The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-01 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.

A Court of Common Council was held yesterday,
Mr. TI/ KNER presented a report from the Navi'
gation Committee, on the subject of the Bill intro.
duced into Parliament on behalf of the West India
Dock Company. By the existing regulations of the
Company, it is incumbent on them to have fear
Aldermen and four Common Councilmen of the
city of London in their Directory ; and the object
of the Bill is to give the Company te unrestricted
choice of their Directors. The Navigation Com-
mittee reported that the Corporation of London had
now no interest whatever in connection with the
\Veit India Dock Company, and recommended the •
Court to offer no opposition to the Bill before Par-
liament.

A. short conversation ensued upon this motion, in
the course of which it was stated that the Corpo-
ration had disposed of the stock it held of the West
India Dock Company as long back as twenty-seven
years. At the conclusion of the discussion the
Court agreed to the report, at the same time direct-
ing a reference to be made to the Committee to
ascertain what members of that Court had been
Directors of the West India Dock Company, the
mode of thc;r appointment, the amount of their
emoluments, and every eircurnst nice relating to their
situation.

VOTE OF THANKS TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

Mr. Alderman VENABLES rose to moves vote 'of
hanks to Lord John Russell, as a testimony of the
approbation of the Court, for the able manner in
which he had introduced the Bills for reforming the
representation of the people in the Commons House
of Parliament, and for his constant and persevering
exertions in the same cause. Ile said that he was
convinced that, the proposed measure of Reform
was in unison with the feelings of the country, andl
he trusted that it would be passed into a
(Hear, hear.)—He considered it incumbent on that
Court to come forward now anti ephold the Noble
Lord, because he felt convinced that it exercised
considerable influence on theopinions of the country,
and he trusted that it would ever continue to do so.
—(Hear.)—The worthy Alderman then described
the conduct of Lord Juhn Russell in Parliament,
and mentioned the various periods when he had
brought forward motions for Reform. Upon the
whole it appeared that no less than nineteen motions
for reforming the representation had been made by
Lord John Russell, in the course of eleven or twelve
years.—(Hear, hear.)—He thought the conduct of
°Lord J. Russell, with respect to the question of Re-
form, deserving the respect of that Court; and he
was also entitled to the gratitude of the people for
the exertions he had made in favour of religious
liberty, by the course he had followed with respect
to the Test and Corporation Acts.—(Applause.)—
The worthy Alderman concluded by moving " that
the Right Hon. Lord John Russell having been sc•
lected by his Majesty's Ministers to bring forward
a Bill for the Reform of the representation of the
people in the Commons House of Parliament, this
Court offer their most grateful thanks to the Noble
Lord for the able and distinguished manner in which
he had introduced and supported the measure, and
for his constant exertions and various efforts in the
same cause."—(Applause.)
Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN seconded the motion.
lie hal been an observer of the Noble Lord's con-
duct, and he had never witnessed greater ability dis-
played, more temper.or firmness exhibited, than had
distinguished the whole conduct of the Noble Lord,
with respect to the question of Reform.—(Hear,
oear.)—That Court had always been the advocate
of Reform; and it became them to stand up and
support the Noble Lord, now that he was struggling
for the cause. It was impossible for any Govern-
ment to go on with the boroughmongers.—(Hear.)
There were about 200 of them, and they were al-
ways wanting places for themselves or their relatives,
while the nuisance existed.—(Hear, asal laughter.)
Mr. J. RICHARDSON had an amendment to move.
(Much laughter.) He meant to move, that the
further consideration of this question should be ad- .
journed—(Crics of No ! no !)—until the Court -e
should be satisfied that the privileges of the citizens
of the City would not be endangered by the pro-
posed measure of Reform. He thought that if that
measure passed into a law, the commercial influence
of the City ran the chance of being destroyed.—
((ireat laughter.) If the franchise of the out-voters
was taken away, a serious injury would be inflicted
on the commerce of the City--(" Nonsense !")
That respectable body, the Stock-Exchange--
(Laughter)—Lloyd's, the Bank of England, the
East and West Indian interests, would not find them-
selves so well represented in Parliament as at pre-
sent, if the Bill passed. He was no advocate for
monopoly, but he would stand up in defence of the
franchise of the citizens of London, which he con-
sidered the best in the world.—(Question, question.)
A great deal had been said of the out-voters. Nosy
he only wished that every member of that Court hod
,n his pocket the liverymen of London.—(Crest
laughter.) If reference was made to the list of the
liverymen it would be found that very few lived at
I great distance from London, and he was sure that
when an election occurred not 1001. was spent in
bringing up the out-voters.--(pie ! oh !) If 1,000
liverymen were to be corrupted under the present
system, he was sure that under the operation of the
proposed Bill there would be 5,0001.—(No, no.) H,
concluded by moving the amendment, the object of
,which lie described upon rising, but no one in Conott
rose to second it.

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Mr. Alderman VENABLEs then moyed, that the
(reedoin of the City be presented in a box, of the
value of 100 guineas, to Lord John Russell, in tes.
imony of the high sense which the Court enter-
tained of his able and patriotic conduct.
After ra few words from M. CURTIS and Mr.
THORNHILL in support of the motion, the question
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