The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-12 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

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Yesterday the -Lo PD MAYOR held a Court of
Common Council at Guildhall. His Lordship took
the Chair, a few minutes after twelve o'clock, and
in a short lime afterwards a considerable number
eft' the Members were in their pla‘ces ; but no
Covert could be made, in consequence of the non-
tendauce of . the Aldermen,- two, exclusive of
the Lord Mayor, being required to . be present be-
fore'any business can be proceeded upon, and
one only, Mr. Alderman Rothwell, being in his
place. During this delay, Mr. James Griffiths
rose in, his place, and, addressing the Lord Mayor,.
rmide some observations on the remissness of the
Aldermen, concluding by expie.sing his wish that
his Lordship would send the City Marshals, and
take some of them into custody.
The LORD MAYOR said, as there was as yet
no Court, he could not permit any such obser-
vations.

Mr. GRIFFITHS replied. rather hastily, I know
any observations I may make will have no effect

upon you.
The Lotto MAYOll.—Arn 1 to he insulted in
this seat '? Here is a 111811 _wants to address me
when there is no Court, and te:ren 1 stop him,
tell., me, be knows no obse.rvation he may. make
%% ill have any effect upon me. It he wishes to
insult me, as a._ man, he should find some other
place to do it., 1 sli4 leave the Court ; 1 shall
adjourn the Court.--,(A general cry of hear, hear,
order, order,-ensued, and the conversation ter-
minated.)

Mr. Alderman Cox shortly a {ter made his ap-
pearance, and at a quarter past one o'clock busi-
ness commenced.

Mr. JAMES, in a short speech. alluded to the ge-
neral remissness in the attendance ot the Aldermen,
and moved a Resolution, requesting the Lord
Mayor to represent to the Court of Aldermen the
delay and inconvenience occasioned by their nim-
attend all ce,' and recommend to them to adopt
some means to prevent the slime in tutnre.
The Loan MAYOR nilSted_ it would not be
thought necessary to throw any stigma upon the
Cotat of Aldermeh ; he should feel it his duty to
represent what had passed, and had no doubt.
that the ['toper steps would-be taken to ensure a
bitter attendance itr, future. A. eneral cry'of
move,-move, followed, and •
• An:...limps DANttes rose, and in a few iron's
Seconded the motion. •

Alderman SCLIOLEY, who had entered the
Court a short time before, agreed in the opinion
delivered, by the Lord Mayor.- He did not doubt
that the representation his Lordship would make
to the Court of Aldermen Would be (ate suffi-
cient, and there was therefore no occasion for
such a motion.

Mr. OLDHIAI said, when the Aldermen had'
passed the Chair, they seemed to think they liad
no occasion to attend further to the City's busi-
ness. Ile had made a similar motion so far back
as July, when' the Session's was obliged to be
adjourned, through the non-attendance of tie
City Magistrates ; and the remedy adopted was
to summon double sets. Now every Alderman
was summoned to attend this Court, and yet the
business was delayed, because the attendauce even
of two Aldermen could not be procured. He
therefore supported the motion; which was' put
and agreed to, with the single dissentient band
of Mr. Alderman Cok.

Mr. FAVELL presented a Report from the Gaol
ExpcnceS Committee, recommending a Petition
tOParliament relative to the expences of the se-
veral gaols. The evil complained of was the great
expence the City was put to in the maintenance
of county prisoners; and especially felons under
sentence of transportation, of which Middlesex
bore no proportion. A Com►Mit.tee of the House
of Commons bad ,been appointed on the subject
of gaols, and it was his wish that the consider•
alien of this Petition should be referred to that
Committee.

After a short discussion, the Report was agreed
to, and a Petition founded thereon ordered to be
ptesen►ed to the House of Commons.

Mr. REcoRpER, in answer to a ,question from
Mr. Favell, who said 'he bad read in the papers
of that tnorniti::, that the consideration of the
number of persons under sentence of death had
been delayed, from the want of the Report of
their Law facer, &dar•ed that every possible
-.at-
tention bad been paid to the subject by him, that
'the iteport was Seery voluminous, that he had
made it up to the 4anuary Sessions, and that it
was not possible for any human-. being to get it
ready with greater cxpedition.—Adjourned.

SHOCKING ACCIDP.NT.-Yesterday afternoon,
•between three and four o'clock, a poor labour-
ing man, the father
.of five children, who was
assisting in repairing the roof of the Clarendon
New Bond-street, overbalanced himself
whilst walking on the parapat, and was literally
dashed to-pieces by filling into the street. He
w•as taken up and carried into the hotel, but sur-
gical aid was useless. A litter was sent from Sr.
George's Workhouse, Mount-street, on which
he body w'as conveyed thither.
• -

At the, celebration of the Jubilee in October,
1809, a youth of the name of Smithey -was
wounded, at Boston, in- Lincolushirci in. the
thigh, by the bursting of a cannon ; since wl►ich
time, notwithstanding the best surgicil aid, he
has continued very lame, until a few days ago,
when, on rising irom his bed,. he intim!, pro-
trudiog Iron► he wound, a piece of iron, two
inches in len.,!th and one in breadth, which had
been embedded in his thigh ever since the acci•
Sir Samuel Kamilla,. I dent.