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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL,

A- Court of Common Council was held yesterday

at Guildhall—The Lord Mayor presiding.

MR. COBDEN AND THE COMMERCIAL TREATY.
Mr. W. CONNELL, according to notice, submitted
the following resolution, viz.:—" That the freedom
of this City, in a box of the value of 50 guineas, be
presented to Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. in recog.
nation of his long and eminent services in liberating
commerce from the shackles which prevented the
development of the industrial enterprise of this
country; and also for his voluntary and patriotic
exertions in negotiating the recent treaty with
France." In support of the resolution the hon.
member said he regarded it as one of those motions
which must be particularly acceptable to the Court,
and which must be necessarily adopted by a very
large majority. (Cheers.) The gentleman to whom
it referred was of humble origin, being the son of
an honest and respectable tenant farmer; but, like
most men of capacity and industry, he found sucka
sphere too limited, and, coming to the great metro-
polis, he entered a commercial establishment in a
very subordinate capacity, and, after rising to a high
position there, he commenced his career as a manu-
facturer and public man. (Hear.) He was active in
the agitation connected with the first Reform Bill
—a measure which had tended to raise England to
her present proud position. (Cheers.) Subsequently
he took an active part in the agitation for the Muni-
cipal Corporations Reform Bill, and after Manchester
became a borough, he was one of its aldermen.
(Hear.) Then he was connected with the Anti-
Corn-law League—in fact, known-as its chief and
its head—and who, in that Court at all events,
could entertain a doubt of the great advantages
reaped by England from the repeal of the corn
laws fs The years that had elapsed since that repeal
were pre-eminent above all former times for the
commercial prosperity of the country, as well as
for the loyalty happiness, and comfort' of all the
people. (Cheers.) Ever since then the life of Mr.
Cobden bad been devoted to the extension of com-
merce and its liberation from all the shackles that
pressed upon its freedom. Latest of all, he had been
the prime mover in contracting the commercial
treaty between this country and France, and if he
had done nothing else than to bring about that
treaty, with the extraordinary budget which had
accompanied it, he had surely done sufficient to
command from that Court a direct and substantial
recognition of his services as a public man. (Cheers.)
The treaty was to be recognised and applauded,
not alone on commercial grounds ; it must have the
effect of • lessening the probability of war be-
tween the two countries, one of its objects, as de-
clared in its preamble, being to draw closer the ties
of peace and amity between the two countries.
(Hear.) No doubt there were some who objected
to the treaty, that its reciprocity was all on one
side. (Hear.) Well, if that objection did exist
here, it "existed also in France •, and therefore the
cry on one side of the Channel negatived the in-
fluence of that on the other. (Cheers.) Both
Houses of Parliament, despite the array of parties
and the clamour of political conflicts, had accepted
the treaty ; and for the corporation of 'the great
o m mFerrectni a l
the
ed enlightenedsem m ere
commercial
City of London to condemn it would surely be de-
rogatorynegotiation of which Mr. Cob-
in
ntHo them(Hear, hear.)
a c
den had been so actively engaged, vast
benefits must accrue both to England and
France, and the best mode of exhibiting their ap-
preciation of his great services would be for that
btril)edayt ,
Court to rank him amongst themselves, by voting
to him the freedom of the City of London. (Loud
applause.)
Mr. Alderman AIECHI, in cordially seconding the
motion, addressed himself principally to the ser-
vices rendered by Mr. Cobden in connection with
benefits had resulted to landlords, farmers, and
the repeal of the corn laws—asserting that great
labourers, and that England would henceforth al.
ways be able to compete with any nation in the
world in the production of human food.
Mr. Thos. BARKLEY proposed the following
amendment :—" That this Court is of opinion that
the constant presentation of the freedom of the City
detracts from the honour and usefulness of the same,
and, in the present position of the corporation, is
ill-timed and uncalled-for." No man had. a higher
opinion of Mr. Cobden than he (Mr. Barkley), and
yet lie could not support the motion, which, if
brought forward at all, ought to have been brought
forward after the repeal of the corn laws. It had
been said Mr. Gladstone approved of Mr. Cobden's
conduct in connection with the treaty ; but bear
Mr. Gladstone was a party concerned—(hear, hear)
—and he (Mr. Barkley) would not stop to give the
opinion of Mr. Disraeli—(derisive laughter)—be-
cause it might be said that Mr. Disraeli was no
fi iend to Mr. Cobden. (Hear.) But there was
Lord Overstone, to whom that objection could not
apply, and who had said that Mr. Cobden was not
the person to whom the negotiations should have
been entrusted; while the general opinion of those
well acquainted with' such matters was that the re-
ciprocity of the treaty was all on one side. (Hear,
and oh, oh.) It was a most unpleasant task to op-

pose such a motion before the Court. but he felt it
his duty to do so, and he should therefore press his
amendment, and he hoped at all events not to be in
a very large minority. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. DE JERSEY searonded the amendment, broadly
asserting, amid a mingled storm of disapprobation
and applause, that Mr. Cobden, in his public career,
had never had regard to the general interests of his
country, but only to those of the Manchester cot-
ton lords, who had well rewarded him by a pay-
ment of £Bo,ooo—a sum which Mr. Cobden, in the
excess of
.his patriotism; instead 'of investing in
English stock or English railways, had invested in
American railways; and, after speaking of the
commercial treaty as an advantage to the upper and
middle classes, but an absolute robbery with regard
to the pOor, he concluded by saying that the treaty,
as a whole, would prove one of the greatest curses
that had ever fallen on this country, and called
upon the court not to signify its approval of its
provisions by adopting the resolution and voting
the freedom of the City to its chief negotiator.
Mr. Cox expresser], his surprise at the nature of
the opposition offered to the motion by the previous
speaker. He admitted that the reciprocity of the
treaty was all on one side; but, apart from the
treaty, the services of Richard Cobden, in connec-
tion with the repeal of the corn laws, entitled him
to-the freedom of the City, Which the corporation
could not without dishonour to itself withhold.
Mr. Deputy FRY said that if the repeal of the
corn laws had thrown large profits into the pockets
of the manufacturers, had it not also been instru-
mental in providing a vast additional amount of
employment for the working classes, and placed
many additional comforts and luxuries mithin their
reach. (Cheers.) Richard
,CAbden was not a war-
like hero, with corseted brava; ribboned_ sheallike.
medalled breast, or gartered knee; but he had
stormed many a fortress of monopoly, carried on
many a war against prejudice, and carried peace
and plenty to the hones of thousands and thousands
of his countrymen ' • and in voting honour to such a
man the court would do honour to itself. (Loud
and prolonged cheering.)
Mr. ELLIOTT thought the question ought never
to have come before the Court, since it involved
abstract questions of political economy, upon which
opinions must necessarily differ. In the merits of
the discoveries of the North• West Passage, or thg
hero of Lucknow, there was something tangible and
positive, upon which there must be perfect unani-
mity of opinion ; but, with the exception of the re-
peal of the corn laws,—for which he had been well
rewarded—Mr. Cobden had done nothing to develop
practically any great and noble principle either in
or out of Parliament.

Mr. NORRIS, M.P., said there appeared to be
hardly a doubt as to the magnitude of the services
conferred by Mr. Cobden in connection with the
repeal of the corn laws, although there seemed to be
considerable difference of opinion as to the com-
mercial treaty with France—(hear, hear)—unless,
therefore, the amendment were rejected by a deci-
sive majority, he (Mr. Norris), after its rejection,
should move to omit that part of the resolution re•
lating to the commercial treaty, in order that there
might be unanimity in the ultimate decision of the
Court—(hear, hear, and no, no)—although he should
prefer to see the resolution carried as it stood.
After some further discussion, in which Mr. R. N.
Philipps supported the resolution, the amendment
was negatived on-a show of.hands ; a result which
was affirmed on a division by 79 to 34—majority 45.
Mr. Deputy HARRISON then moved the modifi-
cation of the resolution according to the previous
suggestion of Mr. J. S. Norris, which was also
negatived on a division by 65 to 31—majority, 34.
The original motion was then put and agreed to
amidst much cheering.
The Court then adjourned.

shall make it a point of honour to realise all your
wishes, and the annexation of a country connected
with France by so many bonds will become for it a
now cause of prosperity and progress.
" When you return to your fellow-citizens tell

them how much I have been touched by the mani-
festation of which you have been the honourable
organs. There are among you so many descend-
ants of those families who have contributed to the
illustration of France in the career of science, as
well as of arms, that everything concurs in ex-
plaining and justifying the work of union under
preparation',"
The President then addressed the Empress and
the Prince Imperial as follows :
Madame,—Will your Majesty allow those who
will soon be your new subjects to express to you,
on this day so momentous for them, all the senti-
ments that animate them!'

" Savoy is an affectionate land, Madame ; it loves
its Princes. how could it fail not dearly to love
you, endowed with so much grace and virtue P
" Savoy hopes that you will also love it, and that
you will soon give a precious proof thereof by show-
ing yourself among us.
" And you, Monseigneur, you who are destined
to continue so much greatness, our children will be
as devoted to you as we are to the Emperor, your
glorious father. As soon as we return to our moun-
tains we will make them ring with the shout of
Vire l'Empereur ;" Vive le Prince Imperial."

The deputation then handed to the Emperor vari-
ous sladresrea," With-numerous signatures, among
which was the following document :
" In the midst of the general anxiety for the
future welfare of our country, whatever may be the
determination of the King under the grave circum-
stances which may induce him to separate himself
from the cradle of his family, Savoy has, in this
solemn moment, duties and sentiments which must
unite all her children in one common line of action.
" Those sentiments and duties consist in remi-
niscences, love of country, respect for the fraternal
bonds which unite in a secular community of glory
and suffering the members of the old Savoyard
• family.
" Can that noble family be disunited ? Can ber
nationality be sacrificed without a motive and with-
out right to the strange pretensions of the Helvetic
Confederation ? What crime has Savoy committed
against her King and against France to deserve
such an insult ?

" In presence of the danger which appears to
threaten her she must rise unanimously, and the
undersigned representatives at the provincial coun-
cil of the districts of Savoy Proper, Upper Savoy,
Maurienne, and Tarcntaise believe they are fulfil-
ling an imperious duty cf conscience and honour in
laying before their King and before the Sovereign
of France a respectful and energetic protest against
the cession to Switzerland of Faucigny and the
Chablais.

" Chambery, March 20."
The Moniteur does not give the signatures.

" MONS. DE THOUVENEL TO COUNT DE PERSIGNY
" Paris, March 13, 1860.
" Monsieur le Comte,—The Emperor, in his
Speech to the great bodies of the State on the
opening of the Legislative Session, expressed his
ideas in the prevision of a considerable territorial

alteration on the other side of the Alps, and an-
nounced the intention of submitting to the wisdom
and equity of Europe a question which is not raised
by the ambition of France, but in a manner put by
the very events themselves. His Majesty has con-
sidered that the moment has come to fulfil this en-
gagement; and I hasten, in conformity with his
orders, to empower you to communicate our ex-
planations to the Cabinet of London.
" Solemn acts, freely adhered to, on the termi-
nation of a campaign fortunate for our arms, have
established in the most ir:efragable manner that
we had not for object any territorial aggrandise-
ment when circumstances forced us to intervene in
the affairs of Italy. If the Imperial Government
has been enabled to foresee, in hypotheses, from
which disinterestedness ought not entirely to banish
prudence, a situation analogous to that which to•
day presents itself, we flatter ourselves not only
that we have not sought to bring it about, but that
we have, on the contrary, endeavoured, in all con-
junctures, to follow the course most fitted to keep
it out of the chances of the future. The st.ipula-

tions of Zurich, like those of Villafranca, excluded
it entirely. Although the possession of Lombardy
strengthened Piedmont on the Alps, we had no he-
sitation in silencing our own interest ; and, far
from favouring the delevopment of a state of things
which could furnish us with legitimate and press-
ing reasons for claiming guarantees, we employed,
as Europe knows, all our influence to realise, in
their literal tenor, the dispositions of treaties which
reserved the maintenance of the territorial circum-
scriptions of Central Italy.
" I need not now advert to the circumstances
which have prevented the success of our efforts.

"The Government of her Britannic Majesty has
been the first to appreciate their character. It will
suffice to recall the fact that the necessity of con-
cerning ourselves, before all things, and in the
general interest, with the establishment of a defini-
tive order of things in the peninsula, alone deter-
mined us to seek, in combinations different from
tint which we had fruitlessly essayed to make
triumph, the means of 'settling the pending ques-

tions. A new situation forced itself thenceforward
on our foresight; and without putting ourselves in
opposition to the policy which has constantly in-
spired both the acts and the language of the Empe-
ror, we had, nevertheless, to consider the prejudicial
effect which new arrangements in Italy might be
capable of inflicting on our own interests.
" It is impossible to dispute the fact that the for-
mation of a considerable State. possessing both
slopes of the Alps, is an event of the highest gravity
with regard to the security of our frontiers. The
geographical situation of Sardinia acquires an inm=
portance which it could not have when that king-
dom hardly counted four million soulF, and was, in
some sort, held by a great number of conventions
to be external to the peninsula. With a develop-
ment which must nearly triple its population aid
its material resources, the possession of all the
passes of the Alps would permit it, in the case of

its alliances ever making it our adversary, to open
access to our territory to a foreign army, or by its
own forces to disturb the security of an important
part of the empire, by intercepting our principal
line of military and commercial communication.
To demand guarantees against an eventuality, of
which the occurrence, however distant we may
suppose it to be, does not diminish the peril, is
simply to obey the most legitimate considerations
and the most ordinary courses of international
polity, which never at any period has assumed gra-
titude and sentiment as the one basis of the rela-
tions of States.

" Besides, are these guarantees calculated to give
umbrage to any Power ? Are they not, on the con-
trary, in the conditions of a just balancing of
strength, and above all indicated by the nature of
things which has placed our system of defence at
the foot of the western slope of the Alps ? At divers
periods of history for the two last centuries, espe-
cially when there was a question of settling the
eventual succession to the throne of Spain, and
later, when the succession of Austria was in ques-
tion, combinations have been discussed which ex-
tended the possessions of Piedmont in Italy, and
gave to her sometimes Lombardy, sometimes other
contiguous territories.
"In such views, assuredly less vast than that
which is now before us, the annexation of Savoy
and of-the county of Nice 'has always been consi-
dered by several of the principal Powers of Europe
as a compensation necessary for France.
" Confident that my thoughts cannot allow of
Use interpretations, I experience no embgragsment