The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-20 00:00:00

cessors.

l'l'N BUSINESS.

Yesterday tit, LORD YOR held a Conrt of
Common Ciwocil for di, dispatch of Public Busi-
ness, previous to the ensuing Electious of Common
Councilmen.

After the last proceedings had been read, the
Lord 14layor laid before the Court ;;'a Resolution of
Thanks from the Fever.lnstitution, for the dona-
tion of 1501. voted at the last Court, which was
read and ordered to be entered on the Journals.

The Committees of Ci•y and Bridgehouse
Estates, delivered in sundry reports for payment
of hills, 8:e 3nd fur granting gratuities to the.
several officers, which were read and agreed to,
and the Committees empowered to carry the same
into effect.

The Navigation Committee delivered in a Re-
port, of their haying considered the Petition of
sundry poor fisherman in the Essex creeks and ri-
ver, for bloating fish, for the supnly of the. Lon-
don market, who had neen a!lprehended and
111/-1 10 bail, for an offence against an Act of
Parliament, by fishing for floating fish, within
the limits of oyster fisheries. and recommending
the parties to he defended at the City's expcmce,
in the proceedings instituted aga'lnst, them by the
proprietors of such oyster 'fisheries, ,vltich was
read and agreed to, and referred hark to the Com-
mittee to he carricd into execution accordingly.

Richard Reeve, one of the MArshAlmen of
Borough of Southwark, who- had lately been skis-
pended, was- restored on a report from the Com-
mitee for getteral purposes.
Several works were directed to he done at the
Mansion-house upon another report from. that
Committee. .

Mr. DixoN, the Chairman of the Coal and Corn
Committee, brought up a -eport recommending
the Et:Tuty Coal Meters to be muore appoitued
by nomination among the Menthcrs of that Com-
utittee, instead of by Eleetio:i as at present, and
stated that he cnuld not agree therewith, think-
ing it would be prejudicial to the public interest,
and that by means of =lid) nomination, unfit per-
sons might be appointed to fill tliose situations.

Mr litnus-rno concurred in these sentiments,
and after some further remarks by Mr. Dixon and
Mr. Lavell, the Report was negatived.
Ti;e: Coi:l:nittee of tinproventents male a Report
tie Petition of Mr. Dolltaan, which was re-
ferred to ttle7l) for eonsieration at a preceding
Court—which w;:!-! read And agreed to.

THEATRE.—The New Opera of Outwitted at
Last was repeated yesterday evening at Drury-
hoe Theatre, not improbahly for the last time,
as the disapprobation of the'audience, in some de-
gree, followed its course, and was strongly mani-
fested at the conclu.,ion. An apology was made
for the illness of OXBERRY, whose character was
assigned to KENT, a modest and respectable Per-
former, and another apology was made for the
omission of Miss
•BYRNE'S song, in the last Act,
and her indisposition was alleged as the reason
for postponing the Opera Sine die.
THE GREAT LORD MANSFIELD.—After this great
Oracle of Law had retired from the station which
he long held with suck honour as will-for ever
preserve his name in veneracion, he often permit-
ted the visits of 'a person of such comparatively
weak intellects and superficial knowledge, that a
friend asked his Lordship what pleasure he could
possibly derive trom such a 'companion "Oh !
said his Lordship, he is my chief comfort—he is
a mental couch,-1 always rest my mind when lie
comes, as he never puts me to the trouble of
thinking."
The Earl of LAUDERDALE is again much indis-
posed, in consequence of the intelligence of the
death of his youngest son, the Hon. CHARLES
Fox MAITLAND, at Cambridge, on Thursday even-
ing, after alew days' illness.

YOUNG Vila-rsoN.—A letter has been received
front this renegade assassin, dated Potsburg, Pen-
sylvania, at which place he appears to haie taken
up his residence.
All the State-prisoners confined in our gaol
have been lately liberated by an. order from the
Secretary of State.—(Chelmsford Paper.) •
It is with pleasure we learn, that in the last
year there has been an increase of 10,0001. in the
receipts of the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge. •