Star.
London, England, 1824-06-03 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.

A Coen of Common Council was held yesterday, at Guildhall,
I,:rtt was numerously attended.
.;1.1:c Coact considered the Report of the Committee of City' Lands,
ts.i.,loa to the new Court at the Session House in the Old Bailey,
at: i or the appointment made by the Court of Aldermen, of Mr.
st.rltrj rdu Assam to attend there, in the unavoidable absence of the
and Common Serjeant ; and also to perform the early and
I.de clutv of the Court, with a salary attached, without communi-
die same to the Court of Common Council ; and also rtla-
tie,: to the appropriation of the seats iu the gallery..-'fire Court
~,eeed to the Report.
Th, Cr,mt proceeded to the Election of Water Balla, in the
room of \lr..lfosvell, deceased, and on the ballot being taken, thew
•ated for Mr. Saunders& considerable majority of votes. \V byre-
the Loan M*voa declared Mr. Saunders duly elected.
'The I,dnary Committee presented a Report on the ecc,:,,ity and
ered;eecy of that measure, in which they recommended nime•tirea
,:tn:di,tuly to be adopted for establishing the sane, fcr granting
...1111 ei £5OO for the purposes of an outfit, and an anitua bunt
towards rendering the same as complete; as possible.—
r.,part was agreed to.

'Tue.-Alay, the Duke of SUSSEX gave a grand enter tail:-
rnJ:t Jt his residence In the King's Palace, Kensington. The dinner
p ray consisted of the Duke and Duchess of Geouerseee, the Prin-
ce, Arreore, Prince lameness, the Duchess of KENT, the Duchess
c:" CI.A;.I.FCE. the Princess Soexis, the Princess Sonnet MATILDA,
eo: Prince of Letstrammi, the Princess Fremoita, the Prince anti
preeies lerwrsoram, and their daughter, &c. llis Royal 1 liglinessli
also a numerous and splendid evening party, who began to as-
ensile.: between nine and ten o'clock. At half-past ten o'clock a
teetel cnncertlemimenced, under the direction of Sir (1 SMART, in
'loyal Duke's library. The vocal performers were, Miss
&ensue the Misses Cewsx (pupils of Sir (s. SMART). Messrs.
o a tit., I 101INCASTI.E. PRHALPS, COSA, &c. Sir G. SMART
7.- (I *ter. ATTWOOP presided at the rend pienteforte. The perform-
• 10, a itteliciflus selection of English and I alien music. The
ert coeciuded at a quarter before our o'cleck. The company
ce. ee,peeal with tee most choice and excellent refresismeros.
s. today afterno3n, at tour o'clock, a Cabinet Coon-
,: .reed at the Foreign Office. Downing-street, which was
by the greater past of the Cabinet 3liuisters. Cali-
i.::.: in deliberation for neatly an hoar.
'o.eress BAT!IUKST had a grai..l Assembly on Toes-
at her house in Great Stanhope street, %lay-f. ir, to
o en. King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands; but her :11a;
regret to state, was prevented attending iron i:u
Tire whole interior of the house MIS atlttl Up with great
~,:e el.gance, and was most brillainly illeminated. There were
~:cant between 200 and '5OO distinguished leahionablea.
The Surrey toads, at an early hour this morning, ex-
a moving panorama, vehicle of every description pacing on
inert-me in order to winless the race for the Derhy Sweepstakes
There are fifty-seven subscribers, at 5e guinea; each. Of
• much inter& st is excited in the sporting wurhe and not more
t:. o: a dezen horses are expected to start.
The blite-eyeJ Nun-. of St. Catharine's,in conjunction
ree the tentliarbond of that order, lest night (ie cot:aqui:lice
ie the Doc% 11:1! being thrown out in the !louse of Commons)
illensieoted their respective temples of adoration and peace.
to tie:ern:V..l were they te testify th -ir joy upon the occasion,
test teeny of th-rn, in the language of in the Upholsterer,
Lea bet:: guilty of treason, and termed ilehels—having spent their
teoty-pence put dy for rent in the ;surds .se of candles, a:id mak-
soritice to one. of their most favoured Saint,—Pent ruin.
)'e tee day, about two o'clock, as one of the dt.tys
Ni ere Gosling and Broadwood, ::l:= ire of Broad-sweet,
Geidenoquar :, after delivering its loath was standing at the deur of
the Joey a pehlic-house in Webber-row, St. George's
Feler, the draymar. got tip to arrange the ca-ks, which aletrued
the ha: se, which immedietely started (Ad' with all the cete age of a
high mettied racer," and running eseilrly to the end of the row
toueses Waterloo-rood, leaped the toll-bar, which he cleared with
:el tie. ease and agility of a hunter, and the shafts of the dray
eleag men the gate, completely demolished and broke it down,
lee '::c erayman still kept hit place among the empty barrels. The
logo Eoling himself impeded by the wheels of the dray coming in-
wite the gate post, leered moat tremendously. These was
an Celle r ccideet, earl the drayinan escaped with merely a fright
:ad a nil with the empty tubs.
Inosd two pet sous edzeresl the shop of Mr. Cossey,
r in Gray's Inn-lane, and calling for a pint of milk, en-
s. ire e converse:ion with him. One of them contrived to get
i. to a. rem above stairs anti carried off 150 sovereiens, but fortu-
tetels orerleeheel 2001. in Beek-no:es.
Iteoll day forenoon, ann.st eleven o'clock, the
scaf-
for rebuilding of the house of Mr. Armstrong, oil.
seer, in liettirewell, suddenly gave way, in consequence of the in-
care rnonner in which it was constructed. One unfortunate men
st W,Tel of his limbs broken, awl was carried to the hospital, and
thee or Men were seriously hurt.
The :ollovn• ing is an extract of a letter received yes-
terday, dated Deesbay, Dezember 51 :—" Wr are all very anxious
to see the steani-bisat iitivigaticiii set on coot. I see, by the Newe-
eipers,sB.o:.o run -es have been subscribed towards the premium of
10.00 W. that Ilas beets promised to the first Company that makes
the voyage out it: a steam vessel. This ought to stimulate the peo-
ple iu Loudon,with ling purses, to risk a capital in the enterprize.
The crop: in this part of the country have tamest entirely failed tor
want of rain; the ss hole track between the Hurtle River and the
&levies!' is completely burnt up. Flour Is already 10 seers for
tee rupee (two or three times its usual price) ; but there is no fear
el a famine, as the clops were so abundant last year that a great
surplus is left. A mounted goat has been established from llombay
Aernagsbad, which is found extremely useful; and if it it ulti-
mately successful, will be uitiversalls established in India."
The King o. SWEDEN Nonway has issued two
Proclamations; the one placitg lii itisk produce and manufactures,,
imported into Sweden by British vessels, upon the same footing,
r. ith regard to duties of customs, as if imported by Swedish vessels;
:addle other placing British vessels upon a perfect equality with
evredish vessels, in respect to dues of every description.
Captain G. B. CoxinbA, cormilandin!..:, the brig Dol-
Thin, under English colours, which has arrived in this port, from
Gibraltar, states that, after the or ivel of an F.nglislt frigate, it was
reported that the differences between Kneland and Aleiera had been
eleeted, the Algerinea having submitted to ell tee conditions pee-
s:: Shed by the Faiglish.—Piedniontese Gazette.
Accounts front Corfu, via Trieste, of the 29th April,
onto that COLOCOTRONI had resigned the command of the troops and
s !helloed to the Greek Government; but that in future he will be
employed in Epirus.
Between six and seven o'clock on Tuesday evening,
as Mr. Sloman, a sheriff's officer, and Neave his assistant, were
deicing along Brunswick-square, in a single horse chaise, both the
!lifts by some accident broke short, when the unfortunate peruses
tease thrown out, and the wheels passed over Owe. elr. Sennett
N... 0 his nose and one of his arms broken. Neave had sense bosses
and both were shockingly cut and bruised; they were both
taken up apparently insensible, and carried into the house of !Mr.
itawlinson, 11,in the square,wbere every kind and human.: attentien
was paid them; :111r. Wright, of Greville-street, and Mr. :Bellies, of
Bernard-street, surgeons,who were sent for, attended, dreoed their
weitrids, and rendered *logical assistance, and after remaining nearly
two hours they were put into a hackney-coach, and conveyed hem e.
An Irish Gehtleinan being extren,'2ly ill, and almost.
eead for want of rest, it was thought expedient to give hint an
tieiare. Wbilst it was preparing, his disorder being at a crisis, he
eno a profound sleep: a friend and countryman who hail at-
tended hint with the most unremitting care, seeing the state he was
a', shook him violently by the &boulder, exclaiming, " Arra!), my
!ems' friend, don't be after sleeping now, but wait till you have
your sleeping stuff !"
ii c Gieek Government Las sent letters, confirmllg
t-'•)••!' of citizens on NI, BRENt, of Zurich, President
rt!te Central Society for the support of the Greeks, to
OrtELLt, and the High Bailiff' 11l Theie
klocuments ate in the ancient Greek language.
A.:counts from Christiania state, that the King of
Swi.:»tx 1:,.s seta to the Storthing a prop. sal to dt•stniss
‘2
)00 regularly raised troops, and to increase the
00,,s of the district by the same number.
Monday, be,ween twelve and one o'clock, wh;lst the
1.•,,,n,c-as were rime to dinner, William !Talker, who had been sun
t c 1 to transeortenon for life, effected Isis escape ft urn the New
elaischester,by mutes of a ladder left by the workmen.
C'. at,,, I.r:ocr, of IVeatbourn Greets, and H. Lungtott, his
tatter, 5. cooroi:ted from Mary-ladnsai.t.• Office, the fos neer
for rec...A•:T, the letter for stealing, a quantity of hay, the pro-
perty el Mts. Motel, wile occupies a farm at Acton.
:1 second it towards the fight between Josh Hudson and
Tom Canticle, the Windsor champion, was made at Mr. Cribb's,
ft" Thursda, evening last. The whole stakes of toot. a-side wid
eepositmi at the' New Inn, Windsor, a week before the battle,
wi :eh is to take place on the 2301 of June. Josh is the favourite.