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London, England, 1819-12-29 00:00:00

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- Wen'. oF ALDERMEI4.
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, The Loan Maion held a Spec , •
ial Court of Alder-
men at the Guildhall, yesterday, which was very nu-
merously attended. The Members present were, Sir
RICHARD CARR GLYN, Mrs AiJerman Arkins Mr.
Alderman Cox, Mr. Alderman Wooer, Mr. !Alder;
man -SCIIOCIEV, Sir Marrnawlkoxast, Mr. Alder-
man Butch, Mr. Alderman J. J. Nast, Sir Wit,-
LIAM pOil VIL LE, Sir CLAttlhop S, H.UNtER, Sir .1.
FIRMING, Sir Jmis Easteh, Mr. Aldermin .Mici-
"rev, Mr. Alderman Timer, Mr. Alder Man Wirist,
mils, and Mr. Sheriff RoxOnwent.
jaoSEccnoß Ot MR. SHERIFF PARKINS AND OTHERS,
The business for which the Court had been spe-
dilly summoned, was to receive a Report from the
Committee of Privileges, to whotii it had been re-
ferred td proceed in the prosecution of Mr. Sheriff
Parkins, and other Liverymen, for .the alleged till
Multi in Guildhall, on Miehielinis,day last.
Sir J. Paaitthto presented the Report, which stated,
that the City Solicitor had communicated to the
Committee, that in consequence of the Resolutions
recently agreed to 41 the Court of Com Mon Coun-
cil, relative to the subject of the prosecution, instiA.
tuted by the Court of Aldermen, he felt that, is he
was the Officer of the Corporation, Ind appOinted by
the Conatlion Council, it would not he delicate 'or
proper for him to continue to conduct the proceed-
ings in such a prosecution, continued in opposition
to the wishes of that Court, and lie, therefore, begged
leave, respectfully, to decline any further interference
in that brislnessi The Report proceeded to state,
that the Committee had, consequently, applied to
another respectable Solicitor, whh bad also declined
to undertake the• business r•that Messrs. Kay and
Freshlield weye, however; ready and willing to pro-
ceed with the prosecution, and the committee, there-
fore, recommended that they should be employed as
the Solicitors for conducting it.
The Report haring been read, Sir Jcittior PRRRING
moved, " That the City Solicitor's resignation of the
busine.ss be accepted, and that the Court do agree
With the Committee in the reccinimendation made in
their rteport."
Sir W. DoMvILLE expressed his regret at the de-
termination to proceed in this prosecution ; he was
not awa. 6 _of any good likely to result from it ; on
the contrary, he feared it might lead to very serious
consequences, by prochicing animosity between the
different branches of the Corporation, and tend to
endanger the right, the establishment Of which was
now so strenuously insisted upon.
Sir C. S. HUNTER disclaimed all personality, but
thought it right that the proseeution should be persisted
int It was well known that there hadbeen a riot iii
the Guildhall, and it was necessary that all such
riotous proceedings should be put an end to. The
Court of Common Council had interfired, impro-
perly, as he conceived, with the rights of that Court,
and it was fitthn,g they should be shewn their error,
which could only be.done effectually by proceeding
in this prosecution, which would decide the question
as to the right. a •
Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN said, the, worthy B.
rOnet (Hunter) had delivered his opinion with much
decision upoh a subject respecting which, it appeared,
,he was totally ignorant. If he hid been present, he
would have seen that there was nothing like a riot;
that the persons Charged with causing the tumult,
were the very individuals who prevented it; and that
the Only tumult Or obstruction at all was created by
those who gave the evidence upon which these pro-
ceedings were instituted ; and if that Conit hid seen
the case and the evidence, and, more particularly, if
they had heard the accused parties in their own de-
fence, they must have seen that the whole accusation
wasfounded in falsehood and conspiracy. The parties
contending for the right of the Livery' had, by that
very act, prevented tumultuous Street Meetings, so
generally and so justly deprecated:
Sir R. C: Guilt observed, that as the proceed/ gi
of that Court might go forth to the Public, he wished
it to be expressly understood, that he fully allowed
the right of the Livery to discuss public business;--
but he thought it should be done when rthe Lord
Mayor Wats present, add not in his-absence. ,
Mr. Alderman WOOD aiked the worthy Bironet
(Sir R. C. Glyn) how the right, Which he angered to
the Lively, could by any possibility have been exer-
cised under the circumstances, Otheiwise than it had
been? The Lord Mayor had three times refund to
call a Common Hill, when Requisitions had been
presented to him; and, on two separate occasions,
when the Livery were legally assembled, he had dis-
solved the Hall to prevent the Livery from express-
ing their opinions upon public buiiness. if this
example should be, and it might be, followed -by
other Lord Mayors, he repeated, how could this is.c
knowledged sight be exercised By the Livery ?
The Motion for agreeing with the Committee in
their Report was-then put and carried.
RECEIVERSHIP OF THE oarsiowr burs ON bOALE.
Sit, WILLIAM Dotivitte presented a Report froth
the Committee of Finance, relative to the Collection
of the Orphans' Dues bn Coals.
The Report stated the gross amount of the turns
collected annually atom the year 1750, .from Which
period the Receivership had been in the hands Of dif-
ferent Members of the Court of Aldermen ; and also
the respective balances in the hands Of each, ithlch
were. as follows :
Sir Thomas Chitty .. 1 E4;0118 4 d
Sir N. Nash - - .. .1 8;177 It 9
Sir James Sadao - • - :. 5,925 5 8
Thomas Wright, Esquire . - 5,865 it 5
The Right Hon. Thomas Harley - 7,110 5 8
Nathaniel Newnham, Esquire ; - 8,888 10 4
Sir William Curtis, Bart. - .; 11,750 0 4
The Report having been reads.—
Alderman W./muss/kw rose; and observed,
that it having heat intended by a Member of she,
House to bring this business before Parliament; he
(Mr. Waithman) bad felt it his duty, some months
since, to direct the attention of that Court to this
subject, and it was upon a motion of his that- dial
matter was referred to the Committee: It mar ap-•
red by the ltepo and Accounts producedk that
peered
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large balances had continually remained in the hands
the Receivers, Members c
pair 17521 There might '
'plea or excuse for retaining
!Amount of the risk or great .
bat all such pleas bad long
by the employment of a i
employa by the City) as
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ceiver, in his account., -The I,arge balance appealing
to have been in the hands of Alderman Wright, wad
nocjerstood to have arisen solely from the ditEcolt, of
Ltting the Money out of the }laud'
sof the different
Hectors. F6r the list twettity or being-five yeats,
.it had been usoal to paY the receiptsliver to the
berlain; reserving Only a balance of the -two last
months' collection, this had beet) the practiii during I
pan of Alderthan garlei's, and the whole of Alderman'
Newnhant's receitershik; but from February, 1816,
When Sir William enitis first became keeivet, three
Months collection; had regularly been: reserved as a
balanCe id hand, and his average balance, from the
time he tdok the office, appeared to have been
1.11,730 Os. 4d. He must; heweyer, Observe, that
since he first gave notice of jailing the attention cif
the Court to thii business, the worthy Baronet had
decreased his balance, and reserved only a two
menthe balance, about £4OOO less than formerly;
thereby evidently admitting that he had heretofore
kept back too much. • But this was dot all the ba-
lance reserved by.the worthy Baronet. The balance
he had just mentioned arbse from the Orphans' Dues
of 10d per chaldron; but there was also a metage
duty of 4d. of which the worthy Baronet was re=
ceiver. Tile accounts of this fund were not noticed
in the Report, has the management of that was under
the controul of the Cdurt bf Common Cndncil: but
after deducting about Id. from the duty, for neces-
sary expenses, the amount Would increase the before=
mentioned balance by three-tenthi, so that the actual
average balance in the worthy Baronet's hands, foe se-
-Ter-Id-years past, had not been less than £14,000! Upon
what principle any Alderman could claim to retain;
or feel hitrtself justified in retaining, Such a balance,
he was entirely at a loss to Conjeeturn, especially
when it was recollected that the Corporation was:
c-olitintially going to Parliament fbr permission to
borrow money upon this very- fund, and that the
fund itself arose frem a ditty on so necessary art arti-
cle as coall, and was levied not only Upon the Fiti-,
sehs, but the inhabitants of Westminster, Middlesex,
and even Surrey: The complaints, therefore, which
had been made as to this fund, he concluded, were
'sell founded ; for, if all these large balances had
been Suffered to accumulate at compound Interest,
they wbild now have amounted to an enormous stun,
suffitierit to defray all the debts upon that fund, and
thereby relieve the People from a very heavy impost;
He should be the last man in that Court to reftise a
proper provisithi for any Magistrate whose cir-
cumstances. might be reduced; but he contended,
that emoluments of this kind ought not to be held
out as an advantage, to induce persons to come into
that Court originally, Or to stay there when the 7
were rho longer able to perform the duties of their st-
ttiation; and still less might such enuoltiments to be
presented as a gratuity to an Alderman of fortune
and opulence. The worthy Alderman concluded
by moving, " That this Court do agrft. with the said
Report; and that all Balances in fUture be paid into
-the Chamber, to be applied to
.the liquidation of the
debts."
Sit R. C; GLTS agreed that the balances in hind
were greatly too large; but he feared there was
some mistake, which probably Sir William Cattle
toesuld set right if he were present. He wished to
know-if Druttnner, the Collector, and Sir Wile
halo Curtiss had been examined by the Committees
ise'sill.rrents; he thought; in the eh-settee of the pert
son'implicated, they ought. not to ptoceed, andthere-
fore moved. that the Report be refer:kid back to the
Committee.
Mt. Alderman WAiTlithAti replied, Drummer halt
not been examined, inasmuch as .he was not an Of-
ficer of that Court; but the accounts had been eras
mined by the Chamberlain's Clerk, and were signal
by Sir William Curtis himself, and apted with the
Return made on this subject to the Hobse of Cord:.
Mons by the worthy Baronet.
This statement was confirmed by Sir W. Do*
Stutz and Mr. Alderman Tfituts, who stated, that
the balance was a three months' balance, exclusive of
the month in Collection.
Mr. Aldeiman ATKINS observed upon the expense
and trouble necessarily attendant on such an office,
and remarked on the indelicacy and impropriety of
proceeding on such a charge in the. absence of the
Member concerned, who, he did not doubt, would]
be able to explain the circumstances.
Mr. Alderman Cox said, he did not know how it
was, but the proceedings of that Court somehow got:
into the Papers ; he wished it could bepreeented,torl
if these proceedings should get into the Papers, he
feared it would tend to throw a slur upon the Ho.
'pourable Baronet. -
Mr. Alderman WOOD remarked; that after What'
that Court bad recently done, it was a little extra:u►
dinary to hear • any objection to proceeding in dui
abolowli of sit Member. ; be was, however, quite sine
hicwordsreissd, Mr: Alderman Waithman, wonld
not follow sacs an example, but afford the worthy.
Baronet every means for his defence, though_deoitd
them himself.
Mr.. Alderman WAITHWAW thoqght some new
lights 'must: have broken in upon the worthy Alder-
man (Atkins), when be talked of the indelicacy, Im-
propriety, and injustice of proceeding against a per
in his absences he did not wish to take any ad.
vantage, and was therefore willing to pompom the
business till the next Court. •
Sir R. C. GLYN then• withdievi his Amendment,
and the consideration of the Report was inferred of

the next Courts - v •
141 W PLAltote Tiff idwiloporkitniis
The Committee to whom the subject had betel I.ti
itrral, presented a Report, recommending that the
MINI of five hundred pounds be expended in• the pur-
chase of new plate for the Mansion-house. j..
A desultory conversation ensued, iii.which it wits
observed that this sort of application appeared to be'
fining annual, as a sum of £660 had been paid'
fir plate, without•siny previous estimate, during the
last years Plo• formal opposition was made to the
Noammendasionfisnd the Report was agreed to.
Tho tesnaining linsinets being gone through, the
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Tit Amio .
• The -Lierol*snire Trop :Of mothenry uavatry,
commanded, by Captain ADAM, was assembled last
week On 'permanent duty, to be in ireadbiesi td, tnarch
westward. should their assistance 4aie been required.
The following Movements of troops hive beep or.
dered:—The 33d Regiment, krontOrfold to. Newark
(head-quarters) ; the 68d Regiment, fremi. Qloucester
to Bromsgrove ; the sth Veterin gittllion, front
Shrewsbui,Y to Plymouth. • . .
14Y a lately issued Regimental lirdei, the head-
quarters of the two western Troops of Mid• Lothian
Cavalry Will be, until further orders, at Mid• Calder
the-head-quarters of the other troops will continue tti
be In the Riding-school, Edinburgh.
The recruiting parties front the Plymoirtli division
of Marines haeehitherto bees very succetsful; scarcely
a day passes without producing men from one guar.'.
ter or another.
Then Artillerymen. have 'been busily, employed
the neighbourhood of PlyMoutb and Dock for some
time past, in dismounting the batteries whiCh surf
round thoss places, and collecting such other pieces
of ordnance as come within the meaning of the pub-
lic Circular, lately issued fkdln the Home office.
; The Officeri of the .55th Regiment; assisted by
same Gentlemen of the Navy, perforrired the Comedy
of The Poo> Getitlernan, and the Farce of High Life
below ,Stairs, at the Plymouth Theatre; on Monday
week, in aid of the Fund for the Relief O. the Poor
of that Port. The audience, which was both fashion-
able and crowded; rapturously applauded &gallant
amateurs.
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NAVAL INTELLIGEN.CE.
, Potrosourzt, Dsc. 211..L-Wind4t R. by .N.--Arrired the
Brampton, GNASH from Bombay foe London; and Caroline;
lhomr, from the- bos4ns for the Cape. The Aurora, reported
yesterday to hare 'thick on the Arrow Bank, has cut her cable
and shifted her birth. Het rudder was towed into harbour this
morning.. •
Data, Dsc. 2114-Mind E.—fiemain ii the Dawns his BA-
jesty's ship &skim; Ptoxiiia schopner, and a foreign galliot;
front France • the latter his ,loch an anchOr abd cable near the'
Goddwin Sands: • •
Hastivicsi, Dec. 48,--Arrived tht Beanfoy, Lord Nelson, and
the Princess Charlotte packets, Mails, from . Holland.
TheY reporethat there was but little ice in the rivers when thef
left, and net sulficient to stop the navigation.
Itanswaes; Demarast 21.—The Blne-eyed Maid, TUATCNEI4
from Southampton, is on shore en the North. Foreland: 'cargo
discharging damaged.
Liviaroor, Elzeiwisa Rl.-=-116 Maithi; prom New York;
taw on the I dth inst. a large ship with only her foremast stands.
ing; a twig was boarding her. The Martha got on shore.on the
Cadseway in Cardigan Bay, . knocked off part of her falie
and unshipped her rudder; she afterwarlis got off, and shipped
bet rudder again.
6/11TOK.HOIJSC Deetweza 48.fintered Invratde---7he
Drake; Dwyer, from Qtiebee; Ann, Le Bailey, from Jersey; •
Neomenie, Audibert, from Calais; Prince Of Waterloo, Page, front.
Ostend; Henry Cerf, Roxburgh, from
_Quebec ; Numa, Cate-
lan, from Havre ; , Poulgrain ; Resolution, Elibards ;
Gratitude Duchett ; London Aspill ; and Hopewell, Might; .
' from Liitbon ; Eleanor, Jones, item Wexford ; Cornwell, RebiQ-
son, from Christiana; John, .Edington, from Quebec ; Eater..
prize, Punir, from 4avea;'Pomeita, Court, from Plymouth ;
Juno; Reith, from Grand Cindy • Britiih Tar, Clark, from
Quebec; Clara, Bayles. froth Lisbon; Release, Mordiie; from
Santander; Sitters, Holinet; from Jamaica • Aim, 'Landoll;
from Lisbon ; Hpsiaren, Gibson, from Trinidad : Providence,
Clark, from St.:John's ; Three Sisters, Lepingwell,lrem Cork.
Entered OiatWardiThe William and Mary, lissielWood, for
Alleant ; *Sew Uniog, Rere for Calais ; Resolution' Hart,.
'for Hunburgh ; and 'Royal Engle, G&W, fer Lisbon..,-Cleared
Outwards—The Thomas, Muneaster, for Seville ; Fayorite; Grif-
fith, for Antwerp; Rover, Rowden, for Carthagena; Amason,
Doren, for the Cipe de Verd Islands ; Juno, Blackburn, for.
Trieste; Liberty, Blanchard, for Lisbon; (430n0 Packet; at*:
worth, for Pernambuto ; and Sisters, Deatwith, for Dettlaranc

Thefirst Volume of the interesting Monthly Publi-
cation, to be called THE CIRCIMATING LHIRARTi
will consist of an exquiiite original Edinburgh 'ale,
Under the tide of " Macdonakls and Campbells,' in
one volume. The tecoed will consist of a Story not
inferior to Paul and Virginia, tinder the title of .. Bar-
rymbre." Every month will thus produce a novelty
of superior interest and character, worthy of the at-
tention of the reading world, and of preservation in
every well-selected public and private Library.
All the arrangementi are at last for Med for the ar-
'chitectural improvements East of Pall-Mall : and in
!the'4pting the workmen will begin pulling down the
old buildings, commencing with Waterloo House.—
The other premises to SUROIk-street, including the
West side of that street, to Little Suffolk-Street, and
the South side of die latter, are also to be removed ;.
and a few or the houses in the Haymarket, opposite
the Opera 1-lbusei are to be re-built. Cockspur-street,
from the East side of Suffolk-street to Whitcomb-
street, is to be widened, by the reduction of the
frontage of the hOuset, Nos. 1,.2, 3, 4-,.5; and 6.—:
Whitcomb-street .will be no longer a thoroughfare ;
a high brick wall is to be erected nearly opposite the
Mews gate; the outlit for cairiages will be from
Little Suffolk-streets
In the Bostort Comnieecid Gezette for Ivloyember;
is a report of the Brighton Cattle Shew its America,
which contains the foll Owing interesting-passage:—
.. The Trustees have of late years. discouraged the
idea that theft premiums would her-gaffer be awarded
tb animals of a snonstroils size; that they should.
look rather to produetite and profitable qualities i
thus those persons who visited the Shew with the ex-
pectation of setiag something. out of nature, (the a-
ped of whiCh attract the attention of a inultittide,
withinit reflecting that theft cost may havg doubled
their intimate value), may have been disappointed !
It is to the younger' animals chiefly that the eye of
the jddiciout observer would look, to ascertain the
actual improvement and the solid benefits of this re-
cent exhibition; If any thing further would be ne.
cessary to satisfy the Public of (his fact, we might
add! that the finest specimens of fowls animals were;
in almost every case, the progeny of those to whom
the 'Society bad awarded the premiums, albeing -the
most produttive stock."
CORN EIGIIA NOR, MANIC-LAN% nat. 29:—The
supply of Corn on Monday was the largest we have
had since harvest, and in addition to which, we bite
had several fresh arrivals thie Morning front Suffolk; -
yet fine Wheat supports its price, althouh the sales •
"ere heavy, and sr large quantity remains On hand.
A very consiclerable.qoantity of Barley ivas left over
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bets of that Court, from the s • ~ from Mondays Supply: and notwithstanding the w
;ht formerly have been some Among the eieiMie. ilitnelint*iii *bleb the Ne* 'creased arrivals this morning; the trade was full as •
sing these large balances, on System holds out x 0 adventurers ;little Orient Lot- good as on Monday for the last qiialities; but el
rent trouble in the collodion; tery; may be enumerated the folloiiihig i----A4 Schen* &hot descriptions, were offered on lower terms, with- ,
long since been done away, Lich in Capital Prizes! a small number of Tickers.; out being able to effect Wes, at from 275. to 30s. . .
responsible person, otherwise Pouf Prize:sof £101000; the Circular; 11,Twni'fizes r Borns, Peas, and Clam, are nominally:id oft Monday; '
as a Collector, ata salary of-a efee,boef dddiaom mew Irsoo ffst Vas on cilia the supply of each exceeds the demand, and partkag -
al In slle isideethest the fe'eltils Santini) Whin tom' Welty beet &Mag. .'" \ lei tithe cats iiNfalt2l arecks4 . • • .
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