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

Covert of Common Council,

A court of Common Council was holden yester-
day in the C ,ouncil Chamber, Guildhall.
The Lore , Mayor presided for the first time in his
official caT Jacity, and upon taking his seat he was
greeted vi ith a burst of cheers.
His Lc iRDSIIIP, before the commencement of the
business, addressed a few appropriate observations
to the C ourt in reference to his position, and said
that al' though he felt duly impressed with the re-
sponsit .ility of the office of president of this im-
portane t assembly, he felt satisfied he should receive
that e upport and assistance from every member
which had been so kindly accorded to his prede-
cesso rs, and with this important aid he hoped to be
able to preserve that order which had always cha-
ract( ;riled its proceedings, and that the high cha-
racter the Court had obtained in the eye of the
put 'tic for the manner in which the business had
be en conducted would continue to be preserved
wader his presidency. (Hear, hear.)
THE ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
DePUtY BUR.VELL said that, seeing the chairman
,of the Royal Entertainment Committee was pre-
sent, he 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 printed, but he
should like to be informed whether this would
be
done and the report circulated before St, Thomas's
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 possible. (Hear.)
THE LATE LORD MAYOR.

Deputy RATIIBONE then rose to propose the usual
resolution
of thanks to Alderman Rose, the late
'And Mayer, for the manner in which he had per-
formed the duties of his office during his mayoralty.
He said that the period during which he had filled
the civic chair had been one of great importance, and
it had certainly been a most trying year; but he had
great 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 censure 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 Aleiermen, who, he was in a condition to state,
he I'.ad constantly consulted, and whose advice he
had asked upon every important matter. (Hear.)
He concluded by proposing the resolution, which
wilt 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 be 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.
(Hear and a laugh,)
Mr. IL L. TAYLOR said that he quite agreed with
the observation that 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

obxercised at the Mansion-house. (Hear, hear.) Some-
thing more than this was, however, required 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 duty
to raa.ke a few observations 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 year—that might perhaps, in fairness, 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
he alluded was the endeavours that had been made
by the late
eeaLord :Mayor to obtain those honours that
were occasionally awarded by the Crown to gentle-
ffi~ to 11a position upon great and important occa-
anent I(Rear.)a It was no doubt a great disappoint-
been ataarde ord Mayor that these honours had not
had the unddewhich were expected; but the Crown
ing them
andubted right of granting or withhold-
other been grantedl he considered it was beneath
obtain them 1)7
etielity of London to endeavour to
been stated in one ofer means. It had, however,
no doubt that the atnttehe newspapers—and he had
t was correct—that the
Lord Mayor had writtemaen
personal
inteto Lord Palmerston, and
bird also at a
pressed the Prime
Minister to grant him the `nvoiew
sidered he was entitled, andt`.°,ur to which he con-
sidered
prneLeueae.t. he refused to do
so. (Hear, hear.) Such
his opinion, not at all calculateding as this was, in
of the Corporation—(hear, hear) uphold the credit
the only inference that could aeitr4ra. d, of course,
Public was that the Corporation had ived at by the
'V
sum of money to receive the Princess ofent a large
to entertain her and the Prince of walesalfes, and
of obtaining for the chief magistrateor the
purpose those
honours that were occasionally awarded b..,
the
Crown upon such occasions. the
part hear.) (j in
e
part of that Court—and he felt convinced he was
onlyispeaking the sentiments of every member when
he made the statement—he protested most empha.
tieally against such a suggestion, and declared that'
there was not the slightest foundation for it. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.) In receiving and entertaining
the illustrious lady who had become united to this
country by her marriage 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
he salted distinctly that in his opinion it was out
of place for the Lord Mayor to make it appear that
because the Corporation of London had done such
and
such things the Prime Minister ought there-
fore to advise her Maes j ty to confer a certain hon-
our upon him. (Hear, hear.) It was right, there-
fore, that it should he known that the citizens of
London had no
they had taken. such object in view in the proceed-
ingsthat the Corporatein. (Hear, hear.) He also thought
a speech made by on had some cause to complain of
the Lord Mayor on Sept. 30, in
which ho appeared to
tertainment and the
reception
all the credit of the en-
Wales and his bride to hreee.ption of tho Prince of
hon. member read a portiointa of the self.
(Oh, oh !) The
he referred, and said it appeared speech to which
other interpretation could hapot to him that no
one be had mentioned. (Hear.)
it the Lordon it than the
had given the entertainment at the raT:. Mayo
on-house, r
A
he might, perhaps, have been justified
in
a
what he did; but this was not the case, saying
whae
t
must repeat that the Lord Mayor had no right to
say what he did upon the occasion in question, and
to assume to himself that credit to which the Corpo.
ration, as a body, was entitled. (Hear.)
Yale hon.
member was then about to refer to something that
occurred upon the occasion 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 tha ccasion,
when

Mr. RUDKIN rose to order, and said a at the hon.
member had no right to discuss the cur 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. TnuscOTT expressed his opinion that the pro-
ceedings that had been referred to involved matters
that very materially affected the honour of the Cor-
-oration, and that if it was possible to be done the
r
correspondence that had taken place between the
late Lord Mayor and the Prime Minister should be
published.
(Hear, hear.) He
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ythe late Lord Mayor
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dh ew
tehl i ehviemd athvaetr
hadbeen trading upon the loyalty of the Corporation.
(Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that the picture
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.
(HTehare,hear,
resolutionand w
a laugh.)
AS 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.