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London, England, 1836-03-10 00:00:00

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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held to consider the report at
the Revenue Committee in relation to the expenses of
the mayoralty, the propriety of bringing up a Bill for the
admission of aliens into the freedom of the city, 'n
the propriety of felling the celebrated navigation barge,
and carrying over the proceeds to the credit of the
city funds.

THE EXPENSES OF THE MAYORALTY.
The notice of this subject having been placed at the/
,op of the paper, in order that the Court might have a
1.111 opportunity of dismissing the merits of the report,
s
The LORD MAYOR called upon the name of Mr. William
the Member for Coventry, who is the Chairman Of tbe
Revenue Committee ; and, that Gentleman not having
made his appearance, some members suggested the Po'
priety of postponing the question until another day.
The LORD MAYOR felt no small personal interest day, the
matter himself, particularly as he found, from conversations
which he had had with some persons of high rank, tbett
there was an impression abroad that he was to expend
the city's cash in his. year of the Mayoralty no less aWI
than 27,000l.—(Hear, hear.) His Lordship then j.tr
poned the question for two hours, and sent to Mr. "17
liams's house to inform him that the members were vvaiting"
for him. The 'answer brought back to the Lord Mayor o t
vat.
that the Member for Coventry had not, in consequence
the debate, gone to bed till five o'clock, and had ordered his
servant not on any account to disturb him till two?'
The Court proceeded to other business, and sat till be-
tween 5 and 6 o'clock, but Mr. Williams did not attend du
ring any part of the day.

DUELLING.
Mr. WIRE wished to postpone the motion of whicb,b:
nhad given notice, for an Address to his Majesty, Pre
him to dismiss from his service any person who should se
or accept a challenge to fight a duel.
Mr. EDWARD WILSON hoped that the notice would be
withdrawn.

Mr. WIRE consented to withdraw the notice.
TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.
Mr. WIRE requested to be allowed to bring on his met°
relative to the taxes on knowledge, which stood high on the
paper of business, and which, when called upon by the Le
Mayor, he was not .present to bring forward, having bee
detained on a deputation.
Mr. GIBBS objected to the proposition, on the ground that'
the permission would be totally out of order, and productive
of great inconvenience.
The favour was ultimately refused.
THE GRAND CITY SUMMER-EXCURSION BARGE.
Mr. DRINKALD rose to submit a motion to the Court
h,eb
the subject of the Maria Wood, navigation barge, schia
subject having formed an important item in the unprin'ef
appendix of the report of the revenue committee was one "
considerable interest to the Court, and the highly 01:titer;
tamed auditory below the bar. He concluded by rov
for its immediate sale.

Mr. HALL seconded the motion.
Mr. FLETCHER moved, as an amendment, that it be re:
ferred to the revenue committee, to inquire into and repo;
what diminution might be advantageously made in the e.
pcnditure of the barge.—(Hear.) • ft.
After speeches from Messrs. Edward Wilson, W're'A,
Taylor, Hall, C. Pearson, Stubbing, Pritchard, Peeee;be
Alderman Johnson, Galloway, Figgins, and others, be
amendment was eventually carried by a majority of 13' the
numbers being, for the amendment, 39 ; against it, 0. so
was afterwards determined that the reference should he
the finance committee.

CHANCERY COURT-WEDNES

LOCKE V. COLMAN.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said that an application liandk
been made to him a few days ago to vary the ininutes -
the issue which he directed in this case. He had since minutes
considered the matter, and referred to the proceeding! b6the House of Lords in the case of Bush v. Locke, an°
was still of opinion that the form of the issue, as he of
rected it, was the proper form of trying the question
who was the customary heir of the lands in question, 11;
cording to the custom of the manor of Taunton 1),r°,40,
the time of the death of the settler, Robert Ale'
in 1819.