The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1838

the Court that., in their opinion, the brig was to blame
anterior tc, the accident. The Learned Judge accorq.,gly
condemned the Earl Bathurst, with damages and costs.

should take place.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that a
ptmetnal obserainee upon the part of the Aldermen to the
duties of the Court was due to the public, and he should,
therefore, rigidly act up to so wholesome a regulation. If
the hour of one o'clock (the usual time for which they were
summoned) was objected to, he would accommodate his
brother Aldermen by attending at any other, and he trusted
the notice he thus gave would prevent any members from
supposing, should he have occasion to put the regulations
in force on account of non-attendance, that they were taken
by surprise.—(Hear, hear.)
Alderman CdPELAND said it might appear to be un-
courteous in him to reply upon the Lord Mayor's speech,
hut he must state that on the days fixed in the calendar for
the attendance of the Aldermen it was very seldom the case
that a Court was not made. It happened, however, sometimes
that no busines was to be done, and a postponement of the
Court took place without proper notice to the members.
Sometimes, too, it happened that Courts were called which
were not fixed in the calendar, and confusion and mistakes
were the consequence. He thought it necessary to mention
that in the last Mayoralty, although a perfect understanding
prevailed in the Court that the election of the Ordinary of
Newgate should take place on a calendar day, it actually
occurred on a day not mentioned in the calendar. He did
not say that the Court would have elected a min better
qualified to fill the office than the gentleman who had suc-
ceeded, but it would have been much more satisfactory if
there had been no such deviation from the established rule.
He was convinced that as long as the Lord Mayor adhered
to the regulation necessary to secure their attendance, his
brother Aldermen would punctually appear in their places.
. SWEARING IN OF THE NEW ALDERMAN OF WALBROOK WARD.
Michael Gibbs, Esq., lately elected Alderman of the
ward of Walbrook, was introduced to the Court by Mr.
Eddison, one of the constituents of the ward.
Alderman Gibbs was then sworn in the usual form, and
took his seat.
VOTE OF THANKS TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR.
Sir C. S. HUNTER rose to move a vote of thanks to Sir
John Cowan, Bart., late Lord Mayor, for the excellent
manner in which he had performed the duties of that high,
arduous, and responsible office.—(Hear.) The late Lord
Mayor had shown in passing through the Mayoralty great
zeal, ability, humanity, and judgment, and the office was
certainly a fatiguing and responsible one. After some fur-
ther observations upon the magisterial exertions of Sir
John Cowan, Sir C. S. Hunter moved the vote of thanks
(for which see advertisement).
Alderman SCHOLET most cordially seconded the motion,
which was immediately carried.
VOTE OF THANKS TO ALDERMAN PIRIE.
Alderman FAREBROTHER rose and said, that he could
not allow the proceedings of the day to be brought to a
close without calling the attention of the Court to the sub-
ject of a vote of thanks which he intended to move to a
gentleman whose conduct reflected the highest honour
upon the Court of Aldermen. The course which he (Al-
derman Farebrother) was adopting was unusual, but the
individual to whom he pointed was in the habit of oxen
cising very unusual virtue. Not a day passed without wit
nessing some distinguished proofs of the beneficence and
charity of Alderman Pirie.—(Loud cheers) The public
prints were constantly recording the acts of beneficence
and humanity performed by that most excellent man, who
devoted a great part of his time to the relief of poor sea-
men rendered destitute by unavoidable calamity. Nume-
rous were the instances in which Alderman Pirie had, by
the exercise of his great influence and by his purse, suc-
ceeded in sending to their own homes unfortunate foreigners
who were not recognised by any other friend, and procured
ships for poor English sailors who in vain sought assist-
ance elsewhere.—(Cheers.) In the police offices of
the City, where misery daily exhibited itself, the humane
and noble spirit of Alderman Pirie was particularly ob-
servable, and the last case which had met the public
eye from the Mansion-House reports, was that of a
mulatto boy named Symons, who had been stolen from his
parents, and offered for sale at the Havannah. For that
poor boy the Alderman's sympathies were, it was unneces-
sary to say, at once excited, and a passage home to Jamaica
to his parents was immediately procured for him, by the
intervention of that genuine friend of the helpless and op-
pressed.—(Cheers.) The self-gratification resulting from
the repeated acts of kindness and liberality performed by
Alderman Pirie was doubtless great, but he (Alderman
Farebrother), feeling as a man and a father, could not let
another day pass without expressing his warmest admiration
of so worthy an individual, although aware that the vote
which he was about to propose would be modestly consi-
dered, by the person to whom it applied, as unmerited and
unnecessary.—(Loud cheers.) He concluded by moving
the vote of thanks (for which see advertisement.)
Sir CLAUDIUS STEPHEN HUNTER seconded the mo-
tion, as father of the Court. He felt peculiar happi-
ness in bearing testimony to the liberal and humane _cha-
racter of Alderman Pirie, which, he trusted, would find
some imitators.
Several other members of the Court having added their
testimony to a similar effect, the vote was carried by ac-
clamation.
Upon the motion of Alderman FAREBROTHER, the vote
was ordered to be written upon vellum and emblazoned, and
presented to Alderman Pirie.
The Court shortly afterwards adjourned.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nor. 20.
Several insolvents applied this morning to be dig.
charged on bail until their hearing, and their applications
were granted. They will resume their occupations until
finally heard. A great number have obtained their liberty
under this beneficial clause.

ACCOMMODATION BuLs.—William Pearson, an unop-
posed insolvent, applied to be discharged.
It appeared that he had accepted several accommodation
bills, and had, in obliging his friend, got himself into prison.
Mr. Commissioner BowEN—What have you been, in-
solvent ?—A gentleman's servant.
Mr. Commissioner BowEN—What business had you to
be accepting accommodation bills ?
The insolvent pleaded that his friend, who had kept a
public house, was a respectable man, and had gone away,
whither he could not tell, nor did he know whether he had
been discharged under the Act.
Mr. Commissioner BOWEN—It is fortunate for you you
are not opposed by any bona fide holder, or you would
have been remanded for a long time. It is a scandalous
shame that such persons as you should figure as acceptors
of bills. You have been in prison for three months, and
you richly deserve it for your conduct.
The insolvent was discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

R W-STREET.

Jamel Hart, a General-Post letter-carrier, was )e4sterday
placed at the .bar before Mr. MINSHULL and Lord MONT-
roan; charged with stealing a poet letter, containing a 5/.
Bank of EnJand note, while employed as messenger in the
General Post-office, St. Martin's.le-Grand.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.