' by any hostile
feeling towards the clergy, but resisted, in self-defence, demands
whish were ruinous and without foundation, either in law or in jus-
tice. If this feeling. and the facts which he had stated, were pro-
perly represented to the Legislature, he could entertain no doubt of
their sums:. Het-or:eluded by moving that the Report of the Com-
mittee should be read.
The Report stated, that the Committee had called a meeting of
the Churchwardens and Deputations from the several parishes
affected by the claim of 2.. 0.1. in the pound. From all that had
transpired at the meeting, and from a lull consideration of all the
matters which had come before them on the subject, they were of
opinion that a Petition should be presented to the House of Com-
mons, prayingthe repeal of the Statute 37th of HenryV 111., and the
nbstittition or such equitable relief as the Legistature in its wisdom
'ek proper to grant.
•rurt n seconded the motion made by Mr. Hurcombe, and
to the same topics. Ile said that in his parish (St.
Aldgate,) a new system of attack had been adopted by
impreprintor against the inhabitants. Ile filed a number
in Chancery against those who refused to submit to his
, when it was proposed that as the question could be
well settled upon one case as upon a hundred, the whole
, by agreement, be made to depend on the decision given in
denier case, and ruinous costs spared. Instead, however, of
Aimee to this fair VA henburable proposal, the impropriator
cl fresh bills, and Pill individuals to a most intolerable expense.
city had already been tiled, and • great number mere were, he
understood, threatened. (fleet., hear.) Ile heartily concurred in
'I that had been said by slr. Ilureonibe.
'hr. S. Dixote said, he was willing to support the Petition recom
ied by the Committee; but it should be recollected that the
amplaintswere not against the Clergy generally, that they
so mane eindaat the officiating Clergy, and that it was
!xactions of di': lay im proprietors (as in the ease of St. llotolph,
ate) for which they w light redress. They should go to PUT-
'. with manifestations of liberal and honourable feelings to-
..e Clergy. pleat, hear.) 'Alley should request the Legis-
look at the quisuno. asd to tnake such alterations as ap-
, be areirsary. Mat u'
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pplfra.
bear la mind the condition of the Clergy, and that as men of
thin, who bad only a life interest in their situations, and who
ro maintain a respectable appearance, they should be
paid.
'avast said, the question had ever been conducted in such
is to tin honour to his fellow-chi:cue. He might remind the
that sonic years ego, when the disputes arose between the
and the Clergy, the former made a proposition to the Bishop
Lor.don to abide by,hie decision; but somehow or other the
offer was never accepted. For the honour of the citizens, fur the
advantage of thn church', and fir the interests of morality and re-
ligion, it was necessary that these feuds with the Clergy should be
put an end to as speedily as possible.
Alderman %V Art 3110 i said, the que-eion was by no means one
of hostility to the Church. The Clergy, It should ace recollected,
made these exorbitant demands, under an Act which had long been
allowed te.be doemar,t, an he considered, from a consciousness that
it was not valid. The application to Parliament was a matter of
necessity, as it wee utterly impossible for any individual to main-
tain a contest single-haaded with the impropriators. It was only
by a united application to Parliament that the parishes could in
any degree insure success. It was, he believed, at his suggestion
that those parochial meetings had originated, and that they had
applied for aid to the Corporation, which aid he was confident
would not be refusal to them.
After some further observations from Mr. BCTTERWORTII,
who spoke in a tone inaudible below the bar,the Report was agreed
to unanimously, and a Petition to the House of Vomit:toes, praying
for such relief as the Legislature, after an examination of the facts,
might think fit to give them, adopted.
The Gaol Expenses Committee presented a Report for an appli-
cation to Parliament for an Act, authorising the removal of the
prisoners from the Borough Compter to the other gaols of the
city, shirk, after some observations from Mr. Final, 3lr. Dixon,
31r. Aldermen Wood, and some other Ilembers, was agreed to,
and the Committee were Instructed to prosecute the Petition as they
should be advised.
The Court agreed with a Report from the Navigation Committee
on the Petition of the City Waterman.
The Committee for General Purposes delivered in • Report
relative to the qualifications for Principal Clerk of the Court of '
Requests ; and the salaries and allowances of the other Clerks of
that Court.
Upon which a long diieneeinn ensued, and an amendment
moved, which was afterwards withdrawn, and the report finally
agreed to.
The next Collet was appointed fur the election of First or Prin-
cipal Clerk to time Court of Requests, in the room of John
Holmes, Esq. recently elected Bailifof Southwark ; and the Lord
51avor was requested to insert notices thereof on the summons.
A Court of Aldermen will be held this day, fur Ate purpose of
hearing the Petitions against-the election of Cowmen Councilmen
foe Vinery Ward, and of Beadle for A ldersgate

Patemrrow or Hossis-STE•LINLI.-•-An ingeniously-
constructed shackle, to he placed round the necks or legs
of horses, the invention of an intelligent manufacturer of
Farnham, was exhibited at the markee there on Thursday,
which was highly approved of by all who inspected it, and
appears calculated to check, if not prevent, the crime of
horse-stealing,. which has been so alarmingly prevalent of
late. In form- it is similar to a strong ring, and made of a
metal on which no file, saw, or other instrument, will make
the least impression, yet of sufficient ductility to prevent
heavy blows from a large hammer on an anvil front break-
ing it. It is fastened by a lock of singular construction,
deeply imbedded in its metal, so as to defy the action of
any metallic instrument either to break any part of the
works or to pick it. It varies in weight from a pound to
a pound and a half, and is lined so as to prevent the least
chance of rubbing off the hair, and a horse may wear it,
without the key, for six months without the least injury.
—llarnprhire Cnurirr.
741TITUR101:11 DIS•PPE•RANCE.—Much alarm and ap-
prehension have been caused by the disappearance of
Cade, head groom to Mr. T. Kirby, of this city. He had
been in the service of the above gentleman upwards of six-
teen years, and during the whole of that period had seldom
been an hour absent from his duty. It has been ascer-
tained that he was in this city at one o'clock on Sunday
morning, and after that pet iod no intelligence of him can
be learned, further than the fatal suspicions excited by the
discovery, on Sunday, of itis hat floating on the liver ()use,
near to the Well-house. What increases the suspicion•is,
that on the New Walk, near to the same place, were found
another hat, a handkerchief, and a loose shirt-collar.
Every exertion is now making for the discovery of his body,
or the elucidation of the mystery. Men are employed in
dragging the river, and art active police officer, Mr. Pardoe,
is en the alert.—Yrrl. C.,ura et.

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le hew.. Several songs were sung. and we were much gratified at more, Peal
st
beiges the veteran- Incledow who appeared in excellent health. zu°"i"'ti(
e.
The cwwspawy appeared highly delighted with tin evening's on- may thin
My. Ca
tarunoment.
adverted
at ' gMEW.F.V.I".--rOM/11 •
)k . ANCIENT PRICE OF LABOUR. Botolph,
the lay tit
of bills Ii
tit i Anne D0m.1352, 23 ELI w. 111. wages paid to haymiktes demand,
In was but Id. a day. A mower of meadows, 3d. per day, or equally 17
Fe ad. an acre. Reapers of corn, in the first week of August, sit'a.4,llc'tdli
re 2-1., in the second. 3d. per day, and so till the end of Au- iiitenim
th gust, wlthent meat, drink, or other allowance, finding their Wad fresh
11l own tools. For threihing a quarter of wheat 'or rye, 20.; Fifty had
of unilerstee
a quarter of barley, beans, peas, and oats, lid. A master
il,all that ha
carpenter 3d. a day, other carpenters, 2d. per day. A muster Mr. S. 1
tc! • moon 4d. per day, other mason. 3d. p day, and their ser- me„ded L
!T. ' vane lid. per day. Tilers.3l sod their knaves lid. chief comi
be' Thatchers 3d. per day, their bosses lid. Plasterers, attd were by a.
Is the exacta
workers of mud walls, and their knaves in the like
rt. manner, without meat or driiik, and this from Easter to ilntant!),,,l
, ?literati:lmes • and from that time less, according to the wane the
al - diretion of the justices. Isom to 11
e- BY ttle 3%tbtleVlL. I 11. !Set; **F. rusecrs of caw- 1081410 '
rid t piaci! and masers 44. a day, and the others 3d. or 24. as non, bear
ts, education,
they are 'worth.
/II were Mtn
13th Richard 11. 1389, the wages of a baiLff of hus- liberally')
,
'e, I bandry 134. 4sl. pe. year, and his clothing once a year at Mr. FA
id, ' most ; the master hind, los.; the carter, 10s.; shepherd, • war " c
et 10s.; oxherd, 6s. Bd.; cowherd, 6s. 61.; sicineberd Gs.; Court, th'
l'FPl'itirers at
a woman labovrer, 6s. ; a clay ditto, Go. •; A ilriver ofplOugh, of L0,.'„,10,
16, 71. From this time up to the time of 23d Henry VI. the offer was 1
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