The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-21 00:00:00

elo'n ti AA to be instituted egiinst other I\teniii'ers
of the Corporation, fur doing what they conceived
to he right on a political question, thirteen Al-
dermen could he got together on less than twelve
hours notice.—(Hear, hear !)—it was the ditty
of the Corporation, for its own sake, to attend to
this evil ; for if the admiuistration of, ostice were
thus neglected by their peculiar Alagistracy, the
Legislature would he justified in sending stipen-
diary Magistrates into the City. The evil had its
root in the constitution of the Court of Aldermen.
Aldermen having passed the Chair, and thus bay-
ing nothing further to hope, fell into a state of
apathy, and would not attend to their ditty, It
they were sent back to their coostitueuts, he
would not say annually, but even septennially,
the whole evil would be redressed. He would not
anticipate the decision of the Committee to which
he shonld propose to refer it but if no explAna-
tion were offered, lie thought the Court would he
warranted in calling on the Aldermen to answer,
in the Court of King's Bench, to a 'rule why a
criminal information should not be filed against
them. He moved, that the Petition be referred to
a Select Committee.
Mr Aid Woon vindicated the Court of Alder-
men from' the charge of general negligent e. Such
an accident as that whicti was now animadverted
on had never occurred .at the regular Sessimma
for'the Votes of the Court, fixing the day fur the
Sessions, were sent out in time, and regularly at-
tended to —lint it was quite uncertaiii beforehand
fur what day the Recorder-would-fix the ndjoutb-
ed Sessions, liS it depended on the eoncrusion of
the Old Bailey Sittings. The Sunamonse; 'were
consequently sent out sometimes only the night
before, and frequently did nut reach the Alder-
men in time for them to attend. He couldi.
truly state, that in the instance recited to,
if his life or fortune had been forfeited by his
absence, he ',could not have avoided it, for
he was utterly iglu that the Sessions were to
be holden. Ott tide very morning of the Sessions,
he was in the City on public business (in which
his whole time lras consumed), at an early poor,
but had never heard of the Sessions: It was to
be recollected, that no Magistrates in the country
had so much to do 3.3 those of the City, as they
-had to attend 32 Sessions in the .year, besides
tl:eir police hotness. Yet because they !had acci-
dentally been absent one day, they were branded
with general negligence. As to that Court, they
Were as often delayed for want of Common Coup-
cdmen as for the want of Aldermen.

Mk. Alderman ATKINS, the only other Aliler-
Man on the rota then present, said, that being the
last Lord Mayor, though his mime was for torm's
sake on the rota, it was always understood that
he was not called upon to attend ; a mark was
made against lii4 name accordingly. lie vindi-
cated himself from any imputation of negligence,
as uo Court, nor even any gad et•er
waited an-hour for him
.when he had judicial duty
to perform.
Atter-a desOltory conversation between Mr. Al-
derman Waithmen, Messrs. Jacks; Dixon, James,
Favell, and other Members, the Petition .%•as re-
ferred to a select Committee of sixteen.

Mr. Ahlei•man ATKINS said, he would not sub-
mit to the authority of any such Committee.
The Corunrittee was named, after some discus-
siowas to the persons to be appointed. .

The Cotrrt granted the st►m of one hundred
pounds to Mr; Thomas flewsen, on his petition,
in consideration of his loss, sostaiued by the de"-
predations of the mob in December, ISI6, on
their breaking into the house of Mr. Rae, in the
Minorieft, where he resided.

A -Report was presented from the Bridge House
Committee, relative to the expellees of the Borough
Magistracy bein'g defrayed out of the Bridge House
funds, which was read and ordered to he printed.
Au especial Committee was appointed to inquire
into the present state of the London Workhouse,
aryl to cousider of what steps can be adopted to
relieve the Inhabitants of the City of that establish-
meut .—A:tionrned.