The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-18 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY NEW COURT.

Mr. CANCTIIMINE, after relating the circumstances (which
have been already stated to the public) respecting the disposses-
sion of the Committee of City Lands, by the oiicers of the Lord
Mayor, of the gallery in the New Court, brought up the Re-
port of Committee upon that subject. It set forth the great
saving that the second Court would effect to the Lord Mayor,
by which his Lordship would be enabled to pay his servants
additional wages, and dispense with the practice of taking fees
for admission to the Court. Mr. Cawthorne moved that the
Court agree with the Committee in their Report ; and that it
be referred back to them, to consider the best means of abolish-
ing that practice.
A long discussion ensued upon this subject, in the course
of. which it seemed to be admitted on all hands, that none
but those persons named in the commission had a right to
interfere with the internal regulations of the Court ; and that
although the practice of taking money for admission to seats in
the gallery hail the effect of excluding improper persons, yet
it was one which ought to be abolished, if that could be done
without inconvenience.

It was ultimately agreed that it be referred back to the Com-
mittee, with directions to confer with a Committee of the Board
of rldenuen (if they have no objection) as to the practicability
of adopting some expedient for discontinuing the practice of
taking fees for admission into the Court at the Old Bailey.
Deputy ROUT 17, at the suggestion of Mr. Alderman Wood,
consented to withdraw his motion for increasing Mr. Sergeant
Arabia's salary to 5001. a-year ; and that this subject be simi-
larly referred with the foregoing.

THE MAGPIE.—It is a well known fact, that
about forty years ago an Irish country gentleman imported four
of these birds into the Emerald Isle, which was before entirely
free from the depredations of this beautiful but mischievous
creature-; since that time they have increased prodigiously, and
have spread over the rhole country, to the great annoyance of
the inhabitants ; and the neighbourhood where this bird was
hatched is greatly infested by
his species, from the vain hope of
having a similar progeny.

A singular scene took place in the neighbour-
hood of the slaughter-house in Canal-street, on Friday. It
being the first skin market-day since the passing of the
Hides and Skins Bill, by which the Searcher's office has been
,
suspended, the young Knights of the Cleaver, to testify their
joy at being relieved from the surveillance of the searcher
and his assistants had four effigies prepared for consignment
four representatAivtessixof the
?'lock Tirsioranrirnagy,ed in by
signal, the
to the flames.
mourn-
ing, were drawn to the top of the wall of the slaughter-
house, and there remained *suspended till one o'clock
(the hour when the tanners are generally all collected),
o'clock hffiece
when they were set on fire, amidst a volley of musketry and
cheers. The salutes were repeated as each figure fell from the
wall, and the whole concluded with a loud huzza. The farce
passed off without any disturbance.—This indignity was not
meant to apply in the slightest degree to tile officers personally,
but to tile office.—( Edinburgh Courant, June 14.)

The workshop and machinery of the United
States' armory, at Harper's Ferry, were entirely consumed by
fire on the morning of the Bth ult. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary. The loss to the public,
including 700 finished muskets, is estimatad at 100,000 dollars,
and 200 workmen have been thrown out of employment.