The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-24 00:00:00

COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL.

A Court of Common Council was held yesterday
▪ Ceadidisil, The Lona ILeros made&
The Tows-Orsiur (Nr. Wool*asps) read i War haw
tar G. Or y, *Alec to onanissos wig& tb. Urns al
✓eerielies al the Howe et Oemiesse, for the sober ot
disaboes f. gook al tb. wards is Otty, sod silo On sou-
bar at aamatos aosaaboss to tb. wool wads. sod lb.
amber at Alarms. Saplinr with lb. occupstisa ot wt.
The letter wee Warred to the General Pewees COO'
amities, far them to make the required return..

VII ITABODY GIFT.

Th. TOWN ctia:7l;d7;;siefii,;ll Kr. P. oniews,
at Thordesodertreet. acecoopesyina a fall With partied
et Kr. George Peabody, whose mordant "ft of 150,0001.
fee the hoer% cd the peer of the wMi be to the
reselleslins of dr public. The Wass prayed the court
to assert the portrait. sad to pros it in sore appropriate
posbles in the (asthma.
Alderres 1. O. LAWNS.= thee owed the lederba
reededint :—`• That this sear reepte with Irish sada-
ferien the portrait of Crone Peabody, Esq., sad refers it
to the City Dada Ocorsities, to haw the Sarni in some
coseinerliat prides. end that the torn clerk be requested
to corny is suitable terra the thanks of the court to Mr.
°arson for his ontsideort preset."
Mr. ILLTNAN.o oompoodoi the resolution, which was corded
enasiesoody.

ACOONBOLATION YOB OPIICIAL .117BTOZN AT OUILICALL.
Kr. Burn moved that ft be referred to the City Lands
CormsMee to stamilar whether any steps can be takes to
provide aomenroadation for the gentlemen summoned to
serve on special juries while in attendance at Guildhall. He
Migniatieed the pewet want of proper accommodation ea
moat lispaeeruL
A abort Miamian took plan upon this motioo, daring
which Mr. H. L. Taylor upraised his opinion that it would
b maim to refer the matter to the City Lamle Committee,
s hod no epee at their disposal that could be appro-
priated
to each a purpose se the one referred to. He also
urged that as then would soon be aew warts of law greeted,
it wu quite uneemeary S. take any stops in the mattes at
present.
A division eventually took plat*, when the 'action was
carried by • majority oi

ffi 1111 W OAT= MAW!.

Mr. 011111111111, the chair:Rae of the Market/ Committee,
=up a nipcet from that committee asking for the
of the mutt to enable theta to apply to parliament
for powers to &vete the two large baikliein at lie Metro.
Wilms Cottle Market, tint were originally intended for
taverns or hotels, but it appeared near had been, sad
sever were likely to be, devoted to that to some
other useful object. They bad, it appeiwind, river beet
oocapied mince they were bunt, and no ous could be found
who would rent them for their original object. It we.
secoarry, however, that an application should be made to
parliament before it... buildiop could be palled down, or
say other um made of them.
The rspzet IMO spied to.

TILL CTIT yOlflCl..

Mr. Deputy Strii.Lree moved that it be referred to the
Police Oireamithre to inquire relative to the pay el the eon-
stables a( the airy penes fetes, with a view oil emertaking
whither it is dessraW to make aey, sad, if say. what ski.
Moe thereto, arid to +spelt there= forthwith.
Mr. Pens mended the motion.
/ft. Breei•ineen exprewed big spiel= that if the question
of a fixed scale of saperamerataos wee added to the emotion,
it would be very estieketery and that U the polies were
made entitled te • eretaia amettat of saperanairatioe slow-
awe, it would have • teackinty to keep goad Me laths
forme. (flew. hear.)
•
The leeks was the. agreed to.
Mr. J. flizwesf thee moved that the Tows Ole* do
procure • Mere of the number of booms is the Ortg which
were easurpt from the inhabited house duty, sad the rateable
valet of the sums, for Ike yeses DIU sad 1861 respectively,
and else a return ol the somber el houses which were left
at eight without ecougents for the same years, with • Mate.
meat of the total rateable valve of property in the Caty.to
the polies rats, and thenseant ia the ponied of tie police
rate far the bat too year% sad that he be authorised to
print the same for circulation among the memben of the
court. The M. member, to allele. to the reseal robberies,
laid he believed that, Is :tiny iesteseee toasts el revert)
in the City, by leaving it airoceupied, and emesquerstly
=", messed the inhabited house duty altogether.
werldemoest to more Ursa what they pied far the
pike rate. Their property was emequiretly left unpro-
tected, and the polies were blamed for what wee the almost
natural result.

Th••;;;;Irst agreed to.
Alarm=Lomme, M.P., Wormed the siert that be
bed introduced tete sediesiest a bill far tbe wpm, of
sembeeisig tbe Miele of IM teil bridges is tie meleopelia.
TM moan was soma what Sailor to the esa be brought
leeward bat cries, sad s dime wse istrodueg him it
&bag the eaepaettw tbe miser to pavers ReMbsark-
Immo 11 tboy Amid Mika to do es
mart abortlyettermede adjourned.

Como Mom:rm.—The Quinsy Whig says that
Protasasa Quin, al Now Y. wo is out wad ea a Wass-
Log tow, baa wood iisa plass &ea issas SR Pall as
skates. The Alagoas is ass* 8:10 Iphwk b. mow
Is jug two wad Monis& issislima to Isoloperi sway
pasts as tie my.