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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch -ef.,\
public business.
THE ROYAL EXCHAtthR.
'Upon the motion of Mr. R. L.-jciriEs for sealing
bond for 6001. to the Bank of •guglaiid,--in further
part of the loan of 70,0001., a desultory_ conversation
arose with relation to the conference between! The
Government and a deputation from -The'Rolo lan
change and Gresham Trusts Conimittee, upon' tile
subject of adding to the spire at the eastern end of
the new edifice. •

Mr. HARRISON asked whether' it was the purpose
of the Committee to abandon the idea-of widening
the space, or to act upon the views of Alderman
Humphery and others, in making further attempts to
interfere with the pr,Operty in that vicinity? To the
latter project Mr. Harrison' had candidly admitted,
from the .commencement of the recent proceedings
respecting the approaches to the building, that he was
opposed from interested motives, . but these meti.
were certainly combined with the persuasion' that the
public would not be benefited by extending the
eastern area of the Royal Exchange. He took occa-
sion, also, to state th;it there had been some slight
departure from the original lien of the building it-
self, for which he should wish to know the reaori.
and he' suggested the propriety of endeavouriug to
effect a great public convenience by opening a con.-
munication between Cornhill and Broad-street.
• Mr. H. L. JONES stated that the departure from
the plan merely regarded the steps. and One of the
columns of the building, and was caused by the de-
sire to increase the public oonvenience, and certainly
added to the beauty of the structure. With rts;).-ct
to the other question, it was known that negotiations
were still going on upon that subject. •
Mr. Sheriff MOON conderimed the interference
with the property at the em stern end of the Royal
Exchange, and said that the Committee had presumed
to communicate with the Commissioners for Metrk,-
politan Improvement without the sanction of the Cor-
poration.

- Mr. R. L. JONES denied that the Committee ha-1
in any part of their proCeedings committed or can:••
promised the Corporation,-or that they had at all %.-x •
ceeded the powers given to them by the Court.
There was a misunderstanding between Mr. Sheriff
Moon and Mr. R. L. Jones with regard to the part
taken • by the latter in respect of the Conference ; hut
it was. speedily removed by the interposition.of the
Lord Mayor. . . •
• Mr. LAWRENCE assigned, as a cause for the unim-
portant deviation from the original plan, that bef.re•
the Act had passed for taking down the tbuildMgs
the Exchange itself had been built above the pave-
nient. He defended the whole of the conduct of the
Committee.

Mr. PEWTILESS declared that the public feeling had
been strongly expressed in favour of opening th
eastern end of the building. The Committee sounded
the Government upon the subject, and stated that the
Corporation had no funds to appropriate to the accom-
plishment of an improvement so desirable. That was
the whole extent of the course pursued by the depu •
tation, and nothing could have been more fair and
honourable.

Mr. JONES declared that it was a higlA gratification
to state that he had not heard a single complaint
uttered against those who had conferred with the Go-
vernment, except by interested parties.
The seal was then set to the bond.
THE LONDON ALMSHOUSES.
Mr. KING, in expressing a wish for the early pro-
duction of a report relative to the London Alrnsbous, s,
took the-opportunity to state that these places of re-
fuge had been built at an expense of 4,0001., 1,500 of
which had been contributed by the Coroporation of
London. The finances of the institution were most
deplorably low. In fact, the establishment must fail
if the Court of Common Council did not take it under
.control and support.
Mr. BOWER (the Chairman of the Coal, Corn, and
Finance Committee) said that the only person whi
was opposed to such interposition as had been sug-
gested, was one of the trustees, a member of that
Court. Nothing could be done for the advantage of
the institution without the consent of that trustee,
and he hoped that the gentleman might soon Le
induced to give up an opposition calculated to du so
much injury.
Mr. KING trusted that for the honour of humanity
a change might take place in the opinions and views
of the trustee alluded to.

RENEWAL OF THE COAL ACT.
Mr. BOWER brought up the report recommending
an application to Parliament for the renewal of the
Coal Act.

Mi. BURN wished to know whether it was the in-
tention to apply septennially for the renewal of the
Act, or to endeavour to obtain a permanent Act. The
public ought to know, after so long an experiment,
whether the vend of coals by weight or by measure
was the preferable mode.
Mr. BOWER said it was the intention of the Com-
mittee to apply for a permanent measure, as the prc-
sent system was decidedly the more eligible.
The report was agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS brought up the report on the ex-
penses of public prosecutions at the Central Criminal
Court. It stated that, since the subject was under
consideration, arrangements had been effected to ac-
complish the object desired, by a reduction in the
allowances heretofore made to counsel and witnesses,
as far as the existing state of the law would admit, by
which means it was confidently expected that the
annual expenses of prosecutions at the Central Crimi-
nal Court would be much less than they had hitherto
been.
EXPENSES OF PASSING SCOTCH AND IRISH PAUPERS.
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Mr. STEVENS brought up the report of the Cam-
mittee to consider the return laid before the Court, of
the amount of orders on the Chamberlain for the re-
moval of Scotch and Irish paupers, paid in each
quarter since the first establishment of the poor-law
union. It represented that, since the month of Oc-
tober, the number of Scotch and Irish paupers were
materially reduced, and a decrease of about 1201. per
month had taken place in the expenses of passing them
to their homes or parishes, which was mainly attri-
butable to the general revival of trade in the manu-
facturing districts, and to the improved regu-
lations adopted by the Court of Aldermen in
appointing a weekly rota of magistrates to investi-
gate the several cases of pauperism previously to the
making of orders for removal, and it was considered
that the reduction in the expenses of passing vagrants
was likely to be permanent.—(Hear, hear.) 21r.
Stevens, in presenting the report, said it was the
opinion of Mr. Gill, the City of London pass-master,
whose duties necessarily engaged him -in a frequent
intercourse with the poor of both countries, that the
Scotch and Irish paupers exhibited the most sincere
readiness to return to their work in the several dis-
tricts which distress had obliged them to abandon.
The report was ordered to be printed.
Mr. ASHURST brought up a report, recommending
the increase of the salary of Mr. Bullock, the Corn-
missioner of the Central Criminal Court and the judge
of the Sheriffs' Court.—Ordered to be printed.

THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO LORD DUDLEY
STUART.

Mr. PEACOCK gave notice of a motion for the next
Court-day, " That the eminent and unwearied ser-
vices of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, in the cause of
public charity for the relief of disAressed foreigners,
as well as that of the British people, entitled him to
the marked approbation and esteem of the Court, and
that the freedom of the City be presented to his Lord-
ship, to evince the sense which they entertain of such
services, and the proud example which he displays of
true English nobility."
THE COAL-WHIPPRES ACT.

On the' consideration of a petition from Lieutenant
Arnold, for compensation for losses sustained by- t 3
petitioner in obtaining the recent Coal Whippers Act,
Mr. HEPFEL asked whether the expectations of the
friends of the measure were realised ?
Mr. STACY replied that he had every reason to be.
lieve that the measure would prove highly advan-
tageous. Nothing, he declared, could exceed the gra=
titude of the poor men whom it was framed to serve.

FARRINGDON MARKET.

THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 5.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 64 ; Noon, 56.
BAROMETER, 29.95.—Wnin, S.W.

ilklerrz.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.