The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-21 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a Court of Alder-
men at Guildhall, which was folly attended.
The return' and presentments of the begonia of
the several Wards, of ruinous houses, nuisances,
oon.freemes. and various other matters, as
in on Plow Monday last, were referred to the Alder-
men of the respective Wards for their directions, and
'tbe Solicitor was ordered to pot the Act of Perlin.
mestlito ezecetido, serer as the same related to the
'several presentmeots for ruinous premises.
The Court was occupied at very considerable
length in bearing and determining numerous appeals
from individesls against serving the office of con-
stable and inquest me*, to which they were elected
on St. Thomas's Day last.
Several persons were sworn, and others admitted
Brokers.
A large quantity of gold and silver. is bars, was
produced, and sworn off for exportation.
The Coert)directed precepts to be issued for licen-
sing the Victuallers and Tavern-keepers throughout
the City, on Monday, the 2tl day of March nest.
Sundry Ceal-Undertakers were licensed.
Mr. Isaac Lindow was admitted one of the twelve
Jew Brokers of this City. .
The nest Court was appointed for the election of
an aged couple into Rogers's Alass-houses.
The Commissioners of the Court of Requests for
February and March were appointed.
Several bills and salaries were ordered for payment.
A Resolution was agreed to respecting beggars and
vagrants infesting the streets of the City, enjoining
the Parish Officers to cause such persons to be appre-
hended and brought before the Lord Mayor or
Sitting Alderman,_ in order to their being passed to
their parishes, or dealt with according to law.

PACKED JURIES. --Turning over the pages of
Burtsd's history of his Own Times, the tattooing
passage accidentally praesiled itself :—" He (Sin.
nye) desired the Sheriff'', that brought the warrant
for his execution, would consider how guilty they
were of his blood, who had not returned efair Jury,
bet one packt, and as they were directed by the king's
Solicitor: bespoke to them, not for his own sake,
but for their sakes." One of the Sheriffs was struck
with this and wept.
The number of Graduates at the University of
Cambridge this year, exceeded by nearly one hundred
that of any former period since its foundation.
Gold has risen sixpence per ounce, being now at
41. Is.
A Paper of last night says, " There is a report in
Paris, that not fewer than FIVE British Newspapers,
if it be not a profanation of the word British to say
so, are 'ldeally in the pay of the French Ministers
and others." The Public will be mach at a loss to
guess at the Papers alluded to.
It has been asked how Sir Joan WMAnon, who
always kept a handsome establishment, could have
died worth near I ? This is a very imperti-
nent question to ask of any private Secretary, and
deserves nn sower.
CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 21.—We had a very large,
arrival from Suffolk this morning, bet the Wheat
trade was heavy at Monday's prices, a considerable
qeantity remaining unsold at the close of the Market.
—The map* of Barley was very considerable, yet
prime Melting samples were taken of at Is. per
quarter under Monday's prices; but the inferior sorts
were dry and unsaleable, at a decline a is. per
qeartati--In Peas, Beans, sad Oats, there is so al.
aeration.