The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-04 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON MUNCH..

The Court met yesterday for the despatch of bu-
siness, and as it was the first held since the Lord
Mayor bad been placed in the civic chair, there was
a full attendance of Common Councilmen.
The LORD MAYOR, on taking his seat, expressed
himself in strong terms of gratitude for the high
honour he had attained at the hands of his fellow-

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citizens, in having him placed in the chair from
which he now addressed the Court for the first time

He relitii on the assistance of his fellow-delays to
enable him to fulfil the duties of the high ollice he
now held.—(Hear, hear.)

THANKS TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR.

Mr. Deputy BROOK rose to propose the thanks of
the Court to William Thompson, Esq., the late
Lord Mayor. It was not necessary for him to go
to any length in proposing this vote of thanks, as
every class of citizens were fully aware of the cha-
racter of the individual he had just named. The
vote of thanks expressed the satisfaction that had
been produced by the manner in which the late
Lord Mayor had fulfilled the duties of his office, for
his prompt assistance rendered to the distressed ma-
nufacturers in the city of London—for the kind aid
afforded to unfortunate exiles, who had been driven
to our shores—and for the splendid manner in which
the late Lord Mayor had maintained the dignity and
hospitality of the city of London.
Mr. TICKNER, in seconding the vote of thanks,
said that on the present occasion the vote ought not
to pass as as a mere matter of form. The Hon.
Gentleman then passed a very high eulogium oil the
late Lord Mayor, and cordially seconded the vote.
The thanks of the Common Council were then
unanimously voted to William Thompson, Esq.
Alderman and M.P.
A Report was presented from the New London
Bridge Committee, for sealing a deed of security to
the Lords of the Treasury for a further advance of
5'3,000/, to complete the approaches to London-
bridge. The report was adopted.
TONNAGE DUTIES.

The Chairman for the Port Committee presented
a Report from the Committee, which was read and
adopted. It contained the following passage, which
is of some interest to the commercial body :—" The
Committee have great satisfaction in stating, that it
is probable that the principle of 202,234/. 16,.
(owing by the city to the Government) now remain-
ing, will be discharged out of the proceeds of the
tonuage-dutier, within a period of less than five
years, when the said charge will be continued only
for such time as will be sufficient to form a fund for
the payment of the harbour service on its present
reduced establishment, and that the trade of the
port of London will then be entirely relieved from
this burden, which now amounts to no less a sum
than 47,000/. per annum."
Mr. TAYLOR said that the commercial interest
were much obliged to the worthy Chairman for the
ability Nhich he had displayed on this occasion.

NEw FLEET MARKET.

Mr. GALLOWAY rose to call the attention of the

Court to a subject which had recently occupied a
large share of public attention, and was in itself of
considerable importance. It was well known that a
large sum of money had been expended on the build-
ing of the new market in the ward of Farringdon,
and the public had a right to expect that the affairs
of this market would be administered in a pure and
impartial manner. It had, however, been asserted
in the most public manner, that a butcher who sold
meat in this market had received notice from the
Committee of City Lands to quit his tenement be-
cause he sold his meat cheaper than other butchers.
Ile trusted that the persons concerned would afford
the fullest explanation on this point.
:qr. LEGG, the Chairman of the Committee alluded
to, said that the case had been grossly misrepresented
in the public prints. That the butcher alluded to
had received notice to quit frOm the Select Com-
mittee was true; but it was not because he under-
sold other butchers, but on the grounds that he had
surreptitiously obtained possession of the shop (it
liavitig been taken by his brother), that he had in-
sulted the City officers, and that he had openly de-
clared his hostility to the new market. Having ex-
plained that the price at which the individual sold
his meat had nothing to do with the case, he could
not now refrain from declaring that in nine cases out
of ten the ticketing shops were a system of fraud.
It was right to add, that the notice to quit gi ten by
the Select Committee had been rescinded by the
General Committee, and the subject was still under
investigation.
Mr. GALLOWAY said, he was glad to hear that
the individual in question was not an object of per-
secution, because he was satisfied with selling at a
less profit than his neighbours. He thought it was
the duty of the Corporation to encourage compe-
tition in the new market, in order that the public
might have the opportunity of purchasing the neces-
saries of life on the lowest terms. After the expla-
nation which had been given, he did not feel it
necessary to submit any motion on the subject.
Mr. TICKNER thought that the charge of unfair
dealing, as to the mode of obtaining possession of
the shop, was not made out against the butcher.
He had a perfect right to employ his brother iH the
shop as his partner or servant. With respect to
the charge of riotous conduct, that, too, was unsup-
ported by proof.
Mr. R. L. JONEi begged to inform the worthy
speaker, that no complaint of misconduct was made
against the butcher until after he had been told by
the Committee to take down his tickets. When
the butcher received that order, he very naturally
said,--" The Committee may be —."—(A laugh.)
Mr. TICKNER said that this made the case worse.
He had likewise seen it stated in a newspaper, that
one of the members of the Committee had told the
butcher that if he did not take down the notice in
which he announced that he would supply families
with meat at 41. per pound, he should hear fur-
ther from him. lie thought that the Court ought
not to separate without coming to a resolution de-
ing that they had no knowledge of the transac-
tion, and would not interfere with fair competition.
Mi. ROBERTS begged to offer some explanation
of the share which he had in the transaction as a
member of the Committee. On the evening of the
(lay when the market opened, information was
brought hint that a disturbance had arisen there.
lie went into the market and found a mob assem-
bled round Mr. Clark's shop. He said to Mr.
" You, are aware that the Committee will
not approve of this conduct, and I give you notice
that I will inform the Committee of it." The rea-
son why he thus addressed Mr. Clark was this—
there was an implied understanding among all the
butchers, an understanding which would bind all
honourable men, that the practice of ticketing should
be discontinued. He hoped this explanation would
be satisfactory to the Court, so far as he was con-
,cerned in the matter.
WEsToN said the explanation of the Hon.
Gentleman led him to infer that there existed a com-
bination amorist the butchers.—(Hear.)
After a few words from Aldermen WAITIIMAN
and FAREBROVI,ER, and Mr. Deputy ROUTH, the
conversation dropped, it being understood that the
subject should be again brought under the notice of
the Court by a report from the Committee.
Some other business of no importance was trans-
acted, and then the Court adjourned.

MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JEF- I
FEitsogt THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.-It has been ob-
served, and we believe with truth, that Mr. JEFFERSON is
the first example of a thorough Democrat, maintaining his
democracy from his early youth to extreme old age, in
Congress, at the Court of Kings, in office as a Secretary of
State, and as the first man for eight years, in very diffi-
cult and stormy times, cf. the Amen loan people. The Me-
jloirs and Correspondence, therefore, of such a man are a
great curiosity. His letters are addressed to all sorts of
persons 10 America, as well as to the leading political cha-
ractersin Fran.c! and England. Ner are they confined to
Dolitics or politicians ; they are addressed to artists, au
1340,5, speculators of all kinds, and Ns ith the graver matte
are full of amusing disquisitions upon taste and literature. r

MAILS.
Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due.
O America 0 0 Hamburg
O Brazil
O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 1
O Carthage Ha. 0 0 Leeward islands
1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0
O Flanders 0 0 Mexico
1 France 0 0 Sweden
0 Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 2 Waterford

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning— 5t minutes after 8 I Evening ...28 minutes after 9.

CONTRACTS FOR SALT, WHEAT, PEASE, AND
WILLOW RODS.
VICTUALLING OFFICE, DEC. 4, 1929.
THE Commissioners for Victualling His
Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give notice, that on
FRIDAY, the 18th instant, they will be ready to receive
Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the under-
mentioned Articles, to be delivered into the Vic-
tualling Stores at Deptford, viz. :
'Articles. Periods of Delivery.
One Hundred Tons of BAY SALT, Between the Ist day
Stove-dried ; and of May, and the
Fifty Tons of WHITE SALT, 31st day of July,
Stove-dried, next.
Two Thousand Quarters of WHEATI One-half of each by
(to weigh 60Ib. to the Bushel) the 31st day of
One Thousand Quarters of PEASE, January, and the
and remainder by the
Three Hundred Thousand WIL- 28th day of Fe-
LOW RODS. bruary next.

samples of the Wheat, Pease, and of the Willow Rods
(of not less than 500 great tale), must be produced by the
Party tendering, and not any Tender for Rods will he re-
ceived for less than One Hundred Thousand ; Samples of
the Salt, together with the Conditions of the Contracts,
may be seen at this Office.
Each Tender must specify the price in words at length,
and be delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed,
and the Person who rakes the Tender, or some Person on
his behalf, must attend to answer when called for.
11.1. WALLER CLIFTON.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the COM-
MISSIONERS of the METROPOLIS TURN-
PIKE ROADS North of the Thames, will meet at their
Office, No. 22, Whitehall-place, in the Parish of Saint
Martin-in-the-Fields, in the city of Westminster, on FRI-
DAY the 18th day of December next, at the hour of One
in the afternoon, to consult about removing and d isconti-
nuing [various Toll Gates, Toll Houses, Toll Bars, and
Side Bars, now being upon or by the sides' of the
Roads comprized in the first District of the Metropolis
Turnpike-Roads, and also to consult about erecting various
New Toll-Gates, Toll Houses, Toll Bars, and Side Bars,
upon or by the Sides of the Roads comprized in the
above-mentioned District.
By order of the Board,
J. L. PANTER,
Chief Clerk and Secretary.
Metropolis Roads' Office, Dec. 4, 1829.