Star.
London, England, 1821-07-13 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held
for the dispatch of a variety of important business.
It was numerously attended.
Sir RICHARD CARR GLYN presided, as locum teitens
for the Lord Mayor, whose indisposition continues
with increased severity.

Mr. Etym.'. presented a Report from the General
Expenses Committee; it stated that they had over-
drawn the Chamber I:10,000, and now had to borrow
£5OOO on bonds.

Mr. Dam recommended economy and retrench-
ment in every department. He said, that to forward
this their real situation ought to be made known.'
They aught not to do that as a body which would
be indiscreet or imprudent in an individual ; they
ought not, as they had done, to continue engaging in
expensive jobs and speculations, until their debts were
reduced. It was lamentable to see that they were
every day sinking deepee, and contracting debts of
no trifling magnitude.

ADMISSION OUJRMISU CONVERTS TO THY IREEDOM

OF THE CITY.

The Report of the Committee of General Purposes,
to whom was referred the Petition of Abraham Saul,
who had been of Jewish parents, but who had since
been baptized in the Christian religion. The Peti-
tioner had established a butcher's shop in the City,
and had taken out his freedom, or at least paid the
fine for that purpose to the Chamberlain, and bad
been admitted into the Butchers' Company, but was
refused admission to the Freedom by the Court of
Aldermen on account of some bye-law which it was
considered was against his claim to admission.—
Actions were brought, against him in the Lord
Mayor's Court for carrying on a retail trade in the
City without having taken up his freedom. He re-
moved the proceedings into the Court of Ring's,
Bench, who refused to interfere with the corporate
privileges of the City of London. He ultimately ap-
plied, by Petition, to the Court of Common Council,
who referred the Petition to the Committee, who now
reported upon it. The Report stated that the Com-
mittee had examined the allegations of the Petitioner,
and were unanimously of opinion that he was entitled
to the freedom.

After a discussion of some length, it was resolved
that a re-consideration of the case of the Petitioner
should be recommended to the Court of Aldermen.

CORONATION.

Mr. Ocnriabi.called the attention of the Court to
the appointment which had been made of the Mas-
ters of the twelve Companies of the Livery to assist
at the ceremony of the Coronation. Now, he con-
tended, that the twelve Citizens who were entitled
to assist at the Coronation ought to be chosen from
this Court, as there was no claim on the part of the
Masters, who were not necessarily Citizens of Lon-
don, and in point of fact some of them were not. He
was quite satisfied that the choice ought to be made,
from that Court, and under the circumstances the
Lord Mayor ought to be looked to, to make that
choice from amongst them. lie concluded by moving
that it should be referred to the Committee for Ge-
neral Purposes, to examine whether the appointment
of the Masters of the twelve Companies was founded
on any right, and if not, whether the choice ought
not to be made from that Court.—Motion agreed to.
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