The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-25 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.

A Court was held yesterday, when the Lord Mayor
presided for the first time. A vote of thanks to the
late Lord Mayor for his upright and impartial conduct
was carried unanimously, and ordered to be tran-
scribed upon vellum, and presented in due form.
A petition was hen presented from Mr. Daniel
'Whittle Harvey-, praying that the election for High
Bailiff of Southwark may be declared void, on the
ground that it had not been conducted according to
the usual rules of. the Court, and that the petitioner
had evidence to prove that he had a majority in
his favour.

After some discussion on the motion for affixing the
Seal of the City to the appointment of Mr. Pritchard,
the question• was carried by a large majority, and Mr.
Pritchard was received as High Bailiffof the Borough
of Southwark.

THE LONDON CAOUTCHOUC
COMPANY.

In consequence of an intimation that Mr. Warwick
would attend at the Guildhall yesterday, to state the
ultimate determination of M. Leaf with respect to
the bills filed in Chancery for alleged infringement
upon the above Company s patent, the Police •court
was crowded with the retail hosiers of the metropolis.
Sir PETER LAURIE presided.
Mr. Warwick said that eertain statements havino-
appeared in the public prints which were' injurious Co
Mr. Leaf's character, he (Mr. Warwick), after a con-
ferenca with that gentleman, came forward for the
purpose of making the following statement. Mr.
Morley called upon him, and after stating that
he was the chairman of certain parties who
were aggreived by the several Chancery suits,
requested him to have an interview with Mr. Leaf
to know what steps he had taken to put a stop to the
injustice under which they were suffering. lie replied
that he was most dissatisfied, in the first instance, that
any proceedings should have been taken
against the retail dealers, and had - in-
sisted upon their immediate discontinuance. There
was no doubt that they were in posses •
sion of goods that infringed .the patent .of the Com-
pany, but his wish was that wholesale dealers and im-
porters alone should be punished. Such being the
sentiments of Mr: .Leaf, he (Mr. Warwick) was quite
sure, that if the gentlemen who were aggrieved had
applied to him in a body, they would at once have ob-
tained redress.

Sir PETER LAURIE—I understand that every
shilling which has been taken out of the pockets of
these defendants, has been paid back again to them.
Mr. Warwick—Yes, out of Mr. Leaf's pocket.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I am delighted that this has
been the result of this investigation, at
,which some
individuals attempted to sneer at first, but which
brought such a fortunate termination to a case which
threatened 150 Chancery suits.
Mr. Warwick then continued to say that after
Mr. Leaf had acted as described, a meeting of the de-
fendants in the suits instituted by the solicitor was
held on last Tuesday at the Guildhall Coffee-house,
at which -a resolution was passed to the effect that the
meeting felt deeply grateful to Mr. Leaf for his honour-
able and kind conduct towards them. Mr. Leaf deter-
mined that the bills should be taken off the file of the
Court of Chancery, not only in the original cases, but
those of the iemaining 53; and not only that, but he
had also given him a letter to produce in Court this
day.
Sir P. LAURIE, upon receiving the letter, read to
the following effect :—That the undersigned gave an
assurance no further proceedings should be taken
against the retail-dealers. It was signed by Mr. Leaf
and other members of the Company. He thought
that the retail-dealers and all other parties were much
indebted to Mr. Warwick for the conclusion to which
the case had come.

Mr. Morley said he thanked, on the part of those
for whom he spoke, Mr. Leaf, for having paid 3801.
out of his pocket in liquidation of the law expenses,
and he also most gratefully tendered his thanks to
Sir Peter Laurie, for only for him the retail dealers
would have had to pay 1,0001. in costs. Mr. War-
wick bad said that if the retail dealers went to Mr.
Leaf the proceedings would have been dropped ; hut
he could show crom.Mr. Warwick's own evidence at
the last meeting that such was not the case.
Mr. -Warwick—l am ready to state, on lily oath,
that Mr. Leaf did all he could to prevent the oppres-
sion of the small dealers.

Mr. Morley—As Mr. Leaf had already paid 3801.,
it would be a gracious act in him to pay about 401.
more out of his pocket to take the bills off the
file of Court. Such conduct would give complete
satisfaction to the great body of the metropolitan
hosiers, and it would also render justice to men who
were unjustly persecuted. Mr. Morley here ad-
dressed Mr. Warwick, and said, " Will you allow me
to state, through you, to the retail dealers, that Mr.
Leaf will take those bills of the file ?"

Mr. Warwickl have no authority to make such
a promise on the part of Mr. Leaf. What might such
a proceeding cost in such case ?
Mr. Morley-21., perhaps.
Mr. Warwick—l could not undertake to make this
promise if the sum exceeded 11.—(after some hesita-
tion)—or perhaps 11.55.—(A voice ironically, " Make
it another half-crown.") If the costs did not exceed
this sum, he would undertake, on the part of Mr.
Leaf, that the bills should be taken off—at the same
time he knew that gentleman would act with his usual
kindness and liberality under any circumstances.
Sir PETER LAURIE said all parties were deeply in-
debted to Mr. Morley for his share in this trans-
action, and Mr. Leaf more so than any one else; as,
were it not for him, not fifty individuals only would
have been oppressed, but one thousand.
All parties having expressed their thanks to Sir
Peter, the meeting broke up.

THE SHIRT-MAKERS AND THE ARMY AND POLICE
CLOTIfING-MAKERS.— Since public attention has been
called to the prices which are doled out by the whole-
sale shirt-makers to those whom misfortune compels
to earn a subsistence by their needle, a very strong
feeling has been expressed on the subject. But while
something has been done, and more will be, for the
shirt-makers, it may be as well to mention another
class of persons—women who earn a scanty subsistence
by making portions of soldiers' and policemen's dress,
and who are equally imposed upon either by the con-
tractor or some " middleman." It will hardly be be-
lieved that the actual maker receives but sixpence per
pair for the grey trousers and red sidepiece ; the same
for summer drills for the Foot Guards ; tenpence for
cavalry trousers, and fivepence for the white drill
jackets, and twopence halfpenny for a pair of drawers.
For policemen's trousers tenpence is paid, and out Of
this the poor women have to find their own thread.—
Pod. [Now, can our Contemporary so far forget the re-
gard due to his readers, as to write about such things?
Shirts, and trousers, and summer drills, and red side-
pr., ice will make many a high dame blush. It is
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too bad.]
The Charge d'Affaires at Naples has sent with
a letter, of the 15th November, to the Chamber of
Commerce at Marseilles, an ordinance of his. Majesty
the King of the Two Sicilies, dated the 29th of last
month, and published at Naples on the sth instant, by
which the duty on the exportation of sulphur from
Sicily is reduced to two. earlins (88 centimes) per
cantar (89 killogrammes).—Le Commerce, Nov. 22.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 21.—The two celebrated por-
traits by Rembrandt, belonging to the late Airs.
Vandepoll, relict of Mr. John Vandepoll, have
been sold here to-day by auction; they were
purchased by M. Nieuwenhuys, of Brussels,
for 32,600 florins, which, with the expenses of
71 per cent., make 35,045 florins. •A cry of
" Bravo " congratulated that gentleman, who is
well known by his numerous purchases f pictures
of the highest class, It is, however, to be regretted
that these two gems will not remain in this country.
The election of Registrar for the West Riding of
Yorkshire has excited much interest in that district.
The candidates are Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Lascelles.
At the close of the poll for the second day the num-
bers are given as follows, by Mr. Lascelles' Com-
mittee :—Lascelles, 1,433 ; Hodgson, 1,356. The
poll closes this day.
FonN HAM Ham„ SUFFOLIC.—The Duke and D uchess
of Norfolk and the Ladies Howard, are not expected
to leave for Hyde Park-place until the middle of next
month, when they will remain in town a few days on
their way to Arundel Castle, Sussex, for the Christmas
holidays.
PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY.—What becomes of all
the pins 4 says a paper involving some singular points
of manufacturing economy. It appears from Pro-
fessor Parrington that twenty millions of pins are
daily manufactured in this country. These get into
general circulation, and, after a time, entirely disap-
pear; but the remarkable fact is, that, like the swal-
lows, nobody knows where they go to. It is proved that,
were it possible to recal these lest articles, a quantity
might be collected sufficient to build the projected
foot-bridge at Hungerford-market, and the residue
might be cast into one enormous Pin, which should be
erected as a column in any part of London best suited
for its elevation ; and to be called Victoria's Pin in
I opposition to Cleopatra's Needle at Alexandria. There
would be a winding staircase in the interior, with a
saloon in its head ; and it might serve as a landmark,
in stormy weather, for the fourpenny steam• boats
plying between Vauxhall and London-bridge.—Punch.
A Goon EXAMPLE.—(From a Correspondent.)—
More than 1,0001. was collected at three charity
dinners in Bristol last week, to distribute among the
poor during the present winter. This was to make
good the loss sustained by the death of Mr. Colston,
a wealthy merchant, who used to give away at least
one thousand pounds a-year. Two of the dinners
were made party questions. The Whigs—that is, the
Anchor Society—beat the Tories by nearly 1001.
THE UNEMPLOYED.—We grieve to say that the
number of the unemployed is still rising. Last week
it was 7,022, this week it is 7,372; showing an in-
crease of 350.—Paisley Advertiser of Saturday.