The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-09 00:00:00

PLOUGH MONDAY.

Yesterday being Plough Monday, a petty sessions
was held in the Guildhall by the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen, for the purposes of receiving the returns
and presentments of the several wards.
The inquest of St. Bride's complained to the Court
that the City Gas Company had appropriated to their
own use, without the consent of the parish or the City
authorities, a piece of ground in Hancock yard near
their works, and requested that the Court would take
care that justice should be done.

The LORD MAYOR informed the inquest that they
might rely upon the performance of the duties of the
Court of Aldermen upon the occasion.
It may be as well to inform the inhabitants of the
parish, that the Gas
,Company received the sanction
of the Corporation in the matter, upodundertaking to
improve Whitefriars Dock.

The inquest of St. Dunstan's complained that 45
persons who had refused to take up their freedom for
the last five years remained in statu quo.
The LORD MAron assured the wreman that the,
question was an extremely difficult one, and was now,
under the consideration of the Court of Aldermen..
Mr. GODSON, the foreman of the inquest for Al-
dersgate ward, complained of a most intolerable
nuisance which proceeded from a whalebone mann•
factory in the ward. The nuisance was not visible,
but closely imbedded in the heart of the ward; but
the effect upon the organs of smelling was altoge-
ther beyond description. Added to that, he stated
that some disorderly houses of the worst kind were
in a state of constant offence, and Aldergate-build•
ings needed the operation of draining, so that it
would be difficult to find in the City of London a
neighbourhood in which sanitary regulations were
more necessary.

Alderman i:4IALLis expressed surprise that the
Alderman of the ward had not represented the mat-
ters of complaint in the Court of Aldermen.
Mr. GODSON, who is one of the deputies of the
ward, said that Sir Peter Laurie, of whose activity
all the inhabitants were perfectly aware, had com-
plained of the nuisance, by which the inhabitant%
were almost poisoned; but, somehow or other, the
evil remained uncorrected.

The LORD MAyou assured the deputy that the
Court of Alderman would take up the subject with
all possible expedition.
The inquest of the ward of Aldgate complained
that a great number of the persons resident in the
ward had refused to take up their freedoms, and that
several influential inhabitants set the example. The
foreman considered that it was derogatory to the
character of the gentlemen of the inquest to be
presenting year after year statements of such a de-
scription without being able to produce any effect
upon the authorities of the corporation, and hoped
that some course would be adopted by which so
disagreeable a duty might in future be dispensed
with.

The inquests of most of the other wards made
presentments, complaining of the obligation upon them
to return the names of non-freemen, as no attention
whatever was paid to the information they had
communicated.

The LORD MAYOR repeated that the subject oc-
cupied the most serious attention of the Court of
Aldermen, and was surrounded with difficulties.
The FOREMAN of the inquest of the ward of
Farringdun Within expostulated with the Lord Mayor
upon being obliged to appear before him in a gown,
and submitted that there was no occasion for ;such
ceremony.
without
put
on
considering
my
full
it dress
a gown
hard-
ship.—(Laughter.)
rd.
to receive you, and I think you may return the com-
pliment The
aM A
yearY OR
ship.—(Laughter.)
Adjourned.

SALE or THE STOWE LlERARY.—Yesterday the
sale of the Stowe Library, the property of his Grace
9 "Is.
501 d
for
111.
:::12:‘A°AsLreinRoh6refdp
Anson to
the Duke of Buckingham, was commenced by Messrs.
lei an6:°;nsvrililil'irofeet,:
Sotheby and Wilkinson, the auctioneers of Wellington-
street, Strand. The sale of this portion, consisting of •
the printed books, will last 24 days. From the well-
known character of the collection, the sale excited a
considerable degree of interest, but the purchasers were
chiefly confined to the booksellers of the metropolis.
The prices realised were remarkable, although none of
the books forming this day's sale were what are denomi-
'anted " rare." The following were those only deservineg:
notice :—"And arson's Genealogical Illstemr:
Ivery, Luvel, Perceval, and Gournay,!' privately_VlLgt
in 1742, sold for 11/. 155.; "Aubrey (J.).Netural 'Amur.'
Lo
: tn adbo on n: t'
and Antiquities of the Counties of Surrey,"dlrfee A orde.
z. ores betwixt
printed in 1719, sold for 101.25. 6d.;
des Sciences," the proceedings from its;
59..
boifiithbeeillnen:tpuse:ra. .
Acker.l666 to 1790, in 154 Tols., so!livifi I i
lin 1-4 ells
;
man's Works, consisting of his
&c., large paper,
PPeso'liogiaon.:44o,:'
thet,
,h .
Le 01r;
dtr
euAvt linnsogofen,t,hs
oelfirleo-13pg.
relating to Antiquity," Spanish Armada,"
arolif,ntetahebrde;inntMdctlhoasejptgehylse, lieelssv'os joif;SlAdhfor 4 guin
Antiquaries, in 33
large paper' 2 sold presentationit)r 41. Ss.
published
3,Giti,socr,g
by the Society
~Aristophants Commd* vols., sold -for
18L 15s• ; • te:
of the Laws and Care-
lm Novem, Griece,
• printed at the Aldine
first edition, h _
_4
Institution ne press in 1497, soldfor
Cere-
monies of the Mist Noble Order of the G " h•
Garter,"—this,
—t is,
the rarest book in the day's sale,
Plutei by Hollar, and • containing some fine
printed in 1672 sold for 10
guineas ; "Art do Verifier l Dates ' Faits kl.
2/. 12e. ; "As
es des is-
toriques," a fine copy on large '
paper, sold for 8 guineas;
Captain Baillie's works, - fine prints, consisting of a seriea of 113
&c., after the old masters, some printed on'
sn, in colours, &c.—a copy selected for Miss &Oat:
the daughter of the eminent publisher, sold for 7,guineas.
The •
other lota were interesting, and the prices they
obtained were very good.—
DEATH OF COIANEL CLEAVELAND.—CoIoneIIt. F.
Cleaveland, of the Roy al.Horse Artillery, an old and dis-
tinguished officer, expired at his residence, on Wool.
wish common, on Sunday evening. The deceased, who
was 62 yesrs of age, was out NI Friday with the field
batteries, going towards • Blackheath for exercise, when
Captain Wright, the adjutant of the batteries, noticed
that his countenance suddenly indicated an alarming
change. Ile rode up to him and inquired whether Major
Griffin should take the command of the_batteries, but'
the deceased made no answer, having been seized with a.
'fit of paralysis. He was taken home, but remained
speechless till Sunday evening, when he expired. By
the xleath of Colunel Cleaveland the following- officers
will be promoted:—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet.
Colonel W. Wylde, C. 8., to the rank of colonel; Major
Burke Cuppage, to the rank of lieutenant-colonel;
the rank of Se-
condcap-
tain; Captain Thomas de Warton, to _ _
tain • and Lieutenant J. L. Ogee, to the rank of captain.
I
The office of brigade major to the
promotion of Major Cuppage, and a vacancy occurs fer
4: coloneley in the Royalligroe Artillery.
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