The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-27 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS,

Yeolterday a Court of Aldermen was, held at
Gniinbuii, at tvhieli the Lowb MAYOa presided,
there being 18 Aldernien and the ',City Officers
attending.
Thu Court proceeded to examine the Accounts of the
Prices and o.!ntities of Wheat and Floar soht daring the
preceding week end ordered the price of Bread to be con.
tinned at Is. the quartein loat of wheaten, stud Is. IV.
household.

The ClLUkintittAiNpresented a Statetnentof thc SOrpinti of
the Orphan Fund, which was read; and the sum of 92001.
Vettl ordeied to be, paid oil and annihilated, and notice given
to the parties interested, pursuant to Act of Parliament.
.The Loan Atsvop. laid before the Court-the proceedings of
the Court o:,Common Council, relative to the claim, -of the
Sword Beater to alienate his place; which was read and
agreed to.
several Brokers were admitted and 'sworn into other ; and
tome Cool Undertakers were licensed.
tlpwards of 25n0 ounces,of gold was sworn to as foreign,
rrovious to its being exported.
The Orders were directed to be issued for regulating the
Processions ry Land and Water, on Lord Mayor's Day; and
also the agiinst throwing tire-works in the City, on the
Sth of No, okiber next. •

The several Grants to the Officers, dining the Mayoralty
''Were passed, and sundry hills ordered to he paid.
Mr. H. 11, EnowN rriigned bis situation as gecOrder of
the Orphans' Duty on Wines, at-thit Custom House, to take
place. at Cheistinas.nrxt; which the Court accepted: and it
Iva,: referred to a Committee, to cvsmine the duties of the Of-
lice, previous ti the election, at the first Court in the next
tout; er was heard in an Appeal against an'Assesittnent in
lieu of Tithes, tor the Minister at St. MA rY Mookhurch, and
the turtlicr consideration adjourned.
, The Lonn MAVOIt -ha; appointed a Special Court of Com-,
mon' Council on Friday neXt, at twelve O'clock, to consider a'
/tepQrt foul the Committee for General Purposes, relative to
the prosecuting the Petition iu Parliament against Mock Auc-
tions, &c.

ANNIVE,II:44IItY Or C:ktiNiNa'

In Tnte SUN of the 22d instant, we noticed the
celebration of this event, and the spirited manner
in "Fi'hich. the festivity was conducted at Liverpool.
The Litter Courier makes the following ob-
servatimis on the occasion :
" This 'is- not without reason. Liverpool is
greatly interested in the character, the talents,
the influence, and the integrity, of her representa-
tives, and in Mr. CANNING these qualitieS art
Calinel:tly combined. In all .he• is inferior to
bone, and in sortie of them Superior to most.—
But howevy highly the personal character of Mr.
CANNING is valued, we consider the Anniversary
of his Election as deriving its greatest importance
ti•orn its being the commemoration of It triumph of
principles, .6 iiich are every (lay displaying them-.
selves in new lights, and acquiring edditioual
claims to the respect of the public. 211r.Z;Ati-
NING'S election rescued the representation,Of this
kormigh from men who were to embody anti as-
sert the principles of a party which has ever
leaned to France, to America, to any thing but
their country. Cowardly and spiritless to our erre-
77Zin, factious and 'blustering at home, that party
could only obtain ahy strength in times of feat
pressure, when the unthinking nart of the public,
tinder the teeling of present. sufferings; like infa-
tuated sick persons, catch with avidity at the
promises and. false hopes of empirics. It was
...overthrown, however, in the pride of its strength,
and the successful resistance opposed to it will
tong he recorded to the honour of those who
headed the struggle, and of them who conducted
it to its triumphal termination. Whas man of
British feelings in this town but would cover his
lace with shame; if at the present moment he were
represented by men who would talk of the mode-"
ration and impartiality of AmeriCa, when her de-
graded And sinister policy
.provokes the scorn of
the world ? Who would drall out the tones of
fit:ace and subniiision., when the sword has open-
ed the bright prospect of Europe's deliverance
Who would throw power into. the hands of mobs,
when it is plain to every man that had We been
ruled by the demagogues of the day, is ith a per
verted multitude at their heels, we should have
been long ugti'ilriven frotn'the proudeininencoin
Which we now stand among the notions, and have
been the debased spectators of the virtuous ef.
forts of other states, ourselves, without our true
constitution, without liberty, without indepen-
dence ?
Long may the connection between Mr. C.v.:-
RING and the hlectors of Liverpool continue, and
long may he live to witness the effect of those
lofty principles of national Independence and
lit virtue, both it; Great Britain and throughout
Europe, which througb evil and good report he
has so eloquently advocated on all occasions."

The explosion we mentioned yesterday in Great
Peter-street, Westminster, arose* it is stated, in
the following manner, a pipe had unexpectedly
burst in the premises of the Gas Light and Cuka
Company, by which means much gas bad oozed.
out and filled the apartment ; but not calculating
iht this, one of the men took a candle, and pro-
ceeded to the spot to ascertain what thus the not",
ter, The moment the candle was introduced, the
‘vhole of the that diced escaped from, the pipe
burst into a thrtrie, with a dreadful explosion, us
time had been communicated to a heap of gun—
powder. By it this man wits much intured, us
well its two or three more of the workmen. The
speedy arrival of many engines, and the exertiom
within the Ilia II Ultletin yo 00011 got the tire tinder
contralti; preventing it iron extending to the
neighbouring premises. .
Saturday, being a very tempestuous night, fdur
Vrench prisoners'endeavoured to effect their escape
from Purchester prison, by cutting through the
ward they were confined in, and afterwards scaling
the walls. The thunder was so loud, and the
rain poured down in such torrents, that three of
them succeeded before the sentryposted on the
wan discovered them. When be did, he seized
the fourth, aunt gave the alarm, and another was
taken in the barrack yard. The other
.two ran
off, but were nomediatetr purined, and soon re-
taken, one on Portsdown-hill, near the monument
of Lord NctsoNi, the other near iTorndean.
In the Recorder's Court, Dublin, Thomas Mee.
haat, fur itts indecent exposure of his person, in
Merriam-siviare, was lately sentenced to be pub-
licly pilloried, between. the hours of twelve and
one ; to be imprisoned in the common gaol for 12
months, and not to he discharged until he gave
security for future good behaviour, himself in
.11001;and.two-5ureties iu t 001. each.