The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-14 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL,

A Court of Common Council was held this morning, for
the despatch of general business.
The Lord Mayor took the chair at Twelve o'clock, when
Mr. Alderman `Noon said, he hoped the Court would allow
him to take that opportunity for returning his most warm and
sincere thanks fir the high honour. they had conferred upon
him, in electing him in such a handsome manner to the
office of Governor of the Irish Society. Had the Go-
vernment of the country, or any other body, or h,d
even that Corporation conferred upon him a place of any
considerable emolument, he would not have so highly esteemed
it, as he did the office to which he had been appointed. Ile
had been (he really forgot for how many .years) connected
with that Court, but he believed it was, upwards of 30 years,
and he had always been treated with the most kind indulgence
sometimes, indeed, they had found fault with him when they
found he was not, in some of the matters of the Corporation,
doing what they considered to be exactly his duty, but it was
now most consoling to him to receive such a compliment
from the Court, and he trusted that it would act as an
incitement to him to do all in his power for their benefit, and
he would assure them that he would not allow either pleasure
or business to interrupt him in the discharge of his duties as
Governor. Some objections had been made to him as a can-
didate for the office, on the ground of his filling the office of
Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Company. It was feared
by some that his being so might operate against the
interests of the Society in the litigation now going
on between the Companies and the Society. The
Court were aware that the Fishmongers' Company had been
made defendants in the cause along with many of the other
Companies, most unwillingly. He could assure them that he
had heretofore been strenuous against the litigation, and had
done all in his power to prevent it from going on. Now that
the Court had placed him in a situation of more power, he
could assure them that it would only stimulate him more to
put an end to the suit, if it lay in any manner in his
power.—(Cheers.) He again begged to thank them most
cordially for the handsome mark of their approbation, and be
promised that either as a Corporator, a Magistrate, as Mem-
ber for the City, cr as Governor of the Irish Society, be
would study their interests as much as in him lay.—( Cheers.)
Mr. WILSON then rose. He wished to call the attention
of the Court to a matter which he thought would interfere
with the interests of the City. He saw advertisements in
the, newspapers of a Company formed in Southwark
for the improvement of the streets there, stating
their intention of applying to Parliament for a Bill
to continue the duty on coals i mportcd into London.
or for an encreased duty in order to raise funds for their pur-
pose. Now as these duties were granted to the City for the
purposes of London and Blackfriars Bridges, and as he saw
from the Newspapers that a deputation had already been with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject, he thought
the Court should lose no time in investigating the matter.
He would therefore move that it be referred to the Bridge
Committee to examine and report.
After some opposition on the ground of its being time
enough for the Court to take up the matter when the Remota-
, brancer called its attention to the subject,
Mr. WILSON withdrew his motion, and gave notice of it for
Wednesday.