The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-08 00:00:00

• --COMMON EWINGIIi

Mirlag Ike drat M4(4 of ifieCe4atiien Coon:
cif, lure the artosiims tet Isi. pi tient t.nra Ma) or,
look (tee al tiwildbill, find On iiis Lordship taking
the Chair, 'he.arldreisect the Assisisisly, issuriti4 it of
his intention to preserve the strictest iMpartiality in
discharging the diiiies iiiiiCh or periainid to his sta.
lion Is President of that relseetable body. Ilii
Lonisisip fartliir obririerf; that with a view to estm.
1•91,h a more distinct ustslecstatirling and "egoist
course of rfO.ClPlTliiii, he proposed, • ill; the leafs of
I flee" Court, to order that it shos.:(l c ept al certain
;fetid prriods within the Partin) iinisis as We ott.
ileirtitod him), for lb° iliipaich of its oiillitsrY limn-
iski, the Coast being still liable le be surainotied;
With ilea issitice; on extraordinary occasions, as cit.-
cumitarires might appear to ellipsis,.
'lir. Kenai moved the thanki of the Conti to the
late hold Mayor. . .
Mr. A. floou ;4 objected to a piriage in the pro..
posed s ute, %, ith regard to the Corn Bill: lie did not
di. winos e of the conduct of the late Lord Mayor iii
sec ling the •ishei of his felsissi-eit:cens upon the
occasion alluded to, but he thought the passage ex-
, eeptionablei because it sanctioned ill Milinli•111 talli:li
experience. had proved erroneous, rtairiels', that the
Corn gillwas ealeelsitid in iiijure the 'interest of our
mintsfartureri.
i Mr. Driton ilndiceted the word,: of the motion:
Mr. WAITIJMAN ri,110%1t41 nit 11.0 same side, co-17
tending that the Corn Law was peculiarly objec4
Unstable, because it imputed an impolitic end unjust
rest, ;el ion upon trade, and ti:;:e had *howls, as it st:si
er,ned at the petiost of ;t!'4 el:fictioriat, that it was
Os..It•SS to the agriculturists, *horn it was proposed
to serve, whiie it was founded upon a mos peri•iciou::
principle, • hich must ultimately prof.e iejsrious tsi
the manufacturers.
The motion was agreed toutsaisimuosly. • ,
A triter from the Mike of Welliegtiin, sl**.ii
. Noveolier 8, was read to the Court', lit which sits i
Grace seared, that in ronsplisstre pith the rctuseii i
of the Cowl he had bad the sa ords delivered ..s,itek.
l
were I oted to Prince illuclie; am; General Barclay .1
tip hotly, end that those Toted to prowt. sell welt.;
Z.'l. Ofqg and Heiman Platolf wet, about Is' he tort
w a rded. f
The letter was ordered to be entered an It. Jour:
nals.
A Petition was presented from a 3ith•rilislinan,
stating, that in the year I►it4, he nmi sr,. .t-il A
Mr. Thomas Smith, on a warrant front Mr. Alder-
man Scholey, in consequence of the prcsecutiun of
a haclse)-coachman ; but on toe Prisoner's being
brought up, the liackney.coachmao deposed that he
could not swear to his idy-itity ; therefore the Pri•
boiler was discharged, and lie brought au action
aesir,si she l'elitinner, urn which action a verdict of
two bombed pounds (heritages was foetid, in the
'i Court of ICl,ig's Bench ; from "Melt damaees, how-
ever, the
.Plaiiit:tf agreed to relieve the P..tiiwoors
p•os Weil the costs of the action were paid ; hut Poi-,
tanner being unable to pay those costs, prayed this.
contiiirration of the Court, for a misfortune into
• hick he had been betrayed in the perfoirnence of his
duty. • . . __ ...._ ..... .. .
. - Referred to the Committee for general Purposes:
Til E Fist, .111 .% UK ET.
Mr. ScooLuit remarked, that a Petition from Mr.
Blake and others, with regard to Binh, :sgate Mar.
ket, had not been presented to the proper Com-
mittee..

The Officer of the Court stated, that this Petition
had not been so presented, itt consequence of cue
non-payment of the usual fees.
The LORD MAvole observed, that this, among
other circumstances which had come to ilia koost-
ledge, served to cotiviuce him of the impropriety of
of selling City offices. For in consequence of such
sales, the purchasing officers thought themselves en.
titled to certain fres or indemnities, which seised to
impede the course of justice. With respect to Bil-
lingsgate Market, he felt it his ditty to observe, that
the ay stem of that mat ket required much revision.—
Accostling to an old statute, regrattng or retaitilig its
the same market was expressly prohibited, but h 1 a
ep..riat Statute, retailing in Bit{inept'. Market was
allowed, subject to the sanction of that Court. But
he was sorry to say that that Cow t had tint heretofore
taken any concern upon the subject. But he hoped
that a different system would hereafter prevail, and
he could not see any impropriety in aliening the re.
tail of fish at Billingsgate after nine or teu o'clock in
the morning. _ . _

Mr. Dixotr referrina to the feet ri•quired by the
City °Hirer, observed, that any fault belonging to the
demand mos attributable► not to the officer but to 1.14.
City, which did not allow the officer so adequate re•
toutieratinsi for his services.
FEASTS UPON TIIR EItFrTION OF TUE KING'S

STA= F..
The Report of the Committee appointed to super-
intend the esecutiott of the order or she Court for the
erection Of a statue to his Majesty being read, the
fulloaing items appeared :
The x pence of disarm . £53
Nu* .50
flaw 490
Upon reeding the last item, a general cry of
[near, hear! and a laugh] The last item eras
Mated to refer to a dinner to certain distinguished
members of Administration, bc. on the Ist of August
last.

Mr. Alderman CURTIS moved, that this Report
should lie on the table fur the reading of the Mem-
bers.

IMr. M AIIISTAT proposed, rather that the Report
should be agreed in, in order to get rid of the sub-
' ject at once. As a Member of the Commitr,..,
as a friend to the Corporation, he was ailllittUt t,t
Prefer this course. " Wo," said lie, " have had se.
veral pieavint conaittisl meetings upon this SUbjece,
I and 1 am desirous that our harmony shall not be dis.
sorbed by angry discussions upon a point in whit Iv
we have done our duty, by maintaking the dignity
of the city of London, in giving a suitable entertuiti.
meet to some of the most distinguished individuals in
the country, who did us the honour of a 1644, in
'Roes% a testionny of our respect to our most ca.
M. WAITIIN %IS espressed his regret to see any
Member of that COW t Wilt* to laugh at the esprit..
diture of gOOl. of the city tooth. Consi,letiog the
owe of show fluids, hi was 'arrival that an; vas.