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of the importance of .ervices of our British army
in the East; for )ut commerce there would be
neither the mp prosecuting successful war nor
of reaping the benefits which flow from the blessings
of peace.—(Cheers.) The distinguished and proud
mark of approval now presented to me by the corpo-
rate body of the city of London, completes that series
of distinctions which I have derived from the proud
in .
position which my Queen and the Court of Di-
rectors had placed me in the East, and amply com-
pensates for the toils and anxiety inseparable from
high command.—(Cheers.) I shall consider the
placing my name upon the municipal roll of this great
city as one of the proudest marks of distinction con-
ferred upon me; and I shall hand down this testitno-
nial to my posterity, satisfied that that posterity will
regard the tribute, as I regard it myself, as one of the
highest honours that could he conferred upon me.—
(Loud and protracted cheering.)
On the motion of Sir P. Lausur, seconded by Mr.
J. Woon, the address was ordered to be entered
upon the minutes of the Court, and the ceremony
then concluded.

The Court then proceeded with very thin numbers
to dispose of the remaining business.

THE OFFICE Or COMMON PLEADER. -
The recommendation of the Officers' and Clerks'
Committee, that the office of Common Pleader, va-
cant by the resignation of Mr. Laurie, should not be
filled up, gave rise to a long discussion.
Mr. 13LALF considered that the office was part and
parcel of the constitution of the Corporation of the
city of London, and that it would detract from the
dignity of the body to abolish it wittout some
good reason fur adopting such a measure. He moved,
as an amendment, that the office be immediately filled
up.—(Hear.)
Mr. ANDERTON seconded the amendment. He ad-
mitted that he had upon a former occasion expressed
himself in favour of the recommendation of the report,
but he had since been convinced that it would be ex-
pedient to continue the office, inasmuch as there
were at present three common pleaders, and a fourth
would be necessary in the event of the trial of a case
in which two might be engaged upon one side. lie
hoped that the Lord Mayor's Court would soon be
thrown open, and he would lend his assistance with
all his heart to destroy the existing monopoly, which
certainly ought not to be allowed to exist any longer ;
but until the court was open, it would be necessary to
fill all the offices attached to it.

Mr. T. H. HILL wished to see the office done away
with. He thought the working of the court was
most expensive to the Corporation as well as to the
public. They were obliged to pay for the legal help
they might require for the defence of their own in-
terests ; and frequently they were obliged to pay
heavily for assistance of the same kind that was used
against them by these very same common pleaders....
(Hear.) Most unquestionably an improvement
should be made in the existing system at least.
Mr. Low did not wish to see an ancient office con-
nected with the City abolished, and thought the
Court ought to be very cautious how they interfered
with long-established rights, immunities, and cus-
toms. He would rather see the Corporation annihi-
lated at once than see its offices frittered away, as pro-
posed by the committee in their report.
Mr. G. TAYLOR said the committee had not made
out any case for the abolition of the office.
Mr. Nona's contended that, by continuing the
office of common pleader, the citizens were much
benefited, and their rights were upheld in a most
satisfactory manner. It was by the common pleaders
the heavy briefs fur leading counsel in all municipal
matters were prepared, and without the able assistance
of these gentlemen, who had toiled through all the
intricacies of civic rights and City privileges, the
legal business of the Corporation could not be trans-
acted.

Alderman LAWRENCE denied that the office was
either useful or ornamental to the corporation or the
citizens of London. There were some situations of
the olden time which had been abolished, and cer-
tainly the City got on as well without them, and it
would suffer no prejudice from the abolition of the
office of City pleader.
Mr. Deputy LOTT was in favour of retaining the
office.

The RECORDER said it was necessary for the Court
to understand, that by not appointing a common
pleader, they would in fact throw open the Lord
Mayor's Court.

After some more discussion, the report was, upon a
division, agreed to by a majority of 9, the numbers
being i 2 to 43.
Mr. W. S. HALE state that it was with much plea-
sure he informed the Court, that the youth who had
been educated in the City of London School, and who
`4ad been the first to receive the Salomon's Scholar-
iship, had passed his examination at Oxford, and that
',two days afterwards he was elected a fellow of a col-
lege in that University.—(hear, hear.)
Adjourned.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.

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PORTS,MOUTIT, TuunaDAY.—The Firefly steam.,
1*..........1,4,
res•el, Commander Tudor, arrived at Spithead this'
morning, from the West; Coast of Africa station:
S:le left Ank.briz on the 28th of March ; Ascension-,
13th of April; Sierra Logue, 27th; Bathurst, River
Gambia, May 3tl; Teneriffe, 17th; and Ma-
deira, 20th.

The squadron under Commodore Fanshawe was
thud distributed at the latest dates :
Northern division—The Heroine (senior officer),
Hound, Wolverine, and Tenzer.

Bights division—The Kingfisher (senior officer),
Phw ix, Hecla, Ranger, and Bonetta.

Southern division— he Spy, off Congo ; Flying
Fish, off Kabenda; Pluto, blockading the river
Congo ; Rattler, off Ambrizette ; Cyclops and Cen-
taur (Commodore), off Ambriz; Waterwitch and
Star, off Benguela.
The Adelaide tender, in heaving down at the Ba-
nana Islands, sprang a leak and became a total wreck
in the month of April.
The slave trade is flourishing. The Firefly has
taken eleven prizes during her time of service on the
coast, two of which were full, containing 890 slaves;
and on the 19th of March, off Ambriz, a large Ameri-
can barque, called the Navarrah, from Philadelphia,
and having a Brazilian crew below ; she was going to
ship 1,000 slaves the same night.
The Water witch has captured a large brig, with
800 slaves on board, off 13enguela.
The Rattler has captured a fine brig, with 840
slaves on board.
The Pluto has captured a large American brig,
empty, which she destroyed.
The Flying-fish has captured a brigantine off
Kabenda, which she destroyed.
two The Firefly
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ei
ra, l thho3 having n
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ever,i os
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having kept his cot the last three months, in which he
was removed to-day in the steam-tender Sprightly, to
Ilalsar Hospital.
Mr. Malone, Paymaster and Purser of the Phoenix,
has come home passenger in the Firefly, which is
ordered to be paid off at Woolwich.
The Bonetta brigantine will be the next vessel
home from the coast of Africa.
A letter from Rio of the 4th of April, received this
afternoon, says—" The Tweed, 14, Commander Lord
F. Russell, sailed on a cruiae on the 28th of March,
to drive the yellow fever out of her. She has lost
three midshipmen and her boatswain and 13 men by
it. People here are dying in all directions ; the
plague is frightful. The Southampton (Rear-Ad-
miral Reynolds) is also off, some say to Monte Video.
The fever drives everything and every one away. It
is reported that the Constitution, Brazilian frigate, is
getting ready to convey the Emperor and Empress to
England. The vessels in harbour were the South-
ampton, 50, Crescent, 42 (receiving hulk), and the
Kestrel packet brigantine, which was also going
on a 14 days' cruise to be out of the way of the con-
tagion."

The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Commander Dumares
arrived in harbour last evening
from Jersey. She
has been docked to-day for repair.
APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, MAY 30.—Lieutenant—Frederick D.
Youge (1845), serving in the Persian, 12, sloop, on
the North America and West Indies station since the
lith of July, 1849, to the Albion, 90, commissioned
yesterday at Devonport.
Master—Henry Paul (1841), to the Albion.
Second Master—George S. Aldricks (1847), to the
Albion.
Gunner—John
launched at Deptford on
"'Eckman, to the Albion.
Boatovvain—David Summers, to the Albion.
Carpenter—Richard Johnstone, to the Albion.
to Woolwich yesterday
and to-dny has been taken into the basin to have -
taken
nntowpn ,
,
Tule'slidea;V,awsasp
en-
gines of 100-horse power fitted in her.
The Alecto, 3. steam-sloop, 200-horse power, has
been taken into dock to be brought forward and made
ready for sea.
The Horatio, 24, stemr• guard -sill
down the river to-day from
m the 'P.
was
takeninal City Cby a
number of riggers 1:oin Wo in compliance
with orders direct from Sikerrie:so, where she is to
remain as a steam-, '
uard,hip fur the protection of
the Medway. _ _

The Simpson and the Inflexible steam.frigates,
and the Desperate and the Buzzard steam-sloops, are
also under orders to proceed to Sheerness when
ready, to remain as advanced war-steamers at tho
station.
The R,-siatance troop-ship, Master-Commander
Bradahaw, will commence tak;ng on board the bag-
gage of the two companies of Royal Artillery and
company of 11;1%11 Sappers and Miners to-morrow
and finish on Saturday. On Monday the whole of
th,.. troops will embark, and on Tuesday, at a very early
hour, the Resistance will proceed down the river to
have her compasses adjusted by Captain Johnson, and
then proceed to Cork to embark other troops for Ha-
lifax, Nova Scotia, and Canada.