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

Section of Mr. Redman's p treating of the cond:-
Cons of the coast from Machv MEd to Portland and
the Chesil Bonk, would be read.

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

CLERNENWELL IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr. Deputy LOTT said that, having seen in the
newspapers a paragraph stating that the C'erkenwell
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 be sanc-
tioned, that they will actually have facilitated it.
Our first duty is to clear the ground. We can
go on with our duty in giving the notices. Tony
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.
rose to move :

"That this
December -ea:ly, appoint one or more
in the month
of
December yec:iy, appoint one or more
fit person or persona to exam 3 ine and audit the accounts
----
Ccnrt do. in the month of Dnember, and
fit person or p
of the Great ~en
the 15th section of the
in pursuance of
preceding year, t,e
I. 14th and 15th of Victoria,
Act of Parliament of
C. 49, entitled ` i'n
orrstora'l Gas Consumers Company for the
Gas Consumi rs Company.'
lappoint a practical chemist,
" That this Coast do P 0
incorporate till Great Central
quality of the gas .
to test the
or other competent Feria,
bi- to the 39:h section
supplied by tne company) '
-grecs ~:
of the said Act.
• t a fit persons to be
" That this Curt do also appoint
and the ..A ct to'
inspEctor, to test, as between the
coirPpdabny the company,
con-
sumer, all metres furnished or supplied by
and to stamp 11r. same, agreeably to the 40th section of
the said Act."
Mr. Deputy HOLT seconded the motion.
Mr. If. L. TAYLOR opposed the motion. lie moved
as an amendment :
" That inasmuch as the Great Central Gas Con-
Burners Company's Act does not render imperative,
but
grants merely a permissive right to the corporation to
appoint an auditor, a practical chemist, and an inspec-
tor, while it leaves the salary of the letter undefined, and
that of the chemist entirely unprovided for, and as there
is also a degree of ambiguity existing with reference to
the auditor, that it is for thpce and other reasons inex-
pedient and impolitic for the Court to inseirbis. —, such appointments; and that it be a recommendationi to the company to manage their own affAirs in the appoint-
ment and remuneration of such officers, as they con-
sider necessary, either as regards the auditing their
accounts, the quality of the gas, or inspection of the
meters."
After a
and declared to long
be dislost. cussion, the amendment Was put
The original motion, with the addition suggested
by Mr. Morris, was then adopted.

rEAR-STEF.T AND DUCK-LANE RAGGED SCHOOLS.
A memorial, praying for a grant in favour of these
schools, was read.
Mr. BENNOCH supported the application.
It was opposed by Mr. DE JER3EY, who moved the
previous question, which was carried; the application
being, as a matter of course, refused.
THE ELECTION ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.

Deputy HARRISON (the chairman of the Freedoms
Committee) brought up a report, with the draught of
a new clause, of the. Election Acts Amendment Bill.
The clause was to the eff,ct—
" That the returns heretofore made at the great court
of wardmote, on Plough Monday, to the pi ecepts of the
Lord Mayor for holding the wardmotes on St. Thomas's
day shall, om aad after 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. H. L. TAYLOR moved, as an amendment, the
following
_

*2." That, immediately after each election of Common
Councilmen in the several wards, a return be made to
the Lord Mayor of the names of the members so elected,
and signed by the presiding officer, and that a copy of
the same be Lawarded 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 being 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 3l
For Air. Taylor's amendment 27

Majority. ... .. .
After a vary long discussion upon a clause pro-
plscd 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.

Th 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 year by completing a measure
of reform which, it is hoped, will prove advantageous
to the citizens of London.—Adjourned.
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