The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-14 00:00:00

COUIT 07 CONNOR COUNCIL.

A Court of Common Council was held yesterday
Si Guildhall, for the dope& of badmen, the Loup MAYOR
prepidlag.

THE WAR AND NOW-RITERVINTION.
Yr. Deputy Warry—My lord, I beg leave to gnbrat the
Mewing nonce el motion, " That • duraul end loyal address
be prorated to her 11thieety, expressive of the deep regret of
this court at the comegracentent of hostilities between
Austria end Franco gad fierrania—(" ob, oh")—and its de-
cided 'marketer that the bat interest. of England will he
oonanited by the observerce of the strictest neutrality con-
Arent with the security and honour of the nation."
prem.) I will ask your lordship to appoint an early day
is diermaleg the gnestion. (hear, hem.)
Mr. MIDI RTON—Whrn It mug on I shall move the yea-
rlong gesprion. (Hier, law.)
Ille.ilen•Lv—And I hope the boa. =mbar will withdraw
ft. (Nor, boar.)
The Loin bare teen word fesubirs of this
wart who or. deeply Interested in the &cession of tab
gyration, era I have told them that If the court permit no I
will appoint Monday nest. (Loud cries of "Ne, no.") .40.
rex LoinmAYO/ell_ootryr.

Mr. J. Erneo;,cikaiTimii of the Law, Pailli--
mentary, end City Lends Coomdttes, moved the adoption of
a report, delivered in at a previous court, on the moue,
duties, and moolansents of the ofilos at Registrar of the
Meyer s Court, the principal rtoonimencletioes of the report
being contained to the following paregraph Your com-
mittee lambs' carefully considered the dude* and heavy
pecuniary responsibilitiee attached to the °Moe, ere of opiniou
that it will be greatly to the advantage of the public end
=ton of the Mayor's Court that the dative of Registrar el
the Maple's Cowl should be performed by a gentlemen who
has bad gnat experience therein, stud we ere unseintously at
opinion that Mr. Brandon, who now holds the °Moe of mite•
tray pro Mripors, hes hed such experience, and that, if he be
appointed registrar, he should receive a artery of 7001. per
annum, to commence from the first day of January last, sad
that be should elm receive es inoreme of 601. per annum es
long es he shall hold that taffies, wadi his Wary shall
amount to 1,0001. per annum."
Mr. B. L. Taviou.ohjsebd to the proposal for increasing
the eatery of the registrar 601. per mum, mtil it should
reach 1,0061., and moved as an amendment to fix it at 7001.
permanently.

Kr. Pun esecuied the erimadmaL
Mr. Da hisser mid Mr. Brandon received 6001. a year IS
deputrregistrar, sad es tvgiatear would have to diedorse
dative which would be by so IDOSHBOVerpaid by 1,0001. ern;
ad would bepocelypini until hie niched thee mese&
JL Mr,
Ch lie would have to the dudes of a
liaebot in Chancery and a Mann in n law, and
mane* of chancery wed to receive 2,000!. a your.
After some disenesion, the question was pot from the
chair to a @bow of hands, wham the amendment was declared
to be carried . a decision which was affirmed en &division by
Oita 60—majority, 13.
The amendment we. then put as • substantive motion and
sing to.
THE OLD HULSE SEIHDONI-110011E.:
Mr. Deputy Wmtve breadth% up • report from the City
Lands Committee, ncomineodier the execution of certain
works at the Beselons-house, Old-bailey, at the expense of
about 8,0001.
The report was ordered to be printed (without being read),
and its dlecossioe nrned.

iaw ?mica SAYL
Some weeks age a was brought up from the Police
Committee, reoommo6lag the levying of a rate of 6d. in the
U. flir the Sires quarters of the year terminating at
Christmas next, to which recommendation objection was
takes that the committee had is hand a large sum
which they bad secumulated for the purpose of building new
police stations, which woe not required, sad that money so
accumulated ought to be taken into account as an available
balsam in levying the neworate ; the report was upposoa this
ground referred back to the committee for re-
sod an emended report was now presented stating that is
defer, nee to the wish of the court the committee had gives
Mato:idiom to sell out 16,0001. of the sum reserved for build-
police station., and recommending that the Ms, instead
of being live pine, should be reduced to threepence for the
three quartos, making firopence in *spotted for the entire
Par Tbs.
report waa unanimously speed to.
THE BAILIEWICE OP EOTITHWAILE.
The cunt also prooesded to theelectiou at a High Bailiff
lot the borough of Southwark, the Oboe having recently be-
come {WSW by the death of Mr. D. W. Pritchard.
There were only two caudidates—vis., Mr. W. (heehaw,
selioltor, end Mr. Benjamin W. James, alma solicitor, of 16,
Old lewry-chatubers, of whom the former was chosen by the
Sewn.
The court then adjourned.