The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-30 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.

(Concluded from The Sun of Saturday.)
Mr. C. PEARSON hoped that the world contained not a man
of such heartless insensibility as would render him capable of
rewarding the exertion of an old public servant by prpposing
to remove him from office upon the vague ground of general
imbecility.—( Cheers.) The members of that Court, had,
perhaps, .witnessed the last few years of some valued friend
-whose life of usefulness was drawing to a close, and although
apparent to all around that a decay of nature was-leading him
to his long home, the subject of the affliction himself was
oftentimes the last to perceive the change.—( Hear, hear,
hear.) Such might he the lot of them all. Let, then, the
Court scout with indignation the proposal of the mover,
which classed with the felon, the bankrupt and the
him who was guilty of no crime but that of inheriting the
infirmities of his own nature. Such a resolution would expose
the grey hairs of every honourable pUblie sercnnt to be hastened
with sorrow to the grave by the cruel _but ridiculously undefi-
nable imputation of general imbecility.—( ChCCVS. ) Perio-
dical election would remove every difficulty upon this head.
A gentleman whose impaired physical or mental powers were
no longer equal to the duties of office would retire ; this
would involve no sacrifice of feeling, and as he (Mr. Pear-
son) would give to any Alderman who retired from office
on account of pecuniary reverses a retiring pension as a re-
ward for his public services, so would he give to these who
retired from other causes a perpetual admission to all their
corporate entertainments, and a seat of honour at all their
corporate feasts.—( Loud cheers.) •
Mr. Alderman BRowN supported the motion, and
Mr. STACY supported the amendment.
Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR said that Sir Peter Laurie had
referred to his being a Magistrate for the County of Mid-
dlesex. He surely must think it a greater honour to be an
Alderman than to hold an • office by commission_ from the
Crown. If, then, he thought it an honour to be once
elected, how much greater must it be to be repeatedly
elected by a popular constituency.—(Loud Cheers.) The
people would always prefer their old servants out of •respect
to past services, even in preference to men possessed of
more qualifications. Every power of reasoning which he pos-
sesseilled him to think- that the power of-removal ought al-
wayS to be conjoined with -the power of election.—( Cheers. )
After some further disoussien, a division took place :
For the original motion Sts
For the amendment
Majority

Mr. PEARSON then Moved that the period should be seven
'ears.

No one opposed the motion, which was accordingly carried ;
and oh the motion of the same lion. Gentleman a copy of the
resolutions was ordered to be sent to the Commissioners for
inquiring into Corporations.
Mr: PEARSON then called the attention of the Lord Mayor
to the Imprisonment for Debt Bill. As the City was much
interested in the measure, he trusted an early day would be
na►ned for holding a Court to consider the question.
After some discussion his Lordship fixed Wednesday for the
purpose.
The Court then broke up.

—Yesterday ,
EXECUTION AT LANCASTEL
morn-
ing (Thursday) a few minutes after five o'clock, John Orrell,
who was convicted on Tuesday for the wilful murder of his
daughter Elizabeth, a child of eight years of age, by poison.
ing her at Great Bolton in February last, was executed behind
the castle, pursuant to his sentence. We understand that
the wretched man, up to the moment of his conviction, enter-
tained a confident expectation of an acquittal, and it is said
that up to the last moment he persisted in asserting his inno-
cence of the crime for which he died.—Liverpool Standard.
'We announce with regret the death, on Wednesday,
the 18th instant, at his seat, Windmill-hill, near Battle, of E.
J. Curteis, Esq., father of the Member for East Sussex, and
himself during many years one of the representatives of this
county in Parliament. Mr. Curteis was 73 years of age._
Brighton Gazette.
A very interesting excursion is meditated round the
Mediterranean by Captain Roberts, of the Harriet yacht, sail-
ing from Portsmouth early in May. Algiers, Tunis, and
other celebrated places, will be visited. We understand this
voyage will extend to about a year, and the yacht is of a very
superior order, having been fitted up with great care by a
nobleman.

THE FIGHTING CAB INET.—Acres--Stay, stay,
Jack. If Beverley should ask you what kind of a man your
friend Acres is, do tell him lam a devil of a fellow. Capt.
Absolute—To be sure, I shall. I'll say you are a determined
dog, Bob? Acres—Aye, do, do ; and if that frightens him,
egad perhaps he mayn't come. So tell him I generally kill a
man a week.

On the 24th of this month, a courier was despatched
to Rochecote, the bearer of a letter from Louis Philip, in
which he said to M. de Talleyrand, " If, in 24 hours, 1 do not
send you counter-orders, come direct to Paris." This message
has quite revived the old diplomatist, and he wrote word to say
that he would come with the greatest pleasure. .

BANKS OF LONDON.—The question bet Ween the
Bank of England and the London and Westminster Bank
stands as follows :—That the Bank of England has applied to
the Vice-Chancellor, for an injunction to restrain the London
and Westminster Bank from accepting bills of exchange at
less date than six months, and to compel them also to discover
how many bills they have accepted.
PAISLEY CIIURCII MEETING,-----Alondarnight
a meeting of the inhabitants was called, to take into considera-
tion " the propriety of petitioning Parliament not to consent
that any of the public money should be expended in addi-
tional churches, a thing not requisite, and which is denounced
even by liberal churchmen." Several resolutions were carried,
and a vote of thanks to the Provost closed the proceedings.

Pools LAWS FOR IRELAND.—The question is
a simple one : Are the Irish poor to starve, or are they to be
fed? None will be so callous to public opinion as to say,—
" let them starve," though there are many who act on that
principle. Then how are they to be fed ? Let the opponents
of the Poor Laws answer that question, and prove to us that
they ear. be fed without legal interference, and we are sure the
cry for Poor Laws will cease. But they cannot prove such a
thing.—Kilkenny Journal.
We have much pleasure in recording the gallant
conduct of Mr. F. W. Mant, youngest son of the Lord Bishop
Of Down and Connor, a mate in his Majesty's ship President,
in jumping overboard, at ten o'clock at night, from the deck of
his Majesty's schooner Pickle, near Jamaica, and saving the
life of the assistant-surgeon of that vessel, who had fallen-into
the sea. . This is the second occasion on which this young
officer has been the instrument, in the hands of Divine Pro-
vidence, of saving a fellow-creature's life by a similar exercise
of generosity and resolution ; having, in February, 1833.
leaped from his Majesty's ship Ocean, at Sheerness, and
rescued a drummer-boy belonging to that ship, who had fallen
overboard. For this last-mentioned act Mr. Mant received
the silver medal and testimonial of the Royal Humane So-
ciety.—Dublin Mail.
A CHURCH WITHOUT A CLERK.—At a parish
church not a hundred miles from the Deane, which runs
through a valley near Darfield, we understand that Divine
Service is every Sunday performed without the aid of a clerk
to make the responses, and to take that part of the service
usually allotted according to the rites of the Church of Eng-
land, to such a personage. The usual functionary has declined
his services, we are informed, because the Rector, who (poor
soul 1) only receives from the a few thousands per an.
, num, had refused to pay this stipendiary any longer the large
yearly sum of 8/.—Of course, after so good and pious an ex-
ample, the parishioners have refused to provide a salary for the
clerk, for fear they should wound the feelings of their pious
Rector. Who, after this statement, will dare to say that any
' reform in the Church is necessary.—Sheffield Iris.