The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-03 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a court was held fur the despatch of
pub: te bu.in4 as.
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The LOKI, MAYOR, in addressing the court upon Ms first
appearanei .inionzat them se chief nanatt.trate, Raul the
maintenance of order and regularity an the proc.ediops
depended mainly upon the members themselves, end that
there were many important subjects coniseettil with the
City of Loudon which would iu the ensuirg year occupy
their attention, and which he thought might he as well run-
daetcd Own as in another place. Ile cured the court
that be would be at the command of he. fellow-citizens
uh on all OCCINIIIIOi and that he hoped ti have their appro-
bation and Mum at the conclusion of the labours of his
year of °Mee.

1111 THANKS OT THE COURT TO Tlll LATI LORD
11.\ TOIL
Mr. Deputy W. P. HALE (the dep., of Alderman Hun-
ter's weal)) roar to inue the tollowang vote of thanks to the
late Lord Mayor: "7 Mt the her thanks of this court be
prrscaled to the Right lion. William Hunter, late Lord
Majer, for the puitetuality, eiligesee, and fidelity
with which h. boa di.chargi al the vanous ant im-
portant duties of the exalted station ae chief ma.
`latrine of this daring the past year; for the
humanity and discretion which characterised his adminis-
tunas in public justice ; for the beneeolcot support given
by him to the various charitable institution. of the inetru-
polis ; kat the liberality aad cvartesy with wt.ieli he main• '
Mined the ancient hospitality of the City ; for the impar-
tiality with which be presided over the deliberations of this
wart ; and the ready access he has at all taus att.r,led to
it. nit mile.; sod fur that uniform urbanity of mai:ner for
which be 11.1. Men . qually distotruitied 11l the high Alec
of L Mayor, u Inc had laru it. the tuflOW. other
municipal sties ho has sa honourably and usefully sus.
baud, .ad which has justly entitled him to the luting
respect and esteem of Al elutes of hi. felloa•cattams.'
TM deputy said he felt I .enhar grinner ion ins hone
able to call upon the attest members of the court
to bear testimony to the excellent qu.li.4s n( the late
Lord Mayor, from* bog acquaintance with Mr. Hunter,
as a Inmate m us, as a member of the Court of Common
Comet, m • member of the Court of Aldermen, and, finally,
as local Mayor. (('heers.) Tha y know that in all thew
cLoracters the gentleman who had just quitted the chair
bad perform.' ad the duties which helongeol to the several'
statism he amps." to the aatielscuou of the public.
(Chem.)
Mr. Teo% VS H. lieu. meet cordially coarsened in all
that had been stated by die mover, and wecooded the vote
la the spirit of the meat perfect acquiescence. He coo de-
sire, to add merely sae or two obui rations. The late
Lard Mayer had wearer attempted to dictate to the wart
dames the whole course of hie mayoralty, and the court
bad diet justice le the bray/ by which his lee :ship wee
sheared by wryer 'realities In the slightest di ercv the
matherity with which hie leedehip presided. (Cheers )
There was net. he wee anivimed. • member of the mart
who diet not enjoy the asecurd earbibreare. (Cheer.)
The vete of drake ins doe eembeeedy_ agreed Oh add
ardor to he pecoemted to the late Lord Mayer mad to be
adeettimed lath easel ussiasc

Stu exeres. CITY riA/T.
Mc De= CoriALT misdated Wbe 1.1(.11/0. d whether
• dey bed *zed far dee eatertabument at Guildhall
be Mee of the kart of the OA of November, paitynned
ea assume of the death of hie 'Lae the Duke of Wel.
Melee 1
The LOUD KAYOS mid he Fit pleasure is stating that
hoilati.mv had pee coot he the 6th ism., and that he had
every ftrina M believe that the City would bu he:mowed
es the ommelos by lb. morose of a umahr of the moat
datuaguiebed suers. (Cheers )

_
In 0111•Wer ble• suestiou fres Mr. Deputy HARRISON,
who it. edid the right of • committee of tha court to appoint
• deputation, without the cement of the court itself, to re•
prte.nt tht corpontiou at the Nana of the Duke of Wel.
Wigton,
. • • - •

Mr. Jolts WOOD stated that the committee had, as it
mould be rooml when the report shoed be brought up,
acted upon the precenciit of the proceedings on the (intend
of Lord Nelson, and completely protected the cull privi-
leges. (Uem, Lear.)

lIIIR tualL

ON OF Till INDUSTKY or ALL
NATION/.

The LOW/ MATOR said ha hail received the following
litter :
Ezhibition of the Industry of all Notions, New
Turk ; Office, No. 6, Charing-cross.
" Lender, Nee. 11, Itti2.
" My Lned,—ln my capacity of sole agent is Europe for
the New Cork EsttiNtion, it &wolves apse me to solicit
yosr lordship's attention to the enclosed circolar, detailing
a pceect which must inaterialiy tend to increase its great
commercial iatereourso with the city wherein your lordship
hat heen tolled to till the highest dignity it. citizen. can
roofer; sad I hope to be authorised by your lordship to
anauance to th. directors that at the °lnning of their
Crystal Palace is May, 18:4„ in the list of ezhibitors they
will base to levet • the how. the Corporation of Losdoe,'
Wrest laaghter.) Awaiting your lordship's reply, I have
the hamar to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient
servant, •• C. Bcscitsc.
" The Right Mos. the Lord Mayor, itc."
The letter, which inclosed copies of documents on the
subject, and stated that all goods must be ready for shipping
by February Li, at latest, and that due notice should be
given of the various poets and time of shipment, wu then
ordered to be entered on the journals of the court.
Tit! YILERDOII 01 TUN CITT.

The motion of Mr. Bone, that it be referred to tho
freedom committee to prepare • bill for extending the
franchise at ward elections having been withdrawn, the
court proceeded to consider the report delivered in on
the 21st of October, on the conference with the committee
of Aldermen.
Deputy llaausox, in • speech of considerable length,
took that opportunity of defending the proceedings of the
freedom committee, of which he is the chairman. The
statements made by the worthy deputy were preciaely sinti•
lar to thlso he has repeatedly urged, which have from
time to time appeared in this journal ; their republication,
therefore, is unnecessary.
Mr. Cox, in analysing Deputy Harrison's defence of the
proceedings of the committee, contended that sufficient
en, rgy had not been evidenced. He also stated that it was
his opinion that the resolution of the Court of Aldermen,
paired in ISO, which had been raised as • bar against
carrying out the instructions of the court to proceed with
certain prosecutions against non-free retail tradesmen in the
city, was not applicable in the present instance. Ile would
therefore move as • substantive motion, " that the report
of the 2lst of October be referred beck for execution."
Mr. H. I . TAYLOR seconded the motion. He via of
opinion that Use committee had acted timidly, instead of
courageously, by insisting upon the report being carried out
in all its iategrity.
Mr. Deputy Bowan defended the 'abduct of the commit-
tee in the nai of considerable wialisioa. When the up-
roar was at its height.
The Loan MAYOR roes end said—Oestlemen, if you will
bear with ese, es this is the Area time I have bad the honour
of sitting in this chair, Weibel, sad dispassionately enter-
tabling the quad's beim, you, I shall be exceedingly'
glad ; and I promise you that I will devote myself to the
arabisot to the utmost of me power. (Cheers.)
Mr. BaNnocit was of opinion that to open a crusade
against the retail dealers of the City would prove to be a
most unwise course, sod be productive of much mischief;
for, instead of such a policy peeving advantageous, it would
be positively ruieidal. sad unworthy of the times in which
we live. (Hear.) lie, therefore, would oppose the motion
of Mr. Cos.
Mr. T. 11. lIALL was in favour of that motion, as was
also Deputy PILWIkUS, on the ground that as every other
attempt to animus the franchise having failed, probably
proceeding to the extremities contemplated would awaken
the public mind to the necessity of action in the matter.
Mr. W. BAILSZA denounced the whole of the proceedings
en the question by the corporation to be wrong, and espe-
cially unjust lathe livery companies and the liverymen, of
whom there were belonging to the city not less than
14,000 persons who possessed peculiar privileires, but whose
Age's had sever been considered by the promoters of the
ball for extending the franchise.
Mr. Ef.f.torr proposed sass amendment that the court
peeper* another hell, which Mr. Brooke was about to
sewed ; the Town-Clerk, however, said that notice of such
Metiers must fist be given, so that the proposition failed.
Merman LAWLINCI followed at great length, and in
a WWI et mesh vehemence. He denounced the whole

et the preserllese in unmeasured terms, and in the midst
• of a awe et the most painful ocinfween, daring which the
Lewd Mayer tales ordered the public to be ezelnded from
lie diantaisa. Ia the coarse of the Aldermaa's heesegee
several et the tasobers naked wt of the wart, apparea.ly
laildassLadliaaat.
Nam sad ether then alarmed the wart,
Iran alter • met rasa. irrelevant, aad iaathereat
anise, a dimities was tolled for, from which oar reporter
wee eselided to gijbur the peastaal hat, namely, that there
11Irf•--

la favour of Mr. Cox's notion
lipiast it

Mejoidty In fawn, of proceeding forthwith .. 24
PSOPOSID !CLIME GALL.

A depotatioa from the Literary Association of the
Friends of Poland, composed of Loed Dudley Iltsart, DI.P.,
Captain Toonshend, R.N. M.P., W. A. Smith, Req.,
Johnstone,and Limit, Charles Saulesewski, the
seeretare, attended the Court of Commas Council fur the
rrPof moseying the Guildhall es some day after the
hoTL ecessher seat, lathe purpose of • ball in aid of the
feuds of the Litersry Aroxiatios of the Friends of Poland.
Upss the motion of Ile Deputy HOLT, the petition of
the memorialists was read.

TM poritiesen- "pi;ainis the cacao or the unfortunate
Poissoineol " That the minnow of that interesting clue of
looalipene ermitaatly impeded by an imperfect sequaint-
• NM* mlthtbe league. eed imeasen of those by whom they
ennemened ; that they are destitute of the important ail-
megieel capital and mentions ; and that, shove all, they
le segrenfalees lees malmated try hope for the future than
iselgtir niestleeniene Nthe pan.- The memo-
pferMe by "WZ SSlppertsaity within the
Maid She no honvel which in former
gem his traisletered le theihe pesealary advantage of the
dew worthy agog wee iostastasiously
"ow OP ONFINCT.
The Moe* wane this limed as :
Anew.. ins In the 'Mime Navigation and Pert
neLselas nenian e b Annw wan the alma* he the
on
of NOM in WI of Se Theme NaAgaini hag. mi
Nibs Osumi Paws Onnallosellar waft EA 11011malna.1

house. Estimated eo.t of works, 6141. 16e. ; furniture,
468/. 2.. 6.1 ; wgailu r, 1,0121. 17.. &I.

No I II I: Or MOTION.
Br Mr. Ailicaros " That it is the opinion of this
court that the aldi rm..o should be periodically elected, and
that a pe!itt•on prep.tted end sent to parliuneot for that
won.. The res.ling ui this uuticc was/received a ith loud
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