The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-02 00:00:00

oourr or COMMON coureir..

The members of the Court of Common Council
of the City of London held a wart on Wednesday, in the
Coursed Chamber of the Guildhall, for the despatch of the
business of the corporation.
The Right Non. the LORD MAYOR presided. There wee
a full court, and the following members of the upper bench,
with the Reeorder and the Common Serjeant, were also pre-
sent :—Alderman Wi con, Alderman Salamis,' Alderman
Humphery, Alderman Sir F. G. Moon, Alderman Rose,
Alderman Mechi. Alderman Allen, Aldermanßesky, Alder-
man Lawman*, and Alderman Gibbons.
A. letter was read from Mr. Lewis, the secretary to the
National Lifeboat Institutioo, thanking the court, on be-
half of the committee of management, for its munificent
additional donation of two hundred guineas in aid of the
funds of the institution.

I.lponttiell;tie;ii Deputy OBBL&D the letter wee
ordered to be entered upon the journals of the court.

THa LONDON, ORATRAN, AND DOVER RALLWAT.
The Tows Claim read a letter from Lord Sondes, the
chairman of the board of directors of the above railway,
which informed the court that, owing to the delay of the
corporation in coming to a decision as to the number of
atones of which the proposed new bridge at Black/rims
should be composed, the company was put to very °amide-
rabic loss and inconvenience in the prosecution of their
works, and requesting the court to mine to a decision upon
this point as soon as practicable. The letter also stated
that if any bridge was erected with lees than live arches, it
• would mom very considerable additional expense to the
company, but if a bridge of five arches were to be agreed to,
they were ready immediately:to commence operations for
crossing the river. (Hear, hear.)
Deputy HARRISON said he was informed that the Bridge-
house Committee had taken evidence upon this subject,
which he believed was printed, and be should be glad to be
informed whether it was intended to lay this evidence
before the court, or when a report upon the whole matter
might be expected. (Hear, hear.)
kr, H. W. Yardarm; the chairman of the Bridge-house
Estates Committee, said that, strictly speaking, no evidence
had been taken by the committee, but certain engineers had
made voluntary statements and suggestions which lad been
printed, and he did cot know that Were would be any ob-
jection to these statements being laid before the court. He
could assure the hou. deputy Loaf the committee would
lose no time in bringing up a report upon this important
subject. (Hear, hear.)
' The letter of Lord Sondes was then formally referred to
the Bridge-house Estates Committee for them to consider
and report upon forthwith.

Alderman SALOMONS said be had been Wormed that
Lord Canning had jest arrived in England, and he should
give notice of the following motion for the next court
That the freedom of thm City, in a gold Dux of the value
of one hundred guineas, he promoted to the Ind Canning,
in grateful acknowledgment of his eminent services while
administering the government of India at a period of great
peril, sod in appreciation of the ommiliatory and enlightened
policy of his subsequent measures for the good government
and permanent improvement of that important dependency
of the British Crown." iCheers.)