Star.
London, England, 1814-11-25 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held at Guildhall. Tho
Lott® MAYOR addressed the Members at some length,.,
recommending temper and regularity in debate, how-
eva.r much their political opinions might differ ; and
expressing his firm reliance on their support in main-
taining order.
Thanks were voted to Sir WILLIAM DOMVILLE.
late Lord Mayor, for the integrity, impartiality, hu-
manity, and hospitality, displayed by him in the dis-
charge of his Otlice.—See Advertisement in front of this
Palter.
The Court voted 11500 to the London Hospital ;
also :t purse of SO guineas to the late Lord Mayor's
Chaplain, as a testimony of their sense of his services.
A. Petition to Parliament for leave to bring in a
Bill to en..ble the Corporation to pull down Black-
well Ilan, in order to build Courts of Justice, was
read and agreed to.
The Report of the Committee for General Pur-
pos's relative to their proceedings in respect to the
Bills fer preventing Mock Auctions, was brought up
and toad. On' the question that it should lie on the
Table, Mr. WAITHMAN called the attention of the
Court to the importance of suppressing mock auc-
tions ; and after repeating his former observations
upon the subject, concluded, moving a Resolution
expressing the concern of the Court at the failure of
their former efforts to check the frauds practised at
itinerant and other auctions, and calling on the traders
generally to petition Parliament to remedy the evil.
After a sleort conversation the motion was agreed to.
Mr. WarrtiataN then moved, that the draft of a
petition be presented to the House of Commons,
which lie held in his hand, should be read. The
motion was agreed to, and the petition was read by
the Clerk. It set 'forth the frauds practised at mock
auctions, and the inducements held out to evil-dis-
posed persons to defraud their creditors, and commit
depredations on the property of others, and prayed the
interference of Parliament.

After a few words from Mr. S. Dixon, a motion
that the petition should be adopted, was agreed to.
A Report from the Committee of General Pur-
poses on the Surcharges mule by the Commissioners
for assessring' the Property Tax on the income of the
City, to tik amount of 1i7891, and recommending a
remuneration to Mr. Scott, Clerk to Mr. Chamber-
lain, for his exertions, was read. •'
, Mr. S. DIXON considered the remuneration pro-
posed to Mr. Scott (A 100) unnecessary.
. Mr. WAITIDIAN characterised the conduct of the
Commissioners of the Property Tax as being most tin•
just and "oppressive. On the subject cf the Pro-
perty Tax, it was his intention shortly to bring for-
ward a motion ; and perhaps it was not too- much to
hope the Lord Mayor wouti call a Special Court on
the occasion. He was of pi ion, Mr. Scott well de-
s-Tired the remuneration which it was proposed to give
him. He read a resolution to tl 0 following effect
That it appears to this Cow t, the attempt to assess
separately the various sources of the income of the
City, was most upjust and oppressive, and calculated
to eaforce the payment of a much larger sum than
that fir which the City was lawfully liable, in order
to increase :he emoluments of the collectors."

This Reso;ution, with the exception of that part of
it relating to the Colltctors, was put and agreed to.
At the suggestion of the LORD MAYOR, the Bread
Committee were directed to proceed with respect to
the Assize of Bread, in such a way as should to them
appear fittest to accomplish the object in view.
A discussion took place on the Report of the Com-
mittee oP General. Purposes, recommending a new
opening to be made law the Great North Road, by
means of a street extending from Iltet market along
the line cif the Fleet river, to come out At the cud of
St. John's-street. . .

On the question that the Report.shnuld be agreed
to, a division took place, when the numbers *ere—
Fur the Report 35—Against it 21.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The Tragedy of Macheth
again attracted a crowded audience last night and
Mr. KEAN, as usual, was received with enthusiastic
applause.
COVENT-GARDEN. —Mr. ICENBLE last night sustain-.
ed the character of Cardinal Waltg, in SHAKESPEARE'S
Play of King Henry the Eighth: his acting was fine,
and richly rewarded with applause. Mrs. RENAUD,
in Queen Kathet ine, was interesting and effective. The
Play was succeeded by The Forert of Bandy, in which
the part of Blaite was personated by Mr. BLANCHARD,
in consequence cif the illness of Mr. Livia:4.- Mr. B.
acquitted him elf well, and excited much la.ighter.
bouesr.—Wednesday an Inquest was held at
Hackney Wick, before Mr. UNWIN, Coroner for Mid-
dlesex, on the body of J. George, nine years of age,
who dird in a manner rather unexpected. On Friday
last he had attei.ded the school of a Mr. Williams, in
Well-street. but had spent the stipend which his pa-
rents had given him to pay for his wet kly schor ling,
and had told a deliberate falsehood when charged
with it. For this NVlDiams had corrected him, and a
ritiriour was circulated that the lad had died from the
severity of punishifient. Two medical professdrs out
of six or seven Who had viewed the body, certified
to the Coroner, after dissection, that every part was
in a perfectly sound state, excepting that a more than
usual quantity of fluid was in the ventricles of the
ttrain, and they attributed his death to no external
injury, but to the effusion found there.—The mother
deposed that he was perfectly well on Tuesday even-
ing after the correction, and went to school as usual
Wednesday in the evening he was seized with vomit
ing, and so continued at intervals, with occasional fits
oaten complaining of his head, till he died on Friday.
Sc veral boys from the schoel attended, as did the
master, and from the whole it appeared the boy was
corrected in a moderate manner with a rod which was
produced, and that the inquest had been called on
principally at the solicitation of the master. The Co-
roner bri'Hy remarked, that the correction which had
been administered appeased moderate and requisite,'
and that from the view the Jury had taken of the
body, and the testimony of the medical men, and
other circumstances, it was scarcely possible to infer
that the deceased had died from any other than a rip
aural death.
Tuesday se'nnight, Thomas Neil, was killed at
Ford bridge by the falling of an arch. He went im-
mediately after dinner, before any of the other work.
men bad returned, to slacken the wedges of the cen.
tre of the arch, which in consequence tell, and buried
him is the rulas.