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br SUFgeSted, _
.number of Memberi
.s.b9pja. not attend. Mille 0144
hour, the Court should'healljourned.' ' •
The LORD Sl.troi trusted, that after the notice
which had been. taken of the matter, the cause of
complaint would not ocetlr again.
DUTIES ON COAr.A.
Mr. FAVELL, as he had reason to believe that no
opposition would be made to the Resolution to which
he had previously alluded, wished to submit it to
the Court without further delay. It would be strange
that after so strong opinion had been expressed
by the public in the Metropolis upon the subject, the
Common Council, which had the same interest in it,
should not declare their sentiments. Mr.favell then
dwelt shortly upon the hardships to which the poorer
classes were subject in consequence of the higher
duties on Coals in London and its vicinity than in
the neighbouring districts, and concluded by moving
a Resolution to that effect.
Mr. T. N. WILLIAms suggested, that the matter
should stand as a Notice for the next meeting of the,
Court, as it was a subject which required consideration.
The Resolutionwas, however, put and carried ; as;
were also Petitions to Parliament founded upon it.--
See Advertisement in thefront page.

SWOIE4DRA RER'S OFFICE.
Mr. S. Dixon brought up the Report. of the Com-
mittee upon the nature, duties, and emoluments of
the Sworcr-Beareri Office. The Report on his mo-
tion was iead. stated the situation to be very i
ancient. It was one of high consideration, as the
holder or it was an Officer attached to_the person of
the Lord Mayor, had to be in constant attendance
upon him to receive and communicate his commands,
to preside over the Esquires of his Lordship's house-
hold, and to see that they conducted themselves
with becoming order; had also to bear the Sword
before his Lordship whenever he went out in state,
and not to leave it as long as it was out. The Re-
port then proceeded to state the amount of the emo-
luments derived from the office, and also the parti-
cular sources from which they accrued. From the
year 1804, to the year 1817, inclusive, the amount
of the profits of the office was £17,430. 17s. 4d.
making, on the average, about £1,245 a-year. This
sum was derived from the flied salary. of the office,
and the following additional allowances:—Gown-
money ; Fees on affixing the City Seal; Fees, on
affixing the Mayoralty Seal ; Sheriffs' Fines ; Fees on
Courts Leet ; Fees on Public Shews' "Concerts, &c. ;
Convict-money (which was abolished by Act of Par-
liament); Fees of admission to the Galleries of the
Old Bailey Court, and the allowances for a Table.
The amount of the income from the situation last
year was £6Ol, exclusive of the allowance for the
'fable. The Report, in continuation, went on to.
suggest the continuance of certain fees to the office,
and the exception of some others.
Mr. S. Dixoet,. in.„movipg that this Report be
agreed to, observed, thai.alleport might have been
presented before the pr4ent moment, if it had not
been referred 'to the COmpiittee to inquire 'whether
the Table shOuld not be discoatinued from-the office
altogether. The Coirunittee hid examined all the
Officers who had the right of a -seat at the' Sword-
Bearer's Table, except those who were called the
laird Mayor'i Six Young Men : these they intended
to examine, and their next Report would embrace
their opinion as to the propriety of abolishing the
Table or not : till then, he hoped the discussion of
that part would not be entered into. On one part
of the present Report. he expected opposition, namely,
on the Fees which were taken at the Old Bfiiley:-
Upon this part, however, he would reserve himself
till the reply.
Mr. C. PEARSON moved, as an. Amendment, that
the public having a right to be present at trials in
Courts of Justice, the practice of taking fees for admis-
sion to the Galleries of the Old,Bailey should be dis-
continued, and that the Court should be thrown open.
Mr. Jamas seconded the Resolution.
Mr. FA VELL conceived that the present was not
the most proper time for the motion before the Court.
The agreement to the Report, would not pledge the
Court to any future regulation.. When the question
came to be discussed, whether the office should be
sold or not, would, he thought, be the .beat time--
The effect of giving indiscriminate admission to
strangers would have only the effect of preventing
the proper accommodation, of , Solicitors and, others
who -had business in the Court., : _ _

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Mr. JA.I.IES would not object t 9 MIA persons hay-
ing every accommodation ; but be conceived that
that being provided for, the rest of the Court should
be thrown open to the public.
Mr. T. N. WlLLtams was of opinion, that.the.in-
discriminate admission of the public ivotilti only have
the effect of confusing the business al the Court,.
The great body of the publiecould suffer! Poloss by
being excluded, as every matter of interest.or isst
portance which transpired there was generally given
at length in the newspapers.
Mr. Jurr thought, that when a certain area of any
public Court was opened to the free admission of stran
gers, that was sufficient. It would only create-disorder
if strangeri were ad mitted to-every part of the Cone.
Mr. Alderman Woon condemned the principle so(
taking fees for admission to Courts oaf Justice but;
thought their abolition, in the preterit instante,:woafit
be attended with no good .effeic.t, unless mule rfixtbs-i
tions were afterwards made to prevenz -4bec,:duan.,

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keepcis from taking fees on their own account...lo%o
the principle of selling the Oflice of -Sword-Beeper,
he thought it would be a disgrace to the Cityi . •
Mr. OLDUAM wished that the nagtee•shouli boat,
(erred back to the Committee, to inquiet:l whither
those fees of admission to the galleriepofllleiehdo
Baiiey should not be cut off from the offices m troll
as some others. • •
Mr. S. arratr, in reply, contended that the.gmit-
ral admission of strangers woulckonlrhavelhe•etfeot
of creating tumult and confusion..iii thh &anti-Pit
would be crowded With . pickpocket 4 .itotibeirg sad
other abandoned characters, who :weight foi-only
anxious to learn the fate of their cap ont 4ilaV
the respectable portion of the consemaitpanaltl
be completely excluded. Mr. Dixou was proceedir.g

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Igers,
..ML SLADe suggested the adjournment of the dehatc..
This wan nut attended to, and after a short discus-
sion, the Amendment w•.►s negatived, and the origi-
nal question was carried.

L,lw INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 25.

The Loan CIIANCELLOR, on taking his seat this •
day, observed to the parties in the following. causes,
that he would give his judgments in them on Tues-
day :—ln the matter of Neale, and also in that cf.
Jackson; a•:d in the case of Oliver v. Barnes, his
Lordship also said he would give his judgment on
Saturday next. . •

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