Timpson, Chairman of late Joint Committee on Fire and Water, said,

Mr. MAYOR Want of time compels me to be brief, and to exclude some remarks I had intended to make on this occasion. I hold in my hand a resolution which was presented to the Common Council by Thomas R. Lee, Esq. late Assistant Alderman of the 8th Ward, and unanimously adopted by both branches of the City Government, and approved by His Honor, the Mayor. It is as follows :

" Resolved, That a suitable banner be provided at the expense of the City, under the direction of the present members of the Joint Committee of Fire and Water, and that the same be presented to the Fire Department, by his Honor, the Mayor, on the occasion of the celebration of the introduction of the Croton Water into this city."

Adopted by the Board of Assistant Aldermen, May 2, 1842. " " " " " Aldermen, 9, " " Approved by the Mayor, 14, SAMUEL J. WILLIS, Clerk of the Common Council.

At the time this resolution was offered, it was supposed that the celebration of the introduction of the water of the Croton into this city would take place on the approaching 4th of July, the day we celebrate as that on which our glorious national independence was declared, and the committee to whom it was intrusted, consisting of Abraham Hatfield, Morris Franklin, Daniel Ward, Daniel D. Briggs, Wm. Adams, and myself, were prepared on that day to comply with its requirements, but unavoidable circumstances caused delay until the present time and now, sir, in relin- ;