Star.
London, England, 1823-06-24 00:00:00

COMMON OQIINCILs. 4 •
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A Ciiurt of boron:ten Council win • bed lititeldlitY,
in consequence 01 the • fcir ttlibtiilgrifie tottailcil
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Dvidge'having passed' . se of Comitsons,-:and
clause added thereto on ird remain* that,"
Engineer nor Contractor ould Ise employed, nor,
any security taken for. *e due performance of .the
work, without the'apprdbation in writing'of three of
the Lords of the Treasury. ~1'._,1
A Petition from the Inhabitants of the Ward a"
Cripplegate, for an improvement to be made by,
widening Fcire•street, opposite the Church, was pre!'
seined, and referred to the Improvement Committee.l
' The Bridge House Committee then presented a
Report of their having, under the former orders of i
the Court, prepared Petitions to the House of Lords.—
ist, For permission to withdraw the Bill for Re-build-
-1m London Bridge; 2d, To be heard by Counsel,
Agents, and Witnesses, against the Bill r• and 2d,
To be heard by Counsel against such parts of the Bill
as appear injrtrious or prejudicial to-the rights, privi.
leges, and interests of the City, and that the same
may not pass as it now stands. i
The several Petitions having been read, were agreed.'
to, and the Sheriffs, attended by the fienSembrencer.
requested to wait upon some Lord in Parliament,
and request him to present them to the House Of
Lords as circumstances may require.
.The Court also referred it to the Bridge House
Ceminittee to prosecute. the Petitions as they should
be advised.
!Rarest Aelettith /111 a OANIelt 81:711SC.RIPTION.
Before the Court • robe, the Lotto • MAYOR stated,
that he haA'received two communications on the sub-
ject of their recent proceedings, which he wished to
lay before the Court. The first was a letter from Mr.
Bow ring, the Secretary to the committee for ma-
naging the:Spanish subscription, thanking the Court
for-its munificent donation of £l,OOO, in support of
the Spaniards in their present struggle for liberty.
' This letter was read, and ordered to be•entered on
the journals. .. .
llie second communication, cbritinued his Lord-
ship, was sent to him, with a request that he might
lay it before the next Court. It was signed by 1U
Aldermen and 16 Commoners, and purported to-be
a protest against the recent resolution for granting
£l,OOO, to the support of the Sp.tniards. "I do not'
krioW," the Lord Mayor added, " what piecedent
there is for receiving sutli a document; but I feel it'
right to lay it before the Court as it was sent to me.'
I scarcely need observe, indeed it would be wholly
unnecessary if my conduct in this matter had not
been made the subject of the grossest misrepresen-
tation, that with this protest I havenOthing to do. 1
did not originate it. Whatever my conduct Orr the
subject may be thought of, 1 would act in the same
manner again; if the same circumstances occivred:"
Mr. Fnexia. said a few words respecting the dan-
ger of the precedent in receiving such i'dottrinetit.
—(Here were some Well Rigel, raid). . ••* .'
Mr. Jupt said, he shtml object tts the Protest being
read, unless a precedent for it were clearly before
the Court.

Mr. Alderman WAITIOMAIt said, it would be very
irregular to read it. There was ors preCedent for n.
The only wan in which protases were known in that
Court were by Members dividing the Court on any I
question on which they differed front others, and let-1
ting the voles for and against be tecorded. Much as
he might wish, as a matter of curiosity,. to know the
Contents of such a document, he st 6Old objecttOits
being read, as without a precedent.
Mr. GALLOWAY said, it was highly indetorons and
improper for.Gendemert *holm d bad an opportunity
of expressing their sentiments on the late question, to
seek in this manner to reiterate the argumeotsagatust
it. Ile ,would, thertfoie, tddest it Was proved td be
*All-established course of prect.ditig, object to thli
being read. At the same time he felt obliged for the
manner in which the Lord Mayor had introduced it
to the Court.
The Loll) Mate* slid it was addressed, not to
the Cotrrt, but tOlthitiSt4f, with Yt silquest that he would
lay it before-the next Otytttt. Ili had thought it ne-.
cessary to inform the COtirt. of its character before he'
had it read, lest he should be said to have taken any
advantage of the court, while ignorant of its import.
It was here suggested that the officer of the Court
should be consulted at to precedent for such a protest.
This was done, and the 46,114er answere, that within'
his memory, the Court bed otter received a protest
Against an? of its proceedings.
Mr. Alderman WAITIIIJAS then moved:--" That
the Lord Mayor had infOrmed the tow of his haw.
ing received (With a request that he Would preseet it
to the Court).* written Protest, signed by ten Alder-
Men acid 16 Gtonitnnttets, against the proceidingi tir
the Court on the 10th instant, in having voted £lOOO
iri aid of the Spaniards in their endeavours to repel,
the unjust aggression of the gourhonS..
" Resolved, That as this appears to the Cobol W 'II witliset
frreeedebi, it liaiittet be retetved;" • -
After some short discussion as to theforin of pro-,
reeding, this Resolution was agrted to. and After some
routine business was dispatched, the Coed bnike ap
The following is a list of the protesting Aldermen
and Commoners:

Aldermen—Curtis, Atkins, Gip, Rower, Msitosh aridopio!
tax, Lucas, C. Smith, and Thompson.
Commoners—S. Mon, Itydt., J. O. enpr, Meek Sontag%
Cowie, Pencil, Crneker, Burrs., lAsisesiept Dame, Halkaa
Elden, Wood Ward, Marshall, and aibbs.

The Ecclesfield Ladies' Benefit eoriety held their
annual meeting at that place, on Thateday.last. The
Rev. Mr. RIDER preached anexcelleat sermon on the
occasion. Upwards of one hundred females sdragh,
tea together, and the pleasantly of the day was com-
pleted by a merry dance.
The friends of humanity will bedeligbred to heat,
that in the Royal Marine Carps, tmtdasied at fir-]
mouth, the tread-mill bas superbeded tire-mmeraine-i
tails. Except in extreme cases, the iavarialsie
prac-
tice of the Presidents of Ciarts-eattial is tociancl the
prisoner from one to rout tiihtiths tb ifie • tetild-it
in the County Btidetrell, intteed OF to tbabes/ti-
the training-house; sad the affect has beat doled ;-
all cams to be very staselow4
An instance of mortality has occurred at Wake,
in the house of a peisob of name of Speak. "db.
its the coupe of less than itorteight, has buried bit
wife and three children, till ef *hens blew ftllea *ft-

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doss to the typhus fever.
Last week a bairaesser of eihiretwoorlied::
sea, tell a ,ictim to excessive clrinkiits of Pit*.