The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-18 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
A Court was held on Tuesday, for the dispatch of
busint ss.
Alderman Wasot/ presented a petition from an in-
habitant of his ward of Castle Baynard, who had been
elected at the Wardmote, in 1845, to serve on the In-
quest. It appeared that he afterwards declined to serve,
was proscribed by his brethren of the Inquest for having
refused to perform his duand the Court had given
an order for his prosecution, and a true Bill had been
found against him by the grand •jury. He had afterwards
aPpealed to the inhabitants •
in Wardmote assembled,
stating his willingness to serve in future, and hoping
that his neighbours would authorise the Aldermen to
PiloB,llrt the petition in the Court. The petitioner (Mr.
u having pleaded guilty, and expressed his willing-
ness to serve, the Alderman moved that the City Solici-
tor be directed to stay proceedings.
ALDERMAN—Yes, upon the petitioner agreeing to
Pay all the expenses incurred to the present time.
Sir JAMES DUKE seconded the motion.
Alderman COPELAND hoped the court would not en-
tertain the motion. He thought it was rather too bad
that the gentleman should allow proceedings to go on till
the bill was found, and then that he should present the
Petition. It was well known that it was very difficult,
OU St. Thomas's day, to compel gentlemen to serve on
the inquest, and he hoped the cause would be allowed to
.K° on till the Court of Queen's Bench should give its
Judgment. It would be time enough then to entertain
petition on the subject.
Several voices here called for the petitioner.
Alderman WILSON moved the gentleman's attendance
be dispensed with. He had been all day in attendance at
the last Court, when he (Alderman Wilson) was bound
up
in the snow at Brighton, and then that petition had
not been presented.
A long discussion took place, which ended in the
withdrawal of the petition till the next court, when the
Petitioner will be obliged to appear.

BILL FOR ALTERING THE FRANCHISE.
Alderman Hustprmay said, that inconsequence of his
absence from the Court on the last day of meeting, Al-
derman Copeland had asked a question relative to the
appointment of the Committee to amend the Act of
George 1., relative to the election of aldermen and com-
mon councilmen. He regretted to find that no satis•
factory answer had been given to that question, al-
though the Court had unanimously agreed to appoint
the Committee, and he wished to know whether it was
the intention of the Court to carry the motion into
effect.

The LORD MAYOR (as we understood his Lordship)
aid, if the Aldermen pleased, he could call a Commit-
tee himself.
Alderman FARM:MOTHER hoped that Alderman Hum-
phery had some idea of the measure he was about to
propose. For his part he could form no opinion at all
of the meaning of his worthy friend, and the alteration
of an Act of Parliament on such a subject was a matter
not to be trifled with.—(Hear, hear.)
Alderman HUMMIERY—You Will find every thing
ready to be acted upon when you are in Committee. I
am ready to go through the whole question, and to go to
Parliament with it, and produce it there at once.
Sir P. LAURIE—I tell you, you are trying to legislate
for the Court of Common Council, and you are not jus-
tified in doing any thing of the kind.
Alderman MOON was anxious to know whether there
Ras any truth in the statement in some of the news-
Pipers with respect to the refusal to allow the Remem-
brancer to take his seat in the House of Commons.—
(Laughter.)
Alderman HUMPHERY—There is not a syllable of
truth in it. The Remembrancer has no seat appro-
priated to him, but he is allowed to enter into the body
of the House under the gallery, as an officer of the city
of London. As for that statement, it is all fudge.
Adjourned.