The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-04 00:00:00

COMMON
COUNCIL.

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YEStERDAY a Court of Common CoLincil was.
held, at Guildhall : present the Right lion. the
LORD MAYO 4, the. RECORDER, eight Alder-
men, the two Sheuiffs, and a number of
Commoners.

The proceedings of the last Court bcing read
and totafirmed; -

His Lordship inforined the ,-Court of His Ma-
jesty's Answer, to their Address of Congratula.
tions on the,Union of Greatl,l3ritain with Ireland,
which was ordered to be entered on the. Joitrnals
of this Court

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His Lordship laid before. the Conic' a Resolu-
tion of the Courrof Aldermen, recommending the
building of a Muse- of CorreOion, as a relief to
the Gaol of Newgate, for P.risoners.conimitted for
,Kisflemeanots, &c. as that Prison is so frequently
crowded as to endanger the lives of the Prisoners.
The Court ordered. it to be referred to the COrn.:
!nittee of City Lands, to consider and report their
opiitksn .thereon -to the' next Court. .
The Depitty COrn.:.tiw tors petitioned the Court
for.,an increase of allowance for their lab Our,
which was .accoinpanied by' a recommendation
fl•om' their Principals. The. Court referrekit to
the. Committee of Controul over the Coal and
Corn-meters, to consider and report their opinion
thereon to the next: Pourt.

Mr. Angell and Mr. Wall were appointed Corn_
meters in trust for this City, on the recommen-
dation of the Committee of Controul orei the
Coal and Corn-nicters.

The same Committee reported, it was neceisa.
)y to increase, the_,allowaneefor.the work and la-
bour of the. Corn-porters, and the Court ordered
the Law-Officers to prepare -a Bill for.the pur-
pose..

- The same Committee also reported,. they had
taken ,Mr. ',ll/Aloirtgo's Letter into considera-'
tion, relative. to the eleaing more Deputy Coal..
Meters : and were of opinion the present number
were sufficient, which the Court agreed to.
Mt. Alderman PR I C t's Motion for subscribing
the Sum of ioool. for the Soup Establishments of
the Metropolis,i'was at last agreed to (after a De-
bate of some length,.wherein it was Strongly Ob-
je6ed to), and referred to the Ways and Means
Committee, to distribute in such proportions-as
they may think proper. •
The Court ordered the appointment of the Va-
'candies of Governors of the. London Workhouse,
to be filled up at the next Court..,
Previous to the sitting of the Court the-LOap
MAYOR Was waited upon by 'the Principals .of
the Bakers' Conipany relative to the .Assize of
Bread, and it appearing that Wheat and Flour
had considerably advanced,, his' lordship was
obliged,.. according to A& of Parliament, to raise
the Bread'Five Assizes and a Half, or i id, in
the Peck: Loaf, to cOmmence..to-inorrow.-7-The
price of the -Quartern - Loaf of White,:• or fine
Wheaten. Bread, will then be ;Dire Shilling and
Ten))lwc, Half-penni. ;„ and the Household, or
Brown Bread, is. 9d. •

Two li,,miurgh Mailt now remain 4qe.,

His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES
attended early yesterday morning to inquire after
the health of His MAJESTY, as did most of The

L)'ranches of the ROYAL FAMILY.

Among the numerous inquiries made -after the
Sovereign's health, the following' card was left :
Captain nLAKE, of the Grenadiers, George_
street, Westminster, in the Regiment of Colonel
MtritaAy, at the Battle of Preston Pans, in the
year 5745. ; .left among the dead in the field of
Mrion, with no less than eleven wounds, one so
capital as to carry away three inches of his scull ;
preserved-fifty-six years to relate the event,. and
enabled, by Gracious Proteelion, to make his
personal enquiries after His MAJESTY."
The amendment in His MAJESTY'S Health,: is

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to be .aittibuted in a great degree to a prescrip-
tion suggested by -Mr. ADDINGTON, as having
been used by his father Dr. ADDINGTON. Se-
veral opiates having been tried, without producing
the coinfortabie effed which was hoped from
them, a 011 ow filled with, hops, was. placed under
His MAJESTY'S Head, which produced the best
effects, ailing as a powerful soporific.
It is with great concern we announce. tir Cap-
ture of the Kent East Indiaman,, in the •Bay of
Bengal, on the 7th of Ottober, off the Sand Head,
by the Coxfiance French Privateer, of 26 guns,
and 250 men, after an obstinate-Engagement .bf
near one hour and forty-five minutes, in which

Captain RI v IticTort, of the Kent; was unfor.
tunately killed, bravely defending•the Company's
property till the last moment of his existence,
when he exclaimed, " Do not give up the Ship."
Mr. CATOR, a Free Merchant, = also fell, covered
with wounds. All the surviving passengers who
were able to be movcd). • wore put on board an
Arab, and landed :at Calcutta. •

W. are in great hopes that the rent ha's been
re-captured as the Fox and Arrewant had- sailed
on a Cruize, the Ist ofOdober, having received
information of the Confiance. •
General St. JOHN and his family were on board
the Kent, and appear to haxe
,been particularly
unfortunate. All his jewels, plate, and baggage
had beer) burnt on board the Queen, and he was
now almost destined to behold his lovely wife,
daughter to the Margravine of ANSPACH, and
his three charming daughter, viaims to the law.

less excessp 9f a savage banditti. The gallant
Captain •PILKINGTON, the General's Aid-de-
Camp, was severely wounded in. defending the
General's family.
This Ship sailed from England on the 3d•May
last, in company with the Queen, and was at St.
Salvador at' the time the 9... en: was consumed in
July
,following. The Kent at the time of-her
capture was full of Passengers ; for in addition to
her own, she took all the Queer's Passengers on
to Bengal; after the loss of the said Ship. The
Kent was an entire new Ship, of gio tons bur-
then, and her
,first, voyage, as well as the first
voyage as Commander, of! the late gallant Cap-
tain IttvprcTipxt

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-Rom the LONDON GAZETTE,.Match .3, -dot:

Achniraky-OjEce, March 3, r Box.

Copy of -a Letter from Aattal Lord Gardner,
commander in. Chief 11-His Majesty's Ship.
and Fessels on the Clast of Ireland, to Avast
Nepealt, Eq. dated .at Cork, the 22d
. I herewith; inclose, forjhe information, pf the •
LordyCommissioners, of the Admiralty, the copy
of a Letter which I. received yesterday afternoon
froM Capt. 'f wysden, of His. Majesty's Ship' Re.
volutionaiie, giving, an account of his having
captured tile, Moucheron:French Brig
,Privateer,
belonging to B'Ourdeaux, mounting 16 guns and .
130 am, Sir, .&c. &c. &c.
GARDNERI.
Revolutionaire, at Sea,
• ts4l-•ro I 6th- February,--i 130
-the Honour to inform your Lotdihip,
that early this morning, I captured the French
Brig Privateer 'Moucheion, belonging to Boor-
deaux, mounting 16 guns, 1 2 and six pounders,
and" ijo'nien, out twenty days from Passage -but
had only made one .Capture, Brig-tif
London, from St.•Michaer's, loaded With fruit.