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London, England, 1832-04-27 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1832.

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THE MARKETS.

SOUTHALL MARKET.-April Z.

In this day's market, which exhibited but.a moderate supply,
and was not very numerously attended by buyers, the trade was
dull throughout, at the following prices- per stone of 81b. to sink
the offals

Beef to 3s. 10d 4s. Od. to ss. .?.d.
Mutton I
_lO 4lO Pork. -3 10 410

Lamb

ss. Bd. to Gs. Ed.

The foregoing quotations are Lamb 4d. per stone lower than
those of this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise stationary. Beasts,
143; Sheep and Lambs, 3,422; Calves, 50; Pigs, 45. A consi-
derable number of the Sheep and Lambs, and some of the Beasts,
Calves, and Pigs, left the market unsold.

LEWES MARKET.—ApriI 14
Os. OU. to 36.10 d. Veal .....".•••••
Mutton 3 8 4 10 1 Pork
Lamb ss. 2d. to 6s. 2d.
Supply rather limited, and trade dull.

1 Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s.
Blandtbrd 63 23 42
Brigg, is2 63 36 40 19 22 31 35
Cambridge.. M.. 61 30 19 :32
Chard 56 60 28 34 18 22 32 36
Eluntingdon......—.... 58 67 27 32 18 23 28 32
Long Sutton 46 61 16 21 28 38
Louth. 5O 55 27 32 17 20 32 34
Lynn 56 66 30 35 20 28 32 31
Newark 55 65 33 43 17 20 32 40
Nottingham 56 65 31 41 20 25 33 45
Peterborough 46 61 29 37 18 25 32 38
Plymouth 55 66 28 32 19 24
Pontefract
67 43 27 43
Sleafonl 65 70 36 38 22 28 41 43
Uppingham 58 (35 32 40 20 24 30 40
Wisbech 54 18 33

LEEDS CORN MARKET.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.
- York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
- Grinding
Beans 63lb.

Oats, Potatoe
-Bleating, For. 12d. to 13d Ei
Shelling
Rapeseed, English, 161. to 241 Foreij

-April 24.

565. to 68s. „,
545. to f.6s
30s. to 335.
345. to 365. z
21s. to Ms• 0
A
345. to 425.
235. to 28s.J

ig. 114c1. to 13d. pei
~ 31s. to 325. per In
—l. to —l. per 1

BANKRUPTCY COURT, APRIL 26.

LEECH'S BANKRUPTCY.

This being the day appointed for resuming the examination
of Mr. J. Leech, late of the London Coffee House, Ludgate-hill,
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD took his seat at precisely 12
o'clock. Shortly after Mr. Leech, and Mr. Maynard, his So-
licitor, arrived, and also Mr. Straight, the Solicitor to the Com-
mission, the assignees, and several gentlemen who were cre-
ditors to large amounts. Mr. Leech sat behind alone, and
appeared very dejected.

Mr. MAYNARD, addressing Mr. Commissioner Holroyd
on the part of the bankrupt, said that he was sorry to say that
Mr. Leech was not then prepared to resume his examination,
inasmuch that certain accounts had not been arranged,
which was necessary to be done, before he could
pass. At the last examination, the assignees required
of the bankrupt a cash account for the list three months
previous to his bankruptcy. Now the accountants who
were engaged, had been employed with unremitting attention
inpreparing that account; but such was the intricacy of the same,
that they had only just completed it, and consequently they were
nimble to prepare the general balance sheet, which was indis-
pensable before the bankrupt could pass. He, therefore,
begged leave of the Court to grant farther time, to allow him an
opportunity of presenting the creditors with a fair, and as far as
he could, a candid statement of his affairs.

Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD inquired what time he ap-
plied for ?

Mr. MAYNARD, after consulting with the accountants,
said 10 days or a fortnight.
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD asked if the assignees had
any objection to make to the application ?

Mr. Teulon, a wine-merchant, one of the assignees, objected
to further time being given, and he was fearful that the accounts,
come when they might, would not prove beneficial to the estate.
If further time was granted, it would be on condition that the
payments that were allowed the bankrupt towards his mainte-
nance should be stopped-

Mr. MAYNARD said it was impossible for the bankrupt to
live upon the air.
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD asked what amount the
bankrupt was allowed ?

Mr. MAYNARD said the assignees had allowed him seven
guineas a week till March last, when they reduced it to five,
and he believed it was since that time reduced to three.

Mr. Teulon thought the allowance ought now to cease.
This delay was entirely owing to the negligence of the bank-
rupt—if he had kept books of any kind, there would have been
no occasion for making out these accounts.

Mr. MAYNARD said the previous conduct of the bankrupt
had nothing to do with the present application. It was impos-
sible for him to pass his examination without giving a correct
account of his affairs. From the deranged state of the ac-
counts, which, he would admit, was caused by the bankrupt
having kept no books, he was astonished to hear the accountants
state a fortnight would be a sufficient time to prepare the ba-
lance-sheet ; he should have thought a month almost too little.
With respect to discontinuing the allowance m the bankrupt,
he believed, after the choice of the assignees, the power was
taken out of the hands of the Court, and rested entirely
entirely with them as to what course they were to pursue re.
specting the weekly payments. The man could not starve,
and he was only surprised they should have reduced the allow-
ance at all. However, he feared he was at the mercy of the
assignees.

Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said, the Court had no-
thing to do with the allowance : the assignees could do as they
thought fit. The conduct of the bankrupt had been highly
improper, particularly upon his former examination.

Mr. STRAIGHT, on the part of the assignees, said that he
objected to the application of the bankrupt, subject to the opi-
nion of the Court.

Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said, that as the bankrupt
had so nearly concluded the matter, he thought they had better
give him the time sought for.

After some further conversation,—
The COURT gave the bankrupt a month to prepare his ge-
neral balance sheet, and it was understood that his weekly al.
lowance would be for the present suspended.
The final examination of the bankrupt will therefore take
place on the `26th May next.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 26.

(PRICE 7DO

COMMON COUNCIL.

A very full Court was held yesterday, at Guild-
hail, for the purpose of petitioning the House of
Lords on the subject of Reform, and also of present-
ing the freedom of the city of London to Lords Grey
and Althorp, " for their great exertions upon a
question of so much importance to the prosperity
and tranquillity of the country."
The LORD MAYOR, on taking the chair, had con-
vened this Court in compliance with a requisition to
that effect most numerously and respectably signed.
Mr. E. FLETCIIER, as one of the requisitionists,
proposed the first resolution, which expressed an
earnest hope that the great measure of Reform, now
before the House of Lords, would speedily receive
their Lordships' assent. The Bill had been intro-
duced a second time, and had advanced to a second
reading; but there were difficulties in the way, and
it was their duty to come forward and enable it to
reach the long-looked for goal. The language of
the anti-reformers had undergone a great change.
Instead of asserting that the representation was per-
fectly free from defect, they merely deprecated the
Ministerial plan of Reform. For the severe but
wholesome remedy applied by Ministers to the one
great rankling sore of the constitution, they would
substitute feeble palliatives, after which the disease
would break forth with tenfold virulence.—(Hear.)
There was a particular reason why the citizens
of London should stand forward at this season, when
it had been asserted that the spirit of Reform had
subsided, and retained none of its original energy
and determination. But the shallowest streams
were always the most noisy. The will of the coun-
try was gathered into one deep, silent, and mighty
current, which would sweep away all who attempted
to resist it. The Bill had also been delayed a long
time in the Lower House, not in fair, rational, tem-
perate discussion, directed to the real amelioration
of the measure, but in acrimonious invective, levity
of language, and arts of chicanery, which reflect-
ed discredit on the opposition, and mortified the
feelings of the people. They were therefore, not
only justified in coming forward to prevent such de-
lays, but bound in duty to do so. In drawing up
the resolution, it had been, however, a special care,
to avoid any thing which could be deemed offensive
to the House of Lords—(Hear.)
Mr. WILSON seconded the resolution. In his
view, the opinions of this Court were attended with
a greater weight than those of any other part of the
country, for, on account of the frequency and free-
dom of the elections, no one could doubt that it re-
presented the feelings of the citizens of London,
and that, consequently, the resolution of this day
declared the unabated and unaltered determination
of the city of London.—(cries of" Hear.")
The resolution then passed unanimously.
Mr. FLETCHER moved the adoption of a petition
founded on the resolution.

Mr. R. TAYLOR-It was a monstrous usurpation
by the House of Peers to interfere with the purity
of the representation, and it was to be hoped that
when the House of Commons itself had a second
time passed the Reform Bill, no more delays or
changes would be attempted by the Peers.— (Hear.)
Mr. Taylor then seconded the resolution.
Mr. GALLOWAY would not have risen at all but
to state some circumstances with regard to a most
respectable requisition signed by 75 individuals, and
which related to petitioning his Majesty for the cre-
ation of a sufficient number of Peers. At that
time a gentlemen, high in the confidence of Minis-
ters, said, " they were proud of the support of the
city of London, but till after the second reading of
the Bill, a meeting for that purpose would be pre-
mature. Ministers expected on the second reading
a majority of six, but they would prefer a bare ma-
jority of one, as it would demonstrate the necessity
of creating Peers."
The petition was then read, and adopted without
a dissentient.

Mr. FLETCHER moved, and Mr. PRIOR seconded,
that the Lord M3yor, the Aldermen present, the
Sheriffs, and six Common Councilmen, do wait on
the Duke of Sussex, and request him to present the
petition to the House of Lords, which passed una-
nimously.
Mr. FLETCIIER then moved a resolution expres-
sive of the warmest admiration of Lord Grey for
his conduct of Reform. After justifying the pro-
priety of the time selected, by a reference to the
periods at which the freedom of the city was pre-
sented to Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel,
Mr. Fletcher said Lord Grey had still many difficul-
ties to encounter,—the battle for their rights was
but half fought, and the victory but half won; let
them, then, come forward at the moment of danger
—let them now range themselves under his banner,
and not wait with their congratulations for the mo-
ment of success, when every sycophant would lay
homage at his feet.—(Hear, hear.) A patriot King,
who never deserted his people, was ready to insure
the triumph of their rights,—the moment of con-
gratulation must therefore come sooner or later; and
let them give it when it was of value,—when it
cheered arid supported the Minister in his great
course for the restoration of their rights.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WILSON, in a few words, seconded the reso-
lution.

Mr. THORNHILL supported the resolution at some
length, and reviewed the whole of Lord Grey's po-
litical life. It was now within four days of being
forty years since he introduced the very measure
now before Parliament. There were persons who
regretted the mild and forbearing course pursued at
present by Lord Grey, but, like Hampden, who was
one of the most conciliatory of men, yet capable,
when the proper time arrived, of the most decisive
measures, Lord Grey would undoubtedly not hesi-
tate to do whatever the salvation of the country
demanded.—(Cheers.) Let but a disposition be
shown in Committee to mutilate the provisions of
the Bill, and he would be no more wanting to do
his duty than would the Corporation of London in
going to the foot of the throne, and requesting the
exertion of the King's prerogative. Statesmen
ought undoubtedly to be governed by higher mo-
tives than a love of popular applause; but it was
also our duty to show that we were not insensible
to their services—that we were not an ungrateful
people.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. It. TAYLOR thought it the imperative duty of
the public to come forward at this time, and express
their confidence in Lord Grey. The past was the
best guarantee for the future. Let them look to his
conduct since he accepted office, to the conditions
on which he took the reins of Government, and to
the full redemption of all his professions by the in•
troduction of Reform. No one could hesitate to
place confidence in him when they reflected on the
prompt dissolution of the last Parliament, and the
introduction of the new Bill. After condemning at
some length the suspicions entertained, at various
times, of the vigour and integrity of Ministers, Mr.
Taylor called on the Court to defer no longer the
expression of its gratitude to them.
The resolution then passed unanimously.
Mr. FLETCHER next moved that the freedom of
the city be presented to Lord Grey in a gold box of
the value of 100 guineas.
Mr. STEPHENS seconded it. Lord Grey deserved
the confidence of the people. He stood on a high
pedestal. Was it to be imagined he did not kno,,
that if he faltered now, his 99 good actions would
be cast into oblivion, and his name handed down to
the contempt of posterity ? The Bill, he was sure
would be carried, not only in its principles, but de-
tails, and then the people would raise one shout 0!