The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-08 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday, a court was held for the despatch of
businese—The Lord Mayor informed the court that Alder-
man Hooper had signified his consent to accept the office of
ma or for the year ensuing.
FRAUDS IN THE COLLECTION OF BROKERS' RENTB.—Mr.
Burn (the Chairman of the Officers' and Clerks' Committee)
brought up the report " on the duties and emoluments of the
oolleceor of brokers' rents." He had again to complain of
defilade= in an office of the corporation. Ail the commit-
tee et present recommended was, the appointment of a new
collector. The regulations for the direction of the office well
to be termed upon due consideration by the court. The
offices' appointed to peeorm the duties in the mean time,
had diecovered already defalcations to the amount of upwards
of 2,0001.—A member asked whether the late collector's
sureties had been ajmlied to ? —Mr. Burn replied that Om
Guarantee Society was security for Mr. Chcesewright, the
late collector, to the amount of 5001., and there were two
individual sureties for hint to the amount if 4004, one of
whom wee considered to be good, the other doubtful—Er.
Lawrence said it was most improper that the property
of ski City should be placed in such jeopardy.
He positively defied any one in the court to state
the precise limit of the deficiencies. He could not see why
the office should not be so consolidated that a clerk sect
from :the Chamberlain's office might collect the rests, or
why the collection of the rents of the Bridge-boar
which were liable to similar contingencies, could not
be made through the mate instrumentality.—He did not
know what was to prevent the misappropriation of 1,0004
in thel latter office. He woe lan there was the power.
He mewed that the report be Nat hark to the committee to
stmeidier the expediency of innieftg by a clerk in the
Cbmisheelain's Illiaiews did ant know that it
was asesemry to appoint a collestor at aIL He knew that
several Woken who bad reemistly paid the deataaas of the
collo** were ratsreed as dolealtins.-11r. Harrisea de-
jected le a reprdeenstale prime in the esepwoden—that d
allowing the ssnaseses of their Is is *sly ea a mud
Wiliam themselves counastai with the Wk. It use tee
great a tempt.** to a person is a mall baslasse le bow
say command over money with which he might be lei Is
onicalate, as it was invariably the eon that a oesneentemsat
with aurae Imes ended in losses silk, most serious kind. The
late assess wee for ever jet/day, until, at last, he jobbed
away 3,418111. sr 4,0001. of the ovation money. —Mr.
Bens Ad wit easelder that Sue delaitation amounted es
more dna 2,0001.-ILr. De Jersey apoke in favour of Mr.
Lammas* mossimat.--Sir Paler Laurie thought the
With, practice odd be airily impnwed upon. if a new
=Wiwere deiel ape, that would release the mem
fter
from any promises they night have made ; and he was.
he admitted, one of then who had promised.—Deputl
Stevens declared that a great general alteration ought to
take place in the whole system.—After some discussion, the
court divided, and there appeared for the amendment, +6;
against it, 67. blejority in favour of the recommendation in
the report, 21.
11 City OF LONDON LIPILAILY.—Mr. John Disros
the chairman of the committee, to whom it was referred to
tearrrryy
into execution the resolution of the 2nd June, 1824,f0r
eataNshias in the Gs 11 a library of all mitten Maui,
as the Sky, the hum* et Southwark, and the county se
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