The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-29 00:00:00

ATISTItitT pF TILE WCOULATIOXI.

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To pass an 'examination 'for' the post of' Quarter-master
and Interpreter to a regiment
is required,' by of Vativelnfantry or Cavalry, it
a recent 'order, that the probationer should, in
addition to'proving his knoWledge of the Ilindostanee-
1. Read and translate the Bagh Buhar in the Oondoo.
2. Read.and translate the poem Sagitin the Khuree Dolce,
written in.the Nagoree character.
3. Execute written translations from selected orders add regu.
lations from English into Ilindostaneein both characters.
4. Road and translate the Goolisten .or .Unwar.i.Sooheelee in
Persian.

A civil officer gets off tome-what cheaper: he must-
1. Bead and translate the liagh-o-Buhar And Khereed.Upoz,
in the ()ends°.

Read and translate the Ooolistan and Unwar-i-Sooheelee
in Persian.
3. Translate;' without aid of -Dictionary, certain passages
(previously prepared) from English into Hindostanee and
Persian, in the Persi-Arabic characters.
4. Translate, with Out previous preparation, certain selected
passagetin.Hindostanee and Fenian.

36 of Ilacs - -
.244 Tan-yards . - -
18 for Printing Cottons -
28 Woollen Clothe -
30 Earthenware - -
I 1 Paper-mill* - -
20 of..Aluslins - -
36 of Silk • - - .
4'of Glass
2of Soap - - -
3.for Cotton Thread or Twist
1 for Silk ditto • .
24 of Wrought Iron -

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

A Courtof Common Council wits held yesterday at Guild-
hall, for the purpose of electing a Rector of St. Peter, Conlinll,
and fur the dispatch of other business.

SUPPLY OF WATER.

Mr. FavEta. reported a serious grievance that occurred in
the Ward of Aldgate, by want of water at a fire, which last
week destroyed two houses. This had been represented to
him by the beadle. When he contracted with the New River
Company, on the destruction of the Old London Bridge
Water-works, the answer of the Chairman of the New River
Company, whether they could supply London with water,
was, that he could not only supply it, but deluge it with
water. Ile moved a resolution, that the matter be referred
to the Bridge House Committee. It was his duty to make
the complaint, and the Court would dispose of it as it pleased.
Mr. S. DIXON said, this wen not a solitary instance of want
Air. I 1
petition
motion
of water at fires, and he wished %the motion, therefore, to be
wasmasl it
presentedei
made more general.
Report should he made by the Committee, forthwith, as it was
a subject of so much importance to the citizens of London.
The A
trielegrestotisnpgentslitoant he had BAILIE, or SOUTHWARK.
liff
of the Borough,
is-
tentionally in
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yr e.lotraitililite, C;ohuertco, and
nsidedreecdlatr:lnlPritiyedilan.°C.tc:oelh.aelleoiip;utito.iindniii
net
tigal
offended
1.1,11 Byeehn:divl
nn sacacroefner
oddinntiog
jne. the motion, thought that the
his
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him a power to revoke the appointment of Mr. Lindsay, who
had lost his confidence, and therefore could not be continued
in his office consistent with the petitioner's duty to the Cor-
poration or the public. He did not wish to enter into any
complaints against Mr. Lindsay, or the fitness of Alr. Jackson,
whom he had appointed to fill the office of the former. The
petitioner had maintained an upright character, which was still
dear to him, and he prayed to have the vote of censure, passed
against him, rescinded, and that his conduct might be inves-
tigated. -
Alr. SAVAGE asked the petitioner whether he had not said
that Mr. Lindsay was not, nor never should be, his Deputy ?
Answer--I certainly said he was not my Deputy.
Mr. SAVAGE asked if he had said, that if the Court inter-
fered between him and his Deputy, he would move, •in the
Court of King's Bench for a mandamus against the city ?—I
never did.
Mr. Jastrs said, the question was, whether the Bailiff' had
the right of appointing his Deputy—not whether he had a right
of revocation. The Bailiff appeared before them, feeling deeply
the vote of censure, and to explain his conduct ; not to ask
them to concur in the appointment of Mr. Jackson, or the dis-
missal of Mr. Lindsay. He contended that Alr; ackson had
acted as Deputy Bailiff with ese knowledge of the members of
'the Court, and therefore Mr. Princep could not have been
guilty•of a breach of privilege in his appointment, and should
not have been visited with their displeasure, Surely the Court
would not think of binding the Bailiff to continue Mr. Lindsay
in his office, in whom he had no confidence, or to remain with-
out a Deputy at all. He hoped they would do justice to the
petitioner, and therefore moved that the vote of censure be
rescinded, and the eonduct of the Bailiff be referred to the-Com-
mittee of General Purposes.
Mr. Wur.eu rose to second the motion, when
The LORD MAYOR said, no motion could be entertained for
rescinding a vote already passed, without a notice, according to
a standing order.
Mr. JAMES trusted they would take the discussion then, ash
was a matter of the greatest importance to the Bailiff:
Mr. Deputy Ro u Tit presented a petition from Mr. Lindsay,
denying the statements in the High Bailiff's petition.
An amendment was then moved, that a report from the n
read, which 'recommended the Court not
Com-
mittee upon former memorials from those- parties be now read;
appointment of another Deputy, as applied for
btwoy) thecalnle
cw'rftelialtP:ni°lBrtiftgtifeseattile.Tthe Court agreed with the same, nearly
unanimously.

RECTOR OP IT. PETER'S COUNIIILT..
The Court then proceeded to the election of a Rector for St.
Peter's, Cornhill, in the room of the late Roy. Thos. Roberts.
The candidates were—the Rev. Mr. Wood, the Rev. Mr.
Judkin, Doctor Itudge, and the Rev. Mr. Williams.
The Rev. Mr. - • 107

The Rev. Mr. Judkin - • - $1
Doctor Rudge - - - • 28
The Rev. M. Williams • - 62
NVhereupon the Lone MaT on declared Mr. Wood duly
elected ; and the deed of presentation being prepared, was sealed
with the City seal, and a deputation appointed to wait upon the
13Ishop of London with the same.

The Macadamizing of the Old Bailey has
been proceeding .with ail possible despatch, in
ordee not to interfere with the holding of the
present Sessions.
A SINGULAR CUSTONG-..-A singular custom is
observed at conferring the freedom 'of the burgh
of Selkirk. Four or five bridles, such as are
used by shoemakers, are attached to the seal of
the burgess ticket. These the new made burgess
must dip iu his wine, in token of respect for the
ce Souters of Selkirk." This ceremony is on no
account dispensed with. The ancient and re-
ceived tradition affirms, that the Souters of Sel-
kirk distinguished themselves in the battle of
Flodden, SO in number, and headed by their
town-clerk they joined their Monarch on his en-
trance into England. JAMES (pleased with the
appearance of this gallant troop, knighted the
leader, WM. BRYDON,E, upon the field of battle,
from which few of the men of Selkirk were des-
tined to return. They distinguished themselves
in the conflict, and were almost all slain. The
few survivors, on their return home, found, by the
side of Lady-wood Edge, the corpse of a female,
virile to one of their fellow-comrades, with a child
sucking at her breast. " In memory of this latter
event," continues the tradition, " the present
arias of the burgh bear a female holding a child
in her arms, and seated on a sarcophagus
decanted with -a , Scottish lion."----(lnverness
Courier.)