The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-17 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET.

Mr. BLACKETT presented reports on the reference
respecting the office of Collector of Brokers' rents,
and on the several references relating to Smithfield-
market.

After a few words from Mr. TitompsoN, Mr.
DIXON, and some others, the report!, were agreed to.

SECONDARIES' OFFICE.

Mr. BLACKETT moved the consideration of the
printed report of the Committee of City Lands, and
the minutes of evidence before the said Committee
in relation to the office of secondary. He contended
that it was the duty of the Corporation to fill the
office of secondary, by a person who would efficiently
discharge the duties of his office, and see that those
under him did the same. A person who had been
a clerk in the Secondary's office for forty years had
extorted ten guineas for a fee, of which his principal
only received three, while he pocketed the remain-
ing seven. But so long as a sum of money was paid
for the office of secondary, sqlong would these exac-
tions continue.

Mr. GALLOWAY then presented a petition from
Mr. Charles Pearson, praying that he might be
allowed to address the Court in person in support of
the prayer of his petition of the 29th of November
last, and moved that the prayer be granted.
The motion having begn put, was carried in the
affirmative, and Mr. Pearson was called to the bar.
Mr. PEARSON stated, that he was ready to assert,
as a lawyer, that the Corporation of London had no
right to sell the Office of Secondary, and that they
were even subject to an indictment for attempting
to do so. He knew such an opinion was at variance
with that of one of the law officers of the Corpora-
tion ; but until he saw the reasons for that opinion,
lie must contend that the sale was illegal; for he
could never believe that the Legislature intended to
exempt the Corporation of London from the enact-
ments of a statute which bound all other Corpora-
tions. There was a fact worth a hundred arguments,
as showing that the sale of the office was not only
calculated to raise the fees, but that it actually did
raise them. When the late Secondary came into
office, the charge for a common warrant, according
to a statute of Henry VI., was 4d. He, however,
raised the price to 6d., and having felt the pulse of
the public, he afterwards raised it to le., thus in-
demnifying himself for his purchase-money by the
increased charge of 209 per cent. It had been said,
how can any reformation be effected in this office,
supposing it to be necessary, since one-half of the
office is already filled by a person who shows no dis-
position to suriender his rights ? He would remind
the Court of the original institution of this office : at
first there were two shops—one, the Poultry-comp-
ter, and the other the Giltspur-street Compter,
which two shops merged into one, and then, as
there was no opposition, of course any price was
charged for business done. The Corporation, then,
to correct the evil, had only need to open an-
other shop. The Secondaries'-office had been a sine-
cure for the last 18 years, and not such a sinecure as
those against which the public indignation had been
raised, and which • were supported jointly by the
rich and the poor; but this lived solely from the
money wrung from distressed and miserable objects.
In the late Secondary's time, a clerk, who had en-
joyed his master's unlimited confidence for 40 years,
had yet, during all that time, received no salary.—
How, then, was he supported, but by making the
most of his fees? The report of the Committee
recommends that bailiffs should not be permitted to
take bail-bonds; that the debtor should be taken by
the hand to prison, to the house of the Secondary, or
to. a lock-up-house. The Corporation, he must,
however, state, had no power to pass any such regu-
halo]. The bailiff was the sheriff's deputy, and '
was bound to receive tender of bail. It had been
said, the smallness of the fee ought to exclude it
from being made the subject of remark; but it
should be remembered that the money was extorted
1
from the poor by taking advantage of their sittiation.
When an execution was placed in a man's house in
this city, it could not be said that a sale of his
.goods takes place,—it is an actual robbery. The
amount of the expenses bear no proportion to the
duties performed. A man had fitted up a shop with
gas-lights and other furniture previous to com-
mencing business; but every thing was seized for a
debt of 15/. No inventory of the goods was taken,
but they were carried away and sold by a broker for
22/., upon which sum 8/. was charged for expenses.
In this charge tho bailiff went "snacks" with the
broker, and a worthy Alderman, well known for his
charitable disposition, seeing how things were ma-
naged, and wishiNg to put an end to that system
by which the brokers and bailiffs went " snacks,"
set up brokers of his own, intending, he (Mr. Pear-
son) supposed, to.go " snacks" with them himself.
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER stated, that the
alteration he made was merely to take. from the
bailiffs the money they unjustly received, and apply
it to purposes of charity, and he could give an ac-
count of the disbursement he had so received. Mr.
Pearson must know that the broker could not charge
the defendant a single farthing for the sale of his"
goods.
Mr. PEARSON knew the practice was illegal, and
that was the reason he denounced it. But the
worthy Alderman called it charity to give to the
poor that which was taken from the miserable—to
extort from the wretched money, to give to those
who were, if possible, more wretched !
Mr. Alderman FAREEROTIIER Would not be charg-
ed with extortion. The money which he had given
away in charity, was not taken from the defendant,
but came from the pocket of the plaintiff.

Ml'. PEARSON was sorry if he had said any thing
calculated to wound the feelings of the worthy Al-
derman ; he could only say he Wended no such
thing. Another great evil arose from what was
called walking possessions, which meaxt, that though
a writ was out against a person, the bailiff did not
take possesion of his house, but received ss. a day
for his absence ;so that people were deceived as to
the credit of this person, and might send goods into
his house the very day before an execution would
take place. There was now only one more subject
to which he had to call the attention of the Court
respecting the Secondary's office. Was it to be be-
lieved, that for years and
years past, the property
of citizens of London had been subjected to the de-
cision of
pauperst
otfh epar pensionersißhes ;for ofrfomivotrhkahr diseeslijailtlid the
on of
persons was a jury, possessing such power, com-
posed, and which had gained the appellation of the
" fudge jury ?" He would tell the Court the rea-
son far selecting this jury from the lowest order of
men. It was because the Secondary gained a little
money by so doing. Everyjuryman ought to have
Is. for his attendance, but it appeared that jurymen
of the " fudge jury" only got 6d., while the Secon-
dary pocketed the other 6d. In conclusion, lie
thanked the Court for the patient hearing which
they had given him. He felt confident that they
would never agree to the sale of this office; and it
that should be the case, he should feel justly proud
of having been an humble instrument in producing
that reform.

The Secondary (Mr. CROWTHER, who, the Lord
Mayor decided, had a right to speak) complained of
the declamatary speech just addressed to the Court.

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The Court had been told 'that the Secondarced R
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pocketing half of every shilling which was ells 1p The
to the Jurymen. Now the fact was that 0°
d
won jurymen ever received more than Bd., allgoo .4.11 u
had always been the fee paid to the Jury gr it, tirofhil
He denied that it was law that the bailo tikA 'TH'.
bound to receive bail; the bail could only be 1166 i Atriq
at the office from which the writ was issucoboAlpinic,
Secondary had no interest in taking the biknOtti, %sty!
as that constituted the most arduous' art off. keir
duties ; and as far as he was concerned, 105"fiik.
have no objection to enter into an arraugonri I,ll*
which a person who had more activity linuAdt tit*
health than he possessed to attend to hillpin
should fill the office.
!.;

At the conclusion of the Learned Gentlej°l
speech the Court adjourned on the motion °'
LEGGE.

THIRD EDITION• ,
SUN OFFICE, Scven o

THE LONDON GAZE'II

OF THIS EVENING.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY• tY,s'4l-1.413
Martha Welcher, Lower Grosvenor-place, St. vv.—. Wra,
Hanover-square, lodging-house keeper. 6°41
John Rodney Ward, Bermondsey-street, SO . .416:
druggist.
• '
• BANKRUPTS.
to-esgerilt 041
William Bradley, Leghurn, Lincolnshire, silk- AO •4514
to surrender, Oct. 24, 31, and Nev. 28, at rem,
Court of Commissioners. Stokes and Rollin .re
Cateaton-street; Wilson, Louth.
James Kendall, Stratford, Essex, cow-keeper,
._.nostOktft,.°6
31, and Nov. 28, at ten, at the Court of Guntur •
Hodgson, Broad-street-buildings. tetSib"
James Horwood and William Oliver, Maddol_AlSolikt,,u,C:4'
Hanover-square, house-decorators, Oct. 24, SI, il'fiek.g4
or
28, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Carlo!),
street, Marylehone. • re",4l-
William Henry Woodhouse, Darnall, Yorkshire, o*pi
Oct. 28, 29, and Nov. 28, at twelve, at the Mrsbef
Sheffield. Hookcy, Staple Inn, London; Hardy, •11,,
Geld. elm
Thomas Sanderson, Nottingham, lace-mattur:iii4'.',i47los
Oct. 25, 27, and Nov. 28, at twelve, at the Blac'.llo', '404
Head Inn, Nottingham. Sidmore, Nottingharo; 8326
and Johnson, Temple, London. tOd :8641
Edmund Rorke, Liverpool, merchant, Oct. 24, SI cif •,10417
Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners:, 'AO
tington, Change-alley, Cornhill. 011°°1
016
John Hall, Rupert-street, Goodman's-fields, ',.P11079
victualler, Oct. 28, at ten, 31, and Nov. 28, at ele;boltr it 25
the Court of Commissioners. Noy and Pinward, Pi " .111,851
lane. 4,11
- • 918

George Barnby, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocl4;stir '42125
24, 31, and Nov. 28, at ten, at the Court of CA,' !Ape' 11172
sinners. Pearce, Phillips, and Bolger, St. Swithin.roct."44l9o
Henry Gilbert, Bishopsgate-street•without, rie% tile ,140i'
28, at ten, 31, at twelve, and Nov. 28, at- ekvelit " '4(156
Court of Commissioners. Gates, Lombard-street. 10.4293
Reuben Rippon, Leeds, builder, Nov. 8, at eleven' )570,
at ten, 28, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds
wayes and Walker, Barnard's-inn ; Robinson,
John Bailey, Bath, shoemaker, Nov. 17, 18,
eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Bath. Havet
street, Bloomsbury ; Mant, Son, and Bruce, Ba,
William Marsden, Clitheroe, Lancashire,
carrier, Nov. 10, at five, 11, at ten, and 28,
Golden Lion, Settle, Yorkshire. Armstrong,
London ; Abbotson, Kirkby Stephen, We•itmo
George Hughes, Spring. street, Shadwell;
chant, Oct 31, and Nov. 14, 28, at eleven,
of Commissioners. Lowless and Stubbs, T
street.

DIVIDENDS.
William Cooke, Manchester, calieo-printer,
nine, at the Palace-inn, Manchester.
William Mill, Fore-street, London, wool
Nov. 7, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners,
John Sard and John Smither, St. 'Martin's
dlesex, woollen-drapers, Nov. 21, at eleveu,
of Commissioners.

George Burgibs, Eton, Buckingham, clinic
at &even, at the Court of Commissioners.
Isaac Ahlett, Bucklersbury, fustain-manufacf
7, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners.

Thomas Weston, Hirwain-wharf, Earl-street,
cement-manufacturer, Nov. 7, at eleven, at the
Commissioners. „pro 837
Williain Carpenter, Leadenliall-street, woollen 1055
Dee. 9, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. 80 15 I
John Adams, Union-street, Southwark, oilman, 5t !GS?
Court of Commissioners. hal,' 1543
George Hackelton Crowther, Frodsbam, Chester' -tie 181.,
seller, Nov. 17, at one, at the office of Mr. W. 13gr 1715
Liverpool.
pl oy''l'
I'EOBB2
Z.:James Gregory, Brighton, lodging-house-keeper, , oa
at eleven, at the Star-inn, Lewis. ,y.I 11 '920
•
five, at the office of Mr. John Rising Staff, Norwiowool: 44,1
George Burdy, Edge-lane, West Derby, Liver 0. 247
glass-mainut.acturer, Nov. 10 at twelve, at the 010'1 4463
Mr. Leather, Liverpool. oft ‘1•09
William Daniel Goodeve, Wimborne Minster, 1)° e !$95
shire, common-brewer, Nov. 7, at twelve, at the C°li., '
'6ll
Cmmissioners. 1 1 2,
Ql7
Robert Hunter, Aldgate, colourtnan, Nov. 7, at On-' , 4441
the Court of Commissioners. 1, I
,
Thomas Holdich, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer, 14'•,,,,,
`%17
.a
nt eleven, at the Hotel, Stamford. pO, i‘, 4.1i7 7
William Hallewell, Sheffield, Yin kshire, builder, she %104,
11, at eleven and two, at the office of Mr. HartlYt 11110
field. it 417
George Axe, Stamford, Lincolnshire, draper, 11°. '643
at eleven:and twelve, at the Hotel, Stamford. al,
CERTIFICATES—Nov. 7. 5185
6
Jahn Stainton, Lincoln, bookseller.
eelfo,ltj 141
t
John
Wright,
right Charlotte-street, Percy-street, ,-- 4-47
square, cheesemonger. f, 478
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James Day, Quadrant, Regent-street, woollen-dro 1179
Thomas Pearson and William Reeves, soo9-4 1185
Strand, wine-merchants. 401
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 0,1 1.107
John Lythoe and Thomas Roberts, Liverpool, co°ll,o '4li4
Thomas Goodall and William Barron, St. Martin s"1 44?,
builders. . 1i448
John Trapp and Benjamin Trapp, Bedford, drapetliote i54,t
William Coulby and Christopher Baldwin, Notting 1/470
brass-founders. • (Pe(' ~N
Thomas Phillips and Robert Phillips, Besacho YO9l
Dorsetshire, drapers. utln '1 48
Joseph Bennett and Thomas Hawkins, D4oo° 6.1,4-4.
Devon, ship-owners. ir, ILI%
11,
Mary Byrne and Martha Lindley, Nottingham,"i'",o 405
Henry Bonifant and George Dexter, Newark-4 0(49
Trent, Nottinghamshire, mercers. tot, , 1,65
William Copp, George Pelly Tory, and Robert PI Lit7l
Tiverto
Daniel Horton and William Laird, Birkenhead, Cli Ng
e I, '
boiler-makers. ipld 459
Francis Buttrum and Thomas Lucock, Ipswich, 5° 1%0
millers.
ts' 1624
C. G. Carroll and J. F. Hogg, London, merchs", et' iit3o
P. Novelli and John George Bodmer, Egerton, Ps i'll4'
t 6
shire.
George arid George Deane, sen. and jun., Fish..stree•
II A
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hill, hardw 0
ullareman.
Ilk
William Downes and Thomas Trevor Lethem ''-° 1 -It
1
Cannock, Stafford, surgeons. So 100
John and Robert Miller, St. Lawrence, Iprwic"' 'lB
folk,, tea-dealers.
George Bingham and Joseph Turtle, Clay-Crosat Pei
shire, brush and bobbin-turners.
James Worrill Sylvester and Alfred Henry SilTesl
Chowbent, Lancashire, cotton-spinners. yr
Robert Williams, Robert Pattison, and Morgan •
man, bankers, Dorchester Bank, Dorchester. ' Atli
Wm. Hilton and Wm. Chambers, Newark. Upon.Tf ,
mercers.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. 1
1 '
Andrew Smith, Canon, Falkirk, 'mister, Nov. e'
eleven, at the Red Lion, Inn, Falkirk. 0
James Henry Paterson, Glasgow, merchant, Oct.
and Nov. 5, at one, at the Eagle Inn, Glasgow.

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BIRTHS.
On the 16th inst., Mrs. Green, of Addington-fl"
Camberwell, of a son.
On the 15th inst., the lady of H. W. Maw"'
Beel House, Amershatn, Bucks, of a daughter. t.4tf
At Tockingtou, the seat of Samuel Peach Peach, "'-
the lady of John Murray Aynaley, Esq., of a son.
At Edinburgh, t2S
Mrs. Wm. Bailey, of twin da'
horn.still
DIED. Rely

On the 17th ult., at Gibraltar, Lieutenant R. 1" ..-$
Royal Engineers, eldest son of Lieut.-Colonel R.Bull,

of the Royal Home Artillery, agee
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