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A Court of Common Council was summoned for Thursday; but as Alderman Winchester was the only Alderman whose attendance could be procured, the Lord Mayor, after waiting an hour and a half, left the Hall, and the members present separated.
Yesterday a sufficient number attended to form a court, but no business of public interest was transacted.
The Directors of the East India Company have resolved to raise the rate of interest payable on East India Bonds, from 23- to per cent. per annum.
be Guardians of the Poor in Marylebone parish have elected Mr. ft-c. Wilson to be Superintendent Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, under the new law. The salary will be 3001. per annum.
In the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Mr. George Edward Peacock, a solicitor, was tried on a charge of forging a power of attor- ney to sell out of 7,0001. of Stock, with intent to defraud the Bank of England. After some evidence had been given in proof of the case against him, the prisoner read a long statement in extenuation of his crime, the commission of which he acknowledged. He was found guilty, but recommended to mercy by the Jury, on the ground of his previous good character.
The bill against Thomas Lucumb, the Police Sergeant, charged with stealing 1401. from the Station-house in Bow Street, was thrown out by the Grand Jury. We remarked at the time when this man was com- mitted for trial, that the evidence against him was vague and insuffi- cient.
Two soldiers of the Scotch Fusileer Guards were found guilty, on Tuesday, of highway-robbery. After the verdict of the Jury had been given, the Recorder asked the Sergeant of their company what would be the effect of the verdict in the regiment? He was told that the prisoners would be tried by a Court-martial, and drafted to a foreign regiment. The Recorder thought that this would be unjust, after they had been punished by the civil authorities. No sentence was thin passed on the culprits.
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