The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-04 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

A special court of Common Council was con-
vened yesterday at Guildhall, the Right. Hon. the Lord
Mayor prandurg.
The Loan MA YOIL, on taking the chair, said he had to
announce to the court that the deputation appointed by the
court had attended at Windsor Castle on laturday last,
according to appointment, and pretreated the address of con-
=tain to her Majesty the Queen, and he handed in her
y's gracious reply. He also informed the court that
the deputation had proceeded on Monday to Marlborough-
house to congratulate their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales upon the birth of an infant prince,
and he then handed in their replica.
The RecoaDra then read the answer from hassMajaity,
which wee as follows :

"I reosive with sincere satisfaction your dutiful and
affectiocate address of congratulation on the birth of the
prince, my grandson. Your expressions of warm attach-
ment and devoted loyalty to my person and family are most
gratifying to me. Ms My of London will ever poems my
earnest wishes for its welfare and prosperity."
The reply from the Prince and Princess of Wales was
also read by the Recorder, and was as follows :
"My Lord Mayor adGentlemen,—f thank you sincerely
for your congratulation on the birth of a prince sad the
Prtnoees's recovery. I am deeply vosible of the feeling
which prompts your hopes that the virtues of her Majesty
and of my late lamented father may descend upon my
offspring. The Princess and myself are deeply grateful to
the City of London for the sympathy it bas shown in all
that cceceres oar happiness, which is inseparably connected
with the beet interests and welfare of this country."
" My Lord Mayor,—l return you my cordial thank. for
the adthese ou now present to me on the part of
yourself and of ti
the Aldermen and Commoners of the
City of London. lam very sensible of the warm interest
therein expressed for myself and my infant son, and I
deeply appreciate the kind, loyal feeling manifested
towards me."

The addresses and the replies were then ordered to be
entered upon the journal! of theconrt.

The ootirt- then‘proceeded to dispose of the business for
which it was specially called together, which was to consider
a report of the improvement committee, brought up by
Mr. Deputy Fry, sad asking the sanction of the oourt to the
plan agreed upon by the committee, io connexion with the
Holborn Valley Improvement Bill io parliament. The re-
poet gave a detail of the plan intended, and the mode in
which it is to be carried out, and stated that the bill had
already been read a second time, and was to go before a com-
mittee on Monday next.
Mr. Deputy Far made a few remarks, and hoped the
court would agree with the report.
Mr. Deputy De JIMET, while agreeing with the general
plan, thought that 80 feet, which was the width proposed
by the committee for the high level roadway front the Old
Bailey to Hattou-garden, was too wide, and he
that it should be only 70 feet, which, he said, would
a reduction of some 15,000!. in the expense ; and he propmed
an amendment to that effect, and also that the width of the
other streets should be left ay open question.
he amendment was, however, lost.
One or two other alight alterations were proposed, but
the report was eventually agreed to, and referred beck to
the committee for execution.