The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of
public badness.
The Lone MATOZ Informed the mart that be bad re-
ceived foe the ttorprratioa of Loudon, from the corporation
of Bootee, two very elegem volumes, the ono sontaining the
charter sad ordinates@ of the gdty of Boston, together with
the acts of the legislature relating to the city see sa ap-
pendix ; the other the Maaicipal Register, containing the
city charter sad the rakes end orders of the City Column,
and a Mgt of the oMeen of the city of Bates for the year
1866. (Bear, hoer.) The prneat was a Jokes of friendship
from ewe maalaipal body to the other, and he knew the
annowsonseat would be wannly naiad by the body to
whom it wee istended to convey a very sincere compliment ;
sad ha therefore begged leave, la the name of the Cosmos
Comma of Barton, to lay the books before the mart.
Mr. MILLS moved that the assist sbmid be accepted by
the court, and said that a testimonial of t►e kind was well
calculated to exhibit the f flings of dhoti= which existed
between the two coantries. . .

The volumes wore then ordered to be deposited In thel
UaildAall librup.

121 XIW 71133111 X.

Sir Joint KIT protected a very long list of persons apply.
log to the court to be made friss. Those applicants were
obliged to send their natneB to the court, u they were not
upon the parliamentary register. The persons whose names
were entered on the parliamentary register ware stated to
be under no obligetion of the kind, but ware sworn in et
once at the Chamberlain'voffice, and without incurring the
smallest expense.
A long aid most uninteresting diusesion took place on
the lubjeet, sod finally it was determined to adjoin the
cusideration of the Het, and !Air to the corporatism
I. quiry eommittee for aeenrate intelligence is the Mistier,
the cumaittee reesivieg instructions to ri port forthwith to
the uurt.
T. CHAVIIRLAIN mil he had resolved stetter from the
Tummy. on the sublict of the feu taken in the sheriff.'
mutts. The document wu referred to Ike officers' and
oinks' committee.

NOMINATION OT BRIRIPP DT TER LORD MATOIL.
Mr. WOOD brought up a report from the Claims Com-
mines, recommending the repeal of so muck of the sets of
Commoa Council as relates to the steminetioa by the Lord
Mayor of peewits to nerve the office of sheriff.
Some coateenatioa took pica upon the subject. It wet
intimated by those in favour of the report that it wee not
Intended to restrict the power of the Lord Mayor es to
itemisation, except in eves where porsoye who did not wish
to serve the office of sheriff were coneereed. ilia lordship's
power in eases in which there was no objection would re-
main as it always had bete.
Mr. M. L. Tar Lott thought it would be imprudent to
meddle with a privilege which, to a certain extent, secured
the respeetability of the office.
Deputy DARIN approved highly of the change, as indica•
live of the spirit of the time, and likely to serve the corpora-
! tion in its progress to important reforms. (Hear, hear.)
Detuty Lorr said the minute in which cartels persons
interfered in the election of sheriffs showed that the livery
neglected their melt important rights, and he would most
willingly support the present or any other report that wee
ealculated to macre I.T abates the initiniCes ot the prevalent
practice. (Hear, hear.)
Aldermaa Lemoyne' rppoaed the proposed change, end
said the time might come when the difficulty of procuring
e sheriff would c 'seines the corporation that they had
committed a great error in restricting the chief magistrate's
power. (Rear, bear.)
Mr DIAL' said the power ought to foist no longer,
whatever might have been the necessity for it is former
days. It might be med. the pathos of the et et 'rust in
tertian in times of great political isoiteuent, and could not
he retathed without danger under the esisting CTSAIIISLONNII
of the corporatioa.
The reptrt wee thee speed to by a large majority.

AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF BURNIL—Thane is st
pretest residing in Malachi's' as old soqualotaato of
DOM. Her nese Ls Helga Millar. Is her youth she was
is 'onset of the put, when he seated the Wm of Ideseplel.
She wes worried daring Oat time. Berns wee see of the
poss.@ at the antriess, sod by his lively sallies side
@rosily to the goosing's enjoyment. See reassubers Ism
well, sad speaks of him se beiag " • gas uteri.' Ong."
Is sow Is hit sinstistS year, and edit poseuese
bee fesu
.ltioli indurated by hot great age—Bdiabwryd
alirra

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