The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-21 00:00:00

owns or COMMON COUNCIL

The City House of Commons met yesterday in the
Council Chamber, Guildhall, for the despatch of business.
The Right Hoe. the Lord Mayor Presided.

DAYS FOR aoaraso ras ISHITLITEN' courtv.
The Town Clerk read a list uf days appointed by Mr.
Kerr, the judge of the Sheriffs' Court, for holding the sit-
tin; of that court.
Mr. ANDERTON said he hoped that for the future the
judge would not appoint Saturday as one of the days for the
holding of his court, ea it was most inconvenient to all par-
ties concerned. (Hear, hear.) Saturday was almost a half-
holiday in the City, and it was most inconvenient for juries,
stilton, and all persons having any businem to transact, that
this day should be appointed for the sittings of the court.
He should not offer any opposition on the , present occasion.
but he certainly should do so at a future time if some alte-
region wu not made.

The Rev. Mr. GIBBS, the secretary to the commissioners
for carrying out the above act in the City of London, made
a written communication to the court, suggesting some the-

rations with reference to the patronsie elloyerrby the cor-
poration as to some of the proposed united benefices, which,
upon the motion of Mr. Bloinfield Burnell, was referred to
the City Lands Committee to consider and report.

THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.

Mr. H. Ilasaisii.Ti;cl;;;iihil;;;iii of which he had
previously given notice—" That the court do cons;der the
=Sky of placing • bust, or other memorial, of his late
tad Royal Highness@ the Print, Comore either in the
Council Chamber or in the Guildhall." He said that so
much bad been said and written in praise of the late illus-
trious Prince, and there was such en universal feeling of
sorrow and regret at his loss, that very little could be ex-
pected to be said by him oa the present occasion. The
olZation el London hail had the melancholy privilege
ng at the feet of our beloved Queen the first resolu-
tion et condolence and sorrow for the irreparable loss
she had sustained, and now it became their duty to do
smoothies to show their acne of the loss they, and the
country generally, bad sustained by the same melan-
eholy event. (Hear, bear.) It was indeed • sad con-
sideration to feel that they hail lost • Prince
endowed with so many virtues se his late Royal High
nor ; but having performed so nobly the duties which
his Great Muter had mat upon him, they had only to hope
that he had now gone to a state of eternal rest. It had
been the privilege and the habit of this court to erect monu-
ments to the memory of distinguished men—to those who
bad served their country in the senate, to these who had
fought for them in the battle-field, and those who had
swept their enemies from the seas, and restored to them
the blessings of peace ; said be had now to ask them to do
the same thing for • man who while they bad been
blessed with peace had, by his noble exertions and
his support of every good work, conferred blessings and
advantages upon his adopted country that would never be
effaced from the memory of this or succeeding g,enerations.
(Hear. tear.) He concluded by moving that the subject
should be refined to the City Lands Committee, and he
rid he had no doubt that the result would he that • lasting
memorial would be erected to the memory of the late
Merriam Prior, and one that would be satisfactory to the
cities*. of Loud= and to the world. (Hear, hear.)
Alderman Roar, in seconding the motion, said that it
wee undoubtedly • great privilege enjoyed by the corpora-
tion of the City of .den to hare the power of paying •
mark of report to the memory of great sail distinguished
mom; and of this he felt assured, that no man more deserved
to have his Dietary held up to the admiration of all sue-
cases( ago sbaa the illustrious Prince whose loss they all
and.
r. Am:warms suggested, as they had already the
bust of her Majesty placed on one site of the court, that
the moat advisable course would be to remove one of the
pictures and place the bust of her lamented consort oppo-
site to her. (Hear, hear.)
The court appeared to fall into this view of the question,
sad the motion, with some slight verbal alteration, was
then unanimously agreed to.
THE MARKETS DIPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, the chairman of this committee,
brought up it report .by which it appeared that some dif-
ferences bad arisen between the Great Western and
the Metropolitan Railway and the officers of the corpora-
lion. with reference to the proposed approach to the pro-
jecttpd new market in Smithfield, and that the railway com-
papist were promoting proceedings in parliament upon the
subject. The committee therefore requested the court to
empower them to oppose these bills if they should consider
it advisable to do so. Mr. Taylor explained that the
difference referred to was with regard to the width of the
road by which the market was to be approached, the
railway companies requiring a width of forty feet, while
the original understanding was that it should be only 25
feet. The only object, however, the committee bad in view
was to protect the rights of the corporation, and to be
placed in such a position as to compel the railway companies
to tarry out the engagements they bad entered into with
the corporation, one of which was that they should pay
2,000 f. per annum for the privilege of coming to the new
market. (Hear, hear.).
This motion gave rise to some little discussion, during
which

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Deputy BOWER defended the railway companies from the
charge of endeavouring to break any of their engagements ;
and he expressed his opinion that it was quite unnecessary
for the corponitioe to take soy steps, as the matter would
be amicably settled, sod without incurring any unneceuary
expense.
The motion was eventually agreed to, and the court then
adjourned.