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of the day were then disposed of, and the
two o'clock.

The other orders
House adjourned at

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Butler, lion. P. S.
Crawford, NV. S.
Curteis, Major
Elphiwtone, Ijoward
hi rguson, B. C.
Colnnel L.
Hector, C. J.

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Power, P.
ROlll%llO, D.
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Ittyhven, E. S.
Scrope, G. I'
Wakley, Thomas
Wason, H.
W.
Winnington, Sir T.

TELLE RS.
Potter, IL
Steuart, R.

CORPORATION PRIVILEGES.

A numerous meeting of the members of the Common Coun-
cil was held on Monday, in the Council Chamber, for the pur-
pose of considering the best course to be adopted with a view
to proceeding with the general business of the Court, reser,
Mg for that purpose the several questions now depending as
to the privileges of the Court, or its members, to some future
occasion. Vincent Figgins, Esq., in the Chair.
Mr. \VIRE moved, and Mr. Jeer seconded, the following
resolution :

" That in the opinion of this meeting, the right claimed by
the Lord Mayor of refusing to put a question when duly made
and seconded in the Court of Common Council, unless he
concurs in the fitness and propriety of such question, is un-
warranted by the constitution and practice of that Court,
and ought to be resisted by its members; but as the Lord
Mayor has the power, de facto, of preventing the formation
of a Court, and persists in using that power to sustain the right in
question, this meetin,* taking into its consideration the se-
rious obstruction tti the other public business which the Lord
Mayor has thereby created, is of opinion that it will be ex-
pedient to adjourn the further consideration of the several
questions of privilege now depending in the Court until the
first Court after the 9th day of November next, this meeting
declaring most unequivocally that, in so doing, it does not
intend in any manner to compromise any of the important
questions of privilege now depending, but only to postpone
the consideration of them to a more favourable period."
Several amendments were then put and negatived, re-
commending that the questions of privilege should be urged
as hitherto, &c. ; and Mr. Wire's original resolution was car-
ried by a considerable majority.
Mr. WIRE then moved, and Mr. JUPP seconded, the follow•
ing resolution, and it was unanimously adopted :
" That Mr. Pritchard, the mover of the questions of pri-
vilege, be respectfully requested not to press his motions on
those subjects until after the 9th of November next, in con-
formity to the preceding resolution."
Mr. PRITCHARD having signified his acquiescence in the
wish expressed, and his intention of acting upon it at the
expected Court on Thursday next, thanks were voted to
the Chairman, the resolutions were directed to be advertised,
and the meeting broke up.

ORIGIN OF THE HAMBURG BURGER

GUARD.

The Hamburg Burger Guard, notwithstanding their want of
skill in shooting., form a valuable institution ; and, connected
as it is with recollections of a highly honourable kind, it is one
to which the people are attached. Its origin dates back to
1813, when the ruffian Davoust introduced a French army into
Hamburg, and without the least remorse expelled a large pro-
portion of the inhabitants from the city, in order that he might
have no extra mouths to feed during the siege which he Ives
aware he would have to sustain from the allied army. A Han?
burg gentleman of spirit and some pecuniary means, of the
name of Mettlerkamp, prevailed upon a number of young men
thus expelled to form themselves into a free corps under his
command, and being joined by many recruits from the sister
cities Lubeck and Bremen, he called his corps the Hanseatic
Burgher Guard, and assumed for himself the title of Colonel'
The exclusive object which Mettlerkamp proposed to himself
was the liberation of the three Hanse towns, and his military
operations were therefore confined to the immediate vicinity of
the three cities. His conduct at the head of his corps was 50
exemplary that the English Government commissioned their
agent in Hanover to prevail on him to enter the English se!-
vice. The offer made to him with this view was to attach his
corps to the German Legion, to confirm his own rank of Co-
-
lonel, and to secure to himself and his officers, after the war
should be over, the half-pay of their respective nominal ap-
pointments, with the fair chance of promotion, &c. Mettler-
kamp's officers were in raptures at the offer, and he himself
must, no doubt, have had a hard struggle before he could make
up his mind to decline it. But he did decline it. His reply
was, that he had persuaded a number of his townsmen to join
under his command, for the purpose of co-operating in the
li-
beration of their native city, and he was resolved that he would
not be the instrument of converting such men into foreig°
mercenaries. The regular siege of Hamburg commenced soon
afterwards, and Mettlerkamp, at the head of his little corps
consisting of about 1,500 men, hastened to partake in the glori,
and the dangers of the siege. Here he again distinguished
himself. On one occasion, in particular, he succeeded in sur-
prising a French detachment stationed in one of the dykes;
and though Davoust, aware of the importance of the position
to the besieging army, im:nediately brought the whole of his
available force to bear upon the one point, Mettlerkamp boldly
maintained the ground he had gained until a Russian detach-
ment arrived to his support.
When the siege was over, and Hamburg was finally evacu-
ated by the French, the compliment was paid to the Hanseatic
Burgher Guard of placing them at the bead of the allied troops
that entered Hamburg. Mettlerkamp immediately deposited
his colours in the principal church, and resigned the command,
of the corps, having now accomplished the task which he had
originally proposed to himself; and though offers equally fa-
vourable to those previously made by England were
now made him by Russia, he declined these also, and 101-
nounced his determination to return to that privacy from which
the misfortunes of his native city had alone drawn him. The
corps was not, however, allowed to be broken up, but becaale
members of the present Burgher Guard of Hamburg, of which
every male inhabitant between the ages of 18 and 35 is obliged
to become a member.

POWER OF THE SCREW.—There is a sere►►-dock
in New York, at which a ship weighing 200 tons can be raised
a height of two feet in 30 minutes by the power of only 50 Men
applied to the screws.—Mechanics' Magazine.

PUBLICANS' NAMES.—In the neighbourhood of
Smithfield is a public house kept by Mr. Chance, who pur-
chases his beer of Hazard and Co. At Hammersmith Mr.
Bacchus supplies the votaries of his namesake with wine ;
while in Welbeck•street, Mr. Alehouse is in the ale house line•

MARCH OF HAY-MAKING.--A party of bar
makers were, on Friday last, seen proceeding to their mirk
through Monk Bar, Yorkshire, in a hackney-coach, with their
forks and rakes extended from the windows at either side l

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