The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-22 00:00:00

THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of
business._ _ - - • - • -

THP. CITT PRITILEGEA.—Mr. HALL said that there was
a mistake in the record of the court, and Ilya it was
nee, weary to correct that mistake, lest they should
forfeit what they considered to he their rights. Ile
considered that there existed a misstatement in the minutes
of the last court, and he shoubl move that a committee ot:pri-
'lieges be appointed to examine and report upon the subject,
as the best adapted form of proceeding to prevent the inter.
ruption to the public business; and if it was considered ad
viable by them to appoint a subcommittee, we better cal-
culated to di-cuss the east ng differences, they c.ttild
easily select from the two bodies pentons ou whose
judgment they might have the most perfect re,irt ee.
(Cheers.) Mr. Hall then proposed the following
motion : " That a committee of privileges. cnroistine of the
whole court, he new appointed, and that the alleged err .r in
the minutes of the last court, IA well es the diff, rewe s that
have lately arisen between this court and the Lord Motor,
and between this court and the Court of Aldermeu, on the
subject of the Qualification BM, be severally referred to the
said committee to confider and report." The motiou was
unanimously agreed to.
PERIODICAL ELECTION OP ALDERMEN.—Mr. AAWCRAT
then gave notice ofa motion, which caused a senscion in the
court. It was " That the Itemembramter be directed to pre-
pare a to subject the aldermen to periodical election."
'tette, OP DISTRESS.—Mr. H tßlilsON propn.ed that the
sem of 2,000/. be voted for the relief of the distrawsed Irish
and Scotch. The proposition was received with EPCIRMat ion.
The Lord Mayor immediately signed a cheque for the 2,0(01,
which he said he should band that evening to the comm a tee,
of which be had the honour to be a member, a. d he
expressed a fer,ent hope that the example of the C,t, of
London would be followed by every other corporation in Eng-
land. (Cheers.)

SUGAR IN BREWING AND DISTILLATION.—A few
days ago the Chancellor of the Exchequer received •deputs-
finis of the West India sugar merchants, and after he ming
from them the probable bearing of certain measure, upon
their irrcrests, handed to them a sample of beer, whisk had
been brewed, not from sugar, as has been stated, but tram
West India mallow.% of very inferior quality, and so perfect
was the flavour when brewed that the best jiidg• could not
possibly dirtingui•h that it had been made from modasses or
anything of that description. A sample of the hen r was
submitted to one of the most celebrated and larees• hr wen
in the metropolis, who, upon tasting it, pronouneid it to be
excellent. Upon being asked what he considered it to be
made from, he said that it might possibly contr.hi a smail per•
tion of sugar, but was quite sure it contained no molus.es,
and when informed from undoubted evidence that it was
produced entire:y from that article, he could scarcely believe
the fact. _ .

THE QUEEN'S SPEECII.—The Queen'e speech w•as
communicated to Southampton by ilectr:c telegraph, from
a copy of the Haiti' News, immediately after it W.. 16 de-
livered by her Majesty. The townspeople were indebted to
the zeal and enterprize of Messrs. Rayner, printers, for this
gratification of their curiosity. So great was the curiosity
in France to read the speech, that a gentleman connected
with the Journal du Ilarre came from France (sir, sly by
the Cairo! on Sunday morning, to enable hint to publish the
speech m Havre on Wednesday morning. He left by the
Calpe on Tutulay night with a copy of the speech as it
was published from the Telegraph office.— Hompshira
Guardian.

LAW REFORMS.—It is understood that the Lord
Chancellor will shortly introduce two measures into the
House of Lords—to separate the twe systems of bankruptcy
and insolvency, and to abolish arrest in execution. Impn-
sonment will only be allowed in cases of fraud.— The Times.
BALL FOR THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOLS.
—lt is always gratifying to observe a popular demonstration
in favour of any of those exc. Bent charitable institution
with which this metropolis abounds ; and doubly so
when it is accompanied by actual benefit. That suck
was the effect of the ball given last night at the London
Tavern, in aid of the Licensed Victuallers' School, in
Kenningtnn-lane, there can be no doubt ; for it is
seldom that an occasion of the kind brings toge-
ther en large a number of guests as assembled last
evening. Three rooms devoted for dancing, although by no
means desoicable in size, proved scarcely large ell/With ;
and a fourth, the card-room, was equally well tilled.
We believe the institution to be most dew rving of
support, which the ball in question cannot tail to
supply to a considerable extent. The guests appeared to
make the most of the ucession, I.nd enjoyed themselves, to
judge by appearances, with a spirit which is not mend'. sted
in circles where it is deemed more dignified not to appear
amused with the entertainment provided.
MONEY-ORDER CHEOUE-BOOK.—The smallest de-
parture from the rules and observances exacted by the post-
office authorities involves the senders and receivers of post-
office orders in much inconvenience. To obviate this, Mr.
Cooper, of Southampton, has puhliehed a cheque-book, con-
sisting of such forms as will, if filled up with ordinary care,
prevent the disappointment so often occasioned by the slight-
est inaccuracy. To persons frequently using pat-canoe
orders, " Cooper's Post-office Money Order Guide, and
Cheque-book " will save much trouble.
NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. DETENTION OP
TRAIN.—The Liverpool and Manchester express traio, due
at the Euston station last night at eleven o'clock, did not
arrive till one o'clock this morning, in consequence of the
fall of snow below Birmingham.
A MODERATE CALCULATION RESPECTING SPRATS.
—A Colchester correspondent writes to a Londen evening
paper that myriads of bushels of sprats are now being caught
m the Lower Swin, off the Essex coast, and sold te the
farmers for manure, at the rate of Bd. per bushel.
FIRE AT ISLINGTON.—This morning, shortly after
twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises occupied by
Mr. Spencer, a tailor, 17, High-street, Islington, n. ar the
Angel Inn. An instant alarm was spread; the inmates were
aroused, and were obliged to escape from the back windows.
The brigade engines from Whiter:me-street, Farrieedon-
street, and Jeffery-square stations arrived; the West et Eng-
land followed soon atter, and the flames were got out le half-
past one o'clock, but not before the whole of Mr. Spencer's
stock in trade was destroyed, and the greater portion of the
furniture consumed.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.— DEATHS BY DROWN-
too.—By Mr. 0. I. Milb, at the Bird-in-Hand, Fdtham,
on the bodies of Alfred and Louisa Taylor, who wore drewned
lon Saturday last under the following circumstances : Oa the
morning of Saturday last, about hall-past nine o'clock, they
left their parents' cottage, in company with a child tw year"
and a-half old, and went into a neighbouring field, in welch
there was a pond of ice. The two deceased then lea the
child at the edge of the pond, while they went to i eve a
slide, and when they had reached nearly the end of the other
extremity of the pond, the ice, which was only an in.!' and
a-half thick, gave way under them, and they both became
immersed. No person witnessed the accident, but the cries
of the child brought the mother and Whir assistance to the
sty t, when Alfred was got out, and it was not until he was
instantly carried home that the girl was missed. H. c body
was then immediately recovered, but, although three surgeons
exerted themselves to the utmost to resuscitate the I...dies,
life wasquite extinct. Verdict," Accidentally drowned."--.
DEATH PROW DISEASE AND DESTITUTION.—BefIae Mr.
G. I. Mills, at the Wind or Castle, Peel-street, Kensington,
on the baly of Philistine Ilackentone, aged 62 years. The
deceased, who was a man of a classical education, formerly
kept a school at Kensington, but, of late years, had obtained
a livelihood by Wing as amanuresil and book-keeper to the
tradespeople of the neighbourhood. During the last six or
seven months deceased had been living in a small room at
No. 11, Clarendon-villas, Peel-street, into which ihe only
furniture he brought was an old chair end a at... 1, and
during the period he lived thme he had no bedstead, ihd, or
bedding, and was frequently without either field or tiring.
Occasionally he received senstance from persons ehoe2 chil-
dren he had edbeated. He would not apply fur pan ochial
maistance. Deceased, on Friday, was sinking rapidly ; al-
though stimulant' were administered, he died about half-
past two o'clock the same afternoon. Verdict, " That the
deceased had died from the effects of natural disease, La•tened
by cxpcaure to the intense cold and the want of fleece art's."
Adjourned from Wednesday, by Mr.
Bedford, at the Britannia, Berwick-square, Oxford street,
on the body of Mary Barroom, aged 49, the wife of a I. eyer's
clerk. The deceased had been living apart from her
for some years, on account of her intemperate habits; for
several months past be had stopped her weekly allowance,
and to obtain &living she had made away with articles she
obtained in her husband's name. On Friday lard ,fie was
seen with epithet of arsenic in her possession, and at 7 o'clock
on Sunday morning she was found dead in bed, at a tempo-
rary lodging, at No. 70, Berwick.street ; a tea cup felled tigr
her bedside contained a small quantity of ermine. found
on the contents of her stomach being analyzed, 'efficient
arsenic was found to account for immediate death. Verdict.
"Temporary insanity."