The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-14 00:00:00

CHICHESTER MARKET—Oct. 12.

Beef
I Mutton 3 10 4 6 Pork 3 10 4 4
Supply of fat stock nrwlerately good, and trade rather dull.

In St. John-street, near Sadler's Wells Theatre,
there is a tame raven which roams about the street, and
imitates the bark of a dog with great exactness. This lan-
guage he always adopts when wanting food, or wishing for
admission to the house which be inhabits.

The excessively boisterous weather has been much
felt at Littlehampton. On Monday night a great many
panes of glass were blown in at the Beach-houses ; and al-
though situate 200 yards from the beach, quantities of sea
weed were blown against them. Four bathing machines
were broken to atoms by the violence of the wind. The
tide was unusually high.

On Monday night a stack of chimneys, at the south-
western end of the house of R. James, Esq., of this town,
fell with a tremendous crash on the roof, which, fortunately,
is an immensely strong one, or the weight (four or five
tons) would have borne all before it, and, in all probability,
have caused the death of some or all of the sleeping do-
mestics.—Sherborne Journal.

VIRGINIA WlT.—Jonatha❑ Long, a gawky six-
footer, commonly called " Long John," when on his way to
market, always stopped for his breakfast at the tavern of
old Major F. The Major observed that John was a tre-
mendous eater, and had looked crab-apples at him until he
was tired, in the hope of inducing him to get his breakfast
elsewhere. But it availed not. Long John was again on
hand. " Major," said he, " can't I have some sassengers
for breakfast ?" " Yes," replied the Major gruffly, " you
can have them, if we've got enough in the house." He
then bawled to the housemaid, and on her appearing,
" There, Betty," says he, "go take the measure of that
man, and fry him his length in sausages !"—/Vorfidk (United
States) Advertiser.

SALIVATION.—One of the medical commissioners
of the Royal Navy (Dr. Burnett) has given an account of
the whole crew of a King's ship, amounting to 200 per-
sons, who were affected with salivation to a high degree
by the bursting of some vessels containing quicksilver.
Many lost their teeth, and two died. All the live stock,
goats, sheep, poultry, cats, dogs, rats, and
birds,
were also put under its effects ; even the decks of
consistingtthe
ship
o f pigs,
e
co covered with a black powder. Several tons
of quicksilver were scattered about the ship, which, from
rolling about, became oxvdized, and it is supposed affected
the atmosphere.—The Doctor.

The northern States of the Republic of Mexico
are, according to the Neu! Orleans Bee, anxious to form
an independent junction with Texas, similar to the Repub-
lican Federation of the North American Union.

Tuesday last, five fish of the bottle-nose species,
commonly known by the name of finuers, were seen sporting
amongst the rocks which lie to the west of Preston Island,
off the shore of Lowvalleyfield, near Torry. Several boats
immediately set out after them, armed with guns, harpoons,
swords, &c., when one was captured by David Aitken,
boatman, and tiro of them by Mr. Melville, wood-merchant,
Torry, assisted by his sawyers and others. The sight of
this novel encounter with the natives of the frozen north,
afforded no small pleasure to the inhabitants of this retired
watering village, who witnessed the whole display of har-
pooning from the shore. The three.
when brought to
land, were valued at 351.; and sold a short time afterwards
for that sum.—Glas4ow Liberator:.

Yesterday a Court was held in consequence of a requisi-
tion to the Lord Mayor, " To take into consideration the
propriety of rescinding the resolutiOns passed on the 15th
day of September last, namely,' That the consideration of
the Report of the Committee of the whole Court be ad-
journed till the Report of the Commissioners of Municipal
Inquiry on the Corporation of London shall have been ob-
tained,' in order that the Court of Common Council may
be enabled to express a deliberate corporate opinion upon
the alterations which it may be desirable to make in our
municipal institutions, in conformity with the resolution of
the Court passed on the 6th of March, 1834." The other
subject of interest upon the paper was the Report of the
Revenue Committee on the references respecting the allow-
ances to the several Committees, &c., for Their expenses,
which have been hitherto considered disproportioned to
their labours by the bulk of the citizens of London.

THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.
The LORD MAYOR read to the Court a letter which he
had received from Ald. Kelly, expressive of the intention
of the Lord Mayor elect to take upon himself the office of
Lord Mayor.
Ordered to be entered upon the journals.
Mr. PRIOR presented a memorial from the managers of
the City of London Almshouses, stating that the very great
progress which had been made in the erection of the alms-
houses, and the advantages which had already resulted from
the charity, and requested that the Court would order to
be paid to them the last 5001. of the 1,5001. which had
been voted by the Corporation for aiding in carrying into
effect its objects.
The memorial was referred to the Coal and Corn Finance
Committee.

BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Alderman WINCHESTER rose to complain of a breach of
privilege, contained in a note addressed by Mr. Charles
Pearson to certain members of that Court, calling them to-
gether to consider measures proper to be adopted to rescind
the resolution passed on the 15th of September, upon the
motion of Alderman Winchester and Sir Chapman Mar-
shall, with the view, as the communication expressed, of
" burking" the question of Corporate Reform. It was in the
recollection of the Court that upon Sir C. Marshall's motion,
seconded by him, it had been determined not any farther to
discuss the subject of Municipal Reform until they should
have before them the report of the Commissioners. The
Court had thus suspended, not " burked" the proceedings,
and the subject would have lain over until the legitimate
time for consideration, had not Mr. Pearson emerged from
his late retirement from his duties as a member, and sud-
denly appeared amongst them to revive it. Whatever
credit the Court would give that gentleman for the posses-
sion of great talents, they would agree in the opinion that
it was not a very decorous way of describing the conduct of
the members to say that they were resolved to " burke"
Corporation Reform, when their object was decidedly the
reverse. It was a reflection upon the majority of the Court
which had acquiesced in the motion for the postponement,
and it was calculated to excite a groundless and most inju-
rious prejudice in the public mind. He (Alderman Win-
chester) always when he was Chief Magistrate gave to
members the privilege of stating their sentiments.—(Great
laughter.) He had always done so when the questions and
opinions were consistent with propriety and the practice of
the Court.—(Continued laughter, and cries of " Hear,
hear.") Whatever he had done, he had never in his own
conduct dispensed with courteous feelings and expressions.
He trusted that Mr. Pearson would state that he meant no
imputation upon the motives of those who had moved the
resolution.

Mr. CHARLES PEARSON assured the Court that he could
not have used a word calculated more adequately to con-
vey his than that to which objection had been made, and
as for the motives of Alderman Winchester he believed that
they consisted in the endeavour •to stifle by all the means
his power any system of Municipal Reform. It was, there-
fore, reasonable to use the expression. Alderman Win-
chester had objected that he only meant to suspend the
subject ; but he (Mr. Pearson) knew from his experience
that to suspend it, according to the sentence of Alder-
man Winchester, would be to do nothing less than to burke
it,—(Loud laughter.)