The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-13 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Immediately upon the breaking up of the Court of Alder-
men, a Court of Common Council was holden for the pur-
pose of oonsidering a motion by Mr. F. W. Truscott, the
Chairman of the City Lands Committee, " That a dutiful
and loyal address be represented to her Majesty to congratu-
late her on the safe delivery of her Royal Mghness the
Princess of Wales and the birth of a Prince."

The Lord Mayor presided, and the Council Chamber was
crowded with members of the court.

After some formal business had been disposed of,
Mr. TRuscorr rose to propose the motion of which he had
given notice. In doing so he said he could not help congra-
tulating the court that the first meeting after the recess
was devoted to an occasion so auspicious as the present, and
he hoped he should not be deemed intruding his own perso -
nal feelings if he ventured to remind the court that he had
been most singularly favoured during the period he had the
honour to hold the important position of Chief Commoner of
that ancient Corporation. Early in his year of office it was
his pleasing duty to propose the address to the Throne of
loyal congratulation on the nuptials of his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales with the illustrious Princess Alexandra
of Denmark, and at the close thereof he had to move the
address of felicitation upon the birth of a Royal Prince, the
first fruit of a happy union. Ho could only express a fer-
vent hope that the gleam of sunshine which irradiated the
heart of their beloved Queen by the marriage of her son,
might glow into perennial summer by that blessing which
it had pleased Almighty Providence now to bestow—(hear,
hear, and cheers)—and that its infant smiles might brighten
with silver lining the cloud of sorrow that had attended
her Majesty since her melancholy bereavement. The birth
of an heir lineal to the Throne of Great Britain was an event
no less momentous to the country than to the Royal Family
itself, Some of the older members of that Court could per-
haps reed the sensations created by the lamented decease
of the Princess Charlotte and her infant child, and by the
barrenness of succession of those nearest the Throne during
the last years of George 111. ; and many of them could re-
collect the solicitude attendant upon the birth of the
Princess Royal, so ardently watched for and so longingly
expected. The Royal Prince was placed most fortunately.
He was born while England was at peace, but whilst the
din of the preparation for Continental war was resounding
on all sides. He would also inherit that proud distinction,
far greater than all his titles, that he was descended of one
best remembered as Albert the Good—(cheers)—and that
the Monarch in whose reign his existence commenced was
not less honoured by queenly dignities than for the virtues,
affections, and sympathies of home. And as the national
poet had placed in the mouth of Cranmer a prophecy of the
splendours of the succeeding ages of Elizabeth, let them
hope that the glories and the honours there depicted might
be the birthright of their newly-born Prince:—
"Peace, plenty, love,
That were the servants to this chosen infant,
Shall then be his, and like a vine, grow to him.
Wherever the bright sun of Heaven shall shine,
His honour and the greatness of his name
Shall be, and make new nations : he shall flourish,
And like a mountain cedar.reach his branches.

To all the plains about him. Our children's children
Shall see this, and bless Heaven."
Mr. Truscott concluded by proposing his motion amid loud
cheering.
Mr. Sheriff NISSEN seconded the motion, which was car-
ried by acclamation.
Alderman COPELLND then moved that the congratulations
of the Court be presented to their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales upon the birth of a Prince.
Mr. ISAACS seconded the resolution, which was put and
carried unanimously.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR. said he should wish to ask the Lord
Mayor whether he could inform the Court if there was any
intention on the part of the Court of Aldermen to present
a separate address to the Throne upon the present occa-
sion ? (Hear, hear.)
The LonD MAYOR said the only reply he could make
was that at present he was not aware of there being any
decision on the part of the Court of Aldermen to present
a separate address.

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he hoped they might understand
from this answer that the Corporation would address the
Throne on this important occasion as one united body, and
that there would be no separate addresses. (Hear, hear.)
A committee was then appointed to agree upon the terms
of the address, after which the Court adjourned.

THE CRICKET CurtomcLE, the first of a set of
volumes to be published annually, has been written by
Captain W. Bayley, and published by the Messrs. A. H.
Gaily and Co., of Cornhill.

VETERANS,—The report presented to Congress at
Washington from the Department of the Tnterior mentions
than ten soldiers of the Revolutionary War, pensioned off
at its close 80 years ago, still survive and receive the pen •
Mans granted to them at that remote date, when the Ameri-
can Union was formed and recognised, They " 64t by its
cradle."