The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-08 00:00:00

Court of Aldermen

A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday in the Alder-
men's chamber at Guildhall; the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor presiding.
The preliminary business having been disposed of,
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff BESLEY informed the court
that the sheriffs had taken upon themselves to alter the day
of execution from Monday to Wednesday.
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Mr. Alderman SIDNEY thought the sheriff ought to- give•
the reasons for the alteration.
Alderman and Sheriff BESLEY said the first suggestion had
come from the court itself. The first reason was that the
execution on a Monday must of necessity be attended by
a great desecration of the Sabbath, and inconvenience as
regarded Newgate-market. Before making the alteration
the Rev. M. Gibbs, the minister of Christ-church, and the
ministers of St. Sepulchre's and St. Martin's had been con-
sulted and they had concurred with it.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND thought it would be better if
the execution took place privately. The public would be
very much benefited by it. Upon one occasion, when an
execution took place on Easter Monday, on the Tuesday
following he had more than 20 cases of picking pockets at
.the very foot of the gallows taken before him.
Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE thought there would be a most

lecided and unanimous feeling against private executions.

In all cases where a large crowd was collected, let it be the
opening of a new church or a meeting, there was sure to be
a number of that class present who were engaged in re-
moving property from other people's pockets to their own.
Mr. Alderman PHILLIPS gave notice of the following mo-
tion in reference to the subject: "That it should be referred
to a committee of privileges to consider whether it would
be judicious to make application to the Secretary of State
with a view to ascertaining whether the time had not
arrived when executions, which so degraded the City, should
take place privately, and not publicly.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY gave notice of a similar motion,
viz., " Whether it was the opinion of the Court the Secre-
tary of State should be memorialised to have the executions
removed from the precincts of the City."
THE UROKEIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

A further report was brought up from the General Pur-
poses Committee, submitting for adoption new rules, orders,
and regulations for the government of brokers of the city of
London, and asking for authority to prepare the necessary
bonds in conformity with such rules and regulations.
Mr. Alderman Gum°Ns, in the absence of Mr. Alderman
Waterlow, moved the adoption of the report, and that it
should be referred back to the committee to take the neces-
sary steps for putting the proposed rules in force.
Mr. Alderman PHILLIPS thought some of the rules require
considerable modification, and suggested one or two altera-
tions. In fact he objected to the whole of them, and was
of opinion that such a supervision as the brokers were sub-
jected to was against all the principles of free trade, and he
moved as an amendment that the report should go back for
reconsideration.
I Mr. Alderman COPELAND seconded the amendment.

Mr. Alderman BESLEY thought the omission of the clause
which prevented a broker from buying or selling on his own
account goods in which he dealt, and the substituting of
one which only required him to act justly between party
and party, completely abrogated the whole character of a
broker.

Mr. Alderman Lusx said those whom it was proposed to
protect were the large merchants of the City, who did not
want protection. If it were to protect those who had their
mustard adulterated with flour, their coffee with chicory,
and their bread with plaster of Paris, he could very well
understand such a supervision.
Alderman Sir R. CARDEN supported the amendment.
He did not think it was a question of the protection of the
public at all, but that it was entirely a money question.
With regard to the class of brokers known as stockbrokers,
he believed there were not a more honourable body than

they were ; but there were certain individuals who were
not thought worthy or respectable enough to be admitted
into the Stock Exchange, but who nevertheless, by means
of advertisements which might be seen in any of the papers,
succeeded in inducing persons to entrust them to transact
their business. It was by such persons that many of the

frauds were committed, and he thought if the court would
prevent persons from acting as stockbrokers unless they were
members of the Stock Exchange, which was free to all who
were worthy, some real good would be done.
The amendment, on being put, was lost, and Mr. Alder-
man Phillips then moved that a clause which provided
that none of the certificates which it was required should
be signed by six merchants should be signed by an alder-
man should be struck out.
This was also negatived, and the original motion was
agreed to, viz., the adoption of the report, which was re-
ferred back for execution.

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and Achonry); 743 of the younger sof Peers have
obtained honours of various distinctions, have had
or still hold Government appointments, or, 1'
the daughters of Peers, are married. There arelke 974
of
Peeresses in their own right. Last year there died four
Dukes (Athole, Newcastle, and the 2d and 3d Dukes of
Cleveland),-1 Marquess (Bristol),-8 Earls (Aberdeen,
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Gosford, Poulett, Morley, Cadogan, Stair, Carlisle, and
Clare, this last title becoming extinct),-1 Viscount (Sid-
mouth),-4 Barons (Ashburton, Manners, Rodney, and
Somerville),-1 Lord Bishop (Ely),—and 1 Peeress in her
own right (Ruthven).
The last mail brought to Bombay a Mr. Camp-
bell, who proceeds in a few days to Lahore to take up a
position on the Punjab Railway. This gentleman has had
more than twenty years' experience in England, princi-
pally in connexion with the Great Western and Great
Northern Railways, and which will probably be turned to
PA gcceuht in the Punjab,—The Bombay Gazette.