The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-15 00:00:00

COURT 01" COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch
of business.

COMMISSIONtiItS OF BANE Itt PT i.

Mr. FAYE I. I. stated-to the Court, that he was sorry to say
he had a serious complaint to make against the Commissioners
of Bankrupts. Notwithstanding all the arrangements that had
been made for the accommodation of all parties engaged in the
affairi, of Bankrupts, the want of punctuality in the Commis.
sioners caused the greatest inconvenience to the public. lie
had this fact proved in his own person, having had occasion to
go to Guildhall the other day to prove a debt. Upon that oc-
casion he attended at one o'clock, the hour appointed being 12
for one. He then found no Commissioner. Some time elapsed
without the attendance of any of those gentlemen. At length,
half past one arrived, and one Commissioner, and but one,
made his apptaran • rut of three. He was aware that,one of
the Commissioners ( JIG. Twiss) who should have attended, was
a member of the Botts?. of Commons, but that he conceived to
be no exemption. Now be had been told that his proof of the
debt, made necessarily before the solitary Commissioner, was
no proof at all, as there should be a majority of Commissioners
present upon such an occasion. The inconvenience resulting
from such neglect must be very great to the public, and he trust-.
ed that this notice of the constant practice (for it was very
generally complained of) would have the effect of preventing
the future repetition of it. If after this public declaration
the cause of complaint continued, he should feel it his duty
to apply formally to the Court to make a representation to the
principal authority (the Lord Chancellor) in the realm on the
subject.—(Hear, hear!)
A petition was presented from the. Governors, &c., of the
School for the Indigent Blind, praying to be allowed to be-
come purchasers of the freehold in St. George's-fields, for
the purpose of accomplishing more effectually the objects of
the Institution.—Referred to the Committee of the Bridge-
house estates.
IMPROVEMENTS OZ,; BLACKFRIAR3-lIIIIDGE.

Mr. SAVAGE presented a petition from a poor young woman,
whose father's leg was broken, and thigh fractured, by a fall
from the pavent of Blackfriars-bridge down upon the carriage.
way. Mr. Savage at the same time stated, that some very gross
misrepresentations had been made on the subject of the acci-
dents on the bridge, and that it had been ascertained that some
persons who were described as having fallen victims to the
improvements, were distant from the spot when the accidents
happcnd to them.
It was then moved and aggreed to, that Mr. Montague, the
Surveyor, should be called to the bar and examined.
Mr. Onorraat asked Mr. Montague whether any steps had
been taken by him with respect to the state of the bridge.-
Mr. Montague replied in the negatiVe. He had been in-
structed by the Committee to inform them upon the expe-
diency, practicability, and expence of altering the present state
of the bridge. The question was one of moment, and lie
was not yet ready to answer it, but he could be ready on
ednesday.
Mr. OLDHAM said, that there was some work now going
forward on the bridge.
Mr. MoN'ran trE said (as we understood him) that Mr.
M'Adam had applied to him to certify as to the performance of
the work ;-that he said he-should d0.,,0 as soon as the channel
course made its appearance according to the contract, and that
accordingly Mr. M'Adam was engaged in forming that course
by raising the ground. A great deal more of broken granite
was to be brought, as the wear was very considerable
The petition was then received, upon the motion of Mr.
Savage, who said that it was submitted to the Committee of
General Purposes, it would meet with due consideration from
that Committee.
The report of the Corn and Coal Committee was brought tip
and agreed to, and referred to a Committee to consider of a
table of rates for the direction of thr fellowship porters.
THE GRESHAM COMMITTEE.
The report of this Committee upon the state of its funds,
&c., was brought up, and
Mr. FAVELL begged to say a few words. It appeared, lie
said,from the history of King Charles, whose statute stood in a
conspicuous part of the city of London, that that Sovereign
was a traitor. He was surprised, then, that the statute of such
a King should be undergoing repair and embellishment, while
that of George Hl which was also in the city, was neglected.
He trusted that this circumstance, which came under the cog-
nizance of Sir Thomas Gresham's comniittee, would he noticed
by the Court, inasmuch as it was preposterous to pay honours
to one guilty of treason, and to neglect such a King as his late
most gracious Majesty.—( Hear !)
Mr. OLDHAM said the Court would agree that they should
be informed of the- appointments and salaries made and dis.
bursed under Sir Thomas-Greshant's will, and of the advan-
tages derivable from such appointments and salaries. The
Court were quite in ignorance of the actual state 'of the case ;
but he found that the will authorized the appointment of lec-
tures upon astronomy, geometry, and music, to each of whom
a,_salary, of 101)1. a year was to be given. i\ieasures ought, he
thought, to be taken to render those situations, which he be-
lieved to be' atpresent available. For the purpose of
gajoing the; necessary infoeniation,!,he should submit a motion
to obtain the particulars respecting the lecturers, &c. ; and he
trusted that the members of the Court would be able to show to
their successors what the Gresham will and the Gresham corn,

mittee meant. The subject. Was at pr2sbn't buried in the greatest
obscurity.
Mr DI xoN, trusted that the queStion would not be blinked.
He 11611,0 that an accurate inquiry would be made into the great
expences incurrpl. Mr. Dixon then asked at what time the',
statute of his late Majesty, which stood in the north-eastern cor-
ner of the etchange, was erected.
Mr. Woon'rHottru replied, eighteen months after his ac-
cession to the thrtine, and a year after he dined at the Guild-
hall.. . .
Mr. DtxoN then made some observations, which we could
not distinctly hear, on the subject of ertcfng a statue-to George
IV..in the same building..
Mr.' FAVEL T. believed it was not customary to erect the
statue, of a sovereign in the city until that sovereign should
honour the city with. his company" to dinner at Guildhall.—
(A laugh.)
Mr. DrxoN wished that astatue should be erected to his Ma-
jesty. They had, he belieVed, often erected to Rings whose
company they could have very willingly dispensed with. Why,
then, should they not honour one whose company they so much
wished for ?
Upon the motion of Mr. 01.ntrAlu,• it was then resolved that
12 members of the Court should he added to the Gresham Com-
mittee fOr the purpose of acquiring the necessary information.—
The Court 'then adjourned.