284 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



to examine the birds which were 

 flying in great numbers about the 

 island. 



26. A court of common council 

 was held, which was fully attend- 

 ed. On bringing up the report of 

 the committee appointed to con- 

 sider of the propriety of extending 

 the time at present allowed for 

 the election of aldermen (three 

 days) to eight days, and for in- 

 creasing the sum necessary for 

 qualifying a person to take that 

 office upon him, from 10,000/. to 

 30,000/. 



The building adjoining St. 

 George's chapel, Windsor, called 

 cardinal Wolsey's chapel, wassome 

 time since filled with lumber, al- 

 though it had been understood that 

 his majesty intended tohaveavault 

 made there forthe interment of the 

 remains of his family ; however, 

 within these few days, the lumber 

 has been taken out of it, and the 

 windows put in. On Fridaj' as 

 some labourers were employed in 

 digging an archway in cardinal 

 Wolsey's chapel, they discovered 

 a coffin ; the wooden one was de- 

 cayed, but the leaden coffin was 

 in a very good state of preserv- 

 ation. The inscription on it could 

 not be made out. On opening it, 

 the contents proved to be a 

 woman, wrapped up in waxed can- 

 vas, of fifty folds, and a child, in 

 a very high state of preservation, 

 in spirits. It was supposed to be 

 the queen of Edward the IVth 

 and one of her children. It was 

 kept open till Monday when it 

 was obliged to be soldered up. 



31. A very full court of com- 

 mon council met for the purpose 

 of taking into consideration the 

 following motion, of which Mr. 

 Jacks had given notice : 



" That a bust of our most ex- 

 cellent sovereign George III. be 

 placed in the council chamber of 

 this city, as a grateful testimony 

 to descend to the latest posterity, 

 of the high sense this court en- 

 tertains of the manifold blessings 

 enjoyed under his paternal reign ; 

 in which, during the long period 

 of fifty years, continued in the 

 most eventful times, and under 

 the most arduous circumstances 

 ever recorded in history, Britons 

 have the proud satisfaction to feel, 

 that amid tiie wreck of surround- 

 ing nations, their beloved coun- 

 try has preserved its laws, its re- 

 ligion, its liberties, and its inde- 

 pendence unimpaired." 



This resolution was, in the is- 

 sue, changed to an order for a 

 whole length statue. 



NOVEMBER. 



1. The lord mayor received a 

 communication from Mr. Ryder, 

 secretary of state for the home de- 

 partment, informing his lordship 

 that in consequence of the con- 

 tinuing indisposition of his majes- 

 ty, no new chief magistrate of the 

 city could be submitted for the 

 royal approbation, and that in 

 consequence his lordship would 

 be expected to continue in the 

 discharge of the duties of that 

 high office until his majesty's 

 pleasure could be taken on the 

 appointment of his successor. 



Income Tax. — The following 

 uncommon entry appears in the 

 Newgate calendar of the present 

 sessions : — " Joseph Goslick com- 

 mitted by D. Jennings, S. Wed- 

 dell, and N. Brickwood, esqrs. 

 commissioners ofthe property acts, 

 to remain without bail or main- 



