The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-03 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of public
business. •

VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OP THE DRENCH.
The LORD MAYOR on taking the chair said,—Before
the business of the day commences, I feel it my duty in
compliment to this Court to state that I have had se-
veral applications made to me by members for permission
to place notices on the paper of business relative to the
approaching visit of the Emperor of the French to this
country. I thought it unwise that such notices should
appear at present, more especially as I am to have corn_
municatien to-day with the authorities, after which it
will be necessary to consider the prudence and desirable.
ness of their being put on the paper or not. (Hear,
hear.) Having had several notices of motion handed to
me by members of the Court, I thought it right to men-
tion the subject—a subject of the deepest interest—re-
lating as it does to the visit to this country of the ruler
of a great and powerful people—our brave and gallant
allies. (Cheers.)

THE FAST-DAY.
On the motion of Alderman KENNEDY it was agreed,
—"That the thanks of this Court are due to the Right
Rev, the Bishop of London for the sermon he delivered
to this Court in St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday, the
21st ult., and that his lordship (the Lord Mayor) be re-
quested to have the same printed."

CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY.
Deputy PEACOCK, chairman of the Commission of
Sewers, moved the Court,—" To authorise and direct
the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London, as
En:, Burial Board of the said city, to defray out of the
consolidated rate, or moneys to be charged on such rate,
a sum not exceeding 25,0001., in addition to the sum of
50,0001. agreed to by this Court on the 13th of October,
1853, to defray all the expenses necessary for providing
and laying out the said cemetery and building the ne-
cessary chapels therein, and the other expenses connected
therewith." Agreed to.

THE NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE-MARKET.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR (the chairman of the Markets Im-
provement Committee)' brought up the following report:—
" We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your
Markets Improvement Committee, to whom it bra been
referred to curry into execution the act, of the 14th and
15th Vic., cap. 01., for establishing a new metropolitan
cattle-market, and also our reports from time to time pre-
sented with plans and estimates of works, and for raising
the necessary funds, do certify that we have proceeded
therein, and having made the necessary arrangements for
the due performance of the laborious and extensive under-
taking which this corporation has engaged to effect, we
have carefully watched the progress of the works in course
of execution, under the more immediate superintendence
and direction of the city architect.
" It will be obvious that in an affair of such magnitude
as the formation of a cattle-market for the supply of this
vast metropolis, with the necessary conveniences in connec-
tion with it, many unforseen circumstances would probably
arise in the progress of the undertaking which would sug-
gest extension of the original design' • both for increasing
the accommodation and for securing future revenue.
had
in the
contend has been the almost unprecedented rise in chief obstacle with which your committee have. h to
d at not
• h may be fairly reckoned of the works, a rise which
price of both labour and materials since the commencement
less than from 25 to 30 per cont.
which circumstances
" Thsextension of the arrangements
Commissioners of
requirement by the .
consequent on the .
k t should be drained to
felt it
have induced have been the formation
a
te" d to, your committee
carcase
o off t dhoeere idrainage,
o f
Metropolis Sewers that t,hoertmioani
ohfe
the north-east,
meat-mar-
market, which having been. . ..
after due
consideration
west, as originally in.
b tended,
the
Governmentthe erection instead
of aofi the
s suggested
t t eei
advisable to
aUtyhoOurirtlcoo9m,
will ill be moreearry readily
on the
the
erect,-etth ofe
constructionParliament,t h
business of emarket, .
architect, hereto annexed,
taverns for
the
the further accommodation of persons attendiao.
ket, and stabling, at the request of the tenants.° mat-
es`
as soon as possible the probable
The particulars of the foregoing
whichexplained
your committee
yc
otmh en
arietpt :or t o f
directedthe hivi t
required to perfect the
to make for the pur-
pose of ascertaining
eh your committee feel
hnicehomWpliletUed, unequalled in this or any
market and its appurtenances, whi
assnam o assured wofill'boen,eywhwe
from the report that the arehitectestimates
otri:aopupnetaryrs.
the expense of completing the works at the sum of 80,0001.,
theyour
oour
coimmou.nt already authorised by this hon.
powers to raise in addition
Court, and
committee feel that the thesen:ittee therefore apply for the neces-
saryyfaocutroic7odcitoiuorntalwifluind(ei se.m
it
tn doing,vseorysati .
to be inedozesd that a considerable portion of the
fully expect
used as
.a lila
ground purcha oirtaygeet 0 r beenl3th
erw otherwise,
y appropriated,
our c oammi
ni fromitt
committee
lug it to
2 I to realise a large amount of income by adapt-
such. purposes as will materially conduce to the