The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-21 00:00:00

COURT o CONNOR 00UNCIL.

A Court of Common Council wu held yeatarday,
at Guildhall, for the despatch of baldness; the Lord Mayor
priding.

THE WAR AND NON-OrIMRVEKTION.

Mr. D ept;t; Werra moved '•That a dutiful and loyal
address be presented to her Majesty, expressive of the deep
regret of this court at the commencement of hostilities be-
tween Austria and France and Sardinia, and its decided
conviction that the beet interest. of England sill be consulted
by the observance of the strictest neutrality consistent with
the security and honour of the nation."
Mr. C. Bran, in secouding the motion, said there could be
no questioe. in that court, that it was the duty of England at
the premed time to observe • strict neutrality. (Hear.)
The war might produce liberty in Italy, and a wider spread
of the word of God. If so, he should sincerely rejcece : but
Mill be maw no justificatiOn for our intervention on that
and therefore he °reality seccaded the motion.
LAKEgr?,,r.dil Paid he hoped no one would UMW kite of a
want of loyalty to his sovereign, or of insensibility to the re-
sponsibility which devolved upon them, for expressing his
disapproval of the course proposed to be taken. Statesmen
of all parties and people in all directions bad so fully ex-
p themselves in favour of neutrality, that nothing
further wee required now that her Majesty bed put forth her
alien. (Haar, beer) In fact, it seemed to him very
proclamation. (Haar,
the sincerity of her !Majesty to address her
on the subject. (No, no.) An address would rather take
flora than add to the force of the proclamation, and he there-
fore felt bound, as an amendment, to move the previous
question. (Hear, bear.
Mr. BAILICLT medially seconded the amendment, being
thoroughly oonvinced that the present ministers, as well as
those who were to succeed teem—(laughter)—would feel
bound to adhere to a policy of non-interventica, and if not,
be believed that no ministry would allow its policy to be
affected by such an address. (Hear, hear.)
Deputy DA): IN arm nothing in Use Mate of things to pre-
vent them from going on with the address. AU must feel
the evils of war, even in its present restricted form, and
unless the people expressed their anterior, the war might take
• wider arse, and effect • more sweeping destruction. (Hear,
hear) As to the proclamation that, ea was well known, was
to reality the proclamation of the ministry, and it sae neon-
/my that the ration should speak out, and there could be no
more flPing public body to ,give he expo:mice than that
ancient corpondler—ha order that any ministry that might
bets powermight knowthat they would gain no public support
in divesting the energies of the country to the calamities of
war ineeed of to the pursuit of the bleedings of peace. (Hear,
hear.) He hoped the amendment would be withdrawn' in
order that they might come to a unanimous decision on the
question. (Hear, hear.)
A pretty general cry Ina then 'aired for the withdrawal
of the amendment, and Mr. Blake consented to withdraw it,
but as Mr. Darkly, his seconder, refused to sanction such a
coupe, the amendment was put to a show of beads and ne-
gatived by an overwhelming majority, and the original
motion afterwards carried.
A committee was then appointed, and withdrew at once,
for the purpose of preparing the added'', with which they
soon after returned into court, when, as is usual in men
came, strangers were mimed to withdraw, and the addrese
was reed with closed doors.

THY CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL,

Mr. Alderman H ALE, chairmanof the Ct tyof London School
committee, bruoght up a repart relative to the expinditare
end other particulars of the school. The repsrt stated thet
in 1867 the average number of pupils was 698; and in 18.58,
613—a higher number than had ever before been attained.
From the high estimation in which the advantages of the
school were held, and the nummousapplicatioes made foe ed.
mission, It was evident that a mach larger number of pupil'
might be obtained if the school c mid be enlarged; but that,
as this wee considered to be Impossible. it had been found
necessary to limit the number of pupils to 600. or there-
abouts; and there were now 70 applicants waiting for ad-
mission.
The report, which spoke in high term' of Dr. Mortimer,
the head master, end the other masters, was ordered to be
printed.
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ADMIAPION OP JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT.

Mr. Alderman Hass ale brought up &report relative to the
trausfir of 18831. es. Bd. Three per Cent. Consols from the
committee of the Jewish Commemoration Fund for the esta-
blishment of a scholarship of 401. per annum, epee to pupils
of all religious persuasions, to commemoration of the admis-
sion of Jews Into parlistuest. In moving that the report
should be agreed to, Mr. Alderman Hale said tha• the com-
mittee were very much indebted to Mr. Alderman Phillips
for the exertions which he bad made in aionesion with the
establishment of the scholarship.
Mr. Alderman Pitman said he hoped thecourt would
pardon him if he embraced that, primps the last opportunity
to express, upon behalf of himself and brother Jew., the gra-
titude which they felt for the kind and generms treatment
which they had experienced from the City of London, and
particularly from that court.
The report wee then adopted, and the court adjourned.

Rocarau..-00 Thursday evening a public meet-
ing was held at Rochdale to petition her Majesty agaieat
interfering in the Italian war.

ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, OAKLEY-SQUARE.—The
Gazette of yesterday contains ea order of her Majesty in
Commit for the aeleemeat of a district chapelry to the church
of St. Matthew, Oskleyequare (Bedford New Town), is the
parish of St. Pancras.
TAXATION OF THE METROPOLIS POE CITY PUR-
rosne.—An important movement is springing up fa the
metropolitan writhe. sad districts to mast the attempts of
the City of Limbo to obtain from time to time heavy greats
from the Metropolitan Board of Works fur City improve-
ments. The subject has been referred to committees, and it
is felt that se ottedbird ol the representatives of the Metro-
politan Board tetire by rote Von, and have to go back to their
coast itueocies fur re-election in the first week in Jute, that
now is the time to Games an opinion to the subject. At the
weakly meeting of the vestry of St. Palter*" the subject was
brought forward, and resolutions adopted to the effect "that
ea
the City of London is in the receipt of a large net annual
revenue from dutimlevied on cools brought to London within
twenty miles, from metage duty on conk and fruit, front a
email duty on wine, from broken' rent, and other
charge', which are principally paid, directly or indirectly,
by all the inhabitants of the metropolis, and which
is applied by the City fee it. nen put poses, it is a muse of
just oomplaint that the Metropolitan Board of Weeks has
already voted to the City of London a sum of 6,0001. in aid
of improvements in the City, while the amount charged upon
the City in aid of the a the fund for metropolitan improve-
. meets bee not been more than 1,000 f., and that tans the
That as the City
=ere out of the City have been made to bear additional
e for the benefit of the wealthy to
of London.
of London oureftetee only one-teeth of the
metropolis, it is ustiel that the entire metropolis should be
taxed for its especial benefit, end that the before-mentioned
moron of income derived from the entire metropolis ehotald
be abolished or plot dat the disposal of the Metrol olitaa
Board of Works for metropolitan purposes, or be otherwiee
applied to the edvattage of the Wire mateepolie. • further
resolution metes that, as other amnia to the City me now
under consideration of the Metropolitan Board, it is desirable
to cell the emotion of the nietropoliten vestries and diftrlct
boards to the feet, to as to induce their repreeentativre to
vote against the appropriation of such farther grant. to the
City of London."- Theme reeolutkna awe unanimously
adopted. and ordered to be trameitted it leery maim ;Man
vestry nn district board.

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