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COURT OF CONMON ClO UNC!L

A Court of Common Council was held yeSterdai,.
at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding;
TILE SHERIFFS' COURT. I\l
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Mr. J. liuDsos, chairman of the Law, Parliamett.
tars, and City Courts C&nmittee, brought up a re-
port recommending that notice should be given of
application to Parliament for an act to alter and

amend the London (City) Small Debts Extension
Act, 1852, with a view of assimilating the jurisdic-
tion and procedure of the Sheriffs' Court to that of
the County Courts generally. He said the expense
of an act would not probably exceed £5OO, which
might be defrayed from a reserve fund standing to
the credit of the Sheriffs' Court—the Chamber. The
committee, since the reference upon the subject made
to them at the last Court, had met twice, and had al-
readyarrived at the conclusion that several alterations
and improvements were both desirable and practica-
ble in the constitution of the Court, and would, before
it became necessary actually to go before Parliament,
submit a full report on the subject. It was, how-
ever, necessary to give notice at once if application
was to be made for an act during the next session
of Parliament. _

Mr. R. N. PnILLIrs supported the views of the
committee.

The report was adopted ten:. con.
PROPOSED NEW DEAD-MEAT MARKET.

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, brought up a report from the
Markets Improvements Committee, " For giving
notice of an application to Parliament for an act for
establishing a meat-market, &c., at Smithfield,
north of Long-lane." The report stated that the com-
mittee had well considered the question, and had
instructed the city architect to prepare plans for
the erection of a meat market with and without
railway communication, and the architect had ac-
cordinglv done so. The committee had an interview
with Sir G. C. Lewis on the 24th of October, for
the purpose of getting the consent of Government
to the constriction of a market, as well as to the
scale of tolls which it would be necessary to levy.
Sir 0. Lewis appeared to be inclined not to oppose
the plan, and had promised to communicate his de-
cision to the committee. Nothing, however, had
been heard from him since, but the committee re•
commended that they should be empowered to give
the requisite notices to the owners and occupiers of
house property which it would be necessary to pur-
chase, in order to
_carry out the scheme.
Mr. FRY inquired whether the Court, by assent-
ing to the report, would bind itself to the adoption
of any specific plan ?
Mr. TAYLOR—No; it would bind the court to
nothing, but only place them in a position to go to
Parliament during the next session for powers to
carry out a plan which remained to be laid before
the Court and discussed in detail. (Hear, hear.)
The report was agreed to.
CORPORATION REFORM.

Mr. J. WOOD, chairman of the Corporation In-
quiry Committee, brought up a report recommend-
my: that, as the Government would in all proba-
bility bring in a bill for the better regulation
of the corporation during the next session of Par-
liament, the corporation itself should abstain from
introducing any bill of the kind. (Hear, hear.) Ho
could not, lie said, lay before the court in detail all
that had passed in committee on the question ; but
he might state that there was not a member of the
committee who did not regret that the subject had
not been finally disposed of by the measure of last
year. (Hear, hear.) The Government, adopting the
views of the Court, had struck oit the financial
clauses of the bill, proposing to deal with the re-
construction of the corporation by one measure, and
with the control of its finances by another. The
abandonmeilt of the financial clauses reconciled the
Court to the bill generally, 'kit the bill itself was
subsequently withdrawn owing to the exigencies of
the session.
The LORD MAYOR—I will suggest to Mr. Wood
that it is not expedient to continue such a discus-
sion at this time. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. WOOD—Then I will say no more, except that
the committee would unhesitatingly recommend the
Court to introduce a bill next session, but for their
firm conviction that the Government:will do so, and
that that measure may be made one one which, if
not entirely satisfactory, will, at all events, be one
which we may fairly accept. (Hear, hear.)
The report was then agreed to.
DEPUTY GAUGER.

Mr. J. L. Archer was elected deputy-gauger of
the city of London.

TILE MANSION-HOUSE.
A report came up from the General Purposes
Committee " for works and furniture at the Man-
sion house, at a sum not exceeding £1090."
Some remarks were made upon the costly nature
of the repairs annually required at the palace of the
city chief magistrate, but the report itself was
agreed to without opposition.