The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-03-14 00:00:00

• CO.IIMON *COVNCiIem
Yesterday *Court of Cu ices Council was held at Glad.
hall, for the purpose of receiving the Report or the Sheet
Committee ow she order of the Home of CUsissuss:reletbre
to the scentless .1 the City roods being lasil Were Ile Howse.
Mr nitwit 'mimed the lasaisem by 'medley ilk order of
Ike Mom of roomiest" which celled for au neontist of the
receipts sod ilishorersomet of the Slade of the City Gorda
fur she Am years maim me the 31st Dee. mu; owl also fur
an scrotal' of the title* ender which the City held coots
property. The worthy Geodesist' 'read the Report of the
emowsittee' wh.t. after arrives cuoideration and us cumelot.
taloa wish the Law Odleris'ufsthe Cite, recommemidcd that
the acertents should he .led. is obedseare to mho order
of the Howse. He Comemittet thought it the wisest
course to grams the rehires; and he therefore issimed dist
the Report he agreed to.
Mr. Pasason main ell as as seneodaseet. that the se.
counts of such sow es had bees moved or disbarment %oder
grouts received from Parliouseut be gives, hot that • nopect..
fel remoostrasee shook' be premed to the Haws of Cues.
saosia.agoilillt that porter the order which called for aetroots
of she othev property of the City. sod the titles reeler which
it was held. The worthy Gentleman, its an elm nirek speech,
toot a coestitutiumal review wf the prmileges of Ms Housi of
Coissoits, sod dolled the aalliority of that Hesse, le its Is.
dividoal capacity as one breech of lbs Legislature, to oohs
*web an order as That which hail been served's. the City. He
Thought they were humid to snake a Maud se the mood et-
ernities.
WILLIAM weaseled the ameodemest, sod "genet I.
Claremido". soil serval ether authorities, to slew Mel the
privileges of she Hoses of 11111111010•0 were brooded by Ow,
and roes ant be coostreml Is *steed le such a *IMAM Ile
that lath apse the City of taudoe. •
Mr. JAMBI' DAMP COOLlifind .in the aseredinot, and
tompleimed of the eases, tales ohowbeverse this tramatie.
5i.,.. whew their appliesalle• Porlioessit So sieekilsers
to Swish as eadombisig hies molly Ho shoals% sum mole
ao opporomity of casting No milootel sea ROO mistaundell
rellertiows spoil tie eif Mete raids--obese
might Agnew* soy M i etiesiarlyaajmodorted
us the amilwet of Mr. flosiser, 111. P.
Sir T. Rot hod so objection le lay before Parliament
whatever aerostats it was is au, way instilled to call for;
her hr couta eel ...est to • proposition which weld at once
to rotund their whole rights and privileges.
Mr. WAlTlllial sold, that whatever attempts may be
he made to excite • diferesea of °pinkie between the City
and the Borough of Southwark would, he hoped. prove futile.
Hr could out help lasseatioir that eat of shoe sinuechest sup.
porters of Doverommat (M r.H. Seramer) should sow, iu view-
ing their expenditure, Imre mood Led objets to that part of
it whirh hail conveyed swords sad boos to those who de-
server) well of their country, seder the odusinionition which
Ise so uniformly inpgueled. nil' was soti be though'. a
slnrstiou which required ,m 7 display of the great coestitii.
timed poises displayed by some Gentlemen who preceded him.
The Nillit4 of Cussisties, be thought, had a right to luck
Oil" the acronsits of public bodies, to see how far their up.
plication was in accordasiee with Me isigisal intention ender
which they received them, particularly when these bodies
apply for pecuniary aid is furtherance of a public seder.
tuhsag. Whether the *meals now called fur woe intended
•to be capriciously or fairly looked he could no say, but
he thought Parliament beds right so Mob at theme, so for as
regarsieg their public topewilitare. It would be soother
question, what aster, of iequiry the Howse of Commove'
might adept, if soy Whops woo made to scroll's" or
.questlow the titles to their property, Men, Mind, Me time
would arrive for iliabitsB • aim stud. sad he wised he is
ready as any seals to p ologly, or eas the Cowen.
Comoril, to the Tower for a breach of piiidege.—(4 &ark
wad hear
r. Digo* urged the weeeteity of &depths' lb. Report of
the Committee.
Al~rr some further disewsulow, its which Aldermen Atkins
anal Wood. Mr. Paull, sad several other Members took a
part, the Ametsdmeut was tarried in the Arm issisioce. on a
M a 'unlucky of 9—she unrialsers belay, fur the
Motto.. 38, for the Amenduiest 43.
A further Asoredwieat e' thew moved, that it be referred
to the Committee to consider further the Orders of the
Howse of Cusoomooo, mud to take such advise as they eltuald
see It, and ha report annuli lu the Court, which WY
agreed to
A Yule of Thisbe was unanimously agreed to be gives to
the Rev. J J. Cory, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, for his
moat excellent seremov, presthed at St. Laverne, Jury, on
Flow Sunday.
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LEWES. Kinn ii.

The effects of the late storm are visible in all di.
vectionr, and particularly cm cottages, barns, ho-
%els, retiree, corn-ricks, hay-stacks, and trees ;
in
Stammer Pat k, some of the latter, of large growth
Were torn up by the roots, and othellesnapped short
*sootier, near the middle of them trucks. On er
farm at Wooten', used by Mr. Woodman, of Fat.
suer, ten sheep were buried no the ruins of a lodge
or hovel, that was blown down ; five were got out
alive, but one was so much hurt, that it was deem-
ed 'proper to kill it—the remaining five were found
steed. Many other fanners have suffered similar
lo•ses, but to notice theta all in detail, would re-
quire more space than our columns will admit of.
At Alfrieton, a chimney of Mr. Newnsait's house
was blown down and passed through the roof ex-
actly over the bed wherein two of his sons, boys
seven or eight years old, were sleeping, but the
fallen chimney, in its descent into the chamber,
most providentially meeting with an obstruction
from a large girder, its direction was so diverted,
that it just missed the bed, whereby the chil-
dren happily escaped from their extreme peril,
tinhurt.—A barn was blown down at Warble-
ton ; and at Ewharst, a lodge in which six oxen
were placed, shared the same fate, blot without
much injury to the cattle. Bodiem Church receiv-
ed tame demure, having been 'stripped of its lead,
it different parts or it. In slit et, such were the
effects of this terrific hutricane iii every part of our
county ; but idiot*, along our coast, we have great
pleasure in saying, it did not produce a single dis-
aster that we have heard of, though it was so dread-
fully mischievous on the coast of Kent.
On Tlinrelay in the forenoon a large portion of a
twelve or fifteen feet high, at the South end
a the wallets of Mr. Rogers, at the bottom of Cure
IJalt, peeving been shaken to its fountlntion, by the
high *lllll 9-11 the preceding night, fell with an
elnrintaig crash into the public road, hut Cirittuate-
ly whim no one was past.iug, though the traffic there
is pretty general.
On Saturday .noriting we had again a heavy mile
if wind, which blew down a windmill it Ilsrecmili,
ittbmgitsik to Mr. Havocock, and did smite other
damage in the iseiishbootrliood. At Otrlsittn,. we