The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-12 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yostorday $ court was held which was numerously
attended. Tko proosadings sassed unusual latrine.
The Tows Cissx read a tatter from alderman Salmons,
the Lord Mayor Idlest, to the Lord Mayor, signifying his
'atomics to swipe the odiee of Lord Mayor for the ensuing
year.

TM eammusioaties, which was received with applause,
wee ordered to be emend es the jested. of the mart.
The Town Cc uax reed the Mlle/sift resolutions, shirk
was pawed at the lad maims ball, cm the subject of the
elks of Wyman : Emelved, that the bridgmesters
elected at the mostieg of the livery is cosmos hall on
Midsummer-day last be mantel to use every effort is their
power to uphold the easiest caw is its integrity, sad the
Court of Lad Mayor, Aldan's'', sad Cosmos Conseil, be
recommended to do se eat whereby Mk affekam my be
er the proper sad asedaMilld maeseratios
withhold hem the present peruses of the dad"
TM resolution was ordered to be mitered on the journals
of ski mart.

Mr. IL C. LLILIII brought op the report of the committee
to which it wes referred to watch the peeress of the Pub&
Libraries and Museums Bill in parliament. It certified that,
la seerda•es with the report speed to by the mart, •
alms mesimieted is tic NM ,bill by the Itemembesnesc, '
under the sanction of the committee, to Wand the eeveral
provisions thereof to the City of London, and th-t the
Beinambrascer had since certified that the said bill passed
both hoses* of parliameat, and received the royal asrat•
After sem dis*ateio•, it was unanimously 'greed to that
the Lord Mayor be requested to convene a public meeting of
all pree•s in the City rated to the consolidated rate, in order
to determine whether the act should be adopted in the City
of London.
THE

OF TEE COMBINED ABILIES
AND FLEETS.
Alderman Wise, in moviag " That a dutiful and
loyal address of eosgratulaties be presented to her Ma.
jetty epee the glorious SIIOSIOSS of the British army and
fleet, is onjusation with them of her Majesty's faithful
Allies," said—My Lord Mayer, I saa sure it is unnecessary
that I shield apologies to the coast for introdesias • un-
just seek as that whin steads upon the paper of business,
boons. vendee; duty, laelleatioa, I feel neared, ',Dislike
emapel thieved to agree to the minim whisk I shall have
the Mann to submit te thole ensiderades. (Hear, hen)
I fesl that it is sneessesary to go 'stony details respeatiag
dime &Mori& or the endues of the war. It is simply an
nib= of esepatulatioa (to whisk I am sure this nun
A \tinily agree) to her Majesty upon the sneer whisk
has already crowned her arms. It will be remembered that
very shortly after the fleet had left this country foe the
*Ma of the Crimea, our army was permitted
to Ind unmolested. No doubt the haughty tem-
Maledier of the Ratans forces intended by that
to give ea oppottnalty to the Remise troops
of doing what he had erne boasted he would do, namely,
of driving the British troops book into the sea. Bet
sanely had they landed, almost without provisions and the
amessaries of life, than they were assailed by the earmay and
• battle ensued, when the troops of England, true to their
anoint spirit and reputation, after struggling against min
seas Acuities and overpowering forces, succeeded iti
beat* sad driving back the foe—a result so unexpected
to the Bassin oometandee that he had actually brought
out hie carriage sad his ladles for the purpose of witnessing
how wily they Gould do what he had promised shonid
he does. Bat I need not say that in this expectation
be was justly disappointed, and the indomitable valour
of our troops, who had scarcely before been on the field
of sedan, sneaseded in &Meg him back and putting
his troops to the liter rout ; and that therefore the autos's
which attended the arms of Ragland in their first seen,-
meet with the enemy was • positive augury that afterwards
their career would be ase of the most brilliant description.
(Hear, hear.) I need set say that after this battle, which
not only astounded but gratified all Europe, the troops of
Mislead, combined with these of France, made • movement
whisk all the *plains of military meir width have been
collected together say was one of the most successful and
one of the most useful movements. They succeeded in
pasting through • difflealt and dangerous countsy, and in
setting themselves down before Sebastopol. (Cheers.) I
need not say • word as to what has takea place before Se-
bastopol, further than to draw your attentive to the position
of the allied troops whoa they settled down before that, the
greatest stronghold that ever the world saw. During eleven
meths the siege of Sebastopol continued, and during that
time two anises were fosgbt, both under tiled vantsg es on the
pre of theellies, but in both of which they were victorious
awl tea Alm was added the proud triumph of Balsklava
NI
labilliena. (Cheers.) Alter as heroic endurance on
the pan tithe English soldiery and that of the allies, after
newly eleven months spout before that plain and is the
trenches, under difficulties and dangers innumerable, pur-
sued by pestilence, deprived of comfort, the heroic ea-
dames of the English troops enabled them, I. conjunction
with their brays and gallant allies, at last to take possession
of the south side of that stronghold of the Cast ; and, my
Lord Mayor, I should say, in the words of the Prime
Minister of England, this was not the siege of • place, but
a series of battles avian the stronghold of the assay, when ,
the troops inside the town were sot enclosed; where one'
aide out of it was continually open ; where they were con-
Hasa, able to receive reinforessasets of men and supplies
of ammunition, provisions, everything that could inspirit an
army in the defence of so great • stronghold, and upon
its falling, or the resistance which it might be able
to make, I think turns the whole of the war now raging
between England and Russia. You are awns that after the
allies had so suffered and endured, the final day came when
they were to make the assault; and when we look at the
nature of the works which the Russians defended—when
we look at the difficulties attending that assault—when we
look at the enormous power which they had behind their 1
batteries—when we look at the dreadful eareentsr whin
must take plan between the troops that ware to assail and
those who were to be wailed—one wily wonders that such
should have been the courage, endurance, and persever-
nes date allied troops, against so formidable an enemy
entrenched in so sting • position, that, notwithstanding all
this, the arms of the allies were triumphant, and that they
took possessive of that part of Sebastopol which commutate
and will ultimately give pesessalen of, not only the other side
of the eity, but also the entire of the Crimea itself.
(Cheers.) It is not necessarythat I should satin
teedeatally the combats that took place from dry
to day, la the assaults epee the trenches, or of the Mu
in the trenches upon the fertilisations of the town; aerial
necessary that I should ge, in order to induce you to eves
to my motion, into the history of the operations of the army
and lint before Sebastopol. You an aware that our navy
has seccessfally swept the Sea of Asoi; that it has kept is
shame every vessel ; that it has destroyed the satire fleet of
Rosen, sad has not left in any part of the world • sloes
vessel that can combat the English Beet. (Hear, bear.) It
was expected, heating what we did of the ant of Bessie,
that it would have some oat of the harbour; that it would
not have skulked behind stone walls; that so COM as it sew
the English fleet, it would have been Wooed to come cut,
sad give it fair battle epee the nen. (Hear, hear.) But
the only manner is whisk the vales: of the Russian fleet
was exhibited was, that It stole out if the harbour, and
west est attacked an shunt defenceless people, eel the
mareesre of Sinop' is the only *lag of which the Russians
eani emgratelate themselves. (Hear, hear.) Having swept
the Ilea of Asoff—having drowsed ia deep water the wet
fleet of Bassi% having beaten them three times in battle,
we have been sacesssfal to almost every skirmish.
Vs lesse dans something more, although not so mush as
mesimposted or satisipated by an impaling rabbis, jedess
dot the mows of the Bookish people shield be grad
fns and wide, whoa engaged la an amain war—a war of
dvilisatios against barbarism, of freedom against tyraany,
ditto lastepeadnes of nations 'pint their subjection to
• trended for. In audio; to the valour of the Rouble
Lathe Salt, of the any apes the ses, I should hardly do
Widest jostles to the subject if I did net oiled* to their
herds endiaranis darn; nearly olives mouths, whilst hest
lag In the tenches. It is well keine that when they
Imbed upon*, shores of Russia, they wen destitute et
almost every mulles ; that es sea es they broke up the