The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-19 00:00:00

Feetlon of Mr. Redmau's paper, trcatlng of the eoud,-
tion3 of the coast from B ar•hy Li( ad to Portland and
the Chesil Bank, would be read.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was hvid for the dispatch of
business.

CLEUKENWELL IMPR OTEMENTS.

Mr. Deputy LOTT said that, having seen in the
newspapers a paragraph stating that the Clerkenwell
improvements had been entirely suspended until the
opinion of Parliament had been taken upon Mr.
Pearson's plan, he wished to ask the chairman of the
committee whether such was the case ?

Mr. T. H. HALL—Certainly not, and for very
good reasons, because the corporation, in clearing
the ground, will be so far from obstructing such
a plan, supposing that plan were to he sanc-
tioned, that they will actually hove facilitated it.
Our first duty is to clear tbe ground. We c;ul
go on with our duty in giving the notices. They
are being given. Mr. Bunning has reported, and if
nothing comes of the other scheme, still the Corpora-
tion will have done their duty as regards the Bill they
have obtained.
THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' ,COMPANY.
Mr. DAMN rose to move :
" That this Court do, in the month of December. and
in the mouth of December yearly, appoint oce or more
St person or persons to examin,, and audit the accounts
of the Great Central Gs,s Consumers CoMpany for the
preceding year, in pursuance of the 15th section of the
C. 49, entitled . an Ache) incorporate the Great Central
Act of Parliament of the 14th and 15th of Victoria,
supplied by the
Gas Consumers Company:
" That this Court d.) also appoint a practical chemist,
or other competent perscn, to tot the quality of the gas
bl ' to the 39th section
of the said Act.
inspector,
" That this Court do also appoint a fit persons to be
con-
sumer, all metres furnishedeen the company..
and to stamp the Same, agreeably
or supplieby
d the company,
me, agreeably to the 40th section of
the said Act." and the
Mr. Deputy HoLT seconded the motion.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR oto
test,":-bP::::'agreea y
pposed the motion. lie moved
as an amendment :
" That ina,muc
• has the Great
Con-
sumers Company's Act does not Central Gas
grants merely a permissive right render imperative, but
appoint an auditor, a practical chemist,o the corporation to
inspec-
tor, while it leaves the salary ofthe latter
and an
that of the chemist entirely unprovidedatter undefined, and
is also a degree of ambiguity existing for, and as there
the auditor, that it is for these andotl%ith reference to
inex-
pedient and impolitic fur the Court toer interfere
such appointments; and that it be c reco Interfere with
the company to manage their own affairs in the to
went and remuneration of such officers, ast e appoint"
shier necessary, either as regards the ' •
_, they con-
auutting their
accounts, the quality of the gas,
or inspection 1'
meters." 0 the
After a long discussion, the amendment
was put
and declared to be lost.

The original motion, with the addition suggested
by Mr. Morris, was then adopted.

PEAR-STEET AND DUCK-LANE RAGGED SCHOOLS.
A memorial, praying for a grant in favour of these
schools, was read.
Mr. BENNOCU supported the application.
It was opposed by Mr. DE JERSEY, who moved the
previous question, which was carried.; the application
being, as a matter of course, refused.

THE ELECTION ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
freedoms
Committee) HARRISON (the chairman of the
Committee) brought up a report, with the draught of
a new clause, of the Election Acts Amendment Bill.
The clause was to the effect—
of wardmote, on Plough Monday, to the
" That the returns heretofore made at the great court
caepts of the
Lord Mayor for bolding the wardmotcs on St. Thomas's
day shall, from and atter the passing of this Act, be
made at a great court of wardmote, to be held by the
Lord Mayor on the 31st day of December in each year,
unless the same shall happen to be Sunday, and then
on the following day, instead of Plough Monday."
The worthy deputy moved that the clause form part
of the Bill.

The motion having been seconded,
Mr. L. TAYLOR MOVEd, as an amendment, the
following :
" That, immediately after each election of Common
Councilmen in the several wards, a return be made to
the Lord Mai or of the names of the members so elected,
and signed by the presiding ()Meer, and that a copy of
the same be forwarded to the Town•clerk."

A long discussion followed, the material features of
which were by no means valuable to the general pub-
lic, several personalities Ling indulged in during its
continuance, interesting only to the parties them-
selves. The squabble having continued for a long
period, was at length terminated by a division, when
there appeared—
For the report of the Committee
For Mr. Taylor's amendment '27

Majority..... ..... .. 4
After a very long discussion upon a clause pro-
posed to be introduced into the Election Act Amend-
ment Bill with reference to the Common Councilmen
acting immediately upon being sworn into office, it
was agreed to withdraw the clause.
The Court unanimously agreed to refer it to the
Freedoms Committee to prosecute the Bill in Par-
liament as they may be advised, and thus concluded
the proceedings of the yesr by completing a measure
of reform which, it is hoped, will prove advantageous
to the citizens of London.--Adjourned.

KOSSUTH'S RIVAL IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Lola Montes, accompanied by her agent, arrived in
the Humboldt, and was present in the cabin when
the address was delivered to Kossuth. She passed
some smart jokes upon the whole affair, and a gentle-
man informed our reporter that she has declared
Kossuth to be a great humbug. It is stated they
had some conversations during the passage.
The Countess of Lansfeldt was a prodigious
favourite among the gentlemen passengers during
the passage. She kept them continually in
roars of laughter. She was not, at first,
very well received by the lady passengers ;
but bar manners at last secured her their cour-
tesy. The gentlemen were all delighted with her, as
she sang and talked to them most charmingly. She
certainly is an extraordinary woman, and as she is an
ambitious one also, we may expect something won-
derful from her in the course of time. She is much
lighter in her form, and more refined in her features,
than she is represented in the paintings. She has a
remarkably fine pair of eyes. No doubt she will
create a furore of her own as well as Kossuth, whose
rival she is for popularity. Immediately on the ar-
rival of the Humboldt at her pier yesterday morn-
ing Lola Mantes, accompanied by her waiting maid,
and attended by Mr. EdwarcliWillis and her agent
and private secretary, proceeded to the
New York Hotel, where suitable apart-
ments were placed at her disposal by the proprietor of
that establishment, Mr. Monnot. It was expected that
the Countess—who has been styled ~ one of the femi-
nine glories of the Continent" would have visited the
Broadway Theatre last evening; and a private box
was accordingly placed at her disposal ; but the fatigue
of the voyage, and the excitement of her peculiar
temperament, consequent upon her arrival in the land
of liberty, rendered it impossible for her to attend.
The love of liberty, in its broadest and most com-
prehensive sense, she feels; she has advocated it
in the very heart of despotism, and she will find
it here, but not, perhaps, in the same shape or
form. We understand that efforts are being made to
secure the services of the fair danseuse ; but that not-
withstanding the many offers tendered her, she has,
with considerable shrewdness, which has characterised
all her movements, selected Mr. Barry, the gentle-
manly and dignified manager of the Broadway
Theatre, as her theatrical counsellor. His high po-
sition in the profession, his private character, and his
universal reputation as a gentleman and a manager,
will insure to the fair Countess not only good
counsel, but judicious direction of her movements
throughout the States. Some idea may be for'
of the estimation in which Lola Montes is held an
the theatrical circles of Europe from
in Paris
100 f. each, which would make something the (act that
a committee of 500 gentlemen offered her
sit 10,000
dollars, for one evening's entertainment. any sto-
ries are told of this great female, Republican,
many motives attributed to and
her, for thus coming
before the public, but they are, we are informed, for
exaggerated. The pecuniary means of
Lola Montes are n
the most part
.ndependent. She need not, if
voluntarily lily embrace the toils of an ar-
duousit were so, v.olos a
woman
n
as she said to a gentleman of this
city, " If I wa
profesm of that description which
lam represented, would Ibe compelled to go on the
stage to earn a livelihood ?,, We are informed that
a box is reserved for Lola at the Broadway Theatre
for Monday evening next.--New York Herald.

A shunter at Doncaster, named William Leor, bad
his foot crushed on Wednesday morning by the tender of an
engine running over it. He was attempting to jump upon
the step of an engine while in motion, when his foot slipped;
hence the accident. He lies in a dangerous state.
A copy of the proposed treaty of commerce and
navigation between Belgium and Great Britain has been
received to-diry from Brussels, and appears to confirm the
anticipations expresses) in the letter on the subject inserted
yesterday. Belgium avails herself of all the advantages
,g
freedom in England, and in return keeps up mini ofo ''S;
most important restrictions against us with reLT_
cargoes of our vessels and the maintenance of
iv. e duties. Thus, the Belgian flag is to enjoy
cabinet c
"ius
and q fidertential
privi-
leges in its own ports in the importation of
dye-
woods, rice, sugar, coffee, tobacco and fromcottouh
ountries of
from t e c .
America ;
and of fruits, olive oil, and sulp'hur, . .
oug.
st two-thirds of
their production. As respects salt,betetvned the remaining
the actual duties are remitted,
amount is sufficiently high to otpeer prohibition, while
with regard to transit dues in
gunpowder and iron, and to
itb isaitneteasrioar of the country
upon
they are still to be imposedun, and goods, and coals. The
a certain extent, upon linen, yarn,
tention among the parties interested.
treaty is to be ratified ont the let of January next, and mean-
while, it will excite a
sum will be the only sufferer
Of course, in the long run Belg
from her narrow Policy.