The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-26 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was ['el.! at
Guildhall, which was numerously attended. It being
the second Court after St. Thomas's Dar, the Cour:,
pursuant to their standing orders, proceed.ell to the Elec-
tion of Offseers.—The consideration of the Report rela-
tive to the Orphans' Duties was postponed.—The Liao!
&peaces Committee made a Report on the results of
tl a Arbitration upon the Remembrancer's Bills, anti
recommending a Piece of Plate to be presented to each
of the Arbitrators, as a small compliment fur their va-
luable services, which, after some remarks from Mr. S.
Dixon, Mr. Farell, Mr. Slade, Mr. James, and Mt.
Clark, was unasintously agreed to.—The Committee for
(loners( Purposes presented a Report, with an estimate
for Repairing Blackfriars' Bridge, at 'au expend of
48,000/. and recommending an application to Parlia-
ment upon the subject, which, after discussion, was or-
dered to be printed.—The Court considered a Report
from that I. onimittee, on the present mode of compel-
log Persons to become Free of the City, which tests
agreed to, anti the Committee instructed to bring in a
Bill for remedying the present evils: it was also referred
to that Committee as to how far the Wholesale Dealeri
are liable to be compelled to become Free of the City.
—Mr. Peacock, after some observations, submitted a
motion for Providiug Seats for the Public and Reporters
below the Bar, which was lost on a division, the num-
bers being !3 for, and 33 against It.—The Lord Mayor's
Chaplain was directed to print his Sermon, preached on
Plough Sunday.—One thousand pounds were voted to-
wards the Widening and Improving Upper Thames-
street, at the end of Queen-street.

Tug Aame.—The following is the report of eh?
intended redaction of the army s—The whole of the
Veteran Battalions; in the three Regiments of tivard4,
all men under five feet eight lathes hitch, in the thee
liattaliess of the Firsts times •aiee Ceo.foot too. is
the Coldstreams; and five feet nine in the third Itefii•
went.

DREADFUL Fur.—On Friday evening last, about
eight o'clock, a fire broke out in the concerns of Mr.
Matthew M•Cabe, of John street, Dublin, woollen ma-
nufacturer, occasioned by the neglect of mute of hit
spinners. It raged with unabated fury until the whole
of the nnmanufactured property fell a saerilice to the dc-
coining element. The lower part of the building was
occupied by his presses, which notwithstanding their
great bulk, was also consumed. By this unforeseen
tensity, a most deserving and industrious citizen is, fur
the present, deprived of the means of affording employ-
ment to upwards of two hundred persons, wholly de-
pending on hint for support.
It was, we are informed, at the Public Office in
Marlborough-street, and not that of Bow-street,
where the person whose house was robbed was required
to be bound to prosecute. The Magistrate, it is said,
insisted that the obligation to give evidence implied
that of prosecuting; and that the expense of prosecu-
ting, in that instance, would be but a few shillings.
Whatever may be the expense in the case referred to,
we know in general that the loss of money awl of time
in criminal prosecutions, are by no means matters of
hiding consideration. But the amount of the charges
Is not the greatest point at issue here. In the case of
prosecutions of felons it is manifest that the trouble and
expense incurred are aggravations of the injury which
individuals have previously received. the chief ad-
vantage these persons can possibly obtain is, that of
effecting by the conviction of offenders a salutary im-
pression upon society in general and an additional snit-
' rity to lite and property. This is not of the nature of
that redress which plaintiffs seek in other eases of
appeal to law. It is unquestionably, and only of a pub-
lic nature ; and conseqnently the public, not individuals,
and least of all the suffering individuals, are the parties
who should be hound to sustain the burthen of the un-
dertaking and of expense.

MARKETS.
Compt-Excwir az, Jas. 2G.—A considerable quantity
of Wheat remained over from Wednesday's market, for
which there was bat little demand this morning, and
sales were heavy of the first qualities at Monday's prices.
—The arrivals of Barley have been very large this
week t and although prime picked samples sold at Mon-
day's prices, all other descriptions were heavy sale at an
abatement of b. per quarter.—ln Peas, Beans, and Oits,
there is no alteration.