The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-20 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

At a court yesterday, on the motion of Mr. Deputy
Aitchison, thanks were given to the late Lord Mayor,
Mr. Alderman Flunk, for the nerbrmance of his office
during the year, and especially " for his great atten-
tion to the comforts of the poor, in alleviating
their wants and visiting the several estshltsb-
(Dents for their reception ; for his desire to ad-
visee@ civilisa' ion in promoting the communication
with the interior of Africa; for his dignified mainten-
ance of the ancient hospitality at the Mansion-house; for
his kind and benevolent assistance to the charitable in-
stitutions of this City ; for originating the Indian Relief
'Fund for alleviating the necessities of the sufferers by
the murderoue revolt of the Sepoys ; and for his im-
partiality, urbanity, and intelligence whilst presiding
over the deliberations of this court.
A communication from the Court of Aldermen was. re-
ceived, with a note from the Home Secretary, urging the
corporation to proceed with the erection of a Lunatic
Asylum for the pauper lunatics of the parishes in the City
of London ; upon which Deputy Harrigan moved that it
be referred to the finance committee, to report on the
probable cost, and to the funds of which this should be
defrayed.—Mr. H. L. Taylor, as an amendment, moved
" That this (mutt is of opinion that the duty of provid-
ing for the pauper lunatics is cast by the sat of parlia-
ment upon visiting justices, and that they ought
to proceed to raise the funds in the manner pointed
out by the act by means of a o,,unty rats.—Mr. Ander-
ton seconded. The amendment, after some discussion,
was negatived by a large majority.--Mr. Blake moved
as a second amendment the addition of the following
words to the motion, " And report their opinion as
to the expediency of erecting an asylum for the lusts-
Vail of this city, or whether it would be more advan-
tageous to provide otherwise for them, and in the event
of their deeming it indispensable that an asylum should
be erected, to consider and report the probable cost,
and the source from which the necessary funds should
be rai,ed," A discussion ensued, at the end of which
the amendment was lost, and the original motion was
carried.
A report was presented from the committee upon the
vacant piece of ground adjoining St. Paul's Cathedral,
to the effect that as the Metropolitan Board of Works
bad declined to contribute any sum in aid of the pro-
posed enlargement of the open space, they recommended
the corporation to give notices for disposing of the
ground. Alderman Rose strongly objected to any build-
ings upon this piece of land, which should be left open
for the view it afforded of the architectural beauties of
the cathedral. The court adjourned without passing any
rePlUtiOn Up4P it.

low VIZ WICITOWN BURGHS weal REPRESTENTIM A
QUATITIA QV A girlatAtt MO.—On Friday last the
friends and political admirers of bit' John M'Taggart,
rymple ek as in the chair.
late M.P. for the Wigtewn Burghs, seL..7tained him at
tittittet at I.stiantaer, and also presented him 7ith a
PI
i:Creeitnpilu".thaletski'aciduFlitt iliallttilaggatli said—Perhaps
you WWI allot/ mu to say ob *tiff! in tagnrel to the state
of this country when I canie fotwardinlB32. B,ft:drier
had not seen iiv; Merillief for half el Century; and I don't
behest the te6tubel tot the ecitinit hdd seen in this
district for the same period of time. At it irtkitet of the
state of things then noting in the country, we wets
beaten in the contest in 1832. On looking around me
I see, alas, very few of those who then supported me,
but still I observe several who signed the requisition to
me in that year. It was in 1834 ;and 1835 that I was
first returned for these burghs, and to show you how
they were represented before that time, I will tell
you what took place between myself and an
Irish gentleman—a Mr. Lyndon Evelyn, who met me
in London a few days after my return. He said he was
very glad to see that I had been returned for the Stran-
raeren " Pray, in what part of
asked,the youth-west," I said. "Oh
Scotland Burghs,are theyae d tyl
yes," be returned, "in the southwest of Scotland. The
fact is, I represented these burghs once myself, but I
never knew in what part of Scotland they were. I paid
2,5001. to be elected, but I did nut know in what part of
Scotland my seat lay. (Loud laughter.)
We (Scotsman) are glad to learn that at the instance
of the Architectural Institute of Scotland, her Majesty's
Board of Works have agreed to forward for exbibition
in Edinburgh the prize designs for the new government
offices in London, which were lately exhibited in West-
minster Hall.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wm. Baker, the coroner for
the eastern division of Middlesex, held an inquest at
the Poplar Hospital, East India-road, Bromley, on view
of the body of henry Stacey, aged 27 years, one of the
unfortunate men who received such fearful injuries at
the late attempted launch of the Great Eastern steamship
Leviathan, at Mdlwall, on the afternoon of the 3d inet.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.