The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-24 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.

The Lour) MAYOR. held a Court of Common
Council yesterday at Guildhall, to consider the propriety of pre-
senting Petitions to both Houses of Parliament.fOr the RePeal
of the Corn Laws, and praying for the Reduction of the As..
eessed Taxes and such other Imposts as may enable the British
manufacturers to compete with foreigners upon the principles
of a free trade. The Lout) Mayn't, upon taking the-Chair,
shortly addressed the Court.
Mr. FAVELL brought the business forward in a long street'',
and moved. a Resolution upon the subject, %Inch Mr. Alder.
man Weidman seconded. ,
Mr. Aldennan Wont) then suggested, as the Lord'ltlayor
had a particula appointment with the Earl of Liverpool at three
o'clock, and the question was one of very great import9no4 that
it would be better to adjourn the discussion to another day,, that
every Gentleman who telt disposed might have an opportunity
of expressing his sentiments.
This, after some observations from Mr. flrx-or..- and Mr%
GAt.r.owaY, was assented to, and the Lynn MAYOR Ulae-
diately appointed this day at one o'clock for a Court for the
purpose.
The Court agreed with a Report from the Committee fo r
General Purposes for subscribing 4001. towards the funds rais.'
ing for the relief of the sufferers by the recent calamitous fire at
Miramichi. And with another Report from that CoMmittee for
a subscription of 2001. towards the St: Ann's Society Charity
School.

The It emembrancer reported . to the Court thatthe Equitabl
Loan Bank Company had presented ,a petition to • Parliament
for a Bill, which was referred to the ComMittee for 6(.116.41
Purposes to consider and report to a.futareCour6
Three applications to Parliament relative to ,tl * Kensington
Canal—the Hammersmith Bridge, and the Basingstoke Canal
were reported, and referred to • the Navigation Cotinnittee for
consideration. - •
Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN and several other Members pre-
sented a requisition to the Lord Mayor, for an Especial Court,
to consider of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for an in.
quirt' into the conduct and practice of Joint stock Companies
and his Lordship appointed Tuesday next for the purpose.

SHIPPING INTELLICT'ENCE.

[FROM LLOYD'S.]

DEAL, FEW. N.W...—About noon a breeze
sprung up from the N.W'., when the whole of the outward
bound sailed. Arrived the Daphne, Fearman,.from Smyrna,
and Thane of Fife, Wilson, from St. Michael's. Passel
through from diti)iliver the Orion, Sadler, and Etheldred,
Sutton, for Jamaiati; Loyalist, Mimes, for Tobago, and the
Arab transport, f*Vortsmouth p. rn., the wind is now no
better than west. An East Indianian has just arrived from the
River—reported to be the Thomas Coutts.

PORTSMOU 23.—Wind W.N.W. to
The Juliana, Innes, or'- Madras and Bengal, has put bask
again, and brought up at St. Helens. Yesterday, about noon.
oft' the Wight, observed a large ship with only her mainmast
standing, accompanied by a Pilot-boat.

FALMOUTH, PEn. 22.—Wind S.W., strong gales.—Ar.
rived the Lavinia, Askew, from Oalipoli.
Cowes, FED. 23.—Arrived the Hyperion, from
Charleston, and \Villiam. Weller, from Ilavannah-the two
above ships arrived yesterday, the former with loss of bowsprit,
foremast. &e. &c., and must'unload apart or the whole of her
cargo ; the latter with loss of bulwarks, &c.
lit vEn roar., Fun. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived the. Pioneer
(late (lreenleaf). from Savannah ; Warren, Luceack, from
Maranhani ; William Penn, GUlgrove, Savannah ; Honiulotis,
Webb, from Charleston; Joshua, Prawse, Trieste. *

The Pioneer (late Greenleaf) arthed at Liverpool, from
Savannah ; had her Captain *limbed overboard, Mate • killed,
and the carpenter his legn broken by a sea, whish'strttek the
vessel on the Ist inst.

LONDON MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, FE8.24.
The arrivals to this morning's market are very small, on ac.
count of the late stormy Winds. Wheat is dull at last quota-
tions. Barley supports Monday's prices, but little doing.
Oats are in trifling demand, for Immediate use. in Beini
and Pease nothing doing of any consequence.
MiltlVALll—English Wheat, 3,500; Barley, 2,050; Oats,
980; Foreign Barley, 400 quarters; English Flour, 3,000
sacks. •

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Fun. 24.
The &Holing .is an accurate Report of the numbers and
prices atSmithtield Market this morningi—

CATTLE AT ItARICET.•
Beasts 032 I Sheep
Calves
To sink the 01141, per stone of OM
Beet 4s 4d to 45 10dVeal /A Od to 1. 1k!
I V
Mut ton 45 Btl to 55 Od Pork .55 24 to fir Od
Lamb Os 011 to On Od.
HAY AND STRAW, ?En LOAD.
Bay, £3 10 to £4 10 I Clover £4 55 to £ll Zist
Straw £1.165 to £2 O.

V
AtixtrAl.r..---In addition to Bishop, Bohan),
and Miss Stephens, we bear that Sinclair, is en.
gaged, and that Madame Vestris and Mies Pato►►
have been applied to ; Spagnoletti is to lead.—
Oscar Byrne and his elegant partner are also to
be there. Boxes are to be erected in the saloon
(where the concerts are to be given), which are
to be let for the season as at the Opera ; we
have heard of the names of two Noble Dukes,
who have already bespoke one each ; so that, to
ensure .a successful season, the Proprietors have
only to bespeak fine weather !

VELLUTI and BONIN} are to appear in the new
Opera of Mobillda e Isabina, to-morrow. the
greatest pains have been taken to briog out this
composition in the most perfect state ; the rho..
rushes, which, are remarkably line, have been
particularly attended to, and the drecsea and
scenery, which are of a splendid desciption, are
entirely new.

Upwards of 3000 operative weavers congre-
gated about the avenues of the House of Com-
mons last night, all of whom displayed the
utmost anxiety as to the measures relating
to the importation of foreign silks, which
was then before the House. They conducted
themselves with becoming order, and dispersed
at its close, without creating a disturbance of any
kind.

The Legislature of Maryland has finally
passed an Act, removing the civil and political
disabilities under which the Jews have laboured
in that state since the formation of its Government

BIRTHS.
On the 23d inst., in Hunter-street, Brunawick-squay, the lady of Charles Pott, Esq. of a daughter.
On the 7th inst. at Florence, the lady of the litv. Archdale
Wilson Tayler, Chaplain, Company's Serviee at Bengal,
of a son.

DIED.
On the 25th January, aged 75, Mrs. Elizabeth flaylvardi
wife of M. Charles Hayward, inhabitants of St. inetin'in.
the-Fields, and St. Paul's, Covent-garden, 48 year', muck re,.
apected and regretted by a numerous acquaintance.
Yesterday, at his house, Knightsbrulge, Colonel De Roos,
Aide-de-Camp to his Royal Highness the Duke of Y"k`
On Tuesday last, at lits mother'', image, chipliam-eommon,
the Rev. Ebenezer Ware, A.M. of Trinity College, Cambridge,
aged 2q. _

On Saturday, the 11th inst. Air, John Jones, of Francis..
street, Bedford-square.

1111 r LONDON ,10 URNA I.S.
DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Pnpers,Peb. 24, 1826.

rTille PUBLIC Ltnatttl
We observe that the French Papers are much
occupied with our commercial embarrassments,
and take occasion from them to extol the supe-
rior solidity of French interests, as compared
to the fluctuating state of our's. It is an untie-
Diable fact, that the severe embarrassments with
which we are struggling at this moment, are al-
most unknown in France ; and we should like to
know the cause why that country is exempted,
as it might expose the real source of our present
difficulties. Is France better governed ? We
fearlessly say—No ! Are the principles of trade
better understood ? Most certainly not. Are
her merchants more enlightened ? By no means.
What then is the cause ? The healthy state of
her currency alone, which, being subject to
no sudden contraction or expansion, is the best
security that human ingenuity could devise
against violent fluctuations in the prices of com-
modities. Unless we place our currency spun a
similar basis, we must prepare for periodical visi-
tations like the present; and Ministers, instead
of encountering obloquy and opposition, have
established a claim to the gratitude of the coun-
try for the measures they have introduced to
effect this most desirable object.

DOTIS!' PRESS.,
The malicious rumours that we noticed on
Wednesday, and the industry with which they
have been circulated, kept the Stock Exchanges
yesterday in a state of extreme agitation, and the
weeting at the Mansion-house had not the effect
of allaying anxiety. We noticed on Wednesday
that the rumours with regard to Le ndon houses
-were false, and it was proved yestitrdky that none
of them were founded in fact. 44,hongh the
City was free from reports yesterdasir still the
fluctuations in Consols were excess's* varying
between 761 and 771 in less than a (Darter of an
lour. The last bargains were done at 761 77.
Bank Stock was 2041, 2051, 2054,„i0nia ditto,
226, 228 ; and the Bonds, 3s. 644 ii,, discount.
Exchequer I.lllls were ls. dis, to Is.prem.—The
Liverpool Deputation, on the subject of an ad-
vance of Exchequer Bills,, had an appointment
with Mr. Huskisson on Wednesday morning. The
combined Deputation from Liverpool and Man-
chester will be received by Lord Liverpool this
day.-.4t is bnderstood that Ministers persevere
in their determination not to make the advances
solicited; hut it is believed that Lord Liverpool
has intimated to the Bank a desire that, in con-
formity with powers imparted by the Charter,
and provided for by the regulations of the Esta-
blishment, the Directors will make advances on
the security of articles of merchandise. The de.'
cision of the Directors will probably be made
known at Lord Liverpool's today. We can on
'good authority state thaenothing occurred in the
course of yesterday to alter the views of Minis-
ters on the subject in question, which is one that
the eyes of all speculators are turned to, as the
price of Stocks will probably be regulated by the
decision of the Bank as to its making advances
on mercantile property.

[MORNING IiCRALIL]
Last night, Mr. T. Wilson, having left his usual
seat bebind the Treasury Bench, and taken one
of the lower benches—to be, as he observed, on
neutral ground for the present—brought forward
the Mansion-liouse Petition. The Clouse was
unusually crowded with Members, and the pro-
ceeding excited amazing attention and interest.
Cn presenting such petition, he urged the neces-
sity of issuing Exchequer bills to assist the mer-
chants in the unexampled difficulties that now
pressed upon them. He denied that the commer-
cial community, as a hody,had any thing to do with
the justly-reprehended schemes and bubbles ;
and he 'ad i te , that, as far as they were con-
cerned, the county, would not be injured by any
ruin that might take place. He added, that the
present commercial difficulties did not make him
despair at the prosperity of the country ; the
property existed, but it was not convertible. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer replied, that he saw
no reason to regret the decision of the Government
not toissue Exchequer bills, as was desired by the
merchants ; for if such requests were acquiesced
in---and former grants werenow confidently quot-
ed as precedents that ought to be followed—he
knew not where such proceedings would stop.
Instead of teaching prudence to the commercial
world, they would only be granting a bonus to
extravagant speculations. The case of Mr.
Godschmidt (which had been particularised by
Mr. T. Wilson), he declared, ought to open the
eyes and understandings of Parliament.--This
speech, which was delivered with much feeling
and sincerity of manner, was followed by loud
amd continued cheering from all parts of the
HOuse. Mr. Baring, Mr. J. Smith, &c. contended
that the case was not merely peculiar, but unex
ampled, and therefore ought not to be judged by
ordinary rules ; and as to the Schemes and Bub-
bles,lthey submitted that, the cointnercial corn-
munity ought not to be condemned for what
chiefly originated with attorneys, land-agents,
and " St. James's-street."

[VIORNINO CHRONICLE.]
The extraordinary excitation which was pro-
duced in the City on Wednesday, by the propa.
palm) of rumours as malicious as they were un-
'minded, had yesterday subsided, and a strong
feeling of indignation was expressed, not only
towards th-e persons who were the inventors of
the calumnies, but those who assisted in giving
them greater publicity. There appears to have
been no ground whatever for the suspicion that
two London Bankers would fail, and it is now
pretty evident that all these alarms were spread
by a gang of organised conspirators, wlioe
terests were to be promoted in producing a fall in
*he market, so as to relieve them from the effect
of the rise which had taken place, on the ap.
pi.oaching settling.day. It would afford us no
small pleasure to discover and expose these in.
ceudiaries to deserved obloquy. The public dis.

treks is sufficiently calamitens without these ad.
ditional aggravations, and it will require no small
exertion ,to check. those increasing evils which
are every day brought under our observation.—
addition to the applications from Manchester
and Liverpool, for an issue of Exchequer fills,
it will be seen that a meeting was yesterday
convened by the Lord Mayor, at the Man-
sion House, for a similar purpose, and that a
Memorial to the Earl of Liverpool, praying an
issue of five millions of Exchequer Hills for the
relief of the trading community has been agreed
upon. Whether the additional weight of the
Memorial will produce any change in the opi-
nions of his Majesty's Ministers, is yet to be
proved. We are inclined to think it will not,
and even if it did, we very much doubt that any
advantage would be derived by those classes
amongst whom the march of ruin is now so de-
structive. We allude particularly to the mid-
dling orders of tradesmen, whose imprudent spe-
culations have led them to, incur debts which
they have not the means of paying. ft is true
that great merchants and manufacturers may ob-
tain a temporary relief, but no issue of circu-
biting medium can enable men to meet engage.
meats which originated hi chimerical projects,
and the absurdity of which is every day rendered
more manifest. Those are evils which, as we
before said, must work their own cure.