The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-15 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL, GmLDHALL-(THIS DAY.

Mr. TICKNEIA presented a petition from the inhabitants of Shoe-
lan6, Holborn; praying that the New Fleet Market might be
proceeded in, or that they might not be hindered in their
business by the obstructions from pulling down houses, &c.
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He then stated the propriety of going through with a work which
the City had begun, and the injuries the petitioners received iii
their trade.

The Report from the Committee of Improvements was then
read, and stated, that in consequence of not being able to make
terms for the workhouse and burying grounds of St. Andrews,
Holborn ; it bad been found necessary to contract the intended
limits of the market. The money in hand would therefore be
amply sufficient to perform the necessary operations, and would
leave a surplus of 1,0001.
Mr. FAVELL concurred in the report, and considered the City
bound in honour to go through with the work they had begun.
. Mr. Alderman WOOD regretted the necessary restrictions, as it
would defeat one of the great objects of the markets, namely, the
convenience of trade. The want of room in the.city was the
cause of so many tradesmen having left it for the west end. The
worthy Alderman commented at great length on .the advantages
of a great north road, and would rather the market would have
been on the original plan. -
DixoN ridiculed the idea of another " Great North
Road," and contended that the City should rather expend 45,000/.
on Blackfriars-bridge, than on St. Andrew's burial-ground ; and
moved that the propriety of the measure should rather be referred
to the. Committee of City Lands. .He then opposed the motion,
because though bound in honour to perform the .work, it would
he the ruin of their finances.-

After some further observations, the question whether " the
Report should be received and the Market proceeded with forth-
with' was put, and carried almost unanimously.

PROGRESS OF THE REFORMATION

Yesterday, two men and two women conformed in Cavan Church.
Yesterday, four persons conformed to the Protestant Faith in
Castiepollard Chum&

On the same day, two perssns (females) publicly renounced the
errors of Popery in the Parish Church of Killanne, county Wexford.
On Sunday, the 4th instant, four men and one woman re-
nou:;ced the errors of Popery in St. John's Church, Sligo.
On the same day, two women, mother and daughter, publicly
renounced the errors of Popery, in the parish Cl;J:ch of Clorrs,
M county_onaghan.
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At Limerick, on Sunday week, five persons presented themselves
as communicants at the Cathedral in that City. They were ad-
vised, however, by the Rev. Gentlemen in attendance, to postpone
partaking of the Sacrament until the next monthly opportunity..-.
Dublin Evening Mail.

„.
MEETIN.G 07 NAVAL OFFICERS,--A Meeting
of Gentlemen Connected. with the Naval and Marine Services.was
adVertisecl to be held this day, at the Thatched house Tavern, 'St.
James's street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro-
priety of establishing a Junior Naval Club; hut it appeared that the
plan was not sufficiently mature, and indeed that the proposal for
establi,hing the new institution was not generally known, as a.
very few officers attended who separated, without making any con-
siderable progresi, towards the .object of the
'ORCESTER 'MARCH 14.—We are sorry to state
that
Mr..Barop Garrow left the Criminal Court in this city thii
eVidetillyjabouring'tinder considerable indisposition.—
It Was, we believe, an attack
_of the gout. His Lordship expressed'
his hope that he should be able to resume his official duties 6-
, .
morrow ; hOwever that is considered by no means certain. -”

NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. —A letter from Mr..'
Douglas, the botanist, to Dr. Hooker, recently received, dated
from the Great Falls, tm the Colombia River, contains the fol-
lowing paragraph :-" There is here a
_Mr. •Mitcledd,- who spent
the last five years at Foyt Good Hope, on the Mackenzie River
He informs Me,- that if the., nafives, with whom he -is perfectly
acquainted, are worthy of credit: 'there is "a North-west Passage.
They deicribe a very large-riV:efi thi4 nibs parallel with the Mac,
kenzie, and falls into the: sea near Icy et*, at the month of which
there is an-establishment on an island, where ships come to trade.
They assert that the people are very wicked, having hanged se-
veral of the natives to the rigging.— They wear their beards long.
.-:-Some reliance, I should think,. may be laid on their statement,
as Mr.' Macleod showed us some Russiari coins, combs,. and seve-
ral articles of hardware,' very different from those furnished by
the British Company. Alr. Macleod caused the natives to assem-
ble last summer, for the purpose of accompanying him in his de-
parture for Hudson's Bay. The sea is said to be open after July."
In consequence of its having appearedin evidence
given befcre the Coroner's Inquests holden on persons dying with-
in the King's Bench and Fleet prisons, that several instances of a
very distressing nature have occurred from there being no regular
medical attendants attached to those places, Government have de-
termined to appoint a surgeon who is to take the charge of the
poorer classes of debtors in both the above prisons.