The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-03 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COVIVOIL.

Wednesday a Conn of Com 111111 l Council was held at Guild-
tail, wide!' was numerously attended.
After the proceedings or the last Cowl hail been read, the
Lord Mayor laid !velure tile ('ourt the :tamer of his Royal
I ligliness the Prinre Regent to the address of congritiilation
esenteil on M 14,t, on the marriages of the Dukes of
i larenee and Kent, which was read and ordered to be en-
tered on the journals.
His Lit-11.16p then presented the respective answers of
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence
and the Duke and Ditches* of Kent. which were read, and
directed to be entered on the journals.
It was rtferreil to the City Lands Committee, to consider
whether it world be advisable to snake any alteration in the
collection of the tolls in Newgate market ; and also to Coll-
jitler the present state rif the said market,

Mr. Al.h.rirson Wood moved, that it .be an instruction to
thu Committee appointed to ron‘ider of the petition of the
hiltabitants of the public streets, reistive to r.OllllllOll prostitutes
freqttenting the same, to take into consiGrotion the state of
the watch and police of the city, 14(.11 what alterotion
might appear to them accessory tiu rein.
Mr. S. Dixon dill not object to Oro motion, but to the word•
ing of it. He saw no reason wily the phrase "co eee on pro..
finites," should be need by way of distinction. All prostitutes
ot mit etionotou, from the ltighest to the lowest.

Mr.. Alderman Wood said, the words were only sneli as the
worthy 2entlcainn hisnselr had freqiirntly aged io the COUNC
t the on the subject, and he saw no reason fur
big present nicely.
The tuotiuu was then put andtarried.
ATVENI)ANCE OF MAGISTRATES.

Mr. Oldham•rose to call the attention of the Cord to the
-rearnoeilinary situation of things with regard to•the admissis.
?ration of justice which °Neared lit the last London Sessions.
It appeared that. it hail brim found necessary to adjourn tltt•
sessions consequence of ain tileiellt iiiimber of Aldermen not
Miss!, present. It was Isis object to ascertain whether some_
hing round not be done to pre vent the recurrent e of secli on
action in future. was well known to th it Court, that eent le.
mien on lodise eleeted Aldermen were always very punctual
end assiduous in their attendance. The °thee was Hirt, new
•to Mein, and that Court. as well as the Courts ofJostice, were
le general doily hossoured with their presence ; but after has.
ing passed the out es of Sheriff and Lord illeyet, it somehow
or other happened that they occasionally relaxed in their
r -al, and often seemed to prefer the emisterts of private life
to the toils of public duty. Nothing, hoes ev et, could be more
•illi.grareful to the City of London than that these should be
:my appearance orcarelessuess in the allininist ration °Oust lee,
anti there certainly was such Na arpeares►ce in the instance
to which lie had alluded. The shstesee Of the necessary
magistrates at the session* was natieesi in the public papers,
and became thesul►ject of general conversation. The juries
cud miens had complained of their loss of time; antl.it was
proper that duet Court should bemire. whether any measure
'mid be uslophel to prevent a recurrence of such au e
He hal hoised the subject would have been taken np by the
Ciotti of Idermen themselves, but it did not appear that
Nock ase oetteding was at resew in cententplation. At any
rate, there could be no Impropriety in the Court ut Continue
Commit appointing n committee to inquire into the matter,
and sire committee stsiglit cominsinit ate and confer with
use Court of Aldermen. Ile trusted that body would do
s•redit to itself by adopting some efficient preventative against
such an ot•catrrence. lie concluded by moving, " that it be
referred its the Committee for General Purposes, to consider
sand report to this Court whether soy and what inethodA can
be adopted, to secure ‘it'll a reginar attendance of the Ila.
gistrates (.e this City, as will ensure a due administration of
jestiee, and p►eveut a recurreuve of such a eirensestanee as
that of :lie lest Loudon Sessions being adjourned for the want
of attendance ante requisite n teller ut magistrates."
A member observe.), that he thought the Aldermen could
Ise compelled to attend the Sessions. and that they were halite
to pisuislintent for neglect.
Mr. Alileinsan Wood had no o4jection so the motion or to
r.ny inqssity Mat 'night be Mollified, but lie was afraid the
I 'curt of Common Council had no powers• in this case, and
eauW do nothing effectual. It wits the deny of the officers
of the Court to repot t if any Alderman did not attend iu his
tarn. He mould then be sentinelled to attend, and mead
lave to slate to the Caau•t of Alderman a reason for his ;ab-
sence. He knew of no farther power in the Court of Alder•
men than this. He thought it very wrong for any Magistrate
:u continue to bold his office if lie neglected the chino:. attach.
•• Ito it. :The circumstance which occurred at the London
Eessions arose, lie understood, front accident, there having
been sonar irregularity in the notice of attendance. With
regard to a remedy, he believed there was none except filing
a criminal information against the negligent Magistrate. He
vseateht, however, that sense wens should be taken to snake
known to the public which insiivideitl was in fault ; for, ac.
yarding to the present system of the report hieing made to
Court of Aldermen alone, and not published, the blame
t••ll upon the whole holly. In anotlK-r place lie should be
ten ly to assist ill every proposition which might be brought
fora aril $ but as fur that Court, they might inquire, but they
h=.•l no powers.
l'pon a report from the Committee fir G Porposes,the
toted the slain of 591. toialin. the desecnd•
ass of Sir Hugh Myddleton, Bart., who brought the New
ft ,er to London, the same being in consideration of lea Jis-
tae.sed situation.

At the last March Hertford V..izes, a man named. John
f:...tring was tried and found grotty isuitscet to a point of law),
for stealing 4 number of "lc me live ferrets." It was urged
by the Counsel for the prosecution, that these •er-atort 5,
once considered wild, have of late years been much
tamed and rlnmesticated, so as to prove highly ititeritl ;show
farms, in the destruction of rats and °lb.'. vermin. .For the
ttettfice it was contended. that the Act of Parliament, ahlch
pronotiare I such creatures as ferrets to be vi Oil and
s ii•li as they were kept for ?lie desh•actiun id*
6.:•• ot been repeale.l, and titat the ro:i.ra:. from
which it is • iot ,he others frequently generated, pie to.ik or
ty...e sate. sloe's, Instead of bring a felony, therefore, :t was
.itislairi.: to a...troy shear. The question was reAerved for
',V C i. gatillii of the Judges. The derision cf their
arit•ii,..• made at the late Sommer Asiiize., ;met ti.ey
o .1 11i Opillina, that the Act consider 11 flillt.ol
t, be ..6 .1 I .111 d Vittio4l% Apericii, and the taking u; de.
f:filylll.4 Ito .:u :Mon, I Searing was in eunsequenci.
aged.

I,a—rt N% m. \NI:IH% and Win. George, t%ti priqukt r.
-der at•ntrurt. demi), escAped fruit the coodcruned cols
et /he comity tta••, It !,!ortintluptun. •A rem...tra of Sit ouat:ae
'Zeta tack,: tlbc'r .trirrec.cua.

TTIC NATT(NAT, ra:GrsTrn

LA H' IN TELLIG E.VCE.

COURT OF CHANCERV, W
RDNEIDAY, JULY 20.
PALMER AND OTHERS V. DULLY AN UOTHI ER/.

Mr. Hart moved, on the part of the plaintiff. that a receiver
might he appointed of the income and profits of ceatain ea.
tales and offices payable to oue of the detendante, 'ninnies
Wright Vaughan, clerk of the peace fur the city of West i • -
ster, after deducting the salary of the deputy who now sup-
plied the place of Mr. Vaughan.
The facts of the case were these :—Mr. Vauelsan being
entitled to the estates in question, consisting of the office of
clerk of the peace, which wets a freehold, and to eertain copy-
hold estates, became mnck indebted to the plaintiffs, and
executed a deed dated Jan. 26, Itso6, whereby he covenanted
that be would within a given period make an aesignment of
this property to pay the two snail of 13871. and .7791., with
legal interest of 5 per cent. fn delimit of this agreement, the
estates in question were to vest in certain trustees appointed.
Under this deed, a receiver was appointed to receive the
rents and profits, but Mr. Vanglian *um: !time *ince had
thought :it to diecharge this individual. It bill had accord-
ingly lies n filed sto compel hint to appoint another receiver,
in compliance with the ugseement.
Mr. Shadwell, ea the pail of the defendant, till not oppose.
the eppoiutmetit er a receiver so far as regarded the copy.
hold estutes; but Se wished to pmt the question to Isis Lord.
ship, whether the profits and emoluments of the office •of
clerk of the peace could be aseigned. His Lordship was aware
that by the statute of Edward VI., certain offices wore de.
elated incapable ef being sold, and the words of the act were,
that no offices could be sold which " anywise toucher con.
cern the administration and execution of justice." he hum-
bly submitted that this was ail office svloseli Caine ler that
description. it was upon the sane: principle that the half
pay of an officer in the swine was not assignable, and he consi-
dered strait the office of clerk of the peace stood precisely iii
the sante situation. Ile thought at least flint the Court night
to pansy before it .came to a final determination. There
was elso another consideration, that the profits of this office
were so extremely smell, lost exceeditt4 ill the whole above
1601. a yeas, and consisting of a 511 st variety of email sums of
money, of which one slitiling was the smallest, and twenty-five
shillings the largest aramins received at one time. Ile appre-
hended that the appointiutrat (Ira receiver sunder these circum-
stances would be almost nugatory, ft.; the expense of the ap-
pointment might be greater than the sum receives!.
%Ir. Hart slid not think that the ease of a halt:pay otlir els
applied in this instant.., because the clerk of the peace was
capable of filling the office by sleinity, and an officer in the
arosy hats sits such pewee. He wait very ready to admit that
it was a question for the consideration of the C t whether
this office was assigoilide, bat he Conceived that his Lordship
uottlml fine Ito difficulty inorileiing flout the fund he impound-
ed until au import sillily ea. given to dimwits the question. In
the ease of Sir Watkiii I ewes and Sinith,.it would be recol
lected the Court granted what lie now el-hinted. With re-
spect to the observatiost that time einoliiiiient. of Ibis office
were of a very trilling by was disposed to give the
delitidant every possilsle accommodation, Owl he agreed that
there would be nu occasion for any receiver if the uutuuut of
the profits were poi.' It, souse responsible person.
Mi. Shad well said. trait if Isis Lot tidily thought the profits
of the office were assignable, he tad too objection to the pro-
position.
Tile Lord Chancellor granted the order for the appoint.
meat of aseceiver, reserving that question for.loture consi-
deration.