' OF COMMON COUXCIL. On Friday a Court of Common Council was held for the special purpose of voting the freedom of the City to J. Hume, Esq. for his greit exertions in Parliament to reduce the public expenditure. As soon as the Lord Mayor had taken the chair, Ald. Waithman addressed the court. He said he was aware that the court being held fo; a special purpose, no mem ber was at liberty to bring forward any matter not spe cified; but he had a question of privilege to submit, which the court, he thought, would deeni deserving its consideration. It related to the correspondence that had taken place between Lord Bathurst and himself relative to the outrage that had been committed at Knights bridge-barrack, on occasion of the funeral of Honey and Francis. Two letters of the correpondence had not been published, because he deemed them of no import :MCP, but he now wished to lay the whole before the court, and also a letter from a gentleman who accompa nied him on the occasion, and witnessed the whole transaction, which confirmed, in every particular, the facts silted in his (Alderman Waithman s) letters. lie deemed it extraordinary that he had not been called oil to produce any evidence of the facts he had stated, al though it was notorious that enquiries had been carried on befoie a Police Magistrate for the purpose of crimi nating hint. This being the case, it became necessary that the facts should be made known. The court theft ittvested him with their authority, and it was of im portance that he should he on his oost, aid tbaat he should perform his duty; had he omitted to do tto, he would hare beets liable to suffer for the neglect. Had lie been called on o het. the subject 51.15 mailer enitiry, he could have nicotined some of the to..s active violaters of the peace. Loot Bathurst says he aits a taileseitta t•on of the trattsactioa Mil - matt f his (ALL \ V's.) — NV by theia tint institute a'' enquiry it. ethicii :aim sides might he heard? The tvorthy Alderman coot:hided with saying, that be should content himself with haviag stated the matter to the court. amid would leave it en tirely to them to determine, whether it would tic con sistent with Oteir dignity nut to make it the subject of enquiry. Mr. FAVLLL sail the ottirthy Alderman had s.ated a stiffieietat ground I. r ..tt carpal ry—the Sheriff represetited the Corporation, awl their characters., involve,) in the attack that was ot.ale on his. He tliolight the best mode of protecedity: in vindication of b. th would bat., reter t h e ' ,a v ers to t he el I. 'in it tvz of general v ilrpot.::s ; \ o'il'i.l . he unwed accsar.:ioaly. riir. Dittos a.•ial, it did not appear to him wily the federal of the toa a, afortuttate oleo si mill Ise take.. io !1a o mersmith ; 1111 td.y it should have beeti tot a Sun. day; still he h, ! t.o oljectioit to the p..41).Ti going • a coot. duce; . nil :.s Lord liadtutst 4teoul.! :.ot e.tV otaly tote aide t.e..lai be heard, am/ tl , c, ta.tttu tvuult b' it at soon set at res 4 The papers were then read. The letter ivritte.; by the p.r.. , •lenta accom i aided A Itlorman ran, on u day of the funeral, axed, that the Alilerm a Liegba,..c to the t4litee cum tiandit,g at I::.ightstaid;:e -lui rack; • 11i to keep his alien is \h" anti whet, 4slivereti to him in the name of the S;r:ritl,,c t ly was. the Sheriff may may go • and be d—d." The moiic- t. referrinz thc papers i.e. the cumi.iittee of ge.ieral utianint -.:sly. C F 111.:SCD0111 TO NB. oe requi• ;t ha,! heel pieseoieti tic Lord Mayor t. c. II 3 Omit to take i'iw covsiticiation the pr, priet.y of v •', freedom of the City to .10sc i licnote, Esq. I; eXettio. , s in l'ariia.oeht, narothic_ ec.. ji tv the exiiv..clittuc ti 1:t; revenue, was II; a re, ‘'. . As sous t a . • - 11,11/1 rail, blr. FAV:'LL TOE!, all./ tiesirea '.L " I..uree:li?•;;s of Inc C.,urt (~. .dxk• Ilion t vo , i• t' • frezdvoi of t'ic City to the of Cart.le!,, f,ir • profitsoi Aclierbinit beread ; iv nits acetirdi.iFly done. _ hir. FAVII4 - .:4 piocettled. • .iid not me:of t s:y Out,: e Leieteef tote two c..ses, beraus: Lo.. ••.!e.., made a hre.a. samiCice; hut it shewefl how ,ter' , ;!; 11 , /•Ciotir, its sense 01 the bi ; ;:t t f•ti; u, 'ecreasito; the. p Odic expenditure. It was the f't., : C. to th..• a •fintry tf• honing; those who it. .ff diminish 1!•0 ex,fentliturc under which all • t' co.n.nfi•.;ty tverz Fr. ;.fting.— Mr. Mime, .. • . ffc. ifs we;r t• od the sot jest of eaftsi deratioff, a; if to.ffm'iifaly chasacter: he has dote, s'•... : ter tar ) , life, wit.n, in others, it wool. Lb.! e •• hie to eliect. Air. Hume has been hisibly lowet :nen by tt ^ Goveinmeno hz opiates. He was at 1 - it atul offusetl; nt letif,in they ado i ,ted his n.e .wits, i'edrenc.l 1..4 :11.1jesty to catty mein into elret.t. (Hear, hero etitcrcd into a history of tt : - CVeral cL.frti math. by Air. Hunt? in Parliament In reilhee tins vxve. , .!ittire, and said it was owing to his great perseverance that Ministers bad at length given .t oleflis afioptivf• his recommendations, by which, if folly acted on, ire sinecure offices will be aieolisited, and lite expenditure of the cannily reduced in no less a sum thin Alr. F. concluded Ly moving a tote of ihatfla to t.r. Hope for ins indepen dent conduct iu Parliameht. Mr. Et cats :even led hr motions Duos said, Air. Hunr: had certainly si‘ewis great perseversuice in his conduct in Parliament, and much good iii 1 .1 arise lona it; but his zeal was greater than In, discretirs, and had he beets less seine he wi t 'it have bee , . mire tisesol. lie was surly tile matter vets pv:ssetl the a..erision of the Court, but he must isiss e ad Isom :Ise niotioii. liccatise Ml.llollle was nut long enough its the sc.vice of the public to entitle him to the inniutsr it waa_proposed so confer on him. A idermas WAITHMAN said he hail heard no argumen . against the motion—all admit that Mr. Hume has acted Nell—he had taken a mole laborious course in the cans.: of economy than any Mall had ever taken before, and many were the attempts made by the adherents of \li histers to cough aid sneer him don is; but hr par,evered THE NATIONAL REGISTER till he made an impression on th.s.public mind that they were no longer able to resist • and after all the attacks made on him by Ministers , forces them to adopt his measures. He would ask any man, not an idiot, if Mr. Hume had not brought his statements of facts before the public, would Ministers have introduced their retrench ments t Administration would do any thing to silence such a man—they would think nothing too much to give to get rid of him, After some further debate, in which Ald. Browne, Mr. Oldham, and several other Members took part, the motion of thanks was carried by a chew of hands, there being a large majority in favour of it. Mr. FAVELL then moved, that the freedom of the city should be presented to Mr. Hume in a gold box, which was also carried without a division. After which the Court adjourned. SHIPWRECKS. APERDEEDI, Ocr. 20.—We regret to state, that the brig Aurora, of this place, late Capt. W. Stewart, was, when oil her passage from Newcastle fur New York, lat. 41. long. 6(i. NV. struck by a tremendous sea, the ' effects of which were most disastrous and melancholy. The vessel was fore reaching under the reefed courses, and close reefed main-top sail, it blowing a violent gale from S. E. by E. to S. W, wheat at midnight of the 31st .4 August, this f.nal and destructive sea broke on titian! th.• stailutartl ',cam, by which Cant. Stewart, J. maim, .1. AILm, carpenter, and W. til‘Corithie, seaman, were washed over'uoarrr and drowned. The remtinitel, I.ari 4.1 the crew were only saved by bed, and the others :Aloft, as every thing upon deck was cow •letely 4wct.t away; the long-boat, cook.hvuse, and cairaiiouse, the bulwarks, am: all the mane:tools, fore an.; aft, comnanio.t dont., tiller of the rorWer, fore-Hatch, tafferail. pint of the deck tore up also From the vast r ‘ ttantiry of water which, in. consequence, immedi ately poured into the vessel, it was found there were four feet and a half water at the weather pump, while cables, otpes,ant‘ conloge, in the steeran:e, o crc so warped, that it was fott:.d recessaiy to throw them overboard, as well as part or her cars rof cr...ls, 111.1. Providentially tie weather soon nuttleratee, NI that toe vessel vv .s at last freed lay the pumps; and next day, having fallen in with a fishing vessel, the rem. i;.itis crew took on burro :woof the met, pilots, by whose asslyince the vessel used t,t Edgivivetowo Ole 8.11 ult., but erdult! riluree .ettipo.ari repair, before bein3 lit to proceed to he. das ti-etioo. A 0'..1t.c1: on i'le evetti'.tit of l'oevlety, :its! 26 iitst.tistrin. very thick Alf...ihz Slat:tibia brim. Pto.sideAcia, " ititi .01144. Peen Aiiilerto for Litiflol, ti . 1.. 0 11, Tar in; 1 rock called liellweatiters, at :,evu tin fast. Abaut is: olve tliecrew f ew St. A -ries tight, arld tired a got', ott.et, a t• tatber lotatt : a t t (OF, and saved all who were .41 wvi at day th:xl alins,st every iht:a.. d th.:! ct+uld be svared front the dilf•rent :s ttehtled t he purpose (tf Benin;; ow the e.lr•fo, 'Jae happily fectc.l on the same clay, alui dr who! , ca,tiv-yet! to S:. laity's, but in so riatnagerl a state (thrt,tigh eta. , purr ILO the wind and rain), that thou : th oriftieally wont 10,0001. its inesetoi value is not al),,se nee third of that stint. On toe Wed.tesday tti-ht the lAsats sail temail lug nortt.l the wreck were assaile.! dy a stolt..l rate, when the Akre, a tine large (Etat Itch eivitt: , to Brvber Island, and worth about 34101. was (lashed to ieees. A case of suicide, committed under very si.Tulsr c-mscr , ces, occurred at Glasgow on s !ay last (‘ti 16;11 it.st.) An elderly roan, w ;lose "aloe .we fmlear anentioning, wilt. had ....To:tied a respectable tilnaliun ;n Xirkintilloch for nearly iu years, left his ho.ne 'hat Ituariiii.e, and accioneaoied by a oeiltel , :nr, came int., the city. On the way the unhappy man iniOrittett hi: comrade that he conituittiii4 self-murder, I. r %Odell purpose he tail provide.l himself with a i)ist, I.— The cause Ile assia. , cd fnr meditating this act we have n-t heard with sufficient accitricy to jurify our stati. ft it.— His comisinion,iiistea.. of heir-g alarmed, or of !'im Iron his ptiriarse, coolly remarked that what " meant to du he must do quietly!" and in furtherance of this humeoc advice, when they arrive.; in t , own, he de•- cow pa flied his friend to a vtiblic-house in th- Geri , ds, and alter ordering r &stile of ale, the fell isc went OM to the door, in order to guard his insane a,,,ainst interruption, while centtaittiog the dre adful act whi. I. was to precipitate him in a mnineot iota the prese..ee of ois oflended Maker I immediately thereafter the report of a pistol was heard, end the lan.rlord, !taste , ir.g into the room, fotctil the uofurtunale man extended on ttw floor; his hand had been UN; with tniu steady an aim to his head, ant: he had literally !down tlf the oppet part of his scull. The tI w nun it inay be sail he owed his dismal evil, was tal.en into ctistotly, eair;ed before the Fiscll, 81.0 mini ,eel; too. tlie law contem plating on ouch case, he was nbligeil to de ilischar:!ed, Ani l left to the " corn i ~,,, ctions visitiny,s" t f hls etio• science, which. Judging from the rtesent olgusity of his faculties, are likely to be ho h " few and fat between." We believe the tinforionate soicide was a matt of good education, and some literary attaii , inents.—Grecaock Advertiser. 0,1 Fri(''ty mor'itu• last, at fire Ole f).7ver mail-coach, in .a4sisrg throlit!S ilirilurd, on its way d..w:i. guard, posoctriam. reeei.e.l ow!. dud WAS taken wit, 7 , 4(1 coureyec i rttr.vil m a..postchaisc nd (Inv, :Jecrntiv.v.ied by :10. an.! two pascong,:rs„ and arrived at the Gen..!ral taunt-onice in kme short snacz ui one bon; and c%venty-tisir minutes, a distance of 16 A pensioner of the 71st revionent 11.-; he( r nd cd and co iiiiiiiiiiii to of dearauding the Waterloo Fund 01 101. he asiiincil the 11.1111 e Of a nother person. by which be obtained the in:cm:try certificates to enable him to receive the money. Tills is not the first *tine he has been guilty of sionlar 339 TIIE KING. -sap— (IPROM A PRIV.ITE LETTER.) HA NOSPRR,WEDN ESDAV, OCT.I7.—You will have learned, that the slight indisposition of his Majesty has occasioned some interruptions of that series of celebrations that were prepared by a joyous people to honour his reception; but I have great pleasure in informing you, that the statement of this morning is, that our Sovereign is considerably better, and that lie will not be much longer confined to the Palace. The indisposition is a very slight attack of the grout, affecting the knee. His Majesty is zealously attended by Sir William Knighton, his physician, • and Mr. Walker, the royal apothecary; and the general good health of the King is such, as to leave . no doubt that, in a day or two, he will be enabled to take his accustomed exercise in public. This trifling interruption of health has not occar, sioned any interruption of public business. His Nla jesty has daily given audience to the Marquis of Londonderry, and to the Foreign Ministers here. With respect to the Palace of Herrenhausen, at which Lit Majesty resides, it may not be uninterest ing to inform you, that it is about a mile and a half from Hanover.. Fur upwards of sixty years it has rot had a royal visitor; indeed it had no inhabitants hut persons connected with the household. What changes have taken place were made expressly for his Majesty. At this pleasing residence, his Majesty remained somewhat closely confined dining Monday, the slight attack of the gout having commenced on Sunday. He ade , ;tted but few visitors Yesterday the King gave long and ;articular audiences to the Marquis of Londonderry, and to some foreign personages of t'istiuction ; and on the cueing of that day despatches for England were rule up. wece the palace of He: rerhausen and Hanover it tee fee , mansion which was fineacrly the residence of Cote , Walmoden. It was after c. Ards purchased by the Ilanoverian Government. That mansion is the present residence uf' the Merqui-: of London- Limy, who has %%411 him Lord Clanwilliam, his pri vate secretety. rite uitiner p. , rties at the retrace of Herrenhausen i ore daily efeu extensive and most splendid el•aracter. ' The vaiious ibreigners who are Lere from Jiffeteet - Courts give hicreated eclat to On list of to:Avers, as well its to the dinner and eveeite, i.artks. Such, i••deed, has Ueee the consaytence or the influx of visitors, that a bed for one night, at the oriieary 'tee, costs a Lenis d'Or, and this price receives the saretit:n of the authmitics To merry e (Thursday) is expected to be a gay day wits. us. In the curse of the ufteinoan le;!. Majesty, it is expected.. will be able to attend a :Lather, al though it can ot'ly be a partial, review of the troop; at pre'-cot stationed abut tl.e palace, and in the eelghleattheed uf Hanover, a•euutitinig to upwards • ‘i*Ao,( l oo ir. number, cavelry anal infantry inaluded. • _he appearatee of these tracers is Fee • imposing. ftce this ;evict./ there will Le a splendid cenibitio iires ! ve,•rke in the gardens Sna grounds setronnd i:!..a• the palace t f ilerrenhaesen, at which the public ill be italiscrimittately admitted. IL is at present positively calculated that his :la. ic sty will ect extend his visit to us beyond the mid dle or next weLk—.tot after the 24th inst. SL B. llourn.iel.l has orders to that clieet. The Dineecr et' the Prussian pests is already here, waiting t., re ceive Os instructicns respecting the route t h at his tluje•tv may taks; Leta he has cone/lands f. o his teen divernree• • to teLure onght , ti,n a t ut;Leas ralibety that has taken place here, and whiet, Las occasioned a g.: l / 4 xl &al of c mvereation, a.; well as much activity to the ert of t'te police. Sir B. left his w.stch in a eltat.l l .: , r adjoining to his w Aseat for a short time, a ',cram witi , s. ines.see froil the Lavin ; ; detained him, when ant his way back to l is cll:nalser; but on returning lit discovered that the wutet was gone. This loss L the uLite vcxetious to Sir 8., as the watch was the 1 4 , ft of the King, anti contains within it a fire like , ess of his Majesty. Air the endeavours of the police to bet any traces of :t have as yet been fruitless. A gentleman or sereatitic research ha!, we are inakrateil, constructed $ machine ef . .. perfectly novel description, which Le terms an Ilydtaulic Lavery. The object of this invettiort is to produce a more . complete imiunion oT the silent, gliding msai.als of the Iletveuly Bodies then has yet been efftxted.- I;very circulation or ttblive movement is pertizmail by means (,1 water, applied in such a manner as to .pmducc Vi;: apparent effect of spouaricons motion. The apparatus 62;7 been wen in action by several distingal.cd characters, anti the motive ptineiple is F i 4 1 to be applicable to a grL..t variety of tape:is , mental and u ltihr:ophicA purposes. The return of the woollen mmufactute of the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the oust tor ending the 30th of September last, has just been made up, and we arc happy to hear that the quantity of goods manufactured within that period exceeds the most I flourishing quarter in the memory of man. ."~ \ -