The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-10 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

Yesterday a Court w•as held for the dispatch of
buiinass.

THE KING OF THE FRENCH AND THE CORPORATION OF

LOND,,N.
The LORD l',lAYort read the following letter, which
he received from the King of the French, in answer to
the ardresses voted to his Majesty upoa the occasion of
the late attempt upon his life.

Neuilly, May 16, 1846.
MY LORD MAYOR—I have to request your Lordship
o convey to the Court of Aldermen, and to the Court
of Common Council of the City of London, the deep
sense of gratification with which I acknowledge the
addresses they have voted to me on the occasion of the
late attempt upon my life. Impressed as I am, with
the importance so justly attached to the manifestations
of your great metropolis, I duly appreciate this signal
testimony both of their high esteem and friendly dis-
position towards my nation and country, and of their
good will towards myself and my family. The
many tokens of kindness and the hospitality
I have received among you, at various periods of my
long career, have deft an indelible impression on my
mind and on my heart. I am3;:.rateful to hear from you,
that you do justice to my constant and 4tinceasing efforts
to promote the good understanding and friendly inter-
course between France and England. It is with the
sincerest sa.ti,faction that I see the progress of this policy
spreading more and more, under the protection of
Divine Providence, its beneficial effects not only in both
our countries, but over all the world, where the advan-
tages of that pacific policy are daily better felt and more
justly appreciated. It is with the gracious concurrence
of ray august friend and ally, your behaved Sovereign,
that I request your Lordship to convey this expression
of my feelings, not only in my own name, but also in the
name of the Queen and of all the members of my family,
to the Court of Aldermen and to the Common Council
of the City of London.
My Lord Mayor, your affectionate,
LOUIS. PHILIPPE.
Alderman HUMPRERY rose to move that the letter,
which reflected such honour on the heart and under-
standing of the King of the French, should be treated '
with signal marks of respect.—(Cheers.) It is a docu-
ment of the highest value, and he should propose that
after the Lord Mayor should have read it to the Court
of Common Council it be deposited in a box,
and placed in the library of the Corporation. He
(Alderman Humphrey) had with great pride and grati-
fication witnessed, in the kingdom over which his
Majesty presided, the high respect and cordial feeling of
hospitality with which his Majesty received the members
of the Corporation who hal had the honour of waiting
upon hire.—(Cheers.) It was impossible to hear the
fervent wish of his Majesty for the con tinuation of the
pacifi relations of the world, without admiration of the
glorious terms in which that feeling was expressed, and
an anxious hope that his Majesty might long and happily
reign over the great people he so prosperously and
happily governed.—(Cheers.) Alderman Humphery
then submitted a MO ion to the effect described in his
speech.—(Great applause.)
Sir PETER LAURIE seconied the motion. The exam-
ole set by the King of the French was; one which was
indeed worthy of imitation. Rendering the most glo-
rieus services to his own country by promoting the acts
of peace, that great monarch contributed largely to the
good of all mankind, by exhibiting the affectionate feel-
ing with which he contemplated the hrsppy symptoms of
the continued exigence of peace and good-will amongst
his fellow-creatures.—(Cheers.) The citizens of Lon-
don would be delighted with perusing a document,
which alluded in such terms of kindness: and affection to
their own beloved Sovereign, who, as it. were. sanctioned
and recommended his Majesty's most, gracious acknow-
ledgment.— (Cheers.)
The motion was then unanimously,. and amidst loud
acclamations, agreed to.

THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY AND WHE SPECTACLE
MAKERS' COMPANY.
A gentleman, who was entitled to the freedom of the
Goldsmiths' Ct.mpany, having applied to be allowed to
take his freedom up in the Specticle-Inakers' Company
instecid of the company in Vi hie h he hed the claim,
Alderman COPELAND rose to express his disapproba-
tion of such a course, and requested. to be informed
whether the applicant had made an y application for
admissioo to the Goldsmiths' Company ?—The appli-
cantreplied in the negative.

Alderman COPELAND could not see that, possessing
the right which the applicant had to take up his freedom
in the Goldsmiths' Company,he was at all warranted in
coming to the Court in such a matter.
The applicant said, his reason for not wishing to
belong to the Goldsmiths' Company amis., that there was
an insurmountable difficulty in obtaining it in that com-
pany, and he did not know any companßy more suitable
to his purpose.

SWORN AND ITNSWORN BROKERS.
When the Court was occupied in the examination of
gentlemen who appeared at the bar to be sworn in as
brokers,

Alderman COPELAND took occasion -to observe upon
the ineffectual efforts he bad been for :a length of time
in the habit of making, to prevent the commission of
fraud in the business transacted by broke.rs, and he ex-
pressed his regret that there appeared to be no chance
of making any reform by the interposition of that Court.
After a few observations from Alderman Wilson, Sir
Peter Laurie, Alderman Challis, and others, it was or-

dered, that with the view to the better protection of the
public, a list of the brokers sworn in by the Court of
Aldermen should be regularly transmitted to the Bank
of England.