The Lord Mayor. — I hold in my hand three memorials which have been adopted, in reference to the business to be brought forward to-day by Mr. Sullivan, which I will call on the Town Clerk to read. The Town Clerk read the documents in question, which were memorials from three several public meetings in the city, praying the Council to adopt the motion of Councillor Sullivan. They were signed by the respective chairmen of the meetings in question: Very Rev. John Spratt, D.D., Rev. C. P. Meehan, M.B.I. A., and J. Mooney. The reading of these memorials, and of the chairmen’s names, elicited loud cheers…

“Resolved, that so long as Parliament considers or maintains that the sale of alcoholic leverages ought not to be free, but ought to be permitted, licensed, or prohibited according to considerations for the convenience or requirements of each community or district, this Council elected by the people’s vote, believes and declares that the people themselves, in each community or district, are worthy of being entrusted with the option, choice or decision now exercised in their behalf, by the magistrates or other functionaries, as to whether such licensing is desirable or useful, or conducive to their convenience, health, or happiness…