The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-18 00:00:00

THS CORPORATION OP LONDON' AND THE

CITY BROXAM.

A special Court of Common Council was held
yesterday at Guildhall, the Lard Mayor presiding, for the
purpose of receiving • report from the low, Parliamentary,
and City Courts Committee epee the subject of the Broken
&ode and Been Bill pow before parliament.
This pigsties is am d comideroble important* both to
the corporatios and to the lUMNOODS body of gestlemen
aotiog as brokers fs the city of Loudon. The corporatioa
receives a very sossidenible easount annually for, lioness
and fees from ovary gentlemen who acts in the capacity of
• broker, and also dame the right of cootrol over them
end the power of dismissal for say set of miecoodom. In
the lest series of peelienient, however, a bill wee intro-
defied having for His object to destroy entirely the rights of
the corporation sod to make the aloe of • broker open to
every oos who might think proper to exercise it without
the payment of say fees whatever, and at the same time
also abolabing tilt right of seperviene aed contra
that is now smoked by the Coeporatios of London. This
bill wes throws oat by the Hewn of Lords, but another
bill of peseirly the same chancier havieg ben hitroduced
in the peewit sessies, at • meat meeting of the Court of
Commas Council the matter was reterrel to the Law, Par-
lia onetary.sad atty Courts Committee, for them to onside r
the subject sad report what siege m thou upturn should
bs tskea to open the measure.
Mr. Parker, the straw of the Law, Parliamentary,
and City Conte Committee, who brought up the report,
intimated his opiates that it was not adeisable that the
thicessies sheuM take place is public, and strangers were
couommently ordered to withdraw. A debate then mewed
with closed doors, which occupied more Ibis an hoar, when
the eourt adjacent Of course the nature of the discus-
Moe was sea allowed to transpire; bat it was stated that
there was some intention of endeavour* to Mint • corn.
promise with the promoters of the bill, which would bar.
the effect of preserviug to • ensidenble extent the rights
sad privileges of the corporation and at the same time
meet the views of the promoters of the measure now node,
disounion is parliament. It was understood, however,
that DO decline use wind at yeateeday by the court, sad
that the matter stands over for further coosideratios.

Tim POLLimOn iiirsana.—Yesterday afternoon
ss induential daputstios waited upon Sir G. Grey, the Home
Been'my, epos the subjoin of the pollutiou of rivers sod
stream, which hod s detritseetal offset epos the breeding
al salmon and ether Gab. The deputatioa was Sit:educed
by Lord Lia•over ; sod the right bee. postman was
addressed by Lord Robert Mostsgs, M.P., Mr. F 40.411
(the lasperear of reburial, Mr. Freak Bookluid, sad ether
gentleman, mad is was explained that the objvot al the
isterview was to bow to bee Majesty's goverment that
the present sots for provestisg the polluticie of rivers were
too isecisoprehessible sod expensive, mad the vested rights
were that pettier re private lutenist,
sad would set afford to oppose them. The great
&Wane es the treading of salmon sad other deb woe
the allowiag the direharp of refuse, mirage, Sad other
einiosioss matter tote the Thanes sod other num Sir
George Grey, buir beard the statenests of the sprain,
said that is his wind this. MY so doubt about the evil,
but be could oat ore the remedy while should ba adopted.
lie, hooey.; wee usirrstood to 'sr be would promise that
three conipetest engineers should be appoisted to essodue
isle the dillsisities sod the expenses of diverting the filtb,
fax. which woe es maim to Ash, sow thrown into the
mimes rime.
A soeiety hes been formed in Storibolre, under
the mass of W" Nortbere Manisa Associatios," the eh-
Jett al which is to wits those cities= who MOW, ft is of
girt impertnose prepare by bigal mom for the
suss of the these serthern Idesisere seta 400 Wesel sew
seitutional !Nobly with a aranuee system of goloospy sag a
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