The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-10 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

A Court was held this morning for the despatch of
public business. The LORD MAYOR took thwthair at
twelve o'clock.

THE LONDON UNIVERSITY.

The LORD MAYOR said he had received a requi-
sition, signed by many members of the Court, relative
to the London University, which would now be read.
The Clerk read the requisition. It was signed
by Mr. Richard Taylor, and many others, and
stated the necessity of moving an address to the
Crown, praying that a charter might be granted to
the London University, with the usual privileges, &c.
Sir P. LAURIE thought it advisable that the busi-
ness on the paper should be proceeded with, other-
wise it would be impossible for the orders on the paper
to be gone through.
After some conversation on this subject,
Mr. R. TAYLOR said he only consulted the wishes of
the friends of liberty in bringing this subject forward.
He was, he believed, correct in stating that his Ma-
jesty and the Ministers had agreed to the policy of
granting to the London University the power of con-
ferring degrees. He had reason to believe that this char-
ter had received the Royal signature, and only awaited
that of the Great Seal. During the period of trans-
missal of the charter from Brighton to London, a
petition was presented to the Home-office from the
Chancellor and other, officers of Oxford against the
granting of the privilege of conferring degrees.
The 16th of the present month had been ap-
pointed by his Majesty to receive a deputation from
the College in support of their protest. As the
corporation of the city had the privilege of addressing
the King on the throne, he thought the corporation of
London ought to address the King, praying that
the charter might be granted.—(Hear.) He had no
doubt his Majesty, who was always anxious to
promote the good of his people, and acted on
patriotic principles, would accede to the wishes
of the Ccorporation and the public. It was of the
greatest importance that education should be extended,
and it would be most important to the metropolis that
there should be a University in it which had the
power of conferring degrees. Constantinople and
Madrid were the only capitals that had not such
establishments, and he hoped that the charter would
be granted to the London University.
The hon. gentleman was left referring to the im-
portance of the subject, and to the necessity of the
City doing all in its power to extend education.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY.

(FROM S )
DEAL, APRIL 9.—WindLLOYD
N. E.,'
fresh breezes.—_A
government steam vessel passed from the westward.
No arrivals.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 9. —Wind E., strong.—Sailed
his Majesty's steamer Firebrand, for Woolwich ; his
Majesty's ship Salamander, for Falmouth.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 8. —Wind E., strong breezes
and squally.—Sailed the Opossum packet, for Ja-
maica ; the Swallow packet, for Halifax.
WATERFORD, APRIL 7.---Arrived the Britannia,
Morgan, from Sicily.
YARMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Arrived the Ajax, from
Newcastle, with damage.
SHEERNESS, APRIL 9.—Arrived the Rudolph,
Christian Shumacker, from Memel.
DARTMOUTH, APRIL B.—Arrived the Thames, Boat-
swain, from London, with damage, loss of bowsprit,
&c., having been in contact with a steamer off Dover.
BELFAST, APRIL 7.—Arrived the Henrietta, Good;
Tam O'Shanter, Lawrence; Don Juan, Owens, from
Alicante.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL B.—Sailed the Imogene, Ridley,
for Calcutta; Bengal, Lee, for Rio and Calcutta; John
Taylor, Crawford, for Bombay. The Cervantes and
Ulysses, for Baltimore ; and the Noble, for Bath,
grounded on the banks yesterday, but got off with the
float and proceeded. A mast, keel upwards, supposed
to belong to a vessel of about 200 tons, was seen last
night about eight miles north.west of the floating
light.

The Margaret, Wiseman, from Calcutta to Sunder-
land, sprung a leak off Aberdeen on the 6th inst., and
was abandoned by the crew.
The London packet, Cattermole, arrived off the
Wight, from Trinidad. The Cuba saw, in lat. 44,
long. 22, the hull of a vessel, bottom up, apparently a
large brig, English built and newly coppered.
A brig of about 160 tons, apparently water-logged,
with a deck-load of timber, female figure-head and loss
of sails, was passed on the 20th ult. in lat. 38 and
long. 63.