The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-03 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held
at Guildhall, which was numerously attended.
The Lord Mayor laid before the Court the an-
swers of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent
to the Addrel/4ses agreed to by this Court, and
presented nn Monday last to his Royal Highness,
which were read, and ordered to be entered on
the Journals.

The,Committee fiir general purpose delivered
,a report in r.ipect to the Het of Common comeil
concerning tile nomination and election of She-
HMI for raising the fines for persons excused
or; lected to that office refusing to serve the L.tune,
which was read, and ordered to be printed fur the
Members prior to being considered.
A motion was made, and question put, that in-
asmuch as the Standing Committees of this Cm.-
pointion are limited in their expellees with ,:re-
74w:et to entertainments, no other Committee' be
empOteered 'to draw tipOit the Chamber for any
,snot of money" to defray their expences in enter-
,tainments without the express authority of this
'Court bein,, obtained haute such expences arc
theitrred.

The Court then proceeded to the election of
tw9 City VarshalS, and the Petitions of the se-
veral Candidates being read, and the ballot taken
and cast up, was reported HS follows :

For John Nl`orlt il-r,, Citizen,and Clackanker....llo
Nevelt blrotthes Wittier .. 151
It. IL J. 14tarely, Pavers-maker 75
.loin Luke, Cor(lwgirter '• ,*3
James Sumner, Clirdwainer . 41
Wiiliani Itnwlyttne, roun,ler
Samuel Eforitart, Bowyer 6
John thytvorsti, Dyer
Tiosums Beitivr: Nviour• • • • a

Whereupon the Lord Mayor tleckted the elec-
tion-f 0 II!WC faallett 1.1110111 upon John W.mtner sad
Nevill Browne. who were deelaruri Anis?. elected
Marshals necoriirogly, diming Op pleaswe of the
Court, nod subief.t to the rtilk urdert streeti
to die goverowcut of the said

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stu,--in the Arithmetical Calculations inserted
in Tfru SUN of this evening, you• have comtnitted
in error (typographical no doubt), which makes
.the quotient incorrect•: my opinion is, that it
should. have been thus—

4q9,578(15 Shillings

The givitient sinntlJ
'nit,: I:CH
2,0 I 4U,967,415

-23,474,90- 1 1

In answer to the question of a Col:slant Reader
with respett to coking nil the last two figures
for shillings and multiplying the test by 5, which
gives the quotient of pounds, „1 conceive, if you
eta off the two lust figures you reduce the whole
to the out-hundredth. part of what it miglinaily
was (which is stinte as dividing it by IOU),
With a surplus of what the two figure's . cut oil
amount In and 45$ tii Wags aught ~to be de,ided
into potiiids by only 20 iiistead of lOU, of course
you must multiply by 5 .10 get the, trot: answer.
Should the two lest figures amount to mme that'
19 when cut 011; the answer will hot 'be coin-
,pletely
For Eranipk.
40702SC:if)

$47,140, sA S 1 illinfit
Proof:
T.(O 1 46,7448.3,9

/..i3,37101--19

If-the above is ukntii iabertiot.,,, you will oblige
St. Jai April sm, ISI6, . 1. 0...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,-1n reading'your Paper of Saturday even-
ing, 1 was much struck with it most important
enquiry from one of your Correspondeuts,
Why is it, that by cutting off the two last fi-
gures of ANY sum for shillings,. and by multiply-
lug the rest by 5, the quotient' will he pounds
To'prove which the following example was pro-
duced

46,957,3 1 15

L. 1,347 ,665

Although unfortunately obliged to devote macli
aE my 'time to accounts, I WitS tin surpsized at a
question of sock infinite ingenuity coming Iron)
finite thou, that 1 deemed it more pandent at first
to leave the solution for brighter talents than my
own--.bot toy curiosity overcoming this itaitif gle
determination., 1 turned over a few leaves of my
old school cYphericng,ifnok, whtre 1 found, to my
utter astonishment, in .one Nitre, that '2O shillings
make ',a pound; in smother, that fi limes 20 are
equal fo 100 ; and, in a third, that Cu divide. by
100 it is only necessary to cut oil the two last fi-
gures of the dividend, which becomes the steno-
mlnator of the fraCtionprodused, the remaining
figura being the quotient of the division. 'Now,
its these facts may throw note light npon ;he
problem, 1-tonst thank you to inseitthe same for
the benefit of the rising generation ; burgs your
" Constant Reader" can apply the smite
ous method of reduction to Au,/ number of shil-
lings, I mush intreat' him to employ H few se-
- condo on the'smo 0t54,625,98 and, hoping that
he may. not become so constant a writer HS
reader: or your well conducted and widely circa-.
lamed "'publication, Will conclude by subscribing'
myself

Your most obedient ',errant,
yr• '
Great Ormond-street, Queen-'square) M. Jun.
April 114,10/04
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St6tes. 'ken vessels had been seized—tlie rsti•
mated property 126,000 dollars.

YULICE INTEC,LI I NCE.

• MARI.W.We
A DMINISTk.RINU CANTHARlMis.—YeSteribiiv ti
neighbourhood of this °thee was crowded. tcltile
the Ma strafe sat, and his decision upon thiscit),*
atv,.ited with the utmost impatience.
BeLhant was brooglit up 1w a ,econti examilPr
19 additiotV to the evidence ettibudiedlit
uur first keputt on this subject, it. W 44,4100 111
the prisoner was usually sent to rorehase'rea for
the other servants. Some of the tea placed by
the prisoner in the drawers of the two girls, teas'
produced: before the Magistrate, and three Sur-
.geons*, who attended at the Office, immediatelV
declared. thit there was mixed 'with it a consitle~
rabic quautity of cantharides. The object of
sham was no longer in their opinion equivocal.
The Magistrate, however, could make out nil
lumina \for committing him, the girls having (Or;
tainly not without hesitation) denied that he hit"
attempted any, violence upon them, either bet°l.4
.or utter the operation ut the cantharides. Tue
boost keeper, who bad not the same in
compassion tor him, swore that one of them Ii
complained to her that he had muddy eutered li'er •
chamber when -she was in bcd,.but her (brews
bad induced him to-retire. The influence of lhe •
cantlialides . was manifested as .strongly .oPon
yonng female, who visited the complainants anti
drank of the tea that was so powerfully corrupted,
as upon- them.
The prisoneridenied that he:knew any thing of
the matter, and refused to answer a question. -
Mr. LitcKs.regretted exceedingly that thveeolls
no legal ground for committing the prisoner. 00
,trusted that the adthonition. given hiat that day •
would work same clh in his conduct, and assurea
him, that if any thing fatal, had Occurred in cow"
sequcuce of the diabolical drug which he had ado
ministeted, nothing would have sand him .frout
time gallows. Belsham was then allowed to (feria,
I.vis unnecessary to state that his master indig:
nantly discharged him front his service, He If
nearly 50 years old.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
J. Mi Naughton, Deputy Commissmry-0"
neral in the Petinsula, was brought front 61'
Niar in's Watch-house, in the custody of Newigs3
!hp. Co:istabk; for committing most ()imago°
asaidta on IkLtjoe Tole, of the 32d, C:trtAi9
(Monti( 11, of th'e 67th, and the Waiters of the
Sillopian Coffee-house, Charing-cross, Hnel for
breaking the flu nit tire and windows of the Co"'
room, on Wednesday night.- The Magistrate*
ordered the Clink to commit the prisoner until 11
prothiced hail: --Captain O'Connell oho chArge“
the watchman of St. Martin's with abusing;
for ordering him to do his duty, in preyentingAltr;
\l‘Naughton front-essaulting him on Oak wigni
the wat(fiehouse. On this charge he *it* c°""°
tiritted to Tothill-fields, until he produces b

BIRTHS. _Am*
Yeo-rday, Mrs. Henry Douglas, 7, Upper eadogurr---
of a on.
01. TU •sday lest, Mrs. John Loaves, of Trinity-*vores
a son. —OO

MARRIED.— - d
d
jeawit,,r ir, William Hen! tylarrjrtt, Est intestsliuboila

m•
ap); Jamas Harnett, of West Hall, Mortlake, tL 1(04
Mary* *r.cood (laughter of Robert Hunter, Esq. of
Surrey.

.24viOnwicthkseiritet.h April, Sir John rIIED
Stuart, Bart. of Allaulibtaint:r:
Clip :11,,nday last, aged 9U, Mr. Henry Karmoek,
of Loodins and nepttord.

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