The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-19 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of " re-
ceiving the return of the election fur an Alderman for
the ward of Walbrook, in the room of Mr. Michael
Gibbs, resigned," and upon other busines6.
THE SLC-INES.

Alderman WILSON requested to be informed why Mr.
and Mrs. Sloane were exempted from the general treat-
ment of prisoners convicted and sentenced to be im-
prisoned? It was, he understood, the established cus-
tom to remove from Newgate all convicts under sen-
tence; and why there should be a deviation from that
practice in the case of the two persons he had named,
and who were, it appeared, still in Newgate, he could
not conjecture.
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff CARDEN said that, as the
sentence upon the Sloanes was imprisonment for two
years without hard labour, they were, in conformity
with established usage, detained in the gaol of Newgate
as the national prison.—(Hear, hear.) If the sentence
had included hard labour, the removal to another place
of punishment would of course have taken place.—(Hear.)
Alderman SIDNEY said that ho and Alderman Cope-
land, as visiting magistrates of the prison, had made the
acessary inquiries into the subject, and found that it had
been the invariable practice to make persons sentenced
to imprisonment witeout hard labour to undergo their
sentence in Newgate. Mr. Sloane was, by his own
choice, in solitary confinement in one of the cells, and
Mrs. Sloane was under the care of the medical officer of
the prison, and was not yet in a condition to be placed
with the other feinele prisoners. The Court might rely
upon the strict o rvance of the judgment of the
learned authority before whom the prisoners had been
tried.—(Rear, hear.)
Alderman LAWRENCE said the public might be led
into a mistake by the mention of "solitary confinement
ie a cell at Newgate," and he wished to prevent any
misapprehension on the matter. The fact was that even
the. condemned cell, as one of the rooms in Newgate was
called, was one of the best rooms in the whole prison;
that Mr. Sloane wished to be separated from the other
prisoners, and that his being alone was not at all a part
of the discipline of the goal.—(Hear, hear.)
THE A.PPROACIIING GRAND EXHIBITION.
The LORD MAYOR informed the Court that he bad
received the following letter from the secretary to the
Commission of 1851 Exhibition:—
"Palace of Westminster, Feb. 11.
"My Lord Mayor,-1: am directed by her Majesty's
Corninisaioners for the Exhibition of 1851 to transmit to
your Lordship herewith, for the information of the Hon.
Court or Aidermen of the city of London, a copy of a
memorandum which has been laid before them by the
Prussian filiniser at this Court, on the subject of the
measures which it may be desirable to take, on the occa-
sion of the Exhibition, for regalating the admission of
foreigners to such establishments as require a written
permission on the part of the respective authorities, and
which perreis-don is usually granted only upon diplomatic
recommendation.
" Her Maj.'isty'e Commissioners are aware that the
course suggested in this memorandum involves a depar-
ture from the regulations which it has been usual to
follow on ordinary occasions ; but having in view the
entirely exceptional character of the circumstances under
which large numbers of foreigners are likely to visit
England in the course of this year, when the probable
shortness of their stay will preclude their availing
themselves of the ordinary method of obtaining admit-
tance to the great public establishments of this country;
and bearing in mind the facilities which our own coun-
tryteee invariably meet with in foreign countries in pro-
curing access to all national establishments, the Com-
miesione.-3 feel themselves warranted in submitting the
proposals enebeaced in Chevalier Baucen's memoran-
dum to the favourable consideration of the Court of
Ai•termen.

" I aai, therel)re, directed to request that her ia-
jest 's rnti.y bo informed! whether your
Lordship and the Hon. Court will be prt•pared to give
your approval to toe pr,position in question, zo far as
re/ate, to the granting admission to ;he gaol of New-
gat,:; and in that care under what conditions and regu-

labors.
" E have the hoe oar to be, my Lord Miiyor, your Lord-
ship's very obedient servant,
" EDGAR A. BOWRING, Acting Secretary.
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
The memorandum, which was to the effect stated in
the letter, was, together with the letter, upon the motion
of th:l LORD MAYOR, immediately referred to the Corn-
mitt,L‘e of General Purpoies,
ATTENDANCE OF THE ALDERMEN IN THE CENTRAL CRI-
MINAL COURT.

Sir P. LAURIE moved, without making any observa-
tions upon the st.Vject—
" That it be referred to a committee of the whole
C curt ti consider and report whether any and what re-
gulations arc nceessary to secure a more punctual at-
tendance of the members of the Court of Aldermen as
commissioners during the sessions of th© Central Crimi-
nal Court; and to consider and report R 4 to the necis-
city of continuing to hold four adjourned Quarter Ses-
sions at Guildhall."
Sir PETER LAURIE said, in answer to a question from
one of his brother Aldermen, that he had no doubt of
the speedy production of a report which would give
public sa.icitaction.—(Hear, hear.)
The RECORDER stated that upon till late occasion
alluded to relative to the delay of business; in the Central
Criminal Court, he had mentioned iu exp!anation to the
jury that toe presence of two commissioners was neces-
sary to constitute a court; that he had made no com-
plaint. His colleagues on the bench were, he believed,
at toe time of the emergency occupied with the business
of the other cours.—(Hear, hear.)
SWEARING IN OF ALDERMAN WIRE.

Tile Sword B,,arn. i,avis g announces to the Lord
Mayor that Mr. David Williams Wire was ready to be
sworn in as Alderman of Walbrook ward,
Mr. ASHLEY (.f the Lord Mayor's Court) read the
return of tae late election, and
Mr. Wire entered the court, accompanied by Baron
Rudiseniic!, M.P.; Sir Moses Montefiere, Mr. Travers,
Mr. Deputy Watkins, and several others of the most
respectable inhabitants of the ward.
Mr. Deputy WATKINS said—ln presenting to be
sworn in as a member of your Hoc. Court Mr. David
Williams Wire, who has been unanimously elected al-
derman of the ward of Walbrook, allow me to say a few
introductory words. Mr. Wire has been a resident in
toe ward which has thus proved its capability of making
a fair estimate of his worth during a period of 32 years,
and he has uniformly maintained a high reputation for
professional integrity and honour.—(Cheers.) Seventeen
times hes he been elected as a representative of the ward
in the Court of Common Council, and always unani-
mously. Whether at home, serving the interests of his
fellow-citizens, or abroad, attending to the claims of
humanity and the call of persecuted strangers—(Cheeve)
—of the talents of the Hon. Alderman the members of
this Court have had innumerable opportunities of judg-
ing; and the constituency by whose united voice he has
been chosen confidently believe that his conduct will re-
flect no ordinary credit upon their election. He enters
your court distinguished by mature experience and
knowledge of the value of your corporate privileges, and
will show you that he is highly qualified to exercise the
magisterial functions with which you are now called
upon to invest him. In the important relations of life
which are involved in the characters of husband, father,
and friend, he is no less deserving of praise than in
those strong public attributes by which he is so generally
known, and on account of which he is recognised as a
most useful and worthy member of seciety.—(Cheers.)
Mr. TRATE:es said—l had the honour cf seconding
the nomination of my friend Mr. Wire at the recent
election. I have known him for many years, and lam
convinced that he will do credit to the choice of the in-
habitants of the word by his conduct as their Alderman.
Mr. Alderman WIRE was then introduced formally to
all the members and principal officers of the Court, and,
having received their congratulations, took his seat.
The LORD MAYOR announced that the Bishop of
Oxford would preach the Spital Sermon on Easter
Monday, and that the Rev. Dr. Vivian, chaplain to the
chief magistrate, would preach the Spital Sermon on
Easter Tuesday.
EXPENSES OF CONVICTED PItISONESS.
Alderman CuaiLis brought up the following report:—
"In obedience to an order of the Court of the 11th
day of December last, to consider in relation to the ex-
penses of convicted prisoners and of prosecutions, and to
do therein as we should ace fit, we whose names are
hereunto subscribed, your special committee, do certify
that the Remembrancer having, under your directions,
applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a con-
ference upon the subject, the same took place upon the
31st of January last, when your committee urged upon
his attention the propriety of the corporation being re-
imbursed the amount of expenditure incurred by them in
this respect, in like manner as other parts of the king-
dom, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated ho
would take the subject into consideration, consult with
Sir George Grey thereon, and communicate the result of
the same to your special committee ; which answer as
yet has not been received.
" T. CHALLIS, F. G. Moow,
SAMUEL WILSON, T. Q. FINNIS."
W. LAWRENCE,
Sir J. LUXE said he had the satisfaction to communi-
cate to the Court that he had on Monday night been in
conversation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
upon the subject, of the very rational claim of the cor-
poration, sad that he had every reason to believe from
what transpired that a fall measure of justice would be
rendered.—(Cheers.)
Alderman HOOFER—It is but justice to Alderman
Sidney to state that the citizens of London are likely to
he saved by his exertions in this matter to the extent of
5,0001.—(Hearty cheers.)
ADDITIONAL CONSTAELER TOR 1851.
The LORD MAYOR called the attention of the Court
to the necessity which would in all probability exist for
I
toe appointment of additional policemen,
aacsend order, prepara-
tion for the security of the public
which he and his brethren, as magistrates, were bound
to do all they could to maintain on the approaching
great public occasion.
Upon the motion of his LORDSHIP, the question was
referred to C. committee of the whole Court, with power
t) conftr with Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, the Cora-
misisioner of the City Police.
EXPENSES OF THE GAOLS.
Upon the motion of Alderman SIDNEY it was referred
to a committee to take into consideration the expenses
or the respective ga,ls.
CROWDED STATE OF THE CITY THOROUGHFARES.
Alderman KELLY 'under the in risin to brio
no-
tice of the Court the crowded state f the thorough-
fares in the City," sail he was desirous to have the
question referred to a committee, in order that they
NINTIe„ might it quire whether some means could not be de-
vised to prevent the serious obstructions which were
ctitstantly occurring, and which were in a great mea-
-1 iiesl/o,,e..iik ?!,sure attributable to coal waggons
and beer waggons.—
$‘77,,,,,10311..ear, hear.) He admitted that coals and beer were 1
inly necessary articles, but there surely ought to be
ee-u some re4uietioes by wl-dcb the transit of :etch unwieldy
Issnces as the vehicles in which these articles were

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