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London, England, 1849-11-23 00:00:00

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Mr. L JONES laid that he had nothing to withdraw,
but he begged to ask the Court whether it wished the
the letters to which he had referred should he read ?
—(Loud cries of " No, no.")
Mr. J. Wools thought that if a discussion was to
arise, it ought to be with closed doors, for he felt it
would not be right that he should be asked to read
the in open court letters of a private character. He
assured the Court that the Committee of the Coal-Ex-
change was free from all blame. The arrangements
connected with the Royal visit gave universal satis-
faction, he believed. He had himself been honoured
with an assurance from his Royal Highness Prince
Albert that the arrangements had been most satisfac-
tory, and he trusted that no further discussion would
arise upon the subject. He had further to mention
that the letters to which reference had been made, if
they were read, would not bear out the construction
that some members of the Court had put upon them.
—(hear.) It was only within the last two or three
days that those letters had been put into his hands.
What he had said on his own behalf he could state
on behalf of every member of the Coal-Exchange
Committee. lie hoped, however, that the discus•
sion would terminate at once.—(ilear.)
Mr. LOTT, who complained that the late Lord
Mayor, having promised him to produce the letters
to the Court, had hyoktn his word, announced his
intention, if held up his hand alone, to oppose the
vote of' thanks.
Mr. STEVENS and others having spoken shortly on
the subject,
The vote of thanks was put and carried by an
almost unanimous show of hands, Mr. Lott being the
only member of the Court who held up his hand
against it. He did so with so much perseverance as
to excite general laughter in the court, holding his
arm up for at least three minute's longer than was at
all necessary.
The RECORDER then read a letter from Sir James
Duke requesting that as soon as the business of the
late ma3oralty was disposed of he might be permitted
to make a confidential communication to the Court.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and on
their re-admission the general business of the Court
was proceeded with.
The TOWN CLERK said he had received lists of free-
men and non.freemen of the City from all the wards,
with the exception of the wards of Bishopsgate Within
and Cordwainers, from which no account whatever
had been returned.
Ordered to be entered in the minutes of the Court.
The Tower CLERK read a letter which had been
addressed by Mr. Pritchard, the High Bailiff of
Southwark, to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons, in Common Council assembled. It stated
that he was by the terms of his appointment to re-
ceive and legally to
.enforce the receipt of all fines
and amerciaments imposed by competent authority
within the borough ; that in the schedule lately de-
livered to him of fines imposed by the Court Lvet, he
found two fines awarded by one of the Courts against
Mr. John Humphery, alderman, the one of 51., in re-
spect of his weights and measures, and the other 101.,
for obstructing the public highway in front of his pre-
mises in the borough; that in answer to the applica-
tion for payment of the fines, the alderman disputed
them, and stated it to be his intention to remove the
whole proceedings to the Court of Queen's Bench, at
Westminster, and that as the effect of such a proceed-
ing in the first law courts of' the country might be to
draw into serious question' the rights of the Corpo-
ration within the borough of' Southwark, the High
Bailiff was unwilling to take the initiative in an
affair possibly of so much importance without special
directions from the Court.

Alderman fiusirnEur said he had strong grounds
for determining upon the course of resisting such an
attempt as had been described, and for which there
was no justification whatever. As to the obstruction
complained of, it consisted in the removal of goods
from one part of his premises to another. The Court
Leet, of which the Recorder was steward, had de-
cided that the intermediate space was the public way.
He denied that such was the fact ; and if such were
the fact, the premisses would be comparatively value-
less to him. As for the defective weights find mea-
sures alluded to, they had been on the premises for a
great length of time and were never used, and their
deficiency was caused by a fire which had taken place
there some years ago, and by which the lead attached
to the iron had been melted. He was determined to
refer, under such circumstances, to a higher authority
than that by which the penalties, of which he would
not pay one farthing, were claimed.

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C IwV as stated by a member that the conviction
was confirmed in the Court, in which the Recorder
presided: -

➢Tr. NORRIS moved that the communication be re-
ferred to the Officers and Clerks Committee.
Mr. DE JERSEY moved as an amendment that it
should be laid upon the table.
Mr. WIRE said he hoped there would be no attempt
to revive court leets. He knew what such courts were
in other districts—merely institutions for inflicting
plunder.

I Finally, the lligh Bailiff's letter was ordered to lie
on the table.
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS OF TUE SEWERS ACCOUNTS.
Upon the motion of Mr. BLAKE, it wil3 agreed,
after some discussion, that the resolution of the
Court of the 16:h of October, "that the auditors of
the Commissioners of Sewers be not paid," should be
rescinded, and the Court then agreed " that the said
auditors bc not members of the Court, and that the
said auditors be paid the sum of five guineas each."
APPOINIMENT OF COMMISSIONERS.
The Court proceeded to appoint four Commis-
misiioner upon the Metropolitan Commission of
Sewers, in accordance with the Act. The following
gentli.men were appointed :—Mr. Alderman Law-
rence, Mr. Deputy Peacock, Mr. Deputy llarrison,
and Mr. 11. Lowman Taylor.
Several reports were brought up from the Coal,
Corn, and Finance Committee recommending that
sums of money should be granted to charities.
The Court agreed to the reports, and the Chamber..
lain was ordered to pay the amounts.
Adjourned.

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