The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-19 00:00:00

COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL.

nal CITY

A special Court of Common Council was holden
yesterday, in the Connell Chamber, Guildhall, far the pur-
pose of electing a anoemeor to the late City Solicitor, Charles
Pearson, Req., and transacting some other important bug.
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The Right Hoo. the LORD MATon (Alderman Rose, /LP.)
presided. and there WWI a full attendance of members of
the court.

MITROPOLITAN PAILWAT.
Deputy FRY said it would be remembered that at the
last meeting of the court, in answer to a question that was
put to him by an honourable member, he stated that unless
some unforeseen occurrence should take pima the Metro-
politan Railway would be opened to the puldie on Monday,
e 2od inst. He now thought it right to state that the
line had been olicially examined by the government
inspector. all the ordinary signals and stations were
ready, and that the line could be opened oo that day if it
was considered advisable to do so. Some short delay would,
however, take place, and the ground for this delay was that
the directors, haying the most earnest desire to do every-
thing that possibly could be done for the protection of the
',abbe, had resolved upon having some supplementary
and ranking other arrangements having that object in
view. The line would, therefore, not be opened on the day
be had first mentioned, but he bad great matidaction in
informing the court that it was in a perfect state, and would
very soon be opened. (Hear, hear.)

THE MAIM ri THE CITY THOBOOOHTLEEB.

Deputy Lary, the vice-chairman of the police committee.
brought up an amended bill, agreed to by this committee,
having for its object the regulation of the traffic in the
erowded thoroughfares of the City.
Upon clause 3, giving the power to the Commissioner
Af the City Police to maks any by-laws be might consider
es=nt for the regulation of the traffic, being read,
ty HARRISON peoposed aa an amendment that the
Court of Aldermen should be substituted for the Commis-
timer of Police.

The amendment was agreed to without any discussion.
A slight alteration was made in claws A, and, upon the
motion of Mr. Deputy Lorr, the bill was limed to, and
referred back to the committee for execution by such nor.
fares ma they might think fit.

The court' the: proceeded with the adjourned debate upon
the report of the Improrament Committee delivered in and
adMourned on the 31st July, and further adjourned on the
Uth September last, on the petition of the ward of Billings-
-gate and others, pra_ying that steps may be taken for the
widening of Lower Thameiatreet, or otherwise remedying
the evils occasioned by the increase of traffic in that locality ;
and also on the polities of the inhabitants of the ward of
Billingsgate and others in relation to the traffic in Lower
Thames-street, and in favour of the formation of • now
street from the top of Fiehatreet-hill to the Coal En.
change.
The motion before the court at the time of the adjourn-
ment wax to agree with the committee in their report, to
which an amendment was moved by Mr. Deputy Bower,
viz., "That this court do approve of the plan marked A,
agreeably to the report presented on the Slat July, and that
it be referred to the Coal, Corn, and Fiume Committee to
eooeider the mean of carrying the same into effect, and to
report." That gesslemao was about addressing the court
upon the subject et the time the court adjourned, and yes-
terday be said that the Improvement Committee had sub-
ntittsd three plane, and bad recommended that if any be
adopted it should be the one marked A, as being the
cheeped according to the opinion of the surveyor. The in-
habitants wanted, if possible, to get Thames-street
widened, and he thought if the suggestion be had put for-
ward were carried out the inhabitants of Thames-street and
of the Citio general would be benefited, and he moved that
the plan sMould be adopted, and that it should be sent to
the Coal, Corn, and Plusses Committee to report on the
ways and manual doing the work.
Mr. SLOWMAN seconded the amendment, and said it had
become imperatively aseassary that something should be
done to relieve the greet trues of Tluunesetreet. In other
cases of improvement in the City government bad come for-
ward and had lent ao:9thand where it had any property
in the City. and be th tit desirable that government
should now come f u he knew that their expresees
from the Treasury and the Custom-house had been delayed
for hours io consequence of the immense traffic and the im-
possibility of getting through.
Dr. ANRAHAM said the court bad agreed tea report at a
meeting for the bridging over of the valley of the
Fleet,and the eoal-dnes were to be applied to that minxes ;
there was sure to be &residue, and he did not think it
could be better applied than in the improvement in question.
Mr. Bost hoped the court would not agree to the amend-
ment. The court did not know what plan they were
gain to pee to, sad the subject bad not bad sufficient
conadesrateoe foe the adoption of the amendment. He
thought it best to agree with the committee io the report.
Mr. Lows said the committee had not recommended
either plan ; they only said, if one were better than the
other, it was the plan A ; but they left it to the court to
decide, and he thought the court ought to adopt the report.
Mr. HARTINDON and Mr. PEDLAR supported the original
motion.

file amendment, on being put, was lost, and the report
of the committee was agreed to.

OEItriLLL PITEPOSTS CONSIITITZ.

A report was brought up from the General Purposes Com-
mittee for works and furniture at the Mansion-house at
a sum not exceeding 8001.., and for making good the City's
dilapidations at the Mansion-house at a sum not exceed-
ing 4404
The reports were agreed to.