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TO MORROW EVENING.
LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.
EXETER HALL President, Rev. B. S. F. Finch. On the
Tit UR .1 DAY before Christmas Day, Dec. 22d; Handel's ,acred Ora-
torio " MESSIAH." Principal Vocalists —Mrs. Sunderland, Miss
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numbers being required to give the proper effect to Handel's music.
Conductor, Mr. Surman (Founder of the Exeter Hall Oratorios).
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,012'Y OF LONDON COMMISSION:ii.

• '''t ,07,1011-0, •
11he Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire info the
state of the City' corporation re-asdanbled yesterday, at
the 'official residence pf.the Premieri after an adjournumkt
frdin Friday, the 9th instant, and resumed their inresti,ga-
lion. The Commissioners present were—the ..Itight.Hon:
•Labouchere (the chairman), Sir _John; Tattesen, and
4r: Cornwall Lewis.

The 'first ..witness examined was Mr. Samuel Hopwood,
clerk to the Commissioners of Paving of St. Andrew's Hol-
bern, and Si: Genr,e the Martyr, who stated that he at-
tended_bythe (lirec'tion of the Commissioners of Paving,
.to complain of the street tolls levied by the City corpora.
tion on all carts of non-freemen entering the City. The
traders in his district; when they fetched their goods from
the warehouses in the City to their own premises, or when
they delivered them to their customers, were liable to these
City
tolls, which were exacted several times in a single
day. The cart of the poor laundress on entering the City
had to pay like the rest and when the corporation was
petitioned on the subject, they refused all redress. The
other parts of the metropolis had to maintain their streets
in proper repair at the expense of the ratepayers of the
district, without exacting any tax from carts passing
through thorn, and he did not 'see why a . different' rule
ought to apply to the City. 4 1
Mr. Ambrose Moore examined—l ailk manuftii:
and resident intho city of London for about 40 yeai's,
but retired from business six years ago lamol a free.-
m andChairman—Are
irin liverymanaTl— At tthhetniC i tayn.y.
rots
this inquiry to which you do desire to call o
witt:eflerence to
this
Mr. Moore There are, but they- are
not
so much to the' details as to the general Outline. oftitillige
cor-
poration. My Teelino,is that it would be wrong to abolish
'the corporation, °rt.:attempt to unite it with the other
tropolitan districts ; but whatever course Might be pure
3nned
poin' tus72L'etention.
with regard to the creation' of a new' corporation, r see 4nO •
reason .why the old City should be deprived of any of its
privileges which aro .applicable to the present time, and
such as are not injurious to the general interests of the
public.
The Chairman—Yen mean that yam would be sorty to
see the City.d,epriv.ed pfita municipal institutions,. or tomee.
them Merged into' municipal' institutions for the whole et
London ?

Mr. Moore—l dol and I think that a general confede-
ration of metropolitan corporations would be inexpedient,
and would be inconvenient to the Government itself.
Again, I have been connected with the borough of Mary-
lebone, and I cannot see any advantage which that borough
would derive froth being incorporated, and it would he
inconvenient to the Government, if the control of 'the
police of Marylebone, for instance, were in the hands of a
local body.
The Chairman—But it does not follow if Marylebone
were incorporated into a separate municipality, that that
municipality would have. the control of the police?
Mr. Moore—Certainly not, but I beliive such a munici-
pality would complain if it had not the Same powers con-'
ceded to it as the borough corporations throughout the
country possess in regard to police and the like.
The Chairman—Does not the existing law already ena-
ble the parliamentary boroughs of the metropolis to obtain
charters of incorporation, if they choose at any timO • to
apply to Parliainent for them ?
Mr. Moore—NO'doubt of it, but I am still of opinion that
it would be inexpedient that they should be municipally in-
corporated. With respect to the City police, I think that
it is very well managed'at present, arid therefore I know of
no reason why the City should be deprived of the privilege
of managing its own police, as wellas of other of its ancient,
privileges. Again, no doubt the City magistracy is an ano-
maly, but it is an ancient privilege which has never 'been
abused. The City magistracy has done honour to. itself, and
I believe the general impression is that it has very well
administered justice. Whilst the City continues to elect
its own magistrates they. ought to be' 'elected for life--
the election .of the magistrates, of. London periodically
would be very injudicious ; and whether the aldermen are
to continue magistrated or not,' I 'would have them dreien
for life, because the Court of Aldermen is 'a very useful
body, and they have other duties to perform which render
it desirable that they should be independent men.
The Chairman—With regard to the municipal constitu-
ency in the city of London, do you see any objection to ap-
plying to the City the same municipal franchise as that
which prevails over the rest of the country ?
Mr. Moore—My own opinion is that it would be prefer-
able, for the sake of simplicity, and for other reasons, that
whatever is 'the parliamentary franchise in the City, the
same shbuld be the franchise for the municipal electors. I'
would assimilate the two, If the parliamentary franchise
is good in the one case it is good in the other.
The Chairman—Have you considered the privileges of
the City with regard to the trade of London—are they ad-
vantageous?
Mr.Dloore —They are no longer advantageous under the
circumstances of the present times. I would abolish the
City tolls levied on carts, because they are a needless in-
terference with the ,traffic of the City, although I do not
see that there is any very groat hardship in them. no
City metage and every restriction upon the freedom of
trade I would abolish, I would also. sweep away the ex-
clusive privileges of trading enjoyed by freemen. •
The Chairman—Have you ever been connected personally
with the corporation?

Mr. Moore—No, I have not, but I have paid consider.
able attention to the City elections.
Mr. C. Lewis—What is your opinion with regard to
the wards%of the City ? •
Mr. Moore—l think the wards are now very unequal, and
that they ought to be rendered more equal. The smaller
wards might be amalgamated, and the larger ones
divided into two or more. The wards of Ba.ssishaw
and Coleman-street, for instance, might be added to-
gether, and that of Farringdon Without might be di-
vided into three separate wards. This would leave the
ward boundaries in a groat measure undisturbed, and
would overcome some difficulties with regard to the ward
charities. I would have one alderman and from three to
five common councilmen for each ward. This would re-
duce the Common Council from 206 to 100 members. The
country corporations have one alderman to three council-
lors, but in London, where there is more business to be
done, I would have an average of four common councilmen
to ono alderman. I would h-we the aldermen of the City
continued as magistrates and elected for life, but remove-
able for a proper cause. I would have the Lord Mayor
elected by the Common Hall, from the aldermen who have
filled the office of sheriff. The sheriff of Middlesex ought
not to be appointed by the citizens of London, but by the
Crown, the same as the sheriffs of other counties. I would
still have the sheriff of London elected by the Common-
hall. The Lord Mayor has the power of nominating to the
office of sheriff; but this privilege I would transfer to the
Court of Aldermen, and require notice to be publicly
given of the nominations made. I would retain the fine
imposed upon persons refusing-to serve as sheriff, but I
would put. an end to the practice which has existed of
putting up candidates who are unwilling to serve, merely
for the purpose of exacting the fine from them. I would
have the electors in the Common-hall assimilated to the
electoral body for choosing members of Parliament. The
said elections ought not to last more than one day. I would
have the election of chamberlain placed in the hands of the
Common Council, and not of the general constituent body.
I would allow the Court of Alderman to continue as a se-
parate court. It is generally a respectable and independent
body, although, 'perhaps, there are not so many of the
highest class among its members as might be desirable.
I would have the Court of Aldermen elect the recorder,
subject to the approbation of the Crown. I would put'in
the power of, the Court of Aldermen to appoint one
or two police magistrates in the City. The effect of this
would be that an alderman who did not wish to act as a
magistrate would not be compelled to do so. He would,
therefore, occupy the same position as a borough justice in
a place where there is a stipendiary magistrate. At the
same time, I would retain to the alderman his power to act
as a magistrate if he thought fit ; and if this change were
effected, so as to reliere those aldermen who had no time
or inclination for the exercise of their judicial functions, I
think that many merchants in • the City, who, .vietti
deterred by the magisterial duties Attached to the office,vi
would not be any longer unwillipnoglicteonaseargviest
arsatiSermeny
would have the salaries of the
the Common Council, and the appointmentsiilladefi::bdjeba
to the approval of the Secretary of State. o not know of any authority or' control that could be placed over the
brokers of the City which would beibztter than that exer-
tionsy the Court of Aldermen.
of that court with regard to the b notoc say the reg Veaci
as they might be. I would reduce
Aldermenth rcntercshal'rg.etre L
as
City to the brokers. The Court of
pro-
secutions against brokers,
Mar fraud, d ibsetlief is hat
the supervision they exercise afford? asosercurity to the
public. The • committee of the Stock Exchange only ex-
clude members from their body incases of default or mis-
conduct, which is a ,
r" +,. rw process,and unlike that which.
takes Place before the Court of Aldermen, who are inde-
pendent men, and willhave cases fully and publicly inquired
into. ..It is well known that a I "eh r class of members at
present refuse to, join the corporna-tioen of the City and 411
its offices. The'reason -why this is the
,Case lebroOluisevetoois
because the representative body
is !'°°t numnduct and
antiquated in form, too political in 19 CO ,
because a very inefficient of members,
and of persons belong to
it. If you. were to reduce the number
and simplify the forms,eve .that more respects-
ble men would not object. connect themselves with the
0O oration. I can see
no moon why the upper classes
rp
k it beneath them to attend to the
public interests. of 0,
in the City should thiencit , when we find that in Liver?,
pool and othor large towns leading men take part in
the affAirS bf their respective municipalities.
po you think that the pageantry in tho
cit of L°nd°
•
The Chairmnn"les any influence in deterring eminent
y
merchants froul
acceptieg corporate offices ?
Ido not -know that a man of intelligence,
Mr. Moore—
acting as Lord Mayor, would wish to see men in armour
riding .
I
before Pim.am not, however, for altogether
abolishing the Lord Mayor's show, butter introducing men'
flt-superior cultivation and taste, who would improve it.
The Chairman-1--Thpn you think that the show might bo
better got up ? (A laugh.)
Mr. Moore—Yes. I think the practice of the chief ma-
gistrate of such a city proceeding in public to Westminster
to receive the approbation of the Crown on his appoint-
ment, is a ceremony far from useless ; and, therefore, I
would not abolish it altogether; nor would I exactly have
the Lord Mayor dress in the same manner as any man
would do when merelygoing to church. A higher class of
men, if they were induced to take the office, would soon
correct all the errors of bad taste at present existing in the
arrangements of the procession. I would not abolish the
annual banquet at the Guildhall. lam in favour of the
mainienance of a decent splendour, and even a magnificent
hospitality by the chief magistrate of the metropolis of
this empire. The dinners connected with the committees
of the corporation, I consider, are too
tnumerous.inhkthWe
coitrh.
respect to the conservancy of the Thames,
poration, however woll-meaning, are not properly qualified
for the discharge of such functions, and I would vest them
in the Crown.
Mr. C. Lewis—You said that you saw no advantage
which Marylebone, or the other Parliamentary boroughs
of the inetroN is, could derive from' the extension of
municipal institutions. Do you think that the City de-
rives any great benefit from its present
Mr.. Moore—l think it does institutions 9
derive .
advantage from its
institutions, but that advantage might be increased if its:
institutions were improved.
Mr. C. Lewis—Tell us what advantage the City derives
which Marylebene and the other boronghs'inight hot dorive
from those institutions?
7re Lore—l put it chiefly on the ground-of habit, and

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