The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-18 00:00:00

TRI LATE LORD IILATOR.

Mr Deputy Faieelliee;,silad to have en opportunity
of congratulating hie lordship upon the high end distils.
guithed position which he arm held, end of expreseing hie
hope that his lordship would be blessed with health and
strength, so that he nafght be enabled to discharge his dude,
with pleasure to himself and benefit to his isiber-eitizens.
(Hass, bier.) lie (the deputy) had due a pleseling duty to
in proposing a vote of thanks to the MU Lord.
gratyir He hoped the court would Join with him in *sprees-
lag their gratitude for dm manner in which he had dis-
charged his duties, their sympathy with the afflict:es with
which he had been visited. and their desire that in theve-
tirommt of private life hie might be Motored tea rossenew' ef
health and strength, which would enable Ida tempt
Mewed fee the benefit of his fellow-men.
The motion, having been seconded, was carried by seek-
IlleetiOn, and it was also resolved that the resolution should
be emesmientidly written on velhen, and framed and glazed,
and presented to the fate Lard Mayor ; end that the
Nate 1140 should be signed by the Town Clerk, an=
Hated la the usual papers.
LOUDON swims.
Mr. Deputy Bowes brought up a repset from, the 101
movement Committee, reomnroveg that the sum es
42,2881, being the balance of the London-bridge approach&
fond ending 10th of October last, should be paid over in.
further liquidation of charges by her Majesty's Commie- •
domes of Parks and Palmed.
The report wee agreed to.
THE LONDON RIFLE BILIGADE..
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Mr. Deputy Coanar;;;;;e7tia-a; ;:1;;;;;;should tenni-
bate 100 I gliDelbe in aid of the ilamia of the Leedom Bile
Brigade. MLoadon to e said he thought** aims wee mane he Mae Gam
petition of take action be the ranger, sad elm
Obey lied done so, he hoped theme eserohants sad Mum
would follow that example for "Mob they speared to be
waiting. It was a question of very great important* to mer.
coat& warm sod men of property generally, foe If 100,000
men *MO es en invading loots upon the shims of this
comity, the Banda would go down In a moment, and all would
raw maneously. (Hem, hew.) He hoar those weft many
membere eI the; court who were rigid eamomista, but, never-
timbre, libbelieved the ody objection diary! to his motion
would be upon the score of the smallness of the Rum which he
Pl7the court should vote.
.131ammir had great *lmre in moonding the motion;
aßlioegit he regretted that itproposed so paltry • snot.
Mr. Eldon expressed his opinion that • grant of 100
genesis oily by the corporation of London for such • mw.
pee was altogether below the requirements of the cum.
They fromiently granted that sum for purposes which,
ever good ts thameelves, bore no comparison in importance
with the vale ter movement, and Mt should like to ere ems"
namnber of the corporation contribute his individual lOLA
end the corporation as • body oontribure at least 2,0001.
(Bear, hear. and "Oh, oh.") He should, therefore, move
as aa ameodemet that the aura to be granted should be
2001. Matta of 1001.

An objection wee taken to this amendment, that by tha
atandbig orders of the ocort, any Inereedie loon • oue pew
posed to be voted moat be made the subplot ed • bolas,
Mr.thereuhapon,
Erarr moved diet the standing orders shordd he
suspeoded, in order to enable him to submit his antandoist
at Cate.

Jitter some farther diecueaion Mr. Elliott consented to
drop his amendment.
The original motion was then agreed to in a mode strongly
expressive of patriotic enthusiasm.
CITY RAILWAYS.

Mr. M. W. VALIANCE preeereed the following memorial:
To the Major, Linemen, and Commonalty at the City of

" The memorial of the inQOn, Chatham, and Dover
Railway Company eheweth
" That the Loudon, Chatham, sod Dover Railway, ea
authorised by parliament, extends from Beckenham by Chil-
d= end Canterbory to Dowse, with breeches to Sevensake,
Sheerness, and Margate, end with powers for trenemitting
traffic over the Dose of other companies from Beckenham to
the Londes-brldge terminus of she Brighton Railway, and
f. th►Yaetmta &alarmist Pimlico.

That • portion of your memorialists' line le already open
and at work ; and the residue, which is in rapid proper,
will be completed next Jul.
" That parliament has alreadydecided that your petitloners
on
to have independent access to the east and west end of
the metropolis, but the lines over which such megrim osa
now be afforded are insufficient for their existing vale, sad
your memorialists, in anticipation of the spy completion
of their Hee between Beckenham and Dover, have deter-
mined to apply to parliament for authority to extend their
Iles from Beckenham through Peep, Sydeediam, Norwood,
Dulwich, Brixton, Herne-bill, Denmark-hill, Camberwell,
Walwerth, and Newington, crossing the river below Black-
friere.bridp, peeing at the back of the east side of Bridge.
stress, crossing the foot of Ludgate.hill bya screened via-
duct, to a terminus on the east side of Farringdon-streer,
communicating by junction tines with the Metropolitan-
terminal In Vietoria.street and with Smithfield.
•

"That the proposed extensions also comprise oomtnurdea-
Hone is a direct hue from Beckenham, with the &Johns and
South Eastern Railways at Sydenham, the South Western
Railway at Battersea, and the Viotoria Station at Pimlico.
" That plass and sections of the proposed extssaion are
sow in course of preparation, and will be deposited sad
bill introduced next melon.

Thet3chTiariVititagesc7ithe line to the public, in relieving
the bridges and their approaches from omnibus, goods, sad
other traffic, as weir as affording the most direct and perfect
oomniunketion between the whole system of railways north
and south of London, will be apparent from the comae of
the lines, as above described, in the examination of the
map and drawing of the proposed *tattoo in Farringdon•-•
street which accompaeies Ws memorial.
" That your memorialists do not seek any muster, moist- '
aeon front the corporation of London, bat pray your honour-
able court will be *mod to refer the subject-matter of this:
memorial to a committee, to inquire and report se to the pee-
posed undertaking with regard to the interests of the ottiseem
of London; and that if it should be approved, that your
honourable court will give It the weight of your influence,
support, and sanotioo ; and its reference to a committee to
treat for the purchase or rental of the trite on whit& the Fleet
Prison formerly stood, or of other variant ground in that
locality belonging to the corporation which may be required
for the pupae of the undertaking.
" And your memorialists will ever pray, &a"
The memorial having been reed by the Town Cuing,
several of the directors of the company appeared at the bar,
and in reply to various questions, said that the present capital
of the company was 2,000,0001., and that the extra capital
required for carrying out the additional works now contem-
plated, was 1,600,0001., which they anticipated no drill r•
in raising, that the railway would moss the river about 160.
feet from Blackfriareebridge • that it would mom Ludgate-

hill by a viaduct; that tie 'Station would be on the eat ante
of Irarringdon-mrest, with an entrance from each end of that
street ; that the company were aoting in perfect unison with
the Metropolitan Railway Company ; with whom they moithl
co-operate in supplying Loudon with the best possible central
ratios station ; as well as Improving the netghboarhood
(se for instance by bringing out Searmal.hute on to
12111)--and that the railway would join the Metro-
politan railway by a tunnel carried under Skinner-street.
Mr. Vat.t.axci said he presented this memorial at the in-
Mime of several of his constituents, from whom he learnt
that the directors of the company were persona of the highest
respectability, fully competent to carry out the proposed un-
dertaking it it received the approval of the corporation and
the sanction of parliament. (Hear, hear.) Their railway
had been already constructed over a considerable portion of
the line, and it would be speedily completed over the oath*
length from Dover to the Victoria Station at West-
ininster. The present proposal was to make •
branch line over the Themes to a Mallon in Par-
ringdou-street, and to connect It by ,neen. of the
Metropolitan with the Great Western, the Great Northern,
and the Nortk London Railway for the intercommunication
of through passenger* by day, and merchandise and market
goods by night, between the Suburban Provincial Railway
systems, north and south of the Thames. Robed no connexion
whatever with the memorialists, he asked only to have the
memorial referred to a committee for examinstioo, and should
bold himself free to give it his support or opposition when
the report came up to the mart as the circumstances might
seem to require.
The motion war agreed to.
Mr. Coss m.r. to know what had become of a memo-
rial presented by him some abort rim.: tr. in !tr.:me of a rail-
way by way of the Regent'e Canal, which had been referred
to the Improvement Cotmittee
Mr. Deputy Bowan, chairman of the Improvement Corn.
mitts*, mid that as that committee had ascertained that the
whew, reerted to would not touch an where upon City pro-
7triy, they had as yet taken no action in the matter.
The court then atomised.

DISASTERS AT Stk.—SOUTHAMPTON, THHISDAT.
—This morning 126 Osman emigrants landed at this port,
from the mail steamer Havre, in a pitiable condition. It
emirs dm left Havre for Arsenics hi the skip Helvetia,
and after being twenty-four days et sea the ship wes com-
pelled to return to the port from whence she had started,
leaky aid dismasted. The emigrants, who comprised men,
woolen, sad children, were despatched to Lot :on by a aid-
' day tab to try their fortune again on the ocean.