The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-15 00:00:00

FRAUD IN COALS►.

The Loan MAYOR said, he had a circumstance to notice,
which he hoped would go forth to the public, as it was of the
utmost importance. It was well known that a great number
of companies had sprung up in almost all branches of trade, who
cheated both the public and the fair trader. In the article of
Coals especially, the public were greatly defrauded, and
would be so until the quality of fly Coal was properly speci-
fied, as recommended by the Coal and Corn Committee, for
he found Wall's End coals advertised at 345., and by others
at 41s. There must be a fraud. He had in lis hand. a Bill,
which had been extensively circulated, purporting to be from
the City of London Phcenix Coal Company, and professing to
be under the immediate inspection of the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Corporation of the City of London. There could not
be a grosser fraud or deception than this. One of the Judges
of the land was going to order coals-from the Company under
the impression that it was under the coxtroul of the City, until
he undeceived him. Many persons, however, had `_one so,
and he wished to warn the public against a Company, the
Members of which were-unknown.

BLE ADEN said the person who had circulated those
bills had been convicted of various frauds in the Coal trade.
Al:. JAIIIES presented. a Petition from certain holders of
City Bonds, against the Bill-for lowering the interest on these
Bonds.

Mr. STUBBINC4 wished that they should at least be allowed
to hold their four per cents.
The Loup MAYOR announced that the office of Water
Bailiff was vacant by the death of Mr. Howell.
Mr. S. Dixox hoped they would take care to find men fitted
for their offices, not offices fitted for men.
Mr. JAMES movcd, that a Committee should inquire into
the natural duties and.. emoluments of the office of Water
Bailiffi—Ordered. -
• REFoRm IN PARLIAMENT.

The acquisition for convening the Court for the above pur-
pose havingb.een read,
111 r.. FA VELL said, that on former occasions it had been ob-
jected that the question of Refbrm ought not to be brought for-
ward, because the nation was in:war, or in a disturbed unsettled
condition. It had been said against them, " What, would you
think of repairing your house in a hurricane ?" This question
could not now be made to them. They were and had been long
in profband peace and ipsperity; the cause, as appeared from
the division, on Lord Jonn Russell's last motion on the subject,
had gained ground, and the City of London could, not do better
,limn by taking the lead in the discussion at the present time,
which was so well adapted to it. .He. then in a speech of more
than an hour long advanced all those positions which have been
over and over again set forth on similar occasions for several
yoirs past, and he concluded by moving a long string of Reso-
lutions, and a petition founded upon them, praying for a Re-
form in Parliament, &e.

Mr, Deputy Ro oT seconded the motion.
Mr. Alderman BnowN • opposed the
,motion. He denied
that the nation at large felt interested in the
.queStion, or de-
sired such a'refOrra as that contemplated by the petitioners, for
if they did, a larger proportion of Reformers would be return-
ed from those ph!ces, where the right of suffrage was exten-
sive ; and if they bad felt interested in the question, the House
of Commons would throughout the Session have been thronged
with petitions. He honed that the Court would not hold itself
forth as a general:lauithing-Aock.
Mr. JAMES treated the introductiOn *of the question at the
present time as an effbrt to disturb the peace that every where
prevailed. -
Mr. S. Dixox said, the fact was, that there would have
.been no heart-burnings nor any agitation of this question at the
present time, if at the last election for the City there had been
seats for six Members instead of four.—(Laughter.)—What
would be the effect of a Reform in Parliament might be judged
from the qu'ality of the representatives sent from those places
where the right of suffrage was most extended. An el-nine/1
person had said recently,.that " four fools, one pulling one
way, and another another way," had been sent from one place
where the mode of election was highly. popular. What sort of
persons would be sent if the mode of election were rendered still
more popular ?—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. Patten, Air. Pewteris, Mr. Jupp, and Mr. Welsh, made
long speeches in support of the resolution and petition, which.
was ultimately carried.
The debate on the Payment of the City Bonds was resulted.
—Alderman C. SSIITII, Mr. S. DixoN, and several others,
opposed the project.—The Chairman of the Finance Commit..
tee denied that there would be any exPenCe of Stamps on the
creation of new Bonds. The petition was ultimately referred
to a Committee. _

A long debate arose as to the part the Corporation should
take with respect to the proposed South Lontioa Docks.—Mr.
Alderman HEYQATE proposed a petition against them as
highly injurious to the property of the City as well as to the in-
dividuals.-11 Ir. Sal rz and several other Members supported
the petition. —Mr. Deputy Rouru
opposed it.—lt was ulti-
mately carried.

MAHOIVIETAN SUPERSTITION.—In.—In walking the
streets of Constantinople,
my attention was at
one time particularly attracted, by observing a
Turk at an advanced, age unfolding the bandage
of a wounded leg to a venerable Priest; who
kneeled, folded his hands, and prayed over it,
under the idea of effecting a cure; and instances
occur of particular passages from the Koran
being wrilten upon paper and applied to parts of
the body affected with decease, under the fullest
confidence these will accomplish a cure. This
extraordinary mode of operating on the imagina-
tion of weak minds, is something similar to the
delusions practised by Prince HOHENLOE, who is
considered by enthusiasts to be favoured by the
Almighty in soliciting his assistance in behalf of
the afflicted, in consequence of which a nun in
England was cured of an arm long affected by
disease Travels in Turk!' by wILLIAM RAE
WILSON, Eq.)

NORTIIUMBgRLAND.