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

THE LATE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE:

The LORD MAYOR said he had received 1; letter, of
which the following is a translation, from the Prefect of
the Seine':--

" Paris, June 28.
" My Lori,—Your Lordship kindly inform] me that
the Common Council of the city of London have deter._
mined to contribute a sum of 600/. to the subscription
for the relief of the sufferers by the inundatiins in France.
" The Municipal Corporation of Pals, whom I sba 1
not forget to acquaint with the fact, will certainly be
much affected by the feeling 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 HAUSSNIANN.
"To his Lordsliip the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
of the City of London.
On the rnoticn of Mr. ANDERTON, seconded by Mr.
PERKINS, it was unanimously resolved that the letter be
entered on the j•,ur,als of that Court.
Deputy HALK brought up a report from the committee
appointed to prepare a bill to extend the franchise at
ward elections in the city of London. In rnovi: g the adop-
tion of the report he said that the committee had the
assurance that, if the present bill were introduced into
the House of Commoes, it would receive the support of
Lord J. Ru4sell. 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
..f voting for municipal officers to about 15,000. If the
Government would !end a helping han ', and the bll
were passed the Court, after the pror qation of Parlift-
ment, could proceed to frame another measure for the
purpose of meeting other public riquirements. (Hear.)
Mr. H. W. VALLANCE seconded the motion.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR ridiculed the idea of coming for-
ward at such a late perlol 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 fern ar,3, the Corporation of London would
do nothing snore in the shape of reforming itself till they
found ther bill emanating from the House cf Com-
mons which would bring them to their senses again.
(Rear," and " No, no.") If they wished to avert the
storm that had been hanging over their heads for the
last three mouths, it was not by fringing 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 lat:iced the inclination. • •

After some discussion,
Mr. Rowe moved as an amendment that the further
consideration of the report be adj•)urne-J.
This amendment was secondel by Mr. YoUNG.
S,veral other members addressed the Curt, after
which the amendment was put, and lost by a large ma-
jority.
_ _

The original motion V 9.9.9 then carried amid cheers.
Deputy HALE moved—'• That the Clurt petition the
House of Commons in favour of the hill."
Deputy HOLT seconded the motion.

L. TAYLOR moved as an amendment, " That
he bill be read."

, Mr. YOUNG seconded the a‘riendrnenl, which was loq.
On a division there a:ipeared--
For the original motion
Against it
Majority
A petition was then ordered to be presented in favour
of the bill ; and the Court adjourned.