The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-20 00:00:00

THE ROYAL HOSPITALS.

Alderman BESLEY moved that the Library Com-
mittee be empowered to have reprinted, at an ex-
pense not exceeding £5O, the Book of Memoranda,
References, and Thcuments, relating to the Royal
Hospitals of the Ci y of London.

Agreed to.
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S MARRIAGE.

Deputy HARRISON moved that this court contri-
bute the sum of ow- hundred guineas towards the
cost of an entertainment, to ba provided by the
guardians of the three City unions, fcr the indoor
poor of the of London upon the occasion of the
marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Agreed to unanimously.
Mr. ANDERTON then proceeded to bring forward
three motions he had placed upon the paper of
business.

The first was :—" That a medal be struck com-
memorative of the occasion of the public entry of
tte Princess Alexandra of Denmark into the City."
The second was :—" That it be referred to the
Royal Reception Committee to take such steps as
they may deem advisable with respect to the illu-
minating the several public bnildings in the City on
the occasion of the marriage of his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, on the 10th March next."
Th,s third_ acrd most important proposition to be
submitted to the cou. t was that a committee s'lould
be appointed to consider and agree upon a suitable
present to no made to the Princess, at a cost not
exceeding the sum of £10,000; and it was expected
that this last-mentioned proposition would be op-
posed, and lead to a great deal of warm discussion.
Mr. ANDERTON was about to address the court,
when
Alderman SALOMONS interposed, and said that it
was the usual course for discussions of the nature
that was now about to take place to be conducted
with closed doors, and he therefore moved that
strangers be requested to withdraw. (Loud cries of
"No, no.")
The LORD MAYOR said that if the court desired
to have strangers excluded while this subject was
being discussed, it had the power to do so ; and it
the motion was persisted in, be must take the sense
of the court upon it.
Alderman SALOMONS intimated that he was of
opinion that the subject had better be discussed
with closed doors, and his motion to that effect was
therefore put and declared to be carried.
The court was thereupon cleared, and a long and
somewhat acgry argument, it was understood, took
place. The public were not re-admitted for more
than two hours, and it was then stated that all the
motions had been carried in the affirmative, after
an animated discussion and a division had taken
place upon the third one.
A further report was brought up from the Coal,
Coin, and Finance Committee, recommending the
payment of certain law charges and o, her moneys.
This gave rise to some discussion, during which
the affairs of the late City Solicitor, Mr. Charles
Pearson, were incidentally alluded to, but as it ap-
peared that the accounts of that gentleman with
the corporation are not yet finally arranged it would
be unfair to make any further allusion to the sub-
ject, and more particularly as a formal report will
in all pr'bability be made by a committee in refe-
rence to it.
The court shortly afterwards adjourned.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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MANCHESTER-FE➢. 19

Our market this morning was of a languid character, but
there was no press tare to sell on the part of holders, and in
the limited business which occurred previous prices were
supported for all articles, except those of secondary or in-
terior quality,