The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-22 00:00:00

corral, 07 COMMOAT COUNCIL

A Court of Common Council was holden yeater-
Asy at GuildhalL The LORD lliArou prodded, and the
pester portion of the members of the Court of Aldermen
were also present, as well as a large muster of the Common.
Council, one of the matters to he dispomd of being
the election of a Cominissiooor of the City Polise in the
rosin of the late Daniel Whittle Harvey.
Attila °ominous:orient of the proendiag•, a euggestion
I was made that the petition; which arsumell7 disporad of •
at 2 o'clock, should be taken at coos, as the time at. which
they are generally taken into consideration was dud forth°
election, and ually it was arranged that this mousse
should be adopted
Several petitions from charitable institutions for peen-
siseyamidanos wore referred to the Coal, Corn, and Finance
Committee, but is one or two Madames, where the arum-
'Moose appeared to justify such a course, the applications
wore rejected.
Deputy HAMMON took occasion to °keine la the muse
of the diereses.° that be had carefully looked into the air
counts of the City, and be could not help eaylu( that the
emparation were under enormous liabilities, sad that if they
bad to make the new street from Blackfnurbridge to
Mansion-house, according to the present proposition, they
would hereto find nearly 800.000 i., audit wasaquestion very
seriously to be considered bow far the oceparadoe woe in •
000dition to make grants lavishly for charitable purposes.
(Hear, beer.)

7111 PROPOSED VELD MAT 5•11111 M 65175PE1LL1.
Mr. &MOLL presented a politics from the ishelitente
of Smithfield and its vicinity praying the court to take step
to hasten the erection of the proposed meat market et
Smithfield ; that the designs and estimates for the market
may be °pea to public competition ; sod that no phin fee
snub market may be received which proposes to erect a dead
wall around it, the petitioners stating that they had Dowd
with dismay that the last-mentioned preposition bad been
entertained by the court. The 'womanlike meatier, is
moving that the petition be referred to the
Markets Improvement Committee, expressed his opinion
that the petitioners bad really sustained vary pest
lam, lint by the removal of the old market, ead them by tha
great delay that bad taken place in erecting the new one,
sad that they had good grounds for coming to this court by
petition to see whether they could not obtain some remedy.
(Hem, beer.) The old market had now been removed
eight or nine years, end although the act of parliament for
the formation of a new one had become law for three years,
still nothing was apparently being done to carry tt Mt°
effect. He was free to admit that the blame did not alto-
raiser red either with that court or with the corponitioa,
and that a great deal of uneecereary delay had been ocer
aimed by parliament interfering with details they had
nothing to do with, but dill he considered the petitioners,
who were such grievous sufferers by the present state of
thinp, had a right to know why something was not done.
(Hear, hear.)
After some further diecussioe the motion ef Mr. Seamen
was speed to.
ZISCTION OP C 0101114810168 OF POLICE 105 THE MY.

The court mat proceeded to the election of Commissioner
of the City Polies. The candidates for the appoint:Peet
were Captain William Cosgrove, Captain William Frederick
Portlock Dadsoo, Colonel Wright Weetoott Davuleoe, Cap-.
tun Charier Cramood Dick, Lieutenant Charles Comae
Robert Bidwell-Edwards, Major Edward Hamilton Flow,
Wooed James Fraser, Captain Charles George Hodgson,
Colonel William Adam Orr, C. 8., Captain Henry &grave,
Major Frederick Rios Stack, and Colonel William Henry
Charles Wellesley.
By resolution of the court the numbers were reduced by
tr:four. viz., Captain Coogreve, Colonel Fiume Major
and Colonel W.-Healey. The number was limn in
the same meatier reduced to two—Colonel Fraser and Cap-
tain Corigrem. The number for the former was 140, and
for the latter 43.
Captain CONORROR mid, seeing the difference in the
numbers,it was perfectly useless for him to contend any
longer, and he would save the court the trouble of voting
again. He was mach (Alleged for the support be bad met
with, and he retired without regret and without shame.
His LORDSHIP then announced Colonel Janie/ Fraser to
have been duly elected as Chief Commissioner of the City
Police.
Colonel FRASER, in reforming thanks to the court, mid
be wee highly sensible of the honour which he had attained
in being elected to 11l the appointment of cenimiseiceer of
police for that City. He was well aware bow impatient
were the duties and grave the rosponsibilities, and be
the court to believe hie assurance that his best begged
trouts should be used to prove that he was not unworthy of
the mark of high coofideooe which bad been placed in him
by that great and ancient council over which his lordship
presided.
The Renternbeaseer was ordered to communicate the re-
sult of the election to the Secretary of State, and the court
adjour
It should ned.
be stated that preview to the election a letter
was read to the court how Captain Hodgson stating that he
had withdrawn.

ZOOLOGICAL tilioolSyr Or LOiroolt.—At the
monthly pedal meeting held yesterday, at the society's
house, in Hanovercquare, the Right Hoe. Sir George
Clerk, Bart., president, it the chair, Viament Hamilton,
Lord Dankelha, Lord Honeys, Lord Game Gordon
Lenses, M.P., Sir C. Taylor, Bait.. Lieutindat.Colonel
P. Crawley, Captain A. Stewart, and Messrs. G. Evan
Monies J. Nichol Brown, H. Harwood Harwood, H.
Pritchard Keith, W. Stewart Macleod., of Seaford,
F. W. Hamsterle, W. Hints Smith, A. Kekewiek, H.
Herbert Wombwell, William H. Cope, sod A. Bailie. were
elected fellows of the society ; and the Halloo Repaid»
familia, of Calcutta, and Colonel George Barnes,,
O.K. president at the Court of Katmandu,
Nepal, were elected corresponding members of the
society. Viscount Bury. H.P., the Jul Cowper,
the Earl of Sandwich, Lord Stanley of Alderley. Sir
Theopliihm Wm. Biddelph, Bad.. Sir Thomas Hesketh,
, Bart., M.P., Md. L. H. Lathaenjoind Messrs. Hetialeigh
Wedgwood, H. Ridley Smith, A. Robertson, A. J. Water-
low, J. Braddirk Monektae, H. Waters, Abraham J.
Roberts, Henry J. Lubbock, M. Clerk Thornhill, G. C.
Eagle, A. G. Chapman, P. C. Hardwick, G. Ward Haat,
M.P., Ernest L. Hearn. Wentworth F. Hume, Y.Y.
Sidney E. Botsverie Pusey, J. Bathurst, Graver Browne. and
Herbert Lay Longhair' were proposed as candidates for the
fellowship. It was amouoced to the medics that his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had expensed his
desire to be enrolled among the fellows of the society, and
diet in conformity with forme( precedenta established is
the case of the royal family, the amincil had admitted his
royal highorse to be a fellow of the society without ballot,
is accordance with his request.
RAGGED CHI/Hell AHD CHAPEL UNION.—The
tenth annual meeting of this society woe bald last evening
at Exeter-hall, Mr. Baxter in the chair. Mr. Blake, the
searetery. reed the report, which congratulated the meeting
ea the vast tenant of practical good which bed resulted
from the exertions of the union. The missionary stations
connected with the union are situated in some of the most
wretched localities in the metropolis—in Field-lane. Wad-
dled, Drury-lane, Tuthilletreet, Milernd, Pox-court,
Holborn, Lisamgrove. Emigware-reed, Portlaud.town, New-
man-street, Pox and Knot-court. Paddington, St. Clement
Dams, Snow's-kids, sod Club-row, Bethnal-mew—at all
of which there are Sunday services and week day prayer
meetings, with poesy books, clothing chile, mothers' meet-
ings, ite. Many thousand were thus enabled to bear the
preaching of the gospel whose poverty and rap precluded
them from attending the regular places of worship. The
number of stations emeiated by or conot,ted with the union
is N. The runts voted by the committee during the year
have amounted to Lilt. The meeting was addressed by the
Rev. Meson. Jay. Allen, Owen, Wilson, Taylor,
, sad Maxwell, and Um retain was adopted.
CENTRAL WALmI RAILWAY.—A special meeting
of this company was held yesterday at the Westminster
Palsies Hotel, Sir 0. Bowden in the chair, to approve of
bill authorising the smidgemation of the Knighton with the
Gotta Wales Railway, and for carrying out working
r arrangemento with the London and North WOOS= Hallway
Compally. The solicitor having read the priacipal clams
l in the bill, it was usanimonsly agreed to.

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