The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-18 00:00:00

S 11, MARCH 18, 1847.

of Aldermen will completely outstrip us.—(Great laughter.)
The resolution was then agreed to.
Mr. Asittutsz then moved, 4. That the Court had a right to
regulate its own proceedings."
Mr. AIDERTON seconded the motion, and said he was de-
lighted at perceiving that a new light had darted in upon the
Co irt of Aldermen.

Alderman COPELAND denied that the light was at all new.
He had himself held the opinion from the time of his Mayor-
alty, which Mr. Ashurst was pleased to call more popular
than that which preceded it.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. COPE said he thould oppose the motion, as he denied
that the Court had a right to put questtJns in such a form.
The resolution was then agreed to.
Mr. ASHUEST finally proposed the following resolution—
" That that portion of the report agreed to this day which
refers' to reforms requiring the aid of Parliament, be referred
back to the committee of the whole Court to consider and
report."

The LORD MAYOR refused to put the question, and said he
considered that it would be necessary to give notice of the last
motion; an observation at which several' members expressed
the utmost surprise, and some of them expressed great in-
dignation.
The Town Clerk, who had been in communication with the
Lord Mayor, the Recorder having left the Court some time
previously, was roughly blamed as the adviser of his Lord-
ship to a course at variance with the opinions and feelings of
the great mass of the Corporation. He was represented by
one of the members as being in the habit of advising ad
tersely to the general 'Sentiments of that branch of the Cor-
poration, and he was addressed personally in terms to which
it was quite obvious he was a stranger. The Learned Ser-
geant made no remarks upon the character of the accusa-
tion, which, no doubt, the member who male it will regret
when he learns that it was unjust. The advice of the
Town Clerk was, "to put the question. 7
Mr: HARTLEY (as our reporter understood) gave notice of a
motion to the effect of that which had been ineffectually
brought forward.
The Court then proceeded to the business mentioned in
the paper.
THE CORONER OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

Mr. WHETHADI brought up the report in the reference res-
pecting the holding of inquests. It expressed the very highest
approbation of the conduct of the Learned Coroner Mr.
Payne in holding inquests in cases of fire, as having tended
to check the atrocious practices of incendiaries, and set an
example which had been followed with great benefit to the
community by many prdvincial coroners.
The report was agreed to unanimously.—Adjourned.

TilE DRAINAGE AMENDMENT

ACT.

The following is an abridgment of the Bill introduced
by Sir George Grey and the Lord Advocate, for the
purpose of explaining and amending the Act passed last
session authorising the advance of money for the im-
provement of land by drainage in Great Britain:-
1. That the fohowing may he included among the ex-
penses of works of drainage, in respect of which ad-
vances may have been made under the previous Act—
reitnely, the expense of maleng an outtall through other
land, or such part as the Commissioners may' think rea-
sonable; the expense of making open drains and water-
courvrs, includinz such open drains and water-courses
as may need frequent repair; and the expense of fencing,
trenching, and clearing the surface of the land to be
drained, for the purpose of converting the same from
waste or pasture into arable or tillage hind, where it may
be necessary to secure and render pr,ductive the pro-
posed improvement by drainage; provided that it shall
appear to the Commissioners that in all such cases efore-
said, the works will effect an improvement in the yearly
',sites of the land, which will exceed the utmost yearly
amount which can be charged thereon under the said
Act in respect of the advance applied for.
2. That where, by the said Act, the plan, estimate,
and specification of the proposed drainage is required to
be inspected or examined by, and to be annexes to, the
report of the assistant-commissioner, or surveyor, or
engineer, unless the commissioners shall otherwise di-
rect, to itivire into and to embody in his report =ltch
pariculars of the land proposed to be drained, and of the
proposed manner of effecting the drainage, and of the
esti.nated expenses, as shall appear to him sufficient to
enable the commissioners to judge of the expediency of
an advance in respect of the proposed works; and that it
shall be lawful for the commissioners to certify their
opinion that an advance should be made in respect of any
works, notwithstanding any deviation from the proposed
manner of effecting the drainage, if such deviation shall
appear to be expedient, and productive of improvement.
3. That all parties who shall have made applications
for advances under the said Act may at any
i time, be-
fore provisional certificates shall have been issued, by
writing addressed to the commissioner, withdraw or re-
duce the amount of the advances for which their several
applications are made. .. ..
4. That where separate applications shall have been
made by the same owner for several advances for the
drainage of several lands, or where successive applica-
tions shall have been made for an advance, and a further
advance for works of drainage on the same lands, it shall
be lawful for the commissioners (with the consent of the
owner for the time being of such lands) by their pro-
' visional certificate, to declare such applications to ee
cinsolidated and treated as one application, alter notice
is given by advertisement, the same as under an appli-
cation for an advance.
5. That where a provisional certificate has been issued
under the said Act, it shall be lawful for the commis-
sionera to certify to the Commissioners of the Treasury
that an advance on account shall be made in respect of
any part of the proposed works which shall have been
actually executed, not exceeding in amount the whole of
the sum then actually expended thereon.
6. That no provisional certificate shall be issued under
the said Act, unless it shall be shown to the satisfaction
of the commissioners, or security be given to their satis-
faction by the party applying for the advance, that the
works for which the advance is to be made may be com-
pleted within the period of three years; and provided
that, if it shall appear to the commissioners that the
completion of the works within the time mentioned is
impracticable, it shall be lawful for the commissioners to
allow such further time as they shall think reasonabb ,
not exceeding two years.
7. That certificates and provisional certificates under
the said Act may be made in such form as the commis.•
sionprs shall think fit; and every such certificate and
provisional certificate respectively, when sealed with the
seal of the commissioners, shall be conclusive evidence
that all the applications and acts whatsoever have been
made and done by the persons authorised to make and
do the same, and that an advance may be issued by virtue
of such certificate, and that the land shall become
charged in respect of such advance.
8. That any owner of land to whom a provisional cer-
tificate shall have been issued under the said Act, or any
subsequent owner of such land, may assign such provi-
sional certificate, by way of security, to any person who
may have advanced, or may agree to advance, moneys
for the execution of the works thereiu mentioned; and
such assignee shall be entitled to claim and receive such
advances as the owner by whom the assignment shall
have been made might have claimed and received in case
such assignment hid not been made.