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the City of London Corporation, I am directed to inform you 1 U
that the draft of the report is finished, and merely requiring
revision in print. .
" I transmitted a copy of your letter to Lord John Russell,
and I have his permission to inform the CommittCe of the
Court of Common Could], through you, that it is the inten-
tion of the Government to introduce ameasure of reform next
Sesstof Parliament, as soon as they have • sufficiently con;
"
Sidered the repo
am, Sir, :4
1: • . ,
ybedient humble servant;
" 1
" JOSEPH PARSES.
" W. Pritchard, Esq., Chairman of the Cu7nuatee
of the whole Court of Common Council."
Since he had received the communication lie had trrld&
further inquiry, and was' informed that the report would'
be complete in the ensuing week. Under these circum-
stances, he had considered it to be his duty to call the
CoMmittee together, in. order to originate a course of pro-
ceedings on the important question. It was known to the
Committee, that all the resolutions which they had sug-
gested, and in which. the Court of Common Council had
acquiesced, had been placed before the Commissioners, and
they Were aware of the obstructions which were offered in
the two last Mayoralties to the efforts of tile Court, to add
the remaining resolutions for the consideration of the Corn-
noiS:iloners„ It had been thought impracticable, in the
,pre5,..,10. Mayoralty, to pursue ilia eonsicleration of the latter
resolution, tea flie labour would be too late. He believed,
however, that the effcct of the exertius of the Com-
mittee would he advantageous, for he had taken care to
sabmit to the Commissioners the miconsidered resolutions
as well as those which had received the sanctmm of the
Court, and, in his opinion, the former,Posses.sed the
essence and substance of the latter, having been, digeusse,l
by persons merely under a different form of assembling.—
(Hear, hear.) It appeared that Ministers were, deter-
mined that the measure of Municipal Reform should origi-
nate with them, and he thought it would, be wise ,in the
Committee to confer with the Commissioners on the sub-
ject ; to be vigilant ; and to go on parn passe with the
Government measure, so that a Reform might be produced.
in every respect eligible in the opinion of those who were
most interested.
Mr. PEWTRESS said that the Chairman had made a most
alarming statement, from which it would appear that they
were likely to have a' contest with the Government. He
saw no necessity for this extreme haste. ad sufiiicient
confidence in Ministers tobelieve that they wouldbring. in
a Bill founded upon true principles ; and as to the details,
he had no doubt of their disposition to adopt the stigtes-
Cons of the Corporation. It appeared to him that there
was no necessity whatever for thus calling together the

Committee.
The CHAIRMAN thought that it would be advisable' to
have some delegated body to confer with the GOvernment,
to prevent the interference of persons who were not autho-
rised by the Corporation, and who might have particular
interests to answer.
Mr. R. TAYLOR said that the Committee were greatly
indebted to the Chairman for having summoned them upon
so important an occasion. He had no fear of the Govern-
ment, but he suspected the interposition of interested indi-
viduals who professed to communicate in the name of the
Corporation without being authorised. (Cries of i° Name.")
The Committee knew well that persons had acted as he had
described, and it was, therefore, necessary to appoint men
upon whom the Committee could rely. It was not at all
too soon to take the matter into consideration. •
Mr. GAnsntrt thought the communication a private one,
and that there was no necessity for assembling.
Sir P. LAURIE attended merely as a looker on, without
any intention or wish to take part in the proceedings of the
meeting. Upon former occasions he had attended, because
he had been asked to join for thc,purpose of making up
the number necessary to constitute a Committee. He now
saw a full attendance, and he believed that gentlemen at-
tended in the expectation that a communication of great ,
importance would be made to them ; but nothing. of the
kind had been done. In fact the whole business was irre-
gular in the extreme. The Secretary of State knew nothing
of the Committee of the whole Court, except merely as in-
dividuals. It would be much more advisable if the Court
of Common Council would enter into communication with
the Secretary of State.
The CHAIRMAN said that no communication had been
entered into with the Secretary of State.
Sir P. LAURIE said that Mr. Parkes was in constant
communication with the Secretary on the subject, and the
communication was to all intents and purposes with the
Secretary of State. Now, he considered that upon this
subject the members were bound to go to their Wards.
Mr. TAYLOR—So we have.
Sir P. LAURIE said that his,Werd had not considered
the matter ; but he had pledged himself to call them to;ze-
ther for that purpose, as soon as he should perceive any-
thing tangible issue from the Commissioners or• the Govern-
ment.. lie was glad that: the. communication had been made
that Government intended to bring in the Bill. It might
be such a Bill as the Committee might think it necessary
to oppose, and if so, he knew the Court of Aldermen would
db.° oppose it. If, however, the measure should prove ad-
vantageous he should give it his support. He considered
that the commvnication would, if it had been made to the
Corporation of London, have, been very different from what
it was. In fact, he looked upon it as a complete rap on
the knuckles.
Mr. MARCHANT assured the worthy Knight that he wa.,
quite mistaken in insinuating that any underhand work had
been used. The Committee had acted in the most open
manner. He was glad that Sir Peter Laurie had adopted
the mode of applying to the constituency, for no persons in
the world were better disposed to get rid of the Aldermen,
as they were at present offensively constituted.
Mr. WATSON believed that the contemplated change
would be so great that it
,would be most necessary to
watch it narrowly.
Mr. HUNTER thought there was no necessity for haste,
and that the Committee ought not to do anything cal-
culated to prevent the Government from bringing out the

15111.
Mr. EDWARD Wir.soN then moved the following reso-
lution :—" That, in the opinion of this Committee, the
Court of Common Council should; at its next sitting, be
moved to refer it to this Comniittee to consider the forth-
coming report of the Commissioners on the city of Lon-
don, and the Bill which may be introduced into' Parlia-
ment thereon ; to confer with his Majesty's Govern-
ment, if necessary, and to report from, time to time to the

Court."
Mr. HEPPEL thought it would be unwise to wait until
the Bill should be brought in, and approved of Mr .Wil-

son's motion.
Sir PETER LAURIE said that he heard. the
,principal
Law Officer of. the Government declare that Government

could not originate a 13i11.
Sir C. Mmtsimr. moved an adjournment, which -was
negatived.
Mr. LAURENCE advocated the motion.
111 r. CHARLES PEARSON was of opinion that the Lord
Mayor should be requested to call, on an early day,,a Court
to consider the remaining propositions contained in the se-
veral reports-of- the Committee, and that the Chairman
should be,requested to band.such requisition to his Lord-
ship. -It was necessary to adopt means of Pirenting the
introduction of a measure Which would be fraught :itith evils
to the City of London, but which, i( once introduced, the
Government would be obliged to adhere to. The Govern-
ment were, be had no doubt, disposed to accept of the sug-
gestions of the Corporation ; and if the ingredients of a Bill.
calculated to satisfy` the popular wish were not offered, a
municipal measure would be proposed which the members
of the Corporation would be compelled to oppose. There'
were several points in.the Municipal Bills lately introduced
to which there were the strongest objections as applied to

c City of London. The adoption of those points it won

be easy to counteract before the appearance of the Bill,
although any change.:afterwards would be qUite impractica-
ble. The idea of waiting for the .report of the Commis-
sioners he considered to be.quiteabsard, as the ptobabi,
lity was that the Bill would rapibly follow the report, and
thus render ineffeetual all opposition from those who were
most interested.—(Hear, bear.) He believed it would be
an easy matter .to induce the Aldermen to agree to
_Such
propositions as the Court of Com Men Council Should'eim-
sider necessary. They were completely physicked by the
examples which bad' been made of their brethren in the sur-
rounding country. They would .now jump at the seven
years' tenure of office at which they a year ago turned up
their noses.—(Laughter.) He recommended the course of
coming to an agreement amongst themselves upon the im-
portant matters of the municipal measure, in order to pre-
vent the Tories from taking advantage of the situation_
which they must otherwiSe be plaCed, and accusing the
Government of having been bullied by the Corporation'
into a measure unpalatable to it.—(Cheers.) It appeared
to hirn to be indispensable that the Corporation should
acrree upon the common principles, and make suggest to
the Government, and he thought the Government would be
disposed to concur. At all events it would be satisfactory
to the .Corporation that they had done all in their power to
obtain the best species of Reform.
After some further discussion, Mc.Pearson's motion,
with an addition by 111 r. Heppe], to the effest of authorising
the Committee to confer with the -Govt' and the
Commissioners on the subject of amendimi; the Municipal
Corporation of London, was adopted,- au I the ComMittee
adjourned.

THE WEATIIER.—A letter from Antwerp of the
Ist says, that the Scheldt, below the city, is full of ice,
and that the navigation -Would soon be impeded. A
letter of a' later date says--" The Scheldt is so full of
ice. that the navigation is entirely -impeded. The Lz!dd
has in vain. attempted- to get down with. the ebb. r•!.oc,
ice which covered the roads yesterday delayed the arriva
of the mails, ana of several diligenees."—Brassels Paper
Jan. 5.