The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

OF THE WIPOROR OP FIANCE TO TWO QUOIN.

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Yesterday a special court, which was most numer-
ously attended, was held, for the purpose of onsidaieg
what steps should be takes by the arporatioa for the put-
pose of testifying their respect for the Emperor of the
Freak, on his appending visit to her Majesty.
The discoed= we. conducted with aimed doors.
The following resolutions were mutinously greed to, I
amid enthusiastic cheering :
" That it be referred to a committee now to be appointed,
to make the requisite arrangemeata for the pravatation of
the edam in the GentikalL"
" That a somata be now appointed, mating of the '
Lord Mayor, the aldermen now meat, sad rte ossanwase
from each ward."
" That an eatertalemeat suitable to the digalty of this
City be provided en the etweeloo, at the daildhall, to which
his Imperial Modesty the Emperor and the Elapses of
the Preach be requited to honour this City with their ,
presages."
" That the Eight Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Re-
ardor, and the likerilfe, attended by the Remembranosr!
do welt apes his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the
Praia, ad humbly request him, is the acme of this coact,
that he and the Impress will mask, to honour them
with their royal preemies at an eatertalatant is the Guild.
hall of this City ca the Nokia of the presentation of the
address."
"That it be referred to the said committee to take the
proper measures for conducting the entertainment, for
Silas up the Gaildhall, and to report from time to time to
this court if necessary."
♦ awake*, composed of the Lord Mayor, the aldermen
I present, and a econuoater from each ward, was immediately
' formed, and they retired at once to an mikado; room and
sommeaesd their labours.
o The wart then adjourned.

Her Majesty, it is said, placed apartments at
WiVillat for twisty persons at the disposal of the Eva-
peror sad Emma of the French, bat their Imperial Ma-
Meths will sot avail themselves of the entire latitade thus
impiously offered them. The Emperor will be anon•
pealed by the Dale de Beessao, Grand Chamberlain, M.M.
Fleury, de T0'14.4;808, sad Edgar Noy ; Menial Valliant
will also assompsey the Chief of the State. The salts of
the Empress is ...posed of Priaesee d'Eesliag, Madames
de lioutesello sad de Malaret, of Coast Timber de la
Pagerie, Greed Master of the Household; sad of Rana
de Pierre, Mester of the Horse. . .. .

A letter from Paris nays : "A religious ceremony
tool plan list rimier (Good Friday) in the chapel of
the Tuileries. A few miasma before the smoke cow-
mesced the Emperor sod Empress Neared habited in
black—the Empress wore the Spanish =stelae. Except at
**senses thi *error and Empress remained kneeling
&trim the service, which ►sited about an hoar."
His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
left town this morning for Dublin, accompanied by his
private chaplain, the Rev. Walter Crete ; his private secre-
tary, Major Pormeaby ; the Bon. Min Lucille' ; and Mr.
Charles William Granted, M.P., sad the Han. Mrs. 0m-
M. Upon arriving this evening at Siolybeed, his Break-
limey and suite will paw the night there, messing over to the
Irish coast by spacial beat to-morrow morning. His Kcal-
{army will eater the Irish capital in state, at half-past two the
same day (Wednesday).
The name of the Rev. Dr. Stanford is removed
from the list of the Vise-regal Chaplain, some person
bevies canumtalested to Lord Carlisle that the rev. gentle-
man had been dismissed as Chaplain to the North Dublin
workhouse, for poselytking tendencies.
The Governor-General of India has raised the
salary of Dr. O'Shauglinessy, the superintendent of electric
telegraphs in ladle, to 3,6001. per sawas. The doctor has
bma informed that t►e Menem has been given, not only
• aska3wledgmeat of kis valuable services, bat because,
bad he Itemised at the Mist, his salary would have been
higher then that whisk be has hitherto received as taper-
ialsedent of alestrietelsgraphs.
Layard, M.P., has delivered an interesting lec-
tors es Nineveh, in the Bast Church, Aberdeen.
Dr. Cumming announces a course of eight lectures
on "Prophesy as applicable to the present times," to be
delivered la the metropolis. The first is to treat of "the
end of the wield."
The members of the Art-Union bold their annual
meeting in the Haymarket Theatre en the 34th.
In a postscript to a Fast-day sermon just published
by the Bev. Mr. /haw, that godless= complains of She
unauthorised pablketion of his Wares sad memos&
These are pirated, collected, sad made into a book, and be
km had the meetiAsatioa of seeing a new volume announced
as by ►iss, wit► a tide he never authosised nor heard of, in
a way he mall not eoutrol, and with a view to profits in
which he had as share.

_
The pliant Captain Vicars, who fell in resisting
the late sortie of the Russians, wee the brother of Lady
Rayleigh, and his loss (rye the Clialaufwal Mimi* bee
carried into the noble family at Terling the pangs of private
sorrow, in which the eoeaty deeply sympathies,.
Lord Erroll observes that his wound, described hy
the TialoB as " comparatively trifling," was so serious shall
.4 the .ad of four months he had boss redued to a seats
MIMS debility. For the last two months, however, he MB
been Derwin with his regiment at the depot, ready at emp
moment to return to more active sal= when called ups,
though still unable to bald a pea or wield a sword.
A letter from Sebastopol states that (inn. Ostas.
Seeks. has ordered all females to quit the town. The
Onsd Dubs Nicholas, it is added, has given sash wawa a
sum of m 00.,.
The intention is attributed to the Emperor Alex-
seder of yields( Finland—and Helaine= I. particular—
Wen the ensasseaseseat of operetta= in the Rallis.
The Commissariat alms serving in the CritMs
hies addressed a letter to Commissary Guess' Fader, he
dre peepose of Wag tssasseitted to Lord Namara, In
whisk they complain of °Maio remarks mode in the Reese
Commas ea the 19th of February b 7 Lord Pahasseten,
unil whisk they Interpret as haply's' that they ass set of
the stem of sesiety ogled " gentlessea," sad whist' plainly
stew them of having been " wanting is =pad% energy,
inedlipaes, and in the emirate and slalom perfonnaeos
ag esty." Coaulading that as a body, the °Hears of the
Chimmimarlat do belong to the "gentry." they add " if we
have act acquitted ourselves to the satisfaction of our sups-
tiers we lay= inquiry Ist* oar sesduct."
A committee, asmposed of members of the Churl
Presseteat Deimos IMIM7, Evaltrylival Mane% National
Ask r I mama Mika° I, Om, have convened ea " sore.
We
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