The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-04 00:00:00

COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL.

Thin body met yesterday at Guildhall, the Loaf)
MAYOR is the chair.
21.11 PlPFAlrla,dt* Egaginnl4 . . . .

Yr. Systzrea Wait the ford Mayor whit er Its weld give
the meat env information relative to the °psalm of the Io•
tersdilovel kahibitioa, sod whether the member, of the
theist Wan to take ally part is, or to be invited to be present
ea the onowion.

The ioaoiltos laid be bad been in communication with
ape of theeorruniamooms ; be understood that armiagemeets
*ors to be made for the invitation of all the Aldermen of the
City and their ladies, and forty members of that court
and their ladies.

BLACKFILIAM&BRIDGIL
Mr. WILLIAM HARTRIDGZ pat the following questions to
the Comptroller, viz. :—What program had bmn made by
the Bridge-house Committee ha reaped to the plazas sad
estimates for rebuilding Blaeldriambeidge ? When the
Bridgaboute Committee were likely to make a report to
the court! Whether, in the mune of their dellberatioes,
they had detersoised on recountending a bridge at Black-
friars of See arehee ! -

pve a narrative of all the
varicose proceedings that bad taken place in reference to
the proposed bridge to be placed acmes the Thames by the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and the
various plans which bad been ;imposed by thee.. He said,
in the Ant plans, the plan of a 11116-1111111 beidge bad been
submitted for consideration, but an intimation having
been mot to the committee of the appointment
of a royal commission on the question of the
embankment of the Thames, the committee bad

had to consider whether the proposed embankment
would interfere in any way with the bridge which would
heoreeted by the corporation at Blackfriars. They there-
fore cooaidered that it would not be prudent to consent to
the erection of a nine-arch bridge. Since then the railway
company had proposed another bridge with five arches, and
upon this plan several engineers had been called, and the
amnions of those gentlemen were now being considered by
the committee. Until this had been done, of course he
oould not lay what decision the committee would coma to.
He mentioned that it had been agreed to by the engiueers
generally that the present bridge is in • sound state with
the exception of one of the piers, and it that pier and some
portion of the arches were rebuilt only, that the bridge
would be put in a state of thorough repair, and he might
add that the entire question of rebuilding the bridge had
only been brought about in consequence of the plan of the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. (Hear, hear.)
The matter then dropped.

THE REMOVAL Or ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.

The following motion wax put by Mr. Joax STZWAUT,
vis:---"That the aldermen and commoners who are
govsmars of St. Thomas's Hospital be respectfully requested
to wait* the proceedings of the authorities in relation to
the removal of the said hospital, and as representatives of
the evaporation to give their beat assistance in promoting
the riVereetion of the hospital in such a situation in the
south alit:int in near proximity to the City of London, as
shell be meet accessible to the afflicted poor, as well as
conducive to their restoration to health."
The motion, after some discussion, was unanimously
Weed to.

XL PIADODrik oirr TO TNT LONDON POOR.

Mr. Deputy OIL% RIM pre aegis, of the following
motion, viz. :—" Thal the bosomy heedom of the City, in
a gold box of the valise dlOO gainsay, be presented to
G. Peabody, Fin., an American citizen, in grateful recog-
nition of the princely munificenoe displayed by bloc in
devoting the sum of 150,0004 for the benefit of the needy
and deserving poor of the metropolis, and of the Christian
sensibility of the sentiments which declared that the fund
thus created should be administered irrespective of distinc-
tire of natiosality, party feeling, or religious belief."
The reading of this notice of motion was received with
enthusiastic cheering.