The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-19 00:00:00

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WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Duchess of Kent i.gld
a visit to the Queen to-day, from her residence, Frogra,
house, and partook ef a dejeuner with her Majesty and ea
royal circle. The Hon. Miss Murray and the Bulb,
Macdonald, Maids of Honour to the Queen, left the Cola
to-day. The Rev. Dr. Phelps, ViogChaneellor of c.„.
bridge, is esp. eted to arrive at the Cutle this evening, ea a
visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Cad,
this evening will include the Duchess of Kent, the Day
and Ducheas of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, p
Frederick of Hesse, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lady Faaar
Howard, Baroness Hammerstein, Baroness ue Speth,
and Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. Sir George and 44
Grey, the Rev. Dr. Phelps (Vice-Chancellor of CsaOridgel
Colonel W)lde, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. The hand al
the Royal Regiment of Liore.Guards will atten dam,
dinner. The Queen's private band will aterwar,..., Etna
in the Castle.

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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a court was held for the dearttch of hi.
ness.—The LORD MAYOR, upon taking the eh jr, addressi
the members, and said he was convinced that ae Sh. Add re.
wive such support and assistance from them as would enable
him to till the chair to the satisfaction of his fellow-ctivest
THE LATE LORD MAYOR.—Deputy EVANS trose to MN
a vote of thanks to Sir G. Carroll, the late lord mayor,*
his conduct during his year of office. Ile felt that the late
lord mayor had done great credit to the corporativa by at
whole of the proceedings during his mayor..;ty; bat he vu
not a stranger to the effort* which had been made to murder.
set the motion of thanks to be proposed for the considerstice
of the court, as due to a gentleman for whom they ought all
to entertain the highest!' respect. He regretted, fur toe
noun of the court, that he had grounds for making the ohms.
ration ; but he trusted that he should find them 'inanition
in their determination to do justice to the late worthy am
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excellent chief magistrate. _ deputy then moved—
That the lamas of this court be presented to the Right Ilea. Mr
George evrroll, Knight, late Lord Mayor, for tho efficient mamma
which he discharged the various and Important dtitiC6 of chief morns
trate ; for the uprightneas of conduct and u ivaried assiduity with
which be performed the greatly inereated labours of his oldie Lathe
administration of justice ; foe the liberal support which he eschew.
fully extended to the charitable institutions which alum the metre.
polls ; and especially fur the sympaths whie4 he manifeated tansies
the distressed Irish and Scotch duruag the late famine, by AIM* Sc
funds e f the British amociation, and by feting as the chairman oft*
committee ; for hie successful efforts to protect the trade 01 this,*
:asainvt fraud and dishonesty; for the manner in which he upheld the
ancient reputation of his corporation, for hospitality, sod for la
mullet...a of acceas,and courteous conduct to all cla,ses of his kilos.
citizens.

Mr. GALIN wended the vote of thanks in af. w wee
expressive of the strong feeling of respect and admired=
which he entertained towards the late Lord Mayor.
Mr. W. LAWRENCE could not ainw such a motion tote
put without making a few observations. It had pleased the
late Lord Mayor's friends who had drawn up the vote el
thanks, to say but little of that to which the attention of the
court ought to be moat particularly directed—the conduct If
Sir George Carroll to the members of that court as the re
eft...matins of the great constituency of the City of London.
In the vote of thanks many things had been well said of ass
of whom it could not be denied that he pow esed ohs
qualities of a perfect gentleman ; but these were mattes
with which the court had, in considering the claim
of a Lord Mayor to a vote of thanks from the corpora.
ties, nothing at all to do. They were to consider
whether he had, in presiding over that court, taken
care to uphold its privileges, to support its character
end to protect the rights of his fellow-citizens, or whether
he had not on the contrary, when a question connected with
thee rights arose, thrown himself into the arms of a gentle-
man who was not the legal adviser of the court, and
abandoned all those interests upon an authority which was
well known to be adverse to their views r (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Lawrence then detailed the proceedings adopted by the
court at the commencement of the late mayoralty relatinto
the bill which formed the theme of dispute between the
two branches of the corporation. The City had undergoes
of late years many alterations and it had been found nem
naryfor some of the most wealthy and respectable of the
inhabitants ter reside out of town with their families
at the same time that they kept their we:chorus
and shops in the City, and contributed largely to
the support of its independence. It was objected that the
elective franchise was forfeited by that movement, and the
Court of Common Council, in which nobody doubted the
power to remedy the evil, appointed a committee to bring et
a bill with that object. The proceedings on the bill had
gone on without interruption up to the third reading, when
the Court of Aldermen suddenly objected, by the advised
the Recorder, to the further prossesution of it as illegal, in-
asmuch as it had not originated in their court. The Lord
Mayor at once adopted a course is direct hostility to the
views of the Court of Common Council, refused to allow the
bill to be proceeded with, and subsequently acted in oppe
sition to every effort of the court to correct the existing evil
by means of conciliation. (Hear, bear.) If the eourtwoald
allow a vote of thanks to a Lord Mayor who thus trampled
upon their rights:and tyrannised over them as a body, they
would deserve, indeed, to he scouted and reviled by those wbe
appointed them as the protectors of their privileges. (Hear.)
A good deal of tact had been exhibited at the minimum of
the late mayoralty, for the purpose of stemming through the
difficulty occasioned by the obstinate perseverance in so
offensive a course. It had been often said that the neared
way to a corporator's heart was through his stomach—
(laughter)—and the project of catching the vote el
thanks by a bell to the wives and daughters of the
common councilmen, was adopted. The system adopted
towards the Court of Aldermen bad proved effective.
The late Lord Mayor had, by some means, emitted
to give to his brethren what was called the alderincn'scomh
order dinner—a piece of negligence which was very senouily
felt ; and it was intimated to him that if be meant to confirm
that omission, a vote of thanks for his conduct during the
year should certainly stick in the court ; but if the feast were
given, the very authority from whom he received the latioll-
- would himself move *resolution not to besurpassed for the
vigour and elegance of its phraseology. (Laughter.) The
coach-order dinner, to which every alderman was citified to
take four visitors, was given, and the alderman who ha
used the threat, for the sake of the entertainment, was as
good as his word, and moved a vote of thanks full of the
most exquisite praise, which was carried unanimously.
(Loud laughter.) Presuming upon the lumen of the pre
natation upon the Court of Aldermen, the friends of theism
Lord Mayor determined to try the project No. 2 upon the
Court of Common Council, by giving a dance to the wires
and daughters of the members. If the court would pass a
vote of thanks to a Lord Mayor who had so completely
denied their rights., they would give the most intelligible
invitation to all other lord mayors " to go and do likewise."
The vote of thanks spoke of the exercise of hospitality b 7 the
late Lord Mayor. Why, what was paid for that hospitality?
The least a lord mayor ever received was 7,000/. Some-
times the amount was 8,0001. For what was that
sum given i Why, for the exercise of hominid,
to be sure. And would the court so deeply
into idiocy u to give glowing to the indivi-
dual who received that money for the manner in which he
strant thteh:tor
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lie regretted the opposition he felt bound to give to the me
tics, as he had a real respect for Sir G. Carroll as a private
gentleman ; but he could not conscientiously sit down witk-
out moving the previous question.
Mr. Bowe' seconded the amendment. He wished the
members of the court to stand well with their rimers, by
defending the privileges confided to them. They came into
the court expecting that they had the right to express in if
their feelings and opinions upon matters important to the
constituency, and they were authoritatively stopped by dm'
late Lord Mayor. What could be said if the Court of Com
mon Council passed the vote of thanks to a chief msgiettoOf
who had given such decided opposition to them ? wea
it not be an acknowledgment that the Court of Commie
Council were in the wrong, and that the late Lord Mayer
was perfectly justified in refusing to listen to them?
Mr. HARRISON could not let the subject pass without sty
Mg a few words. It would be recollected that th, Court el
Common Council having gone to parliament upon the Theme
Conservancy, the late Lord Mayor went with a few other
to
the Lords of the Admiralty, and assured their lordships tbst
the committee deputed to act upon the occasion were not at
all authorised. By that course the corporation had sustsionl
some injury.
Mr. UOIXION WAR sorry toMe so much ingenuity exercised
in so bed a cause u the opposition to the vote of thanks the
man who had deserved Go well from his fellow-citizens, sa
concluded by calling upon the court to carry the vote vial
acclamations.
The court then divided, and the " previous question "
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carried by a majority of 40 ; the numbers being, for there-
vious question, 81 ' • against it, 41. Eight aldermen (all Per
sent) voted against the previous question.
CITY IMPROYEMENTE.—The court passed an act for chat
ing.the sum of 300,0001. upon certain of the estates and nee