The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-20 00:00:00

duties of the Recorder and Common Sergeant were defined
to be at the time those gentlemen were appointed, because
it was undeniable that now, in addition to their handsome
salaries, they were receiving extraordinary pay for extra-
ordinary work in Parliament.
Mr. HARRIS said that some time ago, when legal assist-
ance was wanted, there was no legal gentleman to be found
—the Recorder being in Italy, the Common Sergeant being
in the West of England acting as a Judge, the City Soli-
citor being in Switzerland, and the Town-clerk being
somewhere spending his vacation. The only legal gentle-
man who then came to the aid of the corporation was the
City Remembrancer.
Mr. Deputy FRY moved as an addition to the resolution,
that the nature of the duties and the terms of the appoint-
ment of the Recorder and Common Sergeant be added to
the motion.

Mr. PEDLEY seconded the amendment.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR replied, and said he had no objection
to the amendment, as his object was information.
The COMMON SERGEANT reminded the Court that the
last three years were exceptional ones entirely as regarded
Parliamentary business. (Hear, hear.)
The amendment was adopted ; so also was another
amendment, moved by Mr. SAUNDERS, which struck out
from the motion the words " during the year 1862, 1863,
and 1864," and substituted the following :—" since their
respective appointments."

With these amendments the motion was passed.
THE "BUDGET MUNICIPALB."

Mr. MEDWIN moved—" That Mr. Town-clerk apply to
M. le Baron Haussman, of Paris, the Prefet of the Seine, for
a copy of the Budget 211unict:pale; that the same be trans-
lated into English at a cost not exceeding £lO, and a copy
furnished to every member of this court." He said the in-
formation he sought for had been published in the .3ioniteur,
and that in wishing to obtain a translation of it he intended
to institute a contrast between the cost of improving Paris
and London, and the time in which improvements in these
respective places were:accomplished. This information, he
believed, would tend to satisfy many complaints now made
in London.

Mr. WEBBER seconded the motion, which was agreed to.

RETURNS.

Mr. MEDwiN moved—" That the Commissioners of
Sewers be requested to make to this Court the following
returns for the years ending the 29th of September, 1854
and 1864 respectively :—The amount of rental upon which
the consolidated and sewers-rates were assessed ; the rate
of such assessments in the pound; the separate total
amounts received in the same year respectively ; the num-
ber of public lights ; total cost of the same ; cost per light ;
number of yards superficial of foot paving in the city ; the
cost per yard new ; total amount expended on ditto in new
work and for repairs separately ; total number of yards
superficial of roadway paving in the city ; cost of ditto,
new work, per yard ; total cost of new work ; ditto. of re-
pairs ; cost of water for the public streets ; ditto distribut-
ing the same ; cost of cleansing the roadway ; the total
number of yards lineal of brickwork in sewers under the
control of the Commission ; total cost of constructing new
sewers ; repairs of sewers."
This motion, after an opposit ion on the part of Mr. De-
puty De Jersey, was agreed to.