Star.
London, England, 1817-12-12 00:00:00

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Yesterday the Lonn'Mciroe held a Court of Com-
mon Cortina at Guildhall. which was very Nme-
reusly-attetided. Me' t the lasi proceedings had been
I. the Court pioceedal to lbe consideratiiu of the
Rt-p,..t of the -Committee for •General Purposes, tot
hset thin:. it 150 to the Fever institution, as pi misted
it the last C vit. but upon which the question-could
not be put, in consequence of a sufficient number of
Members not being present ; and after several obser-
vations, it was finolly agreed to. The Chamberlain
was ordered to pay the same accordingly. as the gift
of the Court. in aid'of the funds of the institution.
A Petition and Memorial was presented to the
Conn. from Mr. William Payne, on the subject of I
the numerous Poor and Distressed objects wandering
about the City, and uhp, having no parish to resort
to in this inclement avian, are exposed to all the
miseries of want, disease and crime, and praying, ifs!
Court, as operating the Act of Parliament, for the
establishment and governance of the London Work-
house, tn take this aril into serious consideration, and 'I
to adopt Owls measures as the necessity of the case
required.—The Petition was ordered is the Commit-
' tee of City Lands, to essmine And Report.
Mr. GIIIIFFITHS presented a Petition eomplaiuing
of tolls exacted in Allhallows, barking, by Tnomas
Wood, and praying the interposition of the. Court to
prevent the Citizens of London being made subject to
tolls. He stoke at some length in support of the pp-
titian. and arrested, the Comm Council " tastatti
fast in 'their liberty, lest they should be entangled its
the yoke of bondage.".—lt was referred to a Com-.
mine of nine Members.

Mr. Ducou said he felt himself called upon to ex-
press his astonishment at the conduct of the. pudica.,
MCA in St. Thomas's Hospital. He had seen a report
that a sailor had applied to his Lordship, on accoun
of his mother's head having been refused to him. I
was horrible that persons should receive the bodies of
their friends from hospitals in such a mutilated state,
wanting a head. sir any thing but what they ought
to be—(Ncar. hear.) By the report in the 'newspa-
pers it appeared that a professional man had in the
most unfeiling manner justified the refusal of the
,head. To dissect might be argued to be necessary.
'So was the license of the bar said so be necessary (aid
GOD knows it was sometime very great.). But he
hoped that, as they bad the power of correcting. any
abusesin this Hospital, this complaint would not.he
lost sight of.
The Lotto Mayo,' stated the facts as they came
before him, and said, that several circumstances re-
, ported in the newspapers, if they were true, never
reached his pars.
WACIAL Juana,
Mr. Naas° begged that he might be allowe& to
call the attention of the CoUrt to a report, whose oh-
Jett was unequalled by any report of which it now
took. precedence. The subject had long agitated the
public mind ; it was intimately connected with the
right administration of justice; and it most :deeply
concerned the Court 'which he,now addressed. if an
inquiry were not instituted this day, they woad not
have another opportunity betore the first day of seat
term, when a mandamus would be issued for a new
Nig* Jurors. His object was to save that Courtimat
the disgrace of contributing to perpetuate a most us
teariantoble sod inquiet:es eiekstieseot theirepftiss
oples of the Censiitutien: The question was t- of
portance, not only to the Chi, of London, but to
the whole nation. It affected the radical part of the
English Constitution, the trial by Jury. 'chi' great
pada:Hum, this great distinction of our Constitution.
was sow at stake. He then quoted from Judge Black.
seas an eulogium en this institution. He trusted the
City of London would at lease do their duty, by re•
turning such a list of persons qualified, to serve as
Jurymen as "mold preclude the possibility of altering
thew character by seleettoo..-(11eor. hear.) He en-
tend next into some general observations on the ori.
gine! object of the institutioe.- • He ridiculed the idea
of any men being sufficient to. try men lot their lilies,
while they must have a special Jere for questions of
•propetty. Of she 485 special Jurors returned tbr the
City of London, some served 55 times, 211 served
not at all. Was he to be told that this was mere ac-
cident ?—(llmr. hear.) Shew him the man. that
bought such an employment. and he would shew a
man prepared to sell his vetdict. To nominate and
to select were not convertible terms. To nominate
was merely.to announce the result of the easual mark-
iug of the names ; else why should it be done in pre-
sence of the parties The book comaisin,g :the 4115
names, had been left in the Crown office for weeks
together ; so that the secondary had an opportunity
to mark. where fortune should place his hand, and
where discretion shoild fix his choice—(Bear, how 41'
iloodier reason for their special attention to this sub-
ject was. to thew, that although corruption sat at the
helm, yet that the Commoti Council were alive to
the interests of the city of London.. Custom was the
only defence offered for the palpable abuses pointed
'out in.tbe report. .When Vilnctples were called for,
usage was givens when law Was required, custom
was feigned, 'Could' custom take from the asp its
venom, from injustice its wrong, from iniquity
odium ? He concluded by moving, that the report
be received,
,and that it be referred to theses* Ca*
matte socoMider what further steps should be takes.
• Mn. Ot.DMAet seconded the motion, sad said hit
somedid.not appear to the report, only because he'
,yid not
te Report was
went faciaough. .1
Report was glen, read.. He stated, that of the.
415.JUrors, 226 were no houteholders...(ifiser.bor.)
Of she. nopnebolders..only 1311 'were merchants.
171 were etedeseeets, and not merchants. Is the
tie 114 causes, which occupied past of 35 days, 2741
Jurors only were summoned. Of these four had'
served nineteen times, four twenty times, Stc..foor
thitty-owe times. two forty-two time., one fifty times,
one fitly-three times, and one fifty-five times. Mr.
Collingridge, the Secondary, was compelled to admit
'that he had received a lettei from the Saljcitor of
the Tressuiy in a case of libel; but the name of the.
party. the result .of the trial, or the object of the let-
ter, could not be elicited... (Mar, how.) • The Re-
pmt concluded by twang from several Acts of Par-
liament oathe Subject. In the reigns of Henry VII.
and V/11. it, tir. s accessary that a special Juryman
should be ohoeseholder in the City, and possess one
hundred woks. By the 341 Geo. 111. cap. 25, it was
.necessary to, pages. 4100, :.Ind to be a disco and a.
boldei.
Duos otmtendedo thet the law was all they