The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-20 00:00:00

Cc )urt of Common Council,

A court of G 3mmon Council was holden yester-
day in the Com len Chamber, Guildhall.
The Lord Me iyor presided for the first time in hie
official capaci ey, and upon taking his seat he was
greeted with (1, burst of cheers.
His LORDS Liar, before the commencement of the
business, ad( tressed a few appropriate observations
to the Court in reference to his position, and said
that althou.gh he felt duly impressed with the re-
,
sponsibilit y of the office of president of this im-
portant assembly, he felt satisfied he should receive
that support and assistance from every member
which had been so kindly accorded to his prede-
cessors, and with this important aid he hoped to be
r.ble to preserve that order which had always cha-
racterised its proceedings, and that the high cha-
racter the Court had obtained in the eye of the
public for the manner in which the business had
been conducted would continue to be preserved
under his presidency. (Hear, hear.)
THE ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
Deputy BURNELL said that, seeing the chairman
of the Royal Entertainment Committee was pre-
sent, ho beg to be allowed to ask him when the
report he had promised on a former occasion was
likely to be laid before the Court.
Mr. TRUSCOTT (the chairman of the committee)
in reply, said he had brought up the only report
that was intended to be laid before the Court.
(Cries of Oh, oh.)
Deputy ELLIOTT said he had understood that a
more full report in reference to the subject was to
have been brought up. The report alluded to by
the chairman was ordered to be
should like to be informed whether this w but he
Thomas's
dbefse
done and the report circulated before St, ma
Day, or whether it would be delayed until after
that period.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.)
The TOWN CLERK said he could inform the
honourable deputy that the report was in the prin-
ter's hands, and would be printed and circulated as
speedily as poesible. (Hear.)
TIE LATE LORD MAYOR.
Deputy T.tATIIIIONE then rose to propose the usual
revolution of thanks to Alderman Rose, the late
Lord Ala yor, for the manner in which he had per-
formed e:b e duties of his cffice during his mayoralty.
He (exid. that the period during which he had filled
the reiv',c chair had been one of great importance, and
it bail certainly been a most trying year; but he had
gr ea t pleasure in expressing his opinion—and he
believed that every member of the Court would
:agree with him—that the late Lord Mayor had ful-
filled all the important duties that devolved upon
him, and particularly in reference to the reception
of the Prince of Wales and his bride, in the most
able and satisfactory manner. (Hear, hear.) He
could not help at the same time saying that it ap-
peared to him that the attempt that had been made
to cast censeire upon him, for the break down in the
police arrangements upon the occasion of the entry
of the Princess of Wales into London, was a most
ungenerous act, and that any blame that existed was
equally to be attributed to his brethren of the Court
of Aldermen, who, he was in a condition to state,
he had constantly consulted, and whose advice he
had aeked upon every important matter. (Hear.)
He concluded by proposing the resolution, which
Wil i be found in our advertising columns.
Mr. TODD seconded the resolution.

Deputy ELLIOTT said that he could not give a silent
vote on the present occasion, and while concurring
to the fullest extent in the opinion that had been
expressed as to the very able manner in which the
late Lord Mayor had performed all the more im-
portant duties of his office, he could not help adding
his testimony to the especial skill, firmness, and
impartiality with which he had presided over the
deliberations of this Court. (Hear, hear.) In
these particulars he had not been surpassed by
any of his predecessors, and he would express a
hope that the reign of order he had inaugurated
would be still further carried out and perfected.
(Rear and a iaugh,)
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said that he quite agreed with
the observation t hat had been made as to the general
ability that had characterised the proceedings of the
Lord Mayor during his year of office, and particu-
larly in reference to the hospitality that had been

exercised at the Mansion-house. (Hear, hear.) Some-

thing more than this was, however, regtiired from
a Lord Mayor of the city of London, and some cir-
cumstances had been made public within the last
few days, in reference to which he felt it his outy
to make a few ob•ervat ions upon the resolutions be-
fore the Court. If such resolutions were to be taken
'merely as matters of form they would be entirely
denuded of their value, and this was an additional
reason for the course he was about to take. He
should not say anything about the breakdown of
the City police arrangements at the beginning of
the yea —that might perhaps, in fairoess, not be
solely attributable to the proceedings adopted by
the late Lord Mayor—but there was another sub-
ject which it appeared reflected very much upon
the dignity of the Corporation, and it was the duty
of that Court to take care that nothing having a
tendency of that character should be allowed to pass
without observation. (Hear.) The subject to which
11: alluded was the endeavours that had been made
y the late Lord Mayor to obtain those honours that
were b
occasionally
ccasionally awarded by the Crown to gentle-
men. his position upon great and important o -
Imo". (Hear.)
It was no doubt a great disappoint-
ment to tee
Lord Mayor that these honours had not
been awarded Which were expected; but the Crown
had the
? tia
ladonloted right of granting or withhold-
ing them
they had not for some reason or
other been granted,
the dignity of he considered it was beneath
obtain them by the
other
city of London to endeavour to
means. It had, however,
been etated in one of
the newspapers—and he had
no doubt that the statement was correct—that the
Lord Mayor had written Lord Palmerston, and
had also at a personal interview pressed the Prime
Minister to grant him the iew
honourt to which he con-
sidered he was entitled, and h
at he refused to do
:so. (Hear, hear.) Such a proceeding
as
this was, in
his opinion, not at all calculated to Uphold the credit
of the Corporation—(hear,
sad
the only inference that could be, of course,
arrived at by the
public was that the Corporation
spent a
sum of money to receive the Princess of arge
to entertain her and the Prince of wale: fat:,
the
de
purpose of obtaining for the chief magistrate those
honours that were occasionally awarded by the
Crown upon such occasisms. (Hear, hear.) On
part of that Court—and he felt convinced ha „;:e
onlyispeaking the sentiments of every member When
he mode the statement—he protested most empha.
tically against such a suggestion, and declared that
there was nut the slightest foundation for it. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.) la receiving and entett
pining
the illustrious lady who had become united to this
country by her morriage with the heir-apparent to
the throne, the Corporation of London were actuated
by no other feeling than the singleness of purpose
to show the sympathy and heartfelt love and zeal
felt by the citizens of London for this illustrious
lady, and their loyalty to the Crown. (Hear,
hear.) They had no ulterior object in view, and
ho s:ated distinctly that in his opinion it was out
of place for the Lord Mayor to make it appear that
because h. the Corporation of London had done such.
and ud such things the Prime Minister ought there-
fore to advise her Majesty to confer a certain hon-
our
upon
"n
him.(Hear, hear.) It was right, there-
fore, that it should he known that the citizens of
London bed 1;° suchi object in view in the proceed-
ingproceed-
ings,theyh
d ta t!n. (hear, hear.) He also thought
that the
Corporationb had some cause to complain of
a speech made
Lord Mayor on Sept. 30, in
which he appeared thet
to take all the credit of the en-
tertainment and the
reception of the Prince of
Wales and his bride
tben. member read a port,o
ohithself• (Oh, oh !) The
and.
said
it 'll
p)
if
the speech to which
he referred,
appeared, to him that no
other interpretation couldbeotpon it than the
one he had mentioned. (Hear. hje,i .
Lord Mayor
had given the entertainment at the i
he might, perhaps, have been jastified in
what he did; but this was not the esse:aayda3g
he
must repeat that the Lord Mayor had no right toe
soy what he did upon the occasion in question, and
to,assume to himself that credit to which the cote'°.
ration, as a body, was entitled. (Hoar.) 'the bon.
member was then about to refer to something that
occurred upon the eccAcion of the presentation of

the present Lord Mayor to the Lord Chancellor,
and complained of some observations that had been
made by the Common Sergeant upon thi ccasion,
when

Mr. RUDKIN rose to order, and said at the hon.
member had no right to discuss the duct of any
of the officers of the Corporation upon the resolu-
tions then before the Court.

The LORD MAYOR :also interposed, and said he
must ask the hon. member whether he did not think '
he had sufficiently stated his views, and whether
the subject ought to be carried any farther.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he was most anxious to
defer to the opinion of the Lord Mayor, but he felt
that the matter he was going to refer to was one
strictly in connexion with the resolution before
the Court. He saw, however, that the Court was
anxious to proceed with the ordinary business, and
he should therefore conclude by stating that as he
did not agree with some portions of the resolution
he should not vote for it.
Mr. TRITSCOTT expressed his opinion that the pro-
ceedings that had been referred to involved matters
that very materially affected the honour of the Cor-
poration, and that if it was possible to ba done the
correspondence that had taken place between the
late Lord Mayor and the Prime Minister should be
published. (Hear, hear.) He had no hesitation in
saying, and he believed a very large section of the
Court agreed with him, that the late Lord Mayor
had been
heentraar.) It
appeared trading upon np
etahree loyalty
him o f the
thatthe Corporation.picture
(Hear,
that was presented was something like this. The
fountain of honour was in the back ground, and in
the front of the picture was the Lord Mayor of the
city of London, asking, with all humility, for those
dignities to which he considered he was entitled.
(Hleihare,hear,
resolution and alaugh.)
was then put and carried with four
dissentients.

The usual motions, that the resolution should be
ornamentally written, emblazoned, and presented to
Alderman Rose, and that it should be advertised,
were then put and agreed to,