The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-18 00:00:00

THE LATE LORD MAYOR.

Mr. Deputy FRY proposed a vote of thanks to
tho late Lord Mayor.
The motion having been seconded, was carried by
acclamation.

LONDON BRIDGE.
Mr. Deputy BOWER brought up a report from

he Improvem-ent Committee, recommending that a

sum 0e.£42,288, being the balance of the I:3ndon-
bridge Approaches Fund, ending the 10th of Octo-
ber last, should be paid over in further liquidation
of charges by her Majesty's Commissioners of Parks
and Palaces.

THE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE.
Mr. Deputy CORN ET moved that the Court should

contribute 160 guineas in aid of the funds of the
London Rifle Brigade. He said he, thought the
time was come for the Corporation of London to
take action in the matter; and when they hadg
done so, he hoped the great merchants and bankers

would follow that example, for which they appear
to be waiting. It was a question of very great im-

portance to mercantile men and men of property ;
for if 100,000 men landed as an invading force
upon the shores of this country, the funds would go
down in a moment, and all would suffer enormously.
(Hear.) He knew there were many members of that
Court who were rigid economists ; but, nevertheless,
he believed the only objection offered to his motion
would be upon the score of the smallness of the sum
which lie proposed that the Court should ♦ote.
Mr. BARXLY had great pleasure in seconding the
motion, although he regretted that it proposed so
paltry a sum. At the last Court they had sanctioned
an expenditure of £l,lOO upon the Mansion-house,
and fer such a purpose niv that to which th- pro-
posed grant was to be applied, 100 guineas was a •
paltry sum indeed. (Hear.) The country was now
up, and although we had nothing to fear from our
pretended friend on the other side of the water, yet
it was as well to be prepared ; and, if prepared, lie
had not the slightest doubt we shoulk be able to
crush any attempt made upon this country. (Hear.)
His only fear was that the movement would make
our young men too military ; that, in their martial
enthusiasm, they would forgot the counting-house;
and that, instead of waiting for the enemy, they
should invite him to come over as quickly as possi-
ble, for the sake of seeding him back again. (Cheers.)
Mr. Alderman Ross, Vice-President of the Lon-
don Rifle Brigade, said he still adhered to his origi-
nal opinion, that rifle brigades, in the event of an
invasion, would be one of the most important means
of defence possessed by the country. He hoped to
see the movement prosper as it prospered during the
late war, when London raised a force of 26,000
volunteers, and when the enthusiasm of the country
at large, as displayed in its volunteers, compelled
the most ambitious man of the age to forego the de-
signs which he entertained against this country. He
hored the result would be the same now if the same
ambitious designs were entertained by any other
foreign potentate. With regard to that Court, the
Council of the London Rifle Brigade wanted their
money less than an enthusiastic expression of opi-
nion in favour of the movement, and that expres-
sion he bad no doubt would now be given. (Hear,
hear.)
Mr. ELLIOTT expressed his opinion that a grunt
of 100 guineas only by the Corporation of London
for such a purpose was altogether below the require-
ments of the case. They frequently granted that
sum for purposes which, however good in them-
selves, bore no comparison in importance with the
volunteer movement; and he should like to see
every member of the Corporation contribute his in-
dividual £lO, and the Corporation as a body con-
tribute at least £2,000. (Hear, hear, and oh, oh.)
He should therefore move as an amendment that
the sum to be granted should be £2OO instead of
£lOO.

An objection was taken to this amendment that,
by the standing orders of the Court, an increase
upon a sum proposed to be voted must be made the
subject of a notice, and thereupon
Mr. ELLIOTT moved that the standing orders
should be suspended, in order to enable him to sub-
mit his amendment at once.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND seconded this. In 1781,

he said, the Court had liberally given to the Royal
Artillery Comhany those brass guns which still
stood on the ground where that company practised,
and banners to the City Light Horse. In 1804 they
voted £5OO to the River Fencibles, and a sum for
colours to several of the city regiments of volunteers
amounting to £542 ; and in the same year to vari-
ous volunteer corps for military carriages, for the
purpose of expediting their progress over the coun-
try the Court voted a sum of £432. Thus, 50
years ago, the Court voted £1,400; and now the
motion only asked for 100 guineas, an amount
which hs considered to be. altogether unworthy of
the occasion.

Mr. Deputy. HARRISON warned the Court not to
consent to the suspension of a standing order, the
rigid maintenance of which was their only protec-
tion against the granting of large sums of money
by surprise.
Mr. Alderman ROSE said the Council had large
funds at their command, and that a grant of 100
guineas, unanimously and enthusiastically, would
be all that they wished. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Deputy DAMN remarked that there was no
analogy between the state of things now and in
1804. Then, the Corporation and the movement
generally met the exigencies as they arose. Then,
there was a formidable camp, at the disposal of a
more formidable man, in hostile altitude opposite
our coast. Now there was nothing of the kind ; but
if such a state of things should again come about,
the Corporation of London, as they had ever been,
would be among the first and foremost to meet the
emergency. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE contended that on such
an occasion they might very properly suspend the
standing orders, so as to enlarge the propmcd grant.
(Hear.) He did not say that there was any imme•
diate danger, but all over Europe, as well as in this
country, an uneasy feeling was abroad, which ren-
dered it a duty incumbent upon them as men of
business to take immediate steps for the defence of
the couutry and the protection of their property.
(Hear, hear.)
After some further discussion, Mr. ELLIOTT con-
sented to drop his amendment, and the original
motion was then agreed to in a mode strongly ex-
pressive of patriotic enthusiasm.
" To THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONALTY OF THE

CITY OF LONDON.
" The Memorial of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way Company
" Showeth,—That the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, as authorised by Parliament, extends from
Beckenham by Chatham and Canterbury to Dover, with
branches to Sevenoaks, Sheerness, and Margate, and with
powers for transmitting traffic over the lines of other corn-