The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-17 00:00:00

VOTE OF THANKS TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR.

Sir G. CAIMOLL, the senior alderman present,
proposed the. following vote of thanks to the late
Lord Mayor':--
"Resolved, that the cordial thanks of this Court be pre-
sented to Sir Robert Walter Garden, late Lord Mayor of
this city; for the punctual, unwearied, and impartial dis-
charge of his duties as chief magistrate in the administra-
tion of justice ; for the kindness and suavity with which he
has presided over the deliberations of this Court ; for his
ready acquiescence in calling extra Courts where required
to do so ; for his generous hospitality to many eminent citi-
zens and distinguished statesmen of the day; for the great
encouragement he has given to the Industrial and Ragged
Schools and to the other institutions for promoting the wel-
fare and improvement of the poor of this metropolis ; and
for his dignified conduct in the performance of the arduous
duties of his office, and in upholding the rights and privi-
leges ef the city of London." _

MusoßovE—lt becomes my privilege to
second the vote of thanks proposed by my friend
Sir G. Carroll. In doing so lam quite sure that
I speak the sentiments of my brethren when I say,
that we recognise in an eminent degree all that is
stated in this resolution ; that his duties have been
discharged by our late Lord Mayor in a way that
has redounded very much to his credit; and I think
I may also state, with very much honour and dig-
nity to this great city. There are many qualifica-
tions connected with the late Lord Mayor which
are not enumerated in this vote of thanks ; but
looking at his proceedings shroughout the past year
I think we have great reason to rejoice that he has
terminated his labours in a manner which demands
from us this expression of our gratitude. (Hear.)
The RECORDER having put the resolution,
Alderman SIDNEY said—l am anxious that this
vote of thanks should be unanimous, but we have here
a departure from the usual routine, inasmuch as
the resolution specially points out in detail one or
two objects which tho late Lord Mayor urged. I
do not wish to raise any question respecting the
importance or non-importance of ragged schools,
but I think it is unusual in a vote of this nature
that the Lord Mayor should be thanked for the
encouragement he has given to the industrial and
ragged schools of this country. Personally I am
ignorant of what he may have done, but a vote of
thanks is either intended to embody the sense of
this court in the community in which we are as-
sembled together, or it means a mere nonentity.
Seeing that it is unusual to thank the Lord Mayor
for any special act of beneficence, and that it would
be unwise to pledge the Court to the encourage-
ment of ragged schools (and my own opinion is that
there is nothing like the established schools of the
country), I would suggest to the mover and seconder
the omission from the resolution of the passage re-
lating to them.
Alderman CUBlTT—Although I quite concur with
Alderman Sidney in thinking that the ordinary
schools of the country ought to be supported, yet
they do not supply the wants which ragged schools
arc intended to supply. I hope it will not go forth
to the world that the Court of Aldermen arc inimi-
cal to ragged schools. (Hear.)
The motion was then put and carried unani-
mously amid cheering, and the resolution was
ordered to be inserted in the morning and evening
newspapers. •