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London, England, 1835-10-30 00:00:00

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COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held (the last of the preseno
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Mayoralty) for the despatch of business..'..
THE PRIVILEGES OF THE LORDIAYOIt, > ijrl
The LORD MAYOR had something to gride to tk(t.-Sourt
affecting the privileges of the Chief Magistrettlol(
gross violation of which, than a resolution whieltifteleldin
his hand, had not often been witnessed. He had upon all
occasions shown the highest respect, at the Manson.
house,. for the Members of the Corporation. Some time
ago, however, in consequence of the improvements in
the neighbourhood, the well og-the Mansion-house became
dry, and, a great. deal of inconvenience was the result. He
sent to the Committee to which matters of the kind were
referrable, requesting that they would cause an examine.
tion to be made, and a remedy to he afforded, The an-
swer
he received, however, was that the cost would amount
to 6001., and after several applications, to.which-no atten-
tion was paid, he found it necessary to employ a person to
sink a well himself. Nothing could more completely show
the total ignorance of those who made that estimate than
the fact that the whole expense amounted to no more than
611. 12s. 3d. The work was finished and he sent in the
Bill to the Committee, who thereupe:n transmitted to him
a resolution, refusing to discharge and stating that as he
had given the order he must r.-ay
Now he eert9!the amount.—(A laugh.)
tnly
should l':ot pay one farthing of the bill.
The Corporation must 'perform that part of the business.
"ivrr.GALLOWAY,
the Chairman of the Committee, said
th;t'upobeinr- told that in consequence of the drainage
the well
.11.-ad become dry, and that it would be necessary
for the remedy of the evil to bore to a great depth, to reach
which a very powerful engine would be necessary, he judged
that the expense would be to the amount of 600/. The Com-
mittee thought proper to send a person to make the exami-
nation, and he took a well-digger to the Mansion-house
for the purpose, but he found that the work had been
already commenced. What could he do then but inform
the Lord Mayor that he must pay for the job himself? The
Committee could not consistently with their duty, order the.
amount to be discharged. .
It was then moved and seconded that the bill should
be paid.
To this proposition it was objected by several members
that it would convey an implied censure uron the Com-
mittee, and an amendment was moved that the bill should
be referred to the Committee to be examined, and if cor-
rect, to be paid. ,

COURT OF

A division took place, when there appeared—
For the amendment 46
For the original motion
Majority in favour of the immediate discharge of the bill —4

THE SHERIFES' ACCOUNTS.

Alderman WILSON rose to call the attention of the
Court to the subject matter of a complaint which he had made
in the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday last, relative to the
objection of Mr. James, the Secretary, to supply him with
the accounts of the Sheriffs, delivered into the Court of
Exchequer. He submitted that it was unreasonable that
accounts which were said to be signed by the Sheriffs should
be refused to those officers, except they consented to ac-
cept them as a matter of favour.—( Hear, hear.)
A discussion of some length took place, in which it was
admitted upoa all sides that Mr. James had acted with
the utmost judgment and courtesy. Finally, it was de-
termined that a copy of the accounts should be furnished
to the SecoAdaries' Committee to be by them handed to
the ex-Sleriff.

H• NAVIGATION OF THE PORT OF LONDON.

Mr. PEACOCK (the Chairman of the Navigation of the
Port of London Committee) presented the Report of the
Committee upon the subject of the improvements in the ar-
rangement of the shipping.
A long discussion took place upon the motion for the
-printing of the evidence along with the by-laws. This was
negatived ; and then a discussion took place on the ques-
tion of printing a certain part of the evidence, but one of
the Aldermen having stepped out it was declared th.t
there was no Court: In the Committee there were 17 to
14 in favour of tie Report. A contest is expected on the
next Court any.

TO, Lord Bishop of this diocese has 'returned to
the palace, having concluded his confirmations throughout
the country, and we are much gratified to hear from all

quarters the pleasing accounts of thegood older everywhere
preserved on an occasion so interestirg to the church. We
understand that early in the next month the Bishop will
leave the palace for the benefit of the sea air during the
winter, his Lordship having taken Livermead-house, near
Torquay.— Western Luminary.
Brigadier Bacon, late of the Queen of Portugal's
Lancers (absent on twelve months' leave), Lieut.-Colonel

Shaw (absent on six months' leave), and Lieut.-Colonel
Godfrey, late of the Queen's Irish Grenadiers, have all been

dismissed the Portuguese service in the past week, but not
at their own requests, as is usual with officers who wish to

retire from the service.
CHURCH RATES.--.The following is a return of
the number of suits for the recovery of church-rates in the

Ecclesiastical Courts since the passing of the Act of 53

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George 111. relot,lng thereto :—ln the Courts of Bath and
Wells, 39 ; P.ristol, 16 ; Carlisle, 10 ; Chester, 78 ; Dur-

ham, 7 ; F,xeter, 7 ; Cornwall, 13 ; Glocester, 21 ; Here-
ford, 211, ; Lichfield and Coventry, 7 ; Lincoln, 12 ; Llan-
daff; 10 ; Northampton, 13 ; Norwich, 39 ; Rochester, 7 ;
r. Asaph, 4 ; Sarum, 1 ; Surrey, 15 ; Worcester, 2 ;
York, 52.

GALLOPING MATCH.--The match which has
been so long anticipated, of galloping two miles under six
minutes, came off yesterday. The Tottenham-road, which

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crosses the New North-road, was chosen as the place of
starting, as being the least liable to interruption, and shortly

atter two the horse was off. The first mile was done in two
minutes and 20 seconds, and the second mile in two minutes
and 55 seconds, thus winning the match by 45 seconds.
Mr. Lemon, the owner, who weighs eleven stone and a
half, rode the horse, which is a bad looking hay (aged), and
was evidently very much out of condition. The betting was
4 5 to 4 on time at starting.

A PORTABLE CHURCH.—The good people of
Ohio come nearer to realization of the long promised desi-
deratum of bringing " the Gospel to every man's door,"
than any body else in the world. The anniversary exer-
cises of Oberlin College were held lately in a big tent ca-
pable of holding 3,000 people,rand which was pitched du-
ring the month of August and September in different parts
of the western reserve for public worship, where no sta-
tionary meeting houses are to be had.—New York Paper.
SLAVE POPULATION.—The number of slaves in
Anguilla, in 1834, was 2,375 ; in Barbadoes, in 1834,
82,807 ; in Berbice, in 1834, 19,359 ; in Eerinuda, in 1834,
4,203 ; in Caymanas, in 1834, 985 ; in Dominica, in 1829,
140824 ; ditto in 1832, 14,384 ; in Grenada, in 1832,
23,411 ; ditto, in 1833, 25,536 ; in Honduras, in 1834,
1,920 ; in Jamaica, in 1832, 310,709 ; in Montserrat, in
1831, 6,355 ; in Nevis, in 1834, 8,722 ; in St. Christopher,
in 1834, 18,285 ; in Tobago, in 1833, 11,767 ; ditto, in
1834, 11,621 ; in Trinidad, in 1831, 22,359 ; in the Vir-
gin Islands, in 1831, 5,138 ; ditto, in 1834, 5,192 ; in the
Mauritius, in 1832,63,164 ; in the Seychelles, in 1830,
5,449 ; in the Cape .of Good Hope, in 1833, 38,427.—
Parliamentary Paper.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHANI
RAILROAD.—Between the hours of two and three o'clock,
yesterday morning, the night party drainers at work in the
shaft No. 3, of the London and Birmingham railroad, on
the north side of Primrose-hill, were thrown into a state of
great alarm, by a large quantity of earth suddenly falling
in. It appears that the miners were engaged in Charing
away some loose earth from underneath a mass which they
intended to fall, when they were alarmed by hearing that
peculiar cracking which the soil gives immediately preckd-
In its falling, and being instantly aware of their danger,
made every effort to get out of the way, uhich they had
hardly succeeded in doing, when a ponderous weight of earth
detached itself from the side of the excavation they were
making, and fell within a few inches of where they were
standing. The man Preston was not so fortunate as his
comrades, for, as he was in the act of springing back to
avoid the threatened danger, a portion of the falling earth
struck him with great violence, and knocking him senseless
to the ground, partially buried him underneath it. He was
extricated as soon sa possible, and conveyed without delay
to the North London Hospital, where every requisite as-
sistance was promptly afforded him.
DESPERATE ATTACK ON A FEMALE.--Yester-
day afternoon the following scai:dalous outrage was com-
mitted on the high road, at Kensington. Between one
and two o'clock, a female of decent and very prepossessing
appearance, about 25 years of age, was observed walking
along Phillimore-place, in earu'st conversation with a
carter in the employ of Mr. Stephen Bird, the builder,
High-street, Kensington, who was riding towards town
in his cart. When opposite the Adam and Eve Ta-
vern, the fellow sud..denly stopped his horses, and leaping
out of the vellie),c, whirled the butt-end of his whip intod
the air, and 'oringing it down with desperate force, struck
his cow-anion a tremendous blow on the right side of
her head, which felled her to the earth as if snot.
LieUt.-Colonel Molyneaux, of the Bth Royal Hussars, who
was driving past at the mement, and witnessed the on/rage,
instantly jumped out of his phaeton, and with the assistance
of Mr. Gardner, the Kensington newsman, raised /the un-
fortunate woman from the ground, and conveyed her in a
state of insensibility (the blood flowing profusely from her
bead) to the shop of a surgeon, nearly opposite. On
taking off her bonnet, her right ear was found to be com-
pletery severed, and hanging only by a piece of skin. AL/
extensive wound was also discovered just below the right
temple. Restoratives were immediately administered, and
it was thought advisable, from the nature of the injuries
she had received, that she should be conveyed to the hos- •
pital, where she now remains in a very precarious state. Thes
ruffian who inflicted the injury, we regret to say, has eseapeeh

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