The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-26 00:00:00

COAT) TRADE.

Mr. CHARLES PEARSON presented a memorial from Mr.
Bradfield,• coal inspector.
Under-Sheriff WIRE asked by Whose authority Mr. Brad-
field got up the memorial ?
Mr. BRADFIELD said he was not aware that it was ne-
cessary for him to have the authority or permission of any
man in such a quarter. He had not consulted any indivi-
dual in the matter, and he believed that lie could give the
Court as much information on the important subject as any
other man.

Mr. PEARSON said he had two or three reasons for moyiug
that the memorial should be referred to the Corn ani Coal
Committee. It was true that Mr. Bradfield's tt-Jrnplaints
and suggestions had been received with a degree of preju-
dice upon former occasions, but he soul, -,1 not see that the
prejudice would continue to exist when the memorialist
stated reasonable grounds for complaint.
The memorial was referred to the Coal and Corn and
Finance Committee, with the understanding that it should
be taken into consideration and reported on.

THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL asked whether the Clerk of
the Court had transmitted the propositions of the Com-
mittee of the whole Court on the Municipal Institutions of
the City to the Commissioners, and whether any answer
had been received ?

Mr. Ashley--(the Clerk of the Court)--said that be
had he had sent them by his clerk, but that no answer had
been received.

Sir C. MARSHALL—No, and I dare say we may wait a
long time for an answer.

Mr. C. PEARSON—Who but Sir Chapman Marshall
supposed that we could have expected anything of the kind?
—( A laugh.)

APPLICATION FOR LEASES TO THE CORPORATION.
Mr. ANDERTON gave notice that he should move that no
application for leases to be granted by the Corporation be
acceded to until the names and residences of the proposed
lessees have been first printed and circulated in the usual
summonses with the description of the property intended to
be leased, the term of years proposed to be granted, and the
rent and premium (if any) to be paid.

THE PORT OF LONDON NAVIGATION.
The LORD MAYOR took occasion to make a few observa-
tions upon the bringing up of a report, of no public impor-
tance from the Navigation Committee. It was not neces-
sary for him to say to what extent the commerce of the
metropolis had increased. It was well known that the coal
trade alone had increased in so great a degree that the river
Thames was not in its present condition an adequate inlet
to the metropolis for that article.

THE WATCHMEN AND WATCHHOUSES OF THE CITY.
Mr. ANDERTON moved that it be referred to the Nightly
Watch Committee to ascertain and report forthwith the
amount of the watch-rate expenditure, &c., &c. Mr, A.
described the condition of St. Bride's and St. Dunstan's
watchhouses as most peculiarly revolting.
Mr. CHARLES and other Members defended the watch-
'bouse and watchmen system of the districts most strongly
objected to, and stated that the ward in which they were
situate was peculiarly well secured against depredation.
Mr. R. L. JONES said that there was no doubt as to
the necessity of some great alteration.—The prop.sition of
Mr. Anderton was then agreed to.

THE GRESHAM LECTURES%
Mr. BAYLIS moved a reference to the Gm:sham and
City of London School Committee;, with regard to the
removal of the Gresham Lectur,:,s to the lecturing theatre
of the City of London Schoe,',,
Mr. HALE seconded tho motion, which was ably sup-
ported by Mr. Pritchard,, Mr. R. Taylor, and Mr. Stacey.
Mr. LAWRENCE t,'nought there would be much difficulty
with the Mercers' Company, and that they would probably
join the przjfessors in opposing any improvement.
The LORD MAYOR said that from a knowledge of many
of the members of the Mercers' Company, he might confi-
dently state that they were as anxious as the mover or the
Court could be to make these lectures, what they were
really intended to be, useful to the citizens of London ? and
fo his own part, during the short time he remained in office,
he would do all in his power to promote the consideration
of this subject.—(Hear, bear.)
The motion was eariied unanimously.
Upon the motion of Mr. PRIOR, the Committee of the
whole Court, appointed at the commencement of the year,
was dissolved and, after thanks were voted to the Lord
Mayor, as Chairman of the Committee, the Court
adjourned.

THE LIVERPOOL POST-OFFICE

EXPLOSION.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The General Quarter Sessions
for this borough commenced this morning. The circum-
stance of Josef Gomez Pelayo, the man charged with putting
several packages containing detonating powder and other
combustibles into the letter-box of the Post-office, and
which caused an explosion, on the 22d of last month, being
amongst the prisoners for trial, has excited an extraordinary
degree of interest.

The Recorder, in his charge to the Grand Jury this I
morning, dwelt upon the nature of the offence with
which the prisoner stood charged at some consider;:ole
length. He said, the novelty and extraordie-_,,ry cir_
cumstances of the case created more interP-,t than the
nature of the crime itself, the facts of 'which would in-
volve them in no ilifficulty. his TA.hordship had care-
fully looked o';er the depositions, and he agreed with
those gentiemen entrusted with the prosecution, that the
case presented in the, nature of a misdemeanour—
could not be treated a felony. The Commissioners
for inquiring into fhe state of the Criminal Law had
,
had their attention directed to its defects in respect to
offences of this description. The Act of Parliament com-
monly called Lord Ellenborough's Act, had been enlarged,
and was still capable of further enlargement, as it did not,
as it now stood, extend to cases like the present. Surely,
it was high time for that portion of the criminal law to be
amended, so as to extend to any case of wounding or maim-
ing, whether done by a stick or in any other way, so long
as the intent was to do grievous bodily harm. In this ease
the explosion at the Post Office had nearly proved fatal to
the party injured, he having completely lost the use of one
of his eyes. His Lordship could not do otherwise than say
it was to be lamented that the crime was onlo punishable
as a miademeanour.
The Grand Jury have net as yet found their bill in the
Post Office case ; the trial will not, therefore, take place
for some days,

The Sean belonging to Messrs. Hitehens and Co.,
of St.
catch of Ives,mackerel lash made
.a most fortunaco and rather singular
they sum) last Wcet. The seaners shot on what
• tv-ne a shoal of pilchards, but were greatly
ourprised, when tacking, to discover the shoal to be of
mackerel, and of such numbers as had not been taken at
that place for many years past. It is supposed—that the
shoal will realise above 1,000/.—Fahnouth Packet.

The new head-quarters of the Lieutenant-General
commanding in Upper Canada and its dependenees, Sir
John Colborne, have been removed from Montreal to Sorel,
where the Assistant Adjutautaeneral to the Forces,
Lieutenant-Colonel Eden, brother to Lady Brougham, is
be also suttioßecii