The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-24 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of
public business.
HER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCHEUENT.—The Lerd Mayor, the
moment the court was formed, rose, and stated that he had
received • letter from Sir G. Grey, the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, announcing her Majes-
ty's safe delivery of a prince's. (Loud cheers.) The com-
munication was, upon the motion of Mr. J. Wood, seconded
by Mr. Seeping, ordered, amidst acclamations, to be entered
upon the journals of the court —Mr. J. Wood, in moving
that a loyal and dutiful address be presented to her Majesty
the Queen, upon the birth of a princes., observed that the
public worth, the high example, and the private virtues of
the sovereign were so well known and so justly appreciated
that to dilate or enlarge upon them would be unnecessarily
to occupy the time of the court, every member of which, in
common with the whole country, rejoiced at the safe and
happy event, and at the recent addition to the domestic
comfort of her Majesty and her illustrious consort. (Loud
cheers.) He felt, without venturing to offer en opinion
upon what had already occurred and is still occurring on
the continent, that it was (and particularly at the present
time) as well the privilege as the duty of the corporation of
London to express the strongest feelings of respect and re-
gard for her Majesty's person, and of attachment to the mo
narchy and the free constitution ot the country, and the
hope that that constitution and the rights and privileges of
the inhabitants of this great city and of all the subjects of
the realm might be maintained and continued under the
rsign of her Majesty and her descendants to the latest poste-
rity. Such, he could not hesitate to say, was the state of the
continental nations, that it became more necessary for the
citizens of London to show that they were satisfied with the
institutiuns which were so well calculated to up-
hold the monarchy and to perpetuate the good
government of the country.—Mr. Wood then moved
that an humble, loyal, and dutitul address be
presented to her Majesty upon the joyful event of the birth
of a princess.—Mr. Snelling and Mr. Wire having addressed
the court in similar terms, the motion was agreed to unani-
mously, amidst great applause.—Mr. John Wood then
moved, seconded by Mr. Snelling, that • committee be ap-
pointed, and be attended by the law officers of the corpora-
tion, to draw up the address forthwith.—The motion was
unanimously agreed to, and the committee was appointed.
Upon the return of the committee to the court strangers
were ordered to withdraw, and the address was (we under-
, stand) read and unanimously agreed to. The court then
ordered that the address should be fairly transcribed, and
presented to her Majesty by the whole court; and it was
referred to the committee to consider the most advisable
mode of presentation. There never was ass„ occasion on
which more decided unanimity was expressed by the corpo-
ration of Lyndon than the present vote of loyalty and at.
tachmeut to the sovereign was intended to characterise.

MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.
Yesterday a meeting of the magistrates of the
county of Middlesex took place at Hicks's•hall, Clerkenwell.
The chair was filled by Mr. H. Pownall.—The deputy
clerk of the peace having read the minutes of the last court,
the reports of the visitina justices of the county prisons were
produced and read. That relating to Coldbath.fields prison
stated the sanitary condition of the establishment to be satis-
factory : it contained a total of 1,141 prisoners, exclusive of
children—vie., 933 males and 208 females. The report from
Westminster Bridewell stated the number of prisoners at
present therein confined to be 537 males and 197 females,
maki ig a total of 734. The report from the House of De-
tention showed that since the date of the hat report, Janu-
ary 10, the total number of prisoners committed to that
pnson, was 1846.
UNAUTHORISED VISITORS TO Pftisofis.—ln consequence
of the governor of the Coldbath-fields prison having, some
short time ago, received at the prison as visitor.; two persons
who were objectionable to the visiting justices, that body
paned a resolution making it imperative that every visitor
should have his ;same and addteu entered in a book to be
kept for that purpose by the gate porter. The governor pro
tested against the rule, and, as tar as he was concerned, it
was annulled. The chaplains also protested against it; but,
as far as 1, garded them, the visiting justices determined to
enforce the regulation, and the chaplains now memorialised
the full court to order the rule to be expunged from tl.e
order-book. A long and very animated discussion took
place upon the matter, and the result was, that the rule laid
down by the visiting justices was coafirmed ; the numbers
being—ayes, 20; noes, 10.
New LUNATIC ASYLUIC—It was resolved to raise
10,000/., by mortgage on the county rates, for the new
lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch, making a total of 30,0001
raised for the lame purpose.
After transacting some routine business the court
broke up.