The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-09 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COG WWI.

On Monday a special court was held for t(lie purpow
of considering the propriety of presenting a 'petition to
Parliament in favour of a bill for the wawa: 'ion of the
franchise for ward elections. There was ala cue atten-
dance of members of both Courts.

THE LATE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.
The LORD MAYOR said he had received a let ‘'""/", of
which the following is a translation, from the Pre, foe
of
the Seine :

" Paris, June 28.
" My Lord,—Your Lordship kindly informs me tt at
the Common Council of the city of London have dete,
mined to contribute a sum of 5001. to the subscription
for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations in France.
" The Municipal Corporation of Paris, whom I shall
not forget to acquaint with the fact, will certainly be
much affected by the feelinc, of brotherly sympathy.
which, on such an occasion, has' led the Corporation of
the city of London to join its efforts to their own.
" Be pleased to accept, my Lord, the assurance of my
high consideration and devoted respect.

" The Prefect of the Seine,_
" Baron HAIISSMANN.
"To his Lordship the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
of the City of London.
_ _

On the motion of Mr. ANDERTON, seconded by Mr.
PERKINS, it was unanimously resolved that the letter be
entered on the journals of that Court.
'Deputy BALE brought up a report from the committee
appointed to prepare a bill to extend the franchise at
ward electioms in the city of Loudon, ja niovi;ig the Ado-
ption of the report be said that the committee bad the
assurance that, if the present bill were introd-Aad into
the Ltuuse of COMMOOR, it would receive the support of
Lord J. Russell. The present constituency amounted
to about 5,800 or 6,000, and if the bill passed it would
increase the number of those who would have the right
of voting for municipal officers to about 15,060; If the
Government n•ould lend a helping hand, and the bill
were passed the Court, after the prorogation of Parlia-
ment, could proceed to frame another measure for the
purpose of meeting other public requirements. (lean)
Mr. H. W. VALIANCE seconded the motion.

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR ridiculed the idea of coming for-
ward at such a late period of the session with what he
termed a miserable modicum of reform. He believed
that if Parliament were foolish enough to allow the bill
to be brought fora ard, the Corporation of London would
do nothing more in the shape of reforming itself till they
found anther bill emanating from the House of Com-
mons which would bring them to their senses again.
(Hear," and " No, no.") If they wished to avert the
storm that had been hanging over their beads for the
last three months, it was not by bringing forward a
measure of that kind, but really and truly to commence
some reform within themselves which they had the
power to effect if they had but the inclination. (Hear.)
But they lacked the inclination.
After some discussion,
Mr. ROWE moved as an amendment that the further
consideration of the report be adjourned.
This amendment was secondel by. Mr. YOUNG.
Several other members addressed the Court, after
which the amendment was put, and lost by a large ma-
jority.
The original motion was then carried amid cheers.
Deputy HALE moved—" That the Court petition the
House of Commons in favour of the bill."

Deputy HOLT seconded the motion.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR moved as an amendment, " That
he bill be read."

Mr. YOUNG seconded the amendment, which was lost.
Oa a division there appeared—
For the original motion
Against it lB
Majority
A petition was then ordered to be presented in favour
of the bill ; and the Court adjourned.